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[ "Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York.", "VBS.TV is Vice's broadband television network.", "The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process.", "We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers.", "Viewer discretion advised.", "London, England (VBS.TV) -- In previous episodes of The Vice Guide to Travel, we road-tripped through North Korea, shopped for dirty bombs in Bulgaria, and hunted mutant wild boars in Chernobyl.", "Little did we know that all of our harrowing journeys would leave us only semi-prepared for a recent trip to war-ravaged, godforsaken Liberia.", "Since 1989, a series of brutal civil wars -- primarily fought by drug-addicted, prepubescent orphans -- has rendered Liberia one of the most dangerous countries in the world.", "Everyone has heard the stories of abject poverty, ubiquitous substance abuse and wanton violence taking place there, but we don't really believe anything that we don't see for ourselves.", "So, stomachs firmly knotted, off we went.", "We arrived in Liberia with a small crew of three and quickly rendezvoused with a local journalist who would be our fixer and guide.", "Our first shooting location was the West Point slum, home to 80,000 people living in conditions that redefine squalor.", "Miles of rotting garbage surround the slum, which has no sewage system.", "Pretty much everyone -- even the local government officials -- defecates and urinates in the open.", "Drugs, prostitution and armed robbery are the main industries.", "We got to know some of the residents of West Point, who told us their stories as they smoked heroin and cocaine and begged us for money.", "Next we visited a local brothel.", "The women who lived there talked with us about the U.N. soldiers who have sex with the child prostitutes and beat the older women, and then leave without paying.", "Watch episode 2 from the Vice Guide to Liberia on VBS.TV .", "But perhaps the most revelatory portions of our trip to Liberia came from meeting the major warlords of the nation's civil wars.", "There's a tradition in Liberian militias of taking on extravagant noms de guerre.", "Hence, our subjects were named General Bin Laden, General Rambo and General Butt Naked.", "The latter, in particular, was one of the most notorious Liberian warlords.", "He claims to have personally killed 20,000 people including babies, and to have sometimes cannibalized his victims.", "Today, General Butt Naked goes by his birth name, which is Joshua.", "During our time together, he told us that Liberia will surely implode into civil war again when the U.N. leaves next year.", "But in the meantime, Joshua wants to redeem himself.", "He offered us a glimpse of the Liberia that he wants to forge, and we found ourselves growing to like him.", "He took us to his church, where he rehabilitates child soldiers.", "We watched as he preached his way through Monrovia on a Sunday.", "Is there a chance that his mission will succeed, and further civil war can be averted in this desperate country?", "That's one of the many questions that we came away with upon our safe return from Liberia.", "Watch our documentary about our time there and see what you think." ]	[ "Crew of three gets firsthand look at poverty, substance abuse in war-ravaged Liberia .", "Women at local brothel tell of beatings by U.N. soldiers, child prostitution .", "An ex-warlord who claims to have killed babies, cannibalized victims guides crew ." ]	[ 10, 23, 28 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Friends and family planned a memorial service in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday for Thor Hesla, who died in Monday's attack on a luxury hotel in Afghanistan.", "Friends describe Thor Hesla as a \"passionate believer\" and \"larger than life.\"", "Hesla, 45, loved a game of ultimate Frisbee, a motorcycle ride and a great adventure.", "Friends say he found no adventure greater than helping people.", "He set off for another adventure in October, this time to Afghanistan to work with the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, to help build civil society.", "\"Thor Hesla was a passionate believer in what is possible in the world ,\" said a statement posted online by Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, a friend of 20 years.", "The Taliban said it was behind the attack that killed him, carried out by suicide bombers and gunmen.", "Six other people were killed at Kabul's Serena hotel that day.", "Six days after Hesla arrived in Afghanistan, he had e-mailed details of his new surroundings to his far-away friends.", "Despite the violence wracking the nation, Hesla described Kabul as a city with potential and \"astonishing beauty.\"", "He said he was struck by glimpses of \"desperately poor\" Afghans.", "\"I saw a man moving down the street who was, literally, wearing only rags yesterday,\" Hesla wrote.", "He expressed pride in his work and the American effort to rebuild Afghanistan, writing, \"You are forcibly reminded how good and inspirational Americans can be.\"", "Life in Kabul isn't easy.", "Diplomats and contractors in Afghanistan are under strict security and their travel is severely restricted.", "A witness to Monday's attack said terrorists forced their way into the hotel gym and shot three or four people who were working out.", "Watch witness describe the attack » .", "Hesla's friends said he joined the hotel's gym and spa as a diversion from his limited daily routine.", "\"You're always, always, always, reminded how great a blessing it is to come from a land which has never known -- since 1865 -- serious war,\" Hesla wrote his friends, referring to the Civil War.", "\"It's really difficult to calculate how damaging all-out war can be on a society.\"", "\"He was very passionate about everything,\" said friend Stefan Tigges, according to CNN affiliate WGCL.", "\"He was very generous. He was very spirited, very kind.\"", "Tigges told the Atlanta TV station his friend was \"larger than life in every way in terms of his sense of humor, his intellect, his capacity to love, all these things.\"", "At Atlanta's Emory University, Hesla studied English literature and played rugby.", "He also worked for the Atlanta Olympic Committee and various Democratic political campaigns, including the 2000 campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley.", "In countries such as Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Antigua, Barbados and Aruba, Hesla tried to build bridges between feuding groups, and worked on political campaigns seeking to fight crime and corruption, create jobs and improve education, his friends said.", "For more than three years, Hesla had worked in war-ravaged Kosovo, where he helped reform economic systems.", "After taking time off to travel and write both a screenplay and a novel, he had set off for Afghanistan to work as a contractor for USAID in its \"capacity building\" program, helping government institutions, social organizations and universities with financial matters.", "\"We mourn the loss of our fellow employee, Thor Hesla, \" said Elizabeth Palmer of BearingPoint, Hesla's employer.", "\"He was a loving son and brother and an important part of our BearingPoint family.", "His commitment to helping the people of Afghanistan was well known, and we will miss him terribly.\"", "Following Thursday's services in Georgia, another is planned for Hesla in Washington D.C., which friends said was his \"adopted home.\"", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Elise Labott contributed to this report." ]	[ "Atlanta native Thor Hesla, 45, died Monday in suicide bombing of Kabul hotel .", "In e-mail to friends, he said Afghan capital had \"astonishing beauty\"\nMemorials planned for U.S. contractor in D.C. and hometown of Atlanta .", "Taliban claims attack which killed seven at hotel frequented by Westerners ." ]	[ 0, 6, 7, 8 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Nearly 150,000 homes were without drinking water Monday after the worst floodwaters in 60 years swamped large areas of western England.", "Flooding has caused widespread disruption across the country with further regions braced for more floods.", "British military and rescue workers battled to save a major electricity substation on the outskirts of Gloucester, England, that serves about 500,000 homes.", "About 1,000 Royal Navy personnel were building an emergency barrier to keep the Walham substation from flooding.", "Their efforts have been successful so far, the Gloucestershire Constabulary Emergency Services said Monday evening.", "Some 50,000 homes were already without electricity before the substation was threatened.", "Two major rivers -- the Thames and the Severn -- are well above their normal levels and may burst their banks, according to authorities.", "Watch as Britons brace for more flooding » .", "Britain's Environment Agency warned water levels could rise further to a \"critical level\" and issued nine severe flood warnings across the country.", "The worst affected areas are the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, which had more than 5 inches (12.5 cm) of rain in barely 24 hours.", "More rain is forecast, and the risk of flooding is increasing as floodwaters work their way into the river system.", "In the historic city of Gloucester, the River Severn is expected to burst its banks later Monday.", "The river is already nearly 15 feet (5 meters) above its normal level for this time of year and close to breaching its banks.", "See residents walk through flooded streets and homes » .", "Electricity and water supplies in and around the city are already cut to many residents, after a water treatment plant and electricity sub-station were flooded.", "The city of Tewkesbury is also flooded -- video from the area showed dozens of cars and homes under several feet of water.", "Officials said it would be at least 48 hours before they could gain access to the Mythe Water Pumping Station in Tewkesbury to return water supply to 70,000 customers in Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Cheltenham.", "\"There is no doubt this unprecedented situation has been testing for each and every one of the emergency services and our partner agencies,\" said Gloucestershire Chief Constable Timothy Brain.", "\"I must pay tribute to the marathon effort being made to prevent the situation from worsening and to support those affected by the flooding, loss of power, loss of water and other consequences of this extreme situation,\" he said.", "Hundreds of people in the worst affected areas have been plucked to safety by helicopters of the Royal Air Force and boats.", "Further north in Evesham, the River Severn is more than twice its normal width.", "So far this month England has had nearly two-and-a-half-times its normal rainfall.", "Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited Gloucester -- and promised to mobilize resources from across the country.", "He also announced increased funding for flood and coastal defenses across the country.", "\"Like every advanced industrialized country, we are coming to terms with the issues surrounding climate change,\" he said.", "The prime minister described the flooding as unprecedented, and brushed aside criticism of his government for the quality of flood defenses and a slow response to the crisis.", "\"I think the emergency services have done a great job,\" he said.", "\"I am satisfied people are doing everything they can.\"", "The wet weather for much of June and July across England and Wales has also affected crops.", "Farmers are predicting low yields and higher prices -- with several crops due to be harvested in the next month.", "Insurance companies are expecting claims worth hundreds of millions of dollars because of flood damage.", "More than 2,000 people spent Sunday night in emergency accommodation and the Royal Air Force and coastguard helicopters airlifted hundreds to safety in one of Britain's largest peacetime rescue operations.", "\"I'm afraid to say that I don't think we have seen the peak yet,\" John Harman, of the Environment Agency, told BBC radio.", "\"All this water that we have seen ... is now into the river system.", "Even though the rain has eased off a bit ... it's the water in the rivers now that constitutes a threat.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Flood waters in parts of England at 60-year highs .", "UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledges more funds to tackle floods .", "Tens of thousands of people without water and electricity .", "Environment Agency issues nine severe flood warnings ." ]	[ 8, 19, 22 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- \"I had to be stitched into those pants,\" Olivia Newton-John recalls of the skin-tight black trousers she worn in the film \"Grease\".", "That fact will come as no surprise to the millions of people who have watched the iconic scene at the end of the smash hit film musical.", "\"But they were quite comfortable,\" she assured CNN's Max Foster, \"despite what they looked like.\"", "But those trousers, \"made of some sort of shark skin material\" she says, plus a string of memorable songs from the film including \"Summer Nights\" and \"You're The One That I Want\" helped propel Olivia Newton-John to superstardom which has continued to this day.", "The British-born actress, who was raised in Australia from the age of five, was already an established singing star -- having won three Grammy Awards -- prior to being cast as Sandy Olssen alongside John Travolta's Danny Zuko in the 1978 film.", "And many of the songs from that era still rank among her favorites in a recording career which has produced over 30 albums including the 1981 double platinum selling \"Physical\" -- which spawned the single of the same name and a craze for spandex and leg warmers.", "\"The songs I did with John Farrar [the Australian producer and songwriter] are among my favorites.", "And a lot of those songs, 'Magic' and 'Suspended in Time' are on 'Xanadu,'\" [the soundtrack from the 1980 film].", "Of her more recent recordings she cites 2006's \"Grace and Gratitude\" as another favorite.", "\"It was a healing CD that was very personal for me,\" she said.", "After the runaway success of the early 1980s Newton-John was preparing for a comeback in 1992 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.", "The diagnosis changed the course of her life forever.", "After successfully beating the disease, Newton-John talked openly about her experience and became a passionate advocate for early detection and helping other women cope with the disease.", "\"I'm so grateful to be here, 17 years after being diagnosed,\" she told CNN.", "\"I want to empower other women to be really observant of their breast health and do regular breast self-examination.\"", "She also has a Website -- http://www.liv.com// -- which provides information on breast self-examination.", "\"When I talk to women in my age bracket, they're afraid.", "I understand the fear but if there is something wrong, the earlier you find it, the better chance you have of a healthy outcome,\" she said.", "Cancer awareness isn't the only cause she lends her name to.", "Along with her second husband John Easterling, who she married in 2008, Newton-John helps promote education about rainforests.", "\"We're helping educate the children of the Amazon to realize the importance of the living rainforest so that when the timber and oil companies come in they know to save it.\"", "Three decades on from her life-changing appearance in \"Grease\", Newton-John is still finding plenty things in her life to become hopelessly devoted to." ]	[ "Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John speaks to CNN's Connect the World .", "Star of hit musical \"Grease\" a prominent campaigner for breast cancer awareness .", "Newton-John also a passionate advocate of rainforest protection ." ]	[ 0, 10 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Europeans faced fresh winter misery Friday as plunging temperatures threw transport networks -- including the Channel Tunnel train service -- into chaos and dwindling cold weather resources raised concerns in a snow-blanketed Britain and other countries.", "Eurostar, which operates trains between Britain and France, announced it was canceling up to 50 percent of services Friday as bad weather caused a repeat of problems that led to major disruptions and long lines of frustrated and angry travelers last month.", "With satellite images showing the UK covered in snow from top to toe -- a rare modern event in a country that has experienced two decades of relatively mild winters -- authorities lacking snow plows and salt supplies were struggling to clear roads.", "Britain's weather forecasting Met Office is warning of continued icy conditions, drifting snow, severe frosts and dangerous wind chill factors across the country over the coming weekend, blaming the recent cold snap on freezing northerly blasts from the Arctic.", "It said icy conditions were expected to continue for the next two weeks.", "Forecasters were warning of similar conditions in France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic and parts of Italy in the days ahead.", "As temperatures plummeted to 30-year-lows of -22.3 Celsius (-8.1 Fahrenheit) in some parts of the UK, gas suppliers were reassuring users that there was no immediate likelihood that interruptions to fuel imposed on some businesses could spread to households.", "The National Grid, which handles supplies of natural gas across Britain, reported that is was expecting to cope with all-time record demand levels Friday after similar peaks a day earlier that called on 454 million cubic meters of gas.", "Despite the high demand -- and technical problems affecting gas flow from Norway -- National Grid spokeswoman Stephanie van Rosse said there was no danger of an interruption to supply.", "\"We've got plenty coming in,\" she told CNN.", "\"It's just a matter of balancing it.\"", "One of the companies whose gas was switched off was British Sugar, based in Peterborough, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of London.", "A spokesman there told CNN they had simply switched to using oil until the gas comes back on.", "\"It doesn't affect our production, so it's just business as usual,\" said the spokesman, who asked not to be named.", "\"It's a bit of a non-story, really.", "We just switch and it's no big problem.\"", "Main airports, including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton, were continuing to advise passengers to contact airlines before setting out as weather added to disruptions already caused by increased security in the wake of last month's failed U.S. plane bombing.", "Cold weather, blamed for 22 deaths countrywide, also shut schools across Britain and led to warnings of hazardous roads as grit and salt supplies wore thin, prompting local authorities to impose rationing.", "Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said Britain's only two suppliers of salt were operating at capacity as authorities' standard emergency provisions for six days of snowy weather ran dry.", "\"The two salt producers are working flat-out, 24 hours-a-day, and we have ordered more salt supplies from abroad,\" he told the BBC.", "\"But... we will face some difficult decisions about where we are going to prioritize gritting of roads in this exceptionally severe and prolonged cold weather.\"", "CNN's Melissa Gray and Barry Neild contributed to this story ." ]	[ "Eurostar cancels Channel Tunnel train services due to freezing temperatures .", "Temperatures plummet to 30-year lows in some parts of the UK .", "Fuel supplies say no interruptions to gas supplies imminent despite record demand ." ]	[ 6, 8 ]
[ "West Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- It's more than two hours before snowboard practice begins, two hours before Robert Beck will take his first picture, and he is trudging up the steep icy slope that is one lip of the halfpipe.", "Temperatures are just above freezing on Cypress Mountain, and Beck, a Sports Illustrated photographer for 24 years, is steadily ambling up the hill to stake out his position near the top.", "The climb is just 160 meters, but try doing it with a 50- or 60-pound pack on your back and a bad knee repaired just three weeks ago.", "It's going to be worth it; Beck knows precisely where he needs to be to get the perfect picture when the overwhelming gold medal favorite Shaun White performs.", "For the next nine hours Beck won't leave his spot -- he's not allowed to come back down until the competition is over -- so he has a bag full of equipment and provisions.", "He carries three camera bodies, four lenses, several radios to remotely trigger cameras and a bunch of Cliff bars.", "(McDonald's might sponsor these Games, but there's no Golden Arches on the hill).", "See 19 of Robert Beck's amazing SI photos from the Winter Games .", "He knows where to be to get the shot he wants because Beck and his assistant, Kohjiro \"Kojo\" Kinno have been photographing White for months, learning his every move and tendency.", "For instance, Beck knows the best time to shoot a close-up of White is during his first practice run because the snowboarder doesn't go as high then.", "They went to three World Cup events and the X Games, shooting White and his competitors in preparation for the Olympics.", "Then once in Vancouver it was off to every practice to test out different angles to shoot.", "\"We're trying to frame it just right,\" Beck said on the drive from his hotel to the venue.", "\"On their tricks, snowboarders are spinning so fast.", "Sometimes you never see their faces.", "You don't want to get pictures of rear ends or the bottom of the board.", "We want to get their faces if we can.\"", "Beck, who has more than 50 Sports Illustrated covers to his credit, is frustrated even before he climbs the hill.", "Kinno is an important part of the \"we\" he talks about.", "Kinno has been there for him for nearly seven years, handing him the right equipment, fixing things when they go wonky, running cards back to the work area and often being the voice of reason.", "But that won't happen today because officials wouldn't give Kinno a photographer's armband.", "He's not even allowed to shoot pictures from a lower area of the venue.", "It's almost like a pitcher without his catcher, though the understated Kinno often is the one who shakes Beck off.", "And then there's the eye roll. They have this way of disagreeing that only longtime friends can have.", "There's often disagreement, Kinno says, but they always come to an understanding.", "On this Wednesday at the halfpipe, Kinno will have to stay in front of a laptop all day, trying patiently to wait for runners to bring him the cards from the cameras.", "At least he has company.", "John Birk, photographer Al Tielemans' assistant, can't go with his photographer either.", "Tielemans will spot up on the other side of the pipe while photographer Bob Martin will be positioned at the bottom.", "Just before setting off for the hill, Beck gets a call from Steve Fine, SI's director of photography.", "Fine has a request for Beck to get White at a certain angle.", "Beck's sure he can't and tells Fine that he has a great shot in mind, looking up the pipe as White soars into action.", "Fine likes that but wants to have one with the crowd in the background.", "Beck and Kinno agree; it's not a clean shot from where Beck will be, but they can try and see what Fine says.", "You'd think that Beck can call the shots, so to speak, and send in his favorites from the 1,400 images he will take this day, but that's not the way it works.", "He lets the photo editors pick the ones they want.", "\"I don't suggest anything to those guys,\" Beck said.", "\"I can't control it. I make the best pictures I can, send them, in and it's out of my hands.'", "He seems cool with that.", "He's much more concerned with getting a shot that is different from other photogs.", "It's difficult -- well, almost impossible really -- to be inventive with this assignment, though.", "There are going to be several other photographers in the same area, and dozens all over the pipe.", "He'll try to nail it the best he can by using a different lens than others near him (maybe a 35 mm while lying down in the snow) and also through the use of a camera on a 12-foot stick he'll hold up.", "There's one big issue, though, with White.", "Beck says when he has used a remote-fired camera, he's able to get other snowboarders in the frame perfectly, but White soars so high that much of the time he's at the top of the frame, if he's even in the picture.", "Beck's assignment is not solely White; it's just that the 23-year-old budding legend is such a prohibitive favorite it makes sense to Beck that's his main target.", "He's shooting for the magazine, but he also hopes the Web site can use his photos.", "In fact, the Web is much more of a sure thing this time.", "Sports Illustrated's deadlines aren't until the weekend, and the magazine won't arrive at subscribers' homes until a week after the event, so Beck figures it's unlikely this gig has cover potential.", "And with Lindsey Vonn such a compelling story, too, he's not sure that he'll even get one image in the magazine.", "Celebration photos always play well, but only the photographers at the bottom will have White right in front of them.", "Beck halfway wishes he could shoot those photos instead of Martin.", "\"We're all basically competitive,\" he says wistfully.", "\"But you can't be both places.\" SI.com: Photos of White's winning run .", "White did the expected and easily won gold.", "Back in the work area, Beck says not everything went well.", "Counting practice, each rider who made the final made nine runs.", "Beck says he solved a problem with one of the remote cameras in time to shoot the first practice session, but at some point he accidentally hit the focus.", "\"Everything looked like Mr. Magoo [took them],\" he said.", "At least 75 percent of photography is problem solving, he said.", "(Two-and-half percent of photography is skill, he joked).", "It's knowing where to set up, knowing your equipment and knowing how to fix that equipment when it breaks.", "But while you're fixing things, you're missing pictures, and it's frustrating.", "And then there's just plain bad luck.", "Beck says that during one practice run a TV cameraman ran in front of him, snapping pictures on his phone.", "But these are the things you deal with, he says.", "He's a little down at dinner afterward because he caught a glimpse of the some of the other photographers' pictures.", "As he had predicted, a bunch of shots with White, his face one big smile, holding the U.S. flag.", "But later his mood changes when back at the hotel suite he logs onto the SI.com Web site.", "There is a picture, looking up the pipe of White, cast against a clear night sky, soaring through the air, on his way to a gold medal.", "As for the magazine, he'll be waiting, just like the rest of us ." ]	[ "Robert Beck has been a photographer with Sports Illustrated for 24 years .", "His assignment at the Winter Olympics: Shoot events at Cypress Mountain .", "To prepare for shooting halfpipe, Beck and assistant went to several events beforehand .", "Beck took 1,400 pictures in one day, not sure if any will make the magazine ." ]	[ 1, 7, 10, 30, 49 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho will be banned for the next three Italian Serie A games following a gesture he made during Saturday's controversial 0-0 draw against Sampdoria.", "League leaders Inter had two players sent off, while Sampdoria also had a man dismissed in a fiery encounter at the San Siro.", "Is your boss a \"Special One?\"", "Former Chelsea coach Mourinho was seen to cross his arms in the manner of being handcuffed -- a gesture aimed to suggest that Inter were being victimized by match officials -- after the first-half dismissals of defenders Ivan Cordoba and Walter Samuel.", "Mourinho, who has also been handed a $55,000 fine for the gesture, is now bannded from the touchline for the matches against Udinese, Genoa and Catania as Inter try to hold off the challenge of a rampant Roma side at the top of the table.", "To add to Inter's problems, Esteban Cambiasso and Sulley Muntari were handed two-game bans for their behavior towards match officials after the game, joining Samuel and Cordoba on the suspended list.", "The controversy comes just 48 hours before Inter host Mourinho's former club Chelsea in the last 16 of the Champions League -- the first time he has come face-to-face with the Londoners since his dismissal in September 2007." ]	[ "Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho will be banned for the next three Serie A games .", "It follows a 'handcuff' gesture made during the 0-0 draw with Sampdoria .", "Leaders Inter had two players sent off in the first half of a stormy encounter ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In 1909, Alice Ramsey blazed a path across America's landscape and society.", "Millions of women have followed in her tracks, few more precisely than Emily Anderson exactly 100 years later.", "Anderson was the lead driver in a re-enactment last summer of Ramsey's journey, when she became the first woman to drive an automobile from coast to coast.", "Both women drove a 1909 Maxwell DA from New York to San Francisco, California, but they traversed two very different Americas.", "\"It really was a tremendous effort by so many people to get us across the country,\" Anderson, an event planner from Seattle, Washington, said.", "\"It showed me the heart of America was open to us in a big way that I don't think would normally be so open had we been in a modern-day vehicle.\"", "Antique car enthusiast Richard Anderson recruited his 34-year-old daughter to drive the 1909 Maxwell DA he and two friends built from parts they scavenged from around the globe, and hand-fabricated when necessary.", "\"It all came down to a lot of books and manuals and guessing and putting a puzzle back together again with no instructions,\" Emily Anderson said.", "They got the car built and running in time to launch the drive on June 9 at 1930 Broadway, the address where Ramsey's journey began.", "Several of Ramsey's descendants were on hand, including two who rode along for a few miles.", "Anderson's Maxwell soon suffered the first of many breakdowns.", "\"That was a bit defeating, especially since it was our first day and we were pretty jazzed and motivated to get moving and get on the road,\" she said.", "Temporary repairs carried the car and crew about 1,800 miles to western Nebraska, where a master mechanic worked for more than five hours to fix the problem in a more permanent way.", "\"It was amazing to me that people would just stop their lives and do whatever they could to keep us moving,\" Anderson said.", "By Anderson's side was Christie Catania, her close friend and co-pilot.", "Catania described the co-pilot's job as \"navigation, waving, talking to people in the back seat; I was also the blinker, the mirrors, comic relief ...\" Librarian-storyteller Sally Barnett rode in the back seat most of the way.", "\"I love old cars, and I had read about Alice Ramsey years ago.", "She's one of my heroine-mentors,\" said Barnett, 67, of Huntsville, Alabama.", "\"... My part was to dress up as Alice and tell her story.\"", "The Maxwell's fourth seat was reserved for sponsors, dignitaries and special guests along the way, Anderson said.", "When she wasn't in the rear of the Maxwell, Barnett was riding in the back seat of other antique cars that fell into formation along the way, forming what enthusiast Leta Nichols of Orangevale, California, called \"a 3,000-mile parade.\"", "High-speed collisions with flying insects were a hallmark of the trip.", "\"You don't realize how valuable a windshield is until you ride in a car without a windshield, Barnett quipped.", "\"We were really acting as human windshields and bug-catchers,\" Anderson recalled.", "\"A couple times a day we had a teeth-cleaning.\"", "But at least the 2009 group had well-mapped, paved roads to travel on, part of the reason they were able to cross the country in 30 days, half the time it took Ramsey, who followed the general path of what would become the Lincoln Highway.", "\"We traveled at a faster rate simply because we could,\" Anderson said.", "\"Alice only had 152 miles of paved roadway in 1909, and those roads were primarily within the cities. ...", "Otherwise it was all wagon trails, and that's some difficult terrain to cross.\"", "The social terrain was equally difficult.", "Ramsey \"fit a category of woman in the early-20th century, late-19th century who was interested in quietly demonstrating that women were as capable as men in many of the things that had been considered manly pursuits,\" said Drake Hokanson, author of the book \"Lincoln Highway: Main Street Across America.\"", "The first cross-country drive by a man, Horatio Nelson Jackson, had been accomplished just six years before Ramsey set out.", "\"I can only imagine that the world said, 'Here's a woman with some gall.", "She can do this; why can't other women?'\" Hokanson said.", "\"And, of course, a lot of women did hit the road.\"", "Ramsey overcame sexism, but she didn't have to contend with huge tractor-trailers passing at 70 mph, kicking up debris and creating a gale-force draft around the open car.", "\"I learned to turn my head when trucks go by so the sand wouldn't hit you too hard,\" Barnett recalled.", "Anderson's Maxwell drove the final thousand miles with no first gear, which made crossing mountain ranges challenging.", "\"Hopefully you have a long downhill before the uphill so you can kind of take a big run at it,\" she said.", "\"And that's what we would do, just kind of gun it and try to go as fast as we could up the hill.\"", "The expedition's triumphal moment was the crossing of the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco -- something Ramsey couldn't have done in 1909 because the bridge wouldn't be built for another 28 years.", "\"The toll booth operator came out with her iPhone to take our picture,\" Barnett said.", "The entire journey was filmed by Emily Anderson's brother Bengt Anderson, a professional filmmaker in New York.", "A documentary is slated for release in 2010.", "The tour ended with champagne at a picturesque park.", "\"I would just encourage everyone to slow down and take some of the back roads and enjoy the Lincoln Highway and all these different highways I didn't know existed until I was fortunate enough to be a part of this drive,\" Catania said.", "\"Embrace the pace.", "Half of the fun is the journey.\"" ]	[ "Emily Anderson recreates Alice Ramsey's 1909 coast-to-coast auto odyssey .", "Both women made the journey from NYC to San Francisco in a 1909 Maxwell DA .", "Passing trucks kicked up debris and wind around the open car during 30-day trip .", "Anderson's Maxwell suffered many breakdowns and lots of people helped along the way ." ]	[ 2, 3, 6, 10 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Six Haitian orphans, at the airport and on their way to new lives in the United States, had their destination changed at the last moment.", "Now they are at an orphanage, under the custody of the Haitian government, while the details of their departure are sorted out.", "Sarah Thacker, a Minnesota woman who was in Haiti to bring home her newly adopted son, now finds herself facing allegations that the paperwork she held was forged.", "Thacker and two other women who helped her were not arrested, but are the subject of the incident that follows the arrests of 10 U.S. missionaries accused of taking a group of Haitian children out of the country without the proper paperwork.", "All 10 were charged with trying to take 33 children out of Haiti without any legal authorization after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated the country on January 12.", "Eight of them have been released on bail and have returned to the United States.", "Thacker and the two other women were going to escort six Haitian orphans to the United States to new families, including Thacker's adopted son, Reese.", "\"I can understand paranoia and absolutely, and I understand there was a story about people illegally taking children out of the country, but fear doesn't justify these actions,\" Stephanie Anderson, a volunteer who was helping Thacker, told CNN.", "On Saturday, the three women were outside the Port-au-Prince airport waiting in line to transport the children in a private plane when, Anderson says, they were surrounded by an angry mob of men demanding to see their paperwork.", "\"They started screaming at us that they are Haitian children, and who do we think we are taking their kids from their country, and these missionaries can't be stealing kids, and they started swearing and yelling at us,\" Anderson, who is not a missionary, said.", "The police were called in and the women were detained for eight hours, they told CNN.", "Full coverage of the earthquake's aftermath .", "The key document -- a permission signed by Haiti's prime minister -- was suspected as a fake by police, something the women and U.S. officials deny.", "There is no chance the paperwork is fake, Thacker said.", "A representative from the U.S. Embassy was with them during their ordeal and, in the end, police did not arrest the women but decided that the children would at least be temporarily placed in government custody.", "\"I was scared. It was my job to protect those children and I didn't feel I could protect them when I was being harassed,\" said Maria O'Donovan, who lives in Haiti and works at the orphanage where Reese and the other five children lived.", "CNN made attempts to reach the Haitian prime minister without success.", "Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is backing Thacker's efforts.", "\"They have filled out all the paperwork.", "This is a legitimate orphanage that has brought other children to America.", "And I feel like these little babies are just caught up in this international dispute, and it's just not fair,\" she said.", "CNN's Ismael Estrada contributed to this report." ]	[ "Police suspected key document -- permission signed by Haiti's PM -- was fake .", "Women, U.S. officials deny it is fake; CNN's attempts to Haitian PM unsuccessful .", "Case follows arrests of 10 U.S. missionaries .", "Missionaries charged with trying to take children out of Haiti without legal authorization ." ]	[ 4, 12, 16 ]
[ "Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- The headline on the front page of The Province newspaper says it all Monday: \"Lost Weekend.\"", "For Canadians, who came into the Winter Olympics full of pride, the weekend was one that they want to forget but cannot.", "The biggest loss came Sunday evening when Canada's hockey team, full of NHL all-stars, lost to the United States, a team known for its youth and Olympics inexperience.", "\"O No Canada,\" read the headline in The Vancouver Sun.", "On the sports page, the newspaper said, \"Woe Canada, U.S. sticks stake in our hearts.\"", "The streets of Vancouver, a frenzy of activity on Friday and Saturday night, were far less crowded after the game ended about 7 p.m. local time Sunday.", "Where many sidewalks were so crowded the previous two days that pedestrians were forced to walk in the road, tying up traffic in the downtown core, cars traveled easily Sunday.", "It was a stark contrast to the prior Sunday, when fans spontaneously sang \"O Canada\" late into the night when many of them knew they had to work the next day and should be at home.", "\"Last week, you could really feel it on the streets,\" said Steve Milton, a writer for the Hamilton Spectator and the author of 15 books on winter sports.", "\"There was a real testosterone level in the air, and [Sunday] night, it was toxic.\"", "After the game, one Canadian hockey player downplayed the pressure his team might feel.", "\"You're not trying to take 30 million people and put them on your shoulders,\" Corey Perry told the Montreal Gazette.", "Still, most observers feel that if Canada doesn't medal in men's hockey, its national winter sport, the Olympics will be a disaster.", "The country has mixed emotions after the loss to the U.S., Milton said.", "In one sense, it doesn't look like men's hockey team will be the cavalry riding in over the hill at the last minute to save the Olympics.", "But this was a preliminary round loss, and people have some hope this team can right itself in the next round.", "They sense -- and demand -- a big change to the lineup.", "Milton's e-mail inbox is filling at a much higher rate than normal, he said.", "It's all about the hockey team, and everyone is playing coach.", "Most say it's time to change goalies, taking out veteran Martin Brodeur and putting in Roberto Luongo for Tuesday's play-in game against Germany.", "\"It blunts our unhappiness when we have someone to blame,\" Milton said.", "\"It almost makes us feel better to blame it on Brodeur.\"", "The somber mood was made worse by the news that the 55-year-old mother of Canada's top figure skater, Joannie Rochette, died in Vancouver just a few days before she was her to see her daughter compete.", "Rochette is still scheduled to take part in Tuesday's short program.", "Although much of Canada will be watching the hockey game against Germany, viewers will also tune in to see how Rochette does.", "Visiting the Games?", "Send in an iReport .", "Part of the country's embarrassment is over the Own the Podium program that Canadian officials trumpeted before the Games.", "The government poured $117 million into it in the past five years.", "Officials predicted huge success for the host nation, including topping the medal count.", "But with one week left in the Olympics, the United States has a leading 24 medals, but Canada has only nine.", "Writers are starting to call it Blown the Podium or Flown the Podium.", "\"I think we'd be living in a fool's paradise to say we could catch the Americans and win,\" Chris Rudge, CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee, said Monday morning.", "\"We're not throwing in the towel.", "You never do that in a fight.\"", "Canadian officials say not to worry, things are going to improve.", "\"It was the 'U.S. Week' last week.", "This week will be ours,\" said Michael Chambers, president of the Canadian Olympic Committee." ]	[ "Newspaper: \"O No Canada\" after loss hockey loss to U.S.\nOlympic official: \"Fool's paradise\" to think Canada can catch U.S. now .", "Many Canada fans call for replacement of veteran goalie Martin Brodeur ." ]	[ 3, 4, 13, 19, 32 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- The legendary New York restaurant Tavern on the Green will close its doors after serving a last supper and hosting a New Year's party.", "The iconic spot on the western edge of Central Park will undergo major renovations under a new operator and may even retain its famous name, but to many patrons, this is indisputably the end of an era.", "Claudia Myers and Wayne Knowles, a semi-retired couple visiting from Norfolk, Virginia, were saddened by the news and decided to treat themselves to one last Tavern dinner.", "\"I came here years ago and had good memories,\" Knowles said.", "\"It's the atmosphere and ambience\" Myers added.", "\"Everyone knows what Tavern on the Green is and where is it\" -- here, Myers paused -- \"except one cab driver.", "It's just a neat place.", "It has history and it's in the park.\"", "Ed Brown and his wife, Judy, also were in town for the holidays from Plantation, Florida, and were aware of the restaurant's plans.", "\"It's my first and last time at eating at Tavern on the Green,\" Brown said.", "\"At least I can now say I ate there.\"", "Rodney Shephard recently was making preparations for his last party, for 1,500 guests.", "It's nothing the restaurant's maitre d' for the past 23 years couldn't handle, but he wasn't looking forward to his last party on his last day of employment at the restaurant.", "\"I never thought this day would come\" said Shephard, 52.", "\"Not like this. Not like the money-making machine that this place is.\"", "The restaurant served its first meal in 1936, when Mayor Fiorello La Guardia presided over its opening as the city and the country were trying to dig out from the Great Depression.", "The restaurant almost died in 1974 when the operator shuttered the \"rustic little money-losing pub,\" as New York Times food writer Eric Asimov later described it.", "But Warner LeRoy immediately took over the Tavern's lease and invested $10 million.", "He added two rooms to the existing four and installed scores of copper and brass chandeliers, Tiffany-style stained glass, bull's-eye glass mirrors and ornate pastel-colored fixtures, and a 167-foot mural depicting Central Park.", "After its 1976 reopening, words like \"playful,\" \"dazzling\" and \"eclectic\" were used to describe the restaurant's ambience and the menu.", "\"It was an over-the-top whimsical place,\" said longtime publicist Shelley Clark.", "Warner Leroy's father, Mervyn LeRoy, was the producer of the \"Wizard of Oz,\" A black-and-white photograph hanging in the Tavern shows Warner as a child with Judy Garland on the set of the movie.", "Jennifer Oz LeRoy, in her recently published book \"Tavern on the Green 125 Recipes for Good Times,\" -- co-authored by her mother, Kay -- described the vision of the restaurant that her father wanted.", "\"When he walked into the courtyard of the run-down building, he imagined something wholly original and incredible: He would build a room in that space that would look like the inside of a wedding cake.\"", "she recalled. \"He was a brilliant showman and a brilliant restaurateur.", "He was bigger than life.\"", "said the Tavern's chief operating officer, Michael Desiderio.", "\"He thought dining is like a great show, and when the curtain goes up everything must be perfect.\"", "Shephard, who started as a front desk manager, fondly recalled LeRoy and the sense of family that he brought to the establishment: \"It's like a second home.", "I consider the employees like your brothers and sisters, and now it's all going to be cut off.\"", "The restaurant became the destination for anniversaries, birthdays and family affairs, It served more than 500,000 people a year, an average of 1,400 dinners a night.", "Tourists eagerly descended upon the eatery for the crab cakes, wedge salad, salmon and parmesan-crusted chicken.", "Food critics were not so thrilled.", "Andrew Knowlton, restaurant editor for Bon Appetit magazine, said the restaurant has never been the greatest venue for foodies.", "\"When you're serving 2,000 meals a deal, I don't care if you're [chef] Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Daniel Boulud, you just can't put out that much of a volume and have top quality food.\"", "The LeRoy family was forced to file for bankruptcy in 2009 after losing a bidding war for to another proprietor, Dean Poll, who also owns the Boathouse Restaurant in Central Park.", "Once the restaurant closes, its contents will be auctioned off by Guernsey's auction house.", "As part of the 20-year license to operate the restaurant, Poll is expected to invest $25 million on renovations.", "While maintaining the Victorian historic features of the building, Poll's plan is to incorporate green building technology as well as replacing the kitchen and electrical and plumbing systems.", "The renovations, which are expected to take four years, will be conducted in phases so the restaurant can remain open.", "Attorney Barry LePatner, who represents Poll, said the new revitalized restaurant will become a popular destination for tourists and New Yorkers alike.", "\"The new incarnation of Tavern on the Green will integrate modern respect with an iconic location and a sensibility that will warm to New Yorkers\" LePatner said.", "\"We want more New Yorkers as well as tourists.\"", "LePatner said that while the terms of the lease are still being negotiated with the city parks department and issues with labor unions are still unresolved, Poll's vision is to create a new era.", "\"The game plan is to have one of the biggest creative moments in the history of the city, and bring Tavern on the Green back to its original, enhanced luster.\"", "One issue that is still left unresolved is the iconic name of the restaurant, which the current management estimates is valued at $19 million.", "The LeRoy family claims it trademarked the name in 1981.", "U.S. District Court Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum is expected to make a ruling in January.", "In the meantime, LePatner said, the city has filed a trademark for \"Tavern in the Park\" but that Poll would like to retain the original name and that it should rest with the site.", "Warner LeRoy, who was fond of flamboyant bashes, probably would approve of the Tavern's plan to say farewell on New Year's Eve.", "Over the park, as fireworks light up the sky and as the last party-goers exit, they will gaze at the 750,000 tiny white light bulbs that envelop the restaurant and just hope the new owners remember to keep the lights on." ]	[ "Legendary NYC restaurant Tavern on the Green to close its doors at end of year .", "Destination for 500,000 people a year for anniversary's, birthdays, tourist visits .", "Warner LeRoy spent $10 million on chandeliers, stained glass, mirrors in 1970s .", "After bankruptcy, LeRoy family fighting with new lease-holders over Tavern name ." ]	[ 0, 17, 30, 46 ]
