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[ "(OPRAH.com) -- Some know Emmitt Smith as the National Football League's all-time leading rusher.", "Others recognize him as a three-time Super Bowl champion or a Dancing with the Stars winner.", "But do you really know who Emmitt is?", "Until he traced his genealogy for the NBC reality series \"Who Do You Think You Are?", "\", Emmitt says he didn't even know the answer to that question.", "To find out more about himself and the family members who paved the way for his success, this hall-of-fame inductee followed his roots to Burnt Corn, Alabama, the town where his great-grandmother was born.", "\"I feel like a detective on a hunt trying to find clues,\" he says.", "In Burnt Corn, Emmitt wandered into a convenience store and asked a clerk if he knew two of his relatives, Bill and Victoria Watson.", "Coincidentally, Joe, the clerk, turned out to be Emmitt's second cousin.", "Oprah.com: How to dig up your own family history .", "Emmitt soon learned that his great-great-grandmother, Victoria, had an unusual maiden name -- Puryear.", "Genealogist Marjorie Sholes told Emmitt that \"Puryear\" was probably the name of a slave owner.", "\"African-Americans, at the end of the Civil War, sometimes picked the names of their last slave owner,\" she says.", "The next step? Emmitt went in search of Victoria's parents' names.", "In an old ledger, Marjorie found a man named Prince Puryear who was described with the letter \"m,\" which meant mulatto.", "\"Specifically, black/white race,\" she says.", "Oprah.com: Chris Rock uncovers his genetic roots .", "They also discovered that Prince's mom was a woman named Mariah.", "\"Now, I know that Prince was mixed race and born into slavery,\" Emmitt says.", "\"If Mariah was his mother, could she be the link between the black and the white side of my family?\"", "To explore this theory, Emmitt traveled to Mecklenburg, Virginia, to learn more about a notorious slave trader who owned Mariah at some point in history.", "The man's name was Alexander Puryear.", "Virginia historian John Caknipe said Samuel Puryear, Alexander's father, might be the link to Mariah.", "To find out for sure, John selected a book of old deeds from a shelf.", "The number on the book was 22 -- the same number Emmitt wore on the football field for 15 years.", "\"I've been wearing jersey number 22 since college,\" he says.", "\"Maybe it is my destiny, and I've always believed I was a child of destiny, but, whew, this is ... it's making me a little bit nervous.\"", "Emmitt says the family history he unearthed in book 22 shook him to the core.", "John helped him find a property deed stating that Mariah was transferred from Samuel to his son, Alexander.", "\"Samuel probably had her bred,\" John says.", "\"Then, when she got old enough, he gave her to his son. ...", "They raised and bred horses, and raised and bred slaves.\"", "\"In other words, the horses were more important than any slaves that they ever had,\" Emmitt says.", "\"They treated my people like animals...but worse than animals.\"", "The deed stated that Mariah was passed down along with a horse bridle and a saddle.", "\"She was such a young woman,\" Emmitt says.", "\"I have a 13-year-old daughter right now, and I have a 10-year-old daughter right now.", "I couldn't imagine them being passed down through slavery that way.\"", "Professor Steven Deyle, a domestic slave trade historian, says it's safe to assume that Samuel was, in fact, Mariah's father.", "\"Alexander was engaged in this horrible, horrible traffic and why he didn't sell Mariah is because he recognized Mariah as his sister,\" Steven says.", "After discovering the horrors his family endured, Emmitt says he's even more thankful for the power of progress.", "\"I thank God for people who stood up for equality for all of us,\" he says.", "Emmitt says he felt the true power of his newfound knowledge while sitting on the porch of an old slave quarters in Clayborn, Alabama.", "\"That house down in Clayborn is where I started to put things together,\" he says.", "\"And right then and there, I sensed that my ancestors were crying out to me because they were lost for so many years, and here, their great-great-grandson is going on the journey to find who they were.\"", "While Emmitt sat on the porch, it started to rain.", "\"It was coming to me all at one time, and it was incredible,\" he says.", "\"Oftentimes, people want closure, and I felt like my folks did not have closure.", "At that time, when I found that information, I felt like they were crying out, 'We got closure now.'\"", "After learning what he could from dusty record books, Emmitt took the next step in his genealogical journey and had a DNA test.", "The results showed him that he's 81 percent African, 12 percent European and 7 percent Asian, which is most likely Native American ancestry.", "Emmitt's journey has come to an end, but he encourages anyone who's curious about their roots to follow in his footsteps.", "\"You must go do this yourself,\" he says.", "\"It's extremely important.", "It's critical. It will help shape your vision in terms of how you go forward.", "It will also help you appreciate your past.\"", "Oprah.com: Lisa Kudrow solves a family mystery .", "From the Oprah Winfrey Show © 2010 .", "Subscribe to O, The Oprah Magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price.", "That's like getting 18 issues FREE.", "Subscribe now! TM & © 2010 Harpo Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ]	[ "NFL all-star Emmett Smith felt like a detective as he hunted for his family history .", "He learned his great-great-grandmother, Victoria, had unusual maiden name: Puryear .", "Traced her grandmother to a notorious slave trading family of same name .", "Smith on his ancestor: \"They treated my people like animals...but worse than animals\"" ]	[ 6, 10, 33 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- The attackers who planted a car bomb outside a courthouse in Northern Ireland Monday night gave only 17 minutes warning before the explosion, the Police Service of Northern Ireland told CNN Tuesday.", "\"It is a miracle that no one was killed or seriously injured,\" PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott said.", "\"It is only thanks to a member of the public contacting us that we are not dealing with fatalities this morning.\"", "The car was packed with about 250 pounds (113 kilograms) of explosives, police estimate.", "A local hospital in the town of Newry got a warning call at 10:20 p.m. local time (7:20 p.m.", "ET) and a business was phoned two minutes later.", "The bomb went off at 10:37 p.m., a police representative said.", "That \"is not enough time to evacuate a public area,\" a police representative said.", "British police spokesmen traditionally do not identify themselves by name.", "A member of the public reported a car being abandoned at about 10 p.m., she said.", "That appears to have given police extra time to respond.", "Baggott blamed the attack on \"dissident republicans,\" pro-Irish militants who reject the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that sharply reduced violence in the province.", "They \"simply want to drag Northern Ireland back to the dark days of the past,\" Baggott said, condemning \"cowardly attacks\" by \"terrorists\" who \"want to destroy all that is good about Northern Ireland and have no place in a modern civilized society.\"", "\"This is not an attack on a court building, this is an attack on people whose lives depend on the well-being of Newry,\" he added.", "\"This is an attack that broke and damaged places of worship... damaged the ability of Newry to be at the heart of our economic success.\"", "Newry is about 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of the provincial capital, Belfast.", "Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office \"strongly condemned\" the bombing, saying Tuesday it was the work of a \"tiny minority.\"", "The \"attack\" is \"entirely unrepresentative of the views of the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland,\" said a statement from Brown's Downing Street office.", "The court building was badly damaged and businesses in the area were evacuated, police said.", "Northern Ireland was wracked for decades by violence between pro-British unionists and pro-Irish republicans.", "About 3,000 people died in the \"Troubles,\" as the violence was known, before the tenuous peace agreement was hammered out in 1998.", "There has been sporadic violence since then.", "A booby-trapped car exploded on January 8, severely injuring Constable Peadar Heffron.", "A car bomb partly exploded outside the headquarters of the Policing Board of Northern Ireland on November 21, and another under-car booby trap exploded on October 22 in east Belfast, injuring a woman, the PSNI said.", "Two soldiers and a policeman were shot dead in separate attacks in March 2009.", "The two biggest parties in the province, the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party and the pro-Irish Sinn Fein, reached a deal earlier this month to bring police powers under local control, averting a crisis that had threatened to force new elections." ]	[ "Attackers who planted bomb in N. Ireland gave only 17 minutes warning before explosion .", "British PM Gordon Brown condemned car bombing outside court in Newry .", "No one was killed or injured in the blast .", "About 3,000 people died in decades of violence before 1998 peace agreement ." ]	[ 0, 20 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The \"disgusting\" blob in Fred DeNegri's Diet Pepsi can was probably a frog or toad, the Food and Drug Administration said.", "Amy DeNegri took pictures of the can in question right after her husband gagged on its contents.", "DeNegri was grilling in his backyard tiki bar in Ormond Beach, Florida, when he popped open a can of Diet Pepsi, took a big gulp and started gagging, his wife, Amy, said.", "He emptied out the can down a sink but something heavy remained inside.", "He shook the can until something resembling \"pink linguini\" slid out, followed by \"dark stuff,\" Amy DeNegri said.", "But the heavy object inside the can never came out, she said.", "\"It was disgusting,\" said Amy DeNegri, 54.", "\"And now, what started out as a normal afternoon in our tiki bar has blown up into this crazy thing.\"", "The DeNegris took pictures before calling poison control and the FDA, which showed up the next day to examine the can in question and collect it for lab testing.", "The couple received a copy of the completed report last week from the Food and Drug Administration Office of Regulatory Affairs, which concluded the foreign matter appeared to be a frog or a toad.", "Watch CNN's Nicole Lapin discuss the results » .", "\"The animal was lacking internal organs normally found in the abdominal and thoracic cavity,\" the report notes.", "A second, closed can from the same 36-pack of Diet Pepsi from Sam's Club, was also submitted for testing, according to Amy DeNegri.", "No abnormalities were detected, the report states.", "The FDA also conducted an investigation at the local Pepsi bottling plant in Orlando from August 4 to 11 and \"did not find any adverse conditions or association to this problem,\" spokeswoman Siobhan DeLancey said.", "\"We have not determined when or how the contamination occurred,\" DeLancey said in an e-mail.", "Pepsi says the FDA results \"affirmed\" the company's confidence \"in the quality of our products and the integrity of our manufacturing system,\" according to spokesman Jeff Dahncke.", "\"The speed of our production lines and the rigor of our quality control systems make it virtually impossible for this type of thing to happen in a production environment.", "In fact, there never has been even a single instance when a claim of this nature has been traced back to a manufacturing issue,\" Dahncke said in an e-mail.", "\"The FDA conducted a thorough inspection of our Orlando facility and found no cause for concern.", "In this case, the FDA simply was unable to determine when or how the specimen entered the package.\"", "When asked if Pepsi believed it was not responsible for the animal getting into the can, Dahncke said, \"We have addressed the facts of the investigation and stated our position.", "It's not appropriate for us to comment beyond that.\"", "But the DeNegris say they're hopping mad over Pepsi's handling of the matter.", "Amy DeNegri said she hasn't heard from Pepsi since the day after the incident occurred, when she spoke with someone over the phone.", "At first, the woman was apologetic, but DeNegri says her attitude changed after she told her that the FDA was coming to take the can for testing.", "\"She asked for my pictures, I sent them and never heard back,\" she said.", "The retired school staffer says she and her husband are seeking legal advice to examine their options.", "\"I want to see Pepsi fess up to it and compensate my husband for the negative publicity they have caused,\" she said.", "\"I'm easy, but they're the ones that are making it hard.\"", "CNN's Carolina Sanchez contributed to this report." ]	[ "Fred DeNegri and wife found matter resembling \"pink linguini\" in Pepsi can in July .", "FDA concludes blob is toad or frog \"lacking internal organs,\" not sure how it got there .", "FDA examined bottling plant in Orlando, did not find anything connected to incident .", "Pepsi says FDA's finding affirms its confidence in integrity of manufacturing system ." ]	[ 0, 11, 14, 16 ]
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Nine people killed in a military action targeting militants in eastern Afghanistan apparently were members of an insurgent network, a U.S. military official told CNN on Tuesday.", "\"The operation was against a network of folks, who had been tracked for a while, involved in producing IEDs as well as some criminal activity,\" said the official, who asked not to be named.", "\"As a result of the action, the best info that we have is that nine of those militants in that network were killed.", "That's based on weapons and IED components at the scene,\" and it appears the nine were males, the official said.", "IED is the acronym for improvised explosive device, which is a roadside bomb.", "U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan said Monday they were investigating reports that 10 Afghan civilians, including eight students, were killed Saturday in a coalition operation in the Narang district of Kunar province.", "Said Fazelayallah, governor of Kunar province, told CNN Monday that 10 civilians, in fact, were killed.", "Coalition forces said they killed their targets, he said, but a delegation sent by the governor to investigate reported the civilian casualties.", "Civilian casualties in the Afghan war have stoked outrage among the citizenry and Afghan authorities.", "U.S. and other international forces have been working to stop such fatalities, and they have accused Taliban militants of putting civilians in harm's way.", "The United Nations in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that from January to October of this year, 1,404 deaths have been caused by insurgents; 465 have been caused by pro-government forces, such as NATO's International Security Assistance Force; and other causes have led to 165 civilian deaths.", "In this Kunar province incident, Fazelayallah said the operation was launched without the knowledge of government officials in the province.", "The U.S. military source said it was \"a joint operation with Afghan and U.S.", "forces.\" The numbers of civilian casualties have fallen off in recent months, since Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal took over as U.S. commander in Afghanistan.", "The military's goal is to protect population centers to enable the government to improve security and governance, McChrystal told CNN's Christiane Amanpour earlier this month.", "Civilian casualties, he said, make it less likely that the Afghans will support the coalition.", "\"It is better to miss a target than to cause civilian casualties,\" he said.", "\"We can always target enemy leaders later.", "We can't make up for the fact that we killed civilians.\"", "CNN's Atia Abawi contributed to this report." ]	[ "U.S. source: Nine militants involved in building roadside bombs were killed .", "Provincial governor says panel found 10 civilians were killed in coalition operation .", "The U.S.-led operation took place in the Narang district of Kunar province on Saturday ." ]	[ 5, 6, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Skeletal remains found in a hayfield are those of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, a spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police said Wednesday.", "The remains were identified based on dental records provided by the victim's family, spokeswoman Corinne Geller said.", "Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old education major, went to a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, on October 17.", "She was separated from her friends and was the subject of repeated searches.", "\"Investigators are now working to determine how the remains came to be in this particular location, cause and time of death, and identifying who was responsible for the remains being there,\" Geller said in a news release.", "More information is expected after the completion of an autopsy, the spokeswoman added.", "Police said skeletal remains were found Tuesday morning by a farmer driving a tractor through a hay field on his 700-acre farm.", "The area has no public access point, police said.", "The farm is about 10 miles from where the concert was being held.", "The farm's owner, David Dass, told CNN affiliate WTVR that he was out looking for damage after wind and rain knocked down several trees in his yard over the past week.", "He told WTVR that the area is at least a mile and a half from a main roadway.", "\"I looked down and saw what looked like a human skull, and my first thought was that it was Morgan Harrington,\" Dass told WTVR, adding that he immediately called 911.", "WTVR: State police 'confident' remains are Harrington .", "There was significant evidence leading police to believe that the remains are Harrington's, Virginia State Police Col. W. Steven Flaherty said, though he declined to specify what the evidence was.", "Police said the area where the remains were found had not been searched during the early stages of the investigation into her disappearance.", "The girl's parents, Dan and Gil Harrington, were in town to identify the remains, WTVR reported.", "Dan Harrington, in tears, told WTVR that \"this is a horrible day\" for his family.", "Gil Harrington expressed concerns Saturday that there was beginning to be complacency in the search, she wrote in a blog on the Web site set up to help find their daughter.", "On Sunday, more than three months after Morgan went missing, Gil Harrington still clung to hope.", "\"Despite the length of time Morgan has been gone I remain hopeful,\" she wrote.", "\"Part of me is waiting to be surprised.", "Waiting for God to pull the rabbit out of the hat and bring Morgan home.", "\"I remember that the light always returns, it cannot help but return.", "Will the light of my life return soon?", "I cannot imagine that all the water of Morgan's potential is to run down the drain and be wasted.", "Can it really play out like that?\"", "Now, it appears, the Harringtons finally have their answer.", "Police say they have now switched their focus to finding out how Morgan Harrington ended up in the remote farm and who put her there.", "During the concert, Harrington left her friends to use the restroom, police said.", "When she did not return, they called her cell phone at 8:48 p.m. She told them she was outside the arena and could not get back in because of its policy, police said, but told them not to worry about her and that she would find a ride home.", "There are restrooms inside the arena, police said, and police do not know how or why Harrington got outside.", "Witnesses who saw her outside the arena said she did not appear to be with anyone, police said.", "About 9:30 p.m. that night, witnesses reported seeing a person matching Harrington's description walking on a nearby bridge, police said.", "No further sightings were reported.", "Harrington's purse, with her identification and cell phone inside, was found the following day in an overflow parking lot near the arena, police said.", "A friend had driven Harrington's car to the concert, she said, and was still in possession of the car keys when they got separated.", "Harrington was reported missing the day after the concert, when she did not show up at her parents' home to study for a math exam with her father.", "Working with police and the Texas-based Laura Recovery Center, the Harringtons organized community searches, saying they would not give up hope that their daughter would be found.", "A $150,000 reward has been offered for information leading to Harrington's whereabouts, police said.", "Of that, Metallica contributed $50,000.", "The couple was joined at a news conference after her disappearance by Ed Smart, whose daughter Elizabeth was abducted in 2002.", "She returned home nine months later, after police say they found her in the custody of Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee.", "Harrington said he reached out to Smart last week to seek advice on how to go through the disappearance of a child.", "Harrington was wearing a black Pantera T-shirt, a black miniskirt, black tights and black boots when last seen." ]	[ "NEW: Dental records confirm remains are Morgan Harrington, police say .", "Skeletal remains found Monday morning in hay frield on 700-acre farm .", "Student was separated from friends at Metallica concert on October 17 .", "Harrington's purse, cell phone found next day in overflow parking lot near arena ." ]	[ 2, 6, 12, 34 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele might be reminding conservative activists of a past Republican leadership turned arrogant with power.", "Under Michael Steele's leadership, the RNC has been accused of spending campaign funds on private jets, booze, limousines, five-star hotels, overseas resorts and a party donor's trip to a Hollywood bondage club.", "Most conservatives will agree that these expenditures are a horrible waste of funds at a time when Republicans are hoping to enjoy sizable gains in the 2010 midterm elections.", "After the devastating results of the 2006 and 2008 elections, conservatives were unexpectedly able to energize their followers as the Tea Party movement emerged and President Obama experienced first-year difficulties.", "Local Republican victories in gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey boosted the spirits of conservatives who feared Democrats might be on the verge of another New Deal.", "But along comes the RNC scandals, which have had the exact opposite effect.", "Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, told his followers that they should not write checks to the national party.", "Perkins said: \"This latest incident is another indication to me the RNC is completely tone-deaf to the values and concerns of a large number of people they are seeking financial support from.\"", "The RNC scandals smack of the type of arrogance that was at the heart of the scandals that brought down key Republicans in 2005 and 2006.", "During these critical years, it became clear that party leaders had been abusing their influence by focusing on expanding their own power rather than advancing the agenda of the right.", "House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was forced to resign in early 2006 after being accused of violating campaign finance laws in Texas.", "He was also tied to the lobbying scandals that centered on Jack Abramoff.", "California Rep. Duke Cunningham ended his career for accepting bribes from defense contractors who benefited from his decisions on appropriations.", "There was also the case of Florida Rep. Mark Foley, to whom Republican leaders turned a blind eye despite his highly inappropriate text messages to underage male pages.", "Even Ralph Reed, the darling of the Christian Coalition, had been in cahoots with Abramoff in schemes to mobilize activists to protest gaming with the intention of drumming up business for his long-time friend.", "It seemed that the attitude of Republicans in Washington had become \"anything goes.\"", "The results were devastating.", "Many Republicans were forced to resign, and Democrats regained control of Congress in 2006.", "Polls showed that corruption was a major issue on Election Day.", "The chickens had come home to roost.", "Not only did the scandals offer campaign fodder for Democrats who wanted to challenge the Republicans' self-promotion as the righteous party, but even more importantly, they deflated the enthusiasm of conservative activists who believed their energy and money had been wasted and that their party was just as corrupt as the opposition.", "Rather than the party of Ronald Reagan, the GOP looked more like the party of Tammany Hall.", "The Steele scandals point to that same kind of arrogance.", "This time around, Republicans are in an even weaker position, given that they are in the minority and out of the White House, struggling to rebuild their battered party.", "In addition, Democrats have just achieved a major victory with health care, and it seems that the jobs market is finally starting to improve.", "Republicans will need to clean their house quickly and find leaders who do not look more interested in the lavish ways of Washington than in the more modest ways of Main Street.", "On Monday, the Republican National Committee chief of staff resigned, with many assuming he was fired by Steele in an effort to clean house.", "The resignation is a start.", "But much more needs to be done.", "If the Republican leadership does not respond more aggressively, recent efforts to revive the party won't amount to very much.", "Conservative voters will not be enthusiastic about supporting a party whose leaders partake in lavish and questionable activities, and Democrats will have more evidence that their opponents cannot be trusted with power.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian Zelizer." ]	[ "Julian Zelizer: Michael Steele and RNC spending spree is alienating conservative wing .", "Zelizer: Spending on booze, bondage club comes when GOP hoping to win 2010 midterms .", "He thinks scandals reveal same arrogance that brought down GOP in 2005 and 2006 .", "They must change or it appears they can't be trusted with power, Zelizer says ." ]	[ 0, 1, 8, 27 ]
[ "Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Demonstrators shouting \"Death to the dictator\" clashed with police in Iran on Monday as students took to the streets to mark a key national anniversary, witnesses said.", "At least two clashes occurred at Revolution Square, where police attacked demonstrators with batons and chased them onto side streets, witnesses said.", "A large number of security forces ringed Tehran University, where the gates were shut and large crowds inside also chanted \"Death to the dictator,\" the witnesses reported.", "Pro-government crowds also inside the university chanted slogans and waved the flag of the Islamic Republic, witnesses said.", "The witnesses asked not to be identified out of concerns for security.", "CNN could not independently verify the reports.", "The Iranian government did not allow members of the international media witness any possible protests this week.", "The state-operated Press TV acknowledged the protests.", "\"A number of anti-government protesters attempted to hijack the occasion to hold rallies in Tehran.", "Their efforts were foiled by the presence of security forces which are deployed in several parts of the capital,\" an anchor said while the station showed images of pro-government demonstrations.", "The demonstrations are being held on Student Day, an annual observance when Tehran extolls the virtues of the Islamic Revolution.", "The holiday commemorates three university students killed in 1953 by security forces of the Western-backed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran.", "He was toppled from power during the revolution two decades later.", "The students this year are demonstrating against the disputed June 12 presidential election.", "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the overwhelming winner in what protesters say was a rigged election.", "The election result was met with nationwide protests and the imprisonment of hundreds of demonstrators.", "Allegations of torture, rape and other abuses have since emerged.", "Ongoing prosecutions of protesters have resulted in death sentences for some.", "Since the election, other key anniversaries have met with protests against the current leadership.", "Protesters and police clashed November 4, the anniversary of the 1979 siege of the U.S. Embassy in Iran.", "In September, demonstrators took to the streets in protest on Quds Day, an annual event that is meant to show Iran's solidarity with Palestinians.", "On Monday, police manned major intersections.", "Shopkeepers, fearing violence, shuttered storefronts.", "As the protests got under way, Iranian security and paramilitary forces tear-gassed, beat and arrested students on university campuses, said a group called the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.", "According to the human rights organization, protests have taken place at the following universities in Tehran: Amir Kabir, Tehran, Sharif, Elm va Sanaat, Honar, Tehran Markaz, Sureh, and Tehran Shomal.", "Protests also have taken place at universities in Isfahan, Kermanshah, Shiraz, Mashhad and Tabriz, and at Agricultural University of Karaj, the rights group said.", "Security forces fired plastic bullets at students and protesters outside the Amir Kabir campus, said the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.", "The organization's reports could not be independently verified.", "In central Tehran, plumes of smoke rose from a large garbage bin that had been set on fire, witnesses told CNN." ]	[ "Authorities prepare for gatherings that could turn into demonstrations against elections .", "Students Day marks anniversary of 1953 killing of three students by shah's security forces .", "Day is also a \"symbol of Iran's struggle against tyranny,\" says ILNA news agency ." ]	[ 9, 11, 13, 20, 27 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Another aftershock rocked Haiti on Friday.", "Buildings shook.", "People looked around to see what else might fall.", "Then they returned to what they had been doing. At a park in the capital that has become a tent city, a group of kids resumed their soccer game.", "Aftershocks have become a way of life in this devastated country along with so many other life-threatening challenges.", "The aftershocks -- smaller earthquakes that follow a more powerful one -- \"will continue for months, if not years,\" the U.S. Geological Survey said.", "\"The frequency of events will diminish with time, but damaging earthquakes will remain a threat.\"", "The quake Friday morning had a magnitude of 4.4, the Geological Survey said.", "That makes it much less powerful than the 7.0-magnitude quake that struck 10 days ago, leaving widespread death and destruction in its wake.", "An earthquake on Wednesday was the strongest aftershock so far, with a magnitude of 5.9.", "An earthquake that size is strong enough to cause \"considerable\" damage, the Geological Survey said, though the extent of damage that any earthquake causes depends on many factors, including its depth, proximity to dense population centers, and the strength of structures where it hits.", "An American adoption service provider in Haiti wrote in a blog that the aftershock Wednesday sent \"a wall tumbling down on our heads.\"", "Save the Children said its staff \"heard already-weakened structures collapsing\" as a result.", "Yet the 7.0-magnitude quake was more than 40 times stronger than the 5.9-magnitude aftershock, researchers said.", "While each new earthquake can slow relief efforts, those efforts were advancing Friday, including at the port, where critical supplies are being shipped in.", "Full coverage \| Twitter updates .", "The city's south pier was operating, though slowly.", "Authorities pushed Friday to clear the bottlenecks at the port.", "The north pier remained unusable, and the south pier is the smaller of the two.", "Bottlenecks at all points of entry -- the airport, roads, and ports -- have delayed food and medical aid to the estimated 3 million Haitians affected by the quake.", "About 120 to 140 flights a day were coming into the single-runway Port-au-Prince airport, compared with 25 a day just after the quake struck last week.", "The USNS Comfort, a U.S. naval hospital off the coast, received about 240 patients over 36 hours, said Capt.", "James Ware, the commanding officer.", "\"Most of those individuals are critical care types of injuries,\" he told CNN's \"American Morning.\"", "At least 72,000 people have been confirmed dead in the quake, according to Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.", "iReport: List of missing, found \| Are you there?", "As aid moves more quickly, those Haitians who made it through the quake with their health will have increased access to necessities such as food and water.", "More than 300 aid distribution sites are up and running, a senior U.S. administration official said.", "Rescuers continue efforts to find survivors who have defied the odds.", "A group of rescuers told CNN on Friday that each rescue gives them hope to keep working.", "\"We're still searching, we're still out there.", "... And we'll continue doing that until the Haitian government and the local governments here decide that we're going to be going into a transition,\" said Capt.", "Louis Fernandez of Miami-Dade Urban Search and Rescue.", "His colleague Danny Whu said, \"The window is rapidly closing.", "These people, the ones who are entrapped without the ability of receiving food or water, they have to withstand heat indexes at or near triple digits. ...", "The body may survive a lot of days without food, but definitely they need water.\"", "Impact Your World .", "International aid contributions since the quake have totaled hundreds of millions of dollars.", "U.S. spending for relief in Haiti has hit $170 million, the federal government announced Thursday." ]	[ "Aftershocks in Haiti \"will continue for months, if not years,\" scientists say .", "4.4-magnitude quake shakes Haiti on Friday, 10 days after monster 7.0 quake .", "Aftershocks becoming routine to Haitians, but can be dangerous, experts warn .", "Relief efforts in Haiti advancing as pier, airport gradually improve ." ]	[ 0, 5, 7, 8, 14 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Ten million Americans a year are victims of identity theft.", "It's a growing problem in the United States, but fighting it doesn't appear to be a priority, a new report says.", "A report by the Justice Department Inspector General released Tuesday cites the wide-ranging costs and dangers of ID theft.", "Although the report has no new numbers, the financial losses are believed to be substantially higher than the $15.6 billion documented in 2005.", "Inspector General Glenn Fine found the effort to combat the problem, however, has lagged since the President's Task Force on ID Theft was established in 2007.", "\"We found that to some degree identity theft initiatives have faded as priorities,\" said Fine.", "He said the Justice Department has not developed a coordinated plan to combat ID theft and that some recommendations of the President's Task Force have not been addressed.", "No one has been appointed to oversee the efforts, the report says.", "The report says \"the specific crime of identity theft is not a top FBI priority.\"", "However, the report adds that the FBI often addresses the issue through the Cyber Division's criminal intrusion program, which is a priority of the agency.", "Similarly, ID theft investigations are often part of larger federal criminal investigations into health care fraud, mortgage fraud and credit card fraud.", "\"Identity theft can also be a significant element of violent crimes, such as domestic abuse, and even terrorism, and a significant number of ID theft-related crimes originate overseas,\" the report said." ]	[ "Justice Department Inspector General cites wide-ranging costs and dangers of ID theft .", "Effort to fight problem has lagged since task force formed in 2007, report says .", "Costs thought to be substantially higher than the $15.6 billion documented in 2005 ." ]	[ 2, 3, 4 ]
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Conflicting accounts of a botched NATO raid that killed five Afghans in February have led to a new investigation ordered by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, a NATO military spokesman said Monday.", "Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, a NATO spokesman, said Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who oversees all U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, called for the review after receiving a briefing from Afghan officials in late March.", "On Sunday, NATO acknowledged that its troops killed five Afghans in the nighttime raid in February, after initially saying the civilians may have been the victims of an \"honor killing.\"", "Although civilian casualties at the hands of NATO troops have fallen off in recent months, such incidents have strained the relationship between Afghanistan and the Western nations that make up the International Security Assistance Force.", "According to two U.S. military officials, in the March briefing, Afghan officials from the Interior Ministry told McChrystal that after the incident, they visited the compound where the Afghans were killed and found evidence of bloodstained walls being washed down and bullets being dug out.", "McChrystal wants a thorough review now to see why U.S. and Afghan accounts differ so greatly, according to one of the sources, a senior U.S. official familiar with the briefing.", "The senior U.S. official said that by the time the Afghan investigators got to the compound, the people who lived there may have been attempting to clean it up.", "NATO officials believe the U.S. and Afghan troops may have dug some bullets out of the wall for purposes of the initial investigation, which is a common practice, the official said.", "In March, the International Security Assistance Force released a statement denying a report by a British newspaper that NATO had covered up the involvement of troops in the incident.", "U.S. officials continue to deny that there was any coverup of U.S. involvement.", "\"We have no evidence to date anything improper was done,\" the senior U.S. official said.", "At the time of the February 12 incident, NATO said its troops went to a compound in the village of Khatabeh in Paktia province, believing it to be a militant hideout.", "A firefight ensued, and several insurgents died, NATO said at the time.", "When soldiers entered the compound, they found the bodies of two men and two women who had been shot \"execution-style,\" a senior U.S. military official said then.", "\"It has the earmarks of a traditional honor killing,\" the official said, adding that the women were found bound and gagged.", "An honor killing is a slaying carried out by a family or community member against someone thought to have brought dishonor to them.", "The senior U.S. military official said that at the time, it wasn't clear whether dishonor in the case stemmed from accusations of acts such as adultery or even cooperation with NATO forces.", "But on Sunday, NATO made an about-face from its earlier claims.", "\"International forces were responsible for the deaths of three women who were in the same compound where two men were killed by the joint Afghan-international patrol searching for a Taliban insurgent,\" NATO said in a statement.", "There was no explanation given for the cause of the third woman's death or why it wasn't mentioned previously.", "The two armed men whom troops killed were not insurgents, NATO said Sunday.", "\"The force went to the compound based on reliable information in search of a Taliban insurgent and believed that the two men posed a threat to their personal safety,\" the NATO statement said.", "\"We now understand that the men killed were only trying to protect their families.\"", "NATO said a lack of forensic evidence made it difficult to determine how or when the three women died.", "But it concluded that they were killed when troops fired at the men.", "As for the initial report about the women being found bound and gagged, the NATO statement said it stemmed from a cultural misunderstanding.", "\"The statement noted the women had been bound and gagged, but this information was taken from an initial report by the international members of the joint force who were not familiar with Islamic burial customs,\" the statement said, without elaborating.", "NATO troops who went to the scene after the raid may have misinterpreted burial rites.", "Muslims wrap their dead in clean white cloth before they are placed in the ground.", "NATO said it will apologize to the victims' family members and offer compensation in accordance with local customs.", "The NATO admission follows the fatal shooting of five Afghan soldiers by troops in a friendly fire incident in northern Afghanistan on Friday.", "Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly criticized civilian deaths by international troops, and the deaths have bred resentment among many Afghans.", "The numbers have fallen off in recent months since McChrystal took over as U.S. commander in Afghanistan.", "\"It is better to miss a target than to cause civilian casualties,\" McChrystal said in December.", "\"We can always target enemy leaders later.", "We can't make up for the fact that we killed civilians.\"", "CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report." ]	[ "NATO: Acknowledges killing 5 civilians in nighttime February raid .", "At time, NATO said deaths had earmarks of honor killing .", "Three women, two men were found killed in compound in village of Khatabeh .", "Civilian casualties have strained Afghan relations with Western nations ." ]	[ 2, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Peruvian soccer star Paolo Guerrero has been punished with a record fine by his German club Hamburg for throwing a water bottle into the face of a fan who he claimed had insulted him.", "The striker made a public apology on Monday, but could face further disciplinary action from the German Football Association on Tuesday.", "The incident happened at the end of Hamburg's 0-0 draw with relegation-threatened Hannover on Sunday, a result which dented Guerrero's team's hopes of qualifying for European competition next season.", "\"I had a blackout,\" the 26-year-old told Hamburg's official Web site.", "\"I was insulted and I over-reacted.", "\"I am incredibly sorry.", "I hope that I get the opportunity to apologize personally to the spectator concerned.", "\"I have already done so to HSV.", "Of course I will accept any punishment from the club.", "I made a big mistake.\"", "Chairman Bernd Hoffmann said Guerrero's behavior was \"absolutely unacceptable.\"", "\"Something like that is not allowed to happen.", "Paulo will be heavily fined by us.", "He has assured us believably how sorry he is.\"", "The amount of the fine has not been disclosed, but Hoffman told German football magazine Kicker that it would be \"the like of which there has never been in the club.\"", "Ralf Bednarik of the Hamburg Supporters' Board told the club's Web site that fans should accept Guerrero's apology.", "\"Players have to deal with criticism,\" he said.", "\"But Paolo Guerrero has apologized for his behavior.", "Now it's up to us all to reappraise the things and to jointly look into the future.\"", "Guerrero has played 24 times for his country, but missed many of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers after suffering injuries and being handed a six-game suspension for abusing a referee.", "Peru finished bottom of the South American group.", "He moved to Hamburg in 2006 after beginning his Bundesliga career at Bayern Munich, and played as a second-half substitute against Hannover after recently returning to action following seven months on the sidelines with a knee injury." ]	[ "Paolo Guerrero hit with record fine for throwing a water bottle into the face of a fan .", "His German club Hamburg acted after incident at end of Sunday's 0-0 draw with Hannover .", "Peruvian striker apologizes for reaction after claiming he abused by supporter .", "Guerrero may face further disciplinary action from German Football Association ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Space shuttle Discovery launched early Monday to deliver spare parts and science experiments to the international space station.", "Discovery launched at 6:21 a.m.", "ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida .", "Discovery, with its crew of seven astronauts, is carrying supplies and science equipment for the international space station's laboratories.", "The 13-day mission includes three planned spacewalks, replacing an ammonia tank assembly and retrieving a Japanese experiment from the station's exterior.", "Discovery is scheduled to arrive at the space station on Wednesday, and return to Earth on April 18 at 8:35 a.m.", "ET. After this mission, there are only three shuttle missions remaining before the space shuttle fleet is retired.", "iReport: Did you watch the launch?", "Share your photos and video .", "NASA said Discovery's mission will mark the first time four women have been in space at one time: Three women -- mission specialists Stephanie Wilson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger and Naoko Yamazaki -- comprise part of the Discovery's crew, while NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson is already at the space station.", "The launch comes three days after Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-18, carrying Dyson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko, blasted off to the International Space Station from a Kazakhstan facility.", "The space station, which orbits the Earth at a height of some 250 miles, is due to be finished next year and is about 90 percent complete." ]	[ "Discovery launches on mission to international space station .", "Shuttle is carrying supplies, equipment to the space station .", "Three spacewalks planned during 13-day mission .", "Marks first time four women have been in space at one time ." ]	[ 0, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Vatican officials failed to take action against a priest accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls in Minnesota despite repeated warnings from a local bishop starting in 2005, attorneys for one of the alleged victims said Monday.", "The Vatican's failure occurred despite the establishment of safeguards established four years earlier to deal with the growing abuse scandal inside the Catholic Church, they said.", "The priest -- Father Joseph Pavanivel Jeyapaul of Ootacamund, India -- served in a diocese in Crookston, Minnesota, for a little more than a year in 2004 and 2005, according to church documents unearthed in a lawsuit related to the case.", "Complaint letters from Crookston Bishop Victor Balke to Rome were acknowledged by Vatican officials, but no disciplinary action was taken, the documents show.", "Jeyapaul is now the head of a church education commission in Ootacamund, giving him continued access to children, lawyers said.", "\"This is systematic. All roads ... lead to Rome and the top officials there,\" said Jeff Anderson, a St. Paul, Minnesota, attorney representing the alleged victim.", "\"As horrific as the rape of children by Jeyapaul is ... the coverup of it is every bit as horrific and criminal.