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[ "(CNN) -- Six people were killed and 13 wounded in the shelling of South Ossetia by Georgian forces, South Ossetian officials said Saturday, according to Russia's Interfax news agency.", "Officials of the breakaway Georgian region said the shelling was part of a Georgian military operation, Interfax reported.", "Georgia initially suggested Russian peacekeepers were to blame, drawing heated denials from the Russian Defense Ministry, which called the allegation \"dirty informational provocation.\"", "Later, however, Mamuka Kurashvili, the commander of Georgian peacekeeping operations, told reporters that four people were wounded when several Georgian villages were fired upon from South Ossetia, and Georgia \"had to return fire.\"", "Women, children and the elderly were being evacuated from the conflict zone because of fears that Georgia would continue military operations against the region, according to the South Ossetian Information and Press Committee as reported by Interfax.", "South Ossetia's government held a special session on the violence, the Russian news agency said.", "\"If Georgia continues provocative actions, we will announce the recruitment of volunteers not only in the North Ossetia but in the entire North Caucasus and also carry out general mobilization in South Ossetia,\" South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity told Interfax.", "Georgia, located on the Black Sea coast between Russia and Turkey, has been split by Russian-backed separatist movements in South Ossetia and another region, Abkhzia.", "Accusations often fly on both sides, and the South Ossetian leadership has alleged that Georgian troops stage attacks to create a pretext for military action.", "South Ossetia declared its independence from Georgia in the early 1990s after a bloody war there between ethnic Georgians and Ossetians.", "The region's independence is not internationally recognized.", "Russian, Georgian and South Ossetian troops participate in a mixed peacekeeping force there and have maintained a fragile peace broken occasionally by fighting.", "On Friday, as reports of the shelling began, Russia expressed \"its most serious concern about the escalation of tensions in South Ossetia.\"", "Moscow said it was taking measures to prevent escalation of the conflict as it urged both Georgia and South Ossetia to look for diplomatic ways to calm the situation." ]	[ "Georgian official said South Ossetia had fired on Georgian villages first .", "Women, children, elderly being evacuated from the conflict zone .", "Georgia split by Russian-backed separatist movements in South Ossetia ." ]	[ 4, 7 ]
[ "HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared in the past three months and is now at 11.2 million percent, the highest in the world, according to the country's Central Statistical Office.", "Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared to a world high.", "Official figures dated Monday show inflation has surged from the rate of 2.2 million percent recorded in May, despite the government's price controls.", "The country's finance minister confirmed the new figure in an interview but said the rising inflation rate was not confined to Zimbabwe alone.", "\"While our case has been aggravated by the illegal sanctions imposed by the Western powers, rising food prices are a world phenomenon because of the use of bio-fuel,\" said Samuel Mumbengegwi.", "\"But we will continue to fight inflation by making sure that prices charged are realistic.\"", "In February, the price of a loaf of bread in the country was less than 200,000 Zimbabwe dollars.", "On Monday, that same loaf of bread cost 1.6 trillion Zimbabwe dollars.", "Analysts have said the Zimbabwean government's official inflation rate figures are conservative.", "Last week, one of Zimbabwe's leading banks, Kingdom Bank, said the country's inflation rate was now more than 20 million percent.", "The locally-owned bank predicted tougher times ahead for Zimbabwe in the absence of donor support and foreign investment in an economy that has been in freefall for almost a decade.", "Once considered the breadbasket of Africa, Zimbabwe has been in the throes of an economic meltdown ever since the country embarked on a chaotic land reform program that has decimated commercial agriculture.", "Analysts say the crisis has worsened following President Robert Mugabe's disputed reelection in the June 27 presidential run-off.", "His challenger Morgan Tsvangirai boycotted the race over widespread allegations of violence and voter intimidation.", "The economic crisis has destroyed Zimbabwe's currency and made it difficult for Zimbabweans to buy basic commodities, electricity, fuel, and medicines.", "Many Zimbabweans have left the country amid rising unemployment and deepening poverty.", "Last week a summit in South Africa of regional African leaders failed to persuade Zimbabwe's political parties to agree to form a government of national unity, which observers view as the best way to end Zimbabwe's record recession." ]	[ "Zimbabwe's inflation rate soars to 11.2 million percent .", "A loaf of bread costs 1.6 trillion Zimbabwe dollars .", "Official rate is world's highest but some analysts fear it may be more .", "Zimbabwe officials blame international sanctions and rising global food prices ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "(Oprah.com) -- On any given day here at \"O, The Oprah Magazine,\" there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 69 very talented, extremely detail oriented, high-energy, hardworking women and men all doing their jobs and doing them well.", "I love a few of them, I like a lot of them, I despise one of them.", "She is the Magneto to my Wolverine, the Saruman to my Frodo, the Dr. Octopus to my Spiderman.", "I call her The Tinkler.", "It's a typical Tuesday; the office is humming along.", "I'm answering e-mails, writing cover lines, scheduling a dental appointment here, partial highlights there, kicking myself for not getting sushi at lunch.", "The sun is shining, the color printer is working -- my life is good.", "I mosey into the ladies' room, glance at the mirror, remind myself that fluorescent lights make everyone look as if they're in the final stages of tuberculosis, and head for a stall.", "And then I see it: The seat, even the floor, is covered in little yellow droplets.", "The Tinkler strikes again.", "To date, I have been able to deduce only four things about her: .", "1. She is female. 2. She attacks between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. 3.", "She works alone.", "4. She was raised in a barn.", "I've been her victim more times than I can count, and it has turned me from a happy-go-lucky columnist into a bitter, paranoid germaphobe.", "She has become the bane of my existence.", "We live in a world where our soldiers lack sufficient body armor, where Rupert Murdoch is blurring the line intended to keep the business and political interests of media owners from influencing the presentation of news, where the White House still refuses to respond to questions they promised to answer as soon as the Scooter Libby case was closed, where studies indicate that worrying you're going to get sick will actually get you sick -- and yet I am devoting an entire column to The Tinkler.", "Any shrink worth his or her salt will tell you that it is a mistake to think of your colleagues as family.", "But what is a family if not a group of people who care about you and irritate you and show up for cake on your birthday and look at pictures of your kid even when they don't feel like it and think it wouldn't kill you to put on a little makeup and a pair of heels once in a while?", "I've been earning a paycheck for 30 years.", "Whether rinsing conditioner off a Lhasa apso during my stint as shampoo girl at Mr. Whiskers Pet Boutique or breathing on the chicken breast I was about to serve a rude diner during my waitressing days, I've always found that the people I work with matter to me.", "Their moods, their opinions, their style influence my life.", "They've appreciated me, humiliated me, surprised me, and antagonized me.", "I've gotten flowers and I've gotten fired (and I'm pretty sure I didn't do anything to deserve either), but I've never experienced anything like The Tinkler.", "\"Dammit!\" I say upon encountering her latest Jackson Pollock imitation.", "Pat, Suzan, and Valerie each come out of their stalls to see what's wrong.", "I point in horror.", "Pat groans, Suzan moans, Val throws up her hands in disgust, and we fall into silence.", "Then I rally, \"At least we know it's not one of us.\"", "But everybody else is a suspect.", "\"It can't be Sudie,\" Suzan volunteers.", "My eyes narrow.", "\"What are you basing this on?\" I ask. \"I've seen her,\" she answers, \"she always heads straight for the paper seat protector.\"", "\"And,\" Valerie adds, \"we can cross Mamie off the list -- it happened twice while she was in Sweden.\"", "Sixty seconds ago, the four of us were editors; now we are FBI profilers.", "\"She probably likes to burrow into small spaces,\" Pat conjectures.", "\"This never happens in the big, wheelchair-accessible stall ...\" \"It's very primitive, as if she's marking her territory.", "This is clearly a hostile gesture,\" Suzan declares with authority.", "We're finally getting somewhere.", "\"So, really,\" I say, \"we just need to be on the lookout for an aggressively mean-spirited, mole-like cavewoman who is not confined to a wheelchair .. is that right?\"", "Val is the first to realize that we're losing our minds.", "\"I'm out of here,\" she says, and exits the ladies' room.", "Later, I complain to J.J., poor, naive little J.J .. She tells me that it can't be any of us, that the toilet is somehow to blame.", "I leave J.J. in her special world -- a place where troubles melt like lemon drops and Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone -- and resume writing my column.", "Gina drops by and reads over my shoulder.", "Suddenly she has an epiphany: \"It's you!\"", "she announces, pointing at me like she's Javert accusing Jean Valjean of stealing silver candlesticks.", "\"Think about it,\" she says.", "\"What better way to cover your tracks than writing an outraged piece on the subject?\"", "I kind of like that Gina believes I am an evil genius, and I don't have the heart to tell her that I once refused to sit my daughter on the lap of a department store Santa Claus because I had no idea who else had been sitting there.", "Another day, another bathroom break.", "\"Steer clear of the third stall,\" Yeun warns as she dries her hands and heads for a meeting.", "Jennifer emerges from door number four to see what exactly's going on behind door number three.", "She is appalled yet philosophical.", "\"Believe it or not, every place I've ever worked has had a Tinkler -- maybe sharing a ladies' room just sends certain people into a passive-aggressive snit.", "It's the dark side of office life.\"", "Lately, my daydreams bear a striking resemblance to one of those black-and-white Sherlock Holmes movies: The entire team sits, sipping brandy in an ornate drawing room.", "\"I suppose you're wondering why I've gathered you here today,\" I begin in an inexplicable British accent.", "\"Well, my friends, one of you is The Tinkler.\"", "The research department averts their eyes.", "The art department fidgets nervously.", "An intern gasps.", "\"And,\" I go on, \"nobody is leaving this room until I reveal the person who refuses to work and play well with others.\"", "My assistant, Polly, looks up.", "\"You mean you've figured out the identity of The Tinkler?\"", "she asks, filled with an admiration for my powers of reasoning that she has never once expressed in real life.", "\"It was elementary, dear Watson.", "I merely -- \" but before I can unmask The Tinkler or explain why I refer to Polly as dear Watson, the lights suddenly go out ...", "I could go on, but I'm bored silly whenever someone feels compelled to relay every nanosecond of a dream.", "Suffice it to say that I usually wind up in the arms of Tyrone Power.", "As for The Tinkler? She's still on the lam. There are lots of days when I find myself wishing life were closer to a gorgeous movie from the '40s -- women wore fabulous hats and pearl chokers, and I don't think they actually went to the bathroom back then.", "They were too busy dancing with Fred Astaire and smoking unfiltered cigarettes to schlep to an office every day.", "Now, some of us are running the offices, but it seems we've brought a few low-grade lunatics along for the ride -- and they're wreaking havoc in the ladies' room.", "Where have you gone, Edith Wharton?", "I'm not asking for cloth napkins and classical music.", "I don't need a mint on my pillow.", "I just want a bit of common courtesy, a modicum of civility, a touch of class, or, failing all that, a good supply of Lysol.", "By Lisa Kogan from \"O, The Oprah Magazine,\" April 2008 .", "Subscribe to O, The Oprah Magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price.", "That's like getting 18 issues FREE.", "Subscribe now! TM & © 2008 Harpo Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved." ]	[ "Women's bathroom is defiled by The Tinkler .", "Columnist tries to figure out who's guilty of peeing on seat .", "Decides she is \"aggressively mean-spirited, mole-like cavewoman\"\nWriter yearns for modicum of civility, a touch of class, or supply of Lysol ." ]	[ 12, 39, 76 ]
[ "BOISE, Idaho (CNN) -- Firefighter Jonathan Frohreich had never heard of The Wildland Firefighter Foundation, much less its founder, until recovering from severe work-related injuries last month.", "Vicki Minor's Wildland Firefighter Foundation has granted more than $1.5 million in aid to more than 500 families.", "As he lay in his hospital bed in Sacramento, California, Vicki Minor put her hand on his shoulder.", "\"She introduced herself and told me that she was there to help,\" recalls Frohreich, who had been in a helicopter crash that killed nine of his colleagues.", "\"She just said, 'Anything.'", "She was there to do anything for me.\" Since 1999, Minor has dedicated herself to providing emergency assistance and ongoing support to injured and fallen wildfire fighters and their families nationwide through her Wildland Firefighter Foundation.", "Wildland firefighters are called into action when the United States' vast natural resources are threatened by fire.", "For Frohreich, Minor's foundation supplied lodging and food for family and friends who visited his bedside.", "It also provided emergency funds for medical and other expenses, arranged for Frohreich to meet with firefighters who carried him to safety, and brought his fallen comrades' family members to a bereavement ceremony.", "\"She means everything,\" Frohreich said.", "\"She's one of the best things to ever happen.\"", "Minor first became involved with the wildland firefighter community 21 years ago after witnessing a wildfire for the first time.", "\"I had never seen anything like it,\" Minor recalls of the blaze in the mountains of Idaho.", "\"All those firefighter units mobilized in camps that cropped up.", "It was like an invasion, and I was mesmerized.\"", "Minor started a fire camp commissary, providing dry goods, clothing and necessities to the firefighters.", "But it wasn't until tragedy struck in 1994 at Storm King Mountain, Colorado, where 14 firefighters perished in a single day, that Minor was overcome with a need to assist the families.", "The Storm King fire was a turning point.", "\"Fighting fire is much like fighting a war.", "There's no time to tend to the injured, or tend to the dead.", "The fire doesn't stop raging,\" Minor said.", "\"I looked up at the heavens and I said to those kids, 'Help me help your families.'", "\" Grieving wildland families, like those of fallen soldiers, tend to be young and scattered throughout the country, often enduring their sudden loss in isolation from their firefighting community.", "Taking cues from a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Minor spearheaded fundraising efforts for the erection of the Wildland Firefighters Monument in Boise, Idaho, which contains markers \"for almost every wildland firefighter that has fallen,\" Minor said.", "\"I had seen and felt the healing of those combat veterans that would touch a name of their friend,\" Minor said.", "\"Our wildland firefighters had nothing like that to process their grief.", "I wanted to create a place where our families could congregate, reach out in solidarity and comfort to honor their fallen and injured.\"", "Watch Minor describe the sculptures in the firefighter monument » .", "Since 1999, the foundation has continued to grow, assisting more than 500 wildland firefighters and their families with more than $1.5 million in emergency funds and services, including communication support; travel and lodging for the injured and fallen; and emotional and benefit counseling and advocacy.", "Watch Minor describe how her foundation takes action to aid wildfire fighters » .", "\"There is a need for these families to be taken care of, and a long-term need,\" Minor said.", "\"But most of it is to maintain that home until benefits come in.\"", "When survivors suddenly lose their income and don't know how to apply for the compensation they're entitled to, Minor's foundation steps in to guide them, often fighting for them when benefits are delayed or denied.", "Watch Minor explain why her foundation fights for firefighters and their families » .", "Minor says she hopes the wildland firefighters know \"we have their back.\"", "\"I hope that they feel they can go on and fight that fire and know that we'll take care of their family and their friends.\"" ]	[ "Vicki Minor's foundation helps injured and fallen wildfire fighters and their families .", "The Wildland Firefighter Foundation has assisted more than 500 families since 1999 .", "Minor led fundraising efforts to build a monument for fallen wildfire firefighters ." ]	[ 5, 27, 28 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The New York Giants' unlikely win over the New England Patriots is already being called one of the biggest shockers in Super Bowl history, and the amazing catch David Tyree made to set up the game-winning touchdown won't be forgotten anytime soon.", "Pint-sized Giants fans, Luka and Kristian Radovich, celebrate after Plaxico Burress' game-winning catch.", "CNN.com reader Michael Heitman, of Baxter, Tennessee, will remember Super Bowl XLII for more than the 17-14 score.", "\"Our 13-month-old daughter took her first steps during the second half.", "Apparently, so did the Giants offense.", "Congrats to the Giants from a Cowboys fan,\" he said.", "David Marks, of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, said it was \"one of the best football games I'd ever seen,\" but said watching the game with his family had some drawbacks.", "\"I was not able to enjoy the commercials as much because my mom wouldn't stop yakking away,\" he said.", "\"She's 80 years old and I didn't want to say anything at first -- you don't know how much longer you have your mom at that age.", "But finally after a quarter and a half, I had to ask her to pipe down.\"", "Watch some of the pre-game festivities » .", "Dan Nash, of Santa Monica, California, didn't have that problem.", "\"It would be nice to see the GAME a little more,\" he said adding that \"every 10 seconds (or less), we're watching ads!", "Kickoff ... three ads.", "Punt ... three ads.", "Flag on the play ... two ads.\"", "Here is a sampling of our readers' reaction to the game: .", "Russell Giuliano of Middletown, New Jersey I have seen every Super Bowl, and this was the best ever, even better than No.", "3 with Namath. Dave Viscusi of Schenectady, New York That was one of the best Super Bowls/Super Bowl parties I have ever been to.", "We made 4 different kinds of pizza (BBQ chicken, cheese, sausage and peppers), boneless buffalo wings, BBQ ribs, chips of all kinds, apple martinis, some beer and topped off the Giants victory with some CHAMPAGNE!", "GO G-Men ... Eli deserves every ounce of credit he gets for this Super Bowl ... Way to throw it right in the arrogant Patriots' face!", "Ricardo Gomez of Buenos Aires, Argentina I'm a big Pats fan, and I was sad to see that last play when Manning escapes the Pats' defense and throw that pass, the one that put the GIANTS OFFENSE so close to the touchdown.", "Anyway, I think Pats are still the best team in the league, and I was there that snowy night when Brady got us to the Super Bowl at the last second with (Adam Vinatieri kicking) that amazing field goal!", "So GO PATS! GO!!! Irving Horowitz of Princeton, New Jersey There are three sport moments in my life that I will take to my grave with a broad grin and deep pleasure: The first was the Bobby Thompson home run for the New York (Baseball) Giants in 1951 to defeat the Dodgers; a varsity game while I was at Hobart & William Smith when, as a member of the faculty and staff, we defeated a first-class varsity team in 1962 and I made the winning basket with 28 seconds on the clock (I have the press clippings to prove this); and the biggest thrill of them all: Watching the New York (Football) Giants win Super Bowl XLII against the New England Patriots.", "When Bob Tisch spoke of \"this win is for all Giant fans who, for the past 30 years, supported the team at Giants Stadium, and before that at the Yankee Stadium, and for those who still remember being part of the Giants at the Polo Grounds,\" I felt that he spoke directly to me.", "After all, I am actually about a year or two older than the franchise ... Wow!", "2008 is already a good year -- a good omen for America.", "Monique Mondesire of Bronx, New York I'm a 26-year-old female who really doesn't put much thought into sports, but that was the best Super Bowl game I have ever seen in my life.", "I had faith that it would happen, but the way it happened was priceless.", "I'm very proud to be a New Yorker and a new Giants fan.", "To all the New Yorkers that lost their bets yesterday, in the words of Don Corleone, \"Never go against the family.\"", "Lisa Ciacci of Brooklyn, New York As a die-hard Cowboys fan, I may have been the most unlikely N.Y. Giants fan last night.", "I could not be happier for this team.", "They played their hearts out in quite possibly the best game I have ever watched.", "Eli Manning came of age before our very eyes and proves once again that he is truly a class act.", "I hope this loss haunts the Patriots forever.", "They weren't good enough to beat the Giants last night nor will they ever be.", "This city will surely explode at tomorrow's parade -- it's good to be in New York!", "GO GIANTS! E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Ultimate Super Bowl party: Four kinds of pizza and a Giants' win .", "\"It's good to be in New York,\" reader says .", "One fan's daughter took first steps in second half .", "I-Report: Have a story to share?", "Send it to us ." ]	[ 3, 18, 29, 37 ]