[ "Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- The reputed leader of the Zetas drug cartel in the Mexican state of Veracruz was killed in a gunbattle with federal authorities, the Mexican attorney general's office has said.", "Braulio Arellano Dominguez, also known as \"El Gonzo,\" \"Zeta 20\" or \"El Verdugo,\" was mortally wounded when federal police and sailors went to search a house in the city of Soledad de Doblado, the attorney general said in a release Tuesday.", "Arellano Dominguez opened fire with a .38-caliber revolver and was wounded in the firefight, officials said.", "He died while being transported to a hospital.", "Three other suspects were arrested.", "Officials said they confiscated five cars, four motorcycles, a submachine gun, a hand grenade, four pistols, more than 150 rounds of ammunition, communication equipment, three bags containing unspecified powder and pills, 74,900 pesos ($5,655) and $107 in U.S. currency.", "Veracruz is in southeastern Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico coast.", "Los Zetas, formed by former Mexican elite commando-type soldiers, consists mostly of ex-federal and local police.", "The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration considers the group among the most advanced and violent of Mexico's drug cartels.", "Originally formed as the Gulf drug cartel's enforcement wing, the Zetas increasingly have branched out on their own.", "More than 12,000 people have been killed since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the drug cartels after taking office in December 2006.", "He has deployed thousands of military personnel and federal police in his battle against the drug traffickers." ]	[ "Reputed leader of Los Zetas cartel in Mexico's Veracruz state reportedly in gunbattle .", "Braulio Arellano Dominguez dies in firefight with authorities, attorney general says .", "Los Zetas considered one of Mexico's most advanced and violent drug cartels ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- I was in the building at Fort Hood, Texas, in June where 43 people were shot this week.", "I was sent to Fort Hood along with CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr and videographer Phil Littleton.", "During our visit, we were in and out of several buildings.", "One of them is now a crime scene, a killing ground in the heart of one of America's largest military installations.", "Col. Ben Danner was our public affairs escort.", "When I called him Thursday, Danner told me the shooting happened at the Soldier Readiness Center that we had visited during our trip.", "The purpose of our visit was to learn how Fort Hood was helping soldiers cope with stress and mental health problems.", "It was a high priority for the commanders there.", "I grabbed the tape and disks with the video from our trip and cued up the video of the center.", "It was just as I remembered -- a low, brick building.", "There was one main entrance.", "A sergeant/nurse was directing traffic as people constantly moved in and out.", "Once inside, the space was about the size of a basketball court.", "And there were lines, lines of soldiers everywhere.", "The lines to our right were about half a dozen soldiers deep.", "Those folks were standing.", "To the left, about 60 or so soldiers were waiting in another line.", "They got to sit in metal folding chairs.", "But as the line moved, they moved from chair to chair.", "I don't think any of them got to sit in the same chair more than 30 seconds.", "The place looked like the Department of Motor Vehicles at lunchtime on the last Friday of the month.", "Only everybody was in Army camouflage fatigues.", "Beyond those lines were cubicles, each one with a least one line leading into it.", "All these soldiers were getting paperwork stamped or signed.", "Or they were undergoing routine medical examinations.", "One area was just for vaccinations.", "Everyone got poked with a needle at least once.", "Everything was done out in the open, with only cubicle walls to keep soldiers in one line from seeing what soldiers in the other line were going through.", "I was able to wander around and watch, while Barbara talked to the top officers and Phil took video of all the goings on.", "I remember the only place where someone could get privacy was way in the back, a few small offices with walls and a door that could be closed.", "I was told that's where soldiers would be taken if a routine mental health exam indicated a more thorough one might be needed.", "What I don't remember was a back door.", "There may have been one. I probably missed it.", "But the only door I remember is the one where the sergeant/nurse was directing traffic.", "And I've been thinking about her as the details of the shootings emerged.", "The sergeant/nurse was a no-nonsense woman.", "She'd greet everyone just as they walked in (first making sure they removed their hats).", "If they had the right paperwork, she sent them to the first of what would be many lines.", "If they didn't have the right paperwork, she'd turn them around and send them out to get it.", "And when the soldiers had gone through all the lines, there was to be no loitering by that door.", "She'd send them on their way. I don't remember her exact rank.", "But I know she was a nurse; I asked her because she reminded me of my sister who is a nurse and also skilled at \"running the show.\"", "After we were done in June, I went to her and told her that while there were plenty of captains, majors and colonels around, I could tell this was her facility.", "I was grateful she let us take pictures inside there that day.", "She gave me a quick smile and went right back to work.", "As I write this, I worry about that sergeant/nurse.", "Since I don't remember her name, I may never know if she was there when the horror erupted.", "If she was working, I'm sure she would have stopped the gunman, asking him why he was there.", "If he was holding two guns, he may not have been able to remove his cap.", "She may not have had enough time to say something.", "I hope she did not become his first victim.", "Maybe she's safe and sound, at home with her loved ones.", "But 43 others are not safe and sound.", "And all over the country, people with friends and family Army are worried about their loved ones.", "Was he or she in that building, stuck in line when the shooting began?" ]	[ "CNN's Larry Shaughnessy had assignment at Fort Hood in June .", "Visit focused on efforts to help soldiers cope with stress, mental health problems .", "Shaughnessy likens the Soldier Readiness Center to a busy DMV .", "Watch a CNN investigation on the shootings at Saturday 8 p.m.", "ET on CNN TV ." ]	[ 0, 5, 6 ]
[ "(Sunset) -- From urban epicurean retreats to snowy chalets accessed by snowmobile, these lofty restaurants will lift your spirits .", "Jump into a Sno-Cat and ride to Cloud 9 in Aspen.", "Cloud Nine Alpine Bistro .", "Aspen, Colorado .", "No need to be a skier to glimpse Aspen's best mountaintop views; just jump into a Sno-Cat and head up Aspen Highlands for an intimate four-course meal.", "What's for dinner: Look for elk chops and pumpkin gnocchi, oyster-stuffed roasted Cornish game hen with chanterelles and horseradish purée.", "INFO: Sno-Cat dinners are held on Thursday nights December through March; $125, including transportation; reservations required; 970/923-8715.", "--Lori Midson .", "Fresh Tracks Café .", "Nelson, B.C.", "Sure, locals love the deep, sugary snow, but what we love most about Whitewater Winter Resort in the Canadian Selkirk Mountains is the food.", "In fact, the clamor for Burgundian-trained chef Shelley Adams's tasty creations has grown so loud that her cookbook, \"Whitewater Cooks: Pure, Simple and Real Creations from the Fresh Tracks Café\" (Whitecap Books, 2007; $30 U.S.), is already into its fourth printing, and volume two is on the way.", "What's for dinner: Whiskey-smoked salmon chowder, burgers piled high with caramelized onions and goat cheese.", "INFO: Entrées average $12 or less; Whitewater Winter Resort; 800/666-9420.", "--Deana Lancaster .", "Timberline Lodge .", "Mt. Hood, Oregon .", "WPA-era hand-hewn furniture and unforgettable views converge 6,000 feet up Mt.", "Hood in the lodge's Cascade Dining Room.", "What's for dinner: Dishes like salmon coulibiac, handmade desserts.", "INFO: Entrée prices average more than $30; reservations required; 503/622-0700.", "--Bonnie Henderson .", "Different Pointe of View .", "Phoenix, Arizona .", "Who needs snowcapped peaks and alpine meadows when you can see swaying palms, pink oleanders and showstopping views of downtown Phoenix?", "The Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort's 1,800-foot-high perch on a rocky mountain is the place to get perspective on the desert.", "What's for dinner: Classic lobster bisque, truffle-grilled filet mignon.", "INFO: Entrée prices average more than $30; 11111 N. Seventh St.; 602/866-6350.", "--Nora Burba Trulsson .", "Yamashiro . Hollywood, California .", "Dinner at Yamashiro is as much an escape from reality as any Hollywood film.", "Surrounded by Japanese gardens and built from teak and cedar, the restaurant high above Hollywood Boulevard is an exact handcrafted replica of a palace outside Kyoto.", "The rooms within are like a series of scenes, each with a different mood.", "What's for dinner: Asian barbecue baby back ribs with ginger black beans and sweet-potato fries, or sushi and sashimi.", "INFO: Entrée prices average more than $30; 1999 N. Sycamore Ave.; 323/466-5125.", "--Matthew Jaffe .", "Parallax Sno-Cat dinners .", "Mammoth Mountain, California .", "Like the tanklike Sno-Cat that's been stylishly retrofitted with plush seats, the midmountain restaurant at McCoy Station transforms itself from a chili-and-fries ski lodge into a candlelit enclave with white tablecloths and five-course meals on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and holidays.", "What's for dinner: Entrées like roasted venison loin chop, macadamia-crusted halibut.", "INFO: Three-course dinners are $79 per person; five courses with wine pairings for $139 -- transportation included in the price of dinner; December 14--30 (closed December 25) and January 1-5; reservations required; 800/626-6684.", "--Tim Neville .", "The Yurt at Solitude .", "Solitude, Utah .", "Don a pair of skis or snowshoes for the 3/4-mile trek from Solitude Village to this mountainside Mongolian yurt.", "What's for dinner: Granny Smith apple-and-stilton salad, pan-seared Long Island duck breast with balsamic mashed sweet potatoes.", "INFO: Closed Mon; $100 per person, including equipment rental; reserve two months in advance; 12000 Big Cottonwood Canyon; 801/536-5709.", "--Kate Siber .", "Zach's Cabin .", "Beaver Creek, Colorado .", "Bundle under blankets for the open-air ride from the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch to Zach's Cabin, high up in an aspen grove at 9,000 feet.", "What's for dinner: Elk short loin with roasted fingerling hash and a cherry demi-glace, nori- and sesame-dusted tuna with crispy lotus chips.", "INFO: Entrée prices average more than $30, including transportation (lunch for members only); closed Sunday-Monday through March; reservations required; in Beaver Creek Resort at Ritz-Carlton; 970/754-6575.", "--Jane McConnell .", "Crystal Hut .", "Whistler, B.C.", "Blackcomb Mountain, just 75 miles from Vancouver, British Columbia, is famous for extra-long, thigh-burning runs, gloriously steep powder bowls and waffles.", "Find the thick and fluffy Belgian-style ones made to order at lunch in the Crystal Hut, a cozy log cabin notched onto a ridge at the top of the 6,053-foot Crystal chairlift.", "What's for dinner (or lunch): Waffles.", "Or, after dark, fondue by candlelight.", "INFO: Lunch: average entrée prices less than $12; fondue dinner: $169 U.S., including transportation; at Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort; 604/938-1616.", "--D.L. Pacific's Edge .", "Carmel Highlands, California .", "Okay, it's not really that high up, but vertiginous views of the Pacific crashing against rocks far below make it feel lofty in its own way.", "What's for dinner: Local abalone, Hawaiian blue marlin sashimi, beef tenderloin.", "INFO: Entrée prices average more than $30; closed Tuesday-Wednesday; at Highlands Inn; 831/622-5445.", "--Margo True E-mail to a friend .", "Enter to win a monthly Room Makeover Giveaway from MyHomeIdeas.com .", "Copyright 2004-2009 Sunset magazine.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "The Fresh Tracks Café in Nelson, B.C.", "offers simple food at great prices .", "The 3/4-mile trek to Solitude, Utah's Yurt at Solitude works up your appetite .", "The Crystal Hut in Whistler, B.C.", "is known for its fluffy waffles ." ]	[ 8, 9, 42, 43, 44, 55, 57, 58 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- A British court has granted Tiger Woods an injunction prohibiting the publication of pictures of him taken or obtained in certain circumstances.", "The order prevents CNN saying what those circumstances are.", "The High Court in London issued the injunction Thursday afternoon, said the Schillings law firm, which is representing Woods.", "\"For the avoidance of doubt, this order is not to be taken as an admission that any such photographs exist,\" Schillings said in a letter sent to legal departments of British publications.", "\"Our client is not aware of any images and in any event he would not have consented to any such photographs being taken, nor would he have consented to the dissemination or exploitation of the same.\"", "The court document says anyone who violates the order may be held in contempt of court and may be fined, imprisoned or have assets seized.", "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 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 speak with investigators on several occasions.", "In the week after the crash, Woods apologized for \"transgressions\" that let his family down.", "On the same day, gossip magazine US Weekly published a report alleging that Woods had an affair with a 24-year-old cocktail waitress named Jaimee Grubbs.", "\"I have let my family down, and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart.", "I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves,\" he said in a December 3 statement on his official Web site.", "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." ]	[ "UK court prohibits publication of photos of Tiger Woods taken in certain circumstances .", "Tiger Woods' petition does not acknowledge such photos exist .", "Golfer in spotlight after car crash, allegations of affairs ." ]	[ 0, 9 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- We had not been in Port-au-Prince in a month, not since those horrible days following the earthquake when the city looked like wreckage.", "The city seemed so upbeat when we arrived Saturday morning on one of the first flights in since commercial airlines resumed service.", "Musicians wearing Western Union T-shirts greeted us near the hanger that now passes as baggage claim.", "Next to our hotel, street vendors peddled souvenirs outside a tent city surrounding the presidential palace.", "But those optimistic signs were eclipsed Sunday night when a torrent of rain poured down on this wounded city where outdoor tent communities have sprouted up in every empty space.", "Then, just after 4:30 a.m. Monday, an aftershock of magnitude 4.75 shook and shook and finally gave a last forceful jerk before stopping.", "You could hear the wails on the street, the confused voices of people arguing over whether to stay outside or risk going back in.", "This one-two punch of natural forces reverberated through the most vulnerable communities.", "Full coverage of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti .", "Ariana Manassero, 17, raced into the main room of her home following the tremor.", "Her parents direct the Maison de Lumiere, but the girls' home is unstable, so Ariana watches over the little ones at her house.", "They immediately started screaming.", "\"When is it going to end?\" she asked before spending her day coddling some very traumatized children.", "Daphne, 4, clung to Ariana, shaking, acting out, sobbing for no good reason.", "The big quake on January 12 had rattled a cinder block wall in her play yard, crushing her leg, which now has a cherry red cast.", "The aftershock left her completely undone.", "All day, staff members of Maison surveyed the damage to their community.", "A tent city they helped build across from their school had puddles of water sitting in the \"homes.\"", "Women ran up to the staff asking for food, new tarps and clean water for their children.", "The same scene unfolded in a nearby ravine whose inhabitants had attended a Sunday morning service at Maison.", "That day, women from the ravine had come escorting children who'd been washed with soap and rain water.", "Singing and laughing had filled the air.", "By Monday, the heavy rain had soaked their tents where the \"roofs\" are made of scarves and sheets.", "The weather had become a great equalizer, reducing the people and the animals to the same conditions.", "In one alley, a father bundled a newborn with whatever he could find.", "In another, a dog cuddled her new puppies.", "Baby goats foraged for food in the garbage.", "Chicks picked at droppings.", "No one had eaten fresh food in a week, and the Maison staff brought baby formula and rice.", "People pushed aside the dogs, the goats and the chicks and neatly lined up.", "Sad stories floated around the crowd.", "A woman who had attended the services had died after the aftershock, her heart suddenly seizing.", "A missionary worried aloud about a newborn wrapped in plastic whose parents had no formula for the baby's first five days.", "The situation only worsened early Tuesday.", "For the second time in as many days, an earthquake struck in the overnight hours.", "The magnitude 4.7 aftershock was centered about 20 miles west-southwest of Port-au-Prince.", "It hit at 1:26 a.m. Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.", "A second smaller quake shook the area a few minutes later.", "No immediate reports of damage were made, but the aftershock sent frightened people once again out into the bug-filled night.", "When is this going to end? It doesn't seem like an answerable question.", "The rain swells the latrines and unearths the sewage.", "Aftershocks rattle nerves and rearrange piles of debris.", "People sleeping outside now feel threatened by the rains, but sleeping inside carries the threat of the seemingly never-ending aftershocks.", "In the food line, the crowd was so quiet for people who looked hungry and faced a long wait.", "Not much to say when a step forward is followed by a big leap back." ]	[ "CNN's Soledad O'Brien and her crew return to Port-au-Prince more than a month after quake .", "At first, they see signs of optimism among the people .", "A torrential rain and sharp aftershocks quickly squelch the new-found hope .", "Misery continues to stalk people who are weary of battling nature's harsh realties ." ]	[ 0, 11, 22, 23, 31, 36, 42 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- He was talking about health care, but President Obama could have just as easily been summing up his entire first year when he made some blunt comments in a closed-door meeting with House Democrats last week.", "Democratic sources who were in the room say Obama, pressed by liberals angry about the reform package getting watered down, decided to quote Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who said recently: \"What we're building here is not a mansion, it's a starter home.", "It's a starter home, but it's got a great foundation for expanding health care coverage to 31 million Americans.\"", "Obama's point was that he believes the health bill -- if it can pass (and that's in real doubt now) -- would be a dramatic step forward but is just the first draft.", "He hopes to come back later in his presidency to pass a second reform package that finishes the job.", "The same goes for other big Obama promises like energy reform to deal with climate change and financial regulatory reform to clean up Wall Street -- \"mansions\" that have not been built yet, even though a strong \"foundation\" has been put down to meet these promises in the future.", "But Republican Scott Brown's stunning victory in Massachusetts on Tuesday suggests Obama may not even get the first draft of health care reform through Congress, because of a huge split in his own party: Angry liberals in the House are signaling they will not rush through what they consider to be the Senate's weak version of reform before Brown gets seated in the Senate, while skittish conservative Democrats in the Senate, like Ben Nelson of Nebraska, may no longer be on board with any kind of reform, out of a fear of becoming the next Martha Coakley.", "The broader problem Obama has been facing, even before Massachusetts, is that securing a mere \"starter home\" on health care or any other major issue is a far cry from the sky-high expectations he set for his supporters one year ago, when they were shouting \"Yes We Can!\"", "after a campaign in which he laid out plans for dramatic change.", "To be fair, the president warned in his inaugural address, one year ago Wednesday, that all of the nation's problems would not be solved so quickly.", "\"They are serious, and they are many,\" he said then.", "\"They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.\"", "Nevertheless, most Americans skipped past that section of the speech, and focused instead on Obama's promise to end the bitter partisan divide in Washington on the way to shaking up the system.", "That goodwill from the early days evaporated quickly, and the president's approval ratings have dipped as disappointment has grown among the very independent voters who helped elect him in 2008.", "That's why he very deliberately tried to recalibrate expectations at a Washington church this Sunday as he delivered remarks celebrating the birthday of the Rev.", "Martin Luther King Jr. \"There was a hope shared by many that life would be better from the moment that I swore that oath,\" Obama said.", "\"Of course, as we meet here today, one year later, we know the promise of that moment has not yet been fully fulfilled.", "Because of an era of greed and irresponsibility that sowed the seeds of its own demise, because of persistent economic troubles unaddressed through the generations, because of a banking crisis that brought the financial system to the brink of catastrophe, we are being tested -- in our own lives and as a nation -- as few have been tested before.\"", "Poll: 51 percent approve of Obama after first year .", "Channeling the outrage that fueled Brown's upset victory in Massachusetts, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia said the reason for the disconnect is that the president dropped the talk of unity too quickly and instead \"forged ahead with a narrow ideological agenda that has compromised his ability to create sustainable jobs and thereby fix our nation's most pressing problems.\"", "In an op-ed on the new conservative Web site Daily Caller, Cantor charged his party has offered to work with the president but he has \"paid our proposals mere lip service when the cameras are on, only to rebuff our ideas in their entirety once the meeting ends.", "As a result, the history books may well look back on the beginning of the Obama presidency as the era of squandered opportunities.\"", "White House press secretary Robert Gibbs insists Republicans have not made serious overtures to meet the president halfway, perhaps hoping instead that Obama's struggles will help the GOP in the November midterm elections.", "And Gibbs says the real reason for Obama's problems stems from the fact that he made some tough decisions on unpopular -- but necessary -- government interventions to save the economy.", "\"Ensuring that the banks didn't collapse was not a popular decision,\" Gibbs said.", "\"The president strongly believes it was the right one.", "Ensuring that two domestic auto companies didn't go out of business -- not popular.", "Again, the president believed it was the right decision to make.\"", "Obama also frequently reminds the public that in addition to inheriting that financial crisis, he was also handed two unpopular wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a continuing threat from al Qaeda, that have tested his mettle as commander in chief.", "All of that has weighed on Obama's approval rating, especially the difficult decision to send more than 50,000 additional U.S. troops to escalate the war in Afghanistan.", "The terror incident on Christmas Day was a fresh reminder that national security is a wild card for any president.", "As each day in office passes, it will become harder and harder for Obama to continue pointing the finger of blame at former President George W. Bush for all of the \"inherited\" problems.", "And in a strange way, Tuesday's election loss could help Obama refocus his agenda at the start of year two.", "A top Democratic strategist close to the White House said that it's a lot better for the White House to take its lumps now and readjust priorities in the weeks ahead to avoid much larger losses in the midterm election -- rather than coasting along now and then getting hit with an awful surprise in November.", "But will Obama and his top aides dig in and refuse to move to the middle a bit?", "Or will they acknowledge that Massachusetts is a wake-up call, as Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and other moderate Democrats have suggested, and make some adjustments?", "Then-President Clinton was briefly humiliated by the 1994 midterm election debacle caused in large part by his overreaching health care effort, but he quickly picked himself up off the canvas and started focusing on bite-sized initiatives that won Republican support and positioned him for an easy re-election victory in 1996.", "Ron Pollack, head of the liberal health group Families USA, is pushing Obama to finish off health reform quickly before Democrats lose their 60-vote supermajority in the Senate.", "But Pollack also said he thinks on some of the other big issues after health reform, like climate change and Wall Street regulatory reform, \"they will have to get some Republican\" lawmakers on board, and the new political reality may force some compromise on both sides.", "But Pollack added that it's \"way premature\" to suggest the Massachusetts race will bring a major shift to the political climate.", "He's still confident that as the unemployment picture improves down the road, \"people will see the good in Obama's policies\" on health and other matters, and his standing will improve.", "Of course, there's also the possibility the public mood continues to sour on the economy and Obama's other key initiatives like health care.", "Brown seemed to be warning in his victory speech Tuesday night that the anti-incumbent anger Obama rode into office could wind up blowing up in his face in November.", "\"What happened here in Massachusetts can happen all over America,\" Brown said to cheers.", "In fact, when Brown talked about scrapping the health reform effort and starting over because \"we can do better,\" the Republican crowd started a chant that had to send a tiny shiver down the spine of even the most confident White House staffer.", "\"Yes we can!\" Brown's supporters shouted. \"Yes we can!\"" ]	[ "Obama stresses building foundation for future steps toward his agenda .", "Republican win in Massachusetts could create split among Democrats .", "Obama also faces gap between high hopes at his inauguration and reality now .", "One expert says it's better for White House to take its lumps now, before midterm elections ." ]	[ 32, 33 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An American missionary family living in Haiti has been providing virtually nonstop reports about the devastation from Tuesday's earthquake and tracking down information on others serving there.", "\"There is no way to even begin to share the things we've heard and seen since 5 p.m. yesterday,\" Tara Livesay wrote on the family's blog Wednesday morning.", "\"To do so would take hours that we don't have to give right now.", "Some of them feel wrong to tell.", "Like only God should know these personal horrible tragedies.\"", "Tara and Troy Livesay are country directors for World Wide Village, a Minnesota-based charitable organization providing Christian education, health care, nutrition and micro-enterprise opportunities to children and families in Haiti.", "\"Sometimes life in Haiti leaves you wondering 'Where are you God?'", "and other times we witness miracles with our own eyes,\" they write in their blog profile.", "Besides Troy and Tara, the household in Port-au-Prince is made up of daughter Paige, 15, and \"the crew\": Isaac, 8, Hope, 7, Noah, 5, Phoebe Joy, 3, Lydia Beth, 2, Annie, also 2, and Peanut the dog.", "Some of the children are adopted.", "Daughter Britt, 19, lives in Texas with her husband, Chris.", "In addition, there's Jeronne, the children's nanny.", "(\"She is the MVP around here.", "We love her and think of her as family,\" the blog says.)", "Finally, there's Tipap, Troy's assistant, security chief and all-around handyman, who lives at the World Wide Village Guest House.", "The Livesays see themselves and their efforts as \"a work in progress -- trying to make the love of Jesus known while learning to know Him better ourselves.\"", "That work since Tuesday evening has been consumed by gathering and reporting information about the quake and accounting for missing missionaries and other people.", "Troy Livesay's reports came in the form of tweets that alternated between raw descriptions and expressions of hope: .", "\"... covered in dust and debris ... we saw a few bodies that had been pulled out of the rubble laying dead in the sidewalk ... many others injured\" \"Church groups are singing throughout the city all through the night in prayer.", "It is a beautiful sound in the middle of a horrible tragedy.\"", "\"The worst damage is in Carrfour (South of Port, near the Palace) we are hearing that many two and three story buildings did not make it.\"", "\"Tipap made it home from Carrefour - saw many dead bodies and injured along the way - said most buildings w/more than one story are down.\"", "\"The Haitian people are out praying together -- aftershock happening right now.\"", "Share your images and accounts .", "On the blog, Tara Livesay's writing is both pained and eloquent: .", "\"The few things we can confirm -- yes the four story Caribbean Market building is completely demolished,\" she posted.", "\"Yes it was open. Yes the National Palace collapsed.", "Yes Gov't buildings nearby the Palace collapsed.", "Yes St Josephs Boys home is completely collapsed.", "Yes countless countless - countless other houses, churches, hospitals, schools, and businesses have collapsed.", "There are buildings that suffered almost no damage.", "Right next door will be a pile of rubble.", "\"Thousands of people are currently trapped.", "To guess at a number would be like guessing at raindrops in the ocean.", "Precious lives hang in the balance.", "When pulled from the rubble there is no place to take them for care Haiti has an almost non existent medical care system for her people.", "\"I cannot imagine what the next few weeks and months will be like.", "I am afraid for everyone.", "Never in my life have I seen people stronger than Haitian people.", "But I am afraid for them. For us. \"When the quake hit it took many seconds to even process what was happening.", "The house was rocking back and forth in a way that I cannot even begin to describe.", "It felt fake. It felt like a movie.", "Things were crashing all over the house.", "It felt like the world was ending.", "I do not know why my house stands and my children all lie sleeping in their beds right now.", "It defies logic and my babies were spared while thousands of others were not.", "\"There are friends and co-workers that are missing.", "People whom no-one can account for.", "People we work with and love.", "There are more than I can name, but in particular we wait on one single friend who lived near the Hotel Montana -- which has reportedly collapsed.\"", "She concludes the post with an appeal: .", "\"The horror has only just begun and I beg you to get on your knees -- I truly mean ON YOUR KNEES and pray for the people of this country.", "The news might forget in a few days - but people will still be trapped alive and suffering.", "Pray. Pray. Pray. After that - PLEASE PRAY.\"" ]	[ "Wife blogs, husband tweets after earthquake strikes .", "Troy, Tara Livesay are missionary couple with houseful of children .", "Troy issues tweets from streets of Port-au-Prince .", "Tara addresses emotions of disaster, pleads for prayers ." ]	[ 5, 8, 10, 17, 53 ]
[ "Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- The Japanese government has ordered repairs to seats aboard planes operating in several countries after accusing the manufacturer of falsifying safety test results.", "Koito Industries Ltd. falsified fire- and shock-resistance test results in the design and manufacturing of its aircraft seats, the Japanese Transport Ministry said in a news release.", "The company also failed to obtain the necessary approval from transportation authorities for the material it used in the back of seats, near the food tray drop-down, the ministry said.", "The problem affects 150,000 seats.", "The ministry has ordered Koito to fix the seats and establish quality-control measures.", "The affected airlines operate in Japan, the United States, China and Singapore.", "The seats are mainly aboard Boeing and Airbus planes, The New York Times quoted Koito President Takashi Kakewaga as saying Monday in Tokyo.", "Several airlines, including Continental Airlines, Singapore Airlines and All Nippon Airways, have postponed introducing aircraft recently because of delays in getting seats from Koito, the newspaper said.", "Koito is Japan's largest supplier of aircraft seats, manufacturing them for 32 carriers worldwide.", "Koito also manufactures and sells electrical equipment and is involved in housing construction.", "Toyota owns 20 percent of the shares of Koito Industries' parent company.", "The aircraft seat problem follows troubles with Toyota automobiles that have tarnished the company's image.", "On Tuesday, Toyota's president apologized as he announced the global recall of more than 400,000 of the automaker's 2010 hybrid models, including the popular Prius, for problems in their anti-lock braking systems.", "In addition, two problems involving gas pedals caused Toyota to recall 8.1 million vehicles worldwide since November.", "CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki contributed to this report." ]	[ "Airline seat manufacturer accused of false test results, use of unapproved materials .", "Problem affects 150,000 seats; government has ordered seats be fixed .", "Koito Industries also ordered to establish quality-control measures ." ]	[ 0, 3, 4 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- The fashion world was Friday mourning the death of celebrated British designer Alexander McQueen as questions were raised over the future of his multi-million dollar luxury clothing brand.", "A day after McQueen was found dead in his London home, the 40-year-old's flagship store in the city was closed, while flowers were laid in honor and a flag was flown at half mast over the shuttered doorway.", "A manager at the Alexander McQueen store in New York, where similar memorial scenes of flowers and candles were reported, said the shop would also be closed in light of the designer's death.", "McQueen's New York fans show support .", "Emerging from a modest background as the son of an east London taxi driver to become a household name, McQueen's success has been hailed as a testament to his talent, but analysts say there are doubts his name will endure.", "Design brands have previously outlived their founders, with notable examples being the success of Frenchman Yves Saint Laurent's empire despite his death in 2008, and the survival of Gianni Versace's label following his 1997 murder.", "Industry insiders say McQueen's hands-on involvement in his business as the creative driving force behind the label's bold and eccentric output will be difficult to sustain without the designer at the helm.", "Gucci Group, which acquired a 51 percent stake in the McQueen brand in 2001, has yet to make a statement on the future of the label and its 11 stores worldwide which, according to the Financial Times, was not profitable until 2007.", "The fashion house has not disclosed current figures for the brand which, the Times of London newspaper reported Gucci paid £13.6 million ($21.2 million) for its stake in.", "Tim Gadoffre, CEO of luxury brand analyst Marival & Company, said McQueen's death represented a \"disaster\" for the brand and said there would be substantial doubts over the label's ability to survive its visionary founder's death.", "Says Gadoffre, despite huge celebrity success, the McQueen brand had only just been consolidated as a going concern and the next decade would have been crucial in converting the designer's name into a long-term franchise.", "\"It is too early to tell, but I'm not convinced it is possible to project the business any further without him,\" he told CNN.", "Nevertheless, retailers were reporting a sharp rise in sales of McQueen items in the immediate wake of his death.", "A spokeswoman for the upscale Liberty of London department store told CNN it had seen a 14-fold increase in McQueen brand sales, with top sellers including his signature skull print scarf and main line collection.", "McQueen's death reportedly occurred on the eve of the funeral of his mother, Joyce, with whom he was said to have a very close relationship .", "Tributes have poured in for McQueen, with many in the fashion and film industry hailing the \"enfant terrible\" for his diverse clothing creations and for dressing stars such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Nicole Kidman.", "\"His brilliant imagination knew no bounds as he conjured up collection after collection of extraordinary designs,\" said British Vogue Editor Alexandra Shulman, adding that his work \"influenced a whole generation of designers.\"", "\"His death is the hugest loss to anyone who knew him and for very many who didn't,\" she said in a statement on the magazine's Web site.", "\"We are deeply shocked and saddened at the news of Alexander McQueen's untimely death,\" said a statement on the London Fashion Week Web site.", "\"He was a unique talent and one of the world's greatest designers.", "Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this sad time.\"", "Although McQueen was not showing a collection at the London Fashion Week, he was to unveil his ready-to-wear collection at the Paris fashion shows in March.", "His 2010 spring/summer collection featured alien-inspired makeup and prints, according to Vogue, and \"was lauded as his best by the fashion press.\"", "Dresses in that ready-to-wear line had exaggerated tiny waists and rounded hips, and models on the catwalk wore high club-like boots with them.", "Model Naomi Campbell said she was \"truly devastated\" by McQueen's death.", "\"His talent had no boundaries and he was an inspiration to everyone who worked with him and knew him,\" she said in a statement released by her publicist.", "Designer Carolina Herrera called McQueen \"one of a -kind\" and said in a statement that he was \"one of the most talented designers of his generation.", "This is a big loss for the world.\"", "The designer was born as Lee Alexander McQueen in 1970 in London's East End, the son of a taxi driver.", "He left school with few qualifications, but later studied fashion at London's prestigious St. Martin's College and worked on the famous Savile Row street of tailors at a company that made suits for Prince Charles.", "One anecdote that helped cement his bad-boy image claimed that he had once embroidered a suit for the Prince of Wales with a profanity sewn into the lining.", "His clothing line was purchased in 1991 by stylist Isabella Blow, who became a close friend.", "She committed suicide in 2007, five years after his label was brought into the Gucci Group." ]	[ "NEW: Fate of McQueen's fashion brand uncertain after designer's death .", "McQueen, 40, found dead at London home on Thursday .", "McQueen had reputation for controversy, earning him title \"enfant terrible\"" ]	[ 1, 3, 18 ]
[ "College Park, Maryland (CNN) -- In his hectic, noisy laboratory at the University of Maryland, Michael Pecht is wary when it comes to assessing whether Toyota's suggested repair of sticky gas pedals will have any real impact.", "\"They are in a bit of a quandary,\" said Pecht, a professor at Maryland's Clark School of Engineering.", "\"If they announce that electronics is a problem, they are probably going to be in a lot of trouble, because nobody's going to drive the car.", "So at this stage, they don't want to announce there is any electronic problem.\"", "But according to Pecht, who is an expert in failure analysis and has written a book on sudden acceleration in automobiles, complicated electronics -- not a mechanical issue with the gas pedal -- lie at the heart of Toyota's problems.", "And three other independent safety analysts contacted by CNN also conclude that neither floor mats nor stuck gas pedals are an overwhelming issue.", "\"From what people have told me about their sudden acceleration incidents, most of them have have got nothing to do with the sticking pedal at all,\" said Antony Anderson, an electronics consultant in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.", "Anderson said electronic throttle controls, which largely have replaced mechanical accelerators, can malfunction in ways he compared to an occasionally disobedient child.", "\"We've all had that type of experience, and I'm afraid that is the sort of experience that can happen with any piece of electronics, with an electronic throttle,\" he said.", "And Sean Kane, who runs a company called Safety Research Strategies in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, said, \"Toyota's explanations do not account for the share of unintended acceleration complaints that we have examined.\"", "Toyota officials dispute any assertion that the complicated array of electronics in its cars has an impact on the acceleration issues that have dominated headlines in the past weeks.", "\"After many years of exhaustive testing by us and by other organizations, we have found no evidence of an electronic problem in our electronic throttle control systems that could have led to unwanted acceleration,\" said John Hanson, Toyota's spokesman on quality-control issues.", "But experts like Anderson say the tests conducted by Toyota are not adequate.", "\"Those tests do not reproduce what actually happens in everyday life,\" Anderson said.", "\"They are testing for certain conditions, for certain standards, but they test, for example, signals one at a time.", "They don't do a whole lot of signals altogether.", "Whereas in a car, you've got a great cacophony of electromagnetic interference going on all the time, and you really can't rely on testing of a single frequency at one time.\"", "As for the U.S. government's testing of Toyota's problems, the man in charge of the Center For Auto Safety, Clarence Ditlow, said that a 2007 test on a Lexus -- a Toyota brand -- by the National Highway Safety and Traffic Administration to find possible electronic interference was amateurish.", "\"They didn't do any real testing,\" he said.", "\"For all I know, they just took a garage door opener, pointed it at the engine compartment and snapped it, and that's electronic interference to see whether or not anything happened.", "They closed the hood, and off they went.", "No problem.\" iReport: Prius owner stands by his car .", "Efforts to contact the NHTSA in snow-bound Washington were unsuccessful.", "But Toyota spokesman Hanson said, \"It's very easy to look from outside and say, 'There is no problem with the pedal.'", "But this is the problem and we are fixing it.\"", "Hanson said the company \"invited\" further testing and pointed out that NHTSA officials announced a \"fresh look\" into the whole area of electromagnetic testing, not simply limited to Toyota." ]	[ "They say complicated electronics, not mechanical issue, are problem .", "Toyota officials say they've found no evidence of electronic problems .", "Some say automaker's tests are inadequate ." ]	[ 2, 4, 12 ]
[ "Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- The man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison in Turkey Monday, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported.", "Mehmet Ali Agca, now 52, severely wounded the pontiff in Rome's St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981.", "John Paul spent six hours on an operating table and survived.", "Four days later he announced from his hospital bed he had forgiven the attempted assassin and urged the faithful to pray for Agca.", "The pope spent more than three weeks in Gemelli hospital recovering.", "Agca was arrested a few minutes after the attack, tried, and sentenced to 19 years in prison.", "He has never explained why he tried to kill the pope.", "There has long been suspicion that he was working for an eastern European Communist government angry at the Polish-born pope's vocal anti-Communism.", "But on a 2002 visit to Bulgaria -- a focus of much speculation -- the pope said he did not believe the Balkan state was behind the attempt on his life.", "The pope visited Agca in prison on December 27, 1983, and reportedly forgave him in person.", "Agca was granted clemency by the president of Italy in 2000, to John Paul's \"satisfaction,\" according to the Vatican.", "He was then transferred to his native Turkey, where he was re-arrested for the murder of a Turkish journalist in 1979.", "Agca killed Abdi Ipekci in 1979, Anadolu said.", "Ipekci was editor-in-chief of the daily Milliyet.", "Agca was due to be taken to a military facility to assess his fitness for military service after his release.", "In 2006, a military hospital ruled that he was not fit for the obligatory military service due to a severe anti-social personality disorder, but the Ministry of National Defense did not approve the exemption, the Turkish news agency said." ]	[ "Mehmet Ali Agca severely wounded the pope in 1981 attack .", "Pope John Paul II reportedly forgave Acga during a 1983 prison visit .", "Agca was granted clemency by Italy, but jailed again for another killing ." ]	[ 1, 9, 10 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Saudi Prince and billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal says he will build the world's tallest building, planned to be over a kilometer (3,281 feet) high.", "The tower will be built in the Saudi town of Jeddah and will be part of a larger project that will cost $26.7 billion, (100 billion Saudi riyals) said the Prince's firm, Kingdom Holding Company.", "The planned Kingdom City project will be taller than Burj Dubai tower which is the world's tallest man-made structure.", "The project, entitled Kingdom City, will span 23 million square meters (248 million square feet) and will include luxury homes, hotels and offices.", "The booming city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has also joined the skyscraper race.", "While the ever-growing Burj Dubai is already the tallest man-made structure in the world, the Nakheel Tower is set to go even higher.", "Developers suggest the finished building will be at least 1 km tall.", "While in Europe, Paris is leading the skyscraper revolution -- plans for a 50-story building have been given the green light, which will make it the first skyscraper to be built in the city for 30 years.", "These buildings are part of a new generation of innovative, exciting skyscrapers set to appear all over the world over the next 10 years.", "View the future skyscrapers » .", "Some truly mind-blowing structures are being planned for the Middle East.", "Hot on its heels, the Burj Mubarak Al Kabir, proposed for the planned 'City of Silk' in Kuwait, could also break the 1000-meter barrier.", "While they may be mere midgets compared to the mega structures of the Middle East, Russia Tower in Moscow and the Okhta Center Tower in St Petersburg promise to provide some stunning eye candy.", "Spiraling its way through the Chicago skyline, the Chicago Spire will have a striking corkscrew design, while a gleaming Freedom Tower is to be the highlight of the rebuilt World Trade Center.", "And proving the skyscraper renaissance is a global phenomenon there are stylish giants planned for Panama, Pakistan and South Korea.", "Anouk Lorie also contributed to this report ." ]	[ "A new generation of skyscrapers are being planned for cities around the world .", "Nakheel Tower and Kingdom City will reach over a kilometer in height .", "In Paris, a law limiting building height has been overturned to allow skyscrapers .", "In the U.S. the Chicago Spire and Freedom Tower have spectacular designs ." ]	[ 2, 7, 8, 9, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Previously missing police records on the 1986 shooting death of the brother of Alabama professor Amy Bishop -- accused of gunning down her colleagues last week -- have been found, and investigators said Tuesday they back a state police report that deemed the shooting an accident.", "The Braintree, Massachusetts, police records show that police in 1986 believed they had probable cause to arrest Bishop on some charges in her brother's death.", "However, no charges were filed in that case.", "Bishop is charged with capital murder and three counts of attempted murder in a Friday shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where she was a biology professor.", "She is eligible for the death penalty in Alabama.", "Authorities have said Bishop shot her brother, Seth, at the family's Braintree home in December 1986.", "A state police report on the 1986 incident was released to the news media over the weekend, but Braintree police said their records of the shooting were missing until Tuesday.", "Probable cause existed in 1986 for charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of ammunition, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the office of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, District Attorney William Keating.", "The statute of limitations has passed on those charges, as well as on a potential charge of \"wanton and reckless conduct,\" the lowest standard for manslaughter in Massachusetts, according to the statement.", "The recovered documents don't contradict previously released information about the account of the siblings' mother, who told police she witnessed the shooting and said it was accidental, according to the statement.", "The statement did not explain how the records came to be missing or when or how they were found.", "The December 6, 1986, shooting of Seth Bishop came under renewed scrutiny after Friday's shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.", "Authorities said Bishop, also known as Amy Bishop Anderson, was attending a faculty meeting in a university building when she shot six colleagues.", "She was arrested as she was leaving the building.", "On Saturday, Braintree Police Chief Paul Frazier told reporters that the department's records pertaining to the 1986 shooting were missing.", "Braintree Mayor Joseph Sullivan announced Sunday a search for the documents had been started, which resulted in the find announced Tuesday.", "Describing the 1986 shooting on Saturday, Frazier said that Bishop had fled her home with a gun after she shot her brother and had unsuccessfully attempted to pull over a driver in a vehicle.", "The newly recovered documents do not refer to an incident involving a vehicle.", "Frazier also said that police spotted Bishop and arrested her nearby, but she eventually was released.", "\"I cannot tell you what the thought process was behind our releasing her at the time,\" he said Saturday about the decades-old case.", "A 1987 state police report released over the weekend cited interviews between police and Bishop's parents, in which her mother said the gun discharged accidentally.", "Braintree police told state police investigators that \"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.", "Read the report on the 1986 shooting .", "But Frazier said Saturday that Officer Ronald Solimini, who was involved in the case 23 years ago, said that Bishop had shot her brother during an argument.", "John Polio, who was Braintree police chief in 1986, also said he recalled reports of an argument between the two.", "But neither the 1987 state police report nor the newly found documents detail a disagreement between the siblings.", "The state report references a disagreement between Bishop and her father, who was not home when the shooting occurred.", "In an uncovered December 6, 1986, record, then-police Lt. James Sullivan wrote that Bishop \"stated earlier there had been a family 'spat' and she had gone to her room.", "(Unknown at this time how much earlier this family 'spat' had been).\"", "Police decided not to file charges, the December 6, 1986, report by Sullivan indicates, because \"with the current information it would appear to be an accidental shooting.