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[ "(CNN) -- Phillip Garrido, who is accused of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old and then holding her captive for 18 years, apologized in a jailhouse letter sent to a television station, the California station said Thursday.", "But prosecutors responded, saying Garrido was attempting to manipulate public perceptions of the case.", "In the handwritten letter this week to CNN affiliate KCRA, Garrido seemed to address the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard.", "\"First off I want to apologize to every human being for what has taken place,\" KCRA said the letter states.", "The second sentence of the letter appeared to refer to what Garrido has described as a religious transformation that cured him of his sexual deviancy.", "It says: \"People all over the world are hearing testimony that through the spirit of Christ a mental process took place ending a sexual problem believed to be impossible.\"", "Prosecutors charged that Garrido was being manipulative -- and not for the first time.", "\"It appears once again that Mr. Garrido seeks leniency due to claims of religious transformation and alleged personal change,\" retorted a statement released by the El Dorado County district attorney's office.", "\"Our office fully intends to hold Mr. Garrido legally accountable for his actions and see that he is punished to the full extent of the law,\" the statement said, noting that the assertion was \"eerily similar to what Mr. Garrido told the judge who sentenced him in 1977 and the parole board when he duped them into releasing him from prison after serving only 11 years of a 50-year federal sentence ... \" Garrido's letter, which is the third sent to KCRA, also addressed other issues, but the station declined to release more details.", "\"We are not releasing the entire letter at this time based on consultations with our attorneys,\" said Anzio Williams, news director at KCRA.", "\"We will tell the story and reference the letter.\"", "Read earlier letter from Garrido to KCRA (PDF) Garrido and his wife, Nancy, face multiple felony charges in the 1991 kidnapping of Dugard from South Lake Tahoe, California.", "Authorities say he and his wife held Dugard in a hidden compound behind their home in Antioch, California, for 18 years.", "The Garridos have pleaded not guilty.", "Dugard now lives in seclusion with her mother, Terry Probyn, and Dugard's two daughters, who police say were fathered by Garrido.", "In September, an attorney for Dugard's family said it had been a difficult transition for her and her daughters, who are now 11 and 15, given that her captivity spanned more than half her life and was the only world she knew for so long.", "\"But there is no question that she knows that terrible and wrong things were done to her and that those people must be held accountable,\" McGregor Scott said.", "Dugard will testify against the Garridos, Scott said.", "He also acknowledged that Dugard would have to relive the trauma in court by sharing the \"very, very sordid tale.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Prosecutor disputes Phillip Garrido's jailhouse apology letter .", "Garrido's letter sent to TV station claims religion cured him of sexual deviancy .", "Garrido and wife are accused of kidnapping, raping Jaycee Dugard .", "Dugard now lives with mother, two daughters who police say were fathered by Garrido ." ]	[ 0, 4, 14 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Blake Mycoskie was traveling in South America when he saw, for the first time, hundreds of children without shoes.", "TOMS founder and entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie says he wanted to make money and do good at the same time.", "\"I had never met anyone who didn't have shoes,\" the veteran entrepreneur told CNN.", "That visit to a village in Argentina inspired the creation of a socially responsible footwear company that blends philanthropy and business.", "Mycoskie called the company TOMS: Shoes For Tomorrow -- a name that reflects his desire to provide shoes for disadvantaged children in a sustainable way.", "Mycoskie, now 32, said he realized he could make money and do good at the same time with TOMS.", "The company's mission is uncomplicated: It gives a free pair of shoes to a child in need every time it sells a pair.", "Santa Monica, Calif.-based TOMS gave away 10,000 pairs of shoes in the first six months after its launch in 2006.", "This year the company is on track to donate 200,000 pairs.", "The stylish slip-ons, which Vogue magazine declared \"cool shoes for a cool cause,\" have become a must-have item among fashion elite and received the People's Design Award from the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Museum last year.", "By the time he launched TOMS, Mycoskie already had four start-ups under his belt.", "But he didn't always have his sights set on the business world.", "Growing up, his aim was to play professional tennis.", "He trained hard and earned a scholarship to Southern Methodist University, where he studied philosophy and finance.", "But an injury sidelined him his sophomore year.", "That's when he got the idea for his first venture, a college laundry service.", "Within one year, the business, Easy Laundry, had 40 employees, had expanded to three schools and was generating nearly $1 million in sales.", "That's when Mycoskie realized he was born to be an entrepreneur and dropped out of school.", "\"I realized I loved doing this.", "I realized I loved the idea of creating something out of scratch and seeing it work and seeing the benefits of that,\" he said.", "Mycoskie eventually sold the company and began other ventures, including an outdoor advertising company and a 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week reality TV channel, which he launched after appearing on the second season of \"The Amazing Race\" with his sister.", "They finished the competition in third place (missing out on the million-dollar prize by just four minutes), but the experience exposed Mycoskie to the astounding amount of poverty in the world -- a problem that TOMS is tackling today, one pair of shoes at a time." ]	[ "Entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie is blending philanthropy with business .", "He is the designer and self-titled \"chief shoe giver\" at TOMS Shoes .", "His company gives away a pair of shoes for every pair it sells .", "TOMS expects to donate 200,000 pairs of shoes to children in need this year ." ]	[ 1, 4, 6, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Sitting at her home in West Seattle, Washington, Amanda Knox's aunt Janet Huff was watching the live television news coverage that her niece had been convicted of murder.", "\"It was terrible, it was gut-wrenching just to hear them say it,\" Huff said of the verdict.", "She had been up for more than 11 hours while the jury deliberated, anxiously awaiting word.", "She remained hopeful but deeply afraid.", "She couldn't eat. When the verdict was announced at about midnight in Perugia, Italy, her worst fears came true.", "Knox and her Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were convicted of murdering Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher.", "Knox was sentenced to 26 years and Sollecito 25 years in prison.", "Following the verdict, people flooded out of the Italian courtroom.", "When the prosecution emerged, a rush of applause followed.", "\"To see the people outside the courtroom applauding -- that just made me sick, that people can be that callous and cold,\" Huff said.", "Soon after the verdict, Knox's parents, Curt Knox and Edda Mellas, emerged and swiftly moved through the crowd.", "Watch Janet Huff's interview with CNN's Campbell Brown .", "Huff said she spoke to Knox's parents shortly after the verdict.", "\"They are, of course, shattered.", "They are not doing great,\" Huff said.", "\"But we have already started the process of appeals.", "That's all we can do.\" For Huff, Knox is still the strong, kindhearted girl she has always known -- not the cold-blooded killer prosecutors portrayed during the trial.", "Huff said Knox was worried about the trial's impact on the family.", "\"I think that's what gets her through, knowing that she's got to be strong,\" she said.", "\"If she falls apart, then we are really going to lose it.", "Knox's parents: Our daughter is no killer .", "\"I know she is terribly disappointed, heartbroken and scared to death, but she's more concerned about her family and how we are.\"", "With Knox's conviction, Huff said the family was moving forward with plans for some relatives to move to Italy to be near Knox.", "The cost and physical toll of constantly traveling to Italy was weighing on the family, she said.", "\"We've looked at jobs and apartments just in case this happened,\" she said.", "\"There's no way we are going to leave Amanda in Italy all alone.\"", "Knox's case has attracted widespread media attention and prompted salacious articles focusing on her sex life.", "Her name and photo have appeared on the front pages of newspapers all over the world, and now, Huff fears, things may get worse.", "\"Now that there's a guilty verdict, she's always going to be remembered as 'The convicted killer Amanda Knox,' and I'm disgusted by that,\" Huff said.", "Maria Cantwell, a U.S. senator from Knox's home state of Washington, issued a statement saying she was \"saddened by the verdict.\"", "\"I have serious questions about the Italian justice system and whether anti-Americanism tainted this trial,\" Cantwell said.", "\"I will be conveying my concerns to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.\"", "Huff said she hopes the appeals process will show what her family has believed all along.", "\"She will be vindicated and she will be found innocent,\" she said.", "Despite the pain the trial has brought Knox's family, Huff stressed it is nothing compared to what victim Meredith Kercher's family has gone through.", "\"They still don't have closure, they may think they are vindicated with the guilty verdict but we know it doesn't bring their daughter back,\" she said." ]	[ "Janet Huff: \"It was terrible, it was gut-wrenching just to hear them say it\"\nAmanda Knox, former boyfriend, convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher .", "Aunt says seeing people applaud verdict outside court made her sick .", "Huff says Knox's parents are \"shattered, they are not doing great\"" ]	[ 1, 5, 13, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- When film director Kevin Smith tweeted about getting kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight on Saturday, the airline responded in less than 20 minutes.", "\"Dear @SouthwestAir - I know I'm fat, but was Captain Leysath really justified in throwing me off a flight for which I was already seated?\"", "Smith tweeted at 6:52 p.m. \"@ThatKevinSmith hey Kevin!", "I'm so sorry for your experience tonight!", "Hopefully we can make things right, please follow so we may [direct message]!\"", "the airline responded at 7:08 p.m.", "The airline contacted Smith personally to apologize for bumping the director of \"Clerks\" off a standby flight, accommodated him on a later flight, and sent him a $100 travel voucher for his inconvenience.", "Southwest did not immediately return calls or a Twitter message for comment but posted a statement on its blog apologizing to Smith and explaining its \"Customer of Size\" policy, which \"requires passengers that can not fit safely and comfortably in one seat to purchase an additional seat while traveling.\"", "Kevin Smith 'too fat' to fly Southwest .", "But if Kevin Smith were, say, John Smith, who worked in Muncie, Indiana, instead of Hollywood, California, would he have gotten the same response to his tweets?", "\"If the company is actively using social media -- and I think that most companies are using social media -- I think the consumer stands a great chance of hearing directly from the company and being engaged and having their issues resolved,\" said Steve Loucks, vice president of communications for Travel Leaders, a large travel agency network.", "Southwest has more than a million followers on Twitter.", "Loucks believes the majority of travel companies now are using sites including Twitter and Facebook to get feedback from their consumers.", "\"If someone feels they are not being heard, social media is a very visible way to tell your friends, the people that follow you, that you're not happy and hopefully the company will be paying attention,\" Loucks said.", "Adam Ostrow, editor-in-chief of social media site Mashable.com, says many big brands are starting to dedicate entire teams to social media monitoring, because they know it's important to respond quickly to negative comments before they become a public relations nightmare.", "Yet there's a difference, Ostrow said, between responding and being able to fix the problem.", "\"For example, if you tweet that your plane has been stuck on the runway for four hours, JetBlue can respond to you, but they're likely not in a position to do anything about getting your plane off the ground,\" Ostrow said.", "JetBlue, which wasn't involved in the Kevin Smith incident, is one of the most followed airlines, with more than 1.6 million followers on Twitter.", "JetBlue has six people who watch the airline's social media presence.", "The team rarely handles issues personally -- instead directing customers to the right resource for their complaints or questions.", "\"We consider ourselves more of an information booth rather than a customer service counter,\" public communications manager Morgan Johnston said.", "Johnston says all JetBlue customers are equally important, but someone with a larger voice may get noticed, and responded to by the team, faster.", "Ostrow recommends using the company's Twitter name in your complaint to get noticed, as most teams are set up to monitor for these mentions.", "He also suggests keeping your character count short so that others can easily retweet and share their own thoughts on the issue.", "In her Mashable article \"HOW TO: Get Your Feedback Heard on Social Networks,\" media director Mollie Vandor offers additional tips.", "\"First, always remember that the person on the other end of Twitter is, well, a person,\" Vandor writes.", "\"Patience is key.", "You will get a better response if you give your recipient some time to look into the issue before they respond.\"", "She also suggests avoiding people at the top of the company, instead looking for people who mention user experience, community or support on their Twitter profiles.", "Most of all, it's important to hit the normal channels first before going on a social media rant, Travel Leaders' Loucks said -- give the system time to work and only try the more high profile online complaints if the company doesn't respond satisfactorily.", "\"We'd want to know about it not only because we want happy customers but because we want to make sure that that never happens again.\"" ]	[ "Kevin Smith gets quick response to his complaint about Southwest Airlines .", "Travel experts say other customers can get the same response .", "Use replies on Twitter to get better feedback, industry insiders say ." ]	[ 0, 9, 12 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- James Bond would be lost without them -- those madcap gadgets merging two technologies that help him beat the bad guys and save the planet.", "The underwater watch with a built-in Geiger counter, for example; or the car that doubles as a submarine; or the exploding bagpipes and missile-launching wheelchair.", "An artist's impression of what a Flying Electric Generator might look like .", "Now a U.S. company has taken a leaf out of 007's book and developed a similarly unlikely \"combination\" technology.", "The \"villain\" in this case is not a psychotic, cat-stroking megalomaniac, but something both more prosaic and, potentially, more threatening -- global warming: in particular, how to meet the world's energy needs without swamping the planet with clouds of atmosphere-clogging pollutants.", "And the madcap gadget that might just provide a solution?", "A helicopter that doubles as a wind turbine.", "Or, to give it its technical name, a FEG (Flying Electric Generator).", "The brainchild of Australian engineering specialist Professor Bryan Roberts, the FEG is being developed by San Diego-based company SkyWindPower.", "Code-cracker turned turbine enthusiast .", "The latter is headed by David Shepard, who started his career cracking Japanese military ciphers during World War Two, and went on to create the Farrington B numeric font that appears on credit cards around the world.", "Shepard has long been convinced of the need for a new global energy source to reduce reliance on carbon-emitting fossil fuels.", "For the last two decades his attention has focused on the electricity-generating potential of high-altitude winds, and when he learnt of Professor Roberts' prototype \"gyromill\" -- a flying wind turbine that the Australian had been developing since 1979 -- he decided it offered the best model for realizing that potential.", "The two men started working together in 2002, and the FEG is the result.", "High-altitude winds .", "The guiding principle of the FEG is that wind speed and constancy are far greater at high altitude than they are on the ground, especially in the two major jet streams - the Sub-Tropical Jet and the Polar Front Jet - that exist in each hemisphere (at around 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude respectively).", "A turbine at great height, so the theory goes, can generate far more power than a similar turbine at or near ground level.", "It has been estimated that capturing just one percent of the available energy of these high altitude winds would meet the electricity needs of the entire planet.", "\"The winds a few miles above the mid latitudes of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are far stronger and more persistent than the winds just above us,\" Shepard told CNN.", "\"This results in potentially being able to generate electricity for over eighty percent of the time, as opposed to thirty percent of the time at ground-based wind turbine sites.", "\"The largest ground-based wind turbines currently produce about five megawatts each.", "We expect typical FEGs to produce about 20 megawatts each.\"", "Helicopter technology .", "But how do we get a working turbine up to the necessary height -- at least 15,000 ft (4600 meters) above the earth's surface?", "That's where helicopter technology comes in.", "Taking the form of a giant H-shaped frame, the prototype FEG has four huge blades at the four points of the H, each blade 10.7 meters (35 feet) in diameter.", "These act like the rotors of a helicopter, lifting the FEG to the required height.", "Once in place, the blades not only keep the FEG air-born, providing lift like the surface area of a kite, but also act as turbines, turning dynamos within the platform that generate electricity, which is transmitted back to earth through a vast aluminum tethering cable.", "An in-built GPS (Global Positioning System) uses satellite technology to ensure that the FEG always remains in the same place, both vertically and horizontally.", "According to Shepard, development is already at an advanced stage.", "\"Professor Roberts demonstrated a FEG in Australia at an altitude of sixty feet over a decade ago,\" he told CNN.", "U.S. demonstration in three years .", "\"We expect to make a demonstration in the U.S. less than three years from now at high altitude in normal high altitude winds.", "In four years I would expect this sort of technology to be in active use.\"", "As with ground-based wind farms, Shepard envisages whole \"sky-farms\" of FEGs hovering above the earth in restricted airspace.", "Forty-three such FEG \"arrays\" -- each comprising 600 FEGs -- would, he estimates, generate sufficient electricity to power the whole of the U.S. \"Our calculations show that by reserving less than one four-hundredth of U.S. air space, located at relatively remote locations not on airway routes, all of America's electrical energy needs could be met,\" he says.", "\"That is considerably less airspace than is already restricted for other purposes, primarily military.\"", "Not only would the FEGs provide clean energy -- the feedback from environmental groups, according to Shepard, has been overwhelmingly positive -- but at less cost than conventional electricity generation.", "While each FEG would cost an estimated $2,260,000 to build, maintain and support, arrays of FEGS would, in the long term, prove extremely cost effective, generating electricity at about 2 cents per kilowatt hour, as opposed to the 3-5 cents of conventional generating methods.", "There are risks, of course.", "Even in restricted airspace there is the possibility of collision with aircraft that unwittingly -- or illegally -- stray into that airspace.", "Likewise, despite numerous design features aimed at ensuring the stability of the air-born FEG, the possibility of the structure malfunctioning and plummeting to earth cannot be excluded.", "Crashes \"inevitable\" \"Inevitably crashes will occur,\" the SkyWindPower Web site acknowledges, \"Just as airplane crashes occur.", "\"Statistically, however, FEGs should be just as reliable as commercial airliners, whose safety records are incredibly good.", "\"And FEGs don't take off or land at airports teeming with people in and around them.\"", "Shepard and Roberts are not the only people to have considered harnessing the power of high-altitude winds.", "Magenn Power, a Canadian company, have been developing a helium-filled, medium altitude wind generator, while in the Netherlands Laddermill has been exploring similar ground using kite technology.", "SkyWindPower's FEG, however, is at the forefront of the field, with the U.S. government showing considerable interest in the prototype helicopter-cum-wind-turbine.", "Whether it will provide a definitive solution to the world's ever-increasing energy needs remains to be seen.", "With the effects of global warming and climate change becoming increasingly acute, however, a technology that might once have been dismissed as no more than a James Bond fantasy now looks as if it could have a serious role to play.", "They might not be quite as sexy as your average Bond adventure, but flying wind turbines could end up generating a lot more heat than 007 and Pussy Galore ever did.", "....................................... Are Flying Electric Generators a crackpot idea?", "Or could they help save the planet?", "Share your views and read others' thoughts in the Just Imagine forum." ]	[ "U.S. company develops \"flying\" wind turbine .", "Wind energy far greater at high altitude .", "FEG (Flying Electric Generator) would hover at 15,000 feet .", "Massive air-born wind farms envisaged ." ]	[ 6, 7, 15, 47, 51 ]
[ "Houston, Texas (CNN) -- John Phillip Hernandez and a friend walked into the Collector's Firearms gun store in Houston, Texas, to buy a cache of weapons.", "Hernandez was wearing sunglasses and a dark T-shirt with the words \"I Am the Scene\" scrawled across the front.", "It was April 28, 2007.", "Collector's Firearms was one of two gun stores they visited that day as part of a scheme to arm Mexican cartels across the border, according to federal court documents.", "Hernandez's friend passed his background checks and did all the buying, prosecutors say.", "On that spring day, he purchased six weapons, including a quick-firing 7.62-caliber firearm and a favorite cartel weapon, the Bushmaster .223.", "Within days, ATF investigators say, those weapons were put on the road and funneled into the hands of cartel members.", "\"The cartels are looking to supply their private armies, and they are coming up with more elaborate, larger schemes,\" said Dewey Webb, the special agent in charge of Houston's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives field office.", "The Houston case offers a glimpse into the underworld of illegal gun trafficking and how Mexican drug cartels find much of their firepower in the United States.", "Straw purchases are made by people who are legally qualified to buy firearms, but those weapons then make their way into the hands of criminals, authorities said.", "The daily struggle plays out as drugs flow north and guns and money flow south.", "At least 55 murders were the result of the gun scheme that began in Houston gun shops, authorities said.", "Hernandez is at the center of the case, what Houston ATF agents say is one of the largest straw-purchasing schemes they have ever seen.", "\"He doesn't stand out in a crowd,\" an ATF agent told CNN.", "\"He's just a regular guy.\"", "The agent asked not to be identified because he's been intricately involved in the investigation of this case.", "Federal investigators say Hernandez recruited and organized 23 people around Houston.", "Together the men funneled nearly 340 firearms valued at almost $370,000 to Mexican drug cartels.", "ATF agents say almost 100 of those weapons have turned up at cartel-related crime scenes in Mexico and Guatemala.", "Hernandez pleaded guilty in 2009 to making false statements about firearms purchases.", "He's currently serving an eight-year prison sentence.", "Of the 23 other people connected to the case, 11 have pleaded guilty for their roles in the gun trafficking scheme.", "Each was sentenced to less than eight years in prison.", "Several others struck plea deals and continue to cooperate with federal authorities.", "What made this group so effective was its ability to appear like ordinary gun buyers.", "All the men had clean criminal backgrounds, authorities say.", "It wasn't until the firearms started showing up at violent crime scenes in Mexico that federal investigators started piecing together the magnitude of the case.", "ATF investigators, cooperating with Mexican authorities, traced the weapons back to various Houston gun shops and started seeing the same names of repeat customers.", "\"It really surprised us at first that we had this many people linked together,\" said the ATF agent who spoke on condition of anonymity.", "Federal investigators say Hernandez and his men were reimbursed by the cartels for the money spent on the weapons, and then paid an extra $100 to $200 for each firearm they supplied.", "The weapons Hernandez purchased himself, according to federal court documents, were used in the kidnapping and murder of a prominent Mexican businessman.", "Another group of weapons turned up in a shooting known as the \"Acapulco Massacre\" in 2007.", "Seven people were slaughtered that day, including four police officers.", "ATF agents say breaking up these networks of straw purchasers in the United States is a key battlefront in the fight against Mexican drug cartels.", "\"These folks that are out buying these guns, they're just as responsible as the people pulling the trigger and killing people in Mexico,\" said Webb, Houston's top ATF agent." ]	[ "Guns smuggled to Mexico after sale in Houston-area gun stores .", "At least 55 killings linked to gun trafficking scheme .", "Twelve people have pleaded guilty for their roles in the gun scheme .", "This story is part of the American Morning series \"The Gun Trail\"" ]	[ 11, 21 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Participation in government health insurance programs -- particularly those aimed at children -- increased from 2006 to 2007, leading to a decrease in the number of Americans lacking insurance, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.", "The Census Bureau says 15.3 percent of Americans lacked health insurance in 2007.", "Overall, 45.7 million people, or 15.3 percent of U.S. residents, did not have health insurance in 2007, the bureau said in releasing reports on poverty, income and insurance.", "That represents a decrease from the 2006 level of 47 million, or 15.8 percent.", "The decrease came as a surprise, as the number of uninsured Americans had been expected to rise for a seventh straight year.", "It also gives a boost to proponents of expanding government health-care plans such as the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP.", "In December, President Bush signed legislation that extends SCHIP federal funding through the end of March 2009.", "That action came after Bush vetoed two congressional attempts to expand the program.", "In vetoing one of the measures, Bush said the proposed expansion \"moves our country's health-care system in the wrong direction.\"", "The percentages of people covered by private health insurance and by employment-based health insurance both decreased slightly in 2007, the Census numbers showed, although the number of those covered by employment-based insurance, 177.4 million, was not statistically different from 2006.", "However, the percentage of people, including children, covered by government health insurance programs increased to 27.8 percent in 2007 from 27 percent in 2006.", "The number of children under 18 without health insurance fell to 11 percent, or 8.1 million -- lower than the 2006 numbers of 11.1 percent and 8.7 million.", "See a state-by-state breakdown of uninsured Americans » .", "Meanwhile, participation in Medicaid, the government insurance program for low-income Americans, increased to 13.2 percent and 39.6 million in 2007, up from 12.9 percent and 38.3 million in 2006.", "Using a three-year average from 2005-2007, data showed that Texas had the highest percentage of uninsured, with 24.4 percent, the bureau said.", "With 8.3 percent, Massachusetts and Hawaii had the lowest estimates for uninsured rates, according to the Census Bureau, but the two were not statistically different from Minnesota (8.5 percent), Wisconsin (8.8 percent) and Iowa (9.4 percent).", "Hawaii also did not differ statistically from Maine (9.5 percent), it said.", "But \"even with the overall drop in uninsured Americans, the 45.7 million uninsured number for 2007 exceeds the combined population of 24 states plus the District of Columbia,\" a group called Families USA said in a written statement.", "The group says on its Web site it is \"dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.\"", "Being uninsured is a stark reality many Americans live with daily.", "They include Linda Pendleton of Greensboro, North Carolina.", "Pendleton was unable to afford private coverage when the convenience store where she worked stopped offering insurance to its employees two years ago.", "It worked out fine, she said, until she was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer last month.", "Unable to work, she moved in with her daughter and her three grandsons.", "She has applied for Medicaid and disability, but has yet to receive a response.", "\"So right now I'm trying to pay for everything,\" said her daughter, Randi Sharp.", "But that's not easy. With two of her sons disabled, Sharp stays at home to care for them.", "Her eldest son receives disability payments of $632 per month, which supports the family, she said.", "The father of Sharp's children is supposed to pay support, but \"he up and left and the court can't find him.\"", "Though her monthly rent is $600, Sharp said her landlord has cut her some slack.", "And she goes to churches for her food and didn't buy her sons school clothes this year, she said.", "Meanwhile, her mother is so dragged down by her reaction to the chemotherapy that she \"can barely do things for herself,\" Sharp said.", "And even relatively modest fees threaten to cut short her mother's chemotherapy treatments.", "\"If I don't give them cash on Thursday, if I don't give them $70, they're not going to see her any more,\" Sharp said.", "A yard sale over the weekend and trips to the pawn shop have helped.", "So does cutting back on food.", "\"There are days I go without even eating for two or three days,\" she said.", "\"I've exhausted all of our resources.\"", "And while the number of those living without health insurance is down, one economist points out, \"we're still seeing an unraveling of the private health insurance system.\"", "Overall, insurance premiums have continued to rise faster than wages or inflation, putting the squeeze on companies and on individual families, said Elise Gould, an economist at the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute.", "With 2007 being an economic peak year, \"you'd think some of the economy would have helped our workers,\" she said.", "\"We're not seeing that.\" Another underlying problem, she said, is that people purchase cheaper insurance but often have substandard coverage -- something they often don't find out until they experience a health-care emergency and must pay a large amount out of pocket.", "Ron Pollack, executive director of Washington-based Families USA, issued a statement saying, \"It is ironic that, at the very time the Bush administration tried to cut back Medicaid and twice vetoed legislation to extend children's health coverage, the public safety net cushioned the loss of employer-sponsored health coverage.", "It demonstrates the importance that the next president should protect, and not undermine, the public health safety net.\"", "Although the uninsured rate for children living below the federal poverty level decreased to 17.6 percent in 2007 from 19.3 percent in 2006, children in poverty were more likely to be uninsured than all children, the Census numbers showed.", "Still, the numbers of uninsured children decreased across all ethnic groups.", "However, people must lack health insurance for a year before being counted as \"uninsured\" by the Census Bureau, meaning the actual number could be higher.", "In other data, the real median household income increased 1.3 percent nationwide, reaching $50,233, the Census Bureau said.", "The official poverty rate remained statistically unchanged, although the number slightly increased -- 37.3 Americans lived below the poverty level in 2007, up from 36.5 million in 2006.", "African-American households had the lowest median income, with $33,916, compared with $54,920 for non-Hispanic white households, the data showed.", "The median income for Hispanic households was $38,679.", "Household income rose in the Midwest and South, declined in the Northeast and remained unchanged in the West, the bureau said.", "As defined by the Office of Management and Budget and updated for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, the Census Bureau put the weighted average poverty threshold for 2007 at $21,203 for a family of four; $26,530 for a family of three; $13,540 for a family of two; and $10,590 for individuals.", "Working women earned 78 percent of the corresponding male salaries, according to the bureau.", "Median earnings increased for both men and women following three years of decline.", "CNN's Tom Watkins contributed to this report." ]	[ "Census: 45.7 million Americans uninsured in 2007, down from 47 million in 2006 .", "Decrease a surprise, number was expected to increase for seventh straight year .", "Findings will give boost to backers of expanded government health-care plans .", "Real median household income increased 1.3 percent nationwide, Census finds ." ]	[ 0, 4, 47 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- When filmmaker Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday in Switzerland, he was on his way to accept an award for Lifetime Achievement at the Zurich Film Festival.", "Peers of Roman Polanski have praised him for his talent and lamented his arrest.", "Polanski's friend, Swiss filmmaker Otto Weisser, was among the first to publicly run to his defense.", "\"This is for me a shock. I am ashamed to be Swiss, that the Swiss is doing such a thing to brilliant fantastic genius, that millions and millions of people love his work,\" Weisser said upon learning the director had been detained by Swiss authorities.", "\"He's a brilliant guy, and he made a little mistake 32 years ago.", "What a shame for Switzerland.\"", "By Tuesday, more than 130 heavyweights in the movie industry had taken up Polanski's cause.", "An online petition has been signed by directors such as Marin Scorsese, Woody Allen and Pedro Almodovar, as well as actors.", "Studio chief Harvey Weinstein told CNN in a statement: \"We are calling every filmmaker we can to help fix this terrible situation.\"", "Watch a report on celebrities' feelings about Polanski's arrest » .", "Roman Polanski first stormed Hollywood with his psychological thriller, \"Rosemary's Baby,\" in 1968.", "He remains one of the most celebrated directors in Hollywood and the world, despite not having set foot in the United States in more than three decades.", "\"We stand by and await his release and his next masterwork,\" said Zurich Film Festival Jury President Debra Winger on Monday on behalf of Polanski.", "Adrien Brody, who Polanski directed in 2002's \"The Pianist,\" had glowing words when it came to his experience working with Polanski.", "\"If you have the guidance from someone you admire, like Roman Polanski, who not only is a gifted director and actor, but who knows the subject matter and in my opinion the character that I portray, implicitly, then, it's a huge gift,\" Brody said.", "\"I learned a great deal about film and the process,\" the Academy Award winning actor added.", "\"I spent six weeks without another actor on the set, just Roman and I and a crew -- and that's, that's a dream come true for an actor.", "I cherished those memories.\"", "\"He is sweet and very strong and is very, very demanding, in the tradition of an auteur,\" said Sigourney Weaver about being directed by Polanski in 1994's \"Death and the Maiden.\"", "It's a reputation Polanski's earned and maintained, despite his 1977 guilty plea on a statutory rape charge of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.", "Watch the mixed reaction in Switzerland to Polanski's arrest » .", "The celebrated director fled the United States and settled in France to escape jail, but by the standards of those in Hollywood, the case is ancient history.", "\"We hope today that this latest order will be dropped,\" Winger said.", "\"It is based on a three decade old case that is all but dead, except for a minor technicality.\"", "Matthew Belloni, who has has been following the Polanski case for The Hollywood Reporter's legal blog, said the outpouring of support from the film industry is not surprising.", "\"It is a criminal conviction of a terrible crime, but it is something that the industry is willing to look the other way on,\" Belloni said.", "\"If Hollywood really gets to look at itself and judge the personal character of a lot of the artists in the community, there would be a lot of empty seats at the Oscars because a lot of people have personal problems.", "This sort of is at the extreme level of that.\"", "As Polanski's star rose after his Oscar-winning hit, \"Rosemary's Baby,\" the world got to know the director's back story.", "He was the son of Polish Jews whose mother died in a concentration camp even as a young Polanski escaped the Nazis.", "Polanski grew up to become a famous director and married actress Sharon Tate.", "He later became the object of national sympathy when Tate was murdered by the Charles Manson Family in 1969.", "His next big movie, 1974's \"Chinatown,\" was nominated for 11 Oscars.", "That success gave Hollywood its heroic tag line for Polanski: Tragic survivor moves on.", "Actors from his films said they have felt a certain empathy as they are directed by him.", "\"Roman was one of those poor Krakow ghetto children who had to hide in the latrine,\" said Sir Ben Kingsley, who starred with Weaver in \"Death and the Maiden.\"", "Brody hailed Polanski for his survival, even in the face of being separated from his parents and losing his mother at Auschwitz.", "\"He survived alone, basically, in hiding,\" Brody said.", "\"It's one of the many things I feel he's overcome, and what's wonderful about Roman is that although he's experienced some tragic things in his life, he also has this unbroken spirit.\"", "After the rape case, American authorities sought his arrest, but he continued to work around the world on movies such as \"Tess\" and \"The Ninth Gate,\" traveling to film festivals and movie sets.", "But it was in 2002 when Polanski rocketed back onto the public stage, with \"The Pianist.\"", "The Holocaust film won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, igniting a buzz culminating in three Oscars in 2003, including best actor for Brody and best director for Polanski.", "Harrison Ford accepted the award in his absence.", "The crowd at the Kodak Theater roared.", "The Hollywood Reporter's Belloni explained Hollywood's readiness to forgive.", "\"Look at some of the people who have been involved with scandals,\" Belloni said. \"", "\"Everyone from Michael Vick, who is now playing football again, to Mel Gibson, who has been involved in a lot of scandals, now he's working again.", "America is a very, very forgiving culture, and Hollywood itself.", "If you are a talent, the industry is willing in many ways to look the other way.\"", "And the industry isn't alone in wanting to put the past aside.", "Polanski's victim, Samantha Geimer, told CNN's Larry King in 2003 that she wished the story and the case had ended soon after it began three decades ago.", "\"The publicity was so traumatic and so horrible his punishment was secondary to just getting this whole thing to stop,\" Geimer said.", "\"It was crazy. I never wanted him to go to jail.\"" ]	[ "Some industry heavy hitters support Roman Polanski after his arrest .", "Many in the international film community continue to hail him as a hero .", "Polanski has remained a Hollywood insider while living as a fugitive .", "Film festival president: \"We hope today that this latest order will be dropped\"" ]	[ 5, 9, 20, 22, 38, 47 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A lawyer who left a videotape saying Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom would be responsible if anything happened to him masterminded his own death last year, a special United Nations commission said Tuesday after an eight-month investigation.", "Colom had nothing to do with the killing, said Carlos Castresana, head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala.", "\"Rodrigo Rosenberg, for some reason, decided to put an end to his life,\" Castresana said at a televised news conference.", "Rosenberg was shot from behind in a brazen daylight attack while riding his bicycle in Guatemala City, the nation's capital.", "He was shot three times in the head, once in the neck and once in the back, Castresana said.", "Prominent Guatemalan brothers Francisco Jose Valdez Paiz and Jose Estuardo Valdez Paiz hired hit men at the behest of Rosenberg, who told them he was being threatened by someone, Castresana said.", "The two brothers, who own a pharmaceutical company, had been cousins of Rosenberg through a previous marriage and did not know that he was the target of the assassination, Castresana said.", "Rosenberg fed information to the hit squad leader that led to his own death, giving descriptions of what the target looked like and where he would be.", "\"It was the two brothers and no one else,\" Castresana said.", "\"Not a politician. Not a [government] minister.", "Not a police chief.", "No one. Just these two brothers.\"", "About 300 investigators from 11 nations reached their conclusion after an exhaustive examination of 100,000 telephone calls, 9,500 documents, surveillance videotapes, and 135 interviews with 11 suspects and others, Castresana said.", "Colom had maintained since the May 10 slaying that he was innocent despite Rosenberg's explosive videotape, which was made public the day after his death.", "Guatemalan authorities have arrested 11 men on suspicion that they carried out the killing, but the Valdez Paiz brothers remain at large.", "Their lawyer, Alexis Calderon, denied last week that his clients were involved.", "\"This is a story being made up to implicate people who didn't have anything to do with it,\" Calderon said.", "He also said that he did not know where the brothers were but that they would surrender after Tuesday's conference.", "Calderon did not answer calls seeking comment Tuesday.", "Arrest warrants for the brothers were issued December 10, Castresana said, noting that the suspects were already out of the country by then.", "Rosenberg recorded the tape blaming Colom three days before his death.", "He said Colom wanted him dead because the lawyer had been blaming the president and some of his top associates for the slaying of a prominent businessman and his daughter the previous month.", "Businessman Khalid Musa and his daughter, Marjorie, were killed, Rosenberg said, because they had refused to participate in acts of corruption as the president wanted.", "Rosenberg was Musa's attorney.", "Castresana indicated Rosenberg staged his own killing to get back at Colom and high-level members of his government, whom he could not prove were responsible for the Musa killings.", "\"He wanted to open a box of lightning and thunder,\" said Castresana, a Spanish judge.", "Castresana pointed to several indicators of Rosenberg's state of mind: His mother had died; he was going through a second divorce, and his wife had taken their young children to Mexico; he was bereft at the slaying of Marjorie Musa, with whom he had a close relationship; and he felt a sense of powerlessness because he could not prosecute the people he believed were responsible for the Musa slayings.", "May 10, the date of his killing, was Mother's Day.", "In two April 21 e-mails, seven days after the Musa killings, Rosenberg wrote, \"I can't stop crying\" and \"I feel like I'm disintegrating,\" Castresana said.", "Rosenberg made out his last will and testament on April 24 and started going public with his accusations against Colom regarding the Musa slayings on May 3.", "On May 4, he called a meeting at his law office and said he would be leaving the firm, in which he was a partner.", "The next day, Castresana said, Rosenberg asked a friend to buy two cell phones anonymously.", "Those cell phones, the lead investigator said, were crucial to cracking the case.", "Rosenberg used one of the phones to call threats to his personal cell phone and had the other delivered to the Valdez Paiz brothers, who gave it to the hit squad leader.", "Rosenberg then used the new cell phone he kept to give instructions to the hit squad leader through the second phone, Castresana said.", "Castresana detailed how the slaying apparently was meant to be paid through a $40,000 check.", "According to the investigator, Rosenberg told his secretary before his death that she would be receiving a check from Panama that should be delivered to the Valdez Paiz brothers.", "The check had been made out by Luis Alejos, a Rosenberg friend and business associate who at the time was Guatemala's minister of communication, Castresana said.", "Alejos resigned from office in June, a few weeks after the slaying.", "After receiving the check, Francisco Jose Valdez Paiz destroyed it, Castresana said.", "The businessman paid the 300,000 quetzales ($35,900) for the assassination out of his own pocket, Castresana said.", "The investigator said Rosenberg sent Alejos the money to pay for the killing.", "Alejos is the brother of Roberto Alejos, the president of the Guatemalan Congress, and a cousin of Gustavo Alejos, who is President Colom's private secretary.", "In his videotape, Rosenberg said Gustavo Alejos would be among those responsible for the lawyer's death if it happened.", "\"If you are reading this message, it means that I, Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, was murdered by the president's private secretary, Gustavo Alejos, and his associate Gregorio Valdez, with the approval of Mr. Alvaro Colom and [first lady] Sandra de Colom,\" Rosenberg said.", "After the tape surfaced, Colom went on national TV with a vehement denial that he or anyone mentioned in the video was involved.", "He expressed his sense of vindication in a televised speech Tuesday afternoon.", "\"I don't have any rancor in my heart,\" Colom said.", "\"Just immense gratitude for those who waited patiently with us.\"", "The United Nations established the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala in 2006 to investigate corruption and political violence.", "More than 200,000 people have been killed in the nation since 1970, mostly as a result of organized crime, drug-trade violence and a 36-year civil war that ended in 1996.", "There were 6,451 slayings in Guatemala last year, of which only 230 verdicts were achieved, Castresana said.", "That means, he said, that more than 96 percent of the killings in 2009 were not solved." ]	[ "NEW: President expresses feeling of vindication at findings .", "United Nations commission included 300 investigators from 11 nations .", "Lawyer left tape saying Guatemalan leader responsible if anything happened to him .", "U.N. panel says brothers involved in arranging hit are at large ." ]	[ 0, 12 ]