[ "NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Three weeks after an apparent misunderstanding sparked a confrontation, deadly Hindu-Christian riots continue unabated in the remote east Indian state of Orissa.", "Police officers chase away a protester in Mangalore, India, Monday.", "By Tuesday, about 20 deaths had been reported, said Praveen Kumar, the superintendent of police in the worst-affected Kandhamal district.", "The latest casualty is a police officer who died after an armed mob of about 400 to 500 mostly Hindus torched a police station in the district on Monday, Orissa state police said.", "Orissa's Director General of Police G.C.", "Nanda the policeman died when the mob opened fire at officers fleeing the burning building.", "The attack, he said, may have been in retaliation for arrests that police made in the ongoing communal fighting.", "Watch more about the riots in India » .", "The attack came two days after police fired on a crowd to prevent it from attacking Christian residents.", "Between three and six people died in the shooting, CNN's sister network CNN-IBN reported.", "The violence spread to southern India over the weekend when vandals attacked 14 churches in an hour in the state of Karnataka Sunday, the network said.", "The Christian community in the Karnataka -- numbering about 2.5 million -- said right-wing Hindus are targeting them for opposing the violence in Orissa.", "By Tuesday, police had arrested about 140 people in connection with the riots, said Karnataka's Inspector General of Police A.M. Prasad.", "Sixty of them -- all Hindus -- were arrested for the church attacks, Prasad said.", "The rest, mostly Christians, were charged with disturbing the peace, he said.", "Orissa has historically been a tinderbox of Hindu-Christian tensions.", "Some Hindu groups view the work of Christian missionaries in the state with suspicion.", "They accuse missionaries of bribing or forcing Hindus into converting.", "The seeds for the current conflict were planted on August 23, when Hindu leader, Laxmananda Saraswati, and four others were killed in Kandhamal after 20 to 30 gunmen barged into a Hindu school and began shooting, the Orissa chief minister's office said.", "The authorities have not determined who killed Saraswati, but after the incident they detained five people who are Christians, said Sukanta Panda, spokesman for the chief minister.", "The government says the killings may have been the work of Maoist rebels -- investigators have many unanswered questions -- but some hardline Hindus blamed a Christian minority.", "They took to the streets in anger, rampaging through predominantly Christian neighborhoods, ransacking shops and torching houses.", "They chopped down trees to block roads, making it difficult for police to reach trouble spots.", "A Christian orphanage was set on fire.", "A 20-year-old woman, who was teaching children inside, burned to death.", "Christian residents fought back, and the clashes spread.", "Authorities imposed a night curfew in many towns and deployed state and federal forces in the troubled areas, Kumar -- the police superintendent -- said.", "Both sides said the violence has left Christian churches and Hindu temples razed to the ground.", "This is not the first time the simmering anger has boiled over in the state with deadly consequences.", "In 1999, a Hindu mob burned to death an Australian missionary, Graham Staines, and his two children while they slept inside their car.", "And last Christmas, clashing groups killed four people and burned several churches in the same Orissa district -- Kandhamal.", "Maoist rebels, who claim to be fighting for the poor and the dispossessed, have been battling the Indian government in an insurgency that has resulted in thousands of casualties since the late 1960s.", "Some Christians accept the Maoist theory, saying the rebels have also struck against hard-line Hindus because they associate them as being closely aligned with the government.", "But Hindu groups insists that Christians were behind Saraswati's death.", "Unlike Orissa, Karnataka has until now been spared the large-scale clash between Christians and Hindus.", "But now, many in the Christian community fear their calm and prosperous state may become another battleground between the two religions, CNN-IBN said.", "CNN's Harmeet Singh contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Orissa state has historically been a tinderbox of Hindu-Christian tensions .", "Violence spread to southern India with churches attacked in Karnataka state .", "Latest casualty was a policeman who died after a Hindu mob torched a police station .", "Attack came 2 days after police fired on a crowd to prevent it attacking Christians ." ]	[ 3, 8, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Hillary Clinton's campaign has apologized for \"inappropriate\" language used by her husband in response to what it called an \"outrageously unfair\" article about the former president.", "Bill and Hillary Clinton campaign in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Monday.", "The article, by Vanity Fair magazine's national editor Todd Purdum, suggested that Bill Clinton's personality had changed since his 2004 heart bypass surgery and said that there were reports of Clinton \"seeing a lot of women on the road.\"", "Purdum quoted four anonymous former Clinton aides saying that another of his former assistants had conducted \"what one of these aides called an intervention\" about the reports of philandering.", "A writer for the Huffington Post, Mayhill Fowler, asked Clinton on Monday what he thought \"about that hatchet job somebody did on you in Vanity Fair,\" according to a recording of the exchange posted on the Huffington Post's Web site.", "Listen to Clinton call the reporter a \"scumbag\" » .", "\"[He's] sleazy,\" Clinton responded.", "\"He's a really dishonest reporter.\"", "Clinton said he had not read the article but that he was told that \"there's five or six just blatant lies in there.", "But he's a real slimy guy.\"", "Watch Larry King panel debate Bill Clinton's response » .", "Calling Purdum a \"scumbag,\" Clinton said \"he's one of the guys that propagated all those lies about Whitewater for Kenneth Starr.", "He's just a dishonest guy -- can't help it.\"", "Purdum \"didn't use a single name, he didn't cite a single source in all those things he said,\" said the former president, who added that the article was \"part of the national media's attempt to nail Hillary for [Barack] Obama.\"", "He said readers should be wary of news accounts that rely on unnamed sources.", "\"Anytime you read a story that slimes a public figure with anonymous quotes, it ought to make the bells go off in your head,\" he said.", "Late Monday, Jay Carson, a spokesman for Hillary Clinton's campaign, said that \"President Clinton was understandably upset about an outrageously unfair article, but the language today was inappropriate and he wishes he had not used it.\"", "Purdum, a former New York Times reporter who covered the Clinton White House and is now married to former Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers, defended his article on CNN's \"The Situation Room\" Monday.", "He told CNN's Wolf Blitzer he was \"very careful to say there is no clear-cut evidence that President Clinton has done anything improper.\"", "Watch CNN's Wolf Blitzer interview Purdum » .", "\"I reject the notion that I'm making an insinuation,\" Purdum said.", "\"But I'm very comfortable quoting the people I quote because I know who they are, and I know that they are very senior people who have known President Clinton for a very long time and work for him at very high levels.\"", "In his article, Purdum quotes a Johns Hopkins cardiologist -- who was not involved in Clinton's health care -- who says that the former president's bypass surgery could have affected his mood, perhaps even causing depression.", "And on CNN, Purdum quoted \"some people who work for him\" saying that Clinton \"seems to be angry all the time.\"", "Purdum added he himself believes there's evidence the former president is acting in a different manner.", "\"I think there's a good deal of evidence that he is quite a bit angrier than he used to be,\" he said.", "\"He's clearly very angry at the media, and he's very angry at the way he sees Sen. Clinton's campaign has been treated.\"", "\"I don't suggest that anyone can say -- except perhaps his own doctors over time -- with certainty that [the surgery] has affected President Clinton,\" he said.", "\"But again, this article involves reporting with a whole bunch of people who have worked for Bill Clinton over many years.", "And this is one of the things they raised with me.", "I didn't go raising this.\"", "Clinton's office issued a rebuttal of Purdum's article that decried his use of \"one doctor who has never examined President Clinton.\"", "\"This theory is false and is flatly rejected by President Clinton's doctors who say he is in excellent shape and point to his vigorous schedule as evidence of his exceptional recovery,\" the rebuttal said.", "Watch analyst James Carville's take on the article » .", "The lengthy article hits newsstands later this week, though Vanity Fair has already posted a copy on its Web site.", "The posting prompted a blistering response from Carson, who called the piece \"journalism of personal destruction at its worst.\"", "\"A tawdry, anonymous quote-filled attack piece, published in this month's Vanity Fair magazine regarding former President Bill Clinton repeats many past attacks on him, ignores much prior positive coverage, includes numerous errors, and ultimately breaks no new ground,\" he said.", "Purdum last year wrote an article about efforts by Sen. John McCain, now the presumptive Republican nominee for president, to draw in the party's more conservative voters.", "CNN's Alex Mooney contributed to this report." ]	[ "Bill Clinton called author of Vanity Fair article a \"scumbag\" and \"real slimy guy\"\nClinton campaign spokesman says former president now wishes he hadn't said it .", "Article quotes anonymous Bill Clinton aides discussing his anger, reports of women .", "Author Todd Purdum says he hasn't accused Clinton of doing anything wrong ." ]	[ 2, 9, 16 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Prince William is starting a two-month attachment with the Royal Navy on Monday, part of the future king's continued experience with various branches of the military, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday.", "Prince William and his father, Prince Charles, at his graduation from the Royal Air Force in April.", "William, 25, will spend the first part of his attachment on a basic sea safety course training in sea survival, firefighting and ship damage repair, according to the ministry.", "If William passes the course, as expected, he will join the HMS Iron Duke in the Caribbean, the department said.", "The ship's function is to support overseas British territories in the event of a hurricane and to carry out counter-narcotic operations.", "The prince, who will be called Sub Lieutenant Wales in the Navy, is expected to spend time aboard a frigate, a mine hunter, a submarine and helicopters during his attachment, which ends August 1, the Ministry of Defense said.", "William completed a four-month attachment with the Royal Air Force this year and received his pilot's wings upon graduating in April.", "He learned to fly three different aircraft during the attachment and is known as Flying Officer Wales within the RAF.", "William is also a second lieutenant in the British Army, where he serves in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry.", "The attachments are designed to provide the prince with military experience for when he becomes head of the armed forces as king.", "\"When he becomes king, he needs to know his armed forces -- instinctively be very familiar with them -- and so he is doing this visit to the Royal Navy,\" said Rear Adm. Bob Cooling, the assistant chief of naval staff.", "William's father, Prince Charles, had a five-year career in the navy in the 1970s.", "Charles served on the guided missile destroyer HMS Norfolk and two frigates before qualifying as a helicopter pilot and joining a naval air squadron that operated from the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes.", "Prince Charles spent his last nine months in the navy in 1976 in command of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington.", "William's uncle Prince Andrew served 22 years in the Royal Navy as a helicopter pilot, seeing active service during the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina in 1982.", "Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, William's grandfather, spent more than 13 years in the Royal Navy.", "He saw active service throughout World War II and was in Tokyo Harbor when Japan surrendered." ]	[ "Britain's Prince William begins two-month attachment with Royal Navy on Monday .", "William has completed attachment with the Royal Air Force .", "The future king is a second lieutenant in the British Army .", "Experience will prepare him for when he becomes head of armed forces as king ." ]	[ 0, 6, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Parma have signed AC Milan's 18-year-old Alberto Paloschi in a co-ownership deal, the Serie B club announced on their Web site on Wednesday.", "Paloschi scored with his first touch when he made his debut as a Milan sub in February.", "Paloschi made an instant impact when he made his debut for Milan in February, scoring against Siena with his first touch as substitute.", "He scored twice in seven appearances last season but his prospects of regular first team football this season diminished sharply after the signings of Andrei Shevchenko and Ronaldinho.", "Parma were relegated from Serie A last season.. Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has said that that Italy full-back Massimo Oddo could be leaving soon.", "Galliano told Gazzetta dello Sport: \"Lyon are interested in our full-back and anything is possible.\"", "The 32-year-old former Lazio right-back is likely to lose his first team spot to new signing Gianluca Zambrotta from Barcelona.", "Oddo was in Italy's World Cup winning squad in Germany in 2006 but was not chosen for the Euro 2008 finals in June.", "Lyon already have an Italian at left-back in Fabio Grosso, who was also a World Cup winner in 2006." ]	[ "Alberto Paloschi is moving from Milan to Parma in a co-ownership deal .", "The 18-year-old scored with his first touch in his Milan debut in February .", "Lyon are interested in signing Milan right-back Massimo Oddo ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A JetBlue flight from Boston, Massachusetts, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was diverted Saturday when a fight broke out after someone was smoking in the bathroom, federal officials said.", "A JetBlue plane was held in North Carolina for two hours while passengers were interviewed.", "One passenger aboard JetBlue Flight 455 was taken into custody at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina after the plane landed about 5:45 p.m. A federal Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said one person was injured in the face by what may have been a punch.", "She said the fight involved three people who are thought to be related.", "According to the airline, there were 88 people and four crew members aboard the jet.", "The flight had been scheduled to leave Boston at 1 p.m. but did not take off until 3:11 p.m., spokeswoman Alison Eshelman said.", "Eyewitnesses said the scuffle was between two brothers, one of whom was angry that his brother had smoked on a plane.", "One passenger interviewed by CNN affiliate WFOR said the fight left one of the men bloody.", "\"I saw the guy holding his head with the blood coming out,\" Mike Rocha said.", "The jet was held at the North Carolina airport for about two hours while FBI investigators interviewed passengers." ]	[ "Witnesses said fight broke out after someone was smoking in bathroom .", "One person taken into custody at Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, airport .", "Witness: \"I saw the guy holding his head with the blood coming out\"\nPlane held two hours in North Carolina while FBI interviewed passengers ." ]	[ 8, 9 ]
[ "BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Darryl Mathis waits in his Pensacola, Florida, home for the body of his 24-year-old son to return home from Iraq.", "Mathis, a military veteran himself, was seething with anger Thursday as he spoke about the death of Army Staff Sgt.", "Darris J. Dawson.", "An unnamed U.S. soldier is accused of killing Army Staff Sgt.", "Darris J. Dawson in Iraq on Sunday.", "Dawson, and Sgt.", "Wesley Durbin, 26, are said to have been shot and killed by another U.S. soldier on Sunday at a base south of Baghdad.", "Darryl and his wife, Maxine (Dawson's stepmother), say the military has told them nothing about the incident: no details on his death, no information at all.", "His voice shakes as he says he believes that the military has let him down.", "\"I'm very disappointed -- very,\" he said.", "\"If I would get a straight answer, if they would actually tell me what's going on, I would have something to work on; but right now, I have nothing to work on.", "Everything I'm getting, I'm getting from the media.\"", "His wife sobs as she says her stepson's death was foreshadowed by a phone call he made to her from Iraq.", "\"He said that he was more shaky sometimes of the soldiers than of the enemy, because of the young guys over there.\"", "She said she asked him, \"What in the world do you mean?", "You're afraid of your own soldiers?\"", "\" 'These kids are trying to fight a war they know nothing about. ...", "They're jumpy. ... They're more scary than the enemy,' \" she said he told her.", "\"And I said, 'Oh, God,' \" said Maxine Mathis.", "On any given day, CNN receives dozens of detailed news releases from the U.S. military, including those announcing U.S. military casualties.", "In the cases of Dawson and Durbin, there was no mention of their names, and the releases were terse.", "\"A multi-national division center soldier died this morning of non-combat related causes,\" the first release read.", "\"The cause of death is under investigation.\"", "A second release came later in the day.", "\"A second multi-national division center soldier died this morning of non-combat related causes.", "The solider died of wounds September 14 at a coalition forces combat Army support hospital,\" it read.", "\"The incident is under investigation.\"", "Inquiries Thursday from CNN were met with a news release that a press officer said had been drafted Wednesday.", "However, the release had not been e-mailed to reporters Wednesday, as is customary.", "After naming the two soldiers and giving their rank and unit, it reads, \"A U.S. soldier is in custody in connection with the shooting deaths.", "He is being held in custody pending review by a military magistrate.", "The incident continues under investigation.\"", "The release gives no other details.", "The U.S. military is classifying the death of Sgt.", "Dawson as \"non-hostile,\" something Dawson's father finds puzzling.", "\"I don't know. I really don't know,\" he said.", "\"I just can't get it together with that.", "I had never heard that before.", "'Non-hostile' in a war zone?\"", "Lt. Col. Paul Swiergosz is a public affairs officer for the area in Iraq where the incident took place.", "He says the \"non-hostile\" death classification was given \"because the deaths were not the result of hostile enemy action.\"", "But details on what happened remain scarce.", "After asking, CNN received an e-mail press release from Gen. Tony Cucolo, commanding general of the Third Infantry Division that a press officer said had been drafted on Wednesday.", "The release, however, had not been e-mailed to reporters, as is customary.", "\"We do know one soldier, a fellow noncommissioned officer, allegedly opened fire and mortally wounded his squad leader and fellow team leader,\" reads the statement.", "A spokesman at Fort Stewart in Georgia said, \"A soldier has been taken into custody.", "The incident is under investigation, and that is all I can say.\"", "The spokesman would not even confirm information in his commanding general's press statement.", "Maxine Mathis says she is stunned at how her stepson's death has been handled by the military.", "She says the Army assigned someone to help the family with anything they needed once they found out Darris had been killed, but she and her husband don't know how he died.", "She said her husband asked the liaison officer whether it was true that Darris had been killed by another U.S. solider.", "She said the officer denied it, insisting he didn't know anything else.", "Darryl Mathis continues to express his disappointment in the lack of information from the military about his son, amid rumors his son's body could be home by Saturday.", "\"I don't even know where he's at, at this time,\" he said.", "Bobby Muller, president of Veterans for America, said he thinks the way the military classifies deaths in Iraq is an attempt to keep the public combat numbers down.", "\"There is a clear and long-standing record, regarding the classification of causalities in Iraq to minimize combat losses.", "And we're seeing people wounded and killed that would have well been considered casualties from hostile action in previous conflicts.", "It's an attempt to conceal the actual cost of this war in terms of casualties,\" Muller said.", "\"The Department of Defense has announced the death of every service member who has given their life in operation Iraqi and Enduring Freedom,\" said a Pentagon spokesman, Col. Gary Keck.", "\"We have been open and transparent on the numbers of casualties suffered in these operations.\"", "Mathis says his son wanted to come home to his wife and four young children and was in the process of applying for a transfer.", "\"Last I spoke to him was last week Monday.", "He called every Monday, and said he was checking his paperwork.", "He said he was going to call me back once he found out.", "That was the last I heard from him.\"", "Mathis' wife cannot stop sobbing.", "\"We don't know why, we don't know why,\" she says \"All we know is that our son died a useless, needless death.", "That's all we know.\" CNN's Mike Mount and Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report." ]	[ "Army Staff Sgt.", "Darris J. Dawson and another soldier were killed in Iraq this week .", "Another U.S. soldier is being held in connection with the killings .", "Dawson's father says he can't get a \"straight answer\" from the U.S. military .", "The U.S. military has classified the death as \"non-hostile\"" ]	[ 1, 4, 29, 33, 34, 36 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Gov.", "David Paterson of New York has told state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states and countries where they are legal, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.", "The governor's legal counsel told state agencies in a May 14 memo to revise policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in California and Massachusetts as well as Canada and other countries that allow gays and lesbians to marry, said Erin Duggan, the governor's spokeswoman.", "The memo informed state agencies that failing to recognize gay marriages would violate the New York's human rights law, Duggan said.", "The directive follows a February ruling from a New York state appeals court.", "That decision says that legal same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions are entitled to recognition in New York.", "\"This was in direct response to a court ruling,\" Duggan told CNN.", "\"Just to make sure all the state agencies are on the same page.\"", "See what rules your state has about same-sex unions » .", "Duggan says that the court's decision was consistent with the findings of several lower courts in New York State.", "The governor's legal counsel sent the memo one day before the California Supreme Court struck down a ban on gay marriage in that state.", "Court officials in California counties may begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on June 17, state officials said Wednesday.", "Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriages in 2004, and gay couples need not be state residents there to wed.", "However, then-Gov.", "Mitt Romney resurrected a 1913 law barring non-resident marriages in the state if the marriage would be prohibited in the partners' home state.", "Subsequent court and agency decisions have determined that only residents of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Mexico may marry in Massachusetts, unless the parties say they plan to move there after the marriage.", "New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey and Connecticut permit civil unions, while California has a domestic-partner registration law.", "More than a dozen other states give same-sex couples some legal rights, as do some other countries." ]	[ "Memo: Failing to recognize gay marriages would violate New York's human rights law .", "The directive follows a February ruling from a New York state appeals court .", "Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriages in 2004 ." ]	[ 3, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- It's been five days since Hurricane Ike smashed into the Texas coast, but people are still struggling mightily with its effects.", "Flags of the United States and Texas fly where homes stood in Gilchrist, Texas, before Ike's wrath came ashore.", "From the destroyed coastline, to far inland where evacuees are seeking shelter, to communities in the Midwest where the storm dumped flooding rains, CNN's affiliates are reporting on the rebuilding of lives.", "Galveston, Texas Wrecked homes and possessions strewn around the ubiquitous sludge were the sights awaiting residents of Galveston, some of whom were allowed to check their property on Wednesday, KHOU reported.", "Paula Munoz said although the damage to the family's El Rey restaurant was worse than she could have imagined, they still planned to rebuild.", "\"We spent 10 years paying off this place,\" she told KHOU.", "\"We'll rebuild, and we'll do it here. Where else would we go?", "This is our life.\" But there was some relief for Maria Patina, who was worried she had lost everything.", "When she saw her house was standing, she rushed inside, grabbed a statue of Jesus and said: \"Thank you, God.\"", "Read KHOU's report on going back to Galveston .", "Crystal Beach, Texas Frank and Dee Ann Sherman huddled in the attic of their beachfront home in Crystal Beach as Hurricane Ike ripped the house apart -- washing walls out to sea and lifting up what remained only to smash it down, KHOU said.", "Watch the Shermans tell their amazing survival story » .", "Somehow the roof stayed on and they survived, but they are not being allowed back into the ruins, not even to retrieve the ashes of their dead daughter.", "The couple said they were frustrated with complaints by people better off than them.", "\"We see all of these people that are crying and moaning because they got some mud on their floor or their lights are out in Houston,\" Frank Sherman told KHOU.", "\"We don't see anything about our friends that died in Crystal Beach and about the fact that our world is totally devastated.", "I'm 60 years old and I have to start my life all over again.