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Massachusetts police department's '86 records don't dispute state report .", "Amy Bishop, accused of killing colleagues in Alabama Friday, shot brother in '86, police say .", "Bishop wasn't charged in 1986 shooting; mother told police it was an accident .", "Bishop charged with killing three people, trying to kill three others on Friday ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- NBC host Jay Leno is going back to late nights after a low-rated experiment in prime time, the network announced Sunday.", "Leno's prime-time talk show, which debuted in September, \"didn't meet affiliates' needs,\" said Jeff Gaspin, chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment.", "The program will go off the air February 12, when the 2010 Winter Olympics begin.", "The network is now negotiating with Leno and its current late-night hosts, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon, to decide who ends up with which time slot, Gaspin said.", "O'Brien took over NBC's flagship \"Tonight Show\" when Leno moved to the 10 p.m. slot in September.", "Fallon took over O'Brien's former show, \"Late Night.\"", "Gaspin said the plan now is for Leno to host a new, half-hour show at 11:35 p.m.", "ET, followed by \"Tonight\" with O'Brien at 12:05 a.m. Fallon's show would move to the 1 a.m. hour, he said.", "Do you think NBC did the right thing?", "The goal is to keep all three hosts, but nothing was a done deal as of Sunday, he said.", "Reports of the shakeup first emerged last week.", "Leno dismissed them on his show on Thursday night, telling his audience, \"It's always been my experience NBC only cancels you when you're in first place.\"", "Leno's move to prime time was a risk for NBC, because it put a talk show up against scripted prime-time shows and ran it five days a week.", "Network spokeswoman Rebecca Marks said last week that Leno performed \"exactly as we anticipated on the network.\"", "But for NBC's affiliates, Leno's low ratings were taking viewers -- and the resulting ad dollars -- away from their late local newscasts.", "\"The 11 o'clock news hours were bleeding ratings,\" said Stuart Levine, an analyst for the entertainment trade paper Variety.", "While NBC appeared to be fine with Leno's numbers, the affiliates \"kind of revolted and said we have to have better ratings,\" Levine said.", "Michael Fiorile, the chairman of NBC's affiliate board, called the decision announced Sunday \"a great move for the affiliates, the network and, most importantly, the viewers.\"", "\"We admire their willingness to innovate, and their willingness to change course when it didn't work for us,\" Fiorile said in a written statement.", "For NBC, which had promised to give Leno a full year in the 10 p.m. time slot, \"It's certainly a little bit of egg on the face,\" Levine said.", "Mediaweek analyst Marc Berman called the network's gamble on Leno \"the biggest fiasco in the history of television.\"", "\"What they didn't realize was that the people who watched Leno in late night were not necessarily the same people who watched in prime time, so there was no reason to believe that his audience would follow him to prime time,\" Berman said.", "Meanwhile, the O'Brien-helmed \"Tonight\" lost about half its audience \"and actually really hurt late night, which is a big profit center for NBC,\" Berman said.", "Moving \"Tonight\" -- which has held its current slot for decades -- back a half-hour is likely to hurt the show, and Berman predicted that NBC will be unable to keep all three hosts.", "\"My guess is down the road, they will give back Leno the 'Tonight Show,' leave it on at 11:35 p.m., and Conan will move to Fox,\" he said.", "\"But if I was either one of those gentlemen, I would be looking elsewhere right now.\"", "CNN's Doug Hyde contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Mediaweek analyst predicts at least one among Leno, O'Brien and Fallon will leave .", "NEW: Leno to host half-hour show starting at 11:35 p.m.", "ET; O'Brien moving to 12:05 a.m.\nLeno's 10 p.m. show to go off the air next month when Winter Olympics start .", "TV host moved to 10 p.m. slot in September; ratings have been low ." ]	[ 2, 4, 6, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday will designate nine sites in three areas of the central Pacific as marine national monuments, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Monday.", "The new designated areas make up the largest area of ocean set aside for marine conservation in the world.", "The new areas make up the largest area of ocean set aside for marine conservation in the world -- 195,280 square miles -- and, coupled with a 138,000-square mile designation in Hawaii two years go, mean that Bush will have protected more of the ocean than any other president.", "\"The president's actions will prevent the destruction and extraction of natural resources from these beautiful and biologically diverse areas without conflicting with our military's activities and freedom of navigation, which are vital to our national security,\" Perino said.", "\"And the public and future generations will benefit from the science and knowledge gained from these areas.\"", "Bush is using the 1906 Antiquities Act -- first used by President Theodore Roosevelt to set aside public lands such as the Grand Canyon as national monuments -- for the designation.", "Many of those lands later became national parks.", "Bill Chandler, vice president for government affairs for the non-profit Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI), said Bush is \"to be commended\" for his action.", "\"From a conservation history perspective, the message here is that Teddy Roosevelt laid the groundwork for our national park system when he withdrew a lot of public lands and called them national monuments,\" said Chandler.", "\"We see the president laying the foundation for a system of national marine preserves and parks,\" he said.", "\"We had lacked such a system for a long time.\"", "MCBI and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) partnered to identify eight of the nine sites the president will set aside on Tuesday.", "All but one of those eight remote areas already have Fish and Wildlife Service refuge areas at their cores.", "\"You have a core conservation mission already,\" Chandler said.", "\"This is just basically going to expand them.\"", "The MCBI/EDF-identified sites are Rose Atoll, Wake Island, Johnston Island, Palmyra Island, Kingman Reef, Baker Island, Howland Island and Jarvis Island.", "Rose Atoll, part of American Samoa, is the smallest atoll in the world, but more than 500 fish species swim in the waters around it, and it supports 97 percent of America Samoa's seabird population.", "It is also the nesting ground for several threatened turtle species.", "The Pew Environmental Fund identified the ninth site -- the waters around the northern Marianas and the deepest ocean canyon in the world, the Mariana Trench, 11,033 meters (36,201 feet) at its deepest.", "The new designations will expand protection to a 50 nautical mile area off the islands, where commercial fishing will be prohibited.", "Other uses of the area -- research or recreational fishing -- will be allowed but will require a permit.", "Bush has not gotten rave reviews for his conservation efforts on land -- according to the Audubon Society, he's signed wilderness legislation covering a little more than 2 million acres, fewer than any other president except Richard Nixon.", "But Chandler said that Bush \"has really embraced ocean conservation as his own.\"", "\"Ocean protection ... is lagging 50 to 100 years behind land conservation, he said.", "\"This is precisely the kind of leadership that we need to get the message across that there are places in the ocean that are rich with diversity.\"", "\"Scientists already know this,\" he said.", "\"They have been calling for this for 10 or 15 years.\"", "The president can cut through the bureaucracy that makes protecting resources such a lengthy process, and the Antiquities Act is a strong tool for those efforts.", "With the Act, the president can make a designation by executive order, essentially \"writing the prescription for conservation\" for an area, Chandler said." ]	[ "Bush designates 9 sites in 3 areas of central Pacific as marine national monuments .", "Sites include Wake, Johnston, Palmyra, Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Marianas Islands .", "Rose Atoll, Kingman Reef also designated; New areas cover 195,280 square miles .", "New designations will expand protection to a 50 nautical mile area off the islands ." ]	[ 0, 15, 19 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The father's first comment, when he heard I was in his city to talk about a book I'd written about kids, mental health issues and medication, came loudly and fast: \"When my daughter was 10, my ex-wife and a psychiatrist called to try to get my permission to put her on Prozac.", "I refused,\" he said proudly.", "\"I wasn't going to let them drug my kid.\"", "We spent quite a few hours together.", "By nighttime, as he drove me back from the last event, his mood was altered, his tone notably more somber.", "It had been a day of impassioned testimonials from parents of children with mental health issues, and even from one teenager, who called in to a radio show to describe how taking medication for his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder had helped him \"level the playing field\" with other kids and made it possible for him to attend college.", "\"I don't know if we did the right thing by her,\" the dad said at last, thinking of his daughter as he looked out at the dark road ahead.", "His daughter's life had never really come together.", "She had dropped out of college; her future was unclear.", "She presented a happy face to her dad, but deep down, he felt, the truth of her life wasn't so sunny.", "\"I don't know how to read her,\" he said.", "\"I really don't know what to do.\"", "We all know what the prevailing opinion is these days on children's mental health in America: Kids with nothing truly wrong with them are being over-diagnosed and overmedicated by doctors, parents and schools, who are colluding to make them better behaved, more high-performing and more tractable to our society's unnaturally high demands.", "This opinion used to be mine.", "It was the basic line of my argument at the beginning of my research, when the only information-gathering I'd done on the topic consisted of reading and compiling the already-recycled reporting of others.", "But soon, the facts got in the way.", "Surveys and statistics showed that the story of over-diagnosis and overmedication was wrong; 5 percent of children in America take psychotropic medication, while 5 to 20 percent are estimated to have mental health issues.", "The vast majority of those in need of help never get any care at all.", "The facts are incontrovertible: Kids' mental health issues are real, they're serious, and they often cause profound suffering.", "And they're not new. Listening to parents gave me a very concrete answer to the question so many skeptics ask as to where all the kids with \"issues\" were a generation ago.", "We existed, many of the parents of kids who now are getting diagnosed told me.", "And no one noticed that we were suffering.", "And, they said, they weren't going to let the same not-noticing, or the same labeling with words like \"lazy\" or \"stupid\" or \"bad,\" happen to their kids today.", "Interviews with about 100 parents and doctors showed that rather than rushing to pathologize and medicate their kids, parents did all they could to avoid \"labeling\" their children and put off using medication -- if they used it at all -- until they really were desperate.", "What these interviews showed above all is that for parents and children (and grown children) dealing with mental health issues, life is complicated, unsure and filled with unanswered questions that can't be addressed by gross generalizations about the \"medicated child\" in our time.", "It's very hard to get at any of that complexity -- and humanity -- when we typically talk about children's mental health in the media.", "Journalism generally doesn't lend itself to complicated messages; we need eye-grabbing headlines and strong voices spouting easy-to-summarize arguments, opinions which, in the strangely evolving media world of today, have come to have far greater currency than fact.", "In another city, a mother told me that she'd never attended college.", "She would have liked to have gone, she said, but she earned almost all Cs in high school, and no one had ever presented it to her as a possibility.", "\"I don't think I was dumb,\" she said, \"I just couldn't keep my mind focused on my work.\"", "At 48, she wondered, was it too late to find out if she had the inattentive kind of ADHD?", "She'd become a model after high school instead.", "She'd married a lawyer; she lived in the kind of community where former high achievers made a second career of micromanaging their children's lives.", "She wanted to be an involved mother, too, but when she spoke at school meetings, the high-power moms made her feel invisible.", "\"They talk right over me,\" she said.", "\"It's like I don't exist.\"", "Her husband was out of work.", "After so many decades, her own lack of a college degree still burned as a cause of embarrassment, worry and resentment.", "How could her parents, she mused aloud, not have encouraged her to try to at least try to get into college?", "It is very easy to look at a woman like this and say, who cares?", "She turned out OK -- more than OK, after all.", "But her voice was full of pain as she talked about the feelings of inferiority that still haunted her.", "Hadn't she had the right to at least try to live up to her potential?", "She was committed to making sure that her daughter would have every possible option.", "Behind the black-and-white shouting matches that now dominate discussions of children's mental health in our country, there are stories like these.", "They aren't necessarily headline-making.", "But they're powerful, and true.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Judith Warner." ]	[ "Judith Warner says common view is modern parents over-medicate kids for mental health .", "But her research showed that most parents avoid meds, are sensitive to kids' suffering .", "Kids' mental health issues not new; now better diagnosed, so seem newly prevalent, she says .", "Warner: Real-life stories reflect parents' struggling to do right by kids, not just \"normalize\" them ." ]	[ 12, 18, 19, 24, 34, 38, 46, 47 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Obama will welcome Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for an official state visit Tuesday.", "The two leaders will discuss a range of global, regional and bilateral issues, the White House said.", "Those discussions are likely to center on Afghanistan, climate change and nuclear energy cooperation.", "Singh has been quoted as saying that a Taliban victory in Afghanistan would be disastrous for Central and South Asia.", "Singh's visit will be the first state visit hosted by the administration, the highest honor extended to a foreign dignitary.", "It will be Singh's second visit to Washington; he has also met with former President George W. Bush.", "Grammy- and Oscar-award-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson will entertain the black-tie crowd, several sources involved in the planning outside the administration said.", "Hudson, raised in Chicago like first lady Michelle Obama, sang the National Anthem at the Democratic National Convention in August 2008 at the request of the Obama campaign, when Obama became the Democratic presidential nominee.", "Singh arrived Sunday for his five-day visit.", "On Monday, he attended a luncheon hosted by the U.S.-India Business Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.", "He addressed the Council on Foreign Relations later in the day.", "Obama will receive the prime minister at the White House on Tuesday, and Singh and his wife will be the guests at an official state dinner Tuesday night.", "On Wednesday, Singh will meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates and will later attend a reception for the Indian community hosted by Indian Ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar.", "Singh will leave Washington Thursday morning and fly to Port of Spain, Trinidad, to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit.", "Singh, 77, is a Cambridge- and Oxford-educated economist who was governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1982 to 1985 and the nation's finance minister from 1991 to 1996.", "A member of the Congress Party, he is serving a second five-year term as prime minister.", "He was sworn in as prime minister in May 2004 and again this past May.", "He and his wife of 51 years, Gursharan Kaur, have three daughters." ]	[ "Visit by Indian PM Manmohan Singh is first state visit for Obama administration .", "Singh to visit White House on Tuesday, attend state dinner Tuesday night .", "Wednesday he'll meet with secretaries of state and defense ." ]	[ 4, 11, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Maj. Gen. Robert Harding said Friday that, \"with deep regret,\" he has withdrawn his name from nomination to lead the Transportation Security Administration.", "\"This was a great honor, and I felt that I could bring some leadership, vision and intelligence expertise to that position,\" he said in a statement.", "\"Ultimately, my goal was to improve the security of our nation's transportation systems.", "However, I feel that the distractions caused by my work as a defense contractor would not be good for this administration nor for the Department of Homeland Security.\"", "The TSA is part of the Department of Homeland Security.", "White House Spokesman Nicholas Shapiro noted that Harding has more than 35 years of military and intelligence experience, and added, \"The President is disappointed in this outcome but remains confident in the solid team of professionals at TSA.\"", "At a hearing on Wednesday, Harding acknowledged \"making mistakes\" when a company he formed overbilled the government in 2004.", "At issue is a contract that Harding's company, Harding Security Associates, signed with the Defense Department in early 2004 to provide 40 interrogators and debriefers rapidly in Iraq.", "Within four months of his firm starting work on the contract, Harding said, the government decided to end the contract.", "\"I then faced 40 individuals who were now without work,\" the nominee said, adding that some of them he had lured away from other jobs, including the CIA.", "Harding said he told his employees \"that I would take care of them, and that I would negotiate and work with the government to provide severance payments.\"", "The total severance payments came to about $800,000, Harding said.", "\"When I went to claim it from the DIA [Defense Intelligence Agency],\" government auditors \"recognized that I did not have a policy on that, that I had not negotiated with the government for severance, I had not provided the government my plan for severance ... and therefore it was not allowed, that $800,000.\"", "Harding said that government auditors subsequently admitted \"there were mistakes on both sides.\"", "The White House said it was \"disappointed\" at Harding's withdrawal.", "\"By nominating General Harding, the president tapped an individual with more than 35 years of military and intelligence experience who is dedicated to improving the security of our nation,\" Shapiro said.", "Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she felt misled by a White House explanation of the events.", "The White House compared $2.4 million in disputed charges that included the $800,000 in severance payments to the $53 million potential value of the contract, instead of the $6 million value of the work.", "\"Of the $6 million that HSA was paid, $2.4 million was [in] question.", "That's a pretty high percentage.", "The White House, in talking to me about this issue, compared it to $53 million, but that's not what was at stake here at all, and I thought the White House's comparison was pretty misleading,\" Collins said.", "An independent investigation concluded that no fraud was involved.", "Ultimately, HSA reached a settlement with the government, with HSA paying back $1.8 million of the disputed $2.4 million.", "Harding said he learned from his mistake.", "He said the mistake caused him to add an accounting operation and otherwise professionalize the business, eventually increasing it in size from 60 people in 2004 to about 400 people when he sold the business last year.", "Following the hearing, Collins said that Harding \"adequately addressed my concerns regarding\" the contracts.", "\"Before making a final determination, however, I want to review additional information in order to ensure that all relevant data regarding the nominee have been thoroughly examined,\" she said.", "Harding was Obama's second nominee to head the agency.", "Sen. James DeMint, R-South Carolina, put a hold on the first nominee, Erroll Southers, after Southers declined to say whether he supported unionization of screeners.", "Southers eventually withdrew his name from consideration after another controversy erupted involving a decades-old personnel matter." ]	[ "Robert Harding removes himself from consideration to lead TSA .", "Harding admitted \"making mistakes\" in prior dealings as defense contractor .", "Harding was Obama's second nominee to head the agency ." ]	[ 7, 27 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of execution late Wednesday for a condemned Texas inmate who is requesting DNA testing of evidence in his case.", "The order was handed down less than an hour before Henry \"Hank\" Skinner, 47, was scheduled to be executed by injection for the New Year's Eve 1993 killings of his live-in girlfriend and her two sons.", "The Supreme Court granted the temporary stay while it considers whether to take up Skinner's broader appeal.", "It was not immediately clear when the court might consider the case, but there was no indication a decision would be made before Thursday.", "Skinner's attorneys maintain that DNA testing of the evidence could establish his innocence and determine the real killer.", "\"This action suggests that the court believes there are important issues that require closer examination,\" defense attorney Robert Owen said of the temporary stay.", "\"We remain hopeful that the court will agree to hear Mr. Skinner's case and ultimately allow him the chance to prove his innocence through DNA testing.\"", "Skinner heard the news while he was eating what was to be his last meal, according to Michelle Lyons, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.", "He expressed relief and surprise, saying, \"I had made up my mind I was going to die\" and \"I feel like I really won today,\" according to Lyons.", "Skinner said he is \"eager to get the DNA testing so I can prove my innocence and get the hell out of here,\" according to Lyons.", "Texas Gov. Rick Perry has received more than 8,000 letters from Skinner's advocates urging a stay, according to the Innocence Project and Change.org, whose members and supporters have sent the letters through their Web sites.", "State Sen. Rodney Ellis and state Rep. Elliott Naishtat were among those who have called for a reprieve.", "\"It has come to my attention that there are numerous problems with Mr. Skinner's case that raise serious questions regarding the fairness of his trial and whether or not he is guilty,\" Ellis wrote in a letter to Perry on Tuesday.", "Word about the case has spread as far as France, where demonstrations were planned Wednesday at the U.S. Embassy in Paris by supporters of Skinner's French wife, Sandrine Ageorges.", "Since Skinner's conviction in 1995, he \"has tirelessly pursued access to the untested physical evidence,\" according to court documents filed with the Supreme Court in February.", "That evidence includes vaginal swabs and fingernail clippings from Skinner's then-girlfriend Twila Busby, hairs found in her hand and two knives found at the scene, along with a dish towel and a windbreaker jacket, according to the filing.", "Skinner has never denied being in the home when Busby and her sons -- Elwin Caler, 22, and Randy Busby, 20, -- were killed.", "However, he maintains he was incapacitated because of the \"extreme quantities of alcohol and codeine\" that he had consumed earlier that evening, according to the documents.", "Prosecutors maintain forensic evidence gathered at the scene and witness statements point to Skinner.", "A female friend of Skinner's who lived four blocks away testified at Skinner's trial that he walked to her trailer and told her that he may have kicked Twila Busby to death, although evidence did not show she had been kicked.", "The neighbor has since recanted parts of her testimony.", "Authorities followed a blood trail from the crime scene to the female friend's trailer and found Skinner in the closet, authorities said.", "He was \"wearing heavily blood-stained jeans and socks and bearing a gash on the palm of his right hand,\" according to the Texas attorney general's summary of the case.", "In addition, authorities said cuts on Skinner's hand came from the knife used to stab the men.", "Skinner said he cut it on glass.", "Some DNA testing was done, which implicated Skinner, but not on the items he now wants tested.", "\"DNA testing showed that blood on the shirt Skinner was wearing at the time of his arrest was Twila's blood, and blood on Skinner's jeans was a mixture of blood from Elwin and Twila,\" authorities said.", "However, Owen wrote in the Supreme Court filing, \"the victims' injuries show that whoever murdered them must have possessed considerable strength, balance and coordination.\"", "Twila Busby was strangled so forcefully that her larynx and the hyoid bone in her throat were broken.", "She then was struck with an axe or pick handle 14 times, hard enough to drive fragments of her \"unusually thick skull\" into her brain, the court documents said.", "\"While attacking Ms. Busby, the perpetrator had to contend with the presence of her 6-foot-6-inch, 225-pound son, Elwin Caler, who blood spatter analysis showed was in the immediate vicinity of his mother as she was being beaten,\" the court filing said.", "\"Somehow, the murderer was able to change weapons and stab Caler several times before he could fend off the attack or flee.\"", "Randy Busby was then stabbed to death in the bedroom the two brothers shared, the documents said.", "Evidence presented at trial suggested that Twila Busby's uncle, Robert Donnell -- who is now dead -- could have been the killer.", "At a New Year's Eve party she attended for a short time on the last night of her life, Donnell stalked her, making crude sexual remarks, according to trial testimony.", "A friend who drove her home from the party testified she was \"fidgety and worried\" and that Donnell was no longer at the party when he returned.", "\"The defense presented evidence that Donnell was a hot-tempered ex-con who had sexually molested a girl, grabbed a pregnant woman by the throat and kept a knife in his car,\" according to Owen's letter to Perry.", "An expert testified at trial that Skinner would have been too intoxicated to commit the crimes, and a review of the evidence suggests that Skinner might have been even more intoxicated than initially thought, Owen writes.", "Media outlets in Texas have been supportive of a reprieve for Skinner.", "\"Before sending a man to die, we need to be absolutely sure of his guilt,\" the Houston Chronicle wrote in an editorial Friday.", "Skinner's wife, Ageorges, told Radio France Internationale in a Tuesday interview that she began writing to Skinner in 1996 and they began visiting in 2000.", "\"I'm convinced of his innocence not because I love him and he's my husband, I'm convinced of his innocence ... [because] there is scientific forensic evidence to prove that he was not even in a state to stand up at the time of the crime let alone murder three people that he loved,\" Ageorges told CNN's \"Larry King Live\" on Wednesday night after the stay had been granted.", "\"There is absolutely no motive.\"", "Ageorges also said she finds it \"mind-boggling that evidence preserved from the crime scene 15 years later -- including the murder weapon, a rape kit, nail clippings from one of the victims, a male jacket that doesn't fit his size at all with sweat, hair, DNA -- to this day is not tested.\"", "Recently, questions have swirled in Texas regarding the 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for a fire that killed his three daughters.", "On March 19, Perry issued a posthumous pardon to the family of Timothy Cole, who was serving a 25-year sentence for aggravated sexual assault when he died in prison from an asthma attack.", "After his death, DNA tests established his innocence, and another man confessed to the crime.", "CNN's William Mears, Ashley Hayes and Emily Probst contributed to this report." ]	[ "U.S. Supreme Court issues stay of execution for Henry \"Hank\" Skinner .", "Skinner, 47, was to be executed by lethal injection Wednesday .", "He was convicted of murdering his girlfriend and her two sons in 1993 in Pampa, Texas .", "Skinner's attorneys say DNA testing of the evidence could establish his innocence ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- In the central plaza, there was once an orgy of music, street dancing and revelry unmatched by any other nation in the Americas, Haitians say.", "But where there was joy now sits a vast settlement of people left without loved ones, without homes, without life's belongings.", "Haitians have celebrated Carnival through dictatorships, military coups and bloodshed.", "Popular belief was that if a government failed to deliver on Carnival, Haiti's equivalent of Mardi Gras, it was sure to fall, said Marie Laurence Lassegue, Haiti's minister of culture and information.", "But this year, the three-day festival has been canceled, another indication of the enormity of the earthquake's devastation.", "Musicians fell silent, seamstresses stopped sewing costumes and ghostly skeletons of unfinished floats lay scattered on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.", "A month after the devastating January 12 earthquake, the Champs de Mars plaza is home to the capital's displaced, where thousands of people have eked out a tiny space in which to survive.", "Full coverage of the earthquake's aftermath .", "\"This is the first time Carnival is not happening,\" said Roberto Martino, lead singer of popular Kompa band T-Vice.", "\"I don't even think about music anymore.\"", "Less than a week ahead of Carnival's start on Sunday, revelry is replaced with mourning.", "The nation's foremost concert producer, Charles Jubert, died.", "So did members of four bands who were practicing inside a studio that collapsed.", "Other musicians lost legs, arms and hands.", "They will not be able to play again. \"I don't think we have time to think of Carnival,\" Lassegue said.", "\"Maybe when we are finished crying.\"", "Carnival's three days of deliverance and celebration has tremendous importance in the lives of Haitians, Lassegue said.", "\"But this year? I don't even remember when it is.\"", "Instead, the displaced are planning days of prayer.", "\"We're living in a city that's like a cemetery,\" said Ronide Baduel, a nurse who lost her home and all her belongings in the quake.", "Her brother died and suddenly, she found herself far from her middle-class existence, relegated to a makeshift tent and burlap bags she uses for pillows at night.", "\"I had four good walls around me.", "Now I have four sheets,\" she said.", "She goes to work with a big, black faux-leather purse containing toothpaste, soap and a change of underwear.", "There, she can bathe properly.", "\"We don't know how many days, how many months, how long we will be this way,\" she said.", "\"I am always stressed.", "It's like living in a jungle.", "How can I dance at Carnival?\"", "Baduel and her tent community neighbors said the money that would have been spent on Carnival ought to be used to build housing.", "Nearby, the 44 members of Relax Band, who normally would be revving up their street performances in the days before Carnival, worried about their next meal.", "They played the Sunday before the earthquake, marching through the streets, getting ready for the big performance.", "Now, everything was gone, including all their instruments that were crushed when band coordinator Ernst Beauvais' house collapsed.", "A small stage emblazoned with the red and white logo of Relax Band now harbors a massive water bladder tank dropped off by an aid group and a few mattresses for slumber under the stars.", "\"It is one of the greatest tragedies to befall our country,\" Beauvais said, pointing to the rubble of his house.", "He said it was the street band's 30th anniversary; the musicians were looking forward to showcasing their new song.", "Almost every band in Haiti debuts new pieces at Carnival.", "On the outskirts of town, the skeletons of three floats sit like ghosts, reminders of what might have come next week.", "One of the floats belongs to T-Vice.", "Bandmates Roberto Martino and Eddy Viau would have been practicing with the rest of the band for their Carnival performance -- it's an honor to win top prize.", "\"If you have a good showing at Carnival, you're set for the rest of the year,\" Martino said.", "This year, the band had planned a soccer-themed show with a song called \"The End of the Match.\"", "Instead it recently released \"Nou Pap Lage'' (We Won't Give Up\"), dedicated to the victims of the earthquake.", "iReport: Looking for loved ones in Haiti .", "Martino tried to sing a few verses.", "\"There are so many things going through my head,\" he said.", "Overcome by emotion, he had to compose himself and start again.", "\"People are saying Haiti is finished, but no, no, no, we will rise up,'' he sang softly.", "\"We will strive. We will rebuild Haiti.", "We will stand united.\"", "\"Don't be discouraged. There will be light at the end of the tunnel.", "My Haitian people.", "I will not let go.\" Proceeds from downloads of the song are going to the nonprofit organizations Sow A Seed and MedShare.", "Music, Martino said, was so essential to Haitian life.", "But he didn't know when this rare silence would end; when he would be able to write lyrics, put them to melody.", "\"We're all so traumatized,\" he said.", "Carnival, he said, was Haiti's musical showcase.", "\"We've lost our biggest tradition.", "Carnival was part of us.\"" ]	[ "Less than week ahead of Haiti's Carnival celebration, revelry replaced with mourning .", "Haitians have celebrated Carnival through dictatorships, military coups and bloodshed .", "\"I don't even remember when it is,\" Haiti official says about upcoming three-day festival ." ]	[ 2, 10, 17 ]
[ "LONDON, England -- Evander Holyfield has raised the prospect of a rematch of his infamous world heavyweight title fight with Mike Tyson despite both men being into their 40s.", "Holyfield (right) grimaces after being bitten by Tyson in their 1997 fight.", "Holyfield took Tyson's crown in an epic bout in 1996, but it was their second fight a year later that is remembered for all the wrong reasons with Tyson disqualified for biting a chunk out of his opponent's ear.", "Holyfield, 45, has revealed he is considering an offer from 41-year-old Tyson's camp to meet in the ring for a third time.", "\"There has been some talk between us,\" Holyfield told The Guardian newspaper on Thursday.", "\"Mike had Jeff Fenech, who's been training him, call me a few months ago.", "Jeff says Mike wants to fight me again - but he needs to know if I would agree to it.", "\"I said, 'It all depends on what they are going to give us - because I'm gonna catch a lot of flak if I say I'm fighting Mike Tyson again.", "I've already said I don't want to fight Mike no more'.", "\"Jeff says, 'What if Mike gets in proper shape?'", "I told him that's OK but I can't be part of it if Mike's going to pull out.", "Jeff said, 'The main thing Mike wants to know is if you would be willing to fight him again?'", "I said, 'Yeah, if the price is right, I probably would'.\"", "Both fighters have made largely unsuccessful attempts at comebacks in recent years with Holyfield continuing his pursuit of an unlikely fifth title against the advice of boxing experts.", "He is believed to have held on to a large portion of his career earnings, but, by contrast, Tyson has suffered well-publicized financial problems.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Evander Holyfield says he has held talks over a rematch with Mike Tyson .", "Tyson was disqualified for biting off a chunk of Holyfield's ear in 1997 bout .", "Holyfiield had taken world heavyweight title from Tyson in 1996 ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- CNN is monitoring tweets and other messages from people in Haiti and reports from those who said they have been in touch with friends and family.", "CNN has not been able to able to verify this material.", "What people on the ground in Haiti are saying on Twitter: .", "\"Felt that, loud and clear.", "We're in Cap Haitien.", "House (really the whole world) shook for about 30 seconds\" -- From Twitter user firesideint (Luke Renner) at 5:20 p.m.", "ET . Watch Luke's interview with a Haitian student after quake .", "\"this s***is still shaking !", "major earthquake in haiti !\"", "-- From Twitter user fredodupouxat 5:20 p.m.", "ET . \"Just experienced a MAJOR earthquake here in Port au Prince - walls were falling down.", "- we are ALL fine - pray for those in the slums\" -- From Twitter user troylivesay in Port-au-Prince, Haiti at 5:24 p.m.", "ET . \"words on the streets part of Hotel Montana Fell , exagone is cracked.", "houses in canape vert fell down #haiti #eq\" -- From Twitter user fredodupoux in Haiti at 6:05 p.m.", "ET . See CNN's Twitter list of feeds pertaining to quake .", "\"In touch again with my friend, a new aftershock just happen, lot of emotions... #Haiti #HaitiQuake\" -- From Twitter user InternetHaiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti at 6:15 p.m.", "ET . \"Phones and internet are mostly out - we don't have either at home - radio says the Palace fell down and buildings fell down all along Delmas\" -- From Twitter user troylivesay in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at 7:28 p.m.", "ET . \"I can't imagine the devastation this has caused to such an overly stressed city - I think it will be suffering for quite some time\" -- From Twitter user troylivesay in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at 7:31 p.m.", "ET . iReport.com: Are you there?", "Send photos, stories .", "\"If anyone in Haiti is reading this, please go out and help in the streets, it's very ug;y out there if you haven't seen it #haiti\" --From Twitter user fredodupoux in Haiti at 8:04 p.m.", "ET . \"In our area mostly exterior walls fallen - people afraid to re-enter their homes...\" -- From Twitter user troylivesay in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at 8:20 p.m.", "ET . \"Tipap made it home from Carrefour - saw many dead bodies and injured along the way - said most buidings w/more than one story are down\" -- From Twitter user troylivesay in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at 8:22 p.m.", "ET . \"I'm hearing singing and praying from from the carrefour feuilles area.. My prayers go out to the folks there\" -- From Twitter user RAMhaiti in Haiti at 9:26 p.m.", "ET . \"just saw a picture of the palace..it is destroyed\" -- From Twitter user RAMhaiti in Haiti at 10:05 p.m.", "ET . \"I'm told things aren't good at [Hotel] Montana.. an 8 story building behind me is rubble\" --From Twitter user RAMhaiti in Haiti at 10:20 p.m.", "ET . CNN story commentors describing scene .", "\"its crazy. we can here people wailing and crying.", "we know a lot of big buildings have fallen.", "we watched the mountain above the orphanage split.", "i have never experienced anything like this before.", "all of the nannies and kids are sitting out in the middle of our compound.", "a neighbor has already come over for medical help.", "i don't have words to express.\"", "-- Commentor relating details from sister-in-law in Jacmel, Haiti on the south coast at the Hands and Feet Mission/Children's Village.", "\"Just got news that one of nannies,Francines school in Jacmel fell.", "She is injured but prayfor her.", "Many of her classmates are dead!", "She is at her moms house next door tonight.", "We also heardthat thehospital in Petionville (PAP) also collasped.\"", "-- Commentor Drex Stuart of the Hands & Feet Mission in Jacmel, Haiti.", "\"My brother and I were able to speak to our mother right before the communication went down.", "The house had collapse and she was outside in the front yard on her cell phone.", "She described total destruction around her\" -- Commentor on CNN story .", "\"Hello I live in Santiago Dominican Republic , The haiti earthquake was felt as if the epicenter was located in Dom Rep.", "I was lying on my bed and everything started shaking , frames and loose items around my home fell all over the place.", "A building which serves as a hospital for children with severe burns collapsed and they are currently trying to remove debris and victims from the building.", "I also have friends who work and haiti and the last thing I heard is that the hotel located near petion ville where they stay at collapsed and are trying to rescue victims as well.\"", "-- Commentor on CNN story ." ]	[ "NEW: Tweets: \"an 8 story building behind me is rubble,\" \"the palace..it is destroyed\"\nMom \"described total destruction around her\" to family, CNN commentor writes .", "Tweet: \"many dead bodies and injured,\" collapsed buildings in Haiti .", "CNN monitoring message, tweets after quake in Haiti; messages have not been vetted ." ]	[ 0, 25, 37, 43 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An increase in the number of suicides among military personnel can be traced, in part, to a \"stressed and tired force\" made vulnerable by multiple deployments, a military leader said Wednesday.", "Long troop deployments in Iraq, above, and Afghanistan have been cited in the rise in military suicides.", "\"We must find ways to relieve some of this stress,\" said Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, vice chief of staff of the Army, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee.", "\"I think it is the cumulative effect of deployments from 12 to 15 months,\" he said, adding that the longer deployments are scheduled to continue until June.", "He cited long deployments, lengthy separations from family and the perceived stigma associated with seeking help as factors contributing to the suicides.", "Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, vice chief of naval operations, said suicides are the third leading cause of death in the Navy.", "\"We must eliminate the perceived stigma, shame and dishonor of asking for help,\" he said.", "Gen. James F. Amos, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, said his branch of the service has incorporated education and training about suicide prevention \"at all levels.\"", "He said four of 55 mental health professionals deployed in the U.S. Central Command were recently embedded with Marines.", "He expressed optimism that that tactic would pay off, but he said he had no data to support his expectation.", "And Gen. William M. Fraser, vice chief of staff of the Air Force, said his branch, too, was taking steps \"to ensure airmen are as mentally prepared for deployment and redeployment as they are physically and professionally.\"", "Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said the efforts have not sufficed.", "He noted that last year, for the first time, the suicide rate among military personnel has exceeded that of the civilian population.", "\"What's going on?\" he asked rhetorically.", "The panel members made clear that, whatever is going on, it is complex.", "Chiarelli said the Army tallied 133 confirmed suicides last year and is still investigating another seven possible ones.", "At least 70 percent of the suicides had \"some kind of relationship problem,\" he said.", "Often, the situation was worsened by something else, such as a financial or legal problem, he said.", "And it wasn't just the trauma of war that appears to heighten the risk.", "The suicides were about evenly divided among those who had returned from deployment, those who were still deployed -- some on a third or fourth tour -- and those who had never been deployed, Chiarelli said.", "All of the military leaders said they had too few mental health professionals in their ranks.", "But Walsh said professionals are not the only people who must be trained to intervene, noting that it is often the shipmate or the battle buddy who seeks assistance for someone in need.", "And Navy counselors are now asking family members for feedback that often proves more illuminating than what the sailors themselves are willing to impart, he said.", "\"If I survey the family, I'm going to get a different set of answers.\"", "One reason some service personnel are reluctant to seek help from their chain of command is because they fear they will then be passed over for promotions, the panel members said.", "In some cases, they pay out of their own pockets to seek help privately, Rubenstein said.", "And others call civilian hotlines, one of which reported getting three calls per day this year from active-duty military personnel.", "Representatives of all of the branches of the military said they have seen recent increases in suicides.", "At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary William Gates said he believes the 15-month deployments \"were a real strain\" on many, but expressed optimism that beneficial changes are in the works.", "\"All the services are are addressing this problem, but the Army in particular, I think, is really going after it in a very aggressive way,\" he said.", "But some suicides appear to defy all prevention efforts.", "Maj. Gen. David A. Rubenstein, deputy surgeon general of the Army, cited the case of a 33-year-old soldier who was living at home with his wife and three children.", "He suffered a traumatic brain injury more than two years ago and had been giving weekly motivational speeches to other soldiers in a clinic.", "For the past two years, the soldier also had been seeing a psychiatrist.", "The most recent visit occurred last Friday.", "On Monday, he saw his primary care doctor and his nurse case manager, and also had a life-skills appointment.", "\"On Tuesday, he apparently committed suicide,\" Rubenstein said.", "\"This soldier was treated, compliant and supported in every way, and yet he's dead today.\"", "The suicide underscores that suicide is \"a complex, very difficult problem that causes all of us to scratch our heads and wonder: how do we stop the next one?\"", "Last year, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, two cadets and two members of the staff and faculty killed themselves, said Brig.", "Gen. Michael S. Linnington, commandant of the cadets.", "He cited stress from broken relationships and, in one case, a pre-existing mental health condition that academy officials had not known about at the time of admission.", "None of the four had been deployed to a combat zone.", "Linnington called the spate of self-directed violence at the school \"troubling and unacceptable\" and said preventive measures there had been beefed up in recent months." ]	[ "Army Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli: \"We must find ways to relieve some of this stress\"\nAdmiral says suicides are the third leading cause of death in the Navy .", "\"Perceived stigma ... and dishonor of asking for help\" is cited as part of problem .", "Also blamed: Long deployments and lengthy separations from family ." ]	[ 2, 4, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- At least 38 people have died in mudslides on the Portuguese island of Madeira, which was hit by heavy downpours overnight, an official told CNN on Saturday.", "Pedro Barbosa, the vice president of the Civil Protection Agency in Madeira, told CNN that an unknown number of people were missing -- perhaps dozens, he said.", "The mudslides and flooding caused substantial damage to roads and homes in the capital, Funchal, and in Ribeira Brava, which are both on the southern portion of the Atlantic island, which lies about 600 miles southwest of Portugal, Barbosa said.", "Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates and Interior Minister Rui Pereira arrived on the island on Saturday, according to CNN affiliate Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP).", "Socrates told RTP that \"the situation is under control\" and the government is offering all its support to regional authorities.", "The country's president, Cavaco Silva, expressed his condolences to the people of Madeira in a televised statement and promised to do everything to help \"during this difficult time.\"", "Pedro Ramos of Dr. Nelio Mendonca Hospital in Funchal, told CNN that 68 wounded people were hospitalized from the mudslides and flooding.", "Three were critical, he said.", "The vice president of Madeira's regional government had tallied 68 victims with injuries, according to the official Lusa news agency.", "The floodwaters overturned cars and knocked down trees, Barbosa said.", "Authorities have evacuated hundreds of people to military and civil protection facilities in Funchal, he said.", "Search and rescue teams have been reinforced, but haven't been able to reach every area, according to the Civil Protection Agency.", "The Portuguese military has dispatched five teams to help with search and rescue efforts, it announced on its Web site.", "The military is also ready to shelter up to 130 people where 50 people are already staying, it said.", "Barbosa said weather conditions have substantially improved, with the rains winding down.", "Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal, is a popular resort destination.", "There have been no reports of any dead or missing tourists.", "CNN's Umaro Djau contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Portuguese military has dispatched five teams to help with search and rescue efforts .", "NEW: Weather has substantially improved, civil protection official says .", "Madeira hit by heavy downpours overnight, triggering mudslide that killed at least 38 .", "Unknown number of people, perhaps dozens, are missing, official tells CNN ." ]	[ 0, 1, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A crowd plunders buildings crumbled by last week's earthquake, hauling off water, food, candles and anything else recoverable.", "Suddenly, a pickup truck hauling a half dozen armed policemen squeals to a halt.", "The mob scatters as the police officers in military style camouflage fire shots in the air and apprehend a few stragglers, some with a kick or a punch.", "Such scenes occurred with increased frequency Monday in Port-au-Prince, the devastated Haitian capital, as frustrated survivors resorted to scrounging and looting due to a lack of relief aid.", "The rising tension raised questions about the ability of the Haitian National Police to maintain order and its tactics in doing so.", "While the United States is sending thousands of troops to assist in relief efforts, U.S. officials say the Haitian police are responsible for security on the streets, with backing from U.N. peacekeepers.", "\"The first line of law and order here is, number one, the Haitian police, number two, the U.N. forces,\" U.S.", "Ambassador Kenneth Merten said Monday.", "\"The U.S. forces are standing by to provide security as needed.