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[ "(Entertainment Weekly) -- For many, the creative relevance of 3-D cinema remains very much an open question.", "But when the history of Hollywood's 21st century embrace of 3-D is written, it very well may point to this weekend as the moment when the format definitively established its commercial power at the box office.", "\"The Final Destination\" scared up by far the most box office receipts, banking $28.3 million.", "Despite a moviegoing weekend dominated with R-rated violent thriller-type films ostensibly shooting for the same audience, \"The Final Destination\" scared up by far the most box office receipts, banking $28.3 million for an easy No.", "1 berth, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office.", "That's almost $10 million better than the opening frame for the last film in the creatively-dispatching-model-perfect-unknown-actors franchise (which, for those keeping track, was \"Final Destination 3\").", "There's really only one reason why: Although just over half its 3,121 theaters were screening the flick in 3-D, fully 70 percent of its box office take was from 3-D theaters, which typically charge an extra few bucks per ticket for the privilege of watching the film with those comfy stereoscopic glasses.", "Rest assured, despite its title (and its abysmal \"C\" Cinemascore grade), this is by no means the final \"Final Destination\" movie.", "The folks at the The Weinstein Company, meanwhile, continue to enjoy good news for their much scrutinized bottom line: Quentin Tarantino's \"Inglourious Basterds\" landed at No.", "2 with a rather spectacular $20 million, just 47 percent down from its opening weekend for $73.7 million total.", "TWC's sister company Dimension Films, meanwhile, saw its \"Halloween II\" debut at third with a nothing-to-sneeze-at $17.4 million.", "Granted, director Rob Zombie's second re-imagining of the 31-years-old slasher franchise made nothing close to the $30.6 million Labor Day weekend debut of Zombie's first night out with Michael Myers.", "But given the steep competition, and the film's $15 million budget, Dimension must be breathing a sigh of relief that their film will most likely see a decent profit.", "The box office love continued through much of the weekend's top 10: District 9 dropped just 41 percent with $10.7 million, strong enough to hold on at fourth place and, with a $90.8 mil running total, well on its way to joining the $100 million club.", "At number five, \"G.I.", "Joe: The Rise of Cobra\" banged out $8 million, a 34 percent drop and $132 million total.", "And Julie & Julia savored a tiny 16 percent drop for sixth, with $7.4 million in its forth weekend for $70.9 million total.", "In fact, the only true disappointment for the weekend was Focus Features' \"Taking Woodstock.\"", "Director Ang Lee's trip back to the iconic three-day concert debuted at ninth with just $3.7 million, doubly disappointing since it opened wide in 1,393 theaters (after a Wednesday opening in New York and Los Angeles), with a feeble $2,691 per theater average.", "By contrast, two limited release debuts did rather well: Vogue magazine documentary \"The September Issue\" bowed on six screens with a very fashionable $40,000 per theater average; and the extreme-sports-fandom-gone-wrong dramedy \"Big Fan\" won $13,000 per theater on two screens.", "CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .", "Copyright 2009 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved." ]	[ "Horror flick \"The Final Destination\" banked $28.3 million during its debut weekend .", "Quentin Tarantino's \"Inglourious Basterds\" landed at No.", "2 with $20 million .", "At number five, \"G.I.", "Joe: The Rise of Cobra\" banged out $8 million .", "Check out which other flicks made this weekend's top 10 at the box office ." ]	[ 2, 8, 13, 14, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Two U.S. spacecraft are set to crash on the moon Friday.", "On purpose. And we're all invited to watch.", "An artist's rendering shows the LCROSS spacecraft, left, separating from its Centaur rocket.", "NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite is scheduled to drop its Centaur upper-stage rocket on the lunar surface at 7:31 a.m.", "ET. NASA hopes the impact will kick up enough dust to help the LCROSS probe find the presence of water in the moon's soil.", "Four minutes later, the LCROSS will follow through the debris plume, collecting and relaying data back to Earth before crashing into the Cabeus crater near the moon's south pole.", "The LCROSS is carrying spectrometers, near-infrared cameras, a visible camera and a visible radiometer.", "These instruments will help NASA scientists analyze the plume of dust -- more than 250 metric tons' worth -- for water vapor.", "The orbiting Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will watch, and photograph, the collisions.", "And hundreds of telescopes on Earth also will be focused on the two plumes.", "Watch animation of how the moon will be \"bombed\" » .", "NASA is encouraging amateur astronomers to join the watch party.", "\"We expect the debris plumes to be visible through midsized backyard telescopes -- 10 inches and larger,\" said Brian Day at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California.", "Day is an amateur astronomer who is leading education and public outreach for the LCROSS mission.", "Ames will host \"Impact Night,\" an event with music and food starting Thursday evening before a live transmission of the lunar impact will be shown around 4:30 a.m. PT Friday.", "Other science observatories and amateur astronomy clubs across the country will be hosting similar events.", "iReport: Are you planning to watch?", "\"The initial explosions will probably be hidden behind crater walls, but the plumes will rise high enough above the crater's rim to be seen from Earth,\" Day said.", "The Cabeus crater lies in permanent shadow, making observations inside the crater difficult.", "Watch CNN's Jeanne Moos ask if lunacy is behind the moon \"bombing\" » .", "The impacts will not be visible to the naked eye or through binoculars.", "If you don't have a telescope, or you live in areas where daylight will obscure the viewing, NASA TV will broadcast the crashes live.", "Coverage begins at 6:15 a.m.", "ET Friday. The two main components of the LCROSS mission are the shepherding spacecraft and the Centaur upper stage rocket.", "The spacecraft will guide the rocket to its crash site.", "Data from previous space missions have revealed trace amounts of water in lunar soil.", "The LCROSS mission seeks a definitive answer to the question of how much water is present.", "NASA has said it believes water on the moon could be a valuable resource in the agency's quest to explore the solar system.", "LCROSS launched with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 18.", "Friday's lunar impact will be visible best in areas that are still dark, particularly in the Western United States.", "The Fremont Peak Observatory near Monterey, California, will open up its doors early Friday to allow people to watch the event through its 30-inch telescope.", "It's \"the most accessible public telescope in the [San Francisco] Bay Area,\" said Dave Samuels, the observatory's vice president.", "So far, at least 50 people have signed up, Samuels said, noting that number is \"really phenomenal, especially on a school night [and] work night.", "It's really incredible.\"", "Students, retirees and board members are among those scheduled to attend.", "Samuels said a special low-light, infrared video camera will be hooked up to the telescope so that the audience can watch the rocket strike the moon.", "The observatory is in Fremont Peak State Park, which is on a list of California parks that could close because of recent budget cuts.", "Samuels said he hopes Friday's event triggers more interest in astronomy, particularly among young children, and possibly help the park to stay open.", "\"It's things like this that get kids interested [in science],\" he said.", "\"It will probably be a defining moment for them.\"", "Darrick Gray, who teaches atmospheric sciences at Ray-Pec High School near Kansas City, Missouri, said he's planning to take 17 students -- all juniors and seniors -- to watch the lunar impact .", "\"This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime thing,\" Gray said.", "He said he's arranged for a school bus to pick up the kids early Friday and take the class to the Powell Observatory in Louisburg, Kansas.", "\"It's weather-dependent; we've got rain right now,\" Gray said.", "\"It's going to be a call I make at 5 a.m.\" Gray, who is also the director of the Astronomical Society of Kansas City, said his students will try to take photos of the impact through the eyepiece of their telescopes.", "He said he hopes the event will influence his students to pursue careers in science.", "\"Being as we do live here in Missouri, we're away from the hub [of astronomy],\" Gray said.", "\"We're not in Florida, we're not in Texas, we're not in Silicon Valley -- it's not something they're used to seeing.", "\"So any time you can show them something that's never been done, and they say, 'Oh this is pretty cool,' I think they buy into that.\"" ]	[ "A NASA spacecraft is set to drop a rocket on the moon at 7:31 a.m.", "ET Friday .", "Four minutes later, the LCROSS probe will follow and crash onto the lunar surface .", "The LCROSS probe will relay data back to Earth about water vapor in moon dust .", "The debris plumes will be visible through midsize backyard telescopes ." ]	[ 0, 3, 4, 5, 39 ]
[ "(Oprah.com) -- A businesswoman, a mother of four, an international fashion icon, a woman committed to making the world a better place for women and children -- Queen Rania of Jordan is truly changing the world.", "Queen Rania says cultural dialogue, education and increased opportunities are ways to combat terrorism.", "Rania Al-Yassin was born in Kuwait.", "Shortly after Saddam Hussein invaded that country in 1990, her family fled and settled in Jordan.", "After graduating from business school, Rania began working her way up the corporate ladder.", "When she was just 22, she went to a dinner party where she met Jordan's Prince Abdullah -- considered one of the world's most eligible bachelors.", "He didn't remain one for long after that night.", "Six months later, Rania and Abdullah had a royal wedding and started a family.", "And, though they planned for a life as royals, Abdullah assumed he'd remain a military officer for life.", "In 1999, while on his deathbed, King Hussein of Jordan stunned his country by announcing that his son Abdullah -- not his brother -- would succeed him as king.", "That made 29-year-old Rania the world's youngest living queen.", "Rania says that being queen is not the trait she defines herself by.", "\"I am not at all conscious of it,\" she says.", "\"I make a conscious effort not to be conscious of it.", "Because I'm Rania, you know?", "People call me 'Queen,' but, you know, that's not me ...", "I'm Rania.\" There are many perks to being queen, of course, but Rania stresses that there are also responsibilities.", "\"One of the major misconceptions about this position is that people think that I might be far removed, that I might not be in touch with reality,\" she says.", "\"The honest truth is that my life is very much about dealing with issues on the ground, dealing with ... the problems that our country faces.", "That's something I do on a daily basis.\"", "Watch how Queen Rania uses technology to reach young people » .", "When most people think of queens, they probably think of what they know from fairy tales.", "\"For me, it's just real life,\" Rania says.", "\"I am a mother. I care about my children.", "I worry about what they eat. I worry about the influences from their friends.\"", "Rania is not only sitting royalty in Jordan, she's raising the next generation of royals too.", "She is the mother of four children -- 14-year-old Hussein, 12-year-old Iman, 8-year-old Salma and 3-year-old Hashem.", "Rania says her family tries very hard to remain down to earth.", "The family has relaxed much of the ceremonial pomp and circumstance of their position.", "Rania prefers that people not refer to her as \"Your Majesty\" ... and King Abdullah loves to barbecue!", "The family never discusses the possibility that Hussein, their oldest child, could be the future king of Jordan, Rania says.", "Instead, she says the family strives to remain like any other family.", "For instance, to get the things they want, the children have to clean their rooms and do well in school.", "\"The most important thing is to instill them with the right values,\" Rania says.", "\"I just feel that values are the shield that you carry with you throughout life.", "It protects you from whatever life throws at you.\"", "Rania has become famous around the world for her efforts to improve educational opportunities for girls and the rights of women.", "\"In my mind, poverty is a 'she,'\" Rania says.", "Helping others is something Rania says she feels compelled to do.", "\"Once you feel that others are like you, then you want for others what you want for yourself,\" she says.", "\"And that way you start helping others.\"", "Rania explains that there is a direct relationship between increasing education and eliminating poverty.", "\"You can change the course of a nation through education,\" she says.", "\"One of the most important things you can do for a girl is empower her with her education.", "Once she has the education, she can then have control over her income, she can change her life, she can have choices.\"", "To understand what life is like for the women in Rania's kingdom, \"The Oprah Show\" spent a day with a few women in Amman, the capital city of Jordan.", "One woman named Muna worries about striking a balance between work and motherhood.", "Part of that means preparing lunch -- the most important meal in Jordanian culture -- for her family.", "Unlike in America, most children and husbands return home to eat with their families for lunch.", "Just like in America, Muna cooks a variety of meals, everything from traditional Arabic food to hamburgers and spaghetti.", "In this largely Muslim country, one religious tradition is increasingly a matter of choice.", "Approximately 60 percent of Jordanian women wear a veil.", "Though Queen Rania says she has never worn a veil, she understands why a woman would want to.", "\"We think it's a personal choice,\" she says.", "\"Unfortunately, in the West, people look at the veil as a sign of oppression or weakness.", "This is not true as long as a woman is wearing it because of her belief.", "I always say we should judge a woman according to what's going on in their heads rather than what's going on top of their heads.\"", "Rania says that when people focus on differences between cultures -- especially stereotypes and things like veils -- they fail to realize just how similar all people are.", "\"Once you go beyond the mannerisms, the language, the cultural idiosyncrasies, you realize that you're basically the same, you know?\"", "she says. Rania also wants to break down the stereotypes the West holds about her culture.", "\"I would like to dispel the misconception that Arabs are all extremists, that Arab people are violent and that women in the Arab world are oppressed and suppressed,\" she says.", "The struggle we feel today is not really Middle East against the West, Rania says, but rather it is between extremists and moderates of all religions.", "\"We need to speak up,\" she says.", "\"The biggest nightmare for the extremists is for us to get along, and that's why we have to get along.", "We have to communicate more.\" In the future, Rania says she hopes for a more open and secure world.", "\"We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, 'Well, that's their problem.'", "But it's not,\" she says. \"When you solve somebody else's problem, you're solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.\"", "Rania says solving problems that stem from intolerance -- like terrorism -- require cultural dialogue, education and increased opportunities.", "\"We have to create opportunities for our youth so they have a chance in life,\" she says.", "\"Whenever you're frustrated and you feel like you don't have a future or you can't get a job, then you're more susceptible to be influenced by terrorism and extremist ideology.\"", "Oprah.com: Africa's first-ever elected female president .", "From \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\" 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." ]	[ "Queen Rania is a businesswoman, a mother of four and a fashion icon .", "The queen of Jordan says she has responsibility to help her country .", "She is well known for efforts to improve education for girls .", "Rania would like to break stereotypes the West has about Arab culture ." ]	[ 0, 36, 59 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Volunteering with local law enforcement, Shaquille O'Neal has learned from his peers that domestic violence calls are among the most dangerous for police officers.", "NBA star Shaquille O'Neal praises Karen Earl for her efforts on behalf of domestic abuse victims.", "\"[It's] a very disturbing thing,\" said the NBA star, who has dealt mainly with children's cases.", "\"I don't really think a lot of women know what to do.\"", "That's where Karen Earl comes in.", "As executive director of the Jenesse Center, the oldest domestic violence intervention program in south central Los Angeles, California, Earl is a \"tireless and fearless\" champion of women and children living in abusive situations, O'Neal said.", "The Phoenix Suns center called Earl \"the pillow of women's society.\"", "For more than two decades, Earl has helped give victims a way out through the Jenesse Center, which provides shelter, education, outreach and legal services to more than 8,500 victims of domestic violence every year.", "\"Thank God for Miss Earl,\" O'Neal said.", "\"She takes women that have been involved in domestic abuse situations and gives them a place to come rest their head.\"", "According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year, and one in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.", "Earl has heard countless stories of domestic abuse and has seen a range of tipping points before victims seek help.", "She is working to lower these statistics.", "She recalled one woman whose husband beat her with an iron; for another, \"the beatings were standard, but when he sold their refrigerator and she couldn't keep her baby's milk cold anymore, she knew it was time to go.\"", "These women were able to find shelter and support -- and ultimately safety and success -- through the Jenesse Center.", "\"It is not normal to go to bed afraid,\" Earl said.", "\"And the thing that I know for sure is that there is help.\"", "When Earl began volunteering at the center in 1986, she said, she often thought of what her own mother went through.", "\"I remember us having to run out of the house at midnight with sheets wrapped around us.", "I know the impact it had on my mom, and of course the impact on me and my siblings,\" she said.", "\"I wish there were a place back then, but nobody talked about it.", "It was just family business; it was personal.\"", "Watch Earl discuss the center's mission to heal through art » .", "Today, Earl serves as Jenesse Center's executive director and calls her work with staff, fundraising and volunteer recruitment \"a 24-hour thing.\"", "The process of healing for victims generally starts with a phone call to the center's hot line, she said.", "The center provides counseling and literature and has a 30-day emergency shelter for women and their families.", "Earl said this emergency period \"is a time of regrouping\" and lets the women know that they're not alone and that they didn't do anything wrong.", "The center also provides long-term support.", "\"Women and their children can stay for two years,\" Earl said.", "\"Every able body, every day, gets up and takes classes.", "And when they're not taking classes, they're looking for employment, going through counseling sessions or [getting] legal assistance.\"", "For Earl, comprehensive care through a team approach is the key to the center's success.", "She said she has seen women at the center earn graduate degrees and become \"full-fledge\" professionals -- and that changing lives is what keeps her going.", "O'Neal said the center helps point women in the right direction and gives them the chance to overcome adversity.", "\"They'll help you get an apartment.", "They'll help you get a job.", "They help you get back on your feet and become the beautiful woman that you are.\"" ]	[ "O'Neal's work in law enforcement taught him the serious nature of domestic violence .", "His hero, Karen Earl, runs the Jenesse Center, which aids abuse victims .", "The Los Angeles center helps more than 8,500 victims every year .", "The center gives women a chance to overcome adversity, O'Neal said ." ]	[ 7, 33 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The A&E network quickly backed away from an earlier assurance that Michael Jackson's three children \"are not part of\" a reality show it is taping with four of the pop star's brothers.", "Before their father's death, Michael Jackson's children, Paris, Prince and \"Blanket\" were not often seen in public.", "The network said late Wednesday it was \"entirely possible\" that \"other members of the Jackson family\" could appear on the show, but it is too soon to know.", "US Weekly magazine quoted an unidentified source as saying that despite a sharp division in the Jackson family over the matter, Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, 7, would be included in the show.", "\"The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty,\" which focuses on the lives of four of the Jackson brothers -- Jackie, Jermaine, Tito and Marlon -- was in the works before the singer's June 25 death.", "\"Filming is taking place right now,\" A&E said in the late Wednesday statement.", "\"As production moves forward, it is entirely possible that the brothers' paths will intersect with other members of the Jackson family, who may or may not be included in the finished series.", "However, we cannot at this point definitively know who else may make an appearance in the series.\"", "Earlier Wednesday, however, the network had seemed to rule out their appearance, saying, \"They are not part of the series.\"", "Jackson went to great lengths for years to keep his children out of the public eye, including covering their faces with masks and scarves.", "It was only at the public memorial service for Jackson that the world got a close look at them -- and began learning about their personalities.", "The magazine's source is quoted as saying that the oldest Jackson sister, Rebbie, \"feels Michael would spin in his grave if he knew his kids would be on this show.\"", "The public relations firm hired by the Jackson family soon after Michael Jackson's death issued a short statement Wednesday morning that did not dispute the US Weekly report.", "\"We are not going to comment,\" the statement said.", "The decision would be left to Katherine Jackson, Michael's mother, according to the lawyer appointed in August to represent the children in the probate of their father's will.", "Katherine Jackson was given guardianship over the children by a Los Angeles judge.", "The reality show is tentatively set to begin airing in December.", "CNN's Marc Balinsky contributed to this report." ]	[ "A&E to broadcast reality show featuring some of Michael Jackson's family .", "US Weekly magazine says Jackson's children's will be part of the show .", "Network first says children won't be in show, then says they may .", "Jackson, who died June 25, generally kept children from public view ." ]	[ 0, 3, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Marjorye Heeney knew something was wrong when she saw a bulging cloud of black dust darken the sky.", "Drought-like conditions dried this Kern River bed last year near Bakersfield, California.", "She then heard an eerie, train-like whistle as fierce winds rattled her front door and windows.", "When she looked outside, hordes of grasshoppers and crows swarmed over her father's barren farm.", "After the storm broke, her father walked outside and muttered curses as he scanned the horizon for rain clouds.", "\"I can remember my dad just watching the sky so closely,\" Heeney says.", "\"A sprinkle would excite him so much.\"", "That's how Heeney, now 83, describes growing up on an Oklahoma farm during the Dust Bowl storms in the 1930s.", "For much of that decade, \"black blizzards\" -- formed by a prolonged drought and poor farming techniques -- ravaged much of the nation.", "Now a new generation of Americans is again anxiously looking to the sky.", "Drought has returned to the United States, and some warn that more tough days are ahead.", "The value of water is starting to become apparent in America.", "Over the past three years a drought has affected large swaths of the country, and conflicts over water usage may become commonplace in the future, climatologists say.", "\"Our focus is oil, but the critical need for water is going to make water the most significant natural resource that we're going to have to worry about in the future,\" says Larry Fillmer, executive director of the Natural Resources Management & Development Institute at Auburn University in Alabama.", "At least 36 states expect to face water shortages within the next five years, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.", "According to the National Drought Mitigation Center, several regions in particular have been hit hard: the Southeast, Southwest and the West.", "Texas, Georgia and South Carolina have suffered the worst droughts this year, the agency said.", "Yet most people don't need scientists to tell them there's a water shortage.", "Plenty of cities have implemented water bans while state squabbles over water usage are common in some regions.", "What may surprise people, though, are the causes for the recent drought.", "It's not global warming, some climatologists say.", "The droughts are caused by rapid population growth and unwise agricultural choices.", "John R. Christy, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, says the last three years have been drier than usual in many parts of the United States, but overall there's been no shortage of rainfall.", "He says the U.S. mainland experienced worse droughts in the 12th and 16th centuries.", "\"The demand for water has gone up,\" Christy says.", "\"The demand has skyrocketed in places like California and New Mexico because they've tried to grow crops in deserts.\"", "Even drought conditions in the Southeast can't be blamed on a shortage of rainfall, Christy says.", "The region's water delivery systems can't keep pace with the growth, he says.", "\"The rain is still falling, but you're out of water because the storage facilities are not big enough,\" Christy says.", "There's also a public perception that ordinary people are wasting more water, but that's not true, says Mark Svoboda, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center.", "\"Per capita use of water is down because we're learning to be more efficient,\" Svoboda says.", "Water shortages don't have to remain a fact of modern life, drought experts say.", "Many offer the same solutions: Build better water delivery systems to accommodate population growth, develop more efficient uses of irrigation, and shift agriculture from the West to the East where it's easier and cheaper to water crops.", "Svoboda believes a change in attitude is even more vital than changing habits.", "\"We take water for granted,\" he says.", "\"We think it's a cheap commodity that's always going to be there.\"", "Heeney, the Dust Bowl survivor, doesn't appear to need that lesson.", "She remembers how precious water was in the 1930s when people fetched water in buckets.", "And when the rains finally ended the Dust Bowl, she vividly remembers her joyous father driving his family out into his fields just to watch the water settle into the soil.", "Heeney, who now lives in Topeka, Kansas, gets upset when she sees people throw away bottled water or use too much water to wash their cars.", "\"We don't value water and we're going to regret it,\" Heeney says.", "\"We forget. We're as dumb as we can be and we don't learn.\"" ]	[ "Over the past three years a drought has affected large swaths of the U.S.\nReport: At least 36 states expect to face water shortages within the next five years .", "Experts say main causes are rapid population growth and unwise farming practices .", "Marjorye Heeney, 83, remembers the Dust Bowl storms of the 1930s in Oklahoma ." ]	[ 7, 12, 14, 21 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said Saturday that U.N. nuclear experts can inspect a uranium enrichment plant, according to a report from Iran-funded Press TV.", "Iranian soldiers are shown in the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms south of Tehran, in 2006.", "Ali Akbar Salehi said officials are trying to settle on a date for the inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency.", "GeoEye, a U.S.-based satellite imagery company, released two photos dated Saturday from what it says is the second facility.", "The image shows quarry equipment, a surface-to-air missile site, and more construction equipment surrounding a mountain, according to image analysis by IHS Jane's, an intelligence firm.", "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that Iran was building a second uranium enrichment facility near the Shia Muslim city of Qom, about 100 miles southwest of Tehran.", "He said the plant won't be operational for about 18 months.", "Ahmadinejad told reporters Friday that Iran had met IAEA requirements by informing it about the plant at least six months before it is slated to begin operating.", "Watch Ahmadinejad hit back at Obama » .", "The watchdog agency confirmed that it received a letter Monday from Iran revealing the existence of the underground facility on a military base.", "Iran told the IAEA there is no nuclear material at the site, an agency spokesman said.", "Iran has denied its goal is to develop nuclear weapons, a concern of the United States and other Western nations.", "Esmail Kowsari, a senior Iranian lawmaker, said Iran's need for nuclear fuel is outpacing the limited amount of uranium it can enrich at its only other plant in Natanz.", "But Iran's activities, along with its anti-Western and anti-Israel rhetoric, have troubled international powers working to stop the development of an Iranian nuclear program.", "The country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it is planning to stage \"massive missile exercises\" or war games on Sunday to promote the armed forces' \"deterrent power,\" the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.", "The tests are code named \"Payambar-e Azam 4, or \"The Great Messenger,\" the corps said in its announcement.", "Iran's announcement came ahead of a planned meeting October 1 between it and the five permanent United Nations Security Council members, plus Germany.", "Leaders from the United States, France and Britain made a joint announcement, accusing Iran of violating international agreements by keeping the construction plan a secret.", "\"This is a serious challenge to the global non-proliferation regime and continues a disturbing pattern of Iranian evasion,\" President Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio address.", "\"That is why international negotiations with Iran scheduled for October 1 now take on added urgency,\" he said.", "\"My offer of a serious, meaningful dialogue to resolve this issue remains open.", "But Iran must now cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency and take action to demonstrate its peaceful intentions.\"", "Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, told Press TV Saturday that Iran is \"very disappointed with the hasty, unjustified hostile reaction yesterday by three leaders.\"", "He was referring to Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.", "Watch world leaders react to Iran » .", "\"What I suspect is a hidden agenda, which is going to jeopardize our excellent cooperation with the IAEA, and perhaps long-term jeopardize the integrity and credibility of the IAEA,\" he said.", "\"We are working with the agency in a very technical and smooth manner to arrange the inspection to the site.\"", "Other Iranians also reacted to the criticism over the new plant.", "iReport.com: Dissidents discuss Iran enrichment plants .", "\"God willing, this plant will be put into operation soon, and will blind the eyes of the enemies,\" Fars reported Saturday, quoting a senior Iranian official.", "The senior official, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani, heads the office of the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.", "Also Saturday, the Web site of the Iran Student News Agency carried comments from an Iranian legislator who warned Western nations not to make Iran regret its cooperation with the IAEA.", "\"Western countries and the U.S. must not make Iran regret its cooperation with the IAEA beyond its legal obligations,\" said Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chief of the Iran Parliament Commission for National Security and Foreign Policy.", "He said Western criticism of Iran's new facility is an \"illogical and unrealistic\" smear campaign.", "CNN's Ed Henry, Dan Lothian, Pam Benson, Matthew Chance and Moni Basu contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: News agency: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plans \"missile exercises\"\nHead of Iran's atomic energy program says U.N. experts can inspect plant .", "Iran told IAEA there is no nuclear material at the site, IAEA spokesman says .", "U.S. has known about unfinished site since Bush administration, officials say ." ]	[ 0, 10 ]
[ "CHAMBLEE, Georgia (CNN) -- Janet McBride had to send someone to fetch lunch for her Saturday.", "The cheerful auto dealer receptionist didn't dare leave her switchboard during the waning hours of the federal government's \"Cash for Clunkers\" program.", "Car shoppers browse a Honda showroom Saturday morning in Marietta, Georgia.", "\"Our phones have been ringing off the hook,\" said a giddy Pete Richards, general manager of Ed Voyles Honda in Marietta, Georgia. ...", "It's been great. Phenomenal.\" McBride was compiling a list of customers for swamped salespeople to call back.", "\"I try to keep it under control,\" McBride said.", "\"I think we need one of those number things -- 'Now serving Number 5.'\"", "As of 11 a.m. Saturday, the Honda dealership just north of Atlanta said it had made 108 clunker deals since the Car Allowance Rebate System program began on July 1, and Richards expected to do plenty more before closing down Sunday night.", "Watch what car buyers need to know » .", "\"If I don't do 30 of these today, I'll be amazed,\" he said.", "A normal Saturday would produce about 12 sales, he said.", "The program has generated so much traffic and new-car buzz that even non-qualifying and used car sales have jumped, Richards said.", "\"We're having a ball. I haven't worked a Saturday in probably two years.", "But I woke up at 3 o'clock this morning.", "Couldn't wait to get here,\" he said.", "\"It's like Christmas!\"", "McBride added before her phone rang again.", "It's more like the letdown of late Christmas afternoon across town at Jim Ellis Chevrolet in Chamblee, Georgia, where General Manager Mark Frost just wants to be done with the headaches the clunkers program has caused.", "\"If President Obama came and sat behind a computer and saw how his program is being administered, he's crack some heads,\" Frost said.", "\"My impression is that he's about excellence and execution, and there's some dumbass [at the Department of Transportation] sitting there looking at this computer and rejecting deals that are perfectly good.\"", "The 12 Atlanta-area dealerships under the Jim Ellis name had made 350 clunker deals worth almost $1.5 million in reimbursements and received payment for none, Frost said.", "Among those making deals was Mark Gallo, an Atlanta antiques dealer who traded in his eight-cylinder 1998 Chevy van for six-cylinder 2009 model.", "He received a $4,500 allowance for his clunker, which he guessed was $1,500 more than he would have gotten otherwise.", "The gas mileage still isn't great, \"but it's better than it was,\" Gallo said.", "\"And I needed a van.\"", "He'd been thinking about trading up for a while, but the end of the program prompted him to pull the trigger.", "\"I thought it was going to last a lot longer than it actually did, ... but I saw that it was ending on Monday and I said, 'Oh, damn!", "Scramble!'\" Also scrambling to make a deal Saturday was Rick Wright of Woodstock, Georgia.", "The ironworker has been working in Orlando, Florida.", "But when his wife, bus driver Cindy Wright, traded in their 1998 Chevy Tahoe for an '09 Traverse, he needed to be there in person to show his driver's license and sign over the title.", "\"I'm working out of town at the present time, so she calls me up and says, 'Hey, they're going to cut this off at 1 o'clock.", "Do you want the car?' And I said, 'Let's go for it,'\" said Rick Wright, who made the seven-hour drive in time to sign the deal around 10 a.m. Saturday.", "\"That was the only way we could get it done.\"", "While the government says the program continues through the end of business Sunday, Frost decreed that the last deal at the Jim Ellis dealerships had to be made by noon Saturday and the paperwork submitted by 1 p.m. in anticipation of continued problems with the CARS submission process.", "\"It's the paperwork that's the biggest pain in the neck,\" said Jim Ellis salesman Neil Krieger, who sold Gallo his van.", "Salespeople have been working long hours and making big commissions at both dealerships.", "\"It's been good for me. Oh yeah,\" the Wrights' salesman, who goes by the single name Kya, said.", "It's a matter of delayed gratification for the dealers, who will have to wait for the government to sort through the mountainous heap of applications, approve the deals and issue $3 billion in reimbursement.", "\"This could be devastating for dealers if they don't get this going and do this right,\" Frost said.", "\"A month from now, if all of our deals get paid, then Obama's my hero,\" he said.", "\"If, in a month from now, if we still have ... $200,000 that we're not getting paid, it's a disaster.\"", "Frost worries too much, Honda dealer Richards said.", "\"We're going to get our money,\" he said.", "\"We're making sure the deals are straight.", "If everybody's got their documentation right, they've got the buy of lifetime.\"", "Despite his concerns, Frost tried to remain optimistic in the program's final hours.", "After all, his dealership's sales are up 30 percent from last year, he said.", "\"People are coming in,\" he said not long after opening Saturday.", "\"I smell clunker.\"" ]	[ "Customers rush in for final weekend of \"Cash for Clunkers\" program .", "Phone at Honda dealer in Georgia \"ringing off the hook\"\n\"It's like Christmas!\"", "dealership's busy receptionist says .", "Government red tape giving auto group's general manager headaches ." ]	[ 1, 3, 15, 17 ]
[ "Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- As Christmas season went into full swing this year, Glen Fullmer's 7-year-old son came home from school with an assignment: Make a poster illustrating his family holiday traditions.", "The boy wasn't sure how to proceed because he and his family are Baha'is, not Christians, and they have no holidays during the Christmas season.", "Thus, Fullmer encountered the \"December Dilemma\" -- the term used for the quandaries and anxieties non-Christians and interfaith couples face during Christmas season.", "Fullmer, a Baha'i faith spokesman who lives in Evanston, Illinois, said he saw the poster assignment as a \"teachable moment\" for his 4-, 7- and 10-year-old sons who associated holiday traditions with Christmas.", "He reminded his boys that Baha'is have a gift-giving and charity period in February called Ayyam-i-Ha, a stretch of time not unlike the Christmas season.", "And he helped his son design the poster about that holiday, which precedes a fasting period and then the Baha'i New Year in March.", "\"His classmates asked him questions about the holiday, and one of his friends came up to him and wants to celebrate that holiday,\" Fullmer said, pleased that his son's peers helped him reaffirm his identity.", "Navigating the Christmas season can be a challenge for the millions of people who don't celebrate the holiday.", "Many acknowledge and sometime embrace the season's customs, such as gift-giving and sending out greeting cards, while at the same time they are conscious of maintaining their own religious identities.", "\"They strongly try to maintain their own integrity, but they really want to find bridges across holidays,\" said the Rev.", "Dr. Paul Numrich, a professor at the Theological Consortium of Greater Columbus in Ohio.", "\"I think that's the majority.\"", "L.S. Narasimhan, chairman of the Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, is a Hindu and doesn't celebrate Christmas.", "But he said he admires the Christian celebrations of his friends and has attended Christmas Eve services at several churches.", "\"Hindus are typically more open-minded and tolerant.", "Hinduism is very comfortable in accommodating a diversity of ideas,\" he said.", "\"It is very common for Hindu families to have Christmas trees at their homes, purely as a fun thing to do for their children.", "When they visit shopping malls, Hindu parents in general are comfortable with a photo-op for their little kids with Santa.\"", "But at the same time, there are pressures about the encroachment of Christianity on Hindu life.", "\"Television commercials, good selection of merchandise and great sale prices persuade Hindu-Americans to take advantage of the shopping spree,\" Narasimhan said.", "\"Several Hindu temples have risen up to the challenge and added some special Hindu prayers and ceremonies to engage Hindus who are on winter holidays but not on overseas vacations.\"", "Dr. Shefali Chheda, an Atlanta-area pediatrician, is a Jain -- practicing a religion with Indian roots.", "Growing up in Houston, Texas, she said her parents \"felt comfortable letting us celebrate Christmas,\" perhaps to help fit into American society and maintain a sense of normalcy.", "\"The spirit and meaning of Christmas, of helping others and of giving, are nice messages.", "Therefore, it is hard to consciously object to it,\" Chheda said.", "\"Jains, as a whole, are a minority in India.", "Many Jains celebrate Hindu holidays, so celebrating Christmas with Santa and a tree and presents is no different.", "Since Jains wholeheartedly believe in 'ahimsa' -- peace toward all living beings in thought, word and action -- the Christmas spirit is a very Jain-like philosophy.\"", "The religious aspect of Christmas -- believing Jesus is the savior and that December 25 is his birthday -- is not celebrated in Jainism, but the customs and symbols are interwoven into daily life, she said.", "\"Now that I have toddlers in the house, they come home with stories about Christmas.", "They sing songs about Rudolph and Santa, and Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah.", "But it's Santa that everyone talks about, so they talk about him as well,\" Chheda said.", "\"I use Santa as a behavioral modification tool.", "'Santa's watching you, so you better be good' works infinitely better than timeout.", "My kids will be living in this country; they will have a hard enough time anyway with their names and food and other cultural traditions; Christmas -- and the Christmas spirit -- is not one tradition that I want to take away from them.\"", "Jesus plays a role in the theology of other religions, such as the Baha'i faith and Islam, even though those faiths don't observe Christmas as a religious holiday.", "The Christmas season presented a struggle for Haris Tarin, director of the Washington office of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee.", "He grew up in Los Angeles, California, area schools, where he sang the ever-present Christmas carols and made the gingerbread houses in schools but didn't have a tree in his home.", "\"We definitely had a little bit of anxiety in childhood,\" Tarin said.", "But that changed as he grew up and refined his American Muslim persona amid the American atmosphere of diversity and tolerance.", "Now, where he and his family live in northern Virginia, \"we don't celebrate Christmas.", "We celebrate our holidays\" -- pointing, for example, to Eid al-Fitr after Ramadan and Eid al-Adha after the hajj pilgrimage.", "But he welcomes the goodwill of the season -- the gift-exchanges with non-Muslim neighbors and the requests from schoolteachers to talk about Muslim holidays.", "\"There's definitely going to be a level of discomfort, especially for those who aren't used to that diverse culture that we belong to,\" he said.", "But the unease spawns discussion, presenting a useful opportunity to help young people and newcomers, he said.", "For Jews, the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah happens to fall during the Christmas season.", "Hanukkah is wildly popular and observed, with its special foods, gift-giving and candle lighting, and with its symbols such as the menorah -- a candelabrum -- and the dreidel, a toy that spins like a top.", "Compared with other non-Christians, many Jews have drawn a sharper line in the sand when it comes to observing Christmas, a stance informed by historic, theological and self-preservation reasons.", "That attitude emerged recently during a young professionals' get-together at an Indian restaurant outside Atlanta sponsored by the American Jewish Committee and Young Indian Professionals.", "People there indicated that attending Christmas-themed holiday parties, exchanging greeting cards and wishing Christian friends \"Merry Christmas\" are surely not uncommon or unacceptable among Jews.", "But some practices are widely shunned -- such as plunking one's child on Santa's lap at the mall, and deplored -- such as assigning kids in public schools to write a letter to Santa Claus.", "\"It's a beautiful season.", "It brings out a joy,\" said Hannah Vahaba, who organized the Jewish-Indian event.", "\"But I'm not going to celebrate it.\"", "Interfaith couples celebrate their diversity during the Christmas season.", "Jeff Silver, a certified public accountant who is Jewish, and Shweta Gupta, a dentist who is Hindu, are planning their marriage next year.", "They will have an interfaith household and said they hope to raise children to understand both of their traditions.", "At their home in Atlanta, they've set up a holiday tree decorated with Hindu and Jewish ornaments.", "Non-religious Americans embrace a December \"secular holiday\" called HumanLight.", "Patrick Colucci, vice chair of the HumanLight Committee and member of the New Jersey Humanist Network, said the holiday can uplift \"atheist, humanist and nonreligious\" people who feel left out and isolated during Christmas.", "It was a perfect fit for him when it came along, he said, because \"it corresponds with my humanity-based ethics and values, without any supernatural or theistic beliefs.", "My 'holiday season' is HumanLight and New Year's Eve -- that's what I celebrate.\"", "\"The only dilemma, in my experience is, if Christmas is part of the larger family tradition, and then some family members reject us for not believing in it anymore.", "We're not out to take Christmas away from anyone who wants to celebrate it -- there is no 'war on Christmas,' \" Colucci said.", "How do Christians themselves see the presence and practices of non-Christians during Christmas?", "While many would like to see non-Christians convert to Christianity, they also recognize that the United States is a \"diverse society\" and that conversion \"is not even on their radar screen,\" said Numrich, the theology professor.", "\"There's a deep American virtue in respecting religious differences,\" he said." ]	[ "Non-Christians and interfaith couples often face quandaries and anxieties during holidays .", "Many acknowledge and sometime embrace customs of the Christmas season .", "Others remain conscious of maintaining their own religious identities ." ]	[ 2, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Stonehenge, an enigma to visitors and scientists alike for so many years, became less of a mystery after a discovery announced to the world this week.", "A stone circle discovered near Stonehenge may suggest the prehistoric monument was part of a funeral route.", "Archaeologists have unearthed a new stone circle near Stonehenge that lends credence to the theory that the famous prehistoric monument in Britain was part of a funeral complex.", "University of Bristol archaeologist Joshua Pollard described the new find as \"incredible\" because it establishes Stonehenge as part of a larger ceremonial complex linked to the nearby River Avon.", "\"No one could have predicted there was another stone circle so close by,\" said Pollard, co-director of the excavation project that began in 2004.", "This, he said, changes the perception of the popular tourist destination 90 miles west of London.", "The new find, dubbed \"Bluestonehenge\" after the color of the 25 Welsh stones of which it was once composed, sits along the Avon a mile away from its famous sister circle, Pollard said.", "Neolithic peoples would have come down river by boat and literally stepped off into Bluestonehenge, Pollard said.", "They may have congregated at certain times of the year, including the winter solstice, and carried remains of the dead from Bluestonehenge down an almost two-mile funeral processional route to a cemetery at Stonehenge to bury them.", "\"It could be that Bluestonehenge was where the dead began their final journey to Stonehenge,\" said Mike Parker Pearson, an archaeologist at the University of Sheffield who co-directed the project with Pollard.", "\"Not many people know that Stonehenge was Britain's largest burial ground at that time,\" he said.", "\"Maybe the blue stone circle is where people were cremated before their ashes were buried at Stonehenge itself.\"", "Proof of life artifacts -- pottery, animal bones, food residues and flint tools used in the Stone Age -- are decidedly absent at Stonehenge but were found upstream in a village discovered by the excavation team in 2005, leading researchers to believe that Stonehenge was indeed a burial ground.", "But people have debated the purpose of Stonehenge for decades.", "Known for its orientation in relation to the rising and setting sun, the circle of stones represented a prehistoric temple to some.", "Others argued it was an astronomical observatory.", "Or that it was a marker of time.", "But Pollard is sticking to his theory.", "He said others have not based their suppositions on archaeological finds.", "Archaeologists began the latest excavation with the hope of tracking the course of the avenue that led to Stonehenge.", "They had no idea they would stumble upon a second circle that would help uncover the mystery of Stonehenge.", "The stones at Bluestonehenge were removed thousands of years ago, Pollard said, but the sizes of the remaining pits, about 33 feet in diameter, point to giant blue stones from the Preseli Mountains of Wales, about 150 miles away.", "Pollard said that Neolithic people dragged the pillarlike blue stones along the processional route to Stonehenge to incorporate them in a major rebuilding that took place around 2500 B.C.", "Archaeologists know that after 2500, Stonehenge consisted of about 60 Welsh stones and 83 local sarsen stones.", "Some of the blue stones that once stood on the river's edge probably now stand within the center of Stonehenge, Pollard said.", "Scientists plan to use radiocarbon dating techniques to better understand the history of the entire site.", "Stonehenge remains as striking as ever.", "But with each new find, the enigma fades just a little." ]	[ "Discovery of lost stone circle sheds new light on Stonehenge's purpose .", "Researchers say \"Bluestonehenge\" was starting point of funeral processional route .", "Bluestonehenge is named after color of Welsh stones from which it was formed .", "Some have viewed Stonehenge as temple, astronomical observatory ." ]	[ 1, 6, 13, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The powerful Service Employees International Union has decided that, because of the $700 billion financial-system bailout, it wants to organize bank workers.", "Banks that get taxpayer money need to \"ensure their workers have a voice,\" a union spokeswoman says.", "In an e-mail dated November 12 and obtained exclusively by CNN, a member of SEIU's Private Equity Project outlined initial discussions to organize bank workers \"since the banking industry is now being infused with billions of taxpayer dollars.\"", "The e-mail was written by SEIU's Inga Skippings to the director of the Washington office of the Association of Community Organizing for Reform Now (ACORN), a longtime ally and partner of the union.", "\"We need to get a handle on who these workers are, working conditions, etc.,\" Skippings wrote.", "\"Do you have ACORN members who work for banks or Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae?", "Is there anyway [sic] you could check?", "The banks we're most concerned about are: .", "-- Fannie Mae -- Freddie Mac -- Chevy Chase/B.F.Saul -- BB&T -- SunTrust -- Bank of America/Countrywide -- Wachovia/Wells Fargo -- PNC Bank/National City -- Citigroup .", "\"Please let me know and if you have other suggestions, I'd love to hear them.\"", "Skippings referred questions to a union spokeswoman, who confirmed the authenticity of the e-mail and that the union is considering targeting the banks for unionizing.", "\"We believe there is special responsibility for companies who receive taxpayer dollars to ensure their workers have a voice on the job,\" SEIU's Lynda Tran said.", "\"And those workers should have a seat at the table at the companies where decisions that impact the future of their families and the companies that employ them\" are made.", "\"We are talking to workers really broadly in banking,\" she said.", "SEIU is the fastest-growing trade union in North America, according to its own Web site, with a membership of more than 2 million, including health-care industry workers and state and local government employees.", "It also represents guards and janitors who work in commercial and residential properties.", "And its clout continues to grow.", "SEIU's $85 million in political donations made it the single-largest contributor to either party in the recent elections.", "The union worked vigorously for the election of Barack Obama, who has named a former union official as his White House political director, a post once held in the Bush administration by Karl Rove.", "The official, Patrick Gaspard, formerly was executive vice president of politics and legislation for Local 1199, the SEIU's United Healthcare Workers East.", "SEIU, which broke away from the AFL-CIO in 2005, is known for its successful but sometimes controversial tactics: It often targets private equity groups' leaders, as well as banks and companies, with loud and demonstrative rallies.", "The union's hierarchy has made no secret it hopes to grow under the incoming Democratic administration.", "\"I would say that we've been very vocal about the optimism about the new administration,\" SEIU's Tran said.", "\"There are a number of newly elected members of Congress who agree with us on matters relating to working families.\"", "One labor professor said SEIU's timing in trying to unionize bank workers may be on target \"because financial institutions are at a moment of weakness.\"", "\"Low-wage earners are the growing sector of the work force,\" said Gregory DeFreitas, an economics professor at Hofstra University and director of its labor studies program.", "\"This is a very shrewd political move to tie this to the bailouts.\"", "DeFreitas said unions tend not to do well in attracting workers during economic recessions because jobs are scarce then.", "But he said recent surveys indicate a majority of workers would consider organizing, so the public's appetite for unions may be on the upswing.", "\"Bank teller jobs are one of the few jobs that are actually growing,\" DeFreitas said.", "\"And they are low-wage earners, so it makes sense that it fits into the SEIU model.", "SEIU has been very opportunistic in growing its membership.", "Success breeds success.\"", "The median annual earnings of bank tellers was about $22,000 in May 2006, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.", "A spokesman for the American Bankers Association said it had no one who could comment on labor issues.", "He said the association represents 95 percent of the industry's $13.6 trillion in assets." ]	[ "Union says it is considering targeting banks for unionizing .", "E-mail from union lists the banks it's \"most concerned\" about .", "E-mail cites $700 billion financial-system bailout as reason for move .", "Spokeswoman: Bailed-out banks have responsibility to ensure workers have voice ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7, 10 ]