\"", "Read how the Shermans contacted KHOU when they found they couldn't escape .", "Brazoria County, Texas Patty Smith fled Brazoria County and evacuated to Austin before the storm.", "She still does not know whether she has a home to return to, KVUE said.", "\"It's like a nightmare.", "You look at your house when you pack up to leave and you're like 'Am I going to see this again'?\"", "she said. Right now she's now relying on donations and just making it through each day.", "\"We don't even know if we're going to have the money to pay our bills.", "It's that bad. My husband hasn't been able to work since we left,\" she said.", "Read KVUE's report on how Austin residents and workers are trying to help .", "Austin, Texas Parents still staying at the Austin Convention Center are trying to stay strong for their kids, News 8 reported, but they say it is getting harder.", "Watch Homeland Security boss discuss plans to help evacuees » .", "William Jones said the hardest part was trying to talk to his two daughters about their home.", "\"I just tell them the truth and keep it simple,\" he said.", "\"I don't try to sugarcoat it, so they know this is a real serious situation, but it's just hard on everybody right now,\" he told the station.", "Read what young victims are telling News 8 .", "San Antonio, Texas Kevin Green's mind was on laundry as he spent another day in a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, after getting out of Houston to avoid Ike.", "\"I've been washing these clothes out and putting them on every day,\" he told KSAT.", "The Salvation Army said there would be enough clothes to hand out to evacuees, but there were concerns about making sure distribution was fair, KSAT said.", "Read KSAT report on how a planned clothing donation was stopped .", "Cincinnati, Ohio Tempers are running hot in Cincinnati even as hundreds of energy workers try to get the power back on, WLWT reported.", "Resident Betty Ruark told the station she was \"really teed off\" that houses either side of her had power, but she still needed a generator just to make coffee.", "\"They're right here a week after you pay your bill to read your cotton-picking meter for next month,\" she said.", "\"They're threatening to cut you off if you don't pay it, but could they care less that they don't got the electric on.", "It don't make sense, you know?\"", "Duke Energy told WLWT that some repairs were helping only a small number of homes but that it hoped to have service back to normal by Sunday.", "Read WLWT's report on how people are getting upset .", "Carlisle, Ohio Police in Carlisle are enforcing a night-time curfew to prevent looting and other crime while the power is out, officials told WLWT.", "The action was taken because of problems elsewhere in the area hit by the storm, the station said.", "Residents told WLWT they didn't like the strict rules but were for the measure if it kept crime down.", "Read WLWT report on the action on Carlisle .", "Albuquerque, New Mexico A family who fled Galveston has given up on ever going home, instead deciding to make Albuquerque their new base, KOAT reported.", "Linda Sanchez and her two children thought they'd be able to ride out the storm and immediate aftermath in Houston but when Ike took out the power and the water they decided to head to more family in New Mexico.", "\"It's better when you know someone around you,\" Sanchez told KOAT.", "Read how KOAT is trying to help the Sanchez family ." ]	[ "The effects of Hurricane Ike are still being felt across the United States .", "CNN affiliates report on how communities are struggling to recover .", "From Texas to Ohio, people are still battling homelessness and power outages ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- When Susana Trimarco's daughter Marita Veron was 23, she vanished from their hometown in Argentina, a suspected victim of a human trafficking and prostitution ring with links throughout Latin America and Europe.", "Marita Veron, who is missing, hugs her daughter Micaela.", "Police believe Marita was forced into sexual slavery.", "Trimarco, 54, has spent the past 6½ years searching for her daughter, often putting herself at risk.", "While chasing down leads on Marita's whereabouts, she's entered dark and dangerous brothels and confronted pimps and politicians who, she says, are complicit in her daughter's disappearance.", "She has won accolades throughout Latin America, Europe and the United States for her work.", "But Marita is nowhere to be found.", "\"Marita is a wonderful and caring girl.", "My life will be completely absorbed with this fight until she is back and safe,\" Trimarco said.", "On April 3, 2002, Veron left her house in the northern Argentine province of Tucuman early for a doctor's appointment.", "She was wearing a turquoise shirt, blue jeans and old white sneakers.", "As she left the house, she told her mother, \"Don't worry.", "I'll be back soon.\" Those were the last words the two exchanged.", "The investigation that has followed has led police and Trimarco to believe that she was kidnapped and forced into prostitution, either in rural Argentina or Spain.", "So far, a series of random clues has failed to provide any concrete information on Marita's whereabouts.", "Now, art is imitating life on Argentina's airwaves.", "Trimarco's story has become the basis of one of Argentina's most popular nighttime soap operas, \"Vidas Robadas,\" or \"Stolen Lives.\"", "Watch art imitate activism » .", "The program premiered in March on Telefe, one of Argentina's largest television networks, to a lukewarm response.", "But as the storyline and characters evolved and word started to spread, the audience grew, and it became water-cooler television.", "\"Stolen Lives\" attracts more than 2 million viewers nightly, a considerable feat considering Argentina's population is only 40 million.", "The show's plot centers on widowed anthropologist Bautista Amaya (played by Facundo Arana) and Rosario Soler (Soledad Silveyra) -- the mother of a young kidnapped girl, based on Trimarco -- who team up to unravel an underground prostitution ring.", "\"With every performance, I try to display the inner feelings of this woman who is suffering, to transmit her grief,\" Silveyra said.", "\"As an actress, I feel an enormous responsibility.\"", "The usual telenovela themes of love, passion and revenge are ever present in \"Stolen Lives,\" but the show strives to expose an issue that has remained in the dark in Argentina until recently.", "Human rights groups in Argentina estimate that 800 women have gone missing at the hands of human traffickers since 2007.", "Worldwide, about 800,000 people are trafficked across borders annually, according to the U.S. State Department.", "\"I am delighted that the show has been able to bring this topic to light, because no one ever talked about human trafficking in Argentina before,\" Trimarco said.", "\"Stolen Lives\" is the latest in a series of recent Argentine telenovelas that dissect important social issues while also aiming to entertain.", "One of the most important was the 2006 hit \"Montecristo,\" which examined crimes against humanity committed by Argentina's military during the 1970s and 1980s.", "Local versions of \"Montecristo\" are produced in nine countries around the globe, including Turkey, Portugal, Mexico and Russia.", "\"With these types of telenovelas, we are able to bring something entirely new to the public debate.", "And because we take a take a fictional and not a journalistic approach, we are able to attract and keep more viewers,\" Telefe programming director Claudio Villarruel said.", "\"Montecristo\" helped reunite children of Argentina's Dirty War who \"disappeared\" with lost family members.", "The Dirty War happened from 1976-83, when the government carried out a secret campaign to purge the country of those it considered to be dissidents.", "\"Stolen Lives\" is making a similarly strong impact.", "Trimarco established a foundation in her daughter's honor, Fundacion Maria de los Angeles, last year in Tucuman.", "It counts U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Earl Wayne and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner among its supporters.", "According to Trimarco, the foundation has rescued 360 women and children from trafficking networks, and leads on missing people continue to pour in.", "Argentina passed its first national law against human trafficking this year, a law that Trimarco lobbied hard to get passed.", "Meanwhile, praise rings from home and abroad.", "In May, \"Stolen Lives\" was declared a show of \"social interest\" by the Buenos Aires City legislature.", "In 2007, Trimarco received the U.S. State Department's \"International Women of Courage Award\" from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a ceremony in Washington.", "Later this year, Trimarco will travel to Spain to speak about human trafficking with lawmakers from the European Union.", "\"It's just like Condoleezza Rice told me: My screams are being heard all over the world,\" she said.", "Trimarco travels around Argentina constantly, educating people about human trafficking, and following up on clues about Marita.", "She is also raising Marita's daughter, Micaela, 9.", "With all the publicity surrounding the case and the success of \"Stolen Lives,\" Trimarco has herself become a target.", "Her accusations of political and police involvement have led to death threats, she says.", "Still, she remains committed to the cause and says that collaborating with the producers of \"Stolen Lives\" to tell her story has helped give her the strength to continue searching for her daughter.", "\"I'm content, because my pain is now serving a purpose,\" she said." ]	[ "Argentine woman vanished in 2002; it's believed she was forced into prostitution ring .", "Argentine soap opera, based on Marita's mother's search, probes human trafficking .", "Mom: \"My life will be completely absorbed with this fight until she is back and safe\"\nMother Susana Trimarco's foundation tries to save women, children from sex slavery ." ]	[ 0, 2, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, reportedly causing injuries and damaging roads and buildings.", "A seismograph at the Institute of the Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, shows earthquake activity.", "The 6.1 magnitude temblor struck about 3:46 p.m. (11:46 a.m.", "ET), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.", "Its epicenter was about 50 km (31 miles) east-southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, and was about 10 km (6.2 miles) below the Earth's surface.", "It was unclear exactly how many people were injured or the severity of their injuries, Olli Tynes, a journalist with Reykjavik's Channel 2, told CNN.", "A hospital in a town near the epicenter was also reported damaged, and some wings have had to be evacuated, he said.", "There were no reports of fatalities, but \"great material damage,\" Tynes said.", "Roads and bridges in the area have been closed.", "The Associated Press, quoting civil defense authorities, reported 15 to 20 people from Selfoss, near the epicenter, were taken for medical treatment.", "Iceland's emergency management agency has swung into action, and rescue crews were headed to the area most affected by the quake.", "Tynes said he has been speaking to residents of the towns closest to the epicenter.", "\"They said they thought the world was coming to an end,\" he said.", "\"They thought they were going to die.\"", "There have been no reports of homes collapsing, as most homes in Iceland are built to withstand earthquakes, he said.", "Alti Mar Gylfason said he had received reports of damage to the road that rings the island nation.", "The quake was felt nationwide, he said.", "\"It was a little bit like you're sleeping in a waterbed, you know ... everything floats around,\" he said, adding that people poured out of buildings into the street.", "\"This is not something we experience on a normal basis.\"", "Although Iceland is seismically active, its last major quakes were on June 17 and June 21, 2000, with quakes of 6.5 and 6.4, respectively.", "The temblors damaged homes and buildings, but caused no serious injuries." ]	[ "Strong earthquake shakes southern Iceland on Thursday afternoon .", "U.S. Geological Survey says quake was 6.1 magnitude .", "Epicenter 50 kilometers (30 miles) east, south-east of the capital Reykjavik .", "Residents near epicenter told to check on relatives ." ]	[ 0, 3, 4 ]
[ "DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- An American sailor fatally shot two female sailors before shooting himself Monday inside a U.S. military barracks in Bahrain, the Navy said.", "The alleged shooter, a male, survived the self-inflicted gunshot and was in critical condition at a military hospital in Bahrain, the Navy said.", "The man was under heavy security.", "The motive for the shootings is unclear, but the Navy said the incident was not terror-related and it involved only U.S. military personnel.", "The shootings occurred about 5 a.m., the Navy said in a news release.", "The base was closed for about an hour after the shootings.", "A Navy spokesman in Bahrain refused to provide any other details about the incident.", "Naval Support Activity Bahrain supports the U.S. Fifth Fleet, whose operations span about 7.5 million square miles across 27 countries.", "Included in the fleet's area of responsibility are the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman and parts of the Indian Ocean.", "The support base is located just outside Manama, the capital.", "Bahrain, a U.S. ally, is an island nation in the Persian Gulf, wedged between Qatar and Saudi Arabia.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Barbara Starr and Caroline Faraj contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Sailor shoots two female colleagues, then self, Navy says .", "Incident occurred at U.S. Navy support facility in the country .", "Navy says incident was not terror-related .", "Base supports U.S. Fifth Fleet, whose operations span 27 nations ." ]	[ 3, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- More than 100 countries attending a conference in Dublin, Ireland formally adopted a treaty Friday to ban cluster bombs -- a large, unreliable and inaccurate weapon that often affects civilians long after the end of armed conflict.", "Cluster bombs are usually air-dropped shells that eject multiple small bomblets to kill enemy soldiers.", "A document released by Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs says the countries agreed never to use cluster munitions or the explosive bomblets they contain.", "The countries also agreed never to develop, acquire, retain or transfer cluster munitions.", "Countries attending the 11-day conference agreed to the treaty Wednesday but formally signed it Friday.", "The accord calls for a total, immediate ban of the weapons, strong standards to protect those injured by them, contaminated areas to be cleaned up as quickly as possible and for the weapons to be immediately destroyed, he said.", "Thomas Nash, coordinator of the CMC campaigning organization, said Wednesday: \"This is a great achievement for everyone who has been working hard to see the end of 40 years of suffering from these weapons.\"", "Though some of the biggest makers of cluster bombs, including the United States, Russia, China and Israel, were not involved in the talks and have not signed the accord, organizers predicted that those nations would nevertheless be pressured into compliance.", "\"Take the United States,\" Nash said.", "\"Almost all of its allies are here.", "They've decided to ban these weapons.", "That's going to make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the United States to ever use these weapons again, either on its own or in joint operations.\"", "The agreement requires the destruction of stockpiles of the weapons within eight years, he said.", "Cluster munitions, which break apart in flight to scatter hundreds of smaller bomblets, are what the International Committee of the Red Cross calls a \"persistent humanitarian problem.\"", "Most of a cluster bomb's bomblets are meant to explode on impact, but many do not.", "Estimates show the weapons fail to explode on impact between 10 and 40 percent of the time, the Red Cross says.", "That means unexploded bomblets lie scattered across a target area, often exploding only when handled or disturbed -- posing a serious risk to civilians.", "Last week, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen D. Mull called it \"an absolute moral obligation\" to rid a battlefield of unexploded ordnance after the battle.", "But he also predicted that the United States would not agree to any ban.", "\"We think that it is going to be impossible to ban cluster munitions... because these are weapons that have a certain military utility and are of use,\" Mull said.", "\"The United States relies on them as an important part of our own defense strategy.\"", "Instead, he urged that the weapons be regulated \"to take humanitarian considerations into account\" and that \"technological fixes\" be pursued that would render them harmless after a battle.", "During the 34-day war in Lebanon in 2006, the United Nations estimated that Israel dropped 4 million bomblets, 1 million of which may not have exploded, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.", "More than 250 civilians and bomb-disposal operators have been killed or injured by them in southern Lebanon since the war ended.", "Cluster bombs were also used in the 1999 war in Kosovo.", "Lt. Col. Jim Burke, a military adviser to the Irish Defense Forces said they quickly became a major killer of civilians.", "In more than 20 countries, according to the ICRC, cluster bombs have created lasting \"no-go\" areas, rendering them as dangerous as minefields.", "Laos is the most affected country.", "Millions of bomblets dropped during the Vietnam War continue to kill civilians more than three decades later.", "Still, militaries consider cluster bombs important for use against multiple targets dispersed over a wide area, such as tanks or military personnel moving across the landscape.", "A single bomb containing hundreds of submunitions can cover more than 18 square miles.", "CNN's Jacqueline Clyne contributed to this report." ]	[ "111 countries formally agreeing treaty banning cluster bombs .", "U.S. not attending and not expected to agree to banning cluster bombs .", "Controversial weapons often don't explode but stay dangerous for civilians ." ]	[ 0, 14 ]
[ "JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesia will withdraw from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries at the end of the year, the country's energy minister told foreign journalists Wednesday.", "Indonesia has become a net importer of oil due to declining production levels.", "Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the move follows declining oil production levels in Indonesia that have left the country a net importer of oil.", "\"In the future, if our production (comes) back again to the level that gives us a status as a net oil exporter, then I think we can go back to OPEC again,\" he said.", "\"But today we decided that we are pulling out of OPEC.\"", "It was not immediately clear what effect Indonesia's decision will have on global oil prices.", "However the move was not unexpected.", "Indonesia, which joined OPEC in 1962, is the only southeast Asian country in the 13-nation oil cartel.", "Oil production there has steadily decreased in the last decade because of disappointing exploration efforts and declining production, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.", "Since 1996, total production has dropped by 32 percent.", "The country's current output quota for crude oil as set by OPEC is 1.45 million barrels a day -- well above its production capacity.", "In 2006, Indonesia imported more oil than it exported.", "CNN's Kathy Quiano contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Indonesia to withdraw from OPEC at end of the year, energy minister says .", "Purnomo Yusgiantoro says Indonesia more of an oil consumer than producer .", "Low production means Southeast Asia's only OPEC member is net oil importer ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Navy admiral engaged in sexual relations in the White House in 1990 with a federal employee whom he falsely told he was a widower, according to a report released Friday by the Defense Department.", "Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem was demoted and fired from his post as director of the Navy staff.", "In March, when the report was submitted to Pentagon officials, Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem was demoted and fired from his post as director of the Navy staff.", "Stufflebeem told investigators he couldn't remember the name of the woman he had an affair with.", "He also lied when he told investigators he did not engage in sexual relations with the woman, identified as \"Jane Doe,\" the Defense Department's inspector general's report said.", "Jane Doe, who was then unmarried and working for a federal agency, told the investigators the allegations were true, the report said.", "Her supervisor and Stufflebeem's superiors supported her testimony.", "Stufflebeem was convicted April 18 of making false official statements to investigators.", "After the hearing, called an admiral's mast, he requested retirement.", "Jane Doe told investigators that she and Stufflebeem began their affair on an overseas trip in 1989, that the married admiral told her he was a widower who was raising his children as a single parent and that they had sexual relations several times, including once in a White House room reserved for \"military aides with overnight duties.\"", "She also told investigators that Stufflebeem came to her home on the day in August 1990 when she learned he was married and that she called him \"scum,\" shut the door in his face and never spoke to him again.", "Read the report (PDF) \"We found Ms. Doe to be an extremely credible, candid and articulate witness who willingly participated in our interview with the knowledge and support of her husband,\" the report said.", "By contrast, the report said, Stufflebeem's testimony was \"inconsistent with the weight of the evidence,\" and \"it did not appear Stufflebeem's misstatements in these areas of testimony were inadvertent.\"", "At issue was Stufflebeem's removal from his post as a presidential aide in 1990.", "Stufflebeem testified that he initiated the request to leave his White House post because of \"close family personal problems.\"", "But his superiors testified that he was removed from the post because of his relationship with the woman -- and that he admitted the affair.", "Jane Doe's supervisor told investigators that when she learned of the affair from Doe, she confirmed Stufflebeem's marital status and told Doe what she'd learned.", "\"Ms. Doe's reaction, according to the supervisor, was one of complete surprise and shock,\" the report said.", "The supervisor also said that she telephoned Stufflebeem's immediate supervisor to tell him of the affair and that when she called a few weeks later to follow up, the supervisor told her that \"everybody in town knew Boomer was f'ing some bimbo at the [federal agency].\"", "Stufflebeem, however, denied to investigators that he had a sexual relationship with Jane Doe, although he admitted to one kiss and said he had an \"inappropriate relationship\" with her because he told her about his marital problems.", "\"I did not have sex with this woman,\" he said during one of two interviews with investigators.", "Although he told investigators he could not remember the woman's name, he testified that he \"had to live with shame for a long time\" after the \"inappropriate relationship\" ended, that he was \"racked with guilt\" and \"had a terrible time getting myself right with my family.\"", "\"So I have had a great 18-year career since I left the White House,\" he said, according to the report.", "\"If this is the end of it, then I still leave a rewarded individual, thankful for the blessings that I have had.\"", "Investigators found Stufflebeem's remarks inconsistent.", "\"In our view, comments regarding guilt, shame, and the end of a distinguished naval career are incongruous with a physical relationship limited to one kiss,\" they wrote in the report.", "This year, according to the report, the inspector general's office provided Stufflebeem with its preliminary findings: that he'd provided \"false and misleading testimony\" regarding the nature of his relationship with Jane Doe, his inability to recall her name and his representation to her of himself as a widower.", "Stufflebeem responded with a vehement denial.", "\"[I] find it extremely regrettable, in a case that has such far reaching implications for my career, that you have chosen to question my integrity,\" he wrote in a February 15 letter.", "\"The unfortunate truth in this case is that, as a result of lack of evidence to substantiate the allegation of a sexual relationship and in lieu of investigating the underlying allegations, you have chosen to accuse me of being untruthful as I defended myself against these allegations.