[ "Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- It so rarely snows in Mobile, Alabama, that the city's public works department doesn't bother keeping road salt on hand.", "So with 2 to 4 inches of snow expected to fall there starting Thursday afternoon, road crews were filling trucks with the sand that's typically reserved for filling cave-ins and for sandbagging during floods.", "\"We don't know what to do,\" said John Windley, Mobile's superintendent of public works.", "\"We just tell everybody to stay home.\"", "As forecasters predict up to 8 inches of snow across a swath of the Southeast that hasn't seen more than an inch of snow in at least a decade -- including parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi -- public officials are reacting with a mix of trepidation and helplessness.", "Hundreds of flights into and out of Atlanta have been canceled for Friday as snow bears down on the area.", "Texas struggles; East starts to dig out .", "Delta Air Lines canceled about 800 flights into and out of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, and AirTran Airways canceled 32 flights ahead of the storm, according to representatives of the airlines.", "Downtown Atlanta could get as much as 5 inches of snow Friday, beginning at mid-morning, according to CNN weather modeling.", "Many residents of the Deep South, meanwhile, are expressing disbelief.", "\"I'm dubious,\" said John Hogan, a college professor who's planning to lead a Mardi Gras parade in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Friday night despite forecasts of up to 2 inches of snow and ice there.", "\"It snows here once every 15 years, so what's the likelihood?\"", "John DeMiller, owner of the Petit Bois Grocery in Biloxi, Mississippi, was also skeptical.", "iReport: Share your winter weather pictures, stories .", "\"To be honest, we don't believe it's going to snow,\" he said.", "\"It just never does.\" Yet it was already snowing in parts of the South by Thursday afternoon and forecasters were calling for more to come.", "The storm system moving across the Deep South in the next few days will bring 3 to 6 inches of snow to Jackson, Mississippi, up to 2 inches to Biloxi, Mississippi and 2 to 4 inches to Mobile, Alabama, said CNN meteorologist Sean Morris.", "\"These are cities that rarely see a flake all winter long,\" he said.", "With most of the accumulation expected overnight, school and workplaces across the region are bracing for closures Friday.", "Because temperatures are expected to rise into the 30s and 40s across much of the South on Friday, road crews are worried about melting and refreezing on roads over the next couple of days.", "A representative of the Federal Aviation Administration said the agency is too focused on responding to the double-punch of Northeast snow to say how the expected Southern snow would affect travel in the region.", "But by Thursday night, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport had already measured a snowfall of 9.4 inches, which broke the record of 7.8 inches set on January 14, 1917, and matched on January 15, 1964, the National Weather Service reported.", "In Shreveport, Louisiana, where snow had been falling since dawn, the staff at the Naked Bean Cafe said it had only six customers by noon, down from around 30 on a typical day." ]	[ "Forecasters predict up to 8 inches of snow across a swath of the Southeast .", "Hundreds of flights at Atlanta airport canceled because of forecast .", "Many in South not used to seeing much snow skeptical about forecast .", "Dallas/Fort Worth airport already has received more than 9 inches of snow ." ]	[ 4, 5, 21 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement personnel have been assigned to an operation intended to find who was responsible for Saturday's fatal shootings of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, an official said.", "Among the agencies involved in Operation Knock Down -- taking place in southern New Mexico and in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas -- are the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration, said DEA spokesman David Ausiello.", "El Paso is across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez.", "A law enforcement official said investigators believe that there could be a connection between Barrio Azteca, a gang that operates in both cities, and the killings.", "The official said that mistaken identity has not been ruled out.", "A relative of U.S. consulate worker Lesley Ann Enriquez said Wednesday that the 35-year-old woman was four months pregnant with a boy when she was shot dead.", "Enriquez's husband, 34-year-old Arthur Redelfs, was also killed.", "He was a 10-year veteran of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.", "The couple was fired on in their SUV as they left a birthday party at the U.S. consulate.", "Their 7-month-old daughter, Rebecca, who was in the back of the SUV, was unhurt.", "A third victim, who had also left the party, was identified as Jorge Alberto Salcido Ceniceros, 37, a state police officer who was married to a Mexican employee of the U.S. consulate.", "His wife was not traveling with him, but two of their children, ages 4 and 7, were in the car and were wounded, officials said.", "\"We have all come together to find Barrio Azteca members as part of a major intelligence effort,\" said Andrea Simmons, a public information officer for the FBI in El Paso.", "In addition to the FBI and the DEA, other organizations involved are the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the El Paso Police Department, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety.", "\"Part of this is being done to generate leads regarding the ongoing investigation in Juarez as well as an opportunity to gather information on the location of Eduardo Ravelo, one of the top 10 fugitives,\" she said.", "The FBI is offering $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of Ravelo, who is accused of being a leader of Barrio Azteca.", "This week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon made his third visit in slightly more than a month to Ciudad Juarez.", "Its more than 2,600 drug-related deaths last year made it the most violent city in Mexico.", "No official numbers are available, but more than 400 killings have been reported in local media this year.", "CNN's Arthur Brice contributed to this story." ]	[ "Hundreds of law enforcement officers assigned to Operation Knock Down .", "Among possible links being investigated is Barrio Azteca gang .", "Three people connected to U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez killed Saturday ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Cuba on Saturday.", "The quake struck at 1:08 p.m. (2:08 p.m.", "ET) 22 kilometers (14 miles) below the surface and was centered 44 km (27 miles) south-southwest of Guantanamo, the U.S. Geological Survey said.", "\"So far, there haven't been any reports of major damages or injuries,\" a civil defense official in Havana told CNN nearly an hour after the quake.", "\"It's still early.\"", "There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage in Santiago de Cuba, which is 57 km (36 miles) from the epicenter, but a woman who runs a bed and breakfast there felt it.", "\"It was very strong,\" the woman said.", "\"We ran and stood in the doorway.", "Neighbors were screaming and ran into the street. ...", "I haven't heard of any damages.", "Everybody is back inside.\"", "\"I don't think there are any damages, at least around here,\" said Mabel Martinez, who runs another bed and breakfast in Santiago de Cuba.", "\"But people are definitely alarmed.\"", "CNN's Shasta Darlington contributed to this story from Havana." ]	[ "A 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Cuba Saturday at 1:08 p.m. (2:08 p.m.", "ET)\nQuake centered 44 kilometers (27 miles) south-southwest of Guantanamo .", "Resident in Santiago de Cuba, 57 km (36 miles) from epicenter, feels quake ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Haiti's infrastructure was among the world's worst even in the best of times, the country's ambassador to the United States said Tuesday.", "\"It was a catastrophe waiting to happen,\" Raymond Alcide Joseph told CNN from Washington shortly after a 7.0 earthquake leveled parts of his home country, cutting power and phone lines in the capital city of Port-au-Prince.", "\"Sadly, it has happened.\"", "He called the result \"a catastrophe of major proportions.\"", "The capital city is surrounded by hills to which \"little flimsy houses\" were struggling to hold on, he said.", "Frank Williams of World Vision Haiti told CNN from the Petionville section of the capital that the building in which his organization is based shook for about 35 seconds and did not weather it well.", "Learn more about Haiti, poorest nation in Americas .", "\"Portions of things on the building fell off,\" he said.", "\"Fortunately for us, our building remains standing and none of our staff were injured, but lots of walls are falling down.", "Many of our staff have tried to leave, but were unsuccessful because the walls from buildings and private residences were falling into the streets.\"", "In the capital, government buildings were damaged, phone service was spotty and electricity was out, except for people who had emergency generators, Williams said.", "The quake's impact also shook the psyches of residents, particularly when aftershocks occurred, he said.", "\"If there is another aftershock, there is a kind of wail as people are very frightened by it,\" Williams said.", "\"But most people are out in the streets and just kind of looking up.\"", "Joseph said he had spoken with Secretary-General Fritz Longchamps, who told him buildings collapsed on either side of him as he walked along a street in Petionville.", "Catholic Relief Services, international relief agency based in Baltimore, spoke briefly with their person in charge in Port-au-Prince before the line went dead.", "Regional Information Officer Robyn Feiser said the representative told them \"it's a total disaster.\"", "She quotes him as saying, \"I never felt anything like this.", "It was a major hit, and it was direct.\"", "He told Robin their building was shaking but still standing, but the building across the street from them collapsed.", "He described a cloud of dust everywhere, and people moving into courtyards to get away from buildings.", "Eighty percent of Haiti's 9 million residents live under the poverty line and more than half -- 54 percent -- live in abject poverty, according to the CIA Factbook.", "In 2008, four tropical storms damaged the transportation infrastructure and agricultural sector, on which two-thirds of Haitians depend, mainly as subsistence farmers.", "Citing that World Bank assessment, the Organization of American States said in a report on its Web site, \"Among the numerous factors explaining the extent of the loss of lives and goods are the absence of land use zoning and building guidelines, and comprehensive enforcement mechanisms.\"", "The OAS report added Haiti has no national building codes.", "Former U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Timothy M. Carney told CNN that Port-au-Prince was particularly at risk because it grew rapidly from a population of about 250,000 in the mid-1950s to more than 2 million today, all with little oversight.", "City planners had called for the surrounding hills to remain undeveloped in order to protect an aquifer.", "\"That didn't happen,\" Carney said.", "\"People started building up those hillsides.\"", "Instead of building concrete structures, they built shanties, he said. \"My fear is that they all fell down.\"" ]	[ "Haitian ambassador to U.S.: Infrastructure of island nation poor in best of times .", "Raymond Alcide Joseph calls quake \"a catastrophe of major proportions\"\nPeople are reported out in the streets, cowering in strong aftershocks .", "OAS says lack of any building standards in Haiti makes residents vulnerable ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3, 6, 13, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Sevilla have sacked coach Manolo Jimenez after their disappointing home draw to bottom-club Xerez on Tuesday extended the club's winless run to seven games.", "Despite lying fifth in the Spanish Primera Liga table, Sevilla were knocked out of the lucrative European Champions League by Russian side CSKA Moscow last week.", "Jimenez had also secured a Copa del Rey final against Atletico Madrid but it wasn't enough to save the 46-year-old's job.", "The club's sporting director Ramon Rodriguez admitted the decision had been difficult but said he had \"done what I had to.\"", "He told the club's official Web site: \"It was an unavoidable situation and we had to find a solution, and the pain that it brings.", "\"Tuesday was the end of the story but the decision comes from the image and dynamics of the team.", "Without doubt we are grateful to Manolo.", "He is an excellent professional, he has made all this possible and impossible.", "However it is obvious that he could not get a response out of the team.", "\"Fortunately we believe that there is time.", "The growth and the ambition of the club is shown in the change of the manager.", "We are fighting for important things.\"", "Xerez's injury-time equaliser on Tuesday meant Sevilla's last league success was against Real Mallorca back in February.", "Ironically, it is Mallorca who occupy the much-coveted fourth spot in the table that guarantees Champions League football next season.", "Jimenez took charge in October 2007 when former coach Juande Ramos left to take over at English Premier League team Tottenham.", "In that season he led Sevilla to a fifth-place finish, while in 2009 they came third in the league behind Real Madrid and Barcelona.", "Rodriguez said a new manager would be in place for Sunday's game with Villarreal.", "\"The matter will be resolved as soon as possible and he [the new manager] will be sitting on the bench for Sundays match,\" he added." ]	[ "Sevilla sack coach Manolo Jimenez .", "The club's winless run extended to seven games after Tuesday's draw with Xerez .", "The club's sporting director Ramon Rodriguez says no replacement has been lined up .", "Sevilla play Villarreal on Sunday ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(CNET) -- When it comes to 3D television, I don't see it.", "Literally. The technology that's supposed to convince me that a 3D image exists when I look at a 2D screen doesn't work for me.", "Nor does it work for a small but significant percentage of the population -- 4 percent to 10 percent, depending on which expert you ask.", "Me, and millions of people like me, are being left behind by content and hardware companies as they move to 3D.", "I don't mean to complain.", "It's not the end of the world. Flat-viewers, like me, can watch 2D versions of 3D content.", "I saw \"Avatar\" in the non-3D version.", "As a bonus, the theater was nearly empty--the 3D showing down the hall was more crowded.", "Plus, we didn't have to wear those dorky glasses.", "Of course, we are social beings, and not being able to view 3D means that group or family outings to 3D showings are awkward for the flat viewers, who may have to sit through a showing that will cause headaches or just look bad to them.", "But the flat-viewer's experience with 3D imagery can vary.", "While I find viewing 3D imagery uncomfortable, Daniel Terdiman, another person at CNET who can't see 3D, saw the 3D version of Avatar and wore the 3D glasses.", "It looked fine to him, just not 3D.", "Manufacturers are mute .", "At CES this year, the trend toward 3D in home television sets was unmissable, but there was no mention by the manufacturers of how this move would affect flat viewers.", "I was curious how the hardware companies, which fight for every point of market share jealously, could cavalierly ignore the large number of us who won't like this new direction.", "It's a lot of market.", "How are they planning to deal with losing it?", "Oddly, none of the HDTV manufacturing companies I reached out to could provide a direct comment on this topic, but I did talk with people familiar with the industry and with an optometrist who has a vested interest in promoting the growth of 3D content viewing.", "Bruce Berkoff of the LCDTV Association and formerly a marketing executive at LG, noted that for all the hype around 3D, the television manufacturers are not really investing much in putting products on store shelves, nor are they expecting consumers to pay for it yet.", "Adding the capability for televisions to display alternating images for stereoscopic viewing through electronic shutter glasses is not expensive.", "It's the glasses themselves that are, and only a few 3D-capable sets actually come bundled with them.", "So consumers will be able to soon buy televisions ready for 3D without spending much.", "Berkoff, and everyone else I talked to about 3D TV, reminded me that a good 3D TV is also a good 2D TV.", "You should be able to turn off the 3D display features and view content designed specifically for 3D but in 2D: You just show the view for only one eye.", "If the refresh rate of the program is high enough, you should not notice much of a difference in picture quality.", "Get your eyes examined .", "From the optometrist's perspective, the inability to process stereoscopic imagery is, for many people, a treatable condition.", "Dr. Brad Habermehl, president of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development, told me, \"You don't have to be a 3D refugee if you get to the root of the problem.", "The majority of stereo-blind people really can be helped.\"", "Habermehl says that there are methods to teach people to see in 3D.", "Using graduated methods and physical aids (lenses) as \"training wheels,\" he says, people can eventually learn how to \"point both eyes to focus on the same space.\"", "It's like riding a bike.", "Once you learn, the training wheels come off and you can't imagine not doing it.", "\"Vision is definitely learned,\" he says.", "\"That's what vision training is.\"", "The doctor sounded to me suspiciously like a spokesperson for the 3D television manufacturers, or at least a recipient of some marketing dollars from them.", "But he's not. \"It would be nice if they would fund us,\" he said.", "But after reminding me that \"Avatar\" had already made $1 billion in box office receipts, he added, \"I don't think the industry is worried about this.\"", "Personally, I have no interest in undergoing medical treatment just so I can spend more money on consumer electronics.", "Although Dr. Oliver Sacks, in a compelling New Yorker article, did make me wonder what my kind is missing.", "And regardless of whether you see in 3D or not, the technology is inexorably changing the visual language of movies and television shows.", "When directors create shows for 3D, they can't rely on cinematic methods viewers are used to in 2D for conveying action, depth, and movement.", "Hard cuts and swooping camera moves can disorient viewers new to 3D.", "The new standard of practice is to lock down the camera and move the action around it, instead of the reverse, which is the case in today's 2D movies.", "Good 3D movies today will appear subtly more stately and cinematic than 2D shows.", "The future of the 3D feature .", "For all the hype at CES, 3D for the next few years is likely to be a \"feature\" in the new crop of TVs, according to Gary Merson of the HDGuru3D site.", "\"It's not black-and-white to color,\" Merson says.", "\"It's a feature, like Internet connectivity and stereo.\"", "He also points out that the content is not there yet, and that many consumers have only recently upgraded their tube televisions to HD flat screens.", "For people like me, for whom the world is flat, this feature can not roll out slowly enough.", "© 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.", "CNET, CNET.com and the CNET logo are registered trademarks of CBS Interactive Inc. Used by permission." ]	[ "The author's eyes will not let him see 3D images on a TV or movie screen .", "A small but significant percentage of the population cannot see 3D images .", "They may be left behind by Hollywood and TV makers' rush to 3D technology .", "TV makers say users can turn off 3D display features and just view content in 2D ." ]	[ 2, 3, 16, 24, 26, 41 ]
[ "Central Falls, Rhode Island (CNN) -- The teacher at an embattled Rhode Island school who displayed an effigy of President Obama in his classroom is under disciplinary review, according to the school superintendent.", "The Obama effigy was an apparent protest of the president's support of mass firings of the school's teachers.", "Its existence was first reported on CNN.com on Thursday.", "An Obama doll, about a foot tall, hung by its feet from a white board; the doll held a sign that said, \"Fire Central Falls teachers.\"", "Superintendent Frances Gallo discovered the item late Monday at Central Falls High School after being asked about a rumor about an Obama doll hung by his feet in a classroom.", "Gallo took it upon herself to investigate and found the effigy Monday night.", "\"It was obviously imprudent on [the teacher's] part, very ill-conceived and nothing to fool around with,\" Gallo said.", "Bold superintendent hated, loved .", "The superintendent said the teacher was contrite when confronted but said it was \"a joke to him.\"", "Due to union contract stipulations, Gallo said she could not disclose the name of the teacher.", "Gallo said it was difficult to comprehend how a teacher could not \"understand that a class full of children are very offput by such a 'joke.'", "\"He doesn't see it as making a mockery or, worse, just total disrespect,\" Gallo said.", "\"Clearly, he wasn't thinking.\"", "She said the matter is under disciplinary review and has been sent to Rhode Island State Police.", "State police have not returned phone calls seeking comment.", "The local teachers union condemned the act Thursday.", "\"Simply put, the teacher's actions were wrong and cannot be condoned under any circumstances,\" Jane Sessums, president of the Central Falls Teachers Union, said in a written statement.", "\"The teacher has apologized verbally to his students and has asked Superintendent Frances Gallo for permission to apologize to them in writing.", "He understands that his actions affect not just his students but all of us.", "There is no excuse for what he did.\" A source, whom CNN is not naming because of the sensitive nature of the story, said the teacher is a beloved member of the faculty who has done a tremendous amount of good over the years.", "Many of the students in the class are immigrants who hold Obama in high regard; they were learning English as a second language, according to the source.", "Central Falls High School has been at the center of an educational firestorm in recent weeks after all 93 teachers, support staff and administrators were fired for the low performance of the school.", "Gallo took the drastic action after talks with union leaders fell through.", "The firings will go into effect at the end of the school year.", "Teachers can re-apply, but no more than 50 percent will get rehired.", "The high school has been failing for the past seven years.", "Its graduation rate stands around 48 percent.", "Math proficiency is at 7 percent.", "Reading scores have improved by 21 percentage points in the past two years but still fall far behind, with 55 percent able to read at grade level, according to school officials.", "Most of the 800 students at Central Falls are Hispanic.", "For many, English is a second language.", "Teachers say the population is so transient that the statistics are a skewed and unfair representation of the students' smarts and the teachers' skills.", "Animosity toward Obama built among teachers after the president endorsed the school's plans for reform.", "Marcia Reback, president of the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers, said last week that teachers were peeling Obama bumper stickers off their cars.", "\"When the president of the United States celebrates a superintendent of schools for mass firing an entire faculty of teachers, then that is saying something about his attitude toward teachers,\" she said.", "\"And it's not a healthy attitude.\"" ]	[ "Obama effigy found in classroom at troubled Rhode Island school .", "\"It was obviously imprudent on his part,\" superintendent says .", "Local teachers union condemns act .", "Source said teacher is beloved faculty member who has done much good ." ]	[ 0, 6, 15 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ordered a full review of security measures at UK airports following the attempted Detroit plane bombing on December 25.", "In a statement published Friday on the prime minister's official Web site, Brown said the UK government will be working with the U.S. to \"examine a range of new techniques to enhance airport security systems beyond traditional measures, such as pat-down searches and sniffer dogs.\"", "These new measures might include using \"explosive trace technology, full body scanners and advanced x-ray technology.\"", "Writing on the first day of a new decade, Brown issued a reminder of the ongoing threat posed by international terrorism.", "\"The new decade,\" he said, \"is starting as the last began -- with al Qaeda creating a climate of fear.", "These enemies of democracy and freedom... are concealing explosives in ways which are more difficult to detect.\"", "The Detroit incident highlighted an \"urgent\" need to tighten airport security measures, Brown said.", "\"The UK,\" Brown said, \"will continually explore the most sophisticated devices capable of identifying explosives, guns, knives and other such items anywhere on the body.\"", "The alleged plane bomber, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is believed to have concealed explosives in his underwear.", "The 23-year-old Nigerian is thought to have linked up with an al Qaeda group based in Yemen after attending the UK's University College London.", "Brown said the plot was a reminder of al Qaeda's increasing influence away from \"better-known homes of international terror such as Pakistan and Afghanistan.\"", "Yemen is becoming \"a major new base for terrorism\" which highlighted the need for \"enhanced cooperation\" between nations in the fight against international terrorism, he said.", "Brown added that the UK government is already supporting the government of Yemen's efforts to tackle terrorism and pledged further support.", "\"By 2011 our already announced commitment to Yemen will exceed £100 million ($160 million), making the UK one of its leading donors,\" he said.", "It was also announced Friday that Brown had invited \"key international partners\" to a meeting in London at the end of January to discuss how to counter radicalization in Yemen.", "\"We have already updated our counter-terrorism strategy to include further measures to disrupt al Qaeda's leadership and frustrate its attempts to recruit, train and direct a new generation of terrorists or to find a new haven for those leaders displaced by the efforts of our Afghan and Pakistani allies.\"", "The key to tackling terrorism was \"vigilance\" Brown said, but the Detroit incident was \"a wake-up call...not just for security against terror but for the hearts and minds of a generation.\"" ]	[ "UK Prime Minister orders a full review of airport security following failed Detroit plane bomb plot .", "Brown says the UK will explore the \"most sophisticated devices\"\nNew measures might include explosive trace technology and full body scanners ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- Israel's government is missing an opportunity to secure the country's future and build a coalition of nations to counter increasing Iranian influence, according to analyst Fareed Zakaria.", "He says the government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is letting the dispute with the United States over expanded settlements in East Jerusalem get in the way of making progress toward resolution of the conflict with the Palestinians.", "\"The Netanyahu government goes on and on about the existential threat that Israel faces from Iran, the need for the world to mobilize, to put that above all else,\" Zakaria said.", "\"If that really is the case, shouldn't Israel try to be supportive and deepen the relationship with the one country whose military, political and economic support is going to be absolutely crucial in dealing with this threat, that is, the United States?", "\"If the Iranian threat were really the overriding threat to Israel, wouldn't it be willing to subordinate other issues and make some progress on the Palestinian issue because it would help the moderate Arab states who also share the worries about the rise of Iran, and would allow the moderate Arab states to form a kind of tacit alliance with Israel?\"", "Zakaria, author and host of CNN's \"Fareed Zakaria GPS,\" spoke to CNN on Wednesday.", "Here is an edited transcript: .", "CNN: In your view, how badly have U.S.-Israeli relations been damaged by the announcement of the East Jerusalem settlement expansion?", "Fareed Zakaria: I think by itself this would be a small friction that could easily be overcome, but it comes on the heels of increasingly tense relations between Washington and Tel Aviv, and because of that, it has become larger than life precisely because it seems to be the straw that broke the camel's back for the Obama administration.", "It became a symbol for the fact that in their view, the Netanyahu government is simply not trying to be cooperative in the search for some kind of movement forward on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.", "CNN: And why do they feel that way?", "Zakaria: They have been trying to get the Netanyahu government to do something concrete that would demonstrate that they are interested in moving forward, whether it is direct talks, whether it's a settlement freeze or any other such signal that would allow the process to begin moving forward rather than to stay where it is.", "So far, the Netanyahu government has done nothing like that, and in fact has taken several steps that would make it difficult to enter into direct negotiations. ...", "He has within his coalition members of the orthodox right in Israel who still very much hold to a view that the Jewish state should be on most, if not all, of the land of greater Israel, which includes the West Bank.", "...This government has probably been the least responsive to concerns from Washington on the issue of the peace process in 20 years.", "CNN: The so-called proximity peace talks were delayed as a result of this dispute?", "Is that a real step backward?", "Zakaria: The whole problem with the peace process is that it's sort of going around in circles.", "I myself think the proximity talks are themselves almost like a bad joke.", "They're not actually going to talk to one another.", "The American negotiator is going to shuttle back and forth between them.", "We're in 2010. If everyone agrees that there's going to be a two-state solution and we kind of know what the plan is going to look like, roughly -- which is to say the plan that was largely agreed upon by the two parties in 2000 under the auspices of Bill Clinton -- we are now going back to the most tentative steps of circling around each other, barely talking to one another.", "It's as if we're at the beginning of a negotiating process when really we should be at the end of one ... CNN: You've laid out the obstacles on the Israeli side.", "Are there obstacles on the Palestinian side too?", "Zakaria: There are huge obstacles on the Palestinian side: First of all, the divided Palestinian authority -- Hamas being in charge in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority in charge on the West Bank.", "There is the reality that Hamas is still not reconciled to the idea of a Jewish state.", "There is the reality of the corruption and perhaps the lack of legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority.", "But one would have to say that these problems have existed for a long time, and it's not clear to me that these problems have gotten worse.", "In fact, the Palestinian Authority is better functioning than it has ever been under Salam Fayyad, the prime minister.", "There is greater control over the territory by the Palestinian Authority.", "There is less of a problem of terrorism, a more serious effort to build from the ground up a modern state ... and there have been some very small hints from the Hamas leadership that they would be willing to accept the state of Israel.", "It's not nearly enough, but the point is, if there's been any movement, it has not been movement backward in the Palestinian case.", "CNN: On the Israeli side, what's the significance of expanding the settlements in East Jerusalem?", "Zakaria: There are religious parties in Israel who want to create facts on the ground [that] make it more and more difficult to trade land for peace.", "It's also an indication that the broader Israeli public has sort of lost interest in the resolution of the Palestinian problem.", "I think that many see the wall as essentially ending the problem of terrorism.", "The Israeli public as a whole has moved right and there is a collective belief that Israel can simply kick this can down the road and deal with the problem later.", "I think it's short-sighted, in terms of demographics, regional politics, in terms of the technology of terrorism, pushing this problem away when there will be more Palestinians with the potential for being more radicalized, perhaps a greater international coalition arrayed against Israel.", "It doesn't seem to be a far-sighted way to secure Israel.", "Israel is basically succeeding brilliantly in the economic realm ... in many ways, it is even more productive than European countries.", "It is a technological superstar.", "What it needs is political stability and to resolve this problem so it can move even more dramatically forward.", "But it has a political system where that kind of resolution becomes politically difficult because of many highly reactionary forces within the system.", "CNN: Is there a way out of this mess?", "Zakaria: The way out would be for the Israelis to recognize that it is profoundly in their long-term interest to resolve this issue, recognize that they are the stronger party ... and see if there is a possibility of some kind of resolution to get out of the terrible bind it's in.", "It has 3.5 million people on territory it controls who neither have political rights nor a state of their own.", "Nor can they be part of Israel.", "That's a structural reality which is terrible for the Palestinians but also terrible for the Israelis because it undermines Israel as a democratic state.", "It's better resolved soon, and whether that means you give up a few hillsides here or there, strikes me as being far less significant than the gain for Israel, which would be to once and for all resolve this issue.", "CNN: Is the Netanyahu government in danger of collapsing?", "Zakaria: No, I think Netanyahu is playing this juggler's game to keep his coalition together.", "But it's a far cry from the man who wants to present himself as an international statesman or even an important figure in Israel's history. ...", "He's turning out to be a political hack who spends his time counting the votes in the Knesset rather than thinking about his legacy in the history books. ...", "The image is of a Churchillian statesman, and the reality is of a local alderman counting the votes." ]	[ "U.S.-Israel relations are at a low ebb over Jerusalem settlements issue .", "Fareed Zakaria says Obama administration is frustrated with Netanyahu government .", "He says Israel should show it is serious when it says countering Iran is its highest priority .", "Zakaria: Progress with Palestinians would facilitate alliance with moderate Arabs ." ]	[ 1, 4, 17, 40 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- The nearly 100 children living at an orphanage in Carrefour, Haiti, are hungry and thirsty, and desperately waiting for aid, a member of the orphan's foundation told CNN on Saturday.", "All of the buildings of the Good Shepherd Orphanage, about eight miles from the capital of Port-au-Prince, were \"damaged beyond repair,\" including the dormitories, said David Zimmer, treasurer for the Good Shepherd Orphanage and Schools Foundation.", "Zimmer spoke to CNN from Hebron, Kentucky, but said he has been in communication with the head of the orphanage, Pastor Ernst Cassy, who has worked in Carrefour for 40 years.", "He has also received messages via e-mail from staff in Carrefour, Zimmer said.", "The news he and his wife have received is heart-wrenching: The roads are impassable, Cassy has run out of food and the well they used to collect drinking water was damaged in Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude quake.", "Get the latest developments in Haiti .", "About 40,000 homeless people have sought refuge in the streets.", "The electricity is out and so is the gas that powered the generators.", "On the night of the quake, moans and screams pierced the dark.", "\"If they don't get food and water there will be unrest like you can't believe,\" Zimmer said.", "The Good Shepherd Orphanage is just one of several crippled recently.", "Reports of pancaked orphanages stretch from Port-au-Prince to the southern coastal town of Jacmel.", "Are you in Haiti and safe?", "Share your photos .", "In the capital on Friday, chaos broke out at the Maison De Lumiere Orphanage after severe shortages of food, water and medicine sparked an outcry, said Mike Maiolo, senior pastor of the volunteers' home church in Mission Viejo, California.", "The building sustained heavy damage but no one was killed, he said.", "Many children who had parents on Tuesday morning, were orphans by that night.", "A doctor told CNN's Elizabeth Cohen on Friday that the number of orphans had tripled after the quake.", "Zimmer said he plans to fly into Port-au-Prince on Tuesday.", "View or add to CNN's database of missing persons in Haiti .", "CNN's Khadijah Rentas and Stan Wilson contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Some 100 children at orphanage in Carrefour awaiting aid .", "Orphans have no food, water well damaged .", "Other orphanages crippled .", "Many children who had parents are now orphans ." ]	[ 0, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Ireland opened the defense of their Six Nations rugby title with a 29-11 victory at home to Italy, while England repelled the challenge of Wales to win 30-17 in Saturday's other match.", "Ireland, who won all five matches last year to complete a Grand Slam, led 23-8 at halftime in Dublin but could not run away with victory against a determined visiting team.", "Recalled flyhalf Ronan O'Gara became the first player to score 500 points in the tournament as he was successful with all six kicks at goal, while Jamie Heaslip and Tomas O'Leary crossed for first-half tries.", "Italy's only try came just before halftime, despite the sin-binning of center Gonzalo Garcia meaning coach Nick Mallett's team were reduced to 14 men, after a charge-down of Rob Kearney's kick by Kaine Robertson.", "\"It's not easy to click immediately having only been together for two weeks and not having played together since November,\" Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll told reporters.", "\"There is plenty to improve on.", "It's the first one and job done.", "We'll take the positives out of it and move on.", "We showed an ability in the first half to turn defense into attack and the amount of lineout ball we won was a big plus.", "\"We made some good line breaks but didn't finish them off.", "Maybe we need to improve our support play.\"", "England flanker James Haskell scored two tries to lift the pressure on head coach Martin Johnson, as Wales paid the price for Alun-Wyn Jones' sin-binning with 17 points conceded while the lock was off the field at Twickenham.", "The match was level at 3-3 when Jones was yellow-carded for leg-tripping England hooker Dylan Hartley, and the hosts subsequently scored a penalty and two converted tries, Haskell's first in Tests and another five minutes after halftime by scrumhalf Danny Care.", "Wales battled back to 20-17 down with eight minutes left as Jones made some amends by setting up prop Adam Jones for a try and then James Hook crossed for another.", "But four minutes later Haskell went over again thanks to Delon Armitage's interception, and then Jonny Wilkinson kicked his third penalty, this one from the halfway line to give the flyhalf 15 points for the match.", "Wales coach Warren Gatland was furious after Jones' indiscipline cost his side dear.", "\"We are frustrated and disappointed.", "We felt that was a game that has slipped from our grasp,\" the New Zealander told reporters.", "\"The yellow card has cost us 17 points -- it was one of those things, stupid.", "It was massive. Sometimes those things are very, very costly, and it was for us today.", "\"We had stressed discipline over the past two weeks and talked about giving nothing soft away, and it is frustrating we have done that.", "He has made an impulsive decision, and hopefully it is a learning experience for him and he doesn't do it again.\"", "France travel to Scotland for the opening round's other match on Sunday." ]	[ "Ireland open defense of Six Nations rugby title with 29-11 victory at home to Italy .", "Flyhalf Ronan O'Gara becomes first player to score 500 points in the tournament .", "England defeat Wales 30-17 at Twickenham as visitors pay for Alun Wyn-Jones' sin-binning .", "Hosts score 17 points while lock is off field for leg-tripping England's Dylan Hartley ." ]	[ 0, 2, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Mathieu Bastareaud returned from the international rugby wilderness to score two tries as France opened their Six Nations campaign with an 18-9 victory away to Scotland on Sunday.", "The center made his first start since being cast aside after fabricating a tale of being assaulted during France's tour of New Zealand in June last year.", "The 21-year-old crossed for his first five-point scores at the highest level, having made his debut in the 2009 Six Nations before causing controversy when he claimed he had been attacked outside his hotel to explain facial injuries.", "He later admitted being drunk and falling over a table in his room, but speculation over the incident continued and French sports paper L'Equipe reported that he had psychiatric treatment following a suicide attempt.", "However, Bastareaud scored the first try of the game in Edinburgh in the 12th minute following a five-meter scrum, and powered over the line again out on the left seven minutes before halftime.", "Scrumhalf Morgan Parra converted to give France a 15-6 lead and then kicked his second penalty five minutes after the interval.", "Chris Paterson, playing his 99th international for Scotland, kicked his third penalty to reduce the deficit but the home side never looked like breaching the try line of last year's third-placed team as France could afford to see Parra miss another attempt at goal.", "Scotland coach Andy Robinson was left to rue defensive lapses ahead of next weekend's trip to Wales, who lost 30-17 to England on Saturday.", "\"We conceded two soft scores, and if we do that we're not going to beat anybody,\" the Englishman told reporters.", "\"It was hard against a good French scrum.", "The French were very canny in what they did.\"", "France winger Vincent Clerc praised teammate Bastareaud, who was banned for three months after his admission of lying.", "\"It was a good performance after some problems in July.", "He had a great match with two tries and some great defense,\" Clerc said." ]	[ "Mathieu Bastareaud scores two tries on return from international rugby wilderness .", "France defeat Scotland 18-9 in their opening Six Nations match in Edinburgh .", "It was center Bastareaud's first start since admitting he had lied about an assault in New Zealand .", "The 21-year-old was banned three months after finally admitting he fell over while drunk ." ]	[ 0, 1, 11, 12 ]
[ "Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Three people were killed when a parked car rigged with explosives blew up Saturday in Najaf on the eve of parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry said.", "At least 54 others -- 17 Iraqis and 37 Iranians -- were injured in the attack near the Imam Ali Holy Shrine, which houses the tomb of Ali, cousin of the Prophet Mohammed.", "Two of the dead were Iranians, the interior official said.", "Najaf, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, is frequented by Shiite pilgrims from Iran.", "Iraqis will go to the polls Sunday to choose a 325-member parliament.", "The election has been marred by violence despite heavy security.", "It is Iraq's fifth nationwide vote since 2003, but only the second for a full four-year-term parliament.", "Three attacks happened Thursday during early voting for those who will be unable to cast ballots Sunday, such as military and security personnel, detainees, hospital staff, and patients.", "A total of 12 people were killed and dozens were wounded.", "There have been warnings of further insurgent attacks around the vote.", "These are Iraq's first national elections since 2005, when the Sunni Arab population boycotted the elections and the political process.", "A Shiite-led government emerged and the Sunnis, feeling disenfranchised, went on to form the main part of the insurgency.", "The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq calls the elections an \"important milestone in Iraq's democratic progress,\" serving to strengthen the country's sovereignty and independence as the United States draws down its military presence there.", "Sunday's elections were supposed to happen in January but were delayed because of political disagreements and a delay in passing the election law that paved the way for this vote.", "There are 18.9 million eligible voters, casting ballots for 325 seats in the Council of Representatives, as Iraq's parliament is called.", "The seats represent Iraq's 18 provinces.", "At least a quarter of the positions -- 82 -- are guaranteed to go to women, and eight more have been allocated for minorities.", "They include five set aside for Christians and one each for the Shabak, Sabaeans (Mandaeans), and Yazidis.", "The number of seats is increasing from the previous 275.", "Seat allocation was based on 2005 population data from the Ministry of Trade and adjusted for a 2.8 percent annual growth across all governates.", "Voting for Iraqis abroad also is happening in 16 countries starting Friday -- including the United States, United Kingdom, Turkey, Iran, Canada and others in the Middle East and Europe.", "There are no exact figures for those eligible to cast ballots abroad.", "Estimates on turnout have ranged anywhere from 300,000 to 3 million.", "Around 6,200 candidates from more than 80 political entities are vying for seats.", "It is the first parliamentary vote to use an open list, in which the voters vote for political entities and, if they want, also can vote for candidates within those entities, according to the U.N. Assistance Mission.", "Although open lists complicates the training of election staff and the counting of votes, the system enhances the role of the voter in the election beyond casting a vote simply for a political party, the assistance mission says.", "At least 25 percent of the candidates on the ballot list of each political entity must be women.", "The assistance mission is providing technical assistance to the Independent High Electoral Commission, which is organizing the vote.", "The commission has ordered that all political campaigning must end as of 7 a.m. Saturday.", "A number of other special measures are being put in place for security reasons.", "Since Monday, there has been a ban on motorcycles and bicycles in Baghdad until further notice, and on Sunday a two-day ban on any vehicles in cities will begin, Iraqi authorities announced on state television.", "Provincial borders will be sealed, preventing movements between provinces, from Saturday to Monday.", "And international borders and all airports will be shut from midnight Saturday.", "A curfew will be in place in cities from midnight to 5 a.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, officials said.", "Civilians may not carry weapons on those days, they said.", "More than 47,000 polling stations will be open across the country, each one able to accept a maximum number of 420 voters.", "Polling stations are clustered into polling centers.", "Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. All those in line at the time the polls are open will be able to vote.", "About 300,000 trained election staff -- mostly teachers, principals, and lawyers -- will be on hand at polling sites.", "There will be more than 494,000 local and international observers, according to the Independent High Electoral Commission.", "The number includes about 500 to 600 international observers, according to the United Nations.", "Voter turnout figures should be available shortly after polls close, and preliminary results are expected by Tuesday or Wednesday, the United Nations said.", "Results will start emerging for each province as soon as 30 percent of polling centers in that province are tallied.", "Counting will take place at the polling stations at the end of voting, under the gaze of observers.", "Ballots will be counted twice to ensure accuracy.", "The number of ballots cast will be reconciled with the number of ballots issued to each polling station, and in case of a significant discrepancy, the station will be audited.", "CNN's Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report." ]	[ "Explosion near Imam Ali Holy Shrine kills 3 on day before parliamentary elections .", "Seats in the 325-member parliament are up for grabs .", "Elections were supposed to be in January but were delayed by political disagreements .", "18.9 million people are eligible to vote, and will choose from about 6,200 candidates ." ]	[ 4, 13, 14, 23 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The health care bill's passage has struck such an emotional chord that more than 10,000 people have posted comments and sometimes deeply personal stories about it on CNN.com.", "Under the bill, which President Obama is expected to sign Tuesday at the earliest, most Americans will now be required to have health insurance or pay a fine.", "Larger employers will be required to provide coverage or risk financial penalties.", "Total individual out-of-pocket expenses will be capped, and insurers will be barred from denying coverage based on gender or pre-existing conditions.", "Democrat Alison Victoria, who was a financial manager at a hospital for 15 years, supported the bill.", "As it's written, the bill \"isn't perfect, and it's not everything I wanted, but it will save lives,\" Victoria said in an iReport video.", "\"Doctors, nurses and financial officers see a part of our health care system that many Americans don't, if they're lucky,\" she said.", "\"We have seen benefits denied based on false allegations that the treatment is not medically necessary.", "We have seen families and whole small businesses dropped from insurance coverage because one person on the plan got sick.", "We have seen people unable to find insurance because of a pre-existing condition,\" she said, likening the bill to a form of \"justice\" promised in the Constitution.", "See complete coverage of the health care bill .", "Another reader used sarcasm to suggest that people will find a way around paying premiums.", "\"This is cool. I'm just going to drop my insurance now, pay the $700 yearly fine, and then pickup insurance when I get sick since insurance companies can't deny me,\" he wrote on the Sound Off section of a CNN.com news story published after the bill passed.", "\"I'll save a bundle of money every year.\"", "\"I suspect this is what most 'smart' Americans will do,\" he continued.", "\"And then guess what? Insurance companies will collapse because they'll have no pool of money to pay for the claims that start coming in, and we'll be in a world of hurt again.\"", "What will health care reform mean to you?", "Many people who responded to CNN's coverage said they were happy the bill passed simply because the current system was not working.", "Government-backed health care is \"the best compromise possible,\" Egberto Willies said.", "He's relieved that his wife, who has lupus, and his daughter, a pre-med student, won't have to worry about health care as much under the new bill, he said.", "\"America has joined the civilized world,\" he said in his iReport video.", "iReporter Cameron Harrelson, however, said he is afraid that his generation will end up paying for the bill.", "\"We're going to have to endure it the longest,\" the 15-year-old from Georgia said.", "Cliff Olney's daughter was born premature, and he's had to spend more than two decades caring for her with Medicaid, the U.S. health program funded by state and federal governments available to low-income people or people with disabilities.", "\"After 22 years of fighting health insurance companies, me and my daughter have vindication,\" he told iReport.", "But he also thinks the fight is far from over.", "\"You know what's going to happen now ... the insurance companies will begin to cut people who are sick as quickly as they can before the window of opportunity is over ... they'll also increase premiums as the banks did after legislation was passed for credit card reform.\"", "Michael Ingram, of Milford, Pennsylvania, says he's in good health and feels like he doesn't need health insurance.", "As a Navy veteran, he goes to a Veterans Affairs hospital when he's ill, he said.", "\"Forcing me to take a health care package that I may not need is dictatorial and not in keeping with the spirit or a free nation,\" Ingram wrote in his iReport.", "He said he's written to his representatives about the bill and said both parties are a \"sham.\"", "He plans to refuse to buy a health care plan.", "\"I hope that everyone can give this [health care bill] a chance,\" wrote one CNN.com reader who identified herself as a 27-year-old recent college graduate who is working full time for a law firm and has health insurance through her job.", "Two years ago, she was diagnosed with two debilitating diseases that require chemotherapy twice a week and 19 prescription drugs at a cost of $660 a month after insurance, she said.", "She and her husband, who doesn't have health insurance because it would cost $1,000 extra to add him to her plan, feel like they can barely keep their heads above water.", "\"The hardest thing for me, is that I know he has medical issues that go unattended because we simply can't afford it,\" she wrote.", "\"We truly are a family that is one major illness away from financial disaster.", "So I hope this bill will help our situation, and the situations of people much less fortunate than ourselves.\"" ]	[ "Former hospital financial manager says bill \"isn't perfect ... but it will save lives\"\nNavy vet who uses VA system says it would be unfair to force him to pay for health care .", "Recent college graduate who's on chemotherapy hopes \"this bill will help our situation\"\nOthers worry about cost, potential to cheat system ." ]	[ 4, 5, 19, 34, 37 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Ministry of Defense has released files on UFO sightings dating back to the 1970s, including witness accounts and the government's response.", "The ministry on Wednesday released the files as part of a four-year project to transfer all of the UFO documents to the National Archives to make them available to curious members of the public.", "The documents include hundreds of police reports taken from witnesses who describe seeing lights or strange objects in the sky, from southern England and Wales up to Northern Ireland.", "The files released Wednesday cover 1978 to 1987.", "The rest, dating from the 1950s and covering recent history, will be released over the coming years.", "Reported sightings typically describe various shapes and colors of lights, moving in formation or hovering in the sky.", "Witnesses reported orange, red, white and green lights that were diamond-shaped, square, or cigar-shaped.", "They reported them to police, who have a standard 16-question form specifically for UFO sightings.", "\"The vast majority of them are just ordinary people who've seen something unusual and thought that they ought to tell someone about it,\" said David Clarke, a professor at Sheffield Hallam University and a UFO expert who worked with the National Archives on the project.", "In one sighting in January 1985, a man near Cardiff, Wales, was closing his living room curtains when he saw an object in the sky.", "He said it moved \"up and down like a bouncing ball,\" then disappeared behind a mountain.", "Two police officers in Woking, south of London, reported seeing a white light in the sky on Christmas morning 1985.", "The light, they said, moved into the nearby area of Horsell, where author H.G.", "Wells had placed the Martian landing in his book, \"War of the Worlds.\"", "The person who took the report noted the officers were aware of the connection, writing, \"Genuine report.", "Two competent officers slightly embarrassed (Horsell Common features in H.G.", "Wells).\" Two other police officers in Edgware, north London, reported seeing an object in the sky in June 1984.", "They viewed it with binoculars for an hour and sketched a picture, showing a white sphere with a ring of blue and red lights.", "\"The object moved erratically from side to side, up and down and to and fro, not venturing far from its original position,\" the officers wrote.", "Other reports came from stunned members of the public, pilots, and members of the military.", "The Ministry of Defense said it examined the reports and held onto the records solely to determine whether enemy aircraft had infiltrated British airspace.", "Once it was determined that no enemy aircraft were in the sky, it did not investigate further.", "Watch why the ministry is revealing what it knows about UFOs » .", "\"The Ministry of Defense has no other interest or role regarding UFO matters and does not consider questions regarding the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial life-forms,\" it said Wednesday.", "That leaves many of the incidents simply unexplained, such as an April 1984 report made by a senior air traffic controller at an unidentified airfield.", "The controller was bringing in a light aircraft for landing when he noticed a series of lights appearing to come down on another runway.", "The crew of the incoming plane radioed that they saw the lights, too.", "All reported that they saw the lights come down \"at speed,\" touch down, and disappear.", "\"They were so concerned about this, they filed an official report,\" Clarke said.", "\"But what was the thing that they saw? There's no evidence from the papers that any further investigations were done and it remains a mystery.\"", "In 1979, two years after Steven Spielberg's alien-visitation movie \"Close Encounters of the Third Kind,\" reports of strange sightings had increased and the House of Lords decided to hold a debate on UFOs.", "One of the documents released Wednesday is a detailed briefing prepared by the Ministry of Defense for the debate, and it sheds light on the military's position on the matter.", "\"There is nothing to indicate that ufology (the study of UFOs) is anything but claptrap and no evidence at all of 'alien space craft,'\" read the briefing, prepared by the ministry for Lord Strabolgi, then government chief whip.", "At least one report in the files has since been explained, however.", "A report from August 1985 details the crop circles that two army officers found in a wheat field in Andover, in southern England.", "They noted one large circle surrounded by four smaller ones, all perfectly round with the wheat pressed down in a clockwise direction.", "No tracks led up to the circles, they said.", "The farmer called the army officers because he thought the Army Air Corps had created the circles, but the officers said they were stumped.", "\"None of us could offer any reasonable explanation,\" they wrote.", "It is now known that the crop circles were some of many created by two hoaxers named Doug Bowers and Dave Chorley, according to Clarke.", "\"Doug and Dave,\" as they were called, came forward in 1990 to say they created the circles with a garden roller and planks of wood, Clarke said.", "\"We now know that this particular circle near Andover was one of the ones that was created as a hoax by these two men,\" he said." ]	[ "British Ministry of Defense releases files on UFO sightings dating back to 1970s .", "The documents include witness accounts and the government's response .", "Ministry says ufology is \"claptrap\" and no evidence at all of alien space craft .", "It held onto records to determine if enemy aircraft had infiltrated UK airspace ." ]	[ 0, 20 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Texas Rep. Randy Neugebauer says he was the Republican House member who called out \"baby killer\" during the chamber's debate Sunday night on the health care reform bill.", "Neugebauer issued a statement Monday apologizing for the outburst.", "His statement said he called out, \"It's a baby killer,\" in reference to the last-minute deal between Michigan Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak and the White House that secured the support of Stupak and other anti-abortion Democrats for the health care bill.", "\"Last night was the climax of weeks and months of debate on a health care bill that my constituents fear and do not support,\" Neugebauer's statement said.", "\"In the heat and emotion of the debate, I exclaimed the phrase 'it's a baby killer' in reference to the agreement reached by the Democratic leadership.\"", "The interruption occurred as Stupak was delivering an emotional speech defending the deal with the White House that called for President Obama to issue an executive order guaranteeing that the bill would not change existing limits on federal funding for abortion.", "The phrase yelled by Neugebauer was initially believed to have been directed at Stupak personally.", "\"While I remain heartbroken over the passage of this bill and the tragic consequences it will have for the unborn, I deeply regret that my actions were mistakenly interpreted as a direct reference to Congressman Stupak himself,\" Neugebauer's statement said.", "\"I have apologized to Mr. Stupak and also apologize to my colleagues for the manner in which I expressed my disappointment about the bill,\" the statement concluded.", "\"The House Chamber is a place of decorum and respect.", "The timing and tone of my comment last night was inappropriate.\"", "The incident evoked memories of Rep. Joe Wilson, a South Carolina Republican, who yelled \"you lie\" during Obama's health care speech to a joint session of Congress in September.", "Wilson also apologized, and the House formally reprimanded him for the outburst.", "CNN's Brianna Keilar contributed to this report." ]	[ "Rep. Randy Neugebauer sorry \"my actions were mistakenly interpreted\"\n\"Baby killer\" outburst occurred as Stupak was speaking against a Republican motion .", "On Sunday, Stupak and other anti-abortion Democrats struck a deal with the president .", "Outburst comes six months after Rep. Joe Wilson's \"you lie\" incident ." ]	[ 0, 2, 11 ]