[ "TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday he sees no change in U.S. policy toward Iran despite the U.S. promise of a \"new beginning.\"", "Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran would change its policy when the U.S. did so as well.", "Khamenei said a change in rhetoric is not enough, and Washington must practice what it preaches, according to the English-language Press TV channel in Iran.", "He also promised that Iran will change its policy if the United States does so as well, Press TV reported.", "Khamenei's comments, which he made in a televised address to mark the start of the Iranian New Year on Friday, come a day after U.S. President Barack Obama reached out to Iran in a videotaped message.", "A spokesman for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemned U.S. foreign policy Friday in response to the video.", "Obama's message spoke of \"new beginnings\" with the promise of a new year.", "\"My administration is now committed to diplomacy that addresses the full range of issues before us, and to pursuing constructive ties among the United States, Iran and the international community,\" the president said in his message Friday.", "Obama said the United States seeks engagement with Iran that is \"honest and grounded in mutual respect.\"", "The president's message is part of a dramatic shift in tone from that of the Bush administration, which branded Iran as part of an \"axis of evil\" along with North Korea and Iraq.", "It also echoes Obama's inaugural speech in which he told the Muslim world, \"We seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect.\"", "Ahmadinejad said last month that Iran would welcome talks with the United States \"in a fair atmosphere with mutual respect.\"", "Khamenei also said world powers have come to realize they are not able to block Iran's nuclear progress.", "He looked back on the February 25 testing of Iran's first nuclear power plant, at Bushehr, as one of the \"joyful developments\" of the past year.", "Last month, the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security released a report saying that Iran has reached \"nuclear weapons breakout capability\" -- it has enough uranium to make a nuclear bomb.", "The report was based on an analysis of data from the International Atomic Energy Agency.", "However, an IAEA official who asked not to be named cautioned against drawing such dramatic conclusions from the data, saying Iran's stock of low-enriched uranium would have to be turned into highly enriched uranium to be weapons-grade material.", "That hasn't been done, the official said.", "The United States has had tortuous relations with Tehran since the Islamic revolution in 1979.", "Meanwhile, the widow of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died Saturday morning after a long period of illness, the Iranian-run Islamic Republic News Agency said.", "A funeral for Khadije Saghafi was scheduled to be held Sunday in Tehran and she was set to be laid to rest in Khomeini's tomb, the agency reported.", "Khomeini was the leader of the 1979 revolution that led to the toppling of the shah of Iran and the ushering in of an Islamic state. He died in 1989." ]	[ "Iranian supreme leader: No change in U.S. policy despite Obama overtures .", "U.S. President Obama reached out to Tehran in Iranian New Year message Friday .", "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Iran will change when U.S. changes .", "Obama: U.S. seeks engagement that is \"honest and grounded in mutual respect\"" ]	[ 0, 4, 8 ]
[ "Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- A motorcycle bomb killed 20 people and injured 117 others south of Baghdad on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said.", "The bombing in the holy city of Karbala was one of four attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims as they headed toward the shrine of Imam Hussein on Wednesday morning, a ministry official said.", "Three people died and 23 were injured in the other attacks.", "In those explosions, a roadside bomb in western Baghdad killed one person, and a roadside bomb in the city of Hilla in Babil province, south of Baghdad, killed two people.", "A roadside bomb in southwestern Baghdad caused only injuries.", "Wednesday's attacks came two days after a suicide bomber killed 41 people and wounded 106 others in an assault on pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad.", "Iraqi authorities are trying to provide security to thousands of Shiite worshipers who are making their way to Karbala to mark the Arbaeen -- the end of the 40-day mourning period at the close of Ashura.", "Ashura commemorates the martyrdom of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed who was killed in battle in Karbala in 680 A.D. That event helped create the schism between Sunnis and Shiites, the two main Muslim religious movements.", "CNN's Yousif Bassil contributed to this report." ]	[ "Bombers target Shiite pilgrims in the holy city of Karbala .", "Twenty people killed, more than 100 injured in a motorbike blast .", "Attack was one of four carried out Wednesday .", "Three people died and 23 were injured in the other attacks ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The bad news came via certified letter to Norma Jimenez, Edna Rodriguez and nearly 17,000 other Puerto Ricans this month.", "Thousands last week protest government layoffs in Puerto Rico.", "To cut spending, Puerto Rico announced last month that thousands of government employees would be fired in the second round of layoffs this year.", "More than 7,800 public employees were fired in March.", "\"I was fearful because of the uncertainty,\" Jimenez, 42, an auxiliary administrator for the U.S. territory's Department of Education told CNN.", "\"Will the letter come or not come?\"", "The letter came, and it said that under a measure authorized by an emergency fiscal bill, her last day of work would be January 8 of next year.", "Rodriguez, who worked for the education department for 11 years as a receptionist, got the same letter, but with a November 6 termination date.", "\"It was as if the world collapsed,\" she told CNN.", "And presumably, so it goes for the thousands of other public employees who were laid off.", "The austere measures are a bid by the government to stabilize a fiscal mess and save Puerto Rico's credit rating.", "According to government figures, the U.S. territory faces a $3.2 billion budget deficit -- proportionally, the largest shortfall in the United States -- and is entering a fourth year of recession.", "The severity of the plan reflects the aftermath of what experts say is years, maybe decades, of the lack of a forward-looking economic policy.", "Confronted with the fear that the credit-rating agencies might reduce Puerto Rico's rating to junk status, the administration of Gov.", "Luis Fortuno has taken strong, but controversial, steps.", "\"Every layoff letter has a name, and every name has a story,\" Puerto Rico Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock said in an interview with CNN.", "But, he said, \"Doing nothing was not an alternative.\"", "The governor and other officials cut their salaries and trimmed spending in other areas, but the massive layoffs were necessary to avert the downgraded credit rating, McClintock said.", "\"If that happened, we would become the first state in the history of the U.S. to have its credit downgraded to junk bond,\" he said.", "Puerto Rico's unemployment rate is nearly 16 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.", "According to government calculations, a downgraded credit rating would have pushed that figure toward 25 percent unemployment, McClintock said.", "The government is betting that the reduced spending, combined with $6.5 billion in combined federal and local stimulus funds, will be enough to get the territory back on solid footing.", "As a U.S. commonwealth, Puerto Rico exercises much autonomy, but still falls under U.S. jurisdiction.", "In addition to the federal stimulus money, Puerto Rican officials traveled to Washington last month to lobby for discretionary stimulus grants.", "How did Puerto Rico get into this predicament?", "\"This did not happen overnight,\" said Miguel Soto-Class, executive director of the Center for the New Economy, an independent think tank in Puerto Rico.", "For too long, the island has been dependent on a single industry at a time, Soto-Class told CNN.", "First it was coffee, then sugar, and most recently pharmaceutical production plants.", "Under the terms of a special tax break, U.S. companies were exempt from paying federal income tax on profits earned by their Puerto Rican manufacturing subsidiaries.", "This brought plenty of companies and jobs to the island until Congress voted to phase out the benefits between 1996 and 2006.", "When a number of foreign companies began to pull back, Puerto Rico saw that the local economy had not absorbed many benefits from the foreign plants, Soto-Class said.", "For instance, local restaurants didn't sprout near the plants because food was usually done in-house.", "Likewise, the foreign companies used their own accountants, leaving local CPAs few opportunities to grow.", "\"That wasn't the cause, but it laid bare that we hadn't had an economic development model in a long time,\" Soto-Class said.", "On the fiscal front, most the attention has focused on the large public workforce.", "With a workforce of some 200,000, Puerto Rico, with a population of about 4 million, has more public employees than any state in the union, with the exception of California and New York, McClintock said.", "For comparison, California has about one state employee for every 103 residents, while Puerto Rico has one public worker for every 20 residents.", "The public payroll had become bloated, he said.", "Edwin Melendez, director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, said that a large public workforce is not a bad thing, as long as it adds and keeps up to the territory's growth.", "But even when Puerto Rico's economy started declining, the public sector continued to swell.", "The territory's political parties had become dependent on government employment as a political tool, in effect creating a patronage system, Melendez said.", "\"We are where we are because the patronage system is bankrupt,\" he said.", "For Fortuno, a member of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood New Progressive Party and also member of the Republican Party, the challenges required immediate action.", "\"You can bring it down to a four word phrase: 'No pain, no gain,' \" McClintock said.", "The government has already spent more than $1 billion in stimulus funds that have created some 10,000 private sector jobs, he said.", "\"That's why we are stimulating the private sector to grow, so that it can pick up the slack that the government can no longer afford to employ on its own,\" McClintock said.", "Thousands of protesters who participated in a strike last week dispute that firing this many workers during a recession will help the territory.", "\"This worsens the situation by increasing unemployment,\" Roberto Pagan, president of the Puerto Rico Worker's Union, told CNN.", "\"We want the government to take alternative measures.\"", "The government's bet is that the negative impact of the laid off workers will be offset with positive effects of the stimulus funds, Soto-Class said.", "It's a risky bet, he said, adding that the Fortuno administration grasps the economics of the situation very well.", "Looking to the future, McClintock said the government expects to balance the budget in two years.", "Soto-Class said that recovery will also mean looking at diversifying the economic activity.", "Tourism and agriculture, for example, could become larger factors in the economy, he said.", "Pagan, the union leader, said he supports levying higher corporate taxes to increase revenue.", "The government, however, said it plans to continue to use tax incentives to lure companies to the island.", "Puerto Rico is \"still the pharmaceutical capital of the world, but we have to try to manufacture even more Tylenol to resolve our economic headaches,\" McClintock said.", "\"We have to manufacture even more Viagra than we already manufacture so our economic statistics will rise.\"" ]	[ "Puerto Rico announced last month thousands of government layoffs .", "Already more than 7,800 public employees were fired in March .", "Puerto Rico, population 4 million, has 200,000 public employees .", "California has 1 state employee for every 103 residents, Puerto Rico, 1 for every 20 ." ]	[ 2, 3, 35, 36 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Such is the level of pressure heaped on football managers, it is unsurprising that now and then they might say or do something that gets them into trouble with someone.", "The latest incident has seen Manchester City boss Mark Hughes accusing Arsenal's Arsene Wenger of \"not knowing how to behave\" after the Frenchman refused to shake the Welshman's hand after the Gunners' 3-0 English League Cup defeat on Wednesday night.", "It is not the first time Wenger has made the headlines for the wrong reasons, but he is certainly not alone.", "Fanzone takes a look at football's top-five misbehaving managers.", "1. Arsene Wenger .", "In recent years, Wenger has been involved in touchline confrontations with Tottenham Hotspur counterpart Martin Jol and West Ham's Alan Pardew, and exchanged words with Jose Mourinho.", "But his most bitter rivalry has been with Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.", "For about a decade, the two clubs contested for the English Premier League, with the two coaches engaged in a volatile war of words.", "The rivalry reached a peak in 2004 when United ended Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten streak with a 2-0 win at Old Trafford.", "After the match both coaches and players exchanged words before a slice of pizza was allegedly flung into Ferguson's face -- the incident has been referred to as 'Pizzagate' or the 'Battle of the Buffet' ever since.", "Tensions have since subsided.", "2. Alex Ferguson .", "Ferguson's mind games over the past year have mostly been reserved for Liverpool's Rafa Benitez and referees.", "It was a stinging criticism of the latter that has arguably caused the Premier League's biggest controversy this season.", "After Manchester United grabbed a late equalizer at home to Sunderland, Ferguson in his post-match press conference proceeded to label referee Alan Wiley unfit in comparison to continental officials.", "After the threat of a lawsuit, Ferguson offered an apology -- albeit a fairly half-hearted one.", "3. Luis Aragones .", "In his native Spain, Aragones will likely be remembered for leading the country to their first major trophy since 1964 when they won Euro 2008.", "Elsewhere it might be for when, in a training session in 2004, he was filmed making a racially offensive remark about Thierry Henry in an attempt to motivate the Frenchman's then Arsenal teammate Jose Antonio Reyes.", "The comment caused a particular storm in England, with many in the media calling for Aragones' job.", "He was later fined $3,425.", "4. Diego Maradona .", "Maradona has been no stranger to controversy throughout his career, and has kept up that trend since becoming Argentina manager.", "In October he launched a scathing and foul-mouthed outburst at those who had criticized him during Argentina's qualifying campaign.", "The rant caused FIFA to ban him football for two months and fine him $24,603.", "5. Jose Mourinho .", "For all his success in football management, Mourinho is equally well-known for his brash and cocky manner, a trait that has caused fans to love and loathe him in equal measure.", "His penchant for speaking his mind has seen him accuse referee Anders Frisk of consorting with then Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard at half-time during a Champions League tie (the official later retired due to the aftermath, having received death threats).", "Also while in charge of Chelsea, he once labeled Wenger a \"voyeur.\"", "Less verbally, he risked the ire of Liverpool fans when he proceeded to shush them during the 2005 League Cup final after Chelsea scored.", "The most memorable occurrence came during the London club's 2005 Champions League quarterfinal versus Bayern Munich.", "Banned from the game, it was reported that Mourinho was secretly wheeled in and out of the changing-rooms in a washing basket, and that during the game he fed information to fitness coach Rui Faria through an earpiece under his hat." ]	[ "Mark Hughes accuses Arsene Wenger of \"not knowing how to behave\" after a defeat .", "Wenger has been involved in confrontations with several managers before .", "He had a fierce rivalry with Alex Ferguson which subsided with Arsenal's declining fortunes .", "Jose Mourinho has achieved particular notoriety, especially while at Chelsea ." ]	[ 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 28 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The long list for the job that has been described as \"the best in the world\" has been announced.", "The successful applicant will based on Hamilton Island, center, off Australia's northeastern coast.", "A chef, a dance instructor and a scientist are among the final 50 applicants for the six-month post of \"caretaker\" on Hamilton Island, part of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia The successful candidate will enjoy a salary of $100,000, free home and generous perks on the island.", "\"Key responsibilities\" will include sending weekly reports via blogs and video on what is happening on the island, as well as cleaning the pool -- which comes with the free home -- and feeding the fish.", "Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle revealed Tuesday that the authority had received 34,684 applications from around the world for the position.", "\"Yesterday, a team of Tourism Queensland marketing and international staff along with a professional recruitment company made the very tough decisions necessary to cut the short-list to the Top 50,\" Boyle said.", "\"I understand it was a robust discussion but what it boiled down to was the motivation and professionalism of the applicants and their 'fit' with the job and Tourism Queensland.\"", "The 50 hopefuls come from 22 countries including the U.S., the UK, Russia, Canada, France, Greece, Ireland, India, China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Kenya as well as Australia itself.", "The shortlisted 50 will now be cut down to a final 11 -- 10 chosen by Tourism Queensland and an 11th by popular vote from videos submitted by the applicants.", "The videos show the 50 candidates employing a variety of attempts to woo their prospective employer, from wandering round a chilly city center in bikini with surfboard to making their application in the form of a street musical, complete with chorus singers.", "The successful applicant will also enjoy free return airfares from their nearest capital city, transport on the island, travel insurance, computer and camera gear and travel to other islands in the Great Barrier Reef.", "The appointment requires no academic qualifications -- the \"caretaker\" will just need to have strong communication skills, be a good swimmer and enjoy snorkeling.", "The final selection process will take place on Hamilton Island in early May, with the successful applicant announced on May 6 and beginning work on July 1." ]	[ "Tourism Queensland advertised dream island caretaking job for $100,000 .", "Six-month stint involves reporting on the Great Barrier Reef island off Australia .", "Long list of 34,000-plus has now been whittled down to long list of 50 .", "Final 11 will be interviewed on the island itself in May, job will begin in July ." ]	[ 0, 2, 8 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Oscar-nominated director John Singleton accidentally struck and killed a pedestrian, a Los Angeles police spokesman said late Friday.", "John Singleton directed \"Rosewood,\" \"Baby Boy,\" \"Shaft\" and \"Four Brothers\" after \"Boyz N the Hood.\"", "Constance Russell, 57, of Los Angeles, died at a hospital a few hours after the accident Thursday evening, Los Angeles Police Officer Jason Lee said.", "Russell was not using a crosswalk when she stepped in front of Singleton's car, Lee said.", "According to a preliminary police investigation, Singleton was not under the influence of drugs, alcohol or any other substance and was permitted to leave after being questioned.", "However, Lee said because the victim was killed, the case has been turned over to the district attorney's office for review.", "Singleton, 39, earned two Academy Award nominations for his 1991 debut film \"Boyz N the Hood.\"", "That film also won him an MTV Movie Award as best new filmmaker.", "Other films he has directed include \"Rosewood,\" \"Baby Boy,\" \"Shaft\" and \"Four Brothers.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "John Singleton's vehicle strikes woman, 57, who stepped into street .", "Singleton sober, not charged, allowed to leave after questioning .", "Director nominated for two Oscars for \"Boyz N the Hood\"" ]	[ 1, 3, 6, 9 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Singer Chris Brown has recorded a song with his girlfriend, Rihanna, after charges were filed against him for allegedly assaulting her, a source close to the record's producer, Polow Da Don, said Thursday.", "A music producer says Rihanna recorded a duet with Chris Brown, who is accused of assaulting her.", "The source, who did not wish to be named because she was not authorized to speak on the matter, did not have any further details .", "\"My heart goes out to both Chris and Rihanna for what has happened in the past,\" Da Don said in a statement.", "\"They are both great artists to work with, and I wish them well.\"", "The Los Angeles, California, district attorney filed two felony counts against Brown, 19, last week relating to a February 8 incident in which police said he assaulted Rihanna, 21.", "A police statement said the incident began when Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, found a text message on Brown's cell phone from \"a woman who Brown had a previous sexual relationship with,\" according to court documents released last week.", "Brown issued a public apology to his fans last month.", "\"Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired,\" he said in a statement released by his spokesman.", "\"I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones, and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person.\"", "When Brown made his first appearance in court last Thursday, Rihanna's lawyer asked the judge not to prohibit him from having contact with her while he faces the charges.", "Media reports have said the couple has reunited since the alleged incident; spokespersons for both have neither confirmed nor denied it.", "Watch some tough love for Rihanna » .", "Brown is due back in court on April 6 for his formal arraignment.", "If he is convicted, he could face as much as four years and eight months in prison, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.", "The case has been moved to L.A. County Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg who signed the search warrant in the case.", "Brown's attorney, Mark Geragos, requested a prearraignment hearing which is scheduled for March 23 in Schnegg's chambers.", "Brown is not required to be at the hearing.", "iReport.com: Chris Brown fans: Share your reaction .", "On Wednesday he withdrew his nominations for two Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, a spokesman said.", "Brown, 19, had been nominated for \"Favorite Song\" and \"Favorite Male Singer.\"", "\"Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding the incident last month has shifted the focus from the music to whether he should be allowed to be among those nominated,\" the spokesman said in a written statement.", "\"While Chris would like to speak to his fans directly about this and other issues, pending legal proceedings preclude his doing so at this time.", "Once the matter before him has been resolved, he intends to do so.\"" ]	[ "Music producer says Chris Brown and Rihanna recorded a duet this week .", "Charges have been filed against Brown in an alleged assault against Rihanna .", "Media reports say the couple has reconciled, but neither has confirmed .", "Brown withdrew his nominations for two Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards ." ]	[ 0, 1, 11, 19, 20 ]
[ "(Entertainment Weekly) -- Fueled by a hefty dose of tweener love, Zac Efron's \"17 Again\" won this weekend's box office sweepstakes without breaking a sweat.", "Zac Efron stars in \"17 Again,\" which debuted in the No.", "1 slot at the box office.", "The high school time-warp comedy, which costars Matthew Perry and Leslie Mann, earned $24.1 million, according to studio estimates from the box office tracking firm Nielsen EDI.", "The film's haul marked another No.", "1 debut for Efron, who helped boost ticket sales with an appearance this weekend on Saturday Night Live.", "In 2007, the musical \"Hairspray,\" which co-starred Efron, opened first at $27.5 million.", "Last year, Efron's \"High School Musical 3: Senior Year\" bowed with $42 million, and while \"17 Again\" may have fallen short of that mark, it still represents an auspicious maiden voyage for Efron's post-Disney career.", "Despite the raft of critics who pooh-poohed the film, which received a 61 percent fresh rating on Rottentomatoes.com, audiences were more favorably inclined, giving it a strong A- CinemaScore.", "Landing at No. 2, the Russell Crowe-Ben Affleck thriller \"State of Play\" pulled in $14.1 million.", "The film, which garnered generally positive reviews, is the latest of a string of adult-oriented dramas to lag at the box office, although its final tally actually came in somewhat higher than anticipated and was an improvement over the $12.9 million opening for Crowe's last outing, last fall's \"Body of Lies.\"", "While \"17 Again\" mopped up moviegoers on the younger end of the age spectrum, a whopping 75 percent of \"State of Play's\" audience was over 35.", "Holding steady at No.", "3 for the second week in a row, \"Monsters vs. Aliens\" took in another $12.9 million.", "The film's impressive performance in its fourth weekend brings the grand total for the animated kiddie flick to $162 million the highest this year by a wide margin.", "\"Hannah Montana: The Movie\" dropped 61 percent from its opening last weekend, but the Miley Cyrus starrer still proved strong enough for the No.", "4 spot with $12.7 million, boosting its cumulative gross to $56.2 million.", "Rounding out the top five, \"Fast & Furious\" still had plenty of gas in the tank, earning $12.3 million in its third weekend for an overall cume of $136.7 million.", "The same, however, can't be said for the Jason Statham action flick \"Crank High Voltage,\" which sputtered into a distant sixth place with a decidedly low-voltage $6.5 million.", "Overall box office was up for the fourth straight weekend, surging 21 percent over this same weekend last year.", "Recession? What recession? CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .", "Copyright 2009 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved." ]	[ "\"17 Again\" debuted at No.", "1 at the box office, pulling in an estimated $24.1 million .", "The Russell Crowe-Ben Affleck thriller \"State of Play\" was No.", "2 with $14.1 million .", "Overall box office earnings were up for the fourth straight weekend ." ]	[ 1, 2, 9, 19 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Despite his personal problems, golfer Tiger Woods received another accolade as he was voted PGA player of the year.", "Wood was chosen for the award by a vote from other professional golfers.", "\"The recognition by [his] peers is one of the highest compliments a PGA Tour member can receive,\" PGA Commissioner Timothy Finchem said in a press statement Friday.", "The statement mentioned the six tournaments Woods won in 2009 but made no mention of the infamous car accident and infidelity scandal that pushed the golfer to take an indefinite hiatus from pro golf.", "Earlier this week, Woods was also voted \"Athlete of the Decade\" by the Associated Press.", "Woods' woes started late in November when he crashed his car outside his Florida mansion.", "Authorities issued a citation for careless driving, and he was given a $164 fine.", "Woods was not required to talk to police about the wreck and declined to talk with investigators on several occasions.", "In the week following the crash, Woods apologized for \"transgressions\" that let his family down.", "The same day, US Weekly published a report alleging that Woods had an affair with Jaimee Grubbs, a 24-year-old cocktail waitress.", "US Weekly's report followed a National Enquirer article before the crash that the athlete was having an affair with New York nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel, an assertion she vigorously denied, according to The New York Post.", "After that several other women came forward alleging to have had liaisons with Woods.", "Last week on his Web site, Woods admitted to infidelity and said he was taking a break from golf to focus on his family." ]	[ "Tiger Woods voted PGA Player of the Year by his peers .", "Woods won six tournaments in 2009 .", "Woods recently announced he would take golf hiatus to focus on family after admitting infidelity ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- Officials are investigating reports that two fire department dispatchers trained in emergency medical care refused to help a pregnant worker who collapsed in a cafe they were visiting.", "The woman later died.", "Eutisha Rennix collapsed while working at an Au Bon Pain restaurant in Brooklyn on December 9 and died at Long Island College Hospital, according to the district attorney's office for Brooklyn, which is looking into the incident.", "A spokesman for the office said Rennix was pregnant.", "The district attorney's office identified the two dispatchers as Jason Green and Melissa Jackson.", "The New York Fire Department has suspended them without pay pending a department investigation, spokesman Frank Dwyer said.", "Although the two worked as dispatchers, they had been trained as emergency medical technicians, said Steve Ritea, another department spokesman.", "Emergency medical technicians receive several weeks of training in medical care, he said .", "Rennix's co-workers said Green and Jackson were in the cafe at the time Rennix collapsed, but left after telling her co-workers to call 911, local media outlets reported.", "Rennix's mother, Cynthia, said she was told that her daughter's co-workers tried to get the two to help, but they refused, according to CNN affiliate NY1.", "\"If they were really caring and concerned, they would have taken a minute to see and probably, possibility, something to do or some way the could help her,\" Rennix said.", "But Jeff Samerson, a spokesman for the EMT and paramedics union that represents Green and Jackson, told NY1 that Jackson herself called 911.", "\"These are people that are not in the field, that have not had patient contact in years.", "... And they did the best they could,\" Samerson said.", "The fire department, however, issued a statement saying, \"All of our members have taken an oath to assist others in need of emergency medical care.\"", "Cynthia Rennix told CNN that she feels the EMTs were \"heartless\" and \"non-caring\" and hopes that her daughter's tragedy will prompt the city of New York to implement some sort of training or classes to ensure that a situation like this won't happen again.", "The victim's brother, Eudane Rennix, was overseas serving in the U.S. Army in Kuwait when he received the call about his sister's death.", "He came home on emergency leave and that is when, he said, the family broke down together.", "\"If this is your job, why wouldn't you want to help someone in need?\"", "he said. \"There's no excuse whatsoever.\"", "Eutisha Rennix's fiance and the father of her unborn child, Harry Woodsen, said the losses have been hard on the whole family.", "\"Everybody has two losses,\" he said.", "\"I lost a fiance, and I lost a child.", "Her brother lost a sister and niece.", "Her mother lost a grandchild and her daughter.\"", "The outrage at the incident has rippled beyond Brooklyn.", "Mayor Michael Bloomberg slammed the EMTs at a news conference Monday.", "\"Somebody's dying down the street and they say 'Help them,' and they just sat there,\" he said.", "\"There's no excuse whatsoever, as far as I can see.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Fire department says the two are dispatchers but have EMT training .", "Eutisha Rennix collapsed while working at a Brooklyn cafe, later died at hospital .", "Her co-workers reportedly say two EMTs in the cafe refused to help, told them to call 911 .", "The EMTs are suspended without pay while city investigates the reports ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov.", "Mitt Romney addressed the Republican National Convention on Wednesday.", "Here is the text of that speech: .", "Former Gov.", "Mitt Romney says Sen. John McCain will rein in government spending.", "Romney: Thank you.", "Thank you so very much.", "Ann and I love you all. We have a deep feeling in our hearts for you.", "We respect you for the values you have and the vision we have for America together.", "Thank you so much, our dear friends.", "We sure love you. Thank you. You know, for decades now, the Washington sun has been rising in the east.", "You see, Washington has been looking to the eastern elites, to the editorial pages of the Times and the Post, and to the broadcasters from the -- from the coast.", "Yes. Watch Romney's entire speech » .", "If America really wants to change, it's time to look for the sun in the west, because it's about to rise and shine from Arizona and Alaska.", "Last week, the Democratic convention talked about change.", "But what do you think? Is Washington now, liberal or conservative?", "Let me ask you some questions.", "Is a Supreme Court decision liberal or conservative that awards Guantanamo terrorists with constitutional rights?", "It's liberal. Is a government liberal or conservative that puts the interests of the teachers union ahead of the needs of our children?", "It's liberal. Is a Congress liberal or conservative that stops nuclear power plants and off-shore drilling, making us more and more dependent on Middle Eastern tyrants?", "It's liberal. Is government spending, putting aside inflation, liberal or conservative if it doubles since 1980?", "It's liberal. We need change all right: change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington.", "We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington: Throw out the big-government liberals and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin.", "It's the same prescription for a stronger economy.", "I spent 25 years in the private sector.", "I've done business in many foreign countries.", "I know why jobs come and why they go away.", "And I know that liberals don't have a clue.", "They think that we have the biggest and strongest economy in the world because of our government.", "They're wrong. America is strong because of the ingenuity, and entrepreneurship, and hard work of the American people.", "The American people have always been the source of our nation's strength, and they always will be.", "We strengthen our people and our economy when we preserve and promote opportunity.", "Opportunity is what lets hope become reality.", "Opportunity expands when there's excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance, and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.", "Opportunity rises when children are raised in homes and schools that are free from pornography, and promiscuity, and drugs, where there are homes that are blessed with family values and the presence of a mom and a dad.", "America -- America cannot long lead the family of nations if we fail the family here at home.", "You see, liberals would replace opportunity with dependency on government largesse.", "They grow government and raise taxes to put more people on Medicaid, to take work requirements out of welfare, and to grow the ranks of those who pay no taxes at all.", "Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity.", "It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.", "You know, it's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother.", "Our economy is under attack.", "China is acting like Adam Smith on steroids, buying oil from the world's worst and selling nuclear technology.", "Russia and the oil states are siphoning more than $500 billion a year from us in what could become the greatest transfer of economic wealth in the history of the world.", "This is no time for timid, liberal, empty gestures.", "Our economy has slowed down this year, and a lot of people are hurting.", "What happened? Mortgage money was handed out like candy, and speculators bought homes for free.", "And when this mortgage mania finally broke, it slammed the economy.", "And stratospheric gas prices made things even worse.", "Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger government, and less trade with other nations.", "It's the same path Europe took a few decades ago.", "It leads to moribund growth and double-digit unemployment.", "The right course is the one championed by Ronald Reagan 30 years ago and by John McCain and Sarah Palin today.", "The right course is to rein in government spending, lower taxes, take a Weedwacker to excessive regulation and mandates, put a stop to tort windfalls, and to stand up to the Tyrannosaurus appetite of government unions.", "The right course -- the right course is to pursue every source of energy security, from new efficiencies to renewables, from coal to non-CO2 producing nuclear, and for the immediate drilling for more oil off our shores.", "And I have -- I have one more recommendation for energy conservation: Let's keep Al Gore's private jet on the ground.", "Last week, last week, did you hear any Democrats talk about the threat from radical, violent jihad?", "No. You see, Republicans believe that there is good and evil in the world.", "Ronald Reagan called out the evil empire.", "George Bush labeled the terror-sponsor states exactly what they are: The axis of evil.", "And at Saddleback, after Barack Obama dodged and ducked every direct question, John McCain hit the nail on the head: Radical, violent Islam is evil, and he will defeat it.", "This party... You're hearing it here.", "You're hearing it here, and they're hearing it across the country.", "You see, in this party, in this room tonight, and all over America, people in our party prefer straight talk to politically correct talk.", "Republicans, led by John McCain and Sarah Palin, will fight to preserve the values that have preserved the nation.", "We'll strengthen our economy and keep us from being held hostage by Putin, Chavez, and Ahmadinejad.", "And we will never allow America to retreat in the face of evil extremism.", "Just like you, just like you, there's never been a day when I was not proud to be an American.", "We -- we Americans inherited the greatest nation in the history of the Earth.", "It's our burden and our privilege to preserve it, to renew its spirit so that its noble past is prologue to its glorious future.", "To this we're all dedicated. And I firmly believe, by the providence of the almighty, that we will succeed.", "President McCain and Vice President Palin will keep America as it has always been: The hope of the Earth.", "Thank you, and God bless America." ]	[ "Romney: The right course is the one championed by Ronald Reagan .", "Romney: Republicans prefer straight talk to politically correct talk .", "Romney: It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother ." ]	[ 40, 52 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- An ill-tempered CONCACAF Gold Cup match between Mexico and Panama recently saw three players and Mexico coach Javier Aguirre sent off amid violent scenes in Houston, Texas.", "Newcastle teammates Lee Bowyer (left) and Kieron Dyer turn against one-another.", "The 1-1 draw, which saw the referee add on 10 minutes at the end for all the various stoppages, got Fanzone thinking about some of the most controversial match melees that have occurred.", "Do you agree with our worst 11?", "Post your comments in the Sound Off box below.", "1 The Battle of Santiago, Chile v Italy, World Cup 1962 .", "Surely the most violent match in history.", "The tone was set when the first foul was committed after 12 seconds.", "Two Italian players were sent off as the teams spent the whole 90 minutes punching, spitting and scuffling with each other, with Chile managing to score two goals in-between the fighting.", "Police had to come onto the pitch three times to sort out the chaos while Italian Giorgio Ferrini had to be escorted off by armed officers when he refused to leave the pitch after his dismissal.", "Referee Ken Aston remarked: \"I wasn't reffing a football match, I was acting as an umpire in military maneuvers.\"", "2 Valencia v Inter Milan, Champions League 2007 .", "Six yellow cards were handed out during the game, but it was events that followed which marred Valencia's passage through to the quarterfinals.", "On the final whistle, Inter midfielder Nicolas Burdisso came together with Valencia defender Carlos Marchena, sparking a brawl.", "Unused Valencia substitute David Navarro then ran onto the field, to join in - the result of which was a broken nose for Burdisso.", "Navarro, retreated to the sidelines chased and kicked by Inter players Julio Cruz, Ivan Cordoba.", "The melee continued in the tunnel, with the Spanish Civil Guard eventually needed to quell the problem.", "UEFA, European football's governing body, subsequently fined Navarro $200,000 and banned the player for eight games, Burdisso was slapped with an eight-match suspension, Maicon for six, Córdoba for three games and Julio Cruz for two.", "3 Turkey v Switzerland, World Cup play-off 2006 .", "Violence erupted after Turkey missed a place in the 2006 finals after going out on the away goals rule following a 4-2 win in Istanbul.", "Players and technical staff were seen throwing punches in the tunnel as the Swiss side ran for their lives against a torrent of Turkish anger.", "Turkey assistant-coach Mehmet Ozdilek was banned from all football for one year, while two Turkish players, and one Swiss, were handed six-match bans.", "Turkey were also ordered to play their next six competitive home matches behind closed doors at neutral venues.", "Have we missed a famous punch-up out?", "Leave your suggestions below .", "4 Manchester United v Arsenal, English Division One 1990 .", "These two rivals have been involved in some juicy encounters over the years, but this is one of the most infamous.", "Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn went in late on Manchester United's Denis Irwin prompting chaos, as 21 players, with Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman proving the exception, joining in the fracas.", "Remarkably nobody was sent off but the English Football Association took a dim view and deducted Arsenal two league points and United one.", "Arsenal won the match 1-0 and still went on to lift the title.", "5 France v Italy, World Cup final 2006 .", "The great Zinedine Zidane had led an unfancied and ageing French side to the World Cup final.", "With the match level in extra time, the attentions of notorious Italian hard-man and chief agitator Marco Materazzi finally proved too much for the France No.10 - who responded to some choice words by the Inter Milan central defender by turning around and viciously head-butting his rival in the stomach.", "Zidane was sent off.", "France eventually lost on penalties and the Real Madrid playmaker bizarrely went on to be voted 'Player of the Tournament'.", "6 Kevin Keegan v Billy Bremner, Liverpool v Leeds Charity Shield 1974 .", "England striker Keegan blamed Bremner for \"taking him out\" in an off the ball.", "Bremner was not one for holding back and Wembley stadium, home of some famous boxing matches over the years, played host to another as these two diminutive players slugged it out like two featherweights challenging for the WBC world title.", "Unsurprisingly both were sent off and added to their charge list by hurling their tops to the ground and walking off the pitch bare-chested.", "Each player was fined £500 ($810) and banned for 11 games, although shirt-throwing accounted for eight of the matches!", "7 Rudi Voeller v Frank Rijkaard, Netherlands v Germany World Cup 1990 .", "Not the most violent, but certainly one of the funniest.", "The pair were sniping at each other throughout the match.", "Rijkaard came in late on Voeller, who later took his revenge with a lunge on goalkeeper Hans van Breukelen.", "Rijkaard took exception and, after a melee, the pair were sent off, with the Dutchman then notoriously spitting as hard as he could into the German's curly perm as the disgraced pair left the pitch.", "8 Lee Bowyer v Kieron Dyer, Newcastle v Aston Villa English Premier League 2005 .", "Punch-ups are rare in modern football, but between teammates they are non-existent.", "These two hot-heads got into a debate over Dyer's refusal to pass Bowyer the ball.", "Both players had made news for their off-field activities in the past - but they took their behavior to a new low when they exchanged blows in the middle of the Newcastle half soon after Villa had gone 3-0 up.", "The pair later appeared alongside manager Graeme Souness to apologize for their conduct, but pointedly did not say sorry to each other.", "9 LDU Quito v Barcelona, Ecuador league 2006 .", "A mass brawl at the end of the match on the final day of the season shocked Ecuador - and resulted in a host of suspensions being handed out.", "A total of 11 players were banned for between two and 12 months for taking part in the punch-up which saw four Barcelona players receive injuries.", "The incident started with a clash between former Ecuador striker Agustin Delgado and his marker Victor Montoya.", "10 Cruzeiro v Atletico Mineiro Brazilian league 2007 .", "Atletico Mineiro defender Coelho did not take kindly to the seal dribble of talented teenager Kerlon - who collected the ball on the edge of the penalty area, flicked it up and performed his trademark dribble by bouncing the ball on his head as he ran towards goal.", "Coelho crashed into him and was given a straight red card and a four-month suspension.", "Other Atletico players remonstrated angrily with Kerlon, leading to an angry pushing match which interrupted the game for five minutes.", "Atletico coach Emerson Leao warned that Kerlon could get seriously injured if he tried the trick again.", "11 Chelsea v Arsenal English League Cup final 2007 .", "With Chelsea winning 2-1 Arsenal defender Kolo Toure reacted angrily to a late challenge.", "Both sides had a number of African players in their line-ups and a mass brawl erupted which saw three of them, Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor, Toure and Chelsea's John Obi Mikel sent off.", "Adebayor refused to leave the pitch and it needed respective managers - the hot-headed pair of Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho - to stride onto the turf and defuse the situation." ]	[ "Football Fanzone presents a rundown of 11 infamous pitch punch-ups .", "The tension of competition has even seen teammates turn against one-another .", "Let us know what you think by commenting in the Sound Off box ." ]	[ 1, 3, 4, 20, 46 ]
[ "With the annual post-Thanksgiving multiplex malaise setting in and just one big new movie (Punisher: War Zone, which I'll get to later ... uh, much later) in theaters, the box office results remarkably resembled those of a week ago.", "Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn star in \"Four Christmases,\" which stayed at No.", "1. So, yep, you guessed it: Four Christmases was No.", "1 with $18.2 million, according to Sunday's estimates.", "That brings the holiday comedy's two-week sum to a sweet $70.8 million -- and it restores my confidence in Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as box office draws.", "For now, at least. The rest of the top five is comprised of the same movies we've been seeing for a while now.", "Twilight moved back up to the No.", "2 spot with a tidy $13.2 million haul; its three-week sum is $138.6 million.", "Bolt (No. 3) followed with $9.7 million, a huge and surprising 64 percent decline from its impressive Thanksgiving weekend sum.", "Australia declined 53 percent to bank $7 million at No.", "4. And Quantum of Solace (No.", "5) grossed $6.6 million and crossed the $500 million mark worldwide.", "Among major new releases, the biggest was hardly the baddest: Punisher: War Zone (No.", "8) grossed a mere $4 million in 2,508 theaters, a tally that's way off from the $13.8 million that The Punisher premiered with in 2004.", "More punishment: The Marvel franchise reboot failed to defeat even last week's action disappointment, Transporter 3 which was No.", "7 with $4.5 million.", "Ouch! Meanwhile, the other sorta-substantial new movie, Cadillac Records (No.", "9), fared a bit better, bringing in a decent $3.5 million in 686 locations.", "But the indie drama Nobel Son failed to take any prize (except, perhaps, that of Box Office Flop of the Week), grossing just $370,575 in 893 venues -- a redonkulously low average of $415 per theater.", "Nay, the only real news of note came in the ultra-limited-release sphere, where the buzzy drama Frost/Nixon debuted with a tremendous $60,049 average in three theaters in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto.", "The Oscar contender will roll out wider in the coming weeks.", "Overall, the slow box office was actually up more than 6 percent from the same, even slower frame a year ago, when The Golden Compass produced disappointing returns.", "That makes this the fifth straight \"up\" weekend of the fall season, and all things considered, it should be enough to spread some holiday cheer in Hollywood.", "CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly .", "Copyright 2009 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved." ]	[ "Four Christmases maintained its No.", "1 spot with an estimated $18.2 million .", "Twilight moved back up to the No.", "2 spot with a tidy $13.2 million haul .", "Australia declined 53 percent to bank $7 million at the No.", "4 slot ." ]	[ 3, 6, 7, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Target Corp. this month will open 27 new stores employing a total of more than 4,300 people, the company said.", "One of Target's two new Hawaii stores awaits its Sunday grand opening.", "The stores' openings will come just weeks after the retailer cut 600 people from its headquarters staff amid what it called weaker-than-expected sales.", "The retailer will hold grand openings for the 21 general merchandise stores and six full-grocery SuperTarget stores on Sunday.", "The new sites include the company's first two stores in Hawaii.", "Each general merchandise store employs 150 to 250 people, and each SuperTarget has 200 to 300 workers, the company said.", "In late January, Minnesota-based Target cut its headquarters staff by 9 percent and eliminated 400 open positions.", "The company, citing difficult economic conditions and sales that didn't meet expectations, also said it would soon close an Arkansas distribution center that employs 500 people and would cut back on planned new-store openings.", "\"We are clearly operating in an unprecedented economic environment that requires us to make some extremely difficult decisions to ensure Target remains competitive over the long term,\" Gregg Steinhafel, Target president and CEO, said in a news release that month.", "Retailers in the United States took a hit last year as a weak economy weighed on consumer spending.", "Retail sales fell six straight months until January, when sales rose 1 percent, according to the Commerce Department.", "However, retail experts said they were skeptical a rebound had taken hold.", "Still, two other retailers also announced plans to expand.", "Kohl's announced last month that it intends to open 55 stores in 2009, and Dollar General in February said it is looking to open more than 400 stores.", "Target reported its fourth-quarter net earnings were 40.7 percent lower than the same quarter a year earlier.", "Same-store sales in January were 3.3 percent lower than a year earlier.", "December same-store sales fell 4.1 percent.", "Target's new general merchandise stores are in Rogers, Arkansas; Santa Clarita, California; Pensacola, Florida; Bethlehem, Georgia; Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Las Vegas, Nevada; Paramus, New Jersey; Cincinnati, Lebanon and Reynoldsburg, Ohio; Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Philadelphia and Exton, Pennsylvania; Memphis, Tennessee; Houston, San Antonio and San Marcos, Texas; Midlothian, Virginia; and Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.", "The new SuperTarget stores are in Kissimmee, Florida; Canton, Georgia; Hillside, Illinois; and Pflugerville, Allen and Lewisville, Texas.", "The new locations will increase the number of Target stores to 1,699, the company said.", "CNNMoney.com's Parija B. Kavilanz contributed to this report." ]	[ "Retailer's new stores to open in 16 states .", "New locations to employ more than 4,300 .", "Target in January announced headquarters job cuts, reduction of expansion plans ." ]	[ 0, 13 ]