\"", "Stufflebeem further castigated the investigators because, at that time, they had chosen not to interview Jane Doe \"in deference to Ms. Doe's privacy,\" according to the report.", "Doe \"readily agreed\" to testify when they contacted her after Stufflebeem's rebuttal.", "\"Ms. Doe confirmed that she and Stufflebeem had an extensive physical relationship which began on an overseas trip and lasted intermittently for approximately eight months,\" the investigators wrote.", "\"The relationship included sexual intercourse on approximately one dozen occasions, to include intercourse during overseas travel, in the White House and in her home.\"", "Doe also said Stufflebeem told her that his wife had died of breast cancer, that a woman who answered the phone when she called his home was the children's nanny and that he continued to wear his wedding ring \"for his daughters who missed their late mother.\"", "According to the report, the investigation began when investigators received an anonymous letter containing \"significant\" details about the affair.", "Investigators had received another such letter in 1999, but it contained no detail and was not investigated.", "Stufflebeem became well known in the initial months of the war in Afghanistan, when he often conducted on-camera television briefings as a Pentagon spokesman.", "He was then deputy director for global operations on the Joint Staff.", "He was commander of the 6th Fleet from May 2005 to September 2007.", "During that time, he was deputy commander of Naval Forces Europe, joint force maritime component commander in Europe, commander of strike and support forces for NATO, and allied commander with Joint Command Lisbon.", "CNN Senior Pentagon Correspondent Jamie McIntyre contributed to this report." ]	[ "Adm. John Stufflebeem told investigators he couldn't remember name of mistress .", "Stufflebeem lied to mistress that his wife had died of cancer .", "Stufflebeem was demoted and fired from his post as director of the Navy staff .", "Report: Investigators received anonymous letter with \"significant\" details of affair ." ]	[ 1, 2, 3, 35 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two U.S. customs agents were arrested on charges they helped smuggle drugs and other contraband through New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.", "The DEA says two customs officials at JFK International Airport helped smuggle drugs and contraband.", "Customs supervisor Walter Golembiowski and officer John Ajello face narcotics, bribery and conspiracy charges in the case, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.", "Golembiowski and Ajello regularly solicited and accepted bribes to allow contraband to pass through undetected, the DEA said.", "Two airport workers and two others were also charged with importing counterfeit goods.", "Some of those items included Rolex, Cartier and Chanel watches and designer sunglasses, the DEA said.", "On several occasions, Golembiowski was captured on audio and video taking bribes to aid his co-conspirators in bringing in illegal drugs and counterfeit goods.", "\"Smuggling any kind of illegal commodity raises troubling issues at a time of deep concern over national security,\" said Michael J. Garcia, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.", "\"The threat is heightened when a government official accepts bribes to help smugglers breach our borders.\"", "The arrests came as a result of a lengthy sting operation by a state, local and federal task force.", "Prosecutors said numerous recorded meetings and phone calls captured the suspects talking about plans to smuggle hashish, ecstasy and other illegal items.", "The investigation has led to the indictment and prosecution of more than 20 people -- \"from distributors to overseas sources of supply\" -- and the seizure of more than 600 pounds of imported hashish and other drugs from the United States and France, according to the statement." ]	[ "DEA says two agents regularly accepted and solicited bribes .", "They and four others allegedly smuggled illegal contraband and drugs .", "Investigation has led to the indictment and prosecution of more than 20 people .", "Arrests follow a lengthy investigation by state and federal authorities ." ]	[ 3, 9, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The crib in Ellen Darcy's Boston home has sat empty for more than a year.", "And in suburban Washington, Laura Teresinski has prepared a nursery for a baby that may never arrive.", "Guatemala has announced it will conduct a case-by-case review of every pending foreign adoption case.", "They and thousands of prospective parents, eager to adopt children from abroad, have found themselves in an emotional legal limbo since two of the most popular countries for international adoptions -- Guatemala and Vietnam -- recently halted their programs.", "Now would-be mothers and fathers around the United States wonder what will become of their quest to adopt a child -- a pursuit that can fray nerves, cost up to $30,000 and span several years.", "Guatemala announced this month that it would conduct a case-by-case review of every pending foreign adoption case.", "That put on hold the adoption plans of about 2,000 American families.", "The crackdown comes amid reports that some in Guatemala coerce mothers to relinquish their children for adoption -- or steal the children outright and present them as orphans.", "Similar accusations have arisen in Vietnam.", "After the United States accused adoption agencies there of corruption and baby-selling, Vietnam said in April that it would no longer allow adoptions to the United States.", "\"My husband and I were absolutely devastated,\" Teresinski said.", "\"Adoptive parents have put a lot of emotional energy and a lot of financial resources in the process.\"", "Vietnam's decision affects several hundred families.", "Families in the United States adopted 4,728 children from Guatemala and 828 from Vietnam last year.", "The halt in adoptions from those two nations unfolds against the backdrop of a dramatic rise in international adoptions in the United States.", "The number of foreign-born children adopted by U.S. families more than tripled from 1990 to 2004, when it reached a high of 22,884, though the figure has declined slightly each year since.", "In 2007, the U.S. granted visas to 19,613 children so they could join an adoptive family in the United States, according to U.S. State Department figures.", "About 70 percent of those children came from four countries: China, Guatemala, Russia and Ethiopia.", "A few other countries have also halted foreign adoptions at various times, including Kazakhstan and Togo.", "Yet the suspensions in Vietnam and Guatemala have had the biggest impact -- they're two of the 10 countries that send the most children to adoptive homes in the Unites States.", "Fear of fraud stirs heartache .", "For Darcy, the review seems more detrimental than helpful.", "Her adopted daughter, Carolina, remains in a Guatemalan foster home with three dozen other babies.", "Darcy worries that keeping Carolina, now 15 months old, in a foster home will harm her early development.", "\"She's not getting one-on-one care by a consistent caretaker,\" Darcy said, adding later, \"Nobody is looking at this as a violation of the kids' human rights except for these (American) parents.\"", "Guatemala, which until now has had little to no oversight of its foreign adoptions, has the highest per capita rate of adoption in the world.", "Nearly one in 100 babies born in Guatemala wind up living with adoptive parents in the United States, according to the U.S. consulate in Guatemala.", "While adoptive parents in the United States undergo rigorous screening, adoptions in Guatemala had been processed by notaries responsible for determining whether the babies were relinquished voluntarily.", "They also arrange foster care and handle paperwork -- notaries in Latin America tend to have more legal training than notaries in the United States.", "Both Guatemalan and U.S. officials fear the system leads to practices such as paying birth mothers for children or, in some instances, coercion.", "Officials in both countries say gaps in regulations and the high sums of money at play -- adoptions can cost up to $30,000 -- may have created unintended incentives in a country where the State Department estimates that 80 percent of the population lives in poverty.", "The Guatemalan government has said its review could take a month or longer.", "As for the American families, they can only wait.", "\"I think it's overkill,\" said Darcy, who was matched with Carolina last March and was approved to adopt the girl last winter -- typically one of the last steps before the actual adoption is complete.", "\"No adoptive parent wants to adopt an abducted child -- a child that wasn't voluntarily relinquished -- but to keep them as hostages is unacceptable,\" Darcy said.", "Guatemala plans reforms .", "U.S. officials say they sympathize with the parents, but that reviews like the one in Guatemala are in the best interest of the children.", "\"We feel for them, it's a tough situation,\" said a State Department official who is not authorized to speak on the record.", "\"(But) they'll have the comfort of knowing American parents in the future who adopt from Guatemala will get children from a system that has all the safeguards in place so that children are not exploited,\" the official said.", "In the past, Guatemala required birth mothers to sign a document in court saying they were relinquishing their child.", "They were not required to reveal their reasons.", "Now the government may require the presence of the birth mother and child.", "The goal is to verify identification and make sure the mother is giving up her child voluntarily.", "Cleaning up Guatemala's adoption system is a step toward complying with the standards of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, an international agreement that governs adoptions from one country to another.", "About 70 nations have signed the convention, which seeks to ensure legitimate foreign adoptions.", "The United States joined the international convention last year, and rules governing adoptions from one signatory nation to another took effect April 1.", "The United States has stopped issuing visas to Guatemalan children after that date, blocking their travel to America -- at least until concerns are addressed.", "\"We're not pointing fingers at American parents,\" the State Department official said.", "However, the review and changes in Guatemala will ensure that it \"does not become a fertile ground for (wrongful) practices on any person, particularly children, who have not been orphaned.\"", "To offset corruption, the U.S. Embassy has added its own requirement: That birth mothers appear with the baby to request a visa for the baby.", "In August, officials also began requiring two DNA tests to confirm the identities of mother and child.", "Still, the Guatemalan solicitor general's office has identified at least 80 cases of adoption irregularities, including baby stealing and false DNA tests.", "And the Guatemalan chief prosecutor's office recently launched a criminal investigation into the two laboratories contracted to take DNA samples from birth mothers and children.", "'Serious irregularities' in Vietnam .", "Similar concerns of corruption recently emerged in Vietnam, where investigators had found \"serious adoption irregularities,\" according to a report by the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi.", "Documents had been forged or altered, the embassy said, and some parents were paid, tricked or forced into giving up their children for adoption.", "In some cases, the embassy said, children were offered for adoption without the knowledge or permission of their parents.", "The Vietnamese government has denied the accusations.", "Even so, it said in April that it would terminate its adoption agreement with the United States, saying it won't accept applications after July 1.", "The program is scheduled to end September 1.", "Parents in the United States who were matched with an adoptive child in Vietnam before July 1 will be allowed to adopt that child.", "Prospective parents who had invested time and money, but had not been matched with an adoptive child, appear to be out of luck.", "Private adoption agencies insist that nearly all adoptions from Vietnam are problem-free, and they want the adoptions to continue.", "\"It's hard to let go, because we know we can advocate for these children and make a real difference,\" said Linda Brownlee, executive director of the nonprofit Adoption Center of Washington, which places children for adoption from Russia, China, Cambodia and Vietnam.", "She hopes the United States and Vietnam reach an agreement so that adoptions can continue.", "\"Without it, I think children are going to be harmed.", "They are going to die needlessly, and there is going to be trafficking,\" Brownlee said." ]	[ "Guatemala and Vietnam say corruption, baby-stealing at heart of crackdown .", "Nearly one in 100 babies born in Guatemala are adopted by U.S. parents .", "Crackdown puts children's well-being at risk, adoption advocates say ." ]	[ 26, 36, 51, 53 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Authorities have re-arrested three men in connection with the disappearance of an Alabama teenager in Aruba in 2005, based on new evidence in the case, prosecutors announced Wednesday.", "Natalee Holloway disappeared while on an Aruba vacation in 2005.", "Brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe were arrested in Aruba at the same time authorities in the Netherlands picked up Joran Van der Sloot at the request of the Aruban government, the statement said.", "Van der Sloot is attending school in Holland.", "The three had previously been arrested in 2005, Aruban prosecutors noted in a statement, but a court released them, citing insufficient evidence.", "They are now charged with \"involvement in the voluntary manslaughter of Natalee Holloway or causing serious bodily harm to Natalee Holloway, resulting in her death,\" the statement said.", "Watch interview with Holloway's father » .", "Van der Sloot, now 20, and the Kalpoes, now ages 24 and 21, were the last people seen with Holloway, 18, as she left Carlos n' Charlie's nightclub in Oranjestad, Aruba, about 1:30 a.m. on May 30, 2005.", "All three men have maintained their innocence in her disappearance.", "View a timeline of the case » .", "No information was immediately available about what the new evidence was that led to the arrests.", "Aruban prosecutors said a team of detectives from the Netherlands has been reviewing the Holloway case at the request of authorities in Aruba, and had been on the island as late as last month to complete the investigation.", "The Kalpoe brothers were being interrogated by Aruban police Wednesday, Aruba prosecutor Dop Kruimel told CNN.", "They will appear before a judge Friday for a preliminary arrest hearing, in which the judge determines whether the arrest was credible, she said.", "The judge can then authorize their being detained for eight more days, meaning police have that much time to produce evidence.", "The suspects then go before a judge again, she said.", "Van der Sloot was arrested in Arnhem, the Netherlands, by Dutch police, Kruimel said.", "Aruban authorities have asked for him to be extradited to Aruba within eight days.", "Because they were not familiar with the case, Dutch police were not questioning Van der Sloot, she said.", "He will be questioned when he is brought back to Aruba, she said.", "However, he will appear before a judge Thursday in Arnhem.", "When CNN called the Kalpoe household, the person who answered the phone hung up.", "Earlier, Van der Sloot's mother, Anita Van der Sloot, told CNN her son had not been arrested, but had only reported to a police station in the Netherlands for questioning Wednesday after receiving a letter asking him to do so.", "Anita Van der Sloot said she had spoken to her son briefly from her home in Aruba.", "She said a Dutch attorney was with him, and she expected him to appear before a judge and be released Thursday.", "Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway, said in a statement, \"The family is always hopeful when a step in the right direction is made in the case.\"", "Beth Holloway was refusing interviews for now, said spokeswoman Sunny Tillman.", "She previously was known as Beth Holloway-Twitty, but has returned to using Holloway after a divorce earlier this year.", "Natalee Holloway was visiting Aruba with a group of about 100 classmates celebrating their graduation from Mountain Brook High School in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, when she went to Carlos n' Charlie's that night in 2005.", "The group had planned to leave for home the following day, and Holloway's packed bags and passport were found in her hotel room after she failed to show up for her flight.", "Her disappearance triggered an exhaustive search and investigation and a media sensation in the United States, Aruba, the Netherlands and beyond, but Holloway has never been found.", "Aruban authorities have been criticized for their handling of the case.", "At least 10 men, including Van der Sloot and the Kalpoes, have been arrested and identified as suspects either in Holloway's disappearance or in an alleged cover-up.", "All were questioned and released.", "Legal experts, however, have said differences in the U.S. and Aruban systems should be taken into account.", "Aruba's criminal justice system is based on Dutch law and a descendant of the Napoleonic code.", "In Aruba, authorities' reasonable suspicion that someone knows about or is involved in a crime is enough to make an arrest, while magistrates investigate and judges determine a suspect's guilt or innocence.", "There are no jury trials.", "Aruban authorities, meanwhile, have suggested that Holloway may have overdosed on drugs or died of alcohol poisoning.", "Beth Holloway and Natalee Holloway's father, Dave Holloway, filed a lawsuit last year against Van der Sloot and his father, Aruban judge Paulus Van der Sloot, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York.", "The Van der Sloots were served with the suit while on a trip to New York.", "However, a judge in August 2006 dismissed the suit, saying New York was an inconvenient forum in which to consider it.", "It was unclear whether Holloway's parents have pursued legal action elsewhere.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Kimberly Segal and Eric Marrapodi contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Via representative, Holloway family expresses hope about developments .", "Three men re-arrested in Natalee Holloway case, prosecutors say .", "One young man arrested in Holland, two brothers picked up in Aruba .", "They were the last people seen with Holloway before she vanished in 2005 ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The founder of the Free Burma Coalition accused Myanmar neighbors China and India on Thursday of failing to do their share of \"heavy lifting\" in aiding victims of the Myanmar cyclone.", "A young survivor waits for relief supplies by a makeshift house in Bogaley.", "Maung Zarni, a visiting research fellow at Oxford University, said both nations could do more in trying to persuade the Myanmar junta to allow international aid workers and equipment into the country.", "Zarni also slammed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), for the same reason.", "\"The latest episode involving the junta's handling of the cyclone victims in Burma really calls into question the meaning and the usefulness, the value of ASEAN,\" he added.", "The organization of 10 nations promotes economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region.", "\"China isn't doing its share of heavy lifting, and the same can be said about India as well,\" Zarni said.", "\"China is a country on the rise, and it can really repair its tarnished reputation around Tibet if it puts pressure on the regime and says, 'This is unacceptable, even to Chinese standards.'\"", "Zarni was referring to critics of last fall's Chinese crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, led by Tibetan monks.", "He directed most of his criticism toward Myanmar's military rulers, who he said are solely concerned with their own security and political ambitions, while neglecting the cyclone victims.", "The government has been bitterly criticized for being too slow in responding to the May 2 disaster, then blocking large-scale, international emergency aid.", "The government has relented somewhat in the past few days.", "The official death toll from Cyclone Nargis rose Thursday, with Myanmar state television reporting more than 40,000 fatalities.", "Many believe the toll will be much higher.", "Watch scenes of widespread destruction » .", "Referring to Myanmar's 75-year-old top leader, Than Shwe, Zarni complained, \"His major number one concern is his own personal and family security, and also other officers who are caught in a system where fear and rewards are manipulated to whip them in line.\"", "The government's response to the cyclone is complex, and has \"psychological, institutional and personal dimensions,\" which have produced an \"institutionalized madness,\" Zarni said.", "The Irrawaddy newspaper, which covers Myanmar and Southeast Asia, said a team of ASEAN experts would arrive in Yangon on Thursday to assess the scale of the disaster and requirements for aid.", "ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said Wednesday that the Myanmar government had agreed to grant visas to an \"emergency rapid assessment team.\"", "The Myanmar government also agreed to accept 160 relief workers from India, China, Bangladesh and Thailand, the newspaper said." ]	[ "Founder of dissident group: China, India need to be more persuasive with junta .", "Maung Zarni questions usefulness of ASEAN regional group over disaster .", "Activist criticizes Myanmar junta for not doing more to help victims ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3, 6 ]