[ "Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Al-Shabaab, a hard-line Somali rebel group that is on the U.S. government's terror watch list, has threatened to attack neighboring Kenya, according to an online audio recording.", "On an Al-Shabaab Web site, men chant in Kiswahili, the national language of Kenya, saying, \"We will reach Nairobi.", "When we arrive, we will hit until we kill.\"", "A taped message in Arabic follows, thought to be by Abu Zubeyr, Al-Shabaab's commander in Somalia.", "The speaker of the message threatens those he calls infidels, throughout the world.", "It would not be the first threat by Al-Shabaab toward Kenya.", "Many analysts say Kenya is vulnerable to attack by the Islamic group, which is trying to overthrow the weak transitional government.", "The threat follows heightened tensions between the Kenyan government and Somalis living in Kenya over the past month.", "Kenya recently rounded up and arrested several hundred Somali immigrants and refugees living in a mostly Somali neighborhood.", "And earlier this month, Muslim protesters clashed with police after Friday prayers, leading to one death and extensive property damage.", "Muslim human-rights groups in Kenya have called for protests in support of cleric Abdulah Ibrahim el-Faisal, whom Kenya declared an unwanted person and deported earlier this month.", "The Jamaican-born Muslim cleric was previously jailed in Britain for inciting murder and racial hatred.", "But Kenya's efforts to deport him failed.", "He was then arrested on return to Kenya, further outraging some Muslim leaders.", "Alfred Mutua, Kenya's government spokesman, has since said that el-Faisal has successfully been deported.", "However, the government has given mixed signals as to whether he has actually left." ]	[ "Group says it will hit Nairobi \"until we kill\"\nKenya is vulnerable to attack by the Islamic group, analysts say .", "Threat follows heightened tensions between Kenya and Somalis living in the country ." ]	[ 2, 6, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Not content to sit quietly at home eating their tofu cutlets, more and more vegetarians, it seems, are taking action, trying to get the carnivorous masses to change their ways.", "Of course, the meat-free have been trying to win people over to their cause since the time of Pythagoras.", "But lately, activists are trying more in-your-face tactics.", "For Lierre Keith, author of \"The Vegetarian Myth,\" the \"in-your-face\" part is quite literal.", "A former vegetarian who has publicly recanted, she was lecturing in San Francisco, California, last week, when three masked assailants shouted \"Go vegan!\"", "and lobbed chili pepper-laced pies at her.", "Even in hard-core vegan circles -- which exclude using animal-based products for food, clothing, medicine or any other purpose -- such borderline-violent exploits are controversial.", "More common is the approach of folks like newly converted talk show host Ellen Degeneres, who has been sharing recipes for vegan nachos along with her philosophy.", "Still, recipes only go so far.", "And, more to the point, they don't get as much media attention.", "For many vegan and vegetarian activists, getting coverage is an art.", "PETA . If you've ever read about a particularly outrageous pro-vegetarian campaign, there's a good chance that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was behind it.", "The folks at PETA seem to be firm believers in the idea that \"all media attention is good media attention,\" and the more shocking or ridiculous the stunt, the more media outlets will pick up the story.", "PETA was laughed at when it tried to rebrand fish as \"sea kittens,\" in hopes that the more cuddly name would make seafood a less appealing mealtime choice.", "It was criticized for the suggestion that recently deceased Oscar G. Mayer should be buried with his company's hot dog-shaped Wienermobile.", "After British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay cooked up horse meat on his show, PETA UK dumped a ton of manure outside his London restaurant.", "Plenty of ecological activists cringe at these kinds of prankish maneuvers, but they do get noticed.", "And that, apparently, is the point.", "Why else would PETA organize an army of zombies to protest outside of KFC restaurants?", "Not content to oppose meat-eating in the real world, PETA also took a swipe at virtual carnivorousness: In response to the Nintendo DS game \"Cooking Mama,\" the group released its own bloody version.", "And, as anyone who's seen its anti-fur posters knows, PETA is well aware that sex sells.", "The group got the granddaughter of Argentinean revolutionary Che Guevara to pose wearing nothing but a bandolier filled with carrots.", "Last, year PETA proposed a too-racy-for-TV \"vegetarians have better sex\" Super Bowl commercial, guaranteeing plenty of coverage when -- surprise!", "-- NBC rejected the ad.", "PETA also brings its soft-core approach to the streets with its \"Lettuce Ladies\" campaign: young models, clad in a few strategically placed leaves, handing out veggie hot dogs.", "The group has enlisted Pamela Anderson and Elizabeth Berkley to pose for the Lettuce Ladies Web site (find it yourself) -- probably the best thing that's happened to their careers in years.", "Is there tofu wresting?", "Yes, there is tofu wrestling.", "Casa Diablo .", "PETA is not alone in combining feminine pulchritude and an anti-meat agenda.", "A couple of years back, Portland, Oregon, resident Johnny Diablo got a bunch of media attention when he opened Casa Diablo, the world's first vegan strip club.", "Serving veggie burgers with a side of nudity (or maybe the other way around) might seem to be just a publicity stunt.", "(The fact that Diablo tried to put the club up for sale shortly after opening would seem to suggest that.)", "But Mr. Diablo is an earnest vegan himself, and he's apparently retained ownership of Casa Diablo, though reviews -- of both the cuisine and the more fleshy attractions -- are decidedly mixed.", "McVegan . As the most public face of our carnivorous culture, McDonald's is a popular target of vegetarian activism.", "Back in 1985, the London branch of Greenpeace declared October 16 World Anti-McDonald's Day, and every year since, there have been protests and rallies all over the globe.", "The group Vegan Action, founded by Berkeley students in 1993, has come up with a gentler -- and tastier -- way to combat the ubiquity of the golden arches.", "With its help, you can host your own \"McVegan\" event.", "There will be veggie burgers, there will be uniformed servers, and there will even be a costumed clown mascot -- Reggie McVeggie, \"Ronald's kinder brother.\"", "The slogan: \"Billions and billions saved.\"", "Vegan Avengers .", "Even a green group like Friends of the Earth isn't safe from vegan wrath.", "Last year, the group hosted a comedy night at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, only to have the event crashed by masked activists wearing enormous artificial testicles.", "They called themselves the \"Vegan Avengers,\" and their crude slogan suggested that the middle-of-the-road members of FoE should grow a similar pair by supporting veganism.", "The Avengers have not been heard from since their single appearance." ]	[ "For many vegan and vegetarian activists, getting media attention is an art .", "PETA seems to firmly believe that \"all media attention is good media attention\"\nManure dumping, zombies, vegan strip club have been used to further the anti-meat cause ." ]	[ 10, 12, 40 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal may be more used to serving aces than strutting his stuff on a film set but that has not stopped the former world number one from appearing with Colombian rock star Shakira in her new music video.", "The scenes of the two stars used to accompany the global release of the \"Gypsy\" single were filmed in Barcelona, Spain last month where the chemistry between the 23-year-old Spaniard and the Latin American singer were such that denials were released by both parties to quash rumors of a love match.", "Though Nadal is in no danger of winning an Oscar for his acting skills, his cameo appearance was just one in a long list of tennis stars who have flirted with the silver screen.", "Any come to mind? Open Court sifted through the archives to find other famous examples of tennis stars caught on camera.", "Let us know if there are any we have missed by adding your comment at the bottom of the page.", "Anna Kournikova: .", "Given her status as a celebrity, which rather overshadowed her abilities as a tennis player, the former Wimbledon semifinalist and number one ranked doubles player, was inevitably going to turn her talents to acting.", "Rather in the Nadal mode, Kournikova does not have any lines to fluff when appearing with Spanish pop star Enrique Inglesias in a video to promote his 2001 single \"Escape\".", "Having been \"seduced\" in a variety of role-play settings by Enrique, the pair later dated in real life.", "The single reached number 12 in the United States listings.", "John McEnroe: .", "The former bad boy of tennis, famous for his rants and run-ins with umpires, would appear to have all the ingredients for a director looking to add a star name to his film credits and with a bit of acting ability to boot.", "McEnroe, who was once married to the movie star Tatum O'Neal, has in fact appeared in six films, the latest Adam Sandler's 2008 release \"You Don't Mess with the Zohan\" where he predictably plays himself.", "The film did well at the box office and, considering his other cameo alongside Robert De Niro in \"Anger Management,\" the grand slam great could be set for further feature film parts.", "But whether he will follow soccer legend Eric Cantona in taking lead roles in critically acclaimed films may be open to question.", "Vijay Amritraj: .", "The Indian star's handsome profile and suave personality lent itself to the movie world and sure enough a Hollywood producer spotted him as he gave a post match television interview.", "He was given an immediate screen test between the second and third rounds while playing at Wimbledon and landed more than just a walk-on part in the 13th Bond movie \"Octopussy.\"", "Rather predictably, Vijay's role did have a tennis angle with the baddie Kamal Khan playing at the same club as him, where he was able to keep watch for 007 Roger Moore.", "Vijay also kills a kukri-wielding Gurkha with his racket,before getting his come-uppance from one of Bond's enemies with a nasty knife.", "He dies muttering the immortal lines \"It was Kamal's men.\"", "A later appearance in \"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home\" marked the end of his film career, but Vijay made regular appearances on a popular television show on American network NBC to extend his acting career.", "Althea Gibson: .", "Any history of tennis or indeed sport in general, will point to the pivotal role which Althea Gibson played in breaking down barriers for the African-American community.", "As a forerunner for the likes of the Williams sisters four decades later, Gibson became the first black player to win Wimbledon in 1957, before defending the title the year after to add to a career haul of five grand slam singles titles.", "Despite the success, Gibson had never profited from her triumphs as a lifelong amateur so on retirement in 1959 she took a career change that saw her release an album of songs and appear in \"The Horse Soldiers\", a John Ford-directed western -- where she played a liberated slave who rides alongside John Wayne.", "William Holden also appeared in the film, but sadly it was Gibson's first and last and she turned to playing professional golf to earn a living.", "Maria Sharapova: .", "Given her worldwide fame and celebrity, the Russian tennis icon would appear to be a Hollywood producer's dream but her chance of celluloid glory was thwarted by -- a Hollywood producer.", "The 2004 feature \"Wimbledon\" starred Kirsten Dunst as Lizzie Bradbury, a single-minded American tennis star who finds love in the form of a less than dedicated British player Peter Colt (Paul Bettany), who inspired by Bradbury does the impossible by winning the men's singles.", "A very unlikely scenario but highly predictable for a feel good film.", "Sharapova was supposed to have played one of Bradbury's hapless opponents, but according to the commentary on the DVD of the film, she was considered too much of a likeness to Dunst and did not get the part.", "A glut of players, Chris Evert, John McEnroe (inevitably) and Luke Jensen amongst others lend their faces to the film and CNN's Open Court presenter Pat Cash advised on the action shots.", "But one can't help but think that an appearance by Sharapova may have boosted box office takings even more, although she did appear at the glitzy premiere in Hollywood in September, 2004, towering over the diminutive Dunst.", "Bill Tilden: .", "Another infamous tennis star who is rated one of the all-time greats for his grand slam exploits, but attracted less than favorable headlines for his private life, was another to try his hand at entertainment without a tennis racket.", "The controversial life of tennis great Tilden .", "Tilden dominated the men's game in the 1920s before turning professional and was still a force into his 40s, playing to big crowds against the likes of Donald Budge and Fred Perry.", "But away from tennis, Tilden's great passion was movies and theater.", "He was a personal friend of screen icon Charlie Chaplin and ploughed much of his fortune into three Broadway plays, which he wrote and produced and also appeared in.", "All bombed spectacularly and Hollywood did not come calling.", "The Players (1979 movie) This makes our list because of the sheer numbers of star players, who have cameo roles or -- in the case of the great Pancho Gonzales -- starred in a major supporting role.", "Gonzales, who received a panning from critics for his pains, also has a credit in the more successful 1953 release \"Pat and Mike\" starring screen legends Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.", "The corny plot of The Players (see \"Wimbledon\" above) has crooner Dean Martin's son (Dean Paul Martin) play a rising young tennis star who falls for an older woman Nicole (Ali McGraw).", "It is loaded with walk on parts for John McEnroe, his predecessor as the \"enfant terrible\" of tennis, Ilie Nastase, and the Argentine ace Guillermo Vilas.", "Tom Gullikson, John Lloyd, Dennis Ralston and Ion Tiriac also appear as well as legendary British tennis commentator Dan Maskell, but it proved a turkey.", "Roll credits .", "So that's Open Court's guide to the best and mostly worse in tennis acting careers, but while the sport remains a favorite among celebrities and rich Hollywood film moguls, the list is sure to grow and as we went to press reports from India say 11-time grand slam doubles champion Leander Paes is wanting to join the ranks of Bollywood after taking acting lessons for over a year.", "Judging by the efforts of his predecessors he might need them." ]	[ "Tennis stars of past and present have turned their talents to land roles in films .", "American ace John McEnroe has appeared in the credits for no less than six features .", "1957 Wimbledon champion starred alongside screen icon John Wayne in a western .", "Indian star Vijay Amritraj was talent spotted for a supporting part in Bond movie Octopussy ." ]	[ 2, 10, 12, 15, 17, 46 ]
[ "Fargo, North Dakota (CNN) -- Officials in North Dakota and Minnesota are catching their breath Monday, if only briefly, after the Red River crested over the weekend.", "Despite the river peaking at 36.99 feet -- 19 feet above flood level -- Sunday morning, the region will have to contend with high water for a while.", "\"It'll be about a week, so we're just going to continue to monitor things and kind of wait as that water very, very slowly goes down,\" said Robyn Litke, spokeswoman for Fargo, North Dakota.", "\"We are just continuing to maintain our dikes and just continuing the dike patrols.", "It is expected that we will stay well above major the major flood stage of 30 feet for about the next week or maybe a little bit longer.\"", "Overall, the situation in Fargo looked good, Mayor Dennis Walaker said Sunday.", "\"We're standing tall,\" Walaker said.", "\"We have to stand tall for a few more days.\"", "Are you there? Share your photos, videos and stories .", "Craig Fugate, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was expected to tour Fargo on Monday to survey the area's response to the high waters.", "When the river recedes to 30 feet, Fargo can begin removing dikes, a city official said.", "The waters were expected to begin their retreat late Sunday at a rate two to three times slower than it rose.", "The Red River flooding began last week when warmer weather and rain melted snow south of Fargo and its sister city of Moorhead, Minnesota, causing the river to swell.", "Upstream, snow and ice have yet to melt, pushing water back toward the two cities.", "Last year, the Red River crested at nearly 41 feet -- a record and about 4 feet higher than this year's level.", "Water surrounded some homes near the river in Fargo, where 700,000 sandbags guarded the city from creeping waters.", "At least 10 people have been rescued from floodwaters in the area since Friday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.", "Moorhead also was on alert, and the city was advising residents to monitor sandbag dikes.", "Between Moorhead and Fargo, more than 1 million sandbags were stacked to defend against the river's rise.", "Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, teams in Cass County, North Dakota -- which includes Fargo -- rushed to three locations to reinforce sandbag dikes, said Capt.", "Grant Larson of the North Dakota Air National Guard.", "He said that 1,000 sandbags were stacked around a home threatened by flooding Sunday morning.", "\"This house would have been lost,\" Larson added.", "In the southern Plains, authorities said they linked four deaths to an early spring snowstorm that blanketed the region.", "Stacy Moore, 26, died Saturday when her car veered off a slush-covered road in Unionville, Missouri, said Michael Weiseman, radio operator for the Missouri Highway Patrol.", "Moore was ejected when her vehicle flipped, Weiseman said Sunday.", "Weather-related vehicle crashes killed one in Kansas and two in Oklahoma, authorities said.", "Oklahoma police investigated 244 crashes, one that resulted in the death of a 7-year-old in Logan County on Saturday, the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management reported.", "On Sunday, a 77-year-old woman was killed when her car struck a tree after she lost control on an icy road, the department said.", "Parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma received at least 1 foot of snow.", "CNN Radio's Shelby Erdman and CNN's Aaron Cooper, Justin Lear, Dina Majoli, Khadijah Rentas and Reynolds Wolf contributed to this report." ]	[ "Red River peaks at 19 feet above flood level over weekend .", "FEMA chief Craig Fugate will tour Fargo, North Dakota, to see area's response to flooding .", "City expected to stay above major flood level for at least week, spokeswoman says .", "Sister city Moorhead, Minnesota, also on high alert for flooding ." ]	[ 1, 9, 12, 20 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The National Transportation Safety Board has released dramatic animation of two runway near-collisions this year to illustrate what the agency says is the need for improvements in runway safety.", "The NTSB animation shows two planes nearly colliding at the San Francisco International Airport in May.", "The first animation shows a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 and a United Airlines Airbus A320 coming within 230 feet of colliding on the runway at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida in July.", "The re-creation was based on radar and flight data recorder information from the planes involved.", "The animation includes audio from the air traffic controller, who can be heard yelling, \"Stop, stop, stop!\"", "to the United plane as the Delta aircraft attempts to land.", "Watch animation, hear controller's pleas » .", "The second animation shows a May incident at San Francisco International Airport in California in which a Republic Airlines jet takes off, coming within 35 feet of a SkyWest Airlines commuter turboprop that has just landed.", "There were no injuries in either situation.", "The videos were shown Thursday during the NTSB's annual \"most wanted transportation safety improvements\" board meeting, where the agency reviews its greatest concerns in transportation safety.", "The Federal Aviation Administration reported that serious runway incursions were reduced by 25 percent in 2007, but the NTSB said much work remains on runway safety and systems to notify pilots when they are about to collide with another plane or vehicle.", "NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker expressed frustration with the slow progress of implementing new technology, such as the use of a global positioning system-type procedure in cockpits that would help warn pilots of dangers on the runway.", "Rosenker told the NTSB-only panel, \"It is time to do something before we have to investigate an accident that is catastrophic.\"", "Among the most wanted transportation safety improvements cited on the NTSB's Web site are items to \"stop runway incursions/ground collisions of aircraft\" with the notations \"action needed by Federal Aviation Administration\" and \"unacceptable response.\"", "The site says systems the FAA has added to airports to warn air traffic controllers of potential collisions aren't \"sufficient.\"", "\"In recent incidents, [one system] did not alert controllers in time to be effective, and the situations were instead resolved by flight crew actions that sometimes bordered on heroics or just plain luck,\" the NTSB site says.", "\"Until there is a system in place to positively control ground movements of all aircraft, with direct warning to pilots, the potential for this type of disaster will continue to be high.\"", "Rosenker told Thursday's board gathering that \"this must be resolved.\"", "\"We've had this recommendation for a number of years -- too many number of years,\" he said.", "Other areas of NTSB concern include fuel tanks on airplanes, pilot and air traffic controller fatigue, and technologies that could help prevent automobile collisions.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Eric Fiegel contributed to this report." ]	[ "NTSB shows dramatic animations of two recent near-collisions on runways .", "In a Florida incident, planes came within 35 feet of colliding .", "NTSB wants FAA to improve systems to alert pilots to runway danger ." ]	[ 0, 2, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Best known for its luxury massage chairs, Osim opened its first commercial outlet in the Philippines in February 2003.", "Osim considers itself a global leader in branded healthy lifestyle products.", "Just two months later it launched iSymphonic, the world's first massage chair synchronized to music, voted \"Invention of the Year\" by Time magazine.", "In January 2007 it launched uPilot, a designer massage chair featuring ROBO-Stic technology for extensive personal massage control.", "Other pioneer products include iDesire, iMedic, iSqueez, iSense and iTango.", "Today Osim considers itself a global leader in branded healthy lifestyle products, offering more than 100 innovative products covering its four focuses of health, hygiene, nutrition and fitness, from massage chairs and air purifiers to health supplements and treadmills.", "Listed in the Singapore Stock Exchange, Osim operates an international point-of-sales network of over 1,100 outlets in more than 360 cities in over 28 countries in Asia, Australia, Africa, Middle East, United Kingdom and North America.", "Osim has also invested in the communities in which it operates.", "It has set up an ongoing endowment fund with the NUS Business School (National University of Singapore) called the Osim Professorship in Branding and Innovation.", "In Hong Kong, it involved celebrity Andy Lau to lift Hong Kong residents' spirits during the critical SARS period.", "In 2004, it helped raise funds for victims of the Asian Tsunami.", "Osim also supported The Healthy Walk Event in Taiwan, as well as major cultural events in Malaysia in 2005 and 2006.", "Osim was Awarded the Most Transparent Company Award (Commerce) in SIAS Investors' Choice Awards 2004 and 2005.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Osim launched iSymphonic, world's first massage chair synchronized to music .", "In 2007 it launched uPilot massage chair, featuring ROBO-Stic technology .", "Osim operates in Asia, Australia, Africa, Middle East, UK and North America ." ]	[ 2, 3, 6 ]
[ "Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Five presumed drug gang members and one soldier were killed in shootouts Thursday and Friday after criminals blocked thoroughfares in two northern Mexico states to prevent military reinforcements from arriving, authorities said.", "The criminals used cars, transit buses and tractor-trailers to block roads and streets in the states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon in northeastern Mexico, said an official with the Nuevo Leon public security office.", "The official was briefed on the incidents but declined to be named because she is not allowed to speak for the department.", "Three gang members were killed Thursday in Tamaulipas and two died early Friday in the city of Monterrey, in Nuevo Leon, the official said.", "One soldier was killed and four wounded in the Tamaulipas confrontation, the security official said.", "Two of the road blocks happened Thursday and five more were set up before dawn Friday, the official said.", "All were cleared within a matter of hours.", "The area, which borders Texas, has seen bloody fighting between the Zetas and Gulf cartels after a recent gangland slaying.", "Hours-long gun battles are common, and U.S. officials were recently forced to temporarily close the consulate in the city of Reynosa.", "The trouble started January 18 when a Gulf cartel member killed top Zeta lieutenant Victor Mendoza.", "The Zetas demanded that the Gulf cartel turn over the killer, but the narco group refused.", "The Zetas, composed mostly of former elite military troops, had been the armed enforcers for the Gulf cartel since 2001.", "The Zetas have become more independent in recent years, and the all-out war between the two cartels indicates the split is apparently permanent.", "Nuevo Leon public security chief Luis Carlos Trevino was quoted in published reports as saying that the military will continue ongoing operations against the criminals despite the road blocks and other obstacles.", "Soldiers carried out raids Thursday in the cities of El Carmen, Sabinas, Vallecillo and Paras.", "\"The organized crime groups have tried through different means and methods to turn the roads of the metropolitan Monterrey area upside down, looking to form blockades with civilian vehicles to prevent support troops going to the areas where these actions are taking place,\" Trevino said at a news conference Thursday.", "The drug gang members used tractor-trailers, buses and cars to close the Reynosa Highway and the road to Miguel Aleman, causing panic among residents and traffic chaos, the security chief said.", "The highway from Monterrey to Reynosa was closed for at least two hours in both directions when armed men forced at least six car drivers and a tractor-trailer driver to station their vehicles across the road.", "The gunmen also burned three cars and a pickup truck to close the Miguel de la Madrid Boulevard in Monterrey.", "In addition, gunmen stole several cars and trucks to use as roadblocks in both directions on the highway to Miguel Aleman, Trevino said.", "Mexico has been gripped in massive drug-related bloodshed since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the cartels shortly after coming into office in December 2006.", "Much of the violence has centered around Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.", "Juarez drew attention in the United States last weekend when three people associated with the U.S. consulate in the city were gunned down.", "Two of the victims were U.S. citizens who lived in El Paso.", "Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said earlier this week authorities believe Saturday's slayings were carried out by the Barrio Azteca drug gang.", "No motive has been revealed and no arrests have been made.", "About 200 U.S. federal, state and local authorities interviewed more than 100 Barrio Azteca members and associates in El Paso and southern New Mexico on Thursday, the Justice Department said.", "There are no official government tallies, but more than 16,000 people are estimated to have died in the drug wars.", "The vast majority of the deaths are among reputed criminals, with some police and military also being killed.", "Relatively few of the deaths are civilians.", "Even so, the United States and Canada have issued travel warnings, particularly along the border area.", "The Texas Department of Public Safety took the unprecedented step this year of recommending that students on spring break not go to border areas inside Mexico.", "News of the violence and the travel warnings apparently have had an effect.", "Mexicans say tourism along the border has declined this year, with one business owner in Tijuana telling CNN that his business has dropped 40 percent." ]	[ "Five presumed drug gang members, soldier killed in shootouts .", "Criminals blocked roads with cars, buses to prevent military from arriving, authorities say .", "Area near Texas border site of bloody fighting between Zetas, Gulf cartels ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Authorities have issued sketches of three people sought in connection with the spate of eastern Texas church fires.", "The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released the drawings Friday at a news conference in Tyler, Texas.", "We have a serial arsonist out there,\" said Robert Champion, special agent in charge of ATF's Dallas, Texas, office.", "\"We need help from the public.\"", "There have been a total of 11 church fires so far this year, 10 of them found to be deliberately set.", "There is no clear theme linking the fires, which have struck churches of different denominations, including Baptist, Methodist and Church of Christ Scientist, on different days of the week and at different times of the day.", "While the churches are located in small towns, not all of them are in remote locations.", "Police patrols have been stepped up near churches, and in some cases church members are staying at their churches to protect them or patrolling around the churches themselves.", "\"I think maybe I would characterize the mood of our people as perplexed,\" Randy Daniels, mayor of Athens, Texas, told CNN earlier this week.", "Athens, a town of about 12,000 people, has had three of its church set on fire.", "In Tyler, Texas, the Tyland Baptist Church was among those set ablaze.", "Pastor David Mahfood told CNN on Wednesday there was nothing left from the January 16 fire -- \"not a Bible, not a hymnal.", "We've got some bricks.", "That's it.\" At another destroyed church, Russell United Methodist Church in Wills Point, Texas, members are trying to salvage what they can from the ashes.", "A large brass cross that hung over the church's choir loft was recently found, church member Kay Crosby told CNN.", "\"It was kind of twisted, but we're going to have it restored,\" she said." ]	[ "Sketches of three people released by ATF .", "No clear theme linking fires, which have struck churches of different denominations .", "Patrols, by both police and residents, have been stepped up near east Texas churches ." ]	[ 5, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Caroline Wozniacki has earned a career-high world No.", "2 tennis ranking after winning through to the final of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in California.", "The second-seeded Dane will move above the injured Dinara Safina and close the gap on No.", "1 Serena Williams when the latest standings are released on Monday.", "The 19-year-old will play former world No.", "1 Jelena Jankovic in the final of the Californian outdoor hardcourt tournament after defeating close friend Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2 6-3 on Friday night.", "Wozniacki, who reached the U.S. Open final last year before losing to comeback queen Kim Clijsters, will be seeking her seventh title on the WTA Tour.", "She dominated against fifth seed Radwanska, winning the first five games of the opening set and then taking the final four points off the Pole's serve in the match-clinching game.", "\"We know each other so well. We know each other's strengths and weaknesses,\" Wozniacki told the tournament's official Web site.", "\"Agnieszka is a great fighter.", "She doesn't give up. I knew that I had to fight till the last point to win this match.", "\"She actually owes me an ice cream.", "She thought we were going to play first match, and I said, 'No, we're going to play late, or 7:30.'", "Then we made a bet, as well, and I won, so at least I get an ice cream.", "But I have to buy dinner.\"", "Wozniacki has lost all four previous encounters with sixth seed Jankovic, who defeated Australian eighth seed Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-4 earlier on Friday.", "The Serbian, now ranked ninth, has reached the final at Indian Wells for the first time in nine appearances, and will be looking to emulate compatriots Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic by clinching the title there.", "\"I thought the key to today's match was my return,\" Jankovic said.", "\"Samantha has an unbelievable serve, one of the best serves in women's game, and I was able to return a lot of her first serves.", "\"I was putting a lot of pressure on her second serve.", "So I think that was the key, because I was able to break her quite a few times.", "And then it made everything easier for me.\"", "Stosur, who knocked out defending champion in the fourth round, will break into the top-10 following her exploits this week.", "\"Today was a bit disappointing, but it's still my best result in a tournament like this.", "I think there's a lot to build on,\" she said." ]	[ "Second seed Caroline Wozniacki to play Jelena Jankovic in final at Indian Wells .", "Dane will move up to No.", "2 in world rankings after beating friend Agnieszka Radwanska .", "She has lost all four previous encounters with former world No.", "1 Jankovic .", "Serbian sixth seed defeated Australia's Samantha Stosur in the semifinals ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 5, 15 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A trendy California sushi restaurant says it's closing after being accused of serving illegal whale meat.", "The company that owns Santa Monica's The Hump restaurant had already apologized for the whale meat accusation earlier in the week.", "The restaurant's Web site said: \"After 12 years doing business in Santa Monica, The Hump will be closing its doors effective March 20, 2010.", "The Hump hopes that by closing its doors, it will help bring awareness to the detrimental effect that illegal whaling has on the preservation of our ocean ecosystems and species.\"", "The investigation into the eatery began in October when two members of the team that made the documentary, \"The Cove\" visited The Hump, officials said.", "\"The Cove,\" which exposes the annual killing of dolphins at a Japanese fishing village, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary earlier in March.", "Armed with a hidden camera, two women from the documentary captured the waitress serving them whale and horse meat and identifying them as such, a federal criminal complaint said.", "A receipt from the restaurant at the end of the meal identified their selection as \"whale\" and \"horse\" with a cost of $85 written next to them.", "The women snuck pieces of the meat into a napkin and later sent them for examination to a researcher at Oregon State University.", "He identified the whale sample to be that of sei whale, prosecutors said.", "The meat from whales, considered an endangered species, cannot be sold legally in the United States.", "The restaurant, located at the Santa Monica Airport, is known for its exotic fare.", "Its Web site asks diners to surrender themselves to its chefs for \"a culinary adventure ... unlike any that you have previously experienced.\"", "Prosecutors have also charged Typhoon Restaurant Inc., the parent company of the restaurant, and one of its chefs -- Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45 -- with the illegal sale of a marine mammal product for an unauthorized purpose.", "The misdemeanor charge carries a federal prison sentence of up to a year and a fine of up to $200,000 for the company, federal authorities said.", "The Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act make it illegal, except under very limited circumstances, to hunt, kill or capture whales and also prohibit trade in the animals or any part of them.", "CNN's Sonya Hamaski contributed to this report." ]	[ "Sushi restaurant in California to voluntarily close its doors after whale meat accusations .", "The Hump restaurant issued apology for serving whale .", "It is illegal to sell whale meat in United States ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Longtime \"American Idol\" judge Simon Cowell said he'll be leaving the popular Fox talent show at the end of the season, the network announced Monday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California.", "Cowell's popular U.K. talent show, \"The X Factor,\" will be coming to the United States in the fall of 2011 with the acerbic critic in tow, according to Fox.", "\"I want to leave 'Idol' this year bigger and better than it was in the past,\" Cowell said at the TCA tour Monday.", "Cowell will be both executive producer and judge on \"The X Factor.\"", "\"I'm thrilled that we have put a date on the launch of the U.S. version of 'The X Factor,' and delighted to be continuing to work with Fox,\" said Cowell in a statement.", "\"We have a fantastic relationship, a great team and are all very excited about this.\"", "iReport: Will you watch \"Idol\" without Simon?", "Speculation has raged for weeks as to Cowell's future.", "Though he's well paid for his \"Idol\" work -- an estimated $36 million per season -- he has expressed a desire to focus on \"The X Factor.\"", "Cowell said at the press session that it's taken some time to reach an agreement for his new duties, hence the buzz.", "(Indeed, he signed the last page of his \"contract\" on stage with Fox executives Peter Rice and Kevin Reilly.)", "\"[I] didn't think it was right to do two shows in America at the same time, so [I] decided to leave one and start another,\" he said.", "He said he missed Paula Abdul, the former \"Idol\" judge who left the show in August, but wouldn't confirm or deny whether she would appear on \"X Factor\" in the U.S. Cowell and Abdul had a good-naturedly contentious relationship on \"Idol,\" with the tough-minded Brit often acting as bad cop to the \"Forever Your Girl\" singer's good cop.", "Ellen DeGeneres, who's taking over Abdul's judging slot, joked about Cowell's announcement on her talk show Monday -- getting in a dig at NBC's late-night troubles as well.", "\"So this just happened, Simon Cowell just announced that he's leaving 'Idol.'", "This will be his last season.", "He announced he's leaving on my first day.", "I'm trying not to take it personally,\" she said.", "\"But seriously, I am going to be very, very sad to see him go, because I think he's made the show what it is.", "He's a huge part of that show but he wanted a change.", "I wish him all the luck in the world hosting 'The Tonight Show,' \" said DeGeneres, referring to widespread speculation about how NBC will resolve its issues with its late-night talk shows.", "In reality, of course, Simon Cowell has not been part of that speculation.", "Since its premiere in 2002, \"Idol\" has been an entertainment phenomenon, regularly ranking as TV's top show, creating several musical stars and pulling in millions more viewers than its closest competition.", "Its new season premieres Tuesday.", "Cowell's presence has been credited as a major reason.", "The British music executive was a judge on the British version of \"Idol,\" \"Pop Idol,\" and came to the United States when Fox imported the show.", "Unlike judges on many American talent shows, Cowell didn't sugar-coat his criticisms to contestants.", "With the show's growing popularity -- by its fourth season it was the top show on television, a rank it has held ever since -- Cowell and fellow \"Idol\" players Abdul, judge Randy Jackson and amiable host Ryan Seacrest became stars in their own right.", "Though the show continues to dominate American TV, ratings have started sliding in \"Idol's\" past two seasons.", "But Cowell told the TCA audience he had no doubt about the show's future.", "It will \"continue to be the No. 1 show\" in the country, Cowell said.", "The show has given him \"the best days of my life.\"", "Asked who should replace him, he jokingly suggested Seacrest, with whom Cowell has also good-naturedly tangled.", "The Fox executives said they're not going to rush to find Cowell's replacement.", "CNN's KJ Matthews contributed to this story." ]	[ "Simon Cowell leaving \"American Idol\" after this season .", "Cowell's \"The X Factor\" coming to U.S. in 2011 .", "Cowell's acerbic commentary has been a big reason for \"Idol's\" popularity ." ]	[ 1, 8, 14, 24 ]
[ "Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- The Obama administration's first high-level direct talks with North Korea yielded no promise by Pyongyang to return to six-party negotiations aimed at ending its nuclear program, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday nonetheless called the meeting \"quite positive.\"", "In Washington, Clinton said she agreed with special envoy Stephen Bosworth that the talks were \"very useful,\" adding, \"It does remain to be seen whether and when the North Koreans will return to the six-party talks, but the bottom line is that these were exploratory talks, not negotiations.\"", "North Korea has refused to return to the talks conducted by the United States, Russia, China, South Korea and Japan, insisting that it wants to talk directly with the U.S.", "In April, Pyongyang declared the talks \"dead\" in anger over international criticism of its nuclear and missile tests this year.", "Clinton previously said the United States was willing to meet bilaterally with North Korea but only within the framework of the six-party talks.", "She also has warned the United States will not normalize ties with Pyongyang or lift sanctions unless North Korea takes irreversible steps toward dismantling its nuclear program.", "Of his three-day visit, Bosworth said, \"My purpose ... was to facilitate the resumption of the six-party talks and to reaffirm the goal of fully implementing the September 2005 joint statement.\"", "Holding a news conference Thursday in Seoul after his visit to North Korea, Bosworth said, \"I communicated President Obama's view that complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is a fundamental undertaking of the six-party process ... and that the absence of progress on denuclearization is an obstacle to improving our relations.\"", "As Obama \"has made it clear, the United States is prepared to work with allies, partners in the region to offer ... North Korea a different future,\" he said.", "Bosworth said he held talks with North Korean officials, but not President Kim Jong Il, because \"we did not ask\" for a meeting with the leader.", "He said they did not make plans for a future meeting.", "Many observers are wondering what's behind the North's latest moves, and some said Bosworth's trip is a positive.", "\"The visit gives North Korea a lot of 'face,' a sense of importance,\" said Wenran Jiang, political science professor at the University of Alberta in Canada.", "Some analysts said North Korea might be trying to buy time.", "Earlier reports in Seoul claimed that North Korea is in the final stages of restoring its Yongbyon nuclear plant, which Pyongyang had begun to disable before walking away from the six-party talks.", "Given the secrecy of the North, those reports could not be verified.", "Analysts said North Korea also is desperate to break out of its diplomatic isolation and ease its economic pain, especially after the U.N. Security Council imposed tougher sanctions on the country in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests.", "A joint statement issued by the six-party nations in September 2005 said North Korea had \"committed to abandoning all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs.\"", "CNN's Jill Dougherty contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Hillary Clinton describes North Korean talks as \"very useful\"\nEnvoy Stephen Bosworth is first Obama administration official to hold direct talks with North .", "North Korea abandoned six-party talks in April after criticism over nuclear tests .", "U.S. says it's unclear if North will return to six-party talks ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration raised the stakes in the health care debate Monday, releasing a new blueprint that seeks to bridge the gap between measures passed by the Senate and House of Representatives last year.", "If enacted, the president's sweeping compromise plan would constitute the biggest expansion of federal health care guarantees since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid more than four decades ago.", "The White House said it would extend coverage to 31 million Americans.", "Among other things, the White House said it would expand Medicare prescription drug coverage, increase federal subsidies to help people buy insurance and give the federal government new authority to block excessive rate hikes by health insurance companies.", "It increases the threshold -- relative to the Senate bill -- under which a tax on high-end health insurance plans would kick in.", "As with both the House and Senate plans, it includes significant reductions in Medicare spending in part through changes in payments made under the Medicare Advantage program.", "President Obama's plan does not include a government-run public health insurance option, an idea strongly backed by liberal Democrats but fiercely opposed by both Republicans and key Democratic moderates.", "It also eliminates a deeply unpopular provision in the Senate bill worked in by Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, that would exempt his Midwestern state from paying increased Medicaid expenses.", "Administration officials said Obama's measure would cut the deficit by $100 billion over the next 10 years.", "They estimate the total cost of the bill to be $950 billion in the next decade.", "The Senate bill would cost an estimated $871 billion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, while the more expansive House plan has been estimated to cost more than $1 trillion.", "The release of Obama's plan sets the stage for a critical televised health care summit Thursday with top congressional Republicans.", "The White House is trying to pressure GOP leaders to present a detailed alternative proposal in advance of the meeting.", "\"We view this as the opening bid for the health meeting\" on Thursday, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer told reporters.", "\"We took our best shot at bridging the differences\" between the House and Senate bills.", "\"It is our hope the Republicans will come together around [their] plan and post it online\" before the meeting.", "President's health care blueprint .", "Pfeiffer said Obama will come to Thursday's meeting \"with an open mind.\"", "The president's willing to back decent Republican ideas if the two sides can have an \"honest, open, substantive discussion\" in which \"both parties can get off their talking points,\" he said.", "GOP leaders have indicated they will attend the meeting but have urged Democrats to scrap the Senate and House bills completely.", "They characterized Obama's proposal Monday as setting the stage for a meeting that will amount to little more than political posturing.", "\"The president has crippled the credibility of this week's summit by proposing the same massive government takeover of health care based on a partisan bill the American people have already rejected,\" said House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.", "\"This new Democrats-only backroom deal doubles down on the same failed approach that will drive up premiums, destroy jobs, raise taxes and slash Medicare benefits.", "This week's summit clearly has all the makings of a Democratic infomercial.\"", "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, released a statement calling the plan \"disappointing that Democrats in Washington either aren't listening or are completely ignoring what Americans across the country have been saying.