\"", "Father Louis Rag, bishop secretary of the Ootacamund Diocese, confirmed Monday that Jeyapaul is still in Ootacamund.", "He refused to comment further, except to note that he had heard about the charges against Jeyapaul through media reports.", "Anderson revealed the church documents at a news conference in St. Paul.", "The county attorney's office for Roseau County, Minnesota, is trying to extradite Jeyapaul from India.", "The Crookston Diocese first received reports of \"inappropriate behavior\" on the part of Jeyapaul in September 2005, according to a letter Balke sent four months later to Cardinal William Levada, head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, a body established to deal with cases of alleged abuse.", "Pope Benedict XVI headed the congregation before being chosen to lead the Roman Catholic Church.", "Balke wrote that according to an internal investigation, Jeyapaul took a teenage girl to his rectory in the summer of 2005, where \"he proceeded to kiss her repeatedly, pulling her on top of him and at one point touching her beneath her clothing.\"", "Balke also said in the letter that Jeyapaul had misappropriated \"a substantial amount of money belonging to the parish and also attempted to give a diocesan vehicle to a third party as payment for an outstanding debt.\"", "The bishop went on to warn the Vatican that it is \"impossible to say that Father Jeyapaul does not at present pose a risk to minors.\"", "\"I cannot in good conscience allow this matter to be passed over\" simply because Jeyapaul has now returned to India, Balke said.", "\"In my mind, that would be a shameful act of betrayal towards the women and girls in India to whom Fr.", "Jeyapaul could at present pose a serious risk.\"", "A representative for Levada responded to Balke's letter in May 2006, acknowledging his complaint and writing that the Vatican had requested to church officials in India that \"Father Jeyapaul's priestly life be monitored so that he does not constitute a risk to minors and does not create a scandal among the faithful.\"", "Six months later, Balke relayed a new series of allegations about Jeyapaul to Levada.", "Balke wrote that he had received reports \"of similar behavior having taken place between Fr.", "Jeyapaul and a second girl.\"", "In both instances, Balke wrote, Jeyapaul had been counseling the girls about their religious lives.", "Church officials once again acknowledged Balke's letter but took no disciplinary or other action against Jeyapaul, the documents show.", "Anderson accused Vatican officials Monday of being more concerned with preserving their own reputations than with protecting children.", "\"We are sad because so many kids have been wounded and hurt because Catholic officials -- top Catholic officials from the Vatican on down ... don't get it and remain in denial,\" he said.", "\"They have a problem. ... They fail to do what is necessary to protect children across the globe.\"", "CNN's Alan Silverleib and Sumnima Udas contributed to this report." ]	[ "Priest accused of abusing two teenage girls, misappropriating money .", "Bishop sent letters to Rome, but no disciplinary action was taken .", "Vatican requested that \"priestly life\" be monitored ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Two people were killed when unusually large and powerful waves crashed into a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea this week.", "Here CNN Senior Meteorologist Brandon Miller explains the science behind the deadly squall that hit the Louis Majesty as it traveled from Barcelona, Spain to Genoa, Italy.", "What caused the wave that hit the cruise ship?", "There was a strong storm moving through the Mediterranean which brought winds gusting well over 100 kph.", "Winds of this magnitude will result in a very rough sea state and large waves.", "Buoys nearby recorded significant wave heights (defined as the average of the largest 1/3 of waves over a 20 minute period) over 6 meters.", "The waves which hit the ship were reported to be between 8-9 meters.", "This would not be considered a \"rogue\" wave, as rogue waves must have a height at least double the significant wave height, but it is nevertheless abnormally high.", "Several factors can contribute to an increase in the size of the wave, including wind direction, ocean current direction, and shape and depth of the sea floor.", "How common are such waves?", "Waves of this height are not very common in the Mediterranean under normal conditions, but it would not be unusual to find waves of this magnitude within strong storms (as was the case with these waves).", "Rogue waves, especially those not associated with stormy conditions, are far less common, but present the biggest danger to ships due to their unexpected nature.", "Is it unusual for cruise ships to be hit by such abnormal waves?", "Cruise ships are frequently affected by large waves all over the world, although normally not to this extreme, and with minimal consequences.", "Cruise ships normally set their course to avoid storms and rough seas when possible.", "We hear of events such as this one every couple of years, such as in March 2001 when two tourist ships were impacted in the same week (the Bremen and Caledonian Star).", "Can abnormal activity in one ocean impact other seas or oceans?", "All the world's oceans are connected, and we know vary large scale events such as tsunamis can traverse and affect multiple ocean basins (a very large earthquake in the Indian Ocean could conceivably create a tsunami that would be felt in parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for example).", "The waves which hit the Louis Majesty, however, were a much more localized event brought on by a storm system nearby.", "They were in no way related to the Chile earthquake and subsequent tsunami.", "Rough seas and high waves can be expected to occur near this storm as it moves eastward through the Mediterranean towards Greece and Turkey.", "How far from a storm can you find large waves?", "Large waves can occur at great distances from the storm that generates them.", "Hawaii, for instance, will often receive high surf and large swells from tropical storms located in the Western Pacific near Asia or Eastern Pacific near North America.", "In order for this to occur, the strong wind must blow in a consistent direction over a large distance (fetch), such as in large typhoons/hurricanes." ]	[ "Powerful storm waves uncommon in the Mediterranean .", "Wind, ocean current, and shape and depth of sea floor can contribute .", "Storm waves not connected to recent tsunamis caused by Chile quake ." ]	[ 8, 20 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The White House rejected criticism Sunday that President Obama has not delivered on his promise of \"change\" during his first year in office.", "White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said the president has brought about \"enormous change.\"", "\"I think what we've seen is a dramatic difference in terms of how the United States is perceived around the world,\" Jarrett told NBC's \"Meet the Press,\" on the final Sunday before the president's State of the Union address.", "Obama's travels have established relationships with world leaders that \"lay a foundation for keeping America safe and making us a partner around the world,\" she added.", "Jarrett also credited the president with having \"pulled back the economy from the brink of disaster.\"", "\"That's an enormous amount of change when you consider where we were a year ago right on the brink,\" she said.", "\"And he's adding discipline in government to try to get control over our fiscal house.", "So I think that we've seen enormous change.\"", "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, on the same program, countered that \"if you look at the first year of this administration, we haven't made much progress.\"", "He complained about the deficit in the president's budget and the health care reform package that Republicans oppose.", "But McConnell, R-Kentucky, was also on the defensive about the GOP, which critics have been calling \"the party of no.\"", "Asked to characterize the performance of his own party this year, McConnell said, \"What we did is try to operate on principle.", "The president decided to go hard left.", "That's why he doesn't have many of my members [supporting his agenda].", "If he chooses to govern in the middle, he will have broader support.\"", "Jarrett insisted the president never wavered from his promised bipartisan approach.", "Discussing his health care initiative, Jarrett said Obama \"has sat down with the leadership and members of the Republican Party, both the House and the Senate.", "In fact, bills in both the House and the Senate contain provisions that were suggested by the Republican Party -- so nothing's changed about the president's approach.\"" ]	[ "Valerie Jarrett: Obama has made \"dramatic difference\" in U.S. image around the world .", "White House senior adviser also credits Obama with pulling back economy from disaster .", "Republican leader says Obama went \"hard left\" and lost bipartisan support .", "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticizes deficit, health care reform ." ]	[ 1, 4, 9, 12, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Twitter was buzzing Thursday morning with news that several airlines are flying doctors and nurses to Haiti free of charge to help with relief efforts there in the wake of Tuesday's devastating earthquake.", "The only problem: The rumors are false, an American Airlines spokesman says.", "\"Last night's hoax on Twitter about American and JetBlue flying doctors and nurses to Haiti for free was just that -- a hoax.", "We don't know who is responsible, but it's a very low thing to do,\" airline spokesman Tim Smith said in e-mails sent Thursday.", "Twitter users also circulated a rumor that UPS would ship for free any package under 50 lbs.", "to Haiti. In a blog post Wednesday on UPS's Web site, a spokeswoman debunked the rumor and said that destruction of Haiti's roads and communications networks \"means our own shipping services to Haiti are on hold.\"", "UPS is donating $1 million to help the people of Haiti through relief agencies, she said.", "On Wednesday, American and American Eagle sent three planes to Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, carrying 30,000 pounds of water, food and other nonperishable goods for its more than 100 employees who work at the airport there and for assistance at Port-au-Prince hospitals, the airline said in a news release.", "Three more relief flights are planned from Puerto Rico to Haiti on Thursday, and an additional three for Friday, the airline said.", "\"We've incentivized our 62 million AAdvantage members to give cash to Red Cross and receive bonus miles from us,\" Smith added.", "\"We cannot fly any passengers to Haiti at this time and our efforts on the humanitarian front are as described above.\"", "A spokeswoman for JetBlue said the airline is flying relief workers from agencies such as the American Red Cross free of charge to Santo Domingo in the neighboring Dominican Republic, but only after they have been vetted by the Haitian Consulate.", "The consulate then arranges transportation for passengers from Santo Domingo to Port-au-Prince, she said.", "\"There have been a lot of people mobilizing on Twitter asking for our support.", "And I think that's where these rumors are coming from,\" JetBlue spokeswoman Alison Croyle said.", "\"We're not offering free transportation for just any doctors who walk up and want to fly there.\"", "The American Airlines and JetBlue rumors erupted quickly on Twitter and other social networks, with people retweeting the Haitian Consulate's New York City phone number, which medical professionals could supposedly call for free flights.", "Calls overwhelmed the consulate, resulting in repeated busy signals for callers.", "But by late Thursday morning, word appeared to be spreading that the rumors were not true.", "Posted one user on Twitter about 10:30 a.m.", "ET: \"American Airline and Jet Blue Are NOT Flying doctors and nurses into Haiti for free. Do NOT call them.\"" ]	[ "Rumors spread on Twitter on Thursday about airlines flying doctors to Haiti free of charge .", "American Airlines spokesman calls the rumors a hoax .", "Rumors also spread that JetBlue is offering free flights and UPS is shipping packages for free .", "Both airlines say they are working with relief agencies to fly in supplies and personnel ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Be excited, but be scared.", "A world of mind-blowing possibilities is suddenly being thrust upon the world of video gaming.", "Detecting your thoughts: the EPOC headset is a breakthrough in brain - computer interfaces.", "The era of thought controlled games has arrived, and soon you could be required only to 'think' to operate a video game.", "Maybe you'll even have the chance to be completely immersed in a video game 'world'.", "The Emotiv EPOC headset - the first Brain Computer Interface (BCI) device for the gaming market is the technology behind the revolution -- and the company claims to have already mastered thought control.", "The EPOC detects and processes real time brain activity patterns (small voltage changes in the brain caused by the firing of neurons) using a device that measures electric activity in the brain.", "In total, it picks up over 30 different expressions, emotions and actions.", "The leap in technology has been met with excitement amongst many gamers.", "Singapore enthusiast Samuel Lau has even made a video showing his hopes for the future of gaming.", "But, for the creators, what possibilities does this open up for future video games?", "View gallery of gaming through the years » .", "According to experts, the sci-fi scenarios depicted in The Matrix, and Star Trek's 'Holodeck' are now comprehendible realities in the future.", "President and co-founder of Emotiv Systems, Tan Le, said the brain-to-computer interface was undoubtedly the future for video games.", "\"Being able to control a computer with your mind is the ultimate quest of human-machine interaction.", "When integrated into games, virtual worlds and other simulated environments, this technology will have a profound impact on the user's experience.\"", "What do you think video games of the future will look like?", "Le envisaged the lines between games and reality continuing to blur.", "\"In the long run, the user's interactions with machines will more closely mimic our interactions with other humans.", "Our technology will ultimately bring communities of people closer together to richly share their experiences,\" she said.", "Rick Hall, production director at the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, is also open-minded about possibilities in future gaming.", "Hall, who has worked across machines such as the N64, Sony PSP, PS2, and Nintendo DS, told CNN that some of the concepts in The Matrix were now \"eerily reaching towards theoretical possibility\".", "\"If we can interpret basic control thoughts now, it isn't far off where we'll be able to interpret more complex thoughts, even potentially things you're not consciously thinking of.", "If we can now do it in a non-invasive fashion, it probably won't be long before we can read these things from across the room.", "And if we can \"read\" complex thoughts, then shouldn't we also be able to \"write\" thoughts into a person's brain?", "\"So add that up: a wireless, remote, brain reading/writing device that can scan, interpret, and communicate with someone across the room, without them even knowing it.", "Connect that to the Internet... and talk about brainwashing possibilities.", "What if some hacker could figure out how to write viruses to people's brains?", "It's actually a little scary.\"", "But, it's not all optimism and imagination for the technology.", "American gaming analyst Todd Greenwald believes it may be some time yet before brain to computer interfaces reach a marketable standard, saying it is \"a bit too far out and speculative to say with any confidence\".", "University of Ulster video gaming lecturer Darryl Charles told CNN he was also uncertain whether Emotiv's technology would take off.", "\"It's a little bit harder to see.", "It's quite a complex thing to force your thought on a television screen.\"", "However, Emotiv's Le strongly defended the headset, saying it \"works on a vast majority of people and can adapt to a wide variety of thought patterns.", "Emotiv has carried out tests with hundreds of people and so far we have had success on every single person,\" Le said.", "While the speed of the revolution pushing the gaming world is hotly debated, one thing all experts agree on is the underlying themes of future games.", "Gamers can be certain that social interaction and strong storylines will strengthen to form the core of games.", "Tan Le told CNN, \"The one thing that we believe will be core to the future of gaming is the social experience.", "Nothing a game developer can program can match the random nature of actually participating in a scenario with other live people.\"", "Le said the social aspect was the key to growth of the industry, as it was opening the door to fresh markets.", "She acknowledged the new level of immersion offered with the Wii's interactive control had helped send the industry in the right direction.", "Charles believed a move closer towards the movie and television entertainment realm was also imminent.", "\"The big blockbuster game is going to compete more with Hollywood movies.", "They will be a lot more competitive in storylines... there is a lot of production values already coming from cinema.\"", "Greenwald said downloading games straight from the producer could soon become a reality.", "A market where simple games could be downloaded for free and then add-ons to significantly improve the game were sold at a premium, could be a more financially rewarding for the makers, he said." ]	[ "EPOC headset by Emotiv allows users to 'think' and video characters will 'do'\nExperts predict concepts from The Matrix and Star Trek could become reality .", "Games will become more social and have advanced storylines in the future ." ]	[ 12, 16, 37, 45 ]
[ "(CNN Student News) -- Discussion Questions .", "1. When is Black History Month observed?", "When did Black History Month get its start?", "Who was Dr. Carter G. Woodson?", "What was his role in the establishment of Black History Month?", "2. What are some significant events and milestones in U.S. black history?", "Who are some of the individuals who have contributed to black history?", "3. How does black history help to tell the story of what it means to be an American?", "How have African-Americans enriched that story?", "What lessons can be learned from the experiences of black history makers?", "Learning Activities .", "Use these activities to encourage your students to learn about and appreciate the history, culture and achievements of African-Americans.", "1. A Milestone in U.S. History .", "Remind students that they have witnessed a truly historical event in their lifetime: the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president.", "What will they remember about this milestone?", "What do they want future generations to know about it?", "Challenge students to write letters to students who will be in their place 100 years from now, describing the event and its significance for all Americans.", "Combine the letters into a book or a Web site, or create a video of students reading their letters.", "Present the finished product to your school's historian or media specialist for archiving.", "2. Covering Black History .", "Ask students: What if CNN correspondents had been on the scene to record key moments in black history for the entire world to see?", "Organize students into small teams of reporters, and have each team select a time period in American history and a key figure or event that helped to define that time period for African-Americans.", "Then, have students imagine that CNN was there to cover the historical figure or event.", "Ask: How do you think that CNN reporters might have covered these stories?", "Encourage the teams to write scripts for news stories on their historical figures and events.", "After students have presented their scripts, have them compare their reports to eyewitness accounts and local newspaper reports that were written at the time.", "3. Harlem Renaissance .", "Inform students that during the 1920s and 1930s, an African-American cultural movement occurred in the United States that was known as the Harlem Renaissance.", "It was a literary, musical and artistic explosion that was born in Harlem, New York, and it had a profound impact on African-American culture and on the U.S. as a whole.", "Have your class host a Harlem Renaissance cultural fair.", "Direct students to online resources to learn about some of the great artists, writers and musicians who were part of the renaissance and their contribution to this cultural movement.", "Have each student select one of these African-American artists and design a display that tells about the life and times of the artist and the importance of his or her work.", "Invite guests from your school and community to attend the exhibit.", "Have students serve as \"roaming curators\" to instruct and interest guests in the Harlem Renaissance and the creative works of these great African-Americans.", "4. Profiles in Black History .", "Do your students show a personal interest in science, music, politics, theater, sports or education?", "Inspire them to celebrate the contributions of African-Americans by having them write profiles of African-Americans in the categories that interest them.", "For example, a budding young scientist might choose to profile the inventor of the ironing board, the lawn mower or the space shuttle retrieval arm, all of whom were/are African-Americans.", "Direct your students to online and print resources and have them conduct research on their chosen individuals.", "Then, encourage students to write proposals to have their selected persons commemorated in new postage stamps.", "Students should accompany their proposals with designs for the stamps.", "In their presentations, students should try to convince classmates why their profiled persons should have a stamp created in their name.", "Post the designs around the classroom.", "5. Local African-American History .", "Valuable lessons in black history may be found just a few steps away in the stories and documents that can be found in local libraries, historical organizations, universities or colleges, and online.", "Encourage students to venture out into the community to investigate the history and contributions of black Americans in their city or town.", "Students might choose to use milestones in black history as a way to organize their research, gathering information on how those events impacted the community and its residents.", "They may also decide to profile influential black community members.", "Have students invite community members to a celebration of local black history.", "6. Black History Museum .", "Celebrate black history by creating plans for a local Black History Museum.", "First, have students decide where the museum should be housed.", "Suggestions might include a school or local library, an exhibit in an existing history museum, or perhaps a virtual online museum.", "Next, discuss how the museum should be organized.", "Students may choose to categorize the content by theme, by specific time periods, by specific dates, by people or by local landmarks.", "Encourage students to include interactive elements and multimedia in their plans.", "Then, challenge students to consider what people, events or contributions to include in their Black History Museum.", "Ask: What messages or lessons do you want visitors to take away from the exhibits?", "7. Not Just for February . Inform students that, while Dr. Carter G. Woodson chose the month of February to recognize the accomplishments of African-Americans, black history can be celebrated all year long.", "Challenge students to create year-long calendars or timelines that highlight the contributions of African-American newsmakers, illustrate key events in black history, and encourage an ongoing celebration of black culture.", "Standards . Social Studies .", "II. Time, Continuity, and Change .", "Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ways human beings view themselves in and over time.", "V. Individuals, Groups and Institutions .", "Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions.", "The Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/strands/ are published by the National Council for Social Studies (http://www.socialstudies.org/).", "Resources . CNN: Black in America 2: .", "http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/black.in.america/ .", "U.S. Census Bureau: Black (African-American) History Month: February 2010: .", "http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/014487.html ." ]	[ "February is Black History Month .", "These questions and activities help students learn about the history, culture and achievements of African-Americans .", "These questions and activities can be adapted to accommodate students of different grade levels and learning styles ." ]	[ 10, 11, 58 ]
[ "(CNN) -- French star Franck Ribery scored the only goal of Sunday's match as Bayern Munich went to the top of the Bundesliga with a home win over fourth-placed SV Hamburg.", "It ended a long wait for the Bavarian giants who have not headed the German standings since winning the title in 2008.", "Their poor form last season led to the departure of former Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann, but his replacement Louis van Gaal has also been under pressure after a slow start to the current campaign.", "But since the midwinter break, Bayern have returned to winning ways and have been level on points with leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who had a better goal difference.", "Leverkusen's 0-0 draw at home to Cologne on Saturday extended their unbeaten Bundesliga run to a record 24 games, but left the door ajar for Bayen to take advantage.", "Their three-point haul on Sunday gives them a two-point cushion at the top but it was not until the 78th minute that they made the breakthrough with a fine goal from Ribery.", "The influential playmaker left Hamburg goalkeeper Wolfgang Hesl no chance with a fierce shot.", "Visitors Hamburg were still missing their new signing Ruud van Nistelrooy through injury and could create little up front.", "In Sunday's other game, Hanover continued their slump with a ninth defeat in a row as defending champions Wolfsburg secured a 1-0 away victory.", "Bosnian midfielder Zvjezdan Misimovic scored the only goal of the match for Wolfsburg to complete a fine week which saw them progress to the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday.", "In the Scottish League, Rangers all but sealed the title with a last-gasp 1-0 win over 10-man Celtic in the Old Firm derby.", "Rangers' American substitute Maurice Edu struck in injury time to send the defending champions 10 points clear with a game in hand over their nearest rivals.", "Celtic captain Scott Brown was sent off in the second half but they looked set to hold out for a point until Edu scored with the last kick of the game.", "In the Spanish Primera, the battle for third place intensified as nine-man Valencia lost 4-1 at Athletico Madrid.", "David Silva grabbed the opener on 20 minutes but Valencia defender Carlos Marchena was sent off for deliberate handball and Diego Forlan converted the penalty kick.", "Sergio Aguero and Forlan scored further goals for Atletico after the break before the visitors had Luis Miguel sent off in the 81st minute and Jose Jurado added the fourth.", "Earlier, Sevilla were held to a goalless draw by Athletic Bilbao and trail Valencia by three points.", "In Serie A, champions Inter Milan won 3-2 at Udinese and maintained their four-point lead at the top over city rivals AC Milan, who beat Atalanta 3-1 in the San Siro.", "A double from Brazilian Pato enabled Milan to keep up the pressure on Jose Mourinho's men while third placed AS Roma saw their title hopes slip away in a 2-2 draw at Napoli, having led 2-0." ]	[ "Franck Ribery goal gives Bayern Munich 1-0 home win over Hamburg to top Bundesliga .", "Rangers take giant stride towards Scottish title with 1-0 win over arch-rivals Celtic .", "Nine-man Valencia thrashed 4-1 by Atletico Madrid in Spanish La Liga .", "Inter Milan and AC Milan record victories in Serie A title countdown ." ]	[ 0, 10, 13, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Parents should take precautions to minimize infants' exposure to the chemical Bisphenol-A, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday in an announcement that stopped short of saying there is a definite health risk from the chemical.", "In guidelines published on its Web site, the FDA said it has \"some concern\" about the safety of BPA, and supports efforts by industry to remove BPA from infant bottles and feeding cups.", "Dr. Josh Sharfstein, deputy FDA commissioner, said the agency is trying to determine whether it has the legal authority to quickly force such products off the market if manufacturers don't do it voluntarily.", "According to Sharfstein, the six largest makers of infant bottles and cups already use alternatives to BPA.", "Bisphenol-A is found in many products, but has drawn the most attention for its use in linings for canned food and infant formula, and as a hardener in plastic baby bottles and toys.", "A handful of states and cities including Minnesota, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois, have passed laws in some form banning BPA in products meant for children.", "The new position is a partial reversal of the FDA's declaration in 2008 that BPA has no adverse effects.", "That announcement came under fire from environmental groups that said it relied too heavily on industry-funded research.", "Since then, the agency says on its Web site, \"recent studies have reported subtle effects of low doses of BPA in laboratory animals.", "While BPA is not proven to harm children or adults, these newer studies have led federal health officials to express some concern about the safety of BPA.\"", "The new position brings the FDA into line with guidance from the National Toxicology Program, which in its own 2008 report said there is \"some concern\" for BPA's effects on the brain, behavior and prostate gland, in developing fetuses, infants and children.", "Other studies have found a possible link to diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but the authors of those studies say it's not clear the problems were actually caused by BPA.", "At a news conference Friday, FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg said further research is needed \"to determine if and when further action is needed.\"", "The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has been allotted $30 million to study the health effects of BPA.", "Hamburg said that research would likely be complete in 18 to 24 months.", "In a separate review, the Environmental Protection Agency is weighing whether to list BPA as a chemical of concern under the federal Toxic Substances Control Act, which would trigger a formal process to develop possible restrictions on BPA.", "At the news conference, Hamburg and Sharfstein urged parents to keep the risk in perspective, saying the benefits of nutritious infant formula outstrip any potential danger from BPA.", "Other guidance includes: .", "• Discarding scratched or worn bottles and cups, which aside from harboring germs might also release small amounts of BPA .", "• Being careful when heating formula, as boiling or very hot liquid might cause the release of BPA into infant formula .", "• Checking labels to ensure that only microwave-safe products are used in the microwave, and dishwasher-safe products are put in the dishwasher, to avoid leakage .", "In taking a middle ground, the FDA managed to frustrate both industry and consumer safety groups.", "Steven Hentges, a scientist with the American Chemistry Council's global study group on BPA, said the guidance would \"confuse consumers,\" while a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council said the move was \"too little, too late.\"", "Hentges painted the FDA decision as a victory, saying the announcement reflects scientific consensus \"that these products continue to be safe for use.\"", "However, he complained that there was no scientific basis for the advice to discard older bottles and cups and insisted that studies have failed to find evidence of actual harm from BPA.", "Sara Janssen, a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, agreed the advice was confusing, but said the FDA should have gone further and banned the use of BPA.", "Sonya Lunder, a senior analyst with the Environmental Working Group and a longtime BPA critic, says mothers can largely avoid BPA by using powdered formula instead of liquid.", "But she welcomed Friday's announcement.", "\"This is a huge step forward.", "The Bush administration wanted to close the books and declare this safe, and now that's not going to happen,\" Lunder said." ]	[ "Bisphenol-A, known as BPA, is found in many products including baby bottles .", "FDA stops short of saying there is a definite health risk from the chemical .", "Industry says FDA goes to far; consumer groups say BPA should be banned ." ]	[ 0, 21 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Authorities in Linden, New Jersey, have launched a homicide investigation after the discovery Monday of a pair of trash bags containing the dismembered remains of two people, officials said.", "The medical examiner has confirmed the body parts are \"indeed human,\" the Union County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.", "\"There were two bodies found inside trash bags near the intersection of Essex Avenue and Cranford Avenue,\" spokesman John Holl said in the release, adding that the remains are from adults, one male and one female.", "Yellow police tape surrounded the scene Monday afternoon, tied to the tree trunks lining the quiet residential street where the black trash bags were discovered earlier in the morning.", "Linden Mayor Richard J. Gerbounka, who was at the site, called the shocking discovery \"very unusual for this area.\"", "\"We've got the homicide investigative team out and they're in the process of culling the area for evidence,\" he said.", "Along with the Linden Police Department, investigators from the county prosecutor's office and the city fire department also were at the site.", "Officials spread a white sheet around the trash bags before loading the remains onto two stretchers and taking them away for further study.", "Autopsies were scheduled for Monday afternoon, according to the prosecutor's office." ]	[ "Dismembered remains found Monday in a pair of trash bags, officials said .", "Linden, New Jersey, officials launched a homicide investigation after the discovery .", "Autopsies were scheduled for Monday afternoon, according to the prosecutor's office ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court dealt federal prosecutors dual setbacks Monday in efforts to prosecute the laundering of drug ring and organized crime profits.", "The Supreme Court considered a pair of cases involving hidden money and an illegal gambling ring.", "The justices ruled that merely hiding money headed out of the United States is not proof of money laundering.", "Justices also concluded that prosecutors had to prove that an illegal gambling ring had laundered profits of its betting, rather than just proceeds.", "In a unanimous ruling, the justices overturned the federal conviction of Humberto Regaldo Cuellar, who had run afoul of the \"transportation\" part of the international money-laundering law when his car was stopped by a deputy sheriff near Eldorado, Texas.", "Inside the car, officers found nearly $81,000 in cash wrapped in duct-taped bundles and hidden in a secret compartment covered with animal hair, presumably to trick drug-sniffing dogs.", "Police suspected the money came from drug trafficking and arrested Cuellar, who had been heading for Mexico when he was stopped.", "Cuellar was convicted and sentenced to 78 months in prison.", "Federal law requires proof the transportation was \"designed to conceal or disguise the nature, location, the source, the ownership, or the control\" of the money.", "Writing for the high court, Justice Clarence Thomas said prosecutors failed to prove the reason for moving the money across the border was to hide its source, as part of an alleged international drug ring.", "\"Although the evidence suggested Cuellar's transportation would have the effect of concealing funds, the evidence did not demonstrate that such concealment was the purpose of the transportation \" Thomas wrote.", "Congress passed a law in 1986 designed to prevent the laundering, or \"washing,\" of criminal funds through legitimate enterprises and overseas bank accounts.", "In the other case, the high court split 5-4 in concluding that prosecutors failed to show money used to pay couriers in alleged gambling operation were \"profits,\" rather than \"gross proceeds.\"", "The case involved Efrain Santos and Benedicto Diaz, convicted of running an illegal lottery in Indiana since the 1970s.", "Santos allegedly used a network of \"runners\" and \"collectors\" to run the enterprise, and Diaz was a collector who gathered money from the runners and delivered it to Santos.", "\"The money laundering charges brought against Santos were based on his payments to the lottery winners and his employees, and the money laundering charge brought against Diaz was based on his receipt of payments as an employer,\" Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in a very narrow opinion.", "\"Neither type of transaction can fairly be characterized as involving the lottery's profits,\" Scalia added.", "\"Indeed, the government did not try to prove, and the defendants have not admitted, that they laundered criminal profits.\"", "Scalia noted the high court's ruling would not overly burden prosecutors, saying only one instance of \"profitability\" would be required to prove money laundering.", "\"What counts is whether the receipts from the charged unlawful act exceeded the costs fairly attributable to it,\" he said, adding the government \"exaggerates\" the difficulty it would have to do that.", "Although Scalia wrote the main ruling, it was Justice John Paul Stevens who provided the critical fifth vote for a majority, and his concurring views will probably provide the controlling opinion to guide lower courts in similar cases down the road.", "Stevens did not go as far as Scalia wanted, saying Congress failed by writing an \"ambiguous\" law that only confused judges.", "He said lawmakers seemed to want a broader interpretation of \"proceeds\" as the term applied to money laundering.", "Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented." ]	[ "In one case, court rules that hiding money not same as money laundering .", "In another, justices say prosecutors have to prove gambling ring laundered \"profits\"\nCases involved cash hidden in car, illegal Indiana lottery ." ]	[ 1, 3, 12 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Taken alone, a California woman's 20-minute video \"scrapbook\" is basically a collection of photographic memories spanning her 19-year-old daughter's all-too-brief life.", "Birthday parties, picnics, graduations -- all set to evocative music and narrated matter-of-factly by the mother.", "John Paul Stevens was one of three justices who wanted to grant further review of the defendant's case.", "What makes this video unusual is that it was presented at a California murder trial as \"victim impact evidence.\"", "The Supreme Court on Monday gave an indirect endorsement to such videos when it rejected an appeal from a defendant who argued that the presentation violated his right to a fair trial.", "The high court also rejected a similar capital case, also from California, involving a woman who narrated a video montage of her slain parents.", "With the court's refusal to intervene, the death sentences imposed by the juries in the two cases were upheld.", "At issue was not whether any testimony can be used showing the impact a crime victim's loss had on family, friends and society at large.", "The question for the justices was how that testimony is presented.", "Some trial courts, but not all, have allowed such videotapes to be played in court, while often placing limitations on the content.", "One case involved Douglas Oliver Kelly, convicted in the 1993 slaying of Sarah Weir.", "The teenager had befriended Kelly at a Burbank gym.", "Her body was found stabbed 29 times, probably by a pair of scissors.", "During the penalty phase of the trial, the prosecution presented just one witness to provide victim impact evidence: the victim's mother, Martha Farwell, a Los Angeles-area attorney.", "She had prepared the video, describing how her daughter had been adopted from Canada and was a Blackfoot Indian.", "In the background is the music of Enya, an Irish singer and composer.", "Most of the video simply describes the photos and home movies, but near the end is a shot of Weir's grave and Farwell's narration: \"As time goes by, I try very hard not to think of Sarah in terms of this terrible tragedy that we've had to deal with here in court, but rather of her in a place like this.\"", "Over photos of the Canadian landscape, Farwell concludes, \"This is filmed in southern Alberta, the land where Sarah's people lived for so many generations.", "This is the kind of heaven she seems to belong in.\"", "The trial judge had allowed the video to be presented, calling it a \"very compelling tape\" and adding that \"it has more probative value than any prejudicial effect.\"", "Kelly appealed, saying the video so influenced the jury that the panel was unable to render a fair assessment of the penalty.", "California's highest court allowed the verdict and death penalty to stand, but urged judges to use caution in allowing such video evidence.", "Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, in a brief statement, said Monday he would have accepted Kelly's appeal of his sentence and held oral arguments on the issue.", "\"The videos added nothing relevant to the jury's deliberations,\" he wrote, \"and invited a verdict based on sentiment, rather than reasoned judgment.\"", "But it takes four justices to grant further review of a case, and only Justices David Souter and Stephen Breyer joined Stevens.", "Breyer called the Kelly video \"poignant, tasteful, artistic and, above all, moving,\" but he noted that was the problem.", "\"Those aspects of the film tell the jury little or nothing about the crime's 'circumstances' \" the jury had to consider during sentencing.", "The companion case dealt with Samuel Zamudio, convicted in the February 1996 slayings of Elmer Benson, 79, and his wife Gladys, 74, in the South Gate area of Los Angeles.", "The defendant lived next door to the Bensons and owed money to them.", "He robbed and stabbed the elderly couple, and a jury sentenced him to death.", "The Bensons' daughter, Linda Bouffard, narrated 118 scenes from her parents' life.", "The trial judge forbade the playing of accompanying audio, and instructed Bouffard not to make inflammatory comments, an order she complied with.", "Courts around the country have offered differing rulings on the issue of such videos.", "Juries in Maryland, Missouri, Montana and Arkansas have been allowed to see video of victims playing the piano, with their families at Christmas time, and playing with their children.", "But a federal court in Massachusetts barred a video of about 200 photos of a victim, set to Beatles and James Taylor music.", "And a Texas court tossed out a murder conviction after a slain man's father showed a video tribute, also with Enya music, during the penalty phase.", "The Supreme Court in 1991 upheld the use of victim impact evidence, saying it balanced what the justices at the time said was almost unlimited mitigation evidence the defendant could offer.", "But the high court said such evidence has its limits.", "Then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote that a criminal defendant could seek judicial relief \"in the event that evidence is introduced that is so unduly prejudicial that it renders the trial fundamentally unfair.\"", "The justices in 2006 unanimously upheld the conviction of another California killer after the victim's family members wore buttons with a picture of the slain man as they sat silently in front of jurors throughout the trial." ]	[ "Case involved case of Sara Weir, stabbed to death in California .", "Victim's mother, a lawyer, put together moving video scrapbook .", "Defendant Douglas Oliver Kelly contended video was prejudicial .", "Justices rejected Kelly's appeal, indirectly endorsing victim impact videos ." ]	[ 2, 10, 13 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is denying allegations of \"abusive behavior\" and \"volcanic eruptions of foul temper\" ahead of the publication of a new book by a top British political journalist.", "The claims come in a book by Andrew Rawnsley of the Observer newspaper, which will be released March 1.", "The newspaper began running excerpts on Sunday.", "\"These malicious allegations are totally without foundation,\" Brown's official spokesman said in a statement Saturday.", "The spokesman is traditionally not quoted by name.", "The Observer claimed that Brown's behavior upset staff at his office, 10 Downing Street, so much so that the head of the civil service launched an investigation and \"ordered\" the prime minister \"to change his behavior.\"", "Britain has a professional civil service which runs the administration of the government, distinct from elected politicians.", "The Cabinet Office, a part of the civil service, issued a strongly-worded denial that Sir Gus O'Donnell had looked into Brown's behavior or warned him about it.", "\"It is categorically not the case that the Cabinet secretary asked for an investigation of the (prime minister's) treatment of Number 10 staff,\" his office said in a statement.", "\"These assertions have been put to the Cabinet secretary who has rejected them.\"", "Before the publication of the excerpts from the book, there were rumors it would allege that Brown had hit staffers, which he denied Saturday.", "\"Let me just say, absolutely clearly, so that there is no misunderstanding about that: I have never, never hit anybody in my life,\" he said, according to a statement from his office.", "The book, \"The End of the Party,\" apparently does not claim the prime minister hit people.", "Brown is required by law to call an election by June this year.", "The date has not yet been announced, but it is widely expected to be May 6, and the election campaign has already started.", "One of the top strategists in Brown's Labour Party, Peter Mandelson, declined to deny that Brown had a temper, but painted his personality as a virtue.", "\"I don't think he so much bullies people as he's very demanding of people.", "He's demanding of himself, he's demanding of people around him,\" Mandelson said on the BBC's \"Andrew Marr Show\" on Sunday.", "\"He does not like taking no for an answer.... there is a degree of impatience about the man, but what would you like?", "Some sort of shrinking violet at the helm of the government?\"", "Mandelson asked.", "Mandelson laughed and dodged a question from Marr about whether Brown had ever hit him or shouted at him.", "But he said Rawnsley had a history of writing about events he had not witnessed.", "\"He's a very good, colorful writer, but that's it,\" Mandelson said." ]	[ "Brown accused of \"abusive behavior\", \"volcanic eruptions of foul temper\"\nJournalist claims Brown's behavior was investigated by a top civil servant .", "Brown \"ordered to change his behavior,\" Andrew Rawnsley's book claims .", "Brown spokesman: \"Malicious allegations are totally without foundation\"" ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Long after she escaped a polygamist Colorado City, Arizona, community in 1986, Flora Jessop found another way to escape: cocaine.", "Flora Jessop says she ran away from a polygamist sect in 1986 after being married to her cousin.", "\"It killed the pain.", "It killed the hurt,\" she said.", "\"I didn't have to hurt so bad because I missed everything I knew.