\"", "That seems to be an overwhelming task for the Haitian National Police (HNP), a force of about 9,000 that is the impoverished Caribbean nation's lone security apparatus.", "Latest updates \| Full coverage .", "National Police Chief Mario Andresol told CNN Monday that the department has been severely affected by the earthquake, with thousands of officers injured, killed or unaccounted for.", "The Port-au-Prince force of 4,000 has dropped to about 1,500, he said.", "Complicating matters even further, roughly another 4,000 \"bad guys\" are on the run, Andresol added, after the 95-year-old, badly overcrowded National Penitentiary in the capital collapsed and the inmates escaped.", "\"Today, we have double work,\" Andresol said, adding that the police department is bring in troops from other parts of the country.", "\"There are not enough, so we are trying.\"", "Bill Clinton, the former U.S. president who is the U.N. special envoy to Haiti, said Sunday that 40 percent of the Haitian police force has reported for duty since the January 12 temblor.", "It was unclear how many other police officers died and how many were struggling with the overwhelming hardships from such widespread destruction.", "First formed in 1995, the civilian police force took over security from a disbanded military known for loyalty to dictators instead of the state, noted Brian Concannon Jr., director of the non-profit Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.", "A lack of money and other resources over the years, along with continued instability including a 2004 coup, has left the police force under-funded, under-trained and full of former soldiers prone to operating outside the law, Concannon said.", "For example, he cited summary executions of suspected criminals as a problem since the 2004 coup, along with police involvement in gangs or other criminal activity.", "In addition, a dysfunctional judicial system undermines the ability of the police force to deal with chronic crime problems in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere, according to Concannon.", "High-resolution photos of damage \| Google map .", "Progress has occurred in recent years, as the government simultaneously tried to remove \"bad apples\" from the police force while expanding the number of policemen on the streets, Concannon said.", "\"Although the HNP's efforts resulted in significantly increased levels of physical security and policing effectiveness, in many cases the HNP could not prevent or respond to gang-related and other societal violence due to an insufficient number of officers and inadequate equipment or training,\" said a 2008 report on Haiti by Concannon's group.", "Now the earthquake will set back the reform effort.", "\"There's no doubt the Haitian national police took a significant blow in this disaster,\" U.S. Assistant Secretary of State P.J.", "Crowley said Monday.", "U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told CNN on Monday that he would ask for an additional 2,000 U.N. troops and 1,500 U.N. police officers to bolster the 3,000 U.N. police and soldiers currently deployed in Port-au-Prince -- among the 9,000 U.N. troops in Haiti.", "According to Ban, the additional forces would \"help humanitarian assistance be delivered in a safe way.\"", "Concannon said Haitians coping with the disaster will be patient as long as they see aid arriving.", "He worried that excessive concerns about security was slowing the aid.", "\"I am afraid you're going to have an escalating spiral where people who were willing to be patient lose their patience due to supplies being withheld for security reasons,\" Concannon said.", "\"And then that impatience escalates and brings increased security, which further cuts the flow of supplies.\"", "CNN's Anderson Cooper and Jason Carroll contributed to this report." ]	[ "U.S. ambassador: Haitian police represents \"first line of law and order,\" then U.N. forces .", "\"U.S. forces are standing by to provide security as needed,\" ambassador adds .", "National police chief says thousands of officers injured, killed or missing .", "Police department is bring in troops from other parts of Haiti, police chief adds ." ]	[ 5, 6, 8, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The highest-level talks between the United States and North Korea since President Barack Obama took office unfolded Wednesday in Pyongyang, with a virtual lock-down on information.", "The top U.S. envoy for North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, is on a three-day visit for meetings to determine whether North Korea will return to six-party talks on its nuclear program.", "The veteran diplomat is the first senior official from the Obama administration to hold direct talks with Pyongyang.", "The White House offered no new details about the talks, and North Koreanstate media only acknowledged Bosworth's arrival in a one-line report.", "North Korea abandoned the six-party talks last April, declaring them \"dead,\" in anger over international criticism of its nuclear and missile tests.", "But the North also sent signals that it wanted to pursue bilateral talks with the United States instead of a multilateral dialogue.", "Meanwhile, the North also has cooled its tough rhetoric against the United States.", "Many are wondering what's behind the North's latest moves.", "\"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 say North Korea might just 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 in April.", "Given the secrecy of the North, those reports could not be verified.", "Analysts say North Korea is also 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 communist country in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests earlier this year.", "Another reason for Pyongyang's moves, analysts say, is neighboring China.", "When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Pyongyang in October, China pledged much-needed economic, trade and military aid to its communist ally.", "During the three-day visit, President Kim Jong Il indicated that North Korea was willing to return to the stalled six-party talks -- on condition that there would be progress in direct talks between North Korea and the United States.", "China has hosted several rounds of the six-party talks, which bring together the United States, North and South Korea, Japan, Russia and China.", "The talks aim to negotiate a deal for North Korea to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for security guarantees and aid.", "In the end, Pyongyang wants direct talks with Washington that will eventually lead to diplomatic ties, a peace treaty and economic and trade relations.", "\"China can only act as a go-between, but in the end, the U.S. and North Korea will have to resolve critical issues between themselves,\" Jiang said.", "A U.S. State Department official said Bosworth would not carry any new proposals or new initiatives on his visit.", "\"Our goal here is, of course, the resumption of the six-party talks and to secure North Korea's reaffirmation of the September 2005 joint agreement,\" State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said a few days before Bosworth's trip.", "He added: \"The complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula ... will be the focus of Ambassador Bosworth's trip to Pyongyang.\"", "Some observers point to a wide difference in the United States and North Korea's negotiating positions.", "Selig Harrison, an expert on North Korea who has visited the North many times said, \"the U.S. side always says we don't want to buy the same horse twice.", "Defense Secretary (Robert) Gates actually said that several months ago, meaning that we keep giving North Korea things to get results which we don't get and we feel that we've been cheated and we're making the same deal over and over again.", "But actually the North Koreans feel that they're the ones who don't get what we have promised.\"", "Bridging their differences, observers say, will not be easy.", "\"If Bosworth can persuade the North Koreans to return to the six-party talks, all the better,\" said Zha Daojiong, a professor at Peking University in China.", "\"On the other hand, it will be understandable if he does not.", "In terms of negotiations, just about all the cards have been put on the table,\" he said.", "\"It is critically important to be patient with both North Korea and the United States.\"", "Some see the potential for progress.", "Koh Yu-hwan, an expert on North Korea at Dongguk University in Seoul, South Korea, said there might be options when it comes to North Korea's nuclear weapons.", "\"It's not that clear-cut,\" he said.", "\"The Korean War ended with an armistice.", "Technically the war is not yet over.", "The North wants nuclear weapons as a deterrent against the U.S.", "So, if the U.S. offers a security guarantee, pledges that it wouldn't try a 'regime change' and sign a peace treaty with North Korea, the goal of denuclearization is still possible.\"", "Bosworth's visit comes after meeting with U.S. allies.", "He stopped in Seoul on Monday to brief South Korean officials on his trip to the North.", "Bonnie Glaser, a North Korea analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, noted that even the North's renewed indication that it might return to the stalled six-party talks is not enough and there still is a long way to go to accomplish the denuclearization goal.", "After his visit to the North, Bosworth is expected to consult with the other six-party countries before returning to Washington.", "CNN's Jaime FlorCruz contributed to this report." ]	[ "Highest-level talks between U.S. and N. Korea since President Obama took office unfold in Pyongyang .", "U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth will try to determine if North will return to six-party talks on its nuclear program .", "U.S. officials maintain Bosworth does not know in advance Pyongyang's position .", "North Korea's missile launches and nuke test in April brought U.N. Security Council condemnation ." ]	[ 0, 1, 29, 39 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Democratic congressional leaders Wednesday demanded Republicans join them in condemning a spate of threats and vandalism that has followed Sunday's vote on a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system.", "More than 10 Democrats have reported trouble since the weekend vote, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters.", "Windows have been smashed at Democratic offices in at least three states, and federal agents were investigating whether a cut gas line at the home of a Virginia congressman's brother was related to the lawmaker's yes vote.", "Democracy \"is not about violence,\" Hoyer said at a news conference with South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the No.", "3 Democrat in the House of Representatives.", "\"Both of us believe that to remain silent in the face of such activity gives the impression of either condoning or sanctioning such actions,\" added Hoyer, D-Maryland.", "The top Republican in the House, Minority Leader John Boehner, told reporters that he has urged opponents to demonstrate legally.", "\"I've made statements that I understand people are angry, but violence and threats are inappropriate and irresponsible,\" the Ohio congressman said.", "\"If people are angry, they ought to register to vote and get involved in a campaign.\"", "The white-hot rhetoric that dominated the last several months of debate on the historic health care bill culminated in unruly protests by the Tea Party movement at the Capitol over the weekend.", "Three African-American House Democrats, including civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, reported protesters shouted racial slurs at them and spit at one of them, while Rep. Barney Frank, D-Massachusetts, an openly gay House member, had anti-gay slurs yelled at him.", "One House member mentioned a map on the Facebook page of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during a Wednesday meeting on safety concerns, a Democratic source said.", "The map shows 20 House Democratic political targets believed to be vulnerable in the upcoming midterm elections -- some have already announced their retirements.", "Their home districts are marked with cross hairs.", "Mention of the map brought audible groans to the room, the source said.", "Republican House members encouraged protesters outside and inside the House gallery, some of whom carried messages like \"Vote no or else\" or \"If Brown won't stop it, a Browning will\" -- a reference to newly elected Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown accompanied by a silhouette of a pistol.", "Since the vote, an Alabama blogger has launched a \"window war\" against Democrats and has kept a tally of the recent incidents of damage, including ones in upstate New York, Arizona and Kansas.", "A message left for Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak, whose last-minute decision to support the bill helped give Democrats the votes it needed to pass, warned that \"there are millions of people across the country who wish you ill, and all of those thoughts projected on you will materialize into something that's not very good for you.\"", "Clyburn, who is African-American, said he has received a fax in his office with a picture of a noose drawn on it and had threatening telephone calls at his home.", "iReport: 'A very dangerous time for Obama' \"We're giving aid and comfort to these people, and this stuff gets ratcheted up,\" Clyburn told CNN.", "\"We in this Congress have got to come together in a bipartisan way and tamp this foolishness down.", "It doesn't make sense.", "That's not what a democracy is all about.\" Hoyer told a news conference that \"a significant number, meaning over 10\" lawmakers had reported either threats, vandalism or other incidents.", "Capitol police officials have briefed House Democrats on reporting suspicious or threatening activity and taking precautions to avoid \"subjecting themselves or their families to physical harm,\" he said.", "Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-New York, said her Niagara Falls district office had a brick thrown through one of its windows and a message that referred to \"snipers\" was left on one of her campaign offices.", "In a written statement, she said GOP leaders have been \"fanning the flames with coded rhetoric.\"", "And Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen blamed Republicans for encouraging heated rhetoric over the bill.", "\"There's a real feeling that some of the comments from the Republican leaders and Republicans are not tamping down the fire, they are throwing fuel on the fire.", "And that is totally inappropriate,\" Van Hollen said.", "But Boehner, who compared the legislation's passage to \"Armageddon,\" said Democrats had not complained to him that Republicans haven't been quick enough to condemn the threats and vandalism.", "Clyburn said his wife has forwarded the phone numbers from the calls to law enforcement agencies.", "Slaughter said federal agents and local authorities were investigating the threat and vandalism at her offices.", "And in Virginia, Albemarle County fire marshals and the FBI are looking into the slashing of a propane gas line outside the home of Rep. Tom Perriello's brother, the congressman's office said.", "A Perriello aide told CNN that a line to the propane tank on the brother's gas grill had been severed after the brother's home address was posted online by a Tea Party activist.", "Lee Catlin, a spokesman for the fire marshal's office, said the incident \"did not involve an immediate threat to occupants of the residence\" but would disclose no details.", "The county joined the investigation late Tuesday after a request from the FBI, Caitlin said.", "\"Officials are taking the incident very seriously and conducting a vigorous investigation,\" he said.", "Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck told his radio audience Monday that Democrats who supported the bill would be remembered as \"an enemy of the republic\" and \"an enemy to the Constitution.\"", "But he urged viewers of his Fox News television show Wednesday to avoid violence, because \"radical\" supporters of the Obama administration are counting on such attacks to discredit their opposition, he said.", "\"Not only is it completely nuts and wrong, it's exactly what they want,\" Beck said.", "He told viewers, \"They are begging for it.", "You are being set up.\" But in Kansas, Democrats in Wichita are seeking to raise money over a brick thrown through the window of the party headquarters.", "\"At first, we thought our office was just the object of a random act of bitter violence, but now we know that's not the case,\" said the Sedgewick County Democratic Party's Web site.", "\"This attack was instigated, encouraged and directed by an ultra-right wing blogger and similar events occurred all over the country.\"", "The Web site item asked for donations to \"help us get back to work.\"", "CNN's Deirdre Walsh, Dana Bash, Lesa Jansen and Tom Cohen contributed to this report." ]	[ "Steny Hoyer: Some House Democrats reported threats or other incidents .", "An aide to one Democrat said propane line on his brother's gas grill had been severed .", "\"Violence and threats are unacceptable,\" House Minority Leader John Boehner says ." ]	[ 4, 6, 22, 29, 33 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Anger boiled over on the streets of Haiti's capital Tuesday -- not just from residents who have gone a week without food and water, but from the people who are supposed to be providing it.", "Relief workers say help is not reaching many of the 2 million residents in Port-au-Prince who need aid, because those who are supposed to be coordinating the efforts are inept.", "\"It's terrible,\" said Eric Klein, head of disaster-relief agency CAN-DO.", "\"There's got to be coordination.\"", "Medical aid is particularly needed, Klein and others said.", "\"There are medical supplies just sitting at the frigging airport,\" Klein said while sitting in the cab of a 1,200-gallon water truck near the heavily damaged presidential palace.", "Klein and two Haitian businessmen had just delivered free water to a nearby town.", "iReport: Search list of the missing and the found .", "It's not just water and food that are not making it to residents.", "A 20-member French medical and rescue team that arrived Sunday in Port-au-Prince finally reached their aid site at Sylvio Cator Stadium two days later.", "\"We did not have trucks or gasoline to get here,\" Bruno Besson, a co-team leader, said Tuesday.", "Full coverage l Twitter updates .", "The group had been ready since last Wednesday, one day after the earthquake, but had to sit at the airport in France for two days because there was no plane available to take them, said a frustrated Oustalet Jean-Philippe, the other co-leader for Secouristes Sans Frontieres.", "He blamed the United Nations.", "Others say the United States, which is spearheading the relief effort, is at fault.", "High-resolution images of damage .", "The Geneva, Switzerland-based Doctors Without Borders complained this weekend that U.S. air traffic controllers in charge of the Aeroport International Toussaint Louverture were diverting aircraft carrying medical supplies and other humanitarian aid.", "U.S. military flights were getting top priority, the doctors group said.", "Alain Joyandet, the French minister in charge of humanitarian aid, said Monday that the U.S. military build-up was hindering relief efforts.", "Some media reported that Joyandet admitted becoming involved in a tussle in the airport's control tower over the flight plan for a French evacuation mission.", "U.S. officials said they would start giving priority to humanitarian flights over military landings and takeoffs, reports said.", "About 200 flights a day are taking off and landing at the one-runway airport each day, said Army Major Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, deputy commander of the joint task force providing relief.", "With the seaport closed by earthquake damage, hundreds of tons of aid sit waiting at the airport, the only port of entry.", "U.S. military helicopters routinely load the cargo at a grassy landing zone between the runway and a crowded tarmac and airlift it to at least eight distribution points throughout the city.", "Some aid workers say a lack of trucks and fuel makes it difficult to transport the cargo on land.", "Security is also a concern.", "The military will open two other airports within the next two days, Allyn said Tuesday.", "One will be about 25 miles from Port-au-Prince, while the other will be in the adjacent Dominican Republic.", "The U.S. military has 2,000 troops on the ground and will increase that level to 10,000 in the next few weeks, the general said.", "The military has distributed 400,000 bottles of water and 300,000 meals since the earthquake, Allyn added.", "But many aid workers -- or those who would like to help -- find themselves increasingly frustrated.", "Gueldie Laraque and nine other South Florida nurses took vacation time to travel to Haiti to help and arrived Sunday.", "Two days later, they still couldn't find where to go.", "Three of them had finally gotten a ride from a friend of a friend Tuesday while they looked for a place that needed their services.", "\"We just get can't around,\" said Laraque, an ICU registered nurse.", "\"We're getting very frustrated.\"", "Her colleague, Luzus Nortelus, also voiced her exasperation.", "\"We're trying to find out what to do,\" she said.", "\"What do they need?\" At Sylvio Cator Stadium, where hundreds of displaced Haitian families have set up camp, a team of Israeli doctors has treated about 500 patients in the past three days.", "The French medical team's arrival was particularly welcomed.", "\"This is a dream come true,\" said Alan Schneider, director of the B'Nai B'rith World Center in Jerusalem.", "\"It's been a harrowing three days.\"", "The Israeli team consists of two doctors and seven nurses.", "They were joined by the five doctors, four paramedics, 11 rescuers and four dogs on the French team." ]	[ "Twenty-member French team that arrived Sunday reaches aid site two days later .", "French group co-leader cites frustration over lack of plane to take them to Haiti .", "Doctors Without Borders complains of U.S. military flights getting top priority .", "Earthquake damage closes seaport; hundreds of tons of aid sit at airport ." ]	[ 9, 17, 22 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- The debut album by New York rock band The Strokes has been named \"album of the decade\" by influential British music magazine, NME.", "Released in 2001, \"Is This It\" topped the 100 Greatest Albums Of The Decade list compiled by a panel of musicians, producers, writers and record label bosses, according to NME.com.", "The Libertines' 2002 debut \"Up the Bracket\" was runner-up, with Primal Scream's \"XTRMNTR\" from 2000 in third spot.", "The Strokes formed in 1999 with a line-up that includes lead vocalist Julian Casablancas, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond, Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Moretti.", "Fans had to wait two years before \"Is This It\" was finally released to critical acclaim, with hits such as \"Last Night\" and \"Hard to Explain\" underlining their Velvet Underground-inspired garage rock sound.", "However, the album fared better among British fans, reaching number two in the charts compared to 33 in the United States.", "The band's second album, \"Room On Fire\", was released in 2003 and again reached number two in the British charts with singles including \"12:51\" and \"Reptilia.\"", "But their third album, \"First Impressions of Earth\", gave the band its first number one success, when it snatched top spot in Britain in 2006.", "It also reached the hitherto unknown heights of number four across the Atlantic.", "On hearing about the NME accolade, frontman Casablancas told the BBC: \"It's totally crazy!", "I thought it was great when I heard.", "\"But does it mean it's a good musical decade or a bad musical decade?", "I don't know, I'm such a bad judge of my own stuff.\"" ]	[ "\"Is This It\" topped the 100 Greatest Albums Of The Decade list compiled by a panel of musicians, producers, writers .", "Released in 2001, \"Is This It\" was features hits such as \"Last Night\" and \"Hard to Explain .", "Libertines' debut \"Up the Bracket\" second and Primal Scream's \"XTRMNTR\" third ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass died Wednesday evening, his former publicist said.", "He was 59. Pendergrass, known for smash love ballads such as \"Turn Off the Lights\" and \"Love TKO,\" died after a long illness, according to Lisa Barbaris, who described herself as a close friend and his last publicist.", "He died at a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was born.", "His family did not reveal details about his illness, but said it was related to complications from a 1982 car accident, Barbaris said.", "\"His beloved family surrounded him.", "The world has lost one of its greatest voices and performers,\" a statement from Barbaris said.", "\"His family is devastated.", "He has three children and, even though it was expected, it still hurts,\" she said.", "Gallery: The amazing Teddy Pendergrass .", "The crooner, who many affectionately knew as just \"Teddy,\" started in music with a group called the Cadillacs in the late 1960s and was still with the group when it merged with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, according to his official Web site.", "He started as a drummer, but soon began to sing lead after the group heard his powerful voice.", "In 1972, Pendergrass's baritone could be heard on the classic Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes song \"If You Don't Know Me by Now.\"", "The song became a No.", "1 hit across the country and led Pendergrass to many other hits and accolades.", "After going solo, Pendergrass received several Grammy nominations, Billboard's 1977 Pop Album New Artist Award and an American Music Award for best R&B performer of 1978, Barbaris said.", "In 1982, Pendergrass was involved in a car accident that left him paralyzed.", "But Pendergrass returned to the studio in 1984 in his wheelchair to record an album.", "Before his death, Pendergrass was working on a musical documenting his life, called \"I Am Who I Am.\"" ]	[ "Pendergrass was known for ballads such as \"Turn Off the Lights,\" and \"Love TKO\"\nIn 1982, Pendergrass was involved in a car accident that left him paralyzed .", "His publicist said the singer died after a lengthy illness.", "He was 59 ." ]	[ 1, 15 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Five people were rescued Sunday from the rubble of a grocery store, officials told CNN, 24 hours after the effort to reach them began.", "Three of the people trapped in the ruins of the Caribbean Supermarket -- a man, a 13-year-old girl and a 50-year-old American woman -- were rescued earlier in the day by a joint New York fire and police department search and rescue team.", "A Creole-speaking man and woman were rescued late Sunday night by a team from Miami, Florida, and a Turkish team.", "The man came out first, picking his head up off the stretcher carried by his rescuers and giving the thumbs-up sign.", "He said he had been eating peanut butter and jelly from the store to survive.", "The effort was dealt a temporary setback Sunday afternoon when the floor over rescuers' heads -- described as a concrete slab -- buckled as they were working in a 3-foot-high area, said Lt. Charles McDermott, spokesman for Florida Task Force 2.", "Debris rained down on the rescue workers as they ran outside of the building.", "They stood outside and embraced each other as they called roll to make sure everyone had escaped.", "Work was temporarily suspended as rescuers evaluated whether they should reinforce the floor or work in a different area, McDermott said.", "Rescue personnel worked throughout Saturday night and Sunday to free the people, Capt.", "Joe Zahralban of the Florida search team said, at times crawling through spaces that were so tight they could only take half a breath.", "Zahralban had the opportunity to tell the rescued American woman's sister that she is alive.", "\"She dropped to her knees and thanked us,\" he said.", "The Florida rescuers also called the woman's son, who lives in Pembroke Pines, Florida.", "\"After we told him, he went silent for a moment,\" Zahralban said.", "Get the latest developments on Haiti .", "The man and teenage girl found alive earlier in the day were taken to a U.N. hospital at Port-au-Prince's airport, where the girl, about 13, was treated for leg injuries and the man treated for undetermined injuries.", "They are believed to be Haitian nationals, officials said.", "As of Sunday, more than 60 people had been rescued alive by rescue teams from the United States and other nations, Tim Callaghan of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told reporters.", "Americans have rescued about 30 of those, he said.", "A U.N. search and rescue team freed one of its own, Jens Christensen of Denmark, from the rubble of the collapsed mission headquarters Sunday where at least 37 people have been confirmed dead.", "He told his rescuers that others were still alive, saying he had heard tapping nearby, but not since Friday.", "Those trapped in the supermarket had been living off the store's inventory of food and water, authorities said.", "\"If I was going to be trapped for five days in the dark,\" Zahralban said, \"one of the best places to be is in a supermarket surrounded by food.\"", "Separately, other members of the New York team rescued a 55-year-old man trapped in the rubble of a four-story building in Port-au-Prince.", "They used a rescue camera to locate the man, and then a paramedic climbed into a narrow space with him and started an intravenous fluid line to combat the man's dehydration as rescuers used jackhammers and cutting tools to free him.", "Full coverage of the earthquake in Haiti .", "The man had been trapped since Tuesday, the NYPD said in a statement.", "He was suffering from dehydration but otherwise not seriously injured.", "Other rescues took place as well.", "An Israel Defense Forces medical and rescue team said Sunday it had rescued a Haitian government worker Saturday after he was trapped for 125 hours in the rubble of a customs office.", "After the rescue, which lasted eight hours, he was taken in \"moderate condition\" to an IDF hospital.", "It was the first live rescue by IDF, according to a statement.", "Also Saturday, a team with Los Angeles County Search and Rescue answered the desperate, but futile, pleas of a mother who believed her young daughter was trapped alive beneath the rubble of a day care center in downtown Port-au-Prince.", "Despite the distinct sounds of tapping from within the crushed concrete, the rescue effort turned into a recovery operation eight hours after it began when crews failed to get further responses from whoever was trapped inside.", "Elsewhere in the capital, rescue crews responded to a text message from a 30-year-old woman beneath the ruins of the collapsed bank where she worked.", "Dogs picked up the scent of survivors within the rubble several times, but by early Sunday, rescue crews hadn't seen or heard anything with high-tech cameras and listening devices.", "Also rescued Saturday: a 2-month-old baby in critical condition with injuries that included broken ribs.", "Rescue personnel worried she could contract a deadly case of pneumonia and doctors rushed her to the airport where she was evacuated to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.", "CNN's Anderson Cooper, Susan Candiotti, Rich Phillips and Mary Lucas contributed to this report." ]	[ "Three people trapped in the ruins of the Caribbean Supermarket rescued earlier .", "Rescue of Creole-speaking man and woman late Sunday brings total to five .", "Unstable concrete slab had been standing between rescuers, those who were trapped .", "Other rescue efforts across the capital have been made ." ]	[ 1, 9, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A 47-year-old Virginia man was charged Monday with interfering with a flight crew during a flight last week in which he allegedly became intoxicated and unruly, leading authorities to scramble fighter jets and the pilot to make an emergency landing.", "The incident occurred Friday when Muhammad Abu Tahir, a Pakistani national and lawful permanent U.S. resident of Glen Allen, Virginia, was aboard AirTran Airways Flight 39 from Atlanta, Georgia, to San Francisco, California.", "During the flight, a flight attendant served Tahir, seated in coach, three airplane-serving-sized bottles of wine, then refused to serve him more, according to a two-page affidavit filed Monday by the FBI.", "He appealed to the senior flight attendant, who granted him a fourth, then a fifth bottle, both of which he downed quickly, it said.", "Tahir then went to a bathroom in the rear of the plane and closed the door, opening it a few minutes later and placing his shoes and socks outside the door, then retreating back inside, the affidavit said.", "\"A short time later, Tahir again opened the lavatory door revealing that he was shaving with no shirt on,\" it added.", "When a flight attendant knocked on the door and encouraged him to leave the bathroom so others could use it, Tahir refused \"and started yelling at the flight attendant that he was being disrespected,\" it said.", "Notified of the passenger's behavior, the captain advised the senior flight attendant to enlist the help of a passenger to stand outside the lavatory in case help was needed, it said.", "But Tahir continued yelling and refused to obey the crew, at one point grabbing the senior flight attendant by her arms and hands, releasing her only after a passenger interceded, the affidavit said.", "By this time, a fire extinguisher had been carried to the rear of the plane for possible use against the man and a beverage cart was repositioned to contain Tahir, according to the affidavit .", "While Tahir remained inside the lavatory, the pilot made an emergency landing in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where police officers took Tahir to the El Paso County Jail, where he remained Monday.", "Tahir told the FBI that he felt he was being disrespected when the flight attendants denied his request for food, which was being served in business class, the affidavit said.", "The charges Tahir faces will be read Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Denver and a detention hearing and preliminary hearing are to be scheduled for later in the week.", "\"It is crucial that the flying public obey the commands of the flight crew,\" said U.S. Attorney David Gaouette.", "If convicted, Tahir faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine, or both, as well as restitution to the airline.", "The incident was the second in three days in which North American Aerospace Defense Command fighter jets were scrambled in response to a passenger deemed disruptive.", "On Wednesday, NORAD escorted a Hawaii-bound plane back to its origination city of Portland, Oregon, after a passenger gave a flight attendant a note that was interpreted as being threatening.", "The passenger, Joseph Hedlund Johnson, 56, told the FBI he hadn't intended to scare anyone with the note, which began, \"I thought I was going to die,\" and referenced the television show \"Gilligan's Island.\"" ]	[ "47-year-old Virginia man charged with interfering with a flight crew .", "Incident happened on AirTran Airways Flight 39 from Atlanta to San Francisco .", "Flight attendants say passenger had five servings of wine, locked himself in bathroom ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Three days after a consumers' group called for a meat boycott, the head of Argentina's beef industry said Thursday prices will fall by week's end.", "Gustavo Valsangiacomo, president of the Argentina Beef Industry Union, declined to say the boycott was responsible for the price drop.", "But he acknowledged that demand for beef is falling, the official Telam news agency said.", "\"There are a sum of factors,\" Valsangiacomo told Telam.", "\"I don't want to take importance away from the boycott, but it will be analyzed by the end of the week.", "Nonetheless, we undoubtedly believe that prices reached a point that the public cannot and does not want to accept.\"", "On Monday, an Argentinean consumer group called for a one-week beef boycott in an attempt to lower prices in a nation that eats more beef than anywhere else in the world.", "The price of beef has increased 40 percent to 50 percent since December, said the Association of Free Consumers, which called for the boycott.", "The group cited success in a similar recent boycott of tomatoes, which also had risen in price.", "Within a few days of the tomato boycott, prices dropped, the consumer organization said.", "Valsangiacomo said the beef industry had reached a particular point in which cattle growers have cheap feed but have tried to maximize their profits.", "\"There has to be an equilibrium between their costs and what consumers are paying,\" the industry chief said.", "Argentina -- a nation of nearly 41 million residents and 51 million head of cattle in 2007, the latest year comparison figures are available -- has faced a crisis as cattle supplies have dipped to their lowest levels in 45 years, according to the Argentina Farm Federation.", "The Association of Free Consumers cites three possible reasons for the decline in cattle stock: a significant increase in the number of slaughtered livestock; an acceleration in the cultivation of soy, with more than 10 million hectares (24.7 million acres) converted from livestock to soy production; and more Argentineans buying beef.", "Drought also has decreased the size of available pasture land.", "Argentineans eat more beef than any other nation in the world -- 68 kilograms (150 lbs) per person annually, the Farm Federation said.", "Despite the high consumption, that's a significant decrease from the 80 kilograms (176 lbs) per person per year in the 1970s, the farmers' group said.", "Argentinean beef is considered among the best in the world, and the nation is the third-largest exporter in the world, behind Brazil and Australia.", "But the drastic decline in beef cattle has led some Argentineans to worry the nation eventually could have to import beef to keep up with the high demand." ]	[ "Consumer group called for one-week beef boycott to try to lower prices .", "Argentina Beef Industry Union president won't say if boycott responsible for likely price drop .", "Price of beef has risen 40 percent to 50 percent since December, group says .", "Industry chief tells news agency public demand for beef on decline ." ]	[ 1, 6, 7 ]
[ "(Sunset) -- Yes, I admit this wasn't the first time I'd forgotten an important event.", "Let's not get hung up on that.", "What's important is that I quickly and admirably redeemed myself.", "For a refreshing walk, try a sliver of the Laguna Beach coastline, about 50 miles south of Los Angeles.", "Once the florist came to deliver the white dendrobium (I collect orchids) and I read the note -- \"Happy Anniversary.", "Love, J\" -- I immediately jumped into action: In less than an hour, I'm driving my wife, Jan, to Laguna Beach, our favorite seaside village.", "It is a place blessedly stocked with eateries where a guy can get noteworthy huevos rancheros while his beloved browses chic shops along Ocean and Forest Avenues for bejeweled sandals during winter sales.", "Laguna Beach also happens to be where we spent a few days on our honeymoon years ago, so I have that going for me.", "Short of hiring a helicopter, there are only two ways to get to this gallery-filled artist colony, either along Orange County's Coast Highway or down eucalyptus-laden Laguna Canyon Road, which curves like a riverbed, flowing down to the sea from the base of steep hills dotted with aerie bright-white homes that look like seagulls perched on precipices.", "As we roll into town just before sunset, we feel like we're dropping into a box canyon with the Pacific Ocean as its only outlet, making the village feel cozy and isolated, particularly in the fall and winter months when the crowds thin out.", "A chilly breeze brings the faint smell of menthol (the canyon's eucalyptus trees) and something sweet, like saltwater taffy, perhaps from one of the candy stores.", "Long sheets of purplish orange clouds scatter like flaming blankets across the sky, suffusing the ocean, the sky, even Jan's face with a fireside glow.", "\"This is such a special treat,\" she says.", "\"I can't believe you thought of it.", "By the way, where are we staying?\"", "Fortunately, I'm prepared for this question.", "I've been turning it over in my head from the moment we left home.", "I was thinking we could try to get a room at the hotel where we'd spent three nights on our honeymoon, even though it wasn't that great.", "But then my spousal guilt kicks in, so I decide to bite the bullet and go all out at Montage Laguna Beach resort and spa: California Craftsman architecture.", "Plein air art lining lobby walls.", "Feather-top beds.", "Soaking tubs for two.", "Views of Laguna's beaches.", "Jaw-dropping room rates.", "That sort of thing.", "Beach romance .", "When we get up the next morning, the sun warming up the room, Jan and I both notice the quiet.", "With doors open wide to the Pacific, we hear the chest-thumping crash of the waves, the raspy bark of sea lions, the singsongy entreaty of a distant jogger calling his dog back from a run on the beach.", "I say we love the quiet, then I talk about the sounds.", "But it's different. In summer, beach sounds can be cacophonous.", "In fall and winter, there's mostly the wind and waves and sea life.", "We love the communal feel of the town at this time of year, when locals, who seem to hibernate during the hot months, suddenly reappear to reclaim their favorite eateries and bars.", "One morning we laze about Zinc Cafe on boutique-lined Ocean Avenue, reading the paper while digging into massive bowls of oatmeal mixed with dried cherries and nuts and surreptitiously listening to the breezy conversation around us -- like that of the young woman at the next table who's trying to convince a friend to join her in a laughter-yoga workshop on the beach.", "\"At first you just feel really stupid going hee-hee-hee, haw-haw-haw, but then you really do start laughing and it ... it's such a release,\" she says.", "\"What the heck is laughter yoga?\"", "I lean over and whisper to Jan. She raises her eyebrows, perplexed, and we both try hard not to laugh.", "Fishing for adventure .", "For exercise, we hike down from Coast Highway to Victoria Beach, a secluded cove hardly anyone goes to, particularly off-season.", "I take moody black-and-white photos of Jan on a sea-worn rock in front of an odd little castle turret on the beach, a tower built almost 80 years ago by an early inhabitant who was looking to camouflage spiraling stairs to his house -- long gone -- on the bluff above us.", "We do a lot of beach walking, particularly just before cocktail hour in the late afternoon.", "Strolling down Treasure Island beach, we come across couples cozy on their blankets, and chilled surf fishermen slapping their hands together while keeping a watchful eye on their poles.", "That night we enjoy dinner at Sapphire Laguna restaurant, where the old Pottery Shack, a local landmark, sat for 60 years.", "We huddle around a firepit on the patio, looking over the roofs of shops along the highway to where the sun is dipping into the dark ocean, and nosh on homemade rosemary and sea-salt potato chips while quaffing Chimay Blue dark ale.", "And while it isn't exactly my favorite adventure, in the spirit of the weekend I join Jan one afternoon while she pokes around the shops of Laguna Village, perched on a bluff above the ocean, trying not to act too annoyed when she insists I sniff herbal-scented candles or try on goofy-looking leather hats, the type worn by guys with walrus mustaches and jackets with fringe.", "In short, we do everything and nothing at all, which is really the best thing about Laguna at this time of year.", "And I think Jan appreciated my efforts.", "Which may explain why she seems completely unruffled when I confess that I had, indeed, forgotten our anniversary.", "\"Of course you did,\" she says as we head back home.", "\"Why do you think I sent the orchid?\"", "A more cynical man might suspect that she'd engineered the whole weekend herself.", "But what are the odds of that? Getting there . Laguna Beach is 50 miles south of Los Angeles and 75 miles north of San Diego; John Wayne-Orange County Airport is 15 miles away.", "For more area info, contact the Laguna Beach visitors bureau (800/877-1115).", "3 romantic stays .", "Casa Laguna Inn & Spa Historical inn with suites and rooms, most with fireplaces.", "To make it extra romantic: The Togetherness spa treatment (from $250) includes side-by-side massages, a soak in the ocean-view garden tub, and a bottle of bubbly with souvenir flutes.", "INFO: Rooms from $250, including breakfast, wine, and cheese; 800/233-0449.", "Montage Laguna Beach Five-star digs in Craftsman-style buildings with stunning ocean views.", "To make it extra romantic: The Montage excels at sparking romance.", "Food of Love (from $150 per person) is a four-course candlelit dinner staged in a poolside cabana, and there are couples' plein air painting sessions (from $200 per person).", "But we like the Sunrise Surfing for two (from $200), which comes with a private beach butler and the option of matching surfboards or bodyboards that you can keep.", "INFO: Rooms from $695; 888/715-6700.", "Surf & Sand Resort On the water and close to downtown shops and restaurants.", "Splashes restaurant ($$$$; 1555 S. Coast Hwy.", "; 949/376-2779) is a local favorite in winter for enjoying storm surf.", "To make it extra romantic: Splurge on having the room decorated with rose petals and white tea lights (from $150).", "INFO: Rooms from $275; 888/869-7569.", "Where to eat . Sapphire Laguna Delicious homemade-chorizo huevos rancheros and eclectic dishes like kalua pulled-pork quesadilla; brunch Sat--Sun.", "INFO: $$$; 1200 S. Coast Hwy.", "; 949/715-9888.", "Studio California-French cuisine showcasing seasonal ingredients.", "INFO: $$$$; closed Mon; in Montage Laguna Beach resort, 30801 S. Coast Hwy.", "; 949/715-6420.", "Zinc Cafe & Market Tasty pastries and generous portions of breakfast and lunch offerings.", "INFO: $; 350 Ocean Ave.; 949/494-6302.", "What to do . Laguna Art Museum If the dozens of local art galleries overwhelm you, spend an afternoon at this museum.", "Its focus on California art is a good primer for further discovery.", "INFO: $10; 307 Cliff Dr.; 949/494-8971.", "Laguna Village Beach- and art-themed kiosks.", "INFO: On S. Coast Hwy.", "near Legion St.", "Pure Light Make candles (from $14) any day, or sign up for a workshop (from $10) and create holiday cards or ornaments.", "INFO: 821 Laguna Canyon Rd.", "; 949/376-7200.", "See sea lions Despite its name, Seal Rock (free; Crescent Bay Beach, N. Coast Hwy.", "at Cliff Dr.) is the place to observe Laguna Beach's sea lion colony; they're here year-round.", "Or you can go to Pacific Marine Mammal Center (free but donations welcome; 20612 Laguna Canyon Rd.", "; 949/494-3050), where injured and ill sea lions are rehabilitated.", "Proceeds from the gift shop help care for the mammals.", "Treasure Island Crescent-shaped beach with fishing and tidepools.", "INFO: Free; down a ramp at the southwest edge of Montage Laguna Beach resort.", "Victoria Beach Beautiful pocket beach near Casa Laguna Inn & Spa.", "INFO: Free; down the narrow staircase (watch for other beachgoers) off Victoria Dr. at Sunset Terrace St. E-mail to a friend .", "Enter to win a monthly Room Makeover Giveaway from MyHomeIdeas.com .", "Copyright 2004-2009 Sunset magazine.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Laguna Beach, California, is about 50 miles south of Los Angeles .", "Crowds thin out in Laguna Beach in the fall and winter months .", "Art galleries, shops and secluded beach walks keep visitors entertained ." ]	[ 3, 18, 30, 50 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Venus Williams claimed the 42nd title of her glittering career as she successfully defended her Dubai Tennis Championship crown on Saturday.", "The American defeated fourth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-3 7-5 in the final, having also won their only previous encounter at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.", "The victory lifted Williams into 11th place on the all-time list, moving her one title ahead of the recently-returned Justine Henin to make her the most successful player currently active on the WTA Tour.", "The former world No.", "1, seeded third in the absence of her top-ranked younger sister Serena and No.", "2 Dinara Safina, won the opening set in controversial circumstances with the only break after using the Hawkeye system to challenge a line call on Azarenka's second serve at 3-2.", "The 29-year-old Williams romped to a 2-0 lead in the second set, but Australian Open quarterfinalist Azarenka leveled at 3-3 and games went with serve until 5-5.", "Williams broke then with a forehand passing shot, highlighting the extra power she said had given her an edge.", "\"Obviously, my serve is a big advantage for me,\" she told the tournament's official Web site.", "\"I think I get a lot of balls back.", "I think off the ground she's very strong and consistent, but I think I'm probably a little stronger than her, so that helps me to control the point.", "\"I think she does everything well, but there's a few things, obviously the strength that helps me.\"", "The 20-year-old Azarenka has now lost five of her eight WTA Tour finals.", "\"It's not about power. It's more about precision that she was making it on the lines close to the lines,\" Azarenka said.", "\"Venus came off with some big shots, and, you know, I think overall the game was really good.", "\"Very high quality of tennis from both of us.", "Just, you know, a little bit of bad luck on a few balls.", "But I'm proud of what I did today.