\"", "White House press secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed the GOP criticisms, arguing that Republican leaders had asked for this week's meeting for months.", "\"If they're not the party of no, Thursday's the perfect venue to be the party of yes,\" Gibbs said.", "Highlights of Obama's proposal .", "Under Obama's plan: .", "• The health and human services secretary would work with a seven-member board of doctors, economists and consumer and insurance representatives to review premium hikes.", "This Health Insurance Rate Authority would provide an annual report to recommend to states whether certain rate increases should be approved, although the secretary could overrule state insurance regulators.", "• New health insurance subsidies would be provided to families of four making up to $88,000 annually, or 400 percent of the federal poverty level.", "Compared with the Senate bill, Obama's proposal lowers premiums for families making between $44,000 and $66,000, according to the White House.", "Compared with the House legislation, it lowers premiums for families making between $55,000 and $88,000.", "• The Medicare prescription drug \"doughnut hole\" would be closed by 2020.", "Under current law, Medicare stops covering drug costs after a plan and beneficiary have spent more than $2,830 on prescription drugs.", "It starts paying again after an individual's out-of-pocket expenses exceed $4,550.", "• A 40 percent tax would be imposed on insurance companies providing so-called \"Cadillac\" health plans valued at more than $27,000 for families.", "The tax would kick in starting in 2018 for all plans.", "In contrast, the Senate bill would apply the tax to plans valued at more than $23,000 for families.", "The House bill does not include the tax, which labor unions vehemently oppose.", "• The federal government would assist states by picking up 100 percent of the costs of expanded Medicaid coverage through 2017.", "The federal government would cover 95 percent of costs for 2018 and 2019, and 90 percent in the following years.", "• Health insurance exchanges would be created to make it easier for small businesses, the self-employed and unemployed to pool resources and purchase less expensive coverage.", "• Total out-of-pocket expenses would be limited, and insurance companies would be prevented from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.", "Insurers would be barred from charging higher premiums based on a person's gender or medical history.", "• Individuals under Obama's plan would be required to purchase coverage or face a fine of up to $695 or 2.5 percent of income starting in 2016, whichever is greater.", "The House bill, in contrast, would have imposed a fine of up to 2.5 percent of an individual's income.", "The Senate plan would have required a person to buy coverage or face a fine of up to $750 or 2 percent of his or her income.", "All three plans include a hardship exemption for poorer Americans.", "• Companies with more than 50 employees under Obama's plan would be required to pay a fee of $2,000 per worker if the company does not provide coverage and any of that company's workers receives federal health care subsidies.", "The first 30 workers would be subtracted from the payment calculation.", "As with the individual requirement, this represents a compromise between the House and Senate plans.", "• Some $40 billion in tax credits would be established for small businesses to help them provide health care options for their employees.", "• States could choose whether to ban abortion coverage in plans offered in the health insurance exchanges.", "Individuals purchasing plans through the exchanges would have to pay for abortion coverage out of their own funds.", "The White House is following the Senate's lead.", "The stricter House version banned abortion coverage in private policies available in the exchange to people receiving federal subsidies.", "• Illegal immigrants would not be allowed to buy health insurance in the health insurance exchanges.", "They would be exempted from the individual insurance mandate.", "As with abortion, the White House is adopting the Senate's language.", "CNN's Dana Bash, Lisa Desjardins, Kristi Keck, Suzanne Malveaux, Alan Silverleib and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: House GOP leader: Health care summit has \"all the makings of a Democratic infomercial\"\nAdministration plan seeks to bridge gap between House, Senate bills .", "President Obama's plan doesn't include public option .", "Plan would seek to block excessive rate hikes by health insurance companies ." ]	[ 0, 3, 23, 28 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Several large circus tents previously used by Cirque du Soleil are on their way to Haiti to be used as a temporary headquarters for the Port-au-Prince government, according to the man donating them.", "The self-contained tents would replace government buildings destroyed a month ago by the devastating earthquake that killed at least 200,000 people, Nevada real estate developer Tom Schrade said Thursday.", "An urgent effort is under way to provide shelter for in Haiti, ahead of the rainy season expected to hit the island nation at the end of March.", "Much of the government is operating in small tents or cramped quarters in buildings that survived the January 12 earthquake.", "Schrade, who bought the tents after Cirque du Soleil retired them, said his wife got the idea to donate them while they were watching coverage of Haiti relief efforts.", "\"It seemed like a good thing to do,\" Schrade said.", "The tents have 33,000 square feet of interior floor space, including heating and air conditioning systems, interior and exterior lighting, toilets and 900 padded chairs, Schrade said.", "Thirteen steel shipping containers hold the 400,000 pounds of cargo, he said.", "\"Even the shipping containers can serve as apartments,\" Schrade said.", "After an aide to the Port-au-Prince mayor confirmed the government would welcome the tents, Schrade said he called Barron Hilton -- the son of Hilton hotel founder Conrad Hilton -- for help in getting them from storage in Reno, Nevada, to Haiti.", "The Conrad Hilton Foundation, already involved in Haiti relief projects, agreed to finance the shipment, he said.", "Gregory Anderson, the international project manager for the Hilton Foundation, confirmed its participation.", "The William J. Clinton Foundation -- the former U.S. president's nonprofit group -- will coordinate getting the big tents to Port-au-Prince, he said.", "Full coverage of the earthquake's aftermath .", "A convoy of tractor-trailer trucks left Reno Monday night with the tents bound for the port of Miami, Florida, he said.", "They'll be loaded onto a ship chartered by the Clinton Foundation next week for the voyage to Port-au-Prince, he said.", "Technicians hired by Schrade will travel there to supervise the set up, he said.", "iReport: Looking for loved ones in Haiti .", "The tents, which initially cost about $5 million, were first used by Cirque du Soleil at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas a decade ago.", "They also spent time at a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, theme park before Schrade bought them with the idea of using them at a Reno hotel, he said.", "The economic downturn derailed Schrade's plan to use the tents at a hotel in Reno, he said.", "Cirque du Soleil is a Canadian-based traveling circus based on street performance art." ]	[ "Tents previously used by Cirque du Soleil to be used as government headquarters .", "Government currently operating in small tents or cramped quarters .", "Nevada real estate developer Tom Schrade bought the tents to help in Haiti .", "Schrade said his wife got the idea to donate them while watching coverage of Haiti relief efforts ." ]	[ 0, 3, 4 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The dominance of England's Premier League has been built on its clubs' ability to lure the world's best players with high wages.", "Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes the UK's tax rate rise will hurt the Premier League's competitiveness.", "But that could all be about to change after last month's decision by the British government to raise the level of top-rate income tax from 60 cents in every $1.50 to 75 cents.", "The rate rise, which takes effect from April of 2010, will mean that some well-off people -- including Premier League footballers -- will pay half of any income over $226,000 in tax.", "And given the average basic salary for a Premier League player is $1.8m, it will make a difference to a lot of players, not just the foreign superstars like Brazil's Robinho and Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo.", "English premiership managers such as Arsenal's Arsene Wenger believes the tax hike will hurt the Premier League's ability to attract the best players while potentially driving out those players unhappy at paying out more in tax.", "Wenger was asked if the success of English sides was overly reliant on having the best foreign players.", "\"That time will soon be over because with the new taxation system, with the collapse of sterling, the domination of the Premier League on that front will go, that is for sure,\" he told the UK's Sunday Times newspaper in a recent interview.", "Pete Hackleton, who works for accountancy firm Deloitte's sports business group, believes Wenger could be proved right.", "\"An increase in the tax rate and the decline of the pound against the Euro over the last year to 18 months does put the Premier League at a disadvantage,\" he told CNN.", "\"I'd say it will have a sizable impact upon the Premier League's competitiveness against other countries.", "Clubs are going to have to think about how they react to it.\"", "The Premier League's ability to remain the most marketable league in the world has been built on the ability to attract the best talent.", "But if that talent is unhappy at seeing half or less of their salaries, other leagues in countries with more generous tax bands may become more enticing.", "Spain's top division, La Liga, is one of the Premier League's biggest rivals in terms of the quality of its product, and it is likely to be best placed to capitalize should England drop the ball.", "The reason -- aside from the weather -- is the so-called \"Beckham Law.\"", "The country's government introduced legislation four years ago which effectively caps non-Spanish nationals' tax at 24 percent.", "David Beckham was among the first foreigners to take advantage of it while he was playing for Real Madrid.", "English clubs desperate to keep hold of their best players without breaking the bank undoubtedly have a challenge on their hands going into the off-season.", "But there is a little room for maneuver.", "One area is in a player's image rights, which can be hugely lucrative.", "If a player is aligned to an image rights company, payments into those companies are income of the image rights company, and the player is not taxed on them.", "Additionally, the club does not need to make UK social security contributions on those payments.", "So will the tax rise, married to a falling pound, prompt an exodus of players from England?", "\"I suspect some of the top players will want to continue to be paid what they're paid at the moment and it's up to clubs to decide if they can afford to pay that,\" continued Hackleton.", "\"And it's a call for the players to make if they believe they can receive more money elsewhere.\"", "Highest-paid players and top rates of tax per country .", "Italy 43 per cent .", "Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Internazionale), Ricardo Kaka (AC Milan) $12m each .", "Spain 43 percent (24 percent for non-nationals) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) $11.2m .", "England 50 percent .", "John Terry, Frank Lampard (both Chelsea) $10.1m each .", "USA 35 percent .", "David Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy) $6.5m .", "Argentina 35 per cent .", "Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors) $4.5m .", "Russia 13 percent .", "Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Zenit St Petersburg) $4m .", "Japan 50 percent .", "Naohiro Takahara (Urawa Red Diamonds) $1.74m .", "Sources: Total Football Magazine, MLS Players Union, Futebol Finance ." ]	[ "Top rate of UK tax set to be 50 percent, the fourth highest in the developed world .", "The average Premier League footballer's annual salary is $1.8m (£1.2m)\nTax expert believes rate rise plus weakened pound will hurt Premier League ." ]	[ 1, 4, 26, 30 ]
[ "(CNN) -- It's hard to imagine a video of lawyers debating points of constitutional law going viral on YouTube, but the audience for the Proposition 8 trial -- a lawsuit seeking to overturn California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage -- is potentially vast.", "Unfortunately, that audience will have to wait.", "U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker had decided to allow the proceedings to be taped, then aired on YouTube.", "But as the trial was set to begin Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order blocking its broadcast.", "Our camera-phobic high court is making a mistake.", "Public access should be encouraged, not thwarted, in court cases involving divisive issues -- all the more so when judicial power is invoked in an effort to invalidate the outcome of a vote.", "Although some Supreme Court justices might worry that cameras in the courtroom undermine the legitimacy of the judicial process, the reality is just the opposite.", "The Prop 8 trial is a case in point.", "People on both sides of the same-sex marriage issue are accustomed to a political process coarsened by ideological rhetoric and political posturing.", "If they can view the Prop 8 trial via YouTube, they will be surprised by what they see: a decision-making process devoid of politics, in which a thoughtful and unbiased judge asks hard questions of both sides' lawyers in search of legal rules reflecting neutral principles, not political fiat.", "At a time when most Americans have lost confidence in the government's ability to act in the general interest, the potentially huge audience for the Prop 8 trial would see that at least one branch of government tries to make decisions on the merits.", "Broadcasting the trial will confer legitimacy on the proceedings as nothing else can.", "Legitimacy matters.", "If, in the end, Judge Walker upholds Prop 8, rejecting challenges to its constitutionality, opponents of the law will feel angry and aggrieved -- to put it mildly.", "But if they have viewed the trial online, they are less likely to feel victimized in a process that was politically rigged.", "Defenders of Prop 8 are against broadcasting the trial because they believe it would infringe on their right to a fair trial.", "They claim that release of videos on YouTube would expose participants to harassment.", "The concern about harassment is not trivial.", "Some financial contributors to the Prop 8 campaign were harassed following voter approval of the law in November 2008.", "Much as I disagree with their position on same-sex marriage, harassment infringes their First Amendment right to participate in the political process.", "But the trial judge is sensitive to these issues and would be able to minimize the risk of harassment.", "Under the camera access procedures adopted by Judge Walker, the court would control the video cameras and can make sure that certain witnesses are not shown on camera, if necessary.", "In any case, most trial participants are people who, because of their prominence in the electoral campaign, have chosen to have a high public profile on same-sex marriage.", "They expect to be recognized and identified with this issue.", "They have, or should have, thick skins.", "Their First Amendment right to join the political fray must be balanced against the public's First Amendment right to know what transpires in the courtroom.", "There is no secret justice in the American judicial system.", "Courts must be open to assure the parties receive a fair trial and to give the public the necessary confidence that the laws are applied justly.", "To be sure, the First Amendment doesn't require public access to include television broadcast or online distribution.", "But when judges exercise their discretion to open their courtrooms to cameras, that choice should be upheld.", "Let's hope the Supreme Court quickly rescinds its order blocking online distribution of the Prop 8 trial video.", "The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Peter Scheer." ]	[ "Peter Scheer: Trial seeking to overturn California's gay marriage ban should be taped .", "Scheer: YouTube viewers will see tough, fair arguments on merits of case .", "Discussion will be out in the open and free of political posturing, he writes .", "He believes the concerns of videotaping opponents can be addressed ." ]	[ 0, 9, 29, 31 ]
[ "(CNN) -- If you've ever had a group of friends who have meant the world to you, take a look at the old black-and-white photo that accompanies today's column.", "If you've ever yearned to freeze time, to make the finest moments of your life stand still in their tracks so you can savor them a little longer, while knowing somewhere inside that such a thing is impossible, take a look at the faces of those three men.", "Not so many years before that photo was snapped, the three of them were inseparable -- not only on a basketball court, but in the minds of hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of admirers.", "Their names routinely appeared in the same sentences in newspaper sports sections from coast to coast.", "They inhabited the same column of agate-type box scores on winter morning after winter morning.", "If you were young enough -- and, as the 12-year-old statistics kid who counted up their field goals, rebounds and free throws for the local Columbus, Ohio, television station that did the live broadcasts of their college games, I was young enough -- you allowed yourself to believe that the three friends would always be together.", "It wasn't to be. It almost never is, whether you are friends as famous as they were, or as anonymous as most of the rest of us are.", "Which is why I love that bittersweet photograph so much.", "It is an inadvertent record of a moment that signifies how all friends, eventually, must take different paths, that nothing beautiful is destined to endure uninterrupted.", "On the left in the photograph is Larry Siegfried of the Boston Celtics.", "In the center is Jerry Lucas of the Cincinnati Royals.", "On the right is John Havlicek of the Celtics.", "In 1960, the three had been teammates on The Ohio State University basketball team that won the national collegiate championship.", "It was quite a squad; the coach was Fred Taylor, the two other starters were Mel Nowell and Joe Roberts, and there was a sharpshooting forward who came off the bench, a rather intense young man by the name of Bobby Knight.", "The team was so smooth that, watching from the stands, you sensed they could read each others' minds.", "If you had never before quite understood what it looked like and felt like to be a part of a seamless unit, you found out every evening just by seeing them play.", "But the thing you could never really know -- the secret that belonged only to them, as it does with any group of friends -- was what it was like to be inside of it.", "They were separate people, but they were one.", "Which is why the photograph of them taken barely three years later -- it was shot on October 17, 1963, in the Cincinnati Gardens -- is, in its low-key way, so mesmerizing.", "The friends, because of circumstance, have parted.", "The paths have split.", "This was to be the first game during which, as professionals, they competed against each other.", "The old team was history.", "At the opening tipoff, their goals were about to diverge.", "The photo was snapped by a then-young man named Ed Keys, who had been taken to the game by his father, sportswriter Tom Keys.", "Ed Keys sent it to me recently because he thought I would understand.", "Fifty winters ago -- the winter that Lucas and Havlicek and Siegfried and their Ohio State teammates won their national championship -- I somehow, as a junior high school student who wasn't even that good at math, talked the local television play-by-play man, Jimmy Crum, into letting me sit with him and help with the statistics.", "I watched those friends on the court at every home game on their way to the championship; I watched that magical basketball friendship form and grow and become so strong that their team became the finest in the country.", "What must it be like to be part of a friendship that is played out so publicly -- part of hardwood recollections woven into the fabric of the lives of strangers who will never meet you?", "\"It's probably something the rest of us can never fully comprehend,\" said Lee Caryer, a sports historian who wrote the book \"The Golden Age of Ohio State Basketball,\" and who knows every member of that championship team.", "\"But I can tell you that the bond between them is real, and that they wear it very well.", "It goes way beyond basketball.\"", "Most of us, if we are lucky enough when we are young to have friends whom we treasure, tend to lose track of some of them over time.", "Most of us have our own versions of that moment in the photograph: a moment when we suddenly know for sure that, despite our dreams and best intentions, the golden days when we first found each other have drifted off, and that we are on our way to somewhere else, somewhere different.", "But there always is the chance that we can recapture the memories.", "Later this month, in Columbus, the living members of that championship team will gather for a series of 50th anniversary celebrations.", "The three men in the photograph are all expected to be present.", "They started off as small-town Ohio boys who didn't even know that the others were alive: Jerry Lucas of Middletown, Larry Siegfried of Shelby, John Havlicek of Martins Ferry.", "They ended up as a part of each other.", "That's the lesson for all of us, as this new year takes its first faltering steps, and, all across the country, new friendships form and old ones seem to splinter.", "That's the lesson, full of hope and harmony: .", "The best friendships never truly die.", "We may go our separate ways, for a while.", "But the friendships not only lead the way home.", "The friendships are home.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene." ]	[ "Three players on 1960 college championship team went on to the NBA .", "Bob Greene says the three seemingly inseparable players were parted .", "He says they plan to reunite at 50th anniversary reunion later this month .", "The best friendships endure even though friends get parted, Greene says ." ]	[ 12, 19, 23, 35, 36, 41, 45 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Friday marks the passage of one month since a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti.", "As thousands of Haitians gathered in the center of Port-au-Prince to remember what was lost that day, Ann Veneman, executive director of UNICEF, spoke to CNN's \"American Morning\" about the situation.", "\"We don't know how many actually were orphaned by the earthquake.", "There are so many children in Haiti without parental supervision who need to be cared for, who need to be fed, clothed and so forth and protected,\" she said.", "Tracking down the actual numbers in Haiti can be tough given the circumstances.", "Fact check: One month after the earthquake, what numbers are available to tell the story of devastation and recovery?", "• Human toll: The Haitian government says the quake claimed the lives of more than 212,000 people and injured more than 300,000.", "The U.S. Agency for International Development estimates that 3 million people were affected by the quake and 700,000 in Port-au-Prince were displaced.", "• Aid agencies: The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that more than 400 agencies were registered with the Haitian government to do work in Haiti before the quake.", "Because some of the non-governmental organizations are small and work in remote, rural areas, their presence may not even be known to the Haitian government.", "• Aid given: According to the U.N. humanitarian affairs office, more than 2.3 million people have received food aid from the World Food Programme and their partners, and more than 10,300 mosquito nets, 23,000 family tents, 26,500 kitchen sets and 79,500 blankets have been distributed.", "• Sanitation: The World Health Organization estimated this week that less than 5 percent of the need for latrines has been meet.", "However, there has not been an increase in reported infectious diseases.", "More than 900,000 people have access to safe drinking water, but that still falls short of the goal of providing water to 1.1 million.", "• Children: About 5,000 schools were destroyed or damaged in the quake.", "According to the U.N. humanitarian affairs office, the Haitian government aims to have all schools open again before the end of March.", "Kathleen Strottman, executive director of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, estimates that there were more than 900 orphans in the process of being adopted into American homes when the quake struck.", "Bottom line: One month after the most devastating earthquake in Haiti's history, the available numbers show a nation with great needs.", "However, the numbers also show that aid is reaching a large percentage of the people.", "Got something that needs checking?", "E-mail us at factcheck@cnn.com.", "CNN Radio's Steve Kastenbaum and CNN Weather Anchor Chad Myers contributed to this report." ]	[ "More than 212,000 people believed killed in earthquake .", "Hundreds of aid agencies were registered to work in Haiti before quake struck .", "About 5,000 schools destroyed or damaged in quake ." ]	[ 8, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck eastern Venezuela on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.", "The quake's epicenter was about 25 miles from Carupano, near the Caribbean coast in northeastern Venezuela, the agency said.", "It was 7 miles deep.", "The geological survey revised its estimates after initially reporting the quake as having a 5.7 magnitude and an epicenter slightly closer to Carupano.", "The revised location is about 235 miles east of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.", "There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.", "Are you in Venezuela? Share your images, video ." ]	[ "NEW: USGS revises Venezuela quake's magnitude to 5.6 .", "NEW: No damage or casualties immediately reported .", "Earthquake occurs 235 miles east of the capital Caracas .", "Quake is 7 miles below surface, U.S. Geological Survey says ." ]	[ 0, 2, 4, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- There are few sports that are so dominated by a single person like the way the women's pole vault is ruled by 26-year Russian Yelena Isinbayeva.", "Eyes on the prize: Yelena Isinbayeva has often complained about a lack of real competition in her event.", "Every time the world and Olympic champion competes it is expected that she will spring to new heights and push women's pole-vaulting to new levels.", "She has broken the world record 16 times, almost equaling the feat of the great Sergey Bubka, who broke the men's outdoor pole vault record 17 times between 1984 and 1994.", "Since jumping to her first world record in 2003 and becoming the first woman to jump over 5-meters in 2005 she as also become something of a glamorous sporting celebrity.", "After setting five new world records in 2005, it took almost three years for her to set a new mark of 5.04m in July 2008, a fallow period that made her pursuit of world records a personal matter.", "After setting her world record mark in July this year at a competition in Monte Carlo, she told press: \"I wanted to improve my personal best and that's what I did.", "I see this world record as a personal one.\"", "A driven and focused competitor, she has also become famous for her coolness under pressure.", "Before her latest world record jump she was driving around the track in the back of a vintage car with sprinter Asafa Powell, while her fellow competitors had already started the competition.", "Not shy of media and publicity, her sporting achievements, athleticism and looks have made her a pin-up for women's athletics and attracted a number of big-name sponsors.", "While her achievements can be allied to that of Bubka it has been noted that her media- and sponsor-friendly attitude makes her more akin to compatriot Maria Sharapova.", "Her celebrity status is a world away from her modest background.", "Born in Volgograd in 1982 it was only until a couple of years ago that she lived with her parents and younger sister in the city of her birth, before moving to Monte Carlo.", "She trained first of all as a gymnast until the age of 15 when her coach decided she was too tall.", "Commentators and fellow competitors have noted that her gymnastic training has helped give her an extra edge in the event.", "After defending her title in Beijing, her place in the sporting pantheon of great female athletes seems secure.", "While emulating Bubka, Isinbayeva has said before that closing the gap between the heights the men and women can jump is another of her personal challenges, and with her own talent and the help of Bubka's former coach she may go a long way towards achieving that." ]	[ "World and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva dominates her sport .", "Has broken the world record 15 times since 2003; first woman to clear 5m .", "Media-friendly looks and talent have made her very bankable sports start ." ]	[ 3, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner signed a decree Tuesday requiring all ships navigating from Argentina to the disputed Falkland Islands to carry a government permit.", "The move comes as tensions over the territory simmer because of British oil companies' efforts to drill off the northern coast of the islands.", "The Falklands, known as Las Malvinas in Argentina, lie in the South Atlantic Ocean off the Argentinean coast and have been under British rule since 1833.", "But Argentina has always claimed sovereignty over them.", "The two nations fought a war over the islands in 1982.", "Tuesday's decree followed an accusation made last week by the Argentine government that a ship docked on the mainland was preparing to transport tubes to the Falklands for oil and gas exploration.", "The decree also creates a special commission that will oversee the application of the new measure.", "\"It's public knowledge that the United Kingdom has started the search for hydrocarbon resources in the Falkland Islands area,\" Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez said at a news conference, according to the official Telam news agency.", "The Argentine position is that natural resources around the islands should be protected, and Britain must accept international resolutions labeling the Falklands a disputed area.", "\"This has to do with the defense of the interests of Argentineans, not just about sovereignty,\" Fernandez said, adding that Argentina lays claim not just to the islands, but to any resources that could be found there.", "The Argentines blame \"unilateral moves\" by the British companies toward exploration as the reason for the recent spat.", "\"The companies that are planning to explore and exploit gas and oil are going to be met with legal challenges because they are doing it on a continental shelf that Argentina maintains is our own,\" Argentine congressman Ruperto Godoy told CNN.", "CNN's Brian Byrnes and Claudia Dominguez contributed to this report." ]	[ "Argentina requires ships navigating from Argentina to the Falklands to carry permit .", "Tensions over islands because of UK oil firm's efforts to drill off the coast of the islands .", "Argentina claims ship docked on mainland was to transport tubes for Falklands oil exploration .", "Falklands under British rule since 1833, but Argentina claims sovereignty over them ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- President Obama said Tuesday his strategy in Afghanistan will have three objectives: deny al Qaeda a safe haven, reverse the Taliban's momentum and strengthen Afghanistan's security forces and government.", "Here is how he said he plans to achieve the goals: .", "• Send 30,000 additional U.S. troops .", "The U.S. will send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in the next seven months \"so that they can target the insurgency and secure key population centers,\" Obama said in his speech.", "Some of the new troops will help train Afghan security forces to \"create the conditions for the United States to transfer responsibility to the Afghans,\" Obama said.", "U.S. forces could begin to leave as security responsibilities are transferred to the Afghans.", "Obama said he hopes to start transferring U.S. forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011.", "The U.S. troop buildup also will help secure areas that go relatively uncovered by U.S. and NATO forces now.", "Most of the new troops are expected to be sent around the southern part of Afghanistan, divided between Helmand and Kandahar provinces.", "Kandahar's one major city, also called Kandahar, is used by Taliban fighters and its leaders to hide within the population from coalition troops.", "One key task will be to control the major approaches to the city.", "Obama also said he is asking NATO allies to send more troops to Afghanistan.", "The new troop deployments would increase the total U.S. commitment to roughly 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, bolstered by more than 40,000 NATO forces.", "• Pursue a more effective civilian strategy .", "Obama said the U.S. would work to build up programs and institutions that will benefit Afghanistan's citizens.", "However, alluding to the corruption that has plagued the Afghan government, the aid \"must be based on performance,\" Obama said.", "Corruption in Afghanistan has shaken international and domestic confidence in the government there.", "Even this year's re-election of President Hamid Karzai was mired in controversy; he was declared the winner of an August vote that was deemed tainted with ballot-stuffing.", "In his inauguration speech, Karzai said he'd make the fight against corruption a top priority over the next five years.", "On Tuesday, Obama said that speech sent the right message, but he warned that \"the days of providing a blank check are over.\"", "\"We will support Afghan ministries, governors and local leaders that combat corruption and deliver for the people.", "We expect those who are ineffective or corrupt to be held accountable,\" Obama said.", "Obama said the U.S. would focus its assistance \"in areas -- such as agriculture -- that can make an immediate impact in the lives of the Afghan people.\"", "The U.S. also will support Afghanistan's efforts to reach out to Taliban fighters who want to lay down arms.", "Already, the U.S. has a plan to pay those fighters to quit the Taliban.", "There is money in the 2010 defense appropriations bill to fund a Taliban reintegration program, which essentially pays Taliban fighters to switch sides.", "The U.S. State Department says it plans to triple its civilian staff in Afghanistan to 974 members by early 2010.", "In a speech in New York on Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said U.S. civilian efforts are just as critical as military operations to help Afghanistan.", "USAID and other U.S. government agencies also have people in Afghanistan.", "Clinton said experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are embedded with the U.S. military, and \"rule of law\" experts are working to extend a justice system \"so that the Taliban would not offer the only form of justice in Afghanistan.\"", "• Have a more robust partnership with Pakistan .", "Taliban fighters have long been operating in the mountainous region along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan, battling U.S. and Afghan government forces on one side and Pakistani troops on the other.", "It is not clear whether any of the additional troops will be sent to the Pakistan border, where the U.S. tries to stop Taliban and al Qaeda forces from moving between the two countries.", "About 4,000 U.S. Special Forces troops are in eastern Afghanistan, hunting al Qaeda leaders.", "Any plan to bolster Afghanistan must also work to help Pakistan, Obama said.", "\"We will strengthen Pakistan's capacity to target these groups that threaten our countries,\" Obama said.", "\"America is also providing substantial resources to support Pakistan's democracy and development.\"", "In the past, Obama said, some in Pakistan have argued that the struggle against the Taliban and other militants wasn't Pakistan's fight.", "But the Pakistani army recently has been attacking the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan after a series of deadly bomb attacks across the country.", "\"Public opinion has turned ... and there is no doubt that the United States and Pakistan share a common enemy,\" Obama said.", "\"Going forward, the Pakistani people must know: America will remain a strong supporter of Pakistan's security and prosperity long after the guns have fallen silent, so that the great potential of its people can be unleashed,\" Obama said.", "CNN's Mike Mount, Larry Shaughnessy, Jill Dougherty and Jason Hanna contributed to this report." ]	[ "Extra 30,000 U.S. troops to secure uncovered areas, help Afghan security forces train .", "Troop buildup just one strategy to achieve goals in Afghanistan, Obama says .", "U.S. also to pursue more effective civilian strategy, Obama says .", "Better partnership with Pakistan also essential, Obama says ." ]	[ 3, 4, 7, 13, 30, 34 ]
[ "(Mashable) -- We've seen some major world events unfold on the social media stage in the past week, the biggest being Google's threat to pull out of China and the Haiti earthquake.", "Google's actions have brought attention back to the long-standing Internet censorship that blankets China, while the destruction in Haiti has mobilized hundreds of thousands to open their wallets and their hearts.", "Just like the Iran election crisis, those events are causing people to reassess the impact of social media on the world.", "It's clear that social media has the power to impact world politics and the lives of billions, but some have overstated what social media can actually do.", "We need to understand what social media really is in order to use it effectively for social good.", "iReport: Looking for loved ones in Haiti .", "Let me explain by highlighting a few examples of social media's impact on the world stage, and then concluding with how I view social media's impact in the larger context of mobilization and world discussion.", "Iran election crisis .", "During summer 2009, the world's eyes were fixated on Iran.", "Questions were raised after Ahmadinejad was declared the winner over rival Mousavi in Iran's Presidential elections.", "The abnormalities and potential tampering of the vote resulted in massive protests that engulfed the Islamic nation.", "Social media's role in the Iran Election Crisis started with #CNNFail, but that was only the beginning of social media's role.", "With the Iranian government clamping down on information and enforcing censorship, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube became the primary mediums for bringing information out of the conflicted nation and spreading notes between dissidents.", "Take a look at the Iran election social media timeline we built if you want to see its full impact.", "Key moments in the crisis, especially the death of Neda, were recorded and spread like wildfire, creating an outpouring of support for the protesters.", "Twitter's role was so important in fact that the U.S. government got involved in scheduling Twitter's downtime.", "In the end though, social media didn't topple any governments, although it has helped shift the political climate in Iran.", "In some cases the use of Twitter in Iran was overstated, yet the result is that the tipping point for Iran is close, thanks to social media.", "Haiti earthquake .", "After a magnitude 7.0 earthquake (and multiple aftershocks) devastated the nation of Haiti, social media became the medium in which everybody spread the word.", "Dramatic Haiti earthquake Twitter pictures swept across the Web, while tech giants mobilized.", "iReport: Earthquake rocks Haiti .", "The most impressive part of social media's impact on Haiti has to be the charity text message campaign that has already raised more than $10 million for Haiti victim relief.", "Social media spread the word.", "Technology made it possible.", "It's not all perfect, though: the money raised is small compared to the relief coming from world governments and donations face 90 day delays.", "Still, social media for social good is becoming more effective with each crisis.", "China-Google standoff .", "While we are still far from the conclusion of this messy affair, Google's threat to pull out of China has already had a dramatic effect in both social media and political circles.", "Politically, China has been put under pressure.", "The U.S. government has thrown its support behind Google, though it's doubtful that the Obama Administration will get involved in the end.", "More importantly though, social media is being used to lift China's blanket of censorship.", "Social tools, while many are blocked by the Chinese, can get through China's great firewall.", "We have the tools to undo censorship in China.", "Google's efforts have re-ignited the debate over censorship, but they won't break the barrier.", "Social media's global impact .", "In all three cases -- China, Haiti and Iran -- social media has had an impact, especially as the course of events evolved.", "Real-time communication platforms like Twitter and Facebook have spread the word about what's happening within these nations, long before the mainstream media prints the story.", "These tools have also created a level awareness we've never seen before.", "iReport: I'm alive!", "Messages from Haiti .", "We have to be realistic, though: New media isn't going to stop censorship, overthrow oppressive regimes or heal the people of Haiti alone.", "Social media has transformed communication, media, and the transmission of information, but it still takes people on the ground to pull people out of the rubble or to fight for freedom.", "Just as Paul Revere embarked on his midnight ride to warn that the British were coming, social media acts as both the first warning and the rallying cry for mobilization.", "In the end though, social media is just a collection of tools.", "It's up to us, the people, to make the real impact on our world.", "© 2010 MASHABLE.com.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Author: Social media has helped mobilize people in China, Haiti and Iran .", "After Haiti's earthquake, aid groups solicit donations by text message .", "Social media's ability to help people has been overstated in the past, author says .", "Ultimately, technology and social networks are tools people must use ." ]	[ 0, 22, 24, 32, 36 ]
[ "(CNN) -- American skating star Apolo Anton Ohno snatched a record-breaking silver medal at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver after a final-lap crash by his South Korean rivals in the 1,500 meters race, while skier Hannah Kearney gave the United States a first gold medal in Saturday's final event.", "Ohno, who won gold at Salt Lake City in 2002, looked to be out of the medals as Jung-Su Lee, Si-Bak Sung and Ho-Suk Lee were poised to complete a clean sweep in the men's short-track race.", "But Ho-Suk Lee was disqualified from the six-man final after cutting across his compatriots on the final turn, with Jung-Su Lee escaping the debacle to claim gold ahead of Ohno, while J.R. Celski gave the U.S. a bronze medal.", "The 27-year-old Ohno earned his sixth Winter Olympics medal, making him the most successful U.S. male competitor as he overtook long-track star Eric Heiden, and leaving him equal overall with female skating legend Bonnie Blair.", "Canada's second-ranked Charles Hamelin had to make do with victory in the B Final after failing to qualify for the main race.", "Blog: Opening ceremony flawed but perfect .", "Jung-Su Lee had edged out Ohno in winning their semifinal, with his fellow Koreans coming top in theirs.", "Kearney, by comparison to Ohno, won her first Olympic medal as she edged out defending champion Jennifer Heil of Canada to win gold in the final run of the ladies' freestyle moguls event, with American Shannon Bahrke taking the bronze.", "Kearney, the 2005 world champion, made up for her disappointing effort four years ago as she continued the form that saw her win the last World Cup event before the Olympics in Lake Placid two weeks ago.", "Her points tally of 26.63 lifted her above Heil's 25.69, which gave hosts Canada a first medal, with U.S. national champion Bahrke tallying 25.43 to add to her silver medal from Turin in 2002.", "Ski-jumping .", "Switzerland's Simon Ammann earlier claimed the first gold medal of the 2010 Games when he won the opening men's ski-jumping event on Saturday, while Dutch skater Sven Kramer took out the first title on ice in a record time.", "The 28-year-old Ammann secured his third career Olympic victory, following two golds in 2002, as he triumphed in the normal hill competition.", "Ammann led after the first round and then, as the last man to leap in the final session, produced a huge jump of 108 meters at Whistler Olympic Park.", "He finished with a total of 276.5 points to push Poland's Adam Malysz into the silver medal position.", "\"Life does not always go the way you want it to.", "This is why I want to cherish the moments, and I've had a lot of luck in my career and also today,\" Ammann, who was in 2002 nicknamed the \"Harry Potter of ski-jumping\" due to his likeness to J.K. Rowling's boy wizard, told reporters.", "Malysz had been on top after a jump of 105 meters which, when boosted by the style judges' marks, put him ahead of bronze medal winner Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria, who had leaped 106.5 meters.", "Malysz finished on a total of 269.5 points, with Schlierenzauer on 268.", "Speedskating . Kramer earned the 5,000 meters speed skating title with an Olympic record time of six minutes and 14.60 seconds.", "The 23-year-old world champion went one better than his silver medal at Turin 2006 as he finished 2.35 seconds ahead of South Korea's Lee Seung-Hoon.", "\"I started fast, but I was dying in the end.", "It was probably my hardest and best race ever,\" Kramer said.", "Ivan Skobrev of Russia won the bronze medal in 6:18.05, while defending champion Chad Hendrick of the United States finished way back in 11th.", "Biathlon . The first women's gold medal of the Games was claimed by Slovakia's Anastazia Kuzmina, who triumphed in the biathlon 7.5 kilometer sprint event.", "She became the first athlete from the East European nation to win at a Winter Olympics, with her winning time of 19 minutes and 55.6 seconds heading off Germany's Magdalena Neuner in second place (19:57.1).", "\"It's a big surprise.", "I didn't expect to win, however I'm in good shape,\" Kuzmina said.", "Marie Dorin of France won bronze in the event, which combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, with a time of 20:06.5.", "Ice Hockey .", "In the opening women's ice hockey match, 2006 silver medallists Sweden defeated Switzerland 3-0 at the UBC Thunderbird Arena.", "Goals in each of the first three periods from Danijela Rundqvist, Tina Enstrom and Erica Uden Johansson sealed victory in the Group A match.", "Hosts and defending champions Canada demolished Slovakia 18-0 in Saturday's other Group A fixture to break the record they set in defeating Italy 16-0 in 2006.", "Alpine skiing .", "Meanwhile, the men's alpine skiing downhill competition at Whistler Creekside scheduled for Saturday has been postponed until Monday due to adverse weather.", "Skiing's blue riband event was supposed to open the program, but overnight snow and rain followed by mild temperatures made conditions unsuitable.", "American Bode Miller, the 2005 world champion, will be seeking to win his first Olympic gold, having claimed two silvers on home soil at Salt Lake City in 2002.", "Sunday's women's super-combined and slalom skiing events have also been postponed after the competitors were unable to complete practice runs on Saturday.", "American medal hope Lindsey Vonn has entered in both disciplines, among five she will be competing in, having shrugged off recent injury problems." ]	[ "Skier Hannah Kerney claims first U.S. gold medal of Winter Olympics in ladies' moguls .", "American skating star Apolo Anton Ohno snatches a silver medal as Korean rivals crash .", "Swiss ski-jumper Simon Ammann claims first gold medal of the Games in normal hill event .", "World champion Sven Kramer wins 5,000 meters speed skating title in record time ." ]	[ 0, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Federal investigators are concerned a potential danger persists because of the simultaneous use of intersecting runways at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the nation's busiest and a gateway to the New York metro area.", "The alert comes after repeated instances in which planes above the Newark airport flew too close to each other in violation of safety standards.", "There were four such instances last year and at least four this year, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation inspector general.", "In one case, on January 16, 2008, two Continental planes -- a Boeing B-737 and an Embraer 145 -- missed each other by 600 feet, according to a DOT inspector general's report.", "\"That was very scary. I was there for that one personally in the control tower, and it scared the heck out of everybody up there,\" said Ray Adams, a Newark air traffic controller.", "Potential danger arises when approaching planes need to abort their landings, which happens about every 700 flights at Newark, according to a Federal Aviation Administration analysis.", "In what the FAA calls \"go-arounds,\" the diverted plane approaching Newark has to make a sharp right turn through the flight path of planes landing and taking off from an intersecting runway, allowing little margin for error.", "\"There was a distinct possibility that we could have had a collision with these operations,\" Adams said.", "Adams said he raised the safety issue to the FAA but got nowhere.", "He persisted, taking his complaint to New Jersey's congressional delegation, which organized two meetings last year with FAA officials.", "In response, Adams said, he was punished, put on paid leave for 11 months, then leave without pay for a month.", "The FAA said the disciplinary actions had nothing to do with Adams' safety complaints.", "Adams filed a whistle-blower complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, the agency that investigates whistle-blower complaints.", "Adams' complaint led DOT Inspector General Calvin Scovel to investigate.", "Scovel found merit in Adams' concerns, concluding in a report two months ago that \"questions about the safety of the runway 22L-11 approach configuration at Newark persist.\"", "In response, the FAA promised to use a computer program that helps air traffic controllers stagger aircraft to ensure proper spacing.", "On November 5, the DOT wrote to the Office of Special Counsel confirming the computer system had been put to use at Newark on October 26.", "The next day the Office of Special Counsel learned the technology was no longer in use at Newark.", "\"I am outraged,\" said Rep. Donald Payne, D-New Jersey.", "\"When you put into jeopardy the human lives at risk, it can't get any more serious than that.\"", "FAA spokesperson Laura Brown said, \"There was no intent to deceive anyone about what we were doing.\"", "She added, \"FAA safety officers wanted to make absolutely sure employees were fully trained on the equipment.\"", "The FAA said it intends to have the computer system fully operational at Newark by mid-December.", "Last week the Office of Special Counsel raised the matter with President Obama, writing that \"we found a substantial likelihood that FAA officials were engaging in conduct that constitutes gross mismanagement and a substantial and specific danger to public safety.\"", "Meanwhile, after a year out of the control tower, Adams returned to his regular job Wednesday at Newark air traffic control." ]	[ "Concerns cited about potential danger of using intersecting runways at Newark .", "DOT inspector general: Planes above airport flew too close to each other repeatedly .", "Air traffic controller says he was punished for raising safety issue with FAA .", "FAA: Computer system that helps controllers stagger aircraft to be in use in December ." ]	[ 1, 13, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Pennsylvania police have arrested a woman who authorities say fled Washington state 11 years ago with her two sons against a court order instructing her to return them to their father, police said.", "Jill Haugen was arrested at her home in Milton, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, days after she had contacted police saying she didn't want to take care of her sons any longer, Milton Police Chief Craig Lutcher told CNN.", "Police in Spokane, Washington, said a felony warrant for first-degree custodial interference was issued for her in 1998.", "The Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, district attorney's office said she has been charged with being a fugitive from justice and is awaiting an extradition hearing.", "It was not immediately clear if she had retained legal representation.", "Police made two trips to her house after her Saturday phone call, Lutcher said, and the sons, now ages 15 and 16, were placed into foster care after the second visit, on Sunday.", "A caseworker discovered through an Internet search that there was a warrant from Washington state for Haugen's arrest and told police, Lutcher said.", "Police said Haugen had provided them with two different names on two different occasions.", "Haugen, who was known as Jill Connington when she was married to Bill Connington, did not win primary custody of the couple's children in 1998 after the two had divorced, police in Spokane said.", "\"They were with her on a visitation and she never brought them back,\" Spokane police Lt. Dave McGovern said.", "When she disappeared, according to police, the felony warrant for first-degree custodial interference was issued for her, police said.", "Bill Connington told CNN that he was a \"little overwhelmed with everything.\"", "\"I've had thoughts of possibly never seeing [his sons] again but never gave up hope I would,\" he said.", "He said he was speaking with caseworkers about getting the teenagers to Washington.", "As she was escorted by police, Haugen told media she was a domestic abuse survivor and that her two sons were sexual abuse survivors.", "It was not immediately clear against whom she was leveling the sexual abuse accusations.", "\"We've been in this state since 2000,\" she said.", "\"We are legal residents.\"", "McGovern said a sexual abuse allegation was filed in 1995 on behalf of the children, but authorities were not able to substantiate anything from it.", "Asked about the abuse, Connington denied any wrongdoing and said he had offered during the custody hearings to do whatever he needed to prove his innocence.", "CNN's Shirley Zilberstein contributed to this report." ]	[ "Jill Haugen accused of illegally leaving Washington state with her sons in 1998 .", "Haugen wasn't awarded primary custody of sons after she divorced their father .", "Pennsylvania police: She told us last week she no longer wanted to take care of boys .", "Haugen says boys are sexual abuse survivors; father denies wrongdoing ." ]	[ 1, 8, 14, 17 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Ailing \"Great Train Robber\" Ronnie Biggs -- one of the most notorious British criminals of the 20th century -- was formally released from prison to his death bed Friday after being granted his freedom on compassionate grounds.", "Ronnie Biggs, pictured at a book launch in Rio de Janeiro in 1994.", "Biggs, who is gravely ill with severe pneumonia, is being cared for at a hospital in Norwich, eastern England, where he was moved on Tuesday.", "Three prison staff who had been assigned to Biggs' bedside have been withdrawn following UK Justice Minister Jack Straw's decision to authorize his release, a Ministry of Justice spokesperson told CNN.", "\"The medical evidence clearly shows that Mr Biggs is very ill and that his condition has deteriorated recently, culminating in his re-admission to hospital,\" Straw said in a statement Thursday.", "\"His condition is not expected to improve.\"", "Biggs' son, Michael Biggs, said his father was \"over the moon\" that he had been released on the eve of his 80th birthday.", "Speaking to reporters outside the hospital, he confirmed his father had been handed his release papers.", "\"As a family, we are absolutely thrilled,\" Michael Biggs said, according to the UK's Press Association.", "Biggs is unable to walk, barely able to communicate and no longer able to eat or drink, Michael Biggs said, adding that the family was \"very hopeful that my father will be able to survive the next few days.\"", "Biggs' legal advisor Giovanni Di Stefano told journalists that Biggs was unlikely to ever leave his hospital bed.", "\"This man is ill, he's going to die... he is going to stay in hospital,\" he said.", "Saturday also marks the 46th anniversary of the infamous 1963 heist dubbed the \"crime of the century\" that transformed Biggs from a petty London thief into one of the most wanted men in Britain.", "Biggs and 14 other professional criminals made off with more than £2.5 million ($4.2 million) in used bank notes -- the equivalent of around £40 million ($67 million) today -- after holding up a mail train from Glasgow to London in the early hours of the morning.", "In the course of the robbery the train driver was badly beaten with an iron bar.", "Most of the gang, including Biggs, were soon picked up in a massive manhunt after police discovered fingerprints at a farmhouse hideout where the robbers had holed up to split their spoils.", "Biggs was sentenced to 30 years in prison but escaped over the wall of a London prison after serving just 15 months -- and spent most of the rest of his life as a celebrity fugitive.", "After undergoing extensive plastic surgery in Paris, Biggs made his way to Australia, living there with his wife and two children.", "Tracked down by police, Biggs fled again in 1969, this time to Brazil.", "Five years later, Biggs was traced once more by a newspaper reporter.", "Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Jack Slipper, who had led police efforts to bring the train robbers to justice, flew out to Rio de Janeiro to arrest Biggs, allegedly greeting him at a beachside hotel: \"Long time no see, Ronnie.\"", "But efforts to bring Biggs home were frustrated because by then he had fathered a Brazilian-born son -- Michael Biggs -- and authorities rejected British requests for his extradition.", "Biggs continued to live openly in Rio, trading on his notoriety by entertaining tourists, selling t-shirts and even recording with the Sex Pistols.", "In 1981 he was kidnapped by a gang of British ex-soldiers and smuggled to Barbados.", "But legal efforts to have Biggs brought back to the UK once again stalled and he was allowed to return to Brazil.", "By the late 1990s Biggs was in poor health following a series of strokes and running out of cash.", "In 2001 he flew back to the UK on a private jet laid on by the Sun newspaper.", "He was promptly locked up in a high security prison but then moved to a facility for elderly prisoners.", "Since his return Biggs and his family have campaigned for his parole on compassionate grounds -- an appeal until now rejected by successive justice ministers on the grounds that Biggs had never shown any remorse for his actions.", "Michael Biggs said his father had expressed regret for the robbery -- but not for the life he had led in the years since the crime." ]	[ "Ronnie Biggs freed on compassionate grounds because of ailing health .", "Biggs took part in 1963 Great Train Robbery, dubbed \"crime of the century\" in UK .", "Biggs, 80 on Saturday, has been hospitalized suffering from severe pneumonia .", "Biggs escaped from jail, spent decades as a fugitive before returning to UK in 2001 ." ]	[ 0, 12, 26 ]