[ "FARGO, North Dakota (CNN) -- The Red River began to recede Sunday after rising to record levels, but officials cautioned residents not to let their guard down, especially in the face of an approaching snowstorm.", "A makeshift levee protects a house Sunday in Moorhead, Minnesota.", "\"We are very confident now that [the] river is in a slow decline,\" National Weather Service meteorologist Greg Gust said.", "\"Hopefully, it will be at about 38 feet by next Sunday.\"", "A winter storm warning was issued Sunday for the Red River Valley area between North Dakota and Minnesota, from midday Monday through Tuesday evening.", "Forecasters expected as many as 10 inches of snow in the area and wind gusts up to 35 mph.", "Officials said the wind will cause waves in the floodwaters that will put more pressure on the sandbag dikes along the Red River, but the river levels were expected to continue their gradual decline.", "At 7:15 p.m. Sunday, the river at Fargo was at 39.75 feet, lower than its early Saturday peak of 40.82 feet and below the previous record of 40.10 feet set in 1897, according to the weather service.", "River levels were expected to stay below 41 feet and slowly drop over the next three to seven days, the weather service said.", "The river is considered at flood stage in Fargo when it reaches 18 feet.", "Watch how Fargo residents are \"guardedly optimistic\" » .", "By Sunday morning, two deaths and 50 injuries had been reported in flood-related incidents.", "The injuries included victims of car wrecks caused by flooded roads, said Kirby Kruger, an epidemiologist with North Dakota Health Department.", "Other illnesses, including mental health issues, carbon monoxide poisoning and cardiac-related events were reported, Kruger said.", "Water seeped into two of five buildings at the Oak Grove Lutheran School primary and secondary complex after a flood barrier began to leak, officials said.", "School officials said the two buildings had about 6 inches of water in the basement.", "The school last flooded in 1997.", "\"We knew this flood was going to be different,\" school spokeswoman Ann Marie Campbell said.", "\"There was a lot of emotion this morning when we got the word we had a breach.\"", "The school has 493 students from kindergarten through high school, Police Sgt.", "Ross Renner told CNN.", "A contingency dike contained the water, said Mayor Dennis Walaker, but three homes between the contingency dike and the primary dike also flooded.", "\"What happened up in Oak Grove, again, is a wake-up call for the general public,\" Walaker said.", "\"Those things will continue to happen.", "I guarantee it.\" Watch front lines of flood battle » .", "The University of North Dakota has canceled classes until noon Monday, while the Fargo campus of the North Dakota State University has been shut down until April 6 as the state waits to see whether the worst has passed.", "Despite reports the river was dropping, Fargo officials have said they are holding their breath.", "\"In past flooding, you have to understand, we've had times in which people thought it crested and then it came back and went up,\" Fargo Deputy Mayor Tim Mahoney said.", "\"And our temperature is changing, so we will be reluctant to announce a crest until we truly feel there's been a crest,\" he said.", "iReport.com: Are you there?", "Share your photos, video .", "City Manager Pat Zavoral added, \"We cannot think that we've passed some milestone here.\"", "\"We've been under tremendous pressure to evacuate the city,\" Walaker said.", "\"We're not going to abandon our city.", "We've invested too much effort into this process.\"", "iReport.com: Home's residents cut through deck to build dike .", "Some residents, however, have evacuated some neighborhoods, hospitals and nursing homes.", "A storm with snow was approaching the area, Gust said.", "\"The snow [is] coming with that winter storm Monday night into Tuesday -- and Fargo could have 6 to 7 inches of snow here, the South Dakota border could see a foot or more -- but that snow should not affect that rate of decline one iota,\" he said.", "However, winds associated with the storm could affect the dikes, he said.", "iReport.com: \"It's as if it were a lake, not a river\" Like the Fargo authorities, officials across the river in Minnesota said the revised forecast did not allay their concerns.", "Residents of Moorhead, Minnesota, warily waited to see if miles of levees and sandbags would hold.", "Watch how flooding is affecting Moorhead » \"We're all in this together -- so far, so good,\" said U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minnesota, at a Sunday news conference.", "\"Keep vigilant -- keep checking the dikes.\"", "Watch workers monitor the swollen Red River » .", "Evacuations in Moorhead were proceeding smoothly, Mayor Mark Voxland said on Sunday.", "No breaches of dikes were reported, he said.", "\"Sandbagging is ramping up again,\" said Mike Redlinger, Moorhead city manager.", "\"We're evaluating our supplies.\"", "Sandbagging operations came to a close in Fargo on Friday, after weary volunteers had filled about 3 million sandbags.", "See map of affected area » .", "About 1,700 National Guard members were checking dikes in the city of about 90,000 residents.", "Mahoney said the city -- North Dakota's most populous -- also had prepared \"sand balloons,\" about two tons of sand that could be dropped via helicopter onto any breach.", "President Obama said he was monitoring the situation carefully.", "The president has signed emergency and disaster declarations for Minnesota and North Dakota, freeing up federal funds for the region.", "Saturday's flood crest at Fargo set a new level that had held since 1897, when the Red River flooded and reached 40.1 feet at the city.", "The Red River approached the 1897 level in 1997, when it reached 39.6 feet, a level that many residents thought would be the highest they'd ever see.", "\"Everybody thought after '97 that we had seen the worst possible situation,\" Fargo resident Jim Shaw said.", "\"We thought we were safe, we survived that one, we're good for the rest of our lives.", "So believe it or not, even though this area is prone to flooding, this is a big shock, this is a big stunner, and it's probably a wake-up call,\" he said.", "\"Some people might reconsider wanting to stay here.\"", "CNN's Susan Roesgen, Steve Kastenbaum, Dina Majoli and Chuck Johnston contributed to this report." ]	[ "Officials expect continued receding despite coming snow, but wind a concern .", "Red River at Fargo nearly foot below Saturday's level .", "Flooding of homes, school a \"wake-up call,\" Fargo mayor says .", "Two deaths, 50 injuries blamed on flood-related incidents ." ]	[ 11, 22, 26, 50, 55 ]
[ "(CNN) -- I finally said goodbye to some old buddies.", "Omar (played by Michael K. Williams), \"The Wire's\" legendary stickup artist, hunts for a rival with his shotgun.", "One of them shot a woman at point-blank range after complimenting her on her hair.", "Another person maimed a rival with his shotgun.", "A third stole from his sister to finance his drug habit.", "Their names are as twisted as their deeds: Snot-Boogie, Bubbles, Dukie.", "And if I ever introduced you to them, you probably wouldn't be able to understand them.", "Their talk is filled with a bruising street poetry that's hard to decipher unless you've lived in their West Baltimore neighborhood -- as I once did.", "My \"friends\" are some of my favorite characters on the HBO series, \"The Wire.\"", "HBO (which, like CNN, is a Time Warner division) released the complete, five-season box set two weeks ago.", "The show focuses on a detective unit's quest to take down a ruthless drug crew, but it grapples with bigger themes: the collapse of public schools, the disintegration of working-class America and political corruption.", "Critics say \"The Wire\" offers the most realistic depiction of America's inner-city subculture ever seen.", "I decided to test that claim because I grew up in the West Baltimore community where \"The Wire\" is set.", "After watching all five seasons, my take on the show is ambivalent.", "Some of \"The Wire\" is real, but not in the ways you might expect.", "'How do I get from here to the rest of the world?'", "\"The Wire's\" most unsettling scene for me took place in season four.", "It involved a murder -- of a gentle teenager's spirit.", "The character's name is Dukie, and he brought back memories of some people I knew.", "Dukie is lost.", "He has no family, his public school is paralyzed by violence and he's not tough enough to make it on the streets.", "He has a gift for computers but doesn't know what to do with his ability.", "Dukie looks one day for help from \"Cutty,\" an ex-con who runs a boxing gym in their neighborhood.", "Cutty tells Dukie that \"the world is bigger\" than the violent neighborhood both live in.", "Dukie asks Cutty.", "\"I wish I knew,\" Cutty sighs, and walks away.", "Why did Cutty give Dukie such a hopeless answer?", "Maybe it's because some people who never lived in a neighborhood like \"The Wire\" confuse hopelessness for authenticity.", "Yeah, I could shock you with stories of violence, but it's so easy to slip from revelation to titillation.", "I start off telling you a story about how tough my school was, and soon I'm shooting it out with five drug dealers who want to steal my homework.", "But I never remember West Baltimore being so hopeless.", "A man like Cutty wouldn't tell a young man that he had no way out -- adults rallied around kids with potential.", "I even checked with some childhood friends -- one who is now an undercover police officer who literally works a \"wire\" for the Baltimore Police Department -- and we all agreed that \"The Wire's\" bleakness was exaggerated.", "\"They made it seem like we grew up in Bosnia,\" my friend, another \"Wire\" fan, told me.", "Perhaps I had the luck of timing, or, to paraphrase one \"Wire\" character, I left just before \"the game got more fierce.\"", "I'm 44. I grew up on a street connecting two notorious Baltimore landmarks -- North Avenue and Frederick Douglass High School.", "Douglass is a school so bleak that PBS recently aired a documentary on its dismal state.", "North Avenue is known for its liquor stories and shootings.", "I left my neighborhood for good in the 1980s before crack cocaine really hit.", "Still, I shared some of the same struggles as some \"Wire\" characters.", "I spent much of my childhood in the equivalent of foster homes.", "I never really knew my mother.", "My father was an on-and-off-again presence.", "But my community was filled with what Barack Obama calls the \"quiet heroes.\"", "(Obama reportedly is a big fan of \"The Wire.\")", "There was my high school tennis coach.", "The dignified deacons in my church.", "The retired steelworker who watched Orioles baseball games on his porch next door.", "Relatives, teachers, even summer job programs (one gave me my first exposure to journalism) -- all inspired me.", "Yet those quiet heroes seem fated to fail in \"The Wire.\"", "The show implies that only a fantastic few ever escape the streets.", "What Cutty could have told Dukie .", "Despite my misgivings, I love \"The Wire.\"", "The dialogue crackles, the characters are rich and the minute ways it captures how Baltimoreans move and talk is uncanny.", "But the \"Complete\" story isn't the whole story.", "\"The Wire\" did, however, nail one childhood memory for me.", "The most realistic moment in \"The Wire\" for me didn't take place during any violent showdown.", "It took place in a steakhouse.", "The scene involved a \"Wire\" character called \"Bunny\" Colvin, a major in the Baltimore Police Department.", "Colvin helps run an experimental program for problem students at a local high school.", "One night, he decides to take three of a school's most disruptive students to a steakhouse in downtown Baltimore.", "The kids are loud and brash, but they're petrified when they have to sit down in a fancy restaurant filled with white people.", "They can't function and end up leaving the restaurant, still hungry and angry.", "I could relate.", "When I was asked in high school to join an academic team that would compete on television against elite, white high schools in Baltimore, I said no.", "When I attended my first year in college, I wouldn't speak in class and stopped going because I was so intimidated being around people who could actually speak proper English.", "I almost flunked out.", "I felt like an imposter.", "Sometimes, it's not enough to give kids who come from a world like \"The Wire\" the chance to get out.", "They also have to be convinced that they deserve it.", "I almost sabotaged myself because I wanted to go back to what was familiar.", "Even though the familiar was depressing, it was all I knew.", "Now I know something different because a lot of people convinced me that I deserved to be in that other world.", "I wish Cutty would have done the same for Dukie.", "I wish he would have told him he would find a way from \"here to the rest of the world.\"", "I hope the real-life Dukies know that.", "They deserve a chance to say goodbye to that world, too." ]	[ "HBO's \"The Wire\" is praised for realism, but how real is it?", "CNN.com writer who grew up in \"The Wire's\" Baltimore neighborhood renders verdict .", "Writer says show confuses \"hopelessness with authenticity\"\nBut dialogue crackles, the characters are rich, writer says ." ]	[ 12, 27, 53 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In light of the botched Christmas Day airliner bombing aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 en route from Amsterdam to Detroit, the Transportation Security Administration has announced new enhanced \"guidelines\" requiring airline passengers traveling from (and through) 14 different countries to undergo especially rigorous security screening before being able to fly into the United States.", "Under these new TSA guidelines, security screeners will conduct \"full pat-down body checks\" and extensive carry-on luggage checks for all passengers traveling from a country which the U.S. considers to be a \"security risk.\"", "These 14 countries are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.", "Additionally, passengers traveling from any other foreign country may also be checked at 'random' as well.", "These new rules mean that \"every individual flying into the U.S. from anywhere in the world traveling from or through nations that are state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest will be required to go through enhanced screening,\" the TSA said.", "On its face, this clear use of ethnic, racial and religious profiling will not achieve greater security in the long term for our country.", "In fact, by targeting only certain passengers for additional screening, \"blind spots\" can be easily identified and duplicitously exploited by violent extremists wishing our country harm.", "Defenders of the new rules might say they're only profiling people coming from certain countries, but the fact that 13 of the 14 are Muslim countries makes clear the religious nature of the profiling.", "This new policy deeply undermines the Obama administration's stated commitment to civil rights, equality before the law, and a much-needed effort to rebuild U.S.-Muslim world relations since the disastrous presidency of George W. Bush.", "Under international law, countries including the United States that use race, color, ethnicity, religion or nationality as a proxy for criminal suspicion are in violation of international standards against racial discrimination and multiple treaties to which the U.S. is a party.", "These include the U.N. Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).", "The clear alternative is for law enforcement agencies to focus on actual criminal behavior rather than solely on characteristics such as race, religion, ethnicity, or nationality.", "Senior international security experts have suggested, for example, that such an approach would have increased the chances that suspected shoe-bomber Richard Reid would have been stopped before he successfully boarded an airplane he intended to attack in December 2001.", "Among the red flags were that Reid bought a one-way ticket with cash and had no checked luggage.", "For years, the concept of \"racial profiling\" has reportedly undermined important terrorist investigations here in the United States.", "Most notably, these examples include the April 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in which the two white male domestic terrorists, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, were able to flee while officers operated on the theory that the act had been committed by \"Arab terrorists\" for the first 48 hours of the investigation.", "Similarly, during the October 2002 Washington-area sniper investigation, the African-American man and boy ultimately accused of the crime reportedly were able to pass through multiple road blocks with the alleged murder weapon in their possession, in part, because police 'profilers' theorized the crime had been committed by a white male acting alone.", "According to a report last summer by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Rights Working Group to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination: \"Both Democratic and Republican administrations [in the United States] have acknowledged that racial profiling is unconstitutional, socially corrupting and counter-productive, yet this unjustifiable practice remains a stain on American democracy and an affront to the promise of racial equality.\"", "In fact, not only do such \"racial profiling\" practices waste limited resources, they simply make us less safe.", "For example, the arrests of John Walker Lindh (a white, middle-class man better known as the 'American Taliban') and Richard Reid (a British citizen of West Indian and European ancestry now serving a life sentence at the Supermax prison in Colorado) confirm that effective law enforcement techniques must rely solely on criminal behavior and not race, religion or nationality in order to ensure our citizens' security.", "As the San Diego Union-Tribune said in an editorial: \"The minute U.S. officials put out the word that they're not scrutinizing people with blond hair and blue eyes is the minute that al Qaeda starts recruiting people with blond hair and blue eyes.", "Would looking for Arab-Americans have turned up a passenger that resembled \"American Taliban\" fighter John Walker Lindh?", "Would applying extra scrutiny to people with foreign-sounding names have kept would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid off a plane?\"", "Of course not. Even conservative Republicans like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich have argued that behavioral (and not racial/ethnic) profiling is the best way to prevent terrorist attacks on our country.", "\"We need to have the knowledge to be able to profile based on behavior,\" Mr. Gingrich recently said on ABC's \"Good Morning America\" while discussing the recent Christmas Day foiled bombing.", "\"Not racial profiling or ethnic profiling, but profiling based on behavior and then, frankly, discriminating based on behavior,\" he continued during the same interview.", "As our national debate on the phenomenon of \"racial profiling\" emerges once again, let's remember these words of the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman John Conyers of Michigan: .", "\"If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today ... he would tell us we must not allow the horrific acts of terror that our nation has endured to slowly and subversively destroy the foundation of our democracy.\"", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Arsalan Iftikhar ." ]	[ "New TSA rules amount to ethnic and religious profiling, says Arsalan Iftikhar .", "He says profiling will create blind spots terrorists can exploit .", "Iftikhar says scrutinizing behavior is the best way to detect terrorist plots .", "Policy deeply undermines Obama administration's commitment to civil rights, he says ." ]	[ 8, 23 ]
[ "MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia's president launched a verbal volley at Georgia's leaders on Monday, as Georgia hit back with renewed accusations that the Russian invasion was premeditated.", "Russian soliders on patrol outside the Georgian city of Gori on Monday.", "President Dmitry Medvedev said: \"The world has seen that even today, there are political morons who are ready to kill innocent and defenseless people in order to satisfy their self-serving interests, while compensating for their own inability to resolve complicated issues by using the most terrible solution -- by exterminating an entire people.", "\"I think that there should be no mercy for that.", "We will do our best not to let this crime go unpunished.\"", "He was speaking at a visit to the military headquarters at Vladikavkaz, near the Russian-Georgian border.", "Each side accuses the other of \"ethnic cleansing\" during the conflict over South Ossetia, which erupted August 7.", "In Washington, Georgia's ambassador to the United States said the Russian push into Georgia the following day had been long planned.", "\"You just don't move more than 1,200 tanks and 15,000 soldiers into a country within 12 hours without previous planning,\" Ambassador Vasil Sikharulidze said.", "The conflict began more than a week ago when Georgian troops entered the breakaway territory of South Ossetia to attack pro-Moscow separatists.", "Russia responded by invading the country on August 8, prompting heavy fighting with Georgian forces that spread to another breakaway territory, Abkhazia.", "The Georgian troops withdrew and Russian forces took control of several areas -- prompting an international outcry.", "After diplomatic efforts led by France on behalf of the European Union, Georgia and Russian signed a cease-fire.", "France is the rotating EU head.", "Russia's military says its withdrawal from Georgia has begun, but a senior Pentagon official told reporters Monday evening that there has been little evidence of Russian troops pulling out.", "The official did not want to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.", "Watch more on Russian withdrawal » .", "\"We're talking about pulling our troops away to the borders of South Ossetia.", "They will not be on Georgia territory,\" Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn, the Russian armed forces deputy chief of staff, said Monday.", "White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Russia needs to start pulling back \"without delay,\" saying the \"Russians have committed to withdrawing, and they need to withdraw.", "And so that is what we are looking for.\" A Georgian Interior Ministry official said there have been \"no signs\" of a Russian troop withdrawal despite Russia's pledge to start moving back on Monday.", "News footage showed Russian tanks pushing away Georgian police cars about 20 miles (32 km) south of Georgia's capital, Tbilisi.", "Watch tanks deal with the police car » .", "Witnesses said Georgian police cars had been blocking the road and the police told Russian tank commanders that they were carrying out orders.", "The tanks proceeded to plow ahead, damaging the police cars in the process.", "The Georgian Foreign Ministry said a Russian armored column had been seen moving a bit deeper into Georgian territory, traveling south from Kashuri to Borjomi.", "Kashuri is about 10 miles (16 km) south of South Ossetia.", "Another column was moving north from the Kashuri area to Sachkhere.", "Nogovitsyn told reporters Russian troops were leaving Gori on Monday, the Interfax news agency said.", "He did not say how many troops were withdrawing or how many would return to South Ossetia or Russia.", "However, CNN journalists in Gori, near South Ossetia, said it was still under Russian control and there was no evidence the Russians were pulling out.", "Also, Russian tank and artillery positions were seen extending nine miles (15 km) south of Gori.", "Nogovitsyn said Russia was not yet moving vessels in the Black Sea from their positions near Georgia, but they would return to Sevastopol after the settlement of the conflict.", "He said Russia's deputy foreign minister had presented the U.S. ambassador to the country with a timetable of the events that led to Russia's actions and clearly indicated Georgia's responsibility.", "He said a prisoner exchange involving the transfer of 12 Russians and 15 Georgians had been set up.", "\"We were all set and then the Georgians came up with a bunch of new requirements with no time for us to act so the time to exchange prisoners was interrupted,\" Nogovitsyn said.", "Georgia said Russia was spreading \"false\" accusations and that it was ready to pursue an exchange.", "The six-point deal gives no timetable for a Russian withdrawal, nor any other specifics, according to a copy of the agreement provided by Georgia's government.", "A U.S. defense official told CNN about evidence of Russian SS-21 missiles and launchers in South Ossetia.", "Lt. Gen. Nikolai Uvarov, a Russia Defense Ministry spokesman, disputed that, telling CNN that \"no, they are not present.\"", "The U.S. official said while \"Russian forces continue to consolidate their enclaves in South Ossetia and Abkhazia,\" they \"are expected to slowly remove forces from Georgia.\"", "Diplomatic discussions continued Monday.", "Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, representing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, was in Brussels, Belgium, to meet with representatives from the European Union, NATO, and the United Nations.", "The OSCE is working on a plan to increase its observers in the region to 100 people.", "Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch said there was \"mounting evidence that Russian and Georgian military used armed force unlawfully during the South Ossetian conflict\" and it emphasized that this \"highlights the need for international fact-finding missions in Georgia.\"", "\"This conflict has been a disaster for civilians,\" said Rachel Denber, Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia deputy director.", "The conflict has devastated parts of Georgia and South Ossetia, with many casualties reported.", "The U.N. refugee agency said more than 158,000 people had been displaced by fighting in Georgia, mostly from districts outside the breakaway territories where the fighting began.", "CNN's Bruce Conover, Jill Dougherty and Max Tkachenko in Moscow, Fred Pleitgen in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tommy Evans and Michael Ware in Gori, Georgia, and Barbara Starr at the Pentagon contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Pentagon official: Little evidence that Russian troops leaving Georgia .", "Russia begins Georgia troop \"pullback,\" military chief says .", "Russian tanks pushed through a Georgian police road block, witnesses say .", "Human Rights Watch: This conflict has been a disaster for civilians ." ]	[ 14, 22, 45 ]
[ "HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to Zimbabwe Saturday for the first time since leaving the country shortly after the controversial March 29 election.", "Morgan Tsvangirai has been away from Zimbabwe trying to seek support from international leaders.", "Tsvangirai -- who contends he won the presidential race against longtime Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe -- returned despite what his party said was a plot by the country's military to assassinate him and other party leaders.", "The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, after a long delay, ruled that neither candidate won a necessary majority of the vote and set a date of June 27 for Tsvangirai to again face Mugabe in a runoff vote.", "Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have called for international observers to be allowed to monitor the runoff election, but Mugabe's government has refused the demand.", "Tsvangirai is expected to tour hospitals in Harare to visit victims of post-election violence.", "An MDC spokesman said two party members were found dead Wednesday night after being abducted from their homes in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare.", "Tsvangirai's spokesman George Sibotshiwe said Saturday that the opposition leader and the entire MDC leadership are \"at risk from this brutal regime.\"", "When contacted by CNN, a Cabinet member denied that the government had any possible role in the alleged plot, and said the report was an effort by the MDC to gain international sympathy.", "Chen Chimutengwende, Zimbabwe's minister of public and interactive affairs, accused Tsvangirai of \"trying to paint a false picture of what Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe authorities are like.\"", "\"There is no plot against him and there has never been any plot against him and he knows that,\" Chimutengwende said.", "He called the reports from Tsvangirai's party \"an effort to get sympathy from the international community.\"", "There have been numerous reports from the MDC and church groups since the March balloting about kidnappings, torture, and other violence, including the deaths of opposition party members.", "They say the violence targets opponents of Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party.", "Mugabe has ruled the southern African country since it became independent 28 years ago." ]	[ "Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returns to Zimbabwe .", "Tsvangirai says he feels safe despite fears of a possible assassination bid .", "Tsvangirai faces a runoff election against President Robert Mugabe June 27 ." ]	[ 2, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Smoking is bad for you, and by now, most of us know it.", "An estimated 4.5 million U.S. adolescents are cigarette smokers.", "It seems that studies on the dangers of smoking come out every week.", "Just recently, after an article appeared in the journal Pediatrics, we were introduced to the concept of third-hand smoke, the potentially toxic residue that lingers in curtains, clothing, hair, etc.", "after the smoke itself blows away.", "To recap: Smoking exponentially increases your risk of developing lung cancer (and other lung diseases, like emphysema and chronic bronchitis) and puts you at higher risk for cancer of the mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, bladder, pancreas, kidney, cervix and stomach.", "Smoking also elevates the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and insulin resistance.", "And, as if all that weren't bad enough, it causes wrinkles.", "Yet stand on virtually any streetcorner of any city or town in the United States, and you will see people smoking.", "So, who exactly -- in the face of all the mounting scientific evidence, social stigma and legal bans -- still lights up?", "According to the CDC, about 43.4 million Americans (19.8 percent of the population) smoke.", "Look around you.", "If you are in Kentucky, the state with the highest smoking rate, more than one out of every four people (28.3 percent) around you smokes.", "On the other end of the spectrum is Utah, with just over one person in 10 (11.7 percent) a smoker.", "Find the smoking rate in your state » .", "Here's the good news: \"Smoking prevalence in the entire country has gone under 20 percent for first time in over 50 years,\" said Dr. Richard Hurt, director of the Nicotine Dependence Center at the Mayo Clinic.", "\"For women, it's 18 percent in most places, and for men it's hovering at about 20 percent.", "We have gone from one in two men smoking to one in five -- a very dramatic change -- and one in three women to one in five.\"", "Here's the bad news: Smoking rates are unlikely to drop to the national health objective of 12 percent by 2010.", "Hurt, who is also a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, is a former three-pack-a-day smoker.", "Unlike most smokers, he picked up the habit during college; according to the CDC, about 90 percent of heavy smokers start in high school.", "And studies show that the younger you are when you start, the more likely you'll become a heavy smoker as an adult.", "According to the American Cancer Society, each day more than 3,500 people younger than 18 try their first cigarette, and 1,100 others become regular daily smokers.", "About one-third of these kids will eventually die from a smoking-related disease.", "Retired radio broadcaster and iReporter Gerald Dimmitt, 65, has smoked since he was 14.", "\"I've always smoked a pipe,\" he said.", "\"I have successfully quit about 40 times.\"", "But, he says, he always restarted, because \"it calms me down.\"", "iReport.com: Do you still smoke?", "Dimmitt has even more incentive to quit now, since developing lesions and irritation in his mouth.", "After speaking to his doctor, he received a prescription for Chantix, a pill to aid with smoking cessation.", "But when he went to pick up his prescription at the pharmacy, he was charged $139 (because it's not generic) for two weeks worth.", "Outraged, he left the Chantix behind.", "\"If smoking is so dangerous ... why then do they want to charge $139 to make me stop?", "There is something very wrong with that.", "I guess they would rather pay to take care of lung cancer,\" he said.", "Some would-be smokers pick up their first cigarette to fit in.", "\"I started smoking at 12 years old to be part of the 'in' crowd.", "It never got me into the 'in' crowd, but with my first cigarette, I was totally hooked,\" wrote Lori Jerome, 45, a former bartender and now full-time university student from Canada.", "Said Lisa \"Smith,\" 44, a recently laid-off administrator from Minnesota, \"I began smoking in junior high school because I wanted to fit in with a certain crowd.", "However, that group of friends is looooong gone from my life and I still have the nasty habit.\"", "Smith didn't want her last name used.", "Hurt says the reason many people start, and continue, is peer influence.", "But he also blames targeted promotions by tobacco companies (like Virginia Slims targeting women in the 1970s and other brands targeting inner-city minority groups today) and the movies.", "\"There is a lot of research right now that shows that smoking in the movies has made a comeback. ...", "It clearly affects start-up smoking among young people.\"", "As for things that prevent children from smoking, Hurt cites higher cigarette taxes and smoke-free zones, like offices and restaurants.", "\"Those two public health policies do three things: reduce smoking among continuing smokers, help people to stop smoking and reduce the chances of our children starting to smoke, because it de-normalizes it. ...", "The child interprets smoke-free as the social norm,\" he said.", "That's why children of smokers are much more likely to become smokers themselves: Smoke-filled surroundings is their norm.", "Of course, society's perception of smoking has changed a lot since the days of doctors actually endorsing one brand or another in the first half of last century.", "Dimmitt recalls \"ashtrays in church pews, smoking in the classroom and blowing pipe smoke all over the students!\"", "\"When I was born, my mother was allowed to smoke in the hospital room with me in there,\" Jerome said.", "\"When I had my adult children, we were allowed to smoke in the day room on the maternity ward floor, although the babies were not allowed in there.", "When I had my youngest children, ages 5 and 8 now, you couldn't smoke in the hospital.", "How the times have changed.\"", "Now, smokers in some places face smoking bans in certain public and private spaces, and unspoken -- and sometimes overt -- hostilities.", "Smith, a mother of six, wrote, \"It's so socially unacceptable where I live, and none of my current friends or relatives smoke.", "In fact, I don't even smoke out in public anymore -- unless it's dark and I'm in my car.", "I feel it's such a disgusting and stinky habit.\"", "Dulcie Long, 50, of Denver, Colorado, said, \"I won't say I feel actual 'social discrimination,' but it is something I feel a sense of shame about and do my best not to smoke in the presence of friends.", "None of my friends smoke, and I'm very uncomfortable doing it anywhere near them.\"", "Even Dimmitt switched from a pipe to cigarettes when he was working with youngsters so he wouldn't reek so much.", "Not only have attitudes towards smoking changed, the profile of smokers has changed, too.", "\"The demographics have changed so much that now, more often than not, it's the disadvantaged who are still smoking compared to the highly educated, highly trained people,\" Hurt said.", "\"It is pretty clear that the prevalence of smoking in groups of people is related to education status, which is a surrogate for income status. ...", "When you go down the income ladder, the smoking prevalence rises.", "Some groups of severely disadvantaged people have smoking rates of 30 to 40-plus percent.\"", "Hurt says that there is also a much higher prevalence of smoking among people with mental health disorders like depression, alcoholics, drug users and schizophrenics.", "But movers and shakers are not immune.", "President-elect Barack Obama has struggled with, and seems to have conquered, his habit.", "Former President Clinton was known to sit on the balcony of the White House and enjoy a cigar (his wife, Secretary of State-designate Hilary Clinton, officially made the White House a smoke-free zone).", "First lady Laura Bush admits to being an ex-smoker.", "Plenty of celebrities -- like actresses Salma Hayek, Katherine Heigl and Eva Longoria Parker -- have been caught, cigarette in mouth, by the paparazzi.", "Even actor Patrick Swayze, who is battling pancreatic cancer, admitted that he continues to smoke.", "Which brings us back to the inescapable fact that, worldwide, an estimated 4 million adults die each year of tobacco-caused diseases.", "Said Hurt, \"This is only product that I know on the face of the Earth which, if it is used as recommended by manufacturer, kills 60 percent of its customers.\"" ]	[ "Despite health effects, bans and social pressure, 20 percent Americans smoke .", "About 90 percent of adult smokers start in high school .", "Worldwide, about 4 million adults die each year of tobacco-caused diseases .", "iReport.com: Do you still smoke?", "Share your story ." ]	[ 20, 28, 75 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military plans to help the Afghanistan government recruit, train and arm local Afghans to fight a resurgent Taliban, U.S. military officials say.", "U.S. soldiers patrol near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Wednesday.", "U.S. officials describe the proposal as a \"community-based\" security effort.", "The main job of the local units is to be an \"early warning system\" and be armed mainly for defensive operations, a U.S. military official said.", "Participants will get uniforms so they can be readily identified, officials said.", "The first phase of the program is expected to begin next year in Wardak province, where the Taliban have overrun many local government institutions.", "For the United States, the most sensitive part of the proposal will be the use of American military funds to purchase small arms, most likely AK-47 rifles, that will be given to local Afghans, according to a U.S. military official.", "U.S. commanders acknowledge concerns that arming local groups is risky, as it could lead to new armed conflicts between tribes, putting American troops in the middle of unexpected firefights.", "The Afghan government will select men for the new security program.", "It will train them and technically arm them, although the funds will come from the U.S. military.", "The Afghans will be responsible for ensuring the loyalty of people in the program, but the United States will oversee the effort and collect biometric information, such as eyeprints and fingerprints, on all participants, according to the U.S. military official.", "U.S. officials are emphasizing that because of tribal diversity, the Afghan program differs from the Awakening Councils in Iraq, which include tens of thousands of Sunni gunmen and was credited with helping reduce violence there." ]	[ "\"Community-based\" security effort designed to counter Taliban gains .", "Locals to be \"early warning system,\" U.S. official says .", "Program to begin next year in Wardak province ." ]	[ 2, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The U.S. Postal Service spent more than $792,000 \"without justification\" on meals and events in one five-month period even as it reported losing $3.8 billion this year, the agency's inspector general says in a report.", "Employees spent $792,022 on meals and external events \"without justification for food purchases, purchased alcohol without officer approval and exceeded the dollar limit for meals,\" the report says.", "Among the purchases were crab cakes, beef Wellington and scallops at an installation ceremony for one of several postmasters in the United States, the report says.", "Despite the Postal Service's mandate to curtail spending, its inspector general found that \"imprudent spending continues to occur, including continued purchases of gift cards from unauthorized vendors and expensive items purchased as employee recognition awards and retirement gifts.\"", "Read the full report (PDF) Such purchases conflict with the agency's goal to drive down costs, according to the report, which covered spending during several months in late 2008 and early 2009.", "The Postal Service reported a $3.8 billion net loss for the 2009 fiscal year, despite cost-cutting and reductions in retiree health benefit payments.", "Asked about the expenses, a Postal Service spokesman pointed to an agency response included in the report.", "In that response, the agency's vice president and controller, Vincent Devito, agreed to enforce a spending limit on events and recognition awards as well as make sure employees justify business meal expenses.", "\"We agree that further policy enforcement is essential to ensure that the policy is followed and imprudent spending is no longer an issue,\" Devito wrote.", "\"It appears there is still work to be done in curtailing spending even further during this time of economic uncertainty.\"", "Among the report's findings: .", "• There was \"no business justification\" for $355,451 of food provided at a September 2008 national sales educational conference; it included a $96-per-person dinner and a $500 \"bartender charge.\"", "• An installation celebration for one postmaster -- the report didn't say where -- included \"unallowable food purchases\" totaling more than $17,000.", "The menu included \"crab cakes, beef Wellington, shrimp and scallops\" even though Postal Service guidelines allow for only \"light snacks\" at such events.", "• There was \"no business necessity or justification\" provided for $77,757 in breakfast meals for events between September 2008 and February 2009.", "The report, issued December 3, documented purchases for lodging, table linens, flowers and other items \"that we consider excessive during this challenging economic time.\"", "\"Such purchases are in direct conflict with the Postal Service's objective of driving down costs in all operations and processes,\" the report said.", "\"Moreover, the public's image of such purchases could have a detrimental effect on the Postal Service's public image.\"", "The report cited two Postal Service districts that purchased movie tickets for $14,140 to give incentives to employees after the postmaster general \"issued a memo directing a curtailment of spending.\"", "It also documented the purchase of 30 retirement watches, costing $216 each, in another district.", "A CNN investigation this year revealed that the Postal Service spent $1.2 million to buy the lakefront home of an employee who was relocating.", "The purchase was part of a policy that allowed the Postal Service to pay for employee homes when they moved, whatever the cost.", "Months after the story, the Postal Service changed its policy to limit home purchases to $800,000." ]	[ "Purchases included crab cakes, beef Wellington, scallops for postmaster installation ceremony .", "Report cites districts for buying $14,140 in movie tickets as employee incentives .", "Purchases conflict with goal to cut costs after reporting $3.8 billion loss in 2009 fiscal year .", "\"It appears there is still work to be done in curtailing spending,\" agency's vice president says ." ]	[ 2, 4, 9, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Jurors started to deliberate Friday after prosecutors and defense attorneys made closing arguments in the murder trial of an anti-abortion activist charged with killing a doctor who performed late-term abortion procedures.", "Scott Roeder is charged with murder in the death of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot to death May 31 in his church in Wichita, Kansas.", "Prosecutor Ann Swegle urged jurors to convict Roeder, reminding the jury of the defendant's testimony Thursday.", "\"His testimony was delivered very matter-of-factly, but its contents were chillingly horrific,\" she said.", "\"He carried out a planned assassination, and there can be no other verdict in this case ... other than guilty.\"", "Kim T. Park, chief deputy district attorney, told the jurors that Roeder's actions were unjustified and cowardly.", "\"Scott Roeder is not justified,\" she said.", "\"He is only and simply guilty of the crimes he is charged with.\"", "Mark Rudy, a defense attorney for Roeder, told jurors that Roeder believed he had to act.", "\"Scott thought that the babies kept on dying,\" he said.", "\"Scott formed a belief that he had to stop George Tiller from killing more babies.\"", "He admitted that Roeder killed Tiller but said only the jurors can decide if Roeder \"murdered\" Tiller.", "He said he was not asking jurors \"to check your common sense at the door\" and urged them to \"represent our little part of the nation well.\"", "\"No defendant should ever be convicted based on his convictions,\" Rudy said.", "Roeder testified Thursday that he shot and killed Tiller and did not regret it.", "\"There was nothing being done, and the legal process had been exhausted, and these babies were dying every day,\" Roeder said.", "\"I felt that if someone did not do something, he was going to continue.\"", "Tiller ran a women's clinic at which he performed abortions.", "Sedgwick County District Judge Warren Wilbert ruled after the end of testimony Thursday that the jury could not consider a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter against Roeder as the defense wanted.", "In making the ruling, Wilbert noted that Roeder had been talking about killing Tiller for 10 years, CNN affiliate WDAF reported.", "Several of Tiller's family members broke into tears as Roeder recounted the shooting.", "Roeder said he didn't regret what he did and felt \"a sense of relief\" when he learned that Tiller's clinic was shut down after his death.", "Roeder calmly testified that he thought about different ways to kill the doctor -- driving a car into his, perhaps, or shooting him with a rifle.", "He also considered cutting Tiller's hands off with a sword, but decided that would not be effective, as Tiller would still be able to train others.", "Tiller, 67, was one of the few U.S. doctors who performed late-term abortion procedures.", "He had already survived one attempt on his life before he was killed.", "He decided to kill Tiller at his church, he said, because \"I felt that actually if he was to be stopped, that was probably the only place he could have been stopped. ...", "It was the only window of opportunity I saw.\"", "Roeder said he visited the church four or five times before Tiller's death.", "The week before the shooting, on May 24, he carried a .22-caliber handgun with him, he testified, but Tiller did not attend church that day.", "On May 31, though, the doctor was there, and \"I did what I thought was needed to be done to protect the children,\" Roeder said.", "\"I shot him.\" \"The lives of those children were in imminent danger if someone did not stop George Tiller,\" he said.", "The defense had sought to have former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline and current Deputy Attorney General Barry Disney testify, but the judge did not allow it.", "Kline unsuccessfully attempted to prosecute Tiller in 2006, and Disney charged Tiller with 19 misdemeanor counts, but a jury acquitted him.", "Wilbert said Roeder could testify about the cases and how they affected his beliefs, but to allow testimony from Kline would \"get into legal matters that do not concern this jury.\"", "And, the judge said, the cases do not give Roeder a basis to state absolutely that Tiller's actions were illegal, since the doctor had never been convicted.", "Defense attorneys claim Roeder was led to shoot Tiller in part because of authorities' failure to punish him through the judicial system.", "Roeder testified he was \"very frustrated\" by Tiller's acquittal, saying it \"seemed like that was the last attempt by the state of Kansas to find if there was anything at all going on illegally in George Tiller's clinic.\"", "Roeder could face life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder.", "He also is charged with two counts of aggravated assault for allegedly pointing his gun at two other ushers as he fled the church." ]	[ "Scott Roeder accused of killing Dr. George Tiller at church in May 2009 .", "Tiller ran a women's clinic where he performed abortions in Wichita, Kansas .", "Roeder testified he thought of various ways to kill Tiller .", "Defense attorney told jurors Roeder believed he had to act." ]	[ 1, 8, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Junior has confirmed that he will fight WBA welterweight super champion Shane Mosley in Las Vegas on May 1 following the controversial collapse of his much-hyped showdown with Manny Pacquiao.", "The 38-year-old Mosley, a three-weight world title winner, had already signed up for the bout at the MGM Grand, which will take place under the Olympic-style random blood testing drug protocols that Pacquiao refused to accept.", "The undefeated Mayweather, a six-time world champion at five different weights and Pacquiao's chief rival for the pound-for-pound bragging stakes, said in a statement that he was looking forward to taking on his fellow American.", "\"This one is definitely for the fans as I wasn't going to waste anyone's time with a meaningless tune-up bout and asked to fight Shane immediately,\" the 32-year-old said.", "\"I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best.", "I think Shane is one of the best, but come May 1, he still won't be great enough to beat me.", "Mosley had been due for a unification bout on January 30 with Andre Berto, who claimed the WBC title that Mayweather vacated when he retired in 2008, but the fight was scrapped when his opponent lost family members in the Haiti earthquake.", "\"I have always wanted to fight Floyd, and now it is finally coming true,\" Mosley said.", "\"I am already in great shape and ready to show everyone on May 1 that I am stronger, faster and better than he is.", "I will have no problem beating him.\"", "Mosley's promoter Golden Boy took the chance to have a dig at Filipino star Pacquiao over his refusal to undergo blood testing in the lead-up to the planned fight with Mayweather.", "\"Shane Mosley is one of the greatest fighters of this era and I commend him for not only agreeing to the fight against Mayweather, but also agreeing to participate in a testing process that can only help the integrity of the sport,\" Golden Boy chief executive Richard Schaefer said.", "Leonard Ellerbe, his counterpart at Mayweather Promotions, also weighed in on the matter.", "\"Floyd has been trying to make this fight for the last 10 years, so he is extremely excited about the opportunity to face Shane.", "He can't wait to extend his undefeated record and perform at the highest level,\" Ellerbe said.", "\"More importantly, he is also happy to set the precedent for random blood testing in order to ensure fair and safe contests for all fighters.\"", "Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight title against Ghana's Joshua Clottey in Dallas on March 13 before returning to politics as he seeks election in his local constituency." ]	[ "Floyd Mayweather Junior confirms he will fight Shane Mosley in Las Vegas on May 1 .", "Mayweather turns to Mosley after collapse of his clash with Manny Pacquiao .", "Fight will take place under blood testing procedures that Pacquiao refused to accept .", "Mosley agreed fight after unification bout with Andre Berto was scrapped last month ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN) -- Just taking a sip of water or walking to the bathroom is excruciatingly painful for 15-year-old Michael Brewer, who was burned over 65 percent of his body after being set on fire, allegedly by a group of teenagers.", "\"It hurts my heart to see him in pain, but it enlightens at the same time to know my son is strong enough to make it through on a daily basis,\" his mother, Valerie Brewer, told CNN on Wednesday.", "Brewer and her husband, Michael Brewer, Sr., spoke to CNN's Tony Harris, a day after a 13-year-old boy who witnessed last month's attack publicly read a written statement: .", "\"I want to express my deepest sympathy to Mikey and his family,\" Jeremy Jarvis said.", "\"I will pray for Mikey to grow stronger every day and for Mikey's speedy recovery.\"", "Jarvis' older brother has been charged in the October 12 attack in Deerfield Beach, Florida.", "When asked about the teen's statement, Valerie Brewer -- who knows the Jarvis family -- said she \"can't focus on that.\"", "\"I would really like to stay away from that because that brings negative energy to me and I don't need that right now,\" she said.", "Her son remains in guarded condition at the University of Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital Burn Center.", "He suffered second- and third-degree burns over about two-thirds of his body, according to the hospital's associate director, Dr. Carl Schulman.", "The teen faces a lifelong recovery from his injuries, Schulman told CNN's Harris.", "\"Michael's still got a lot of major surgery ahead of him, a lot of rehabilitation and therapy,\" Schulman said.", "\"He's doing about as well as could be expected at this point in his recovery, but he's got a period of probably several weeks to a couple of months still left in the hospital if everything goes well, but the recovery is lifelong.", "This is truly a life-changing event.\"", "Valerie Brewer said her son's treatment is excruciating at times.", "Physical therapy, she said, is \"incredibly painful.", "He almost cries because it's so painful.", "He's burned badly on the backs of his knees and every time he moves his knee, it pulls, and if it's healing, it pulls the scab and it cracks, and it starts to bleed.