[ "JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- The atmosphere was tense in Cape Town on Friday after xenophobic violence that has left more than 40 dead in Johannesburg spread to South Africa's largest city.", "Immigrants from Mozambique line up in Primrose, South Africa, to board buses back home.", "Clashes overnight resulted in one death and 15 arrests and the evacuations of 420 foreign nationals, a police official in Cape Town said.", "\"Crowds of people went on a rampage, looting and carrying out acts of violence,\" said Cape Town Police Superintendent Billy Jones.", "They were charged with public violence and are to appear in court Monday.", "One foreign national, a Somali, died when he was run over by a vehicle as he tried to escape the angry crowds, Jones said.", "Twelve people suffered minor injuries.", "He said Friday was tense but calm, with state and local police stationed throughout the area.", "Jack Bloom of the opposition party Democratic Alliance told CNN on Friday that government troops were helping police ward off violence in Johannesburg.", "Aid workers and volunteers were providing tents, food and supplies at the police stations.", "Bloom estimated that about 2,000 foreigners had sought haven at those locations.", "It was the first violence in the coastal city since a wave of xenophobia began about two weeks ago in Johannesburg, resulting in at least 42 deaths.", "The foreign nationals were transported from the city after angry crowds formed at a public meeting seeking to calm tensions, Jones told CNN.", "They were being housed at community centers and churches.", "The attacks in South Africa have forced thousands of immigrants to flee, prompting neighboring Mozambique to declare a state of emergency on Friday.", "Desperate stories of those fleeing violence .", "The country's Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi said the decision was taken after about 10,000 Mozambicans fled from South Africa.", "CNN's Robyn Curnow reported long lines of people -- including many from Zimbabwe and Mozambique -- waiting for buses in Johannesburg to take them home.", "Bloom, from Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg, said the attacks on foreigners who fled to South Africa for a better life has become a \"humanitarian crisis.\"", "South African President Thabo Mbeki has approved the deployment of the army to help stop the attacks, which have drawn condemnation from South African officials and other African leaders.", "About 28,000 people have been displaced by the violence, Hangwani Malaudzi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Safety and Security said.", "And more than 400 have been arrested for crimes ranging from murder, to causing a public disturbance, he said.", "The country has also seen a disturbing throwback to the 1980s apartheid-era lynching tactic of \"necklacing,\" which was widely used in the townships at the time.", "Used on suspected informants, the \"necklace\" is a car tire, filled with petrol, put around the person's neck and set alight.", "The victims are mainly immigrants and refugees from other parts of Africa, including Zimbabwe, where a devastated economy has sent at least two million people across the border in search of a better life.", "Some say the attacks stem from a long-standing feeling among locals that the number of immigrants in South Africa results in shortages of jobs and essential needs.", "Inadequate housing, a lack of running water and electricity, the rising prices of food, and escalating crime -- nearly 20,000 people were slain in South Africa last year -- add to the resentment.", "Watch analysis of reasons behind xenophobic attacks » .", "According to South Africa's latest census, the country has about 45 million people.", "The South African Department of Human Affairs estimates that more than 4 million people reside in South Africa illegally, but that figure is based on a 10-year-old study and some feel the number of immigrants in South Africa is much higher.", "Some say that millions have recently fled to South Africa from Zimbabwe because of violence there since the county's stalled election.", "A presidential run-off between long-time leader President Robert Mugabe and his opposition challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai, is scheduled for June 27 in Zimbabwe -- three months after the initial vote.", "Zimbabwe also is in the midst of an economic collapse, with nearly 80 percent unemployment." ]	[ "Violence in Johannesburg spreads to Cape Town, resulting in one death .", "Mozambique declares state of emergency to assist people fleeing S. Africa .", "Attacks on foreigners in South Africa have left more than 40 people dead .", "Police, military in first joint operation raid three hostels ." ]	[ 0, 14 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Illinois Gov.", "George Ryan and a co-defendant lost another legal round at the Supreme Court on Tuesday and will remain in prison on federal racketeering and fraud convictions.", "Ex-Gov. George Ryan walks out of a Chicago, Illinois, courthouse after his April 2006 conviction.", "Ryan and businessman Larry Warner claimed they did not receive a fair trial, but the justices, without comment, refused to intervene in the case.", "Justice John Paul Stevens refused last fall to grant bail for the 74-year-old Ryan, a move that would have kept him out of jail to file more appeals.", "The disgraced ex-governor reported to a federal prison in Wisconsin in November to serve a 6½-year sentence.", "The men were convicted in April 2006 for fraud in a case stemming from bribes paid for various state licenses.", "Their lawyers claimed the trial judge improperly removed two jurors while deliberations in the case had commenced, but a federal appeals court upheld the convictions.", "Ryan, a Republican, served as governor from 1999 to 2003.", "He retired following investigations into political corruption in his administration.", "He also was noted for issuing a moratorium on capital punishment in his state in 2000 over concerns innocent inmates might be executed.", "The case decided Tuesday is Warner and Ryan v. U.S. (07-977)." ]	[ "George Ryan, co-defendant claim they didn't get fair trial in 2006 .", "Justices refuse to intervene in case, give no reason why .", "The men were convicted on charges related to bribery .", "Ryan, a Republican, served as Illinois governor from 1999-2003 ." ]	[ 3, 8 ]
[ "LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A rebel group that has been attacking oil pipelines in southern Nigeria claimed responsibility on Monday for another strike and said it killed 11 government soldiers in fighting that followed the sabotage.", "A fire burns following an attack on a pipeline in Nigeria in December 2006.", "The Nigerian military confirmed an attack on an oil pipeline and an explosion, but called the claim that 11 soldiers were killed a \"lie\" and \"pure propaganda.\"", "The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, issued a statement saying it \"successfully sabotaged another major trunk pipeline\" belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company in the country's Rivers State.", "\"Minutes after the sabotage, our fighters encountered a military gunboat which opened fire blindly on the advance guard.", "We flanked them in a counter-attack and killed in close combat all the drunken soldiers numbering eleven, collecting their weapons, ammunitions and bullet-proof vests before using dynamite to sink the gunboat with its dead occupants,\" MEND said.", "MEND also said they found two \"traumatized, adolescent girls\" who were gang-raped by Nigerian soldiers.", "\"They were dropped off in the neighboring village by our men who have since returned safely to camp,\" the statement said.", "The military had no immediate response to that claim.", "Analysts say that one reason for record high gas prices in the United States is a spate of attacks on oil pipelines in Nigeria, the fourth largest supplier of oil to the United States.", "Exxon and Shell are two of several companies that had been extracting two million barrels of oil a day in Nigeria.", "Yet rebel attacks on oil pipelines in the Niger Delta have cut overall production by roughly 10 percent -- meaning 200,000 fewer barrels of oil on some days.", "The rebel group hopes to secure a greater share of oil wealth for people in the Niger Delta, where more than 70 percent of the population lives on less than a dollar a day.", "MEND has bombed pipelines and kidnapped hundreds of foreign oil workers, typically releasing them unharmed, sometimes after receiving a ransom payment.", "The Nigerian government has proposed a peace summit to find a solution to the region's problems, but an immediate resolution does not appear in sight." ]	[ "Rebel group claims responsibility another strike on a gas pipeline .", "MEND group say it killed 11 government soldiers in fighting following sabotage .", "Group says pipeline belongs to Shell Petroleum Development Company ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "(REAL SIMPLE) -- With soaring gas prices and travel costs, the cheapest route to whisk yourself away this summer is through a good book.", "Ten top-selling authors share their favorite lazy-summer-day reads.", "• One-day reads .", "Augusten Burroughs \"The Member of the Wedding,\" by Carson McCullers \"A slender 163 pages, but it inhales all the light, matter, and gravity in the vicinity.", "Stunningly evocative and gorgeously written, this truly magnificent book will replace your entire life for one perfect day.\"", "Jackie Collins \"Whacked,\" by Jules Asner \"She's a first-time author, married to director Steven Soderbergh, and this delicious tale of revenge -- set in L.A. -- rocks!\"", "Nelson Demille \"The Prince,\" by Niccolò Machiavelli \"It's, well...Machiavellian.", "A great help if you're dealing with a summer landlord or a difficult au pair.\"", "Janet Evanovich \"The Concrete Blonde,\" by Michael Connelly \"A classic in Connelly's Harry Bosch detective series -- and one of my favorites.\"", "Elizabeth Gilbert \"The Principles of Uncertainty,\" by Maira Kalman \"Gorgeous and touching.", "A quirky year-in-the-life as told by one of our most wonderful illustrators -- short in words, but rich in little visual pleasures.\"", "Philippa Gregory \"Dragonwyck,\" by Anya Seton \"A gothic novel set in 1844 America.", "At times it's utterly ridiculous, but it is truly haunting.", "Think an American Jane Eyre at high speed.", "A great book to gulp down in a day.\"", "Sophie Kinsella \"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,\" by Mark Haddon \"Its hero, an autistic 15-year-old, is one of the most poignant in contemporary literature.\"", "James Patterson \"No Country for Old Men,\" by Cormac McCarthy \"The only thriller I have ever read that also qualifies as art, at least in my mind.\"", "Jodi Picoult \"The Third Angel,\" by Alice Hoffman \"I inhale anything Alice writes, but this stunning book is among her loveliest.", "Once I started it, I didn't put it down.\"", "Danielle Steel \"Change of Heart,\" by Jodi Picoult \"Anything by Jodi Picoult.\"", "• Books for a long weekend .", "Augusten Burroughs \"The House of Mirth,\" by Edith Wharton \"The only thing more delicious than spending a weekend reading The House of Mirth is reading it in the grass or on the sand.", "Mosquitoes will leave you alone.", "It will not rain. This is Edith Wharton.", "Nature bends.\"", "Jackie Collins \"The Great Gatsby,\" by F. Scott Fitzgerald \"Jay Gatsby is so charismatic, sexy, and mysterious, and I love him.", "Good to share with a guy in bed!\"", "Nelson Demille \"The Gold Coast,\" \"by me\" \"What can I say?", "Read it on the beach and attract favorable comments.\"", "Janet Evanovich \"The Two Minute Rule,\" by Robert Crais It's Crais, for crying out loud!", "Who wouldn't want to spend a weekend with Robert Crais?\"", "Elizabeth Gilbert \"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,\" by Anne Fadiman \"The heartbreaking true story of an immigrant Hmong child's epilepsy and the American doctors who tried to 'cure' her (not realizing that traditional Hmong families see epilepsy as something of a blessing).", "A story of moral and cultural complexity.\"", "Philippa Gregory \"Lottery,\" by Patricia Wood \"A hugely feel-good novel that had me laughing out loud at the hero's rise to happiness from absolute despair.\"", "Sophie Kinsella \"The Tenderness of Wolves,\" by Stef Penny \"A gripping, atmospheric murder story set in the snowy wastes of Canada, with some wonderful descriptions of an extreme landscape.", "I never knew I could be so riveted by snow!\"", "James Patterson \"Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge,\" by Evan S. Connell \"Astonishingly different points of view, in two books, from a wife and a husband, on the history of a family's life in Kansas City.\"", "Jodi Picoult \"Skeletons at the Feast,\" by Chris Bohjalian \"A Bohjalian novel is guaranteed to be rich in character and gorgeous writing.", "This latest, based on a real journal, delves into the history of World War II.\"", "Danielle Steel \"Become a Better You,\" by Joel Osteen .", "• Books to savor all summer .", "Augusten Burroughs \"Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor, and Tillie Olsen.", "Spend the entire summer with them.", "It doesn't matter what you read or which order you read them in.", "The wisdom and heartbreak centers of your brain will be electrified.", "I do not have the words to tell you what a fine summer you will have and how much you will never regret it.\"", "Jackie Collins \"The Godfather,\" by Mario Puzo \"You can re-reread it all summer and it will still seem fresh and so true.", "The characters jump off the page.\"", "Nelson Demille \"Of Human Bondage,\" by W. Somerset Maugham \"Not for the beach, but for rainy days and quiet summer nights.", "One of my favorites.\"", "Janet Evanovich 65 Years of Little Golden Books \"Pictures, smiles, happy endings -- a trip back to simpler times.\"", "Elizabeth Gilbert \"The Treasury of Oz,\" by L. Frank Baum \"If by some miracle I had a summer to sit and read, I would treat myself to rereading the most delightful books of my childhood -- the Oz books.", "Baum sent plucky Dorothy back to Oz more than a dozen times after The Wizard of Oz, and her wondrous adventures just get better.", "If you can borrow a 10-year-old to share this experience with, all the better!\"", "Philippa Gregory \"History Play: The Lives and Afterlife of Christopher Marlowe,\" by Rodney Bolt \"This takes you into the fictional heart of Shakespeare's England, suggests a wonderfully imaginative explanation of the genius of the Bard's plays, makes your head spin with possibilities -- and makes you wonder who did write all those wonderful plays.\"", "Sophie Kinsella Jane Austen: The Complete Novels \"Austen is a perennial delight.\"", "James Patterson \"One Hundred Years of Solitude,\" by Gabriel García Márquez \"Absolutely magnificent magical realism, and probably my favorite novel ever.\"", "Jodi Picoult \"Sadly, the only books I'll be savoring all summer are college information guides, since I have a senior in high school next year.\"", "Danielle Steel \"Danielle Steel :)\" • Books to dip into and out of .", "Augusten Burroughs The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson \"We know Emily Dickinson lived in olden days and she was a poet and seldom left her home.", "But read one of her poems -- any one will do -- and you'll see the evidence of a glittering genius.", "You will be amazed by what one brilliant woman can accomplish alone in her bedroom without e-mail, a telephone, or a best friend.\"", "Jackie Collins \"Anything by Elmore Leonard.", "Short, smart, hilarious.\"", "Nelson Demille \"The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry,\" edited by Edith Sitwell \"Sitwell picked the best of the best in the English language.", "Excellent with a bottle of wine on the porch or the patio.\"", "Janet Evanovich \"Disney Princess The Ultimate Sticker Book\" \"Stick Snow White and Cinderella on the pages and make up your own stories.\"", "Elizabeth Gilbert \"Meditations,\" by Marcus Aurelius \"I keep a copy by my bed.", "And the fact that the ruminations of a second-century Roman emperor bring me comfort, delight, and inspiration is a clue to how timeless this is.", "Even those of us who aren't governing empires can benefit from these musings on courage and decency.\"", "Philippa Gregory \"Sappho: A New Translation,\" translated by Mary Barnard \"It sounds fearfully heavy, but it is absolutely contemporary in feel.", "A friend who teaches a course in Sappho sent me one poem: 'Don't ask me what to wear.'", "This is a poet who lived thousands of years ago, yet her work will make a modern woman laugh with recognition.\"", "Sophie Kinsella \"The Portable Dorothy Parker,\" edited by Marion Meade \"I adore her wit and dark humor.\"", "James Patterson \"Nine Horses,\" by Billy Collins \"Collins makes writing accessible poetry seem easy.\"", "Jodi Picoult The Best American Short Stories \"I am a sucker for this collection and keep a copy of the 2007 edition, edited by Stephen King, in the guest room of our lake house.\"", "Danielle Steel \"Anything religious.\"", "Get a FREE TRIAL issue of Real Simple - CLICK HERE!", "Copyright © 2008 Time Inc. All rights reserved." ]	[ "Jackie Collins recommends \"Whacked,\" by Jules Asner, a tale of revenge set in L.A.\nJames Patterson picks the thriller \"No Country for Old Men,\" by Cormac McCarthy .", "For a long weekend, Danielle Steele likes Joel Osteen's \"Become a Better You\"\nSophie Kinsella: \"[Jane] Austen is a perennial delight\"" ]	[ 5, 16, 20, 39, 55 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama received key endorsements Friday from a top former Clinton administration official and two former Democratic senators.", "Robert Reich, a former Labor Secretary under President Clinton, endorsed Sen. Obama Friday.", "Robert Reich, a former Clinton cabinet member and longtime friend of the former president, formally endorsed Obama's White House bid, saying that \"my conscience won't let me be silent any longer.\"", "\"Although Hillary Clinton has offered solid and sensible policy proposals, Obama's strike me as even more so,\" Reich wrote on his blog.", "He served as the Secretary of Labor from 1993-1997 and is currently a professor at Brandeis University.", "\"His plans for reforming Social Security and health care have a better chance of succeeding,\" Reich continued.", "\"His approaches to the housing crisis and the failures of our financial markets are sounder than hers ...", "He has put forward the more enlightened foreign policy and the more thoughtful plan for controlling global warming.\"", "Reich, whose relationship with the Clintons dates back to their law school days at Yale, has long been a critic of the New York senator's White House bid.", "Shortly before the Iowa caucuses in January, he wrote that voters would have a choice \"between someone who talks the talk, and somebody who's walked the walk.\"", "\"I don't get it,\" he wrote then. \"If there's anyone in the race whose history shows unique courage and character, it's Barack Obama.", "HRC's [Hillary Rodham Clinton's] campaign, by contrast, is singularly lacking in conviction about anything.\"", "Reich also criticized Bill Clinton earlier in the year over the former president's sharp attacks on Obama in South Carolina.", "\"Bill Clinton's ill-tempered and ill-founded attacks on Barack Obama are doing no credit to the former president, his legacy, or his wife's campaign,\" he wrote in January.", "\"Nor are they helping the Democratic Party.\"", "Asked to respond to Reich's endorsement, Clinton spokesman Mo Eleithee said, \"Didn't he endorse him last year?\"", "Reich is the latest former Clinton administration official to announce his support for Obama.", "Last month, New Mexico Gov.", "Bill Richardson, who held several positions under Bill Clinton, also came out in support of the Illinois senator.", "Clinton supporter and CNN political analyst James Carville later called that an \"act of betrayal.\"", "Meanwhile, the Obama campaign announced that former Sens.", "Sam Nunn of Georgia and David Boren of Oklahoma endorsed the Illinois senator, and agreed to serve on the campaign's national security policy team.", "Nunn served 25 years in the Senate and was chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1987 to 1995.", "He said Obama is \"our best choice to lead the nation.\"", "\"I believe that he will bring to the White House, high principles, clear vision and sound judgment,\" he added.", "Boren -- who served in the Senate from 1979 to 1994 and is the longest-serving Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence -- was one of Bill Clinton's top choices to replace Les Aspes in 1994 as U.S. Secretary of Defense.", "He said Obama is a person of \"sound and good judgement.\"", "Obama responded to the endorsements in a statement, saying the two \"will be important sources of advice and counsel for our campaign in the months ahead.\"", "Watch more from the campaign trail » .", "The endorsements come just four days before Pennsylvania's April 22 primary.", "At stake: 158 delegates.", "Also on Friday, Clinton accused Obama of \"complaining\" about Wednesday night's debate in Pennsylvania and hinted her rival might not be equipped to handle the rigors of the Oval Office.", "Watch more from Wednesday's debate » .", "Obama said Thursday that Clinton was \"in her element\" at the debate, telling a North Carolina crowd she \"took every opportunity to get a dig in.\"", "\"That's her right to kind of twist the knife in a little bit,\" he said, before adding that he understands why she's using what he calls the tactics of the GOP.", "Watch more of Obama's comments » .", "Clinton told an interviewer Friday morning on WTXF in Philadelphia that \"being asked tough questions in a debate is nothing like the pressures you face inside the White House.\"", "\"When the going gets tough you can't run away,\" she said of Obama.", "Meanwhile, Obama faced more criticism Friday -- this time from Sen. John McCain.", "McCain's campaign is crying foul over what it characterizes as repeated distortions from Obama.", "The most recent dustup comes after Obama criticized McCain earlier Friday for comments the Arizona senator made in an interview on Bloomberg Television.", "\"John McCain went on television and said that there has been quote 'great progress economically over the last seven and a half years,' \" Obama told a Pennsylvania crowd.", "\"John McCain thinks our economy has made great progress under George W. Bush.", "Now, how could somebody who has been traveling across this country, somebody who came to Erie, Pennsylvania, say we've made great progress?\"", "The McCain campaign immediately took issue with the comment, noting the Arizona senator also said he knows families are facing \"tremendous economic challenges.\"", "\"American families are hurting and Barack Obama is being recklessly dishonest,\" McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said.", "The McCain campaign has long argued Obama has a habit of twisting McCain's words.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Alexander Mooney, Rebecca Sinderbrand, Ed Hornick, Peter Hamby and Chris Welch contributed to this report." ]	[ "Sen. Obama receives endorsement of former Clinton official Robert Reich .", "Reich: \"My conscience won't let me be silent any longer\"\nEx-Sens.", "Sam Nunn and David Boren also endorse the Illinois senator .", "Clinton lashes out at Obama; McCain campaign calls Obama \"recklessly dishonest\"" ]	[ 1, 2, 21 ]
[ "(CNN) -- All sides involved in the controversy over the use of embryonic stem cells in research claimed vindication Tuesday after two teams of researchers reported having reprogrammed human skin cells to act like the stem cells, which have the potential of morphing into other cells and thereby curing disease.", "President Bush has twice vetoed bills that would have eased limits on funding for embryonic stem cell research.", "People who believe that life begins at conception liken the destruction of the embryonic stem cells to killing and therefore oppose their use in research.", "The new research, they said, shows that alternatives are available.", "\"By avoiding techniques that destroy life, while vigorously supporting alternative approaches, President Bush is encouraging scientific advancement within ethical boundaries,\" the White House said Tuesday in a written statement on the new research.", "Bush has twice vetoed bills that would have eased restrictions on the use of federal funds for research involving embryonic stem cells.", "Watch Bush state why he opposes the use of stem cells .", "In August 2001, he limited federal funding for embryonic stem cell research to lines that had already been created.", "But some researchers say those cells are not useful.", "\"The president believes medical problems can be solved without compromising either the high aims of science or the sanctity of human life,\" the White House statement said.", "\"We will continue to encourage scientists to expand the frontiers of stem cell research and continue to advance the understanding of human biology in an ethically responsible way.\"", "Watch a Harvard expert talk about what's next in stem cell research » .", "\"This breakthrough provides further evidence that the most promising avenues of stem cell research are also the most ethical,\" concurred Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, a physician.", "\"Politicians should note that the scientific community is moving rapidly without the assistance of laws requiring the taxpayer-funded destruction of human life.\"", "He added, \"This breakthrough helps vindicate President Bush's policy and his vetoes of Congress' short-sighted and outdated approach to stem cell research.", "History will note the wisdom of President Bush's refusal to set a dangerous precedent that could not be easily undone.\"", "And Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, said he believes \"that the current stem cell policy has been very important in driving the discovery of ethical and successful ways for scientists to find treatments and cures.", "\"What has too often been missing from this important debate is a simple fact of modern science: Encouraging medical research and protecting the sanctity of life are not mutually exclusive goals.\"", "The methods described in the papers about the new research \"should continue to be pursued and strongly promoted, as they should help to steer the entire field of stem cell research in a more explicitly ethical direction by circumventing the moral quagmire associated with destroying human embryos,\" said the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a posting on its Web site.", "But those views were not shared by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who has pushed for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research and said he will continue to do so.", "\"Our top researchers recognize that this new development does not mean that we should discontinue studying embryonic stem cells,\" he said in a written statement.", "\"Scientists may yet find that embryonic stem cells are more powerful.", "We need to continue to pursue all alternatives as we search for treatments for diabetes, Parkinson's and spinal cord injuries.\"", "He added that Tuesday's announcement \"reiterates the need for federal support for medical research and again points out the president's misplaced priorities in vetoing the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill which included a substantial increase for the National Institutes of Health.\"", "A lead author of one of the landmark studies, James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, urged that reprogrammed cells not wholly supplant embryonic stem cells in research.", "\"I don't like the idea of pulling the plug,\" he told reporters in a conference call.", "He added that Tuesday's advances in reprogramming cells would not have been possible without the advancements in embryonic stem cell research over the past decade.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Teams report reprogramming human skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells .", "Bush: advance is \"within ethical boundaries\"\nHarkin: \"We need to continue to pursue all alternatives\"" ]	[ 6, 10, 21, 22 ]