[ "(Wired) -- A year after its release, Google's open source Android operating system has become a sensation.", "After a slow start, it is now available on at least 12 phones, with more devices waiting in the wings.", "Good news for Android fans, right?", "Not really, say some developers.", "A slew of problems have made managing Android apps a \"nightmare,\" they say, including three versions of the OS (Android 1.5, 1.6 and 2.0), custom firmware on many phones, and hardware differences between different models.", "For users, it means apps in the store could be buggy, might not work well depending on their handsets, and could deliver a frustrating experience.", "Unaware of the increasing back-end complexity, they would then be more likely to leave bad reviews for those apps -- a potentially lethal blow for small businesses, say developers.", "\"Instead of working on updates to our apps, we find we are trying to make each app work for multiple versions of the OS and different hardware capabilities,\" says Chris Fagan, co-founder at Froogloid, an Android-focused application development company.", "\"We are not complaining about all the growth, but if you are a small or a new Android developer coming in and trying to learn I could see your head exploding.", "It would be overwhelming,\" he says.", "The problem echoes similar concerns over Java in the 1990s.", "Originally touted as a way for developers to build apps that would run on any computer (\"write once, run anywhere\"), developers found that wide variations in Java virtual machines as well as available hardware meant that Java's promise was really \"write once, debug everywhere.\"", "While Java is still used -- particularly in the mobile space, where it powers games and other apps written for Java-capable cellphones -- it is not nearly the cross-platform panacea it was originally conceived as.", "Fagan's concern about the fragmentation of Android is being echoed by other developers, says Sean Galligan, vice president of business development at Flurry, an mobile app analytics company.", "\"There's no question that we are starting to hear developers express concern,\" says Galligan.", "\"Android is growing very fast and there's a lot of excitement for it but it's also a lot for work, especially for medium and small developers.\"", "Since the launch of the first HTC T-Mobile G1 phone running Android OS, a number of handset makers have jumped on the bandwagon.", "HTC alone has five Android handsets available, while others like Motorola have shifted completely to the Android platform.", "In the past two months, Motorola released two new Android-based handsets, the Cliq and Droid.", "And in a bid to differentiate themselves, handset makers are creating custom user interfaces like the HTC Sense, the Motorola Blur and the Rachael UI from Sony Ericsson.", "Android phones vary significantly in the hardware, too -- phones with and without camera flash, some have physical keyboards, others don't.", "\"You may build an app that works perfectly with all three firmwares, but then when you run it on carriers' ROMs it completely blows up,\" says Fagan.", "\"So we find ourselves having to create apps that are compatible with multiple firmwares, multiple ROMs and multiple devices with different hardware.\"", "It's in sharp contrast to the iPhone platform.", "Apple has tightly controlled the introduction of new iPhones and updates to its operating system.", "It has just three iPhone models available since it first introduced the phone in 2007.", "And all iPhone users are prompted to update their phones to be on the same version of the operating system.", "While Apple pioneered the app store idea with the iPhone, Android, too, offers Market, a store for distribution of third-party programs.", "Unlike with the Apple app store, Android developers do not have to go through an approval process to get their apps on the Android Market.", "Currently, the Android market has about 10,000 apps compared to the 100,000 in Apple's app store.", "For developers, Apple's autocratic ways may be frustrating, but they can pay off.", "\"Apple maintains an iron grip on what they do and there's an advantage to that,\" says Kelly Schrock, owner of Fognl, which has three apps on the Android market.", "\"IPhone developers don't have to worry about fragmentation and creating apps for the iPhone is much easier.\"", "Founded about the same time as the first Android phone hit the market, Froogloid today has more than 100,000 users across its three apps: a2b, Key Ring and CowPotato.", "But with Android's growth, managing these apps is becoming quite a challenge, says Fagan.", "The diversity of devices running Android OS has led to some unexpected results, says Fagan.", "For instance, the Sprint HTC Hero was launched without its GPS setting turned on.", "When run, the a2b application could trigger it -- but Froogloid soon found that the standard commands they used reacted differently on the Hero than on other Android devices.", "Instead of launching the GPS settings, it set off the \"screen unlock pattern\" settings, says Chris Pick, requiring Froogloid to write custom code in their app for that particular device.", "Google says it has emulators available that allows developers to test their application running on simulated devices so they can see how it behaves.", "But it doesn't always work, says Fagan.", "\"In a sense, we are shooting blind with the emulators because we have no idea how it is really working on the device.\"", "For instance, explains Pick, the graphics for their 3D game app, Cowpotato worked fine on the emulator but crashed when run on Motorola's Droid phone.", "Pick suspects a bug in the graphics driver on the Droid.", "Writing for a fix for it took care of the problem but its not the best solution, he says.", "\"When we have to start writing rules based on the phone model in our code, it adds more code to our code base, creates more work for us and makes the app heavier,\" says Pick.", "Different versions of the OS also means new functionality is added or some removed.", "Understanding these changes and making software backward compatible takes time, say Schrock.", "\"It's a multiplication of work to support all of them.\"", "A bigger problem is the customization of firmware or custom ROMs.", "For instance, Google offers a basic homescreen with the Android code.", "But device manufacturers or network carriers can always modify it.", "Sometimes the changes are simple, such as replacing all white color with grey, or red with yellow.", "That allows handset makers and carriers to tailor Android better for their customers, something that Google says it supports \"strongly.\"", "\"That isn't a big deal,\" says Fagan.", "\"However, when they start changing fundamentally how certain activities are controlled, such as user settings and screen orientation, it creates issues for developers that have built their apps on an out of the box version of the firmware/SDK.\"", "Custom ROMs are always available for developers to look through, points out Froogloid.", "\"Google has mandated that every one base their releases on the standard versions,\" says Pick.", "\"But this slips under the radar.\"", "Ultimately, developers will have to start making tough decisions on who they want to target and versions of the operating system they want to support, says Galligan.", "\"Developers have to identify which devices and carriers appeal to the market they are creating an app for and develop just for it,\" he says.", "A one-man band, Schrock says without any employees he can't maintain four different app versions.", "\"It's getting a lot riskier on the Android.", "It's not 4x increase in the cost but it will be a lot more work.\"", "And while Schrock says the apps are not his meal ticket, he doesn't want to make choices that could cut off some Android users from his apps.", "\"I will have to decide then how much return I am getting and if it is worth it.\"", "Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT!", "Click here! Copyright 2010 Wired.com." ]	[ "After slow start, Android system has taken off in popularity .", "Some developers say growth has made managing apps for the system a nightmare .", "Google says it provides emulators to let developers test whether their apps work .", "It's the diversity of devices running Android that some say has led to uneven results ." ]	[ 3, 29, 34, 35, 39 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Some Americans visiting or working in Haiti have not been heard from since Tuesday's earthquake, but loved ones back home are trying to remain optimistic as good reports come in from others.", "CNN iReporter Cynthia Kivland of Prairie Grove, Illinois, spent a sleepless night trying to get in touch with her 30-year-old daughter, Chelsey.", "Chelsey Kivland has lived in Haiti for more than two years and speaks fluent Creole; she just returned there from a visit home in December.", "The Fulbright Scholar at the University of Chicago is finishing her doctoral dissertation in anthropology.", "\"She's just a beautiful person,\" said her mother, who contacted the State Department and the university for help.", "Help the Kivlands find their daughter .", "There are about 45,000 Americans in Haiti, the U.S. State Department estimates.", "A 15-member group from Trinity United Methodist Church of Hackettstown, New Jersey, turned up after going missing for about 18 hours after the quake.", "The group was believed to be at an orphanage in Bon Repos, 15 miles north of Port-au-Prince, when the earthquake struck.", "At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, a church member said the group contacted the church via a CNN satellite phone in Haiti.", "A message on the church's Web site said that a two- to three-day lag in communication is not unusual after natural disasters.", "Skip Conover of the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, said a 21-member team of congregation members from his church, Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton and Kingdom Church of Ewing has been out of contact.", "\"We have heard absolutely nothing from our group,\" he said.", "\"If everything was on schedule, the team should have landed three hours before the earthquake in Port-au-Prince.", "Our fingers are crossed that if there were no holdups in customs and no stopgaps, the team should have been up the mountains and reached the village of Thoman before the quake happened.\"", "Thoman is a two-hour drive from Port-au-Prince, and phone communication is not good from there, he said.", "Are you looking for loved ones?", "Two Americans with another church were rescued from the rubble of their mission house.", "Jillian Thorp and Charles Dietsch of the Catholic Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, were pulled from the remains of the three-story house after a night of digging by four mission workers, Thorp's father said.", "\"It was heroic. I think that's the only word for it,\" said the father, Clay Cook, of Old Saybrook, Connecticut.", "Watch Cook tell the story .", "\"Jill couldn't really do anything for herself, except she did have her cell phone, so she was able to talk to people and tell them where within the house she and this other gentleman, Chuck Dietsch, were located, so they didn't have to look through the whole pile of rubble.\"", "Thorp's husband, Frank, arrived after driving all night from another town, \"and he literally lifted her out of the hole when they finally got her free,\" Cook said.", "When he spoke to her less than an hour later, \"she was a little shaky,\" Cook said.", "\"She spent about 11 hours buried in concrete, listening to the earth shake around her, so being a little shaky is probably pretty good.\"", "At a news conference later, Cook and his wife, Karen, asked reporters to turn their attention to those who are still suffering and grieving.", "\"It's a beautiful country, and they're a beautiful people, and they need a lot of help right now,\" he said.", "He said his daughter does not want to leave Haiti in its hour of need.", "\"Our baby is safe, but there's so many babies that aren't safe,\" a tearful Karen Cook said.", "The pastoral staff at Free Chapel, a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Georgia, used Skype on Tuesday night to reach Bobby and Sherry Burnette, the couple who run the church's permanent mission in Haiti, Executive Pastor Richie Hughes said.", "\"Our work there suffered different levels of damage,\" Hughes said.", "\"The housing areas are OK, minor damage, but one of the churches connected was destroyed.\"", "A group led by Free Chapel's senior pastor, Jentezen Franklin, had to cancel a flight to Haiti planned for 6 a.m. Wednesday, Hughes said.", "He added that a special Haiti relief collection would be taken up at Wednesday evening's service.", "Lumiere Ministries of Gastonia, North Carolina, runs a 30-bed hospital and an orphanage in Port-au-Prince.", "President and CEO Hank Haskins said that all 25 employees are fine.", "The ministry was scheduled to do the official ribbon cutting for a new hospital in February.", "The group sent a container of supplies Tuesday and is awaiting word on its arrival.", "A group from the University of Wisconsin, Engineers Without Borders-UW, posted a blog Tuesday saying the quake had had minimal effect where they have been staying since arriving Sunday.", "A representative wasn't sure how many were in the group.", "Americans seeking information on missing loved ones can call 888-407-4747 for assistance, officials said.", "CNN's Katie Hawkins-Gaar, Mark Norman and Hanna Yi contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: New Jersey mission group uses CNN satellite phone to contact church .", "Another New Jersey church group still unaccounted for .", "Mother hasn't heard from Fulbright Scholar daughter .", "Two with Catholic mission pulled from rubble after night of digging ." ]	[ 7, 12, 17 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday proposed a $2.9 million fine against American Eagle Airlines for allegedly conducting more than 1,100 flights using planes with landing-gear doors that had not been repaired as prescribed by the FAA.", "The proposed fine comes just weeks after the FAA proposed a $2.5 million fine against the airline for allegedly operating flights without adequately ensuring that the weight of baggage was properly calculated.", "The Fort Worth, Texas-based American Eagle -- a regional affiliate of American Airlines -- flew four Bombardier regional jets on more than 1,100 flights between February and May 2008, with main landing-gear doors that had not been repaired as ordered by the FAA in August 2006, the FAA said.", "\"Following Airworthiness Directives [repair orders] is not optional,\" FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said in a statement.", "\"The FAA does not hesitate to levy fines if maintenance standards are violated.\"", "American Eagle responded that it was disappointed in the FAA's actions, saying the airline did not endanger the public and it considered a fine unwarranted.", "The repair order required airlines to inspect landing-gear doors and take necessary action, fixing the doors or replacing them with new ones.", "In this case, American Eagle found damage on four aircraft, but rather than removing the doors as required, the airline repaired them while they remained on the planes.", "American Eagle said it self-disclosed to the FAA that repairs were performed while the landing-gear doors remained on the aircraft, a process that the FAA and the aircraft manufacturer subsequently approved, the company said.", "American Eagle subsequently removed the landing-gear doors on each of the affected aircraft and repaired them in accordance with the Airworthiness Directive.", "The airline said it will meet with the FAA to discuss the matter.", "The proposed fines are the latest in a string of multimillion dollar fines the FAA has proposed against airlines for failing to follow repair orders.", "In October, the FAA proposed to fine US Airways $5.4 million and United $3.8 million for other maintenance violations.", "In March, Southwest Airlines agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a complaint that it flew unsafe planes." ]	[ "FAA seeks $2.9 million from Texas-based regional affiliate of American Airlines .", "FAA: Aircraft with bad repairs on landing gear doors used on more than 1,100 flights .", "FAA also has proposed $2.5 million fine for flights without proper baggage weight check ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(OPRAH.com) -- Families all over the country are tightening their belts during this economic crisis, but some people are actually finding that cutting back can lead to richer lives.", "The Heinz family makes a net income of $58,000 a year -- but they have $70,000 in savings.", "How did they do it? Sue Heinz is a stay-at-home mom with four children living in Sarasota, Florida.", "To keep their family out of financial worry, she and her husband, Brett, have gotten thrifty.", "With a prepaid cell phone used only for emergencies, the family's monthly bill is just $5.", "By brown bagging his lunch and carpooling to work, Brett spends little money during the work week and saves $122 each month on gas.", "Sue has found a way to snip $550 from their yearly budget by cutting the family's hair herself.", "And with a little online research, Brett found out how to do his own home repairs and says he has saved more than $6,000.", "Sue says their thriftiness began 11 years ago when she and Brett first moved to Florida on a teacher's salary.", "\"We had goals,\" she says.", "\"We wanted to own a home, we wanted to have a big family -- and we knew we had to set our priorities to make that work.\"", "The ride hasn't been all smooth sailing, and Sue says they incurred some credit card debt along the way.", "\"But I'm very happy to say, and proud to say, that we're paying it back at nearly three times the minimum balance,\" she says.", "Oprah.com: How to get out of credit card debt .", "Although they've had to cut back in certain areas, Sue says their thrifty ways haven't curbed their lifestyle one bit.", "\"We go to the beach once a week, we go bike riding with the kids, we do all kinds of fun things,\" she says.", "\"There are second-run movie theaters; there are a lot of ways to have fun without spending money.\"", "\"It's an alternative to living beyond our means, really,\" Brett says.", "\"Instead of spending too much money on things, we just make choices.\"", "Sandberg family .", "On the other end of the spectrum, the Sandberg family is learning the need to cut back for the first time.", "Vicky and Mark have been married for 15 years and have two children.", "Until recently, the family has always brought in a double income.", "\"Times in the construction industry have been really tough, and four months ago I lost my job as a recruiter and as a trainer,\" Vicky says.", "With about 40 percent of their total income gone, the family has a new set of stress.", "Vicky and Mark say they've had to cut back their investment contributions toward their children's college funds and froze their individual retirement accounts.", "\"My personal biggest fear is losing what we have, what we've worked so hard for,\" Mark says.", "Can thrifty couple Sue and Brett help Vicky and Mark find ways to cut back?", "They begin with the Sandbergs' monthly budget and discover the Sandbergs are spending $650 a month in department stores on things for the kids -- clothing, video games and DVDs.", "\"That's a big number,\" Sue says.", "In addition, the Sandbergs are spending $190 each month on their phone, Internet and cable bill and $350 a month eating out at restaurants.", "All in all, the family is spending $8,744 a month, which is more than they are bringing in.", "To get Vicky and Mark on track, Sue says they need to bring their monthly budget down to less than $8,000 per month.", "Sue gives them a basket for storing their daily receipts and a journal to write down their needs and wants.", "\"You're going to take a good look and start to become extremely aware of where this money is going,\" she says.", "First to go are all but one of Vicky and Mark's credit cards -- for emergencies only -- in exchange for a debit card with a rewards program.", "\"I love the idea of having a debit card and paying as you go,\" Mark says.", "\"I think that would relieve a lot of stress at the end of the month.\"", "Because Vicky and Mark have two cell phones, Sue suggests dropping their landline and finds a cable company that offers a better deal.", "They instantly save more than $100 a month!", "Sue takes the couple to the grocery store and teaches them how to prepare a meal for under $5.", "There are even leftovers, which can be used for Mark's lunches.", "Sue says the family can still enjoy eating out -- with the proper research.", "By searching online, Sue says you can find restaurants that let kids eat for free on certain nights of the week.", "\"Google your town's name plus 'free stuff' or 'kids' free meals,' and things pop up,\" she says.", "Sue also has a tip to save money on the DVDs the kids ask for -- go to the library and rent the DVD for free!", "In all, Sue and Brett helped Vicky and Mark find an extra $2,000 a month.", "\"It felt great because we didn't know what we were spending,\" Vicky says.", "\"It's really a mind-set.", "Mark and I have worked very hard to have what we have for our family and provide for them, but he'd spend what he'd spend, I would spend what I would spend and we'd pay the bill at the end of the month, and we just weren't paying attention.\"", "Mark is also thrilled with the family's new money habits.", "\"It was a lot less stress at the end of the month,\" he says.", "CouponMom.com .", "With the cost of food rising and moms everywhere cringing over their grocery receipts, one mom has found a way to save her family thousands of dollars.", "Stephanie Nelson, founder of CouponMom.com, says she actually looks forward to grocery shopping!", "Can she buy a week's worth of food at half the price?", "Stephanie begins her plan of attack by researching coupons online.", "\"It's actually easier than ever to use grocery coupons today because we can use the Internet to print coupons,\" she says.", "\"In about half an hour a week, you can make a real difference in cutting your grocery bill in half.\"", "With coupons in hand, Stephanie hits the store and fills up her shopping cart with $127 worth of groceries.", "\"Don't panic,\" she says.", "\"That's not what we're paying.\" As the clerk scans coupon after coupon, the total falls lower and lower -- until it hits $37.16, a 71 percent savings!", "Oprah.com: Five ways to save money on your groceries .", "Selling your home .", "It's no secret that it's a difficult time to sell a home -- so some sellers are getting creative.", "When Jennifer from Charleston, South Carolina, needed to sell her house, she says no one was biting.", "After five months and no offers in sight, Jennifer put her house on Craigslist.", "Two days later, it sold.", "Karen from Hancock, Maryland, was having trouble finding a buyer for her farmhouse, so instead of selling, she decided to raffle off her home.", "She sold tickets for $100 apiece and agreed that any extra money raised beyond the appraised value would go to charity.", "After selling more than 6,000 tickets, Karen was able to unload her house and give more than $200,000 to a local charity.", "If this sounds interesting to you, check the laws in your state.", "After two and a half years on the market, Mike and Pam from Streamwood, Illinois, needed an unconventional way to sell their home.", "They searched online to see if anyone wanted to swap houses and found OnlineHouseTrading.com -- did they make a match?", "Oprah.com: More ways to save your dollars!", "Mike and Pam found Lauren and Ryan, homeowners in Elgin, Illinois, who wanted to upgrade their home.", "It was the perfect match for Mike and Pam, who were looking to downsize.", "Mike and Pam sold their home for $295,000 and purchased Lauren and Ryan's home for $180,000.", "\"We were able to sell our house at the price we wanted, and they were able to sell their townhouse at the price they wanted,\" Pam says.", "\"We're all happy,\" Ryan says.", "\"It was an even trade in the sense we both got exactly what we wanted.", "We were looking for a house with four bedrooms, a basement and a backyard that would be fenced in for our dogs, and we ended up getting that.\"", "If you're interested in finding a creative way to sell your home, make sure to check out the laws in your state first.", "From \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\" \"The Thriftiest Family in America\" © 2008 .", "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." ]	[ "Family uses a prepaid, emergency-only cell phone for $5 a month .", "Sue saves $550 from their yearly budget by cutting the family's hair herself .", "Brett suggests brown bagging your lunch and carpooling to work .", "Jennifer put her house on Craigslist and sold it two days later ." ]	[ 4, 5, 6, 66, 67 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Airlines are uncertain about when commercial service to disaster-ravaged Haiti will resume.", "In the meantime, some carriers are organizing relief efforts.", "American Airlines canceled its five round-trip flights on Wednesday and Thursday.", "The airline is allowing passengers with plans to travel to Haiti this month to change their plans without fee or penalty through February 14, spokesman Tim Smith said in an e-mail.", "\"We are completely out of Haiti today, no scheduled operations -- we don't know yet for how long,\" he said.", "American Airlines plans to offer its frequent flier program members mileage incentives for contributing to the Red Cross, Smith said.", "The carrier flew three American Eagle aircraft into Haiti on Wednesday carrying 30,000 pounds of relief supplies for airline employees and local hospitals and aid efforts.", "The airline plans to send more relief flights on Thursday and Friday.", "\"The airport tower is badly damaged, and while I don't know the precise status of the runway, flights (including ours and Air France's) did make it out last night,\" Smith said Wednesday afternoon.", "U.S. Embassy staff at the Port-au-Prince airport said the tower and the lights were working, U.S. State Department spokesman P.J.", "Crowley said Wednesday.", "Spirit Airlines, which operates one flight a day between Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Port-au-Prince also canceled Wednesday and Thursday flights.", "Customers with reservations for travel to, from or through Haiti between Wednesday, January 13, and Sunday, January 17, may rebook their travel without penalty, provided the new departure is on or before February 7, according to Spirit's Web site.", "The airline will waive the change fee for travelers who move their travel beyond February 7, but it will charge for any difference in fare.", "The airline plans to resume service as soon as the airport in Port-au-Prince reopens.", "\"At this time we don't know when we'll be able to get flights in and out,\" Spirit spokeswoman Misty Pinson said via e-mail.", "The airline will give 5,000 free Spirit miles to the first 200,000 members of its frequent flier program who donate at least $5 to UNICEF, the Red Cross or Yéle Haiti.", "Members must register online to participate.", "Delta Air Lines has canceled its only flight Wednesday in and out of Port-au-Prince from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.", "There are no details on when the airline will resume commercial service, spokesman Anthony Black said.", "JetBlue Airways does not fly into Haiti, but the airline is waiving change fees and fare differences for passengers scheduled to fly into neighboring Dominican Republic on Wednesday.", "The airline's operations in the Dominican Republic have not been disrupted, but customers who don't feel comfortable flying can move their flights back, spokeswoman Alison Croyle said.", "Passengers who were scheduled to fly to, from or through Puerto Plata, Santiago or Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday may cancel without penalty and receive a full refund or reschedule to fly Thursday or Friday with no fees, Croyle said." ]	[ "American Airlines cancels its Wednesday and Thursday flights to Haiti .", "Spirit Airlines: \"We don't know when we'll be able to get flights in and out\"\nCarriers plan to assist in transporting relief supplies, offer fundraising incentives ." ]	[ 1, 2, 15 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- In Latin America, Cuba stands out as one of the most effective deployers of soft power.", "Rather than exporting revolution, Cuba today exports doctors -- with more than 30,000 Cuban doctors working in more than 100 underdeveloped countries around the world.", "Cuba has become a marquee provider of catastrophe-related medical assistance around the world, particularly after tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes -- and no doubt will send large contingents of medical personnel to earthquake-ravaged Haiti in coming days and weeks.", "Moving beyond the still active Cold War stasis in U.S.-Cuba relations is an Obama administration foreign policy priority, and the devastation in Haiti provides a platform not only to provide relief for a nearby nation in desperate circumstances, but also to build confidence between Cuban and American authorities in a potential collaboration of effort in a third country.", "Many great American voices -- from Brent Scowcroft and George Shultz to Jackson Browne and Bill Richardson -- have said that the U.S. embargo on Cuba makes no sense as foreign policy, that the right of Americans to travel anywhere in the world should not be suspended in the case of Cuba, and that Cuba's exports of doctors rather than arms should be more than enough reason to strike Cuba off of America's state sponsors of terror watch list.", "But change in a relationship as charged and historically toxic as between Fidel Castro's Cuba and 11 U.S. presidents will take narratives to move.", "One such narrative could evolve from tying American resource coordination and financial support in a regional multilateral effort with other Latin American nations -- particularly Cuba's deep bench of natural disaster-experienced medical corps.", "After Hurricane Katrina pounded New Orleans and southern Mississippi, Castro offered relief support from a 1,600-person medical team called the Henry Reeves Brigade, named after an American doctor who fought in Cuba's war of independence.", "The U.S. predictably turned down the offer in September 2005.", "Shortly after, in October 2005, the Reeves Brigade was dispatched to help provide much-needed medical relief after the devastating Kashmir earthquake that tore through the Himalayan mountain region along Pakistan and Kashmir.", "The United States and Europe each sent teams of doctors to Pakistan, each with one base camp deployed for a month.", "The Cubans deployed seven major base camps and 30 field hospitals in the fundamentalist Islamic region of Pakistan, a nation with which Cuba did not have diplomatic relations at the time.", "Today, the Cubans and Pakistanis have embassies in each other's capitals.", "Bruno Rodriguez, the new foreign minister of Cuba, who was then the deputy, headed the mission and lived in Pakistan's rugged mountains for that full year.", "The Cuban medical teams reportedly worked constructively and positively with personnel from the U.S. and Europe -- and this kind of collaboration, even if informal, could be the kind of confidence-building narrative to move U.S.-Cuba relations out of the gridlock they have been in for decades.", "As a step in the direction of pushing reset in this relationship, on Friday the White House announced that Cuba will allow US aircraft into its airspace for medical evacuations.", "The United States could take another step and offer to airlift Cuban doctors to Haiti.", "Haiti is in trouble today -- the 7.0 earthquake devastating the capital city of Port-au-Prince and highlighting what was already a human development disaster.", "The UN Development Program's offices have been destroyed, with hundreds unaccounted for.", "Notwithstanding any casualties among its own citizens in Haiti, Cuba has 408 doctors providing services there.", "Now is the time for the U.S., Cuba and other major Latin American nations to throw their weight into stopping a worse human tragedy in Haiti than already exists -- and to potentially unite American and Cuban soft power efforts in a way that creates greater positives for Haiti and for longer-term, 21st century U.S.-Cuba relations.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Steve Clemons." ]	[ "Steve Clemons says Cuba has exported medical help for nations grappling with disasters .", "He says the United States refused Cuban aid during the Katrina rescue operation .", "The Haiti quake is an opportunity for U.S. and Cuba to work together, he says ." ]	[ 14, 16, 20, 21 ]
[ "NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Authorities are investigating reports that disabled children in India were buried up to their necks during this week's solar eclipse as a supposed remedy for their handicaps.", "Hindu women pray as they bathe in the River Ganges after the total solar eclipse in India.", "Officials said Thursday they were looking into reports that some 34 children aged 2 to 7 were buried in sand up to their chins -- with the consent of the parents -- in the belief that doing so during an eclipse would cure the children of their disabilities.", "V. Anbu Kumar, caretaker deputy commissioner of Gulbarga district in the state of Karnataka, told CNN that everybody at the site had left when he and police officers arrived.", "The act was apparently carried out in the early morning hours Wednesday, when the longest solar eclipse of the century turned day into night in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Vietnam, China and parts of the Pacific.", "Kumar denied that the ritual takes place during every eclipse, but said authorities are \"launching an awareness campaign\" against the practice.", "A complaint has been registered for \"knowingly endangering human lives,\" Gulbarg police chief B.A.", "Padmanayna told CNN.", "Stronger charges could also be pressed against the offenders, he said.", "Watch the 'exceptional' eclipse » .", "So far, police have made no arrests in the case.", "Wednesday's eclipse reignited some superstitions in India.", "Most pregnant women hope to avoid giving birth during an eclipse, and Indian astrologers even advise expectant mothers to stay indoors when the event occurs.", "View the eclipse in pictures » .", "\"It may not cause any physical harm to the baby, but it may affect the child's overall personality,\" said R.K. Sharma, who describes himself as a \"remedial astrologer.\"", "A solar eclipse, he says, weakens the sun god temporarily because of an encounter with dragon Rahu and leaves some cascading results everywhere.", "\"Bathing in holy rivers and ponds during this time thus helps protect health and develop positivism and greater will power,\" he explained." ]	[ "Authorities investigate reports disabled children were buried during solar eclipse .", "Claims made that 34 kids buried in sand up to their chins to cure disabilities .", "Parents reportedly consented to action, Indian officials say ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Candace Bushnell is a New Yorker and the author of five novels, including the best-selling \"Sex and the City\" and \"Lipstick Jungle\".", "She tells My City_My Life about her marriage, real life in New York and the secrets of her success.", "Candace Bushnell.", "\"In New York you're going to see sides of human nature that you're going to be shocked by.\"", "CNN: How would you describe your work?", "Candace Bushnell: I try to write about the human condition, and shopping, materialism and consumerism comes into that, because America is a very consumerist economy.", "CNN: Tell me about when you first arrived in New York.", "CB: I first arrived in New York in 1979.", "I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it.", "I literally ran away from college.", "Then I went to an acting school, \"HB Studio\" and I moved into this apartment with three other girls who wanted to be actresses.", "Of course, they were all waitresses so I was a waitress.", "Watch Candace Bushnell take CNN on a tour of New York. ...", "I was incredibly determined -- I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels.", "I wrote a little children's book and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the children's division of Simon and Schuster and she asked me to write a little children's book for a series she was doing.", "I got paid $1,000 for it and I was like \"Oh my god, who says you can't make it in New York right away!\"", "Of course that little dream crashed in about a month.", "CNN: So you didn't have an overnight success?", "CB: I was a freelancer all through my twenties.", "I did about one story a month and I wanted to write fiction, so the stories that I would do were precursors to \"Sex and the City.\"", "I started working for the NY Observer when I was 33.", "After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, \"Your stories are the most talked about stories in the Observer, you should have your own column.\"", "I was paid $1000 a column and the reason was that the column \"Sex and the City.\"", "was so popular that they sold newspapers and advertising off it.", "See photos of Candace Bushnell's New York. ...", "People in New York were faxing it to their friends who worked in the movie business in LA and almost immediately I was getting phone calls from movie producers who wanted to buy it and ABC and HBC wanted to buy it.", "It started as a seed, with an absolute truth that people may agree with or it may disturb them.", "It disturbs me sometimes when I read it because it's very wrong and very honest.", "I think most call it cynicism but I call it realism -- it is absolutely raw reality.", "It was never written for a big audience and it was never written to make people feel good.", "It was written as the truth in a humorous way.", "CNN: How do you feel about the TV series?", "CB: I think the reason why the TV series has continued, and has continued as a movie, is that they have never lost the authenticity of the column.", "CNN: How would you describe New York today?", "CB: It's a very, very busy place and it's a city where everybody has a place to go and a million things to do.", "It certainly can be a very stressful city but it can also be an incredibly exciting city.", "It is a place where your dreams can come true.", "It's also a city where you're going to see sides of human nature that you're going to be shocked by.", "New York is a city where, if you are open minded, when you walk out of your apartment you don't know what could happen.", "CNN: What do you do to get away from it?", "CB: I go to Connecticut and I look at bugs and I don't socialize.", "If I'm here for 10 days in a row I'm exhausted.", "When I was younger the energy really fed me.", "This is a city of energy vampires -- people really feed on each others' energies and that's why New Yorkers talk fast and gesture and they'll come in and say \"Oh my god you won't believe what happened!\"", "That's a normal greeting in New York.", "CNN: What was it like to get married and stop being the single girl?", "CB: Charles [Askegard, a principal dancer with the NYC ballet] and I met at the NYC Spring Gala seven years ago.", "It was really a magical moment because I was 43 and I had kind of given up on that.", "I was cynical about relationships and I wasn't sure about marriage -- I was always very worried that marriage was stifling.", "But when I saw Charles across the room I thought, \"That's the man you're going to marry.\"", "We met and we talked and I thought, \"This is the nicest guy I have ever met in my life,\" and we went to a club and we danced and we kissed.", "We got married two months after we met.", "CNN: Can you describe New York in 5 words?", "CB: It's exciting, passionate, fast paced, straightforward and, strangely enough, it's friendly." ]	[ "Candace Bushnell is the author of five novels, including Sex and the City .", "For over 30 years she has lived in New York, \"a city of energy vampires\"\n\"Sex and the City was never written to make people feel good,\" she says .", "She was cynical about relationships until she met her husband Charles ." ]	[ 0, 1, 29 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Texas inmate in a wheelchair, who escaped on foot from two armed guards as he was being transferred between prisons, is now on the U.S.", "Marshals' list of the 15 most-wanted fugitives.", "Arcade Comeaux Jr., 49, \"produced a weapon and fired upon two correctional officers, took them hostage and forced them to drive to Baytown, Texas,\" the U.S.", "Marshals Service said in a statement.", "He then put the officers in the back of the van and took their weapons and one of their uniforms, the statement said.", "Comeaux was serving three life sentences for aggravated sexual assault and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.", "He escaped Monday during transport from Huntsville, Texas, to Stiles, Texas.", "The 6-foot, 200-pound man was shackled and in a wheelchair, \"which he had claimed was needed for mobility,\" Michelle Lyons, director of public information for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville, said in a statement.", "About 45 minutes into the trip, as they were driving through Conroe, 40 minutes north of Houston, the prisoner pulled out a pistol and ordered the guards to drive south to Baytown, east of Houston.", "He fired once, but hit no one during the escape about 9 a.m., officials said.", "Law enforcement officers found the unharmed officers an hour later.", "Comeaux was being transferred so he could be near John Sealy Hospital in Galveston for treatment of the supposed paralysis he had suffered during a reported stroke, officials said.", "At least $16,000 in reward money has been offered for information leading to Comeaux's rearrest and a task force of more than 100 investigators is searching for him, focusing on the Houston area, where he grew up and has family.", "His escape has led the man who oversees Texas' criminal justice system to call for a shakeup of the prison system.", "\"I just think enough's enough,\" said Sen. John Whitmire, the Texas Democrat from Houston who is chairman of the state Senate's Criminal Justice Committee.", "\"We need a complete shakeup of the leadership of our prison system and/or an outside review by third parties,\" he told CNN by phone Wednesday.", "\"We just can't have security breaches of this nature.\"", "Whitmire said the guards had failed to pat down Comeaux while he was in his wheelchair and before they began the trip.", "\"Sure enough, he has a firearm,\" he said.", "\"The question is, are there others (in the prison system)?", "I think you have to assume that there are until you find out differently.\"", "So far this year, more than 900 cell phones have been confiscated from the 112 locations that house the state's 158,000 prisoners.", "\"It's pretty rampant,\" he said.", "\"I want the director to come forward and tell us what it's going to take\" to solve the problem, he said.", "John Moriarty, inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, said such lapses are highly unusual in the state's penal system.", "\"We have no open gun investigations other than this one,\" he said.", "\"The last one was several years ago.\"", "Texas Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Brad Livingston, who has been in the job since 2005, did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment." ]	[ "Arcade Comeaux Jr. was in wheelchair when he pulled gun on officers .", "Comeaux forced officers to drive him to Baytown, Texas, where he fled on foot .", "State senator calls for shakeup in state's penal system ." ]	[ 0, 2, 19 ]