\"", "The boy must undergo hour-and-a-half showers, she said, where \"they take a piece of gauze, and they wipe off all the dead skin.", "They give him painkillers for that, but it's incredibly painful and it breaks my heart every time they have to do it.", "... That's what we call the torture hour.\"", "Heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne sent Brewer a CD, and he plays it on a boom box during the showers, she said.", "\"He focuses on Ozzy, and he gets through his torture hour.\"", "Police were able to interview Brewer on Monday for the first time since the incident.", "Hospital officials have said Brewer can communicate only in one- or two-word answers.", "Valerie Brewer would not go into details about what her son told investigators, but said that \"he answered the questions they asked.\"", "The interview was emotional for both the teen and the investigators, according to Maria Schneider, a prosecutor with the state attorney's office in Broward County.", "\"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.\"", "Denver Jarvis and Matthew Bent, both 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 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.\"", "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 and are still determining how to proceed.", "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,\" she said.", "The boy's attorney, Stephen Melnick, said it appears the younger Jarvis was only a witness to the attack.", "Broward County schools expelled the seventh-grader after his arrest and he is currently being home-schooled, Melnick said.", "He described his client was a good friend of Brewer, and said the boy is troubled by Brewer's injuries as well as by his brother facing criminal charges that could land him in an adult prison if convicted.", "Valerie Brewer said it was \"heartbreaking\" when she and her husband learned that her son's attackers may have included kids that they knew.", "\"But we don't focus on that,\" she added.", "\"We focus strictly on Michael and his recovery.", "We don't need any negative energy coming into the recovery so we just stay away from it, period.", "We don't watch the news because we're living this nightmare and we don't need to see it on the TV.", "So we just stay away from it and stay positive for Michael.\"", "Her son's recovery has been filled with ups and downs, she said.", "\"It's been a roller coaster ride, the fear of the unknown,\" she said.", "\"The first time he spoke to us was joyous but watching him struggle every single day ... \"I'm proud of him, I'm very, very proud of him, 'cause I don't think I could do what he's doing.\"", "CNN's Rich Phillips contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Teen uses Ozzy Osbourne CD to get through painful therapy, mom says .", "Mother of burned teen says she's inspired by his strength as he struggles to heal .", "15-year-old Michael Brewer was set on fire last month, allegedly by other teens .", "Three youths are charged with the attack and have pleaded not guilty ." ]	[ 0, 21, 32, 41 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has refused a lower court's unusual request to decide whether a shocking 45-year-old civil rights crime can be prosecuted decades later.", "The justices Monday dismissed an appeal involving James Ford Seale, convicted in the 1964 kidnapping of two teenagers whose bodies were found in a backwater area of the Mississippi River.", "The reputed former Ku Klux Klan member had long been suspected in the crime, but it was officially unsolved until Seale was indicted in 2007, and later convicted.", "He is serving three life sentences.", "The move by the high court not to get involved keeps in place Seale's original indictment, but does not resolve the larger question of whether similar cases can be prosecuted.", "The issue could have enormous implications for several dozen \"cold cases\" involving racially motivated crimes dating back to the 1950s.", "Seale had appealed his conviction, claiming the statute of limitations had expired five years after the crime.", "The confusion arises over the fact that kidnapping could be considered a capital offense in 1964, and thus had no time limit for a prosecution.", "The high court in 1968 eliminated the federal death penalty for that crime, and Congress four years later changed the law to reflect that ruling.", "But lawmakers 15 years ago reinstated kidnapping as death penalty-eligible.", "So the justices were being asked to decide when the statute of limitations kicked in, if ever.", "Justice John Paul Stevens, supported by his conservative colleague Justice Antonin Scalia, thought the court should get involved.", "\"I see no benefit and significant cost to postponing the question's resolution,\" Stevens wrote in dissent.", "\"A prompt answer from this court will expedite the termination of this litigation and determine whether other similar cases may be prosecuted.\"", "Seale, a former sheriff's deputy, was convicted in June 2007 of kidnapping and conspiracy in the disappearances of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee, both 19.", "Federal officials had initially trumpeted reopening the Seale case.", "\"Today's indictment is one example of the FBI's strong and ongoing commitment to re-examining and investigating unsolved civil rights era murders and other crimes,\" FBI Director Robert S. Mueller said in January 2007.", "\"Under our Cold Case Initiative, we will continue to identify and pursue these cases of racially motivated violence to ensure justice is served wherever possible.\"", "Seale was not tried for murder, but prosecutors alleged that he and fellow Klansmen conspired to abduct, beat and murder Dee and Moore in May 1964.", "An indictment accused Seale and his cohorts of picking up the two men hitchhiking and driving them into the Homochitto National Forest in Franklin County, Mississippi, where the teenagers were beaten and interrogated at gunpoint.", "Dee and Moore were then bound with duct tape and weighted down by an engine block and railroad rail.", "They were still alive when they were thrown into the Old Mississippi River, where they drowned, according to the FBI.", "Their decomposed bodies were found two months later during a search for three other missing civil rights workers that would later be known as the Mississippi Burning case.", "Seale and another man, Charles Edwards, were arrested in the slayings in 1964, but were released on bond and never tried.", "The FBI turned the case over to local authorities, and the investigation was dropped after a justice of the peace said witnesses had refused to testify.", "The case was revived in 2007 when Moore's brother -- during a visit to Franklin County to help research the case for a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary -- discovered Seale was still alive.", "Thomas Moore told CNN in January 2007 that he gave the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi FBI files on the case, which he had obtained from a Mississippi reporter.", "U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton helped form a task force that led to Seale's indictment.", "Seale was the only person convicted in the Moore and Dee murders, the Justice Department said.", "Since then, other notable cold cases from the civil rights era also have gone to trial.", "In 2005, Edgar Ray Killen was convicted of manslaughter for his role in the Mississippi Burning case.", "Adding to the unusual nature of the Seale case is that a lower court was unable to decide the matter.", "The full 18-judge panel on the 5th U.S.", "Circuit Court of Appeals split evenly on the time-limit question.", "They then asked the high court to \"certify\" the question, a rarely used procedure that essentially asks the justices about how to proceed.", "The Supreme Court was under no obligation to accept the case in this fashion, under its \"Rule 19.\"", "That provision gives appeals courts the discretion to hand off to the high court \"any question of law in any civil or criminal case as to which instructions are desired, and upon such certification the Supreme Court may give binding instructions or require the entire record to be sent up for decision of the entire matter in controversy.\"", "The case is U.S. v. Seale (09-166)." ]	[ "Appeals court asked high court if a civil rights crime can be prosecuted decades later .", "Justices dismissed appeal involving man convicted in 1964 kidnapping of two teens .", "James Ford Seale appealed conviction in case, saying statute of limitations had expired .", "Indictment stands, but question of whether similar cases can be prosecuted is unanswered ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The U.S.-led war against the Taliban in Afghanistan has been a tough slog, a nearly eight-year conflict replete with gloom.", "U.S. Staff Sergeant Robert Brunner secures an area in the Baraki Barak district of Logar Province on August 22.", "Lately a lot of the news from Afghanistan seems particularly grim for the United States and its allies.", "More U.S. troops have been killed there in August than in any month since the war began.", "There are indications that more U.S. troops could be deployed to the country.", "The Afghan presidential elections this month were rife with charges of fraud.", "Corruption plagues the political system.", "The poppy trade is flourishing.", "And, in the words of the top U.S. military official, Adm. Mike Mullen, the \"Taliban insurgency has gotten better, more sophisticated.\"", "Support for the war hit a new low among Americans, a CNN poll found this month.", "So why do the United States and its allies continue to pour money and troops into Afghanistan?", "\"The importance of the place is pretty substantial,\" said Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution.", "Al Qaeda has used that part of the world as a sanctuary, he said.", "Neighboring Pakistan has been serious about vanquishing the militants there and that helps the fight against militants in Afghanistan.", "A victory for al Qaeda in a conflict there would represent an important public relations triumph for the militants, he said.", "He understands why Americans are displeased but said people need to feel that progress is being made in the region.", "\"We haven't been winning for eight years,\" O'Hanlon said.", "\"They want to know why.\" U.S. President Barack Obama has tackled the question head-on.", "The al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan represent an urgent threat to the United States, he said in March, just as they were when al Qaeda attacked the United States in 2001, when the then-ruling Taliban harbored the terror network.", "\"Many people in the United States -- and many in partner countries that have sacrificed so much -- have a simple question: What is our purpose in Afghanistan?\"", "the president said.", "\"After so many years, they ask, why do our men and women still fight and die there?", "And they deserve a straightforward answer.", "\"So let me be clear: Al Qaeda and its allies -- the terrorists who planned and supported the 9/11 attacks -- are in Pakistan and Afghanistan.", "\"Multiple intelligence estimates have warned that al Qaeda is actively planning attacks on the United States homeland from its safe haven in Pakistan.", "And if the Afghan government falls to the Taliban -- or allows al Qaeda to go unchallenged -- that country will again be a base for terrorists who want to kill as many of our people as they possibly can.\"", "The questions have come up in Britain, too, where the deaths of 15 British troops in July stirred outrage and criticism of Britain's strategy in Afghanistan.", "Prime Minister Gordon Brown told his countrymen that British involvement in that country now is as crucial as it was after the 2001 terrorist attacks.", "\"In 2001 the case for intervention in Afghanistan was to take on a global terrorist threat and prevent terrorist attacks in Britain and across the world,\" he said.", "\"In 2009 the overriding reason for our continued involvement is the same -- to take on, at its source, the terrorist threat, and prevent attacks here and elsewhere.\"", "Obama said the Afghan insurgency \"feeds instability\" in Pakistan and Pakistan extremists have the proven ability to undermine the Afghan government.", "He cited the importance of confronting the heroin trade that finances the insurgency.", "Obama has listed several objectives in dealing with Afghanistan and Pakistan, such as promoting an accountable Afghan government and self-reliant security forces, developing a stable government and strong economy in Pakistan, and disrupting terror networks.", "Pakistani security forces have been battling militants in the northwestern part of the country, and drone strikes thought to be conducted by the United States have been carried out from Afghanistan against militants in Pakistan.", "\"The future of Afghanistan is inextricably linked to the future of its neighbor, Pakistan,\" Obama said.", "\"In the nearly eight years since 9/11, al Qaeda and its extremist allies have moved across the border to the remote areas of the Pakistani frontier.", "\"This almost certainly includes al Qaeda's leadership: Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.", "They have used this mountainous terrain as a safe haven to hide, to train terrorists, to communicate with followers, to plot attacks, and to send fighters to support the insurgency in Afghanistan.", "For the American people, this border region has become the most dangerous place in the world.\"", "In Britain, Brown said the military effort to clear a region and establish security would be buttressed by Afghan plans \"to build basic services -- clean water, electricity, roads, basic justice, basic health care, and then economic development.\"", "\"This inevitably takes time, but the important thing is that work has begun, to give the people a stake in the future,\" he said.", "U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, Democrat-Virginia, said in a recent TV interview that he has \"a lot of concerns about the way we've articulated our national goals in Afghanistan.\"", "\"I think that it is extremely important for us to be able to articulate the end point of our strategy, just as it was in Iraq,\" he said.", "While there is grim news on the ground in Afghanistan, the picture painted by the president in March was a red alert for Americans: It's a tough but necessary fight that requires patience and resources.", "\"There are no quick fixes to achieve U.S. national security interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan,\" Obama said.", "\"The danger of failure is real and the implications are grave.\"" ]	[ "Number of U.S. military deaths in August stands at 46, highest monthly toll .", "Support for the war has hit a new low among Americans, says CNN poll .", "Among allies, political leaders have had to defend sending troops to Afghanistan .", "U.S. military: Taliban insurgency has gotten better, more sophisticated.\"" ]	[ 3, 8, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Indian batsman Virender Sehwag admitted he was not too disappointed after he fell seven agonising runs short of a world record third triple-century in the third Test against Sri Lanka.", "The 31-year-old opener had moved from his overnight score of 284 to 293 before he chipped a flighted delivery from Muttiah Muralitharan back to the bowler who claimed the catch at the second attempt.", "\"I am very happy I got at least 293 runs -- I am proud of what I have achieved,\" Sehwag told reporters at the close of the third day's play.", "\"Not many people have got two triple centuries and followed that with 293.", "So there is nothing to be disappointed about.", "\"I tried to take my time, but maybe the ball was not there to be hit.", "I misjudged the length and the ball went straight into Murali's hands.", "\"I always tell myself to bat the full day, and if there is a ball to be hit, just hit it.", "If I'm able to bat the whole day we will be in a good position.\"", "The innings, which lasted 254 balls and included 40 boundaries and seven sixes, was the backbone of India's highest-ever total of 726-9 declared in reply to Sri Lanka's 393.", "India skipper Mahendra Dhoni hit an unbeaten century before he opted to declare with a lead of 333 before Sri Lanka saw off a difficult few overs in their second innings to close on 11 without loss.", "Elsewhere, England claimed a 2-1 series victory over South Africa in Durban after the fifth one-day international was abandoned without a ball being bowled.", "Andrew Strauss' side became only the third team to beat the Proteas in a home one-day series after the umpires called the match off with the onset of another heavy downpour.", "Meanwhile, a century from Dwayne Bravo was the highlight of a competitive opening day of the second Test between Australia and the West Indies at the Adelaide Oval.", "The West Indies won the toss, elected to bat and finished the final session with momentum to be 336 for six at stumps." ]	[ "Indian batsman Virender Sehwag fell seven agonising runs short of a world record third triple-century.", "Sehwag made 293 before he chipped the ball back to Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.", "India closed the third day of the third Test with their highest-ever total of 726-9 declared in reply to Sri Lanka's 393." ]	[ 0, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Those who knew Canadian folk musician Taylor Mitchell say her passion for her craft was matched by her affinity for nature.", "Fresh out of high school, she embarked upon a three-week tour of Eastern Canada earlier this month full of hope over her blossoming career and excited to explore the region with a new car and driver's license.", "The 19-year-old rising star was in between gigs when, according to a Nova Scotia Cape Breton Highlands National Park official, she was killed by coyotes during a hike on Tuesday afternoon.", "\"If there can be any comfort at all, it is knowing that Taylor was doing two of the things she loved most, sharing story and song on the road and spending time in nature's fold,\" her manager, Lisa Weitz said in an e-mail.", "\"She loved the woods and had a deep affinity for their beauty and serenity.\"", "Mitchell was a \"seasoned naturalist\" well versed in wilderness camping who wouldn't want the coyotes responsible for her death to be killed, her mother said Thursday.", "\"When the decision had been made to kill the pack of coyotes, I clearly heard Taylor's voice say, 'please don't, this is their space.'", "She wouldn't have wanted their demise, especially as a result of her own.", "She was passionate about animals, was an environmentalist and was also planning to volunteer at the Toronto Wildlife Centre in the coming months,\" Emily Mitchell said in a statement Thursday.", "\"Tragically, it was her time to be taken from us so soon,\" the mother said.", "When she was 15, Mitchell began vocal lessons with her future producer, Michael Johnston.", "\"Taylor inspired and impressed everyone from her musical peers to members of the Canadian roots-music community who were two and three times her age,\" he said in a statement.", "\"They saw in her the rarest of the gifts -- an ability to sing not only from the heart, but in a way that transcended her age and experience and became something universal.\"", "The Toronto-based musician's career began to take off earlier this year after the April release of her debut album, \"For Your Consideration.\"", "She was nominated for Young Performer of the Year honors by the Canadian Folk Music Awards, which will be awarded in November.", "On her Facebook page, she detailed her busy summer performance schedule, describing it as her \"craziest summer yet.\"", "In July, she said she took a Greyhound bus to perform in the Young Performers Program at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, her first show west of Ontario, which featured acts including Arlo Guthrie, Neko Case and Elvis Costello.", "She played more shows in the Toronto area, relishing the airplay her album was receiving, and worked on songs for her next album, Weitz said.", "Yet she managed to return to nature with her aunt, mother and best friend at the family cottage in Owen Sound, Ontario, delighting in its simple joys.", "\"Our cottage is on the shores of Georgian bay.", "It's 125 years old with three bedrooms that sleep two and one bedroom that sleeps four, plus a bunkhouse.", "It's old and creaky and absolutely beautiful.", "As I sit on my couch in my apartment, I'm homesick for the precariously slanted stairs, tennis courts, lake and wonderful memories,\" Mitchell said on her Facebook page.", "Before she set out eastward for her tour of the Maritimes, she shared her works in progress at the Ontario Council of Folk Music conference in Ottawa, impressing all those in attendance, Weitz said.", "\"Taylor Mitchell's vocal style and consummate songwriting craft belied her vernal years.", "Indeed, her songs told the tales of a seeker, a sojourner with a sage wisdom atypical of most, let alone one of such tender years,\" Weitz said.", "On her Facebook page, she had begun counting down the days to her East Coast tour in September, saying in a September 18 status update that she was \"feeling the pull of the road.\"", "In her last post on the site, she described playing a show in someone's home, calling it \"a welcome dose of normality after a whirlwind weekend\" at the Ontario Council of Folk Music.", "Those closest to her said they'll derive inspiration from her passion for life.", "\"Taylor was my shining light, my baby, my confidante and best friend,\" her mother said.", "\"I don't know how to move forward from here but I know that she would want that for me, and I will try to do that in her memory and celebrate her life in the way she lived it -- with passion, commitment and an unbridled loving heart.\"" ]	[ "Taylor Mitchell was a \"seasoned naturalist\" versed in wilderness camping, mother says .", "She wouldn't want coyotes responsible for her death to be killed, Emily Mitchell says .", "Mitchell earned respect of folk music community for talent that belied her age, producer says .", "The Toronto-based musician was touring Eastern Canada when she died in coyote attack ." ]	[ 5, 26 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Nineteen former patients at a Denver, Colorado, hospital have tested positive for hepatitis C, federal prosecutors said Thursday as they announced new charges against a former hospital employee accused of exposing the patients to the virus.", "A hospital worker is accused of injecting herself and using unclean syringes for patients.", "Prosecutors charged Kristen Diane Parker with 21 counts of tampering with a consumer product and another 21 counts of obtaining a controlled substance by deceit or subterfuge, according to an indictment.", "Parker, 26, had previously faced three federal counts from earlier this month.", "Parker, who worked as a surgical technician at Rose Medical Center in Denver, is accused of injecting herself with syringes that held patients' pain medication Fentanyl, then replacing the pain medication in the syringes with saline, according to a statement from the office of the U.S. attorney for Colorado.", "In a statement to police during the investigation, Parker said, \"I can't take back what I did, but I will have to live with it for the rest of my life, and so does everyone else.\"", "Parker's attorney did not return a call from CNN on Thursday.", "Authorities said Parker knew she had hepatitis C, a contagious liver disease.", "Hepatitis C can lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.", "Parker believes she contracted the virus through using heroin and sharing needles with other users while she lived in New Jersey in 2008, authorities said.", "According to an affidavit filed by an investigator with the Food and Drug Administration, Rose Medical Center knew Parker tested positive for hepatitis C. She was counseled on how to limit her exposure to patients.", "Parker worked at Rose Medical Center from October 2008 to April 2009, said Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney for Colorado.", "Parker's employment was terminated after she failed a hospital-ordered drug test, said Leslie Teegarden, spokeswoman for Rose Medical Center.", "The tests were ordered after co-workers reported \"suspicious behavior,\" Teegarden said Thursday.", "Rose Medical Center contacted about 4,700 patients who may have been exposed to the virus, according to a statement on the center's Web site.", "Of those patients, 3,540 have been tested thus far, Teegarden said.", "She said the hospital plans to use tamper-resistant, pre-filled Fentanyl syringes to prevent intentional contaminations.", "Parker also worked at Northern Westchester Hospital in New York and Audubon Ambulatory Surgical Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.", "Prosecutors have not charged her with any crimes related to her employment at the other two facilities.", "About 1,200 patients may have been exposed between May 4 and July 1 of this year, when Parker worked at Audubon, according to the center's Web site.", "As of last week, 545 of Audobon's former patients had been tested for the virus, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.", "One patient tested positive for hepatitis C, but that infection could not be linked to Parker, according to the department's Web site.", "Nearly 1,000 patients had been tested as of Thursday, said Audubon spokeswoman Amy Triandiflou.", "Details about what Parker may have done to expose Audubon patients to the virus are still sketchy, Triandiflou said.", "More than 2,700 patients could have been exposed at Northern Westchester Hospital, according to the hospital's Web site.", "The site did not indicate whether any infections had been detected.", "There is no vaccine for hepatitis C. If Parker is convicted and if any one of the former patients suffers serious bodily injury because of her actions, she could face a maximum of 20 years in federal prison, prosecutors said.", "If she is convicted and if any one of the former patients dies as a result of the infection, she could be sentenced to life in prison, according to prosecutors.", "CNN's Jim Spellman contributed to this report." ]	[ "Denver, Colorado, hospital worker accused of exposing patients to hepatitis C .", "19 former patients test positive for hepatitis C, which affects the liver .", "Kristen Diane Parker accused of using syringes filled with pain medication Fentanyl .", "Police say she refilled syringes meant for patients with saline solution ." ]	[ 0, 4, 7 ]
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she did not come to Pakistan for \"happy talk.\"", "Her three-day trip is aimed at getting frank, open discussions going about the fight against terrorism, and that includes presenting U.S. concerns about how much success Pakistan is having, she said.", "In an interview with CNN, Clinton said it's time to \"clear the air\" with a key U.S. ally.", "She added, \"I don't think the way you deal with negative feelings is to pretend they're not there.\"", "\"I think it's important, if we are going to have the kind of cooperative partnership, that I think is in the best interest of both of our countries, for me to express some of the questions that are on the minds of the American people,\" Clinton told CNN's Jill Dougherty.", "The secretary's comments came a day after she seemed to question the commitment of some in the Pakistani government for going after the leaders of al Qaeda, who U.S. intelligence experts believe are taking refuge in Pakistan's remote tribal areas.", "\"Al Qaeda has had safe haven in Pakistan since 2002,\" she told a group of Pakistani journalists Thursday.", "\"I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to.\"", "She added, \"Maybe they're not gettable.", "I don't know.\" In the CNN interview Friday, Clinton said she was not suggesting that someone inside the government might be complicit with al Qaeda or might be failing to follow through in fighting the terrorist group.", "\"No, no,\" she said. \"What I was responding to is what I have been really doing on this trip, which is there exists a trust deficit, certainly on the part of Pakistanis toward the United States, toward our intentions and our actions.", "And yet we have so much in common, we face a common threat.", "We certainly have a common enemy in extremism and terrorism, and so part of what I have been doing is answering every single charge, every question.\"", "Trust \"is a two-way street,\" she added.", "While Pakistan's military operation has been \"extremely courageous in both Swat and now in South Waziristan, success there is not sufficient,\" she said. ...", "I just want to keep putting on the table that we have some concerns as well.", "And I think ... that's the kind of relationship I'm looking to build here.\"", "Asked whether she had underestimated the level of anti-American sentiment in Pakistan, Clinton said, \"No, because I've been following the research and the polling that's gone on for a couple of years.", "I knew that we were inheriting a pretty negative situation that we were going to have to address.\"", "That's why she wanted three days in the country, \"a long trip for a secretary of state,\" she said.", "\"I wanted to demonstrate that, look, we are not coming here claiming that everything we've done is perfect.", "I've admitted to mistakes by our country going back in time, but I've also reminded people that we've been partners and allies from the beginning of Pakistan's inception as a country.", "Pakistan has helped us on several important occasions, and we are very grateful for that.", "So let's begin to clear the air here.\"", "Clinton also commented on Iran, as the United States seeks clarification on whether the nation will agree to a deal brokered by the International Atomic Energy Agency aimed at resolving a dispute about Iran's nuclear program.", "\"I am going to let the process play out, but clearly we are working to determine exactly what they are willing to do,\" Clinton said.", "The secretary made a vow to Israeli and Palestinian leaders during the CNN interview as well.", "\"We're going to do everything we can to try to clear away whatever concerns that the parties have, to actually get them into negotiations where they then can thrash out all of these difficult issues,\" she said.", "\"I think I'm pretty realistic about what has to be overcome for there to be the level of acceptance that is required to get into these negotiations,\" she added.", "\"But remember, prior to negotiations, people stake out all kinds of positions, and then in the caldron of actually getting down to specifics, that all begins to be worked out.\"", "She referred to the experience of former President Bill Clinton.", "\"I watched in the '90s as my husband just kept pushing and pushing and pushing, and good things happened.", "There wasn't a final agreement, but fewer people died, there were more opportunities for economic development, for trade, for exchanges.", "It had positive effects, even though it didn't cross the finish line.", "So I think that being involved at the highest levels sends a message of our seriousness of purpose.\"" ]	[ "Hillary Clinton says she aims to address questions that Americans are thinking about .", "She says she wants frank talk about fight against terrorism, including U.S. concerns .", "On Thursday, she said she wondered why terrorists hadn't been found and dealt with .", "She said she wasn't suggesting Pakistan was complicit with al Qaeda or didn't want to fight it ." ]	[ 1, 3, 9, 33 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Chinese government increased its harassment of religious minorities before the Olympic Games, according to a U.S. State Department report released Friday.", "A Tibetan Buddhist monk in southwest China's Sichuan province.", "The State Department's Annual Report on Religious Freedom singled out China, Myanmar, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan to \"blacklist\" because they are \"countries of particular concern\" when it comes to religious oppression.", "Over the past year, \"repression of religious freedom intensified in some areas\" in China, including in the Tibetan region and in Xinjiang province, where the Uighur Muslims live.", "As the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games approached, some unregistered Protestant religious groups in Beijing reported intensified harassment from government authorities and said the government cracked down on home churches, the report says.", "The State Department found that over the past year, Chinese officials also detained and interrogated several foreigners about their religious activities, alleged that the foreigners had engaged in \"illegal religious activities\" and canceled their visas.", "The government also undertook a \"patriotic education campaign,\" which required monks and nuns to sign statements personally denouncing the Dalai Lama.", "As a result, the reports says, protests led to violence in Lhasa, Tibet, in March, and the government detained an unknown number of monks and nuns or expelled them from monasteries.", "In addition to its continued crackdown on groups such as the Falun Gong, which China considers a \"cult,\" the government harassed Uighur Muslims and confiscated some of their passports to prevent their taking part in the hajj, the pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.", "Once again, the U.S. criticized the government of Myanmar, saying its \"repressive, authoritarian military regime\" had \"imposed restrictions on certain religious activities and frequently committed abuses of the right to freedom of religion.\"", "Most followers of registered religions were permitted to worship as they chose, but the government infiltrated and monitored activities of virtually all organizations, including religious ones.", "The report says that although the North Korean constitution provides for religious freedom, \"genuine religious freedom does not exist, and there was no change in the extremely poor level of respect for religious freedom\" over the past year.", "In Iran, the report says, \"continued deterioration of the poor status of respect for religious freedom\" last year.", "\"Government actions and rhetoric created a threatening atmosphere for nearly all non-Shia religious groups, most notably for Baha'is, as well as Sufi Muslims, evangelical Christians, and members of the Jewish community,\" the report says.", "\"Government-controlled media intensified negative campaigns against religious minorities, particularly the Baha'is.", "Reports of imprisonment, harassment, intimidation, and discrimination based on religious beliefs continued.\"", "The State Department found some progress in Saudi Arabia.", "\"While overall government policies continue to place severe restrictions on religious freedom, there were incremental improvements in specific areas,\" the report says.", "However, the report goes on to note that \"Non-Muslims and Muslims who do not adhere to the government's interpretation of Islam continued to face significant political, economic, legal, social, and religious discrimination.\"", "It also criticizes U.S. allies in Pakistan and Jordan for aggressiveness toward religious minorities.", "The governments of Iraq and Afghanistan were praised for endorsing religious freedom, but the State Department found that the war-torn countries have problems.", "In Afghanistan, \"the residual effects of years of Taliban rule, popular suspicion regarding outside influence of foreigners, and weak democratic institutions hinder the respect for religious freedom.\"", "In Iraq, \"violence conducted by terrorists, extremists, and criminal gangs restricted the free exercise of religion and posed a significant threat to the country's vulnerable religious minorities.\"", "In releasing the report, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States is \"concerned by efforts to promote a so-called defamation of religions concept,\" which has been the focus of numerous resolutions passed at the United Nations.", "She was referring to the Organization of Islamic Conference, a grouping of 57 Muslim states that does not recognize the right of individuals to freely change their religion and has prevented consensus on resolutions at the United Nations that would prohibit defamation of all religions, not just Islam.", "\"Despite a pretense of protecting religious practice and promoting tolerance, the flawed concept attempts to limit freedom of religion and restrict the rights of all individuals to disagree with or criticize religion, in particular Islam,\" the report says.", "\"Instead of protecting religion practice and promoting tolerance, this concept seeks to limit freedom of speech, and that could undermine the standards of international religious freedom,\" Rice said." ]	[ "Myanmar, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan \"blacklisted\"\nTibetan region and in Xinjiang province in China stepped up oppression of Muslims .", "State Department: China detained foreigners for their religion ." ]	[ 2, 3 ]
[ "(AOL Autos) -- Over the decades, I've interviewed dozens of automotive engineers; engine engineers, transmission engineers, chemical engineers, tire engineers, etc.", "But never have I interviewed an engineer quite like Ford's Cristina Rodriguez.", "Cristina Rodriguez has been with the Ford Motor Company for 12 years.", "What separates Crissy (what she prefers to be called at work) from other engineers is that it seems as though she was born be where she is today; the Vehicle Dynamics Development Engineer of the 2010 Ford Taurus.", "The Taurus goes on sale this summer, and it is arguably the most important vehicle Ford announces this year.", "This thirty-something Puerto Rican is the only woman at Ford Motor Company to have achieved her status as a Vehicle Dynamics Development Engineer.", "The job is equal parts engineer, race driver and vehicle psychologist.", "\"As an engineer, I need to make sure the car is safe,\" Rodriguez said.", "\"As a (race) driver I have to make sure the car handles well.", "And then I have to tune the car to have the right personality for being the latest Ford.\"", "AOL Autos: Best sedans under $30K .", "She goes on to define what how cars exhibit personality.", "\"Some cars have a more relaxed personality, so everything about the way they drive is soft and slower to react,\" she said.", "\"Fords have a DNA that is sportier, more fun to drive, more responsive, more alive, so they need to feel that way.\"", "You'll be able to tell whether Rodriguez has done her job well when you get behind the wheel of the new Taurus.", "While we didn't get to drive the new Taurus, we did get an opportunity to ride in the high-performance Taurus SHO model at Ford Motor Company's Dearborn, Michigan proving grounds (a special test track for developing new cars and trucks).", "More on that experience later.", "AOL Autos: Best and worst automotive designs .", "Preparing for success .", "Rodriguez told us about her background in the automotive business.", "\"I've grown into this job because Ford's engineering group works on a model that emphasizes 'technical maturity.'\"", "AOL Autos: First drive of the 2010 Chevy Camaro .", "For Rodriguez, this means that because she first possessed the technical background for the job, she was then able to develop and prove her practical skills on her way to becoming one of the company's most influential engineers.", "She's been with Ford 12 years.", "Matter-of-factly, Rodriguez elaborates.", "\"In this job, your body has to become a precisely calibrated instrument that can understand what the car's mechanicals are doing,\" she said.", "\"It takes a while to tune your body, but I've been working on this particular chassis for eight years, so I really know what it's capable of and how to make it respond.\"", "While the 2010 Taurus is an all-new vehicle, it is related to other Ford products (the Lincoln MKS, Ford Flex, and the outgoing Ford Five Hundred/Taurus).", "Rodriguez also contributed to the ride and handling on those vehicles, a task that began with the Ford Five Hundred back in 2001.", "Born to Cuban parents who fled Castro's communist regime, Rodriguez grew up in Puerto Rico.", "\"I learned to be a methodical thinker from my father, who was a chemical engineer,\" she said.", "\"But it was my mother who was the mechanical one.", "She encouraged me when I was growing up to figure out how things worked, and she never got too mad at me when I put things back together and still had a few pieces left over.\"", "While Rodriguez worked on her motor skills, another aspect of her life laid groundwork for her future success.", "\"I come from a very athletic family,\" she said.", "\"My grandfathers and uncles played Olympic basketball, so we were always active.", "I can remember that when my brother enrolled in little league baseball, he didn't want to join without a friend, so my mother enrolled me with him.", "I was the only girl in the league.\"", "We doubt Rodriguez throws like a girl.", "And if you thought we'd make a joke about her driving like a woman?", "Think again. We doubt anyone could keep up with her on a track, male or female.", "Regarding her education, her Bachelors in engineering came from Georgia Institute of Technology.", "She also earned a Masters from The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.", "Mechanical engineering is a heavily male-dominated career path, but this hasn't slowed Rodriguez's progress.", "It is obvious that Rodriguez knows how to operate with the guys, without becoming one of the guys.", "Certainly, Rodriguez doesn't look like a mechanical engineer: pocket protectors and out-of-style glasses don't seem to be part of her wardrobe.", "Actually, she looks like she could be Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick's sister.", "This comparison is fitting given the ride we were about to experience.", "Spicing up the bull .", "Rodriguez explained the process used to give a car a dynamic personality.", "\"First, we start with models generated by Computer Aided Engineering,\" she said.", "\"These give us starting points for (suspension) spring rates, dampers, bar thicknesses, etc.", "After that, everything we do is by the seat of the pants.", "That's why it's so important to have a feel for what's happening at the road, because you end up becoming a cook who is perfecting a recipe by trial and error.", "We add more of this or take away some of that.", "Each change is designed to wake you up and make you feel alive behind the wheel, just like eating a great meal.\"", "AOL Autos: 2009 best looking cars .", "The 2010 Ford Taurus has four distinct suspension calibrations; they are mechanical recipes, if you will.", "There's one each for the front-wheel-drive Taurus, the all-wheel-drive Taurus, the all-wheel-drive high-performance SHO and the ultimate SHO fitted with the Performance Package.", "Rodriguez noted that each model has unique suspension calibrations that are based on the specific model's equipment and personality.", "For example, the two non-SHO Taurus models must have the same feel even though one carries the additional weight of the all-wheel-drive system.", "\"The Taurus needs to be comfortably engaging,\" she said.", "\"It can't be stiff like a (Mustang) Shelby GT500, but it also can't be too soft like a Toyota Camry.", "We wanted to keep most of the suppleness of the Lincoln MKS sedan, but make it more responsive.\"", "AOL Autos: First drive of the 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT .", "The move from the regular Taurus to the SHO edition is dramatic.", "This is where about 10-percent more chili powder and cayenne pepper get added to the recipe.", "Nearly every tunable suspension component is changed between the base model and the SHO, resulting in a much more dynamic drive.", "The step up from the SHO to the SHO with the Performance Pack tightens everything even further (more chilies), including another 20-percent on the dampers (those would be struts and shock absorbers to non-engineers), then 9-percent stiffer rear springs, and a thicker rear anti-roll bar.", "These changes make the most performance-oriented SHO a more neutral handling car that drivers should find exceptionally agile and immediately responsive.", "Riding shotgun in the Ford Taurus SHO .", "Rodriguez was only too willing to take us for a ride to demonstrate what she had been talking about, \"This car is really my pride and joy.", "I think you're going to like it.\"", "With that, she moved the floor-shifter into Sport mode and took off.", "Riding along in the passenger seat, we couldn't help but feel how effortlessly the twin-turbocharged EcoBoost engine took the full-size Taurus well above legal speeds.", "Unlike turbocharged cars from decades past, the SHO did not seem to exhibit any turbo lag.", "And the turbochargers sounded quiet (no turbo whine or unrefined popping and hissing).", "The EcoBoost is efficient, too, although EPA numbers aren't yet available.", "From where we sat, the ride was firm but not harsh, even as Crissy drove us over test roads that were intentionally bumpy and pocked.", "By far, the most fun was riding along on the handling course.", "This smooth, serpentine ribbon features undulating hills and off-camber curves.", "Normally, one wouldn't expect a full-size car to be at home here.", "The steering would be too slow and the handing ponderous.", "We weren't behind the wheel, but we got the impression that the Taurus SHO is no traditional full-size car.", "The SHO's heavy-duty six-speed gearbox felt quick and smooth from a passenger's perspective, and as Rodriguez increased engine speed, the growl came from under the hood, not the exhaust.", "Rodriguez confirmed that the turbochargers absorb much of the exhaust noise.", "The faster Rodriguez drove, the smaller the Taurus seemed to get, easily carving lines between and through the corners.", "The roll of the body felt well controlled from a passenger's perspective, and it never wallowed.", "Watching Rodriguez dial in the steering, the car felt like it responded quickly and directly.", "Compared to an all-wheel-drive Taurus, the SHO's unit gets unique tuning with a greater power bias to the rear wheels for a more balanced feel, and the car seemed to rotate around the corners effortlessly.", "We can't wait to get behind the wheel ourselves later this spring, when we'll provide a full road test.", "\"After doing this for 12 years,\" Rodriguez said.", "\"I know what a car should feel like, and I don't get questioned anymore,\" Rodriguez said.", "In other words, Rodriguez earned the respect of other engineers, making it completely understandable why Ford would trust her to tune the ride of this very important new car.", "After about 30 minutes of trashing around Ford's Dearborn proving grounds, Crissy Rodriguez aptly demonstrated that she and the team she's part of knows how to dial in the suspension of a performance car.", "As she pressed the Start/Stop button on the SHO's dash, Rodriguez said, \"I think I've got the best job at Ford.\" We'd agree." ]	[ "Ford's Cristina Rodriguez is an engineer and race car driver .", "As child, she took things apart, put them back together, some parts left over .", "Rodriguez designed Taurus 2010, one of Ford's most important vehicles .", "Your body has to be precisely calibrated instrument to understand car's mechanicals ." ]	[ 1, 3, 6, 7, 25, 32 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Serena Williams has handed a three-year suspended ban from the U.S. Open after her verbal tirade at a lineswoman at this year's event.", "The incident occurred during her semifinal defeat to Kim Clijsters when Williams was called for a foot fault to give the Belgian mum match point and her profanity-laced tirade resulted in a penalty point that ended the match.", "The punishments handed down by the International Tennis Federation's Grand Slam committee could result in a U.S. Open suspension if Williams commits another major violation in any Grand Slam event in 2010 or 2011.", "Williams was fined a record $175,000 with the amount to be reduced to $82,500 if she stays on good behavior over two seasons.", "The fine amount included $10,000 Williams paid the U.S. Tennis Association in September after the incident, the maximum fine the group had the power to impose.", "The biggest prior fine imposed by the committee came when American Jeff Tarango was fined just under $50,000.", "Williams initially declined to issue an apology to the line-judge but subsequently issued a contrite statement in which she said: \"I need to make it clear to all young people that I handled myself inappropriately on this occasion.", "\"It's not the way to act -- win or lose, good call or bad call in any sport, in any manner.\"", "Williams was trailing Clijsters 4-6, 5-6 and serving at 15-30 when the baseline judge called a foot-fault on a second serve.", "She walked over to the official and waved her racket angrily as she unleashed her tirade at the official, who immediately reported what had been said to the umpire.", "Having earlier warned Williams for racket abuse, the official called for tournament referee Brian Earley and a penalty point was imposed which enabled Clijsters to claim the match.", "Replays indicated that the line judge may have got the foot fault call wrong." ]	[ "Serena Williams is handed a three-year suspended ban from the U.S. Open .", "The punishment follows her outburst in the U.S. Open semifinal against Kim Clijsters .", "Williams also fined a record $175,000 with the amount to be reduced to $82,500 for good behavior ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "MOUNT KENYA, Kenya (CNN) -- For as long as anyone cares to remember, the pastoralists of Kenya's Rift Valley have fled with their herds to the fertile slopes of Mount Kenya when times are tough.", "Hundreds of dead cattle litter the slopes of Mount Kenya, fatally weakened by long treks to the region.", "When the rains failed this year they set off once again in search of water and pasture -- but they found only despair.", "\"I could have stayed home, or I could have come here, but it is all the same.", "All that you find is death,\" said Peraguan Lesagut, an aging pastoralist who came five months ago with his herd.", "After years of persistent drought Lesagut left his two wives and 16 children and drove 200 cattle to the foothills of Mount Kenya -- Africa's second highest summit.", "Now, only 40 are left; the rest succumbing to cold, disease and exposure.", "Across the folds of this mountain everyone has the same story.", "Hundreds of dead cattle dot the forests, young herdsmen try to coax ailing calves onto their feet, knowing that if they don't get up, they will die.", "\"I am hopeless because I have seen almost all of my animals die,\" Lesagut said.", "\"If the rains are delayed for even another week two, then I will lose everything.\"", "Millions of Kenyans are facing the same stark reality.", "The World Food Program (WFP) says that, together with the Kenyan government, they will need to feed 3.8 million people across the country.", "Successive years of failed crops, drought and erratic rains caused by climate change have all had an impact.", "Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti all face similar crises.", "Despite this, the U.N. agency says that its emergency programs are facing massive shortfalls.", "\"We are facing a really difficult situation.", "We realize that the world economic crisis has affected the amount that countries can give to us,\" says WFP spokesperson Gabrielle Menezes, \"But at the same time we are seeing an awful situation in Kenya.", "If we don't start feeding people now, things are only going to get worse.\"", "For many Kenyan farmers, the situation is already bad enough.", "Eunice Wairimu has seen four successive crops fail.", "This is harvest time in Kenya but her corn plants barely reach her knees and she will have to use her meager harvest as animal feed.", "\"I don't even like to go to my farm because I become very upset,\" she said.", "\"There is nothing for me to get there for my family.\"", "Wairimu used to sell her surplus, but now she depends on food rations.", "She accepts them grudgingly.", "\"According to our tribal culture, we aren't used to being given food.", "We have always been willing to work hard.", "If it is the will of God to bring rain, he will bring rain.", "But he also brings drought.\"" ]	[ "Millions of rural Kenyans at risk of starvation because of drought, crop failure .", "Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti all face similar crises, World Food Program says .", "Hundreds of dead cattle dot landscape, driven in search of pasture by herdsmen .", "WFP warns situation will get worse unless shortfalls in resources addressed ." ]	[ 8, 11, 12, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Roger Federer has been hit with a $1,500 fine for swearing at the umpire during his shock U.S. Open final defeat to Juan Martin Del Potro.", "Federer argues with umpire Jake Garner during his five-set defeat to Del Potro.", "The world number one became embroiled in an argument with Jake Garner at the end of the second set after complaining Del Potro was taking too long to decide whether or not to make challenges.", "The Argentine successfully overturned an \"out\" call shortly before Federer's outburst, a point that led to him breaking serve and eventually taking the set.", "During the exchange Federer was picked up on microphones telling Garner: \"Don't tell me when to be quiet, okay?", "When I want to talk, I'll talk.\"", "Del Potro went on to claim his first grand slam, ending Federer's five-year unbeaten run at Flushing Meadows and denying the Swiss maestro a 16th grand slam title.", "Federer's fine pales in comparison to the one meted out to Serena Williams, who was docked $10,000 for an altercation with a line judge at the climax of her semifinal with eventual winner Kim Clijsters.", "Williams reacted angrily after being called for a foot fault, and unleashed a torrent of abuse at the official, who reported the exchange to umpire Louise Engzell.", "The resulting penalty point for a code violation handed the match to Clijsters.", "Williams later apologized for the incident.", "She was also fined $500 for racket abuse in the same encounter.", "Over $31,000 in fines were handed out in the final grand slam of the season with Daniel Nestor, from Canada, forced to pay $5,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct towards a fan he confronted.", "Vera Zvonareva of Russia and Austria's Daniel Koellerer were also fined $1,500 for audible obscenities.", "Federer will get an early chance to put his U.S. Open disappointment behind him when he plays for Switzerland in a World Group playoff tie against Italy this weekend in Genoa." ]	[ "Roger Federer fined $1,500 for his argument with umpire in U.S. Open final .", "Federer confronted Jake Garner in row over challenges by Juan Martin Del Potro .", "Del Potro went on to win his first grand slam in five-set thriller in New York ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- United Nations-backed nuclear inspectors on Sunday visited a newly disclosed Iranian nuclear facility near the city of Qom, Iranian media has reported.", "\"IAEA inspectors today visited the... nuclear installation,\" the semi-official Mehr news agency said, referring to International Atomic Energy Agency staff.", "\"The IAEA inspectors arrived Saturday night and are scheduled to inspect the... site several times.", "The inspectors will leave Tehran Tuesday.