\"", "Meanwhile, top seed Maria Sharapova claimed her 21st career title and her first of this year after thrashing Sophia Arvidsson 6-2 6-1 in the final of the Cellular South Cup in Memphis on Saturday.", "The Russian made short work of the 102-ranked Swede, who reached the final after coming through qualifying rounds but won the tournament four years ago.", "The 22-year-old Sharapova won her fifth consecutive match in straight sets, claiming her first title since triumphing in Tokyo in October last year as she continues her rehabilitation from long-term shoulder problems." ]	[ "Venus Williams claims 42nd title of her career, defending Dubai Tennis Championship crown .", "American third seed defeats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-3 7-5 in final .", "Victory lifted Williams into 11th place on the all-time list above Justine Henin .", "Maria Sharapova claims her first title of 2010, beating Sophia Arvidsson in Memphis final ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto will take a one-pound advantage over Filipino Manny Pacquiao into Saturday night's superfight in Las Vegas.", "Puerto Rico's Cotto weighed in at 145 pounds in front a 5,000 strong crowd at the MGM Grand Arena, with Pacquiao tipping the scales at 144 pounds.", "Pacquiao is bidding for a world title at a fifth different weight and was backed by vociferous supporters ahead of the eagerly-anticipated bout.", "He looked relaxed and smiled as he stripped to his boxer shorts, while Cotto looked more intense.", "There was a brief, angry exchange between Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach and the Cotto camp after the champion got off the scales but order was quickly restored and both fighters addressed the crowd in their native languages.", "Pacquiao, who is rated the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world by many boxing experts, has previously won recognized belts at fly, super-bantam, super-feather and lightweight during his remarkable career.", "It is his first fight since a stunning knockout of Britain's Ricky Hatton sixth months ago at the same venue.", "Pacquiao, who's won 49 fights, lost 3 and drawn 2, is being lined up for a money spinning fight with American Floyd Mayweather, but first must get past the determined Cotto, who has held a world title every year since 2004.", "Pacquiao is rated as favorite by Las Vegas oddsmakers, but Cotto has just one defeat in 35 fights with 27 knockouts." ]	[ "Miguel Cotto has one-pound weight advantage over Manny Pacquiao for big fight in Las Vegas .", "Cotto is defending WBO Welterweight title against Filipino hero Pacquiao .", "Pacman is aiming for world title at fifth different weight class ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "WARSAW, Poland (CNN) -- In Poland, it's polite to bring flowers when you visit someone's home, so there's a flower shop on virtually every street corner in Warsaw.", "Crowds flock to Rynek Starego Miasta, Warsaw's Old Town Market Place.", "But the city is now realizing flower power on a bigger scale.", "There are buds and blooms adding color all over the capital, from the quaint Old Town to the bustling city center to the massive concrete apartment blocks left over from the communist era.", "It's Warsaw in bloom, in many ways: A city thriving, growing and blossoming six decades after much of it was destroyed during World War II and almost 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union brought many radical economic and social changes.", "Modern Warsaw is a mix of shiny new skyscrapers, tree-lined boulevards, ornate prewar buildings and somber concrete communist relics.", "Hamburger joints and pizzerias compete for customers with restaurants offering traditional Polish fare like pierogi.", "Expensive new cars share the road with crowded buses and trams.", "Traffic jams frustrate drivers throughout the day.", "But it's the older Warsaw -- faithfully restored and full of churches, palaces and parks -- that seems to attract the most visitors.", "See more photos of Warsaw's places and people » .", "To get a feel for the city that was known as the Paris of Eastern Europe before World War II, stroll down Nowy Świat Street, lined with restaurants, cafes, bookstores and small shops.", "It's part of what's known as Warsaw's Królewski Trakt, or Royal Route.", "On a recent visit, the music of Frederic Chopin wafted down from an open window of one of the elegant apartments occupying the upper floors.", "The street is also home to a sweet Warsaw tradition.", "Blikle, one of the city's best-known confectioners, has been serving up cakes and pastries since 1869.", "It's probably most famous for perfecting the Polish version of the donut: Fist-sized balls of sweet, fragrant yeast dough fried until they're golden-brown and covered with icing.", "But it's what's inside that gives them their unique taste: A filling of preserves made from pureed rose petals and sugar.", "They're best when they're still warm, when it's especially hard to eat just one.", "Bustling Nowy Świat Street flows into elegant Krakowskie Przedmieście Street as you near the Old Town, Stare Miasto.", "Follow the crowds to the Royal Castle and the column bearing the statue of Poland's King Zygmunt III, first erected in 1644.", "Cobblestone streets lead to the heart of the district: Rynek Starego Miasta, the Old Town Market Place, where visitors are surrounded by picturesque pastel blue, pink and yellow buildings capped by red-shingled roofs and where the mood is as merry as the colors.", "Sit down for lunch at an outdoor cafe, buy an amber necklace at one of the shops lining the square, have your caricature painted by artists displaying their work, or just feed the pigeons.", "No matter the activity, it's a great place to relax and people watch.", "This historic center of Warsaw -- which Nazi troops almost completely destroyed in 1944 and which was carefully rebuilt after the war -- is designated as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.", "\"It is an outstanding example of a near-total reconstruction of a span of history covering the 13th to the 20th century,\" UNESCO says.", "To get away from the crowds, return to the Royal Route and head towards the Aleje Ujazdowskie, a grand boulevard lined with embassies.", "It's here that you'll find the entrances to Warsaw's Łazienki Park, once the summer residence of Poland's royalty.", "Today, it's almost 200 acres of calm in the middle of the city and the perfect place for a stroll on wide alleyways surrounded by lush green trees and manicured lawns.", "The serene Pałac na Wyspie, Palace on the Isle, is one of several historic must-see sites in the park.", "Among the many other pleasures: Watching the playful red squirrels roaming in the grass and taking in the colorful plumage of the peacocks strolling the grounds.", "Nearby, another Warsaw tradition awaits.", "For decades, the statue of Frederic Chopin has drawn music lovers and pianists for outdoor concerts of the Polish composer's works.", "They're held each summer underneath the monument as crowds gather in the surrounding rose garden that also serves as an auditorium.", "But any stroll through Warsaw is also a walk through the city's tragic history.", "\"In this spot, the Nazis shot to death 30 Poles,\" a stone tablet reads on Nowy Świat Street.", "There are many such plaques across the capital.", "Monuments pay tribute to the many thousands killed during the Warsaw Uprising -- a civilian struggle to free the city from German occupation in 1944.", "Some of the buildings that survived World War II still have visible bullet holes in their façades.", "They're all unforgettable reminders of the city's painful past and how much it has overcome.", "\"Fall in love with Warsaw,\" the capital invites visitors in a slogan printed on posters all over town.", "It's not hard to do. E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "The historic center of Warsaw is designated as a World Heritage site .", "Statue of Frederic Chopin draws music lovers and pianists for outdoor concerts .", "Much of Warsaw was destroyed during World War II, then faithfully restored .", "Poland has been a member of the European Union since 2004 ." ]	[ 24, 32 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- In the wake of the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner, most Americans remain confident the Obama administration can protect the country from terrorism, according to a new national poll.", "A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday also indicates the vast majority of Americans believe that full-body scanners should be used in airports across the country.", "Nearly two-thirds of people questioned in the poll said they have a moderate or great deal of confidence in the administration to protect the public from future terrorist attacks, up 2 percentage points from August.", "Thirty-five percent said they have not much or no confidence, down 1 percentage point from August.", "Read the full poll results (PDF) A number of Republicans have criticized President Obama over his handling of the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan.", "But according to the survey, 57 percent approve of the way Obama has responded, while 39 percent disapprove of how he handled the situation.", "\"Only a third of Republicans have a positive view of Obama on this matter, but the key for the administration is the 55 percent of independents who approve of how the president responded to the incident on Christmas Day,\" said Keating Holland, CNN's polling director.", "The poll also indicates no increase in overall concern about terrorism.", "\"In October, about a third said they were worried that a family member would become a victim of terrorism, and that number is unchanged in the wake of the attempted attack in December,\" Holland said.", "\"The public seems to react calmly to individual incidents, possibly because most Americans believe that the government cannot prevent every single terrorist plot from occurring.\"", "Six in 10 said terrorists always will find a way to launch an attack, no matter what the government does, he added -- identical to the number who felt that way during the Bush administration.", "The poll indicates a majority, 57 percent, think suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab should be tried in military court and not a civilian criminal court.", "Forty-two percent back handling the case in civilian court.", "According to the survey, Americans also are split on whether heads should roll as a result of the attempted bombing of the airliner.", "Forty-six percent questioned feel that top officials in the federal agencies responsible for handling the issue of terrorism should be fired, while 51 percent said no.", "The poll indicates that nearly eight in 10 believe full-body scanners should be used in U.S. airports, while 15 percent said they would refuse to go through one of the machines if asked to do so.", "\"Most Americans don't see full-body scanners as a health risk, and more than seven in 10 say they would be unconcerned if asked to go through one at an airport,\" Holland said.", "\"Women in particular seem to prefer the idea of a full-body scanner to being frisked by a security guard, even when the question makes clear that the guard doing the manual pat-down would also be a woman.\"", "The CNN/Opinion Research poll was conducted Friday through Sunday, with 1,021 adult Americans questioned by telephone.", "The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.", "CNN deputy political director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report." ]	[ "Nearly two-thirds have moderate or great deal of confidence in president's handling of terrorism .", "Majority in survey say full-body scanners should be used in airports .", "Poll indicates no increase in overall concern about terrorism .", "Findings come after Christmas Day attempt to blow up a U.S. jet ." ]	[ 2, 7, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The raging wildfires that killed hundreds of Australians earlier this year could not kill Sam the Koala.", "The plight of Sam the Koala became a huge hit on video-sharing Web site YouTube.", "But an illness endemic in the country's koala population did.", "Sam, the 4-year-old Koala who became famous after he was injured and rescued from the historic wildfires, died Thursday, an Australian wildlife shelter said.", "\"It is with great sadness today that TressCox Lawyers on behalf of the Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter announce that Sam the Koala has lost her latest fight for survival,\" the shelter said in a statement.", "\"Sam became a symbol of hope and determination across the nation for both survivors of the black Saturday bush fires and all those that fought and lent support throughout the community.\"", "Sam was catapulted into fame in February when a photograph surfaced showing a firefighter, marked with soot, holding her injured paw and pouring water into her mouth.", "As firefighters continued to battle the brush fires that killed more than 200 people and torched 2,000 homes, Sam was taken to Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter to heal from burns on her paws.", "Reporters flocked to the wildlife shelter to do update stories on Sam.", "One story by Australian local television revealed that Sam, short for Samantha, had quickly gained a boyfriend, a Koala named Bob.", "Her paws healed but soon she developed ovarian cysts associated with chlamydia, an ailment that affects 50 percent of Australia's koala population, the shelter said.", "\"Sam had severe changes in her urinary and reproductive tract that was non-operable and unfortunately had to put Sam to sleep,\" the statement said.", "\"The changes were consistent with the Chlamydia infection.", "It was so severe that there was no possible way to be able to manage her pain.\"" ]	[ "Sam pictured in photograph being nursed by a firefighter during February fires .", "Sam taken to Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter to heal from burns on her paws .", "Paws healed but she developed ovarian cysts associated with chlamydia ." ]	[ 7, 10 ]
[ "Miami, Florida (CNN) -- Five Florida men convicted of plotting terrorist acts with al Qaeda were sentenced Friday to long prison terms, the Department of Justice announced.", "Seven suspects were arrested in June 2006 for allegedly conspiring to blow up buildings, including the 110-story Sears Tower, the nation's tallest building, in Chicago, Illinois; the FBI's Miami office and others.", "Five were convicted in May, their third trial after juries failed to reach a verdict on two previous attempts.", "The sixth was found not guilty.", "A seventh was found not guilty earlier.", "The suspected ringleader, Narseal Batiste, 35, was sentenced to 13½ years in prison plus 35 years of supervision after his release.", "He was the only defendant found guilty earlier this year of all four conspiracy charges, including conspiring to incite a rebellion against the United States, supplying materials to a terror organization and terrorists, and conspiring to destroy buildings with explosives.", "Another defendant, Patrick Abraham, 30, was sentenced to 9 years, 4-and-a-half months in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervision.", "He was convicted of two counts involving supplying materials to terrorists and terror groups, and of conspiring to destroy buildings with explosives.", "Stanley Grant Phanor, 34, Burson Augustin, 24, and Rotschild Augustine, 26, were convicted of supplying materials to terrorists but acquitted of the other charges.", "Phanor got eight years, Augustin got six and Augustine seven.", "All will be supervised for 10 to 15 years after release.", "The sixth defendant, Naudimer Herrera, 25, was acquitted on all four counts.", "The prosecution of the men \"helped make our community safer by rooting out nascent terrorists before they could carry out their threats,\" Acting U.S. Attorney Jeffrey H. Sloman of the Southern District of Florida said in a statement announcing the sentences Friday.", "Lawyers for two of the men said they intended to appeal when the verdict was announced in May.", "The terror trial in Miami was the third held for the defendants, a group of homeless men initially known as the \"Liberty City 7,\" for the Miami neighborhood where authorities say they operated.", "In the first trial, a mistrial was declared after nine days of deliberations in December 2007, although a seventh defendant was acquitted.", "The jury in the second trial deadlocked in April 2008 after deliberating for 13 days.", "The first two juries could not determine whether the defendants were seriously plotting with al Qaeda -- as the prosecutors alleged -- or if they were simply struggling young men who were looking to con an FBI informant out of money, as the defense alleged.", "Authorities have said the men did not have explosives or weapons and that their plans appeared \"more aspirational than operational.\"", "The investigation began after an Arabic speaker contacted authorities and said Batiste approached him about waging \"jihad\" in the United States.", "Investigators then planted among the group an undercover informant, who claimed to be an al Qaeda member who helped plan the attack on the USS Cole in 2000.", "A federal raid on the group's Liberty City warehouse in 2006 revealed a receipt for purchase of a gun, as well as ammunition, marijuana, two credit cards, 10 euros, three machetes, two swords, an ax, uniforms and a flight suit.", "On a surveillance videotape played during trial, Batiste could be heard saying he was \"very grateful\" to Osama bin Laden and \"loved\" the al Qaeda leader's work.", "He also said he respected bin Laden and wanted to meet him someday.", "In other excerpts, Batiste told the informant his people needed training, and they discussed going to Chicago because the city has underground trains and tunnels.", "CNN's John Couwels contributed to this report." ]	[ "Trial was the third for defendants, homeless men initially known as \"Liberty City 7\"\nSeven suspects were arrested in June 2006; five were convicted in May .", "Suspected ringleader, Narseal Batiste, 35, was sentenced to 13½ years ." ]	[ 5, 15 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday by talking about war and the limits of nonviolence.", "But he also praised the peacemakers of the past and said the world can and should still strive for peace.", "\"Let us reach for the world that ought to be,\" he told the 1,000-member audience at Oslo City Hall in Norway.", "\"Clear-eyed, we can understand that there will be war, and still strive for peace.\"", "The Nobel committee's choice of Obama as this year's laureate sparked debate, in part because he is a president waging two wars abroad.", "Obama said force is sometimes necessary, but said that is simply \"a recognition of history, the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.\"", "Read a transcript of Obama's acceptance speech .", "Fareed Zakaria, author and host of CNN's \"Fareed Zakaria: GPS,\" spoke to CNN about the speech .", "CNN: What message was President Obama trying to send the world in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech?", "Fareed Zakaria: The speech reflected his basic philosophy, which is why it worked so well.", "I think Obama is somebody who is a realist-idealist.", "He tries to balance idealism with the realities in the world.", "He clearly believes in the idea of doing good in the world, but believes you have to be pragmatic and realizes the dangers of over-reaching.", "CNN: Will the focus on the Afghanistan war being \"just\" be well received by world leaders?", "Zakaria: Most of the world supports the war in Afghanistan.", "The UN approved it, and over 50 countries are participating one way or another, so countries won't react negatively.", "Obama wanted to remind people, including those in his own party here in the U.S., that the Afghanistan war has a morally legitimate basis and that there are occasions in history where force is necessary.", "CNN: Are there any potential pitfalls to spending so much of the speech defending the war on moral grounds?", "Zakaria: The great danger of moral certitude is that you get distracted from the practical issue of whether things are working.", "Are we creating a stable government?", "Are we being successful against the Taliban and al Qaeda?", "From Woodrow Wilson to Vietnam, the question of whether a military action is morally legitimate can overshadow whether it works.", "CNN: Does the speech give us any window into how Obama might conduct U.S. foreign policy going forward?", "Zakaria: The Afghanistan speech last week and the Nobel speech are the two clearest statements of his worldview.", "He isn't making a broad statement like President Bush, when he vowed to end tyranny in the world.", "Obama says the U.S. is a force for good, but is engaging with the world and is trying to avoid open-ended commitments.", "Obama wants the U.S. to play a world role that is progressive and idealistic, but remains aware of the practical limitations inherent in trying to operate in a messy world." ]	[ "Fareed Zakaria: president's speech shows he's trying to balance idealism, world realities .", "He says he must ensure that moral case for war is matched by effective military mission .", "Nobel speech, Afghanistan speech are clearest statements of Obama's worldview, he says .", "More about the speech on \"Fareed Zakaria GPS,\" Sunday, 1 and 5 p.m.", "ET ." ]	[ 0, 6, 7, 11, 23, 25 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The suspect in the September attack on a woman that led to the discovery of 11 bodies at his Ohio home pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he raped and choked the woman.", "Bail for registered sex offender Anthony Sowell was set at $1 million on the rape charges.", "Bail had already been set at $5 million on five murder charges related to the grisly discovery of the bodies at his home in Cleveland.", "\"I don't think a $1 million bond is unfair under the circumstances,\" Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell said at Friday's hearing.", "Sowell was arraigned Friday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on multiple charges, -- including attempted murder, rape and kidnapping -- connected to the September 22 assault on the 36-year-old woman.", "Sowell said he could not afford a lawyer, and O'Donnell appointed one.", "The victim encountered Sowell while walking in his Cleveland neighborhood, and he took her back to his home, where he became violent and raped her, Cuyahoga County prosecutors said.", "\"While raping her, he strangled her with a cord until she lost consciousness,\" the prosecutors said in a written statement.", "\"When she regained consciousness, he led her out of the house.\"", "Police investigating that case searched Sowell's home and yard, finding the 11 bodies.", "Sowell, 50, is charged with five counts of aggravated murder, rape, felonious assault and kidnapping in connection with those deaths.", "He served 15 years in prison for a 1989 attempted rape.", "He was released in 2005.", "Neighbors and police have told CNN that other women were seen at Sowell's home from time to time, and that he would offer them beer and other alcohol.", "Police say he also might have offered them drugs.", "Neighbors on October 20 reported seeing a naked woman fall from the second floor of the home.", "Firefighters and police responded and later notified police.", "But the woman told officers she fell off the roof while she was at the home \"partying,\" and no charges were filed.", "CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report." ]	[ "Bail for Anthony Sowell set at $1 million on rape charges .", "Bail already set at $5 million on charges related to discovery of bodies at his home .", "Sowell, 50, is a registered sex offender ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A body found Monday beside a North Carolina road is that of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, who was reported missing a week ago, police said Tuesday.", "The official cause of death was undetermined as of Tuesday afternoon, Fayetteville police said in written statement.", "An announced afternoon media briefing was rescheduled for Wednesday morning.", "Earlier Tuesday, police said additional charges are expected in connection with the case and any charges will be made public as soon as they are filed.", "Shaniya's mother, Antoinette Nicole Davis, has been charged with human trafficking and other offenses.", "Davis was \"prostituting her child,\" police spokeswoman Teresa Chance said after Davis' arrest over the weekend.", "Another suspect, Mario Andrette McNeill, has been charged with kidnapping in the case.", "Shaniya's father, Bradley Lockhart, made a tearful appeal before reporters Tuesday afternoon, asking that \"everybody makes it a point not to ignore, to look past a situation where a person, a child, or anybody might be in danger ... so that we don't have another tragedy like Shaniya.\"", "He said authorities have given him limited information, but he was to meet with them later.", "\"It's not the result I wanted, it's not the result any father or family would want for their children,\" he said.", "\"But God has a greater calling for all of us.\"", "Shaniya's mother reported her missing from their Fayetteville home in a mobile home park on November 10.", "According to police, surveillance video taken that day from a hotel in Sanford shows Shaniya in the company of McNeill.", "\"The investigation at this point indicates that Shaniya Davis was alive at the time she left the Sanford hotel,\" police said in the statement Tuesday.", "The road where the body was found is near Sanford, which is about 30 miles northwest of Fayetteville.", "Shaniya's half-sister, Cheyenne Lockhart, said on HLN's \"Nancy Grace\" Monday that she found it difficult to believe Davis had treated her daughter so poorly.", "\"She seemed like the sweetest woman.", "She didn't come from much, but ... she had the sweetest voice, she had the sweetest personality, and especially toward me.", "I would never think that she would do anything like that,\" said Lockhart, who shared a father with Shaniya.", "Their father said Shaniya went to her mother's home on October 9.", "CNN's Gabriel Falcon contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Grieving father, speaking to media, urges people not to ignore children in peril .", "Shaniya Davis, 5, was reported missing last week .", "Mother Antoinette Nicole Davis faces human trafficking, other charges .", "Davis was \"prostituting her child,\" police spokeswoman says ." ]	[ 4, 5 ]
[ "(AOL Autos) -- With fuel prices still high enough to put a hole in your pocket, where does one turn?", "BMW's MINI division is the best average fuel-economy automaker.", "For some, it's a vehicle that's been engineered to sip, not guzzle.", "The question then: Which brand is more likely to ease you out of the gas station without feeling you've been turned upside down and shaken?", "Perhaps surprisingly, it's not always the Asian-based carmakers that come up on top where fuel economy ratings are concerned.", "A look at the U.S. government's official fuel economy ratings (published by the Department of Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency and the Environmental Protection Agency) might not be light reading, but it does give a new sense of perspective on what is a very complex issue.", "One observation: Carmakers are, on the whole, doing a pretty good job of bringing choice to the market when it comes to fuel economy.", "AOL Autos: Best-selling fuel-efficient cars .", "There may, however, be two races to win: the most fuel-efficient car on the road and the automaker that \"on average\" is most likely to save you money at the pump.", "AOL Autos: Fuel-efficient used cars for sale .", "On a single car basis, the Toyota Prius comes out on top, its hybrid technology delivering 48 city miles on a gallon (like other hybrids, its fuel efficiency drops slightly on the highway, to 45).", "With fuel prices hitting hard, where are motorists more likely to find relief?", "On a fleet basis, the best performing manufacturer is BMW's MINI division, with three models averaging out at just over 27 mpg city/highway.", "But fitting a family any bigger than two or three in the MINI isn't possible; Honda might be a more realistic choice, its 27 models average out at almost 24 mpg combined.", "Domestically, the winner in average fuel economy is Chevrolet, its 88 models average a combined 23.26 mpg combined city/highway, only slightly lower than Honda's 23.81 mpg average.", "AOL Autos: Three cheap, fuel-efficient new cars .", "What's more impressive is that Chevrolet's numbers factor in a full line of trucks, not the case with Honda (its only offering in that category being the Ridgeline).", "But as shoppers would be quick to point out, it's not the fleet that we're buying.", "It's the individual car or truck.", "AOL Autos: Cars with 30+ MPG for $300 or less per month .", "By category, the 2008 Fuel Economy Guide singles out the leaders, and there it's more than a little apparent that the traditional Asian and European brands aren't about to give up their leadership position.", "For two-seaters, it's Mercedes' Smart brand that delivers 33/41 mpg city/highway, followed by Mazda's MX-5 and its 22/27 mpg rating.", "AOL Autos: 10 cars with the best gas mileage .", "MINI stands alone in the next size category (mini-subcompact), with its two variations (manual and automatic) delivering 28/37 combined and 26/34 respectively.", "An interesting side note: the traditional argument that manual transmissions deliver higher fuel economy no longer holds true.", "Several carmakers boast higher fuel economy with the automatic transmission than with a manual (if available).", "Toyota's Yaris takes top honors in the subcompact category, posting 29/35 with an automatic transmission (29/36 for the manual).", "The compact category has the Honda Civic Hybrid at the top of the ratings, with its 40/45 mpg, followed by Toyota's Corolla and its 28/37 mpg rating.", "A little bigger vehicle will still take you further, notably if it's the industry leading Toyota Prius.", "In second place is the Nissan Versa and its 26/31 mpg rating.", "The federal government's \"large car\" category has the Honda Accord at the top with 21/31 mpg (manual) and 22/31 mpg (automatic).", "Honda once again takes top honors in the small station wagon category, the Fit coming in at 27/34 (automatic) and 28/34 (manual).", "Volkswagen's Passat came out on top in the midsize station wagon category with 20/28 mpg for the automatic and 20/29 with manual transmission.", "Where pickups are concerned, the differences between manufacturers are only slight, with Ford's Ranger two-wheel-drive Ranger pickup tying with its Mazda cousin, the B2300 at 21/26 mpg city/highway, followed by Toyota's Tacoma two-wheel-drive version delivering slightly less -- 19/25 mpg.", "In the standard pickup truck category, 15/20 mpg city/highway seems to be the standard, only the Dodge Dakota and Mitsubishi's Raider (both two-wheel-drive) eking out a slightly higher 16 mpg city.", "GM apparently owns the cargo van category when it comes to fuel economy, its Chevy 1500/2500 and GMC version delivering 15/20 mpg.", "And the Mazda5 has similar bragging rights in the minivan category, with 21/27 mpg (automatic) and 22/28 mpg (manual).", "The sport utility vehicle category has Ford Motor Co. taking top honors, not only with the Ford Escape Hybrid at 34/30 but its virtually identical hybrid cousins the Mazda Tribute and Mercury Mariner.", "The Jeep Compass and Patriot, both with manual transmission and two-wheel-drive, are rated at 23/28 mpg city/highway.", "So who's the worst when it comes to earning the gas guzzler label?", "Look to the so-called \"exotics.\"", "The average Lamborghini, for example, will average just over 11 mpg (combined city and highway), only slightly outdoing the two-seater Bugatti Veyron's 10 mpg.", "But people who buy those cars aren't nearly as likely to wince as the gas pump numbers go flying by.", "The lesson: Just about any way the numbers are sliced and diced, there are options for car buyers looking for fuel relief.", "And the differences may be surprising.", "Comparisons based on data available in the Model Year 2008 Fuel Economy Guide, published by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.", "Number of vehicles for each manufacturer includes variations in transmission, engine and trim, and fuel octane requirements." ]	[ "Two fuel-efficient races to win: best car and best all-around automaker .", "Toyota Prius is No.", "1 car -- hybrid technology gives 48 city miles on a gallon .", "\"Exotic\" cars like Lamborghini and Bugatti are worst fuel-economy automakers .", "Compact category has Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Corolla at top of ratings ." ]	[ 7, 8, 10, 27 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 15-year-old boy remained in a psychiatric facility Tuesday after Monroe, New York, police arrested him in connection with a plot to attack his former high school on the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, police said.", "Police say the boy targeted Monroe-Woodbury High School, although he was no longer a student there.", "He was charged as a juvenile and faces two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon, Monroe Police Chief Dominic Giudice said.", "Police withheld the name of the teen, who was arrested Monday after police executed a search warrant at his residence.", "There they found four bottles filled with gasoline, a torch, machete, black trench coat, three propane tanks, two computers, items that could be used as fuses and several other electronic devices, according to a Monroe Police Department press release issued Tuesday.", "The supplies were found in the garage, Giudice said, but the teen's parents had been unaware of their son's intentions until he told police what he had planned to do.", "Police also discovered the teen had actively been seeking a military assault-type weapon that could \"hold as many rounds as possible.\"", "The boy told police investigators he had been bullied by fellow students and had been told that he resembled Columbine shooter Eric Harris, the press release said.", "A detective on the case told Giudice that the teen appeared to be composed during the interview, as if he were just having another conversation.", "Police said the plot was planned for April 20 at Monroe-Woodbury High School, which is the anniversary of the Columbine shooting in Colorado, in which 12 students and a teacher were killed.", "The date also is Adolf Hitler's birthday.", "\"He said that he had a lot of hatred toward a lot of the kids who attend that school,\" the press release said.", "The boy had attended the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District but recently began attending another school, police said.", "In a statement released by the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District today, superintendent Joseph DiLorenzo indicated that students had come forward with information that may have averted the alleged plot.", "\"We are working closely with law enforcement to do everything possible to keep our children safe,\" he said." ]	[ "Monroe, New York, police say boy, 15, had bomb materials .", "Police: \"He had a lot of hatred toward a lot of the kids\" at his former school .", "Police say boy had bottles of gasoline, a torch, black trench coat, other items .", "Teen had been told he resembled Columbine shooter, police say ." ]	[ 0, 7, 11 ]
[ "(Budget Travel) -- It's every city's favorite excuse for a party.", "Here are ten spectacular ways to ring in 2009.", "Brilliant and colorful fireworks light up Australia's Sydney Harbour Bridge last New Year's Eve.", "Bangkok: A fresh tradition .", "If Times Square's light show doesn't cut it for you, head to the capital of Thailand, where a 52-foot-high Greeting Ball Tower signals the arrival of midnight.", "Outside of the giant CentralWorld shopping mall, about 500,000 revelers join hands to count down to the New Year.", "Earlier in the evening, events include seven concert performances by Thai stars.", "Grab a glass of Chang beer from an outdoor garden for about $1.50.", "BudgetTravel.com: See slideshow of New Year's hot spots .", "Details: handsbangkokcountdown.com or tourismthailand.org.", "Hot tip: Catch traditional Thai dance and folk music on the city's historic parade ground, Sanam Luang.", "At midnight, fireworks explode over the banks of the Chao Phraya River.", "Berlin: The best and the wurst .", "Despite temperatures of around the freezing point, Berliners host an open-air New Year's Eve bash, and the city claims that it is the largest such party in the world.", "Roughly one million merrymakers pack the nearly mile-and-a-quarter-long stretch between the Victory Column and the Brandenburg Gate.", "Colorful lasers illuminate the sky while music -- mostly pop and dance -- blares from giant speakers.", "Elsewhere in town, Germans are as law-abiding on Silvester (New Year's Eve) as always, lighting their private fireworks in designated spaces under police watch.", "But they also cut loose with practical jokes, such as filling homemade doughnuts with mustard instead of the usual jelly.", "Details: silvester-berlin.de.", "Hot tip: If you need a breather, duck into one of the scattered party tents.", "Rest on free heated benches and munch on specialty sausages, such as bratwurst for around $3.", "Or else head to Unter den Linden Boulevard, which presents a clearer, less claustrophobic view of the fireworks.", "Cape Town: Where the Second is best .", "A slave's only day off in 18th-century South Africa was on January 2, and so it's on Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) that Cape Town parties the hardest.", "Up to 2,800 minstrels paint their faces white and storm the streets for the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival.", "Expect crowds of more than 80,000.", "Clad in bright colors, participants carry instruments (such as whistles) and umbrellas while parading from Keizersgracht Street past City Hall and into Rose Street.", "South African wares and local delicacies are hawked along the route, and troupes compete for titles like Best Dressed.", "Details: capetownminstrels.co.za and tourismcapetown.co.za.", "Hot tip: Pop into a café along the cobblestone streets of the Bo Kaap residential neighborhood.", "Watch from indoors as minstrels perform patterned dances past brightly painted houses.", "Edinburgh: Scottish night lights .", "The Scottish capital toasts every New Year with a four-day festival called Hogmanay (pronounced hog-muh-NAY).", "On the Monday before New Years 2009, a torchlight procession along Princes Street whisks a giant wicker lion to Calton Hill, where it's torched.", "Then on New Year's Eve, indie rockers like Glasvegas blast away in the streets, while more mainstream rockers like Paolo Nutini perform at the Princes Street Gardens.", "Nearby, there's a ceilidh, a traditional Scottish party where locals dance gigs and reels to a piper's beat.", "Details: edinburghshogmanay.org and visitscotland.com.", "Hot tip: Practice the traditional Scottish song \"Auld Lang Syne\" in advance.", "Everyone belts it out when the clock strikes 12.", "Hong Kong: Reaching for the stars .", "The waterfront promenade Tsim Sha Tsui is a fine vantage point to take in the midnight pyrotechnics above the city's tallest building, 2 IFC.", "For an even more memorable view, jump aboard the Shining Star Ferry for a two-hour cruise of Victoria Harbour.", "It departs from the Tsim Sha Tsui pier; price has still not been set but will probably be around $20 per adult.", "Details: discoverhongkong.com.", "Hot tip: A carnival in Sha Tin Park will include roving street performances of music and puppetry.", "It's a 15-minute tram ride from downtown (plus a roughly 7-minute walk).", "Las Vegas: The glittering Strip .", "Vegas lives up to its rep as a party town on December 31, with lunatic stunts, a massive light display, and performances by well known entertainers.", "The Strip hosts the free portion of America's Party, an extravaganza with a fireworks display launching from various spots.", "On Fremont Street, folks pay $20 a head to see Tribute-Palooza, a set of eight bands that imitate major acts like U2, Kiss, and Elton John.", "Details: For Fremont Street, see vegasexperience.com.", "For the Strip, see visitlasvegas.com.", "Hot tip: The Las Vegas Monorail runs until 3 a.m.; a special one-day pass costs $12.", "New Orleans: Gumbo and pigskin .", "As in years past, New Orleans puts its own twist on New York City's ball drop.", "Its spotlit gumbo pot drops from the Jax Brewery at midnight.", "Its fall prompts a nightlong bar crawl in the historic French Quarter.", "This year, is the 75th anniversary of the Sugar Bowl, and the football matchup takes place on January 2.", "Expect a football theme for most of the weekend's events.", "For example, in Jackson Square after the gumbo pot drop, a light-and-sound display will synchronize the fight song of each team playing in the Bowl this year with the appearance of each team's colors in the sky.", "Details: neworleansonline.com.", "Hot tip: Hop the ferry from Canal Street to Algiers Point (friendsoftheferry.org), where you can get a comparatively peaceful view of fireworks.", "The free ferry departs every 30 minutes from 6:15 a.m. to 1:15 a.m. on New Year's Eve.", "Reykjavík: Fantasy and flames .", "Icelandic law allows a firework free-for-all on New Year's Eve, making for a raucous night in the capital city.", "Friends and neighbors sing folk songs at roughly half-a-dozen bonfires scattered across Reykjavík.", "Note that on this holiday, local bars and clubs open a little after midnight.", "Details: visitreykjavik.is.", "Hot tip: Temperatures typically dip to about 23 degrees Fahrenheit.", "The warmest way to enjoy the celebrations is to take a coach tour.", "Iceland Excursions' Gray Line stops at the largest bonfires for $71 per adult.", "A midnight toast of sparkling wine is included, of course.", "Rio de Janeiro: Beach party .", "The two-and-a-half mile stretch of Copacabana Beach plays host to more than two million partygoers decked out in traditional white.", "Cariocas (as the locals call themselves) make offerings of red roses and white gladioli to Iemanjá, the goddess of the waters, before an all-night whirlwind of dancing and live concerts.", "Head to majestic Sugarloaf Mountain for a somewhat quieter vantage point for taking in the fireworks display.", "Details: rioconventionbureau.com.br.", "Hot tip: Looking for passion?", "Wear a hint of red to send the right message.", "Sydney: First to cheer .", "Because of its location, Sydney is among the first major cities to greet the new year.", "The city will synch up its pyrotechnics with colorful lighting effects on the arches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.", "Revelers gear up earlier in the day.", "Waterfront events attract crowds of Sydneysiders in T-shirts and shorts -- plus indigenous people in traditional garb.", "Between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., aircraft will run hourly flyovers above Sydney Harbour Bridge.", "After 9 p.m., 55 illuminated ships circuit Sydney Harbour, foreshadowing the barrage of light and sound to come.", "Details: sydneynewyearseve.com.au ; the site lists dozens of vantage points and other info.", "Hot tip: Lay down a blanket at North Head at Sydney Harbour National Park, a relatively uncrowded hangout for gazing at the fireworks.", "Additional reporting by Amy Cassell.", "Get the best travel deals and tips emailed to you FREE - CLICK HERE!", "Copyright © 2008 Newsweek Budget Travel, Inc., all rights reserved.", "Note: This story was accurate when it was published.", "Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip." ]	[ "80,000 hard partiers jam streets of Cape Town, South Africa on January 2 .", "12 Icelandic bonfires dot Reykjavík and bars open a little AFTER midnight .", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, offers all-night whirlwind of beach dancing, live concerts .", "Vegas has Tribute-Palooza: bands imitate U2, Kiss, Elton John and others ." ]	[ 24, 25, 49, 63, 66, 72, 74 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Three inmates who escaped from prison in Indiana last week then allegedly stole a truck, money and guns were captured Thursday in Nebraska after a high-speed car chase, authorities said.", "The three escapees, (from left) Jerry Sargent, Christopher Marshall and Bobby Cockerell, were captured in Nebraska.", "Nebraska State Patrol spokesman Mike Meyer said officers apprehended Christopher Marshall, Jerry Sargent and Bobby Cockerell in Alliance, Nebraska, after a nearly 60-mile chase with speeds reaching up to 100 mph.", "According to Meyer, law enforcement officers tried twice to spike the tires of the minivan the men were traveling in.", "They succeeded on the second try about five miles east of Alliance, but the suspects kept driving on flat tires until they were inside the city limits.", "The men started running when the vehicle stopped.", "Two were caught, but the third tried to carjack a vehicle at gunpoint before being arrested by an Alliance Police officer, according to Meyer.", "It is not yet known which escapee tried to take the vehicle at gunpoint.", "No shots were fired and no one was seriously injured, Meyer said.", "The three men broke out of the Branchville Correctional Facility near Tell City, Indiana, last week, authorities said.", "Tell City is about 80 miles west of Louisville, Kentucky.", "Police believe the three stole guns during a home-invasion robbery in Sanders, Kentucky, earlier this week.", "New arrest warrants charge them with possessing stolen firearms as well as felony possession of firearms, said George Huffman, spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.", "Because they were convicted of violent crimes, he said, they are not allowed to possess firearms at all.", "Police suspect the three of stealing a truck from a town near the prison and robbing three brothers in Sanders, about 65 miles east of Louisville, early Monday.", "The brothers were attacked, bound and held in their home for about an hour and a half while their assailants made off with guns and money, according to the Kentucky State Police.", "One of the three brothers was hospitalized after the attack, while the other two were treated and released.", "CNN's Melissa Roberts contributed to this report." ]	[ "The men were captured in Alliance, Nebraska, after a car chase .", "Kentucky State police say men assaulted three brothers, took guns, cash and clothes .", "The suspects broke out of Branchville Correctional Facility near Tell City, Indiana ." ]	[ 0, 9 ]