\"", "Once she fled the fundamentalist Mormon sect, she was an apostate.", "She believed God hated her.", "Her parents and siblings thought she was wicked.", "Worst of all, she knew she was damned to hell, Jessop said.", "Jessop, then 17, began hitchhiking across the country, almost killed herself with cocaine, worked as a topless dancer and eventually became pregnant, she said.", "Fearing that church members would hunt her down, she looked over her shoulder for five years, she said.", "She occasionally drank alcohol -- she liked tequila best -- but preferred to use cocaine because it kept her alert.", "\"When you're running for your life, you can't afford to get to the point you cannot run,\" she said.", "Watch Jessop explain how running was an education » .", "It was a need to protect her daughter that finally convinced her there was more to life, she said.", "Today, Jessop, 38, escapes by freeing others trapped unwillingly in polygamist sects: 84 to date.", "She finds particular solace in rescuing women and children, some of whom are child brides like she was.", "It was a marriage to her first cousin Philip that prompted Jessop to run.", "Her story strikes a common theme among those who have left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a Mormon offshoot that disavowed the mainstream church in 1890 when it abandoned polygamy as a pathway to the highest level of heaven.", "The FLDS has strict rules, especially for girls: no pants, haircuts, drugs, booze or boys; just \"keep sweet\" and obey.", "So young women who leave often delve into worldly pleasures once outside, indulgences as innocent as blue jeans and as destructive as heroin and prostitution, survivors and an expert say.", "Jenny Larson experienced such urges in 1946, when her mother, Berna, left a polygamist household in Glendale, Utah, with seven of her nine children.", "In those days, however, rebellion bore a different hue.", "Larson, 73, recalls how \"you wouldn't have caught me wearing a long-sleeve blouse\" after leaving Glendale.", "\"I think I was one of the first girls in the seventh grade to wear lipstick.", "I put henna in my hair to make it red.", "I wasn't going to look like a little 'polyg' kid,\" she said, using the slang \"polyg\" with all the contempt of a racial slur.", "Larson -- who goes by Aunt Jenny to the dozens of girls she's helped escape and who wrote the book \"Brainwash to Hogwash: Escaping and Exposing Polygamy\" -- concedes it's rare that young women can shed the sect's psychological shackles.", "So how did she know polygamy wasn't for her?", "Larson recalls seeing her father, Vergel, smack her mother for expressing jealousy over his second wife, Mae.", "Watch an ex-sect member say she's now free » .", "\"There was no way in hell I was going to live that way,\" Larson said.", "And Larson quipped of the men hounding her for her hand in marriage when she was 11: \"Some of them were so ugly I wondered how they could have sex without putting a sack over their head, but I'm being mean.\"", "Larson's and Jessop's escapes are not typical.", "Many women don't want to leave, ex-sect members and an expert said.", "The purportedly rescued women often return to polygamy.", "An example is the 1953 raid at Short Creek (now Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City), where dozens of women and more than 260 children were placed in state custody.", "Three of the then-children taken in the raid recently said that they eventually returned to polygamist lifestyles, including Fawneta Caroll, who was 7 when she was taken from her family.", "She remembers clearly what she felt 55 years ago, and it wasn't relief, she said.", "\"We knew that the object was to take us away, adopt us out and we would never be back to our homes,\" she said.", "Religion -- the reason these women say they stay -- is also used to validate the brainwashing and, in some cases, physical abuse employed to keep women and children submissive, said Marci Hamilton, author of \"Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children.\"", "The women are wholly dependent on the patriarchal community, Hamilton said.", "They often lack education and marketable skills, and they're told of \"terrible forces outside the compound,\" namely evil people who wish them harm, she said.", "And there's always the prospect of eternal damnation, said Hamilton, a professor at Yeshiva University's Cardozo School of Law who has studied polygamist sects for 10 years.", "\"It's not only physically dangerous to leave, you're also risking your soul,\" she said.", "\"Staying in the compound, even though they're being abused, may look like a smarter choice to a lot of these people.\"", "Joni Holm has taken care of four children who escaped Colorado City, and she concurs that youngsters who leave the community have trouble shaking their indoctrination.", "\"You literally have to take them, deprogram them and reintroduce them to society,\" she said.", "Flora Jessop brought Fawn Holm, 16, and Fawn Broadbent, 17, to Joni Holm's Sandy, Utah, home in 2004.", "Watch Jessop talk about life in a sect » .", "Fawn Holm, Joni's sister-in-law, feared that she was about to be married to now-imprisoned FLDS \"prophet\" Warren Jeffs, who is serving time in Utah for being an accomplice to rape.", "Broadbent's name had just been placed in the church's \"Joy Book,\" meaning she could be married off any day, and probably without warning.", "The \"two Fawns\" were smart, Joni Holm said, but had elementary school education levels.", "They had bizarre mannerisms and wouldn't look people in the eye.", "They would sometimes jump off elevators because \"they were taught they could never be alone with a man,\" she said.", "Fawn Holm began using drugs and alcohol, and Broadbent dabbled in drinking, Joni Holm said.", "It's a common phenomenon, Larson said.", "\"When you're held down and can't have any freedoms, they go the opposite way when they get out: drinking, drugs, sex.", "They're going to hell anyway; they just jump headfirst in.\"", "Joni and husband Carl's greatest challenge, however, was teaching the teens to trust.", "So entrenched was their distrust of \"outsiders\" that they needed even the simplest things proved to them, especially examples of how the FLDS \"twisted\" the Book of Mormon, said Joni Holm, a mainstream Mormon.", "\"You have to show them factual stuff, because this is what their dad has taught them all their lives,\" she said.", "When Texas authorities seized 416 children from the FLDS Yearning for Zion compound in Eldorado this month, there were similar signs of indoctrination, said Helen Pfluger, whose Baptist church in nearby San Angelo volunteered to help feed and clothe the children and their mothers.", "\"They were very quiet and didn't want to look us in the eye,\" she said.", "\"We never knew for sure which child belonged to which mother.", "It was very communal.\" They refused to play board games.", "Clothes had to be cotton and plain, no patterns and no red, \"the color of the devil,\" Pfluger said.", "The children shunned processed food, white bread and sodas, and essentially subsisted on yogurt, fruit and lots of almonds, she said.", "\"Another San Angelo church had brought some coloring pages and crayons,\" she said.", "\"They didn't know what to do with them, and their mothers didn't either.\"", "Learning to color will be one of many challenges the children will face if they're permanently removed from YFZ ranch.", "Joni Holm said it takes five to 10 years for a sect child to learn how to live a life society would deem \"normal.\"", "Larson said it could take longer.", "Jessop said she might never be normal.", "But Jessop said she would rather wage the battles she faces on \"the outside\" than live a life of submission and abuse.", "She reckons many FLDS children would feel the same way if given a choice, she said.", "It was difficult to give up the life she was taught was her only path to salvation.", "But she had to do it to get away from a culture that she felt was backward and malevolent, she said.", "\"The pain got so bad in heaven that I was willing to damn myself to hell to escape it,\" she said.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Gary Tuchman and Amanda Townsend contributed to this report." ]	[ "Women share stories on Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints .", "Flora Jessop says she escaped abusive community, now helps others do same .", "Woman who cared for escapees: \"You literally have to take them, deprogram them\" Expert says women often stay, fearing \"terrible forces outside\"" ]	[ 0, 18, 35, 47 ]
[ "Maryland's attorney general said Wednesday that the state may legally recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.", "The 45-page opinion from Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler was addressed to state Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. \"You have asked whether those marriages may be recognized under state law.", "The answer to that question is clearly 'yes,'\" Gansler wrote.", "He noted that his opinion is \"not itself the law of Maryland in the same sense as a statute enacted by the Legislature or court decision elaborating the common law or construing a statute.\"", "Rather, it is an interpretation of law intended to guide courts and government agencies, he said.", "\"Thus, what we say in this opinion is a prediction, not a prescription, as to the how the court would approach this issue under current law,\" Gansler wrote.", "His office said that he cannot direct the actions of state agencies.", "But Maryland Gov.", "Martin O'Malley said Wednesday afternoon that the state \"will be guided by the attorney general's thorough analysis and legal advice on this matter.\"", "He added, \"I am confident that the attorney general and his office will provide all necessary advice to state agencies on how to comply with the law, and I expect all state agencies to work with the attorney general's office to ensure compliance with the law.\"", "Further details were not immediately available, and the governor's office did not return phone calls seeking clarification.", "It was unclear what the immediate ramifications of Gansler's opinion would be in Maryland.", "One state representative, Del.", "Emmett Burns -- who sponsored a bill earlier this year that would have barred the state from recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states and other countries -- said the attorney general's opinion \"muddles the waters.\"", "Burns' bill failed in committee.", "Referring to the opinion, Burns said, \"I don't think it's worth a bucket of warm spit. ...", "I don't think it's something that is going to make that big of a difference.\"", "He said the issue is likely to be decided through legislation or in a court case.", "He noted that state Sen. Norman Stone is sponsoring a bill that mirrors Burns' failed one.", "Also, he said, the House Judiciary Committee is considering a bill that would allow same-sex marriage.", "\"It's going to be going pandemonium on the House floor\" if that bill makes it out of committee, he said.", "He added he believes there is much opposition in both the state House and Senate to same-sex marriage.", "\"I believe that the concept is going to have be settled through [public] referendum,\" he said.", "\"If it were to go to referendum, my side will win.\"", "Maryland state law from 1973 says that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid in the state.", "However, there are no laws or court cases regarding recognition of marriages legally performed in other places, the attorney general's office said.", "Madaleno said in a statement released through Equality Maryland that the opinion is \"welcome news\" for same-sex couples legally married in states where the practice is allowed, and \"nothing in the attorney general's opinion changes the fact that same-sex couples cannot obtain marriage licenses in Maryland.\"", "Media reports said Madaleno had asked the attorney general in May whether Maryland may legally recognize same-sex marriages.", "Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire and Iowa allow same-sex marriage.", "The District of Columbia has also passed a law allowing same-sex marriage, although it has not yet taken effect.", "CNN's Taylor Gandossy contributed to this report." ]	[ "Maryland should recognize same-sex marriages from other states, according to state AG .", "State representative says Douglas F. Gansler's opinion \"muddles the waters\"\nFive states currently allow same-sex marriages ." ]	[ 0, 12, 13 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Tiger Woods' marital \"transgressions\" may have cast doubt on the future of his corporate associations, but history shows that a dose of bad publicity does not always mean an end to the earning power of sport stars.", "The world's No. 1 golfer has not been seen in advertisements on American television since November 29 according to media research company Nielsen, with the blackout starting just two days after he crashed his car outside his house -- reportedly following an argument with his wife.", "But Nigel Currie, director of international sponsorship agency BrandRapport, believes that although Woods faces an uncertain corporate future, his marketability will remain if he thinks creatively.", "\"It all depends on how long the story will stay on the front page.", "A story like this makes sponsors very nervous because they don't know if there's more to come,\" he told CNN.", "\"Most companies will have a morality clause as part of the contract with a big name like Woods.", "This is usually enforced because of drugs [or criminal issues], but in a situation like this which is ongoing, there's a good chance these companies will exercise their rights and jump ship.\"", "However, while Woods --, the first sportsman to earn $1 billion -- might possibly lose some sponsors, other revenue streams could be exploited, according to Currie.", "Will Tiger Woods return to golf the same?", "\"This chink in his armor won't impact his earning capacity, but companies and brands will think differently in the future.", "It will open up new offers and close a few doors too,\" he said.", "While golf is traditionally a very conservative sport which attracts like minded backers, it is still possible to bring in sponsors even in cases as extreme as John Daly -- whose drinking, smoking and eating problems put his career at risk.", "Daly's less than wholesome image paid dividends in 2005 when the American teamed up with restaurant chain Hooters, known for its scantily-clad waitresses, in what seemed a mutually beneficial arrangement.", "Hooters vice-president Mike McNeil said in a statement on Daly's Web site: \"John is unique, successful and a man of the people who doesn't really worry too much about what the establishment thinks.", "In fact he's a lot like Hooters.\"", "But the appeal of Daly's carefree attitude also proved to be his downfall when, in November 2008, the golfer was found drunk and face down in a flower bed outside a Hooters restaurant.", "Earlier this year, Hooters quietly relinquished their contract with the colorful, larger-than-life character.", "Another player who has successfully surfed the wave of marketing and endorsement despite a checkered personal life is European golfing legend Nick Faldo.", "Despite two divorces and a number of well-documented affairs -- including a three-year liaison with 20-year-old Brenna Cepelak which ended famously with the American student battering Faldo's Porsche with a golf club -- sponsorship has never eluded the golfer.", "Faldo also went on to cement his position among the game's elite when he captained the European Ryder Cup team in 2008.", "Time will tell if Tiger Woods' self-confessed \"personal failings\" will impact on his career, but his world-beating marketability may have to undergo some change." ]	[ "Major sponsors have distanced themselves from Tiger Woods after his recent scandal .", "Expert says Tiger's \"transgressions\" will impact on sponsorship but may open up new avenues .", "Golfers such as John Daly and Nick Faldo have bounced back from PR nightmares ." ]	[ 0, 10, 20 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Jury selection in the case of a deadly 2007 Connecticut home invasion was postponed Monday because the suspect was hospitalized, his defense attorney said.", "Steven Hayes was in intensive care, attorney Thomas Ullmann said.", "Jury selection in Hayes' murder trial was delayed.", "A status conference was scheduled for Wednesday, Ullmann said.", "\"We have no idea how long this is going to take,\" the attorney added.", "Hayes, 46, is one of two men charged with offenses including felony murder, kidnapping, sexual assault and arson in the July 2007 home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut.", "Prosecutors allege that Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, 29, broke into the home of the Petit family.", "They say the two beat up Dr. William Petit; strangled his 48-year-old wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit; and set the home ablaze.", "The couple's two daughters, 17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela Petit, died from smoke inhalation.", "Trial's start stirs painful memories in Cheshire .", "Ullmann said he did not know why Hayes was hospitalized, but the Hartford Courant, citing unnamed sources, said he apparently overdosed on medication he receives daily.", "Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue said in court Monday that Ullmann told him Hayes was found unconscious in his cell and may be in a medically induced coma.", "The University of Connecticut Medical Center referred questions Monday to the Connecticut Department of Correction.", "The department declined comment, citing a court-imposed gag order in the case.", "Authorities allege that during the Petit home invasion, one of the attackers drove Hawke-Petit to a bank to withdraw money.", "She was able to alert a bank teller that the family was being held captive, and the teller alerted police, authorities said.", "Media reports said that Hawke-Petit and Michaela Petit were sexually assaulted during the seven-hour ordeal.", "Prosecutors have declined to confirm details because of the gag order.", "The motive in the case remains unclear.", "Hayes and Komisarjevsky, who is set to be tried separately, could face the death penalty if convicted." ]	[ "Steven Hayes, defendant in Connecticut home invasion case, reportedly in coma .", "Jury selection at murder trial has been postponed .", "Hayes and another man are accused of killing doctor's wife, two daughters .", "Codefendant's trial is also scheduled for this year ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3, 5, 9 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- So many doctors are answering Haiti's call for medical aid that the largest hospital in Port-au-Prince has a new problem: organizing and finding good use for them all.", "\"I think there is a lot of confusion,\" said Marivittoria Rava, a longtime volunteer with the charity Friends of the Orphans, which runs a children's hospital caring for some post-operative patients from the general hospital.", "Rava said that medical supplies and resources have improved, but the crush of volunteer doctors in Port-au-Prince can complicate treatment in the city while there is great need for help in other places hit by the earthquake.", "iReport: Looking for loved ones in Haiti .", "The general hospital has nine operating rooms, but a near platoon of volunteer surgeons.", "That leaves many standing by for work, though there are relatively few nurses.", "CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta learned medical teams are taking their first steps to organize and see how many of them are needed.", "Representatives from each volunteer doctor group at the general hospital gathered for a quick, to-the-point meeting over the weekend.", "\"We are all well-staffed,\" Dr. Paul Auerbach of Stanford University told the group.", "\"The issue is coordinating.\"", "Auerbach is the point person to try and control the surge of doctors.", "Over the weekend, he and volunteer groups started tackling some basics of treatment: how to ID patients, keep records and make rounds.", "Among the problems with the large number of doctors, Auerbach said, is that patients can have their dressings opened three or four times in close succession as one and then another crew of doctors come to evaluate their wounds.", "To change that, charity groups have set up shifts and literally drawn lines, sketching maps on hospital walls showing who is working where.", "They are also identifying medical centers outside Port-au-Prince, where there is need for the booming supply of doctors in the capital.", "Full coverage .", "Space is also an issue.", "A team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is carefully assessing the buildings that survived on hospital grounds, trying to find a stable place for post-operative care.", "Patients now recover in tents or are taken to other hospitals.", "As the city's main hospital is brimming with doctors, it is in need of nurses and physical therapists.", "Thousands of amputees will need significant, specialized help from physical therapists, but few are available.", "Nurses are in short supply.", "A nursing school on the grounds of the general hospital was crushed in the earthquake, killing some of the people who would be giving care now.", "The flood of outside volunteers is mostly doctors, not nurses.", "Interactive map of where to find aid, hospitals in Haiti .", "At one point over the weekend, a mass of 12 medical workers gathered around a tiny premature infant.", "Someone called out, \"If you're not a doctor, step away!\"", "Immediately someone else responded, \"We're all doctors!\"", "Even as they juggle an abundance of doctors, many volunteers said they worry the general hospital in Port-au-Prince could again face dire need after this first wave of medical staff rotates out of Haiti over the next two weeks.", "Those on the ground advise doctors who want to help Haiti to wait and volunteer in a few weeks or months." ]	[ "Largest hospital in Port-au-Prince has too many doctors; coordination is a problem .", "Patients have dressings opened three, four times in close succession by different medics .", "Volunteer nurses and physical therapists are in short supply .", "Nursing school on grounds of general hospital was crushed in earthquake ." ]	[ 0, 12, 21, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Former South African rugby World Cup winner Ruben Kruger has passed away following a long battle with brain cancer.", "The ex-Cheetahs and Bulls flanker was first diagnosed with the illness during the early 2000s at the end of a successful career that saw him earn 36 Springboks caps.", "Kruger, who was just two months short of his 40th birthday, made his debut against Argentina in Buenos Aires during 1993 and was named South African Rugby Player of the Year in 1995 -- the year the country lifted the World Cup.", "\"Ruben Kruger was the epitome of the Springbok flanker, tough, indomitable and with an outstanding work ethic,\" Oregan Hoskins, president of the South African Rugby Union (SARU), told reporters.", "\"When Ruben was on the field you always knew that the Springboks would not be beaten without a tremendous battle.", "\"Our prayers have been with him through his battles against illness and it is very sad to hear of his early passing.", "Our thoughts are with his young family and we extend to them our sincerest condolences.\"", "Kruger made his final appearance in the green and gold against New Zealand in 1999." ]	[ "Former South African rugby World Cup winner Ruben Kruger passes away .", "The flanker dies aged 39 following a long battle with brain cancer .", "Kruger was named Player of the Year in 1995, the year the Springboks won the World Cup ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Universities nationwide were recovering Friday, a day after protests over education budget cuts hit campuses from coast to coast.", "Though many of the demonstrations were peaceful, some turned chaotic.", "On the West Coast, the University of California, Santa Cruz, was scheduled to reopen Friday.", "The crush of demonstrators on Thursday caused administrators to close the northern California campus.", "\"Please check back for information on the campus's planned return to service on Friday,\" the university Web site said.", "The protest, dubbed the March 4 National Day of Action, sent thousands of students, educators and supporters to the streets to challenge budget cuts and tuition increases.", "In Oakland, California, police arrested 160 protesters who shut down a freeway, authorities said.", "Police stopped students from shutting down a freeway near the University of California, Davis, in northern California.", "Demonstrations occurred in other states including Colorado, New York and Wisconsin.", "A blog called Student Activism, which compiled a list of the protests, said 122 events were slated in 33 states, most on campuses and some at state capitols.", "Many of Thursday's demonstrations focused on cuts in state funding for colleges and universities, which supporters say drive up tuition, limit classes and make higher education unobtainable to many.", "State funding for the California State University system was reduced by nearly $1 billion for the academic years between 2008 and 2010.", "Schools have responded by increasing fees, canceling classes, cutting student support programs and furloughing professors.", "Fees have increased 182 percent since 2002.", "Class waiting lists have doubled or tripled.", "\"The less affordable education becomes, the less likely low-income students will be able to get a college education,\" said Lillian Taiz, president of the California Faculty Association and a professor of history at California State University, Los Angeles." ]	[ "Demonstrations on Thursday caused administrators to close the northern California campus .", "Students, educators, supporters hit the streets to challenge cuts, tuition hikes .", "Funding cuts spur tuition and fee hikes, program cuts, bigger classes ." ]	[ 3, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Osiel Cardenas Guillen, the former head of a powerful Mexican drug cartel, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and will forfeit to the United States $50 million in illegal proceeds, a judge ruled.", "Cardenas Guillen, 42, was the leader of the Matamoros, Mexico-based Gulf cartel until his capture in 2003.", "He was subsequently extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges in 2007.", "U.S. District Judge Hilda Tagle handed down the sentence Wednesday, following an earlier guilty plea by the drug kingpin.", "Under Cardenas Guillen's leadership, the Gulf cartel was responsible for smuggling thousands of kilograms of cocaine and marijuana into the United States, the FBI said in a news release.", "According to the FBI, in 1999 Cardenas Guillen threatened to kill a U.S. undercover sheriff's deputy.", "In another incident, he threatened the lives of two U.S. agents.", "\"The successful prosecution of Cardenas Guillen underscores the joint resolve of the United States and Mexico to pursue and prosecute the leadership of the drug trafficking cartels, dismantle their organizations and end the violence and corruption they have spawned,\" U.S. Attorney Jose Angel Moreno said.", "Cardenas Guillen pleaded guilty to five felony charges, including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, conspiracy to launder money and threatening to assault and kill federal agents.", "Tagle also fined Cardenas Guillen $100,000 and ordered him to five years probation once his sentence is served.", "He is not eligible for parole." ]	[ "Sentence handed down Wednesday after drug kingpin's earlier guilty plea .", "FBI: Cardenas Guillen in 1999 threatened to kill an undercover sheriff's deputy .", "He also threatened the lives of two U.S. agents ." ]	[ 3, 5, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Three faculty members were killed and three other school employees were wounded Friday in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a school spokesman said.", "A female shooting suspect was in custody and a second person was detained, \"not arrested,\" spokesman Ray Garner told reporters.", "Huntsville Police Chief Henry Reyes left open the possibility that more than one person had been detained.", "\"We have a suspect and possible persons of interest,\" he said late Friday.", "\"Until we go through everything, we're not going to say exactly how many or who we have.\"", "He said police were questioning the suspect, whom he would not identify.", "Of the wounded, two were faculty members and the third was a staff member, he said.", "Garner said the incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. in Shelby Hall.", "Police arrived at 4:01 p.m.; residence halls were locked down at 4:10 p.m.; the building was secured by 5:45 p.m., he said.", "The suspect was taken into custody outside the building, said Reyes.", "No weapon has been recovered, he said.", "The 6-year-old, $60 million facility houses the chemistry department and is named for U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama and his wife, Annette Shelby.", "Garner identified the dead as Gopi Podila, chairman of the biological sciences department; Maria Davis, associate professor of biology; and Adriel Johnson, associate professor of biology.", "He identified the injured as Joseph Leahy, associate professor of biology, in critical condition; Luis Cruz-Vera, assistant professor of biology, in stable condition; and Stephanie Monticello, staff assistant, also in stable condition.", "The wounded were taken to Huntsville Hospital.", "Classes and athletic events are to be canceled February 15-19, he said.", "Asked why students had not been alerted for more than an hour after the shootings, Reyes said, \"I can't comment on that part.\"" ]	[ "Three killed were faculty members at University of Alabama in Huntsville .", "Police leave open the possibility that more than one person has been detained .", "Shooting occurred about 4 p.m. in Shelby Hall, which is named for senator ." ]	[ 0, 2, 7 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Ozzy Osbourne, the former front man of rock group Black Sabbath, says that after decades of living a life of drugs and sex, he's lucky to be alive today.", "Speaking to CNN's Max Foster, Osbourne described in detail how he often played a dangerous game when it came to using drugs and having promiscuous sex.", "\"With the sexually transmitted disease, what I was doing is playing Russian roulette with sex,\" says Osbourne.", "\"With the drugs, it nearly killed me on a daily basis -- I did a lot of heavy drug taking for a long time and I survived it by the grace of God.", "\"You might not be as lucky as me -- I'm living on borrowed time.\"", "In his autobiography, \"I am Ozzy,\" Osbourne discusses his past, his family and his time with Black Sabbath.", "Answering a viewer's question on whether he realized his power to change people's lives, Osbourne replied with shock.", "\"When you're on the inside looking, you don't see it that way,\" Osbourne said.", "\"But I suppose you're right.", "I do -- I do have the power to change people's lives.\"", "What does he remember about Black Sabbath?", "\"We were just four kids from Aston in Birmingham who had a good idea and it worked out fine.\"", "Osbourne also discussed the current state of the music industry and the \"manufacturing\" of artists today.", "\"It's completely different -- they're manufactured people now... like ice cream.", "\"Every now and then somebody comes out and I really like them -- I really like this Lady Gaga.\"" ]	[ "Ozzy Osbourne says he is lucky to be alive after years of drug and alcohol abuse .", "During a CNN interview, Osbourne says he played Russian roulette with sex .", "Osbourne has a new autobiography out called \"I am Ozzy\"\nOsbourne was the former front man for Black Sabbath ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- One of five members of the Electoral Complaints Commission in Afghanistan has resigned amid the group's probe of allegations of voting fraud during the presidential election.", "An Afghan woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Kabul on August 20.", "Mustafa Barakzai, a Supreme Court judge, was one of two Afghan members of the commission.", "His departure on Monday comes as the commission nears completion in the investigation of allegations of fraud in the August 20 elections.", "Local news reports have quoted Barakzai as saying that the commission is unduly influenced by foreigners and that it has not included him in the decision-making process.", "The head of the commission, Grant Kippen, disputed both assertions.", "\"He was involved in our major decisions,\" Kippen told CNN.", "\"We are only a five-member team.", "Every member is integral to our work.\"", "Kippen is one of three non-Afghans on the Electoral Complaints Commission appointed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.", "Kippen said the \"vast majority of our decisions were consensus decisions.\"", "The commission said in a statement that it is \"disappointed at the resignation of an important member\" at a crucial time in the process.", "\"The (commission) remains dedicated to the elections process and will continue to work openly and honestly in the implementation of its mandate under the Afghan Electoral Law,\" the statement said.", "\"This will not distract the (commission) from continuing to focus on the task at hand.\"", "Complaints of irregularities have dogged the presidential elections.", "The top United Nations official in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, admitted Sunday that the vote was marred by \"widespread fraud.\"", "Eide's recently fired deputy Peter Galbraith told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday that Eide earlier refused to share details of voting irregularities with Afghan election officials.", "Galbraith also said his former boss could have prevented some fraud by closing unsecured polling stations.", "Eide on Sunday denied the allegations of withholding information and defended his decisions to open as many polling stations as possible, despite security concerns.", "With findings of the fraud complaints investigation upcoming, Galbraith said he anticipates the commission will determine that Afghan President Hamid Karzai will not have enough votes to avoid a runoff.", "\"I think there's a very strong likelihood that the election complaints commission will find that he's below 50 percent, and then the question is whether Karzai will accept that decision and whether the Independent Election Commission, which is not independent but a pro-Karzai body, will accept that decision,\" Galbraith said.", "Watch Galbraith's reaction to Eide's acknowledgement of election fraud » .", "\"If they don't, then the political crisis in Afghanistan, which has already done such damage to the overall effort there, will get much worse.\"", "The Independent Election Commission is expected to soon finish an audit and recount of suspicious ballots; the results could be announced this week.", "The independent commission is a \"constitutional body\" that conducts \"free and fair elections\" in an \"impartial way\" according to its Web site.", "Galbraith has also accused Barakzai of favoring incumbent Karzai, even though the Electoral Complaints Commission says that it is also an independent body.", "Election tallies have yet to be certified because of the allegations.", "Last month, final uncertified results showed Karzai with 54 percent of the vote.", "CNN's Tom Evans contributed to this report." ]	[ "Commission says it is \"disappointed at the resignation of an important member\"\nCommission head says Barakzai \"was involved in our major decisions\"\nBarakzai reported as saying commission is unduly influenced by foreigners .", "Top U.N. official in Afghanistan admits on Sunday vote was marred by fraud ." ]	[ 4, 6, 11, 15 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- If President Obama had been forthright last week at the health care summit, he would have opened the meeting by stating: \"If you have health coverage, under our reform bills you are going to pay more and get less.", "If you are one of the 45 million elderly or disabled people on Medicare, you are going to get less.", "There is no such thing as free medical care.", "Somebody has to pay!", "And in the end it is you.\" Those are the facts! And as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid stated to the Republicans : \"...you're entitled to your opinion, but not your own facts.\"", "However, the facts, as the president has found out, are not exactly a compelling message to persuade a reluctant Congress and public to overhaul nearly one-fifth of the nation's economy.", "Adding 31 million people (45 million now don't have coverage) to the health care system will cost the taxpayers trillions over time.", "Many of that uninsured group can't afford health insurance, and if this legislation passes, the government will create an entitlement program to subsidize them.", "In the end, like the entitlement programs that have gone before them, they will far exceed any cost estimates on the table today.", "Just to remind you, Mr. President and members of Congress, the taxpayers have a right to know the full fiscal consequences of this legislation.", "The United States is spending this year nearly $2.5 trillion on health care.", "That is 17.3 percent of the U.S. economy and it's rising at a rapid rate.", "We spent $134 billion more in the past year than in the year before.", "To put $2.5 trillion into perspective, that is more money than the federal government received in taxes and revenues this year.", "The problem is nobody knows (and especially the Congress) what a trillion dollars really means.", "A trillion is a million million.", "Still means nothing to most of us.", "If you spent a million dollars a day since the birth of Jesus Christ, it wouldn't even equal a trillion.", "If you stacked up a trillion dollars in dollar bills, it would reach 68,000 miles into the sky, about a third of the way from the Earth to the moon.", "Those numbers are too big for any of us.", "Somebody has to pay for the most expensive health care in the world.", "Many experts would argue it is also the very best health coverage in the world.", "Health care today is paid for by three entities.", "The government (federal, state and local) pays more than 50 percent of the costs.", "That is us, the taxpayers.", "The insurance companies pay about one-third of the costs.", "That again is us. We pay the premiums and the insurance company pools the risk, and distributes our monies back for the medical services.", "They obviously add an overhead cost as does any business, but it's still our money being paid out.", "The third payer is again us.", "Out-of-pocket reimbursements or additional fees come directly out of our pocket and paycheck.", "Health care has changed as dramatically as anything in our society in the last half century.", "First, we are living longer.", "In 2007, American men could expect to live 3.5 years longer and women 1.6 years longer than in 1990.", "We are long past the days when you walked into a doctor's office and the doctor -- armed only with a stethoscope, blood pressure monitor and a thermometer -- listened to our symptoms and made a diagnosis.", "Maybe in a rare case an X-ray was called for.", "We paid our bill and went to the drugstore and got our prescription.", "There were no MRI's, no heart diagnostic tests, no CT scans or any of the wonder drugs that have extended our lives and in many cases made the quality better.", "It's not that people aren't seeing doctors.", "In the last several years, more than 1.2 billion annual visits to a physician's office have taken place, averaging more than three a year per person.", "Certainly, some efforts must be made to provide some insurance reform -- but that also means malpractice insurance reform.", "Some massive efforts need to be made to curb Medicare and insurance fraud.", "And efforts must be made to create more competition among insurance companies across state lines.", "The president's attempt to add some of the better suggestions from the Republicans addressing these issues is not going to add any support from that side of the aisle.", "They are minor changes that are positive but don't tackle the fundamental cost issues or address the new entitlements and mandates that Republicans object to most.", "Reducing costs in most cases means reducing services.", "Who doesn't want an MRI for their child injured in a car wreck?", "Who doesn't want tests done on a spouse or parent who has chest or abdominal pain?", "But if Reid and Pelosi shove this legislation through Congress against public opinion, they and their party will pay a price.", "Yet the price Democrats will pay at the polls in November won't be nearly as big a price as our kids and grandkids will pay when the bill comes through years hence.", "If you're going to have reform, make the system better.", "Take your time and do it right.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Ed Rollins." ]	[ "Ed Rollins says President Obama should have explained that health bill will cost taxpayers dearly .", "He says health care consumes 17 percent of the nation's economy .", "He says costs are rising at a rapid rate, and consumers are footing the bill .", "Obama's attempt to add some GOP ideas doesn't go nearly far enough, Rollins says ." ]	[ 5, 6, 11, 51 ]