\"", "Tehran sent shock waves through the international community in September by revealing the existence of the previously secret nuclear enrichment facility near Qom.", "The IAEA announced Saturday its inspectors were leaving for the much-anticipated inspection.", "The agency declined to give more details on Sunday.", "\"It is our policy not to comment on the itinerary of our inspectors,\" a spokesman for the U.N. nuclear watchdog told CNN.", "The inspectors will visit the installation to make sure it is being used for peaceful purposes, said Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.", "The inspection comes after Iran said Friday that it needs more time to decide whether to sign onto a deal that could help end the international showdown over its nuclear activities.", "That proposal calls for low-enriched uranium produced in Iran to be sent abroad for further enrichment and then returned for use in medical research and treatment.", "Tehran is studying the draft proposal and will have an answer next week, Iranian diplomat Ali Asghar Soltanieh said on state-run Press TV.", "Iran informed IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei that it is \"considering the proposal in depth and in a favorable light, but it needs until the middle of next week to provide a response,\" according to an IAEA statement.", "Delegations from Iran, France, Russia, the United States and the IAEA met in Vienna this week to work out details of the tentative deal reached in early October.", "France, Russia and the United States have indicated their approval of the arrangement.", "\"The Director General hopes that Iran's response will equally be positive, since approval of this agreement will signal a new era of cooperation,\" the IAEA statement said.", "After the current inspection, but before the end of the month, Iranian officials are expected to meet with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany to further discuss Tehran's nuclear program.", "Iran's leaders maintain that their nation's nuclear program is intended solely for peaceful purposes, but many in the West believe Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities.", "Low-enriched nuclear fuel can be further enriched into weapons-grade material.", "CNN's Per Nyberg contributed to this report." ]	[ "The IAEA announced Saturday its inspectors were leaving for the inspection .", "Iran said Friday it needs more time to decide whether to sign onto a nuclear deal .", "Iran says its nuclear program is intended solely for peaceful purposes .", "Many in the West believe Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities ." ]	[ 5, 9, 17 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Harry Patch -- the last surviving British soldier from World War I -- died Saturday at the age of 111, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.", "Harry Patch, pictured here on November 11, 2008, at an Armistice Day commemoration ceremony in London.", "Patch died peacefully at his care home in the southwestern English city of Wells, the ministry announced.", "His death came a week after fellow British World War I veteran Henry Allingham died at the age of 113.", "Patch was the last surviving soldier to have witnessed the horrors of trench warfare in the first World War .", "He fought and was seriously wounded in Ypres, Belgium, in 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele, in which 70,000 of his fellow soldiers died -- including three of his close friends.", "Born in 1898, Patch became a plumber before being conscripted to the army in 1916.", "After training, Patch was recruited to The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry as a Lewis gunner assistant.", "The unit was rushed to the front line trenches of Ypres, where soldiers were urgently needed to replace those who were wounded and dying by the thousand.", "He fought in the trenches between June and September of 1917 and was involved in some of the fiercest fighting of the war.", "In late September he was wounded when a light shell exploded above his head, bringing an end to his military service.", "He received battlefield treatment without anesthetic.", "After the war, Harry returned to his work as a plumber and later became a sanitary engineer.", "He married Ada Billington, a young girl he met while convalescing after the battle.", "They married in 1919 and had two sons.", "In World War II, Patch joined the Auxiliary Fire Service and helped tackle the fires caused by heavy German raids on the English cities of Bath and Bristol.", "At one point, he was sent to organize sanitary arrangements for soldiers at a camp near Yeovil, where he became friendly with some of the men.", "Patch remembered the shock of finding the camp deserted, with coffee still hot and meals half-eaten, on the morning that the soldiers had gone off to France, the Ministry of Defence said.", "His wife, Ada, died in 1976, and their two sons also later died.", "Patch remarried in 1980, but he became a widower for the second time four years later.", "Patch didn't speak about the war until he turned 100, the Ministry of Defence said.", "\"He tried to suppress the memories and to live as normal a life as possible; the culture of his time said that he was fortunate to have survived and that he should get on with his life,\" a Ministry of Defence biography says.", "\"That suited Harry; he could 'forget' his demons, the memories of what happened to him and to his close friends.\"", "In 1998, a television producer with an interest in the war talked to Patch, who then made the decision to speak of his memories, the Ministry of Defence said.", "He took part in a documentary on the war and began gradually to open up.", "It wasn't long before Patch became a spokesman for his generation, speaking about the horrors of the war as well as his own emotions and reactions, the Ministry of Defence said.", "\"In speaking about his experiences, Harry began at last to come to terms with his war, and was at peace with himself and his memories,\" the Defence Ministry said.", "\"His thoughts then turned to reconciliation, to the long-term effects of suffering and coming to terms with that suffering.\"", "Patch returned to Belgium in 2002, something he had said he would never do, and laid a wreath to his battalion, the Defence Ministry said.", "Two years later, he met and shook hands with a German artilleryman from the Western Front, Charles Kuentz.", "Patch later laid a wreath at Langemark Cemetery for the German war dead.", "In his last years, Patch was honored at Buckingham Palace and the prime minister's residence at 10 Downing Street.", "On his 101st birthday France awarded him the Knighthood of the Legion of Honor, and this year President Nicolas Sarkozy upgraded that to the rank of officer.", "Last year, King Albert II of Belgium made Patch a Knight of the Order of Leopold.", "\"Harry was delighted to receive these awards and wore the medals with great pride, but he always made it clear that he wore these medals as a representative of the selfless generation he had come to represent,\" the Ministry of Defence said.", "Patch wrote a book detailing his life in 2007, called \"The Last Fighting Tommy.\"", "The name referred to the slang term for British privates.", "\"While the country may remember Harry as a soldier, we will remember him as a dear friend,\" said Jim Ross, a close friend.", "\"He was a man of peace who used his great age and fame as the last survivor of the trenches to communicate two simple messages: Remember with gratitude and respect those who served on all sides, (and) settle disputes by discussion, not war.\"", "Gen. Richard Dannatt, the chief of the general staff, issued a statement expressing his sadness about Patch's death.", "\"Self-effacing about his experiences in the trenches he was no less effective in describing the horror they represented when invited to speak to schoolchildren about the realities of war.\"", "Dannatt said.", "\"He was the last of a generation that in youth was steadfast in its duty in the face of cruel sacrifice and we give thanks for his life -- as well as those of his comrades -- for upholding the same values and freedom that we continue to cherish and fight for today.\"" ]	[ "Harry Patch, dead at 111, was last British survivor of World War One trench warfare .", "Patch was seriously wounded in Ypres, Belgium, in 1917 at Battle of Passchendaele .", "Patch \"tried to suppress memories and to live as normal a life as possible\"\nFormer soldier gradually opened up about his experiences in final years of life ." ]	[ 4, 5, 21 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A union representing thousands of transit workers went on strike early Tuesday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shutting down buses, subways and trolleys that carry almost a million people daily.", "Transport Workers Union leaders walked out of contract talks just before midnight, saying they couldn't accept an offer from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority because of a shortfall in their pension fund and disagreements on some work rule issues.", "Joe Casey, general manager of the transit authority, said the offer presented to workers was competitive.", "Are you stranded by the strike?", "Share your story .", "\"For the life of me I can't believe the TWU walked away from that offer,\" he said.", "The strike means all buses, subways and trolleys in Philadelphia and on the Frontier line in Bucks and Montgomery counties stopped running at 3 a.m. Read local coverage from CNN affiliate WPVI .", "One train operator was as surprised as customers to discover the strike had begun.", "Sly Wagner showed up at the Fern Rock station ready to work, CNN affiliate Philly.com reported.", "\"I'm like everybody else,\" he said.", "\"The only way I found out was when I went to the station and the gates were locked.\"", "Commuters weren't taking it well.", "Comments on the Web site of CNN affiliate WPVI-TV were anti-strike by a ratio of 9 to 1 on Tuesday.", "\"These guys need to take a look around and see that we're facing 10 percent unemployment and an economy on the brink of collapse,\" Lee Henderson commented to the Web site.", "\"They should be grateful for good jobs and go back to work without further delay.\"", "Henderson commutes from Elkins Park, on the northern edge of Philadelphia.", "But a city resident who only gave his first name, Gary, backed the union.", "\"Local 234 is standing up for the union members; Philadelphia is a union city,\" he commented.", "\"Local 234 is just expressing its rights.", "Septa always pulls the economy into negotiations, but when it comes to their managers getting paid, they get what they want.\"", "Read local coverage from CNN affiliate Philly.com .", "Concern about crowds converging in downtown Philadelphia for the World Series surfaced in talks over the weekend and workers agreed to stave off the strike.", "But not long after the last out in Game 5 and the series heading back to New York, Local 234 went on the picket line.", "The transit authority urged riders to check its Web site for contingency plans." ]	[ "NEW: Commuters express outrage, but a few support the union .", "Transport Workers Union leaders walk out of contract talks .", "Strike affects buses, subways and trolleys that transport nearly a million people daily .", "Transit authority and union can't agree on pension funding and work rules ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Broadening the number of health care professionals who can administer vaccine, New York Gov.", "David Paterson issued a sweeping executive order Thursday officially declaring a state of emergency due to the increase in H1N1 cases, including 75 H1N1-related deaths in New York state.", "The announcement, which comes on the heels of President Obama's declaration of H1N1 flu as a national emergency, expands the categories of health care professionals who can give the vaccine to include dentists, pharmacists, podiatrists, midwives and emergency medical technicians, the executive order said.", "At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Paterson stressed that his order is not intended to incite panic but rather allocates the necessary resources to effectively combat H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu.", "\"If an enormous number of flu vaccines came into the state because of an epidemic and an emergency and we need to administer them as widely as possible, we have expanded the health care personnel who would be deemed to have the authority to administer the flu vaccine,\" Paterson told reporters.", "Under current state law, some health care professionals are prohibited from delivering the vaccine because of limits on their professional duties.", "The governor's order waives any law that would prevent these people from giving vaccinations, according to Claire Pospisil from the New York state department of health.", "\"It's called an emergency declaration, but what it does is that it provides New York the capability that once vaccine supplies become more available, it allows (health departments) to quickly vaccinate as many people as possible,\" Pospisil said.", "Dr. Mark Feldman, a retired dentist who serves as executive director of the New York State Dental Association, which represents 75 percent of the dentists in the state, said he would be more than willing to help administer the vaccine.", "\"If there is a shortage and they need more hands, I can do my part,\" Feldman said.", "Health care professionals named in the executive order may not administer the vaccine at their individual practices.", "Rather, they must do so at a New York state health department distribution center.", "Feldman thinks it would be wiser to allow these health care professionals to distribute the vaccine at their private practices.", "\"If there is a severe outbreak, to go to a mass distribution center, you risk being exposed,\" Feldman said.", "New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a statement Thursday supporting Paterson's order.", "It will \"let a larger number of health care workers administer vaccines, and strengthen our health department's ability to track the use of vaccine supplies,\" the statement read.", "About 800,000 people in New York City became infected with the disease during the first wave of the virus last spring, according to the New York City Department of Health .", "The New York health department will provide training for administering the vaccinations, though the exact amount of training required is yet to be determined, according to Tom Dunn of the New York state education department, which issues vaccine licenses." ]	[ "Gov.", "David Paterson declared a state of emergency because of increase in H1N1 cases .", "Order allows dentists, pharmacists, podiatrists, midwives to give vaccines .", "Paterson said increasing those who can give vaccine would help state in emergency .", "Retired dentist: \"If there is a shortage and they need more hands, I can do my part\"" ]	[ 2, 9 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former President Carter warned members of Congress on Tuesday that America's failure to achieve energy independence is threatening the country's national security, undermining its long-term potential for economic growth and contributing to global warming.", "Former President Carter said Tuesday that the United States must end its energy-based vulnerability.", "\"Collectively, nothing could be more important than this question of energy,\" Carter said during a rare presidential appearance before a congressional committee.", "\"I would guess that our entire status as a leading nation in the world will depend on the role that we play in energy and environment in the future.\"", "Carter, who in 1977 famously declared the fight for energy independence to be \"the moral equivalent of war,\" told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that reaching that goal is crucial to ending the country's \"vulnerability to possible pressures and blackmail.\"", "Right now, he noted, \"whether we admit it or not, we are very careful not to aggravate our major oil suppliers.\"", "Watch Carter talk about energy and security » .", "He also asserted that more jobs will be gained than lost by transitioning the country away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner, renewable energy sources.", "Carter's testimony came as Congress continues its consideration of broad-reaching energy legislation with the potential to dramatically tighten emissions controls while reshaping America's environmental standards.", "Among other things, the American Clean Energy and Security Act would create a controversial \"cap-and-trade\" system establishing steadily declining limits on greenhouse gas emissions over the next four decades.", "Under the bill, polluters would be able to buy and sell emissions credits while utilities would be required to generate an increasing amount of power from renewable sources.", "Congressional attention to the issue is being driven by President Obama, who, like Carter, has placed energy near the top of his domestic agenda.", "Carter suggested that energy reform advocates craft an omnibus proposal that could be considered collectively by Congress in order to minimize \"adverse influence of special interest groups\" opposed to any major changes.", "Powerful entrenched interests ultimately helped derail his administration's energy agenda, he said.", "Carter noted that his administration nevertheless succeeded in reducing net oil imports by 50 percent, from 8.6 to 4.3 million barrels per day.", "But after \"a long period of energy complacency,\" he said, daily imports to the United States are now almost 13 million barrels.", "America consumes 2.5 times more oil than China and 7.5 times more than India, he noted.", "On a per capita basis, the United States consumes 12 times more oil than China and 28 times more than India.", "\"Although our rich nation can afford these daily purchases, there is little doubt that, in general terms, we are constrained not to alienate our major oil suppliers, which puts a restraint on our nation's foreign policy,\" Carter said.", "The former president reminded committee members that, as part of his drive for renewable energy, he had ordered 32 solar panels to be placed on the roof of the White House in 1979.", "But the panels were removed \"almost instantaneously after [Ronald Reagan] moved into the White House, with assurances to the American people that such drastic action would no longer be necessary.\"", "Sen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, opened the hearing by noting that the price of a barrel of oil has fallen $90 below the record high hit in summer 2008.", "Unfortunately, Kerry added, the \"political will to take decisive action has dissipated\" as each past energy crisis has subsided.", "Carter \"had the courage to tell the truth to Americans [and] set America on the right path in the 1970s,\" Kerry said.", "\"Regrettably, the ensuing years saw those efforts unfunded [and] stripped away.\"", "Richard Nixon was the first president to set a goal of energy independence, Kerry noted.", "Nixon called for that goal to be reached by 1980." ]	[ "\"Our entire status as a leading nation\" will depend on energy role, ex-president says .", "Energy independence would protect national security, create jobs, he claims .", "Congress continues to consider broad-reaching energy legislation ." ]	[ 3, 6, 8 ]
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Federal investigators trying to determine why a Delta Air Lines jet landed on a taxiway instead of the runway in Atlanta on Monday morning say the runway was illuminated, but that approach lights and a ground-based instrument that helps pilots line up with the runway were off.", "The pilots of the plane that landed at the Atlanta airport have been relieved from flying duties pending probes.", "The incident happened at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world's busiest.", "But it occurred shortly before dawn, when airport operations are slow.", "Delta Flight 60, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was cleared to land on a main runway around 6:05 a.m., but it landed instead on nearby Taxiway M, which runs parallel to the runway, said FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.", "The departure taxiway, which can be filled with aircraft during peak hours, was empty at the time, and the plane landed safely, officials said.", "No one was injured, and there was no damage to the taxiway.", "The Boeing 767 aircraft had 182 passengers and a crew of 11.", "The FAA, the National Transportation Safety Board and Delta Air Lines are investigating.", "The pilots of the aircraft were placed on nonflight status, Delta said.", "The NTSB on Wednesday confirmed that a \"check pilot\" on the flight was sick, and the crew had declared a medical emergency.", "It was not clear what, if any, role that played in the mishap.", "Sources familiar with the incident say that Flight 60 originally was scheduled to land on Runway 27L (left), the active runway at that time, but was \"sidestepped\" to Runway 27R (right).", "Pilots commonly ask to be \"sidestepped\" to Runway 27R -- and air traffic controllers commonly offer 27R -- because it is closer to the terminal and pilots can shave minutes from a trip.", "In this case, it is not clear whether the pilot made the request, or the air traffic controllers made the offer.", "Nor is it clear why the change was made -- whether to shave time from the flight, or because of the medical emergency on the aircraft or some other reason.", "But after being given permission to land on Runway 27R, the plane went too far to the right, landing on Taxiway M. The runway was marked with yellow lights, while the taxiway was marked with blue lights, one person familiar with the incident said.", "The NTSB said the runway lights on 27R were illuminated, but a \"localizer\" and approach lights for the runway were off.", "Officials said the weather at the airport was clear, and the NTSB said the wind was calm at 10 mph.", "The sky was dark, with twilight still more than an hour away.", "The NTSB said a \"check airman\" was in the cockpit with the captain and first officer during the flight, but became ill and moved to the cabin for the remainder of the flight.", "Check airman are company pilots who watch over crew members during significant flights, such as when a first officer becomes a captain, when a pilot is making a maiden international flight, or over mountainous terrain for the first time.", "The NTSB said it is uncertain why the check airman was on the Delta flight.", "Delta spokesman Anthony Black said the airline is cooperating with the FAA and the NTSB and conducting its own investigation.", "The pilots of the flight have been relieved from active flying, he said.", "The incident came just two weeks after the FAA announced that serious runway incursions were down 50 percent this year.", "Close calls in 2007 at some of the busiest U.S. airports prompted the FAA to take action to reduce the risk of runway incursions and wrong runway departures.", "There were 24 serious runway incursions that year, eight of them involving commercial carriers." ]	[ "Delta Flight 60 from Brazil landed on taxiway instead of runway in Atlanta, Georgia .", "No planes were on taxiway waiting to take off; jet landed safely with no injuries .", "Investigation looking at approach lights, ground-based instrument .", "NTSB:\"Check pilot\" was sick before landing, crew declared medical emergency ." ]	[ 0, 10 ]
[ "Although you may think that bottled water is a safer option than tap, two new reports show that the store-bought stuff is actually less regulated than the water you get out of your faucet for free.", "What's in your water? You may be hard pressed to find out, reports the Environmental Working Group.", "The Food and Drug Administration has little authority to regulate bottled brands, according to a U.S. Congressional report released recently.", "While municipal water utilities are required to provide public reports of test results, bottled-water makers are not.", "(On the other hand, well water, which is found in many rural areas, isn't regulated as water provided by towns and cities is.)", "So although you may fork over a pretty penny for bottled water, that doesn't mean it's any better than what's coming out of your faucet.", "In fact, it could be worse and you'd never know it.", "The new research is backed by a second report from the Environmental Working Group.", "The nonprofit advocacy organization surveyed the labels and Web sites of nearly 200 popular bottled-water brands and found that less than 2 percent disclosed three important facts that can affect safety: the water's source, purification methods, and chemical pollutants in each bottle.", "(See the full report on bottled water at EWG's Web site.)", "\"We're really pushing for a consumer's right to know what's in their water,\" says Nneka Leiba, an environmental health researcher at the EWG.", "\"This isn't a doomsday scenario.", "It isn't that the claims are false; it's just that they are misleading.\"", "Reaching for the most popular bottled brands isn't necessarily a solution.", "In fact, the EWG report found that some of the best-known brands -- for example Whole Foods and San Pellegrino -- are the least likely to report where the water comes from and what it contains.", "Health.com: Plastic recycling gets easier .", "\"This probably has to do with the fact that they're imported, so the regulations are different,\" says Leiba.", "\"Some of the brands you think wouldn't be as transparent, like Walgreens or Sam's Club, scored higher than many of the popular brands.\"", "So what's a safety-conscious shopper to do?", "In recent years, some reports have suggested that tap water could be contaminated by trace amounts of pharmaceuticals or other substances.", "Health.com: Why caffeine and sugar are poor substitutes for sleep .", "Leiba says that activated carbon water filters -- like Brita pitchers or faucet attachments -- are a safe and affordable option for filtering tap water.", "If families can afford it, she recommends a reverse osmosis filter, which will eliminate all impurities.", "These reports come as food safety concerns seem to be at an all-time high.", "Lately, recalls of spinach, sprouts, peanut butter, and, most recently, cookie dough have made many consumers start to question the safety of the items they find on grocery-store shelves.", "Unlike tap water suppliers, bottled water companies don't have to have their water tested by a certified laboratory, and they aren't required to notify customers within 24 hours if they find elevated levels of contaminants.", "The FDA does require bottled water companies to test for contaminants and other problems, says Joshua Sharfstein, M.D., the agency's principal deputy commissioner.", "Health.com: Could your rug make you sick?", "If the companies fail, however, the public doesn't get to see the actual test results.", "\"There's clearly a difference in disclosure between municipal water and bottled water, but the FDA's laws focus on safety of food more than on disclosure of information,\" says Sharfstein.", "\"It's not a question of whether the FDA can do more; it's whether the government can do more through the food safety bill.\"", "Only changes in the current regulations would make it mandatory for manufacturers to make those kinds of records public, he says.", "Those regulations may change with the Food Safety Enhancement Act.", "Health.com: Drink this tea to lose that belly .", "The proposed Food Safety Enhancement Act covers many aspects of food safety, including better preventive control measures by food manufacturers, more frequent inspections of facilities, and greater FDA authority over food recalls.", "Enter to win a monthly Room Makeover Giveaway from MyHomeIdeas.com .", "Copyright Health Magazine 2009 ." ]	[ "Congressional Report: FDA has little authority to regulate bottled water brands .", "Conversely, municipal water utilities are required to make test results public .", "Watchdog group's survey: Less than 2 percent of bottlers disclose important info ." ]	[ 2, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An agreement could be reached before week's end between Washington University students and an Illinois nightclub that allegedly barred six African-American students while admitting nearly 200 of their white classmates.", "Fernando Cutz, senior class president at the university in Missouri, said the aggrieved students have been in contact with lawyers representing Original Mother's, a bar in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.", "The two sides expect a resolution to their dispute as early as Wednesday, Cutz said.", "He did not, however, say what the students were demanding or why he was optimistic that a deal could be struck.", "The students complained to state and federal agencies after six African-American members from their senior class trip celebration were denied admission to the club on October 17.", "Bar personnel cited dress code violations -- specifically baggy jeans -- in barring the African-American students, Cutz said.", "A white student and a black student then exchanged jeans to see what would happen.", "The white student was admitted, while his classmate still was kept outside, Cutz said.", "Calls from CNN to the nightclub were not immediately returned.", "The bar told the Chicago Tribune newspaper that it was investigating.", "The celebration at Original Mother's was to top off a two-day senior class trip to Chicago, Cutz said.", "The party had been arranged with the bar in advance by the student class board, which includes two of the African-American students who were later denied entry, Cutz said.", "He said he was already inside the bar with some 200 other students, none of whom are African-American, when the first group of African-American classmates arrived.", "Cutz said he quickly learned that the manager of the bar had denied the six students entry, and he said the manager told the students their baggy pants violated the bar's dress code.", "Cutz, who is white, said he confronted the manager.", "\"These six [students] were better dressed than I was,\" Cutz told CNN.", "He told the students to \"go back to the hotel and change.\"", "But the manager of the bar stepped in to say that he had made his decision and that the six men could not return to the bar even if they changed clothes, Cutz said.", "The students became \"more agitated\" and \"set up an experiment,\" Cutz said.", "Class Treasurer Regis Murayi, who is black, exchanged jeans with a white student, Jordan Roberts, who -- being 3 inches shorter than Murayi -- looked \"substantially baggy.\"", "Roberts approached the same manager who had turned away the African-American students, paid the entry fee and was allowed in, Cutz said.", "CNN's Susan Candiotti also contributed to this report." ]	[ "Group: Bar kept African-American students out, let white classmates in .", "Washington University's senior class was celebrating at the Chicago bar .", "Class president: Bar cited dress code violations, but clothing swap didn't help .", "Class complains to Illinois attorney general, others; bar hasn't returned CNN's calls ." ]	[ 1, 5, 7, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Five people were detained off Somalia's coast Wednesday after pirates mistook a French ship involved in an anti-piracy operation for a commercial vessel, the French Defense Ministry said.", "A German-flagged warship taking part in the EU's anti-piracy mission is pictured in this April 2009 file photo.", "There were no injuries as a result of the attack on the BCR Somme, the ministry said.", "The pirates opened fire at midnight local time, about 250 nautical miles (463 kilometers) off Somalia's coast, officials added.", "An hour after the attack, the French command and supply ship chased down one of the pirates' skiffs, and detained five suspected pirates, it said.", "A second skiff involved in the attack got away.", "The BCR Somme was carrying supplies off Somalia's coast to forces involved in the European anti-piracy operation, called \"Atalante,\" the ministry said.", "Europe and other Western powers have stepped up their maritime patrols off Somalia's coast following a spate of pirate attacks over the past year.", "Somalia's transitional government, which has a tenuous grip on power, has been unable to stop the pirates, many of whom are based in Somalia's port cities.", "Those who have tracked pirate activity say it started in the 1980s in Somalia, when the pirates claimed they were aiming to stop the rampant illegal fishing and dumping that continues to this day off the Somali coast.", "Piracy accelerated after the fall of the Somali government in the early 1990s and began to flourish after shipping companies started paying ransoms.", "Those payments started out being in the tens of thousands of dollars and have since climbed into the millions.", "Some experts say companies are simply making the problem worse by paying the pirates." ]	[ "Pirates fire on French ship involved in anti-piracy operation off Somali coast .", "Command and supply ship chased down a skiff; detaining 5 suspected pirates .", "BCR Somme carries supplies to forces involved in European anti-piracy operation ." ]	[ 0, 4, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Law enforcement authorities have recovered 52 children and arrested 60 pimps allegedly involved in child prostitution, the FBI announced Monday.", "More than 690 people in all were arrested on state and local charges, the FBI stated.", "The arrests were made over the past three days as part of a nationwide law enforcement initiative conducted on the federal, state and local levels, the bureau said.", "\"Child prostitution continues to be a significant problem in our country, as evidenced by the number of children rescued through the continued efforts of our crimes against children task forces,\" Kevin Perkins, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division, said in a written statement.", "\"There is no work more important than protecting America's children and freeing them from the cycle of victimization.\"", "The three-day operation, tagged Operation Cross Country IV, included enforcement actions in 36 cities across 30 FBI divisions nationwide.", "It is part of the FBI's ongoing Innocence Lost National Initiative, which was created in 2003 with the goal of ending sex trafficking of children in the United States.", "The initiative, conducted with assistance from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, has so far resulted in the recovery of almost 900 children, according to the FBI.", "It has also led to more than 500 convictions." ]	[ "3-day Operation Cross Country IV conducted on federal, state, local levels .", "FBI says more than 690 people in all were arrested on state, local charges .", "\"Child prostitution continues to be a significant problem in our country,\" FBI says .", "Operation is part of initiative aimed at ending domestic sex trafficking of children in U.S." ]	[ 1, 2, 3, 5 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Former teen idol Leif Garrett posted a $10,000 bond Wednesday after spending two days in a jail on a drug charge, a Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman said.", "Garrett, 48, was arrested Monday at a downtown Los Angeles train station after police found heroin in his shoe, spokesman Steve Whitmore said.", "He was 16 when he scored his first pop chart hit, \"Surfin' USA,\" in 1977.", "It was followed by a four-year run of songs that kept young girls swooning and teens dancing.", "When deputies approached Garrett Monday morning at the Metrolink station, he was \"acting in a pronounced way, shaking and sweating,\" Whitmore said.", "Garrett told them he was \"nervous around law enforcement because of other meetings with them in the past,\" he said.", "The singer did jail time four years ago after he was arrested with heroin while he stood on a subway platform at another Los Angeles transit station.", "This time, Garrett told the officers that he had no drugs and he agreed to let them search him, Whitmore said.", "As they searched, Garrett told them he did have a little heroin in his shoe.", "\"That was found and it was black tar heroin,\" Whitmore said.", "Garrett was taken to the East Los Angeles sheriff's station, where he was booked and held on bond.", "His court date is February 24, Whitmore said.", "CNN's Michelle Wright and Alan Duke contributed to this report." ]	[ "L.A. County authorities: Leif Garrett posts $10,000 bond after two days in a jail .", "Garrett was found with heroin and arrested Monday, sheriff's spokesman says .", "The former teen idol was arrested four years ago for possession of heroin .", "Garrett was 16 when he scored his first pop chart hit, \"Surfin' USA,\" in 1977 ." ]	[ 0, 2, 9 ]
[ "NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- The Orleans Parish district attorney said he plans to look into deaths at a New Orleans hospital in the days following Hurricane Katrina, but stopped short of calling it an investigation.", "Staff at Memorial were accused of hastening four patients' deaths in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.", "\"My office has not reopened an investigation into the deaths at Memorial hospital\" after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, Leon Cannizzaro said in a statement released Friday.", "\"As district attorney, I have a legal obligation to evaluate statements regarding possible criminal activity in this jurisdiction,\" the statement said.", "\"I am making that kind of evaluation, but that does not constitute an investigation by this office.\"", "The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported in a story Saturday that Cannizzaro will interview New Orleans coroner Frank Minyard and possibly other pathologists on the coroner's staff regarding the deaths of Memorial Medical Center patients.", "But the newspaper quoted Cannizzaro as saying an investigation would involve convening a grand jury and bringing in witnesses to testify, and he does not at this time have plans to do that.", "After speaking with the coroner, the district attorney said he would decide whether a more in-depth investigation is necessary.", "Cannizzaro's spokesman, Christopher Bowman, said Monday the DA's office had no further comment beyond the Friday statement.", "According to the Times-Picayune, Cannizzaro's conversation with Minyard was prompted by an article in The New York Times last month that quoted two doctors as saying that they gave Memorial patients morphine and other drugs in the days after the hurricane struck, knowing they would die.", "Cannizzaro told the newspaper he would be \"remiss in his responsibilities\" if he did not talk to Minyard about information in the article.", "\"That doesn't mean I am opening an investigation,\" he said.", "Katrina roared ashore near the Mississippi-Louisiana state line on August 29, 2005, rupturing three of New Orleans' protective levees and putting about three-quarters of the city under water.", "Then-Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti Jr. launched an investigation after officials from Lifecare, an acute-care facility operating on the seventh floor of Memorial, reported allegations that several seriously ill, mostly elderly patients had been euthanized by medical staff at Memorial as the floodwater rose around the hospital and conditions inside deteriorated.", "In 2006, Foti ordered the arrest of Dr. Anna Pou and two nurses, Lori Budo and Cheri Landry, on preliminary charges of second-degree murder in the deaths of four patients.", "Former Orleans Parish District Attorney Eddie Jordan, who under Louisiana law was responsible for prosecuting crimes, gave Budo and Landry immunity in exchange for their testimony.", "In July 2007, the grand jury refused to indict Pou.", "Foti said his investigation revealed that the four patients -- ages 63, 68, 91 and 93 -- were given a \"lethal cocktail\" of morphine and midazolam hydrochloride, both central nervous system depressants.", "Pou, Landry and Budo all denied the charges, and their attorneys said they acted heroically, staying to treat patients rather than evacuate.", "In an interview with Newsweek magazine in 2007, Pou admitted giving the patients drugs.", "\"If in doing so it hastened their deaths, then that's what happened,\" she said.", "\"But this was not, 'I'm going to go to the seventh floor and murder some people.'", "We're here to help patients.\"", "The grand jury never heard testimony from five specialists who advised Foti that the patients were deliberately killed with overdoses of drugs after Katrina struck.", "All five were brought in by Foti's office to analyze the deaths, and concluded the patients were homicide victims.", "After the grand jury refused to indict Pou, Jordan called the case closed and said he would no longer pursue it.", "If Cannizzaro does decide an in-depth investigation is warranted, it could affect the outcome of a lawsuit in which CNN and The Times-Picayune are seeking the release of Foti's investigative file into the deaths.", "CNN was the first to report the allegations of euthanasia, six weeks after the hurricane.", "The case went to the Louisiana Supreme Court, which in July sent it back to the trial court to rule on whether criminal litigation in the case is reasonably anticipated, according to Lori Mince, the New Orleans attorney representing the media organizations.", "A reopened investigation could lead the court to rule that criminal charges may be forthcoming.", "Hospital workers identified only as John and Jane Doe had sued to block the public release of the file, claiming the records are covered by grand jury secrecy rules, that they should have been considered confidential informants and that releasing the documents would violate their privacy." ]	[ "Post-Katrina euthanasia was alleged at Memorial Hospital .", "Grand jury declined to file charges and case was closed .", "Different district attorney deciding whether to reopen investigation .", "CNN first reported allegations six weeks after Hurricane Katrina ." ]	[ 0, 25, 27 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An Illinois woman and her boyfriend, already charged with aiding in the abduction of the woman's 6-year-old grandson, face new charges of tampering with a witness in the case, officials said Tuesday.", "Ricky Chekevdia, 6, allegedly was hidden with his mother in a secret room in his grandmother's house.", "Diane Dobbs and Robert Sandefur, both 51, are in jail pending the filing of formal charges in the case, said Beth Sandusky, victim services coordinator for the state attorney's office in Franklin County, Illinois.", "The two were charged previously with aiding and abetting child abduction, a felony, according to Sandusky and court records.", "They were released from jail on bond Monday, but were back in custody within hours, according to ABC News and CNN affiliate WSIL.", "Last week, authorities found Ricky Chekevdia, Dobbs' grandson, at her home.", "The boy was hiding along with his mother, Shannon Wilfong, in a secret room built to hide them -- an area about 5 feet by 12 feet, with a 4-foot ceiling, according to WSIL.", "Police say the boy had been hidden for nearly two years.", "Wilfong, 30, is jailed on felony child abduction charges and made her first court appearance Tuesday, Sandusky said.", "\"We let him out of the car and he ran around like he'd never seen the outdoors,\" Master Sgt.", "Stan Diggs with the Illinois State Police told WSIL.", "\"It was actually very sad.\"", "In an interview on ABC's \"Good Morning America\" on Monday, before she was arrested, Dobbs disputed the accusation that Ricky was hidden in the small room, saying that in two years he spent \"maybe five minutes\" there.", "\"My grandson had the run of the house,\" she said.", "\"When we were outside, we would go fishing, we would do weenie roasts.", "We've done fireworks on the Fourth of July.", "He's helped me plant my flower garden in the back.\"", "She said she would not plead guilty to the charges.", "\"We were on our own and we had to do what we had to do and that was make sure our grandson was safe,\" Dobbs said.", "Sandusky would not comment on the pending charges against Dobbs and Sandefur or identify the witness.", "However, a woman told WSIL she called police after Dobbs and Sandefur came onto her property and threatened her son's life.", "Diggs told WSIL that Ricky is \"in very good spirits for someone who's been isolated in that house. ...", "He's a very, very social, very polite, very talkative little boy.\"", "Wilfong and Ricky's father, Michael Chekevdia, had battled over custody since Ricky was born in 2002, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.", "They initially had joint custody, Chekevdia told the newspaper, but Wilfong would often fail to bring the boy for weekends or scheduled meetings, then in 2007 failed to show up for visitation hearings.", "A judge granted Chekevdia temporary custody, but by then Wilfong and the boy had disappeared.", "They were reported missing in November, and in December, prosecutors charged Wilfong with felony child abduction.", "Wilfong and Dobbs had accused Chekevdia of sexually abusing the boy, but authorities have said those allegations are unfounded, the Post-Dispatch said.", "Leaving court Tuesday, a tearful Wilfong denied any wrongdoing to reporters, and accused Chekevdia of making lewd comments about the child.", "She added that the boy feared returning to his father.", "But Chekevdia told WSIL that Wilfong and her family are \"accusing me unjustly.\"", "\"I was the best father I could be given the time that I had with him,\" he said.", "Ricky was taken into Illinois Department of Children and Family Services custody, and is staying with his father's family under child welfare supervision, WSIL said.", "The department declined comment.", "Chekevdia told the station he got to see his son smile for the first time at a Labor Day parade.", "\"It was just a wonderful feeling to see a little boy that's been in that situation for so long enjoy himself,\" he said." ]	[ "NEW: Boy's parents had battled over his custody since his birth in 2002 .", "Grandmother and her boyfriend are in jail pending formal charges .", "Mother, Shannon Wilfong, tearfully denies any wrongdoing .", "Boy is staying with father's family under child welfare supervision, station reports ." ]	[ 23, 32 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Rick Lyke was diagnosed with prostate cancer when he was 47.", "His response was to set up \"Pints for Prostates,\" an organization that uses the universal language of beer to reach men with its message about the importance of prostate cancer screening.", "In 2008, at the insistence of a colleague with prostate cancer, Lyke, from Charlotte, North Carolina, had himself tested for illness, even though he had no health problems.", "His doctor was initially reluctant to have him tested, as men under the age of 50 aren't considered to a high-risk group for prostate cancer, but tests came back positive and Lyke needed surgery to remove the cancer.", "His surgeon said that if Lyke had waited until he was 50 to be screened, he would probably have only lived another two or three years.", "\"I'm doing great now,\" Lyke told CNN.", "\"I have to get tested every six months for the next 15 years, but I really feel like I dodged a bullet.\"", "Prostate cancer affects one in six men American men, with 27,000 Americans expected to die from the disease this year.", "The American Cancer Society believes health care professionals should discuss the potential benefits and limitations of prostate cancer early detection testing with men before any testing begins.", "It says that should include an offer for yearly testing with the prostate-specific antigen blood test and digital rectal exam, beginning at age 50, to men who are at average risk of prostate cancer and have at least a 10-year life expectancy.", "But Lyke says other groups recommend that men should be screened once they reach their forties.", "\"I think it's a financial issue in a lot of cases rather than a health issue as to why that guideline is 50,\" he told CNN.", "\"The fact of the matter is not many men are going to have prostate cancer in their forties, but for those who do, if they wait until they're 50 to be tested, their numbers aren't going to look very good.\"", "Lyke founded \"Pints for Prostates\" to spread the message about need for regular prostate health screenings.", "The organization travels to beer festivals and tries to engage with men in an informal way.", "\"Beer is a universal thing for men,\" Lyke told CNN.", "\"Where women get together and talk about health issues, men really don't, so we try to use an atmosphere like a pub, where guys are a little bit more relaxed, to talk about prostate cancer.\"", "He says prostate cancer is a highly personal disease for men, in much the same way that breast cancer is for women.", "Treatment for prostate cancer can sometimes result in impotence.", "\"The pink ribbon campaign has really made it possible for women to talk about breast cancer, so we're trying to do the same thing for guys.", "They need permission to talk about it,\" said Lyke.", "As well as setting up stalls at beer festivals and organizing events in pubs, \"Pints for Prostates\" has run adverts in magazines and Lyke estimates its message has reached about 30 million people.", "A year after his own surgery, Lyke's first granddaughter was born.", "He is aware that by being screened for prostate cancer he has vastly improved his chances of seeing her grow up, and he hopes that by encouraging other men to be tested he will give them a similar opportunity.", "He told CNN, \"I'm hoping that there's a whole bunch of other guys out there who'll be able to experience the same thing [as me] -- see their families grow up and grow old.\"", "Mark Tutton contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Rick Lyke set up \"Pints for Prostates\" after being diagnosed with prostate cancer .", "The organization travels to beer festivals to educate men about the disease .", "Prostate cancer affects on in six men American men and screening is recommended for men over 50 ." ]	[ 1, 7, 15 ]
[ "Detroit, Michigan (CNN) -- Six men appeared in federal court Thursday, a day after they were arrested in raids targeting an African-American Muslim group that the FBI said sought to establish an Islamic state in the United States.", "Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the alleged leader of the African-American Muslim converts, was fatally shot during one of Wednesday's raids in the Detroit area after he fired at law enforcement agents who were trying to arrest him and four other suspects.", "An FBI dog was also killed.", "Authorities say Abdullah was the imam at a Detroit mosque where he preached offensive jihad, including violence against the U.S. government and law enforcement.", "A criminal complaint states that he repeatedly told three confidential informants he would never be taken alive, saying \"If they're coming to get me, I'll just strap a bomb on and blow up everybody.\"", "Abdullah was one of 11 men charged Tuesday with conspiracy to commit federal crimes, including theft from interstate shipments, mail fraud to obtain the proceeds of arson, illegal possession and sale of firearms, and tampering with motor vehicle identification numbers, the FBI said in a news release.", "Eight suspects were in custody, including one man already in prison on an unrelated charge and another man who was arrested on Wednesday and added to the charging sheet, U.S. Attorney spokeswoman Susan Plochinski said Thursday.", "An additional suspect was taken into custody in Canada on Thursday, an FBI statement said.", "Two men remain at large.", "Mujahid Carswell, aka Mujahid Abdullah, was taken into custody in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, by Canadian authorities Thursday afternoon, the FBI said.", "According to the federal criminal complaint, Carswell, 30, is the eldest son of Abdullah, who was killed in the raid Wednesday.", "Canadian Border Patrol is holding him on immigration violations, the FBI said.", "Of the six suspects who appeared Thursday afternoon in court, Abdullah Beard was ordered held without bail; and Muhammad Abdul Salaam's bail decision was delayed, as was that for Gary Laverne Porter, a 38-year teacher who was arrested at an area school.", "Ali Abdul Raqib was given a $10,000 unsecured bond; Abdul Saboor was given a $100,000 bond, despite a prosecution request that he be held without bond.", "Another man, Acie Pusha, who was arrested Wednesday, was described by the prosecutor as \"minimally involved\" and given a $10,000 bond.", "The FBI criminal complaint says the group held target practice in a mosque basement, blowing holes in concrete walls.", "It includes references to possible attacks on the government, including Detroit's federal building and the FBI.", "There is also discussion about causing trouble at the 2006 Super Bowl in Detroit.", "But the men were not arrested for any of that.", "Two law enforcement sources said the information about possible attacks was included in the charging document to add \"context for the crimes they're charged with, the purpose of the group.\"", "\"They had to earn money for their mosque and the Ummah,\" one of the sources said.", "\"And the purpose of Ummah was to set up a separatist state.\"", "Ummah refers to the nationwide group to which the suspects belonged, according to the complaint.", "It's a group made up of mostly African-American members, including some who converted to Islam while in prison.", "Ummah is led by Jamil Abdullah al-Amin -- formerly known as H. Rap Brown -- a 1960s radical and former member of the Black Panthers who once said \"violence was as American as cherry pie.\"", "He is serving a life sentence in Colorado's Supermax prison for killing two Georgia police officers.", "Andrew Arena, the FBI special agent in charge of the investigation, contacted local imams and civil rights leaders in Detroit during Wednesday's operation \"to bridge any gaps that could possible come over this,\" FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said.", "\"He'd rather they hear it from him,\" she added.", "\"We have a good relationship with the community and we want to keep it that way.\"", "In the 43-page criminal complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan and unsealed Wednesday, authorities said the arrests were made based on information gleaned from confidential sources identified only as S-1, S-2 and S-3.", "\"S-1 heard Abdullah encourage his followers to 'pick up guns and do something' rather than try to achieve their goals through peaceful means,\" the complaint said.", "S-2 recorded a conversation on December 12, 2007, in which Abdullah said, \"I got some soldiers with me, so it's not like I, I don't have, you know, nothing.", "Brothers that I know would, you know, if I say 'Let's go, we going to go and do something,' they would do it,\" the complaint said.", "S-3 said that, on March 21, 2008, Luqman Abdullah told him \"that the FBI is the enemy of Islam,\" the complaint said.", "The other men charged were identified as: .", "• Mohammad Abdul Bassir, aka Franklin D. Roosevelt Williams.", "He is serving a prison term at Ojibway Correctional Facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.", "• Mujahid Carswell.", "• Mohammad Philistine.", "• Yassir Ali Khan.", "• Adam Hussain Ibraheem.", "Acie Pusha was arrested on Wednesday and added to the charging sheet, Plochinski said Thursday.", "She would not provide details about the charges against Pusha.", "The two charged but still at large are Philistine, also known as Mohammad Alsahi, a 33-year-old resident of Ontario; and Khan, 30, who is believed to be a resident of Ontario and Warren, Michigan.", "All of the defendants \"are members of a group that is alleged to have engaged in violent activity over a period of many years, and known to be armed,\" the FBI said.", "The complaint was filed by the FBI's counter-terrorism squad in the Eastern District of Michigan.", "CNN's Susan Candiotti, Carol Cratty and Ross Levitt contributed to this story." ]	[ "NEW: Six appear in federal court Thursday, a day after they were arrested in raids .", "Alleged group leader was fatally shot Wednesday after firing at law enforcement agents .", "FBI says men were members of Ummah, led by former H. Rap Brown .", "Law enforcement sources say Ummah seeks to set up Islamic state in U.S." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- Diplomacy hasn't worked.", "Sanctions have achieved little.", "Relations between Iran and the United States are, at best, chilly.", "So why not try music? On Saturday night, for the first time, Iranians were the headline performers at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall.", "A father and son from Iran led American musicians in a hybrid session of traditional Iranian and classical Western music.", "Thirty-year-old Hafez Nazeri told CNN he was pleased to present \"another dimension of Iran and Iranian culture to the Western people.\"", "Nazeri, who now lives in the United States, said, \"We hear mostly about the other side -- bloodshed, chaos -- and I wanted to be able to present the reality of our culture, which is about peace and love and unity.\"", "Nearly 3,000 people, many of them Persians, flocked to Carnegie Hall for the concert.", "One patron said, \"The message was completely obvious: Love all the way.", "Peace!\" The Nazeris said it was an honor to be onstage at the historic music center.", "The younger Nazeri said his music might be able to bridge cultural divides between Iran and the United States.", "His father, Shahrem, still lives in Iran.", "Speaking in Farsi, the man known as the Iranian Pavarotti talked about the demonstrations that followed June's disputed Iranian presidential election.", "The tenor said some of the people in the streets are \"requesting something, and I think it's important to answer to their requests.", "The government should answer to their requests and they have to see what their people want.\"", "The Nazeris are two of the few Iranian musicians allowed to freely travel and perform in Iran.", "Western-style popular music is banned in Iran.", "With just a few musicians, they form a rare group, blending Persian traditional themes with Western classical style.", "It's very simple in presentation: a cello, percussion and an improvised setar -- a Persian instrument like a lute -- played by Hafez Nazeri.", "The Nazeris' music is based on the 13th-century Persian poet and philosopher Rumi.", "\"The idea of the music is to bring unity and to be able to create a music that is not just for Iranians, it's for people from all over the world,\" the younger Nazeri said.", "Rachel Cooper, director of cultural programs and performing arts at the Asia Society, said, \"You're seeing the Iranian culture and the Western culture in something that's a kind of hybrid, that I think represents the times that we live in.\"", "The Nazeris receive cultural support from the nonprofit New York-based Asia Society, Cooper told CNN.", "\"We've been going through this time period where we've been thinking about the Berlin Wall coming down, and throughout that period of the Cold War, cultural relations were always a really important component.", "So I think that cultural relations -- music in particular -- are a really important part of how we know each other as human beings,\" Cooper said.", "The Nazeris have performed in cities across the United States in recent years." ]	[ "Hafez Nazeri and his father Shahrem play hybrid of Iranian and Western music .", "They played for enthusiastic crowd at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night .", "Son says he wants to show \"another dimension of Iran ... to the Western people\"\nNazeris' music based on 13th-century Persian poet and philosopher Rumi ." ]	[ 4, 5, 19 ]