[ "Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- The only checks Chris Chelios should be concerned about are the ones he's writing for his children's college tuition, but instead he still has the next body check into the hockey boards on his mind.", "At 48 years old, Chelios is the oldest American and second oldest player ever to play professional hockey.", "The veteran of 26 seasons in the National Hockey League has won the Stanley Cup three times, once in Montreal, Quebec, and twice in Detroit, Michigan.", "Now, the Chicago, Illinois, native has been called up from the American Hockey League's Chicago Wolves to the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers.", "\"Hopefully I can provide a little bit of leadership with what I bring to the table,\" Chelios said.", "\"It is a black cloud over my head -- that 48,\" he said.", "\"I got to go out on the ice and prove it.\"", "Chelios is 30 years older than his youngest teammate, Evander Kane.", "Six of his teammates weren't born when his NHL career began.", "Still, cracks about age don't come up in the locker room.", "\"Most of the guys from my team have been pretty respectful that way, but I'm so used to hearing it from the fans and from other teams that it doesn't bother me,\" the defenseman said.", "Teammate Ron Hainsey said the jokes are minimal.", "\"You probably won't hear too many from these guys because he might start skating circles around guys here.\"", "Hainsey, like most of the Atlanta Thrashers, grew up watching Chelios play.", "\"He's in as good of shape as anybody here,\" Hainsey said.", "\"It's just simply incredible for his age.\"", "In his 9th NHL season, Hainsey has played in about 600 professional hockey games compared to Chelios' 1,600 professional games.", "\"If there's anybody who's seen just about everything, he's got to be the guy who's it,\" Hainsey said.", "\"We're going to soak up everything we can from him while he's here.\"", "Chelios still plays hard, but he doesn't play as many minutes as he did in his 20s.", "When he is on the ice, Hainsey said, Chelios seems to always be in the right place at the right time.", "\"I think I'm a little smarter than the young guys, but they got their speed that makes up for the lack of smarts,\" Chelios said.", "Thrashers Head Coach John Anderson is just five years older than Chelios.", "\"He loves the game.", "He loves to play and it's not about the money anymore.", "It's about wanting to win and wanting to play,\" Anderson said.", "\"I was kidding our defense coach [Todd] Nelson,\" Anderson said.", "\"I said this is probably the last time in your whole career you're going to get to coach somebody older than you.\"", "Chelios is married with four kids who live in the Detroit area.", "He has two daughters in high school, one son in college and another son heading to college soon.", "\"It's been a pretty tough adjustment for me not being with them,\" Chelios said.", "Both of his sons play hockey.", "\"You know at some point I got to start watching them,\" he said.", "\"They're sick of watching me.\"", "Chelios is four years away from reaching Gordie Howe's record of playing in the NHL at age 52, but says he won't break that record.", "\"He can have the record. He's the greatest ever,\" Chelios said.", "\"The fact that I've made it this far as an American, that says enough and I feel pretty good about that.\"", "While he looks at his time with the Thrashers as being his last shot at the NHL, he won't close the door on the possibility of another season.", "\"I think depending on what happens now, realistically, this could be it,\" he said.", "\"Who knows what could happen?", "We get on a roll, things start going good, maybe I'll get that urge to come back again.\"" ]	[ "Chris Chelios, 48, is playing for the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers .", "His hockey career began before some of his teammates were born .", "The veteran of 26 NHL seasons has won the Stanley Cup three times .", "He says younger players are faster, but he plays smarter ." ]	[ 0, 2, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Lionel Messi has replaced David Beckham as the best-paid player in world football, according to France Football magazine's annual \"rich list\".", "Beckham has topped the list for the last two years, but World Player of the Year Messi is now the highest earner.", "The Barcelona star has estimated annual earnings of €33 million ($44.1m) with Beckham left trailing on €30.4 million ($40.64m).", "Beckham suffered World Cup heartbreak when rupturing his Achilles tendon while on loan at AC Milan from Los Angeles Galaxy, dashing his hopes of appearing in the finals for the fourth time with England.", "Blog: Is Messi better than Maradona ?", "He has suffered a slight drop in income compared to 2009, partly due to the falling value of the dollar, but Beckham has been in the top two of the list for the past nine years to show his enduring appeal.", "Messi, in outstanding form for reigning Spanish and European champions with successive La Liga hat-tricks, boosted his earnings through bonuses as Barcelona did the treble last year under Pep Guardiola.", "According to France Football, Messi's annual wage is made up of a €10 million ($13.36m) basic salary, €4 million ($5.36m) in bonuses and €19 million ($25.4m) from endorsements and sponsorships, which include Adidas, Pepsi Cola and Gillette.", "Messi's predecessor as World Player of the Year, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo is a close third in the list on €30 million ($40.08m) but there is a big gap to the fourth-placed player, Ronaldo's teammate Kaka on €18.8 million ($25.11m).", "Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, Carlos Tevez, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Frank Lampard and Samuel Eto'o make up the rest of the top 10.", "Inter Milan's Jose Mourinho tops the manager's rich list with €13 million ($17.36 m) ahead of Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini on €12 million ($16.02m)." ]	[ "Lionel Messi tops annual list of world's best-piad footballers .", "Messi relegates David Beckham to second place with $44.1 million earnings .", "Inter Milan chief Jose Mourinho is richest manager in annual survey by France Football ." ]	[ 0, 4, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The nickname was meant as a joke, a little needle from Marvel Comics mainstay Stan Lee to artist Jack Kirby.", "Jack Kirby drew himself surrounded by his creations, including Captain America and the Fantastic Four.", "But more than a decade after Kirby's death, the name still fits: He is \"The King.\"", "Consider some of the heroes Kirby helped create, many of which now pervade pop culture: The Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America.", "His distinctive action-packed style became the model for many comic-book artists.", "When he died in 1994, artist Gary Panter did a two-page spread in The New Yorker as a tribute.", "Michael Chabon dedicated his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about two comic book creators, \"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,\" to Kirby.", "Not bad for a guy whose chosen medium was looked down upon for decades.", "\"Jack ... was a brilliant man and an incredibly hard-working man,\" said Mark Evanier, author of the new \"Kirby: King of Comics\" (Abrams), a lavishly illustrated biography of the artist.", "\"He produced an incredible volume of work.\"", "Gallery: The work of Jack Kirby » .", "It's not surprising that Marvel's art -- and those it influenced -- would start to look distinctly Kirby-esque, Marvel artist Herb Trimpe said at a Kirby panel in February.", "\"Everyone was so influenced by him -- his work was so powerful and unique -- that it was inevitable.\"", "Kirby was born Jacob Kurtzberg in New York and grew up on Manhattan's Lower East Side, where his adventures with gangs would later filter into many of his heroes.", "In particular, the rough-and-tumble Ben Grimm, also known as the Thing of the Fantastic Four, was a self-caricature, Evanier observes.", "After short stints at a newspaper syndicate and as an animator, he ended up at Marvel's predecessor, Timely Comics, where he and partner Joe Simon created Captain America, a huge hit during World War II.", "With Captain America came some of Kirby's comic book innovations, Evanier says.", "Comic books, which had started as reprints of newspaper comic strips, had adhered to that form's look of repetitious boxes.", "Kirby and Simon used different-sized panels, varying shapes, even full pages.", "\"They kind of invented things that made comic books different than strips,\" Evanier said.", "They realized they \"had the whole page to play with. ...", "They'd take three or four pages for a single action scene.\"", "Simon and Kirby went to Timely rival DC and then formed their own studio after serving in World War II.", "The popular genres then were crime and horror comics, and Simon-Kirby created a handful, including the dramatically named \"Justice Traps the Guilty.\"", "They also pioneered the romance genre, juxtaposing Kirby's innately thrilling style with primly dressed women and men in neat suits and sweaters.", "But while competitors like E.C.", "Comics dangled severed heads on their covers, Kirby and Simon opted for a lower key.", "\"They kept it tamer, deliberately,\" Evanier said.", "\"Jack didn't like the gory stuff.\"", "Ironically, the one area in which Kirby was willing to draw blood, so to speak, was with war comics: The cover of a 1954 title, \"The Guys in the Foxhole,\" pictures a heavily bandaged soldier writing a letter home, with the obvious aftermath of a battle behind him.", "\"The Guys in the Foxhole\" wasn't the kind of comic to be approved by the Comics Code Authority, the organization set up to placate authorities railing against the crime and horror comics, and soon it -- and dozens of other titles -- were out of business.", "Kirby bounced around for a few years.", "Then, back at the company soon to be named Marvel, he and Stan Lee created the Fantastic Four in 1961.", "As Evanier writes, the heroic quartet \"had uncommon depth and personality\" for comic book personalities.", "That kind of humanity would become the mainstay of the Lee-Kirby work and what many still think of as a golden age of comics created by them and other Marvel talents, including Steve Ditko and John Romita.", "Heroes were born one after another: Thor (1962), Spider-Man (1962), Iron Man (1963), the X-Men (1963), Daredevil (1964).", "In \"Kirby: King of Comics,\" Evanier notes that from 1962 to 1964 alone, Kirby drew more than 3,000 pages and 285 covers.", "He was a workhorse, and he was becoming famous, but he wasn't becoming rich.", "\"Jack was not a good businessman,\" Evanier said.", "\"He didn't take a week off; he was a Depression-era kid.", "And he was terrified of not having a weekly paycheck.\"", "When Evanier met Kirby in 1970 -- he served as Kirby's assistant for two years -- \"he was as successful as you could be in comics, but he wasn't particularly well-paid.\"", "Kirby left Marvel in 1970, not long after the company was sold.", "(The garrulous Stan Lee, who was assumed by the new owners to be the company's creative genius, stayed on.)", "Kirby went to DC for a few years, but the company \"didn't give him much better terms,\" Evanier said.", "But as new generations discovered comic books, they discovered Jack Kirby, defending him amid the corporate takeovers and boosting his spirits.", "He got some of his work back -- rights issues plagued him -- and he never lost his creative power.", "(However, with great power comes great responsibility: Kirby didn't drive a car, Evanier said, \"because with his mind going, he'd run off the road.", "Most people's minds go from A to B to C; Jack's mind went from A to K to W.\") Kirby was matter-of-fact about his talent; he loved to draw, and he tried to treat his readers with respect.", "\"I don't think the average reader believes in fairy tales, and I've never given them fairy tales,\" Kirby once said.", "\"Yes, I've given them fictionalized drama, but this is drama that is enacted by real people.\"", "Fourteen years after his death, his power continues to radiate.", "\"When I go to comics conventions, I walk around, and there's Kirby everywhere,\" Evanier said.", "\"And I'm constantly encountering people who tell me what Jack meant to them.\"", "Though he didn't leave his widow with a fortune, as he had hoped, he left a reputation as a good man and a great artist.", "He may even, Evanier says, have had a little bit of the superhero about him.", "\"He took the comic book to a different level,\" the author said.", "\"There was a very positive force of energy around him.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Jack Kirby helped create many famed superheroes .", "Kirby's energetic drawing style influenced generations of comic book artists .", "The incredibly prolific Kirby is now considered a towering figure in comic books ." ]	[ 2, 3, 4, 45 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A woman to woman talk between Oprah Winfrey and the former head of her South African girls school ended with the settlement of a defamation lawsuit against the talk show host, their lawyers said.", "Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane sued Winfrey, contending she defamed Mzamane when talking about an abuse scandal at the school she ran in 2007.", "The case was set for trial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, starting March 29.", "\"The two parties met woman to woman without their lawyers and are happy that they could resolve this dispute peacefully to their mutual satisfaction,\" the attorneys said in a joint statement Tuesday.", "Mzamane was immediately suspended and later fired after several students at Winfrey's South African leadership academy complained about abuse.", "A dorm mother was later charged with abusing and assaulting students.", "The lawsuit contended that Winfrey's statements at a private meeting with parents, which later became public, and at a news conference defamed the headmistress by implying she knew of the abuse and covered it up.", "Mzamane said the abuse complaints were never brought to her and that Winfrey never let her explain.", "\"Ms. Winfrey testified in her deposition that she did not intend the implications placed on her words by the plaintiff,\" the joint statement said.", "\"Ms. Mzamane testified in her deposition that she has no evidence that Ms. Winfrey knowingly made a false statement about her or entertained serious doubt about the truth of what she said.\"", "U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno ruled a week ago that Winfrey's comments could potentially be interpreted by a jury to be defamatory.", "The decision cleared the path for a trial.", "The suit quoted Winfrey telling parents that \"any person that has caused harm\" to students would be let go.", "In the next sentence, Winfrey said she fired Mzamane because she had lost confidence in her ability to run the school.", "Winfrey also told the parents that when students brought their complaints to the headmistress, she \"had not taken them seriously,\" the suit said.", "The suit said one Winfrey quote cited suggested Mzamane, a native of the African kingdom of Lesotho, did not have a high-enough level of care for the students: .", "\"It was my intention by putting somebody in charge who was African, and was female, I believed that she would care as much for these girls as I do myself.", "I'm sorry I was let down.\" Mzamane's suit said the damage to her reputation resulted in her not being able to get another education job for a year.", "When Winfrey opened the school at the beginning of 2007, she said she hoped it would provide opportunities to girls from poor backgrounds.", "She personally approved each of the students, many of whom were at the top of their classes." ]	[ "The talk show host founded a girls leadership school in South Africa in 2007 .", "Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane was suspended, later fired after student complaints of abuse .", "Mzamane claimed in lawsuit that Oprah Winfrey has defamed her .", "The two women meet without their lawyers and agree to settle lawsuit ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A December rampage that killed hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo went largely unreported because of lack of communications in the remote area, a United Nations official said Sunday.", "The Lord's Resistance Army carried out the brutal campaign in northeastern Congo over four days, killing at least 321, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.", "Rebels also abducted 250 others -- including at least 80 children -- when they attacked villages in Makombo area, the human rights group said Saturday.", "Alan Doss, a United Nations Special Representative for Congo, confirmed the massacre and said the world body was made aware of the attacks in December and confirmed some deaths in January.", "\"The area is remote, there's no intelligence or communications, we had to cross check,\" Doss said.", "The United Nations cannot corroborate the number of deaths reported by Human Rights Watch, but has confirmed more than 100 killed so far, he said.", "\"The area is the size of Spain,\" Doss said.", "\"It has no infrastructure ... we are working on efforts to get better communications to make it less isolated.\"", "The Lord's Resistance Army was initially based in Uganda, but now works near the borders of Central African Republic, Sudan and Congo.", "It has been accused of killing, abducting and mutilating scores of people in the past.", "In the Congo attack, gangs tied up villagers -- including women and children -- and hacked them to death, Human Rights Watch said.", "They also crushed their skulls with axes and heavy wooden sticks, the report said.", "The anti-Ugandan government rebel group is led by self-declared prophet Joseph Kony.", "It claims its insurgency aims to replace the Ugandan government with a democracy based on the Ten Commandments.", "President Yoweri Museveni pushed it out of Uganda in 2005.", "Five years ago, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for senior rebel leaders for crimes in northern Uganda, but those indicted remain at large.", "The Makombo massacre is the deadliest documented attack by the LRA since rampages around Christmas 2008 left scores of Congolese dead.", "Dozens of other attacks against civilians have been carried out in other areas in recent months, Human Rights Watch said." ]	[ "A rebel group in Congo killed at least 321 civilians, Human Rights Watch said .", "The Lord's Resistance Army abducted 250 others including 80 children, the report said .", "LRA forces attacked at least 10 villages from December 14 to 17, the report claimed .", "United Nations said it was made aware of the attacks in December ." ]	[ 1, 2, 3 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- British citizens who travel to Israel should be aware that their passport details could be captured for \"improper uses,\" Britain's Foreign Office warned Tuesday.", "It follows Britain's expulsion of an Israeli diplomat and its accusation that the Israeli government was responsible for forging British passports used in an international murder plot.", "Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Tuesday that there are \"compelling reasons\" to believe Israel was behind it.", "Twelve suspects in the January murder of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was found dead in his Dubai hotel room, used British passports, the Dubai police have said.", "Miliband said the passports had been copied from \"genuine British passports\" in a \"highly sophisticated operation,\" indicating that a state intelligence service was responsible.", "The Foreign Office changed its official travel advice Tuesday for British citizens going to Israel, to warn them about the risk of their passport details being compromised.", "A British investigation \"found circumstantial evidence of Israeli involvement in the fraudulent use of British passports,\" the advice says.", "\"This has raised the possibility that your passport details could be captured for improper uses while your passport is out of your control.", "The risk applies in particular to passports without biometric security features.", "\"We recommend that you only hand your passport over to third parties, including Israeli officials, when absolutely necessary.\"", "Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency concluded that the 12 British people whose passports were cloned were \"wholly innocent victims of identity theft,\" the foreign secretary said.", "Israel has a stated policy on security matters of neither confirming nor denying involvement.", "Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said the British government would be giving its report on the passports to the Australian Federal Police, who are investigating how some of their country's passports came to be used by the Dubai suspects.", "In an interview Tuesday with the Australian Broadcasting Company, Smith said Australia was not taking any action yet.", "\"We have an investigation underfoot, and we will await the results of that investigation by the Australian Federal Police,\" Smith said.", "He added: \"We're treating this matter very seriously.", "Israel understands that, and when I receive the report (from the federal police), we'll make judgments which will be in Australia's national interest.\"", "Dubai police had previously said three Australian passports were used in the murder plot, but Smith said there were four.", "He said there is nothing to indicate that the holders of the passports were anything but \"innocent victims\" in the crime.", "Al-Mabhouh, a founding member of Hamas' military wing, was found dead January 20 in his Dubai hotel room.", "Police believe he was killed the night before, allegedly by the secretive Israeli foreign intelligence unit Mossad.", "A source close to the investigation said Wednesday that the total number of suspects had increased to 28, from 27, after Australia confirmed the use of a fourth passport.", "Six suspects used Irish passports, four used French documents, one had German papers and four had Australian papers.", "There is also one Palestinian suspect, police have said.", "Interpol expands search for suspects .", "Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai police chief, has said not all the suspects had fraudulent passports.", "\"We know some of the names are real,\" he said.", "Interpol, the international police agency, has issued \"red notices\" to help search for the suspects.", "The notices are not international arrest warrants, but are a way of alerting police forces around the world that the suspects are wanted by United Arab Emirates authorities." ]	[ "UK warns citizens who travel to Israel passports could be copied for \"improper uses\"\nMiliband: Passports used by Hamas leader's killers were copied by Israel .", "Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, founding member of Hamas' military wing, found dead Jan. 20 in Dubai .", "Dubai Police believe he was killed by secretive Israeli foreign intelligence unit Mossad ." ]	[ 0, 3, 19, 20 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Delaware pediatrician pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 471 felony counts in the alleged child abuse of his patients, according to a spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice.", "Dr. Earl Bradley, 56, was arrested in December on charges that include rape, sexual exploitation of a child, endangering child welfare and assault.", "Bradley, who had a practice in Lewes, Delaware, is accused of victimizing 103 children -- all girls except for one boy.", "Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden has said the charges are based on \"video and digital evidence\" seized from Bradley's home and medical practice in December.", "Bradley also has medical licenses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Florida.", "Authorities have said they have contacted officials in those states.", "The next step in the proceedings is a case review May 17, according to Kerry Angell, a spokeswoman for the Delaware Department of Justice." ]	[ "Dr. Earl Bradley faces 471 felony counts, a state justice department spokeswoman said .", "Bradley, 56, is accused of victimizing 103 children .", "Delaware AG said charges are based on seized \"video and digital evidence\"" ]	[ 2, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 321 civilians and abducted 250 others -- including at least 80 children -- in a previously unreported rampage late last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Saturday.", "The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) carried out the brutal campaign in northeastern Congo over four days in December, the report said.", "LRA forces attacked at least 10 villages from December 14 to 17, killing and abducting hundreds of civilians -- including women and children, according to Human Rights Watch.", "LRA combatants tied up villagers in the nation's remote Makombo area and hacked them to death with machetes or crushed their skulls with axes and heavy wooden sticks, the report said.", "Most of those killed were adult men, but at least 13 women and 23 children were among the dead -- including a 3-year-old girl who was burned to death, according to Human Rights Watch.", "The LRA also killed those they abducted who walked too slowly or tried to escape, Human Rights Watch said.", "According to those who managed to escape, children captured by the LRA were forced to kill other children who had disobeyed the LRA's rules, the report said.", "In numerous cases, children were ordered to surround the victim in a circle and take turns beating the child on the head with a large wooden stick until the child died, the report said.", "\"The Makombo massacre is one of the worst ever committed by the LRA in its bloody 23-year history, yet it has gone unreported for months,\" said Anneke Van Woudenberg, a senior Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch.", "\"The four-day rampage demonstrates that the LRA remains a serious threat to civilians and is not a spent force, as the Ugandan and Congolese governments claim.\"", "CNN could not independently confirm the massacre.", "Human Rights Watch said that the roughly 1,000 United Nations peacekeeping troops in LRA-affected parts of northeastern Congo are insufficient to protect civilians.", "The peacekeeping force is considering removing some troops from the area under pressure from the Congolese government, a move Human Rights Watch warned against on Saturday.", "The U.N. Security Council is planning to visit Congo in mid-April to discuss the peacekeeping force's plans for withdrawal and the protection of civilians, Human Rights Watch said.", "The Congolese government denies that the LRA is still a serious threat in the country, which may have contributed to the absence of reports about the December massacre, Human Rights Watch said.", "\"We have been forgotten,\" an 80-year-old Congolese man whose son was killed during the massacre told Human Rights Watch.", "\"It's as if we don't exist.\" \"The government says the LRA are no longer a problem, but I know that's not true,\" he said.", "\"I beg of you, please talk to others about what has happened to us.\"", "The LRA is led by self-declared mystic and prophet Joseph Kony, who claims his insurgency -- which began in 1986 -- is aimed at replacing Uganda's government, led by President Yoweri Museveni, with a democracy based on the Bible's Ten Commandments.", "After being pushed out of Uganda in 2005, the LRA now operates in the remote border area between southern Sudan, Congo, and Central African Republic.", "In 2005, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for senior LRA leaders for crimes they committed in northern Uganda, but those indicted remain at large.", "The two commanders who perpetrated the December massacre report to one of those indicted leaders, according to Human Rights Watch.", "The Makombo massacre is the deadliest documented attack by the LRA since killing sprees around Christmas 2008 left scores of Congolese dead, but dozens of other attacks against civilians have been carried out in other areas in recent months, Human Rights Watch said." ]	[ "A rebel group in Congo killed at least 321 civilians, Human Rights Watch said .", "The Lord's Resistance Army abducted 250 others including 80 children, the report said .", "LRA forces attacked at least 10 villages from December 14 to 17, the report claimed .", "CNN could not independently confirm reports of the massacre ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 10 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Thursday that the Pentagon will start to ease its enforcement of the \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy prohibiting homosexuals from serving openly in the military.", "Among other things, Gates said the Pentagon is raising the threshold for what constitutes an appropriate level of information necessary to launch a \"credible inquiry\" into allegations of homosexual behavior.", "The change, which will take effect in 30 days and apply to all current cases, is a reflection of \"common sense\" and \"common decency,\" Gates said.", "\"These changes reflect some of the insights we have gained over 17 years of implementing the current law, including the need for consistency, oversight and clear standards.\"", "President Obama and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, support a legislative repeal of \"don't ask, don't tell,\" which was first enacted in 1993.", "Some senior members of the military, however, have expressed concern over the impact of the ban's repeal on unit cohesion and morale, among other things.", "Is this the right move?", "Share your thoughts .", "Last month, Gates announced the Pentagon had taken the first steps to prepare for a repeal of the policy.", "Laying the groundwork for such a change will take more than a year, he said.", "In the interim, he said, the Defense Department will start enforcing the policy \"in a fairer manner.\"", "Gates said Thursday that, moving ahead: .", "• The Pentagon will raise the level of the officer authorized to start a fact-finding inquiry or separation proceeding as a result of alleged homosexual conduct to a general or flag officer in the accused service member's chain of command.", "• Only a lieutenant colonel, Navy commander or higher ranking officer will be authorized to conduct a fact-finding inquiry.", "• Only a general or flag officer in an accused service member's chain of command will be authorized to initiate expulsion proceedings.", "• The Pentagon will revise what constitutes credible information to begin an inquiry or separation proceeding.", "For example, Gates, said, the Defense Department will specify that information given by third parties should be given under oath.", "The use of \"overheard statements\" and \"hearsay\" will be discouraged.", "• The Pentagon will revise what constitutes a \"reliable person\" upon which an inquiry can be initiated.", "According to Gates, \"special scrutiny\" will be given to \"third parties who may be motivated to harm a service member.\"", "• Certain categories of confidential information will no longer be used in discharge proceedings, including information provided to lawyers, clergy and psychotherapists.", "Information provided to a doctor as part of a service member's medical treatment or to a medical official in the course of a public health inquiry also will not be used in discharge proceedings.", "Information given for either a security clearance investigation or in the course of seeking professional assistance for domestic or physical abuse also will be excluded.", "Last month, Gates told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that \"a guiding principle of our efforts [to change the policy on gays in the military] will be to minimize disruption and polarization within the ranks, with special attention paid to those serving on the front lines.\"", "Gates also said the Pentagon will ask the RAND Corp. to update a study it conducted in 1993 on the impact of allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military.", "Since the \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy was implemented, more than 13,500 service members have been discharged, according to U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, D-Virginia.", "In 2009, there were 428 discharges under the policy, the lowest rate of discharge since implementation, he said.", "The highest year was 2001, with 1,227 discharges.", "Sixty-nine percent of Americans believe openly gay people should be allowed to serve in the military, according to a February 12-15 CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll.", "Twenty-seven percent are opposed to such a change, the survey found.", "In 1994, shortly after the \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy was implemented, 53 percent of Americans believed openly gay people should be allowed to serve in the military, while 41 percent were opposed.", "CNN's Alan Silverleib and Barbara Starr contributed to this report." ]	[ "Change is reflection of \"common sense\" and \"common decency,\" Gates says .", "President Obama and Adm. Mike Mullen, support legislative repeal of \"don't ask, don't tell\"\nPolicy forbidding gays to serve open in the military enacted in 1993 ." ]	[ 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Civil rights activist Dorothy Height, 98, remained in \"very serious, but stable condition\" Saturday, her friend and spokeswoman said.", "A flurry of rumors about Height's death appeared Saturday on the Internet, particularly on the social networking site Twitter, where her name was a trending topic.", "Wikipedia also briefly reported Height's death.", "Height remains hospitalized, according to Alexis Herman, her friend and former secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton.", "Height was admitted to Howard University Hospital earlier this week.", "Further details about her condition were not immediately available.", "\"We are grateful for the professional care of her doctors,\" Herman said in a written statement.", "\"We especially thank everyone for your thoughts, prayers and support during this challenging time.\"", "Height, who turned 98 Wednesday, is chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women.", "In the 1960s, she worked alongside civil rights pioneers, including the Rev.", "Martin Luther King Jr., future U.S. Rep. John Lewis and A. Philip Randolph.", "She has been active in civil rights since the New Deal era, according to her biography on the National Council of Negro Women's Web site.", "As a leader of the United Christian Youth Movement of North America beginning in 1933, \"she worked to prevent lynching, desegregate the armed forces, reform the criminal justice system and for free access to public accommodations,\" the site says.", "She was elected president of the NCNW in 1957 and held the post until 1998.", "CNN's Lindy Royce contributed to this report." ]	[ "Dorothy Height, 98, remains hospitalized; no information available on her condition .", "Wikipedia reported Saturday that she was dead; rumors appeared on social networking site Twitter .", "Height has been active in civil rights since the New Deal era ." ]	[ 1, 2, 11 ]
[ "Searchlight, Nevada (CNN) -- Former Alaska Gov.", "Sarah Palin kicked off a Tea Party rally Saturday in Sen. Harry Reid's hometown, encouraging disgruntled Americans to \"take back our country\" while attacking what she called the \"Obama-Pelosi-Reid spending spree.\"", "\"There's no better place to kick off the Tea Party Express than Harry Reid's hometown,\" Palin said at the rally, dubbed \"Showdown in Searchlight,\" aimed at conjuring up support for the Senate Majority Leader's defeat in November elections.", "Activists -- some of whom are calling the gathering the largest retirement party in the world -- hope it will carry a strong symbolic message.", "Reid, the Senate majority leader, is credited with helping push through Congress the controversial health care bill that President Barack Obama signed Tuesday, as well as the \"fixes\" measure that passed Thursday.", "\"Washington has broken faith with the people that they are to be serving,\" Palin told the crowd, which numbered in the thousands.", "Palin said the message to government leaders was \"loud and clear.\"", "\"The big government, the big debt, Obama-Pelosi-Reid spending spree is over.", "You're fired,\" she said, prompting cheers from the crowd.", "Are you there or at another Tea Party?", "Share your video, images .", "Palin's speech Saturday echoed many of her recent appearances at Tea Party events as she promoted \"common sense conservative values\" and decried \"elites in Washington\" and big government spending.", "She addressed recent criticism of a post on her Facebook page that called for conservatives not to retreat in the wake of the health care vote, but \"reload.\"", "Some critics have suggested the post encouraged violent acts against those who voted in favor of the legislation.", "\"Let's clear the air right now,\" she said.", "\"We're not inciting violence.", "Don't get sucked into the lame-stream media lies about Americans standing up for freedom.", "it's a bunch of bunk that the media is trying to feed you.", "Don't let them try to divert\" attention from the issue.", "Other expected speakers included Gov.", "Jim Gibbons, a Republican, who told CNN's Ed Henry the event was \"a great way to kick off a very intense political season.\"", "In a statement to CNN, Reid said he was \"happy so many people came to see my hometown of Searchlight and spend their out-of-state money especially in these tough economic times.", "Ultimately, though, this election will be decided by Nevadans, not people from other states who parachute in for one day to have a tea party.\"", "Not far from the rally site, the State Democratic party and the Reid campaign have set up a hospitality tent.", "\"We are serving tea and donut holes in recognition that Sen. Reid just passed health care reform, and [that] we're closing the Medicare donut hole,\" said Zac Petkanas, deputy communications director for the Reid campaign.", "It's staffed, he added, \"with real Nevadans from Nevada and folks from Searchlight who support Reid.\"", "The senator, meanwhile, is spending Saturday with the National Rifle Association's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre.", "The Reid campaign describes LaPierre as \"one of the senator's supporters.\"", "The two are attending the grand opening of the $60 million Clark County Shooting Park north of Las Vegas that, according to the Reid campaign, wouldn't have opened without the senator's help.", "Reid is arguably the Tea Party's top target.", "He carries a lot of political baggage in a year that finds much anger directed at incumbents.", "\"He is one of the three faces of the Democratic agenda in Washington, which right now is unpopular,\" said Nevada political newsletter editor Jon Ralston.", "Recent polls from the Mason-Dixon organization show 33 percent of those polled have a favorable view of Reid, while 52 percent said they have an unfavorable view of the senator -- some of the worst numbers he has faced in years.", "\"I don't think many voters in Nevada dislike me.", "I think we have an economic situation in Nevada that is very difficult,\" Reid told CNN in a recent interview in Las Vegas.", "The state's economy is in dire straits.", "It leads the nation in foreclosures, and its 13 percent unemployment rate is second only behind Michigan's.", "Those vying to challenge Reid on the Republican side are pouncing.", "\"He has lost touch with what is going on here in Nevada,\" said businesswoman and former state GOP Chairwoman Sue Lowden, who is leading the pack among the Republican hopefuls.", "\"It is all about jobs. His solution is to put the country more in debt -- to tax the country more -- to put our children and grandchildren at risk for years and years of being in debt,\" she added.", "Earlier this month, Lowden told CNN she's a proud member of the Tea Party movement.", "Another Republican challenger, businessman Danny Tarkanian, said Reid has \"alienated himself from the people of Nevada, and the economy is getting worse and worse and worse.\"", "Also not helping Reid were two recent quips by Obama about not wasting money in Las Vegas.", "Reid, who is not facing a serious primary challenge, last year aired ads aimed at promoting what he has done to help improve the economy, as well as introducing himself to hundreds of thousands of new voters who have moved to Nevada since his last election.", "\"To say Harry Reid is going to run a scorched-earth campaign against whomever this nominee is ... he has a reputation for doing whatever it takes to win -- no more so than this year.", "And he is going to have all the money to do it,\" Ralston said.", "For his part, Reid -- known as a tenacious fighter who has come out ahead in previous close elections -- will push the message against his opponents of how much he has done for the state.", "But he said he will not campaign differently than he has in the past.", "\"People in the state of Nevada know me,\" Reid said.", "\"I'm not going to be changing who I am for an election.", "I'm just who I was when I started this a long time ago, and I continue to be the same person I used to be, as I am today, and will work very hard to meet the additional requirements that come with a changing economy that we have.\"", "The Tea Party Express is scheduled to end up in Washington on April 15 -- tax day.", "The group's travel plans are part of its \"Just Vote Them Out!", "Tour.\" Some local organizers prefer to call the Searchlight gathering a \"conservative Woodstock.\"", "CNN's Ed Henry, Kevin Bohn and Jessica Yellin contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Sarah Palin addresses crowd .", "Tea Party activists to hold rally Saturday in Harry Reid's Nevada hometown .", "Polls suggest Senate majority leader faces tough re-election battle .", "Former GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin to headline \"Showdown in Searchlight\" event ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- World No. 2 Novak Djokovic stumbled at the opening hurdle at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, but Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick cruised into the third round.", "Second seed Djokovic, who had a first-round bye, was surprisingly beaten 6-2 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 by Belgian Olivier Rochus on Friday.", "The world No. 59 could have won in straight sets after leveling at 6-6 in the tie-break, but held his nerve to break Djokovic in the final game of the decider to triumph.", "Serbian Djokovic, the 2007 champion, successfully defended his Dubai title last month but bowed out in the last-16 at Indian Wells two weeks ago.", "The reward for Rochus is a third-round clash with Brazilian 27th seed Tomaz Bellucci, who defeated American James Blake 3-6 6-1 6-2.", "Nadal, the tournament's last second seed to lose his opening match in 2006, had no such problems this time as he beat another U.S. player, Taylor Dent, 6-4 6-3.", "The Spanish fourth seed -- beaten in the semifinals at Indian Wells by Djokovic's conqueror and eventual champion Ivan Ljubicic -- will next play Argentine wildcard David Nalbandian, who overcame Serbian 30th seed Viktor Troicki 6-3 4-6 6-4.", "Sixth seed Roddick, last weekend's losing finalist, gave home fans some cheer as he crushed Russia's Igor Andreev 6-4 6-4 to set up a clash with Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky.", "Eight seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also progressed with a 6-4 6-3 win over Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, and the Frenchman will next play German 28th seed Philip Kohlschreiber.", "World No. 1 Roger Federer begins his bid for a record-equaling 17th Masters 1000 tournament victory against Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti on Saturday, while third seed and defending champion Andy Murray takes on American Mardy Fish.", "In the women's tournament, Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin made it a good day all-round for Belgium as the former world No.", "1s progressed into the third round.", "Clijsters, the 14th seed but champion in Miami in 2005, crushed 20-year-old Czech Petra Kvitova 6-1 6-1 to earn a third-round clash with Israel's Shahar Peer.", "Henin, seeded 33rd after receiving a wildcard, beat Elena Dementieva for the second time in her comeback season, winning 6-3 6-2 against the Russian fifth seed.", "The Australian Open runner-up will next play Slovakian 26th seed Dominika Cibulkova.", "Second seed Caroline Wozniacki came from behind to defeat Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova 3-6 6-3 6-4 and set up a third-round tie with Russia's Maria Kirilenko.", "The Dane had to come back from 3-1 down in the second set and 3-0 adrift in the decider.", "Fourth seed and defending champion Victoria Azarenka also progressed with Indian Wells winner and No.", "7 Jelena Jankovic, No.", "9 Samantha Stosur and Russia's No.", "11 Vera Zvonareva." ]	[ "World No.", "2 Novak Djokovic loses opening match at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami .", "Serbian upset by Belgium's Olivier Rochus, but Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick go through .", "Former No.", "1s Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin cruise through in the women's tournament .", "Second seed Caroline Wozniacki comes from behind to seal third-round place ." ]	[ 0, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin spoke Friday at a rally for her former running mate, Sen. John McCain, urging voters to support the senator in his re-election bid in Arizona.", "The rally, in Tucson, Arizona, was their first joint public appearance since McCain conceded the 2008 presidential election.", "McCain faces a primary challenge from former Rep. J.D.", "Hayworth and has come under criticism for being too moderate on a variety of issues, including immigration.", "Several leading Tea Party activists in Arizona have decided not to endorse McCain or Hayworth, criticizing both of their records while serving in Congress.", "But some national Tea Party members came out this week in support of Hayworth.", "While several said they were not upset with Palin's endorsement of McCain, a few said they were disappointed.", "The enthusiastic crowd greeted Palin with shouts of \"Sarah, Sarah,\" as she, her husband, Todd, and McCain took the stage.", "\"Everybody here, supporting John McCain, we are all part of that Tea Party movement,\" Palin said.", "\"I think he's gonna win this one,\" she said.", "\"Before there were protests on Main Street and marches on Capitol Hill, there was the maverick of the Senate, fighting for us.\"", "Palin railed against the health care legislation, saying that McCain fought against \"Obamacare.\"", "And McCain, speaking after Palin, said the bill will be repealed.", "\"It is historic that it is also the first time that on a pure partisan basis a major piece of legislation has been passed and it is going to be historic because it is going to be repealed and replaced,\" he said.", "\"And it is going to be done soon.\"", "Palin's remarks at the rally were preceded by an op-ed piece in Friday's Arizona Republic.", "She wrote that she respected McCain long before she was his running mate, a theme she reiterated in her public appearance.", "Read the full article .", "\"I admired his tireless crusade against the old pork-barrel-spending, earmarking-backroom-dealing ways of D.C. that make a whole lot of us pretty ill,\" she said.", "After a town hall meeting on Thursday night attended by about 120 people, Hayworth downplayed the significance of Palin's visit.", "\"I think what we are seeing from the governor is a very understandable level of gratitude.", "After all, it was John who gave her entrée to the national stage.", "We all understand gratitude.", "That is fine,\" he said. The campaign appearance comes as Palin is being criticized for a fundraising appeal she posted on her Facebook page with what looked like crosshairs marking the districts of House members who voted for health care reform.", "She asked for donations to her political action committee to help defeat 17 congressmen who voted yes and who are running for re-election.", "In a Twitter message earlier in the week Palin said \"Don't Retreat-Instead, RELOAD!\"", "urging supporters to keep up the fight on the issue.", "The messages came as members of Congress were reporting threats in retaliation to their votes on health care reform.", "However, McCain told CNN's \"John King, USA\" on Thursday that Palin's language was not over the top.", "\"The rhetoric that we use in everyday language about political campaigns -- battleground states, it's going to be a war -- all of those are things that we have used for years and years.", "They are in the crosshairs.\" From Arizona, Palin heads to Searchlight, Nevada, to be the keynote speaker Saturday for the kickoff rally of the Tea Party Express cross-country caravan to protest big government spending.", "CNN's Kevin Bohn contributed to this report." ]	[ "\"Everybody here ... we are all part of that Tea Party movement,\" Palin says .", "Sarah Palin, John McCain make first joint appearance since conceding 2008 election .", "McCain faces primary challenge from former Rep. J.D.", "Hayworth .", "Hayworth calls Palin appearance \"very understandable level of gratitude\"" ]	[ 1, 2, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Tiger Woods' popularity has plummeted -- but most Americans will still be rooting for him to win when he tees up at the Masters tournament in April, a new national poll suggests.", "Nearly 60 percent of those who answered a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey said they wanted the embattled golfer to win the event at Georgia's Augusta National course, which would be his fifth victory there.", "Twenty percent said they did not want him to win and another 20 percent said they did not care.", "The Masters will be Woods' first time back in professional golf since his November car crash outside his home and the media frenzy about his extramarital affairs.", "And even though Woods has taken a hiatus from playing, 52 percent of those polled said they think Woods will win the Masters, the first of the golf season's four major tournaments which runs from April 5-11.", "An overwhelming majority of those polled, 75 percent, thought it was appropriate for Woods to return at the Masters and that he did not have to wait longer.", "But still, a majority of those polled, 45 percent, had an unfavorable view of Woods.", "Forty-three percent had a favorable view.", "These numbers are in striking contrast to 2005 when about 85 percent of those polled had a favorable view of Woods.", "Woods' public woes began with an early-morning crash November 27 outside his Orlando-area home, when he suffered minor injuries after striking a fire hydrant and a tree with his Cadillac SUV.", "Woods was not required to talk to police about the wreck and declined to talk with investigators on several occasions.", "Eventually, he was cited for careless driving.", "The accident occurred days after the tabloid National Enquirer named Woods as having an affair with a New York nightclub hostess.", "The woman has denied the allegation, but several others have come forward to claim that they had sexual relationships with Woods, who has two children with his wife, former model Elin Nordegren.", "In a carefully-managed March statement, delivered to a small, hand-picked crowd, Woods said he was in inpatient therapy for 45 days from the end of December to early February for \"issues,\" which he did not explain.", "The controversy prompted several major sponsors to suspend or drop their relationships with Woods, who also apologized to his business partners for his behavior." ]	[ "Tiger Woods' popularity has plummeted since media frenzy about his extramarital affairs .", "But a national poll suggests most Americans still want him to win Masters title .", "The world's top golfer will make his first appearance this season at Augusta in April .", "Three-quarters of people polled thought it was the right time for him to return to action ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Public schools in Western states can continue teacher-led reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance, after a federal court ruled against a group of atheist parents.", "The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, California, ruled 2-1 Thursday that the pledge does not represent a government endorsement of religion, prohibited by the Constitution.", "\"The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our republic was founded and for which we continue to strive: one Nation under God,\" wrote the majority.", "\"Millions of people daily recite these words when pledging allegiance to the United States of America.\"", "The ruling applies only to the 11 states and territories in the West covered by the 9th Circuit, but it reinforces other rulings from other courts upholding the pledge.", "The same appeals court also ruled separately Thursday, upholding the use of the words \"In God We Trust\" on U.S. money.", "The lawsuit was brought by several parents in the Sacramento, California, area who objected to the school policy.", "Among them is Michael Newdow, a prominent attorney and atheist, who had brought his long-standing dispute to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004.", "The justices had dismissed that earlier appeal on purely technical grounds, over questions he lacking standing as a custodial parent to bring the lawsuit on behalf of his school-age daughter.", "Newdow then recruited other parents into the current case.", "Newdow said he would appeal Thursday's decision but acknowledged his dim prospects going forward.", "\"This was the appeal and this is the end of the road in terms of what you're guaranteed,\" he said.", "Newdow said he'll ask for a rehearing and, if that fails, will appeal to the Supreme Court.", "\"But they don't have to take it,\" he said, referring to the nation's high court, \"and the odds are pretty good that they won't.\"", "A woman identified only as Jan Roe was a key plaintiff, arguing she did not believe in God.", "She claimed the daily recitation interfered with her right to direct her child's upbringing and that it indoctrinated her child with the belief that God exists.", "Children are not required to stand and repeat the pledge, but some parents said the social pressures to conform were an improper infringement of their rights.", "The plaintiffs now have the option of asking the Supreme Court to hear the case.", "The appeals court framed the issue as a dispute over whether was a traditional patriotic exercise or a blatant religious message.", "The same court in 2002 agreed with Newdow and other atheist parents.", "In dissent to Thursday's ruling, Judge Stephen Reinhardt said the pledge was an overtly religious message.", "\"Carrying out such an indoctrination in a public school classroom unconstitutionally forces many young children either to profess a religious belief antithetical to their personal views or to declare themselves through their silence or nonparticipation to be protesting nonbelievers, thereby subjecting themselves to hostility and ridicule,\" he wrote.", "The Supreme Court previously has ruled the mere mention of God or religion by the government in a public setting does not necessarily mean a violation of the \"Establishment Clause\" of the Constitution, which ensures the separation of church and state.", "Examples that have met high court scrutiny include Ten Commandments or Chanukah menorah displays in a public park; opening a legislative session with a prayer; granting tax breaks for religious organizations; and reimbursing transportation costs for parents whose end their children to parochial schools.", "The pledge was written in 1892 by Baptist minister and educator Francis Bellamy, who made no reference to religion in his version.", "It was originally worded: \"I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.\"", "It quickly became a part of public school programs.", "In 1954, Congress added the words \"under God,\" at the urging of the Knights of Columbus and other groups.", "Another modification was to change \"my flag\" to \"the flag of the United States of America.\"", "\"This decision is a victory for common sense,\" Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson of the Knights of Columbus said in a news release.", "\"Today, the court got it absolutely right: Recitation of the pledge is a patriotic exercise, not a religious prayer.", "... Every reasonable person knows that, and today's decision is a breath of fresh air from a court system that has too often seemed to be almost allergic to public references to God.\"", "The case is Newdow v. Rio Linda Union School District (05-17257)." ]	[ "NEW: Prominent attorney, an atheist, said prospects are dim, but he plans to appeal .", "Appeals court: Pledge does not represent a government endorsement of religion .", "Ruling covers only the 11 Western states and territories covered by the 9th Circuit .", "Dissenting justice in 2-1 ruling said the pledge is an overtly religious message ." ]	[ 1, 4, 10, 20 ]