[ "Lisbon, Portugal (CNN) -- Let's face it, footballers have a bad rep.", "They are labelled by many as overpaid selfish prima donnas who could not care less about the world around them.", "This may in reality apply to some players, but definitely not all of them.", "In Lisbon I recently met many who truly enjoy being role models and were honored to take part in the 7th edition of the United Nations (UN) Match Against Poverty.", "This year, in light of the tragic earthquake in Haiti, all of the proceeds went to the devastated country as 55 thousand people filled the Stadium of Light to greet some of the best footballers on the planet, both past and present.", "The likes of Kaka, Thierry Henry, Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane lent a hand to this cause.", "Organizers were hoping to raise over $750 000 and in ticket sales alone, that target was reached.", "Having the privilege to be behind the scenes at this match in my home country, I spoke with various players about their involvement in it.", "One of the most concerned about the plight of the Haitian people was Thierry Henry.", "The Barcelona forward, who made headlines for the wrong reasons after his controversial handball which helped prevent Ireland from attending the World Cup, had already personally pledged $90,000 to the French aid agency Medecins sans Frontieres.", "\"I am very touched by this tragedy and it is very good that everybody should mobilize in order to help Haiti,\" Henry told his club side Barcelona's official Web site.", "\"This touches me because almost 20 years ago something similar happened in (the French Caribbean island of) Guadeloupe and I know what the Haitians must be going through.", "I have many friends over there.", "Haiti is a former French colony and it's as if we are cousins.\"", "Henry showed true concern for a nation that needs all the help it can get to rebuild its infrastructure and its hope.", "Zidane, Kaka and Figo were others who told me they were shocked by some of the footage they saw coming out of Haiti.", "As the death toll rose, they felt they needed to do something to help, and were delighted so many high-profile names showed up.", "In all, some 40 international players participated in a match that was qualified as a success by all, including the former Arsenal striker.", "\"We must help them. I felt I should do something and that's why I have decided to make a donation to Medecins sans Frontieres,\" said the former Arsenal legend." ]	[ "United Nations game in Lisbon raises over $750,000 for Haiti earthquake appeal .", "French star Thierry Henry plays and personally donated over $90,000 .", "Other leading stars such as Kaka, Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane take part .", "CNN's Pedro Pinto reports Henry was shocked by the tragedy ." ]	[ 3, 5, 6, 13, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Israel's Shahar Peer continued her superb run at the Dubai Open by beating Li Na of China to reach the semifinals of the WTA Tier One tournament on Thursday.", "Peer progressed to a match-up with Venus Williams as Li, who reached the semifinals of the Australian Open, retired with a back injury when trailing 5-7 0-3.", "Peer, who was refused entry to the United Arab Emirates for last year's tournament, is posing a security problem for organizers, who have scheduled her matches on an outside court with restricted access.", "With tensions high after last month's assassination of a senior Hamas official in Dubai, placing Peer on the 5,000 capacity Center Court for her last four clash is a step they may be unwilling to take.", "Peer, who has been in fine form in 2010, beat top seed Caroline Wozniacki to reach the quarterfinals and said after the match that despite the controversies in the past she was receiving a good reception.", "\"I get really amazing treatment here and they are so nice to me, all the people around me that are taking care of me,\" she told the official WTA Tour Web site.", "Against world number 10 Li, she was always on top as she headed for her fourth straight win in the tournament and her first over the highly-rated Chinese player.", "Defending champion Venus Williams showed her liking for the venue with a straight sets 6-3 6-4 win over promising young Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in their quarterfinal later on Thursday.", "In other quarterfinal action, seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland saw off Russian qualifier Regina Kulikova in three hard-fought sets, 3-6 6-4 6-3.", "She will play fourth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belaus who brushed aside Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-1 6-3 to reach the last four." ]	[ "Israel's Shahar Peer reaches the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championship .", "Peer defeats eighth seed Li Na of China who is forced to quit in the second set .", "Peer has played all her matches on a restricted access outside court amid security fears .", "NEW: Defending champion Venus Williams into semifinals where she will face Peer ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- A letter written by Adolf Hitler in 1931 hoping for a \"truly cordial relationship\" between Britain and Germany goes on sale Tuesday and is estimated to fetch up to £12,000 at auction.", "The one-page letter was addressed to Sefton Delmer, a British journalist, in which Hitler expressed hopes of a new friendship between the two countries to replace the \"unhappy war-psychosis\" that existed after the First World War: .", "Hitler wrote the letter 16 months before he became chancellor and seized power in 1933.", "In the letter he said: \"I hope... that out of this crisis a new readiness will grow up in Britain to submit the past twelve years to a reappraisal.", "I should be happy, if as a result of this the unhappy war-psychosis could be overcome on such a scale as to permit the realization of the truly cordial relationship between the British and the German peoples so eagerly desired by myself and my movement.", "\"For I believe that the crisis now breaking in on us can only be solved by the closest political collaboration of those nations who see in the re-establishment of a natural European balance of power the first precondition to dealing with those great world problems under which Britain too suffers today.\"", "Andrew Roberts, the British military and political historian, said the letter was a classic example of Hitler trying to lull Western democracies into a state of appeasement.", "Roberts said Hitler was saying there were underlying interests between Britain and Germany and that he wrote many such letters.", "\"He refers to 12 years which would make it 1919, the year the Versailles Treaty was signed... appeasement was his central message until the outbreak of war.", "Sefton Delmer would not have been taken in by any of this,\" said Roberts.", "Auctioneers at Bonhams in London said the letter has remained in Delmer's family until now but they could not release the name of the person selling it.", "Delmer was the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express at the time when Hitler wrote the letter.", "He was born in Berlin and spent the first 15 years of his life there before his family were expatriated to the UK.", "He is reported to be the first British journalist to interview Hitler, who he later described as a rather ordinary looking man with hair that had been arranged too carefully." ]	[ "Hitler wrote the letter 16 months before he became chancellor and seized power in 1933 .", "Andrew Roberts: \"Appeasement was his central message until the outbreak of war.\"", "Delmer was the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express ." ]	[ 2, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Everything will glow -- the balloons, the table cloths, the blue martinis and the party favors.", "The red carpet will turn blue.", "Even the female impersonators will be painted -- you guessed it -- blue.", "The first 50 guests will be given bright blue boas.", "There will be seven high-definition projection screens, and the winner of the trivia competition will win a massive, crystal-bedazzled Hpnotiq bottle.", "All-in-all, Edward Gisiger says, it's going to be one great Oscar party.", "Gisiger is the owner of the Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club in Chicago, Illinois.", "Every year the Kit Kat throws an elaborate themed party on Oscar night.", "This year they've chosen to transform the club into \"The Land of Avatar,\" complete with Kit Kat diva Aurora Sexton playing the role of warrior princess Neytiri.", "\"This is one of the best years of Hollywood ever because of 'Avatar,' so there's a real reason to celebrate,\" Gisiger said.", "With 10 best picture nominees, there are plenty of themes to choose from.", "But planning that party can be stressful and time consuming.", "CNN talked to Gisiger and other party-throwers to provide dos and don'ts for an award-worthy night.", "Don't wait until Sunday .", "Mary Johnson and her friend Carolyn Mueller in Dayton, Ohio, held a \"Julie & Julia\" dinner party in December.", "The pair started prepping their individual ingredients on Tuesday, met on Wednesday to combine portions and baked early on Thursday to get all the dishes ready for Thursday night.", "\"Prepare as much of the food ahead of time so you can enjoy the party,\" Johnson recommends.", "\"You also don't want to try new recipes out on a party.", "Choose recipes you feel comfortable with.\"", "First season \"Top Chef\" host and cookbook writer Katie Lee offers the same advice.", "\"It is important to be able to enjoy your party just as much as your guests.", "Don't keep yourself too occupied in the kitchen so you can join in on the fun.", "Put out a food and drink buffet to make it easier to serve.\"", "Do make it interactive .", "Johnson and Mueller dressed up in old-school aprons, chef hats and pearls.", "Gisiger says this is a great way to get guests involved in the theme, especially if you offer them prizes for being creative.", "Lee recommends creating ballot games and trivia to entertain guests in between watching category announcements at the Academy Awards show.", "Do set the mood . Although Gisiger's budget may be a bit bigger than yours, his club's glowing blue atmosphere should inspire you.", "\"I think there are so many things you can do from home.", "It's just a way of being creative and making it different from others,'\" the club owner said.", "Gisiger suggests having a signature drink that follows the theme of the party, similar to his \"Avatar Princess\" martini made with vodka, Cognac and pineapple juice -- with a glow stick, of course.", "Stacy Suzuki attended another \"Julie & Julia\" party in Hawaii where the host had guests bring a dish from Julia Child's cookbook.", "The recipes were on display and the dining table was set with lines from France.", "A French cooking DVD played in the background.", "\"A part-French poodle was running around the house wearing a doggie t-shirt made in Paris,\" she said.", "Lee, also the Moet & Chandon spokeswoman, said you can offer your guests the same cocktail the stars are drinking on the red carpet and at the Governor's Ball -- Moet Golden Glamour.", "Or bring the fashion world to your party by making it black tie optional and place digital cameras around the room to capture paparazzi shots, Lee suggested.", "Whatever you do, \"don't keep the glamour to a minimum.\"", "Don't have guests leave empty-handed .", "Suzuki's host created a full menu using all of Julia Child's recipes.", "When the guests left, the host had copies of the recipes available to take home.", "The gift bags at the Kit Kat Lounge will include that blue boa, a glowing heart-shaped necklace and a T-shirt.", "But most important, Gisiger says, is that guests leave feeling recharged.", "\"It's a fun way to escape,\" Gisiger said about both the party and movies in general.", "\"That's kind of what we focus on.\"" ]	[ "With 10 best picture nominees, it's easy to pick a great theme for an Oscar party .", "Experts say not to wait until the last minute to prepare food or you'll miss the fun .", "Set the mood with decorations, props and costumes, party hosts suggest ." ]	[ 10, 13, 30, 43 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Days ahead of national elections, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has announced plans to rehire 20,000 former Iraqi army officers who served under former leader Saddam Hussein.", "The officers will be reinstated into the new Iraqi army, said an official with the ministry of defense.", "The move garnered criticism as being a political ploy and was surprising in some circles after al-Maliki's campaign rhetoric against Hussein's Baath Party.", "Several candidates who planned to stand in the upcoming election have been banned by the country's Accountability and Justice Commission because of evidence of them \"glorifying\" the Baath Party.", "Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman said al-Maliki was simply trying to secure more votes.", "\"This contradicts his anti-Baathist election campaign and it is very obvious that he wants to appeal to voters.\"", "A few weeks after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, top U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer dissolved Baathist institutions, including the Iraqi army, that were viewed as threats against building a new Iraqi society.", "The Baath Party was declared illegal and many Sunni Arabs lost their government jobs.", "As a result, the Sunni Arab community became disenfranchised -- many embraced the rising insurgency and stayed away from the first elections in 2005.", "The tensions led to pitched battles between Shiites and Sunni Arabs in the streets of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities.", "Over the years, the United States has worked to get on the good side of the Sunni Arabs, bring them into the country's new political culture, and persuade them to accept the new Iraq.", "In a separate development, a member of an al Qaeda in Iraq cell responsible for several dozen assassinations in and around Baghdad has been arrested, the U.S. military said.", "Iraqi security forces seized the militant in a rural area about 38 kilometers, or almost 24 miles, southwest of the capital.", "The cell is believed to have conducted nearly 50 assassinations.", "The arrest occurred ahead of Iraq's March 7 national elections, and the military says intelligence reports indicate that the al Qaeda in Iraq fighters \"are increasingly staging politically motivated assassinations\" to undermine the Iraqi government and the upcoming polls.", "CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report." ]	[ "Iraq to hire thousands of former soldiers who worked under Saddam Hussein .", "Move comes days before national elections, seen by some as political ploy .", "After the 2003 invasion of Iraq Baathist institutions were dissolved .", "Many former Baath party members became marginalized and joined the insurgency ." ]	[ 0, 2, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Iceland's voters overwhelmingly rejected a deal to pay billions of dollars it owes to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.", "With around 90 percent of votes counted, just over 93 percent said no and just under 2 percent said yes.", "Not enough votes remain to be counted to change the result.", "Some 62.5 percent of Iceland's roughly 200,000 register voters cast ballots, the ministry said.", "The referendum was on a law about repaying the Netherlands and UK, which helped savers in their own countries who lost money in a failed Icelandic Internet bank.", "The British and Dutch governments came up with more than $5 billion for bailing out people who lost money in Icesave -- an online retail bank branch of Landsbanki.", "That Icelandic bank failed in October 2008, along with two other banks in the country.", "Under a European Union directive, Iceland now owes compensation to Britain and the Netherlands.", "The Icelandic government has said it will honor its international obligations.", "Iceland's parliament passed a bill authorizing a state guarantee for repayment of the funds, but President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson declined to sign it in January.", "He cited public disapproval, and in particular, an Internet petition signed by up to one-quarter of the electorate, as a reason for not signing the bill.", "He said there needed to be a national consensus in addressing the issue.", "That prompted Saturday's national referendum on the law.", "The Icelandic public widely disapproved of the deal, the government said in a fact sheet on the deal.", "\"There is widespread frustration over the claim on ordinary citizens in Iceland to pay the price for the irresponsible behavior of reckless bankers,\" it said.", "Magnus Arni Skulason, who campaigned against the bill, called the terms of the loan repayment unacceptable.", "\"Of course we feel empathy for those people that lost money,\" he said Saturday while voting was going on.", "\"We just want to get a more reasonable agreement,\" he told CNN.", "It is not clear what happens now that voters have said no to the loan guarantees.", "The International Monetary Fund loaned Iceland $2.1 billion in November, and said repaying the money to the British and Dutch governments was a requirement of the loan.", "Iceland has begun moves toward applying for European Union membership, which Britain and the Netherlands could block.", "Britain spent £2.3 billion ($3.69 billion) last year to cover the losses that British savers incurred when Icelandic banks collapsed.", "The Dutch government spent €1.3 billion ($1.87 billion) to cover bank losses in the country.", "The Icelandic government said it has \"clearly stated its intention to honor its international obligations and remains fully committed to implementing the bilateral loan agreements with the UK and the Netherlands.\"" ]	[ "UK, Dutch governments bailed out their savers hit by collapse of Icelandic banks .", "Under an EU directive, Iceland owes compensation to the UK, the Netherlands .", "Some Icelanders say that the current repayment terms are unacceptable .", "With around 90 percent of votes counted, just over 93 percent said no to deal ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- A Spanish court Wednesday convicted five men accused of Islamic terrorist activities that included aiding fugitives from the Madrid train bombings of 2004 and planning other attacks.", "The five men include three Moroccans, an Algerian and a Turk.", "Their sentences, on charges of collaborating or belonging to an Islamic terrorist group, range from five to nine years in prison, according to a copy of the court order viewed by CNN.", "The court acquitted four other defendants, all Moroccans, on similar charges.", "\"During the years 2004 and 2005, the group provided cover and economic support and facilitated the flight from Spain for individuals who had roles\" in the train bombings, the court said.", "The group was based in a Barcelona suburb, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, before police made arrests in June 2005, officials said.", "Some in the group also were involved in trafficking in weapons or explosives, or preaching violence for indoctrination of new militants, ruled a three-judge panel at Spain's high-security National Court.", "The Madrid train bombings -- coordinated attacks on four morning-rush commuter trains -- killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800.", "Spanish courts previously had convicted 14 Islamic militants for their roles in the train bombings.", "Among them were four Spaniards convicted of trafficking in the explosives used in the attacks." ]	[ "Spanish court convicts five men of Islamic terrorist activities that included aiding fugitives from Madrid train bombings .", "Five men, including three Moroccans, an Algerian and a Turk, sentenced to between five and nine years in prison .", "Madrid train bombings of 2004 killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Embattled former Detroit, Michigan, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from jail early Tuesday.", "Kwame Kilpatrick appears for his sentencing October 28, 2008, in Detroit, Michigan.", "Kilpatrick, his beard overgrown and bushy, was escorted out of Michigan's Wayne County jail as he dodged a crowd of reporters before getting into a car and was driven away, according to television footage from CNN affiliate WXYZ.", "Kilpatrick spent 100 days in jail as part of a plea agreement connected to a sex scandal that rocked Detroit and caused the city council and governor of Michigan to push to impeach him.", "Kilpatrick also agreed not to run for public office during his five years of probation.", "He was expected to immediately leave the state for a job interview, WXYZ reported.", "Kilpatrick pleaded guilty in September to two felony counts of obstruction of justice stemming from his efforts to cover up an extramarital affair.", "He also pleaded no contest to charges of assaulting a police officer attempting to serve a subpoena on a Kilpatrick friend in that case.", "He was accused of blocking a criminal investigation into his office and firing a police deputy to cover up the affair." ]	[ "Kwame Kilpatrick spent 100 days in jail as part of a plea agreement .", "Kilpatrick pleaded guilty in September to two counts of obstruction of justice .", "The former Detroit mayor had tried to cover up extramarital affair .", "He was expected to leave Michigan immediately for a job interview ." ]	[ 3, 5, 6 ]
[ "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.", "Brooklyn, New York (VBS.TV) -- Colombian tailor Miguel Caballero specializes in making garments that enable the wearer to get shot at point-blank range with nary an injury besides, maybe, a bruised ego.", "At-high-risk-of-catching-a-bullet demographics, such as rappers and politicians all over the world, rely on Miguel's handiwork.", "And, lucky me, when I was recently in Bogota for VBS.TV covering a few stories, I had the chance to visit Miguel's shop, learn about his protective clothing, and get shot in the gut by him.", "Seriously. Upon arriving at Miguel's warehouse one sunny morning, I received a guided tour from a friendly office assistant.", "It all seemed totally benign -- sweet middle aged ladies stitching together jackets and blazers, smiling at me as I walked by.", "I could've been at American Apparel's Southern California warehouse.", "But when I sat down with Miguel and he got into the whole spiel about why he made the type of clothing he did, nervousness started to set in.", "Was this guy seriously going to put a thin jacket on me and then shoot me with a real live handgun?", "The man is running a multimillion-dollar international business.", "Is he really so confident in his wares that he's going to risk it all by potentially killing a novice American journalist on camera?", "The answer was yes.", "But first he had to finish telling me about himself.", "Miguel explained his business model to me, and it was hard to dispute the logic.", "The world's an increasingly dangerous place for political leaders and citizens alike.", "Miguel is simply combining the need for safety with the natural desire to look good.", "Watch more videos from around the globe on VBS.TV .", "And judging by his success, I'm not the only one who gets it.", "There were rumors that President Obama wore some of Miguel's goods during his inauguration.", "Plus, look at the automobile industry.", "Not long ago, Hummers were the province of soldiers in combat.", "Today, they're a staple of suburban strip malls.", "How long until Miguel's pieces follow suit?", "By this point, Miguel seemed very determined to prove the reliability of his products to me.", "I figured it would be somewhat staged: I'd sign something, be ushered into a safe room, and he'd fire a couple blanks into some military grade flak jacket.", "Thanks and good night.", "Instead, my new buddy Miguel popped the question mid-interview in his office.", "And it wasn't really a question.", "I believe he said, \"Now we'll do a demonstration with you.\"", "Not exactly a request.", "He stood up from his desk, opened a drawer, and casually pulled out a .38.", "This was happening very fast.", "He moved me over to the side of the room, outfitted me with some noise-reducing headphones, and offered me a black suede jacket.", "After instructing me to take a deep breath on \"1\" and prepare for a gunshot on \"3,\" he shot me in the gut on \"2.\"", "Obviously I lived to tell the tale.", "But -- most importantly -- I like to think that I looked damn good doing it." ]	[ "Colombian tailor makes fashionable bulletproof clothing .", "Rappers and politicians are among tailor Miguel Caballero's clients .", "VBS reporter \"volunteers\" to test a jacket and gets shot in the gut with a .38 ." ]	[ 4, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Talk about a hefty baggage fee: .", "For months now I have not been able to get the $27,100 suitcase out of my mind.", "The economy is rocky.", "People are out of work.", "Yet the $27,100 suitcase exists.", "It's not a joke. At first I thought it was.", "Last fall I was traveling through Naples, Florida, and a cover line on a glossy local magazine caught my eye.", "The magazine was called Gulfshore Life, and the cover line said: .", "\"The $58,000 brooch...", "The $27,100 suitcase...", "Check Out Our Luxury File.\"", "Perhaps, I thought, this was a teaser to a satirical story using literary exaggeration to whistle past the graveyard of America's fiscal hard times.", "But when I flipped open the magazine, the feature seemed to be serious.", "The $27,100 suitcase, the story said, was sold by Hermès, the luxury retailer, which has a store in Naples.", "The suitcase was called the Hector, and was \"constructed of Officier canvas with Evercalf calfskin.\"", "I closed the magazine, but could not stop thinking about the suitcase.", "A suitcase is something that gets banged around.", "It sits out in the rain and snow on airport runways.", "Baggage handlers toss it roughly onto conveyer belts.", "Sometimes it gets lost on flights.", "Why would anyone pay $27,100 for a suitcase?", "Weighty and important matters dominated the news.", "But there it was, always in the back of my mind: the suitcase, and the parallel world of wealth it represented.", "Over the holidays, I was in New York City.", "One morning I walked to the Hermès store at the corner of 62nd Street and Madison Avenue.", "I took a deep breath and walked in.", "\"May I help you?\" a clerk asked.", "\"I'd like to see the $27,000 suitcase,\" I said.", "(I shaved $100 off the price; the phrase sounded smoother that way.)", "\"Which bag specifically?\"", "she said. \"You have more than one that costs that much?\"", "I said. \"There was one that cost $200,000,\" she said.", "\"It featured diamonds.\"", "\"Why would someone spend that kind of money on a suitcase?\"", "I said. \"Hand-stitching,\" she said.", "\"Sometimes exotic material.\"", "She looked around, as if to be certain no one was listening, then half-whispered: .", "\"I use my Samsonite.\"", "She said that the $27,100 suitcase was not, on that day, on floor display.", "I left New York, still mulling: How could a person take such a suitcase on a trip?", "It would be like putting a baggage tag on $27,100 in cash.", "At Midway Airport in Chicago, I went in the slush and slop to Southwest Airlines' curbside baggage-check area to commiserate with my baggage-handler friends there.", "I told them the story.", "I would like to report their response, but it was so cold outside, and they were so bundled up head to toe, that all I could discern was their muffled laughter.", "In recent days I was in southwest Florida again.", "This time I went to the Hermès store there, in the elegant Waterside Shops outdoor mall.", "\"I'm interested in the $27,000 suitcase,\" I said to the first clerk I saw.", "She absolutely beamed, and I immediately realized she had mistaken my intentions.", "\"No,\" I said. \"No. I don't want to buy it.\" The wattage of her smiled dimmed a bit.", "She said I would have to give her more information about the product; she said some specially made Hermès bags sold for $40,000 or $50,000.", "\"The people who pay that much for a bag usually fly on jets,\" she said.", "\"Most people fly on jets,\" I said.", "She gave me a don't-be-dense look.", "\"Oh,\" I said, surmising that, in these circles, \"jets\" was a synonym for \"private jets.\"", "Back in my hotel room, I called Hermès' U.S. corporate headquarters.", "There, a spokeswoman, Bernice Kwok-Gabel, said that for many customers, only the best that money can buy will do.", "\"They want the finest,\" she said.", "\"No compromises.\" She said that for people who might spend $27,000 on a work of art, $27,000 for a suitcase is not excessive.", "\"If they want it, the price is not a big concern.\"", "She said that the $27,100 Hector suitcase is actually a twinned piece of luggage: two compartments carried by a single handle.", "For a customer on a tight budget, a single Hector compartment can be bought by itself.", "For $14,000. I ended my quest where it began: at Gulfshore Life magazine, where I had seen the original mention.", "I called the editor-in-chief, David Sendler, to ask if he thought his readers had greeted the item about the suitcase with a shake of the head.", "\"Some probably did,\" he said.", "\"But I'm sure there were others who saw it and thought: 'I'd like to have that bag.'", "We have a very high-demographic readership.\"", "I will leave you with this thought.", "At that Hermès store in New York, I asked the clerk why someone would pay so much for a suitcase that would inevitably get scuffed and scratched in transit.", "\"Some people buy metal cases in which to enclose their suitcases,\" she said.", "She saw the disbelief in my eyes, smiled, and said: .", "\"They buy suitcases for their suitcases.\"", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene." ]	[ "Bob Greene saw an ad for a $27K suitcase and thought it was a joke .", "Even in difficult economic times, extravagant luxury goods are for sale, he says .", "He asks why people would pay so much for an item that gets jostled around and endures all weather ." ]	[ 3, 5, 10, 16, 20, 63, 67, 69, 71 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Shoe prints left behind at the scene of several church fires in east Texas, as well as surveillance tapes and witness accounts, led police to two men now charged in one blaze and suspected in a string of others, according to court documents.", "Jason Robert Bourque, 19, and Daniel George McAllister, 21, are charged with one count of arson each in connection with a February 8 fire at Dover Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas.", "The blaze was one of 10 church fires in east Texas this year.", "Nine have been ruled arson, and authorities have said they believe Bourque and McAllister are responsible for them.", "Both men appeared in court Monday in Tyler and are being held on $10 million bond.", "A federal law enforcement source told CNN that multiple pieces of evidence have been linked to one of the suspects through DNA, and that many of the fires were ignited the same way.", "A resident called 911 at 8:45 p.m. after seeing smoke rising from the sanctuary at Dover Baptist Church, according to probable cause affidavits.", "As firefighters battled the blaze, a second fire was reported at 9:44 p.m. at Clear Spring Missionary Baptist Church in Lindale, Texas, about 15 miles northwest of Tyler.", "At Dover Baptist, someone apparently kicked in a rear door and threw a rock through a window, according to the affidavits.", "A Red Wing brand boot print was found on the door.", "It's the same brand of boot that authorities believe left prints at previous church fires and attempted church break-ins in three counties.", "A print from a Skechers shoe also was found at several fire and attempted break-in locations, the affidavits said.", "Police obtained a surveillance tape from a gas station near Dover Baptist, the documents said.", "\"Subsequent review of this video revealed individuals known ... as Jason Robert Bourque and Daniel George McAllister were present at said location close to the same time the fire at Dover Baptist Church was discovered.\"", "A second surveillance tape, from a store near Clear Spring Missionary Baptist, shows someone police believe is Bourque walking inside at about 10:35 p.m., according to the affidavit.", "Witnesses told police they saw a dark blue or purple four-door car parked next to the Clear Spring Church before the fire.", "A second sighting of such a car was reported on the same road where the church is located, the documents said.", "One witness said he saw the driver was a white male wearing a T-shirt and tried to flag him down, but the vehicle sped away.", "On February 11, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives contacted Bourque at his Lindale home, following up on a tip they received that he was involved in several of the church arsons, the affidavit said.", "Bourque agreed to talk with authorities, and they checked his blue 2008 Ford Focus, the documents said.", "The affidavits do not divulge what, if anything, Bourque told the agents.", "While agents were at Bourque's home, his grandmother backed out of the garage and left the door open.", "The agents saw a muddy pair of Skechers shoes inside, the affidavit said.", "Agents believe the sole pattern on the shoes is consistent with the prints found near the churches.", "Authorities contacted a member of McAllister's family, who told them he wears a size 13 or 14 boot, the documents said.", "A family member was shown a Red Wing boot and said the sole was the same as McAllister's, except his boots were more worn.", "The relative took McAllister to the Greyhound Bus Station in Dallas, Texas, on February 10 where he purchased a one-way ticket to San Antonio, Texas, the affidavit said.", "McAllister was arrested in San Antonio.", "Authorities have given no information on a motive for the fires." ]	[ "Jason Bourque, Daniel McAllister charged with arson in connection with church fire .", "Authorities think they are responsible for other church blazes in east Texas .", "Gas station surveillance tape shows men close to church's at time of fire, court documents say .", "Footprints also link suspect to churches ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Philanthropist and billionaire businessman Ted Turner will receive 88 disease-free bison from Yellowstone National Park, Montana's Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks confirmed Tuesday.", "The bison, which were facing slaughter, will be transferred for breeding to Turner's \"Green Ranch,\" west of Bozeman, Montana, from a quarantine facility.", "\"The Green Ranch emerged as the best option we have for these bison right now,\" said Ken McDonald, said the state agency's wildlife bureau chief in Helena, Montana.", "\"It gives us time to evaluate the social and biological factors that will come into play as we begin to plan for the future of bison management in Montana.\"", "For several years, the bison were quarantined and spared from slaughter after concerns about brucellosis disease, an infectious disease caused by contact with animals carrying the bacteria called brucella.", "All quarantined bison delivered to Turner's property, along with 25 percent of their offspring, will be returned to the state wildlife agency at the conclusion of the agreement, which will last up to five years, the release said.", "Turner Enterprises' Green Ranch proposal describes 12,000 acres of suitable habitat, excellent handling facilities, years of experience with bison and secure living space for the animals.", "The ranch also will participate in continued disease testing and monitoring conducted by state and federal officials, the release said.", "According to the Turner Enterprises Inc.", "Web site, Turner, who founded CNN in 1980, is the largest individual landowner in North America with an estimated 2 million acres.", "His Western properties consist of 15 ranches in seven states.", "His bison herd is about 50,000 animals, making it the largest private herd in the world, his Web site said." ]	[ "Turner will get 88 disease-free bison to use for breeding .", "Yellowstone bison had been quarantined after concerns about brucellosis .", "Turner has 50,000 bison, making it the largest private herd in the world ." ]	[ 4, 8, 11 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Actor Corey Haim was the \"poster child\" for the problem of addicts \"doctor shopping\" for dangerous drugs, California's top law enforcement official said Tuesday.", "Investigators found that the former child actor was supplied with prescriptions for five controlled substances by seven doctors in the last 10 weeks of his life, Attorney General Jerry Brown said.", "\"Corey Haim actually obtained 553 dangerous drugs in just this year, as late as five days before he died,\" Brown told reporters at a news conference in Los Angeles.", "The drugs included Vicodin, Valium, Soma, Oxycontin and Xanax, Brown said.", "The coroner has not yet ruled on what killed Haim, 38, who died last month after collapsing at the Los Angeles apartment he shared with his mother.", "Toxicology lab results are expected to be available this month for Haim, who battled drug addiction for decades.", "Haim visited several emergency rooms and urgent care clinics with complaints of an injured shoulder or depression issues, according to Sara Simpson, head of the state task force investigating doctor shopping.", "Los Angeles County Deputy Coroner Ed Winter revealed last month that Haim obtained drugs using prescriptions written under the names of 20 Los Angeles doctors in the past year.", "The coroner subpoenaed medical records from those doctors.", "Haim also obtained at least one prescription of Oxycontin through the use of an illegally obtained prescription pad, Brown said.", "State agents arrested one person last month in connection with what Brown said was a massive drug ring that obtained and sold the counterfeit doctor's pads.", "Although Haim battled drug addiction for decades, his manager said his death came when Haim \"was making major progress\" with a program to wean him from pills.", "Still, Haim sometimes threatened to find other doctors to prescribe him drugs when his primary physician wouldn't give him what he wanted, manager Mark Heaslip said Monday.", "\"I would be the only one who could talk him out of it,\" Heaslip said Monday night.", "His doctor was providing pills only in one-day supplies in an effort to wean him, Heaslip said.", "Haim's primary care doctor would constantly follow up with urgent care centers that he believed were writing prescriptions for Haim, Heaslip said.", "The doctor later gave the information to investigators, he said.", "Simpson confirmed to CNN that Haim's doctor was helping investigators.", "Haim had a prescription for the muscle relaxer Soma and the narcotic pain reliever Norco filled at a pharmacy February 26, a source with knowledge of the transaction told CNN.", "Two days after Haim picked up the drugs, his primary care doctor called the San Fernando Valley pharmacy to ask about the prescriptions, the source said.", "An autopsy revealed that Haim suffered from pneumonia, an enlarged heart and water in his lungs when he collapsed March 10, Winter said.", "Heaslip said he and Haim's family are convinced his death was not from a drug overdose, but was perhaps a bad reaction to a single pill he took in the hours before his death.", "The pills, prescribed by an addiction specialist, came with a warning that they should not be taken by someone with a heart condition or flulike symptoms, both of which Haim had, Heaslip said.", "\"This kid was making major progress,\" Heaslip said.", "His manager said that if Haim was cheating on his addiction program, he would probably not have admitted it to him since he would have dropped Haim as a client.", "Haim began his acting career in 1982, with his first television appearance on the Canadian series \"The Edison Twins.\"", "His first film role was in the 1984 American movie \"First Born.\"", "Haim also won rave reviews for his title role in the 1986 film \"Lucas.\"", "Film critic Roger Ebert said of him at the time, \"If he continues to act this well, he will never become a half-forgotten child star, but will continue to grow into an important actor.\"", "His most famous role was in the 1987 movie \"The Lost Boys,\" in which Haim played a fresh-faced teenager whose brother becomes a vampire.", "In recent years, the actor was reunited with longtime friend and frequent co-star Corey Feldman in a reality show.", "\"The Two Coreys\" ran for two seasons on the A&E Network before it was canceled." ]	[ "Corey Haim obtained 553 drugs in last year of his life, AG says .", "Attorney General Jerry Brown calls Haim the 'poster child' for doctor-shopping .", "Coroner has not yet ruled on what killed Haim, 38, who died last month .", "Former child actor battled drug addiction for decades ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 5 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- A human skull and crossbones, valued at up to $20,000, won't appear at a Christie's auction Friday after another party claimed rights to the remains, the auction house announced.", "Yale University's secret Order of Skull and Bones used the skull and crossbones as a ballot box, Christie's said in its advertisement of the item in an auction catalogue.", "The auction house estimates the 19th century ballot box is worth between $10,000 and $20,000.", "The skull, crossbones and accompanying book of Skull and Bones members between 1832 and 1877 were \"withdrawn from sale due to a title claim,\" Christie's said in a statement Friday.", "The global auctioneer did not say who claimed rights to the items.", "Earlier this month, the World Archaeological Congress condemned the sale, calling the sale of human body parts an \"affront to human dignity.\"", "The group also suggested the skull might be that of a Native American and thus be subject to federal laws protecting Native American remains.", "This isn't the first time Skull and Bones has been entangled in a debate over human remains.", "The great-grandson of famed Chiricahua Apache warrior Geronimo sued Skull and Bones last year, claiming the society had Geronimo's remains.", "Historians disagreed on whether the society had ever dug up Geronimo's grave.", "The collegiate society has existed since 1832 and has prominent alumni such as former President George W. Bush and his grandfather, Sen. Prescott Bush." ]	[ "Another party claims rights to human skull and crossbones valued at up to $20,000 .", "Yale University's secret Order of Skull and Bones used them as ballot box .", "World Archaeological Congress calls sale of human remains \"affront to human dignity\"\nGroup suggests skull might be Native American, subject to legal protection ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5, 6 ]
[ "Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli authorities discovered and disarmed an explosive barrel Wednesday, the third to wash up on an Israeli beach this week, the Israel Defense Forces said.", "The barrel was found Wednesday afternoon at Palmachim beach south of Tel Aviv.", "On Monday, Islamic Jihad, the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and the Nasser Salah A din Brigades issued a leaflet in Gaza claiming responsibility for sending three explosive devices to the coastal cities Ashkelon and Ashdod.", "The other two barrels packed with explosives -- one found at Ashkelon and one at Ashdod -- were discovered Monday and disposed of.", "In response, the IDF said, the Israeli Air Force attacked \"two Hamas terrorist targets\" in southern Gaza.", "\"One of the targets was a terror tunnel, used for the infiltration of terrorists into Israel, while the other was used for smuggling of weapons.", "Direct hits were identified,\" the IDF said.", "Hamas, the movement controlling Gaza, has been vowing retaliation against Israel since one of the founding members of its military wing, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, died last week in Dubai.", "Al-Mabhouh's brother, Fayek al-Mabhouh, said that preliminary results of Hamas' investigation of the death showed his brother was killed by electrocution and strangulation with a piece of cloth.", "Hamas officials accused Israel of assassinating Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.", "Israeli officials have not responded to that allegation." ]	[ "Various Islamic groups issue a leaflet in Gaza claiming responsibility for sending devices .", "In response, the IDF said, the Israeli Air Force attacked \"two Hamas terrorist targets\" in southern Gaza .", "Hamas vowing retaliation against Israel since one of founding members of its military wing died last week in Dubai ." ]	[ 4, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A former foreign minister claimed to be in control of an interim government in Kyrgyzstan early Thursday after a wave of protests that left at least 40 dead and appeared to have driven President Kurmanbek Bakiev from office.", "\"We must restore a lot of things that have been wrongly ruled,\" said Roza Otunbayeva, who called herself the country's interim leader.", "No independent confirmation of the claim was immediately available.", "The U.S. State Department said earlier that it believed Bakiev remained in power, but Otunbayeva said he had fled Bishkek, the capital, and his government had resigned after a day of clashes between anti-government protesters and police.", "Are you there? Share your story, photos and video .", "A senior State Department official told CNN late Wednesday that the situation in Kyrgyzstan remains \"very fluid and fast moving,\" and declined to comment on reports that the government had collapsed or that the president had left the country.", "The official, who insisted on anonymity because of the quickly changing situation, said the United States had been in contact with both members of the government and the opposition.", "The United States is encouraging all sides to work toward resolution according to the rule of law, the official said.", "Otunbayeva's announcement came after hours of clashes between anti-government demonstrators and police, who responded with water cannon, tear gas and eventually with live ammunition.", "Kyrgyzstan's Health Ministry told CNN that 40 people had been killed and 400 wounded in the clashes, and that the toll was expected to rise.", "The former Soviet republic is home to an air base that forms an important link in the supply line for U.S. and NATO forces in nearby Afghanistan.", "In Washington, a senior Pentagon official said that the turmoil has interrupted flights into and out of that facility, and it was unclear when those flights would resume.", "But the U.S. military has contingency plans to deal with the situation, the official said.", "Otunbayeva is the head of Kyrgyzstan's Social Democratic Party and a member of its parliament.", "She was a leader of the protests that brought Bakiev to power in 2005, and she served as his foreign minister for about two years before quitting to protest his appointment of one of the president's brothers to an ambassadorship, said Mirsulzhan Namazaliev, executive director of the Central Asian Free Market Institute in Bishkek.", "Opposition leaders have accused Bakiev of consolidating power by keeping key economic and security posts in the hands of relatives or close associates.", "Protests began Tuesday in the northern city of Talas, Kyrgyzstan, over increases in electric and fuel rates, which had been jacked up at the first of the year as Bakiev's government sold the country's public utilities to companies controlled by his friends, Namazaliev said.", "The demonstrations spread to the capital on Wednesday after the government responded by arresting opposition leaders in Talas.", "Namazaliev said that demonstrators were already gathered outside Bishkek's main square when he was headed to his office Wednesday morning, and the crowd had grown to about 5,000 people by noon (2 a.m. ...", "About that time, police began to open fire on them, he said.", "\"I was running together with them while the police was shooting,\" Namazaliev said.", "Other protesters remained and battled with police, and some took weapons from officers they overpowered, he said.", "Machine-gun fire could be heard in the streets into the evening.", "Opposition leaders took control of the state television network Wednesday evening, airing images of riot police turning water cannons on demonstrators and asking people to donate blood.", "Though the opposition called for calm, clashes with police continued into Wednesday night, Bishkek resident Munarbek Kuldanbaev said.", "And Namazaliev said some protesters turned to looting after the proclamation of a new government, and police began trying to crack down on the looting only after negotiations with the interim government.", "iReporter describes protests, discusses grievances .", "Bakiev came to power in 2005 after a similar upheaval led to the ouster of then-President Askar Akayev.", "He won a new term in July 2009 in a vote the United States said \"was marred by significant obstacles for opposition parties, intimidation, voting irregularities, and the use of government resources to benefit specific political interests.\"", "There have been reports of restrictions on the freedom of expression and the media in the country, including the recent closure of an opposition newspaper and other media outlets, the United Nations said.", "Outside Bishkek, opposition leaders had taken control of Talas and several other towns before claiming power in the capital, the Russian independent news agency Interfax reported.", "Russia called on Kyrgyz authorities and the opposition to settle all disputes without force and with a democratic process.", "It also stepped up security at its air base in Kant, Kyrgyzstan.", "\"On the assumption of our interests to secure political stability in a country that is friendly to ours, we believe it is important that all issues in the given situation be resolved within the legal framework.", "At the same time, we would like to strongly appeal to the opposing forces to refrain from the use of force to avoid bloodshed in any case,\" the Russian Foreign Ministry said.", "U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who had visited Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, said Wednesday that he was \"shocked\" by the reports of violence and urged all sides to show restraint, engage in dialogue and promote calm.", "\"While freedom of assembly is an essential element of any democratic society, the rule of law must be respected,\" he said.", "CNN's Ben Brumfield, Matthew Chance, Talia Kayali and Matt Smith contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Former foreign minister says she is in charge of interim government .", "NEW: Roza Otunbayeva says President Kurmanbek Bakiev has been driven from office .", "NEW: No independent confirmation of the claim was immediately available.", "At least 40 dead, 400 wounded in fighting in capital city, health agency says ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Space shuttle Discovery docked with the international space station early Wednesday despite a broken antenna that knocked out radar tracking aboard the shuttle.", "The shuttle docked with the space station at 3:44 a.m.", "ET. At the time of docking, both spacecraft were traveling 225 miles over the Caribbean sea near Caracas, Venezuela, NASA said.", "Commander Alan Poindexter and his crew completed the rendezvous without the use of the shuttle's Ku-band radar, relying instead on other navigation tools to precisely track the space station, NASA said.", "The Discovery's seven-person crew now joins the six-person space station crew for more than a week of work together.", "It will mark the first time four women have been in space at one time.", "Three women -- mission specialists Stephanie Wilson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger and Naoko Yamazaki -- comprise part of the Discovery's crew.", "NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson is already at the space station.", "Discovery launched Monday morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.", "The shuttle's 13-day mission includes three planned spacewalks, replacing an ammonia tank assembly and retrieving a Japanese experiment from the station's exterior.", "It is scheduled to return to Earth on April 18 at 8:35 a.m.", "ET. There are only three shuttle missions remaining before the space shuttle fleet is retired." ]	[ "Shuttle Discovery reaches international space station despite loss of shuttle's radar system .", "Four women are aboard same spacecraft for first time .", "13-day mission includes three spacewalks, replacement of ammonia tank assembly ." ]	[ 0, 5, 9 ]