[ "AMSTETTEN, Austria (CNN) -- Josef Fritzl, who Austrian police say has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven of her children, twice holidayed in Thailand while she remained trapped in a cellar below his house, according to German media reports.", "Josef Fritzl appeared in court after admitting raping his daughter and fathering her seven children.", "Germany's Bild newspaper quoted a holiday companion, identified only as Paul H, who said he and 73-year-old Fritzl traveled to Thailand together twice and spent time in each other's homes.", "\"He went [to Thailand] without his wife; apparently she had to look after the children.", "... Once he had a very long massage from a young Thai girl at the beach.", "He really loved that,\" Paul H told the newspaper, which featured video of Fritzl laughing and receiving a massage in Thailand on its Web site.", "\"Once I saw how Josef bought an evening dress and racy lingerie for a very slim woman in Pattaya [Thailand] on the beach.", "He got really angry when he realized I saw him.", "Then he told me that he has a girlfriend on the side.", "The items were meant for her.", "He told me not to tell his wife.\"", "Watch footage of Fritzl on vacation at a Thai beach resort » .", "The pair had also ventured to Oktoberfest.", "Paul H said he had visited Fritzl's house three times, the last in 2005.", "\"We sat out on the terrace and had a really nice evening. ...", "The kids were well-behaved, however; they had a great respect for their father.", "They were never allowed downstairs into the cellar, but we never thought anything of it,\" he told Bild.", "\"Now that I think of the dungeon down there, I feel really sick in the stomach.\"", "Paul H said Fritzl was a DIY \"genius,\" constantly extending and building on to the house.", "Meanwhile, family members at the center of the incest and imprisonment case have held an \"astonishing\" reunion, medical officials said.", "\"They met each other on Sunday morning,\" clinic director Berthold Kepplinger said Tuesday.", "\"And it is astonishing how easy it worked, that the children came together, and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother came together.\"", "Investigators say Fritzl held his daughter, Elisabeth, captive in a cellar for 24 years.", "He raped her repeatedly, they say, and eventually fathered seven of her children.", "Elisabeth and two of her children were reunited Sunday with three of her other children and her mother, Kepplinger said Tuesday.", "The three children and her mother lived in the home above the cellar.", "Elisabeth's eldest child, 19-year-old Kerstin Fritzl, remains in hospital.", "A seventh child died years ago, shortly after birth.", "Fritzl told police he burned the infant's body in a furnace.", "The story of the family's imprisonment began to unravel a week ago, when Kerstin fell seriously ill with convulsions and was hospitalized.", "Austrian police Wednesday denied reports that they were investigating possible links between Fritzl and the unsolved murder of a woman.", "Franz Polzer, director of the Lower Austrian Bureau of Criminal Affairs, said Fritzl had owned an Austrian hotel near where a woman was found murdered decades ago.", "However, they were not investigating the incident at this stage.", "Meanwhile, an Austrian girl who was held prisoner in a basement for eight years said the family faced a long period of adjustment.", "See how Austrians are troubled by the case » .", "Natascha Kampusch was 10 years old when she was kidnapped on her way to school in March 1998.", "She escaped from a bunker below the house of Wolfgang Priklopil in a suburb of Vienna in August 2007.", "Priklopil killed himself by throwing himself under a train only hours later.", "\"Although they are now in a secret location, I believe it might have been even better to leave them where they were, but that was probably impossible,\" she said of the Fritzl family Tuesday.", "\"Yes, because that was of course the environment they were used to, and now they're somewhere else.", "Pulling them abruptly out of this situation, without transition, to hold them and isolating them to some extent, it can't be good for them.\"", "Officials said Tuesday that DNA testing had confirmed Fritzl fathered the children.", "His DNA also was found on a letter sent to the Fritzl family that was made to look like it was from his daughter, Elisabeth, Polzer said.", "See inside the 'House of horrors' » .", "Authorities said Fritzl sent other letters over the years, leading the family to believe that Elisabeth was a runaway who had abandoned three of her children on their doorstep.", "He dictated at least one of the letters to his daughter, they said.", "Authorities said it did not appear that Fritzl's wife, Rosemarie, knew about her husband's activities.", "Reports have surfaced in The Times of London and Austria's Presse that Fritzl was convicted of sexual assault in the 1960s, but there is nothing in his record to confirm this, said District Governor Hans Heinz Lenze.", "He added, however, that records were expunged after a certain number of years.", "Prosecutors were checking archives to find the information, said Gerhard Sedlacek, prosecutor for the state of Poelten.", "The Times of London quoted a 50-year-old neighbor who said that when he was 10, he remembered \"how we children were afraid to play near Mr. Fritzl's house because of the rumors that he had raped a woman and spent some time in jail for it.\"", "Watch a report of how the case unfolded. ...", "Fritzl led police to the cellar Sunday.", "A day later, he confessed to raping his daughter, now 42, and keeping her and their children in captivity, police said.", "Fritzl was able to convince social service workers, friends and family that Elisabeth had run away in 1984, when she was about 18.", "The father, who police described as an authoritarian figure, forbade anyone from entering the cellar.", "In the cellar with Elisabeth were Kerstin and two sons, aged 5 and 18.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Phil Black, Nadine Schmidt and Eileen Hsieh contributed to this story." ]	[ "Incest dad twice holidayed in Thailand while daughter remained in cellar .", "Austrian family terrorized by decades of incest meet for the first time .", "Josef Fritzl kept daughter imprisoned under home for 24 years, police say .", "Fritzl, who appeared in court Tuesday, has admitted guilt and faces 15 years\| ." ]	[ 0, 22, 34 ]
[ "BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- The fiery leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant movement assured Lebanon on Monday that his movement will cooperate in the country's political life.", "Supporters carry posters of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.", "Hassan Nasrallah said: \"We don't want to have control over Lebanon, or to have governance over Lebanon or to impose our ideas over the people of Lebanon, because we believe Lebanon to be a special and diverse country that needs the collaboration of everyone.\"", "Nasrallah spoke a day after Lebanon's parliament elected Michel Sleiman the country's president after a six-month vacancy in the position.", "Nasrallah, speaking at a packed stadium, told his followers: \"I renew my appeal and invitation for a true national partnership with no eliminations or impositions.", "The national unity government is not the victory of the opposition against the pro-government.", "It is the victory of all Lebanese.\"", "He said Sleiman's election \"renews the hope amongst the Lebanese people to a new era and a new start.\"", "\"I must say that there are deep wounds from our side and theirs, we are both in front of two choices; either to expand the wounds and add salt to them or try to cure them for the sake of Lebanon and we prefer the second choice.\"", "The parliament had tried 19 times to vote on a new president, but failed because of disagreements over how to share power in a new Cabinet.", "Lebanon's Western-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition reached a deal last week aimed at ending an 18-month political crisis that pushed the country to the brink of civil war, and paved the way for Sleiman's election.", "The agreement, reached in Doha, Qatar, calls for a consensus government in which the Cabinet would be comprised of 30 posts -- 16 for the majority, 11 for the Hezbollah-led opposition and three set aside for the president to nominate.", "The seat allocation had been a key sticking point for the opposition, which wanted to ensure it had the power to veto major decisions.", "With 11 Cabinet posts, it will have that power.", "In exchange for the veto power and a redistricting plan ahead of next year's elections, Hezbollah agreed to end its sit-in protest that has paralyzed downtown Beirut since late 2006.", "In his speech, Sleiman expressed gratitude to Qatar and to the Arab League for helping broker the deal.", "Sleiman was the consensus candidate, and is viewed as a neutral party by Lebanon's political factions.", "The nation's previous presidents have been seen as either pro-Syrian or pro-Western.", "In his 10 years as chief of the army, Sleiman also is believed to have unified the splintered military.", "However, he inherits a nation grappling with divisions.", "Lebanon's elected, pro-Western government has long been locked in a power struggle with Hezbollah.", "In public statements and demonstrations in recent years, Hezbollah threatened to use its power and popularity to oust the Sunni-led government, triggering fears of a new civil war that could further destabilize the volatile region.", "The election helped end a political crisis that deteriorated into violence this month.", "That crisis was defused when the Lebanese government gave in to two key Hezbollah demands -- lifting a government ban of Hezbollah's telecommunications system and reinstating the chief of security at Beirut's airport.", "\"The performance of the opposition proved that it did not organize a coup, but only wanted the illegal government to withdraw its two decisions,\" Nasrallah said.", "\"I promise that the opposition's representation in the government will not be monopolized by Hezbollah, Amal and the Change and Reform bloc.", "We will give other opposition parties shares - and unfortunately we must speak of shares - even if it is at the expense of Hezbollah's shares.\"", "Hezbollah has been linked to numerous terrorist attacks against U.S., Israeli, and other Western targets and the United States lists it as a terrorist organization.", "But many in Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East -- particularly Shiites -- view Hezbollah militants as freedom fighters." ]	[ "Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says Lebanon needs collaboration of everyone .", "Nasrallah praises election of Michel Sleiman as president after six months .", "Election comes after Hezbollah and government agreed power-sharing deal .", "Sleiman is considered a consensus president in the divided country ." ]	[ 2, 3, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Children from a polygamist sect who one mother says are \"hurting very badly\" in state custody are likely to be returned to their parents, a CNN legal analyst says.", "FLDS member Margaret Jessop says her children \"feel betrayed by adults.\"", "A Texas appeals court ruled Thursday that the state had no right to remove hundreds of children from the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints' ranch in Eldorado on April 3, based on the suspicion that a few were being sexually abused.", "A sect mother who has four children in state custody said the matter has not been fully resolved because an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court is possible.", "\"I'm very grateful, but I'd like to see the children in my arms before I rejoice greatly,\" Margaret Jessop said on CNN's \"Larry King Live.\"", "Watch Jessop react to the ruling » .", "But a permanent reunion of families is likely, said Jeffrey Toobin, CNN senior legal analyst.", "\"Based on this ruling I think it's clear that if it stands, all these kids are going back with their mothers,\" Toobin said on CNN's \"Anderson Cooper 360°.\"", "Jessop and other FLDS parents said they had been permitted visits with their children in foster care.", "Zavenda Young said two of her children were sent to Waco, Texas, and two to Hockley, 148 miles away.", "\"They're in Boys and Girls Country in Hockley.", "And it's just a -- it's an institution,\" she told host Larry King.", "Their father, Edson Jessop, said the experience has been rough on the children.", "\"You can see it's a lot of stress on them,\" he said.", "\"Every time we leave, they go through that trauma again.", "It's enough to rip your heart out.\"", "\"They feel betrayed by adults, and they're hurting very badly,\" Margaret Jessop added.", "The Texas Child Protective Services Department's Web site says the agency has been \"coordinating with many professional service and government agencies to ensure the safety, health and comfort of the children and women in Eldorado.\"", "A statement from the agency Thursday said it's working out a response to the court ruling.", "\"Child Protective Services has one duty -- to protect children,\" the statement said.", "\"When we see evidence that children have been sexually abused and remain at risk of further abuse, we will act.", "... We will work with the office of the attorney general to determine the state's next step in this case.\"" ]	[ "More than 400 children likely to return to families, CNN's Jeffrey Toobin says .", "Mother says she'll wait until children are with her before she rejoices over ruling .", "Parents say children have suffered from separation .", "Agency that took children says it's considering next move ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7 ]
[ "(AOL Autos) -- There is an old adage which goes something like this: \"The cheap man always pays more in the long run.\"", "Consumer Reports analyzed the cost of ownership across the 300 models in their database.", "Consumer Reports magazine recently reached a similar conclusion when it announced the results of a study that compared the cost of ownership of more than 300 cars.", "Consumer Reports noted that a car with a cheaper sticker price can often cost consumers more in the long run when compared to a higher-priced alternative.", "The report, which appeared in Consumer Reports' Annual April Auto Issue, was based on a comparison of the 300 models in the Consumer Reports database.", "In short, the report concluded that a car's sticker price is one of many factors that should be taken into account when trying to decide between two cars in the same class.", "For example, at about $17,500, a Mitsubishi Lancer is priced $5,000 less than a Mini Cooper.", "But when factoring in the total costs of ownership for each vehicle, the Lancer could cost drivers about $3,000 more to own over the first five years, according to the study.", "And the purchase price of a Toyota Highlander is about $3,000 more than a V6 Ford Explorer -- but the Explorer's total cost of ownership is an extra $6,500 over those five years.", "The study took into account such factors as depreciation, fuel costs, interest paid on the car loan, insurance, maintenance, repair costs and sales tax.", "Online subscribers to www.ConsumerReports.org can compare the costs for one, three, five and eight years of ownership.", "\"We think this information is valuable for consumers who have shopped around, and settled on a couple of different cars they like, and then have to decide on one or the other,\" noted Cliff Weathers, Consumer Reports' deputy editor, autos.", "\"We're giving this information to the consumer to use as a tool to help them make that decision, a tie-breaker, if you will.", "\"If they're trying to decide between a Pontiac Solstice and Mazda Miata, for example, they can go to our Web site and find out which one will cost less to own over that five-year period.", "And in this particular case, the answer would be the Miata -- which was one of the least expensive cars to own of all the cars evaluated in our survey.\"", "Depreciation was factored into the estimates based on the assumption that the vehicle will eventually be traded in when buyers make their next car purchase.", "\"Depreciation is the factor that accounts for the highest cost of ownership,\" Weathers explained.", "\"Depreciation accounts for 48 percent of the cost of ownership over the first five years.\"", "Different models depreciate faster, and more significantly, than others.", "In order to calculate depreciation for this owner-cost comparison, Consumer Reports started with the price that a typically-equipped model generally sells for.", "If a particular model often sells at a largely-discounted price that was also factored in.", "Consumer Reports then deducted the wholesale trade-in value of the car at the end of the period, based on data from their Used Car Price Service, Weathers explained.", "In those cases when Consumer Reports didn't have depreciation data for a new model, it used estimates based on comparable vehicles.", "The Fuel Factor .", "The second-biggest factor in cost-of-ownership, after depreciation, is fuel costs, which account for 21 percent of the total ownership costs.", "\"Fuel economy can really make a big difference,\" Weathers said.", "\"If you have a car that gets 25 miles per gallon, and another car that gets 19 miles per gallon, that's a potential difference of thousands of dollars over five years, if you're driving 12,000 miles a year.\"", "Consumer Reports calculated fuel costs by assuming that the vehicles would be driven 12,000 miles a year -- the average annual mileage reported by those who responded to Consumer Reports' annual reader survey.", "Consumer Reports then applied the national average price of regular gas as of December 2007 or, if applicable, the price of premium or diesel fuel.", "Fuel costs were an especially big factor with SUVs, the comparison revealed.", "Drivers who buy a Dodge Nitro could pay more than $10,000 to fill up the tank over a five-year period, for example.", "But the fuel costs for a similar-sized, more fuel-efficient Toyota RAV4 V6 would be $2,000 less during that period.", "Consumer Reports' comparison also concluded that interest paid on car loans accounts for about 12 percent of five-year ownership costs.", "That figure is based on a five-year loan, with a 15 percent down payment, using the average interest rate of 6.86 percent reported by Bankrate.com in December 2007.", "Auto insurance accounts for about 11 percent of total ownership costs over five years, according to the Consumer Reports comparison.", "Car insurance costs can vary depending on several factors such as the driver's age, location, and driving record.", "Auto insurance costs, in some cases, dramatically boosted the ownership costs of models that otherwise boasted reasonable ownership costs.", "As an example, Weathers compared the difference in auto insurance rates for Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and a similarly-priced Acura TL.", "\"Insurance for the Lancer can cost you $2,500 a year or more, based our 2007 figures,\" notes Weathers.", "\"Meanwhile, the annual car insurance rates for the Acura TL can cost as little as $900.\"", "Maintenance & Repairs .", "Surprisingly, maintenance and car repairs account for only four percent of the cost of ownership, Weathers said.", "The maintenance and repair cost figures used in Consumer Reports' cost of ownership comparison were based on information gleaned from more than a million respondents in its annual Car Reliability Survey.", "One notable conclusion reached in the Consumer Reports study is that Lexus models have relatively high maintenance and repair costs -- primarily due to maintenance alone, even though Lexus owners reported excellent reliability.", "The Lexus ES350 racks up an average of $2,300 in maintenance and repair in the first five years.", "Meanwhile, owners of a comparable Lincoln MKZ can expect to pay only half that much.", "Another interesting tidbit discovered in the comparison is that the Range Rover is the most expensive vehicle on average for five and eight years when it comes to maintenance and repairs, costing about $2,000 in the fifth year alone.", "Meanwhile, the comparable Toyota Land Cruiser costs only $600 in that year to maintain and repair.", "Some might be surprised to hear that the sales tax on the purchase price of the vehicle accounts for as much of the cost of ownership as maintenance and repairs.", "For its study, Consumer Reports used the national average of 4.83 percent in 2007.", "With hybrid cars being a hot topic in the auto industry, Consumer Reports was also interested in the cost of owning one of those fuel-sipping vehicles.", "The report concluded that Toyota Prius hybrid actually costs less to own than similar conventional models.", "Specifically, the sale price of a Prius is about $7,500 higher than a similarly-sized Chevrolet Cobalt, but the total cost of ownership over five years is almost $2,000 less - due primarily to its much lower fuel costs, although the amount of depreciation was a factor as well.", "Weathers pointed to another interesting finding: \"There are some vehicles, namely BMW, that are very inexpensive to own over first five years, because all of the maintenance is paid for during that period, under the warranty,\" he says.", "\"But if we take it forward, the cost of maintenance and repairs over the next three years after that is going to be more expensive.\"", "For more information on this study, visit www.ConsumerReports.org.", "To compare vehicle prices and specs for yourself, check out the AOL Autos Compare Cars tool.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "A car with a cheaper sticker price can often cost consumers more in the long run .", "Report based on comparison of the 300 models in Consumer Reports database .", "Second-biggest factor in cost-of-ownership, after depreciation, is fuel costs .", "Maintenance and car repairs account for only four percent of the cost of ownership ." ]	[ 3, 4, 24, 41 ]