[ "Vacaville, California (CNN) -- You might think green eggs are only found in a Dr. Seuss classic.", "But at a small, family-run and highly regarded chicken farm on the outskirts of the San Francisco, they're a relatively common sight.", "\"Isn't that beautiful?\" said Soul Food Farm owner Alexis Koefed as she held one of the green gems.", "\"The thing about farm eggs is, once you've had them you can't go back to the store and buy eggs again,\" she said.", "Chickens at the Soul Food Farm roam freely around the farm's 50 acres.", "They enjoy vast fields of natural grass and generally live a stress-free life, feasting freely.", "It's a philosophy unlike that of the industrial chicken farm, and Koefed and her loyal customers believe it produces better eggs and chicken.", "Soul Food Farm's rise to popularity wasn't limited to locals and the farmer's market regulars.", "Instead, Koefed's methods attracted the attention of many of the Bay Area's top restaurants and their celebrity chefs, including Alice Waters of the nationally renowned Chez Panise in Berkeley.", "But an overnight fire in September 2009 raced down the rolling hills surrounding the farm nearly put an end to it.", "By the time it was extinguished, much of the farm and some 1,200 chicks had perished.", "With the existence of Soul Food Farm at stake, determined friends, neighbors and loyal customers of the Koefeds came to the rescue.", "\"It was so inspiring and heartwarming, Koefed said.", "\"It was a wonderful feeling to know that people cared about the farm as much as I did.\"", "Friend Bonnie Powell organized a fundraising effort of raffles, silent auctions, and dinners.", "She helped raise $30,000 to build new coops and replace the chicks killed in the fire.", "\"You can't hear something like that and just go, 'I'm sorry.", "I'm sorry that this thing you have worked so hard for is done and there's nothing anyone can do about it,'\" Powell said.", "Through the intrepid determination and loyal commitment of a true community, Soul Food Farm is back on the map." ]	[ "Soul Food Farm is highly prized by customers, including fine restaurants .", "Chickens raised there feed in vast fields and live a relatively stress-free existence .", "A fire in September 2009 killed more than 1,200 chicks at the farm .", "Friends got together to raise more than $30,000 to help save the farm ." ]	[ 4, 5, 11, 15 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- British pensioner Ethel Kendall was \"only 72\" when she left the United Kingdom in 1986 to be closer to her family in Canada.", "At the time, she was receiving the full British pension of just over £38 ($58) a week.", "Twenty-four years later, she is still receiving the same amount, and after a European Court of Human Rights ruling Tuesday she is not likely to receive any more.", "\"You know this isn't about me,\" the 96-year-old told CNN on the phone from her home in Canada.", "\"It's about the British government's deception and dishonesty.", "Our contributions were deducted from source with the clear understanding that we would get a full pension on retirement, but somewhere along the lines they changed the rule.", "In my book, in our book, they're guilty of both fraud and deception.\"", "Kendall is one of more than half a million British expatriates living in countries including Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, whose pensions are not linked to inflation.", "On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights ruled by a majority of 11 to six that the British government had not breached their human rights by failing to \"up-rate\" their pensions to bring them into line with the cost of living.", "Under British rules, pensioners in a number of countries who do not have reciprocal agreements with the UK receive the same pension they were entitled to in the year they left Britain.", "People who emigrated before retirement age receive the amount they would have received at retirement age in the UK.", "In Britain, men qualify for a pension at 65, women at 60.", "A British expatriate who retires to Australia, for example, receives less money each week than if they had contributed the same amount during their working life and then emigrated to Barbados, Croatia, the Philippines, the United States, or one of more than 40 countries which do have reciprocal UK agreements.", "Margaret Oxley moved to South Africa at the age of 23 after World War II.", "Now in her 80s, she receives a UK pension of just £2 ($3) a week.", "\"The exchange rate is ten to one.", "Then the bank takes charges you see.", "No, you can't survive. A loaf of bread is ten rand.", "I get around 20 rand a week.", "So it's really not worth bothering about,\" she said.", "Aging expatriates who have seen their pensions dwindle due to inflation and the falling value of the pound have been campaigning for change.", "The first court case was brought against the UK government in 2002 by Annette Carson, a British resident who moved to South Africa in 1989.", "According to court documents, she receives a basic state pension of £67.50 ($103) -- £14.55 ($22) less than she would have received if her pension was index-linked.", "After failing to make her case in the British High Court, she took her claim to the British Court of Appeal and then the House of Lords.", "Many saw this week's ruling in the European Court of Human Rights as the last legal avenue for recourse, but they are reluctant to give up the fight.", "\"I don't think we're going to make it the end of the road,\" said John Markham, director of UK parliamentary affairs for the International Consortium of British Pensioners.", "\"Certainly I think we're going to mobilize public opinion with the new parliament,\" he added, referring to the upcoming British election expected on May 6.", "The Vice President of the British Australian Pensioners Association, James Nelson said: \"Now it is up to the people still working or living in Britain to tell their government that they will no longer stand for this injustice.", "By paying increases in some countries and withholding them in others, the UK government severely limits our freedom of choice regarding where we can retire.\"", "It is estimated that around 250,000 British pensioners living in Australia are affected by the British policy.", "\"This is a devastating result and it will affect the lives of many British expat pensioners.", "The living standards of many will only continue to decline,\" said Jim Tilley, Chairman of British Pensions in Australia, who says one elderly woman there receives less than £7 ($10) a week after moving to the country in 1974.", "In a short statement, the British Department for Work and Pensions said it had noted that the court found in favor of the government.", "\"We do not therefore plan to make any changes to the current arrangements, which allow for the exportability and up rating of UK State Pensions.\"", "Ethel Kendall is still angry.", "Not only for herself, she says, but for the pensioners in Britain who may now be reluctant to leave.", "\"There are many very lonely people we know in the UK who would give anything to come to Canada to join their families but they don't take that risk,\" she said.", "A former nurse, Kendall worked part-time during and after World War II to ensure she could continue to support her three sons should anything happen to her husband.", "He was injured but lived for another 26 years after the war ended.", "A few years after his death, Kendall remarried.", "Only after losing her second husband in the mid-1980s did she move to join her family in Canada.", "She sold her home when prices were low but she says it didn't take long before her capital was eroded and she was relying on her UK pension for basic needs.", "\"It finished up with my family, not exactly subsidizing me with money, but buying big things for me,\" she said.", "\"I'm 96 now. I've been fortunate; Canada has been good to me.", "I've been in subsidized housing for 20 years but it shouldn't be that way.\"", "If her pension was indexed Kendall would be receiving £82 ($125) a week, more than twice as much as she does now.", "\"We'd be lucky the way things are going now if we get a dollar for a pound.", "So, £82 would be a darn sight better.\"" ]	[ "British pensioner Ethel Kendall left the UK in 1986 to be closer to her family in Canada .", "24 years later, she is still receiving the same pension of just over £38 ($58) a week .", "After a European Court of Human Rights ruling she is not likely to receive any more .", "Over half a million British expatriates' pensions are not linked to inflation ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An Irish bishop resigned amid a Catholic church sex abuse scandal, apologizing in a statement Wednesday for any abuse that occurred in his diocese.", "Bishop John Magee of the diocese of Cloyne said he tendered his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI on March 9.", "\"I have been informed today that it has been accepted, and as I depart, I want to offer once again my sincere apologies to any person who has been abused by any priest of the Diocese of Cloyne during my time as bishop or at any time,\" Magee said in a statement posted on the diocese Web site.", "\"To those whom I have failed in any way, or through any omission of mine have made suffer, I beg forgiveness and pardon.\"", "Child abuse by Catholic clergy in Ireland has become such a widespread scandal that the pope addressed it in an unprecedented pastoral letter to Irish Catholics.", "Benedict said he was \"truly sorry\" for the abuse.", "The pope addressed the crisis that has rocked the Irish Catholic Church in an 18-page pastoral letter, which was made public Saturday.", "Critics said the pope did not go far enough in the letter.", "The acceptance of Magee's resignation came only days after the pope's letter was published.", "The leader of Ireland's Roman Catholics, Cardinal Sean Brady, wished Magee well in a statement, but said he had to focus on the victims of abuse.", "\"Foremost in my thoughts in these days are those who have suffered abuse by clergy and those who feel angry and let down by the often inadequate response of leaders in the Church,\" said Brady, who has himself come under fire for failing to report what he learned during an investigation into a priest who became one of Ireland's most notorious child abusers.", "Brady was part of an internal Church investigation into Father Brendan Smyth in 1975.", "He did not report his findings to the police and asked two teenagers who gave him evidence to sign oaths of secrecy.", "In the past five years, Ireland's Catholic Church has had three separate outside investigations into child abuse -- both sexual and physical -- by priests, nuns, and staff at Catholic-run institutions such as schools and orphanages.", "Four bishops tendered their resignations in the wake of the most recent, the Murphy Report, which found a widespread tendency to cover up child abuse in the archdiocese of Dublin between 1975 and 2004.", "Only one of those resignations has been accepted -- that of Bishop Donal Murray on December 17.", "The resignation of Bishop Magee is not related to any of the recent statutory reports, said Patsy McGarry, religious affairs correspondent for the Irish Times newspaper.", "Instead, it is rooted in an internal church report on child protection practices in his Cloyne diocese in southern Ireland.", "In 2008 the Catholic Church's own child protection watchdog, the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland conducted an audit of child protection practices in every diocese in Ireland, McGarry explained.", "It found those to be \"inadequate, and in some respects dangerous\" in Cloyne diocese.", "Its findings were published in December 2008, prompting calls for Magee to resign.", "Magee did not resign, but he was effectively stripped of his authority in March 2009, when Archbishop Dermot Clifford of the neighboring diocese of Cashel and Emly was appointed \"apostolic administrator\" of Cloyne diocese.", "The Murphy Commission -- which produced the report into the Dublin archdiocese -- is now investigating Cloyne diocese, McGarry said.", "It is expected to report later this year.", "Magee, 73, had been bishop of Cloyne since March 1987, according to the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference.", "Bishops normally retire at 75.", "CNN's Diana Magnay contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Vatican accepts Bishop John Magee's resignation amid abuse scandal .", "Magee apologized for abuse commited by priests in his diocese .", "Magee, 73, had been bishop of Cloyne since March 1987 .", "Five Irish bishops have tendered their resignations since December ." ]	[ 1, 20, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- China's Li Na took down the No.", "4 seed Caroline Wozniacki at the Australian Open on Monday in Melbourne, following compatriot Zheng Jie into the quarterfinals -- the first time Chinese women have made it this far in the season's first Grand Slam.", "Though Li, the No. 16 seed, had 34 unforced errors compared to Wozniacki's 22, she also nailed 21 winners against three for her opponent.", "She also made 70 percent of her break point conversions as opposed to 42 percent by Wozniacki.", "\"Against her, you need to just play on your highest level the whole match through and keep concentrated and keep a lot of balls in play,\" Wozniacki told australianopen.com.", "Of the original top five women's seeds, only No.", "1 Serena Williams is still in competition.", "Her sister, the No. 6 seed Venus, fought off a challenge on Monday from Italy's Francesca Schiavone (17) to advance, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.", "Schiavone hit five aces compared to none for Williams, but she also made more unforced errors -- 32 -- as opposed to 29 for her opponent.", "\"She played really well in the first set.", "I have to give her credit.", "She just played really aggressively.", "You know, she was making her shots, doing everything she needed to do to win the match,\" Williams told australianopen.com.", "\"But, you know, obviously it takes a lot to close out a match, especially on an important match like that one.", "I was able just to get some footing back in and start to execute the way I wanted to.\"", "Williams will face Li Na -- whom she lost to in the Beijing Olympics in 2008.", "\"She's a very good player,\" Wiliams told the Web site.", "\"Obviously to beat Wozniacki, you have to play very well consistently.", "I'm sure she did that. Probably will try to do that in the next round.\"", "Others in the quarterfinals include former world number one Justine Henin, Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova.", "Zheng Jie on Sunday became the first Chinese player to make the last eight of the Australian Open by beating Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko 7-6 6-4.", "She next faces the unseeded Kirilenko, who put out former champion Maria Sharapova in the first round." ]	[ "Zheng Jie on Sunday becomes first Chinese woman to make it to quarters .", "Venus Williams cruises to quarters .", "Only Serena Williams remains in play of top five seeds .", "Li next faces Venus Williams ." ]	[ 5, 6, 15, 20 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The high speed, high-rolling world of Formula One is not a sport you would associate with something as mundane as the boiler tucked away in a dusty cupboard in your house.", "The Fast Forward exhibiton shows how F1 technology can improve all our lives.", "If you thought that motor racing and the real world are poles apart then an exhibition currently running at the Science Museum in London, England might change your mind.", "The \"Fast Forward\" exhibition has put together 20 examples of how Formula One technology and innovation has helped improve the wider world.", "It is testimony to all the hard work, intelligence and ingenuity of the engineers who make the sport what it is today, according to Katie Maggs, one of the exhibition's curators.", "\"Rather than treating it as a traditional design exhibition, we wanted to look at how the engineers in Formula One use technology in ways that can be experienced in other industries, in the home or in hospitals.\"", "The \"Boiler Buddy\" is a good example of Formula One technology that can be found in the home.", "Designed to help improve the efficiency of home heating systems, the technology uses the magnetic principles which informed the filter that keeps F1 engines free of particles of dirt and dust.", "The filter device can be found on the shelves of many hardware stores.", "There is an impressive variety of objects on display.", "A bicycle fitted with sensors to monitor wheel speed, angles of lean, heart rate and humidity while riding, is a direct descendant of the sensors attached to Formula One cars which track the performance.", "The Carbon fibre composite chassis design first introduced into Formula One by McLaren engineer John Barnard in the 1984 has found its way into a range of products outside the sport.", "Lightweight and incredibly robust, technology using carbon fibre composites are being used to create state-of-the-art furniture.", "An elegant table on show at the exhibition has a carbon fibre surface that is just two millimeters thick.", "But it is perhaps in the healthcare sector where Formula One is making its most impressive and important contributions.", "Inspired by the monocoque cockpit which keeps drivers safe, the BabyPod II is allowing paramedics to transport newborns quickly and safely.", "The Ovei -- a pod-like structure designed to help capture healthcare data and transmit results to doctors and therapists around the world -- is also made from carbon-fibre composites.", "A wheelchair, designed by Formula One engineer Mike Spindle, improves not only the safety of a user, but also their comfort and mobility thanks the monocoque structure at its heart.", "View a gallery of the F1 innovations » .", "\"The one-piece carbon fibre seat can be molded to fit the user,\" Maggs said.", "\"Because it is carbon fibre the wheels can be fixed further forward and at an angle which makes it easier for the user to get around.\"", "Some of the sport's innovations aren't necessarily tangible, but are delivering improvements to hospital patients all the same.", "Using the expertise of McLaren and Ferrari's pit stop crews, Great Ormond Street Hospital in London has been able to improve the efficiency of patient handovers from one department to another by up to 40 percent.", "When the exhibition was officially opened by former McLaren team principal, Ron Dennis earlier this year it attracted the sort of media scrum usually witnessed on the grid prior to a race.", "Watch CNN's coverage of the exhibition opening » .", "As the exhibition shows, Formula One is about improving performance.", "If that eventually filters down into products and services that we can all benefit from then that can't be a bad thing." ]	[ "Science Museum, London hosting a exhibition of innovations inspired by F1 design .", "Monocoque wheelchair uses lightweight and robust carbon fiber seat .", "Ferrari and McLaren pit stop expertise help hospital speed up transfer of critically ill ." ]	[ 12, 18, 22 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- The Pablo Picasso painting \"The Actor\" will undergo repair work, after a woman visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art fell onto the painting and tore the canvas, according to the museum.", "The museum said the Picasso work was damaged Friday when a visitor lost her balance and fell onto the unusually large 6-foot, 4-inch work.", "The six-inch tear is on the lower right-hand corner of the painting, the museum said in a news release Sunday.", "The museum did not provide details of the incident beyond saying the visitor fell onto the painting.", "Repair work should be \"unobtrusive,\" the museum said.", "The painting should be ready in time for the late April exhibition of 250 works by Picasso, the museum said.", "The painting marked Picasso's move from his \"Blue period\" to his \"Rose period,\" when his creations showcased costumed acrobats reminiscent of characters in Italian comedy stage plays, according to the museum." ]	[ "Woman visiting Metropolitan Museum of Art falls onto painting, tears the canvas .", "Six-inch tear is on the lower right-hand corner of the painting .", "Painting should be ready in time for the late April exhibition of 250 works by Picasso ." ]	[ 2, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- One of the Web's basic tenets is that small contributions from lots of people can amount to something powerful in the aggregate.", "Fans of the Japanese band Sour contributed images to a music video.", "Now, a growing group of writers, musicians, visual artists and videographers is turning this Wikipedia-era philosophy into online collaborative art.", "Twitter users are banding together to write an opera for London's Royal Opera House.", "Bands like My Morning Jacket and Sour, out of Japan, are turning to fans to help film their music videos.", "Programmers are pulling quotes from online social networks to make automated poems.", "More than 50,000 animators are divvying up work on an upcoming animated film called \"Live Music,\" and amateur videographers are re-filming \"Star Wars\" in 15-second bites.", "This crowd-sourced creativity online is putting a new twist on traditional ideas of artistic ownership, online communication and art production.", "\"What's exciting is that it's being tested out by a lot of people who have access to [the technology],\" said Mary Jane Jacob, executive director of exhibitions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.", "\"I think that we're in a great communal workshop.\"", "In recent months, the collaborative projects have been showing the professionalism it takes to get noticed amid the clutter of content on the Internet, said Ze Frank, an online personality who orchestrated several early online art projects.", "Sign up for a CNN art project .", "Frank said people have been making collaborative online art \"since the beginning of the Web.\"", "But much of it wasn't worth looking at.", "Some collaborative books proved to be too much work for even herds of people to tackle.", "Efforts to create massive drawings with thousands of contributors sometimes ended up looking like random scribbles, for example.", "But for some reason -- either because people are getting savvier with cameras or because the projects are getting more visibility -- things are starting to click, Frank said.", "Even if some of the latest collaborative efforts fail to produce masterworks, the real value is the process, he said.", "\"Even if the [Twitter-written] opera ends up sucking as a performance, the value may have already been played out in the theater of the creation of it,\" he said.", "Many of the projects aim to hit on universal themes.", "\"The little elements that aren't synchronized\" in the group art projects remind people that our differences are what make us interesting, said Matt Maloney, associate dean of the school of film and digital media at the Savannah College of Art and Design, referring to this music video, which features fans of the Japanese band Sour.", "\"The backgrounds change, the people move differently, the quality and temperature of the photography varies from component to component,\" he said.", "\"If that phenomenon didn't exist, if we were all the same and we were all uniform, this type of collaboration\" would not be powerful.", "Jacob, of the Art Institute of Chicago, said the projects speak to how people yearn to communicate and to be heard in these hyperconnected, digital times.", "\"It lets you ... meet other people,\" she said.", "\"We're not talking eHarmony, but all these things, they're interesting and they are of the moment.", "When people want to use [communication technologies] in a creative way, that's really exciting.\"", "The online art collaborations grow out of a parlor-game tradition called \"exquisite corpse,\" she said.", "Around 1920, famous surrealist artists gathered to draw portraits in pieces.", "They folded up large sheets of paper so that each artist could see only the edges of what had already been drawn.", "The pictures made sense only after the paper was unfolded.", "The online versions of this concept take the idea further because they involve people all over the world who often know nothing of each other, she said.", "For example, Darren Solomon's site, inbflat.net, features 20 YouTube videos of musicians, many of whom don't know each other, playing various melodies in the key of B flat.", "Visitors to the site can play the tunes in any order or combination they choose, meaning that each user in a sense becomes part of the artwork, Solomon said.", "Solomon, who once played bass with Ray Charles and now writes music for TV ads, said the \"In B Flat\" project shows that \"the world can come together and we all speak that [musical] language.\"", "\"Something about it is very hopeful,\" he said.", "One key to the project's success, he said, is that it takes relatively little effort for musicians to send in Web-quality videos of themselves playing a short melody in a certain key.", "\"They're happy to start picking up a video camera and start shooting or they're happy to pick up an instrument and start playing,\" he said.", "Solomon finds that idea so compelling that he's participated in other projects.", "With his two sons, ages 7 and 11, he shot three of the 15-second clips of the user-generated \"Star Wars\" that will be stitched together by the site Star Wars Uncut.", "In one of the videos, he and the boys act out a scene with puppets.", "In another, his sons wear hooded sweatshirts and fight with light sabers in a New Jersey tunnel.", "In some cases, people don't even know they're making contributions to online art.", "Andrei Gheorghe, a Web developer in Romania, created the \"Longest Poem in the World\" by aggregating public Twitter posts and arranging them in rhyming couplets.", "Computers add 10 to 20 lines to the poem each minute, he said.", "Gheorghe said he doesn't consider his work art.", "\"It was just a random idea that popped up and I played with it.", "And it is what it is,\" he said. Art professors said deciding what is and isn't art is a complicated process.", "In some ways, these collaborative projects are fine art, they said.", "In other ways they're like games or means of communication.", "Like all good art, these projects are trying to \"stand convention on its ear,\" said Maloney, from the Savannah College of Art and Design.", "\"That's going to keep happening,\" he said.", "\"So as soon as we finally nail this down you'll have another group of talented artists that are going to say, 'Well, I'm going to do something completely different.'\"" ]	[ "Large groups of people are creating collaborative art projects online .", "One site wants to re-film \"Star Wars\" in 15-second clips, submitted by viewers .", "Another has a customizable tapestry of 20 musicians, each playing their own tune .", "Experts say the art comments on digital society and online connections ." ]	[ 2, 23, 39 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Severe storms hammered North Carolina on Sunday evening, but no fatalities had been reported as of Monday morning, and injuries were minor, officials said.", "Residents reported as many as eight tornadoes touching down -- overturning mobile homes, ripping out trees and plunging neighborhoods into darkness.", "Survey crews were meeting with local officials throughout the state to get a clearer picture of the storm damage, said Ernie Seneca, spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.", "There were reports of damaged houses and downed trees, but injuries were limited, he said.", "\"It looks like people heeded the warning to seek shelter when the storm came,\" he said.", "\"It really did sound like a train.", "It was pure noise,\" said William Schlaeppi, who lives on a farm in High Point, North Carolina, where the National Weather Service reported damage to at least 20 homes.", "\"I literally watched my fields disappear in front of me under a wall of water -- circular, spinning water.\"", "A broad band of severe thunderstorms Sunday brought heavy rain and hail, and prompted tornado warnings from Florida to Virginia, the weather service said.", "A tornado touched down in Oakland Park, Florida, just north of Fort Lauderdale, between 8 and 8:30 a.m. Monday, said Tyrone Mosley, a weather service specialist.", "There was debris but no immediate report of injuries, he said.", "In North Carolina, at least eight unconfirmed tornadoes were spotted along the Interstate 85 corridor between Charlotte and Greensboro on Sunday evening.", "Metal roofing was ripped off an industrial building in Belmont, west of Charlotte, littering nearby trees with clumps of yellow insulation.", "News14: Spencer residents survey damage after storm .", "Multiple mobile homes were overturned in Linwood, outside of Lexington, and at least three people were reported injured.", "And what looked like a huge funnel cloud loomed over High Point, near Greensboro.", "\"It's been a very active evening for most of central North Carolina,\" said Julia Jarema, spokeswoman for the state's Division of Emergency Management.", "The storms caused power outages throughout the state, but because of the multiple bands of storms, \"things are changing so rapidly, we haven't been able to confirm numbers,\" Jarema said Sunday night.", "Is severe weather happening near you?", "Send photos, video .", "Local law enforcement reported another tornado north of Greensboro, the weather service said.", "The storm also produced 70-mph winds and hail as large as baseballs.", "Late Sunday, High Point emergency management officials were going house to house to check for injuries.", "Schlaeppi said he spent much of the night in his darkened house, going out with his neighbors to clear downed trees whenever the rain let up.", "CNN meteorologist Jacqui Jeras contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: No fatalities reported, injuries were minor after severe weather Sunday .", "Tornado touched down Monday morning in Oakland Park, Florida; no injuries reported .", "Eight unconfirmed tornadoes spotted along North Carolina's Interstate 85 corridor .", "Roofing ripped off building west of Charlotte; 3 hurt, homes damaged outside Lexington ." ]	[ 0, 9, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Two men charged in the 1978 disappearance of five teenagers in Newark, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty to five counts of murder Wednesday morning as about 40 family members of the victims looked on.", "Lee Anthony Evans, 56, and Philander Hampton, 53, were arrested Monday night.", "That was about 18 months after the investigation into the disappearance of the five boys was given new life; a witness came to detectives with information that the 1978 arson of an abandoned building in Newark was connected with the case, acting prosecutor Robert Laurino said.", "Evans and Hampton also pleaded not guilty to arson charges.", "Evans' attorney, Michael A. Robbins, maintains his client's innocence, citing Evans' full cooperation with authorities during the 1978 investigation into the disappearance of Randy Johnson, 16, Melvin Pittman,17, Ernest Taylor, 17, Alvin Turner, 16, all of Newark; and Michael McDowell, 16, of East Orange.", "\"In a case such as this, where the evidence has been lost, great care must be taken to prevent outrage, anger and emotion acting as a substitute in court for competent testimony, evidence and proof,\" Robbins said.", "\"The magnitude of the tragedy in the case should not diminish the very sacredness of Mr. Evans' right to a fair trail.\"", "Hampton is being represented by John McMahon from the Essex County public defender's office.", "The family members of the victims sat silently as they watched Evans and Hampton enter their pleas.", "Evans had been under suspicion in 1978 but was released after passing a lie detector test.", "Witnesses said they had seen the boys getting into Evans' pickup truck.", "Helen Simmons, Michael's aunt, said she had never let go of her suspicion of Evans.", "\"Five kids did not run away.", "They were not runaways. They had no reason to run away.", "Five kids did not run away all at the same time, all having been picked up by Lee Anthony Evans,\" said Simmons, who was in the courtroom Wednesday.", "\"Michael's mother, my sister, died just 13 months after this, never knowing what happened to her son,\" she said.", "\"We have not forgotten Michael the last 32 years,\" she added.", "\"Michael is always with us.", "It's just that now we do feel that we will achieve the most we can get from justice, which is empty, which is to have [Evans and Hampton] to spend the rest of their lives in jail.", "I would love for [Evans] to live at least another 32 more years.", "In jail.\" Authorities believe that the alleged killings were in retaliation for the teens' breaking into one of the defendants' homes to steal marijuana.", "The remains of the victims have never been found.", "A third suspect, Maurice Woody-Olds, died in March 2008.", "Officials allege that Evans and Hampton, with the aid of Woody-Olds, lured the five boys at various times into Evans' pickup and took them to the abandoned building on Camden Street, where they held them at gunpoint before setting it ablaze, officials said.", "The case will next be presented to a grand jury on a date to be determined.", "Evans and Hampton are being held at Essex County Correctional Facility in lieu of $5 million bail." ]	[ "Two men charged in disappearances of five teens in New Jersey .", "Witness told police 18 months ago that case was linked to arson .", "One suspect had been arrested in 1978 but passed lie detector test .", "Victim's aunt says she never lost suspicions ." ]	[ 2, 9, 11, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The Marine Corps' top officer says he would want to avoid housing gay and heterosexual Marines in the same rooms on base if the ban on gays openly serving in the military is lifted.", "\"I would not ask our Marines to live with someone that's homosexual if we can possibly avoid it,\" Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway told a Web site in an interview posted Friday.", "\"And to me that means we've got to build [barracks] that have single rooms.\"", "Asked about the possibility of gay and straight Marines living together, Conway told the site Military.com that he would \"want to preserve the right of a Marine that thinks he or she wouldn't want to do that -- and that's the overwhelming number of people that say they wouldn't like to do so.\"", "Conway said the Marine Corps is the only branch of the armed services that houses two to a room.", "On Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that the Pentagon will start to ease its enforcement of the \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy prohibiting homosexuals from serving openly in the military.", "Among other things, Gates said the Pentagon is raising the threshold for what constitutes an appropriate level of information necessary to launch a \"credible inquiry\" into allegations of homosexual behavior.", "The change, which will take effect in 30 days and apply to all current cases, is a reflection of \"common sense\" and \"common decency,\" Gates said.", "\"These changes reflect some of the insights we have gained over 17 years of implementing the current law, including the need for consistency, oversight and clear standards,\" Gates said.", "President Obama and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, support a legislative repeal of \"don't ask, don't tell,\" which was first enacted in 1993.", "Some senior members of the military, however, have expressed concern over the impact of the ban's repeal on unit cohesion and morale, among other things." ]	[ "Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway says he wouldn't ask Marines to live with gays .", "He says \"overwhelming number of people\" don't want to share quarters .", "He says Marines only branch of the armed services that houses two to a room ." ]	[ 3, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Every week, Jackie Kaminer of Roswell, Georgia, buys fish for dinner at the local market.", "Although she knows it's full of nutrients -- including good-for-your-heart omega-3 fatty acids -- she's careful of the types of fish she brings home.", "Jackie Kaminer contemplates fish choices; she buys only \"safe\" fish, like salmon, haddock and tilapia.", "Her concern? Mercury and the dangers it poses to her children.", "So, she sticks to certain varieties: salmon, cod, tilapia and haddock are \"safe fish,\" but she stays away from swordfish, sea bass and tuna.", "As a mother of three, Kaminer should be concerned.", "Released into the atmosphere by industrial pollution, mercury contaminates water systems (and soil) when it rains.", "As fish feed on one another, the mercury stores up in their bodies.", "The toxic metal affects the nervous system.", "And although studies have shown large amounts of mercury can also affect fertility and blood pressure, and possibly cause memory loss in adults, it's particularly dangerous to young children and fetuses.", "According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, during the first several years of life, a child's brain is still developing and absorbing nutrients.", "Prenatal and infant mercury exposure can cause poor mental development, cerebral palsy, deafness and blindness.", "Even in low doses, mercury may affect a child's development, delaying walking and talking, shortening attention span and causing learning disabilities.", "Having mercury levels that are too high isn't someone else's problem.", "In a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of 17 women of childbearing age in the United States has mercury in her blood above the level that could pose a risk to a developing fetus (5.8 micrograms per liter).", "So the federal government advises pregnant women and those thinking of becoming pregnant to avoid certain fish, such as shark, swordfish and fresh tuna, usually found in fish markets and sushi.", "Canned tuna seems to be less of a threat, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture says consumption should be limited.", "Why avoid these kinds of fish?", "According to Andrew Heyes, a scientist with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, the older and larger the fish, the more mercury it has stored.", "\"As it grows older, it can't eliminate mercury as fast as it takes it in,\" he says.", "\"So there's an accumulation in the fish.\"", "Watch more on fish and mercury » .", "Because mercury is a growing threat to us and our environment, companies have started to take mercury out of thermometers, switches and even batteries to prevent it from entering our soil.", "Now, many regions, like the Chesapeake Bay states of Maryland, Virginia and Delaware, have instituted new rules to limit mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, one of the largest sources of mercury pollution in the region.", "Researcher Cindy Gilmour, also with the SERC, says that is a positive development because mercury contamination is getting out of hand.", "\"We've opened Pandora's Box and we've let that mercury out from where it was buried underground, into the atmosphere and into our soils and waterways,\" she says.", "\"All that excess mercury causes problems, not just in people.\"", "In an effort to make sure these new regulations on mercury emissions are effective, scientists like Heyes and Gilmour are measuring levels of the toxic metal in watersheds near the bay.", "Gilmour says the research is needed.", "\"All those rules are starting to go into place, and we are starting to put those controls on our power plants.", "So what we want to find out here is whether those rules work and if the money we are investing in these technologies is really going to help,\" she says.", "As they monitor mercury, scientists are also learning more about how it behaves in nature.", "Gilmour says mercury contaminates more than just the soil and water.", "\"Mercury has a large impact on all kinds of animals -- loons, amphibians, songbirds, are all affected,\" she says.", "It will be several years before researchers know if the regulations are making a difference.", "Until then, health experts say enjoy fish -- it's good for you -- but be like Jackie Kaminer and pick your fish wisely." ]	[ "We're told to eat fish, but some varieties contain high levels of mercury .", "The bigger and older the fish, the more mercury can accumulate .", "Mercury is released into air by industrial pollution: contaminates water and soil .", "New rules near Chesapeake Bay limit emissions from coal-fired power plants ." ]	[ 6, 21, 23 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The United States has renewed a travel alert to Mexico, citing increased violence in the country.", "The alert, issued Sunday by the State Department, is in effect until August 20 and supersedes an alert issued August 20, 2009.", "\"Recent violent attacks have caused the U.S. Embassy to urge U.S. citizens to delay unnecessary travel to parts of Michoacan, Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua ... and to advise U.S. citizens residing or traveling in those areas to exercise extreme caution,\" the alert says.", "\"Drug cartels and associated criminal elements have retaliated violently against individuals who speak out against them or whom they otherwise view as a threat to their organization.", "These attacks include the abduction and murder of two resident U.S. citizens in Chihuahua.\"", "More than 16,000 people have died in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the drug cartels shortly after assuming office in December 2006.", "Ciudad Juarez, in Chihuahua state across the border from El Paso, Texas, is the most violent city in the nation.", "\"The situation in the state of Chihuahua, specifically Ciudad Juarez, is of special concern,\" the alert says.", "\"Mexican authorities report that more than 2,600 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez in 2009,\" the report states.", "\"Additionally, this city of 1.3 million people experienced more than 16,000 car thefts and 1,900 carjackings in 2009.", "U.S. citizens should pay close attention to their surroundings while traveling in Ciudad Juarez, avoid isolated locations during late night and early morning hours, and remain alert to news reports.\"", "But the problems are not limited to Juarez, the State Department says.", "\"Mexican drug cartels are engaged in violent conflict -- both among themselves and with Mexican security services -- for control of narcotics trafficking routes along the U.S.-Mexico border,\" the report says.", "\"In order to combat violence, the government of Mexico has deployed military troops throughout the country.", "U.S. citizens should cooperate fully with official checkpoints when traveling on Mexican highways.", "\"Some recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels have resembled small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades.", "Large firefights have taken place in towns and cities across Mexico, but occur mostly in northern Mexico, including Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, Chihuahua City, Nogales, Matamoros, Reynosa and Monterrey.", "During some of these incidents, U.S. citizens have been trapped and temporarily prevented from leaving the area.\"", "A number of areas along the border continue to experience a rapid growth in crime, with robberies, homicides, petty thefts and carjackings increasing during the past year nationwide, the alert says.", "The State Department reports notable spikes in Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and northern Baja California.", "\"Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana and Nogales are among the cities which have experienced public shootouts during daylight hours in shopping centers and other public venues,\" the alert says.", "\"Criminals have followed and harassed U.S. citizens traveling in their vehicles in border areas including Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, and Tijuana.", "Travelers on the highways between Monterrey and other parts of Mexico to the United States (notably through Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros) have been targeted for robbery and violence and have also inadvertently been caught in incidents of gunfire between criminals and Mexican law enforcement.", "Such incidents are more likely to occur at night but may occur at any time,\" the alert says." ]	[ "The new State Department travel alert is in effect until August 20 .", "U.S. citizens are urged to delay unnecessary travel to parts of Mexico .", "Violent attacks have occurred in parts of Michoacan, Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Dubai sent investors reeling Thursday after asking creditors to freeze the debt repayments of one of its biggest holding companies, Dubai World.", "The announcement came after the market close on the eve of the Eid holiday and Thanksgiving in the U.S., leaving traders' hands tied over their exposure to investments in the Emirate.", "Shares dropped in London and Europe as bankers struggled to gauge the implications of the debt freeze without additional guidance from Wall Street.", "With very little information being distributed from Dubai, the market has been left to question the motives of ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the financial future of Dubai World and its huge portfolio.", "So what happened? Late Wednesday, the government of Dubai issued a statement saying it had authorised the Dubai Financial Support Fund to \"spearhead the restructure of Dubai World with immediate effect.\"", "The first step, it said, was to ask all providers of financing to Dubai World and Nakheel to \"standstill\" its debt repayments until at least May 30, 2010.", "It added, to the market's surprise, that the proceeds of a $5 billion bond issue raised hours earlier wouldn't be used to bail the company out.", "Odd timing wasn't it?", "Dubai's decision to release its statement just before the Eid holiday in the Middle East, and on the eve of Thanksgiving in the U.S., provoked consternation.", "\"Dubai have certainly picked their moment to finally own up to a need to restructure their debt.", "I would imagine the news has ruined a few Thanksgiving dinners today,\" David Morrsion, a strategist at GFT told the Financial Times.", "Read CNN's John Defterios' take on the Dubai debt fears .", "How did the markets react?", "Banking stocks led equity markets lower in London and Europe as traders moved to distance themselves from a potential debt hole in the Middle East.", "Technical problems in London halted trade for some time, providing further frustration for traders with exposure to Dubai World's lenders.", "What is Dubai World & Nakheel?", "Described on its Web site as \"Dubai's flag bearer in global investments,\" Dubai World is a holding company with stakes in everything from ports to real estate and transport.", "It includes the world's largest privately held real estate company Nakheel, which is the mastermind behind such architectural feats as the man-made residential islands, \"The Palm Islands\" and \"The World.\"", "Dubai World also invests in global markets through its investment arm Istithmar World, which boasts a \"global footprint\" in finance, capital, leisure, aviation and other business ventures.", "How severe is the debt?", "Dubai World is said to account for some $59 billion of Dubai's $80 billion debt burden.", "Nakheel had been due to pay a $3.5 billion convertible loan which expires on December 14.", "More debts were due to be repaid next year.", "\"This is not just a couple of billion story,\" Turker Hamzaoglu, EMEA economist at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research told CNN.", "\"For instance, Dubai has to service $10 billion including the Nakheel debt in December and $15 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2010,\" he added.", "How much damage has the announcement done?", "That's incalculable at this stage.", "Markets in the Middle East and the U.S. don't open until next week so the full impact won't be known until then.", "It also depends on Dubai's next move.", "The surprise announcement has shaken confidence in the Emirate as a place to do business.", "\"The key here is the communication of this strategy.", "I guess everybody is on the same page regarding the need for consolidation in Dubai and for the region.", "But the only market-positive implication would be if this comes with a clearly open and a predictable way,\" Hamzaoglu said.", "\"The problem is, here we have a lack of transparency and all these policy reactions are either coming at the last minute, or for example, the recent one just before the long holiday.\"", "\"I think this is going to shake some investor confidence which may not be reversed as quickly as people expect.", "So they have to be careful,\" he added.", "Who will bail them out? Abu Dhabi has been a lucrative source of funding for its neighbor.", "The $5 billion bond issue was take up by UAE banks.", "The question now is whether it will continue to give its backing to its debt-laden neighbour.", "It may have the money to do so, but does it have the will? What comes next?", "Ideally, the market wants guidance as to Dubai's debt strategy.", "It has said that the Dubai World debt freeze is the first stage of a restructuring plan.", "Investors want to know what comes next.", "Right now, the region is seen as a risky bet for nervous investors.", "Hamzaoglu says there are other options for those who want to back similar markets.", "\"From an investor perspective, if you want to still play for the global backdrop of oil prices, etc.", "there are some other markets, say Brazil or Russia, that investors can be interested in, rather than taking this high risk for the region,\" he said." ]	[ "Dubai stuns global investors by calling for a debt \"standstill\" on Dubai World and Nakheel debts .", "Market reactions restrained by public holidays in the Middle East and the U.S.\nNakheel is Dubai World's real estate arm, owns \"The Palm Islands,\" and \"The World\"\nDubai World said to account for $59 billion of Dubia's $80 billion debt ." ]	[ 8, 15, 20, 24 ]