[ "Hartford, Connecticut (CNN) -- Few defending champions in sport have had as much to defend as the University of Connecticut women's basketball team.", "On Tuesday night, the Huskies successfully defended their title (beating Stanford 53-47), their winning streak (78 games) and themselves (against the charge that they're \"bad\" for women's basketball).", "They are so much better than every other team, goes the argument of various scribes, yakkers and bloggers, that they've made a mockery of the game.", "Never mind that these very pundits have mocked the game for years.", "Perhaps that's UConn's real crime: It's made a mockery of others' mockery.", "I know. I once mocked women's basketball -- and thank God I did.", "After I'd written a single line casually ridiculing women's basketball in the pages of Sports Illustrated, a woman confronted me in a bar in New York.", "She asked me how many games I'd attended before forming my low opinion of the sport.", "My armpits burst into flames, and I said that I'd never actually been to a women's basketball game.", "She invited me to one, and 23 months later, I married that woman, Rebecca Lobo, who won a national championship with an unbeaten UConn team in 1995 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and who helped to launch the WNBA in 1997 as a member of the New York Liberty.", "I'm not saying critics are wrong: Perhaps UConn is bad for the sport, the way Secretariat was bad for horse racing when he won the Belmont by 31 lengths, or the way the Beatles diminished pop music by releasing 20 No.", "1 hits, or the way da Vinci's diversity of talents -- artist, engineer, inventor, etc.", "-- rendered the Renaissance irredeemably dull.", "Or perhaps exceptional talent and overriding excellence, over time, raises the level of everyone in its proximity, in which case this UConn team might be the best thing that ever happened to women's basketball.", "True, when the Huskies play, the outcome of every game is known in advance, much as the outcome of every Perry Mason case was known in advance.", "The fun lay in seeing how the inevitable victory happened -- in watching the genius at work.", "People knew going in that Houdini always escaped.", "They still watched, because the next time he might not.", "And so it goes for the Huskies, who trailed 20-12 after a hideous first half Tuesday night before slipping the padlocks and swimming to the surface, triumphant.", "People who play and appreciate extraordinary basketball recognize this dominance as an end unto itself.", "\"UConn has too many weapons,\" Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant said on Twitter last week.", "\"Best team ever in sports?\"", "Not many people can answer that question knowledgeably, because most people don't watch women's basketball.", "It can't help that the women's final is played between the men's national championship game and the Masters golf tournament.", "It's a subordinate clause between a giant pair of parentheses.", "Pity, because the 2009-10 UConn women are surely one of sports history's most dominant teams, one for whom losing is unfathomable.", "\"What if the UConn women lose?\"", "Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jonny Flynn asked on Twitter during the tournament.", "\"I hope not, because that means the end of the world is near.\"", "He pleaded for the Huskies to save the planet -- or as Flynn put it: \"Win for Humanity.\"", "Of course, the Huskies are not saving mankind.", "Or womankind. Or womynkind. Women's teams, unlike men's, are somehow required to carry the flag for their entire gender.", "They're \"empowering our daughters,\" they're sneaker-shod suffragettes.", "The UCLA men's team that won 88 consecutive games in the early 1970s weren't striking a blow for wearers of headbands or mutton-chop sideburns.", "The Chicago Bulls dynasty of the '90s was not empowering the rainbow-haired.", "Men's teams play and are appreciated on their own merits.", "We should be able to do the same with the UConn women.", "They don't have to be heroines or feminist icons.", "The epithet my wife most often uses to describe herself is \"tall chick.\"", "That's what the UConn women are: Women -- some tall, some not -- playing very good basketball.", "It's pleasure enough to watch a bunch of shiny new parts working together, efficiently, toward a devastating end: the kind of beauty you see in a combine harvester as it threshes a field of wheat.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Steve Rushin." ]	[ "Steve Rushin says UConn had to defend title, winning streak and dominance in sport .", "UConn thwarts critics' complaints the team is just too good, Rushin says .", "Women's teams, unlike men's, are required to carry flag for their entire gender, he says .", "Rushin: The UConn women are one of sports history's most dominant teams ." ]	[ 21, 25, 31 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Obama and the rest of the first family teamed up with an extremely oversized rabbit Monday to the host the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, much to the delight of visiting children from across the country.", "The theme of this year's festivities was \"Ready, Set, Go!\"", "-- a reference to first lady Michelle Obama's \"Let's Move\" initiative, which is designed to address the problem of childhood obesity.", "The first family kicked off the event, which dates to 1878, shortly before 11 a.m., appearing with the Easter Bunny on the White House's South Portico, a balcony overlooking the residence's sprawling South Lawn.", "\"Is this not the most perfect day for the Easter Egg Roll?\"", "Michelle Obama asked the enthusiastic crowd.", "Washington is currently in the middle of a warm spell under a clear sky.", "\"Our hope today is that in addition to having fun and doing some of the traditional activities like the egg roll ... you can learn about beginning to live a more healthy life,\" she said.", "As well as participating in the traditional egg roll, families were invited to visit the White House garden and play football, basketball and tennis, among other things.", "Several celebrities attended the event, including players from the Washington Redskins and athletes Apolo Ohno and Billie Jean King.", "The president also read the Dr. Seuss book \"Green Eggs and Ham\" to the visiting children.", "\"When your parents tell you to eat your broccoli, you don't know whether you're going to like them or not,\" he told the kids, emphasizing the point of the classic story.", "\"You've got to try it. ... [And] when your parents tell you to eat your peas, eat your peas.\"", "The first White House Easter Egg Roll was hosted by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878." ]	[ "White House Easter Egg Roll dates back to 1878 .", "Families invited to visit White House garden and play football, basketball and tennis .", "Obama read Dr. Seuss book \"Green Eggs and Ham\" to kids ." ]	[ 8, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- At the stroke of midnight, American beer drinkers were no longer breaking the law when they broke open a beer.", "Brewers and beer lovers this weekend are toasting the return of legal brew 75 years ago.", "Breweries and beer lovers around the country are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the return of beer on April 7, 1933, as the Prohibition era was drawing to a close.", "It wasn't quite the end of Prohibition, and it wasn't quite beer, but after 14 thirsty years, it was close enough.", "What became available that day was only 3.2 percent alcohol by weight (compared with up to 5 percent in full-strength beer), but still, it was a step up from the virtually alcohol-free \"near beer\" that had been sold since 1920.", "\"It's a big deal. ... The whole industry of beer has gotten together to say this date is definitely historic,\" said Julia Herz, spokeswoman for the Brewers Association, which represents smaller \"craft\" brewers.", "In St. Louis, Missouri, megabrewer Anheuser-Busch is throwing a big bash, complete with historical exhibits and an appearance by the company's famous Clydesdale horses.", "Also in St. Louis, but on a more intimate scale, Schlafly Beer is inviting folks to come out to its Bottleworks for a festival next weekend.", "Remnants of Prohibition survive today in the form of state-owned liquor stores and local laws that, for example, prevent sales of alcohol on Sundays or in grocery stores.", "Some counties remain entirely dry, banning alcohol sales altogether, and 3.2 beer is still sold in six states (Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma and Utah), according to Modern Brewery Age magazine.", "And there are those who think a beer-related anniversary is nothing to celebrate.", "\"It is the product of choice for underage drinking,\" said Michael Scippa, advocacy director for the Marin Institute, an alcohol industry watchdog group.", "\"We're not neo-Prohibitionists or teetotalers,\" he said.", "\"We're not trying to tell adults what to do. \"", "He said his group just wants the industry to operate more responsibly.", "The crowds celebrating the anniversary are unlikely to match the size or enthusiasm of those that gathered around breweries all over the country on \"New Beer's Eve,\" April 6, 1933, in anticipation of the return of legal beer that actually had some alcohol in it.", "\"There was dancing in the streets and lines outside brewery doors ...", "It was a big date, for sure,\" Herz said.", "Franklin Delano Roosevelt had been president barely a month, having been sworn in on March 4 after a landslide victory the previous November.", "Sweeping into power with him was an anti-Prohibition majority in Congress known as \"the wets.\"", "Together they fulfilled their first campaign promise with passage of the Cullen-Harrison Act, which increased the amount of alcohol allowed in beverages from 0.5 percent to a discernible 3.2 percent by weight.", "When the act took effect at 12:01 a.m.", "ET April 7, trucks and carriages burst out of brewery gates bearing cases and barrels of beer for a parched republic -- at least for the District of Columbia and the 20 states whose laws permitted it.", "Several breweries dispatched cases directly to the White House and the Capitol.", "According to the Brewers Association, more than 1.5 million barrels were snapped up in the first 24 hours.", "Full-strength beer and hard liquor were still a few months away.", "National Prohibition wasn't repealed until the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on December 5.", "Bob Skilnik, author of eight books about beer, including \"Beer & Food: An American History,\" holds that the December date is more significant and that the quickly brewed April 7 beer probably was of poor quality.", "\"I know everyone gets excited about it, but you were offered a watered-down version of beer.", "That's all you got,\" Skilnik said.", "\"It probably wasn't a very satisfying drink.", "If you wanted to have a shot [of hard liquor] on the side, you still had to wait until December 5th for that to happen.\"", "But the celebration was about more than getting a buzz.", "According to a contemporary article in The New York Times, the revival of the brewing industry restored at least 50,000 jobs in the midst of the Great Depression, instantly breathing life into the economies of St. Louis; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois; and other cities and towns where breweries were large employers.", "\"April 7th was really just ... FDR looking for an economic shot in the arm,\" Skilnik said.", "\"And it was a very successful shot in the arm.", "There was a hell of a lot of money spent.\"", "He said $25 million was pumped into breweries and associated businesses -- helping farmers, truckers, and glassmakers as well as brewers and pubs -- in the first 48 hours of sales.", "And that was good for cash-strapped governments, too.", "\"Everybody [in government], for the first time, started to wrap their heads around the notion that this is something that you could tax,\" he said.", "The first day of beer sales reaped $7.5 million in tax receipts for the U.S. Treasury, he noted.", "About half the nation's breweries went out of business during Prohibition, but others survived by converting to products such as oleomargarine, ice cream, cheese and smoked ham.", "So at the Storck brewery in Milwaukee, for example, children could enjoy a sundae while Mom or Dad slipped away to a room where illicit beer was served from a hidden tap, according to the American Brewerania Association's Web site.", "Yes, despite Prohibition, Americans could go for the gusto.", "Chicago had as many as 20,000 speakeasies, Skilnik said.", "\"If you couldn't find a beer during Prohibition,\" he said, \"you really weren't trying.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Brewers, beer lovers celebrate 75th anniversary of return of beer on Monday .", "Change in law in 1933 made beer legal after 14 years of Prohibition .", "\"New Beer's Eve\" provided instant economic boost during Depression .", "Quickly brewed, weak beverage probably tasted bad, expert says ." ]	[ 2, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A California man pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter with the use of a gun Tuesday in the shooting death of a man who he claimed sexually abused him as a teen, a prosecutor said.", "The plea comes less than a week before Aaron Vargas' first-degree murder trial was supposed to start for the slaying of Darrell McNeill, a neighbor from his childhood and a family friend whom Vargas claims began molesting him when he was 11 years old.", "Under the terms of a plea deal, Vargas, now 32, faces anywhere from probation to 10 years in prison for shooting the former Boy Scout leader and local businessman last year in his home in the Northern California community of Fort Bragg.", "Lawyers will return to court April 20 to place a statement of facts on the record before Judge Ronald Brown decides on the final sentence.", "\"There's some relief that we know we won't lose him for the rest of his life, but there's also a lot of anxiety about what the judge is going to do,\" said Vargas' sister, Mindy Galliani.", "\"I won't have closure until he's home,\" she added.", "\"But even when he's home, it's still not going to be closure.", "We need to get him into treatment so he can get help.", "I feel like this is only the beginning.\"", "Since his arrest, Vargas' family has waged a tireless campaign to reduce the charges and raise awareness over child sex abuse, earning support from members of the community and giving rise to more sex abuse allegations against McNeill.", "McNeill used his position as a Boy Scout troop leader and as active neighborhood father to win the trust of Vargas and other young boys, Galliani said.", "He took the boys on camping trips or hikes, gave them alcohol or drugs and molested them, Galliani alleged.", "The alleged sexual abuse waned as Vargas grew into adulthood, but McNeill continued to call him and visit the home where Vargas lived with his wife and infant daughter.", "The continued contact drove Vargas to the breaking point, his sister said.", "Vargas was under the influence of alcohol the night of February 8, 2009, when he drove to McNeill's mobile home with a loaded gun and shot him in front of his wife, Mendocino County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Norman said.", "The prosecutor said she consulted with the victim's family and reached what they thought a jury may have found -- that his level of intoxication placed the crime more along the lines of an \"emotional decision rather than an intentional first-degree murder.\"", "Norman said she has received four reports of sexual abuse involving McNeill, which factored into the decision to strike a plea deal even though she could not prove they were true.", "\"When you have other victims coming forward, that does lend credibility to that scenario,\" she said.", "\"These people have written me letters and said this has happened, and I have no way of showing this has happened, but it has been put out there.\"", "The slaying victim's wife, who lived next door to Vargas' family and has known the defendant since he was a child, said she had no reason to doubt his claims of abuse.", "\"I love this young man and feel he needs counseling more than anything,\" McNeill's wife said in an e-mail.", "She requested that her name not be published.", "\"I cannot condone what Aaron has done, but I do understand it.", "I believe he took the wrong avenue by taking the law into his own hands.", "Like most of this community, I do not feel he deserves 50 years in prison.", "Unlike most of this community, I feel he should serve some time, but not much.\"", "The case, with its suggestions of long-buried secrets, has rocked Fort Bragg, a former logging community that has become a coastal tourist destination.", "Another longtime Fort Bragg resident has come out publicly with allegations of abuse against McNeill.", "\"I was a reserved kid, some considered me a loner; I just kind of kept to myself as a kid, and he would play on that,\" Todd Rowan said in an interview in March.", "\"He'd give me pot and beer, and he'd get me stoned and a little drunk, and he took advantage of me that way.\"", "Rowan said the abuse began when he was 15 and continued on and off until he was 19, but the emotional trauma lingered for years, driving him to substance abuse and suicide attempts.", "He said he brought the allegations to Fort Bragg Police in 2001 but nothing happened.", "\"All those years, I wanted to forget about and push it away with alcohol because you're supposed to be a man.", "And then, when police didn't do anything, that pushed me even further down the hole.\"", "Repeated calls for comment to the Fort Bragg Police Department and the Mendocino Sheriff, which handled the investigation of McNeill's death, were not returned.", "Rowan said his ability to stay sober for more than two years braced him for news of McNeill's death.", "\"When I got news that he'd been shot, the first thing I thought was, 'who got him?", "Somebody got him.", "Who else did he do it to?'\" McNeill's second wife, Jenny Cotila, who divorced him in 1980, said she also went to Fort Bragg Police in the 1990s after she was told that her ex-husband had sexually abused her son years ago.", "\"It could've been stopped a long time ago but the police didn't take me seriously when I reported it because they said the statute of limitations was up by the time I found out what happened to my son,\" Cotila said in a phone interview Tuesday.", "Cotila said she has long felt indifference toward her ex-husband but worried about the effects of his death and the abuse allegations were having on their children, now adults.", "\"It's hard for them to cope because they're friends with Aaron, they knew him,\" said Cotila.", "\"Darrell's their father and he's their friend.", "They're having a hard time separating their father from the pedophile.\"", "Members of the community also expressed shock that a \"normal\" guy like McNeill, a small business owner who installed the blinds in your home after you bought them at his furniture store, was capable of such horrific acts right under their noses.", "\"Here we have this man, and he's being the normal, small-town businessman, and he's following all the cultural paths available and all the norms, so when you have people coming forward and saying this man is doing something to me that's outside the norm, there's a tendency to not listen closely or to ignore it,\" said Jeff Edwards, a hospital employee who has lived in Fort Bragg most of his life.", "\"I guess we are to blame in a way, for thinking that this could never happen in our town.\"" ]	[ "Aaron Vargas was set to stand trial for first-degree murder next week in Darrell McNeill's death .", "Vargas says McNeill molested him as a teen, emotionally tormented him as an adult .", "Many in community support Vargas; other adult men say McNeill abused them as children .", "Mendocino County District Attorney says there is no way to substantiate abuse claims ." ]	[ 1, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- \"Don't close your eyes, don't close your eyes,\" a terrified Christopher Gamez chanted as he coasted 7,000 feet above South Padre Island, Texas, his heart racing.", "One by one, Gamez watched as three people were \"sucked\" out of the plane and whipped violently into the thrashing winds and mist.", "\"Just put your head back and breathe,\" he told himself, seconds before joining the others.", "But why would someone with a severe fear of heights willingly plummet from the sky?", "To cross \"skydiving\" off his mental bucket list, of course.", "Gamez was inspired to dream up his list of goals after watching MTV's \"The Buried Life\", a reality TV show about four friends who set out to accomplish the tasks on their joint bucket list.", "The show, which wrapped its first season in March, has motivated many young adults to create such lists right now, rather than waiting until they're about to \"kick the bucket\" like Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman's terminally ill characters in \"The Bucket List\" or Queen Latifah's supposedly terminally ill character in \"Last Holiday.\"", "Gamez said he tuned in every week, but he knew he wanted to live his own version of \"The Buried Life\" five minutes in to the first episode.", "\"If you had one day to live, what would you do?\"", "a voice asks viewers during the show's opening credits.", "\"Would you climb a mountain?", "Would you kiss the girl of your dreams?", "Would you tell someone how you feel?", "Now, if you had a whole lifetime to live, would you lose that drive, or would your list just keep getting longer?\"", "\"[The guys on the show] inspired me and they pushed me to [go skydiving],\" he said.", "\"To see them go out with no fear and do the things they wanted to do -- it made me want to do those things, too.\"", "The show's title was inspired by a 19th century Matthew Arnold poem by the same name.", "The stars on the show -- Ben, Dave, Duncan and Jonnie -- decided \"The Buried Life\" summed up their concerns about getting bogged down with daily routine and losing their passion for life.", "\"What do you want to do before you die?\" became the premise for their new lifestyle and, eventually, the MTV series that allowed them to cross Number 53 off their bucket list: \"Make a badass TV show.\"", "That list is under their control.", "\"What they do and how they do it and who they contact and help -- that's their decision,\" said Brent Haynes, a senior vice president at MTV, who first realized the project's potential when he saw footage of the guys sneaking into the Video Music Awards to walk the red carpet.", "Rather than arresting them, we gave them a TV show, Haynes joked.", "Others like the guys' ideas.", "\"The more I watch 'The Buried Life' and the more I've seen them experience things, the more I've wanted to do it,\" Megan Fulton said.", "The 18-year-old Emory University student said she appreciates what the guys stand for.", "In 2008, Fulton's friend died about three days after being diagnosed with an infection.", "The loss prompted Fulton and her friends to create a bucket list made up of kind gestures, long-term goals, personal achievements and travel destinations.", "Some of the items, like pay for someone's groceries and adopt a dog from a shelter, were crossed off rather quickly, she said.", "But goals like start a flash mob, travel to Lebanon -- from where Fulton and her sister were adopted -- and overcome her crippling stage fright, will be more difficult to accomplish.", "\"If they can take part in a Krump [dance] competition, I think I can get up and say a few lines in front of people,\" she said.", "\"They've really helped me and they don't even know it.\"", "One of Fulton's favorite aspects of the show is that every time the cast members cross something off their bucket list, they help a stranger accomplish one of his or her own goals.", "For example, in the series finale, the guys help a young man who was adopted at birth find his biological father.", "Because Fulton was adopted, the episode meant a lot to her, she said.", "\"You can actually care about people and still be cool,\" Fulton said.", "\"[It's] a good trend to have caught on.\"", "Just one bucket list wasn't enough for 21-year-old Kevin Cheaney.", "The Michigan State University student wrote two -- one for specific goals he wanted to accomplish during 2010 and one for long-term goals.", "Like Fulton, Cheaney was inspired to write a bucket list after his friend died suddenly in a motorcycle accident last summer.", "\"It opened up my eyes,\" he said.", "\"Life is kind of short.\"", "Though Cheaney hasn't yet found the time to be someone's hero, save someone's life or race Germany's legendary Nürburgring track, just writing the lists is an accomplishment, he said.", "\"A lot of these things, like taking more pictures and visiting old friends, aren't going to be difficult,\" Cheaney said.", "\"They're just going to improve me as a person and make me appreciate life more and really enjoy it to the max.\"", "Celestine Chua, who has never seen the TV series, came across the bucket list concept while surfing the Internet in 2009.", "The 25-year-old from Singapore eventually decided to write her own bucket list, which she shares with the public on her Web site as a reminder to \"live every moment to the fullest when you're in good health.\"", "Despite already opening her own school for personal development in Singapore and starting an online talk show, Chua said she thinks No.", "14, \"experience true love,\" will be the most challenging goal to accomplish.", "\"You might think [a bucket list is] just a list of goals, but if you're really thinking about things you want to see, experience and feel before you die, then the whole concept of setting goals is totally different,\" Chua said.", "\"When we start thinking about what we want to do before we die, our goals become totally different.", "Fall in love, see the Empire State building.", "That's the magic of the bucket list -- it removes limits.\"", "Gamez agrees.", "That's why he's not ending his \"buried life\" with skydiving, which he said he would do again in a heartbeat, by the way.", "Bungee jumping and riding a bull are next.", "\"I'm hooked,\" he said." ]	[ "\"The Buried Life\" follows four friends as they accomplish tasks on their bucket list .", "The show has motivated many young adults to pursue their goals early on in life .", "\"What do you want to do before you die?\"", "became the premise for the MTV series ." ]	[ 5, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Paraguay international Salvador Cabanas is in a critical condition after being shot in the head in Mexico City.", "The 29-year-old Club America striker was taken to a hospital intensive care unit following the incident on Sunday night.", "Mexico City attorney general Miguel Angel Mancera told TV station Televisa: \"We don't know the motive behind the injury.", "According to an initial report it was a shot from a firearm with a frontal entry point and without exit.", "\"The player is conscious but he has a heart problem which they're trying to stabilize.", "We're waiting to see what those arrested have to say.", "It seems that the attack happened in the bathroom of a bar.\"", "Cabanas is one of Paraguay's most highly-rated players and was part of their World Cup squad in Germany.", "He has scored more than 100 times in the Mexican top-flight and has netted 18 goals in 24 matches this season.", "Club America president Michel Bauer later revealed the forward was having surgery adding he believed the attack was unprovoked.", "\"He arrived conscious and responded well to the questions they asked him as he was going into hospital,\" he told Televisa.", "\"It's a key point that can be encouraging, but until further notice we cannot speculate on anything at all.", "\"They wanted to assault him.", "I can confirm that is what his wife has said, that it was an assault.", "There was no shoot-out nor any quarrel,\" Bauer added." ]	[ "Paraguay international Salvador Cabanas is in a critical condition after being shot in the head in Mexico City .", "The 29-year-old Club America striker was taken to a hospital intensive care unit following the incident on Sunday .", "He has scored more than 100 times in the Mexican top-flight and has netted 18 goals in 24 matches this season ." ]	[ 0, 1, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Ahead of the 31st anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country will show its support to the revolution on February 11.", "\"Our revolution has changed the patterns and the equations of the world,\" he said in a nationally televised interview.", "Ahmadinejad spoke on the occasion of the Ten Days of Dawn, which lead up to the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.", "He said that enemies who plotted against Iran during the election protests last year continue to plot, but despite all the economic sanctions on the country, they are not succeeding.", "\"This year, they have mobilized themselves again to harm the Iranian nation and to stop them, but they failed,\" he said, adding that the capitalist powers who are against Iran have peaked.", "Specifically, he cited the United States and United Kingdom as nations that have tried to interfere with Iran's domestic issues.", "\"They adopted their stances, and they failed,\" Ahmadinejad said.", "\"This is a clear defeat for them.\"", "On the nuclear issue, Ahmadinejad said that Iran seeks such production for peaceful purposes only.", "The United States and other nations have expressed concern that Iran wants to acquire nuclear weapons.", "The same countries who doubt Iran could, instead, partner with Iran and build the nuclear plants themselves if they wanted, he said.", "\"Russia, France and the United States can come and sign contracts to build the power plants.", "It serves our interests as well as theirs.", "Of course, if they don't come to do this, we will reach a point [where we will] build our own power plant,\" he said.", "The Iranian leader also mentioned the three American hikers who have been detained, saying that negotiations are ongoing.", "\"We don't like anyone in jail or in prison, but these people have violated our borders, and it has a defined penalty,\" he said, adding that there are Iranians \"languishing within American jails.\"", "He hinted at a possible prisoner swap.", "\"We are approaching this from a humanitarian perspective and see how it goes,\" Ahmadinejad said.", "U.S. State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said the United States is prepared to answer any questions about Iranians in U.S. custody.", "\"It's hard to know what he meant from these fragmentary comments, but we have made clear that we want consular access to our citizens in Iranian custody,\" Duguid said.", "\"If President Ahmadinejad's comments suggest that they are prepared to grant us access through the Swiss and resolve the cases of the three hikers and others in custody, we would welcome that step.", "It is long overdue.\"", "CNN's Jill Dougherty contributed to this report." ]	[ "The Ten Days of Dawn lead up to the February 11 anniversary of the Islamic Revolution .", "In nationally televised interview, leader says U.S., UK trying to interfere in Iran's affairs .", "Iran is holding three American hikers who have been detained since July 31 .", "Ahmadinejad says negotiations for their release continue ." ]	[ 2, 7, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Jacques Kallis moved into joint third place on cricket's all-time Test century list as he helped South Africa recover from a disastrous start to the opening match of the series against top-ranked India in Nagpur on Saturday.", "The all-rounder joined Brian Lara and Sunil Gavaskar in having scored 34 tons in the five-day game as he posted 159 on the opening day, putting on an unbroken 285 with Hashim Amla as the tourists battled back from losing two wickets for only six runs.", "The 34-year-old right-hander reached the milestone in his 136th match, five more than West Indian Lara and 11 more than India's Gavaskar.", "Only India's Sachin Tendulkar, who will seek to add to his record tally of 45 centuries in this match, and Australia captain Ricky Ponting (39) have passed three figures more times than that trio.", "Amla ended the day on 115, his eighth century in his 42 Test, having come to the crease after India's left-arm quick bowler Zaheer Khan had Ashwell Prince caught behind by wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for a duck, fending off a short ball.", "India, who have taken South Africa's top ranking of the nine Test-playing nations, struck again soon after when Zaheer clean bowled Proteas captain Graeme Smith for six.", "But Kallis took the attack to the bowlers, and had scored 120 of South Africa's tea total of 193-2.", "Amla had only 38 to his name when Kallis reached his ton, but then took charge in the third and final session as hit hit 55 of the 92 runs scored.", "It ended a frustrating day for the home side, who had to give reserve wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha his debut as a specialist batsman after VVS Laxman failed a fitness test and Rohit Sharma injured himself playing football in the warm-up.", "Dhoni then lost the toss, and Zaheer's early exploits proved to be a false dawn." ]	[ "Jacques Kallis scores 34th Test century as South Africa reach 291-2 on opening day .", "Hosts India took two early wickets before Kallis added 285 with Hashim Amla .", "Kallis moves into joint third on all-time list with 159 while Amla contributes 115 .", "India head the Test rankings, having overtaken second-placed South Africa last year ." ]	[ 0, 1, 6 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Actor Dennis Quaid told lawmakers Wednesday how his newborn twins came close to death after an overdose of blood-thinning medication, the fault of a drug company that did not recall easily confused bottles despite previous problems, he said.", "Actor Dennis Quaid says that what is happening in the nation's courts \"is no fiction.\"", "The incident occurred last year at a Los Angeles, California, hospital, Quaid told members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.", "In The actor also said the \"infants nearly died because of a drug company's failure to put safety first.\"", "The panel's hearing focused on the issue of \"pre-emption,\" under which FDA approval guarantees immunity for drug companies against state lawsuits, because federal law supersedes state law.", "The Supreme Court is mulling the issue in a Vermont case.", "Oral arguments are expected in early October.", "\"I am in the entertainment industry, but what happened to us, and what is happening in the courts of our country, is no fiction,\" Quaid said in a statement prepared for members of the House panel.", "\"It is all too real. That is why I have decided to speak out and do something.\"", "Watch Quaid say \"Baxter's negligence was an accident waiting to happen\" » .", "The actor's actual statement was abridged, as he and other witnesses were given a five-minute time limit on remarks.", "Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-California, said, \"This is exactly the wrong time for the FDA to say, 'Trust us.'", "As a result of chronic underfunding and weak leadership, FDA's ability to protect the public is plummeting.\"", "He said the agency has believed that state liability helped the agency regulate drugs and devices but has changed its stance under the Bush administration.", "In response to Quaid's testimony, the company that made the drugs involved -- Baxter Healthcare -- issued a statement saying human error was to blame, noting that the finding was supported by the California Department of Public Health.", "In November, Quaid's 12-day-old twins, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, were undergoing intravenous antibiotic treatment for a staph infection at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Hospital.", "According to standard procedure, nurses were supposed to clean the infants' IV lines with Hep-Lock, a drug containing a very small dose of the blood thinner heparin, to allow the lines to flow freely.", "However, instead of the 10 units of heparin they were supposed to receive, the twins received 10,000 units, 1,000 times the prescribed amount.", "The babies survived, apparently with no permanent injury, Quaid told members of Congress, although no one knows whether they will show any long-term effects.", "The actor grew emotional as he recalled a 41-hour ordeal in which his infants' blood was the consistency of water and their bodies bore bruises from internal bleeding.", "\"It made me feel that they had survived for a reason ... that maybe they were going to change the world in a little way,\" he said.", "In researching the incident, Quaid told lawmakers he found that the bottles of 10-unit Hep-Lock and 10,000-unit heparin were \"virtually indistinguishable.\"", "Both drugs are manufactured by Baxter Healthcare.", "He also learned that the labels' similarity led to an overdose of infants at an Indianapolis, Indiana, hospital in 2006.", "Three babies died and three were injured.", "Four months after that incident, he said, Baxter sent a warning to hospitals regarding the potential for mistakes.", "Seven months after that, Baxter received permission to change the labels.", "However, Quaid said, Baxter failed to recall the previous bottles that were in hospitals.", "\"They recall automobiles; they recall toasters; they even recall dog food,\" Quaid said.", "\"Although mistakes did occur at Cedars, the overdosing of our twins was a chain of events of human error -- and the first link in that chain was Baxter.\"", "Baxter, meanwhile, said in its statement that its heparin vials \"have been used safely more than 100,000 times a day, a fact that contradicts the implication that two of the company's vials are indistinguishable.", "\"The two hospitals where tragic errors occurred with Baxter's heparin products reported that these were isolated events resulting from a system failure in the hospital along with human and procedural errors, such as not reading the label.\"", "Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, have filed suit against Baxter in state court.", "The drug company has filed a motion to dismiss the case, relying on the pre-emption argument, Quaid said.", "Baxter spokeswoman Erin Gardner said in the statement that the company did not recall the vials because the medication errors were not related to the safety or efficacy of the product, and \"Baxter's vials, even before the label enhancement, were better differentiated than other heparin products on the market.\"", "The company said it contacted the Quaids' attorney in March to ask whether the couple would partner with them and medication safety experts on a program aimed at reducing medication errors but had not received a response.", "\"Baxter is hopeful that it can resolve this litigation and partner together with the Quaids for the beneffit of clinicians and patients rather than continue to litigate this matter in the courts,\" the statement said." ]	[ "Actor testifies before House committee on newborn twins' brush with death .", "The newborns were given 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood thinner .", "Quaid says pharmaceutical companies must be held accountable through lawsuits .", "Baxter Healthcare said the incident resulted from human error ." ]	[ 2, 17, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Canadian firetruck responding with lights and sirens to a weekend fire in Rouses Point, New York, was stopped at the U.S. border for about eight minutes, U.S. border officials said Tuesday.", "The U.S.-Canadian border is more than 5,000 miles long.", "Fire officials battling the blaze called for help from fire departments in nearby Quebec, using a longstanding and often-used mutual aid agreement.", "But the first truck that arrived at the small Rouses Point border crossing was delayed as officials checked documentation of the firefighters and their truck, officials confirmed.", "Two other trucks that arrived at the crossing next were cleared in less than two minutes each, a time that one fire official said was still too long considering the situation.", "\"It's embarrassing,\" said Chris Trombley, chief of the Champlain [New York] Volunteer Fire Department and deputy fire coordinator for Clinton County Emergency Services.", "\"We're calling for help from another country and the first roadblock they hit is at our border.\"", "The Canadian firefighters \"were asked for IDs,\" Trombley said.", "\"I believe they even ran the license plate on the truck to make sure it was legal.\"", "In the past, firetrucks on emergency calls cleared border checkpoints in 30 seconds or less, Trombley said, although he said identification is sometimes checked upon their return.", "A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said the eight-minute delay at the Rouses Point crossing was caused \"when one of the firefighters' admissibility was brought into question.\"", "He declined to elaborate, citing immigration and privacy laws.", "A government source familiar with the case said one firefighter had a criminal record, raising questions about whether he could enter the United States.", "Kevin Corsaro of the border protection's Buffalo field office said the agency's primary responsibility is to protect the homeland.", "He called the event an \"isolated incident\" and said agency officials were meeting with local fire officials to \"develop a plan to prevent the possibility of any delays.\"", "No one was seriously injured in the fire, but The Anchorage Inn restaurant -- a landmark in the village of Rouses Point -- was destroyed.", "A firefighter who suffered minor smoke inhalation was treated at the scene, said Michael LeBlanc, chief of the Rouses Point Volunteer Fire Department.", "The cause of the blaze has not been determined, he said.", "Ten fire departments, including the Canadian departments, responded to the fire.", "\"Would it [quicker passage at the border] have changed the outcome of the fire?\"", "Trombley asked.", "\"Would the building have been burned?", "Of course it would.\"", "But he said firefighters were getting fatigued fighting the fire and relief was delayed.", "\"Just the fact that it could happen and it could happen again is what has us worried,\" he said.", "Clinton County has mutual aid agreements with fire departments in Vermont and Quebec, Trombley said, and the county requests help from Quebec fire departments about 30 times a year.", "It sends help to Canada a similar number of times, he said.", "Trombley and LeBlanc said they planned to meet with authorities on Wednesday to discuss the incident.", "LeBlanc declined to comment.", "\"I don't have all the facts and I don't want to mistake what happened,\" he said.", "\"We've had a mutual aid system in place since the '50s and I can't remember anything like this happening,\" said Trombley.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Upstate New York firefighters asked nearby Canadian units for help with blaze .", "Firetruck that responded held up at U.S. border for eight minutes .", "Government source says one firefighter's criminal record caused the delay .", "U.S. firefighter calls it embarrassing, says it delayed relief for tired firefighters ." ]	[ 0, 7, 12, 22, 23 ]
[ "(Skiing Magazine) -- When it comes to ski-equipment meccas, there's Park City, Utah; Boulder, Colorado; and, Vancouver, Canada.", "Home to Arc'teryx, Westcomb, and Prior, these Vancouver-based brands are leading the charge in innovative gear technology and design.", "Take Arc'teryx, a local company that got its start in 1991 making rock-climbing harnesses, and has since evolved into an industry leader turning out stellar outdoor apparel, equipment, and accessories year after year.", "\"Our brand was born and raised and is still growing its roots in Vancouver,\" explains Arc'teryx CEO Tyler Jordan.", "\"We rely on our local contacts, a group of hardcore athletes, and our employees -- we're all gear junkies -- to give immediate feedback to help us grow and develop the brand.\"", "Using state-of-the-art materials, construction methods, and a style-y aesthetic, Arc'teryx appeals equally to hardcore skiers as to mainstream mountain lovers.", "In fact, Arc'teryx's gear is so good, some of Vancouver's police are now outfitted in the brand's LEAF (Law Enforcement Armed Forces) line.", "And with two full-time colorists on staff, the brand has revolutionized the world of color in ski apparel.", "Gone are the days of black, yellow, and red jackets à la North Face 1995; in are outer shells splashed with shades like Big Sky blue and Bud green.", "It's not just the city's proximity to the outdoors that influences local gear companies; it's also Vancouver's thriving cosmopolitanism, fashion scene, and underground culture.", "Alan Yiu, CEO and creative director of Westcomb, a local ski apparel brand, just looks to his city for ideas.", "\"I look at architecture and buildings.", "Anything that makes me stop in my tracks and wonder what the process was to create it is a source of inspiration to me.\"", "And Westcomb's vibe reflects Yiu's -- and Vancouver's -- modern sensibility: funky, fresh, and sleek.", "Skiing Magazine: Why you should care about the Olympics .", "Vancouver is also home to award-winning \"microbrew\" ski and snowboard manufacturer Prior.", "What started in 1990 with founder Chris Prior making snowboards in his North Vancouver garage has turned into one of the world's top producers of handcrafted snow equipment.", "Skiing Magazine: Why you should care about the Olympics (counter-argument) In 2000 Prior moved its factory to Whistler, and having one of North America's premiere resorts in its backyard translates into primo powder skis and boards made for big-mountain ripping.", "Want to build the ski of your dreams?", "Prior can customize tricked-out features, graphics, and top sheets.", "A tour of the factory in Whistler makes for a killer off-piste adventure.", "However, if the snow is good, you may find the place empty.", "Though it's doubtful the IOC had local gear companies in mind when it picked Vancouver to host the 2010 Winter Games, it's no coincidence that the city claims Olympic-caliber gear as its own.", "© 2010 Skiing Magazine.", "All rights reserved.", "Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited." ]	[ "Vancouver-based brands turning out top-notch gear .", "Proximity to outdoor venues part of success .", "Culture of city contributes to creativity ." ]	[ 1, 9, 19 ]
[ "Jerusalem (CNN) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has fired his chief of staff despite an inquiry into a sex scandal that cleared the second-in-command of wrongdoing.", "Rafiq Husseini was accused of using the power of his office to extract sex from a female job seeker.", "The scandal erupted in February after a video was made public allegedly showing Husseini undressing in a bedroom and calling for a woman to join him in bed.", "The president fired Husseini on Tuesday at the recommendation of a committee that Abbas created to look into the allegations.", "The report clears Husseini of corruption and sexual misconduct charges.", "But because its content was not made public, it was not immediately clear why the committee recommended that the aide be let go.", "\"I was exonerated from the main accusations of abusing my power in office for personal gain and sexual favors,\" Husseini said Wednesday.", "\"But at the same time, the committee found that I committed personal error outside the realm of my work.\"", "The controversy began after Israel's Channel 10 aired the grainy surveillance footage of Husseini.", "The footage shot in 2008 was provided to Channel 10 by Fahmi Shabaneh, a former agent in the Palestinian Authority's General Intelligence Department.", "Shabaneh said he released the tape to the media to expose ethical and financial corruption within the Palestinian Authority.", "Shabaneh said he had brought evidence of both sexual and financial wrongdoing to Abbas before going public, but that he was ignored.", "He said received permission from his superior officer to make the clandestine recording of Husseini after a Palestinian woman approached him complaining that Husseini was trying to \"sexually blackmail her.\"", "The tape was made in cooperation with the woman who had brought the allegations, he said.", "In a news conference in February, Husseini denied the allegations.", "He told reporters that he had been framed by a gang \"working for the interest of Israeli intelligence\" and said the tape was \"dubbed.\"", "On Wednesday, Husseini said he accepted the committee's recommendation.", "\"I am satisfied, and know that I paid a price after all,\" he said.", "\"I refuse to be blackmailed and I stood up to the black mailers even when that meant that I would lose my job over it.\"", "CNN's Kareem Khadder contributed to this report." ]	[ "Rafiq Husseini accused of using power of his office to extract sex from female job seeker .", "Report clears Husseini of corruption and sexual misconduct charges .", "But Hussein fired at recommendation of committee created to look into allegations .", "Controversy began after Israel's Channel 10 aired grainy surveillance footage of Husseini ." ]	[ 1, 3, 4, 8 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Obama announced Thursday that the federal government will spend $8 billion developing a nationwide high-speed train system -- an investment the White House says is needed to help spur long-term economic growth.", "The investment, to be made through a series of state grants, will be funded through the government's $862 billion economic stimulus package.", "Overall, projects and planning involving the rail corridors will take place in 31 states, according to a White House statement.", "The program \"will help accelerate job growth in an economy that is already beginning to grow,\" Obama said at a town hall at the University of Tampa in Florida.", "\"There is no reason why other countries can build high-speed rail lines and we can't,\" Obama said.", "More than 30 rail manufacturers have agreed to establish or expand U.S. operations if they are hired to work on the high-speed rail network, the administration said.", "The president first mentioned the program in his State of the Union speech Wednesday night.", "The administration initially released an outline for a national high-speed rail network last April.", "Each of the corridors identified by the administration last year are between 100 and 600 miles long.", "The program is \"a long-term venture in which states will need to plan projects, purchase and lay track, build and assemble equipment, and construct or upgrade train stations, tunnels and bridges,\" the statement said.", "In addition to the $8 billion mentioned by Obama, the plan also includes $1 billion a year for five years in the federal budget \"as a down payment to jump-start the program,\" the White House said.", "Train corridors in the program include: .", "-- San Diego-Los Angeles-San Luis Obispo in California .", "-- Oakland-Sacramento in California .", "-- Portland-Eugene in Oregon .", "-- Seattle-Portland in Washington and Oregon .", "-- Chicago-St. Louis in Illinois and Missouri .", "-- St. Louis-Kansas City in Missouri .", "-- Minneapolis/St.", "Paul-Madison in Minnesota and Wisconsin .", "-- Madison-Milwaukee in Wisconsin .", "-- Milwaukee-Chicago in Wisconsin and Illinois .", "-- Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati in Ohio .", "-- Detroit/Pontiac-Chicago in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois .", "-- Tampa-Orlando in Florida .", "-- Raleigh-Charlotte in North Carolina .", "-- Washington-Richmond in the District of Columbia and Virginia .", "-- Raleigh-Richmond in North Carolina and Virginia .", "-- New York City-Albany-Buffalo in New York .", "-- New York City-Montreal in New York and Quebec, Canada.", "-- Boston-New York-Washington in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia .", "-- Brunswick-Portland in Maine .", "-- Philadelphia-Harrisburg-Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania .", "-- Springfield-East Northfield in Massachusetts .", "-- New Haven-Springfield in Connecticut and Massachusetts ." ]	[ "Projects and planning involving rail corridors will take place in 31 states, White House says .", "Investment will be made through state grants funded by $862 billion stimulus package .", "More than 30 rail manufacturers agree to establish or expand U.S. operations if hired ." ]	[ 1, 2, 5 ]