[ "Boston, Massachusetts (CNN) -- A biology professor charged in the killings of three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville was initially a suspect in a 1993 attempted mail bombing of a Harvard Medical School professor, The Boston Globe reported Monday.", "Amy Bishop Anderson and her husband, Jim, were questioned after a package containing two pipe bombs was sent to the Newton, Massachusetts, home of Dr. Paul Rosenberg, a Harvard professor and a doctor at Children's Hospital Boston, the Globe said, citing a law enforcement official.", "At the time, Anderson was working as a postdoctoral fellow in the hospital's human biochemistry lab.", "Anderson is charged with capital murder in the Friday shooting deaths, making her eligible for the death penalty in Alabama.", "Authorities said she was attending a faculty meeting in a university building when she brandished a gun and shot six colleagues, killing three.", "The mother of four was arrested as she was leaving the building, Huntsville Police Chief Henry Reyes said Saturday.", "A 9 mm handgun was recovered from the second floor of the building after the shootings Friday.", "On Saturday, it was revealed that in 1986, Anderson, then 19, shot her brother to death in Braintree, Massachusetts.", "Authorities determined after an investigation that the shooting was accidental.", "But Braintree Police Chief Paul Frazier said Saturday, \"It is a far different story, I believe, than what was reported back then.", "I cannot tell you what the thought process was behind our releasing her at the time.\"", "Anderson's husband, Jim, told CNN on Monday that federal investigators had gathered a dozen subjects in the attempted bombing, but \"there were never any suspects.", "Never anyone charged, never anyone arrested.\"", "\"Then five years later, we got a letter from the ATF saying, 'You are in the clear,' \" he said, referring to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.", "Sylvia Fluckiger, a lab technician who worked with Anderson at the time, told The Boston Globe on Sunday that Anderson had a dispute with Rosenberg shortly before the bomb incident.", "Fluckiger told CNN affiliate WCVB-TV in Boston, \"Police interviewed her, and she told me about it.", "I really wondered if she may have had, you know, some more knowledge, although I'm not accusing her of anything.\"", "Rosenberg was opening a package delivered to his home while he was away on vacation, but he saw wires and a cylinder inside and called police, the Globe reported.", "\"She was the suspect early on,\" the law enforcement official, who the Globe said had knowledge of the case, told the newspaper of Anderson.", "She allegedly was concerned that she was going to receive a negative evaluation from Rosenberg, the official said.", "Jim Anderson told The New York Times the December 1986 death of his wife's brother, Seth, was accidental.", "He declined to comment when CNN asked him about the shooting Monday.", "Frazier, however, said Saturday that an official involved in the case and still working for Braintree police told him that the teen had shot her brother during an argument.", "She fired a shot in her bedroom without hitting anyone, then argued with her brother and shot him, he said.", "She fled the home after the shooting and was arrested after pointing a weapon at a vehicle near the house in an unsuccessful attempt to get the driver to stop.", "During the booking process, then-Chief John Polio called and told the officers to release her, Frazier said.", "He added her mother was then a member of the Braintree Personnel Board.", "Reached by CNN, Polio, now 87 and retired, denied calling in that order, saying detectives told him the shooting appeared accidental and it was determined Anderson should be released to her mother.", "He said any link between Anderson's release and her mother's position on the board was \"laughable.\"", "Anderson's mother, Judith, did not answer her door Monday.", "Reached by telephone, she told CNN, \"We're very distraught,\" and declined further comment.", "A December 8, 1986, article in The Boston Globe said Anderson asked her mother how to unload a round from a 12-gauge shotgun and accidentally shot her brother while she was handling the weapon.", "The article cited Polio as the source.", "The state police report on the incident, released Sunday by the office of Rep. Bill Delahunt, D-Massachusetts, is similar to the Globe's account.", "Delahunt was district attorney at the time; staffers said he was in the Middle East on Sunday and unable to comment on the case.", "The 1986 report said Braintree police told state police investigators \"indications were that Amy Bishop had been attempting to manipulate the shotgun and had subsequently brought the gun downstairs in an attempt to gain assistance from her mother in disarming the weapon\" when it went off, shooting her brother in the chest.", "In a December 17, 1986, interview, Anderson told authorities she \"thought it would be a good idea if she learned how to load the shotgun in the house,\" according to the state police report.", "The young woman told police she was concerned for her own safety after the family home was broken into, although she previously had been afraid of the gun.", "She said she got the gun and loaded shells into it, but was unable to get them out.", "Anderson said that while she was attempting to unload the weapon on her bed, it went off.", "She then took it downstairs to ask for help in unloading it, where the shooting occurred.", "The police report said both Anderson and her mother said the shooting was accidental.", "Her mother told police she did not hear the earlier shot in her daughter's bedroom and \"believed the house was relatively well soundproofed and that such a discharge would not necessarily be heard on another floor of the house.\"", "Frazier said police records of the incident are missing.", "But Polio said, \"There was no cover-up.", "Absolutely no cover-up and no missing records.", "The records were all there when I left.", "Where they went in the last 22 years and two police chiefs subsequent, I don't know.\"", "Braintree Mayor Joseph Sullivan said Sunday that a review will commence to locate all materials associated with the shooting.", "Anderson, who is known to students as Dr. Bishop, had been working at the University of Alabama in Huntsville since 2003 and was up for tenure, according to spokesman Ray Garner.", "However, authorities wouldn't discuss possible motives or whether the issue of tenure may have played a role in the shooting.", "Garner said the university gives teachers six years to get tenure.", "Those who do not get it are terminated, he said.", "Jim Anderson told CNN on Monday that his wife had been denied tenure and had appealed that decision and won, but she was still fighting to be granted tenure.", "She was frustrated with \"the process,\" he said.", "He told CNN earlier his wife had an attorney but would not say who it was, and he described her as a good teacher.", "He said Monday his wife wrote three novels, \"medical thrillers.\"", "The couple does not own a gun, he said.", "He said he last saw his wife briefly on Friday morning before she left for class.", "He said she was \"loving, got along with everybody.\"", "The family, he said, is devastated, and in \"shock, bewilderment, wondering why.\"", "He told the Times the pipe bomb incident is \"one thing from the past I hoped would not be dredged up.\"", "CNN's Brooke Baldwin and Aaron Cooper contributed to this report." ]	[ "Prof charged in Alabama deaths initially suspected in '93 mail bomb attempt, newspaper says .", "Professor charged with capital murder in shootings at University of Alabama at Huntsville .", "Professor's husband says they received ATF letter on '90s case that \" 'You are in the clear' \"\nIn 1986, Amy Bishop Anderson, then 19, fatally shot brother; case ruled accidental ." ]	[ 0, 3, 7 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health and welfare, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said Monday.", "\"The overwhelming amount of scientific studies show that the threat is real,\" she said.", "The announcement stems from a Supreme Court ruling which ordered the agency to determine the impact of carbon emissions not only on the environment, but on public health.", "iReport: Share your thoughts on climate change .", "\"These long-overdue findings cement 2009's place in history as the year when the United States government began addressing the challenge of greenhouse-gas pollution and seizing the opportunity of clean energy reform,\" Jackson said.", "Immediately after the announcement, Jackson was leaving for Copenhagen, Denmark, to participate in the Copenhagen Climate Conference ahead of President Obama's appearance at the end of the week.", "Her statement could provide evidence to the conference that the agency and the Obama administration are taking global warming seriously.", "However, Jackson said that Monday's announcement does not require any immediate regulatory action.", "The Obama administration is pushing for comprehensive energy legislation from Congress that puts a price on carbon emissions, a so-called \"cap and trade\" policy that uses market forces as an incentive for businesses to reduce carbon emissions.", "Jackson said carbon dioxide emissions go beyond damaging the environment -- they also endanger public health.", "The agency made the announcement because it is required to issue an \"endangerment finding\" -- evidence that carbon emissions are dangerous to the public health -- before it can regulate carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases under the federal Clean Air Act.", "The EPA said in April that it would likely make such a ruling regarding carbon emissions and public health.", "The agency completed a public-comment process before making the announcement.", "CNN's Suzanne Malveaux contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: \"Overwhelming\" scientific evidence shows greenhouse gas threat is real, EPA says .", "EPA announcement results from Supreme Court ruling .", "Right after announcement, EPA head to leave for Copenhagen climate conference .", "White House says announcement doesn't mean immediate regulations ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In Jacmel, Haiti, as light rain fell with the darkness Wednesday, Gwenn Goodale Mangine and a group of 35 people prepared to spend their second night sleeping outside on mattresses and cardboard boxes in her driveway.", "Everyone is scared to be indoors.", "It is cold and damp. The people of Jacmel line the streets, setting tires on fire to light up a town that has been reduced to rubble in many parts and is without power, she said.", "The flames are all that illuminate what remains of this town on the southern coast of Haiti, about 25 miles from the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti.", "\"No one is wanting to go back into their homes, so they were all on the street.", "It's still like that,\" Mangine, 32, told CNN, speaking using a fleeting Internet connection.", "\"Hundreds of people are all hunkered down for the night passing time and burning tires to light up the night.\"", "The local airport has now become a refugee camp, she said.", "Buckets have become toilets.", "Residents shower using containers filled with water, if they can find it, she said.", "Mangine and other residents of the town, with a population of about 34,000, spent Wednesday trying to stock up on supplies, while they remained fearful of continuing aftershocks, looked for survivors and tried to gauge the level destruction.", "The U.S. Geological Survey said the perceived shaking from Tuesday's earthquake near Port-au-Prince would have been very strong in Jacmel, and they would be vulnerable to structural damage.", "\"Schools, homes, churches, businesses, hotels, old historic buildings -- dozens and dozens, gone,\" Mangine told CNN.", "\"I just kept shaking my head and muttering, 'Oh my word,' over and over.\"", "Mangine and her husband Nick have lived in Jacmel since April 2009 working with the organization \"Joy in Hope, \" and are houseparents at a home for orphaned children.", "Today, along with others in this town, they frantically searched for loved ones -- a task made harder by the power outages and Internet troubles in the wake of the devastation.", "In one incident, a staff member's daughter was nowhere to be found after her home collapsed.", "They feared the worst, but eventually were elated to find out she was OK. Mangine also helped a 24-year-old man named Hughes find his mother.", "Mangine and Hughes drove towards Hughes' mother's house.", "From the truck, he spotted her in the distance.", "\"He jumps out of the car as I am still driving and he yells, 'Manman, Manman!'", "[Mommy, mommy],\" Mangine said.", "\"He runs and hugs her and starts sobbing.", "His mother, Rosemary, is clinging to him, and sobbing too.\"", "They embraced tightly for more than five minutes, Mangine said.", "\"Man, it tore my heart out,\" she said.", "\"I couldn't help but sob myself.\" Mangine said she has lived through tropical storms and floods that caused landslides and problems -- problems she attributes to poor construction.", "Haiti was 'catastrophe waiting to happen' At the Hands and Feet Project in Jacmel, Mark Stuart said he believes good construction is what kept their structure largely intact.", "\"I'm very, very thankful for the quality of the construction here,\" Stuart said.", "\"It gives us a hope that we will make it.\"", "Hope is alive in Jacmel, Mangine said, but the earthquake caused destruction she couldn't believe.", "\"This is a whole different scale,\" she said.", "\"It's the most helpless feeling in the world.", "We've just heard story after story of people being trapped in piles of rubble -- and there's no way to dig them out.", "No big machinery.", "No tools. There's nothing. Nothing.\" It lies in stark contrast of what it was more than a day ago.", "Before the quake hit, she had just finished English and Creole lessons with a staff member and went to lie down.", "When the tremors began, she initially dismissed it as a large truck going by.", "\"But then I realized the house was really shaking.", "The whole house,\" she said.", "\"Things began to fall off the wall.", "The thought going through my head was that our house was collapsing.\"", "Her heart began pounding, she said.", "\"I was pretty sure I wasn't going to get out in time since I was on the second floor,\" she said.", "\"I jumped up quickly and started screaming in English and in Creole for my children to leave the house.\"", "They counted their blessings when they realized everyone they knew was okay.", "Now, Mangine and her group are trying to focus on helping wherever they can.", "The city is devastated.", "\"[It] looks like Jacmel, just more broken.", "Jacmel was once a beautiful, thriving city.", "That's long since passed,\" she said.", "\"[But] what happened yesterday tore up a big chunk of history, a big chunk of commerce, and a big chunk of the hearts of the Haitian people.\"", "Still, as she prepared to sleep outside again with her family, staff and others in the town, Mangine saw a silver lining.", "\"I still feel optimistic that if anyone can rise above this, it is the people of Haiti,\" she said.", "\"There's a Creole word for when you have to rig something to make do -- degaje.", "In my opinion the ability to degaje is in part what gives this culture the spirit of resiliency that I so admire.\"", "CNN's Steve Almasy contributed to this report." ]	[ "Residents in Jacmel, Haiti, sleeping on mattresses, boxes in driveways .", "Gwenn Goodale Mangine tells CNN schools, homes, churches destroyed in town .", "Mangine: \"There's no way to dig them out.", "No big machinery.", "No tools.", "There's nothing\"\nEarthquake tore a \"big chunk of the hearts of the Haitian people,\" Mangine says ." ]	[ 0, 12, 21, 33, 34, 35, 51 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Tiger Woods announced that he is taking \"an indefinite break\" from professional golf, according to a statement posted on his Web site Friday.", "\"I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children,\" the statement says.", "\"I want to say again to everyone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgiveness.", "It may not be possible to repair the damage I've done, but I want to do my best to try.\"", "The 33-year-old golfer, who tops the sport's world rankings, has been mired in controversy since he crashed his car outside his Florida mansion late last month.", "The crash prompted authorities to cite him for careless driving and fine him $164.", "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, on the same day that gossip magazine US Weekly published a report alleging that Woods, who is married to Elin Nordegren, had an affair with a 24-year-old cocktail waitress named Jaimee Grubbs.", "US Weekly's report followed a National Enquirer article before the crash that the athlete was having an affair with a New York nightclub hostess -- an assertion the hostess vigorously denied, according to The New York Post.", "See the statement on Woods' Web site .", "It was not immediately clear how Woods' hiatus would affect his sponsorships, though Nike, his main sponsor, issued a statement saying Woods \"and his family have Nike's full support.\"", "\"He is the best golfer in the world and one of the greatest athletes of his era,\" Nike spokeswoman Beth Gast said in the statement.", "\"We look forward to his return to golf.\"", "The statement did not elaborate on whether Woods' announcement would impact his business relationship with the sports equipment and clothing company, which has worked with him for more than a decade.", "Woods' other sponsors include Gillette, Gatorade and Electronic Arts.", "The Professional Golfers' Association Tour said it supports Woods and looks forward to his return to the game.", "\"We fully support Tiger's decision to step away from competitive golf to focus on his family.", "His priorities are where they need to be, and we will continue to respect and honor his family's request for privacy,\" the PGA Tour said in a statement Friday.", "\"We look forward to Tiger's return to the PGA Tour when he determines the time is right for him.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Nike issues statement saying Woods and family have company's \"full support.\"", "No word on how hiatus will affect lucrative sponsorships .", "Statement: \"I am deeply aware of the ... hurt that my infidelity has caused\"\nWoods' statement: \"I am profoundly sorry and ... ask forgiveness\"" ]	[ 1, 2, 10 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- With every click of his camera, Japanese photographer and activist Shuuichi Endou hopes to draw attention to the plight of Tuvalu, a remote nation of people whose home is slowly disappearing.", "Tuvalu is the world's fourth smallest country behind Vatican City, Monaco and Pacific Ocean neighbor Nauru.", "He's taking 10,000 photos, one of each person who lives there, to show the world the human face of climate change.", "\"Tuvaluans do not ask much, neither goods nor money,\" he says.", "\"In Japan, people sacrifice their time and life to get more goods and money.", "I hope the viewers see the contrast by looking at the photos.", "We're sacrificing peaceful Tuvalu.\"", "At first glance, Tuvalu is an island paradise, 26 square kilometers of white sand and lush foliage in the Pacific Ocean, north of Fiji.", "But the sea level is rising, so much so that the nation's water has become too salty to drink and to grow vegetables, especially taro, a vegetable that was once the island's staple food.", "\"As they don't have water and food, they began to import food from overseas, says Endou, who set up the NGO Tuvalu Overview to highlight their cause.", "\"As they began to import, their consumption has been increasing.", "As a result, more and more products began to be imported.", "This changed Tuvaluans' diet and increased the amount of waste.\"", "A global appeal .", "Tuvalu's government considers the situation so urgent it has allocated some of the nation's meager budget to pay for its own permanent ambassador to the United Nations in New York.", "Afelee Pita took up the job in December 2006 and within months had given perhaps the most important speech ever made by a Tuvaluan: an address to a Special Session of the United Nations Security Council on Energy, Climate and Security.", "\"That was my very first statement that I issued and it was also a challenging one because it had never been done before, particularly at that level at the Security Council,\" Pita says.", "He told the assembled dignitaries: \"The world has moved from a global threat once called the Cold War, to what now should be considered the 'Warming War'.", "Our conflict is not with guns and missiles but with weapons from everyday lives -- chimney stacks and exhaust pipes.\"", "click here for the full speech .", "New York is a long way from home for the native Tuvaluan.", "Back on the island he'd be more likely to go for an early morning canoe ride than negotiate thousands of commuters on the subway.", "\"Living in New York is totally different compared to where we come from.", "Life is not that easy of course.", "You have so many strangers.", "At home, you know everybody [and] whatever you do everybody knows,\" he laughs.", "Securing a future .", "While he'd much rather be at home -- \"Definitely there's nothing like home\" -- Pita feels that his time in New York is vital in helping to secure the future of the islands.", "\"My ultimate objective is to contribute as much as I can in terms of trying to establish relations with as many member states in the UN as possible, and more importantly to secure some sort of commitment from the international community in terms of development projects and any kind of assistance they can provide to us.\"", "The Tuvalu nation wants to invest in renewable energy projects, to reduce the island's own reliance on fossil fuels for energy.", "\"Sometimes you have to clean your own house first before you look outside,\" Pita says.", "In English, Tuvalu means \"eight standing together\".", "On the issue of climate change, Tuvalu hopes the world will stand together with them.", "\"To me it's not an easy issue to solve, particularly in terms of trying to get the commitment of rich countries,\" Pita says.", "\"I can, of course, understand their reasoning and how they look at the issue but I think what we need to do is to continue raising our concerns and hopefully one day the community will listen and try to commit something.\"" ]	[ "Pacific nation Tuvalu feeling the effects of climate change, sea level rising fast .", "Japanese activist drawing attention to its plight by taking photos of islanders .", "Tuvalu sent its own ambassador to the United Nations to raise awareness .", "Island nation seeking aid to invest in renewable energy, infrastructure ." ]	[ 2, 14, 29 ]
[ "MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A Spaniard has died from the human form of mad cow disease, the fifth such death in Spain since 2005, the Ministry of Health said in a statement late Friday.", "The victim died in January in the northern city of Santander, according to the statement, which did not provide further details.", "The victim was a woman who was hospitalized last fall, according to Juan Jose Badiola, director of Spain's national research center for mad cow disease.", "The ministry reiterated that there is no danger from eating meat in Spain.", "\"The appearance of these sporadic cases is within the predictions that were made at the European level more than nine years ago,\" the ministry statement said.", "Ten years can pass between eating contaminated tissue and the appearance of the human form of the disease also called variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, health officials say.", "The steps to avoid the disease, taken after the first cases of mad cow disease appeared in the United Kingdom, include isolating infected animals and prohibiting cattle feed of animal origin or with animal proteins, the ministry said.", "Three of Spain's five deaths from the disease were in the northern province of Leon.", "The city of Santander is in the nearby Cantabria province.", "Last September, officials reported the death of a woman from the human form of mad cow disease.", "Officials also said her son had died earlier from the same disease.", "It was believed to have been the first case in the world where two members of the same family have died from the disease, Badiola told CNN at the time.", "The mother, in her early 60s, died in August 2008.", "Her son, 41, died in February 2008, Badiola said.", "Badiola said it was the mother and son likely contracted the disease before stricter controls against mad cow disease began in Spain in 2001.", "The mother and son had similar eating habits, Badiola said, which included eating animal organs, such as kidneys and livers, and they may also have eaten animal brains.", "The mother and son were from a village in Leon province.", "The third fatality in that province was a woman, 50, a local government worker, who died in December 2007.", "The first confirmed death from mad cow disease in Spain was in 2005, when a young woman died near Madrid." ]	[ "Spain's Ministry of Health reports fifth death from mad cow disease .", "Woman's death in January is Spain's fifth case since 2005 .", "Ministry says there's no danger from eating meat in Spain ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) -- A new type of walk-through security machine will debut at several U.S. airports in the coming days as the Transportation Security Administration tries out the latest in body scanning technology.", "Privacy experts with the ACLU are concerned the walk-through scanning machine is too invasive.", "It's called \"millimeter-wave passenger imaging technology,\" and it produces a more detailed picture than the metal detectors in use now at airports to screen for weapons and explosives.. Because it produces such a detailed image, however, technology and privacy experts at the American Civil Liberties Union are not satisfied that the new technology meets privacy standards.", "In a written statement issued Thursday, Barry Steinhardt of the ACLU said the technology can pick up graphic body images and even medical details like whether a passenger has a colostomy bag.", "Steinhardt called the screening an \"assault on the essential dignity of passengers that citizens in a free nation should not have to tolerate.\"", "TSA spokeswoman Elle Howe said privacy will be respected with the new millimeter-wave technique.", "\"We want to preserve passengers' privacy and make them feel comfortable with trying a technology like this,\" she said.", "A TSA officer will escort a passenger to the machine for the test, but the person looking at the actual body scans will be at a different location and will not see the passenger, the TSA said.", "In addition, the scans will have a \"modesty filter\" to blur out faces, and no images will be saved.", "But the ACLU expressed concern that TSA officers would not be able to resist the temptation to save images of certain people, such as celebrities, and that the plan to blur faces might later be changed.", "This is how the new scanners work.", "The passenger steps into a machine where he or she is quickly scanned with radio waves.", "Those waves reflect off the body to transmit a three-dimensional image of the passenger that looks like a fuzzy photo negative.", "A TSA officer studies the image on a screen and looks for unusual shapes that might mean a passenger is carrying something suspicious.", "Passengers who are asked to undergo a second screening can choose a pat-down search or the millimeter-wave test.", "The TSA says the machines scan a passenger twice, each scan taking less than two seconds.", "But it takes another minute or two for a screener to review the scans before signaling a passenger to move on.", "The TSA demonstrated the screening technology at a news conference Wednesday near Washington.", "Howe said the millimeter wave is harmless and \"can see more than a magnetometer,\" which is the first screening machine airport passengers encounter.", "\"A magnetometer only picks up metal or weapons, so this could see other materials that might be hidden on the body and it also produces an image\" rather than just a beep, she said.", "Asked if the millimeter wave could detect an object hidden in a body cavity, she said only that the TSA will learn more about the technology as it's tested at U.S. airports.", "The TSA has been testing another type of imaging technology called backscatter.", "This technology also came under some fire because it shows very detailed body images -- which led some critics to call it an electronic strip search.", "So, the backscatter was altered and blurred to show more of an outline of the body.", "The TSA will continue to test the backscatter scanners in some airports.", "TSA officials said they are a long way from deciding whether they'll settle on just one of these imaging technologies.", "Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, begins using the new machines Thursday -- to be offered as an option for people who are asked to be screened a second time.", "Los Angeles International Airport in California and John Fitzgerald Kennedy International Airport in New York are also slated to try the machines .", "Britain, Spain, Japan, Australia, Mexico, Thailand and the Netherlands are using the millimeter wave screening.", "In the United States, some courthouses and jails are trying it.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "NEW: ACLU says machines' detailed images violate privacy, assault dignity .", "New machines use radio waves to scan passengers for hidden objects .", "They'll be used on passengers selected for secondary screening .", "TSA says blurred image, remote location of scanner protect privacy ." ]	[ 2, 4, 5, 15, 25 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Slashing red tape or ignoring ordinarily required paperwork, officials in the United States and the Netherlands have cleared the way for scores of Haitian orphans to leave their earthquake-ravaged homeland, according to officials from the two countries.", "All of the children had adoptions pending with prospective parents in the two countries before Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude quake, and government officials said paperwork was expedited or put on hold to make transfers happen on an emergency basis.", "300 children have pending adoption cases with American families.", "Six children arrived in Florida Sunday night, met by their adoptive parents with hugs and tears of happiness.", "The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has chartered a plane to pick up about 100 children Monday, spokesman Aad Meijer told CNN.", "Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin over the weekend granted the children entry into the country, although their paperwork, including travel and adoption documents, was incomplete, Justice Ministry spokesman Patrick Mikkelsen told CNN.", "About 44 of the orphans' adoptions had yet to be approved by a Haitian judge, even though they were matched to Dutch parents, Mikkelsen said.", "Dutch officials may seek the remaining approvals from Haiti once the children have already settled in the Netherlands, he added.", "Haiti is home to about 380,000 orphans, according to the United Nations Children's Fund, and that number is expected to grow in the wake of Tuesday's earthquake.", "And those who lived in orphanages before Tuesday may be homeless now, as reports of destroyed orphanages have come throughout the quake zone.", "Full coverage of the earthquake in Haiti .", "Some children who lost parents in the quake or were separated from parents are being relocated to the Dominican Republic, a child advocacy group said.", "About 50 orphaned and abandoned children will arrive in the border town of Jimani on Wednesday, Kids Alive International said.", "The efforts, coordinated with the governments of both countries, will eventually take the children back to Haiti.", "Some will be reunited with parents who lost communication with their children in the quake's aftermath, the group said.", "View or add to CNN's database of missing persons in Haiti .", "CNN's Melissa Gray and Richard Greene in London contributed to this report." ]	[ "U.S., Dutch officials slash red tape to expedite Haitian orphan adoptions .", "Six adopted Haitian children arrived in Miami tonight, met by their adoptive parents .", "Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs charters plane to pick up about 100 kids Monday .", "Watch \"Haiti How You Can Help\" a special Larry King Live, tonight 8 p.m.", "ET ." ]	[ 3, 4, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Tensions between Israel and Turkey spilled into a second day Tuesday when Turkish officials summoned the Israeli ambassador to a meeting, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported.", "Israel criticized Turkey Monday for a Turkish television series that it said depicted Israeli intelligence agents as baby-snatchers.", "When asked about Tuesday's meeting between Israeli Ambassador Gabby Levy and Turkish officials, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said it was pre-planned.", "That session came one day after Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon summoned the Turkish ambassador to complain about the television show that Israel found offensive, a spokesman for Ayalon said.", "Afterward, Ayalon tweeted that he had \"Told Turk Amb that this is an intolerable situation which endangers the Jewish community, the Israel envoys and tourists coming to Turkey.\"", "Several senior Israeli Foreign Ministry sources, who didn't want to be named because it would jeopardize their jobs, criticized Ayalon's treatment of Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Oguz Celikkol at the start of their meeting Monday.", "At the session, Celikkol was seated below Ayalon.", "With cameras rolling, Ayalon turned to the television crews and said, \"The main thing is that you see that he is seated low and that we are high ... that there is one flag on the table (the Israeli flag) and that we are not smiling.\"", "The sources told CNN they were \"surprised by Ayalon's undiplomatic behavior.\"", "Ceylon Ozen, spokeswoman for the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv, told CNN that Celikkol felt his treatment was \"unacceptable, shocking and primitive,\" and did not comply with standards for diplomacy.", "He has contacted the Israeli ambassador to Turkey and requested a formal apology from the Israelis, she said.", "There had been media speculation that Ayalon's summons was designed to sabotage a trip to Ankara Sunday by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.", "A spokesman for Ayalon said that was \"completely wide of the mark.\"", "Barak's office said he had no plans to cancel his trip.", "Israeli politicians and media outlets roundly condemned an episode of the popular Turkish soap opera, \"Valley of the Wolves: Ambush,\" that depicted the Israeli intelligence service Mossad spying inside Turkey and kidnapping Turkish babies.", "The program also showed Mossad attacking the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv and taking the ambassador and his family hostage.", "In a written statement, \"Valley of the Wolves: Ambush\" producer Pana Film said the show \"will continue to tell the truth and expose the wrongs.\"", "Israel summoned the Turkish ambassador the same day that Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lambasted Israel for air strikes Sunday on Gaza, the Turkish state-run Anatolian News Agency reported.", "\"Why is it doing this? Because it says 'I possess the power in this region,'\" the news agency quoted Erdogan as saying of Israel.", "\"It possesses unproportionate power and it is using this.", "It is not acting in accordance with U.N. resolutions, it is uncomfortable.", "It says 'I will do whatever I please.'\"", "During a joint news conference, held with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Erdogan called for the international community \"to warn Israel about its nuclear arsenal just like it did with Iran,\" ANA reported.", "Israel is widely believed to have a nuclear arsenal, but has never acknowledged that publicly.", "In a written statement, the Israeli Foreign Ministry condemned the criticism.", "\"Erdogan's remarks join the anti-Israel program broadcast on Turkish television and the harsh statements against Israel that have been said consistently and systematically for over a year,\" the statement said.", "\"The state of Israel reserves the full right to protect its citizens from missile attacks and from the terror of the Hamas and Hezbollah.", "Turkey is the last that can preach morality to Israel and the IDF (Israel Defense Forces).\"", "\"Valley of the Wolves: Ambush\" is part of a popular franchise in Turkey.", "The series \"Valley of the Wolves\" first aired in 2003 on Turkish television, followed by a 2006 movie of the same name that stirred controversy with its portrayal of American soldiers in Iraq and what some described as thinly-veiled anti-Semitism.", "The movie, based on the series, featured American actors Gary Busey and Billy Zane.", "Another television version, \"Valley of the Wolves: Terror,\" was canceled after one episode in February 2007.", "\"Ambush\" first aired in April 2007.", "Israel and Turkey have enjoyed close military and economic ties for more than a decade.", "But relations have grown testy at times in recent years over Israel's activities in the Palestinian territories and over its Gaza offensive in December and January.", "CNN's Kevin Flower and Shira Medding contributed to this report." ]	[ "Israel summons Turkey's diplomatic envoy to complain about Turkish TV show .", "Episode of \"Valley of the Wolves: Ambush\" spurred Israeli diplomatic complaint .", "Show portrayed Israeli intelligence agents as being inside Turkey, kidnapping babies .", "Producer says show \"will continue to tell the truth and expose the wrongs\"" ]	[ 14, 16 ]
[ "Srinigar, Indian-administered Kashmir (CNN) -- Indian authorities flooded the streets of Srinagar with security forces Thursday to quell four days of violence sparked by the death of a schoolboy.", "Authorities were attempting to disperse anti-India protesters Sunday when a tear gas shell hit the 13-year-old boy, Whamiq Farooq Wani, in the head and killed him as he played cricket in a stadium, protesters say.", "While a formal curfew has not been declared, security forces have been keeping people off the streets.", "Police said having security forces deployed has kept down violence over the last four days.", "A senior police officer said more than 100 people, including members of the Indian security forces, were wounded in the violent clashes between the Muslim protesters and security forces -- who used tear gas and baton charges to disperse the mobs.", "Two young protesters were hit by tear gas and smoke shells in Wednesday's violence in the old city, and hospital sources said their conditions are serious.", "Clashes and incidents of stone-throwing by anti-India protesters continued to be reported from various points in Kashmir Thursday.", "Srinagar, the capital city, remained shut along with other towns in protest of the teenaged boy's death.", "Shops, businesses and government offices were closed.", "Indian police and paramilitary troops, as well as the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), erected barricades at road intersections in Srinagar's old city to cut off pedestrian and vehicular traffic, witnesses said.", "\"The people were not allowed to go out of their homes to buy milk and other essential items this morning.", "The security forces are enforcing tight restrictions in our area,\" said resident Ayub Zargarc reached by telephone.", "The security restrictions were not as stringent outside the old city, where some vehicular and pedestrian movement was seen on the streets patrolled by the Indian police.", "\"Barring a few stone-pelting incidents, the overall situation in Kashmir remained peaceful today,\" Farooq Ahmad, inspector general of police in the Kashmir zone, told CNN.", "Authorities arrested two senior leaders of the pro-dialogue moderate separatist conglomerate All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and placed its chairman, Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq, under house arrest today, according to police.", "Authorities said they were arrested to prevent them from fomenting trouble in the city." ]	[ "Indian security forces in Srinagar to quell violence sparked by death of schoolboy .", "Authorities trying to disperse anti-India protesters when tear gas shell hit 13-year-old .", "Police say 100 people wounded in clashes between Muslim protesters and security forces ." ]	[ 1, 4 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- A letter penned by George Washington praising the new Constitution sold for $3.2 million at an auction, the highest price for a letter by America's first president.", "The four-page letter in Washington's slanting penmanship was written to his nephew Bushrod Washington in November 1787, according to Christie's, the company that auctioned it.", "It was in the possession of an unidentified British descendant of his family, Christie's said.", "Washington led the Philadelphia Convention, at which the Constitution was drafted in 1787.", "After the Constitution was produced, a nationwide debate ensued on whether to ratify it.", "In the letter written from Washington's Virginia estate, Mount Vernon, he endorses the Constitution and highlights the benefits of compromise and of states merging into one nation.", "\"The central issues must be consolidated -- and local views as far as the general good will admit, must be attended to,\" he says in the letter, according to Christie's.", "The company said the president confided in his nephew.", "\"Washington professed neutrality in public, but to Bushrod expressed his unequivocal conviction that the new Constitution must be ratified, in spite of opposition from many special-interest groups,\" Christie's said.", "The buyer was not identified.", "Christie's had earlier estimated that the letter would fetch $1.5 million to $2.5 million at Friday's auction.", "Washington served from 1789 to 1797, then died of a throat infection two years later.", "He died at his beloved Mount Vernon at age 67, plunging the nation into months of mourning.", "Last year, a 1864 letter in which President Abraham Lincoln replies to the abolitionist pleas of youth sold for $3.4 million." ]	[ "Highest price ever paid for a letter penned by America's first president .", "Four-page letter sold for $3.2 million at auction by Christie's on Friday .", "Letter was written to his nephew Bushrod Washington in November 1787 .", "Last year, a 1864 letter by President Abraham Lincoln sold for $3.4 million ." ]	[ 0, 1, 13 ]
[ "ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish, Iraqi and Syrian ministers met in Ankara on Thursday to discuss water shortages in the major Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which run through all three countries.", "Iraqi fishermen ride their motor boat in the waters of the Tigris River in Baghdad.", "The meeting comes amid a diplomatic spat over Iraqi accusations that Syria is harboring terrorists.", "The Tigris River has plunged to record low levels, Iraqi farmers told CNN.", "Iraq is suffering a drought that its officials are calling a \"catastrophe.\"", "Baghdad and Damascus want Turkey, where the source of the Tigris and Euphrates is located, to increase the flow of water passing through its network of dams.", "\"Syria and Iraq are badly in need of water but our Iraqi brothers feel the need much more ... it is why this meeting is so important,\" Turkey's official Anatolian Agency quoted Syrian Irrigation Minister Nader al-Bounni as saying at the start of Thursday's tri-partite meeting to address water resources.", "\"Our dams are empty and we have human needs.\"", "Also attending the meeting was Iraq's Water and Natural Resources and Turkey's Environment and Forestry minister, as well as its Energy minister .", "But at the start of the meeting at a hotel in the Turkish capital, Turkey's energy minister seemed to rule out delivering significant quantities of additional water to Iraq and Syria.", "\"We are aware of the water needs of Syria and Iraq,\" Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told journalists at the entrance to the conference.", "\"Water is not plenty in Turkey, and therefore we cannot exceed the determined amount too much.\"", "Turkey provided Syria and Iraq 500 cubic meters of water a second, Yildiz said.", "But, he added, central and eastern Turkey had only received 350 cubic meters/second of water this year.", "The Turkish government said rainfall over its part of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers plummeted by about 46 percent in the past three years.", "Over the past decade, some environmental and political analysts have written about the scenario of a \"water war\" possibly breaking out in the Middle East as countries affected by climate change compete over dwindling access to fresh water.", "However, there are more immediate political tensions complicating relations between the neighboring countries.", "Syria and Iraq have withdrawn their ambassadors from each others' capitals after a series of deadly suicide truck bombings in Baghdad killed more than 100 people last month.", "Iraq demanded Syria hand over several suspects it accuses of organizing the attacks.", "Damascus has denied charges that it is harboring insurgents.", "This week, Turkey's foreign minister shuttled between Baghdad and Damascus, carrying messages between the two capitals in an effort to defuse tensions." ]	[ "Tigris River has plunged to record low levels, Iraqi farmers say .", "Iraq, Syria want Turkey, where rivers' source is located, to increase water flow .", "Meeting comes amid Iraqi accusations that Syria is harboring terrorists .", "They have withdrawn their ambassadors from each others' capitals ." ]	[ 2, 3, 5, 17 ]
[ "CHEGUTU, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Farmers are implicating a close ally of President Robert Mugabe's in the latest round of farm seizures in Zimbabwe in which Mugabe loyalists take over white-owned farms.", "Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, left, and President Robert Mugabe have a power-sharing agreement.", "The accusations against Senate President Edna Madzongwe came as Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara on Friday toured farms that Mugabe followers had taken over.", "On many of those farms, production has fallen under the new owners.", "Mutambara is heading a government commission investigating the farm seizures.", "\"Black people who acquired farms must produce,\" he said.", "Mutambara said the government is taking the matter seriously.", "\"There will be no holy cows; the ax will fall where it may,\" he added.", "\"We will not tolerate any government official who is promoting lawlessness in our country.\"", "Reports of violence on white-owned farms have increased since a power-sharing government in February between Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.", "One death was reported Sunday on the Stockdale Farm in Chegutu, 75 miles (about 120 kilometers) southwest of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.", "Peter Etheridge, who previously owned that farm, said Madzongwe had illegally claimed his property.", "But the daughter of the Senate president denied the allegation.", "\"We got this farm legally.", "In fact, they [Etheridge] opened the gates for us, and we moved in,\" said Farai Madzongwe, adding that her mother is \"a law-abiding citizen.\"", "She said she wouldn't comment on the violence and the reported death, saying, \"That is for police and courts.\"", "Local media reported the Senate president has four farms.", "Etheridge denied he had handed over Stockdale Farm, saying that Edna Madzongwe pushed him out.", "\"They forced us out, and production on farms has stopped since last month,\" he said.", "\"This madness has to stop since the country needs food and foreign currency.\"", "The Stockdale Farm was among those the government commission visited Friday.", "When journalists approached the farm before government officials arrived, a police officer on the property cocked his gun to scare them off.", "The journalists refused to leave, and the police officer called Farai Madzongwe to report them as intruders.", "Etheridge criticized the police presence at his former farm.", "\"They are giving protection to her but not us who want to feed the nation,\" he said.", "At other farms, militia armed with guns tried unsuccessfully to prevent the government delegation from entering." ]	[ "Zimbabwe Senate president -- a Robert Mugabe ally -- accused of farm seizure .", "Production has fallen on many farms under new owners .", "Government commission investigating farm seizures .", "Daughter of Senate president says, \"We got this farm legally\"" ]	[ 0, 3, 4, 12, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Jacques Bazin didn't have time to catch his breath after being pulled from the rubble of a three-bedroom home on the outskirts of the Haitian capital.", "Though he'd been trapped in the house for three days, he marshaled the strength to begin helping the Haitians who had just rescued him search for other survivors.", "He spoke to CNN on Friday, two hours after being rescued, and again Saturday as he worked to free 10 children still encased in the toppled residence.", "\"Next time you call, God willing, they might be out.", "Otherwise, they will die,\" he said.", "\"Their voices are really low because for four days, they eat nothing.", "I drill holes on top of the cement and put bread inside so they can eat.", "What we do, we have to do fast.\" Friday evening made his mission more urgent as two children were killed when an aftershock -- one of four that day, all 4.6 magnitude or higher -- disrupted the concrete slabs imprisoning them, he said.", "A New York-based philanthropist, Bazin, 54, has been in Haiti since December 13.", "His nonprofit organization, JB Humanitarian, builds schools for the poor in Haiti.", "Six staff members of one of his schools, in Ocadet, died when the 7.0-magnitude quake struck Tuesday, causing the school to collapse on top of them.", "Bazin was on the porch of a nearby home taking pictures of the mountains.", "Twenty-four children were inside the home, he said.", "\"The next thing I know, this thing is splitting in half -- the mountain split in half,\" he said.", "\"The house where I was went down.\"", "He and 12 of the children had been freed as of Saturday morning, but the remaining children were in the back of the house when the earthquake hit.", "Bazin said he and 11 others were working to free them in one of the poorest sections of Port-au-Prince.", "Looking for a loved one?", "Visit iReport.com .", "Bazin's dilemma was one of myriad stories of lost loved ones pouring into CNN this week via its tip lines and iReport.com.", "Other pleas for help have reportedly come from within the rubble of collapsed buildings.", "Regine Madhere is one such case.", "The 26-year-old worked in the pharmacy of a four-story Caribbean market leveled by the temblor.", "Stateside friends and relatives in Port-au-Prince told CNN that Madhere had been sending texts to relatives and to a local radio station this week.", "Reached Saturday in Port-au-Prince, Madhere's aunt and uncle said an American rescue team had been working through the night to rescue those trapped in the market's ruins.", "Watch a rescue at the market from earlier in the week .", "Her uncle, Guy Gelin, further said he had seen the rescuers free six to eight people Friday and he was hopeful that Madhere would be free by day's end.", "\"They are working very, very hard.", "They make many holes so [those trapped] can breathe.", "They give us hope today,\" said her aunt, Ginette Madhere, who hasn't slept since the quake rocked the capital.", "Help the Madhere family find Regine .", "With a dearth of resources and rescuers in Haiti, victims are reaching out to locales as faraway as Florida, New York, even Germany.", "The long-distance text messages serve as a sign of the fear and desperation many are experiencing in the Western Hemisphere's most-impoverished nation.", "Bazin said his own anguish is confounded by doubts that rescuers will reach his school in Ocadet anytime soon.", "\"Nobody give a damn because these people are so poor,\" he said.", "\"This is the last place they would ever think of coming.\"", "He planned to head into the city later Saturday, he said, to find more food for the trapped children.", "He said he also hoped to rent a tractor to move some of the larger chunks of concrete enveloping the students.", "\"I have to get them out before I get back to the States.", "I cannot just leave them like that,\" he said." ]	[ "Jacques Bazin says two children died under a collapsed house after a Friday aftershock .", "Bazin was under the rubble three days before he was saved; he's now helping others .", "Text messages to Germany, New York speak to dearth of rescuers, resources in Haiti .", "Regine Madhere's aunt, uncle at market, hoping rescuers will soon pull her from debris ." ]	[ 0, 14, 26, 31 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Watching and playing golf is par for the course for most fans of the game -- but how about owning a piece of the sport's history?", "Golf memorabilia is very collectable and clubs in mint condition can go for a lot of money at auction.", "A Chinese businessman recently splashed out almost $200,000 on the largest collection of hickory golf clubs ever made.", "But golf memorabilia is not just the preserve of the very wealthy.", "Bonhams Auctioneers in Chester, England will auction off golf items which appeal to fans with large and small budgets at an auction in the city on July 25.", "Do you collect golf memorabilia?", "What kind of items are interested in?", "Add your comments in the Sound Off box below.", "Kevin McGimpsey, who is an expert in golfing memorabilia at Bonhams, admitted a number of fans remain keen to invest in items despite the current economic climate.", "\"There is still a healthy appetite for golf memorabilia at auction, the most popular items tend to be programs -- those from the majors and also the Ryder Cup are particularly collectable and ones from the 1930s and 1940s can fetch upwards of $800.", "\"In terms of the more modern stuff -- anything Tiger Woods-related tends to sell well and items which aren't necessarily available to the general public tend to be very collectable.", "\"For example a signed menu from a Ryder Cup dinner would fetch a good price.", "\"Sometimes the most valuable items can be found tucked away in an uncle's attic or shed and not discovered for years.", "Check out the golfing memorabilia gallery for some of the items up for auction. ...", "\"And as for the most valuable piece of memorabilia it is probably a spur iron club which was used in the 1600s.", "The last time one of these came up for auction it went for $350,000 -- although it would probably be nearer to $500,000 today,\" McGimpsey added.", "The record price for a club sold in Britain was $170,000 paid in 1998 at Christie's for a metal-headed, blade putter.", "A figure that eclipsed the amount an early 18th-century Scottish club raised when it went under the hammer for $150,000 at Sotheby's annual golfing memorabilia auction held in Musselburgh near Edinburgh.", "It is no coincidence that items from the history of the sport litter auction houses around the world, as the sport has many wealthy collectors and centuries of play from which to quarry objects.", "King James II of Scotland documented the first official record of golf in 1457 when he banned the game because it had proved distracting to his soldiers who played the game as an alternative to archery practice.", "The earliest set of woods and irons are thought to date from the early 1600s, though it has proved hard to accurately date the equipment thus far." ]	[ "Golf memorabilia remains popular with fans despite tough economic times .", "The most valuable items can be sold at auction for as much as $500,000 .", "Programs from golf's majors and the Ryder Cup are the most collectable ." ]	[ 9, 12 ]