[ "Nashville, Tennessee (CNN) -- One-third of Americans have a favorable view of the Tea Party movement, but a plurality has no opinion at all, according to a new national poll.", "A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey indicates that 26 percent of the public has an unfavorable view of the Tea Party movement and that 4 in 10 have not heard of the movement or don't know enough to form an opinion.", "The poll's Friday-morning release comes as what's billed as the first national Tea Party convention begins its first full day of meetings in Nashville.", "\"The Tea Party movement is a blank slate to many Americans, which is not surprising for a political movement that is only about a year old,\" said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.", "\"Not surprisingly, opinion breaks along partisan and ideological lines.\"", "According to the survey, Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin have an unfavorable view of the Tea Party movement; Republicans like it by a 3-to-1 margin.", "Among independents, 35 percent of independents holding a positive view and 24 percent a negative view.", "What's the future of the Tea Party movement?", "On Saturday, Sarah Palin will serve as the convention's keynote speaker.", "The also poll indicates that Americans are split on the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, with 43 percent seeing her in a positive light and 46 percent holding an unfavorable view.", "\"Opinion on Sarah Palin also breaks down along party lines, with seven in 10 Democrats disliking her and seven in 10 Republicans with a positive view.", "She has a net-negative rating among independents: 42 percent favorable and 47 percent unfavorable,\" Holland added.", "\"She also continues to rate better among men than women.\"", "The Tea Party movement developed last year in protest to what its supporters saw as overspending in Washington -- by both Republicans and Democrats -- after the stimulus bill, the bank bailouts and President Obama's budget.", "The poll was conducted January 22-24, with 1,009 adult Americans questioned by telephone.", "The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.", "CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report." ]	[ "CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll: One-third in U.S. favor the Tea Party movement .", "4 in 10 in poll had not heard of Tea Parties or had no opinion about them .", "Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin have an unfavorable view of Tea Party movement .", "Sarah Palin to be keynote speaker at national Tea Party convention on Saturday ." ]	[ 0, 1, 8, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Colombia and the United States signed an agreement Friday that allows U.S. personnel to be stationed at seven military bases in the South American nation.", "The United States says it needs the bases to help in its fight against terrorists and narcotraffickers, especially since the closure a few months ago of a U.S. base in Ecuador.", "The United States maintains similar \"forward operating locations\" in El Salvador and Aruba-Curacao.", "Colombia's agreement to host the Americans has come under harsh criticism in Latin America, particularly from President Hugo Chavez in neighboring Venezuela.", "Chavez has likened the agreement to an act of war and accuses the United States of wanting to stage military personnel nearby to destabilize his leftist government.", "The U.S. forward operating location in Aruba-Curacao is off the northern coast of Venezuela.", "The United States linked Colombia's agreement to a trade pact the South American nation wants.", "Colombia also stands to gain from U.S. help in the nation's 45-year-old war against Marxist guerrillas known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, commonly called FARC.", "Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez, Defense Minister Gabriel Silva and Interior and Justice Minister Fabio Valencia Cossio were joined by U.S.", "Ambassador William Brownfield in signing the document Friday in Bogota, the nation's capital." ]	[ "U.S. military personnel may be stationed at seven Colombian bases .", "U.S. says agreement will help fight against traffickers, terrorists .", "Venezuelan leader has called agreement an act of war .", "Colombia wants U.S. aid in 45-year anti-guerrilla battle ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- I spoke at TED in 2006, the year they started to put the talks online.", "I'm told that since then, the talk has been downloaded more than 3.5 million times in more than 200 countries.", "The number of people who've seen it may be 20 times that or more.", "I have a stream of e-mails, tweets and blog posts round the world from young people, parents, students, teachers, cultural activists and business leaders of all sorts.", "They tell me how deeply they relate to the talk and often that they've seen or shown it many times at meetings, conferences, workshops and retreats.", "Parents tell me they've shown it to their children; young people tell me they've shown it to their parents.", "They say they've laughed and sometimes cried together and had a different sort of conversation as a result.", "Changing the conversation is one of the primary purposes of TED.", "Why has this talk had such an impact?", "I think there are several reasons.", "To begin with, the talk is short.", "The 18-minute talk is part of the genius of TED.", "In a world of instant messaging, rampant data and overspecialization, brevity is a virtue.", "(Even so, I've seen blogs that strongly recommend the talk but warn that it's almost 20 minutes long.)", "A second factor is that, based on the audience's reaction, the talk is entertaining and funny at times, which always helps.", "And I'd just had my hair cut. We may never know how much that simple act contributed to the global appeal of the talk.", "But the real reason for its impact is that what I'm saying clearly resonates deeply with people of all ages and across many different cultures.", "I believe that the argument is becoming more urgent by the day.", "What is the argument? In a nutshell, it's that we're all born with immense natural talents but our institutions, especially education, tend to stifle many of them and as a result we are fomenting a human and an economic disaster.", "In education, this vast waste of talent involves a combination of factors.", "They include a narrow emphasis on certain sorts of academic work; the exile of arts, humanities and physical education programs from schools; arid approaches to teaching math and sciences; an obsessive culture of standardized testing and tight financial pressures to teach to the tests.", "The result is a disastrous waste of talent among students and their teachers.", "To sense the scale of this disaster, you only have to look at the alarming rates of turnover among faculty and the levels of drop out, disaffection, stress and prescription drug use among students.", "Even for students who stay the course and do well in education, the rules of success have changed irrevocably.", "Just look at the plummeting value of college degrees.", "The waste of talent in education is not deliberate.", "Teachers are as anxious about this as everyone else, but many of them feel trapped in the awkward groping of national reform policies, many of which misunderstand the problems as well as the solutions.", "The waste of talent isn't deliberate, but it is systematic.", "It happens in part because the dominant systems of education are rooted in the values and demands of industrialism: they are linear, mechanistic and focused on conformity and standardization.", "Nowadays, they're buttressed by major commercial interests in mass testing and by the indiscriminate use of prescription drugs that keep students' minds from wandering to things they naturally find more interesting.", "The tragedy is that meeting the many social, economic, spiritual and environmental challenges we now face depends absolutely on the very capacities of insight, creativity and innovation that these systems are systematically suppressing in yet another generation of young people.", "Reforming these systems is not enough.", "The truth is that we are caught up in a cultural and economic revolution.", "This revolution is global in scale and unpredictable in nature.", "To meet it, we need a revolution in the culture of education.", "This new culture has to emerge from a richer sense of human ability.", "To shape it, I believe we have to leave behind the manufacturing principles of industrialism and embrace the organic principles of ecology.", "Education is about developing human beings, and human development is not mechanical or linear.", "It is organic and dynamic.", "Like all living forms, we flourish in certain conditions and shrivel in others.", "Great teachers, great parents and great leaders understand those conditions intuitively; poor ones don't.", "The answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community.", "There is no alternative. There never was. The good news is that all around the world there are wonderful examples of people and organizations that are making determined efforts to do things differently in education -- and in business, health care, architecture, communities and cultural programs.", "There are examples of these all over the TED Web site and in the expanding ripples of the TED prizes.", "TED itself is a great example of the spirit of collaboration and inter-disciplinarily that is the essential to a genuine culture of creativity.", "What are the principles of this culture?", "Towards the end of my talk, I mention a book I was working on called \"Epiphany.\"", "It was published this year under a much better title, \"The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything\" (Viking) and is now in 11 languages.", "It draws on conversations with people in science, business, education, the arts, sports and more on how they found in themselves the talents and passions that have shaped their lives.", "But the book is not about them: it's about you and your children, if you have any; and your friends too, if you have any of those.", "There's a wealth of talent that lies in all of us.", "All of us, including those who work in schools, must nurture creativity systematically and not kill it unwittingly.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Sir Ken Robinson." ]	[ "Sir Ken Robinson: We're born with great natural talents .", "He says schools systematically suppress many of those innate talents .", "Schools use testing and other systems to narrowly assess students, he says .", "He says they devalue forms of creativity that don't fit in academic contexts ." ]	[ 18, 29, 31, 40, 51, 52 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The election victory of Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown is expected to be certified Thursday, which could allow him to be sworn in as early as Thursday afternoon to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.", "Brown's win stripped Democrats of their 60-seat, filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate and raised fears among many congressional Democrats about a potential GOP landslide in November's midterm elections.", "Brian McNiff, spokesman for Massachusetts' secretary of state, said the final election returns from last month's special election were delivered to the governor's office Wednesday.", "Brown had asked for immediate certification.", "In a letter to Massachusetts Gov.", "Deval Patrick and Secretary of State William Galvin, Brown's attorney says the Republican senator-elect had planned on being sworn in on February 11, but he has been told that several Senate votes will be held before then.", "\"For this reason, he wants certification to occur immediately,\" attorney Daniel Winslow wrote." ]	[ "Victory of Massachusetts senator-elect is expected to be certified Thursday .", "He could be sworn in Thursday afternoon to replace late Sen. Ted Kennedy .", "Final returns from special election delivered to governor's office Wednesday ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- High in the hills above the Haitian capital, artist Levoy Exil paints at his terrace studio.", "The man who began a career using beets, carrots, tomatoes and black beans for paint creates vibrant abstractions of life and nature.", "A year ago, he infused a celestial oil painting with hues of purplish red -- symbolizing blood -- after he gazed outward and for a moment the verdant landscape turned to black.", "He knew then that something bad was coming.", "He saw the blood he had imagined on the streets of Port-au-Prince on January 12 when the earth heaved and 150,000 people perished.", "It's now apparent that among the earthquake's widespread destruction were museums, galleries and other places that contained Haiti's artistic treasures, including Exil's work.", "They were a troubled nation's legacy, a key source of economic trade with the rest of the world -- and undeniable symbols of hope.", "Lost, perhaps, forever.", "The earthquake's blow to Haitian art is staggering: The Centre d'Art, which launched the Haitian arts movement in the 1940s, is severely damaged.", "The Musee d'Art Nader, which housed more than 12,000 pieces from the largest private collection in Haiti, collapsed.", "Murals in the Trinity Cathedral, assembled by some of Haiti's best-known artists, came crashing down.", "\"There is no art museum run by the government of Haiti,\" said Georges Nader Jr., who runs a gallery near the Nader museum opened by his father.", "\"This is for me like patrimony for Haiti.", "We were holding this collection for future generations.", "What will happen now? I don't know.\" The significance of art in Haiti may be hard for outsiders to understand.", "But with few functioning institutions, few outlets of expression, Haiti's brightly colored depictions -- some laced with spiritual traditions of voodoo culture -- of sun and sea, people and animals serve as memory for a country that has suffered under dictatorships and failed governments and is today the poorest in the Americas.", "With unemployment as high as 85 percent and a majority of Haitians reeling in abject poverty, art has also emerged as an economic lifeline.", "\"They're painting their lives.", "They're recording their history,\" said Camille Scully, executive director of Iowa's Waterloo Center for the Arts and co-president of the Haitian Art Society.", "\"And they're very accessible because of the colors and style.", "Everyone who sees Haitian art tends to buy it because they respond to it.\"", "Scully said efforts are under way to enlist conservationists to help Haiti, and a flurry of e-mails shared by collectors, curators, gallery owners and other interested parties show the urgency people are feeling to support the arts community.", "One key figure who's been weighing in on the need to save what can be saved is Gerald Alexis, a leading Haitian art historian, critic and curator.", "Haiti has a long enough history of not conserving its art, Alexis said from his Quebec City, Quebec, home.", "An earthquake in colonial times, fires and hurricanes, as wells as riots, revolutions and government-mandated raids of voodoo temples, destroyed much of the creativity that pre-dated the 1940s artistic boom.", "For this reason, salvaging art, including the oldest piece in Haiti -- an 1822 painting buried in the national palace -- matters.", "Haiti's art \"will tell future generations who they are and where they come from,\" Alexis said.", "\"It's our heritage. And although people think that in poor countries such concepts are unnecessary, they are indeed the only thing we have.", "Our cultural heritage is our pride.\"", "In Port-au-Prince, Nader has been frantically trying to rescue the thousands of pieces his father lovingly collected over four decades.", "Among the masters: Hector Hyppolite.", "Philome Obin.", "Prefete Duffaut.", "Wilson Bigaud.", "Nader pulled out an oil-on-cardboard floral still-life painted by Hyppolite in 1945 that now looks more like a jigsaw puzzle with pieces missing.", "Some of the artworks housed in the Centre d'Arts, which was in a wooden structure, will be more repairable, he said.", "What do you do when cement gouges cardboard or canvas?", "\"This? Only cement can do this,\" he said, picking up some of his punctured pieces.", "On the day of the quake, Nader's 79-year-old parents were in their bedroom on the top floor of the building that houses the museum.", "They were pulled from the rubble after the museum collapsed.", "Nader could not hold back tears when he thought of the suffering around him and stopped the conversation to recompose himself.", "The cultural loss can hardly compare.", "\"At that time, the paintings were my last concern,\" he continued.", "\"There were lives at stake.\"", "But since then, he has been going back to the rubble every day to salvage what he can.", "He knows he has to -- for the sake of his country.", "On the second floor of his gallery, he and his staff have been collecting damaged pieces, their vibrant colors dulled by the dust.", "\"This is like a hospital for paintings,\" he said, watching his staff strip off frames and backings.", "He picked up a damaged portrait of a fruit vendor by Antonio Joseph.", "He grew to manhood looking at the painting on his bedroom wall.", "It's one of his favorites.", "So far, Nader has rescued about 1,000 pieces; 70 percent need restoration.", "That was one room in the museum.", "Kent Shankle, the curator for Iowa's Waterloo Center for the Arts, which houses the largest public collection of Haitian art in the United States, said he hopes there is a silver lining to the tragedy.", "\"Hopefully this is raising awareness and shedding light on both the beauty of Haiti and its people, as well as the incredible needs there,\" he said.", "And, perhaps it will fuel a new wave of art that reveals the resilience of people here.", "\"We've survived. It's a blessing,\" said artist Jean Louis Maxan.", "Maxan depicted Jean-Bertrand Aristide's exit from Haiti in 2004, an acrylic-on-canvas painting of \"American Air\" waiting to take the disgraced president away.", "Now, he said, he will paint people screaming, piles of bodies and tents blanketing the city's open spaces.", "High above the misery, Exil, too, said he will paint again.", "When nature tells him it is right.", "\"It's a great loss for all of us,\" Exil said of the earthquake.", "\"But life continues and we will continue to create.\"", "He will rely on the lush, undulating landscape before him.", "The sun and the moon. And the distant sea.", "He will make beauty blossom from the ugliness below.", "For the future of Haiti.", "CNN's Moni Basu reported from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.", "CNN's Jessica Ravitz reported from Atlanta, Georgia." ]	[ "Among earthquake's destruction were museums, galleries with artistic treasures .", "\"They're painting their lives.", "They're recording their history,\" expert says of Haiti artists .", "Artist sifts through rubble to save artwork in order to preserve history ." ]	[ 5, 17, 18 ]
[ "WUGANG, China (CNN) -- Authorities in China's south-central Hunan province are associating disgruntled parents of children stricken by lead poisoning with the outlawed spiritual group Falun Gong.", "A mother feeds her child in a village near the Wugang Manganese Smelting Plant in Hunan province.", "\"Citizens of the Wugang area have received phone calls from members of the Falun Gong over the past several days,\" said Wugang Deputy Spokesman Zhen Zhaoxin.", "\"Any resident who receives any calls or information about the Falun Gong activities are encouraged to report to the police.\"", "He said the government, along with police, are investigating to determine the calls' origin.", "But villagers said they have suffered enough and the government's accusation is \"insulting.\"", "The friction comes after residents in Wenping township, governed by the city of Wugang, last month protested pollution from an area factory that left more than 1,000 children with lead poisoning.", "That was one of three separate lead poisoning incidents reported in August that affected large numbers of Chinese children.", "Watch more about the lead poisoning » .", "Residents of Wenping and nearby Simachong village denied any connection to Falun Gong.", "They said they were not even familiar with the religious sect.", "They just wanted their children to be well again.", "China banned Falun Gong in 1999 and has cracked down on practitioners.", "An August 26 public notice warned villagers to beware of Falun Gong members and instructed people to watch for \"reactionary propaganda\" sent online and by phone.", "The Wugang government issued similar information on its Web site.", "The villagers said the government wants them to keep quiet, but they are worried.", "\"They are insulting us,\" said one woman, holding up the public notice.", "\"They said we are spreading the rumors.\"", "The villagers' lives were shattered when, one by one, children began to fall ill.", "So far, 1,354 have tested positive for abnormal levels of lead in their blood.", "Many have stopped eating and are constantly fatigued.", "Others are not growing hair.", "Some parents worry they will not be able to provide medical care for long-term problems.", "Lead poisoning can cause irreversible damage in the nervous and reproductive systems and cause high blood pressure, memory loss and loss of appetite, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.", "Xiao Aijun, the father of two sick children, was angered by the government's claims.", "\"My baby's been in the hospital for more than 20 days,\" he said of his 10-month-old daughter, Xiao Junmei.", "\"We have to go back in the month.", "Look at her hair, look at her hair.", "\"They said we're Falun Gong,\" he said.", "\"What is this all about? I have no idea. I don't even know what that is.\" Some villagers told CNN that 15 parents who protested factory pollution had been detained by police.", "CNN could not reach local police for comment, but Zhen, the Wugang spokesman, denied the reports.", "\"We would not detain parents.", "After all, they need to be with their children at this time,\" he said.", "\"This is definitely not the case.\"", "The lead poisoning in Wenping stemmed from the Wugang Manganese Smelting Plant.", "Similar incidents were reported in northern Shaanxi province, where 851 children were affected, and in southwestern Yunnan province, where 200 children were sickened.", "China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has dispatched inspectors to examine the plants in Shaanxi and Hunan.", "Wugang government officials say children who live as far as 20 kms (12.5 miles) from the polluting factories in Wenping and Simachong have been affected.", "One mother, whose son was hospitalized, said she would have moved long ago if she had known.", "Another Wugang government spokesman, Lei Zanning, said authorities are keenly aware of environmental protections.", "\"We can't sacrifice it for the sake of economic development,\" he said.", "But lead poisoning is a serious problem in China, according to Steven Ma of Greenpeace.", "About 10 percent of the nation's arable land and 12 million tons of annual food crops are contaminated with lead, he said." ]	[ "Spokesperson: Citizens of Wugang area received calls from members of Falun Gong .", "Villagers said they have suffered enough and government's accusation is insulting .", "Follows protests from local parents after pollution from local factory left 1,000 kids ill .", "China banned Falun Gong in 1999 and has cracked down on practitioners ." ]	[ 2, 5, 12 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- New data released Thursday suggests that the Arctic Ocean will be \"largely ice free\" during summer within a decade.", "As the Arctic sea ice melts, polar bears face extinction.", "The report, complied by the UK-based Catlin Arctic Survey and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is the latest research into ice thickness in the Arctic.", "Researchers predict that within 20 years ice cover will be completely gone during the warmer months.", "The expedition, which was completed in May, was led by UK explorer Pen Hadow.", "He and his team collected data by manually drilling into the ice and noting its thickness along a 450-kilometer route across the northern part of the Beaufort Sea.", "They found that the area surveyed was comprised almost exclusively of first year ice.", "Scientists think this is significant because traditionally the region has been made up of much older, thicker ice.", "\"Discovering this area of younger ice provides another body of information that supports the rapidly emerging scientific consensus that it's going to be nearer 10 years from now that we will see roughly 80-85 percent free waters in the Arctic Ocean,\" Hadow told CNN.", "Measurements taken by Hadow and his team report that the ice-floes were on average 1.8 meters thick -- which, according to scientists, is too thin to survive next summer's ice melt.", "Professor Peter Wadhams, head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group at the UK's University of Cambridge said: \"With a large part of the region now first year ice, it is clearly more vulnerable.", "The area is now more likely to become open water each summer, bringing forward the potential date when the summer sea ice will be completely gone.\"", "Professor Wadhams, who has analyzed the expedition data, added: \"The Catlin Arctic Survey data supports the new consensus view that the Arctic will be ice-free in summer within about 20 years, and much of that decrease will be happening within 10 years.\"", "Click here to see pictures of the expedition » .", "Martin Sommerkorn from the WWF International Arctic Program believes that the changes in sea-ice cover in the region are likely to increase global temperatures further.", "\"Such a loss of Arctic sea ice has recently been assessed to set in motion powerful climate feedbacks which will have an impact far beyond the Arctic itself,\" Sommerkorn said.", "\"Arctic sea ice holds a central position in our Earth's climate system.", "Take it out of the equation and we are left with a dramatically warmer world,\" he added.", "Hadow fears that the current climate models developed by scientists may not be extreme enough.", "But he is hopeful that this new data will spur world leaders into action.", "\"We are now in a loss period,\" Hadow told CNN.", "\"Maybe losing this sea ice, this roof on the top of our planet in going to be an important moment, a big visual aid to the science that in combination can bring about some sort of global agreement on emissions.\"" ]	[ "New report says Arctic sea ice will largely disappear in summer within a decade .", "Survey captured latest data on ice thickness in Northern part of Beaufort Sea .", "Measurements show the ice-floes surveyed were on average 1.8 meters thick .", "Scientists warn that Arctic ice melt is likely to set off \"powerful climate feedbacks\"" ]	[ 0, 9, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Rape has turned into a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the number of attacks on women having grown threefold over the past few years, human rights activists said Friday.", "A Congolese rape victim, left, at the Heal Africa clinic in Goma on August 8, 2009.", "Anneke van Woudenberg, senior researcher with Human Rights Watch, told Christiane Amanpour that 200,000 women and girls have been raped in Eastern Congo since 1998, and the condition of women has become more dire as the Congolese army has pressed a military campaign against armed groups in the countryside.", "\"Rape is being used as a weapon of war in eastern Congo.", "So we notice and we have documented that when armed groups walk into town, they will rape the women and girls, sometimes publicly, sometimes privately, in order to punish the local population,\" she said.", "\"It's the easiest way to terrorize a community.\"", "Congo has witnessed one of the worst humanitarian crises since World War II, with a death toll estimated at more than 5 million.", "Most of the dead have come not from direct violence, but the consequences of the fighting: disease and starvation.", "While the war formally ended six years ago, fighting persists in eastern Congo, and women are paying a high price.", "CNN visits a devastated community » .", "\"One of the other sad realities is that the majority of those who are raped are adolescent girls, 12-year-olds, 13-year-olds, 14-year-olds.", "Their lives are often ruined by this.", "And I think we've got to take more seriously -- protection of civilians is not just protecting them from death.", "It's protecting them from rape,\" van Woudenberg said.", "Listen to more from van Woudenberg .", "There have also been reports of members of the Congolese army, particularly high ranking officers, attacking women.", "In May, the United Nations handed over the names of five top military officers accused of rape.", "Two of the senior officers are being detained in the capital of Kinshasa and the three others must report to authorities under close observation.", "They are awaiting trial.", "Still more must be done, aid groups say, starting with the establishment of a special court made up of Congolese and international judges and prosecutors to investigate rape allegations.", "\"I think they've got to start holding to account the generals and colonels who are either themselves responsible or who allow their troops to rape.", "And so far, those are the guys that have been untouchable,\" said van Woudenberg.", "\"No general has yet been held to account in Congo for rape, and it's high time that that changes.\"", "Congo has taken some measures to try to curb the sexual violence.", "In 2006, its parliament passed a law criminalizing rape, with penalties ranging from five to 20 years.", "Penalties are doubled under certain circumstances, including gang-rape and if the perpetrator is a public official.", "Kabila's wife, Olive Lemba Kabila, has launched a public campaign speaking out against rapes of the nation's women and girls.", "The army has also started a zero-tolerance campaign in which commanders have emphasized to troops that they must respect human rights and protect civilians from harm, according to the U.N.", "The United Nations maintains in Congo its largest peacekeeping force anywhere in the world.", "But the forces have been ineffective at stopping rape.", "Jean-Marie Guehenno, the former head of U.N. peacekeeping, told Amanpour that the international forces face a serious problem: Too few troops assigned to the vast inaccessible reaches of eastern Congo.", "\"In the Kivu provinces, there are 10 million people,\" Guehenno said.", "\"If one applied the counterinsurgency ratios that the U.S. Army thinks of -- say, 20 per 1,000 -- that would mean 200,000 troops in Congo -- 200,000 accountable troops.\"", "\"The U.N. is in a tough spot, to be frank, because if it did not give any support to the Congolese army, probably the Congolese army might prey even more on the population,\" Guehenno said.", "Part of the problem stems from the tactic applied by the Congolese government to quell previous armed rebellions against Kinshasa by incorporating insurgents into the ranks of the national army, leading to a military that paid scant attention to human rights, and the rights of women in particular.", "\"What needs to be done is to have a state in Congo that can control its territory and that has the confidence of the people,\" Guehenno said.", "\"The violence in the Kivu, the violence in Ituri, it is the result of a vacuum, the fact that there is no administration, there is no credible state, there is no justice.", "And so that vacuum is being occupied by various militias.", "\"And, unfortunately, when the Congolese army integrates a militia without sorting between the killers and those who could be integrated, it just adds to the problem.\"", "Van Woudenberg called for international pressure to force the Congolese army to bring abusers to justice.", "\"My worst fear is that we're going to continue to see those individuals responsible for rape being promoted.", "My hope is that the women and girls of -- of eastern Congo in particular -- will continue to speak out.", "I think we've seen immense courage from those women and girls to say, 'No, we've had enough.'\"" ]	[ "Human Rights Watch: 200,000 women, girls raped in Eastern Congo since 1998 .", "Condition of women more dire as the army fights armed groups in the country .", "More than 5 million die in Congo from disease, hunger resulting from fighting .", "Congo has taken some measures to try to curb the sexual violence ." ]	[ 2, 14, 23 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Forty years ago this week, three men in a tiny spacecraft slipped their earthly bonds and traveled where no one else had before, circling the moon 10 times and bringing back an iconic image of a blue-and-white Earth in the distance, solitary but bound as one against the black vastness beyond.", "Host Nick Clooney (left) and astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders answer questions in October.", "The voyage of Apollo 8 from December 21-27, 1968, marked humans' first venture to another heavenly body.", "\"We were flying to the moon for the first time,\" said Jim Lovell, one of the three astronauts aboard the historic flight.", "\"Seeing the far side of the moon for the first time.", "Coming around and seeing the Earth as it really is -- a small fragile planet with a rather normal star, our sun.\"", "But beyond the monumental aspects of such a scientific achievement, the feat was a major psychological and emotional boost for many Americans at the end of a particularly bad year in U.S. history.", "The Tet offensive in January 1968 had left many Americans shocked and doubting that victory in Vietnam was possible.", "In April, the Rev. Martin Luther King was assassinated, and streets throughout the nation erupted in fire and fury.", "Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down two months later.", "That summer, the nation watched in horror as police and anti-war protesters battled in the streets of Chicago during the Democratic National Convention.", "The launch of Apollo 7 in October was a major victory for NASA, putting the space program back on track after a 22-month interruption because of a launch pad fire that had killed three astronauts in January 1967.", "Then came Apollo 8.", "Gallery: Images of the Apollo 8 mission » .", "\"Providence happened to put everything together at the end of the year to give the American public an uplift after what had been a poor year,\" Lovell told CNN on Monday.", "Reaching the moon was \"a big psychological step,\" said Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham.", "\"The public said, 'Hey, human beings are going to another body in the solar system,' \" Cunningham told CNN in a telephone interview from his home in Houston, Texas.", "The mission produced one of the most famous photos from the space program, showing a large chunk of gray moon in the foreground and a dappled blue-and-white, three-quarter Earth rising in the distance.", "Apollo 8 also produced what to many was one of the most inspirational and soothing moments in history when Lovell and crewmates Frank Borman and William A. Anders took turns reading from the Book of Genesis.", "It was Christmas Eve and the whole world was watching.", "NASA said at the time it was expected to be the largest TV audience to date.", "The astronauts signed off with these words: \"And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a merry Christmas and God bless all of you, all of you on the good earth.\"", "The timing could not have been better, Lovell said.", "\"It happened that it all jelled,\" he said by telephone.", "\"The fact that we circled the moon on Christmas Eve.", "A screenwriter couldn't have done a better job.\"", "The success of the mission also gave the United States a major boost in its race against the Soviet Union to see who would get to the moon first.", "The United States would land two men on the moon in the summer of 1969 on Apollo 11, beating the Soviets and fulfilling a goal set by former President John F. Kennedy at the beginning of the decade.", "\"There was a great psychological significance of sending a spacecraft to the moon,\" Cunningham said.", "\"It was not a psychological leap for any of us [astronauts] to go to the moon.\"", "The astronauts, he said, were used to taking risks and knew they could do it.", "But NASA officials had some tough choices to make.", "\"For the people on the ground, it was a big step for them,\" Cunningham said.", "\"Making life-and-death decisions about somebody else's life is a lot more difficult than making one about your own.\"", "For astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth person to walk on the moon, the Apollo 8 mission signified a major milestone in human history, much like when the Phoenicians started exploring the Mediterranean Sea nearly 3,000 years earlier.", "\"We became citizens of the galaxy, as opposed to citizens of the planet,\" Mitchell said Monday.", "\"For my parents' generation, it was aviation,\" said Mitchell, who is 78.", "\"My generation went off the planet altogether.", "We became the first generation of spacefarers.\"", "For the astronauts, most of them former test pilots, going to the moon was just another job.", "Were they fully aware of the significance of what they were accomplishing, Lovell is asked.", "\"No,\" he says immediately.", "\"We were focused on trying to do the right thing.", "Focused on trying to accomplish something.\"", "Lovell went on to fly another historic mission, Apollo 13 in April 1970.", "That flight, which he commanded, became famous when an oxygen system aboard the craft blew up and the three astronauts had to limp around the moon and back to Earth using makeshift and improvised systems.", "Their triumph over adversity was immortalized in the movie \"Apollo 13,\" in which Tom Hanks played Lovell.", "Lovell was supposed to land on the moon that time, but did not make it.", "\"Twice a bridesmaid, never a bride,\" he said with a laugh, admitting that for years he harbored resentment that the mission had been a \"failure.\"", "It was only in later years, Lovell said, that he fully realized what a success that mission had been, as he and his two crewmates returned safely to Earth.", "\"It is mind-boggling in some respects,\" he said Monday." ]	[ "Apollo 8 came at end of difficult year in world history, 1968 .", "Astronauts circled the moon on Christmas Eve; they were first to go that far .", "Famous photo of Earth, reading from Genesis ended year on a better note ." ]	[ 4, 12, 18, 21, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In Mexico City, the government ran out of surgical masks after handing them out to one of every five residents.", "A mother and son wear face masks as protection from swine flu at Sydney international Airport in Australia.", "Manufacturers and pharmacies in Europe are also reporting a surge in demand for face masks.", "And a Texas-based surgical mask producer says it's ramping up to meet demand and expects a shortage of masks.", "But their real value seems to be in keeping people who are already ill from spreading the virus, rather than protecting healthy people, experts said.", "Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Monday in a press briefing that the \"evidence is not very strong\" for masks' value outside of health care settings, and outside of settings in which people come into face-to-face contact with a person with an infectious disease.", "\"We would not recommend that people generally wear masks in their workplace as a precautionary measure,\" he said.", "Watch for more on staying safe from swine flu » .", "The World Health Organization (WHO) also warns against relying on face masks, especially for those not infected with the virus.", "\"They are mainly useful for people who are already sick, to prevent spreading.", "Not so much to stop people from catching the virus,\" Sarah Cumberland of the WHO told CNN.", "The United Kingdom's Health Protection Agency also told CNN that the use of face masks was not necessary or recommended for protection against the swine flu virus.", "Although it's not known for sure how much benefit a surgical mask has in preventing the transmission of swine flu, people who have the illness may consider wearing one as a way to reduce the amount they cough and sneeze onto others, said Dr. Arthur Reingold, head of the epidemiology division at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health.", "\"I think that this is a perfectly reasonable thing for someone with a respiratory illness to do,\" he said.", "More effective than soft surgical masks is the N95, which is an example of a \"respirator.\"", "This kind of tight-fitting face covering protects people against breathing very small particles, which may contain viruses.", "The downside is that it's more expensive, uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time and has to be custom fit, Reingold said, so it's suited for people working in high-risk laboratories.", "Masks carry both physical and psychological benefits, said Dr. Julio Frenk, former health minister of Mexico and current dean of the Harvard School of Public Health.", "Masks are a \"reminder to people that they should avoid close contact with other persons,\" he said.", "\"They also have this effect of isolating people and reminding them that they should not be kissing people, shaking hands, things like that.\"", "For health care workers, it's important to have high-efficiency masks, which protect better against infectious diseases, he said.", "But people in the United States should generally not have to wear masks because the cases are localized, he said.", "By contrast, it is more of a widespread problem in Mexico, especially in the capital city, a \"huge urban conglomeration.\"", "Measures such as closing schools are the most effective in stopping the spread of the disease, he said.", "Mexico's schools are closed until at least May 6.", "By early Tuesday, the swine flu outbreak in Mexico was suspected in 152 deaths and more than 1,600 illnesses, the country's health minister said.", "Swine flu has reached phase 4 (out of 6) on the pandemic scale, according to the WHO guidelines, but has not yet attained the status of global pandemic.", "During a flu pandemic, people should consider wearing a face mask if they are sick with the flu, live with someone who has the flu or need to be in a crowded place, the CDC Web site says.", "If you are caring for a person thought to have pandemic flu or will be close to someone who may have it, consider a respirator, for example an N95 or high-filtering face piece respirator, the CDC Web site says.", "Some health care workers, such as nurses and doctors, use respirators when dealing with patients who have airborne diseases, the CDC said.", "iReport.com: Worried about swine flu?", "In the current swine flu situation, rather than masks, the CDC is pushing hand-washing, covering coughs and refraining from \"giving somebody that little kiss of greeting,\" Besser said.", "\"If you're in an infected area or if you have the swine flu, it's probably best not to, to not give a kiss, but we're not recommending an end of affection during the period.", "It's a period of time when we need a little more affection, but doing it in a way that isn't going to transmit a respiratory disease would be a CDC approach,\" he said." ]	[ "Manufacturers and pharmacies are reporting a surge in demand for face masks .", "It is unknown exactly how much protection a surgical face mask provides .", "A more effective type of mask is called an N95, which is expensive .", "Doctor: Masks carry both physical and psychological benefits ." ]	[ 2, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Six Nations winners Ireland ended the year unbeaten after defeating world rugby champions South Africa 15-10 in Dublin on Saturday thanks to an assured kicking performance from newcomer Jonathan Sexton.", "The fly-half, playing only his second international ahead of the veteran Ronan O'Gara, landed five penalties as the Irish overcame conceding the game's only try to Schalk Burger in the 16th minute.", "The injury-hit Springboks, who won the southern hemisphere's Tri-Nations title this year, were left to lament three missed kicks at goal by fly-half Morne Steyn and one by substitute Ruan Pienaar.", "The Irish fielded nine players who toured South Africa with the Lions earlier this year, when flanker Burger was banned for eight weeks for eye-gouging Luke Fitzgerald.", "Sexton landed an early penalty from long range, but Steyn helped to send blindsider Burger over the line and added the extras, before making it 10-3 with a drop-goal.", "Sexton reduced the deficit before halftime as Steyn three times missed from considerable distance.", "Ireland moved 12-10 ahead with two more Sexton goals despite struggling at the scrums, and the visitors started to wilt after Pienaar hit the post with a penalty attempt.", "New Zealand ended their northern hemisphere tour unbeaten after crushing France 39-12 in Marseille, running in five tries to none.", "The All Blacks have suffered an uncharacteristic four defeats this year -- three of them to the Springboks -- but took the chance to avenge the shock 27-22 home loss to Les Bleus in June.", "The Kiwis, who had earlier beaten Wales, Italy and England on tour, led 22-12 at halftime as backs Sitiveni Sivivatu and Mils Muliaina crossed for tries along with back-row forward Jerome Kaino.", "Winger Cory Jane and center Conrad Smith went over in the second half and mercurial fly-half Dan Carter kicked a total of 14 points while orchestrating the All Blacks' most free-flowing performance of the tour against a side who had earlier beaten South Africa and Samoa.", "New Zealand captain Richie McCaw was named the International Rugby Board's player of the year after the match, becoming the first to achieve the honor twice following his 2006 award.", "Scotland crashed back to earth following last weekend's first win over Australia in 27 years, losing 9-6 at home to bogey side Argentina.", "The visitors came back from 6-0 down at halftime in Edinburgh, where they have not lost for 19 years, and inflicted the first defeat on Scots coach Andy Robinson.", "Phil Godman kicked two penalties to give Scotland hope of winning all their November internationals for the first time since 2002, but paid the price for lock Nathan Hines' second-half sin-binning as Martin Rodriguez leveled with two kicks of his own.", "Rodriguez then landed a drop-goal two minutes from time to give the Pumas a fourth straight win at Murrayfield and their first victory on this tour.", "Australia, however, relieved the pressure on coach Robbie Deans by crushing Wales 33-12 in Cardiff, avenging last year's 21-18 defeat.", "Matt Giteau missed a last-gasp conversion against the Scots which would have won the match, but was to the fore this time as the Wallabies ran in three early tries.", "Center Digby Ioane, lock James Horwill, flanker David Pocock went over in the first 16 minutes, while Wales lost Shane Williams, try-scorer Leigh Halfpenny and Matthew Rees to injury as they surrendered a 23-12 halftime deficit.", "Substitute hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau crossed in the second half while Giteau kicked 13 points in total to hand Wales coach Warren Gatland, a New Zealander, his heaviest home defeat in front of a 74,339 crowd.", "Italy beat the touring Samoa team 24-6 for their first victory in four encounters with the Pacific Islanders, who had Henry Fa'afili sent off for a high tackle on first-half tryscorer Luke McLean." ]	[ "Six Nations winners Ireland ended the year unbeaten after defeating South Africa 15-10 .", "Jonathan Sexton kicked five penalties as world rugby champions lose in Dublin .", "New Zealand avenge June's home defeat by France with a 39-12 victory in Paris .", "Scotland lose 9-6 at home to Argentina, while Australia triumph 33-12 in Wales ." ]	[ 0, 7, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An aircraft carrier named after the first President Bush was commissioned Saturday in Norfolk, Virginia.", "Former President George H.W.", "Bush waves aboard the aircraft carrier named after him Saturday.", "\"Those who are sitting out there, where I was, 65 years ago, preparing to serve aboard your new ship, I wish I was sitting right out there with you,\" the carrier's 84-year-old namesake told sailors at the commissioning ceremony.", "\"As you prepare to man this ship, I do know that you take with you the hopes and dreams of every American who cherishes freedom and peace, and you take with you the undying respect and admiration of the entire Bush family,\" he said.", "The 1,092-foot, 20-story USS George H.W.", "Bush was decorated with red, white and blue banners for Saturday's ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk.", "Watch video of the aircraft carrier » .", "The 41st president joined the Navy at 18 and served as an aviator in World War II.", "He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals for his Navy service in the Pacific during the war, according to the Department of Defense.", "His time in the Navy ended after about four years.", "About 17,000 people were expected to attend Saturday's ceremony.", "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Dick Cheney and Virginia Gov.", "Tim Kaine were there, as was Bush's son President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura.", "\"Laura and I are thrilled to be here to help commission an awesome ship and to honor an awesome man, President George H.W.", "Bush,\" the president said.", "\"So what do you give a guy who has been blessed and has just about everything he has ever needed?", "Well, an aircraft carrier.