[ "Leogane, Haiti (CNN) -- In a dirt field 20 minutes outside of Leogane's city center, desperation surfaces in the form of fear, anger, thanks.", "All at once. Relief trucks from CARE International have arrived, and the waiting wall of people pounces on the aid workers.", "The residents clutch paper tickets given out earlier to collect the goods: one mattress and blanket per family.", "CARE begins to distribute 250 of each, but the makeshift settlement here holds as many as 10,000 earthquake victims.", "Guards wearing gray polo shirts with the word \"securite\" painted on their backs roam the grounds with metal baseball bats in hand.", "They anticipate chaos.", "\"We are happy for the mattresses.", "We are thankful,\" says Willio Sainvil, a spokesman for a community organization helping organize the flow of aid.", "\"But what we need is water.", "We need food. We have people who are sick.", "They need medicine,\" he says.", "\"We need tents, especially if it rains.\"", "Above the sun is hiding, for the moment, under dark clouds.", "iReport: Looking for loved ones in Haiti .", "\"You can see the people are not satisfied,\" Sainvil says.", "\"But they are thankful.\" CARE spokesman Rick Perera says the humanitarian agency delivered a water buffalo to this settlement, about 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince, but nothing else arrived until the mattresses on Sunday.", "The agency plans to supply more relief items, but distribution has been a huge problem, Perera said.", "It has been difficult finding enough trucks to carry the goods.", "In outlying areas like this, the biggest fear is people will be forgotten.", "Sainvil says aid agencies have visited the city center, but few have received help in the townships and villages of Leogane province, lined with sugarcane groves, banana trees and now, mangled chunks of concrete that used to be homes, offices, schools and clinics.", "Twelve days after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake, the focus in Haiti has shifted from extracting survivors from heaps of rubble to helping those who survived.", "By some estimates, 1.5 million Haitians were rendered homeless.", "In Leogane, at the epicenter of the massive quake, about 85 percent of the town may have been destroyed.", "Kenneth Merten, U.S. ambassador to Haiti, told CNN'S Christiane Amanpour on Sunday that the relief was slow in the first few days.", "\"It was very slow, a lot came in, it was hard to get it out to the people who needed it most,\" he said.", "\"If I were a Haitian here, I would be, frankly, angry at the whole situation I found myself in.", "But I must say that I think the Haitians are resilient, and they're to be applauded for approaching this in a stoic and dignified fashion.\"", "Full coverage .", "The International Organization for Migration said Sunday that the biggest need was tents for as many as 500,000 displaced people.", "The agency identified two new sites in Port-au-Prince and Leogane where temporary shelters will be developed for those \"living in deplorable conditions in makeshift settlements without basic services.\"", "\"The temporary tent settlements will provide a clean and safe environment for the displaced,\" said Vincent Houver, the agency's chief of operations in Haiti, \"but they are a short-term solution.", "Tent settlements are not sustainable.\"", "More than 500 aid agencies are operating in Haiti.", "Fifteen of them met with Leogane officials Saturday to address needs.", "The United Nations plans to set up a separate water and sanitation system for Leogane, but the world organization is \"quite stretched,\" said Paul Shanahan, senior emergency specialist with CARE.", "\"It's hard to imagine how it could be worse,\" he said about Leogane's sanitation problems.", "\"Human waste is being generated and disposed of informally.\"", "He meant left in open areas or dumped onto trash heaps.", "\"You see every mode of catastrophic failure possible,\" Shanahan said of Leogane.", "\"And the people fear they are not going to be attended to.\"", "Interactive map of where to find aid, hospitals in Haiti .", "That includes the 10,000 people who are making do at this makeshift camp with whatever they could rescue from their shattered homes.", "Bed sheets, cooking utensils, a lawn chair -- and memories of lost lives.", "Fenilmarie Carmel has managed to build a shelter for the five people left in her family.", "She points to the packed dirt under her feet to show where she has been resting her head every night.", "\"We have nothing. When will they come to help us?\"", "she asks. She clutches her printed floral mattress made in Haiti -- CARE says it tries its best to promote local manufacturers rather than ship in goods from other nations -- and a blanket sent by the Latter Day Saints.", "One, maybe two, of her children might sleep a little better tonight." ]	[ "In Leogane, Haiti, earthquake victims still need water, food and shelter .", "People in outlying areas of Haiti worry they've been forgotten in relief plans .", "More than 500 aid agencies operating; 15 met with Leogane officials Saturday ." ]	[ 10, 13, 18, 32, 33 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Akio Toyoda's appearance before U.S. legislators on Wednesday represents not just a fact-finding mission by committee members and a public relations move by Toyota, but a clash of cultures that in many ways created the recall controversy.", "\"They turned a rather ordinary recall into a brand-threatening crisis,\" said Jeff Kingston, a professor of Asian studies at Temple University's Japan campus in Tokyo.", "Indeed, a key reason why Toyoda is in the hot seat is because the company leadership responded in a very Japanese fashion, Japan watchers say.", "\"Their decision-making process was painfully slow, but the international media and concerned customers don't want to wait so long for answers,\" Kingston said.", "\"Anytime the public hears 'brake' and 'problem' in the same sentence, they want quick answers.\"", "Toyoda's long silence as the company deliberated what to do is a hallmark of the Japanese culture of consensus building.", "\"The decision-making process is really the planning process in Japan -- you don't see a lot of rapid response to a strategic issue,\" said Michael Alan Hamlin, president of Team Asia, which provides communications advice to multinational companies.", "Difficult, too, will be how Toyoda handles hostile questioning, especially since most of his public experience has been before a largely deferential Japanese press.", "\"There is a huge difference in how Japanese media cover companies,\" said Hamlin, who lived in Japan for a decade.", "\"They are careful not to upset or annoy business leaders too much, because they don't want their access to information or press conferences blocked because of negative reporting.", "\"In the West, you take Microsoft, Google or GM -- once they are big, successful companies, they are targets (of aggressive media),\" he said.", "\"That's the trade-off for visibility and success.\"", "How the two audiences -- American and Japanese -- view Toyoda's performance may be very different because of cultural differences in body language.", "\"Japanese when in an apology mode -- especially before an authority like the U.S. Congress -- will be very humble.", "That means, you don't necessarily look people in the eye,\" said Deborah Hayden, Tokyo managing partner of Kreab & Gavin Anderson Worldwide, a communications consultancy.", "\"From a Western perspective, that can be mistaken as weakness or perhaps trying to hide something.\"", "Also, Japanese language tends to be indirect -- whereas before the committee members are likely to pepper him with direct questions and \"be a bit of political theater,\" Hamlin added.", "\"He's got to walk a very fine line of polite respect -- which Japanese have in bucket loads -- and the confidence of being head of one of the largest, most respected companies in the world,\" Hayden said." ]	[ "Toyota's handling of the recall crisis has elements of a culture clash .", "Toyoda's long silence is a hallmark of the Japanese culture of consensus building .", "Toyoda has little experience dealing with hostile questions from the public ." ]	[ 0, 5 ]
[ "Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Thousands of people marched through Athens Thursday as part of a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest further austerity measures by the embattled government.", "The strike began at midnight and caused all government-run institutions -- including schools, airports, trams, subways, and most buses -- to close down.", "Banks and the media were also shut, meaning no broadcast news Thursday and no newspapers Friday.", "There were small clashes with police and protesters threw two petrol bombs at officers in Constitution Square, in front of the Parliament building.", "Police fired some tear gas and pepper spray in return, but otherwise the march was relatively calm.", "Sixteen people were arrested and two police officers were injured, police told CNN.", "Many people appeared to be suffering from the tear gas.", "The protesters are angry about further government measures aimed at cutting Greece's massive deficit.", "They oppose the cutting of benefits and salaries, and the raising of taxes, and want more of the measures to be aimed at the wealthy.", "The government says Greece has to modernize its tax structure as the country suffers from tax avoidance and other structural impediments to job growth.", "But younger workers say they already pay high taxes, have little job security and make less money than older generations.", "Some of the same measures prompted large demonstrations and some violence two weeks ago, but polls at the time still showed the majority of Greeks backing the government plans.", "Since then, government has introduced a third round of austerity measures in Parliament amounting to $6.5 billion of cuts and tax increases, and that has caused support for the government to slip -- polls now show only a bare majority in favor of the government's actions.", "The Greek government revealed late last year that its budget deficit was 12.7 percent of its gross domestic product, far exceeding the European Union limit of 3 percent.", "Countries participating in the EU must agree to that condition and other economic goals.", "Greece aims to reduce that deficit to 8.7 percent this year and reach the EU target by 2012.", "Thursday's strikes were rescheduled from March 16, when European Union officials plan to go to Athens and assess Greece's financial pledges to Europe.", "Protesters moved the strikes to Thursday in order to maximize disruption, because both public and private sector workers would be able to strike.", "The Greek government has said it will not back down in the face of strikes.", "CNN's Jim Boulden contributed to this report." ]	[ "Protesters angry about measures aimed at cutting Greece's massive deficit .", "Strike began at midnight and caused all government-run institutions to shut .", "Small clashes reported, two petrol bombs thrown at officers in central Athens .", "Austerity measures amount to $6.5 billion of cuts and tax increases ." ]	[ 1, 3, 7, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Tzipi Livni, leader of a key Israeli opposition party, said Monday she would be willing to face arrest to challenge the validity of war crimes charges reportedly filed against her in a British court.", "\"For me, this is not a question,\" Livni told CNN's Christiane Amanpour, when asked whether she was willing to face arrest.", "\"I mean, yes, the answer is yes.", "I am.\" A British court last year issued an arrest warrant for Livni, leader of Israel's Kadima Party.", "Details of the warrant were never made public; the warrant was reportedly later dropped.", "\"I would like this to be, in a way, maybe even a test case, because I'm willing to speak up and to speak about the military operation in Gaza Strip,\" Livni said.", "Livni had served as Israel's foreign minister during an Israeli three-week military offensive against Hamas in Gaza that ended exactly one year ago.", "The United Nations and some human-rights groups have blamed Israel and Hamas for human rights abuses during the conflict.", "But Livni, who is no longer in the Israeli government, defended the former government's decision to go to war, saying that the campaign was needed to confront rocket attacks by Palestinian movement Hamas on Israeli civilians, particularly those living in southern Israel.", "\"I know that the decisions that we made were crucial to give an answer to Israeli civilians that couldn't live in the south part of Israel and later or even also in different parts of Israel,\" she said.", "\"It was part of my responsibility, and this was the right answer.", "And I'm willing to stand for these reasons and to explain this to -- to the world and to any court.\"", "She said that the Israeli military had already conducted its own investigation into the actions of its soldiers, but that she did not necessarily support a public inquiry in Israel, unless it helped Israeli soldiers when they traveled outside Israel.", "\"Part of our responsibility is also to defend the Israeli soldiers and officials that worked according to our decision in the government.", "And if an inquiry helps them, this is fine, so I can support an inquiry, as long as this helps them.", "It's not about me. It's about the Israeli soldiers, because I want them to leave Israel and to feel free to visit different parts of the world according, you know, to -- like any -- like any other citizen of the free world and any other soldier.\"", "One year after end of fighting in Gaza, Livni said that the Israeli blockade of Gaza would stay in place.", "\"The blockade on Gaza -- yes.", "But it's important to say that, when it comes to humanitarian needs, the gates are open,\" she said.", "It was not clear who originally sought the warrant for Livni last year from Westminster Magistrates Court.", "British legal rules allow arrest warrants to be issued by a court independent of ministerial approval.", "The arrest warrant was revoked once it was clear Livni was not in Britain, the BBC reported." ]	[ "Tzipi Livni, leader of Israeli opposition party, is willing to face war crimes charges .", "Charges reportedly filed against her in a UK court; Details of the warrant were never made public .", "Livni was Israel's foreign minister during military offensive against Hamas in Gaza .", "U.N. has blamed Israel and Hamas for human rights abuses during the conflict ." ]	[ 0, 4, 6, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The first decade of the 21st century was the warmest ever on Earth according to data released by scientists at NASA.", "The U.S. space agency's data also revealed that 2009 was the second warmest year since temperature records began in 1880, and only narrowly cooler than 2005, the warmest year ever.", "2008 was the coolest year of the decade but this was attributed to a strong La Nina which causes extensive cooling of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean.", "James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) said in a statement: \"There's substantial year-to-year variability of global temperature caused by the tropical El Nino-La Nina cycle.", "When we average temperature over five or ten years to minimize that variability, we find global warming is continuing unabated.\"", "In the past three decades, GISS report surface temperature records show an upward trend of about 0.2 degrees Celsius (0.36 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade.", "In total, according to GISS, average global temperatures have increased by about 0.8 degrees Celsius (1.5 degrees Fahrenheit) since 1880.", "GISS sources its data using over one thousand weather stations around the world, satellite observations of sea surface temperatures, and research station data from Antarctica -- all of which, they say, is readily available to the public." ]	[ "2000 to 2009 was the warmest decade since records began .", "2005 was warmest year of all time, 2008 coolest in decade .", "Global temperatures have risen 0.8 degrees Celsius since 1880 ." ]	[ 1, 6 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The super-yachts of the super-rich could soon become super-green.", "The solar sail: super-yachts could cut fuel consumption and emissions by using a sail similar to this.", "Sydney-based technology company Solar Sailor is working on a \"solar sail\" which could act as both a sail and a solar power source to all sorts of large vessels.", "Super-yachts owned by billionaires like Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen are currently among the biggest fuel guzzlers on the planet.", "Some of the ocean-going beasts like Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's \"Dubai,\" the biggest private super-yacht in the world, are over 150 meters long and contain amenities like aircraft hangars, movie theaters, Jacuzzis, and swimming pools.", "All of these features sap incredible amounts of energy.", "Fuel consumption estimates on super-yachts have ranged up to one liter of fuel per second when traveling at high power.", "• See a photo gallery of the world's best super-yachts .", "Solar Sailor's CEO Robert Dane told CNN the technology could work perfectly with super-yachts.", "He said the solar sails had the ability to significantly reduce the boats' fuel consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions.", "\"We think it would enable people to have their super-yacht but make little or no carbon footprint, which is the big problem with these vessels,\" he said.", "Dane said the technology worked by using a wing that is a solar panel or a sail, pivotally mounted to a vessel so it can be angled to the sun or the wind.", "The \"sails\" are controlled by a computer which takes into account the direction and strength of sun and wind to optimize energy collection.", "A design project is currently underway in the United Kingdom to create a solar sail for the super-yachts, he said.", "Dane said the company was working with Chinese shipping company COSCO to get solar sails on some of its fleet.", "\"Our aim is for a trail of retrofitted sails to one bulker and one tanker in 2010.", "Based on the results of this, then we would design 'new-build' vessels,\" he said.", "Dane estimated the sail could save about 5 percent in fuel consumption from the solar power and another 20 to 40 percent from wind power when the vessel is traveling at 18 knots.", "\"This might add up to a 10 percent saving overall in the whole journey,\" Dane said.", "He said there were further hopes that the technology could be improved by developing systems to raise and lower sails with fewer moving parts and store energy more efficiently." ]	[ "Solar sails are large solar-paneled wings which can harness sun or wind power .", "Sydney-based company Solar Sailor is developing the technology .", "The solar sails could be fixed to super-yachts to help reduce their fuel consumption ." ]	[ 2, 11 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Washington Wizards player Javaris Crittenton Monday became the second member of the NBA team to plead guilty to a weapons charge following a gun-toting locker-room incident.", "Crittenton, 22, pleaded guilty in Superior Court in the District of Columbia to a misdemeanor count of possession of an unregistered firearm.", "He will avoid jail time.", "Judge Bruce Beaudin sentenced Crittenton to one year of unsupervised probation.", "The judge also ordered him to perform community service with a children's organization in Washington and through the NBA's Haiti project.", "\"Possessing a firearm unlawfully in the District of Columbia can lead to nothing but trouble and can have serious consequences,\" said U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips.", "\"We commend Mr. Crittenton for accepting responsibility and hope he fully appreciates the gravity of his actions,\" Phillips said.", "The Wizards said in a statement that the charges and Crittenton's plea were \"another disappointing development in what has already been a long and frustrating process for the team, the NBA and, most importantly, our fans.\"", "\"Javaris clearly used very bad judgment in this situation and will now face the consequences of his actions,\" the statement said.", "Crittenton, who is currently listed as inactive on the Wizards' roster and has not played a game all season, agreed with prosecutors that the incident stemmed from an angry exchange with teammate Gilbert Arenas following arguments over a card game.", "The argument led to shooting threats, according to documents submitted to the court.", "Prosecutors say Arenas threatened to burn or blow up Crittenton's car when they came to practice the following Monday.", "\"According to Crittenton before he left his home in Virginia for practice that day, Crittenton placed a lawfully owned unloaded handgun into his backpack because he believed that Arenas would carry out his threat to shoot him that day,\" prosecutors said.", "Authorities say Crittenton displayed the weapon to Arenas, but did not aim it at him or load the weapon.", "Arenas had placed four of his own guns at Crittenton's locker and told him to \"pick one,\" authorities said.", "Authorities say Crittenton had been cooperating with them after the incident, and had voluntarily surrendered his weapon, a 9 mm semi-automatic Taurus, to law enforcement officials.", "Arenas, a former NBA all-star, pleaded guilty to a more serious felony charge and faces potentially six months in jail, and has been suspended indefinitely by the NBA.", "His sentencing is set for March 26." ]	[ "NEW: Wizards call charges and sentencing \"another disappointing development\"\nWashington Wizards player Javaris Crittenton, 22, pleads to misdemeanor count .", "While he will avoid jail time, Crittenton must perform community service .", "Crittenton agreed incident stemmed from angry exchange with teammate Gilbert Arenas ." ]	[ 2, 4, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- When an overwhelmed Shreve Stockton tweeted: \"I need an assistant!\"", "she considered it more of a joke than a serious request, because she couldn't pay a salary.", "\"I can't even offer room & board, only a camp trailer named the Psychedelic Jellybean & an unlimited supply of milk!\"", "she tweeted last month.", "Shreve is not a celebrity or executive requiring a personal assistant, but a published writer and photographer who lives in a log cabin on 40 acres in the rolling hills near Ten Sleep, Wyoming.", "Her homestead includes a dog, tomcat, dairy cow, baby calf, young bull she's training to work like an ox, two horses and, of course, Charlie the coyote.", "She feels overwhelmed with the daily care of all the animals.", "But she'd also like to share her home with visiting assistants because \"it's becoming so rare in America to have the time and space and the openness of the rural landscape that is shrinking.\"", "The only \"luxury\" she will be able to provide a starving artist is the time \"to work on whatever they want art-wise\" in their off time, without having the stress of coming up with money for rent or utilities.", "Her ad was only posted for a day or two but drew around 100 responses -- with one person offering to pay her for the opportunity to be her assistant.", "She directed them to an application.", "She shared a few of the forms with her boyfriend, Mike, a trapper with the Bureau of Land Management, who found all the applicants interesting and told her if he had to choose, he'd have to move into a tent so they could all move into his house.", "The application also came with an unusual warning to all would-be helpers that there would be no petting, no face-to-face time and no \"hanging out\" with Charlie.", "The wild-born Charlie earns his keep by allowing Shreve to take photos of his everyday activities and write about him in her book as well as on her blog -- both titled the Daily Coyote.", "She's raised him since he was 10 days old, after his parents were shot for attacking sheep.", "Although he walks on a leash, co-exists with Eli the cat, plays with Chloe the dog and often visits inside Shreve's house, Charlie does not like strangers.", "So for everyone's safety, her new helper will not be visiting inside the electric fence that surrounds his territory.", "But that's OK with self-taught artist Sarah Frary of Kentucky, who plans to move into the trailer and spend part of her days helping Shreve with household tasks such as cleaning milk pails and maintaining her Web site, and the rest of her time on her art.", "Frary, 23, expects the experience will have a \"monumental\" effect on her drawing, painting and screen printing.", "She describes her current drawings as \"very primordial and ancient feeling,\" while her new boss calls them fantastic.", "Frary has already started blogging about her new life and plans to set off later this month.", "She sought out the position because Shreve's \"energy and everything about her just completely resonates and it's something I connect with.\"", "Shreve was a little concerned about sharing her space with a stranger, but said she felt \"a kindredness\" with the young woman, who has been working as an apprentice tattoo artist in Louisville, Kentucky.", "Frary also performs \"live art,\" which she describes as taking place in a theater during a concert or play with her perched near the edge of the stage, painting on a large scale that has her \"throwing paint and finger painting -- getting crazy with it.\"", "The work-exchange program will give Shreve more time to \"concentrate on her next artistic endeavor.\"", "She has a few ideas percolating and hopes to decide on one \"the day after my new help arrives.\"", "Frary, a tattooed former military brat, feels her arrival won't go unnoticed, with her PT Cruiser covered in stickers she describes as bizarre and with an interior sporting a bobble-head Mr. T and feathers.", "Shreve landed in Wyoming after her own unusual journey, a solo, cross-country trip from California to New York on a motor scooter.", "After reaching her destination, she returned to the shadow of the Big Horn mountains to write about the trip on her Vespa Vagabond blog.", "While she fell in love with Wyoming instantly, the author says it still felt like another planet at first and it was a year and a half before she \"fully got into the rhythm of this life.\"", "Because Frary's father was in the Air Force, she says she's used to having to uproot and adapt to new places.", "She also describes herself as being outdoorsy, pretty adventurous and a nature person who loves to challenge herself.", "The two women will have to work out their schedules and computer differences: the Wyoming resident only knows Macs, while the visitor has built her own PC.", "Shreve plans to teach Frary how to market her art on the Internet and is willing to teach her how to mend real fences and care for the animals.", "The older woman picked up her skills watching and helping her neighbors.", "\"I'm a pretty gung ho, hardworking person, so I'll probably get my hands on everything,\" says the painter, who expects a full, disciplined life in the country with fewer distractions than the city.", "But there is one service Frary says she probably won't be able to provide to Shreve's satisfaction: cooking.", "She says her mother hated cooking so she never learned.", "She has been taking lessons from a vegan friend who doesn't use any animal products.", "Cooking takes a lot more planning on the homestead because the nearest grocery store is about an hour away." ]	[ "Author and photographer tweets in frustration and gets an artist as assistant .", "Shreve Stockton is the creator of DailyCoyote.net Web site .", "Kentucky artist Sarah Frary is headed to Wyoming to be her helper ." ]	[ 0, 4, 17, 33 ]
[ "HILLSBOROUGH, North Carolina (CNN) -- A man who was obsessed with the Columbine High School massacre was found guilty of murder Friday and sentenced to life without parole for gunning down his father before opening fire at a North Carolina high school three years ago.", "Alvaro Castillo was fixated with the Columbine High School shootings, mass murders and natural disasters.", "Alvaro Castillo, 21, has been medicated during the trial and showed little reaction as the first verdict was read -- guilty of the first-degree murder of his father.", "He also was convicted of multiple assault and weapons offenses in the school shooting.", "No one was killed at the school, but two students were wounded.", "The jury deliberated seven hours before rejecting Castillo's insanity defense.", "At his sentencing, Castillo thanked \"the Lord our God for all his blessings\" and thanked his family for being in court.", "\"I thank my father in heaven for watching down on me\" he said.", "Later, Castillo apologized to the victims, adding, \"I know by my actions I shocked and hurt a lot of people.", "It wasn't my intention. I simply wanted to help.", "Now I know I was wrong.\"", "Before pronouncing a sentence of life without parole, Judge Allen Baddour said: \"It's frustrating to hear how help -- I think it was available, but everything didn't fit together to get you the help that you needed.\"", "Castillo, who has a history of mental illness, admitted shooting his father and firing at the students, but defense attorneys James Williams and Phoebe Dee argued he was not criminally responsible for his actions because he was legally insane.", "Experts for the defense testified that Castillo believed God wanted him to sacrifice his father and the students.", "\"The only thing that could make this tragedy worse would be if he were convicted of first-degree murder, despite substantial evidence that he was indeed insane at the time that these acts were committed,\" Williams said during his closing argument.", "Prosecutor James Woodall said while Castillo might be disturbed, he does not meet the criteria for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.", "He said Castillo planned a murderous rampage.", "\"He wants to be famous and he wants to be somebody.", "And the only way he can figure out to do that is to kill some folks,\" Woodall said.", "Watch more of the closing arguments » .", "The 13 days of testimony told the story of an alienated young man who grew up in a dysfunctional family and finally lashed out violently on August 30, 2006.", "Castillo, then 18, shot his father, Rafael, 65, seven times in the head and neck as he sat on the couch reading, according to testimony.", "Castillo covered his father's body with a sheet, held his hand, kissed him, asked for forgiveness and then left a note and pipe bomb next to the body.", "Castillo later dressed in a Colorado T-shirt, a black trench coat he bought during a sightseeing trip to Columbine, cargo pants, military-style boots and ammunition belts, according to testimony.", "He armed himself with a sawed-off shotgun he named Arlene, the same name Columbine shooter Eric Harris gave his gun, he wrote in his journal.", "Watch how Castillo named his guns » .", "He also carried a 9 mm semi-automatic rifle he named Anna after an unrequited high school crush.", "He gathered pipe bombs, smoke grenades and nearly 200 rounds of ammunition.", "Before leaving for Orange High School, Castillo sent an e-mail to the principal of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, to alert him that Hillsborough would soon make history, according to testimony.", "He also mailed a letter and videos to a classmate and a local newspaper.", "Castillo drove the family's minivan to a patio lunch area, set off a cherry bomb and fired at the students.", "He later told a psychiatrist that he aimed for their heads, according to testimony.", "His gun jammed, and he was jumped by a deputy sheriff assigned to the school and a retired highway patrol officer who taught driver's education .", "Castillo's trial included eight hours of homemade videos showing Castillo ranting, yelling, whispering, singing and beating himself; journal entries detailing an obsession with a classmate he compared to the obsession would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley had with Jodie Foster; and a notebook he called \"Mass Murders and School Shootings of the 20th and 21st Centuries.\"", "See excerpts of Castillo's journal » .", "In the notebook, he listed himself at the end of a gallery of school shooters.", "Jurors also saw a narrated video that Castillo shot in Littleton after convincing his mother to take him there to see Columbine High School and the homes of shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.", "Castillo's mother and sister, both named Victoria, testified that Rafael Castillo tormented the family.", "He was described as a controlling husband and father with unconventional beliefs.", "They said he forbid his wife from bathing the children in warm water because he believed cold water cured all ills.", "The children often saw their father drag their mother by her hair, according to testimony.", "Watch Castillo's mother describe the abuse » .", "After high school graduation in 2005, Castillo enlisted in the National Guard.", "By January 2006 he decided to kill himself.", "He was discharged from the National Guard later that year.", "In April 2006 Castillo recorded a video in which he appears to be talking to his unrequited crush.", "He asked his father to mail the video on April 20.", "When Rafael Castillo returned, his son was dressed in his military uniform and was close to shooting himself with a shotgun, according to testimony.", "Rafael Castillo wrestled the gun away and called the police on his son, who was committed to a psychiatric facility.", "When Castillo was discharged a week later, he was advised not to have contact with guns and placed on an antidepressant.", "But five days after his discharge Castillo bought another shotgun.", "His journal shows that he had decided to carry out a \"Columbine-like massacre at Orange High School.\"", "By late June, he told his therapists that he no longer felt suicidal or thought of hurting others, and that he was no longer obsessed with Columbine.", "From June 1 to August 30, Castillo's diary is replete with references to \"Operation Columbine\" and how he would \"sacrifice\" students then kill himself.", "He chose August 30 because it is the birthday of Kip Kinkel, another high school shooter who killed his parents and high school students in 1998 in Springfield, Oregon.", "Defense attorney Williams told the jury that a social worker tried urgently to get Castillo into treatment in July, but there was a six-week backlog at the local psychiatric clinic.", "She tried to get another clinic to see him, but learned on August 11 that they would not.", "Nineteen days later, Castillo shot his father dead, dressed in the manner of the Columbine shooters, drove to his alma mater and opened fire." ]	[ "Alvaro Castillo, 21, sentenced to life without parole .", "Castillo shot father, opened fire at former high school on August 20, 2006 .", "Trial featured disturbing videos, journal entries .", "Castillo was obsessed with the Columbine shootings ." ]	[ 0, 1, 34 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A school board in Rhode Island has voted to fire all teachers at a struggling high school, a dramatic move aimed at shoring up education in a poverty-ridden school district.", "In a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, the board approved the plan by Frances Gallo, superintendent at Central Falls School District, to discharge the teachers, administrators and other personnel at Central Falls High School.", "The firings, which will be effective at the end of this school year, came after the district said it failed to reach an agreement with the teachers' union on a plan for the teachers to spend more time with students to improve test scores.", "A union spokesman called the firings drastic and cited a 21 percent rise in reading scores and a 3 percent increase in math scores in the past two years.", "The school district said 93 people -- including the principal, three assistant principals and 77 teachers -- were fired.", "The teachers' union said the firings affected 74 classroom teachers plus a number of other educators such as guidance counselors and reading specialists.", "Central Falls High is one of the lowest-performing schools in Rhode Island.", "It is in a community where median income is $22,000, census figures show.", "Of the 800 students, 65 percent are Hispanic and for most of them, English is a second language.", "Half the students are failing every subject, with 55 percent skilled in reading and 7 percent proficient in math, officials said.", "In a proposal based on federal guidelines, Gallo asked teachers to work a longer school day of seven hours and tutor students weekly for one hour outside school time.", "She proposed teachers have lunch with students often, meet for 90 minutes every week to discuss education and set aside two weeks during summer break for paid professional development.", "A spokesman for the union said the teachers had accepted most of the changes, but wanted to work out compensation for the extra hours of work.", "The superintendent said the two sides could not agree on a pay rate.", "Under new federal requirements for school reform, low-performing schools have several options.", "One is called the transformation model, which includes a series of changes that teachers agree to adopt.", "When the negotiations on those changes failed at Central Falls High, the superintendent switched to another option: the turnaround model, which means firing every teacher at the troubled school.", "Kathy May, a teacher at Central Falls High, said she's disheartened.", "\"I feel like, after 20 years, I can see some progress beginning to be made.", "And I'm sad that we're not going to be around to follow that through, to push that forward.\"", "Gallo, who said Rhode Island law says notice must be given by March 1, said the problem isn't solely the fault of teachers and it wasn't her preference to make the move.", "She indicated that some of the teachers might be rehired.", "\"When we had to move from the transformation model, the next best move was the turnaround model.", "And that requires us to remove the teachers and rehire, of those who reapply, up to 50 percent,\" she said.", "\"This is a major move, for a very significant reason, and that being that we couldn't hone in on the assurances we needed for the transformation model.\"", "Asked what would happen if the teachers' union accepted the original terms, Gallo said it would be very difficult to go back, but can't be discounted.", "\"And if ... as we move forward, if indeed something of that effect comes around, then I still think we have a lot of doors that could be opened.\"", "At a community rally before the school board meeting on Tuesday, supporters of the teachers slammed the plan.", "Jane Sessums, president of the Central Falls Teachers Union, said teachers have been unfairly targeted and scapegoated and the union will fight to have them reinstated.", "\"We want genuine reforms, not quick fixes that do nothing but create a wedge between teachers, our school and our community,\" said Sessums.", "She added that \"teachers have agreed to numerous solutions and reforms.\"", "George McLaughlin, a guidance counselor who was fired along with his wife, a chemistry teacher, said the school has been inaccurately cast as a place with low graduation rates.", "\"We have the most transient population in this state.", "Nobody comes close to us.", "So when they say that 50 percent of the people graduate, a very high percentage of our students leave our school.", "They return. They leave again. They go back to other countries,\" he said, noting that three times as many of the school's students are accepted to colleges now than they were five years ago.", "He also knocked the superintendent, saying she \"has been with us for a little more than three years.\"", "If Gallo were willing to negotiate and listen to former Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who has offered to mediate, \"maybe we could resolve this instead of causing more trauma to us.\"", "McLaughlin said the negotiations were about job security, not pay, and said the teachers are ready to resume talks." ]	[ "Board votes to discharge all teachers, other educators at Central Falls High School .", "District, union fail to reach agreement for teachers to spend more time with students .", "Union president says teachers scapegoated, union will fight to reinstate them .", "Terminations will go into effect in the next school year ." ]	[ 2, 28 ]