[ "Join Roland Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday.", "If you're passionate about the topic, he wants to hear from you.", "Roland Martin says the three presidential candidates will never be \"regular folks.\"", "(CNN) -- Can we all just stop the silly nonsense over who is an elitist and whether an \"average American\" will occupy the White House?", "Listening to the punditry today, you would think folks who revel in the comedy of Larry the Cable Guy or Katt Williams really would have a shot at the White House.", "It's totally absurd.", "So, Sen. Barack Obama is all of a sudden an elitist because he went to Columbia and Harvard?", "And Sen. Hillary Clinton is an elitist because she went to Yale?", "Do you actually think Sen. John McCain isn't an elitist?", "He went to an exclusive college -- the Naval Academy, and that is one of the hardest places to get into.", "(You can't even apply unless a member of Congress recommends you.)", "Karl Rove, who tries to portray himself as the common man but is just another rich Republican, has called both Democratic candidates elitists.", "Well, his former boss, President George W. Bush, went to Yale.", "So did Bush's dad, former president George H.W.", "Bush, and his granddaddy, former Sen. Prescott Bush.", "All three Bushes also were members of the super elite organization Skull and Bones.", "The younger Bush later went to Harvard.", "He walked into the governor's mansion and the presidency on the strength of his name and his dad's money and connections.", "Sounds like an elitist to me!", "But no, we're supposed to be fooled by the cowboy boots, folksy charm and him removing brush at his Crawford, Texas, ranch (don't forget the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, where all the \"regular\" folks hang out).", "Surely you recall when Bush nominated Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court?", "Those same conservative voices decrying the elitist Democrats were blasting her because she went to little old Southern Methodist University, that unremarkable -- their view -- university in Dallas, Texas.", "(By the way, that will be the home of the George W. Bush Library.)", "You can bet a pitcher of beer that had she graduated from Harvard, Yale or Princeton, she wouldn't have been derisively referred to as too plain and not educated enough by the elitists in the Republican Party.", "And let's stay with the Supreme Court for a moment.", "Where did its members go to school?", "Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. -- Undergrad and law school, Harvard.", "Justice John Paul Stevens -- Undergrad: University of Chicago.", "Law school: Northwestern.", "Justice Antonin Scalia -- Undergrad: Georgetown University and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.", "Law school: Harvard.", "Justice Anthony Kennedy -- Undergrad: Stanford University and the London School of Economics.", "Justice David Souter -- Undergrad: Harvard; Magdalen College, Oxford; Oxford University.", "Justice Clarence Thomas -- Undergrad: Holy Cross.", "Law school: Yale.", "Justice Ruth Ginsburg -- Undergrad: Cornell.", "Law school: Harvard (attended); finished at Columbia.", "Justice Stephen Breyer -- Undergrad, Stanford; Magdalen College, Oxford.", "Justice Samuel Alito -- Undegrad: Princeton.", "That's pretty much an elite list of schools.", "We have deluded ourselves into thinking the person elected to the White House is really and truly like the rest of us.", "All three candidates don't know what it's like to face the daunting health care challenges millions of Americans are confronted with daily.", "Each are members of the U.S. Senate, and they have the best health care money can buy for life -- we pay for it!", "While your pension plan is shot to hell, their plan will NEVER be underfunded.", "The members will see to that, courtesy of taxpayer dollars.", "Forget how many times Obama bowls gutter balls, Clinton tosses back shots of whiskey and McCain talks about how he's a regular guy.", "Each, courtesy of their $169,300 annual salary, makes far more than the average American.", "And when it comes to wealth, Clinton gets to enjoy the $100 million she and her husband raked in since he left the White House (even their hefty book advances dwarf regular authors).", "McCain's wife, Cindy, runs one of Anheuser Busch's largest beer distributors and is worth more than $100 million.", "They will never be living paycheck-to-paycheck.", "Obama is the poorest of the three, but he did earn more than a million bucks courtesy of his best-selling books, \"The Audacity of Hope\" and \"Dreams from My Father\" after delivering his 2004 keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention.", "How many average Americans wouldn't mind having a million dollars in their savings account?", "Bottom line: The narrative about our presidential candidates being just regular folks is a tired myth that gets repeated each and every day.", "And their efforts to show that they are \"just like us\" are really pathetic.", "You don't have to go duck hunting, be seen buying milk at the grocery store for your family or having a beer at the local bar to show that you're \"one of us.\"", "Just do what rich and highly educated folks do when they are in politics: Advance policies that will at least allow me to keep a few more dollars in my pocket and be able to afford a home.", "One more thing: Don't buy fully into the nonsense tossed out by some of the loudest voices on television, radio and in print who decry these \"elitists\" and trumpet that they are for the blue collar, middle-class worker in middle America.", "Many of them pull down multimillion-dollar salaries and run into these same candidates on Martha's Vineyard and in the Hamptons when they all vacation.", "They, too, will pull every favor they have to get their children in the posh private schools and Ivy League institutions.", "Yes, we even have elitists in the media.", "Who would've thunkit?", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Martin: All three candidates are well-educated, wealthy -- not \"average\"\nTheir efforts to show that they are \"just like us\" are pathetic, he says .", "But that's OK, Martin says, if they advance good policies ." ]	[ 41, 53 ]
[ "TILCARA, Argentina (CNN) -- Carmen Salva's mission may be ambitious, but her belief is simple: \"It's never too early to start caring for the land you live in and grow up in.\"", "Carmen Salva: \"It's a great joy to know that I am preparing a new generation to respect the environment.\"", "That's why on Saturdays, Salva and a group of 60 to 100 students, parents and teachers can be found venturing into the high altitude of their northern Argentina mountains, trash bags in hand and llamas in tow.", "They're part of Esperanza de Vida (Hope for Life), Salva's youth environmental group that is out to clean up the surroundings, one plastic bottle at a time.", "Salva, 49, was born and raised in the Jujuy province of northern Argentina, an area known for its rich culture and spectacular vistas -- \"the reason why most people fall in love with it,\" says Salva.", "But despite its beauty, Salva says there's no real environmental consciousness in her community.", "\"We have a lot of issues to work on -- the problem of water contamination; there's so much trash,\" Salva says.", "\"We can't just think that it will take care of itself.\"", "Salva, who has been a teacher in Jujuy for 20 years, says the environmental issues aren't recent ones.", "Ten years ago, she and her students noticed a lot of trash outside the school.", "\"The parks surrounding the school were littered with plastic bottles and beer bottles,\" recalls Salva.", "They began volunteering with a government program, collecting and bagging waste in the area.", "But the program waned after a year, and students and teachers could no longer continue their environmental efforts.", "\"Our city had no formal recycling program or even knowledge of why it was important to learn about fresh water, forestation, and the importance of recycling,\" says Salva.", "So Salva began Esperanza de Vida in 1997 to organize and lead young participants in \"making our streets and our environment cleaner.\"", "\"I believe that change begins with the youth,\" says Salva.", "\"They will teach future generations how to care for nature and everything that surrounds us.\"", "At first, the group's activities were limited to cleaning parks near and around the school.", "But the organization's efforts have expanded well beyond the immediate area, and other Jujuy schools have joined in.", "About 150 people now take part, including about 80 children.", "Salva says her students are deeply impacted by the \"Pachamama\" concept, or caring for Mother Earth.", "She and fellow teachers have noticed their students apply as much energy and commitment to the weekend environmental activities as they do to their general subjects.", "\"Some even wait by my house on Saturday for the program to begin,\" beams Salva.", "The group convenes early in the morning to hike together into the mountains, where they work for hours, picking up trash and separating recyclables.", "Watch Salva talk about her program's impact on the students and their environment » .", "\"We have long days and we accomplish a lot.", "It gets tiring because it's a lot of walking and sometimes there are cliffs,\" says Salva.", "\"[But] the students enjoy it a lot.", "They're making changes while having fun.\"", "On an average Saturday cleanup, it's not unusual for the group to collect roughly 60 bags of trash for recycling, clearing thousands of bottles from the mountains.", "The llamas help carry the heavy load down from the mountains.", "\"The children call them the little eco-llamas.\"", "Watch Salva discuss another way the llamas help her group in the mountains » .", "The local government has also pitched in, helping to provide transport of the collected recyclables to the drop-off center, located nearly 50 miles from Tilcara.", "Salva says the group is making strides, raising awareness throughout her community, continually adding new volunteers, and implementing new projects.", "Carmen says the children are even teaching their parents to care for the environment around them.", "Watch Salva and her group in action in the mountains » .", "\"It's a great joy to know that I am preparing a new generation to respect the environment,\" says Salva.", "\"Their children's children will have another mentality, and [our] goal will be accomplished.\"" ]	[ "Teacher in Argentina started youth group to help clean up the environment .", "About 150 people take part, including about 80 children .", "On an average Saturday, they often collect about 60 bags of trash for recycling .", "Llamas help carry the thousands of bottles down from the mountains ." ]	[ 19, 29, 30 ]
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Sixty-four cases of measles have been diagnosed in the United States this year, the most in seven years, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.", "Measles is a respiratory disease whose familiar symptom is red blotches on the skin.", "In all but one of the cases, the people who contracted measles had not been vaccinated.", "Some were too young to have gotten the shots, which are administered from 12 to 15 months of age.", "The CDC released the statistics Thursday to \"serve as a reminder that measles can and still does occur in the U.S.", "Ongoing measles virus transmission was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, but the risk of cases and outbreaks from imported disease remains,\" the organization said in a news release.", "Interactive: More about measles » .", "In 54 of this year's cases the victims imported the measles from other countries, the CDC said.", "Dr. Anne Schuchat, the director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said many of the imported cases came from European nations and Israel.", "Watch more on the measles outbreak » .", "\"Many people have forgot about measles in the United States,\" she said Schuchat at a news conference Thursday.", "\"It is very important for travelers heading off to Europe to make sure their immunizations are up to date.\"", "The cases were reported in nine states, it said, and cases are being treated in Wisconsin, Arizona, Michigan and New York.", "Measles is a viral disease that can be deadly if not treated.", "The 64 patients ranged in age from 5 months to 71 years.", "Fourteen patients were hospitalized but no deaths were reported.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "CDC: 64 confirmed measles cases in nine states since January .", "64 patients ranged in age from 5 months to 71 years .", "63 of the 64 were unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status .", "Highest number reported for same time period since 2001 ." ]	[ 0, 14, 15 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Human rights and freedom of the press in China, the detention of terrorist suspects by the United States and Russia's treatment of political dissent are the focus of scrutiny in Amnesty International's annual report, released Wednesday, which looks at the state of human rights around the world.", "Amnesty International protestors outside the US Supreme Court in January dressed as Guantanamo Bay detainees.", "The 398-page report comes 60 years after the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and Amnesty says governments still need to act on their promises.", "\"The biggest threat to the future of human rights is the absence of a shared vision and collective leadership,\" the organization said in a statement.", "Irene Khan, Amnesty's secretary-general, said that in particular, \"the human-rights flash points in Darfur, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Iraq and Myanmar demand immediate attention.\"", "The report, the group said, \"reveals a world riven by inequality, scarred by discrimination and distorted by political repression.\"", "According to its count, people are tortured or subject to other ill treatment in at least 81 countries, face unfair trials in at least 54 countries and are not allowed to express themselves freely in at least 77 countries.", "Of the 150 countries and regions listed in the report, Amnesty paid particular attention to China, the host of this summer's Olympic Games.", "The group said growing numbers of human rights activists were imprisoned or harassed in China in 2007, with ethnic and religious minorities -- including Tibetans, Falun Gong practitioners and Christians -- repressed or persecuted.", "Death penalty statistics in China are difficult to assess, Amnesty said, but based on public reports, the group estimated that at least 470 people were executed in 2007.", "Amnesty also noted the repression of free speech in China and said censorship of the Internet and other media intensified last year.", "\"The Chinese authorities maintained efforts to tightly control the flow of information,\" the report said.", "\"They decided what topics and news stories could be published, and media outlets were sometimes required to respond within minutes to government directives.", "The authorities continued to block Web sites and to filter Internet content based on specified words and topics.\"", "Around 30 journalists and at least 50 others are known to be in prison for posting their views online, Amnesty said.", "Amnesty also criticized the death penalty in the United States, where 42 people were executed last year.", "It noted New Jersey's decision in December to abolish the death penalty made it the first U.S. state in more than 40 years to do away with executions.", "As it has in previous annual reports, Amnesty criticized the detention of hundreds of foreign nationals at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.", "\"The USA must close Guantanamo detention camp and secret detention centers, prosecute the detainees under fair trial standards or release them, and unequivocally reject the use of torture and ill-treatment,\" Amnesty said.", "The group noted that Guantanamo detainees are held indefinitely, most of them without charge and without recourse to U.S. courts.", "Most detainees there are held in isolation in maximum-security facilities, heightening concerns for their physical and mental health, Amnesty said.", "In fact, more is written on the United States than any other country listed in the report.", "Asked about that at a press conference Tuesday, Khan said, \"We certainly devote a lot of time to Sudan, to China, to Zimbabwe and other countries.", "But we look to the U.S. to provide leadership around the world.", "Governments around the world look to the United States as a role model for their own behavior.\"", "In a lengthy section on Iraq, Amnesty noted that thousands of civilians, including children, were killed or injured in ongoing sectarian violence during 2007.", "\"All sides involved in the fighting committed gross human rights violations, some of which amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity,\" the report said.", "Abductions, torture and murder, with bodies left in the street, occur daily, and the violence has caused 2 million Iraqis to flee to Syria, Jordan and elsewhere, Amnesty said.", "U.S. forces held some 25,000 detainees \"without charge or trial,\" the group said, and 33 people were executed, \"some after grossly unfair trials.\"", "In Afghanistan, conflict and insecurity aggravated by drought and floods contributed to \"large-scale displacement\" of people throughout the year.", "\"At least 6,500 people were estimated to have been killed in the context of the conflict,\" the report said.", "\"Violations of international humanitarian and human rights law were committed with impunity by all parties, including Afghan and international security forces and insurgent groups.\"", "Russia must show greater tolerance for political dissent, Amnesty said.", "\"The Russian authorities were increasingly intolerant of dissent or criticism, branding it 'unpatriotic,' \" the report said.", "\"A crackdown on civil and political rights was evident throughout the year and in particular during the run-up to the State Duma [parliament] elections in December.\"", "The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia was responsible for enforced disappearances, torture and extrajudicial executions in 15 judgments relating to the recent conflict in Chechnya, Amnesty said.", "There were fewer reported disappearances in the Chechen Republic in 2007 than in previous years, Amnesty said, but continued human rights violations made people reluctant to report abuses.", "The report also criticized human rights conditions in Iran, Gaza and Myanmar.", "Human rights conditions in Zimbabwe continued to decline in 2007, the report said, \"with an increase in organized violence and torture and restrictions on the rights to freedom of association, assembly and expression.\"", "Members of the main opposition party, the MDC, along with other human rights defenders, were arrested, and many were tortured while in custody, Amnesty said.", "Some 4 million people required food aid because of the nation's deteriorating economy, and victims of forced evictions in 2005 continued to live in \"deplorable conditions\" while President Robert Mugabe's government failed to remedy their situation.", "\"Human rights problems are not isolated tragedies, but are like viruses that can infect and spread rapidly, endangering all of us,\" Khan said.", "\"Governments today must show the same degree of vision, courage and commitment that led the United Nations to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago.\"" ]	[ "Amnesty International's annual report \"reveals a world riven by inequality\"\nMore written on United States than any other country .", "Report also notes situation in Zimbabwe, Darfur, Iraq, Iran, Gaza .", "At least 81 countries subject people to torture, ill treatment, report says ." ]	[ 4, 5, 6, 21, 37 ]
[ "MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A judge has declared a mistrial in the retrial of six men accused of plotting terrorist acts with al Qaeda.", "Narseal Batiste, the group's alleged ringleader, testified he wasn't serious about the terrorism threats he made.", "The decision comes after 13 days of deliberation and marks the second time government prosecutors have failed to convince a jury that the six defendants were guilty of terror-related charges.", "It is unclear whether the government will pursue a third trial against the defendants.", "The first trial ended in a mistrial last December after nine days of deliberations left a jury hopelessly deadlocked on the six defendants.", "A seventh was acquitted.", "The defendants are known as the \"Liberty City 7\" because authorities say the men operated out of a warehouse in Miami's Liberty City housing project.", "After their arrests in June 2006, federal officials said the homegrown terror plot may have included as its possible targets the 110-story Sears Tower in Chicago -- the tallest building in North America -- as well as the FBI's Miami offices and other sites.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's John Couwels contributed to this report." ]	[ "Judge declares mistrial in the retrial of Miami terrorism case .", "Men accused of plotting to target Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices .", "Defendants faced up to 70 years in prison if convicted of conspiracy charges .", "First trial ended in a mistrial in December, also because of a hung jury ." ]	[ 0, 4, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent was killed Saturday when he was struck by a car driven by a suspected narcotics smuggler, officials said.", "Luis Aguilar, 32, who was assigned to the Yuma, Arizona, border patrol station, died Saturday, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner W. Ralph Basham said in a statement.", "\"Agent Aguilar's death serves as another stark reminder of the risks our front-line agents and officers face each day,\" Basham said.", "Aguilar was trying to place spike strips in the path of two vehicles believed to have illegally entered the country from Mexico when one of the vehicles hit him, agent Michael Bernacke, a spokesman for the agency's Yuma sector, told The Associated Press.", "Both vehicles drove back across the border into Mexico, the AP said.", "The fatal incident occurred in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area near Andrade, California, Basham said.", "Andrade is just over the California state line from Arizona.", "The area is popular with off-road vehicle enthusiasts but also is frequently used by smugglers carrying people or drugs, the AP said.", "Aguilar is survived by his wife and two children, along with his brother, who is also a border patrol agent, a Homeland Security Department statement said.", "\"I am outraged by this tragic loss,\" said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Saturday.", "\"I have spoken to the Mexican ambassador, who gives me both his condolences and deep assurance that their government will be resolute in tracking down the perpetrators and bringing them to swift justice.\"", "Federal, state and local authorities are working with Mexican police and military authorities to apprehend the suspected killers, he said.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Officials: Luis Aguilar, 32, was placing spike strips to stop the smugglers .", "Border agents believe two cars involved had entered the U.S. illegally .", "The incident occurred over the California state line from Arizona .", "Both vehicles drove back across the border and into Mexico ." ]	[ 3, 4, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Colorado woman is being pursued as a \"person of interest\" in connection with phone calls that triggered the raid of a Texas polygamist ranch, authorities said Friday.", "Rozita Swinton, 33, has been arrested in a case that is not directly related to the Texas raid.", "Texas Rangers are seeking Rozita Swinton of Colorado Springs, Colorado, \"regarding telephone calls placed to a crisis center hot line in San Angelo, Texas, in late March 2008,\" the Rangers said in a written statement.", "The raid of the YFZ (Yearning for Zion) Ranch in Eldorado, Texas, came after a caller -- who identified herself as a 16-year-old girl -- said she had been physically and sexually abused by an adult man with whom she was forced into a \"spiritual marriage.\"", "The release said a search of Swinton's home in Colorado uncovered evidence that possibly links her to phone calls made about the ranch, run by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.", "\"The possibility exists that Rozita Swinton, who has nothing to do with the FLDS church, may have been a woman who made calls and pretended she was the 16-year-old girl named Sarah,\" CNN's Gary Tuchman reported.", "Swinton, 33, has been charged in Colorado with false reporting to authorities and is in police custody.", "Police said that arrest was not directly related to the Texas case.", "Authorities raided the Texas ranch April 4 and removed 416 children.", "Officials have been trying to identify the 16-year-old girl, referred to as Sarah, who claimed she had been abused in the phone calls.", "FLDS members have denied the girl, supposedly named Sarah Jessop Barlow, exists.", "Some of the FLDS women who spoke with CNN on Monday said they believed the calls were a hoax.", "While the phone calls initially prompted the raid, officers received a second search warrant based on what they said was evidence of sexual abuse found at the compound.", "In court documents, investigators described seeing teen girls who appeared pregnant, records that showed men marrying multiple women and accounts of girls being married to adult men when they were as young as 13.", "A court hearing began Thursday to determine custody of children who were removed from the ranch.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "NEW: Texas Rangers pursue Rozita Swinton regarding phone calls to a crisis center .", "NEW: Search of Swinton's home reveals evidence that possibly links her to the calls .", "Police arrest the woman for making a false report to police in a separate case .", "Phone calls prompted Texas raid, but officers then got a second search warrant ." ]	[ 2, 4, 7, 12 ]