[ "Beijing, China (CNN) -- The Shanghai court trying an Australian Rio Tinto executive on charges of bribery and theft of commercial secrets will deliver its verdict on Monday.", "Australian consular officials will be in court when it renders its decision on the fate of Stern Hu, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Thursday.", "It was not immediately clear whether the court will also announce on the same day the verdict against three other Rio Tinto employees who were tried on the same charges.", "The three-day trial of the four employees of the mining giant ended Wednesday.", "Charged in the case were Stern Hu, an Australian citizen of Chinese origin who was the general manager of Rio Tinto's Shanghai office.", "Hu has been in detention for nine months, along with Rio Tinto's three Chinese employees -- Liu Caikui, Ge Minqiang and Wang Yong.", "Rio Tinto, a British-Australian company, is one of the largest mining companies in the world.", "The case has raised fears of a government crackdown on foreign companies doing business in China.", "When is a gift considered bribery?", "The trial was closed to foreign news organizations, hindering independent confirmation of developments.", "Australian consular officials were allowed in the Shanghai courtroom for the bribery phase of the case, but were barred from witnessing the theft portion.", "Hu is accused of receiving two bribes: one for 1 million yuan ($146,490) and another for 5.3 million yuan ($790,000).", "The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said he \"made some admissions concerning these amounts,\" but did not elaborate.", "The Chinese government initially accused the four of stealing state secrets when they were first detained, but the charges were reduced to theft of commercial secrets several months ago.", "Hu and the others were detained in July.", "China says the four bribed executives from 16 of the nation's major steel mills to obtain industry information.", "In China, obtaining commercial secrets carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.", "Rio Tinto has called the allegations surprising and said it was not aware of any evidence.", "The detentions took place about a month after Rio Tinto broke off an investment deal with China state-owned Chinalco, a resources company, that was worth more than $19 billion.", "The deal with Chinalco was signed in February 2009 and was awaiting a review by Australia's foreign investment board.", "The deal soured as opposition party members in Australia ratcheted up their disapproval, saying it would put Australian resources at strategic risk.", "Others saw the deal as an alliance that would further link resource-rich Australia with the commodities-hungry Chinese market." ]	[ "Mining firm executive on charges of bribery and theft of commercial secrets .", "Three other Rio Tinto employees tried on the same charges .", "Case has raised fears of Chinese government crackdown on foreign companies ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Steve Karas and Matthew Welling share a special bond.", "Matthew Welling, left, received a bone marrow transplant from Steve Karas, right.", "They aren't related. In fact, they had never even met until 3-year-old Matthew needed a life-saving bone marrow transplant two years ago.", "It turned out that Karas, 51, of Newton, Massachusetts, was a perfect match.", "\"My heart went a hundred miles an hour, and I couldn't even conceive of what this meant,\" Karas recalled.", "He had signed up for the National Marrow Donor Program registry 17 years ago and had never given it another thought.", "The call to donate came out of the blue.", "Karas remembered hearing, \"It was a little 1-year-old boy with this horrible disease called osteopetrosis, and the only cure was a bone marrow transplant, and would I be willing?\"", "He said there was no other answer than \"of course.\"", "Karas is one of 11 million Americans who have volunteered to be marrow donors.", "Every day in the United States, an estimated 6,000 people need a transplant.", "There are two ways to donate bone marrow: Either a doctor must insert a needle into the back of the hip bone to retrieve the marrow, or cells are collected through a procedure called peripheral blood stem cell donation, or PBSC.", "\"Bone marrow is the source of early blood stem cells, and they make all kinds of blood cells that fight infection,\" said Dr. Ann Haight, a pediatric hematologist and oncologist at the Aflac Cancer Center in Atlanta, Georgia.", "Bone marrow transplants can help treat cancers such as leukemia and blood disorders such as sickle cell disease.", "Matthew was suffering from a rare disorder that increases the density of bones and crowds out bone marrow.", "Watch more on bone marrow donation » .", "His father, Michael, said waiting for doctors to find a donor match was terrifying.", "\"There is no more difficult, hard-to-stomach feeling than watching your child be sick and suffering and not be able to do anything,\" he said.", "Welling said his ailing son started turning the corner after receiving a transplant in November 2007.", "Doctors told him that Karas' bone marrow donation helped save Matthew's life by stopping the progression of the disease.", "Unfortunately, Matthew developed an infection a month after the transplant and the cells stopped working.", "He required a second transplant from another donor.", "That transplant worked, and while Matthew still suffers from side effects, his father reported the boy is cured of his initial disease.", "But the story doesn't end there. Karas' boss, Paul Amos, got word of his good deed and was so inspired that he launched a bone marrow registry drive among his 4,000 employees at Aflac, a supplemental insurance company based in Columbus, Georgia.", "As of Friday, nearly 1,100 workers had volunteered to join the national registry.", "\"We're not asking for money,\" Amos said.", "\"we're not asking for any additional time except for a couple of seconds on a coffee break.", "Think of all the things you've ever given, and that's the simplest you could ever give.\"", "Joining the registry involves completing a donation kit (available at marrow.org).", "Cotton swabs are swiped on the inside of the cheeks to determine the tissue type.", "The sample is then sent along with an in-depth health history questionnaire to the National Marrow Donor Program.", "Dr. Haight said anyone over the age of 18 can join the registry provided he or she meets the health criteria.", "Those with conditions such as HIV, insulin-dependent diabetes, hepatitis and autoimmune diseases are generally excluded.", "\"The biggest need we have for additional donors is in racial and ethnic minorities,\" she said.", "\"That's because transplant tissue type will run with your racial and ethnic background.", "... We need more African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian-Americans and Hispanics.\"", "Karas found the actual harvest process to be relatively simple, with little pain.", "He ended up donating through the PBSC process, a nonsurgical outpatient procedure.", "The donor's blood is removed through an intravenous needle and passed through a machine that separates out blood-forming cells.", "The remaining blood is returned through a needle in the donor's other arm.", "\"I felt like I had the flu, and those symptoms lasted three or four days,\" he said.", "Karas went back to work as a sales coordinator at the Boston, Massachusetts, office of Aflac within days.", "About a year ago, he received another call out of the blue and was asked if he wanted to meet Matthew and his parents.", "Michael Welling said the reunion was filled with tears.", "\"There was a part of us that felt, 'I almost hope he thinks we were worthy of this unbelievable gift he gave us.'", "\" Karas reassured the family that there was never a doubt his mind, especially after seeing that Matthew was healthy and thriving.", "\"It was one of the most emotional moments of my life,\" Karas said.", "\"Short of fathering my own three sons, clearly this is the greatest thing I've ever been able to do.\"" ]	[ "A doctor inserts a needle into the back of the hip bone to retrieve the marrow .", "Cells can alternatively be collected through peripheral blood stem cell donation .", "11 million Americans have volunteered to be marrow donors .", "Anyone over the age of 18 who meets the criteria can join the donation registry ." ]	[ 9, 11, 31 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania man attempted to resuscitate \"a road-killed opossum,\" state police say.", "But this was one possum who wasn't playing possum -- the ugly creature remained dead.", "Troopers responding to the scene in Oliver Township on Thursday determined that Donald J. Wolfe, 55, of Brookville, was drunk, according to the police report.", "Several witnesses observed Wolfe's failed resurrection of the flattened marsupial, police said.", "It was not immediately clear how he endeavored to restore the possum's life.", "The arresting officer in the incident was unavailable for comment Friday.", "Attempts to reach Wolfe were also unsuccessful.", "Wolfe will be charged with one charge of public drunkenness, police said." ]	[ "Pennsylvania man fails to resuscitate \"road-killed\" opossum .", "Man will be charged with public drunkenness, police say .", "It's unclear what man did to try to revive the opossum ." ]	[ 0, 4, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In 1967, the Mamas & the Papas had a hit with a song that detailed, with bittersweet harmonies, the checkered history of the band.", "The song, written by the group's John Phillips and his wife, Michelle, was called \"Creeque Alley.\"", "Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty and John Phillips, here in 1998, were members of the Mamas & the Papas.", "If the song were to be updated today, it might have to be retitled \"Creep Alley.\"", "With the claims by John's daughter, Mackenzie, that she had an incestuous relationship with her father, the story of Phillips and his group -- in music, models of California dreams and California dreamin' -- takes on a darker hue.", "The story was already tangled, a motley love- and drug-soaked tale of excess set to the group's distinctive four-part harmonies.", "Phillips left his first wife, Mackenzie's mother, Susan Adams, for 18-year-old Michelle, whom he'd met in a San Francisco club while touring in the early '60s, according to the band's biography on Allmusic.com.", "The band's lead male singer, Denny Doherty, later had an affair with Michelle; she was forced out of the group for a time.", "The fourth member, Cass Elliot, had an unrequited crush on Doherty, the biography noted.", "After the Mamas & the Papas' success with such singles as \"California Dreamin' \" and the No.", "1 hit \"Monday, Monday,\" the Phillipses bought a Bel Air mansion from which they ruled over the Los Angeles music scene.", "In his 1986 memoir, \"Papa John,\" John Phillips, who died in 2001, remembered hosting parties for the Beatles when they visited town.", "John Phillips, the band's primary songwriter, was at least six years older than the others and did not shy from the task of addressing the group's pain and confusion in song.", "In such songs as \"Got a Feelin',\" \"I Saw Her Again Last Night\" and \"Trip, Stumble and Fall,\" he cast a cold eye on the band's romantic entanglements, even as his melancholy and sometimes cutting lyrics were often belied by those sunny harmonies and Lou Adler's slick production.", "\"One doesn't try to hold Cass and Denny and Michelle together,\" he said in a 1995 interview.", "\"It's a useless task to start with.", "You just sort of stay out of the way and let things roll as they can.\"", "In 1968, the group split up.", "There was a 1971 reunion that produced the contractually obligated album \"People Like Us,\" but the experience was \"horrible,\" John Phillips recalled in the liner notes to the group's anthology, \"The History of the Mamas and the Papas.\"", "The group members had mixed success after the breakup.", "Elliot, who died of a heart attack in 1974 (and not by choking on a sandwich, as urban legend has it), pursued a solo career; she had a handful of hits.", "Doherty and John Phillips also tried their hands at solo careers; the latter's 1970 \"John, the Wolf King of L.A.,\" produced a minor hit and is now considered a classic but sold relatively poorly upon release.", "More common were the stories of trouble.", "Michelle and John Phillips divorced in 1970; late that year, Michelle was married to Dennis Hopper for eight days.", "John Phillips, who married Genevieve Waite in 1972, became increasingly immersed in drugs, says his Allmusic biography, to the point where he couldn't finish an album commissioned by the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.", "In 1981, he was convicted of drug trafficking.", "By that point, daughter Mackenzie says, she was also a full-blown drug addict.", "\"I grew up in a place where there were no rules ... which did not serve me well, and everybody, I think, knew that,\" she said on a reunion special for her '70s sitcom, \"One Day at a Time.\"", "According to Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh's \"The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows,\" Phillips missed the 1980-81 season while in rehab for addiction issues.", "In her new book, \"High on Arrival,\" she claims she had become sexually involved with her father in 1979, after he forced sex on her the night before she married a rock manager, Jeff Sessler.", "(Earlier that year, the house she shared with Sessler burned down, taking all her belongings with it.)", "According to Mackenzie Phillips, the affair with her father lasted 10 years.", "She told Chynna Phillips, her half-sister, about the affair in the late '90s, according to an interview with Chynna in Us magazine.", "\"Somebody could have dropped a piano on my head, and I probably wouldn't have felt it,\" Chynna Phillips told the magazine.", "\"But I knew it was true. I mean, who in their right mind would make such a claim if it wasn't true?\"", "She says the news sent her into \"a deep, deep sadness and depression for about 10 days.", "A part of me died when I found out.\"", "John Phillips also underwent rehab but struggled for the rest of his life.", "He had a liver transplant in 1992 but was photographed drinking several months later.", "He toured with versions of the Mamas & the Papas, some including Mackenzie.", "He died in 2001 of heart failure.", "Chynna Phillips and Mackenzie's \"One Day at a Time\" co-star Valerie Bertinelli have since rallied around her.", "But others have not. \"I am stunned by Mackenzie's terrible allegations about her father,\" Waite, John Phillips' third wife, wrote in a statement released to \"The Oprah Winfrey Show.\"", "Mackenzie Phillips appeared on the show Wednesday.", "\"I would often complain about her overly familiar attitudes towards him, and he said it was just her way.", "John was a good man. ...", "He was incapable, no matter how drunk or drugged he was, to have sexual relations with his own child.\"", "And Mackenzie's half-brother, Tamerlane, the follower of an Indian guru, is having none of it.", "\"My family is and always will be a decrepit bowl of dog urine compared to Nityananda of Ganeshpuri.", "That is how great Nityananda is,\" he told the New York Post's Page Six.", "\"Worship Nityananda, not the Phillips family.\"" ]	[ "John Phillips' reputation taking hit with claims of incest by daughter Mackenzie .", "John Phillips, who died in 2001, lived life of excess .", "Mamas & Papas were leading California group of '60s, with tangled romantic links .", "John Phillips was heavy drug user, once convicted of drug trafficking ." ]	[ 2, 4, 25, 40 ]
[ "Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- A U.N. maritime task force was scouring the stormy waters off the coast of northern Lebanon Friday, searching for survivors from a livestock carrier that sank the night before.", "\"The operation that commenced last evening continued through the night in difficult weather conditions,\" said a statement from the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).", "As of 3:15 p.m. local time Friday, rescuers had found 42 survivors and four bodies, according to a release from UNIFIL.", "Four of the survivors were sailors who were picked up by other ships.", "The Lebanese navy said there were 83 people aboard the cargo ship that was packed with sheep and other livestock.", "The Panamanian-flagged carrier, the \"Danny F II,\" sank about 12 miles off the coast of Tripoli.", "The Lebanese navy sent a distress signal to UNIFIL indicating the ship had capsized Thursday night, the U.N. task force said.", "\"UNIFIL Maritime Task Force immediately responded to the location with three ships, the frigate 'Zeffiro' (Italy), mine hunter 'Laboe' (Germany) and supply ship 'Mosel' (Germany), that have since been engaged in the search and rescue operations in collaboration with the Lebanese Navy,\" Friday's statement said.", "Searchers said the survivors, who are of different nationalities, received medical treatment on board UNIFIL ships before being taken ashore.", "CNN's Nada Husseini contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Panamanian-flagged ship sinks about 12 miles off the coast of Tripoli .", "Lebanese navy says it found 42 survivors and four bodies .", "The navy says there were 83 people aboard the ship .", "Authorities say people on board were wearing life jackets ." ]	[ 4, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness has spread to more passengers on a U.S. cruise ship, with nearly 450 falling sick while at sea, the cruise company said Tuesday.", "The Celebrity Cruises ship Mercury departed Charleston, South Carolina, February 15 and headed for the eastern Caribbean, according to a Celebrity Cruises statement.", "On the way, 419 of the 1,838 passengers fell ill, along with 27 of the 849 crew members, the cruise line said.", "The number of affected passengers increased from the 353 reported the day before.", "Their symptoms included upset stomach, vomiting and diarrhea, Celebrity Cruises spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said.", "Guests who were in isolation while ill will receive compensation, she said.", "The sickened passengers and crew have been administered over-the-counter medicine and are responding well, Celebrity Cruises said.", "But it is still unclear how they became sick, Martinez said.", "Medical samples will be sent to a lab for testing Tuesday, she added.", "The ship's medical facility first started treating guests Sunday, Martinez said, and by Monday, hundreds of others were sick, too, Celebrity Cruises reported.", "A doctor and two nurses joined the cruise medical staff Monday to help with the overload of patients when the ship stopped in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, according to the statement.", "The ship does not return to Charleston until Friday and will be at sea until then, Martinez said.", "To control the outbreak, the crew has stepped up cleaning of the ship, which is advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness occurs.", "Norovirus commonly causes viral gastrointestinal illness outbreaks on cruise ships, the CDC says.", "It can spread from contact with contaminated food or drink, by touching objects infected by people who are already sickened, or through close contact with people who are infected, according to the CDC.", "So far this year, three gastrointestinal illness outbreaks have occurred on cruise ships that docked at a U.S. port, according to the CDC.", "Norovirus was the cause of two outbreaks on the Mercury in 2009, the CDC reported.", "The outbreaks reported and investigated by the CDC infected at least 3 percent of the people onboard the cruises carrying at least 100 passengers for anytime between three days to three weeks." ]	[ "Celebrity Cruises ship departed South Carolina on February 15 and headed for the Caribbean .", "Passengers and crew aboard come down with gastrointestinal illness .", "They have been given over-the-counter medicine and are responding well, cruise line says ." ]	[ 1, 6, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Three teenagers and a 4-year-old were among the eight deaths in a Virginia shooting, state police said Wednesday.", "Christopher Speight, 39, is being held without bond at the Blue Ridge Regional Jail in Lynchburg, Virginia, after being charged with a single count of first degree murder, police said, adding that further charges are pending.", "Speight surrendered peacefully early Wednesday morning after an overnight manhunt left him hiding in the woods surrounded by a several-square-mile perimeter set up by authorities, Appomattox County Sheriff O. Wilson Staples said.", "Speight was wearing a bulletproof vest but had no weapons when he surrendered, Staples said.", "State police identified the victims of Tuesday's shooting as Ronald I. Scruggs II, 16; Emily A. Quarles, 15; Karen Quarles, 43; Jonathan L. Quarles, 43; Dwayne S. Sipe, 38; Lauralee Sipe, 38; Joshua Sipe, 4; and Morgan L. Dobyns, 15.", "All were from Appomattox except Scruggs, who was from Dillwyn, about 25 miles away.", "Police did not say how the victims were related nor did they describe a motive for the shootings.", "Earlier, they said that Speight lived at the Appomattox home where seven of the eight were found, that he co-owns it and adjoining land and that he was acquainted with all the victims.", "Police were alerted to the incident Tuesday after noon when a person was discovered badly wounded in the middle of Route 703.", "That person later died at a hospital.", "When police arrived at the scene they heard gunshots, authorities said.", "Authorities established a perimeter around the area, including dogs and helicopters.", "One of the helicopters was hit at least four times by bullets but \"was able to make an emergency landing in a field near the scene,\" state police said.", "A search turned up the remaining seven bodies in and around the home, which is about 75 miles southwest of Richmond, Virginia's capital.", "On Wednesday, a search of the home turned up explosive devices, Molinar said.", "He said authorities were safely detonating the devices but he did not describe them." ]	[ "NEW: Suspect lived at the Appomattox home where seven of the eight victims were found .", "Christopher Speight, 39, wearing bulletproof vest when he turned himself in, sheriff says .", "Police say suspect shot and hit helicopter, which made emergency landing ." ]	[ 3, 7, 13 ]
[ "Singapore (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, on his first Asia trip since taking office in January, arrived Saturday in Singapore to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.", "In addition to the meetings with the APEC heads of state, Obama planned to hold three bilateral meetings -- with the leaders of Russia, Indonesia and Singapore.", "APEC's 21 member nations represent more than half of the world's economic output.", "The forum sees its goal as \"facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region.\"", "Obama will become the first U.S. president to take part in a summit of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economic alliance.", "The formal meeting is Sunday.", "Earlier Saturday, Obama told a packed house at Tokyo's Suntory Hall that all Americans should know that what happens in Asia \"has a direct effect on our lives at home.\"", "The president leaves Sunday for Shanghai, China.", "The trip, which lasts more than a week, is Obama's first to Asia since taking office in January.", "In his Tokyo speech, Obama touted himself as America's \"first Pacific president,\" and pledged a renewed engagement with Asia Pacific nations based on \"an enduring and revitalized alliance between the United States and Japan.\"", "He touched on nearly every part of the Asia Pacific region during his speech, and talked about a boyhood visit to Japan with his mother, his birth in Hawaii, a childhood spent partly in Indonesia and the United States' position as a Pacific nation.", "\"There must be no doubt: as America's first Pacific president, I promise you that this Pacific nation will strengthen and sustain our leadership in this vitally important part of the world,\" he said.", "He emphasized that the United States was not interested in containing the emerging economic growth in China.", "Obama also called on Myanmar to make more definitive moves toward democracy, including releasing all political prisoners.", "He urged North Korea to return to the Six-Party Talks so the reclusive nation can be reintegrated into the world stage and pledged America's support for eliminating nuclear weapons and efforts to reduce the global effects of climate change.", "In China, Obama will continue efforts to define and strengthen the United States' relationship with the world's largest emerging economy, which has a growing influence in Asia, said Jeffrey Bader, the National Security Council's senior director for East Asian affairs.", "Bader cited North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the economy, climate change, human rights and Afghanistan as among the top issues for the China swing.", "On human rights, Bader said Obama is likely to address \"freedom of expression, access to information, freedom of religion, rule of law and, certainly, Tibet.\"", "Obama will make clear to Chinese President Hu Jintao that he intends to meet with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, Bader said.", "China, which rejects Tibetan aspirations for autonomy, opposes such high-level contacts with the Dalai Lama." ]	[ "U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Singapore for APEC summit .", "U.S. leader expected to individually meet with leaders of Russia, Indonesia, Singapore .", "In Saturday speech, Obama renews U.S. ties with Japan, reaches out to China .", "Obama: Rise \"of a strong, prosperous China can be a source of strength ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 7 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Pop singer Ricky Martin declared publicly this week what he avoided discussing for years: He is gay.", "\"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man,\" Martin wrote on his official Web site.", "\"I am very blessed to be who I am.\" A decade ago, when ABC's Barbara Walters pressed Martin to address rumors about his sexuality, he declined to confirm or deny them.", "\"I just don't feel like it,\" Martin said.", "Now, Martin wrote, \"these years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.\"", "The 39-year-old Puerto Rican native started off with the Latin boy band Menudo before launching his solo career in 1991.", "His song \"Livin' La Vida Loca\" rose to the top of the music charts in 1999 and propelled Martin to stardom.", "Martin said he decided years ago to not share \"my entire truth\" with the world because people he loved warned him that \"everything you've built will collapse.\"", "\"Allowing myself to be seduced by fear and insecurity became a self-fulfilling prophecy of sabotage,\" he wrote.", "\"Today I take full responsibility for my decisions and my actions.\"", "The decision to come out was initiated a few months ago, when he began writing his memoirs, he said.", "\"I got very close to my truth,\" he wrote.", "\"From the moment I wrote the first phrase I was sure the book was the tool that was going to help me free myself from things I was carrying within me for a long time,\" he wrote.", "\"Things that were too heavy for me to keep inside.\"", "Martin said that disclosing his secret is important because of his two sons, born via surrogate.", "\"To keep living as I did up until today would be to indirectly diminish the glow that my kids were born with,\" he wrote.", "\"Enough is enough.", "This has to change. This was not supposed to happen five or 10 years ago, it is supposed to happen now.", "Today is my day, this is my time, and this is my moment.\"", "Writing the seven paragraphs, he said, \"is a solid step towards my inner peace and vital part of my evolution.\"", "\"What will happen from now on? It doesn't matter. I can only focus on what's happening to me in this moment.\"" ]	[ "Singer Ricky Martin declared publicly that he is gay .", "Martin says, \"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man\"\nHis song \"Livin' La Vida Loca\" rose to top of music charts in 1999 ." ]	[ 1, 6 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- London police said Friday they are investigating a car accident in which Prince Andrew reportedly struck a police officer while driving into Buckingham Palace.", "A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police did not name anyone involved in the incident, but Buckingham Palace confirmed Prince Andrew was the driver of the car.", "It happened as the policeman tried to move two Japanese tourists out of the way of Andrew's 4x4 car at the palace, the BBC reported.", "The officer hurt his arm in the incident and complained to his superiors, the BBC said.", "\"It was a minor incident and the police are looking into it,\" said a palace spokesman, who by custom is not named.", "Police refused to confirm any details of the incident, including when it allegedly happened.", "The BBC quoted a police spokesman as saying the officer's injuries were \"minor.\"", "The prince, who is a week shy of his 50th birthday, lives at Royal Lodge in Windsor, just west of London.", "Prince Andrew is Queen Elizabeth's second son after Prince Charles and is also called the Duke of York.", "He served as a helicopter pilot in the Royal Navy for 22 years and is currently Britain's special representative for international trade and investment.", "British papers reported last year that the prince bought a 200,000-pound ($312,400) Bentley Arnage, which joined his existing limited-edition Aston Martin Virage V8 Volante." ]	[ "Policeman had tried to move two tourists out of the way of Andrew's car .", "Police spokesman as saying the officer's injuries were \"minor\"\nAndrew is Queen's second son after Prince Charles and is also called the Duke of York ." ]	[ 2, 6, 8 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that office rents in Washington are poised to overtake rents in New York City.", "Washington now boasts the lowest office vacancy rate in the nation.", "New York City is bleeding jobs, unemployment is over 10 percent.", "Washington is booming as government agencies like TARP and the General Services Administration expand.", "New York's crisis and Washington's growth is more than a business page story.", "Over two centuries, American culture has been shaped by the physical separation of politics and finance.", "The British might centralize everything in London, the French in Paris, the other countries of Europe in their great capitals, but the United States divided these functions.", "The Constitution of the new republic provided for an autonomous federal district.", "It did not specify where that district should be.", "Mexico and Argentina both have federal districts that coincide with their greatest cities, and that option was at least theoretically available to the United States as well.", "Instead, the capital was sited on the swampy banks of the Potomac, far from the great commercial centers of the founding era: Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charleston.", "This decision had profound effects for the first 150 years of the new country's life.", "If a business leader wanted to talk to a member of Congress or the Cabinet, he had to take a long train ride, often a very long train ride.", "Simpler and easier to leave the job to a lobbyist.", "Sheer physical distance interposed itself much of the time between the country's financial, business, and political leaders.", "It was an event when the great J. Pierpont Morgan made his way here, and most of the titans of 19th century industry never appeared at all.", "In our own era, however, the distance has shrunk, decade by decade, faster and faster all the time.", "It's not a coincidence that the impressive new premises of the Securities and Exchange Commission are located across the street from Washington's Union Station.", "The power brokers don't even have to hail a cab on disembarking from the Acela.", "And now the distance has vanished to nothing, and the one-time junior partner has gained the upper hand.", "The crisis of 2008 -- and the Great Recession of 2009 -- has interpenetrated government and finance in a way never before seen in the history of the United States.", "The kind of proximity to power once required only by defense contractors is suddenly required by all kinds of firms.", "Hilton Hotels will move from Beverly Hills to Washington.", "The accounting firm Deloitte will consolidate operations here, as will the legal firm McGuire Woods as it develops a new focus upon lobbying.", "The Federal government is now the majority owner of the lending arm of General Motors, GMAC.", "It owns the nation's largest insurance company, AIG.", "It is banker, automaker, and lender of last, second and first resort.", "President Obama joked at his first White House correspondents' dinner that he had just been named Auto Executive of the Year.", "Who wouldn't want to lease the office next door?", "The Federal Reserve has acquired a portfolio of $1 trillion in mortgage securities.", "The government regulates salaries in the companies in which it holds interests -- and pay czar Kenneth Feinberg has lamented in a television interview that his power does not extend even further.", "\"The biggest disappointment, I think, is that under the statute my jurisdiction is so narrow, and so circumscribed, that I have no real direct mandatory power over other Wall Street or other national companies,\" he said.", "But as Washington gains, the country loses.", "It loses something more than its ideals of free enterprise and private ownership.", "It loses the very American idea of a capital as a specialized locale to which specific tasks are delegated -- not an American Versailles where favors are distributed and attendance is mandatory.", "Not so long ago, Microsoft didn't even have a Washington office.", "Today Microsoft and Google are deadlocked in fiercer struggles than those that divide the oil lobby and the eco lobby.", "For those of us who reside in Washington, the change is mostly positive.", "Certainly the restaurants are vastly improved.", "But maybe the country was better when the food in the capital was worse.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Frum ." ]	[ "Rents for offices in Washington could soon be more expensive than in New York .", "David Frum says it's a sign of Washington's dominance as the new financial capital of U.S.", "He says long tradition of separating business, government centers has ended ." ]	[ 4, 20, 25, 32 ]
[ "(CNN) -- SeaWorld will resume killer whale shows while the company and two federal agencies investigate the death of a whale trainer at SeaWorld Orlando, company and federal officials announced Friday.", "The shows, which were suspended at all SeaWorld locations after the death Wednesday at SeaWorld Orlando, will resume Saturday with new precautionary measures in place, said Jim Atchison, president of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment.", "Earlier Friday, the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced they were looking into the death of Dawn Brancheau, 40.", "Brancheau was pulled underwater when a killer whale named Tilikum grabbed her ponytail.", "A source at SeaWorld said that after seizing her, the whale dove deep underwater.", "Trainers eventually had to wrangle the animal into a smaller pool before they could retrieve her body about 40 minutes later.", "WESH: Watch tourist's video just before attack .", "A former head of animal training said Friday that Brancheau left herself vulnerable to attack and that she may have broken the park's training protocol.", "\"Dawn, if she was standing here right now, would tell you that that was her mistake in allowing that to happen,\" said former SeaWorld trainer Thad Lacinak, who had worked with Brancheau in the past, on ABC's \"Good Morning America.\"", "Lacinak called Brancheau \"one the best killer whale trainers I ever worked with.\"", "Still, he said, Brancheau should not have been lying in a slideout -- a platform covered by roughly 4 inches of water -- so close to a killer whale.", "\"When I was there we did have a protocol that you would not do that, you would not lie down in a slideout and get that close to his mouth.", "\"Now, whether she broke that protocol or not I don't know, or if the protocol changed in how they were working with him,\" Lacinak continued.", "\"But I'm pretty sure it was her breaking the protocol.\"", "Atchison said Friday that it's too soon to tell if Brancheau violated protocol.", "\"It's far too early to get to that point,\" the SeaWorld president said.", "\"We're really still trying to collect information, trying to understand the nature and scope of the event.\"", "He declined to discuss SeaWorld's training protocols, saying they are \"proprietary documents.\"", "Atchison had high praise for Brancheau and said a charitable foundation is being formed to support causes she was interested in.", "He told reporters that video images in connection with the accident have been made available to the appropriate authorities.", "Atchison said Tilikum \"is a wonderful animal\" and \"will remain an active and contributing member of the team despite what happened.\"", "\"He's a very special animal that requires special handling.", "Obviously the procedures that we've had in place are something we're revisiting at this point,\" he said.", "Tilikum's size and weight -- 12,000 pounds, compared with 6,000 to 9,000 pounds for the facility's other killer whales -- was one reason there were separate procedures in place for him at the Orlando facility.", "When the shows with killer whales resume Saturday at Orlando and other SeaWorld parks, trainers won't get into the water with the animals.", "\"Direct interactions\" with the animals were suspended in all three SeaWorld parks after the death.", "Various other improvements and changes will be enacted, Atchison said.", "iReport: Photo taken moments before attack .", "Labor Department spokesman Mike Wald said the safety and health agency is looking into whether OSHA workplace standards were violated in the incident.", "It will complete a report within six months, he said.", "If workplace infractions are found, OSHA will propose financial penalties, Wald said.", "If that happens, the company could accept the penalties and make any necessary workplace changes or appeal proposed penalties before an OSHA review commission.", "David Sacks, Agriculture Department spokesman, said inspectors are looking into the incident from the animal welfare perspective.", "The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wants to know if there were any violations of the Animal Welfare Act, a federal set of minimum-care standards for entities that get USDA licenses, including facilities that exhibit warm-blooded mammals to the public.", "Sacks said the incident will trigger a \"focused\" investigation, in which inspectors will go to SeaWorld to gather facts.", "If they think any welfare-act violations contributed to the incident, a formal investigation will begin.", "Such violations could trigger fines and even license suspensions and revocations.", "\"If we feel animals are suffering, we can confiscate the animal,\" Sacks said.", "He said SeaWorld Orlando has never been the object of a penalty enforcement.", "In a video posted on SeaWorld's blog, Chuck Tompkins, head of animal training for SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, mourned Brancheau's death and raised the issue of safety standards.", "\"We need to evaluate our safety procedures and how we interact with these animals,\" he said, and he stressed that it's \"extremely important that we continue to take care of these animals the best way possible.\"", "The same whale was linked previously to two other deaths.", "Tilikum and two other whales were involved in the drowning of a trainer at a Victoria, British Columbia, marine park in 1991.", "The trainer fell into the whale tank at Sealand of the Pacific and was dragged underwater as park visitors watched.", "In 1999, Tilikum was blamed for the death of a 27-year-old man whose body was found floating in a tank at SeaWorld, the apparent victim of a whale's \"horseplay,\" authorities said then.", "The Orange County Sheriff's Office said the man apparently hid in the park until after it closed, then climbed into the tank.", "Nancy Black, a marine biologist who has studied whales for 20 years, said Tilikum could have been trying to play with Brancheau or get her attention or companionship.", "Such whales play with seals and sea lions in the wild, tossing them in the air, she said, but end up letting them go.", "But she said the whale could also have been frustrated for some reason.", "The incident raises larger questions about the captivity of wild animals.", "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said dolphins and other sea animals in aquariums \"routinely die prematurely of stress and other captivity-related causes,\" and human casualties also occur.", "The incident occurred about 2 p.m. Wednesday.", "Tompkins said the whale had just finished a session with Brancheau, who was leaning over and rubbing his head.", "They were in knee-deep water, he said.", "\"She had a long ponytail that brushed in front of her and apparently got in front of his nose,\" Tompkins said.", "\"He probably felt it.\"", "Tilikum grabbed the ponytail and pulled Brancheau into the water, he said.", "Rescuers were not immediately able to reach her because the whale was too aggressive, the sheriff's office said.", "She was recovered by SeaWorld staff members after Tilikum was coaxed into a smaller pool and lifted out of the water by a large platform on the bottom of the smaller tank, authorities said.", "iReport: Dawn Brancheau performing at SeaWorld in June 2009 .", "Brancheau had wanted to be an animal trainer from the time she visited SeaWorld as a 9-year-old, her sister Diane Gross said.", "\"It was her dream job,\" Gross said.", "\"She loved the animals like they were her own children. ... She loved what she did.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Trainers won't get into the water with the whales, CEO says .", "NEW: He says charitable foundation being formed in trainer's name .", "OSHA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service looking into death .", "Dawn Brancheau, 40, died Wednesday after whale pulled her underwater ." ]	[ 2, 3, 18, 24, 55 ]
[ "Frankfurt, Germany (CNN) -- Lufthansa airline will fly a bit over half of its normal flight schedule Tuesday, a day after pilots suspended their strike.", "\"It will obviously take a few days until we are back to normal,\" spokeswoman Claudia Lange said.", "The airline is planning to fly about 1,000 of its normal complement of 1,800 flights, \"plus, where we can, single, additional flights,\" she said.", "The airline is hoping to return to its full flight schedule by Friday.", "The announcement came shortly after both sides in a pilots strike against German-based Lufthansa, one of of the world's largest airlines, agreed to suspend the standoff beginning at midnight (6 p.m.", "ET) Monday. The suspension will expire March 8, barring an agreement before then, both sides said in a Frankfurt labor court.", "\"The judge was very clear,\" Lufthansa spokesman Klaus Walther said.", "\"He recommended the union to stop the strike action and to return to the negotiation table.\"", "Walther predicted the two sides would reach a final agreement \"pretty fast.\"", "The pilots' union previously had said resuming a normal schedule would take time, because the union had to inform striking pilots of the agreement before they could return to work.", "In addition, passengers whose flights have been canceled will have to be rebooked.", "Hundreds of flights were canceled Monday.", "The walkout by more than 4,000 members of Vereinigung Cockpit, the pilots' union, began at midnight Sunday after a last-ditch effort at negotiations over pay and job security failed, the company said.", "The strike threatened to disrupt travel on more than two dozen partner airlines, including United, US Airways and Continental.", "In 2008, Lufthansa was the No.", "2 international carrier, with 42.2 million passengers, according to the International Air Transport Association.", "The industrial action was the largest in German aviation history, Lufthansa said, and it signaled growing labor unrest across Europe.", "Hours after it started, the union representing most of British Airways cabin staff voted to strike, but did not set a date.", "On Wednesday in Greece, a mass public and private sector strike is planned to protest the government's austerity plan.", "British Airways cabin crews vote to strike .", "In addition, French civil aircraft staff, including air traffic controllers, said Monday they plan to strike Tuesday through Saturday.", "Four unions called for the strike, denouncing a government project to merge air traffic control operations with those of five other European countries -- Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland, according to Eric Heraud, spokesman for France's civil aviation authority, DGAC, or Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile.", "The unions are afraid of dismantling DGAC, Heraud said.", "Under the new proposal, \"nothing will change geographically,\" he said.", "\"The control towers will stay where they are.\"", "Only the \"map of the sky\" will change, or the sphere of the controllers' concern, Heraud said.", "Half of Tuesday's flights at Paris, France's, Orly airport were to be canceled because of the action, he said.", "Twenty-five percent of the flights at Charles de Gaulle Airport were to be canceled.", "The labor unrest comes as the airline industry is digging out of the worst one-year drop-off in business, according to International Air Transport Association.", "\"It is the kind of death throes, I guess, of the very strong legacy airline unions,\" said Simon Calder, a travel expert.", "\"Now, all the old airlines like BA, like Lufthansa, are struggling\" to cut costs, he said.", "In 2009, air carrier revenues dropped nearly 15 percent worldwide after a record $535 billion the previous year.", "Passenger travel fell a record 3.5 percent and freight fell more than 10 percent, according to International Air Transport Association figures.", "Many of Lufthansa's pilots have been working without a contract since March and more than 90 percent of the union's members had voted to strike, a union representative said.", "The union, which is seeking a 6.4 percent pay increase, is also concerned with the airline's recent buying spree of small regional carriers, such as BMI and Austrian Airlines, a practice that it said cannibalizes flights from union-flown routes.", "Lufthansa is one of the largest carriers on the Star Alliance, a network of 26 airlines that share ticketing and routes for international travel.", "Other Star Alliance member airlines are: Adria, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Blue 1, BMI, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Egypt Air, Lot Polish Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, Swiss, Tap Portugal, Thai Airlines, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways.", "Send your views and experiences to CNN iReport .", "CNN's Frederik Pleitgen, Erin McLaughlin, Stefan Simons, Kevin Voigt, Alix Bayle and Greg Morrison contributed to this report." ]	[ "About 1,000 of Lufthansa's usual 1,800 flights to fly Tuesday .", "Union, airline: Getting back to normal will take time .", "Both sides in pilots strike against Lufthansa agree to suspend standoff .", "Union: Strike focuses on pay, conditions.", "Company: Union interfering in management ." ]	[ 1, 2, 4, 14 ]
[ "Paris, France (CNN) -- The future of social networking, the real-time Web and a host of apps and gadgets were the talk of the annual Le Web conference as it opened here Wednesday.", "The phenomenal success of microblogging site Twitter and its plans for the future dominated the two-day event's opening sessions for bloggers and industry leaders, held in a converted morgue in the city's northeastern suburbs.", "Top executives from Twitter faced off with rivals from Facebook and MySpace as all three social media sites unveiled technical innovations designed to capture more users.", "On the heels of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's unveiling of Square, a device that accepts credit card payments on cell phones, Twitter platform director Ryan Sarver said the site now has 50,000 dedicated applications making use of its constant stream of blog updates.", "Sarver also announced the company's \"firehose\" feature, which throws open its data stream to any developers who want to use it.", "This is a first for Twitter, which has yet to disclose any major revenue streams even as others use it to harvest profits.", "Facebook developer Ethan Beard touted his own site's 500,000 applications and its power to drastically boost hits to news sites such as The Huffington Post through the 60 million users it now claims for its Facebook Connect feature.", "Meanwhile, MySpace Chief Operating Officer Mike Jones announced that his site is incorporating real-time status updates to its platform -- like Twitter and Facebook -- amid MySpace's struggles to find an identity.", "Jones also announced unrestricted developer access to MySpace's content and a $50,000 innovation prize to attract developers, but refused to comment on rumors of a potential partnership with rival Facebook.", "The social networking execs declined to discuss their sites' revenues or widely rumored stock market flotations.", "Chad Hurley, co-founder of Google-owned YouTube, also refused to disclose company revenues but said some popular users have earned more than $1 million since advertising was introduced to the video-sharing site.", "\"We didn't implement [advertising] initially on YouTube because we didn't want to skew the motivation of why someone would publish video.", "We wanted to be a video community,\" he told the conference.", "\"We saw over time the opportunity to introduce that secure revenue without distorting what we've become, and we've been quite successful,\" he said.", "But Hurley said he had no secret formula for anyone wanting to create a viral sensation on YouTube.", "\"You could punch me in the face right now, that would get a lot of views,\" he joked.", "\"Something shocking will get a lot of views, but there's no magic recipe.", "That's not really what the site is about -- to define the secret ingredient to get the hits.", "It's about celebrating the fact that everyone has a chance to participate.\"", "On the sidelines of Le Web, the chatter was focused on the Facebook vs. Twitter battle and the opening of data streams to app developers.", "Attendees also wondered aloud about the fickle and unpredictable nature of Internet success.", "\"It is interesting that everybody now is announcing awards and conferences, but what's next?\"", "said delegate Katrin Weber of Deutsche Telekom.", "\"In the end, who is going to win?", "People are also asking what the formula for success is -- why do some applications or platforms succeed, and why do some fail?\"", "Social media marketing agent Vero Pepperrell said, \"I'm pleased that Twitter is starting to acknowledge how much of an ecosystem it has with its developers, so on that level, they are doing the right thing.\"", "Blogger Gabriel Jorby believes that Square, Dorsey's credit card gadget, represents a new trend that's likely to shape the future for people trying to profit from the Internet.", "\"Today, if you want to run a service, you need something to bring the physical world.", "You cannot depend only on an online application, you need to do something tangible,\" he said.", "\"It is the future, it is not only [about] the screen experience, it is about something more physical.", "People need to be producing more than just apps.\"", "More than 2,000 participants from 46 countries were expected in Paris for the Le Web conference, one of Europe's largest annual tech events." ]	[ "The future of social networking was the talk of the Le Web conference as it opened in Paris .", "Twitter, Facebook and MySpace all unveiled innovations designed to capture more users .", "Twitter's Ryan Sarver: Site now has 50,000 dedicated applications .", "YouTube's Chad Hurley: There's no secret formula for creating a viral video sensation ." ]	[ 0, 2, 14 ]

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