[ "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.", "Brooklyn, New York (VBS.TV) -- On January 22, 2006, the New York Times reported that all foreign journalists were being banned from Pakistan's tribal areas, which has been called \"the most dangerous place in the world.\"", "A week before that, the CIA fired missiles remotely from a Predator aircraft into the Waziristan tribal area.", "They were hoping to eradicate a bunch of al Qaeda operatives.", "Instead, they killed 18 women and children.", "One week before that, I arrived in Pakistan to visit Darra Adamkhel, the massive open-air market located deep in the tribal areas, where a frighteningly high percentage of Islamic holy warriors goes to buy their guns.", "Gaining access to the tribal areas was next to impossible.", "It took months of pre-planning with the consul general of Pakistan in Montreal and top officials in Peshawar.", "They repeatedly denied us entry because, according to them, the Pakistani Army had too many \"sensitive operations\" going on in that region.", "Without my personal advantage (a family friendship with the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province), we never would have gotten in.", "The government assigned me and my team a political agent named Naeem Afridi.", "He was born and raised in the tribal areas.", "He took care of us while we were there, and he was a godsend.", "You can't do anything in this part of the world without someone like Naeem.", "See more stories on VBS.TV .", "Our driver stopped at a security point just outside the town center, where we were introduced to the Frontier Agency militia, six angry-dad-looking guys with AKs and sidearms.", "They became our personal bodyguards, and followed us through the tight warren of gun shops and factories, barren little brick rooms where upward of 1,000 guns are manufactured every day.", "Most of the work is done by hand.", "The vendors are Pashtuns, who are basically the toughest people in the world.", "They comprised the majority of the mujahideen who kicked the Soviets out of Afghanistan in the late '80s.", "These days, the town is rumored to be completely overrun by the Taliban.", "They purchase the guns, then cross the border to fight the U.S. army in Afghanistan, or they drive through the mountains to the south to fight the Pakistani army.", "This summer, I went back to Pakistan, and found that the fuse on this powder keg has become even shorter.", "The Pakistani army has surged more troops into the tribal areas, attempting to eradicate the Taliban and al Qaeda.", "The U.S. and British troops are attempting to do the same thing on the other side of the border in Afghanistan.", "Meanwhile, Pakistan itself has seen violence spread to its major urban centers, where extremists have been detonating bombs and taking over police stations.", "But at the same time, there is a cultural explosion taking place, a vibrant art scene and metal and rock bands popping up everywhere.", "The whole situation has become ultra charged by the fact that there are tons of news channels operating uncensored by the insanely corrupt government.", "For Pakistan, it's a volatile, turbulent, and fascinating moment in time." ]	[ "VBS.TV gains rare access to gun market in Pakistani tribal area .", "Massive shop manufactures up to 1,000 guns a day, most by hand .", "Area has been home base for the Taliban since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan ." ]	[ 1, 9, 21, 25 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Wayne Rooney's injury time header gave Manchester United a 3-1 victory over city rivals Manchester City to put them through to the English League Cup final 4-3 on aggregate.", "City won last week's first leg 2-1, courtesy of a double by former United striker Carlos Tevez, but the English champions brought the aggregate scores level early in the second half.", "Rooney sent Ryan Giggs racing clear with a superb cross-field pass.", "City's defence appeared to have halted the attack, but the ball eventually fell to Michael Carrick, whose pass found veteran midfielder Paul Scholes to fire past goalkeeper Shay Given.", "Then, with 20 minutes remaining, the tie looked settled when Darren Fletcher laid a Nani pass into the path of Carrick who scored with a precision side-footed effort into the corner of the City goal.", "Tevez was jeered by the home fans, but the Argentine again showed what the Old Trafford club are missing when pulling a goal back five minutes later, flicking Craig Bellamy's cross powerfully home, ahead of defender Rio Ferdinand, to leave the tie poised for extra time.", "However, in the 91st minute, England forward Rooney -- who scored all four goals in United's victory over Hull on Saturday -- struck with a close range header from a Giggs to deny City a place in their first major final for 29 years.", "United will now face Aston Villa in a repeat of the 1994 League Cup final, looking to gain revenge for that particular 3-1 Wembley defeat." ]	[ "Wayne Rooney's injury time header gives Manchester United a 3-1 victory over Manchester City .", "The result sees United edge through to the English League Cup final 4-3 on aggregate .", "United will now face Aston Villa at Wembley in a repeat of the 1994 final which Villa won 3-1." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Scientists have found the oldest fossilized footprints made by a four-legged creature, forcing a rethink on when fish first crawled out of water and onto land.", "The discovery of the footprints in a former quarry in the Holy Cross Mountains in southeastern Poland are thought to be 395 million years old -- 18 million years older than the earliest tetrapod (a vertebrate with limbs rather than fins) body fossils.", "The report published Thursday in the science journal Nature says the footprints of the tetrapod measure up to 26 centimeters (10 inches) wide, which scientists say is indicative of an animal around 2.5 meters (7.5 feet) in length.", "The footprints are also 10 million years older than the earliest known elpistostegids -- creatures which displayed some animal characteristics but retained fins.", "Philippe Janvier from the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, the reviewer of the paper, told CNN: \"It is a really stunning discovery because it's the earliest evidence we have of tetrapods.", "These footprints are clear enough to attest that tetrapods were there 395 millions years ago.\"", "The report's authors say their findings \"force a radical reassessment of the timing, ecology and environmental setting of the fish-tetrapod transition, as well as the completeness of the body fossil record.\"", "As well as finding fossilized footprints, Per Ahlberg, professor of evolutionary organismal biology at Uppsala University in Sweden, and his co-authors from the Polish Geological Institute in Warsaw also report finding several tracks of different sizes and characteristics.", "The tracks, they say, have distinctive \"hand\" and \"foot\" prints and no evidence of a dragging body.", "Ahlberg said in a video on the Nature Web site: \"The trackway shows pairs of prints -- the sort of tracks a salamander would leave if it walked.", "In order to make tracks like the ones found you need to have front legs and back legs that are about the same size.\"", "Ahlberg said the disused quarry where the fossils were discovered has yielded some of the most exciting finds he has encountered in his career as a paleontologist.", "Although Janvier describes the lack of skeletal evidence as \"frustrating,\" it doesn't undermine the importance of the discovery.", "\"It changes what we thought about the evolutionary tree concerning the part dealing with transition from fish to land vertebrae.\"", "Janvier said.", "\"The divergence between the tetrapods and their closest fish relatives is much younger than previously thought and it obliges us to find actual evidence -- skeletons or complete fossils -- in much earlier strata that could enlighten us between this divergence.\"" ]	[ "Fossilized footprints of 395-million-year-old four-legged creature found in Poland .", "Discovery pushes the evolutionary scale back by nearly 20 million years .", "Compared in significance to discovery of the first miocene hominoids ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani Taliban are waiting the weather out and will take on the military when winter arrives in Pakistan's tribal region, said Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud in a phone call with CNN.", "\"We will wait till January for our offensive since we are stronger during the snowing season,\" Mehsud said.", "He told CNN he remains confident despite the large-scale military operation currently targeting him and his fighters in the province of South Waziristan.", "\"We have conserved our energy and have not lost our morale,\" he said.", "The leadership of his organization is safe, he said, but he didn't say where they are taking refuge.", "He neither denied nor confirmed that the Pakistani Taliban was responsible for Monday's suicide blast outside the district courthouse in Peshawar.", "\"Being occupied in other matters, I have not been able to contact my colleagues there, so I will not be able to take responsibility at this time,\" Mehsud said.", "Eleven people died and 36 were wounded in the Monday terror attack, according to a count by the hospital where victims were taken.", "Two of the dead were police officers.", "Peshawar is the capital of the Northwest Frontier Province, where the Pakistani government has also waged its recent military offense against Taliban militants." ]	[ "Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud: Leadership of organization is safe .", "Group plans January offensive \"since we are stronger during the snowing season,\" he says .", "He neither denied nor confirmed responsibility for Monday's blast in Peshawar that killed 11 ." ]	[ 1, 4, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Nigeria joined Group C rivals Egypt in the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations after they completed a 3-0 victory over Mozambique on Wednesday.", "Osaze Odemwingie struck either side of halftime break for Nigeria at the Tundavala Stadium in Lubango before substitute Obafemi Martins sealed victory for the the 'Super Eagles'.", "Nigeria had enjoyed the majority of possession and took the lead moments before the interval when Odemwingie found space inside the penalty area.", "The Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder was able to take full advantage and rifled a low near-post shot past Mozambique goalkeeper Joao Rafael and into the net.", "Shuaibu Amodu's side doubled their lead two minutes after the break when the unmarked Odemwingie was able to control a cross from Yakubu Aiyegbeni and tap the ball home from close range.", "Everton striker Yakubu was substituted and replaced by Martins who got his name on the scoresheet five minutes from time.", "John Obi Mikel punished some sloppy Mozambique defending but lashed a shot straight at Rafael who parried the ball into Martins and he confidently stroked the ball home.", "Defending champions Egypt cruised into the knockout stages with a 100 percent record after a routine 2-0 victory over Benin which extended their unbeaten run in the Africa Cup of Nations to 16 games.", "Egypt coach Hassan Shehata rested key players Ahmed Fathi and Wael Gomaa but they still had too much quality for Benin and took the lead in the seventh minute with an audacious effort by Ahmed Al-Mohammadi.", "The defender lashed an ambitious shot from long range which caught Benin goalkeeper Yoann Djidonou off his line and dropped into the top-right corner of the net.", "Egypt doubled their lead in the 23rd minute when Emad Motaeb was able to bundle the ball home from close range after Ahmed Raouf's header had been parried by Djidonou.", "The win ensured the 'Pharaohs' qualified with nine points at the top of Group C and Nigeria went through with six while Benin and Mozambique end their campaigns with just a point apiece." ]	[ "Nigeria joined Group C rivals Egypt in the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations after they completed a 3-0 victory over Mozambique.", "Osaze Odemwingie struck either side of halftime break for Nigeria before Obafemi Martins scored five minute from time.", "Defending champions Egypt cruised into the knockout stages with a 100 percent record after a routine 2-0 victory over Benin.", "Egypt qualified with nine points and Nigeria went through with six while Benin and Mozambique ended with just a point apiece." ]	[ 0, 1, 7, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Thursday, January 21 .", "8:44 p.m. -- Haitian police shot and killed a man they suspected of stealing rice in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, leaving his body on the sidewalk for hours as his family mourned.", "Witnesses said no one was looting at the time.", "A nearby shop owner said the five bags of rice the men were found with fell from a truck and passers-by picked them up.", "8:30 p.m. -- Haiti's orphanages have become targets for people desperate for food, water and medical supplies, aid workers said.", "On Wednesday night, Maison de Lumiere, an orphanage caring for 50 orphans, came under attack from a group of 20 armed men, aid workers told the Joint Council on International Children's Services.", "A neighboring orphanage sheltering about 135 children has been robbed several times over the past few days, they said.", "6:20 p.m. -- U.S. medical assistance teams have treated 7,000 patients in Haiti, the White House said in a statement.", "A total of 160 U.S. missions have been flown carrying 2,600 tons of relief supplies and more than 2,500 military and relief personnel into Haiti, and will be delivering 50,000 hand held radios to Haitians, the statement said.", "The U.S. has also evacuated approximately 10,500 people from Haiti so far, including 8,300 American citizens, the White House said.", "5:59 p.m. -- The Senate unanimously passed legislation Thursday that will allow taxpayers to deduct cash donations to Haiti earthquake relief on their 2009 tax returns instead of having to wait to file the claims next year.", "4:37 p.m. -- Haitians are lining up in the streets for hours to try and receive wire transfers at the banks and wire services open in Haiti.", "Some Haitians said they haven't been able to eat because they don't have cash to buy any food available at street markets.", "3:34 p.m. -- The U.S. Southern Command conducted an air drop of food and water over Haiti on Thursday.", "A C-17 delivered water and 17,200 meals ready to eat , the military said in a statement.", "Thursday's air drop was the second since the quake; the first was Monday.", "1:06 p.m. -- Soldiers at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have set up tents, beds and toilets in anticipation of a possible influx of Haitian refugees, a military spokeswoman said.", "12:55 p.m. -- A Dutch Navy ship, the Pelikaan, was docked at Port-au-Prince's south pier Thursday, unloading 90 tons of humanitarian aid.", "Two other ships previously offloaded containers.", "12:29 p.m. -- The USGS confirms a magnitude 4.8 aftershock occurred nine minutes after the magnitude 4.9 at 11:45 a.m. and 15 miles closer to the capital.", "12:14 p.m. -- Twitter users in the Port-au-Prince area report multiple small aftershocks.", "11:45 a.m. -- An aftershock shook the capital.", "The U.S. Geological Survey estimated its magnitude at 4.9 and located its epicenter 30 miles west of Port-au-Prince.", "11:10 a.m. -- Gen. Douglas Fraser, head of the U.S. Southern Command, said 63 military helicopters and 20 ships are working in and around Haiti.", "The military has distributed 1.4 million bottles of water, 700,000 meals and 22,000 pounds of medical supplies, he said.", "10:52 a.m. -- One of two piers at the port serving the Haitian capital has reopened, and a gravel road was laid off of it, clearing a major route for aid to come into Port-au-Prince, officials said.", "10:21 a.m. -- Save the Children, World Vision and a unit of the British Red Cross called Thursday for an immediate halt to any new adoptions of Haitian children after last week's earthquake, saying the focus must first be on tracing any family members the children may still have and reuniting them.", "10:14 a.m. -- Louis Belanger of the charity Oxfam tweeted: \"Water: all @oxfam sites are operational today.", "No logistical problems reported.", "Good day in #Haiti so far.\"", "9:35 a.m. -- Haitians need donations of cash -- not clothes, food, medicine, or other relief supplies, as well intended as they might be, aid groups said Thursday.", "Such \"in-kind\" donations take up valuable space in cargo shipments and waste aid workers' time in sorting through the items, charities said.", "9:19 a.m. -- The State Department says the campaign that allows mobile phone users to donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting \"Haiti\" to 90999 has surpassed $25 million, making it the largest mobile donation campaign to date.", "8:18 a.m. -- About 100 aid flights are arriving daily at the Port-au-Prince airport, up from 25 a day just after the earthquake hit January 12, a senior administration official says.", "How you can help . 8:13 a.m. -- Ice and bread began appearing on the streets of Port-au-Prince this morning, for sale next to flattened and buildings and piles of rubble.", "Street vendors have been selling goods for days, but mostly nonperishables like crackers and candy.", "CNN crews spotted loaves of bread Thursday that appeared homemade as well as men and women carrying small blocks of ice in plastic bags.", "2:48 a.m. -- The U.S. military will now station aid officials in the Port-au-Prince airport control tower to assess the contents of each flight, to prioritize landings and ease the flow of aid.", "The military also will provide security for U.N. relief teams, which had not been able to operate at night without protection.", "Share your earthquake stories .", "1:15 a.m. -- Any U.S. citizen who wants to leave Haiti on a U.S. military transport aircraft can do so simply by going to the airport and applying for voluntary departure at a State Department office placed on the tarmac.", "The service is available to U.S. citizens or anyone escorting a U.S. citizen who is a minor.", "iReport.com: Looking for loved ones .", "12:01 a.m. -- Electrical power was still out most places in Port-au-Prince, but traffic lights were functioning.", "Some banks, wire-transfer offices and a few stores reportedly were planning to reopen Thursday.", "Follow daily developments: .", "January 12 .", "January 13 .", "January 14 .", "Friday . Saturday . Sunday . Monday . Tuesday . Wednesday ." ]	[ "Watch Anderson Cooper live from Haiti at 10 p.m.", "ET tonight.", "Read Twitter feeds to stay up to date on the latest in Haiti .", "Read CNN.com's complete special coverage of the Haiti earthquake .", "iReport: Looking for loved ones ." ]	[ 0, 11, 39, 42 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Investigators expanded their search into Texas Monday for a 7-year-old girl who was reported missing after her mother was found dead in Oklahoma Sunday night.", "Authorities also are trying to find the dead woman's estranged husband, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.", "The girl -- Aja Daniell Johnson -- was reported missing from Geronimo, Oklahoma, late Sunday, the bureau said.", "Her mother, Tonya Hobbs, 37, was found dead inside a parked RV Sunday night, the bureau said.", "Hobbs and her daughter were visiting Hobbs' estranged husband, Lester William Hobbs, at his sister's home, the bureau said.", "Lester Hobbs, 46, and Aja are missing and are presumed to be in Hobbs' car, said investigators who issued an Amber Alert to try to find her.", "Lester Hobbs is not Aja's biological father, police said.", "Texas authorities also issued an Amber Alert, Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Lisa Block said.", "Authorities believe Hobbs has connections to Rockport, Texas, and the alert was issued preemptively, she said.", "Tonya Hobbs and her daughter were last seen Saturday night.", "Authorities did not say how Hobbs died, but the bureau said investigators believe someone killed her.", "The RV belonged to Lester Hobbs, and was parked at his relatives' home, Richard Goss, agent in charge of the state bureau of investigation's Lawton, Oklahoma, office, told reporters Monday.", "Hobbs' relatives became suspicious Sunday after they did not see Tanya Hobbs or Aja, and one of them pried open the door and discovered Tanya Hobbs' body, he said.", "Lester Hobbs and Aja were gone, Goss said.", "The Hobbses were separated, but apparently Tanya Hobbs was visiting Lester Hobbs in an attempt to reconcile, Goss said.", "The couple had been together for about five years.", "A medical examiner was performing an autopsy, the bureau said, and police want to question Lester Hobbs about the death.", "He and the girl are believed to be traveling in his car, a white 1992 Toyota Paseo with Oklahoma tag number 577-BPW.", "The two-door car has no hubcaps, and the rear passenger window is covered in plastic, the bureau said.", "The Comanche County, Oklahoma, Sheriff's Office said Aja has a medical condition that requires medication.", "\"Our main concern at this time is to find the little girl,\" Sheriff Kenny Stradley told reporters.", "\"We know that she does need some medication,\" and authorities were checking leads regarding that, he said.", "He did not specify Aja's medical condition.", "Goss said Lester Hobbs has an extensive criminal history but did not elaborate.", "The Sheriff's Office said he had prior felony convictions.", "Lester Hobbs was supposed to appear in court in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, on a DUI charge, Goss said, and did not appear, so a warrant has been issued for him.", "Aja's biological father was awarded emergency custody of her in November, according to Oklahoma County District Court documents obtained by CNN affiliate KWTV of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.", "At a hearing, Tonya Hobbs -- identified as Tonya Dunkin in the documents -- and the girl's father, John Johnson, agreed that she would have supervised visitation with Aja and keep the girl away from Lester Hobbs, the documents said.", "Aja is 4 feet tall and weighs 59 pounds, Goss said.", "She has brown eyes, and her hair is brown with the ends dyed black.", "Lester Hobbs is about 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds, with hazel eyes and brown hair, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.", "The agency released a picture of him and said he has a mustache but no longer has a goatee.", "Geronimo is about 12 miles south of Lawton, Oklahoma, in the south-central part of the state." ]	[ "NEW: Amber Alert issued as authorities extend search into Texas .", "7-year-old was reported missing after mother was found dead Sunday night .", "Authorities seek mother's estranged husband, say she, girl visited man at his sister's home .", "Man, girl believed to be traveling in a white 1992 Toyota Paseo ." ]	[ 0, 4, 17 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The father of American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is dead and her brother is behind bars, accused of assault and battery against 70-year old Daniel Kerrigan, according to Massachusetts authorities.", "Daniel Kerrigan died Sunday after being taken by emergency personnel from his family home in Stoneham, Massachusetts, to a hospital, authorities said.", "His son Mark, 45, was arraigned Monday and pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from an alleged assault.", "According to Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Keeley, police responded to a 911 call at approximately 1:30 a.m. Sunday from Brenda Kerrigan, wife of Daniel and mother to Mark and Nancy Kerrigan.", "Keeley told Middlesex District Court Judge Mark Sullivan during the arraignment Monday for Mark Kerrigan that there was a violent argument and struggle between the father and his son, resulting in the elder Kerrigan falling or collapsing on the kitchen floor.", "Keeley said that Mark Kerrigan told authorities \"that he did in fact have an argument with his father, the argument became physical, he grabbed his father around the neck, and at some point the father collapsed to the floor.\"", "The Middlesex District Attorney's office said Monday that authorities were still investigating the \"entirety of the circumstances of the incident,\" along with the cause and manner of death.", "The county medical examiner is expected to release a report within a couple of weeks.", "According to Keeley, police found Mark Kerrigan in the basement of the house, \"clearly intoxicated\" and \"extremely combative.\"", "He refused to comply with police officers, said Keeley, and they had to subdue him with pepper spray before forcibly removing him from the home.", "Mark Kerrigan wept softly during Monday's arraignment.", "His attorney, Denise Moore, told the judge that Kerrigan was in grief and \"quite distraught about his father's death.\"", "Through his attorney, Mark Kerrigan denied any responsibility in the death.", "Moore said in court that Mark Kerrigan was unemployed, was recently released from a correctional facility and was living at home with his parents.", "He is taking medications and seeking psychological help for post-traumatic stress, apparently from his time in the Army, Moore said.", "Despite appeals from his attorney, Sullivan ordered Kerrigan held on $10,000 cash bail.", "His next court appearance is expected to be February 24.", "Nancy Kerrigan first gained prominence by winning a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.", "In 1994 she earned an Olympic silver medal in Lillehammer, Norway.", "But she is perhaps best remembered for surviving an attack before the 1994 Winter Games by skating rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband and an accomplice.", "Through a spokeswoman on Tuesday, the Kerrigan family released a statement saying: \"Dan Kerrigan was a wonderful husband for 47 years, a caring and loving father to his daughter Nancy and two sons, Michael and Mark, and a grandfather of eight. ...", "The family's focus is on mourning Dan and honoring his life and many contributions.\"", "CNN's Vanessa Juarez contributed to this report." ]	[ "Violent argument and struggle between father and son results in elder Kerrigan falling .", "Mark Kerrigan, who denies responsibility in his father's death, is \"quite distraught\"\nPolice find Mark Kerrigan in the basement \"clearly intoxicated\" and \"extremely combative\"\nJudge orders Mark Kerrigan held on $10,000 cash bail; court appearance February 24 ." ]	[ 4, 8, 11, 15, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A man on trial for gunning down a Kansas abortion provider in church said he had no regrets because \"abortion is murder.\"", "Scott Roeder, 51, said he shot and killed Dr. George Tiller as services began on May 31 to save the lives of the unborn.", "\"There was nothing being done and the legal process had been exhausted, and these babies were dying every day,\" Roeder said.", "\"I did what I thought was needed to be done to protect the children.\"", "Roeder is charged with one count of first-degree murder for the death of Tiller, who ran a women's clinic in Wichita where abortions were performed, including the controversial late-term procedure.", "Roeder was the only witness for the defense, which rested its case Thursday.", "Sedgwick County District Judge Warren Wilbert told jurors closing arguments will be held Friday morning, depending on the weather.", "After the jury left, Wilbert ruled that the jury could not consider convicting Roeder of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, which is defined as \"an unreasonable but honest belief that circumstances existed that justified deadly force\" under Kansas statute.", "Wilbert said testimony did not support the defense claim that Roeder's beliefs on abortion justified the use of deadly force against Tiller.", "Tiller, 67, was one of the few U.S. doctors who performed late-term abortions.", "He had already survived one attempt on his life and a clinic bombing before he was slain.", "During Roeder's testimony Thursday, Tiller's widow, Jeanne, and other family members sat in the gallery.", "Initially stoic, they began to dab at tears as Roeder described putting a gun to Tiller's head.", "Asked if he regretted what he did, Roeder said, \"No, I don't.\"", "Upon learning that Tiller's clinic was shut down after his death, he said he felt \"a sense of relief.\"", "Dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and a red patterned tie, Roeder calmly testified that he had a long-standing belief that Tiller should die.", "He thought about different ways to kill the doctor -- driving a car into him, perhaps, or shooting him with a rifle.", "His main concern, Roeder said, was that he might harm others.", "Under cross-examination by Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston, he said he also considered cutting Tiller's hands off with a sword, but decided that would not be effective, as Tiller would still be able to train others.", "Roeder said that through the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue he learned that Tiller took measures to protect himself -- traveling in an armored car, using a security escort, wearing a bulletproof vest and living in a gated community.", "He decided to kill Tiller at his church, he said, because \"I felt that actually if he was to be stopped, that was probably the only place he could have been stopped. ...", "It was the only window of opportunity I saw.\"", "Roeder said he visited the church four or five times before Tiller's death.", "The week before the shooting, on May 24, he carried a .22-caliber handgun with him, he testified, but Tiller did not attend church that day.", "On May 31, though, the doctor was greeting congregants in the foyer of Reformation Lutheran Church before Roeder walked up to him and shot him at point blank range.", "\"The lives of those children were in imminent danger if someone did not stop George Tiller,\" Roeder said.", "\"I shot him.\" Under questioning from Foulston, Roeder acknowledged that he \"somewhat\" admired those who previously had committed violence against abortion providers.", "He said his anti-abortion beliefs \"go hand in hand\" with his religious beliefs.", "He said he became born again in 1992 after watching an episode of \"The 700 Club.\"", "Asked if there are any circumstances in which he believes abortion is acceptable, Roeder said he thought it could be if the mother's life was in \"absolute\" danger.", "\"I struggle with that decision,\" he said, \"because I believe that ultimately, it is up to our heavenly father.", "But if there was a time, that would be it.\"", "He said he did not believe abortion was justified in the case of rape.", "\"You are taking the life of the innocent.", "You're punishing the innocent life for the sin of the father.", "Two wrongs don't make a right.\"", "Asked about incest, he said his beliefs were the same: \"It isn't our duty to take life, it's our heavenly father's.\"", "Roeder's testimony was peppered with objections from prosecutors.", "Many objections were sustained by Wilbert, who has maintained he does not want the trial to become a forum on abortion.", "In a conference out of the presence of jurors, Wilbert cautioned Roeder, saying specifics on medical procedures would not be allowed.", "Roeder's testimony would proceed, Wilbert said, \"on a question-by-question basis.\"", "Roeder recounted conducting what he called \"sidewalk counseling\" at Kansas City abortion clinics, handing pamphlets and other literature to women as they went inside.", "\"Some of them did ultimately change their mind,\" he said.", "In opening statements Thursday, defense attorney Steve Osburn told jurors Roeder \"killed Dr. Tiller because he believed that was the only way, necessary to save the lives of the unborn.\"", "Defense attorneys claim Roeder was also motivated by authorities' failure to punish him through the judicial system.", "Wilbert refused to allow former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline to testify on behalf of the defense.", "On Wednesday, he refused to allow testimony from current Deputy Attorney General Barry Disney.", "Kline unsuccessfully attempted to prosecute Tiller in 2006.", "Disney charged Tiller with 19 misdemeanor counts, but a jury acquitted the doctor.", "Wilbert said Roeder can testify about the cases and how they affected his beliefs, but to allow testimony from Kline would \"get into legal matters that do not concern this jury.\"", "And, the judge said, the cases do not give Roeder a basis to state absolutely that Tiller's actions were illegal, since the doctor had never been convicted.", "Roeder testified he was \"very frustrated\" by Tiller's acquittal, saying it \"seemed like that was the last attempt by the state of Kansas to find if there was anything at all going on illegally in George Tiller's clinic.\"", "Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, told reporters outside the courtroom the trial is \"a railroad, a kangaroo court, where they are denying critical evidence about what was on Scott Roeder's mind when he pulled the trigger.\"", "\"Perhaps if the Sedgwick County prosecutors had done a better job prosecuting Tiller for how he illegally killed babies, he would still be alive,\" Terry said." ]	[ "NEW: Judge rules jury cannot consider manslaughter charge for abortion provider's shooter .", "Scott Roeder says he has no regrets over killing Dr. George Tiller at church in May 2009 .", "Tiller ran a women's clinic where he performed abortions in Wichita, Kansas .", "Roeder testified he thought of various ways to kill Tiller ." ]	[ 0, 4, 51 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- At the end of his career, former House Speaker Tip O'Neill was asked how Congress had changed between the 1950s and 1980s.", "O'Neill answered: \"The people are better.", "The results are worse.\"", "Watching last week's health summit, you see what O'Neill meant.", "The conversation was intelligent, civil, well-informed.", "It also predictably achieved nothing.", "How could it? Deals are never reached in front of the television camera.", "Take this quiz. Name the most important legislation enacted in the 30 years between 1950 and 1980.", "Overwhelming isn't it? Civil rights.", "Voting rights.", "Interstate highways.", "Medicare. Medicaid. The deregulation of the airlines, natural gas, trucking, rail and oil.", "The immigration act of 1965.", "Clean Air, Clean Water, and the Endangered Species Acts.", "Supplemental Security Income in 1974.", "I could fill the whole screen.", "Now ... the next 30 years.", "There's the Reagan tax cuts of course.", "Deregulation of the savings & loans in 1982.", "The Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990.", "Welfare reform in 1995.", "Medicare Part D. What else?", "Leave aside whether you are liberal or conservative, whether you approve the measures mentioned above or disapprove.", "It's hard to dispute: Congress just got a lot more done in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s than in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.", "Why? You hear many grand, sweeping explanations.", "Let's try just one simple one.", "Congress in the first period was controlled by a handful of committee chairmen, who owed their positions to seniority.", "The committees did their work in secret.", "Bills written in committee typically could not be amended on the floor of Congress.", "The institution was authoritarian, hierarchical, opaque.", "And stuff passed.", "In the mid-1970s, Congress underwent a revolution.", "The power of the committee chairmen was broken.", "The number of subcommittees proliferated.", "The committees met in public.", "Amendments multiplied.", "Congress become more open, more egalitarian, more responsive.", "And stuff ceased to pass.", "Again and again, today's gridlock can be traced to yesterday's reform.", "Is the filibuster grinding Congress to a halt?", "Before the 1970s, filibusters were both very rare and very difficult.", "But when Congress took action to make filibusters easier to break, it inadvertently made them easier to use.", "Back in the 1950s, a filibuster would bring the entire Senate to a halt, as the filibustering Senator talked and talked and talked.", "A filibuster was both spectacularly visible and personally exhausting: it exacted a high price from the filibustering senator.", "Then Congress took action to make filibusters easier to break, requiring only 60 votes instead of 67.", "But that same deal made them much easier to start.", "No need to speechify all night; no colleagues enraged that the filibustering senator has paralyzed the chamber.", "Today, a filibustering senator need only notify the majority leader of his intention.", "The filibustered legislation is sidetracked until 60 votes are found to enact it, while other business continues as normal.", "The price of the filibuster has been drastically cut.", "No surprise we get more of them.", "Candidates consumed by fundraising?", "Two generations ago, candidates barely raised money at all.", "Once nominated, a candidate would turn to his party apparatus to provide the money and expertise needed to contest an election.", "But the maximum contribution by a party organization was capped in the 1940s, and it has not been raised significantly since.", "This cap was supposed to clean up politics by weakening party bosses.", "Instead, it has forced every individual member of Congress to spend the bulk of his or her time begging for funds -- the very opposite of clean politics.", "Lobbyists everywhere?", "In 1950, a lobbyist who wanted a tax measure would have very few targets.", "The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee could help, ditto the ranking member of the opposition party.", "The senior members of the Senate Finance Committee would likewise be worth talking to.", "Maybe some of the upper level officials at Treasury.", "The days of concentrated power have ended.", "Today, almost any one of the 535 members of Congress could help -- and so of course the interests must employ many more lobbyists to woo them all.", "Congress utterly polarized?", "Once upon a time, members of Congress did their business mostly in secret.", "They struck quiet deals with each other.", "A Republican might support a Democratic labor measure in return for some discreet help with a farm bill.", "Today, everything happens in the bright glare of sunshine, policed by hundreds of ideological interest groups.", "Deviate one step from the party line, and you are a traitor, a sell-out, an enemy.", "Just ask Scott Brown, yesterday's Republican hero, today a villain for voting against the filibuster of a jobs bill.", "We have an ideology that more publicity, more transparency, more openness must improve Congress.", "And when each successive wave of openness makes things worse, we tell ourselves that the answer is even more publicity, transparency and openness still.", "No contrary evidence makes any impression.", "Seems like everything's open -- except our minds.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Frum." ]	[ "In '50s and '60s, landmark bills were passed through secret deals, David Frum says .", "Reforms of the 1970s resulted in much more transparency, he says .", "Frum says the result has been that very little major legislation can get accomplished ." ]	[ 23, 30, 40, 45, 49, 75 ]
[ "Wichita, Kansas (CNN) -- In situations like the dire humanitarian crisis that has followed Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti, we all are forced to witness what is the sometimes painful truth behind the cliché about it taking a village to raise a child.", "In the tragedy unfolding before us now, it will take a global village.", "President Obama and former presidents, along with other leaders and representatives of humanitarian organizations, have reminded us of this.", "We would like to add our own small, humble contribution to the efforts under way around the world to help the people of Haiti.", "In particular, we would like to draw your attention to the many children who were living in Haitian orphanages when the earthquake hit.", "As we have heard from professionals devoted to children's issues, children are among the most vulnerable segments of a population subject to natural disasters and humanitarian crises.", "It is not hard to imagine that orphans living in institutional care might often be even more vulnerable.", "Watch couple's interview with Anderson Cooper .", "Right now, orphanages across Port-au-Prince are struggling to provide the most basic necessities to the children in their care.", "But right now, all Haitians in the capital are struggling to do this.", "What makes Haiti's orphans different is that they have no families to take care of them, and no hope of reuniting with their families.", "Except for the orphanages' staff members, most of whom have families of their own to which they rightly must divide their attention, these children have no one.", "iReport: Looking for loved ones in Haiti .", "Our adoptive son, Alexander, is one of the children without a family.", "He was left, just hours after his birth, near a hospital in Cité Soleil and, with the permission of Haiti's Institut du Bien-Être Social et de Recherches, brought to one of the homes of the Brebis de Saint-Michel de L'Attalaye orphanage in Port-au-Prince.", "He was named after one of the American volunteers, Alison McMutrie, who works alongside Haitian staff to care for orphaned children.", "Ti Ali, or Little Ali, is 17 months old, and Big Ali is about 21.", "Ali and the rest of the BRESMA staff have been the only family Alexander has ever known.", "And although we will never know for sure, especially not after the earthquake, anything about her, we firmly believe that his birth mother loved Alexander and did what was in her power to ensure that he would have a brighter future than she could provide.", "Hers was, we believe, an act of sacrifice, but it was also an act of hope and trust -- hope that the world would be kind to Alexander, perhaps even despite her own experience, and trust that someone would love him as much as she does.", "Though she will never know us, the faith that she has placed, even indirectly, in us is quite simply astounding.", "Or at least it was until Tuesday.", "Now, we imagine that we share another bond with her: We would willingly make whatever personal sacrifice we have to to save Alexander's life.", "As parents who are adopting across national, linguistic and cultural boundaries, we are sensitive to all of the complicated issues that arise in international adoption, and we support both the integrity of Haitian families and the commitment to finding loving homes for children who are in need of them.", "Since being matched with Alexander in April, we have traveled to Haiti four times to get to know him and the country of his birth.", "Each successive trip impressed upon us more and more the dignity of the Haitian people and the sense of commitment they show for each other.", "From what we have seen of the people of Haiti when we have been there with Alex, they care deeply about all children -- orphans and those still living with their families.", "Many likely would help the orphans through this crisis if they could, but they simply cannot.", "As Alexander's mother put her trust in the people who, as fate would have it, turned out to be us, we are placing our trust in others to join our efforts to secure the life of our child and the rest of the orphans of Haiti.", "This is no longer an adoption matter.", "It's a matter of life and death.", "We have been told by the BRESMA staff that the children living in orphanages before the quake need to be evacuated from Haiti to save their lives.", "We are aware that evacuating these children under such circumstances is temporary and might affect our adoption proceedings, potentially negatively.", "We also understand that it could mean that Alexander will never live in the home we have waiting for him.", "But he's our son, and we want him to live.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jean Griffith and Ross Haskell." ]	[ "In Haiti crisis, children are most vulnerable and orphans most of all .", "Authors are in the process of adopting Alexander, a 17-month-old orphan in Port-au-Prince .", "Children in Haitian orphanages need to be evacuated, according to staff of institution .", "Priority is saving the life of Alexander and his fellow orphans, the authors say ." ]	[ 8, 13, 23, 28 ]
[ "(Travel + Leisure) -- Warm beige tones, rich graphic accents, and futuristic chairs give Le Jules Verne a contemporary elegance, while dishes from superstar chef Alain Ducasse create a joie de vivre in diners' mouths.", "But the real showstopper at this restaurant -- set more than 400 feet above Paris in the Eiffel Tower -- is its panoramic view.", "From the tower's south pillar, diners look out on barges navigating the Seine and clusters of steely gray rooftops stretching for miles.", "Sierra Mar, in Big Sur, California, is perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific.", "Restaurants have long been setting tables in locales with dramatic views, but often the food has paled in comparison.", "With the dramatic evolution of the global culinary scene, however, it's more than safe to look past the cocktail menu at many of the world's most beautifully situated restaurants.", "\"They actually have a view and good food at the same time,\" says Tim Zagat, co-founder of the Zagat Survey restaurant guides.", "\"It's a combination that was rare 10 or 20 years ago.\"", "So where are the top places that harmonize amazing vistas with delectable victuals?", "At Asiate, in New York's Mandarin Oriental Hotel, eyefuls of Midtown Manhattan's cloud-grazing buildings and the lush refuge of Central Park draw locals, tourists and special occasion diners, and executive chef Toni Robertson is up to the task of keeping the Asian-influenced cuisine at the same high level as the 35th-floor restaurant.", "\"The challenge I have is I have to compete with the view, but as a chef, I always win,\" she says.", "The Big Apple is hardly alone in providing winning skyscraper meals.", "At Felix, on the 28th floor of Hong Kong's Peninsula Hotel, guests soak in the city's striking setting from a slick dining room designed by Philippe Starck while feasting on dishes like Tasmanian salmon with parsnip gratin and seared duck breast with blood oranges and duck confit.", "Travel + Leisure: World's best hotels 2008 .", "Of course, some of the world's most spectacular restaurant views are born, not made.", "At Ambrosia, on the Greek island of Santorini, the island's sea-filled volcanic crater provides a rocky perch for the terraced restaurant, from which diners gaze out on an inky blue sea.", "Santorini fava puree with grilled octopus and caramelized onions brings Grecian flavors to the Aegean seascape.", "Travel + Leisure: Amazing waterside restaurants .", "And up in British Columbia, diners at Eagle's Eye Restaurant -- part of Kicking Horse Resort -- survey snow-capped peaks as they tuck into Rocky Mountain cuisine infused with hints of chef Alain Soret's native France.", "Riding a gondola up to the restaurant 7,700 feet above sea level gives some guests the impression they're going to an alpine snack shack.", "\"Lots of people expect to find burgers and doughnuts up there,\" says Soret.", "They're surprised to be greeted with romantic fireside dining and entrees like roasted venison with almonds, pancetta and juniper jus served with fig-saffron risotto.", "Whether you crave rough-edged mountains or deep ocean views, a glitzy skyscraper scene or a secluded retreat, these restaurants offer mesmerizing views with menus worthy of the scenery.", "Planning a beach getaway?", "Don't miss Travel + Leisure's guide to Affordable Beach Resorts.", "Copyright 2009 American Express Publishing Corporation.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "11 restaurants that marry heavenly views with multi-starred menus .", "Diners at Eagle's Eye Restaurant in British Columbia survey snow-capped peaks .", "At Ambrosia, Santorini's sea-filled volcanic crater provides a rocky perch ." ]	[ 15, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The first passenger plane equipped with a system to repel shoulder-fired missiles successfully completed its flight, a British defense and aerospace company announced Wednesday.", "The system aims to protect against fire from missile launchers like these, which were used to fire at an Israeli plane.", "The JetEye infrared missile-defense system was tested on an American Airlines flight that took off July 11, according to a statement from BAE Systems.", "The plane flew from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport in California, the company said.", "The JetEye system works by detecting the heat-seeking missiles and then firing a laser, which diverts the missile.", "American Airlines refused to make the system mandatory on all trips but agreed to cooperate with the tests.", "The flight represents the final phase of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Counter-Man-Portable Air Defense System program, designed to test the suitability of missile-protection equipment for commercial aircraft.", "Previously, the technology was successfully evaluated on an American Airlines test aircraft and an ABX Air Inc. cargo aircraft.", "The missile-protection equipment will be installed on two more American Airlines 767-200 aircraft for daily cross-country flights through March.", "Engineers will evaluate the system's maintainability and reliability, as well as its suitability for the airline industry.", "No missiles will be fired at these flights.", "\"BAE Systems worked closely with DHS and the airline industry to develop an effective response to potential terrorist threats,\" said Burt Keirstead, JetEye program director for BAE Systems in Nashua, New Hampshire.", "Homeland Security officials said in January that there is no specific threat of these weapons being fired at planes.", "However, Taliban forces successfully used shoulder-fired missiles against Soviet helicopters in Afghanistan.", "Terrorists tried in 2002 to shoot down an Israeli passenger jet in Kenya with them.", "Insurgents hit a cargo plane in Baghdad the following year, but the plane landed safely.", "Experts say that about 500,000 to 700,000 shoulder-fired missile weapons have been produced worldwide, and some have been purchased in Middle Eastern and Central Asian arms markets for as little as $5,000.", "Since 2003, Congress has pressured Homeland Security to adapt military anti-MANPADS technology to commercial aviation.", "BAE Systems, based in Farnborough, England, works with American Airlines Maintenance and Engineering Services, which provided the test aircraft and engineering services for the development of JetEye.", "DHS awarded BAE Systems a $29 million contract in January for this final evaluation phase of the program, which calls for the planes to log about 7,000 flight hours.", "Northrop Grumman, a defense company with its own system to protect planes from portable missiles, urged the Defense Department in March to install its system on commercial flights that take soldiers and equipment to war zones.", "Jack Pledger, a Northrop Grumman executive, said in March that 27 terrorist groups are believed to possess shoulder-fired weapons, that aircraft are vulnerable to the missiles within 25 miles of airports and that one missile incident could have catastrophic effects on the U.S. economy.", "In March, the Northrop system concluded a 14-month test during which anti-missile systems were installed on 11 FedEx cargo planes that flew 4,500 flights." ]	[ "System detects heat-seeking missiles, then emits a laser to divert the missile .", "American Airlines flight becomes first passenger plane to test out \"JetEye\" system .", "JetEye will be installed on at least two more American Airlines flights .", "Goal is to have an effective response to terrorist threats ." ]	[ 2, 4, 8 ]