\"", "The ship, comprising 47,000 tons of structural steel and about 500 tons of aluminum, is the last of the Nimitz class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.", "The ship's construction began in 2003.", "It was finished nearly three years later.", "The vessel will carry about 6,000 Navy personnel, the Department of Defense said.", "After the ceremony, the president left Norfolk for Maryland's Andrews Air Force Base on what was probably his last Air Force One flight.", "From Andrews, he was expected to take a helicopter to Washington.", "White House spokesperson Dana Perino said the president wasn't aware that it was his last scheduled flight on Air Force One until he was told by an interviewer.", "Read about features of Air Force One » .", "President Bush leaves office January 20, and President-elect Barack Obama will be sworn in." ]	[ "President Bush takes last scheduled Air Force One flight to attend ceremony .", "Ex-president, a former Navy pilot, tells sailors: I wish I was sitting out there with you .", "Also at ceremony: Rice, Cheney, Gates George W. Bush, Laura Bush .", "Current president: Carrier \"an awesome ship\" named after \"an awesome man\"" ]	[ 1, 3, 14, 15, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In order to maintain peace at home, President-elect Barack Obama might want to have some very important talks with his wife and mother-in-law before moving into the White House.", "President-elect Barack Obama's mother-in-law Marian Robinson joins him on stage on election night.", "Like some 4 million other multigenerational U.S. households Barack Obama's mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, will join the Obamas at the family's private quarters at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.", "In about 1.3 million American homes where the parents are head of the household, at least one grandparent lives with the family.", "Having a grandparent living with a family can be a wonderful and beneficial addition to the family, says psychologist Elaine Ducharme, but only if everyone can navigate the boundaries.", "The key issues that need to be discussed between grandparents and parents are privacy and the discipline of the children, says the psychologist, who practices in Hartford, Connecticut.", "Dannee Brown agrees and says having those discussions and setting ground rules ahead of time is better than making it up as you go along because then feelings can get hurt.", "Brown always knew her parents, Bill and Mary Lou Wade, would one day live with her and says she couldn't have survived without them after she and her husband separated.", "But disagreements over the disciplining of her two children sparked conflict.", "\"We've had some knock-down, drag-outs about discipline -- especially with my dad,\" the Fredericksburg, Virginia, woman says, \"I finally had to say, 'I'm the mom -- you're not -- don't tell me how to raise my kids.'", "\" On the flip side, Brown's mother would like to be just a grandmother who spoils Noelle and Ethan -- instead of having to play disciplinarian while Brown is working as a nurse-anesthetist.", "The Wades have a separate apartment in the lower level of Brown's home, but spend winters at their own home in Florida.", "That gives them all a break from each other.", "Brown describes it as a \"four-month time to really appreciate them\" for all the cooking, cleaning and home maintenance her parents do along with the childcare.", "She and the children miss the grandparents so much during this time that they usually make one trip to Florida so they can spend time with \"Nanny and Pop.\"", "The 'Aaah, go away!'", "effect . Along with establishing guidelines for everyone's role, Ducharme says both the parents and grandparents need to address privacy issues.", "\"I think privacy is key -- making sure that everybody has a place where they can have some privacy,\" says Ducharme.", "Brown says she sometimes wishes she could have a little more privacy in the evenings now that she is working days.", "She gets home from work and spends the evening with her children and after they go to sleep she looks forward to some time by herself.", "But sometimes her mother comes upstairs to chat.", "\"That's when I want to say, 'Ahhh, go away!\"", "says Brown.", "\"I don't say that, but I'm thinking it.\"", "And even if everyone agrees on a plan ahead of time, it would be wise to expect irritations to pop up every now and then, the therapist says.", "\"Trying to live together is really about problem solving,\" Ducharme says.", "She tells her clients if they all focus on finding a solution to the problem and making it a win-win for everyone involved, it takes the emotions and hurt feelings out of the equation.", "Clearing the air .", "Ducharme suggests holding a family meeting where either party could say he or she is feeling stressed about an issue or someone lacks enough privacy.", "But watch out for red flags during discussions prior to inviting your mother or mother-in-law to move in.", "\"If you really don't communicate well with this person, and when you try to communicate your feelings and ideas it always ends up in a battle -- then it's probably not a good plan to have them move in with you,\" says Ducharme.", "Stephanie Ware knows family meetings are a good place to clear the air and discuss problems.", "She had asked her mother, Betty Carradine, to move in to help her with childcare upon her return to work.", "But her mom moved in earlier than planned after granddaughter Kennedy arrived by Caesarean section.", "The Atlanta, Georgia, paralegal and her husband, Michael Ware, had discussed many issues with her mother and everyone laid out their expectations of each other, with the couple telling her mother that they would handle all the household expenses.", "But the Wares called another family meeting after Carradine moved in because they felt she was trying to help too much.", "\"We let her know that we wanted her here to just help us with Kennedy and she didn't necessarily have to do any housework as far as cooking or cleaning or fixing our lunches.\"", "Ware also makes sure Kennedy's bottles are prepared so that her mother's day goes a little smoother and grandma is not so busy while tending to her seventh grandchild.", "Ware says she thanks God daily for her mother's help because it gives her extra time to spend with her baby daughter in the morning.", "And Stephanie can carry Kennedy down the hallway to her mother's room instead of dressing the infant, and packing all her supplies and bottles into a diaper bag and driving her to daycare.", "Ware says she, her husband and her mother took several trips together while she was out on maternity leave.", "And every other weekend, her mother stays with Stephanie's sister's family.", "In the five-bedroom Ware house, personal space and privacy is not an issue.", "And the couple tries to get out once a month for \"date night.\"", "The only problem Ware is having with her mother living with her is Carradine's cooking: \"She is a great cook, and it's hard,\" Ware says with a laugh, \"but I'm staying very disciplined.\"" ]	[ "Michelle Obama's mother is moving into White House with first family .", "Expert: Parents should discuss discipline styles, privacy with mother-in-law .", "Mom: Those talks should take place before mother-in-law moves in .", "Psychologist: Living together successfully is about problem solving ." ]	[ 0, 25, 31, 44 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Jen Bucala has a lot of faith in her family's \"lucky\" numbers.", "\"I've been playing, or around playing, the lotto all my life,\" she says.", "She rattles off her numbers, citing family birthdays, and recounting numerical coincidences.", "\"Me, my husband, my father-in-law ... all our birthdays are in November.", "Just a week apart from each other,\" says Bucala, 31.", "One number that did surprise her was $10,000.", "After some quick figuring, Bucala estimates she has spent that amount on scratch off games and Megamillions since she started playing a decade ago.", "For Bucala, a Lindenhurst, New York, resident who works three jobs -- as a sales associate, an Avon Rep and a bridal consultant -- that is a lot of money.", "\"That ten grand could have gone toward a million and one bills I have -- my mortgage, car payments,\" Bucala says.", "\"We spend thousands of dollars every month on bills.", "I don't have kids either.", "That [lotto] money could have been a whole month for me for bills,\" she says.", "But like a lot of people, Bucala thinks $1 is a small price to pay for a dream.", "\"You gotta play in order to win.", "That's part of lotto.", "You never know,\" says Bucala.", "One of the seductive features of the lotto is the low entry fee says Frank Farley, a psychology professor at Temple University.", "\"It can be exciting, checking those winning numbers,\" says Farley.", "\"Maybe something big might happen.", "There's not a whole lot of other things in your life where you put a small amount of money in and maybe something big will happen.", "It gives you a sliver of hope that you could turn your life around.\"", "And sometimes there are winners.", "Mineola Oaks, is retired and living in Washington Heights, New York.", "She has played lotto every day, spending $3-$5 a day (and more on Tuesday) for over 20 years.", "(Just $4 a day for 20 years adds up to almost $30,000.)", "Two years ago she won $100,000.", "And with that money she paid off her bills and did some remodeling on her second home in Virginia.", "Oaks still buys lotto tickets, but she cautions that there's always something else you can put the money towards.", "\"I take care of things first,\" she says.", "\"Food, rent -- Then you can go out and spend a dollar on the lotto.\"", "Just don't expect to win.", "Let's take Powerball for example.", "Your chances of winning the jackpot is one in 195,249,054 says Michael Orkin, a statistician and dean of business, math and science at Laney College in Oakland, California.", "Let's say you buy 50 Powerball tickets a week, you'll win the jackpot about once every 75,000 years, he says.", "Cold, hard numbers aside, the lotto is entertainment.", "\"Almost everyone spends money on entertainment,\" says Stephen Brobeck of the Consumer Federation of America.", "\"People spend hundreds of dollars going to a sports event.", "Others spend a thousand dollars a year on premium cable channels.", "Purchasing a lotto ticket -- it's excitement and there's always the possibility, however slim, that they will strike it rich and win,\" he says.", "Cost of fleeting excitement adds up .", "Sodanys Paulino, 21, of Washington Heights, stood outside a lottery terminal one rainy Friday night.", "She bought two scratch off tickets and a mega millions ticket.", "When asked what else she could be doing with that money, she laughs.", "\"Two dollars?", "You can't buy anything for two dollars,\" she says.", "But $2 a week is about $100 a year.", "And $100 can buy you something.", "The problem is opportunity costs, says Farley.", "\"What opportunities are lost because you are putting discretionary income into the lottery when you could be putting it into something else?\"", "he asks. \"A small amount of money can be spent on dental floss,\" he says.", "The lotto sends the wrong message, says Farley.", "\"It's hard work versus chance.", "The lotto says success can be built on chance.\"", "A 2005 study by the Consumer Federation of America says 38 percent of people with incomes below $25,000 think that winning the lottery represents the most practical way for them to accumulate several hundred thousand dollars.", "\"Lower income people think their chances of winning are slim.", "And they think that the probability [for them to win] is greater than being able to accumulate savings over time.", "The lotto advantage .", "Peter Tufano, a Professor at Harvard Business School, harnessed this idea that people would rather have a small probability of a large payout when he came up with the \"Save to Win\" idea.", "It's part savings, part raffle ticket.", "And it's had major success in Detroit, Michigan, where eight credit unions have been offering it since January.", "Here's how it works. You open up a one-year certificate of deposit and for every $25 you save, you get the chance to win a $100,000 prize.", "Hank Hubbard, the director of Communicating Arts Credit Union in Detroit, Michigan, says when his credit union offered a 10 percent interest rate on a one-year CD, no one signed on, but with Save to Win, 14 percent of their membership signed up.", "\"I am surprised at the extent of the success.", "We really are showing people that they can afford to save,\" he says.", "And in the very worst case even though someone may not win the grand prize, at least they've already accumulated some savings.", "But when it comes to playing the real thing -- old habits die hard.", "\"I'm still going to buy my scratchoffs,\" says Bucala.", "\"I'm not going to go cold turkey,\" she says.", "\"No way! It's too exciting ... knowing you have the chance to win.\"" ]	[ "Jen Bucala likes to buy lottery tickets; an estimated $10,000 in 10 years .", "Psychology professor: Low entry fee is part of lottery's seduction .", "Study: 38 percent of poor think lottery best way for them to get hundreds of thousands .", "Statistician: Chances of winning Powerball is 1 in 195,249,054 ." ]	[ 16, 32, 33, 53 ]
[ "PALO ALTO, California (CNN) -- Sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize helps underscore the urgency of the climate crisis, said former Vice President Al Gore on Friday.", "\"This is a chance to elevate global consciousness about the challenges that we face now,\" said Al Gore.", "Gore's comments came hours after the Nobel committee announced he would share the award with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for their work to raise awareness about global warming.", "\"This is a chance to elevate global consciousness about the challenges that we face now,\" Gore said, speaking to reporters in Palo Alto, California.", "\"It truly is a planetary emergency, and we have to respond quickly.\"", "The former vice president said he would donate his half of the $1.5 million prize to the Alliance for Climate Protection, an organization he founded to persuade people to reduce global warming by cutting pollution.", "\"That amount is very small compared to the enormous challenge that lies ahead,\" Gore said, including organizing a massive grass-roots movement and a mass advertising campaign focused on \"trying to change the way people think.\"", "Watch Gore describe what he calls a 'planetary emergency' » .", "Earlier Friday, a White House spokesman said President Bush was pleased that Gore, Bush's opponent in the 2000 presidential race, had won the award.", "\"Of course, he's happy for Vice President Gore, happy for the International Panel on Climate Change scientists, who also shared the Peace Prize,\" White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto said.", "\"Obviously it's an important recognition, and we're sure the vice president is thrilled.\"", "Fratto said Bush would not be under any pressure to adopt mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions, a policy Gore has advocated.", "Gore's ex-boss, former President Clinton, also said he's \"thrilled by this well-deserved recognition,\" and credited Gore with \"warning and educating us about the dangers of climate change for decades.", "He saw this coming before others in public life.\"", "The Nobel committee's announcement cited Gore and the IPCC \"for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.\"", "The award ceremony will be held December 10 in Oslo, Norway.", "In recent weeks, Gore has been the target of a campaign to persuade him to enter the 2008 presidential race.", "A source involved in Gore's past political runs told CNN that he definitely has the ambition to use the peace prize as a springboard to run for president.", "But he will not run, because he won't take on the political machine assembled by Sen. Hillary Clinton, said the source.", "If the senator from New York had faltered at all, Gore would take a serious look at entering the race, the source said.", "But Gore has calculated that Clinton is unstoppable, according to the source.", "Gore repeatedly denied he has any plans to run again, but this week a group of grass-roots Democrats calling themselves \"Draft Gore\" took out a full-page ad in The New York Times in a bid to change his mind.", "Watch Gore discuss global warming and politics .", "\"Your country needs you now, as do your party, and the planet you are fighting so hard to save,\" the group said in an open letter.", "\"America and the Earth need a hero right now, someone who will transcend politics as usual and bring real hope to our country and to the world.\"", "The Nobel committee praised Gore as being \"one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians.\"", "\"He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted,\" said Ole Danbolt Mjos, chairman of the Nobel committee.", "In making the announcement, Mjos said, \"Through the scientific reports it has issued over the past two decades, the IPCC has created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming.", "\"Thousands of scientists and officials from over 100 countries have collaborated to achieve greater certainty as to the scale of the warming.\"", "Said Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the U.N. panel: \"This is an honor that goes to all the scientists and authors who have contributed to the work of the IPCC.\"", "Renate Christ, secretary of the panel, called the award \"the most significant recognition that the IPCC has received.\"", "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established in 1988 to study climate change information.", "The group doesn't do independent research but instead reviews scientific literature from around the world.", "The U.N.-sanctioned group was formed by the World Meteorological Organization and U.N.", "Environment Program.", "U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was \"delighted\" with the news that Gore and the IPCC will share in prize.", "The Nobel caps a series of prestigious awards associated with Gore, including two Oscars this year for the 2006 documentary film, \"An Inconvenient Truth,\" which followed him on a worldwide tour publicizing the dangers of climate change.", "Last month, he also picked up an Emmy -- the highest award in U.S. television -- for \"Current TV.\"", "The show, which Gore co-created, describes itself as a global television network giving viewers the opportunity to create and influence its programming.", "Previous American recipients of the peace prize include former Presidents Carter in 2002, Wilson in 1919 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.", "In 1973, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shared the award with North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho.", "The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. received the honor in 1964.", "See more on 2007 Nobel winners » .", "Gore was vice president for eight years before winning the 2000 Democratic presidential nomination and running against Bush.", "But he failed in his White House bid -- despite winning the popular vote -- when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his challenge over voting results in Florida, securing an Electoral College majority for Bush.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "NEW: Al Gore warns of \"planetary emergency,\" announces new ad campaign .", "Ex-President Clinton says Gore has warned of dangers for decades .", "Source: Gore won't use prize as springboard to enter 2008 presidential race .", "White House: President Bush pleased that Gore, U.N. panel won peace prize ." ]	[ 7, 8, 16, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Basketball legend Michael Jordan has caused a furor at the President's Cup golf tournament after the former Chicago Bulls player was snapped smoking a cigar at the Harding Park course in San Francisco.", "Michael Jordan smoking a cigar at the Hardin Park golf course.", "Jordan -- who is acting as the honorary assistant captain for the U.S. team at the event -- puffed while playing a practice round despite the city's ban on smoking at public golf courses.", "Pictures were published in the San Francisco Chronicle of the 46-year-old flouting the rules, a move which prompted city officials to request the PGA Tour to remind Jordan of the law.", "\"It was sort of a gentle nudge reminding them that smoking is illegal and that we would appreciate their support,\" Recreation and Park General Manager Phil Ginsburg told the Chronicle.", "The breaking of the smoking ban carries a $100 fine, however, Matt Dorsey, the spokesman for City Attorney Dennis Herrera, told the newspaper: \"Just don't expect me to ask him for it.\"", "Fred Couples invited Jordan to be an honorary assistant captain at the Presidents Cup, and the Hall of Famer spoke to reporters on Monday about his smoking.", "\"I heard this is a public place, so they limit what you can smoke, but this was a practice round and no one said anything,\" he told the gathered media.", "British Open champion Stewart Cink backed Jordan despite the outcry suggesting the cigar was unlit: \"The tobacco usage did become a little bit of a story out there, because I saw Michael with a cigar in his mouth that was unlit.", "\"He's trying to set a good example for the rest of the people who see on TV what we are doing out there, just try to set a good example and try to chew his tobacco instead of smoke it.\"" ]	[ "Presidents Cup golf tournament is being held at the Harding Park course .", "Under San Francisco law it is illegal to smoke while playing at the event .", "Michael Jordan was photographed smoking at cigar during a practice round .", "Jordan is the honorary assistant captain for the U.S. team at the event ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- There's more to wearing the \"niqab\" -- the austere, all-covering veil favored by ultra-religious Muslim women -- than meets the eye.", "Cairo University students wearing niqab stand outside a university dormitory on Oct. 7 unable to enter due to the new rules preventing admission to niqab wearers.", "A recent declaration by a leading Egyptian cleric that women will not be allowed to wear the niqab in university areas frequented only by women has sparked demonstrations by female students in Cairo determined to wear the all-encompassing veil wherever they go.", "Egypt's Al-Azhar university, the highest seat of Sunni Islam, recently convened an all-male committee to rule on what women can wear at Egypt's public universities.", "The Shaikh of Al-Azhar, Shaikh Tantawi, announced after the meeting that a ban on the niqab, also known as the burqa, would apply to such university areas as female dormitories and all-women classes.", "Do you think Muslim women should wear the niqab?", "Tell us below in the SoundOff box .", "Even though that was a step down from a statement he made earlier that the niqab would be banned in all public universities, his ruling sparked controversy with the growing number of women in the country who choose to stay covered.", "The initiative from Al-Azhar is seen by many in Egypt as an attempt to counter the growing appeal of the strictest interpretations of Islam.", "An increasing number of young women in Egypt are turning to the niqab.", "The niqab is worn by many Muslim women throughout the Arab world and beyond and is most common in the countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.", "It is also commonly worn in Pakistan.", "\"The niqab should be worn under two circumstances,\" a cleaning lady who works at Al-Azhar, told CNN recently.", "\"A very beautiful woman should wear it to prevent men from fighting over her, and an ugly woman should wear it to hide her face.\"", "There is no consensus among Muslim scholars regarding the wearing of the niqab, the piece of cloth that covers a Muslim woman's face.", "Women who wear it usually also cover their hands.", "It is widely believed to be a tradition that comes from the Arabian peninsula, introduced to more liberal countries like Egypt by people who have lived and worked in ultra-conservative countries like Saudi Arabia.", "There's not much about it in the Koran, Muslim's holy book.", "The Koranic verse that applies to female head covering translates loosely as: \"O Prophet!", "Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks all over their bodies.\"", "And so consequently, there are plenty of interpretations.", "And all sorts of opinions in the Egyptian parliament.", "The opposition-led Muslim Brotherhood opposes the niqab ban.", "\"It's unacceptable that the niqab is treated as something bad that needs to be suppressed,\" Brotherhood member of parliament Muhamed Baltagi told CNN.", "\"It's unacceptable to violate private matters in this way.\"", "In Baltagi's opinion, it's a matter of personal choice and should not be dictated by the shaikh of Al-Azhar.", "Appointed by the president of Egypt, the shaikh of Al-Azhar is viewed as little more than an appendage of the authoritarian Egyptian government, and thus scorned as a state puppet by both religious and secular critics of the regime.", "Since the 1960s the shaikh of Al-Azhar has been appointed by the Egyptian president.", "In Europe, wearing the niqab has become a controversial issue too.", "Recently, French President Nicolas Sarkozy banned it from French classrooms.", "And British Justice Minister Jack Straw also recently asked women to remove them in his consituency office.", "In Cairo's main shopping district, the message on the niqab is decidedly mixed.", "The few niqabs on display are vastly outnumbered by far more risque outfits, including no shortage of mannequins sporting evening dressings with plunging necklines and naked arms.", "There are a few niqabs on display, but lots of less conservative clothing is on the shelves too.", "Outside Cairo University, some women go without any head covering at all.", "Most wear headscarves -- usually quite colorful ones.", "Those who choose to wear the niqab say the religious scholars should have asked a woman what she thought of the ban first.", "\"He should have taken at least one woman's opinion,\" said student Muna Abdel Fatah.", "\"Because the decision will impact on her.\"", "Daniela Deane contributed to this story." ]	[ "Recent ban on wearing the all-encompassing veil sparked demonstrations .", "Ban of the veil, known as the \"niqab,\" seen by many as attempt to counter extremism .", "Increasing number of young Muslim women want to cover themselves .", "No consensus among Muslim scholars on covering up ." ]	[ 0, 8, 9, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The space shuttle Endeavour docked with the international space station early Wednesday, completing a three-day orbital chase.", "\"Capture confirmed,\" the Johnson Space Center in Houston said at 12:06 a.m.", "ET. The delicate docking maneuver took place while both spacecraft were circling the globe at about 17,500 mph (28,165 km/h).", "Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center early Monday.", "During the two-week mission, the six-member crew will deliver an Italian-built Tranquility node and a seven-windowed cupola to the station, which will be used as a control room for robotics.", "The mission also will include three spacewalks.", "The space station will be about 90 percent complete once the node and cupola are added, NASA said." ]	[ "Shuttle docked at 12:06 a.m.", "ET, according to the Johnson Space Center in Houston .", "Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center early Monday .", "The two-week mission will include three spacewalks ." ]	[ 1, 3, 5 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- If you stared at empty seats around your Thanksgiving dinner table, Robert DeNiro's newest film could help.", "Parents who want their kids home for Christmas may do well by persuading them to see \"Everybody's Fine,\" which opens next Friday in U.S. theaters.", "\"I'm hoping it might catch the moment, and it might catch the Christmas spirit and the Thanksgiving spirit,\" director-writer Kirk Jones told CNN over coffee in Hollywood.", "The movie is targeted at people with parents, brothers, sisters or children, Jones said.", "\"Pretty much everyone,\" Jones said.", "\"It's about family.\" The story centers around a cross-country journey by DeNiro's character struggling to bring together his grown children for Christmas, several months after their mother's death.", "DeNiro reveals a sensitive, aging father who imagines that \"everybody's fine\" -- a solace for his lonely suffering.", "Each stop reveals how his wife had sheltered him from bad news about his kids -- played by Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell -- and how they did not know how to communicate honestly with him.", "His children were not living the lives he had fantasized for them.", "\"It's easier not to face up to the truth,\" Jones said.", "Audiences emerged from preview screenings thinking about their own parents or children, Jones said.", "\"People are coming out of the movie, almost without exception, saying 'I've got to ring my mom, I've got to ring my dad,'\" Jones said.", "The strongest reactions have come from people between 24 and 35, many of whom told Jones he's \"scratched a nerve,\" he said.", "\"They were saying 'That's me. That's my dad. Those are my parents.'\" \"Most people have got regrets,\" he said.", "\"When they leave their parents, everyone looks back and thinks, 'I should have invited them on holiday with us that time or I should have made it that weekend or I should have just called them more often.'\"", "It's a remake of Giuseppe Tornatore's 1990 Italian film \"Stanno Tutti Bene\" -- English translation: Everybody's Fine.", "But Jones, a British director best known as the writer-director of the 1998 surprise hit \"Waking Ned Devine,\" made this into an American story.", "Jones took his own trip for inspiration before writing the screenplay, traveling by train and bus across the United States.", "He realized the telephone wires he saw, stretching from pole to pole for hundreds of miles along the tracks and highways, serve as a metaphor for his story.", "\"It's like a wave, a musical rhythm,\" Jones said.", "Frank -- DeNiro's character -- spent his life manufacturing the protective coating for the telephone lines.", "\"He protected the line of communication,\" Jones said.", "But decades of exposure to the chemicals made him ill, as did his years of insulation from honest communications with his family.", "\"The irony is, when he's traveling, the children are talking about him through his wires,\" Jones said.", "A personal irony for the director is that, for the 14 months Jones was making this movie about family togetherness in the United States, he was away from his own family in England." ]	[ "\"Everybody's Fine\" is targeted at \"pretty much everyone,\" director Kirk Jones told CNN .", "Story centers on a father's journey as he seeks to reunite his kids for the holidays .", "Each stop reveals how his wife had sheltered him from bad news about his kids .", "Jones, who also wrote the screenplay, traveled the U.S. for inspiration ." ]	[ 4, 6, 7, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- This is always a frightful time of year, but this year it got a bit scarier.", "You may have been prematurely spooked by an \"illegal alien\" costume threatening Halloween thrill seekers with an extraterrestrial countenance, orange prison garb and a green card.", "There's also a version with a baseball cap and droopy moustache.", "Frankly, I'm surprised the manufacturer, Forum Novelties, is not offering other stereotypical accessories, like low-rider flying saucers and glow-in-the-dark lawn mowers.", "The costume reflects ominous trends: the deterioration of the immigration debate, the rise of anti-immigrant hostility as a form of racism and the need for greater empathy to bridge the gap between those who view such attacks as harmless humor and those who are demeaned and hurt by them.", "According to a CNN.com article: \"Political satire and Halloween often merge.", "Costumes depicting former well-known political figures are often seen alongside those depicting Batman or Wonder Woman.\"", "But what if the inspiration for the satire is a group of disenfranchised people?", "When is a costume clever and funny and when is it an expression of uglier truths inside us?", "The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, California, joined the League of United Latin American Citizens and the United Farm Workers of America in condemning the costume, calling on retailers to drop it.", "Target was among those stores that quickly stopped selling it, while others, including BuyCostumes.com, chose \"trick\" over \"treat.\"", "\"Wearing this costume shows poor taste and ignores the painful reality -- for millions of immigrants who must live through constant taunting, discrimination and now mocking,\" the Coalition's director of communications, Jorge-Mario Cabrera, told me.", "\"The costume is a sign of the decaying dialogue on immigrants as a community in the U.S.\" Dreadfully, this costume contest also illuminates the evolution of discrimination in America.", "The Pew Research Center recently reported that 55 percent of adults say \"there are 'very strong' or 'strong' conflicts between immigrants and people born in the United States\" while \"39 percent believe there are serious conflicts between blacks and whites.\"", "The Pew report concludes that: \"Disagreements between immigrants and native-born Americans emerge as the most prevalent and serious type of social conflict.\"", "What we are witnessing this season is a metamorphosis of racism, from anti-black to anti-immigrant.", "It's like Darth Vader slipping into Voldemort gear.", "Still spine-chilling.", "But not all trick-or-treaters are repulsed by the specter of prejudice masquerading as freedom-loving, tongue-in-cheek revelry.", "William Gheen, of Americans for Legal Immigration, said he is buying the costume.", "\"The only people getting upset are the hypersensitive, over-politically correct, pro-amnesty, illegal alien-supporting nuts.\"", "he said. \"You can't attack people's freedom in this country.\"", "This reaction highlights the polarization of the immigration debate in America and the widely divergent views on discrimination among different social groups.", "According to the Pew survey, blacks, Latinos and women are significantly more likely than whites and men to say major conflicts exist between groups.", "Some of the widest perception gaps exist between blacks and whites on whether black/white conflict persists: 53 percent of blacks said \"yes\" compared with 35 percent of whites.", "Gaps also exist between Latinos and whites on whether conflict exists between immigrants and native-born Americans: 68 percent of Latinos said \"yes\" compared with 53 percent of whites.", "It's interesting that racism and immigration-related conflict is most perceived by those experiencing its negative effects rather than those either perpetrating the prejudices or simply floating through life oblivious to them.", "What may be dismissed as a non-issue or joke by some tastes bitterly like insult and injury to others.", "It depends on who wears the costume and who is the butt of the joke.", "So before people brandish their right to ridicule and belittle entire ethnic groups, before such frivolous freedoms help stoke anti-immigrant fervor, let's pause and reflect.", "Just because we have a right doesn't mean we must exercise it.", "Even if we believe all undocumented immigrants should be shipped back to their nations of origin, we needn't mock their plight or demean their humanity.", "We don't have to don a costume that strips 12 million people of their dignity just for a few cheap laughs.", "Which America do we hope to see in the mirror when the Halloween party's over?", "How about trying to put ourselves in the shoes of that \"illegal alien\"?", "for no matter how you dress it up, it's cruel.", "So what are you going to be this Halloween?", "I have this suggestion -- and it goes for manufacturers, retailers, shoppers and activists on all sides of the immigration issue.", "This year, don't get a costume; get a conscience.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Rudy Ruiz." ]	[ "Rudy Ruiz: \"Illegal alien\" costume has alien's face, wears prison garb, carries green card .", "Ruiz: Just because we have a right, we needn't demean people or mock their plight .", "Says costume reflects the rise of anti-immigrant hostility as a form of racism .", "Ruiz: If you're one of the people who are the butt of the joke, it's not so funny ." ]	[ 1, 4, 12, 28, 30, 31 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A polygamist sect member arrested following last year's raid of a west Texas ranch was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting an underage girl, authorities said.", "Raymond Jessop was found guilty last week of assaulting a girl under 17, with whom he had entered into a \"spiritual\" marriage, said Jerry Strickland, a spokesman for the state attorney general.", "Jessop also received an $8,000 fine, said Sheriff David Doran, of Schleicher County, Texas.", "The victim in the case was one of 400 children seized from the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado, Texas, in April 2008 by state child welfare workers.", "The children were returned after the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the state had no right to remove them and lacked evidence to show that they were in danger of abuse.", "Jessop belongs to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.", "The church -- a 10,000-member offshoot of the mainstream Mormon church -- openly practices polygamy on the ranch, as well as in Arizona and Utah.", "Critics of the sect say young girls are forced into \"spiritual\" marriages with older men and are sexually abused.", "Sect members have denied any sexual abuse.", "CNN's Dave Alsup contributed to this report." ]	[ "Raymond Jessop sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault of teen \"bride\"\nJessop must also pay $8,000 fine .", "Girl was one of hundreds seized after 2008 raid at Texas polygamist ranch ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Mary Travers of 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died, according to her publicist.", "She was 72. Mary Travers performs at the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.", "Travers died from side effects of treatment from a bone-marrow transplant after battling leukemia, publicist Heather Lylis said.", "The singer was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in November 1936 and grew up in New York's Greenwich Village.", "As a teenager, she performed in a Broadway review, but stepped on to the folk music scene in the 1950s.", "She emerged as an iconic folk singer while performing with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey.", "Peter, Paul and Mary came together while singing \"Mary Had a Little Lamb\" in Stookey's New York City apartment.", "They went on to play gigs at coffee houses and later on the radio.", "\"As a performer, her charisma was a barely contained nervous energy -- occasionally (and then only privately) revealed as stage fright,\" Stookey said.", "Their music reflected the 1960s and the 1970s, a time of turmoil as the civil rights and anti-war movements moved into full swing.", "Travers applied her recognition to rally behind those progressive movements.", "In 1963, the trio performed its hit song \"If I Had a Hammer\" at the Washington march where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famed \"I Have a Dream Speech,\" her publicist said.", "\"We've learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change,\" Travers once said.", "\"The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader concern for human rights, and that encompasses a great many people and countries.", "Those of us who live in a democracy have a responsibility to be the voice for those whose voices are stilled.\"", "Travers advocated against U.S. government moves in Central America in the 1980s.", "She went on a mission to El Salvador and later spoke out against the country's regime.", "She also opposed American funding of a militant group in Nicaragua set on overthrowing an elected government there, according to her publicist.", "Peter, Paul and Mary recorded hits still recognized now, including \"Leaving on a Jet Plane,\" \"Puff the Magic Dragon\" and \"Where Have All the Flowers Gone.\"", "They performed together for nearly 50 years, winning five Grammys and releasing 13 Top 40 hits, six of them in the Top 10 charts.", "Their debut album, \"Peter, Paul and Mary\" was on the Top 10 chart for 10 months.", "Travers also recorded four solo albums in the 1970s.", "\"Her talent was huge ... Mary was the difference maker,\" said Joe Smith, former head of Warner Brothers Records.", "\"Super bright, super talented, and a pleasure to know and work with.\"", "Their last performance was in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on May 20.", "Those closest to Travers say she valued her friendships.", "\"Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of my relationship with Mary Travers over the last almost 50 years is how open and honest we were with each other, and I include Noel Paul Stookey in this equation,\" Yarrow said in a statement.", "\"Such honesty comes with a price, but when you get past the hurt and shock of realizing that you're faulted and frequently wrong, you also realize that you are really loved and respected for who you are, and you become a better person.\"", "She is survived by her husband, Ethan Robbins; her daughters Alicia and Erika; her sister, Ann Gordon; and her granddaughters Wylie and Virginia." ]	[ "Mary Travers was a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary .", "The trio sang \"If I Had a Hammer\" and \"Puff the Magic Dragon\"\nShe died from side effects of treatment from a bone-marrow transplant ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pilot error was to blame in the April 2006 crash of an unmanned aircraft, despite the fact no pilot was on board, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its accident report issued Tuesday -- the NTSB's first-ever investigation into an incident involving a drone.", "A drone similar to this one crashed near Nogales, Arizona, on April 25, 2006.", "The agency also issued 22 safety recommendations for unmanned aircraft.", "It \"is an indication of the scope of the safety issues these unmanned aircraft are bringing into the National Airspace System,\" NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker said in a statement.", "The unmanned aerial vehicles have been touted as a possible solution to several issues facing the United States, from drug trafficking to illegal border crossings.", "But, as the NTSB report shows, integrating them into the nation's airspace raises questions regarding their safety status -- and whether they should be held to a different standard than manned aircraft.", "On April 25, 2006, a turboprop-powered Predator B, operated on a surveillance mission by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, crashed in a sparsely-populated area near Nogales, Arizona.", "There were no injuries, but the aircraft, which has a 66-foot wingspan, was \"substantially damaged,\" the NTSB said.", "The probable cause of the accident was the failure of the pilot -- who was operating the aircraft remotely -- to follow checklist procedures when switching operational control from a console that had locked up, the agency said.", "That resulted in the fuel valve's being inadvertently shut off and a total loss of engine power to the aircraft.", "Another cause, the NTSB said, was the lack of a flight instructor in the ground control station.", "But in a meeting Tuesday, the board highlighted areas of interest including the design and certification of unmanned aircraft; pilot qualification and training; and audio records of all UAV operations-related communications, among others.", "The Federal Aviation Administration doesn't require a pilot's certificate to operate a drone.", "\"This investigation has raised questions about the different standards for manned and unmanned aircraft and the safety implications of this discrepancy,\" Rosenker said in the statement.", "\"Why, for example, were numerous unresolved lock-ups of the pilot's control console even possible while such conditions would never be tolerated in the cockpit of a manned aircraft?\"", "The pilot, the NTSB noted, was not proficient in emergency procedures.", "\"The pilot is still the pilot, whether he is at a remote console or on the flight deck,\" Rosenker said.", "\"We need to make sure that the system by which pilots are trained and readied for flight is rigorous and thorough.", "With the potential for thousands of these unmanned aircraft in use years from now, the standards for pilot training need to be set high to ensure that those on the ground and other users of the airspace are not put in jeopardy.\"", "Also, there is no equivalent of a cockpit voice recorder at a pilot console, the board said, and the pilot's communication with air traffic controllers and others was not recorded.", "The NTSB has recommended the FAA require all conversations, including telephone conversations, between pilots of unmanned aircraft and others be recorded and retained.", "Other recommendations, sent to the FAA and Customs and Border Protection, include: .", "• Requiring all unmanned aircraft operations to report incidents of equipment malfunctions that affect safety to the FAA , and require analysis of the data.", "• Requiring pilots be trained on the expected performance and flight path of an unmanned aircraft any time communication with the aircraft is lost.", "• Identifying and correcting the causes of the lockups in the pilot's control console.", "• Requiring that a backup pilot or another person who can provide an equivalent level of safety as a backup pilot be readily available during the operation of a UAV system.", "Board members also voted to convene a two- to three-day public forum on the safety of UAV operations and investigative procedures.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Agency issues 22 safety recommendations for unmanned aircraft .", "NTSB: The pilot is still the pilot, whether he is at a remote console or on board .", "Agency: Probable cause of 2006 drone crash was pilot error ." ]	[ 0, 2, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Winter travelers trek thousands of miles to the frozen north each year seeking the sky's \"dancing lights,\" which provoke awe, excitement and, some say, sex.", "CNN iReporter Bruce Barrett shot this rare red aurora in Canada's Whitehorse, Yukon.", "Scientists call the natural phenomenon aurora borealis: cascading beams of greens, yellows, blues, purples or reds -- which paint a breathtaking backdrop across the wilderness and attract thousands of tourists annually.", "\"Usually it starts slowly as kind of a hazy greenish color -- like a mist -- building up in frequency dancing across the sky ... and to me that's religion,\" said photographer Dave Brosha of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, who's seen more than 100 Canadian auroras.", "\"It's just one of the most incredible feelings a person can have -- sitting there watching that.\"", "To the west in Canada's Yukon province, tour operator Torsten Eder likes to tell a story about a marriage that was forged under the glowing curtains of light.", "See spectacular photos of auroras » .", "\"I had one guy from Mexico, and he wanted to surprise his girlfriend by proposing marriage with a ring under the northern lights,\" said Eder from his office in Whitehorse.", "\"We got lucky and the lights were visible ... so our guest went down on his knee and proposed to his girlfriend and she was totally blown away.", "The funny thing was -- she wouldn't wear gloves for the first three days -- so she could show the ring off.\"", "The otherworldly lights also have provided inspiration for almost sacred pilgrimages, Eder said.", "Guests who said they were going blind or battling cancer told him they wanted to view the auroras at least once in their lives.", "\"It puts enormous pressure on us,\" said Eder.", "\"You can't guarantee that the lights will be visible because it's a natural phenomenon.\"", "The display is generally visible at least every three days, he said.", "Scientists say the northern lights are created by the sun's super hot atmosphere, which blasts particles into the protective magnetic field surrounding the Earth.", "The magnetic field forces the particles toward the north and south poles.", "About 60 to 200 miles overhead, the particles bump into the Earth's atmosphere and become electrically \"excited\" -- throwing off light of various colors, said Prof. Dirk Lummerzheim of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.", "\"The forecast for this winter is a continued quiet sun, in general,\" he said.", "The sun is on the upswing of an 11-year cycle.", "\"Maybe we will have a few periods once a month where the aurora can get a little bit more active.\"", "Although the phenomenon occurs around the clock, the lights are only visible at night.", "The best time of year to see them is during winter, when darkness in the upper latitudes stretches up to 24 hours.", "See map where northern lights can be seen » .", "Eder's Northern Tales tour company picks up guests at their hotels about 10 p.m. and takes them to an area about 20 minutes outside Whitehorse's city lights.", "There, travelers can enjoy nature's colorful show from a heated, walled tent until around 2 a.m. \"We almost take it for granted sometimes,\" said Brosha.", "\"No matter how many times you've seen the aurora borealis -- when they really dance, when you get some really unique colors -- you just kind of say, 'Wow, I'm so lucky to see that.'", "\" A warmer way to enjoy the northern lights is a shallow, natural rock lake at Chena Hot Springs outside Fairbanks, Alaska, which allows bikini-clad guests to enjoy the lights in temperatures of 106 degrees Fahrenheit.", "\"I mean, honestly, it's the best way to see them,\" said spokeswoman Denise Ferree.", "\"Because you're warm and toasty and you're watching the northern lights above.\"", "Chena's owner, Bernie Karl -- who's often as colorful as the lights themselves -- said the auroras sometimes spark the libido.", "\"Having sex under the northern lights -- it's an awesome experience,\" Karl said.", "\"Have you ever been out in nature at 35 below zero with northern lights bouncing over your head and your bare ass?", "Well, you need to try it.\"", "If the hot springs aren't for you, Chena also takes guests up a nearby mountain to observe the auroras from heated Mongolian-style tents called yurts.", "The resort prides itself on its environmental initiative, which has led to the generation of clean electricity from geothermal heat produced by the hot spring.", "\"Iceland is probably one of the best places to see the northern lights,\" said Reykjavik tour guide Arni Magnusson of AM Tours.", "That's especially true as the U.S. dollar gains value against the Icelandic krona -- offering some attractive hotel and shopping opportunities.", "Guests are picked up at their hotel for a 20-minute drive outside the city to view the lights from higher elevations.", "\"People say they feel closer to Earth and to the forces of nature,\" said Magnusson.", "\"The lights totally overwhelm them.\"", "Dan Hershman's life changed dramatically after he photographed a spectacular aurora in Washington state in 2000, which was a peak year in the solar cycle.", "\"These things are just dynamic and they seem just alive and organic,\" said Hershman, who at the time was a high school music teacher.", "The photo was unique enough to attract the attention of NASA, which ran the image on its Web site, Hershman said.", "This spurred his interest in photography and soon, as Hershman put it, \"my hobby became my profession and my profession became my hobby.\"", "Now Hershman performs as principal bassoonist in local orchestras as a hobby -- and he teaches high school photography in Federal Way, Washington, as his profession.", "The trick to photographing the auroras, Hershman said, is choosing to take the picture when the lights aren't moving as much.", "\"Otherwise it looks like nothing but a big blob,\" he said.", "IF YOU GO . WHITEHORSE . Activities . Yukon Brewing Company offers tours of this award-winning brewery, the home of such libations as Espresso Stout, made with local espresso from Midnight Sun Coffee Roaster.", "Mac's Fireweed, an independent bookstore and a Whitehorse institution, offers a nice selection of magazines and a huge catalogue of book titles.", "Northern Tales tour company picks up guests at their hotels and takes them a short distance outside Whitehorse to view the auroras from heated, walled tents.", "Stay: . Just north of Whitehorse, see the northern lights from Takhini Hot Springs, which offers cabins and camping facilities.", "Two bed and breakfasts come recommended by Whitehorse residents: Casey's and Hawkins House, at 867-668-7638.", "YELLOWKNIFE . Activities . Enjoy warm tepees as well as food and drinks while viewing the northern lights at Aurora Village, which gets up to 20 hours of darkness in the winter months.", "FAIRBANKS . Stay: . Chena Hot Springs resort offers accommodations and viewing tours of the northern lights.", "Locals also recommend Mount Aurora Fairbanks Creek lodge for those seeking views of the spectacular lights.", "ALASKA WILDERNESS .", "Stay: . If you're looking for a trip deeper into the wilderness, Tolovana Hot Springs offers views of the auroras about 45 miles from Fairbanks -- accessible by trail or plane only.", "Northern lights tours: .", "Travel to the Brooks mountain range above the Arctic Circle can be arranged with Out in Alaska at 877-374-9958.", "Northern Alaska Tour Co. offers wilderness tours to see the auroras in Coldfoot.", "ICELAND . Northern lights tours: .", "Visitors interested in guided views of the northern lights can contact AM Tours at 011-354-898-6581.", "Activities: . Enjoy the hot springs and spa facilities at the famous Blue Lagoon.", "Find general information on touring Iceland at Iceland Travel." ]	[ "Sex under northern lights is an awesome experience, says resort owner .", "People diagnosed with terminal or blinding diseases seek out aurora borealis .", "Brilliant green, blue \"dancing lights\" inspire marriage proposals, says guide .", "Spectacular phenomenon occurs when solar particles hit near Earth's poles ." ]	[ 6, 15, 21, 31 ]