[ "Marietta, Georgia (CNN) -- In this tough economy, a steady paycheck is a big blessing.", "With the unemployment rate above 10 percent, Americans are finding new ways to help each other out.", "For many, it's through their faith.", "\"We did say our prayers,\" Patricia Mulroney said.", "\"I pray to St. Joseph even now.", "He is our patron of workers.", "I still pray to him every day.\"", "Yet believers like Mulroney are doing more than praying.", "They're getting help in their job searches from houses of worship.", "And religious institutions are answering the call: Houses of worship nationwide have offered job-finding help.", "Mulroney has looked for help in finding a job through a network created at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Marietta, Georgia, just outside Atlanta.", "The church has reviewed résumés and arranged meetings between job-seekers and company representatives.", "It also has hosted speakers who have discussed financial planning and interview techniques.", "Similar programs have received attention in places such as Arizona, California and Michigan.", "St. Joseph's started helping unemployed members last year after a priest contacted Art Eyzaguierre, a parishioner with a background in career management.", "Eyzaguierre says the priest told him, \"we've been getting a lot of phone calls from people that are unemployed and really hurting ... and we'd like you to come to a council meeting to talk about what we should do.\"", "By May of last year, St. Joseph's Career Community Network was born.", "\"When you're helping people ... they're getting what they need,\" Eyzaguierre said.", "\"They're getting jobs, the hope they need. ...", "I feel replenished.\"", "Patrick Brennan, another founding member, found himself out of work in the early part of 2009.", "His involvement with the Career Community Network paid off, literally, with a job.", "\"It's through these different networking opportunities ... through your churches ... you get to meet people ... and potentially get positions,\" Brennan said.", "\"That happened to me, where I was networking and actually found a position ... as a result of meeting people through the career network.\"", "Brennan says church-based career networks like his reach out in both a spiritual and practical sense for the unemployed, the under-employed and those seeking to re-enter the work force.", "\"We offer review of résumés ... the opportunity to meet with department leaders or heads of companies ... discuss with them where individual career goals can go,\" he said.", "\"We also have featured speakers who help with financial planning, retirement funds, health benefits and also interviewing techniques ... looking at different market shares.\"", "Caroline Rittenhouse helps organize biweekly sessions.", "When she signed on, Rittenhouse was a stay-at-home mom looking to re-enter the work force.", "She's now employed and using her job skills in training and instructional design to help others find work.", "\"My motivation was seeing how tough the job market was and how many people across every industry, every income level, were feeling the job loss and the unemployment situation,\" Rittenhouse said.", "She says networking opportunities, like those offered through St. Joseph's Career Community Network, are key, and houses of worship may offer a more comfortable environment.", "\"There is something about going to a church,\" Rittenhouse said.", "\"Personally, I feel like it's more welcoming.\"", "Americans overwhelmingly support government funding for religious groups to provide social services like job training.", "Nearly nine years after former President George W. Bush unveiled his faith-based initiative, 69 percent of Americans say they favor the idea, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.", "Sixty-eight percent believe that people providing the services through houses of worship would be more caring and compassionate.", "Mulroney not only supports the idea, she got involved a few months ago at St. Joseph's as both a volunteer and a job seeker.", "\"My last position, I was in for seven years and not really comfortable with networking, so I thought the church would be a great place to start ... and get contacts to possibly help me find employment,\" Mulroney said.", "Since then, Mulroney has moved to Florida.", "She says she's taking the hope, faith and job skills St. Joseph's Career Community Network provided and will probably join another job networking group at a local church, in her ongoing search for a steady paycheck." ]	[ "More unemployed are getting help in job searches from houses of worship .", "St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Georgia has Career Community Network .", "Network reviews résumés, connects job-seekers and companies, holds seminars .", "Successful job seeker: Church is more welcoming ." ]	[ 8, 10, 11, 31 ]
[ "Berlin, Germany (CNN) -- The head of the German army has resigned after a news report that he knew civilians could be killed in a September airstrike in Afghanistan, Germany's defense minister told Parliament Thursday.", "Gen. Wolfgang Schneiderhan, the army's chief of staff, asked to be relieved of his duties following the report in Germany's Bild newspaper, said German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.", "The Sept. 4 NATO airstrike in the northern province of Kunduz killed at least 90 people.", "The German commander in the area called in the strike after Afghans tried to siphon fuel from two tankers hijacked by the Taliban a day earlier.", "The fuel had been earmarked for NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).", "Local Afghan officials said at least half of those killed were civilians, and NATO acknowledged soon afterward that civilians had been killed.", "NATO and Afghan officials launched an investigation, the results of which are still classified, ISAF told CNN Thursday.", "Bild, which said it had access to confidential documents and posted a video of the airstrike on its Web site, reported that German Colonel Georg Klein was not able to rule out the possibility of civilian victims before he ordered the strike.", "Bild said a report dated September 6 -- two days after the strike -- made clear that it was impossible for Klein to verify information his informant had provided before he called in the airstrike.", "CNN's Diana Magnay contributed to this report." ]	[ "General Wolfgang Schneiderhahn asks to be relieved of his duties .", "Bild claims German army chief knew civilians could be killed in airstrike .", "At least 90 killed -- many believed to be civilians -- in September airstrike .", "NATO, Afghan officials investigating airstrike but results still classified ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5 ]
[ "Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- An anti-whaling activist jumped aboard a Japanese security ship on Monday in a bid to make a citizen's arrest of its skipper over the sinking of their boat, an animal rights group said.", "Pete Bethune was captain of the \"Ady Gill\" boat, which sank after a Japanese whaler rammed into it in January, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which owned the boat, said on its Web site.", "The New Zealander climbed aboard the Japanese ship \"Shonan Maru 2\" in the middle of the night from a jet ski to arrest its skipper, the animal rights group said.", "\"His first attempt failed when he fell into the frigid waters,\" the group said.", "\"But despite this, the crew of the 'Shonan Maru 2' failed to see him and he successfully boarded the whaler without detection.\"", "After the incident, Bethune complained of a minor injury to his thumb, according to Japan's ministry of fisheries.", "The 20 crew members of the Japanese ship were not harmed and their vessel was not damaged, the ministry said.", "Japanese authorities called the incident the latest \"publicity stunt\" from the animal rights group and said they have not decided what to do with the activist.", "Two years ago, Sea Shepherd activists boarded another Japanese ship and handcuffed themselves to the vessel with plastic ties, according to the Institute of Cetacean Research, a branch of Japan's fisheries ministry that deals with whaling.", "At the time, an Australian vessel helped return the two activists back to the Sea Shepherd, ICR said.", "Sea Shepherd has accused the Japanese ship \"Shonan Maru 2\" of destroying their vessel during the skirmish in the Southern Ocean -- a term used to describe parts of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans that surround Antarctica.", "However, Japanese authorities deny their ship intentionally hit the catamaran and have said the activists were harassing their whaling fleet.", "The incident highlights an ongoing feud between Japanese whaling fleets and conservation agencies -- especially Sea Shepherd.", "CNN's Kyung Lah contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Sea Shepherd: New Zealand man climbs aboard Japanese ship to make citizen's arrest .", "Man was captain of a boat that sank after colliding with a Japanese whaler .", "Japan: Incident a \"publicity stunt;\" no decision on what to do with man .", "Incident highlights feud between Japanese whaling fleets and conservation groups ." ]	[ 0, 8, 12 ]
[ "Norfolk, Virginia (CNN) -- Two of three Navy SEALs accused in the alleged assault of an Iraqi suspected of orchestrating the 2004 killing and mutilation of four U.S. contractors in Falluja will have their cases heard in Iraq, a judge ruled Monday.", "Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Keefe, 25, is charged with dereliction of duty and impeding an official investigation surrounding the Iraqi's detention last September.", "Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas, 28, faces similar charges.", "The Iraqi suspect, Ahmed Hashim Abed, complained to investigators he was punched during his detention.", "The case against the Navy SEALs has sparked outrage that the sailors are being tried at all for handling a suspect in the contractors' murders, one of the most notorious incidents in the Iraq war.", "The killings got widespread news coverage when the burned bodies of two of the contractors were paraded through the streets of Falluja and hanged from a bridge as their captors cheered.", "At a preliminary hearing in military court the judge, Cmdr.", "Tierney Carlos, announced he wants the cases of Keefe and Huertas moved to Camp Victory in Iraq to give them the ability to question the alleged victim in court.", "\"It doesn't make sense to me that the alleged victim is available for deposition and not available for trial,\" Carlos said in making his ruling for Keefe.", "\"In order to prevent prejudice to the accused, this case should be tried in Iraq.\"", "Keefe's attorney had requested that the alleged victim be brought to the United States for questioning.", "\"This deposition will not be a substitute for the alleged victim's appearance,\" the judge said.", "Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe, the other SEAL, is accused of assaulting the detainee and punching him in the stomach.", "He faces a special court martial Wednesday.", "The charges against all three are the equivalent of misdemeanors in civilian court.", "If found guilty, the SEALs face a maximum sentence of a year in a military prison, demolition to the lowest Navy rank, a cut in pay, and a bad conduct discharge.", "\"Their military careers would be over,\" one of their attorneys told CNN." ]	[ "Navy SEALs accused in alleged assault of an Iraqi man during his detention .", "The Iraqi is suspected of orchestrating the 2004 killings of 4 U.S. contractors in Falluja .", "In ruling for 2 SEALs, judge says he wants them to be able to question alleged victim .", "A third SEAL faces a special court martial in the case this week ." ]	[ 0, 7, 13 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Teams of rescuers in Haiti's capital rushed to the city's Caribbean Market on Tuesday after a machine used to clear rubble caused a secondary collapse, trapping at least one Haitian in the rubble.", "A French excavation team was working the site, which collapsed in the January 12 earthquake, said Lt. Col. Christophe Renou of French Civil Protection.", "The team spotted a body in the rubble and brought in an excavation machine, which resembles a bulldozer, to attempt to reach the body, he said.", "The machine tipped into a hole, however, and caused further collapse, Renou said.", "Several Haitians were in the building at the time, he said, some helping in the search and others looking for useful items.", "Teams are aware of at least one person alive, confirmed with radar.", "Renou said he believes more people are trapped, but he doesn't know how many or whether they are alive.", "The French crews called U.S. and Mexican teams to the site to help with the rescue.", "The U.S. team brought more radar and lifting devices to try to extract the known survivor and reach any others, said Norman Skjelbreia, an incident commander from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.", "The rescue mission is complicated, he said, by the Caribbean Market's debris and rubble and an adjacent building that is partially collapsed.", "More than 212,000 people died in the earthquake, Haitian officials said, and bodies are being recovered every day.", "Rescuers pulled an apparent survivor of the original quake, Evan Muncie, 28, from the rubble of a market on Monday.", "Doctors found him suffering from extreme dehydration and malnutrition, but without significant crushing injuries.", "Muncie's family told staff at the hospital that he had been missing since the quake, and was found in the wreckage of a market where he sold rice.", "Muncie told doctors that someone brought him water while he waited for rescue, but sounded confused and sometimes thought he was still in the rubble.", "By Wednesday, Muncie was in stable condition, according to University of Miami hospital spokeswoman Nery Ynclan, who said he was more alert and aware of his surroundings and was answering questions.", "Ynclan said Muncie had eaten and even asked for chocolate -- which staff provided in small quantities.", "Muncie will be at the hospital at least another week, she said.", "His brother and mother arrived Monday at the hospital to be with him, she said.", "Ynclan also said that crews returned Tuesday to the the site where Muncie was found and determined he may have been trapped in a room with some food or water.", "He was likely not pinned down, she said, but scrapes on his hands and feet indicate he may have tried to climb out.", "CNN's Ingrid Formanek and Danielle Dellorto contributed to this report." ]	[ "Bulldozer at Caribbean Market causes secondary collapse .", "At least one person is alive in rubble; condition of others unknown .", "Rescue complicated by debris, adjacent building that is partially collapsed ." ]	[ 5, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Federal authorities filed a criminal complaint Friday against a 56-year-old man whose scrawled note invoking \"Gilligan's Island\" led a Hawaiian Airlines pilot to turn around a Maui-bound flight and return Wednesday to Portland, Oregon.", "Joseph Hedlund Johnson, of Salem, Oregon, was charged with the federal crime of interference with the performance and duties of a flight crew member or attendant.", "He is expected to surrender to authorities on Monday.", "The crime of interference with the performance and duties of a flight crew member or attendant carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.", "According to the complaint and a 13-page supporting affidavit, Johnson and his girlfriend, Caroll Ann Miller, boarded Hawaiian Airlines Flight 39 on Wednesday morning bound for Kahului, Hawaii, on the island of Maui.", "Once aboard, Johnson became upset because he was not allowed to store his bag under his exit-row seat, according to the affidavit, which was written by an FBI agent after interviewing Johnson, Miller and the flight crew.", "About 45 minutes into the flight, Johnson gave a comment card in a sealed envelope to a flight attendant, who opened it, read it and gave it to the lead flight attendant, who then gave it to the captain, it said.", "\"I thought I was going to die, we were so high up,\" the card said.", "\"I thought to myself: I hope we don't crash and burn or worse yet landing in the ocean, living through it, only to be eaten by sharks, or worse yet, end up on some place like Gilligan's Island, stranded, or worse yet, be eaten by a tribe of headhunters, speaking of headhunters, why do they just eat outsiders, and not the family members?", "Strange ... and what if the plane ripped apart in mid-flight and we plumited (sic) to earth, landed on Gilligan's Island and then lived through it, and the only woman there was Mrs. Thurston Howell III?", "No Mary Anne (my favorite) no Ginger, just Lovey!", "If it were just her, I think I'd opt for the sharks, maybe the headhunters.\"", "The \"Gilligan's Island\" references were to a 1960s-vintage CBS television comedy about a charter boat crew and their oddball passengers who become shipwrecked and wind up living together on a tropical island.", "The pilot told investigators that, considering Johnson's earlier behavior regarding his bag, he felt threatened by the card and decided -- now about 90 minutes into the flight -- to turn the jet around.", "The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) scrambled two fighter jets to escort the plane back to Portland.", "Passengers were told that mechanical problems were to blame and did not learn about the perceived threat until after they arrived back at their starting point.", "There, Johnson -- apparently oblivious to his role in the decision to turn around -- was met by FBI agents, who interviewed him, the flight crew and his girlfriend.", "Investigators searched the plane, refueled it, and sent it off once again for Hawaii -- minus Johnson and Miller.", "Johnson told authorities that he had flown only about four times in his life and that the Maui-bound flight was his first over water; that he had occupied himself first by reading in-flight magazines and then by filling out comment cards provided by the airline.", "He said he had lifted the phrase for the card \"I thought I was going to die\" from comedian Mike Myers, the affidavit said.", "\"Johnson stated that he didn't think anyone would open it during the flight,\" the affidavit added.", "\"He told me that he thought the card was going to be taken back to an office somewhere, opened, and everyone in the room would 'get a laugh' from it, and that perhaps he'd even get some frequent flyer miles out of it.", "Johnson stated he didn't intend to scare anyone and he would not have written his name on the card if it was a threat.", "Johnson stated that he felt bad about what had happened and that he was sorry.\"", "\"The safety and security of airline travel is of paramount importance, particularly following the events of Christmas Day,\" said Acting U.S. Attorney Kent Robinson in a news release referring to the botched December 25 bombing aboard a Northwest Airlines jet.", "Authorities \"will take all necessary steps to assure that air travel is safe, and that standards of conduct for airline passengers are enforced.", "And everyone who flies should also know that communicating with a flight crew about crashing airplanes will not be viewed as a joke.\"", "Johnson is to surrender Monday to authorities.", "CNN was unable to contact Johnson or Miller." ]	[ "Incident disrupted Maui-bound flight on Wednesday .", "Joseph Hedlund Johnson, of Salem, Oregon, charged with a federal crime .", "Johnson wrote note on comment card invoking \"Gilligan's Island\"\nAffidavit says Johnson said he didn't think card would be looked at during flight ." ]	[ 1, 20 ]
[ "Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Coming through on a promise to crack down on protesters on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Iran's security forces clashed with demonstrators Thursday, as hundreds of thousands filled a \"disruption-free\" Tehran square to hear their president announce the expansion of Iran's nuclear program.", "Iran's celebration of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution culminated February 11, a date that three decades ago marked the end of the country's Western-backed monarchy and the start of an Islamic republic.", "A coalition of Iranian reformist groups had urged opponents of Iran's hardline regime to stage nonviolent protests at central Tehran's Azadi Square on Thursday, on the official anniversary of the ouster of Iran's shah.", "However, the Iranian government deployed thousands of police and plainclothes Basij militiamen in Tehran and other cities to quash anti-government protests during anniversary celebrations.", "Eyewitnesses said Iranian security forces quickly squelched out opposition protests, though CNN could not independently confirm the reports.", "\"The city was under siege.", "It was controlled entirely, it was impossible to protest the way people protested before,\" said Behzad Yaghmaian, author of \"Social Change in Iran.\"", "Follow CNN's special coverage on Iran .", "\"So the dangers were much higher today.\"", "Witnesses said there was some confusion about organizing the protests; for example, it wasn't clear to some whether they were supposed to hold up their signs before or after they arrived at Azadi Square, where President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was to speak.", "It appeared that the strength of the opposition response was less than other recent days of unrest in Iran, namely the protests on the holy day of Ashura in late December.", "Because of reporting restrictions, there was no way to independently confirm the turnout of the opposition.", "Yaghmaian said the so-called Green Movement, which is demanding democracy and fair elections, suffered a \"numbers shock.\"", "\"The Green Movement anticipated a much larger turnout -- the turnout was not that large, and the turnout of the pro-government people was a lot larger than what people expected,\" said Yaghmaian, who teaches at New Jersey's Ramapo College.", "Are you there? Send your photos, video .", "Plainclothed and uniformed security agents assaulted vehicles carrying reformist Mehdi Karrubi, who ran for in the disputed June presidential elections, and former President Mohammad Khatami as their supporters poured onto the streets, opposition sources said.", "Militia members also beat the wife of opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi with batons, according to postings on the social networking Web site Facebook and opposition Web sites.", "The forces were preventing the opposition leaders and their followers from reaching Azadi, or Freedom Square, where Ahmadinejad delivered an anniversary address extolling the country's nuclear program to supporters.", "They fired on crowds in some areas and pepper-sprayed demonstrators in others, opposition groups said.", "CNN has not been able to independently confirm those reports.", "Members of the Basij, the paramilitary force loyal to Iran's hard-line leadership, attacked Karrubi while he was headed to a meeting with supporters, his son Mohammad-Taghi Karrubi told CNN.", "The militia broke a window in the car in which Karrubi was riding, an opposition Web site said.", "When he switched cars, that car also was attacked.", "\"The guards attacked, and the crowds came to him.", "When the crowds started to come and surrounded him, again the guards attacked with tear gas, tear as well as the batons and different kinds of weapons against the people.", "And unfortunately my father received very bad gas tears, and his face is burned,\" Mohammad-Taghi Karrubi said.", "iReport video of opposition supporters in Tehran .", "The reformist Raheh Sabz Web site said plainclothes policemen arrested Karrubi's son Ali, as he tried to protect his father's car.", "Mohammad-Taghi Karrubi confirmed the arrest of his brother Ali, the third of the leader's four sons.", "\"My younger brother is arrested by police.", "And we were surprised because for two days we just came to demonstrate, to rally, to participate to show what we want and ask for our rights,\" he said.", "The government said that if protesters disrupt state-sanctioned marches, they will be jailed until at least April 9, the end of the Persian holiday of Norooz.", "The holiday marks the start of spring.", "Plainclothes security forces wielding tear gas and batons also attacked Khatami's vehicle and supporters, as he headed to Azadi Square, forcing him to abort a plan to walk there alongside followers, the Raheh Sabz site said.", "Two reformist figures -- Mohammad Reza Khatami, the brother of the former president with a similar name, and his wife, Zahra Eshraghi -- were arrested, opposition groups also said.", "YouTube video appears to show regime motorcycle burning .", "The Facebook page of Dr. Zahra Rahnavard, Moussavi's wife, said she had planned to join demonstrators at Sadeghiye Square, when she \"was surrounded and attacked.\"", "\"Plainclothes militia physically assaulted her and beat her with batons at her head and back.", "Zahra Rahnavard after this incident with the support of a large crowd of people who made a human shield to protect her, was able to leave the area,\" the Facebook page said.", "Iran's official Press TV took note of opposition protests, saying \"a few hundred supporters\" of Moussavi and Karrubi gathered in a western Tehran district, and Karrubi was seen among the demonstrators.", "\"Police had stepped up security in the area to prevent possible disturbances,\" it reported.", "Follow CNNIranDesk on twitter .", "The chaotic scenes drew expressions of concern from the West, with the United States and the European Union calling on Iran to end reported abuses against its people.", "White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the United States stands \"by the universal rights of Iranians to express themselves freely and to do so without intimidation or violence.\"", "\"Iranians have gone out into the streets to do just that in a peaceful way, and we will continue to monitor it and continue to express our condemnation and dismay for any violence that should result in the exercising of those universal rights.\"", "Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said the EU is concerned about \"reports that opposition leaders have been subjected to violence and intimidation\" and that some may have been detained.", "Observers say the pro-government Azadi Square demonstration was a well-choreographed event.", "One observer in the throng told CNN a relaxed and supportive atmosphere prevailed at the demonstration.", "There was no sign at a pro-government parade of Basij militia members, ever-present during opposition events, but they were seen stationed away from the main area of the demonstration.", "Government officials distributed cartons of milk, juice boxes, lemonade and cupcakes in the crowds, which appeared to number in the hundreds of thousands, the witness said.", "Women who usually stay home went out, and there were a number of people from outside Tehran attending, the observer said.", "\"They got what they wanted: a disruption-free rally,\" the observer said.", "\"There were no potential 'greens' in that crowd.\"", "Flag-waving and cheering supporters heard Ahmadinejad announce that Iran has produced its first batch of 20 percent-enriched uranium and will soon triple production -- a claim that the United States dismissed.", "He also touched on familiar topics: He lashed out at the West, particularly the United States, and criticized its relationship with Iran's rival, Israel.", "Ahmadinejad's speech at Azadi Square ended without incident.", "\"There are those who stand against us because what they want is to control the Middle East and to control the world,\" Ahmadinejad said.", "\"And an independent Iran, a free Iran, a developed Iran, a powerful Iran will naturally be a challenge for their goal.", "And that is why they are hostile to the Iranian nation.\"", "Since a disputed presidential election in June, anti-government protesters have turned public gatherings into rallies against hard-liner Ahmadinejad, who was declared the overwhelming winner of the race, and street demonstrations were anticipated on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.", "Over the volatile months since June, police have responded to such demonstrations with mass arrests, denouncing protesters as anti-Islamic and against the revolution.", "In the latest big street confrontation, on the holy day of Ashura in December, witnesses said hundreds of people were detained and seven were killed, with responsibility for the fatalities denied by the Iranian regime.", "As the anniversary day approached, opposition leaders urged their followers to demonstrate peacefully, and Iran has imposed tight restrictions on foreign reporters covering the anniversary, busing them to and from Ahmadinejad's speech to prevent them from reporting on skirmishes on the streets.", "The precautions were meant to prevent a repeat of overt anti-government displays on other key occasions that have embarrassed and inflamed Iranian authorities.", "Pick-ups roamed the streets of Tehran, blaring pro-government slogans and songs from speakers, a witness said, and residents in the Iranian capital said Wednesday that text messages on many messaging services have been blocked and Internet speeds have slowed to a crawl.", "At Aria-Shahr square in western Tehran and in various other parts of the city, security forces fired on and tear-gassed demonstrators who chanted \"Death to the dictator,\" and \"Death to (Supreme Leader Ayatollah) Khamenei,\" according to opposition reports.", "Undeterred, the demonstrators chanted on, and many of them wore masks or handkerchiefs over their faces.", "Opposition videos surfacing from Tehran showed the wrath of demonstrators.", "One showed protesters tearing up a poster of Ayatollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Revolution, and Khamenei.", "Another showed people stomping on an image of Khamenei.", "One video showed a man apparently stripped from the waist up put in a choke hold and punched in the head by a helmeted security force member." ]	[ "Militia, police keep protesters away from pro-government rally in Tehran .", "White House espouses \"universal rights of Iranians to express themselves freely\"\nReports: Vehicles carrying opposition leaders attacked by security forces .", "Observers: Pro-government Azadi Square rally was well-choreographed event ." ]	[ 26, 43, 46 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A California judge ruled Wednesday to allow cameras in a federal courtroom to document a challenge to Proposition 8, a measure banning same-sex marriage.", "The courtroom footage will not be streamed live, but will be uploaded on the Web site YouTube daily, CNN affiliate KGO reported.", "Proposition 8 passed with about 52.5 percent of the vote in November 2008.", "A lesbian couple and a gay couple who were banned from marrying filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of the new measure, the affiliate reported.", "The nonjury trial is to begin on January 11 in federal court in San Francisco.", "The rare decision to allow cameras in a federal courtroom was influenced by intense media attention, court officials said.", "The legal battle over Proposition 8 has prompted passionate debate and in the past has spurred protests outside courtrooms.", "Opponents of the ban say it improperly altered the state's Constitution to restrict a fundamental right guaranteed in the state charter.", "Ban supporters say Californians long have had the right to change their state Constitution through ballot initiatives." ]	[ "California judge rules to allow cameras in a federal courtroom .", "Courtroom footage will not be streamed live, but will be uploaded on YouTube daily .", "Lesbian couple and gay couple banned from marrying filed lawsuit .", "Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, was passed by voters 2008 ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3 ]
[ "Apex, Nevada (CNN) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that he is \"very proud\" of having told Barack Obama early on that he believed he was a viable candidate for president and could win election.", "Responding to the controversy surrounding a newly published remark he made privately about Obama's race in 2008, Reid sought to emphasize his longstanding support for the nation's first African-American president.", "\"I can still remember the meeting that took place in my office with Sen. Barack Obama, telling him that I think he can be elected president,\" Reid said.", "Obama \"was kind of surprised that the Democratic leader was calling this new senator over to suggest that he could be elected president,\" he added.", "A new book quotes Reid, D-Nevada, as saying privately in 2008 that Obama could be successful as a black candidate in part because of his \"light-skinned\" appearance and speaking patterns \"with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.\"", "Reid said Monday that numerous prominent African-American officials, including NAACP Chairman Julian Bond and Attorney General Eric Holder, have called him to offer support amid the controversy that began over the weekend.", "\"I've apologized to everyone with the sound of my voice that I could have used a better choice of words,\" he said after an event announcing a new energy project in his home state.", "\"And I'll continue doing my work for the African-American community.\"", "Reid said that \"as a very young man,\" he became a leader of civil rights efforts, including the integration of the gaming community.", "He added that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called him to say he should \"tell everybody that you have done more for diversity in the United States Senate than all the rest of the people put together.\"", "Asked whether he should apologize to voters, Reid -- who had issued a statement over the weekend apologizing \"for offending any and all Americans\" -- did not answer directly and instead cited the support he has received from around the country and within his own state.", "\"I'm not going to dwell on this any more,\" Reid said.", "\"It's in the book. I've made all the statements I'm going to make.\"", "iReport: What do you think about the words Reid used?", "The book he referred to, \"Game Change,\" went on sale Monday.", "The authors write that \"Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama's race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination.\"", "Reid apologized in a statement sent to CNN over the weekend.", "\"I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words,\" he said.", "He added, \"I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African-Americans, for my improper comments.", "I was a proud and enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama during the campaign and have worked as hard as I can to advance President Obama's legislative agenda.\"", "Reid called the president Saturday and apologized.", "In a statement issued after the call, Obama expressed support for Reid, saying, \"As far as I am concerned, the book is closed.\"", "Speaking to CNN contributor Roland Martin, Obama described Reid as \"a friend of mine.", "He has been a stalwart champion of voting rights, civil rights.\"", "\"This is a good man who has always been on the right side of history.", "For him to have used some inartful language in trying to praise me and for people to try and make hay out of that makes absolutely no sense,\" he said in the interview, which will air this month.", "\"I guarantee you the average person, white or black, right now is less concerned about what Harry Reid said in a quote in a book a couple of years ago than they are about how we are going to move the country forward, and that's where we need to direct our attention.\"", "A senior administration official said Monday that Obama will go to Nevada in February to campaign on behalf of Reid.", "iReporter: \"I don't think he should be kicked out of the Senate\" Reid also called a host of African-American political figures, including House Democrats Barbara Lee of California and Jim Clyburn of South Carolina; the Rev.", "Al Sharpton; CNN political contributor and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile; and the head of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Wade Henderson.", "Republicans pounced on the controversy.", "Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, head of the GOP's Senate campaign arm, called for Reid to give up his leadership posts after the \"embarrassing and racially insensitive\" remarks.", "Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele, speaking Sunday on NBC's \"Meet the Press,\" also called for Reid to step down.", "\"Racism and racist conversations have no place today in America,\" the first African-American GOP chairman said.", "Steele also was on the defensive for a remark he made last week.", "Speaking to Fox News, Steele said the GOP platform \"is one of the best political documents that's been written in the last 25 years, honest Injun on that.\"", "\"Fox News Sunday\" host Chris Wallace said lawmakers from both parties have called that a racial slur.", "\"Well, if it is, I apologize for it.", "It's not an intent to be a racial slur.", "I wasn't intending to say a racial slur at all,\" Steele said.", "iReporter: Mixing race and politics equals trouble .", "Numerous Democrats came to Reid's defense.", "The Congressional Black Caucus said Sunday that it had accepted his apology and dismissed calls for the Nevada Democrat to step down.", "\"Sen. Reid's record provides a stark contrast to actions of Republicans to block legislation that would benefit poor and minority communities,\" Lee, chairwoman of the caucus, said in a written statement.", "Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-District of Columbia, a former chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued a statement saying, \"Like President Barack Obama, African-Americans are likely to accept Majority Leader Reid's apology for an obvious reason.", "He has earned it.\" She added, \"Harry Reid's opponents will not find a welcome mat in the black community if they seek to capitalize on the Reid remark.", "While Sen. Reid has been producing for African-Americans, many of his critics were opposing him on these same issues.\"", "Democrats rejected a parallel drawn by some Republicans between Reid's remark and one by former Sen. Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, in 2002.", "Lott lost his post as Senate majority leader after saying the nation would have been better off if Strom Thurmond had been elected president.", "Thurmond had run as a segregationist candidate in 1948.", "\"There is a big double standard here,\" Steele said on NBC.", "\"When Democrats get caught saying racist things, you know, an apology is enough.\"", "Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia, chairman of the Democratic Party, shot back, telling NBC that \"there is no comparison\" between the two sets of remarks.", "Reid is embroiled in a tough re-election campaign to stay in the Senate.", "Only one-third of Nevada voters have a favorable opinion of him, while 52 percent have an unfavorable opinion of the four-term senator, according to a survey by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research for the Las Vegas Review-Journal released over the weekend.", "The poll was conducted Tuesday through Thursday, before news of Reid's comments broke.", "CNN's Dana Bash, Mark Preston, Rebecca Sinderbrand and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Obama: Reid is friend who \"has always been on right side of history\"\nSen. Harry Reid apologizes to Obama for remarks made during 2008 campaign .", "Key Republicans have called Reid's comments racist and say he should step down .", "Reid emphasizes longstanding support for President Obama ." ]	[ 1, 24, 31 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A man charged in the beheading death of his seatmate on a Greyhound Canada bus last summer is not criminally responsible because he is mentally ill, a judge ruled Thursday, said CNN affiliate CBC News.", "The ruling means that Vince Weiguang Li will be hospitalized at a psychiatric facility until he undergoes a review by Manitoba's Criminal Code Review Board in 90 days, CBC said.", "\"The goal of criminal law is to punish criminals, not persons who have a severe mental illness,\" Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench Judge John Scurfield wrote in the ruling, CBC reported.", "However, the ruling angered relatives of Tim McLean Jr., 22, who died on the bus July 30.", "\"The bottom line is, he is getting away with murder,\" Vana Smart, McLean's sister, told CBC.", "Watch how the verdict angers the victim's family » .", "Prosecutors told reporters Thursday they had no choice but to ask the judge to find Li not criminally responsible.", "\"This was justice because the correct conclusion was reached,\" prosecutor Joyce Dalmyn said, according to CBC.", "\"Mr. Li is a schizophrenic.", "Mr. Li had a severe mental disease.", "Mr. Li, in my opinion and in the opinion of the psychiatrists, had no idea what he was doing was wrong.\"", "Li, 40, was charged with second-degree murder in McLean's death.", "A witness on the bus, which was headed from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, said a passenger repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated McLean as horrified passengers watched.", "Just before his death, the victim had been sleeping with his head leaning against the window.", "\"There was a blood-curdling scream.", "I was just reading my book and all of a sudden I heard it,\" Garnet Caton, who was sitting in front of the two men, told Canadian TV at the time.", "She said the knife-wielding man shouted at the other passengers to get off the bus, and they did.", "\"Me and a trucker that stopped and the Greyhound driver ran up to the door to maybe see if the guy was still alive or we could help or something like that,\" Caton said.", "\"And when we all got up (to the door), we saw that the guy was cutting off the guy's head.\"", "Thirty-four passengers were on the bus.", "Police said at the time it was unclear what prompted the attack.", "Witnesses said Li's weapon was a large butcher knife.", "Li was arrested after an hours-long standoff, during which he remained in the bus with McLean's body.", "Police said he was seized after he broke a window and attempted to jump from the bus.", "\"Mr. Li is also a victim here,\" said Ruth Ann Craig of the Canadian Mental Health Association, according to CBC.", "\"What's going to happen to Mr. Li is not a cakewalk.\"", "He will be housed in a locked psychiatric ward, Craig said, while he undergoes assessment and treatment to determine whether he is a risk to himself or society.", "But Tim McLean's mother, Carol deDelley, said she will fight to change the law regarding these types of crimes.", "\"I'm going to do everything I can to make a change here,\" she said, CBC reported.", "McLean's father said he is also disappointed with the ruling.", "\"We've all lost a family member,\" he told CBC.", "\"This isn't the right result.\"" ]	[ "Vince Weiguang Li will be hospitalized at a psychiatric facility .", "Ruling angers relatives of the victim, Tim McLean Jr., 22 .", "\"This was justice,\" prosecutor tells Canadian television station ." ]	[ 1, 3, 7 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- At least one organization attempting to deliver aid to Haiti continued to be plagued Sunday by delays and logistical problems, but aid was getting to those who need it most, officials said.", "Doctors Without Borders said Sunday that, despite guarantees from the United Nations and the U.S. Defense Department, its cargo plane carrying an inflatable surgical hospital was blocked from landing in Port-au-Prince the day before and was rerouted to Samana, Dominican Republic.", "Samana is in the eastern portion of the Dominican Republic and across the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, shared by the two nations, from Port-au-Prince.", "The material was being sent by truck from Samana, said the group, also known in French as Médecins Sans Frontières.", "However, the re-routing added a 24-hour delay to the hospital's arrival.", "A second Doctors Without Borders plane was able to land on Sunday.", "That plane carried additional medical supplies and hospital equipment, the group said, adding it is still concerned about delays in the delivery of vital supplies.", "\"If this plane is also rerouted, then the hospital will be further delayed, in a situation where thousands of wounded are still in need of life saving treatment,\" a group statement said.", "It was unclear Sunday afternoon whether the plane had landed.", "See photos, details of some of the missing in Haiti .", "The surgical hospital includes two operating theaters, an intensive-care unit, 100-bed hospitalization capacity, an emergency room and all the necessary equipment needed for sterilizing material.", "\"MSF teams are currently working around the clock in five different hospitals in Port-au-Prince, but only two operating theaters are fully functional, while a third operating theater has been improvised for minor surgery due to the massive influx of wounded and lack of functional referral structures,\" the organization said.", "The group said two of its medical teams have performed more than 100 operations since arriving in the country, but frustrations are high over the delays.", "An emergency communications officer with the group in Haiti said conditions are growing worse for patients and \"we need the inflatable hospital -- if it ever arrives.\"", "\"Patients who were not critical only three days ago are now in critical phases,\" she wrote in a news release.", "\"This means that people will die from preventable infections.", "It's horrible.\" Planes are asked to divert elsewhere if they don't have the fuel to stay in a holding pattern, Col. Buck Elton of U. S. Special Operations Command South told reporters Sunday.", "Only two planes had been diverted Sunday, he said.", "Asked about the matter on CNN's \"State of the Union\" Sunday, Lt. Gen. P.K.", "Keen, deputy commander of U.S. Southern Command, said the Port-au-Prince airport, which is being run by the U.S. military, is operating at maximum capacity 24 hours a day.", "\"It's a matter of balance between getting relief supplies on the ground, getting the people on the ground that are necessary to get those relief supplies distributed, and getting the logistical capacity on the ground to continue that, and the vehicles so we can get it out by ground as well as by air,\" he said.", "Full coverage of the earthquake in Haiti .", "More aid was on the way. The National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians held an earthquake survival kit drive at the Haitian embassy in Washington, saying it was accepting items including baby formula, diapers, toiletries, vitamins, medicines, batteries and clothing.", "Hundreds of people turned out, and they brought enough to fill several trucks full.", "The overflow of supplies was piled along the embassy's walls and stairwells.", "U.S. paratroopers using helicopters from an aircraft carrier delivered 130,000 daily-ration packets on Saturday, Keen of U.S. Southern Command said on \"Fox News Sunday.\"", "Some 70,000 bottles of water were also delivered, he said.", "One helicopter could not land and was forced to drop supplies, Keen said, but the delivery otherwise encountered no problems and was orderly.", "Keen called it a good day.", "Also Saturday, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard helped deliver a Haitian newborn aboard a Coast Guard helicopter.", "The mother -- one of five Haitians the Coast Guard was transferring from Port-au-Prince to Cap Haitien for medical reasons -- went into labor as the helicopter was refueling aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma, the Coast Guard said.", "The mother and child were taken to a hospital in Cap Haitien and were in good condition, according to the Coast Guard.", "In Washington on Sunday, hundreds of people from different faiths mourned the victims of the quake and donated money during a service at the National Cathedral.", "Among those in attendance were Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Raymond Joseph, the Haitian ambassador to the United States.", "Joseph asked the mourners to continue that support even as the tragedy fades from the headlines.", "\"I'm thanking you in the name of the people of Haiti and I'm asking you that what you've begun here tonight shouldn't stop -- it should continue until Haiti gains its place among the nations of the world, as it should.", "\"Please, stay with us until we totally rebuild,\" Joseph said.", "The World Food Programme said it reached 40,000 people in and around Port-au-Prince with high-energy biscuits.", "The organization said its goal is to reach another 60,000 people on Sunday.", "Convoys and shipments carrying ready-to-eat foods continue to arrive, the group said.", "The WFP's convoy was the first food to arrive in Leogane, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) west of Port-au-Prince and close to where the earthquake was centered, it said in a statement.", "Nearly every building collapsed, and tens of thousands of people are believed to have been killed.", "Survivors are living in makeshift camps.", "In addition, the organization was distributing hot meals in some places, such as hospitals and schools, and has begun setting up kitchens at distribution sites, it said.", "The Red Cross said in a statement Sunday it had built latrines for 1,000 people and supplied medical kits for 2,000 patients to two hospitals.", "Seven truckloads of medical supplies should arrive in Port-au-Prince Sunday night, it said.", "Keen told CNN's \"State of the Union\" on Sunday that the United States intends to continue helping Haiti as long as there is a need.", "Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush kicked off a fundraising drive Saturday -- a donation push called the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.", "George W. Bush told CNN's John King in an interview that aired Sunday, \"One thing I am concerned about is that on these -- during these crises, all kinds of fake charities spring up.", "... We will make sure the money is accounted for and there's transparency, and [it is] properly spent.\"", "CNN's Karl Penhaul, Arthur Brice, Elise Labott, Laurie Ure, Greg Clary and Dugald McConnell contributed to this report." ]	[ "Aid beginning to reach those who need it, officials say .", "One aid group still experiencing delays in getting aid into country .", "Port-au-Prince airport running at maximum capacity, U.S. general says ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Motorbike gunmen killed a foreign aid worker in Kabul Monday, the Afghan Interior Ministry has said.", "Aid worker Gayle Williams was one of 23 expatriates who worked for SERVE Afghanistan.", "In a separate incident, two German soldiers and five Afghan children were killed when a suicide bomber struck an Afghan-German military convoy in northern Afghanistan, the provincial governor in Kunduz said.", "Gayle Williams, 34, had dual British and South African nationality and worked for SERVE Afghanistan (Serving Emergency Relief and Vocational Enterprise), an inter-denominational Christian charity that helps the disabled, the organization's chairman said in a statement.", "Williams was shot in the western part of the city, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said, while walking to work.", "She died shortly after the attack, SERVE Afghanistan chairman Mike Lyth said.", "\"She was a person who always loved the Afghans and was dedicated to serving those who are disabled,\" Lyth said.", "\"Needless to say, we are all in shock.\"", "Williams was one of 23 expatriates who worked for SERVE Afghanistan, which also employs 450 Afghans in the country.", "A statement on SERVE Afghanistan's Web site -- attributed only to \"C and E\" -- described Williams as \"one of the inspiring people of the world who truly put others before herself.\"", "\"She was killed violently while caring for the most forgotten people in the world; the poor and the disabled,\" the statement said.", "\"She herself would not regret taking the risk of working in Afghanistan.", "She was where she wanted to be -- holding out a helping hand to those in need.\"", "United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned her killing as well as the recent killings of two U.N. aid workers in Somalia.", "\"The secretary-general deplores these acts of deliberate violence against those who are making every effort to alleviate the dire suffering of Somali and Afghan citizens,\" Ban's spokeswoman Michele Montas said at Monday's daily briefing in New York.", "The Taliban claimed responsibility for the death, saying on its Web site that it killed the \"foreign woman\" for preaching Christianity in the country and adding that it had been following the woman for some time.", "In August, aid groups in Afghanistan said in a report that attacks on aid workers have forced them to scale back relief work.", "The bomber who attacked the Afghan-German convoy was riding a bike when he detonated his explosives as the vehicles traveled outside the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, Gov.", "Mohammed Omar said.", "Two German soldiers and two Afghan civilians were wounded, according to Omar.", "The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in an Internet posting, claiming to have killed 12 German soldiers.", "The Afghan and German forces went to Chahar Dara district to investigate enemy activity in the region when they were attacked, Omar said.", "NATO's International Security Assistance Forces confirmed that a suicide attack in Kunduz province killed two of its soldiers and five local children, but did not reveal the ISAF soldiers' nationalities, as part of its standing policy.", "ISAF spokesman Brig.", "Gen. Richard Blanchette said: \"Acts such as this, which offer nothing but violence and death, will not deter us in our commitment to create a better Afghanistan.\"", "NATO said one ISAF soldier and a civilian were also wounded in the attack.", "The German Defense Ministry in Berlin confirmed a bomb attack near a base that houses a German provincial reconstruction team in the town of Kunduz, a ministry spokesman said.", "It had no information on casualties.", "Germany has committed 3,200 troops to support NATO's mission in Afghanistan.", "The latest deaths bring to 25 the number of German soldiers who have died in the Afghan war since 2002.", "Journalist Farhad Peikar and CNN's Frederick Pleitgen in Berlin contributed to this report." ]	[ "Female aid worker fatally shot from a motorbike on way to work in Kabul .", "Taliban claim responsibility, say woman killed for preaching Christianity .", "In Kunduz, 2 German soldiers, 5 Afghan children killed in suicide attack .", "NATO: More than 20 insurgents killed during two days of fighting in Wardak province ." ]	[ 0, 2, 20, 22 ]