[ "Wichita, Kansas (CNN) -- Major King remembers a time before the abortion debate came to his hometown, a time when Wichita, Kansas, was known as the air capital of the world.", "Manufacturers such as Learjet, Cessna and Beechcraft were the backbone of a tight-knit community where God-fearing folks like King would canoe after school in the Arkansas River and drag the streets \"in slick cars with a nice-looking honey\" on weekends.", "Times have changed, says King, 70, a retired oil refinery worker who also spent time at Cessna.", "\"Now, Wichita's known as the abortion capital of the world.\"", "It's a label shunned by many Wichitans, regardless of their views on abortion.", "They'd rather be known for the restaurants and entertainment venues, quality schools and affordable housing that make Wichita one of the nation's \"best-kept secrets,\" King says.", "But the May 31, 2009, slaying of Dr. George Tiller, a prominent abortion provider gunned down in church during Sunday services, focused national attention back on Wichita and its role in one of the most divisive legal and social controversies of our times.", "It faded for a time, as Tiller's death led to the closure of Wichita's last abortion clinic, and activists on both sides shifted their focus elsewhere.", "But the trial of Tiller's admitted shooter, Scott Roeder, again stirred talk of abortion in the bars and coffee shops of a city where most have steeled themselves for years against noisy protests and graphic images of fetuses.", "Roeder was convicted Friday of first-degree murder.", "After the jury's swift verdict -- they deliberated for just 37 minutes -- many in Wichita are hoping the abortion controversy will fade.", "\"After he receives his sentence on March 9 -- preferably the Hard 50, as District Attorney Nola Foulston is requesting -- he'll also get the consequence.", "And then may we never hear from him again,\" blogged an editorial writer for the local newspaper, The Wichita Eagle.", "\"Maybe this will get things back to normal now, seeing as there's not much reason for abortion to be such a big issue now that the trial's over,\" King says.", "\"And, now there is no more abortion in Wichita, either, because the doctor is gone.\"", "To Troy Macormac, Tiller's death already signified the end of Wichita's reputation as the world's abortion capital, albeit through deplorable means.", "\"I'm really not for abortion ... so it's kind of a fence-riding deal,\" says Macormac, a brick mason who grew up in Wichita.", "\"But I feel he has a right to have a business and provide for his family and take care of his business the way he wants to take care of it.", "That's his right as being an American.\"", "For years, demonstrators maintained a constant presence outside Tiller's Women's Health Services clinic, a nondescript, cream-colored building of cement and brick facing Kellogg Avenue -- the city's major east-west corridor.", "\"People got tired,\" says Lorrie Donham, a middle school science teacher.", "\"The only way it really affected me was when I'd have to drive down Kellogg with my young daughters and have them be exposed to these grotesque, brutal images.\"", "The turmoil also spread to Tiller's congregation at Reformation Lutheran Church, where he was ultimately shot to death.", "\"They knew what service Dr. Tiller generally attended and they would come out there full-blown with their babies in arms and huge imagery of damaged fetuses,\" said Teresa Mora, a member of the congregation who identifies herself as pro-choice.", "\"It got to the point we had to set up partitions so children could exit family vehicles and go into church without having to be exposed to so much of that imagery.\"", "Frosted glass was installed on the church's windows, added Mora.", "The controversy made Tiller a symbol of hope for the abortion rights movement and a formidable foe of abortion opponents.", "He received repeated death threats and survived a shooting, a clinic bombing, criminal trials and two grand juries intended to put him out of business.", "Wichita's abortion activism peaked during 1991's \"Summer of Mercy,\" when tens of thousands on both sides of the debate gathered in Kansas to stage protests.", "\"What bothered me is that it wasn't Wichita people stirring the pot, so to speak.", "It wasn't Wichitans having conflicts with Wichitans.", "It was somebody from outside Wichita coming in and stirring the pot,\" said Donham, the middle school science teacher.", "\"I think everyone felt the same way at that time,\" she added.", "\"There are other things going on, but our resources, the city was having to extend coverage by local law enforcement, just to have a presence and keep the peace.", "It was an expensive, aggravating time.\"", "It was not the first time a conservative social movement claimed the south central Kansas town as its staging ground.", "Early in the 20th century, Carrie Nation, a voluble evangelist who helped establish the Medicine Lodge, Kansas, chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, brought her fight to Wichita.", "She became a local legend after using a rock and a pool ball to smash up the Carey House, a downtown bar.", "Since then, the former trading post and cattle-drive destination has grown into a sprawling metropolitan area of more than 600,000.", "It covers four counties of flat suburban landscape criss-crossed by railroad tracks about 200 miles southeast of Kansas City .", "An assortment of newer, upscale subdivisions and stately homes a few blocks from older craftsmen and ranch-style homes underscore the city's evolving landscape.", "Much of modern Wichita's growth has been spurred by the airline industry, along with successful entrepreneurial ventures such as Coleman, Koch Industries and Pizza Hut, and three universities.", "A new arena recently opened, and a revitalization of Wichita's \"Old Town\" has produced many new bars, high-end restaurants and entertainment venues in the city center.", "But lifelong residents like Major King still gather in the same coffee shops they patronized when they were younger, like the Riverside Cafe, a cozy diner that has changed hands several times but where you can still find breakfast specials for $4.99.", "\"Wichita's still a good place to raise a family, but it's not the same,\" he said on a recent morning as his brother, Thomas, sat across the table, nodding his head.", "\"You could say it's grown too big for its britches.\"", "After the Summer of Mercy, things mostly quieted down, resurfacing with an occasional protest that drew national media coverage, or a periodic extreme act directed at Tiller.", "He was shot outside his clinic in 1993 by Shelley Shannon, who has voiced support for Roeder from prison.", "Tiller's slaying last year led to the closure of his clinic, which was Wichita's last abortion clinic.", "Mark Gietzen, an anti-abortion activist and long-time Wichitan, started Kansas Coalition for Life in 1993, making the closure of \"Tiller's the Killer's\" clinic one of his main goals.", "\"He has pretty much always been the focus of our efforts because he's always been the late-term abortionist.", "He was known not only nationwide but worldwide.", "People came from all over the world to see him,\" said Gietzen.", "An upbeat man who runs Kansas Coalition for Life and a Christian dating service from the basement of his suburban Wichita home, Geitzen has posted a sign on his driveway that greets visitors with the message, \"Thou shalt not kill\" on one side.", "The other side reads, \"If you no longer feel close to God, ask yourself, 'Who moved?'\"", "\"We had 650 volunteers that were involved in the continuous presence at Tiller's gate, offering help to the women that were going in,\" Gietzen said, adding that his group had a \"save\" rate of about 3.5 unborn babies per month.", "Like many anti-abortion organizations across the country, Gietzen has denounced Roeder's use of violence, calling it a blow to the movement and its credibility.", "He says anti-abortion groups in Wichita were only months away from shutting Tiller down through official channels.", "The debate over health care policy has mobilized his group's efforts to lobby politicians and gather signatures on the Web site, abortionisnothealthcare.com.", "\"I don't have time to think about Scott Roeder because we're too busy trying to keep abortion out of health care,\" he said.", "Next to the building that once housed Tiller's clinic, a pregnancy counseling clinic called Choices has no plans to close.", "In fact, since Tiller's death, Choices has seen an increase in clients, spokeswoman Marilyn Manweiller said.", "\"We will continue to provide services to women as long as they keep coming through our doors,\" she said.", "Abortion rights activists such as Mora are determined to see a new abortion clinic open in Wichita eventually.", "\"Dr. Tiller's death kind of forces us to keep going, to make noise and fight so there is a safe and legal option,\" she says.", "\"He was a hero for all women.", "He fought for us.\" But to Donham, Tiller's death may further strain the bonds of a once tight-knit community.", "Wichita has endured other violent crimes, including the BTK serial killer Dennis Rader, who evaded authorities for 30 years.", "Still, Tiller's death within the sacred confines of a church struck a deep chord.", "\"What does this say for your openness to others?", "Do we have to lock the church narthex after service begins or check your ID at the door?\"", "she says. \"[Roeder's] biggest impact is going to be he caused us to be suspicious of each other.", "Unfortunately, I think it makes you even more hesitant to embrace a stranger.\"" ]	[ "Some say abortion provider's death marks end of Wichita's reputation as \"abortion capital\"\nScott Roeder was convicted Friday of killing abortion provider Dr. George Tiller .", "The shooting stirred emotions among residents who had wearied of the abortion debate ." ]	[ 3, 9, 15 ]
[ "Richmond, California (CNN) -- Four teenagers were arraigned Thursday on charges connected to the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on a high school campus after a homecoming dance.", "Cody Ray Smith, described by the court as over 14 years old, pleaded not guilty to charges of rape with a foreign object and rape by force.", "Two other juveniles, Ari Abdallah Morales and Marcelles James Peter, appeared with Smith at the Contra Costa County Superior Court, but did not enter a plea.", "The court described Morales as under 16, and did not give an age for Peter.", "All three juveniles, who wore bulletproof vests at the hearing, were charged as adults.", "A fourth individual, Manuel Ortega, 19, appeared separately without an attorney and did not enter a plea.", "He did not wear a protective vest.", "The four are accused of taking part in what police said was a 2½-hour assault on the Richmond High School campus, in the Richmond community north of Oakland on San Francisco Bay.", "All of those arraigned are due back in court on November 5.", "Another adult was arrested in connection with the October 24 attack, but has a different court date than the others.", "Police said as many as 10 people were involved in the assault in a dimly lit back alley at the school, while another 10 people watched without calling 911.", "The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition but was released Wednesday." ]	[ "Cody Ray Smith pleads not guilty to charges of rape with a foreign object and rape by force .", "Juveniles Ari Abdallah Morales and Marcelles James Peter do not enter pleas .", "Manuel Ortega, 19, appears separately without an attorney, does not enter plea .", "Four are accused of taking part in a 2½-hour gang rape at the school ." ]	[ 1, 2, 5 ]
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Miss California USA Carrie Prejean has assured pageant officials that a lingerie modeling photo published online this week is the only one she posed for, the state pageant director said.", "Miss California USA Carrie Prejean may lose her crown because of some semi-nude photos she appeared in.", "But the Web site that published the first picture said it has several more that it will \"slowly roll out\" starting Wednesday afternoon.", "The possibility that racier images could emerge prompted \"closed-door meetings\" Tuesday to consider stripping Prejean of her beauty queen title, pageant spokesman Ron Neal said.", "Although Neal said Prejean \"breached her contract\" by keeping the semi-nude photo or photos a secret, the only picture published so far appears about as revealing as the bikini Prejean wore in the pageant's swimsuit competition.", "\"We have been told by Carrie Prejean there are no other photos other than the one circulating in existence.", "She should know better than anyone,\" Miss California USA Director Keith Lewis said Wednesday.", "The 21-year-old Miss USA contestant has been the center of controversy since she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage in a response to a question on the national pageant stage last month.", "She finished as runner-up to Miss USA.", "In a statement given to CNN Tuesday, Prejean said the photos -- and she did use the plural -- were being used in a \"vicious and mean-spirited\" effort to silence her for \"defending traditional marriage.\"", "While she vowed to \"continue to support and defend marriage as the honorable institution it is,\" Prejean may be doing so without the Miss California USA title.", "State pageant officials met Tuesday with lawyers and representatives of Donald Trump, who owns the international competition, to consider if they had grounds to take the crown away from Prejean, according to Neal.", "\"When you compete for Miss California, you're supposed to disclose whether you posed for nude or semi-nude photos because it's grounds for disqualification,\" he said.", "CNN obtained a copy of the pageant contract Prejean signed last year in which she agreed that the discovery of semi-nude photos could mean disqualification.", "The only photo made public shows Prejean -- who said she was 17 at the time -- wearing pink panties and no top.", "She is turned away from the camera, with her arm hiding most of her breast.", "It was unclear if pageant officials would consider this a semi-nude photo, in light of their standard requirement that contestants parade across stage wearing a bikini that arguably shows more bare skin.", "But the other shoe -- or other garment -- may be yet to drop.", "Nik Richie -- of TheDirty.com -- said he has waited for an upgrade of his Web site's servers to handle the flood of traffic he expects will come after he posts the additional photos.", "\"I will slowly roll these out,\" Richie said.", "The next image will likely be published Wednesday afternoon, he said.", "\"We'll see what happens with those and we want to know who's releasing them,\" Neal said.", "Shanna Moakler, the co-executive director of the Miss California USA organization, will meet with Tami Farrell, the runner-up for the title, \"to discuss the possible next steps,\" Neal said.", "Prejean defended the photos, which she said were taken when she was a teenager aspiring to be a Victoria's Secret model.", "\"I am a Christian, and I am a model,\" she said.", "\"Models pose for pictures, including lingerie and swimwear photos.\"", "She said the photos \"have been released surreptitiously to a tabloid Web site that openly mocks me for my Christian faith.\"", "\"I am not perfect, and I will never claim to be,\" she said.", "\"But these attacks on me and others who speak in defense of traditional marriage are intolerant and offensive.", "While we may not agree on every issue, we should show respect for others' opinions and not try to silence them through vicious and mean-spirited attacks.\"", "Her publicist, Melany Ethridge, confirmed a comment she gave to celebrity Web site TMZ in which she said Prejean was just 17 when she posed for the photos, hoping they would land her a modeling job.", "\"In her naivete, an agent convinced her to pose for this photo to submit to a lingerie company, claiming they could make her the next Victoria's Secret model,\" Ethridge told TMZ.", "\"She has since learned what a lie that was, and what a mistake it was to have the photo taken.\"", "Prejean announced last week that she would star in a new $1.5 million ad campaign supporting what she termed \"opposite marriage\" (marriage between a man and a woman) funded by the National Organization for Marriage.", "\"Marriage is good,\" Prejean said at a news conference announcing the ad campaign.", "\"There is something special about unions of husband and wife.", "Unless we bring men and women together, children will not have mothers and fathers.\"", "CNN's Aileen Martinez contributed to this report." ]	[ "Miss California USA Carrie Prejean says she posed for one semi-nude photo .", "A Web site says it has more photos of Prejean, and plans to slowly roll them out .", "Prejean is in the news for her response to question about same-sex marriage ." ]	[ 1, 2, 7, 35 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Eight years ago, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna became global pin-ups for the resurgence in Mexican filmmaking after their memorable breakthrough in coming-of-age road movie \"Y tu Mama Tambien.\"", "\"Rudo y Cursi\" reunites Luna and Bernal, who became pin-ups for the resurgence in Mexican filmmaking with \"Y tu Mama Tambien\" in 2001.", "Today, Luna and Bernal's on-screen chemistry has once again grabbed the public's attention, this time in Mexico, where their latest film \"Rudo y Cursi\" made box-office history.", "It became the fourth highest-grossing film in the country's history when it was released at the end of 2008.", "\"Rudo y Cursi,\" approximately translated as Tough and Corny, tells the story of two rural banana farmers who, after being 'spotted' by a crooked talent scout, gain instant celebrity in the Mexican soccer league playing for opposing teams.", "But, mesmerized by women and fast cars and unable to defy their demons, they look on powerless as the dream disintegrates in front of them almost as suddenly as it arrived.", "The movie touches on fame, poverty and corruption, but for its makers, it is ultimately a tale of brotherhood.", "It was written written and directed by Carlos Cuaron, and is the first release from groundbreaking new production venture Cha Cha Cha films.", "Cha Cha Cha was established by Mexico's three leading directors who are also renowned internationally -- Carlos' brother Alfonso Cuaron (\"Children of Men\"), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (\"Babel\") and Guillermo del Toro (\"Pan's Labyrinth\").", "All three serve as producers on the film.", "In pictures: Bernal and Garcia in \"Rudo y Cursi\" » .", "\"Originally I wanted to make a fake documentary about a footballer from a humble background who made it big and then disappeared mysteriously,\" Carlos Cuaron told CNN.", "\"But I told this idea to Gael [Garcia Bernal] and Diego [Luna], and they both said they wanted to play the part.", "I had one part and two actors.", "So I made up another brother and forgot about the fake documentary.\"", "Cuaron also cast Bernal and Luna -- best friends since childhood in Mexico City who were so keen to do the film the signed up before they saw a script -- against type and against their wishes.", "Both had originally wanted to play the opposite character: Bernal the abrasive Rudo, and Luna the romantic Cursi.", "They were eventually dissuaded by Cuaron who said: \"I don't want to make Y Tu Mama Tambien 2.\"", "The idea behind Cha Cha Cha films was conceived by Cuaron senior, del Toro and Innaritu when the trio -- a kind of all-stars of Mexican cinema -- found themselves with a surprise 16 nominations and 4 awards at the 2007 Oscars.", "The idea came out of a desire to pool their their rising bargaining power and maximize their clout in Hollywood -- and, of course, out of friendship.", "The company was \"born out of friendship and sibling sympathies,\" del Toro told CNN.", "When Carlos was originally writing the script, his bother, Alfonso told him thought it was perfect for Cha Cha Cha.", "The venture formalizes a working relationship del Toro, Innaritu and Alfonso Cuaron have had for years, but they freely admit they spend little time together.", "Rather it is a case of exchanging ideas and honing each other's writing over the phone and via email from all over the globe.", "Del Toro, for example, is currently in New Zealand directing Peter Jackson's follow-up to his wildly successful \"Lord of the Rings\" trilogy, \"The Hobbit.\"", "It would appear that the Mexican trio have created an ideal creative environment for themselves, Cha Cha Cha has been criticized for forgetting their Mexican heritage in the rush to embrace Hollywood.", "It is not a criticism they take lightly.", "Watch Cuaron, Bernal and Garcia talking about \"Rudo y Cursi\" \"I don't care about Mexican films, about indie films, about Hollywood films,\" says Alfonso.", "\"Just good or bad movies.", "\"Yes, it's great that we have a common background as Mexican creators, but once you are a creator you have a common language with creators from all around the world.\"", "For del Toro, the company will extend the influence of Mexican cinema not diminish it: \"We want to give Mexican cinema, if you want to call it that, the credentials and right to exist in world cinema.", "\"People don't think twice when [Italian filmmaker] Bernardo Bertolucci is doing a movie about China called 'The Last Emperor.'", "\"But in your mind, Latin American filmmakers are only doing Latin American films.", "We're trying to show that it's important to have roots, but not borders.\"", "The bittersweet drama has played to big laughs all over Mexico and the U.S., but for its makers, it is not simply a comedy.", "\"People talk about this film as if it's a comedy but I question that,\" says Alfonso.", "\"The elements are very dramatic and actually very tragic, and the ending has a very bittersweet tone.\"", "According to del Toro, the movie \"says there's a way to be comfortable with failure, and finding you're emotionally more satisfied in failing.\"", "Failure though, is not an issue overly burdening Cha Cha Cha's \"three amigos,\" -- their second film, \"Biutiful,\" set in Barcelona, directed by Inarritu and starring Javier Bardem is currently being edited in Spain.", "Alfonso told CNN his next movie would be shot in France and Scotland, and would be in French and English, though that too \"will be a Cha Cha Cha film.\"", "Carlos Cuaron is the only one who is unhappy, despite the unprecedented success of his directorial debut.", "\"For me it's difficult,\" he says.", "\"Whenever I see the movie, I only see the flaws.", "Nobody else sees them.\"", "\"Not even your mother?\"", "asks Bernal.", "\"No, not my mother,\" says the director.", "\"She thinks I'm a genius.\"" ]	[ "Mexican superstars Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna star together .", "Film has gone down in Mexican history as fourth most popular box office hit ever .", "Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro behind film .", "Directed by Carlos Cuaron and produced by production company, Cha Cha Cha ." ]	[ 2, 7, 8, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Embattled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe signed a power-sharing deal with the opposition party's breakaway faction, his party said Tuesday, though Mugabe's opponents denied the claim.", "Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe leaves a hotel where negotiations had been taking place Tuesday.", "Mugabe's party said the deal, which promises cabinet positions to the splinter group of the Movement for Democratic Change, does not involve MDC head Morgan Tsvangirai.", "Tsvangirai said he still is involved with the talks, and that the power-sharing deal with the MDC offshoot is part of larger deal that has not been signed by anyone.", "Welshman Ncube, spokesman for the MDC splinter group, also said his party has not signed a deal with Mugabe, though Mugabe's party said the deal was signed with the group's chief, Arthur Mutambara.", "South African President Thabo Mbeki, the mediator in the talks, would not confirm that a deal had been signed.", "Mbeki said Mugabe and the splinter group had formed an \"agreement\" and were awaiting Tsvangirai's position on certain points in the plan.", "Another high-ranking official with knowledge of the negotiations told CNN that the deal signed with Arthur Mutambara, head of the faction that broke from the MDC, has to do with the prime minister position that will be created in the new Zimbabwe government.", "The official said deciding the duties of the new prime minister has been a sticking point in the negotiations.", "The MDC has wanted the prime minister to be in charge of government and Mugabe to be in charge of the state, the official said.", "But Mugabe has sought to keep control of both and make the prime minister position \"ceremonial,\" the official said.", "All the parties involved have been meeting in a hotel in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city.", "Video footage Tuesday showed Tsvangirai leaving the negotiations stone-faced as he ignored reporters' questions.", "Mutambara told reporters he plans to have a news conference Wednesday, and Mugabe smiled widely and shook hands with onlookers as he left the hotel, but did not answer reporters' questions.", "Tsvangirai had been in power-sharing talks with Mugabe in recent days as a culmination of his party's protest of Mugabe's disputed re-election in a June presidential runoff.", "The election was condemned internationally as a sham.", "Tsvangirai withdrew from the June 27 runoff days before the vote, saying Mugabe's supporters had orchestrated a campaign of beatings, intimidation and murders against the MDC.", "Tsvangirai had garnered the most votes in a March general election, but not enough to avoid a runoff, according to the government's official count.", "CNN's Nkepile Mabuse contributed to this report." ]	[ "Official: Zimbabwe's president makes power-share deal with splinter group .", "Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai not part of deal, official says .", "Tsvangirai denies he's out of power-sharing discussions ." ]	[ 2, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Whether they're raising their adopted baby girl, dodging homophobic quips from their fraternity brothers or teaching the \"Single Ladies\" dance to the football team after glee club, it seems gay characters are becoming a vital part of prime time TV.", "With characters like \"Modern Family's\" Mitchell and Cameron, Calvin from \"Greek\" and Kurt from \"Glee,\" the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on scripted programs has just about doubled since 2005, according to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation.", "And characters will continue to identify as LGBT as time goes on, such as \"Ugly Betty's\" Justin, who recently had his first same-sex kiss.", "But Jarrett Barrios, president of GLAAD said, \"We still have a long way to go before we're fully represented [on] TV.\"", "In addition to the increasing number LGBT characters on scripted shows, which currently represents a little more than 3 percent of all leading and supporting characters on broadcast networks, there are also more openly gay actors and producers working in Hollywood, says Barrios.", "Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays the character Mitchell on the ABC prime time show \"Modern Family.\"", "Like his on-screen role, Ferguson himself is openly gay.", "\"The opportunity to play not only a well developed gay character, but a dad, a son and brother was really appealing to me. ...", "I chose to play him very close to myself and I think that truthfulness was appealing to the creators,\" Ferguson told CNN.", "However, Ferguson says his sexual orientation does not make him any more qualified to tackle a gay role than Eric Stonestreet, his straight co-star who plays Mitchell's partner Cameron.", "\"As a gay man and as someone who is an advocate for equality, truthfulness and fairness, I want to see more gay roles go to gay actors,\" Ferguson said in an e-mail.", "\"But then on the flip side, as an actor, I want to still be given the opportunity to play roles that are straight.\"", "In a recent interview on The Joy Behar Show , Stonestreet said he's excited he has been given the opportunity to portray one half of a committed gay couple raising a child -- a first, he said, for broadcast TV.", "\"Our goal is to make people laugh, but while we're making people laugh, if we can open a couple minds here and there, that's also an added benefit,\" he said.", "And while shows like \"Modern Family\" are working to open peoples' minds about same-sex parents, the \"L\" and the \"T,\" of LGBT, are still waiting for their TV time, said Hollywood casting director Tammara Billik.", "It's very common for female characters to be portrayed as bisexuals instead of lesbians, she said.", "\"I wouldn't say it's because of a discomfort with lesbianism, it's just an interest in bisexuality,\" Billik said.", "\"[People] think it's hot, and it gives characters a wide variety of storylines.\"", "And as far as the \"T,\" she said, \"transgender people are not represented in our daily lives with the same frequency that gay and lesbian people are.", "It's harder to find an audience that will embrace a transgender character.\"", "Sean Smith, the executive producer of ABC Family's \"Greek,\" said he has loaned some of his own experiences as an openly gay man to the show.", "And when casting, an actor's sexual orientation does not come into play.", "\"When you're in casting, it's not appropriate or legal to say, 'Hey, are you gay?'", "Whether they're gay, straight, from the South, British or from Mars, it doesn't matter.", "The best person who captures that character gets the job.\"", "And for Smith, straight actor Paul James was the best person for the role of Calvin Owens, a gay member of Omega Chi, a fictional fraternity on \"Greek.\"", "James said he doesn't think twice about the intimacy between him and the three actors he's made out with on the series.", "His girlfriend doesn't either.", "It's just acting, he says.", "But with the exception of Neil Patrick Harris, who came out in 2006, playing a straight character on \"How I Met Your Mother,\" straight actors are more often tapped for gay roles, rather than the other way around.", "Or so it seems. \"Many gay actors, who are not out in Hollywood, are afraid (coming out) will compromise their ability to get roles,\" Barrios said.", "\"But [LGBT] actors need to feel as if they can be who they are and still make it in Hollywood or homophobia wins.\"", "Both Ferguson and Smith identified themselves as gay before beginning careers in Hollywood, but Smith said he understands why some people are apprehensive about coming out once they're in the spotlight.", "\"People want to succeed and avoid any potential pitfalls, and coming out is definitely one that can draw attention to you that might make other people in this town fearful of hiring you,\" said Smith.", "\"For me, I've never really questioned it.", "I've worked with great guys.", "For them it wasn't an issue, but I'm aware of other parts of this industry.\"", "People want to watch characters they can relate to, said Smith, who was very excited to welcome \"Modern Family\" into his living room.", "\"Jesse and I ... get so many compliments from gay couples and lesbian couples that want to introduce us to their kids and thank us for representing them on TV for the first time,\" Stonestreet told Behar.", "But still, \"Modern Family\" isn't hitting viewers over the head with Cameron and Mitchell's physical intimacy.", "\"We're the perfect show to just build it in naturally, not draw a bunch of attention to it,\" Stonestreet said.", "For Ferguson, it's a non-issue.", "\"I want the viewers to know Mitchell and Cameron's sex and love life is just fine,\" Ferguson wrote.", "\"They also have regular bowel movements, but that is something you don't see either.\"" ]	[ "The number of LGBT characters on scripted programs has doubled since 2005 .", "LGBT characters represent more than 3 percent of characters on broadcast networks .", "It doesn't matter if an LGBT actor plays an LGBT role, said GLAAD's Jarrett Barrios ." ]	[ 1, 4, 23 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Maryland mother faces assault charges for allegedly ordering a group of teens to beat up a 14-year-old who was stabbed in the ensuing melee, Baltimore County police said Friday.", "Kimberley Lyn Cudanin, 34, told her 16-year-old son and at least four of his friends to attack Malaki Malloy as retaliation for a recent assault against her 14-year-old son, police said in a news release.", "On Saturday night, Cudanin drove some of the teens to where Malloy was, about a mile from her home, police said.", "Those teens and others at the scene then beat and stabbed Malloy and three friends who were with him, police said.", "Malloy was released from the University of Maryland Medical Center's shock trauma center Monday, hospital spokeswoman Cindy Rivers said Friday.", "Cudanin and her son Andre were arrested Monday and face first- and second-degree assault charges, police spokesman Bill Toohey said.", "Four other teens face the same charges after being arrested Wednesday: Leo Eades, 17; Marvin King, 16; Malcolm Scott, 15; and James McBride, 16.", "All are being charged as adults, police said.", "Police are looking for two other suspects, Toohey said.", "Warren Brown, defense attorney for at least one of the teens, could not be immediately reached for comment Friday.", "An attempted murder charge is likely against the person alleged to have stabbed Malloy, Toohey said, but police have yet to determine who that person was.", "Investigators do not think it was Kimberley Cudanin, he said.", "In fact, investigators do not think she assaulted anyone, but under Maryland law, her role in the attack warrants the assault charges, Toohey said.", "CNN's Khadijah Rentas contributed to this report." ]	[ "Kimberley Lyn Cudanin told son and his friends to attack Malaki Malloy, police say .", "Teen stabbed after assault against Cudanin's 14-year-old son .", "Cudanin, son Andre, 4 teens face first- and second-degree assault charges .", "Whoever stabbed Malloy will face attempted murder charge, spokesman says ." ]	[ 1, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A college student in Nigeria has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for scamming an Australian woman out of $47,000 online by pretending to be a widowed white businessman desperately in love with her.", "A court in Ikeja in southwest Nigeria ruled that Lawal Adekunie Nurudeen will also have to pay back the 56-year-old woman, even if it meant selling the two plots of land and the Honda Prelude he bought with her money.", "Nurudeen was an engineering student when he met the woman online in 2007, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria's anti-corruption police.", "The woman lamented that she was looking for a husband but had been disappointed in the men she had met.", "\"The convict, who is married with three children, instantly applied and told the victim that she had met Mr.", "Right,\" the commission said in a statement.", "Nurudeen pretended to be a 57-year-old British engineer working with a multinational company in Nigeria.", "He told her his wife and only child had died in a road accident in Lagos, the former capital of the country.", "\"He sent the picture of a white man to the victim to foreclose any suspicions,\" police said.", "The woman agreed to marry him.", "A few weeks later, Nurudeen called the woman pretending to be a doctor.", "He told her that her fiance had been in an accident and needed money for treatment.", "The woman obliged, the commission said.", "Nurudeen let two weeks pass.", "He then called the woman again, thanking her profusely for her kindness and telling her that he would like to visit her in Australia.", "He asked her for airfare, cash for customs clearance and other incidentals, police said.", "Authorities did not say how Nurudeen was caught.", "But he duped the woman of $47,000 before his arrest, the commission said.", "Scammers in Nigeria have gained a reputation for using the Internet to con foreign nationals out of money.", "Some of the scams have earned the name \"419\" after the clause in the Nigerian criminal code that deals with obtaining property under false pretense." ]	[ "Police: Nurudeen was engineering student when he met the woman online in 2007 .", "Nurudeen pretended to be a British engineer working in Nigeria .", "Authorities do not say how he was caught ." ]	[ 2, 6, 16 ]
[ "(Budget Travel) -- Hard as it may be for anyone under 30 to imagine, there was a time when people used to shoot eight-millimeter films while on vacation and then show them to friends and family gathered around a projector in the living room.", "Nowadays, capturing video is far easier (whether you use a video camera, a digital still camera with video capability or even a cell phone), as is the sharing: YouTube has proved that millions of folks have learned to upload video to a computer and instantly e-mail a link to family and friends.", "Whether you use a video camera, a digital still camera with video capability, or even a cell phone, capturing video has never been easier.", "While YouTube remains a popular venue for sharing vacation videos, Web sites specifically targeting travelers are also springing up.", "The quality of the applications and usefulness of the content, however, vary greatly.", "We tested four to see which are easiest, which have bugs to work out and which can even help you offset your travel costs.", "Travelistic . For anyone just getting the hang of online video sharing, no-frills Travelistic -- founded by veterans of Condé Nast, iFilm and MTV -- is a good start.", "Before you upload a video, Travelistic directs you through a simple registration process and asks you to write a short description of your clip.", "When the video is posted, you can e-mail friends to tell them to watch it.", "You can also create a profile page to list your videos, add links to other people's clips and indicate on a world map where you've been and where you'd like to go.", "Cool: Similar to YouTube, Travelistic gives an embed code for most postings, allowing anyone on the Internet to add the clip to his or her own Web site or blog.", "Likewise, YouTube videos can be embedded into Travelistic.", "Not cool: No registration is required to leave comments on other people's videos, leading to spam.", "Travelistic also doesn't restrict who can post videos, so some material on the site comes from tourism promoters.", "Upload time: Painfully slow at 20 minutes. ...", "Revver . Revver is a general-interest video-sharing site with a category devoted to travel clips.", "Its process for uploading a video is similar to Travelistic's, but the personal \"dashboard\" is much more sophisticated.", "You can collect friends, à la Facebook, and add other people's videos to your playlist (a compilation of favorite clips).", "There are also more ways to share your videos: The site allows you to use embed codes to link your videos to social-networking sites, and your friends can download the clips as podcasts in iTunes.", "Cool: The site affixes small advertisements to the bottom of every video, usually promoting something germane.", "(For example, an ad for a Miami hotel is attached to a home movie of Miami Beach.)", "Revver then pays you half the revenue it makes from the video ads -- the total depends on how many people view the ads or click on them.", "You can track how much you've made in your dashboard, and you're automatically paid through PayPal once you've earned at least $20.", "Earnings can be substantial.", "The creators of an extremely popular Diet Coke and Mentos video on the site have made $50,000.", "Not cool: Editors screen all of the videos to ensure that no obscene or copyrighted material will be posted to the site -- the process can take several hours or even a day.", "If your video has more than 10 seconds of a Beyoncé song in the background, for instance, the editors could consider it a copyright violation and block the clip's posting.", "Upload time: Five minutes.", "Tripfilms . Founded by four friends in New York City, including former IgoUgo chief executive Tony Cheng, Tripfilms is geared toward people who think of themselves as filmmakers, professional or otherwise, with higher-quality and more informative clips than those on other video-sharing sites.", "But that shouldn't deter the novice videographer; Tripfilms's videos may be slicker than those on other Web sites, but the site isn't necessarily more exclusive.", "The staff posts all videos submitted by users unless the clips are offensive.", "There are also tips on producing better videos, such as finding an opening or closing shot and writing a more natural script.", "Cool: The site has a Film Your Trip program in which people pitch ideas for video travel stories to the editors and -- if their ideas are accepted -- are paid at least $50 for each clip they produce.", "If you ask, the staff may edit your video to make it look more professional or give advice on how to do it yourself.", "The site also occasionally gives away an iPod Nano to the creators of the top videos.", "Not cool: Tripfilms is less than a year old, so traffic is low.", "There are just 700 videos on the site; only a handful have more than a few thousand viewings.", "Upload time: Six minutes.", "Zoom And Go . Zoom And Go sees itself as a combination of TripAdvisor and YouTube.", "The site allows users to not only upload videos and photos, but also to write reviews for hotels, destinations and attractions, and to search for hotels in certain cities.", "Navigating the site, however, can be slightly problematic.", "When you click on a city like London, for instance, you can add it to your Trip Planner, but that just creates a list of bookmarked places -- there's no actual planning function yet.", "The site also has a tool to check hotel availability, but clicking on the link to book the room in both Firefox and Safari led to an error page.", "Cool: Zoom And Go doesn't attach ads to videos, but it's launching a system that'll award points for every video, photo and review posted on the site.", "The points will then be redeemable for money that'll go to the charity of the user's choice.", "Videos will be worth 30 points apiece; every 100 points accrued will earn $1.", "The editors also say that all content is provided by actual travelers, not tourism promoters.", "Not cool: Although Zoom And Go claims to have the largest collection of travel videos on the Internet (more than 14,000), the clips are rarely longer than a minute, providing just a cursory glimpse of a hotel lobby or a tourist destination.", "Upload time: Seven minutes.", "*For all tests, we used broadband Wi-Fi to upload a four-minute clip.", "E-mail to a friend .", "Get the best travel deals and tips emailed to you and enter to win a free trip - CLICK HERE!", "Copyright © 2009 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." ]	[ "Video-share Web sites specifically targeting travelers are springing up .", "Travelistic gives an embed code for most postings, so others can post the clip .", "Revver pays users half the revenue it makes from ads on their submissions ." ]	[ 3, 10, 21 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Basketball commentator and former hoops star Charles Barkley was arrested Wednesday in Scottsdale, Arizona, on suspicion of drunken driving, a police spokesman said.", "Charles Barkley was driving an Infiniti SUV through a trendy area of Scottsdale on Wednesday, police say.", "Barkley issued a brief statement, saying, \"I am disappointed that I put myself in that situation.", "The Scottsdale police were fantastic.", "I will not comment any further as it is a legal matter.\"", "Lt. Eric Shuhandler of the Gilbert Police Department said an officer pulled Barkley over after he ran a stop sign in Scottsdale's Old Town area, a trendy spot known for its nightclubs and bars.", "Gilbert and Scottsdale are in the Phoenix metro area.", "\"The officer identified the driver of the 2005 Infiniti as Charles Barkley,\" according to a written statement from police.", "\"Mr. Barkley was administered the standard field sobriety tests after the odor of intoxicating liquor was detected.\"", "Watch: Barkley 'disappointed' by arrest » .", "At a news conference later in the day, Shuhandler said Barkley's \"performance on the field sobriety test revealed there was probable cause to make an arrest.\"", "Barkley declined to take a breath test to measure his blood-alcohol level, Shuhandler said earlier.", "\"When he arrived at the station, police administered a blood test, which is customary of our police department to do,\" he said, adding that Barkley consented to the blood test.", "It will take \"a few days\" for the crime lab to test the blood sample and determine Barkley's blood-alcohol level, Shuhandler said.", "The former NBA power forward was cited for driving while impaired and released.", "\"It was a pretty routine arrest,\" Shuhandler said.", "Barkley's sport-utility vehicle was impounded under mandatory vehicle impound laws, police said.", "Shuhandler said Barkley behaved professionally during the booking and was \"very respectful and cordial with our officers.\"", "Watch Shuhandler describe the arrest » .", "Barkley, 45, is a commentator for TNT's coverage of the NBA.", "In October, he told CNN's Campbell Brown that he plans to run for governor of his home state of Alabama in 2014, saying, \"I can't screw up Alabama.", "We are number 48 in everything and Arkansas and Mississippi aren't going anywhere.\"", "Although he is well known for entertaining comments and a cocky attitude, he also compiled an impressive résumé as a professional basketball player.", "A Hall of Famer and 11-time All-Star, Barkley is one of four players in history to rack up more than 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists in a career.", "He also earned the NBA's most valuable player designation in 1993 and brought home gold medals with the U.S. Olympic basketball team in 1992 and 1996.", "His commanding performance on the court earned him the nicknames \"Sir Charles\" and the \"Round Mound of Rebound.\"", "Barkley was drafted out of Auburn University in 1984 by the Philadelphia 76ers and played 16 seasons with the Sixers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets before he was permanently sidelined in 1999 with a ruptured tendon in his left knee.", "TNT is owned by Turner Broadcasting Corp., also the parent company of CNN.", "CNN's Nick Valencia contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Barkley says he's disappointed in himself, police were \"fantastic\"\nPolice: Sobriety test \"revealed there was probable cause to make an arrest\"\nOutspoken commentator took field, blood tests, but not breath test, police say .", "NBA Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medalist known for entertaining remarks ." ]	[ 3, 10, 12, 19 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Costa Rica's first female candidate held a two-to-one lead in the country's presidential election, as the second-place candidate, Otton Solis of the Citizen's Action Party, conceded defeat.", "If the PLN -- the Spanish acronym for the ruling National Liberation Party party -- wins, Laura Chinchilla would become the nation's first female president.", "Polls showed Chinchilla garnering 47.3 percent of the vote, with 24.9 percent of election sites reporting.", "Solis had 23.3 percent, while Otto Guevara of the Libertarian Movement had 21.9 percent.", "Before noon Sunday, all three leading candidates had cast their votes in events broadcast live by local media.", "If none of the candidates gain 40 percent of the vote, a runoff election will be used to select the next president.", "In addition to president, Costa Ricans also cast ballots Sunday for two vice presidents, 53 congressmen and 495 councilmen.", "Video footage showed flag-waving supporters of the main presidential candidates dressed in their respective campaign colors throughout the country.", "International observers interviewed on CNN affiliate Teletica compared the election scene to a festival.", "The festivities included election sites where children could vote in a mock presidential vote.", "The educational outreach let the children pick their candidate on a digital ballot not unlike the ones the rest of the electorate cast their votes with.", "Some 2.8 million Costa Ricans are eligible to vote.", "The legacy of outgoing President Oscar Arias -- a Nobel laureate who leaves office a popular, if polarizing leader -- has in many ways shaped the presidential race.", "Although he has given Costa Rica a larger role in foreign affairs through his involvement in seeking resolution to the political crisis in Honduras, but his style has rubbed some the wrong way.", "After casting his vote Sunday, Arias called the electoral process transparent and trustworthy.", "\"I would like to thank the Costa Rican people for filling the streets with color,\" he said.", "CNN's Roberto Pazos contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Solis bows out with 23.3 percent of the vote so far .", "NEW: Polls show Chinchilla with 47.3 percent of vote, with a quarter of sites reporting .", "Chinchilla represents ruling National Liberation Party .", "If no one takes 40 percent of the vote, a runoff election will be necessary ." ]	[ 2, 5 ]

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