[ "Perugia, Italy (CNN) -- A defense lawyer for Amanda Knox made an impassioned plea to the jury Wednesday as the high-profile case neared its conclusion.", "Knox is the American student accused of killing her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, at the villa they shared in Italy.", "\"We suffer at the memory of Meredith.", "But we look at the future of Amanda,\" Luciano Ghirga said in his defense summation.", "\"Meredith was my friend,\" he quoted Knox as saying, rejecting the notion that she hated her roommate, who was fatally stabbed in November 2007.", "Prosecutors say Kercher died during a twisted sex game in which Knox taunted Kercher, and two men -- Knox's then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 26, and acquaintance Rudy Guede -- sexually assaulted her.", "The prosecution says a knife found in Sollecito's house had Knox's DNA on the handle and Kercher's on the blade, among other pieces of evidence.", "But Ghirga rejected the accusations against Knox on Wednesday.", "He attacked the way police and prosecutors had treated the defendant, giving them a symbolic \"red card\" -- a referee's sign in soccer that a player is being expelled from the game for breaking the rules.", "Ghirga concluded an emotional oration -- sobbing as he came to the end -- by asking the judge and jury to acquit Knox, because her mother asked him to request it, because her family asked it.", "Knox's father, Curt, said Wednesday she had been a victim of \"character assassination,\" and expressed hope she would be found not guilty.", "Members of Kercher's family have declined repeated CNN requests for comment on the case.", "But prosecutor Giuliano Mignini accused the defense of \"lynching\" the Italian police who worked on the case.", "He defended the work of the police and the credibility of the prosecution witnesses as he responded to Ghirga's arguments Wednesday.", "And he called again for life sentences for Knox and Sollecito if they are found guilty.", "Italy does not have the death penalty.", "The jury is expected to begin deliberations on Friday, after the prosecution completes its summary.", "Another Knox attorney on Tuesday said the prosecution's theory doesn't fit the facts of the case and there is not sufficient evidence to find her guilty.", "Calling Knox a victim herself, Carlo della Vedova said the police had rushed to judgment following the murder, leaving Knox to fend off a myriad of false media reports regarding the crime.", "The lawyer showed photos published in the media, purportedly showing the crime scene, that weren't authentic -- including a photo of the bathroom -- and said false allegations and rumors about Knox's character created a bias from the start.", "Della Vedova also questioned the change in what prosecutor Mignini said was the motive for the murder.", "In preliminary hearings, Mignini argued Knox, Sollecito and Guede slashed Kercher's throat during a sexual misadventure as the two men vied for Knox's attention.", "In recent days, Mignini has focused more on what he says was a hatred between the two roommates.", "Defense lawyers have staunchly disagreed, claiming the two women were friends.", "Ghirga on Wednesday said the two had gone to a chocolate festival together days before Kercher was killed.", "The defense has argued that Guede, who was convicted in a separate fast-track trial and is currently appealing his conviction, was the sole killer.", "The defense has said there is no evidence tying the three suspects together or proving they planned Kercher's murder.", "Della Vedova also focused during closing arguments on the lack of evidence tying Knox to the crime scene.", "As defense lawyers have throughout the entire trial, he cast doubt on DNA evidence that prosecutors claim shows Knox's DNA on the handle of the alleged murder weapon.", "The defense has said the knife doesn't match Kercher's wounds or an imprint of the knife left on a bedsheet, and the DNA sample is too small to be conclusive.", "During the first day of closing arguments for Knox's lawyers, della Vedova stressed to the eight-member jury that they should also keep church law in mind as they decide whether to find Knox and Sollecito guilty or not guilty.", "He told the jury they needed to be \"morally certain of their decision.\"", "\"If you have the minimum of doubts, you must absolve this young girl -- a girl that is merely 22 years old,\" he said.", "Knox and Sollecito, who both deny any role in the murder, have been jailed for more than two years since they were arrested on charges of murder and sexual violence.", "Their trial began in January.", "CNN's Mallory Simon contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Prosecutor accuses defense of \"lynching\" police who worked on case .", "Defense lawyer for Amanda Knox becomes emotional during Wednesday's closing argument .", "Luciano Ghirga sobs as he tells the jury Knox is innocent and has been mistreated .", "Knox, an American student, is accused of murdering her British roommate in Italy ." ]	[ 0, 1, 12 ]
[ "Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- CNN takes an in-depth look at South Korea, including how the nation is working to become a brand leader on an international scale and on how the nation is recovering from the global economic recession.", "Included in the coverage are looks at architecture, cars, cuisine and the business climate in the East Asian nation.", "In addition to its \"Eye on South Korea\" coverage, CNN International's interview program \"Talk Asia\" will feature Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung starting Wednesday and K-pop icon and actor Rain.", "Among the highlights of the coverage has been South Korea's first lady offering her tips on her nation's cuisine to CNN anchor and correspondent Kristie Lu Stout.", "CNN's Kyung Lah also takes a look at hour South Korea is revamping its economy to environmental-themed businesses." ]	[ "CNN's \"Eye on South Korea\" programming focuses on East Asian nation .", "Issues covered range from business to lifestyle topics .", "South Korean first lady provides personal look at nation's cuisine ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A celebrity gossip Web site has caught Maria Shriver a third time apparently violating California's law against using a cell phone while driving.", "California Gov.", "Arnold Schwarzenegger says \"swift action\" will be taken on wife Maria Shriver's driving \"violations.\"", "Web site TMZ posted a 17-second video Tuesday showing the California first lady apparently speaking into a cell phone while turning a corner in Brentwood in a black SUV.", "She puts the phone down part way through the video, but it's not clear whether she did so because she had finished her conversation or because she noticed cameras following her.", "The site also photographed Shriver allegedly chatting while driving on Sunday and on June 12.", "Shriver's husband, California Gov.", "Arnold Schwarzenegger, last year supported and signed into law a ban on using handheld communication devices while driving.", "Enforcement of the ban began July 1, 2008; it carries a $20 fine for a first violation; $50 for each subsequent offense.", "A similar law banning texting while driving took effect January 1 this year.", "Watch Shriver driving while on her cell phone .", "By the end of September, the California Highway Patrol had issued tickets for about 150,000 cell phone infractions, said Chris Cochran, spokesman for the California Office of Traffic Safety.", "No one keeps track of infractions cited by county and local departments, he said.", "See where laws limit cell phone use in cars » .", "Shriver has not been cited.", "In Los Angeles County, where Brentwood is, the Superior Court has set the cost at about $93 for the first ticket and $201 for the next one, meaning Shriver would owe at least $300 in fines and court fees had she been caught by police, CNN affiliate KTLA-TV reported.", "On Tuesday, Schwarzenegger sent a Twitter message to TMZ editor Harvey Levin: \"Thanks for bringing her violations to my attention.", "There's going to be swift action.\"", "What that action might entail was not specified.", "Shriver on Wednesday issued an apology: .", "\"I'm sorry,\" she said in a statement.", "\"I will be donating my favorite old cell phone to my Women's Conference partner Verizon through their HopeLine program that helps domestic violence shelters.", "I invite anyone else who wants to recycle their old phone to join me.", "That's my version of swift action with a higher purpose.\"", "The traffic office referred questions about Shriver to the governor's office, which declined to comment.", "\"We don't really think that hand-held bans have a whole lot of impact,\" said Jonathan Adkins, spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association in Washington.", "The association urges drivers not to use phones, including hands-free devices, while driving, but does not support laws banning them, he said.", "The attention to Shriver \"alludes to a bigger problem, and that's the fact that everybody does it,\" Adkins said.", "\"Not only are public officials doing it, but we have to educate the highway safety community. ...", "Cops frequently are on their cell phones when they drive.", "\"The Shriver case really underscores the scope of the problem.", "We have a lot of educating to do.\"", "Shriver's most recent alleged violations come on the heels of AAA Northern California's \"Heads Up Driving Week,\" during which the auto club urged motorists to get in the habit of driving without distractions such as cell phones, fast food and tuning the stereo.", "\"We hope that by driving distraction-free for a week, people can pick up the habit for life,\" AAA spokesman Matt Skryja said in a news release.", "Seven states and the District of Columbia ban all handheld cell phone use by drivers.", "Several other states allow localities to set their own limits on cell phone use." ]	[ "NEW: Shriver apologizes and says she will donate her cell phone to charity .", "California Highway Patrol issues 150,000 cell phone tickets in first year .", "Gossip site catches Shriver apparently violating cell phone law; she's not cited .", "California first lady's gaffes point to bigger problem, safety advocate says ." ]	[ 0, 10, 11, 14, 20, 27 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Manager Jose Mourinho was sent off as Italian leaders Inter Milan crashed to a 2-1 defeat at title hopefuls Juventus on Saturday night.", "Second-placed AC Milan are now four points adrift of their city rivals after a 3-0 home crushing of Sampdoria, who remained in fifth.", "Ten-man Juve went third, five points behind Inter, after ending the defending champions' eight-match unbeaten run in Serie A. Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo was credited with the 20th-minute opening goal in Turin as he deflected in a free-kick from compatriot Diego, and Mourinho was ordered from the dugout following his protestations about the foul being awarded in the first place.", "Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o leveled six minutes later with a header from Dejan Stankovic's cross, but new Italy international Claudio Marchisio gave the home side victory in the 58th minute after goalkeeper Julio Cesar blocked a shot by midfielder Mohamed Sissoko.", "Melo was sent off with three minutes left for his second yellow card after aiming an elbow at Mario Balotelli, who was also booked for his theatrical reaction.", "The defeat was a blow to Inter's confidence ahead of Wednesday's Champions League showdown with Russia's Rubin Kazan at the San Siro, with the winner earning a place in the knockout stages.", "AC Milan scored all three goals in the first half as striker Marco Borriello, who used to play for Sampdoria's city rivals Genoa, headed the opener in the first minute from Ronaldinho's cross.", "The Brazilian was in fine form, and also set up the second goal for Clarence Seedorf in the 21st minute as he threaded a neat pass to the veteran Dutch midfielder.", "Ronaldinho's compatriot Alexandre Pato made it 3-0 just two minutes later with his seventh goal of the season, netting at the second attempt after goalkeeper Luca Castellazzi blocked his initial effort following a header on by Borriello.", "It was Milan's fifth successive victory, with coach Leonardo taking Ronaldinho off at halftime as a precaution due to a slight knee problem ahead of Tuesday's Champions League trip to FC Zurich, which will determine whether the Rossoneri qualify for the knockout stages.", "Sampdoria slumped to a third defeat in a week, having been knocked out of the Italian Cup by lowly Livorno in midweek following the embarrassing 3-0 derby defeat to Genoa last weekend." ]	[ "Jose Mourinho sent off as Italian leaders Inter Milan lose 2-1 at Juventus .", "Manager ordered from dugout for his protests following the opening goal by Juve .", "Third-placed Juventus are now five points behind the defending champions .", "Second-placed AC Milan are four points behind their rivals after beating Sampdoria 3-0 ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- With all of the recent deadly storms in the news, it may seem has though this year as been more active than a normal year.", "Since September 1 we have seen eight tropical cyclones, five of which became typhoons, two reaching Super Typhoon status, the strongest classification of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific.", "A Philippines scientist points to a screen monitoring Tropical Storm Parma and Typhoon Melor.", "But when we look at the numbers, 2009 has actually been slightly below average.", "So far we have seen 19 tropical storms in the Western Pacific, which is slightly behind the pace needed to reach the yearly average of 27.", "Named storms, however, are a notoriously poor metric for measuring the ferocity of tropical seasons.", "Take this year in the North Atlantic for instance.", "Yesterday, Tropical Storm Henri became the eighth named storm, coming only a week after the National Hurricane Center would normally name the eighth storm on an average year.", "So while 2009 may contain an average number of storms, no one will argue that 2009 has so far been a dud of a hurricane season in the Atlantic.", "This is largely due to the fact a majority of the storms so far this season have been weak, short-lived, and not made landfall (Tropical Storm Grace did not even last one day).", "A better way to measure hurricane and typhoon seasons is with Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE), a surprisingly simple mathematic calculation.", "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a U.S. scientific agency that studies oceans and the atmosphere, uses ACE to approximate the energy contained in each cyclone.", "ACE is continuously monitored all around the globe by Ryan Maue, a doctoral student at Florida State University, and according to Maue's numbers the West Pacific is 20 percent below average for the season.", "For comparison, the North Atlantic is 50 percent below average for the year.", "Go here to see Maue's research .", "Despite the fact that 2009 has been below average for the season, the past month has been remarkable, with five of the eight storms making direct landfall in Asia.", "Typhoon Melor made landfall in central Japan early Thursday.", "In the Philippines, people are still recovering after two typhoons hit the nation in less than two weeks.", "Typhoon Parma made landfall last weekend, killing at least 16.", "Filipinos were still recovering from Typhoon Ketsana, which hit the country in late September.", "Hundreds of people were killed from that storm, primarily in the Philippines and Vietnam.", "Earlier in the summer, more than 600 people died in Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot struck in August.", "Also in August, Typhoon Etau killed more than a dozen in Taiwan after it brought flash floods and landslides.", "What is behind this recent uptick in activity and why are all the storms seemingly coming at once, and late in the season?", "The answer may be El Nino, which refers to a periodic change in the atmosphere and ocean in the Pacific.", "During El Nino, the waters in the central and eastern Pacific are warmer than normal, and the effects on global weather can be drastic and far-reaching.", "According to Maue, we see more cyclones later in the season during El Nino years in the Western Pacific, and they tend to form farther east.", "With the warmer sea surface temperatures during an El Nino event, this would allow these storms more time over open water to grow into large and powerful typhoons.", "In fact, we tend to see more \"Super Typhoons\" during El Nino years, and this is true again this year, as Choi-Wan and Melor both reached Super Typhoon status.", "El Nino also is a likely culprit for the inactivity in the North Atlantic, since El Nino can cause more wind shear in the upper atmosphere, a condition that limits the ability of Tropical Cyclones to survive." ]	[ "Spate of deadly storms have hit East Asia in recent weeks .", "Statistics show number of storms in Western Pacific in 2009 is below average .", "El Nino phenomenon likely culprit behind recent spate of Asia-Pacific storms ." ]	[ 4, 8, 26 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Six days before the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday and challenged U.S. lawmakers to tear down other walls.", "\"Today's generation needs to prove that it can meet the challenges of the 21st century.", "In a sense, we are able to tear down walls of today,\" she said.", "What that means, Merkel said, is \"creating freedom and security, creating prosperity and justice.", "And it means protecting our planet.\"", "Merkel, the first German chancellor to address a joint meeting of Congress, emphasized the need for an agreement on global warming.", "\"Icebergs are melting in the Arctic.", "In Africa, people become refugees because their environment has been destroyed,\" she said.", "\"We need an agreement on one objective: Global warming must not exceed 2 degrees Celsius.\"", "She said she hopes that agreement will be reached at a the climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, next month.", "Merkel also touched on the global financial crisis, saying that the \"near collapse of the markets has shown what happens when there is no underpinning order.\"", "\"A globalized economy needs a global order ... a global framework of rules,\" she said.", "\"Without global rules and transparency and supervision, we will not gain more freedom, but rather risk the abuse of freedom and thus risk instability.\"", "Merkel also recalled her years in East Germany before the wall fell.", "The United States, \"the land of unlimited opportunity was for me, for a long time, impossible to reach,\" she said.", "\"The wall, barbed wire and the order to shoot at those who tried to leave limited my access to the free world,\" she said.", "Merkel said she and her countrymen owed the United States for its friendship and support.", "\"To put it in just one sentence, I know, we Germans know, how much we owe to you, our American friends, and I personally shall never ever forget this,\" she said.", "Earlier, President Obama welcomed Merkel and thanked her for her country's \"sacrifice\" in Afghanistan.", "He also called her a leader on the issue of climate change.", "He said her opportunity to speak to the joint meeting of Congress was a \"great honor.\"", "\"It is, I think, a very appropriate honor that's been bestowed on Chancellor Merkel,\" he said.", "In 1957, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer addressed the House and Senate separately, Merkel said." ]	[ "Angela Merkel is first German chancellor to address a joint meeting of Congress .", "She stressed protecting the planet, need for an agreement on global warming .", "Merkel: Near collapse of the markets shows what happens when there is no order ." ]	[ 5, 10 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- He got a standing ovation before the orchestra even played a single note.", "Gustavo Dudamel has been compared to the legendary Leonard Bernstein by one critic.", "For weeks now, anticipation has been growing for the arrival of fiery young Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel to take over the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the crowd couldn't wait to roar its approval at his arrival.", "Dudamel, 28, engenders a passion among music lovers that is entirely new to the world of classical music.", "Tickets for his Saturday debut as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic disappeared within minutes -- the fastest sellout in the history of the 18,000-seat Hollywood Bowl.", "\"He is a phenomenon,\" said Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times music critic.", "\"He generates excitement the likes of which hasn't come around in a very, very long time -- maybe since Leonard Bernstein.\"", "Watch the exciting Dudamel wield the baton » .", "Swed was in the audience two years ago when Dudamel conducted the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, delivering a reading of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony that left fans delirious.", "\"I haven't seen that kind of reaction from a crowd since I saw the Beatles at Dodger Stadium,\" Swed said.", "Dudamel's face has been a common sight for months in Los Angeles.", "His billboards look down on freeway commuters.", "He adorns city buses.", "At the famous Hollywood hot dog stand Pink's, there is even a dog named in his honor -- the \"Dude Dog,\" piled high with jalapeno peppers, guacamole and tortilla chips.", "While it's not exactly Venezuelan cuisine, in Los Angeles, there can be no surer sign that the conductor known as \"The Dude\" has arrived.", "So where did Dudamel get this musical magic?", "He said at least a part of his talent is inherited.", "\"I started studying music when I was 4,\" he said.", "\"I wanted to play trombone like my father.\"", "Soon young Gustavo entered into El Sistema, Venezuela's state-financed music education program.", "Hundreds of thousands of children have received instruments and music instruction through the nation's massive system of youth orchestras.", "\"You cannot imagine,\" said Dudamel, \"how it changes the life of a kid if you put a violin or a cello or a flute [in his hand].", "You feel you have your world.", "You have your life there, and it changes your life.", "This happened to me.\" As music director of the philharmonic, Dudamel said he hopes to spread a little of the El Sistema magic in Los Angeles.", "He already has organized one youth orchestra in the run-down neighborhoods of south Los Angeles.", "Those music students opened for the orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl.", "The concert also featured student musicians playing alongside jazz legend Herbie Hancock.", "Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and bluesman Taj Mahal rounded out an eclectic bill designed to pull in a broad cross-section of music lovers.", "But it was Dudamel and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony that brought the crowd to its feet at the concert's end.", "It was a promising beginning for a man many are hailing as the savior of classical music.", "They hope Dudamel can bring a whole new audience to symphonic music, and believe the Los Angeles Philharmonic is the perfect podium for the young maestro.", "\"He fits in with this town in a lot of ways,\" Swed said.", "\"Obviously being Spanish-speaking in a city where the majority of people either speak Spanish or understand some Spanish ... you know he fits in.", "The youth culture?", "He is young. He is also great, which doesn't hurt.\"" ]	[ "Gustavo Dudamel, known as \"The Dude,\" brings Beatles-like frenzy to Los Angeles .", "The Venezuelan, 28, is the new conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic .", "His Saturday debut sold out 18,000-seat Hollywood Bowl faster than anyone ever .", "Los Angeles Times music critic calls Dudamel \"a phenomenon\"" ]	[ 4, 5, 31 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- Like most people, I'd given some thought to what meat actually is, but until I became a father and faced the prospect of having to make food choices on someone else's behalf, there was no urgency to get to the bottom of things.", "I'm a novelist and never had it in mind to write nonfiction.", "Frankly, I doubt I'll ever do it again.", "But the subject of animal agriculture, at this moment, is something no one should ignore.", "As a writer, putting words on the page is how I pay attention.", "If the way we raise animals for food isn't the most important problem in the world right now, it's arguably the No.", "1 cause of global warming: The United Nations reports the livestock business generates more greenhouse gas emissions than all forms of transportation combined.", "It's the No. 1 cause of animal suffering, a decisive factor in the creation of zoonotic diseases like bird and swine flu, and the list goes on.", "It is the problem with the most deafening silence surrounding it.", "Even the most political people, the most thoughtful and engaged, tend not to \"go there.\"", "And for good reason.", "Going there can be extremely uncomfortable.", "Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity.", "Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.", "We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn't ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like habits, cravings, family and history but rather incorporates them into the conversation.", "The more they are allowed in, the more able we will be to follow our best instincts.", "And although there are many respectable ways to think about meat, there is not a person on Earth whose best instincts would lead him or her to factory farming.", "My book, \"Eating Animals,\" addresses factory farming from numerous perspectives: animal welfare, the environment, the price paid by rural communities, the economic costs.", "In two essays, I will share some of what I've learned about how the way we raise animals for food affects human health.", "What we eat and what we are . Why aren't more people aware of, and angry about, the rates of avoidable food-borne illness?", "Perhaps it doesn't seem obvious that something is amiss simply because anything that happens all the time -- like meat, especially poultry, becoming infected by pathogens -- tends to fade into the background.", "Whatever the case, if you know what to look for, the pathogen problem comes into terrifying focus.", "For example, the next time a friend has a sudden \"flu\" -- what folks sometimes misdescribe as \"the stomach flu\" -- ask a few questions.", "Was your friend's illness one of those \"24-hour flus\" that come and go quickly: retch or crap, then relief?", "The diagnosis isn't quite so simple, but if the answer to this question is yes, your friend probably didn't have the flu at all.", "He or she was probably suffering from one of the 76 million cases of food-borne illness the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated happen in America each year.", "Your friend didn't \"catch a bug\" so much as eat a bug.", "And in all likelihood, that bug was created by factory farming.", "Beyond the sheer number of illnesses linked to factory farming, we know that factory farms are contributing to the growth of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens simply because these farms consume so many antimicrobials.", "We have to go to a doctor to obtain antibiotics and other antimicrobials as a public-health measure to limit the number of such drugs being taken by humans.", "We accept this inconvenience because of its medical importance.", "Microbes eventually adapt to antimicrobials, and we want to make sure it is the truly sick who benefit from the finite number of uses any antimicrobial will have before the microbes learn how to survive it.", "On a typical factory farm, drugs are fed to animals with every meal.", "In poultry factory farms, they almost have to be.", "It's a perfect storm: The animals have been bred to such extremes that sickness is inevitable, and the living conditions promote illness.", "Industry saw this problem from the beginning, but rather than accept less-productive animals, it compensated for the animals' compromised immunity with drugs.", "As a result, farmed animals are fed antibiotics nontherapeutically: that is, before they get sick.", "In the United States, about 3 million pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year, but a whopping 17.8 million pounds are fed to livestock -- at least, that is what the industry claims.", "The Union of Concerned Scientists estimated that the industry underreported its antibiotic use by at least 40 percent.", "The group calculated that 24.6 million pounds of antibiotics were fed to chickens, pigs and other farmed animals, counting only nontherapeutic uses.", "And that was in 2001. In other words, for every dose of antibiotics taken by a sick human, eight doses are given to a \"healthy\" animal.", "The implications for creating drug-resistant pathogens are quite straightforward.", "Study after study has shown that antimicrobial resistance follows quickly on the heels of the introduction of new drugs on factory farms.", "For example, in 1995, when the Food and Drug Administration approved fluoroquinolones -- such as Cipro -- for use in chickens against the protest of the Centers for Disease Control, the percentage of bacteria resistant to this powerful new class of antibiotics rose from almost zero to 18 percent by 2002.", "A broader study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed an eightfold increase in antimicrobial resistance from 1992 to 1997 and linked this increase to the use of antimicrobials in farmed chickens.", "As far back as the late 1960s, scientists have warned against the nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in farmed-animal feed.", "Today, institutions as diverse as the American Medical Association; the Centers for Disease Control; the Institute of Medicine, a division of the National Academy of Sciences; and the World Health Organization have linked nontherapeutic antibiotic use on factory farms with increased antimicrobial resistance and called for a ban.", "Still, the factory farm industry has effectively opposed such a ban in the United States.", "And, unsurprisingly, the limited bans in other countries are only a limited solution.", "There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasn't happened: The factory farm industry, allied with the pharmaceutical industry, has more power than public-health professionals.", "What is the source of the industry's immense power?", "We give it to them. We have chosen, unwittingly, to fund this industry on a massive scale by eating factory-farmed animal products.", "And we do so daily. The same conditions that lead at least 76 million Americans to become ill from their food annually and that promote antimicrobial resistance also contribute to the risk of a pandemic.", "At a remarkable 2004 conference, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) put their tremendous resources together to evaluate the available information on \"emerging zoonotic diseases\" or those spread by humans-to- animals and animals-to-humans.", "At the time of the conference, H5N1 and SARS topped the list of feared emerging zoonotic diseases.", "Today, the H1N1 swine flu would be the pathogen enemy No.", "1. The scientists distinguished between \"primary risk factors\" for zoonotic diseases and mere \"amplification risk factors,\" which affect only the rate at which a disease spreads.", "Their examples of primary risk factors were \"change to an agricultural production system or consumption patterns.\"", "What particular agricultural and consumer changes did they have in mind?", "First in a list of four main risk factors was \"increasing demand for animal protein,\" which is a way of saying that demand for meat, eggs, and dairy is a \"primary factor\" influencing emerging zoonotic diseases.", "This demand for animal products, the report continues, leads to \"changes in farming practices.\"", "Lest we have any confusion about the \"changes\" that are relevant, poultry factory farms are singled out.", "Similar conclusions were reached by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, which brought together industry experts and experts from the WHO, OIE and USDA.", "Their 2005 report argued that a major impact of factory farming is \"the rapid selection and amplification of pathogens that arise from a virulent ancestor (frequently by subtle mutation), thus there is increasing risk for disease entrance and/or dissemination.\"", "Breeding genetically uniform and sickness-prone birds in the overcrowded, stressful, feces-infested and artificially lit conditions of factory farms promotes the growth and mutation of pathogens.", "The \"cost of increased efficiency,\" the report concludes, is increased global risk for diseases.", "Our choice is simple: cheap chicken or our health.", "Today, the factory farm-pandemic link couldn't be more lucid.", "The primary ancestor of the recent H1N1 swine flu outbreak originated at a hog factory farm in America's most hog-factory-rich state, North Carolina, and then quickly spread throughout the Americas.", "It was in these factory farms that scientists saw, for the first time, viruses that combined genetic material from bird, pig and human viruses.", "Scientists at Columbia and Princeton Universities have actually been able to trace six of the eight genetic segments of the most feared virus in the world directly to U.S. factory farms.", "Perhaps in the back of our minds we already understand, without all the science, that something terribly wrong is happening.", "We know that it cannot possibly be healthy to raise such grotesque animals in such grossly unnatural conditions.", "We know that if someone offers to show us a film on how our meat is produced, it will be a horror film.", "We perhaps know more than we care to admit, keeping it down in the dark places of our memory -- disavowed.", "When we eat factory-farmed meat, we live on tortured flesh.", "Increasingly, those sick animals are making us sick.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jonathan Safran Foer." ]	[ "Jonathan Safran Foer: Inhumane way we raise animals for slaughter poisons us all .", "Foer: Factory farming tied to global warming, swine and bird flu, other illnesses .", "He says animals loaded with antibiotics, live in gruesome conditions .", "System driven by food and pharmaceutical industries; Foer asks: Why no outcry?" ]	[ 5, 10, 27, 55, 72, 77 ]
[ "(CNN) -- There was no mistaking the target: the eight huge cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, sending plumes of steam high into the watery blue sky of the English Midlands.", "A mix of peaceful protest and direct action took place at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, England.", "Instead the question in the minds of an estimated 1,000 protestors gathered in the surrounding woods and scrubland was how could they get in and shut it down.", "Surrounded by electrified fences, coils of razor wire and hundreds of police, this coal-fired power station run by German energy firm E.On was the target of environmental activists campaigning to stop climate change.", "Organizers of the protest, an amorphous group called the Camp for Climate Action, claim the plant is one of the UK's largest sources of CO2 emissions and had named last weekend's protest, \"The Great Climate Swoop\".", "\"Climate change is one of the most important and urgent problems facing us,\" one protestor called Emma, told CNN.", "\"Our politicians are not doing enough.", "We have to take action.\"", "\"We need to increase the pressure on [UK prime minister] Gordon Brown until he changes his mind about coal,\" said another called Magoo.", "\"I wouldn't be here if I thought we couldn't make a difference today.\"", "Many protestors were upbeat following a recent decision by E.On to shelve plans for a new coal powered power station at Kingsnorth, in southern England, and the site of a similar protest in 2008.", "E.On told CNN that the decision was \"purely economic\", and \"due to a marked fall in demand for electricity during the recession\", although many activists were claiming it as a victory for them.", "Determination to act .", "There was no doubting the activists' dedication.", "The weekend began peacefully enough with a procession snaking up from the East Midlands Parkway train station accompanied by a pedal-powered sound-system and a band.", "Several officers told CNN they were glad to be policing this event rather than a local football derby on the same day.", "Yet over 24-hours police say 57 protestors were arrested and both police and activists were injured in violent scuffles.", "The protest at Ratcliffe-on-Soar was the latest from a movement that has quickly come to define environmental activism in Britain, mixing elements of the mid-1990s road protest movement with the more targeted, professional approach of groups like Greenpeace and the mass civil disobedience modeled by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.", "Although leaderless and non-hierarchical it has shown determination, organization and direction.", "There were several families with young children at the protests, as well as individuals of all ages, although the bulk were twenty- and thirty-somethings.", "While some wore bandanas to hide their faces, others were in dressed as clowns or scarecrows and seemed content to picnic within sight of the plant.", "Peaceful protest and police .", "In the spring James Hansen a climate modeler for NASA and prominent scientist lent his support for direct action, telling The Guardian newspaper: \"The democratic process doesn't quite seem to be working...", "I think that peaceful demonstration is not out of order, because we're running out of time.\"", "The first action by Climate Camp for Climate Action was at Drax coal power station in 2006, followed by Heathrow airport in 2007 and Kingsnorth coal power station in 2008.", "In 2009 there have already been three events: a protest at the European Climate Exchange in London, to coincide with the G20; a camp on Blackheath, London, in August -- the site of the 1381 Peasant's Revolt - and now the protests at Ratcliffe.", "All have been characterized by a mix of peaceful protest around a \"camp\" that is intended to model low-carbon living, alongside militant direct action - and an increasingly tense relationship with police.", "At Kingsnorth a huge police presence carried out over 8,000 searches according to an official report by the National Policing Improvement Agency, which also criticized tactics as \"disproportionate and counterproductive\".", "The death of Ian Tomlinson after being pushed to the ground by an officer at the G20 protests this April led to a storm of criticism, and seems to have brought about some changes in police tactics -- arresting activists before they act, rather than confronting them in the field.", "Last week ten people intending to come to Ratcliffe-on-Soar were held by police on suspicion of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass, according to Police.", "Others have claimed they were phoned and told they would be arrested if they came -- something the police deny.", "Willing to be arrested .", "Some of the most dramatic scenes came on Saturday afternoon came when hundreds of protestors mobbed around the perimeter fence on the north side of the plant and attempted to pull it down.", "Ropes were attached to fence posts, with protestors clasping their hands over them as officers tried to cut the cords with knives and secateurs, as the crowd heaved down the fences.", "Others climbed up and hung on -- including one man and his young daughter.", "It was in this moment that a division seemed to emerge between those ready to confront the police head on, and those holding back.", "Above the few dozen actually at the fence were many more holding back, cheering, but wondering what to do, obviously frightened of being arrested.", "\"Come down!\" came the cry from one man at the fence.", "\"This is not a spectator sport!\"", "But few did. While the movement prides itself on inclusivity, and commitment is welcome at any level, it clearly needs people ready to be arrested.", "Whether the weekend's protests will inspire more of those who came to greater militancy next time around -- or scare them away - remains to be seen.", "But as dusk fell on Saturday night and camp was set the protestors were claiming victory -- and the next target was already clear As they packed up tents and sleeping bags the next day after a chilly night under the stars, cell phones chirruped as a message arrived: \"We did it!", "24 hrs of truly inspirational action!", "Fences down, gates blockaded, railway occupied, a camp in the woods.", "\"Now onwards to Copenhagen!\"" ]	[ "Eco activists gathered at power station in UK to protest against climate change .", "Called \"The Great Climate Swoop\" it was latest direct action by UK eco activists .", "Protestors camped out over weekend, some tried to break into power station .", "Event revealed difference between peaceful protestors and more militant element ." ]	[ 4, 21, 24, 35 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- A crew member aboard a U.S. Navy ship accidentally fired a machine gun into the Polish port city of Gdynia on Wednesday while cleaning the weapon, Navy officials said Friday.", "Three rounds were fired from an M240 machine gun into the town but no injuries or damage were reported, officials said.", "The gun, aboard the USS Ramage, a Navy destroyer, is used to defend the ship in close combat.", "Navy officials said a crew member was cleaning the weapon when it accidentally discharged.", "The incident happened as the ship was in port after returning from an international exercise in the Baltic Sea.", "It was preparing to leave later that day, the Navy said.", "Polish military police boarded the ship to investigate, and Navy officials said the crew of the Ramage fully cooperated.", "No U.S. sailors were taken into custody by Polish authorities, Navy officials said.", "There was no immediate word of a U.S. Navy investigation into the incident." ]	[ "Crew member cleaning a machine gun that fires into city of Gdynia .", "No injuries or damage reported, officials say .", "Gun is used to defend ship, USS Ramage, in close combat ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "OAKLEY, California (CNN) -- The black box sat inside a cabinet.", "Philip Garrido had given it to a friend for safekeeping, and that's where the friend kept it.", "The black box has jacks for plugging in headphones.", "Philip Garrido claimed it could speak his thoughts.", "\"He feels he can speak to you and me and everyone else using this box,\" said Garrido's friend and former business client, who spoke on condition of anonymity.", "\"He was a whack job, but he was a whack job who sounded like he had a really good heart,\" the friend added.", "Garrido and his wife, Nancy, were arrested last month and charged on more than two dozen counts, including kidnapping and rape.", "Authorities say the Garridos held Jaycee Dugard, 29, captive for nearly two decades in their backyard.", "Both have pleaded not guilty.", "Authorities have said Garrido, a registered sex offender, fathered Dugard's two children.", "A few days before his arrest, Garrido delivered some documents touting the device to the FBI.", "The black box is simple, with a handle, a metal switch and jacks for plugging in headphones.", "But it provides some insight into the mind of 58-year-old Garrido.", "Garrido told his friend and customers of his printing business that the box allowed him to communicate without speaking.", "\"He would move his lips and not speak ... and you would be able to hear his voice through the headphones,\" the friend said.", "Three years ago, Garrido demonstrated the box for clients of his printing business.", "The clients, some of them at least, went along with his claims for the device.", "\"I didn't want to tell him you're a kook and you don't know what you're talking about,\" said Tim Allen, who owns a glass shop in Antioch.", "Even so, Allen and several other former Garrido clients signed declarations saying the device worked.", "\"People believe in things.", "I didn't think it was my place to shoot him down,\" Allen said.", "Garrido so believed in the power of his invention that he wanted to have the device patented, so he solicited the help of a private investigator last year.", "\"He was speaking normal, dressed normal, acting normal,\" said Ralph Hernandez, who spent 30 years in law enforcement before becoming an independent private investigator.", "Hernandez said he agreed to help Garrido verify the testimonials that the product actually worked, but he never saw the box.", "Garrido told him it would be best if he didn't, the investigator said.", "Hernandez said he provided all the requested information to Garrido.", "\"This was like the last part before he would take whatever he had had to a lawyer to prepare for patenting,\" Hernandez said.", "Documents obtained by CNN include a news release that Garrido produced: .", "\"A Bay area man has made a major discovery concerning the phenomenon of voice,\" the release says, accompanied by a photograph of Garrido.", "Read the news release .", "Though it's not known whether Garrido hired a patent attorney, there's no record at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of a patent application or a patent granted to him.", "But 48 hours before he was arrested, Garrido gave the device to his friend for safekeeping.", "\"I can only guess that he knew something bad was going to happen,'' he said.", "Meanwhile, investigators will begin excavating part of the Garridos' California property Monday afternoon after two sheriff's dogs trained to find human remains alerted authorities of possible buried bones, officials said.", "The search is in the same area as a canine alert last week, said Lt. Chris Orrey of the Hayward, California, police department.", "Ground-penetrating radar also found an \"anomaly\" in that area, Orrey said Monday.", "Investigators have already found bone fragments at the property in unincorporated Contra Costa County but have not said whether they are human." ]	[ "Phillip Garrido told people box allowed him to communicate without speaking .", "He would only move his lips, friend says, and you were supposed to hear his voice .", "Garrido and his wife face felony counts in case of Jaycee Dugard, abducted in 1991 .", "For more on this story, watch \"Anderson Cooper 360\" Monday at 10 p.m.", "ET ." ]	[ 6, 13, 14, 19 ]
[ "Forget about 20/20.", "\"Perfect\" vision could be redefined by gadgets that give you the eyes of a cyborg.", "The surface of the eye can be used to measure much of the same data you would get from blood tests.", "The tech industry calls the digital enrichment of the physical world \"augmented reality.\"", "Such technology is already appearing in smartphones and toys, and enthusiasts dream of a pair of glasses we could don to enhance our everyday perception.", "But why stop there? Scientists, eye surgeons, professors and students at the University of Washington have been developing a contact lens containing one built-in LED, powered wirelessly with radio frequency waves.", "Eventually, more advanced versions of the lens could be used to provide a wealth of information, such as virtual captions scrolling beneath every person or object you see.", "Significantly, it could also be used to monitor your own vital signs, such as body temperature and blood glucose level.", "Why a contact lens?", "The surface of the eye contains enough data about the body to perform personal health monitoring, according to Babak Parvis, a University of Washington professor of bionanotechnology, who is working on the project.", "\"The eye is our little door into the body,\" Parvis told Wired.com.", "With gadgets becoming increasingly mobile and powerful, the technology industry is seeing a steady stream of applications devoted to health.", "A few examples include a cellphone microscope used to diagnose malaria, surgeons honing their skills with the Nintendo Wiimote, and an iPhone app made for diabetes patients to track their glucose levels.", "A contact lens with augmented-reality powers would take personal health monitoring several steps further, Parvis said, because the surface of the eye can be used to measure much of the data you would read from your blood tests, including cholesterol, sodium, potassium and glucose levels.", "And that's just the beginning. Because this sort of real-time health monitoring has been impossible in the past, there's likely more about the human eye we haven't yet discovered, Parvis said.", "And beyond personal health monitoring, this finger-tip sized gadget could one day create a new interface for gaming, social networking and, well, interacting with reality in general.", "Parvis and his colleagues have been working on their multipurpose lens since 2004.", "They integrated miniature antennas, control circuits, an LED and radio chips into the lens using optoelectronic components they built from scratch.", "They hope these components will eventually include hundreds of LEDs to display images in front of the eye.", "Think words, charts and even photographs.", "Sounds neat, doesn't it?", "But the group faces a number of challenges before achieving true augmented eye vision.", "First and foremost, safety is a prime concern with a device that comes in contact with the eye.", "To ensure the lens is safe to wear, the group has been testing prototypes on live rabbits, who have successfully worn the lenses for 20 minutes at a time with no adverse effects.", "However, the lens must undergo much more testing before gaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration.", "A fundamental challenge this contact lens will face is the task of tracking the human eye, said Blair MacIntyre, an associate professor and director of the augmented environments lab at Georgia Tech College of Computing.", "MacIntyre is not involved in the contact lens product, but he helped develop an augmented-reality zombie shooter game.", "\"These developments are obviously very far from being usable, but very exciting,\" MacIntyre said.", "\"Using them for AR will be very hard.", "You need to know exactly where the user is looking if you want to render graphics that line up with the world, especially when their eyes saccade (jump around), which our eyes do at a very high rate.\"", "Given that obstacle, we're more likely to see wearable augmented-reality eyeware in the form of glasses before a contact lens, MacIntyre said.", "With glasses, we'll only need to track where the glasses are and where the eyes are relative to them as opposed to where the eyes are actually looking.", "And with a contact lens, it will be difficult to cram heavy computational power into such a small device, even with today's state-of-the-art technologies, Parvis admits.", "There are many advanced sensors that would amplify the lens' abilities, but the difficulty lies in integrating them, which is why Parvis and his colleagues have had to engineer their own components.", "And when the contact lens evolves from personal health monitoring into more processor-intense augmented-reality applications, it's more likely it will have to draw its powers from a companion device such as a smartphone, he said.", "Layar, an Amsterdam-based startup focusing on augmented reality, shares University of Washington's vision of an augmented-reality contact lens.", "However, Raimo van der Klein, CEO of Layar, said such a device's vision would be limited if it did not work with an open platform supporting every type of data available via the web, such as mapping information, restaurant reviews or even Twitter feeds.", "Hence, his company has taken a first step by releasing an augmented-reality browser for Google Android smartphones, for which software developers can provide \"layers\" of data for various web services.", "Van der Klein believes a consumer-oriented, multipurpose lens is just one example of where augmented-reality technology will take form in the near future.", "He said to expect these applications to move beyond augmenting vision and expand to other parts of the body.", "\"Imagine audio cues through an earpiece or sneakers vibrating wherever your friends are,\" van der Klein said.", "\"We need to keep an open eye for future possibilities, and I think a contact lens is just part of it.\"", "Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT!", "Click here! Copyright 2009 Wired.com." ]	[ "Scientists developing contact lens with built-in LED, powered by radio waves .", "More advanced lens could provide scrolling captions beneath what you see .", "Surface of the eye contains enough data to perform personal health monitoring .", "Lens must undergo more testing before gaining approval from FDA ." ]	[ 5, 6, 24 ]
[ "(Mental Floss) -- People have been eating pickles ever since the Mesopotamians started making them way back in 2400 B.C.E.", "Here are some even more important things you should know about them.", "Pickles have gotten credit for health and beauty and winning football games.", "1. In the Pacific Islands, natives pickle their foods in holes in the ground lined with banana leaves, and use them as food reserves in case of storms.", "The pickles are so valuable that they've become part of the courting process, helping a man prove he'll be able to provide for a woman.", "In Fiji, guys can't get a girl without first showing her parents his pickle pits.", "2. Cleopatra claimed pickles made her beautiful.", "(We guess it had more to do with her genes.)", "3. The majority of pickle factories in America ferment their pickles in outdoor vats without lids (leaving them subject to insects and bird droppings).", "But there's a reason. According to food scientists, the sun's direct rays prevent yeast and mold from growing in the brine.", "Mental Floss: 8 disastrous product names .", "4. In the Delta region of Mississippi, Kool-Aid pickles have become ridiculously popular with kids.", "The recipe's simple: take some dill pickles, cut them in half, and then soak them in super strong Kool-Aid for more than a week.", "According to the New York Times, the sweet vinegar snacks are known to sell out at fairs and delicatessens, and generally go for $.50 to a $1.", "5. Not everyone loves a sweet pickle.", "In America, dill pickles are twice as popular as the sweet variety.", "6. The Department of Agriculture estimates that the average American eats 8.5 lbs of pickles a year.", "7. When the Philadelphia Eagles thrashed the Dallas Cowboys in sweltering heat in September 2000, many of the players attributed their win to one thing: guzzling down immense quantities of ice-cold pickle juice.", "Mental Floss: 31 unbelievable high school mascots .", "8. If it weren't for pickles, Christopher Columbus might never have \"discovered\" America.", "In his famous 1492 voyage, Columbus rationed pickles to his sailors to keep them from getting scurvy.", "He even grew cucumbers during a pit stop in Haiti to restock for the rest of the voyage.", "9. Speaking of people who get credit for discovering America, when he wasn't drawing maps and trying to steal Columbus' thunder, Amerigo Vespucci was a well-known pickle-merchant.", "10. Napoleon was also a big fan of pickle power.", "In fact, he put up the equivalent of $250,000 as a prize to whoever could figure out the best way to pickle and preserve foods for his troops.", "11. During the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, H. J. Heinz used pick-shaped pins to lure customers to his out of the way booth.", "By the end of the fair, he'd given out lots of free food, and over 1,000,000 pickle pins.", "12. Berrien Springs, Michigan, has dubbed itself the Christmas Pickle Capital of the World.", "In early December, they host a parade, led by the Grand Dillmeister, who tosses out fresh pickles to parade watchers.", "Mental Floss: Curious, bizarre and storied state symbols .", "For more mental_floss articles, visit mentalfloss.com .", "Entire contents of this article copyright, Mental Floss LLC.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Average American eats 8.5 lbs of pickles a year, according to Dept.", "of Agriculture .", "Southern state treat: Dill pickles soaked for week in Kool-Aid .", "Philly Eagles players said pickle juice helped them beat Dallas Cowboys in 2000 .", "Christopher Columbus and Napoleon were fans of pickle power ." ]	[ 12, 16, 17, 23 ]

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