[ "PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNN) -- At least 50 people have died in a school collapse in in Petionville, near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, officials said Friday night.", "Haitians try to help victims at a school that collapsed Friday in Petionville, near Port-au-Prince.", "Rescue personnel planned to continue working into the night to dig out students and teachers buried in the rubble, the Red Cross said.", "At least 100 people have been injured, the Haitian Civil Protection Bureau said.", "The death toll is expected to rise.", "Officials said the school could have held as many as 700 people when the collapse occurred at 10 a.m. (10 a.m.", "ET) Some students were in class while others were in a playground, Haitian media reported.", "\"We are looking at major casualties here,\" Claudon said.", "He said dozens of students appeared to be trapped inside but couldn't give an exact number.", "However, he said it was a typical school day and the building had been crowded.", "Most of the students at the College La Promesse Evangelique range in age from 10 to 20, he said, but there are younger ones as well.", "Haitian press reports said the school has kindergarten, primary and secondary students.", "President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis toured the disaster area.", "\"I heard and saw with my own eyes children appealing for help,\" Preval was quoted as saying on the French language www.haitipressnetwork.com.", "\"We are taking all necessary steps,\" Pierre-Louis said. \"", "The government has mobilized to save those who can be saved.\"", "Preval asked residents to stay away from the area so police and rescue officials could do their work unimpeded.", "Michaele Gedeon, president of Haiti's Red Cross, said she heard the voices of distraught children as rescuers tried to calm them while she was on the phone attempting to coordinate emergency rescue efforts.", "Watch as the Red Cross official describes the scene » .", "\"On the phone, you can hear so many children, you know, crying, crying and saying, 'this one is dead,' 'that one is dead,' \" she said.", "Claudon said hundreds of bystanders and rescue workers were digging through the rubble, but \"what we need right now is heavy search-and-rescue equipment.\"", "Claudon later said, \"local authorities are doing their best.\"", "Fifty to 60 patients, 30 of them severely injured, were taken to Trinite Hospital in Port-au-Prince, said Isabelle Mouniaman Nara, the head of mission in the capital for Medecins sans Frontieres.", "Another 150 patients were treated elsewhere, Nara said Friday night.", "The situation at Trinite \"is under control right now,\" she said.", "Trinite is the only hospital open in Port-au-Prince, the group said.", "The other two, General Hospital and Hospital de la Paix, are closed by strikes.", "The school is in an extremely poor part of town, and the roads are nearly impassable, local journalist Clarens Renois said.", "A United Nations helicopter was unable to land, Renois said.", "\"The school is poorly built,\" said Amelia Shaw, a journalist with United Nations TV who visited the scene.", "Renois described the building as \"not quite solid\" with \"weak construction.\"", "The school consisted of two floors with an addition built in the rear over a 200-foot ravine, Shaw said.", "The steep hillside, she said, is covered with shanty-like housing on both sides.", "The disaster occurred when the second floor crumbled onto the first, Shaw said.", "A disaster assistance response team from the U.S. Agency for International Development arrived on the scene within hours of the collapse, the agency said in a release.", "After assessing the situation, USAID activated its partner the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team.", "That team will be composed of 38 personnel, four search-and-rescue dogs and 31,000 pounds of rescue equipment and is expected to arrive Saturday.", "The Urban Search and Rescue Team will be accompanied by four additional USAID disaster experts.", "U.S. Ambassador Janet Sanderson expressed her condolences, haitipressnetwork.com reported." ]	[ "NEW: At least 50 students killed, 100 injured; toll is expected to rise .", "Red Cross official says dozens of students appear to be trapped in Haiti school .", "Rescue workers digging through rubble near Port-au-Prince, official says .", "School could have as many as 700 people in it, rescue official says ." ]	[ 0, 2, 4, 5, 8 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- The former hedge fund manager who faked his own suicide to avoid prison time for fraud will spend an extra two years in jail for failing to surrender himself, according to the U.S attorney's office.", "Sam Israel tried to get out of serving a 20 year sentenced by faking his suicide.", "It added two years.", "Federal Judge Kenneth Karas sentenced Sam Israel III in White Plains, New York, on Wednesday, giving him two more years in addition to his previous sentence.", "Federal guidelines call for a 12- to 18-month sentence, but Karas noted that Israel's crime \"took a fair amount of planning,\" and he criticized the former hedge fund manager for \"thumbing his nose at the system.\"", "The additional sentence will begin after Israel serves his first 20 years for fraud.", "Israel admitted to authorities in March that he had faked his own suicide to escape his jail sentence.", "He was supposed to report to a Massachusetts prison in June of 2008 to serve a 20-year sentence for defrauding investors of Bayou Management out of approximately $450 million.", "But he did not show up at the facility.", "Days later, his sport-utility vehicle was found abandoned on a bridge in upstate New York, with the words \"Suicide is Painless\" -- title of the theme song for the television show \"M.A.S.H.\"", "-- written in dust on the the hood.", "Authorities determined the suicide setup was a ruse and launched a major manhunt to find Israel.", "He turned himself in to law enforcement July 2, 2008." ]	[ "Judge says Sam Israel \"thumbed his nose at the system\"\nTwo-year sentence exceeds federal guidelines .", "Israel faked his suicide to escape jail sentence for fraud .", "Hedge fund manager faced 20 years for defrauding investors ." ]	[ 0, 4, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Willie Mitchell, the Memphis producer whose percussive, string-and-horn-tinged R&B sound shaped '70s hits by such artists as Al Green and Ann Peebles, died Tuesday.", "He was 81. Mitchell had been having health problems and went into cardiac arrest in December, according to his grandson, Lawrence.", "Mitchell \"was doing music all the way till he couldn't,\" his grandson, whom Mitchell helped raise, said.", "He worked on Rod Stewart's most recent album, \"Soulbook,\" as well as Solomon Burke's forthcoming CD.", "Despite being in and out of the hospital, Mitchell would write horn and string arrangements one day and record them the next, Lawrence Mitchell said.", "In the 1970s, Mitchell was a principal in Hi Records and owned Royal Studios, where musicians such as drummers Al Jackson and Howard Grimes and guitarist Teenie Hodges plied their trade.", "His biggest success came with Green, whom he guided through a number of '70s hits, including \"I'm Still in Love With You,\" \"Let's Stay Together,\" \"Love and Happiness\" and \"Call Me.\"", "In 2003, he and Green re-teamed for \"I Can't Stop,\" their first album together since 1985.", "Green has often talked about how important Mitchell was to his sound, working him until his voice was just so -- a difference that can be heard on his pre-Mitchell songs, such as \"Back Up Train.\"", "Mitchell also helmed Peebles' \"I Can't Stand the Rain\" and O.V.", "Wright's \"The Ace of Spades.\"", "A musician himself, he had several R&B hits in the '60s.", "Memphis named the street in front of Royal Studios for Mitchell in 2004.", "Funeral arrangements were pending, Lawrence Mitchell said." ]	[ "Willie Mitchell, helmed key early '70s R&B hits, dies at 81 .", "Mitchell's tight drum sound was heard on songs by Al Green, Ann Peebles .", "Mitchell worked right up to his death, his grandson said ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- NASA has postponed for one day the scheduled launch of a rocket carrying a solar probe.", "The space agency plans to launch an Atlas V rocket carrying its Solar Dynamics Observatory, which it says will study the sun \"in greater detail than ever before.\"", "After delaying the launch three times because of windy conditions Wednesday at Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA said it will try again Thursday, with a launch window of 10:23 a.m. to 11:23 a.m.", "ET. \"The vehicle's flight control system sensed wind loads exceeding the limit, prompting the abrupt end to the countdown,\" NASA said.", "The agency says the observatory will provide a better understanding of the sun and its role in space weather events such as solar flares, which can wreak havoc on Earth.", "The observatory is designed to deliver solar images with resolution 10 times better than high-definition television, according to NASA.", "The five-year mission \"will determine how the sun's magnetic field is generated, structured and converted into violent solar events like turbulent solar wind, solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections,\" according to the agency.", "The solar wind, a stream of electrically charged particles flowing out from the sun, fills the entire solar system with charged particles and magnetic fields, according to NASA.", "Solar flares are actual explosions in the sun's atmosphere, the largest of them equal to billions of one-megaton nuclear bombs.", "And Coronal Mass Ejections, or CMEs, are eruptions that launch solar material into space at a high rate of speed.", "Such events can put astronauts at risk, as well as aircraft flying over Earth's North or South Poles, and can also disrupt satellite communications, navigational systems and power grids, NASA said.", "In 1969, for instance, a solar current knocked a power grid serving Quebec, Canada, off-line for nine hours.", "\"That's a direct impact on life and society,\" said Richard Fisher, director of NASA's Heliophysics Division.", "He is in charge of Wednesday's launch.", "In addition, changes in magnetic energy such as those around sunspots can change Global Positioning System signals, making them less accurate .", "\"If you're landing a great big jet airliner in a low-visibility situation and you have one of these events that causes a misinterpretation of location by 150 to 200 yards, that's big stuff when you're trying to hit a runway with these instruments,\" Fisher said.", "There's no way to predict space weather.", "Officials hope the Solar Dynamics Observatory can provide information to help change that.", "\"This is the most advanced spacecraft we've ever designed to study the sun and its dynamic behavior,\" Fisher said.", "The sun, he said, \"has this trick of converting magnetic energy into other kinds of energy that can affect the Earth.\"", "\"I believe we're up to the point now where we can probably predict when something like this is more or less likely and you can at least take precautions,\" Fisher said about solar weather.", "A warning system, for example, could help power grid operators avoid an outage by taking some of the grid's load off or finding alternative configurations.", "The sun's effect wasn't an issue for the Earth until the technological advances in electronics over the last hundred years, he said.", "The observatory is \"going to give us good awareness of the dynamics of the sun, and we're going to be able to make estimates on when we should take precautions with our satellites or with airline operations or with Department of Defense systems,\" Fisher said.", "\"We have an increasing pressure on science to try and predict what's going to happen on the sun, and that's the scientific bent of this (SDO) satellite, is to try to get a handle on it.\"", "The observatory contains three major instruments that scientists believe will send data back to Earth for at least five years.", "The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly will allow scientists to see the sun in high resolution.", "The imaging assembly will also observe the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere, and the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment will measure its ultraviolet spectrum every 10 seconds.", "\"Space weather forecasting is in its infancy ... just like hurricane forecasting was years ago,\" according to an article on NASA's Web site by Liz Citrin, SDO project manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, which developed and will manage the mission.", "\"We built up experience in collecting data, designed models, tested those models and now look what we can do.\"", "The observatory will snap an image of the sun in eight wavelengths every 10 seconds, NASA said.", "It will remain in continuous contact with a station at the White Sands Complex in southern New Mexico.", "\"The biggest challenge of this mission was the data rate,\" Citrin wrote in the article.", "\"SDO will blast back 1.5 terabytes of information every day.", "... That's equivalent to a half-million song downloads.", "It's unprecedented.\" The observatory is the first mission of NASA's Living With a Star program.", "The program is aimed at increasing understanding of the sun in order to address its effect on Earth.", "The mission was supposed to launch in August 2008, but scientists decided more testing was needed.", "CNN Radio's Shelby Erdman contributed to this report." ]	[ "Solar observatory aims to provide better understanding of sun's role in space weather .", "Observatory to deliver images with resolution 10 times better than high-def TV .", "Five-year mission will examine sun's magnetic field and violent solar events .", "NASA: Observatory will snap image of sun in eight wavelengths every 10 seconds ." ]	[ 4, 5, 30 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Filipino film \"Himala\" has been awarded the CNN APSA Viewers Choice Award for Best Asia-Pacific Film of all Time.", "\"The Screening Room\" presenter Myleene Klass arrives at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Queensland, Australia.", "Thousands of CNN viewers voted on \"The Screening Room\" Web site to honor Ishmael Bernal's 1982 film with the accolade, which is jointly awarded by CNN and the region's prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA).", "\"The Screening Room's\" Myleene Klass presented the award Tuesday in front of a crowd of over 700 film industry figures at a special ceremony on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.", "Bernal's austere tale of a young woman who goes on a healing crusade after seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary, which stars Filipino actress Nora Aunor, took the prize with 32 percent of the vote.", "It came in ahead of ahead of more widely known films like Japanese Akira Kurosawa's \"Shichinin no samurai\" (\"Seven Samurai\"), which took second place and \"Wo hu cang long\" (\"Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon\") by Taiwan's Ang Lee, which snared third.", "Other films in the shortlist included Chan-wook Park's \"Oldboy\" from South Korea and Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's animated film \"Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi\" (\"Spirited Away\").", "\"Whatever the reason, I do feel we deserve this award,\" said \"Himala\" producer Bibsy Carballo, \"If only as a tribute to our people who in once a great while decide to come together as one, forget their petty squabbles and divisiveness, and make a declaration of support for this troubled nation, and its tremendously talented and good-hearted if unfortunate population.", "Long live 'Himala!'\"", "When it was first released in 1982, \"Himala\" was picked for the official selection at Berlin International Film Festival, as well as a number of other festivals, and Nora Aunor was nominated for Best Actress.", "A total of 32 films representing 17 countries from Kazakhstan to Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran to India were finalists at this year's Asia Pacific Screen Awards.", "Kazakh picture \"Tulpan,\" by director Sergei Dvortsevoy, which tells the story of a family of sheep and goat herders, took home the main feature prize.", "Other winners included Israeli director Ari Folman's animated feature \"Waltz with Bashir,\" which took Best Animated Feature.", "Best Documentary was given to South Korea's \"63 Years On\" by Dong-won Kim and Achievement in Directing was awarded to Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan for \"Üç maymun\" (\"Three Monkeys\").", "The 2008 APSA International jury which presided over the shortlisted films was led by veteran Australian director, Bruce Beresford known for films like \"Driving Miss Daisy.\"", "Asia Pacific Screen Awards Chairman Des Power said: \"There is a growing fascination and respect for films from this diverse region.", "\"It is a tribute to the filmmakers that they now have a globally recognised award and the broadcast reach of CNN International to promote their work.\"", "Watch \"The Screening Room's\" Asia Pacific Screen Awards show at the following times: Wednesday 26 November: 0930, 1830, Saturday 29 November: 0830, 1900, Sunday 30 November: 1730, 1830, Monday 1 December: 0400 (all times GMT)" ]	[ "Filipino film, \"Himala\" wins CNN Asia Pacific Screen Awards Viewers Choice Award .", "Ishmael Bernal's film beat Akira Kurosawa's \"Seven Samurai\" to the top prize .", "CNN \"The Screening Room's\" presenter Myleene Klass awarded the accolade ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- One-time Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin may have sent a clear message to the political world, analysts say, by signing a deal to become a TV commentator.", "That message: She's unlikely to run in the 2012 presidential race.", "\"I do think maybe it suggests, sadly for Democrats, that she might not be running,\" said Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Paul Begala.", "\"Democrats ... are pretty confident they can defeat Sarah Palin.", "She's not going to beat Barack Obama.\"", "The former Alaska governor has signed a deal with Fox News to appear as a contributor on the network, a source with knowledge of the agreement confirms to CNN.", "There are no plans for Palin to anchor her own program, the source said.", "\"Let's first hope for [Fox News President] Roger Ailes' sake that she doesn't quit that job the way she quit her job as governor of Alaska,\" Begala joked.", "Nancy Pfotenhauer, a former McCain presidential campaign spokesperson, also indicated that Palin's new job is a possible sign of things to come.", "\"There's a slight indication she may not run,\" she said.", "\"I assume this is a business decision on the part of both Fox News and on Gov.", "Palin's part.\"", "Begala, though, did give Palin praise for her TV gig.", "\"It's indoor work.", "It's interesting and lucrative.", "I'm all for it,\" he said. \"Congratulations for the former governor of Alaska.\"", "Palin is hardly alone in top Republicans-turned-TV talking heads.", "After the 2008 GOP presidential primaries, former Arkansas Gov.", "Mike Huckabee joined Fox News as the host of his own show.", "Karl Rove, a former top aide to President George W. Bush, also joined Fox News as a commentator.", "Michael Steele, the current chairman of the Republican National Committee, was once a Fox News contributor as well.", "Mary Matalin, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, is now a CNN contributor alongside her husband James Carville and Begala -- top Democratic aides to then President Clinton.", "One of Begala and Carville's colleagues -- George Stephanopolous -- has been a long-time political analyst at ABC News, who later hosted his own Sunday TV show \"This Week.\"", "Most recently, he was named as the host of ABC's \"Good Morning America.\"", "On MSNBC, former Florida GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough now hosts his own TV show called \"Morning Joe.\"", "Pat Buchanan, a leading conservative voice and former presidential candidate, also graces MSNBC's airwaves giving his take on politics.", "Since leaving office, Palin has become a vocal critic of the Obama administration's policies.", "She recently released her autobiography \"Going Rogue\" and toured the country promoting her book." ]	[ "Sarah Palin will appear as a contributor on Fox News, source tells CNN .", "Source: Former Alaska governor will not anchor her own program .", "Palin joins ranks of many other politicians who have become analysts, co-contributors ." ]	[ 5, 6, 11 ]
[ "Marjah, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Twelve Afghan civilians were killed Sunday when two rockets fired by coalition forces in southern Afghanistan missed their intended target, as the Taliban showed stiff resistance to the NATO assault against the militant group.", "\"We deeply regret this tragic loss of life,\" U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, said in a statement.", "\"The current operation in Central Helmand is aimed at restoring security and stability to this vital area of Afghanistan.", "It's regrettable that in the course of our joint efforts, innocent lives were lost.\"", "Coalition forces fired two rockets with the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System at insurgents firing upon Afghan and ISAF forces, but they struck about 300 meters off their intended target, ISAF said.", "The incident happened in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province, where NATO forces have launched Operation Moshtarak, a huge offensive by an international coalition of 15,000 troops including Afghans, Americans, Britons, Canadians, Danes and Estonians.", "McChrystal conveyed his apologies to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the statement said.", "Coalition forces have also suspended use of the HIMARS pending a review of Sunday's incident.", "The intended target was an insurgent compound from where coalition forces were taking direct fire, ISAF said.", "NATO, which launched the effort Saturday, announced the offensive before it started so that citizens could get out of harm's way.", "Karzai on Saturday had urged Afghan and international troops to exercise \"absolute caution\" and ensure civilian safety.", "Helmand is a bastion of pro-Taliban sentiment and awash with the opium used to fund the insurgency.", "Marjah, a region known as the heroin capital of Afghanistan, is where the Taliban has set up a shadow government.", "The Moshtarak operation also includes securing Kandahar and providing support to the government and police there, British Maj. Gen. Gordon Messenger said in a news release Sunday.", "The Taliban has had increasing influence in Kandahar.", "Officials said Sunday they did not know how many Taliban fighters remained in the Marjah region of Helmand province, but think they may be in the hundreds -- some of whom are holed up in civilian compounds.", "Taliban forces tried to overrun, successfully in some cases, several positions that coalition forces had secured inside the city, U.S. Marines told CNN.", "In one instance, three suspected suicide bombers breached a secure military area near Koru Chareh Bazaar, throwing three or four grenades inside the compound, Marine officials said.", "The insurgents were killed before they could detonate their bomb vests.", "The sporadic firefight continued throughout the day, with an average of two to three Taliban fighters being killed in each battle, the Marines said.", "\"It is not unusual for the Taliban to melt away to regroup.", "The threat is still present in the area that they might come back, and our troops are well aware of that,\" Messenger told CNN.", "\"The troops are fighting in very open terrain, especially now during the winter,\" he said.", "\"This is a very complex operation but it has worked extremely well.\"", "Messenger emphasized the cooperation with the Afghan nationals as a key element in both preparing and executing this operation.", "\"The atmosphere among the locals remains positive, largely because elders on the ground knew about the operation ahead of time,\" he said.", "\"The sense is genuinely that the population is prepared to give this a go.\"", "Provincial spokesman Dawoud Ahmadi said 27 Taliban fighters have been killed.", "Afghan and international force also discovered a total of 2,500 kilograms (5,500 pounds) of explosives during the operation.", "The Taliban spokesman for the Marjah area claimed six Taliban casualties, saying militants had killed 192 Afghan and coalition troops.", "In the past, the Taliban has often inflated casualty figures.", "\"NATO forces have not captured any areas in Marjah from the Mujahadeen,\" said Qari Yousif Ahmadi, the Taliban spokesman.", "Soldiers on Sunday found a weapons cache in the Nad Ali district that included two 155 mm artillery rounds, four pressure plates, blasting caps and batteries, according to ISAF.", "In another incident, coalition forces shot a man who refused to stop as he neared a coalition checkpoint despite repeated warnings to stop.", "No weapons were found on the middle-aged man, coalition forces said.", "Overall, Messenger said, Taliban resistance had not prevented coalition efforts to hold meetings, known as shuras, with local leaders.", "The coalition has been participating in these meetings to get Afghans on its side.", "\"There had been, and remained, very little Taliban interference.", "There had been small arms attacks from a distance which had tested the patrols, but nothing had stopped the mission from progressing or shuras from taking place,\" Messenger said.", "More on Operation Moshtarak from Afghanistan Crossroads blog .", "Officials said they hope Afghan forces and the government will maintain control, win allegiance from the citizens and provide farmers with an alternative to the poppy crops that pervade the region.", "\"Everyone understands that what has happened over the last 24-48 hours is the easy bit,\" Messenger said in a news release.", "\"The hard bit, the challenge, is the enduring effort, is delivering the security which allows the Afghans to start providing for their people.\"", "CNN's Atia Abawi, Nic Robertson, Frederik Pleitgen, Barbara Starr and Per Nyberg and journalist Mati Matiullah contributed to this report." ]	[ "ISAF commander apologizes after 12 civilians killed .", "U.S., Marine, British soldier killed, U.S. military official says .", "Marjah region long a bastion of pro-Taliban sentiment, awash with opium .", "Coalition's ground offensive follows air assaults ." ]	[ 11, 12 ]
[ "LONDON (England) CNN -- Could the era of spend, spend, spend be about to end?", "What is the biggest personal problem ordinary people face?", "The answer increasingly, is debt.", "In the last 15 years countries such as the U.S., UK, Australia and Canada have enjoyed an economic golden age.", "For many consumers it seems there is no product or experience that is out of reach as long as you have a few credit cards in your wallet.", "It's been the era of \"because I'm worth it,\" $1,000 \"It\" handbags, celebrity worship, four credit cards apiece and vacations abroad.", "But a flip side is emerging from this era of excess, with potent signs in the last week that the party is coming to a close.", "There have been warnings signs in the U.S. this week that the economy is slowing.", "Rising U.S. home foreclosures and a persistent housing slump have triggered a U.S. credit crunch which has unsettled global markets and raised concerns about a possible economic slowdown.", "The International Monetary Fund's chief economist Simon Johnson said on Wednesday: \"We've seen a shock that has spread to other industrialized countries faster than expected.", "It's an important wake-up call for all of us.\"", "On Friday the financial world was rocked when one of the biggest UK mortgage lenders Northern Rock received emergency support from the Bank of England.", "According to UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph, \"it's further proof that the contagion of the credit crisis is spreading through the economy.\"", "If the U.S. housing slump, IMF warnings and Northern Rock crisis are part of the economic big picture, then it's also important to heed the calls from the coalface.", "Drowning in debt .", "This week UK charity Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) said the number of people seeking assistance on how to manage their debts reached record levels.", "It is now the most common problem the advice service handles.", "The advice service recorded 1.7 million cases last year -- a rise of 20 percent of callers with debt-related problems.", "Credit card bills and other loans were 40 percent of all inquiries, while there was a \"worrying\" rise of people struggling to pay the basics such as utilities bills.", "The organization said the surge in calls for help was evidence that the lengthy consumer boom was taking its toll.", "They singled out the proliferation of debt consolidation companies for blame.", "Economist Andrew Charlton from the London School of Economics believes the U.S. housing slump and high levels of personal debt are part of the same problem: People on low incomes getting in over their heads with either housing stock or personal debt they cannot afford.", "The house of cards comes down when it is time to collect: a slight upward movement in interest rates, a drop in house prices or job losses (4,000 in the U.S. in the last month, a four-year high) means payments cannot be made and the lenders foreclose.", "The chickens coming home to roost .", "For Phillip Hodson, Fellow of the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy, high levels of callers distressed by debt are no surprise.", "\"The chickens have come home to roost.", "At the personal level people have to face some very difficult decisions.", "It's difficult to break the (credit card) habit and people whose habit is going to the mall will find it very hard,\" he said.", "And what habits we have: More than 4.2 million Britons have no qualms about taking their next holiday before actually paying for the last, according to statistics from UK bank Alliance & Leicester.", "Research from Scottish Widows shows one in three adults in the UK refuse to plan their finances at all, and those who do find the time to review them set aside just five minutes a week.", "Reliance on credit is a problem to be tackled not only by consumers but also governments, with our addiction to credit having a serious ripple effect on the economy.", "In the U.S. an increase in credit card debt again pushed up outstanding U.S. consumer debt in July by $7.5 billion, the Federal Reserve reported last Monday.", "Consumer credit outstanding rose to $2.46 trillion in July, up from a revised $2.45 trillion in June, the Federal Reserve said.", "U.S. consumers are defaulting on credit card payments at a significantly higher rate than last year, \"raising the prospect of problems in the stricken U.S. subprime mortgage market spreading to other types of consumer debt,\" according to the Financial Times this week.", "Credit card companies were forced to write off 4.58 percent of payments as uncollectable in the first half of 2007, almost 30 percent higher than last year.", "Late payments also rose, and the quarterly payment rate -- a measure of cardholders' willingness and ability to repay their debt -- fell for the first time in over four years.", "Simply put, we have developed a habit for credit cards that we can't afford, with people becoming adrift from old notions of delayed gratification: You save first before you purchase.", "Hodson told CNN about his grandmother using both sides of an envelope before she'd throw it out and keeping pieces of string that could later be reused.", "This World War II austerity is now folklore although some pundits say panic over the environment and resource use, as well an increase in personal debt may bring the war generation's frugal habits back into vogue.", "Why are we hooked on credit?", "Philip Hodson sees a few factors responsible for our credit binge: \"We've developed retail therapy -- it's a drug -- but it's a very fragile plant and to build an economy based on it is ridiculous.\"", "He also says the government has encouraged a people to be reckless with money through their own bad example: \"The government must take much of the blame for encouraging a debt culture and saddling students early on with loans.\"", "The availability of credit lines also contributes to the debt trap.", "In the U.S., 80 percent of households have at least one credit card.", "Yet that is not enough for many credit providers.", "Five billion credit card solicitations are mailed each year nationwide, with each cardholder owning an average of seven credit cards -- three bank credit cards and four store or gas credit cards.", "Average household or individual debt (or both) is about $9,300 per household holding at least one credit card.", "According to the advocacy group Demos, the average balance among lower- and middle-income households is $8,650.", "We use credit cards for computers, the latest gadgets such as iPods, holidays and fashion, all the things many of us now deem as essential.", "This readjustment of our needs -- perceiving that we now need more rather than the same or less also fuels our credit addiction.", "Economist Andrew Charlton believes our reliance on credit is symptomatic of prosperity: \"It's the by-product of the boom.", "In for example, Australia almost 30 percent of the population have never lived through a recession -- young people believe you can always take on debt because it's always easy to pay off.", "Prosperity is the cause of our credit addiction.\"", "According to Hodson, celebrity culture has a lot to answer for: \"The credit problem is exacerbated by celebrity culture.", "It's the ubiquity of television -- you are taught by the electronic media to envy people's lives who are richer.\"", "\"With celebrity culture 150 years ago your horizon would be your parish.", "Today anybody living on benefits can watch the plutocrats of the world having fun -- I'm not surprised they are envious.\"", "His advise to minimize envy?", "\"Always compare yourself to poorer people.\"", "The bulk of callers ringing the Citizens Advice Bureau are juggling debts but in the future Hodson thinks it will be harder to borrow money, due to the difficulty we'll have in repaying it.", "When lines of credit tighten or dry up, we'll have to readjust our spending habits and tastes.", "Luxury items will once again be out of reach for most except the super-rich.", "\"What's the answer to borrowing?\"", "asked Hodson.", "\"It's borrow more. But it's musical chairs and what's going to happen when you can't sit down?\"", "Hodson answers the question himself: \"I think a lot of people are going to be forced out of the credit economy because they can't borrow and they have a black mark against their name -- similarly if you default.", "Banks will start to discriminate more carefully.\"", "As for our insatiable appetite to have the latest things and have them now: well it may be that if we can't afford them and no longer have a seemingly endless source of credit, we may have to go without.", "This in turn will tighten the screws on the retail industry.", "In UK newspaper The Independent, the \"spending squeeze\" was forecast with \"retailers reporting falling sales as debt-laden consumers tighten their belts.\"", "Some experts believe it's not spiraling debt which will be the wake up call but the environmental costs of conspicuous consumption, while Charlton believes \"a recession will trigger a change in behavior.", "The next recession won't be like the last one, it will cut deeper.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Global warning signs that an era of prosperity is over .", "Debt has now become the main worry of UK citizens .", "Fears that culture of consumption creates a \"debt trap\"" ]	[ 2, 6, 42, 52 ]
[ "LONDON, England -- Almost 25,000 people will die this year of HIV/AIDS in Myanmar unless lifesaving treatment is significantly increased, according to a new report.", "A Doctors Without Borders worker handing out HIV/AIDS drugs in Myanmar.", "The study produced by leading international humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders said the failure by the government to provide HIV/AIDS treatment to its people is putting the population at risk.", "An estimated 240,000 people are thought to have HIV/AIDS in Myanmar with 76,000 of those people facing death unless they receive antiretroviral (ART) drug, the report published Tuesday said.", "Fewer than 20 percent of the people are are able to access ART, according to the organization.", "Currently, Doctors Without Borders says it is almost the sole provider of these lifesaving drugs --providing them to more than 11,000 people.", "\"It is unacceptable that a single NGO is treating the vast majority of HIV patients in a crisis of this magnitude,\" the charity's Operations Manager Joe Belliveau, said in a press release.", "The pressure on its resources means the charity has been forced to turn away patients.", "\"Sometimes I wake up at midnight and dream of my patients.", "Women who come in are HIV positive --they have three children at home and the husband has passed away and we cannot provide any treatment for them,\" a doctor quoted in the research said.", "The government and international communities have provided very little to the crisis, Belliveau added.", "The government of Myanmar allocated just $200,000 for HIV/AIDS in 2008, which is one of the lowest amount spent worldwide, according to Doctors Without Borders.", "Drugs that are not provided by aid organizations or the government cost a patient $29 per month.", "With most people in Myanmar living on an average of $1.20 per day, the cost of drugs is unaffordable for most.", "The charity also appealed for intervention by the international community to avert the crisis.", "Myanmar currently receives around $3 per person in aid-- one of the lowest rates worldwide.", "One reason for this may be that international donor groups are reluctant to send aid to Myanmar, a country run by a strict military junta widely criticized for its atrocious human rights record.", "The report states aid agencies may be put off by challenges Myanmar imposes such as strict constraints and difficult bureaucratic procedures.", "Earlier this year when a deadly cyclone hit Myanmar that killed almost 100,000 people and left millions homeless, the government turned away international aid to the frustration of many organizations.", "Doctors Without Borders has been providing essential healthcare services in Myanmar since 1993 and began an integrated program in 2003 to support people living with HIV/AIDS." ]	[ "HIV/AIDS treatment in Myanmar needs to improve drastically says a report .", "More than 25,000 people will die this year if these people don't get treatment .", "Doctors Without Borders is almost the sole supplier of aid and need funding .", "Government and international community need to give more money ." ]	[ 0, 5 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Muslim family removed from an airliner Thursday after passengers became concerned about their conversation say AirTran officials refused to rebook them, even after FBI investigators cleared them of wrongdoing.", "A Muslim family was removed from an AirTran flight after a conversation about the safest place to sit.", "Atif Irfan said federal authorities removed eight members of his extended family and a friend after passengers heard them discussing the safest place to sit and misconstrued the nature of the conversation.", "Irfan, a U.S. citizen and tax attorney, said he was \"impressed with the professionalism\" of the FBI agents who questioned him, but said he felt mistreated when the airline refused to book the family for a later flight.", "AirTran Airways late Thursday said they acted properly and that the family was offered full refunds and can fly with AirTran again.", "\"AirTran Airways complied with all TSA, law enforcement and Homeland Security directives and had no discretion in the matter,\" the company said in a prepared statement.", "Watch how Muslims find climate of fear at airport » .", "Family members said FBI agents tried to work it out with the airline, but to no avail.", "iReport.com: Share your story .", "\"The FBI agents actually cleared our names,\" said Inayet Sahin, Irfan's sister-in-law.", "\"They went on our behalf and spoke to the airlines and said, 'There is no suspicious activity here.", "They are clear. Please let them get on a flight so they can go on their vacation,' and they still refused.\"", "\"The airline told us that we can't fly their airline,\" Irfan said.", "The dispute occurred about 1 p.m. Thursday as AirTran flight 175 was preparing for takeoff from Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C., on a flight destined for Orlando, Florida.", "Atif Irfan, his brother, their wives, a sister and three children were headed to Orlando to meet with family and attend a religious conference.", "\"The conversation, as we were walking through the plane trying to find our seats, was just about where the safest place in an airplane is,\" Sahin said.", "\"We were (discussing whether it was safest to sit near) the wing, or the engine or the back or the front, but that's it.", "We didn't say anything else that would raise any suspicion.\"", "Watch Muslims recount how they were kicked off plane » .", "The conversation did not contain the words \"bomb,\" \"explosion,\" \"terror\" or other words that might have aroused suspicion, Irfan said.", "\"When we were talking, when we turned around, I noticed a couple of girls kind of snapped their heads,\" said Sobia Ijaz, Irfan's wife.", "\"I kind of thought to myself, 'Oh, you know, maybe they're going to say something.'", "It didn't occur to me that they were going to make it such a big issue.\"", "Some time later, while the plane was still at the gate, an FBI agent boarded the plane and asked Irfan and his wife to leave the plane.", "The rest of the family was removed 15 or 20 minutes later, along with a family friend, Abdul Aziz, a Library of Congress attorney and family friend who was coincidentally taking the same flight and had been seen talking to the family.", "After the FBI interviewed family members, it released them, Irfan said.", "AirTran spokesman Tad Hutcheson said the incident began when some passengers reported hearing suspicious remarks by a woman and alerted flight attendants.", "Two federal air marshals, who were on board the flight, notified law enforcement about the security-related issue, AirTran said.", "After the family and Aziz were taken for questioning, the remaining 95 passengers were taken off of the plane and rescreened, along with the crew and the baggage, AirTran said.", "Irfan said he believes his family is owed an apology.", "\"Really, at the end of the day, we're not out here looking for money.", "I'm an attorney. I know how the court system works.", "We're basically looking for someone to say... 'We're apologizing for treating you as second-class citizens.'\"", "\"We are proud Americans,\" Sahin said.", "\"You know we decided to have our children and raise them here.", "We can very easily go anywhere we want in the world, but you know we love it here and we're not going to go away, no matter what.\"", "Aziz said there is a \"very strong possibility\" he will pursue a civil rights lawsuit.", "\"I guess it's just a situation of guilt by association,\" Aziz said.", "\"They see one Muslim talking to another Muslim and they automatically assume something wrong is going on.\"" ]	[ "Man says Muslim family taken off flight after discussion over safest place to sit .", "Atif Irfan claims FBI cleared family of wrongdoing, but AirTran wouldn't let them fly .", "AirTran says it acted properly, complied with all federal directives .", "Irfan says family owed an apology, may pursue a civil rights lawsuit ." ]	[ 0, 1, 25, 29, 36 ]
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Five people arrested in Pakistan had been reported missing in the United States, and police are confident they were planning terrorist acts, a Pakistani police official told CNN.", "It is too soon to link the men with any terrorist organizations, said Tahir Gujjrar, deputy superintendent of police in Sargodha, Pakistan, but preliminary investigations suggest they had sought to link up with the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Jamaat ud Dawa militant organizations.", "Neither group showed interest, however, Gujjrar said.", "The five were from Virginia and their families had contacted the FBI soon after they went missing, he said.", "They include two Pakistani-Americans, two Yemeni-Americans and an Egyptian-American.", "The arrests came after a raid on a home in Sargodha, about 120 miles south of Islamabad, Gujjrar said.", "No U.S. officials have confirmed Gujjrar's information, and there was no evidence charges had been filed.", "The FBI had said earlier that it was trying to determine whether a link existed between the five missing men and the arrests in Pakistan.", "A U.S. law enforcement official not authorized to speak for attribution said the five missing men were all American citizens.", "Asked if they are the same men arrested in Pakistan, the official said, \"We think it is, but we don't have it firm ...", "The truthful answer is, we don't know.\"", "The State Department said it does not have confirmation of the arrested individuals' identities or whether they are Americans.", "The U.S. embassy in Islamabad is seeking further information.", "If the individuals are Americans, the United States will be seeking consular access, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said.", "\"If they are American citizens, we are going to be very interested in the charges they have been detained on and the circumstances in which they are being held,\" he said.", "\"That is something we would do anywhere and that is why the embassy is seeking further information.\"", "Under the Geneva Conventions, Pakistan is required to notify the United States about any Americans arrested, Kelly said.", "The U.S. law enforcement official said none of the five missing men had shown up on law enforcement's radar before they were reported missing.", "\"These guys never surfaced with us before.\"", "Authorities believe their intent was to wage jihad overseas rather than with terrorist acts in the United States, the official said, but \"there is still a lot of uncertainty about what they were up to.\"", "A Pakistani official said the men arrived in Karachi on November 30 and went on to Lahore and then Sargodha, where they were arrested Wednesday, the official said.", "The arrests came at the behest of local police.", "Preliminary investigations are ongoing, the official said.", "The Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a statement Wednesday it was assisting in the investigation of \"five Muslim young men from Virginia who left the country recently under mysterious circumstances.\"", "The parents of the missing youths and local Muslim leaders approached the council about the disappearances and the organization \"immediately informed the FBI,\" the council said.", "Council spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said one of the missing youths was a student at Howard University, and all five knew each other.", "One of the youths left a video behind, Nihad Awad, the council's executive director, told reporters.", "\"I was disturbed by the content of it,\" he said.", "One person appeared in it, and made references to \"the ongoing conflict in the world, and that young Muslims have to do something,\" Awad said.", "He said the video \"juxtaposed certain verses of the Quran,\" and he suggested there was a misunderstanding of those verses and their potential misuse.", "The video is about 11 minutes long, he said, and is \"like a farewell.\"", "Awad said it did not specify what the youths would be doing, but he has seen similar videos on the Internet, and \"it just made me uncomfortable.\"", "One source identified the missing Howard student as Ramy Zamzam, who was studying dentistry at the Washington college.", "No further details were immediately available, and it was not immediately known whether he was among those arrested in Pakistan.", "The council and the Muslim community realize there is a problem, although it is not widespread, Awad said, and is \"going to launch a major campaign of education to refute the misuse of verses in the Quran, or the misuse of certain grievances in the Muslim world.", "We believe that we can do a lot to reinstate confidence in young American Muslims, that they have to be fully engaged, as the majority of them are engaged in civic life and in the political process.\"", "He and other Muslim officials cautioned against a rush to judgment against the youths, and praised their families and members of the Muslim community for approaching law enforcement and assisting in the investigation.", "At the end of November, he said, the youths told their parents they were attending a local conference, but their parents became suspicious when calling their cell phones because they got what sounded like an overseas ring tone.", "The families then went to the council.", "\"The main concern was to get them back and figure out what was going on and protect any national security and everybody's rights,\" Hooper said.", "He said he understood the five left the country in a couple of groups at the end of November.", "Along with the families and Muslim community leaders, the council said it was working to assist investigators.", "Imam Johari Abdul-Malik of the Coordinating Council of Muslim Organizations in the Washington area, said that while the five were active in their mosques, \"From all of our interviews, there's been no sign that they were in any way outwardly radicalized ... there haven't been any reports that there was anything outwardly suspicious in their behavior.\"", "The FBI is aware of the arrests, and is also investigating a report of five people reported missing from the Washington area, said Katherine Schweit, spokeswoman for the agency's Washington field office.", "\"We are working with Pakistan authorities to determine their identities and the nature of their business there\" -- if the people arrested are the people who are missing, she said.", "She declined to elaborate, citing an ongoing investigation.", "U.S. authorities have been wary of Islamic militants recruiting young Muslims from the United States to fight overseas.", "Prosecutors in Minnesota recently arrested eight Somali-American men on charges related to what they said were efforts to recruit youths from the Minneapolis area to fight for al-Shabaab, a Somali guerrilla movement battling the African country's U.N.-backed transitional government.", "At least two young men from Minnesota have been killed in Somalia, including one who blew himself up in what is believed to have been the first suicide bombing carried out by a naturalized U.S. citizen.", "The matter has \"always been a concern,\" Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday.", "\"We have been well aware of the threats that we continue to face along with friends and allies around the world ... we know that we have to work more closely with both Afghanistan and Pakistan to try to root out the infrastructure of terrorism that continues to recruit and train people.\"", "CNN's Jeanne Meserve and Elise Labott contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: One source identified the missing Howard student as Ramy Zamzam .", "One of 5 left video mentioning \"the ongoing conflict in the world,\" viewer says .", "Five are from Virginia and their families had contacted the FBI soon after they went missing .", "State Department does not have confirmation that individuals are Americans ." ]	[ 3, 11, 32 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has again indefinitely blocked plans to disseminate video of an important federal court case involving same-sex marriage in California.", "The justices in an unsigned order Wednesday prevented any distribution of the live video stream outside the San Francisco, California, courthouse where the case is being heard, and any real-time or delayed posting on the Internet.", "In a trial that began Monday, a federal judge in San Francisco will decide whether the state's Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage is constitutional.", "California voters approved the measure in November 2008, prompting an appeal by several homosexual couples.", "As part of a pilot program, the judge had agreed to allow video of the trial to be sent live to other rooms within the courthouse and to five other federal courthouses, and to be posted several hours later on the popular video site YouTube.com.", "Opponents of same-sex marriage had asked the Supreme Court to intervene, saying witness testimony could be affected if cameras were present.", "It is extremely rare for a federal trial to be televised to the broader public.", "The Supreme Court's latest order allows distribution only to designated \"overflow\" rooms in the San Francisco courthouse, where people who want to view the trial but are unable to fit into the courtroom can watch the proceedings on closed-circuit television.", "A majority of Supreme Court justices concluded expanded broadcast should not permitted because, they wrote, \"It appears the courts below did not follow the appropriate procedures set forth in federal law before changing their rules to allow such broadcasting.\"", "There has been much internal debate in federal courts around the country about the televised experiment, with several judges and administrators privately expressing concern that it could eventually lead to the entire judiciary being televised, including the Supreme Court.", "In dissent to the ruling, Justice Stephen Breyer and three liberal colleagues complained the public would be deprived of watching \"a nonjury civil case of great public interest to five other federal courthouses located in Seattle [Washington], Pasadena [California], Portland [Oregon], San Francisco [California], and Brooklyn [New York].\"", "He was supported by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens and Sonia Sotomayor.", "Breyer said the Supreme Court traditionally has stayed out of what he called another court's administrative discretion on such matters, saying, \"I believe this court should adhere to its institutional competence, its historical practice, and its governing precedent -- all of which counsel against the issuance of this stay.\"", "The case is Hollingsworth v. Perry (09A648)." ]	[ "Lower court had OK'd posting videos of trial on Internet .", "Supreme Court says no, but cameras can send trial to overflow rooms .", "Four members of court dissent, led by Justice Stephen Breyer ." ]	[ 7, 12 ]

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