[ "Editor's Note: Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington joined the Mt.", "Vernon Boys & Girls Club in New York at the age of 6 and remained an active member for the next 12 years.", "The actor credits his early years spent at the club with changing the direction of his life.", "Since 1994, he has served as a volunteer national spokesman for Boys & Girls Clubs of America, appearing in public service announcements on television and in print.", "He's also a member of the group's board.", "Denzel Washington says America's leaders need to pay attention to the crisis affecting our children.", "(CNN) -- With the political season in full swing, much is at stake for America.", "The economy is in a downward spiral.", "We have an energy crisis.", "Our jobless rate is on the rise.", "These are the subjects that generate headlines and much debate among the candidates.", "But there is an underlying problem that we as a nation have not addressed, a situation that should concern any American with an eye on the future, regardless of party affiliation.", "It is the crisis affecting our children: .", "• Nearly 30 percent of this year's freshman class will drop out of high school, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.", "That number jumps to 40 percent in some urban areas.", "• The obesity rate for our kids has gone up by as much as 300 percent since 1980, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, triggering a host of health-related problems, from diabetes to heart disease.", "• Young people account for more than 20 percent of violent crimes in the United States, according to statistics cited by Duke University's Center for Child and Family Policy.", "Violent juvenile crime peaks between 3 and 4 p.m., at the end of the school day.", "These facts are grim enough.", "Factor in persistent patterns of poverty, gang activity, drug abuse and teenage pregnancy, and you have a generation of Americans that will be unprepared -- indeed, unable -- to meet the challenges posed by a complex world.", "We expect our leaders to lead.", "But as citizens, we shouldn't simply sit back and hope that politicians stand up to the test.", "We can participate in the political process, advocating for policies that will benefit the health, education and well-being of young Americans, because we must do a better job of preparing our youth to lead.", "It is daunting to think about solving such a widespread crisis.", "But there are youth-serving organizations that can and do play a key role in effecting positive change -- places such as Boys & Girls Clubs, with a long track record of helping young people turn things around, get an education, lead healthy lives and become effective leaders.", "I know, because I was one of those kids.", "Club staff taught me right from wrong and made the lesson stick.", "They planted the seeds early on that led me to envision myself as a high school graduate, a college graduate and an achiever in whatever field I chose.", "Boys & Girls Clubs do this today for millions of kids, offering everything from homework help to career exploration, performing a daily miracle that turns hope into opportunity.", "Urging children and the adults in their lives to \"Be Great,\" these clubs communicate the idea that there is potential for greatness in every child.", "This powerful call to action reminds us that we can all play a role in helping youth realize their dreams.", "So I ask you to join me in this effort.", "There are many ways to help: .", "• Volunteering at a local youth organization.", "• Leading by example.", "• Donating to charities that make a difference.", "In partnership with government, schools, community leaders and parents, we can create a network and culture in which everyone embraces the importance of a positive future for our youth.", "But right now, with Election Day fast approaching, ask your local, state and national candidates what they are doing to help our young people become tomorrow's leaders.", "Ask them to make children a top priority and tell them that you hold them accountable.", "If we all become advocates for our children, elected officials might just take action.", "We can do better. And if we care about our nation's future, we must do better.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer." ]	[ "Denzel Washington: In a year of many issues, children are key priority .", "Washington: Voters need to hold politicians accountable for helping young people .", "Education, crime, obesity are all issues relating to youth, Washington says .", "There are many ways to help, including Boys & Girls Clubs, he says ." ]	[ 5, 24, 32 ]
[ "SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Thousands of protesters demonstrated against China's human rights record and its crackdown in Tibet after the Olympic flame arrived in San Francisco Tuesday.", "Pro-Tibetan demonstrators shout outside the Chinese consulate in San Francisco Tuesday.", "Chanting and waving flags, the protesters ended their march at the Chinese consulate, where they sat in a dense group, holding flags and banners, as police watched from nearby.", "\"Stop killing,\" one sign read, while another said, \"No human rights, no Olympics.\"", "The protests came after passionate demonstrations in London and Paris in which protesters tried to snuff the torch's flame and dozens were arrested.", "Meanwhile, the Olympic flame was being kept in an undisclosed location in advance of Wednesday's planed 6-mile relay in San Francisco.", "Watch how the city is preparing » .", "The run is the only U.S. appearance for the flame, wrapping up the first week of a 23-city global tour.", "Beijing organizers have said the monthlong international relay will not be stopped despite the protests, but some International Olympic Committee members have suggested an early end should be considered.", "The IOC's executive board will discuss the torch relay \"in general\" Thursday or Friday, but there is no proposal on the agenda to end the global tour early, IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said.", "Watch the flame get the red-carpet treatment » .", "The official Beijing Olympics Web site, controlled by the Chinese organizers, gives little indication of any torch relay disruption.", "It characterizes the demonstrators as \"a small number\" of Tibetan separatists.", "Beijing blames the Dalai Lama and his followers for violence that erupted in March amid protests for Tibetan independence.", "China has drawn international criticism for its crackdown on the demonstrations, which began peacefully on the 49th anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising.", "China's Foreign Ministry Tuesday reacted forcefully to the torch relay protests.", "\"We express our strong condemnation to the deliberate disruption of the Olympic torch relay by Tibetan separatist forces regardless of the Olympic spirit and the law of Britain and France,\" China spokeswoman Jiang Yu said.", "\"Their despicable activities tarnish the lofty Olympic spirit and challenge all the people loving the Olympic Games around the world.\"", "The flame will return to China in May to begin a relay through the host nation, ending in Beijing with the August 8 opening of the Olympic Games.", "One of the San Francisco torchbearers has dropped out of Wednesday's relay because of fears of protests, a torch relay spokesman said.", "David Perry, spokesman for the San Francisco Olympic Torch Relay, said he did not want to release the name of the person.", "\"I understand anyone that might feel that they don't want to expose themselves to something more than protest,\" Perry said.", "On Monday, three protesters scaled San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and raised a large banner.", "Those who climbed the cables from which the bridge's deck is suspended were members of Students for a Free Tibet, said group spokesman Tenzin Dasang, 22.", "They unfurled a banner that read: \"One World.", "One Dream. Free Tibet.\"", "The three climbers, along with four people on the ground, were charged with felony conspiracy and misdemeanor nuisance charges, said California Highway Patrol Officer Mary Ziegenbein.", "The climbers also were charged with misdemeanor trespassing.", "The Golden Gate Bridge protest came on the same day that thousands of protesters forced an abrupt halt to the flame's passage through Paris after 10 miles of the 17-mile planned route.", "Some stops were skipped and the flame was transferred from the torch back to the lamp to be carried on a bus several times to avoid protesters.", "Protesters pierced the thick security bubble surrounding the torchbearers, at times getting their hands on the torch itself.", "The Paris demonstrations were similar to those Sunday in London, where at least 36 people were arrested, according to London Metropolitan Police.", "Protesters cited China's actions in Tibet, its policies on the Darfur region of Sudan and the lack of civil rights and freedoms for the Chinese people.", "But other demonstrators, bearing Chinese flags, turned out in support of the Chinese government, and many others were spectators there just to see the torch.", "An Olympic committee member suggested Monday that the public relations nightmare that has followed the Olympic flame on its way to the Summer Games in Beijing may make 2008 the last time such an ambitious global torch relay is attempted.", "Follow the torch relay itinerary » .", "International Olympic Committee member Richard Kevan Gosper, who is also chairman of the IOC's press committee, told reporters he was always opposed to a global tour for the flame.", "\"I'm a firm believer that we had the right template in the first place, that the torch simply should go from Olympia, Greece, to the host country,\" Gosper said.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "NEW: Thousands march to the Chinese consulate ahead of Wednesday's run .", "Torchbearer drops out, fearing protests, official says .", "San Francisco, California, is only U.S. venue on 23-city global tour .", "Demonstrators protest China's Tibet policy in cities along route ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7, 15 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Leading jockey Frankie Dettori may have spent most of his life on a diet, but when it comes to his favorite pastimes food is right up there with racing.", "Around five years ago Dettori met Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White and asked him where he could go out with his young family to eat.", "\"I couldn't answer the question,\" Marco Pierre White told CNN, \"and that's how Frankie's was born.", "That simple.\" They opened their first restaurant in London in 2004.", "Now there are four in London, one in Shanghai and one in Dubai.", "This March, a cookbook followed: \"Frankie Dettori's Italian Family Cookbook.\"", "This is his favorite recipe.", "Enjoy! Frankie: \"My father loved this particular dish as, although it's vegetarian, it has the meaty and slightly smoky texture of a good steak.", "To this day it makes me think of childhood Sunday lunches.\"", "Parmigiana di Melanzane / Aubergine Parmigiana .", "INGREDIENTS . 1 kg aubergines .", "extra virgin olive oil .", "Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper .", "2 garlic cloves, chopped .", "3 x 400g cans of good quality tinned tomatoes, sieved and chopped .", "a small handful of fresh basil leaves .", "a large handful of finely grated Parmesan .", "1½ kg fresh Mozzarella, cubed .", "Preheat the oven to 180 C/350 F/Gas Mark 4.", "Cut the aubergines in ½cm strips, lengthwise.", "Sprinkle each slice with salt and layer on a plate.", "Cover with a plate of the same size and add a heavy weight on top (such as a large bottle of water) so that water can be squeezed out of the aubergines.", "Set aside for 2-3 hours.", "Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a saucepan, add the garlic and fry until slightly golden.", "Add the tomatoes and basil, and cook over a medium heat for 25 minutes, until the sauce thickens.", "Season to taste.", "Remove the weight from the aubergine, thoroughly rinse the slices and pat dry.", "Generously cover the bottom of a large frying pan with olive oil and place over a high heat.", "In batches, brown the aubergine slices on both sides, lowering the heat and adding oil as required.", "Drain the slices on kitchen roll as you go along.", "Cover the bottom of a 23cm x 30cm ovenproof dish with a thin layer of tomato sauce; add a layer of aubergine slices, then top with a handful of the cheeses.", "Ladle some tomato sauce over this and continue layering, finishing with one of tomato sauce and a sprinkling of cheeses.", "Bake for 15-20 minutes to heat through and melt the Mozzarella, then set aside for a few minutes to cool.", "Cut into squares and serve warm.", "Serves 8 . Preparation time: 3 hours .", "Cooking time: 50 minutes .", "Courtesy: Harpercollins Publishers E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Frankie Dettori's favorite recipe from his new cookbook: Aubergine Parmigiana .", "Leading jockey spends many months dieting but when \"off-duty\" loves food .", "Opened first of \"Frankie's\" restaurants in 2004, now chain of six worldwide .", "Released Italian family cookbook with chef Marco Pierre White in March, 2008 ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3, 5, 9 ]
[ "MIDDLESBROUGH, England -- Middlesbrough have confirmed that midfielders Fabio Rochemback and Gaizka Mendieta and striker Dong Gook Lee have all been released.", "Middlesbrough have decided against taking up the option of re-signing Brazilian midfielder Fabio Rochemback.", "The Premier League club had an option to extend Brazilian Rochemback's deal by another two years, but manager Gareth Southgate has decided to let him go.", "\"We both feel that the time is right for Fabio to have a fresh challenge,\" Southgate said.", "\"He is a talented footballer and I think he's just had his best season for us, while it was fitting that he should bow out against Manchester City on Sunday with probably his best performance in a Middlesbrough shirt.\"", "The 26-year-old joined Boro from Barcelona in 2005 and played 91 games for the Teesside club.", "He signed off in style by scoring a thumping long-range free-kick in Sunday's 8-1 victory over City.", "Rochemback, who netted seven times for Boro, played a major role in helping the club reach the 2006 UEFA Cup final, a year after appearing in the final during a loan spell with Sporting Lisbon -- where he is expected to move back to this summer.", "Mendieta, 34, was one of football's costliest players when he joined Lazio from Valencia for 48 million euros in 2001, but he disappointed and joined Barcelona and then Boro on loan.", "The former Spain midfielder joined permanently on a free transfer in 2004, but has not played for the first team since December 26, 2006.", "\"It was a difficult situation for a player of Gaizka's caliber to find himself out of the first team reckoning,\" added Southgate.", "\"I made it clear to him that he did not figure in my plans but he decided to stay and try to get back into the first team.", "\"That didn't work out but his attitude to training was always excellent and he was a good influence on some of our young reserve team players.\"", "South Korean international Lee joined Boro on a free transfer from Pohang Steelers in January 2007.", "He scored only twice in 11 starts and 18 appearances as a substitute and has not appeared for the first team since early February.", "Southgate is still hopeful of persuading goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer to sign a new contract at the Riverside.", "The 35-year-old Australian joined Boro from Bradford City in a $3 million deal in February 1997 and has played nearly 450 games for the club.", "His deal runs out this summer and he has so far refused to sign an extension, prompting reports of interest from a host of European clubs.", "\"We are talking to Mark.", "I'd like him to stay. His experience is important but he has real drive and determination that is still increasing,\" said Southgate.", "\"He is the one in our dressing room that can truly say he has played at the highest level -- in World Cups, in Europe, in cup finals and so on.", "\"We have to negotiate and see where we go, but players have to want to stay here and we have to want to keep them.", "\"Mark has been here a long time so he has to decide if he needs a fresh challenge, whether what we are trying to do is going to excite him, whether he feels he is going to be appreciated here.\"", "Southgate also confirmed they have offered striker Tom Craddock and right-back Tony McMahon one-year extensions to their current deals, which run out this summer.", "Brazilian Rivaldo has changed his mind about retiring and says he will play for Greek club AEK again next season.", "The 36-year-old had decided to quit after AEK were denied the title because Olympiakos were awarded three points for a game they lost after the opposing team fielded an ineligible player.", "\"The truth is that at the end of the championship, I felt great disappointment and a (sense of) injustice, but the love and support I have received from fans and the team have contributed to my final decision ...", "I have decided to stay at AEK next season,\" Rivaldo said in a statement on the club's Web site.", "Olympiakos lost 1-0 on February 3, but Greek sports authorities gave them the points because Apollon played Roman Wallner who had turned out for two other clubs during the season.", "Apollon's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport was rejected on April 21.", "Olympiakos finished the season with 70 points, two ahead of AEK, for their 11th title in 12 years.", "Rivaldo, who has played at AC Milan and Barcelona and starred in Brazil's 2002 World Cup victory, spent three seasons at Olympiakos from 2004.", "He moved to AEK last year after a contract dispute.", "Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara has signed a new three-year contract with the club.", "The 21-year-old made his debut this season and went on to score two goals in a total 25 appearances.", "\"He has come a long way in a short space of time so I congratulate him and this new contract is recognition of his efforts,\" said manager Juande Ramos.", "\"Jamie is an example to all the young players at the club in that reaching the first team can be achieved through hard work and giving the best of yourself.\"", "However, Tottenham goalkeeper Radek Cerny has left the club.", "The 34-year-old Czech international, who was on loan from Sparta Prague, has joined ambitious Championship club Queens Park Rangers on a two-year contract." ]	[ "Middlesbrough release midfielders Fabio Rochemback and Gaizka Mendieta .", "The Premier League club decide not to take up option on Rochemback's deal .", "Rivaldo changes mind about retirement and will continue at AEK next season ." ]	[ 0, 24, 27 ]
[ "(CNN) -- English club Birmingham City have released a statement to explain why co-owner and managing director were interviewed by police in a corruption probe.", "Birmingham co-owner David Sullivan was interviewed by police on Wednesday night.", "The Premier League outfit temporarily suspended share trading on the London Stock Exchange on Thursday morning after David Sullivan -- who owns the club with David and Ralph Gold -- was questioned and bailed by officers from City of London's economic crime unit along with MD Karren Brady.", "The club released a statement on Thursday afternoon to \"clarify the situation\" before trading resumed at 1300 GMT.", "\"The City of London Police investigation is focusing on payments to a football agent and two players dating back to 2002-03,\" it said.", "\"There is absolutely no allegation that any director of the company or the club itself has benefited financially from any of this activity.", "\"In so far as there may be any implications for the company, these are not considered material to its financial affairs and they are in relation to the payment, or possible non payment of PAYE and National Insurance contributions.", "The club and its directors are co-operating fully with the police in this investigation and will continue to do so.\"", "Birmingham was raided by the unit last month as part of an ongoing investigation into corruption in English football.", "The club said at the time that the inquiries related to an unrelated third party.", "Birmingham released a statement on Wednesday night confirming that Sullivan and Brady \"willingly attended\" the interviews \"by long-standing appointment.\"", "\"Birmingham City Football Club is fully committed to helping the police with their inquiries,\" read a statement on the club's Web site.", "Police confirmed that they questioned a 59-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting and that they were released on bail, the UK Press Association reported on Thursday.", "A London Stock Exchange statement read: \"At the request of the company trading on Aim for the under-mentioned securities has been temporarily suspended from 7.30 a.m., pending an announcement.\"", "Shares in the company had been selling for 35.5p until the announcement half an hour before the start of trading, PA reported.", "Sullivan, 59, was in 2004 named Britain's 68th richest man by the Sunday Times, with assets of more than $1 billion.", "He made his fortune through pornography and newspapers.", "Brady, 39, became Britain's youngest managing director when Birmingham floated on the stock market in 1997 and is married to professional footballer Paul Peschisolido.", "She is also non-executive director of Channel 4, Mothercare and Sport England.", "PA reported that she made no comment as she left her home in Knowle, Solihull, shortly before 8 a.m. today.", "Dressed in a dark suit, Brady left the gated property at the wheel of a black 4x4 Porsche.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "NEW: Birmingham say police investigation involves agent and two footballers .", "Club temporarily suspend shares amid corruption probe by the English police .", "Co-owner David Sullivan and managing director Karren Brady both interviewed .", "Police raided City in March as part of investigation into corruption in football ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "DOUGLAS, Arizona (CNN) -- It's a tale of homeland security concerns blocking wildlife management, and the hue and cry that ensues.", "This photo, taken by Warner Glenn in 1996, is believed to be the first of a live jaguar in the United States.", "When most people think of jaguars, they think of the jungles of Central and South America, not the remote desert ranges between the United States and Mexico.", "That region is known as mountain lion country, and that's what rancher Warner Glenn thought he was tracking when he saddled up his mules on a summer day 12 years ago near Douglas, Arizona.", "Glenn has hunted mountain lions for 60 years, since he was eight years old.", "But Glenn was stunned when he saw what his hunting dogs had chased up to a high mountain perch.", "The rancher took what's believed to be the first photo of a live jaguar in the United States.", "But it wasn't his last. In 2006, some 40 miles away, Glenn and his hunting party again cornered a jaguar -- a different one.", "Jaguars, an endangered species, have a breeding population in northern Mexico.", "Scientists believe there are no more than 120 left in the wild there.", "It's believed that since 1910, the cats are only visitors north of the border.", "They have been virtually unstudied here until recently.", "But Glenn and other conservationists worry that the possible return of breeding jaguars to the United States could be stopped in its tracks.", "The reason: the border fence.", "Last month the Department of Homeland Security waived 30 environmental laws to finish 470 miles of the fence by the end of the year.", "Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told Congress that the agency continues to talk to some 600 landowners along the border to get their input.", "But in order to comply with the congressional mandate, he said, there is no time to deal with \"unnecessary delays caused by administrative processes or potential litigation.\"", "\"We are currently in a lawless situation at the border,\" says Chertoff.", "\"I feel an urgency to get this tactical infrastructure in.", "And although we're going to be respectful of the environment, we're going to be expeditious.\"", "Two environmental groups, Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club, have filed appeals with the U.S. Supreme Court, claiming the waivers are unconstitutional and set a dangerous precedent.", "\"National security and environmental protection do not have to be at odds with each other,\" says Defenders of Wildlife spokesman Matt Clark.", "\"If we can drop this arbitrary deadline for constructing the fence and go through the proper procedures, then there are inevitably ways to minimize environmental impact, but as it is now it's throwing all of those laws out the window.\"", "Mountain lion tracker Jack Childs also worries about the impact of the fence on local wildlife, especially the jaguar.", "Childs captured the first video of a live jaguar in the late summer of 1996, a few months after Warner Glenn.", "Watch Childs and Glenn talk about efforts to preserve the jaguar » .", "\"I knew historically there had been a few jaguars sighted in Arizona but in the last hundred years never in any numbers.\"", "His encounter sparked a passion for the big cats.", "Along with wife Anna and biologist Emil McCain, he created the Borderlands Jaguar Detection Project.", "See images of the controversy » .", "Childs and McCain hike into remote mountain areas where the jaguars roam and have placed more than 50 motion sensor cameras near the border.", "They've taken 69 photos of three different jaguars since 2001, including several of the same cat Childs first saw in 1996.", "He has nicknamed that cat Macho B.", "A jaguar's spots are like fingerprints -- each cat has a unique set.", "One of the spots on Macho B resembles a Pinocchio cartoon figure, and that's how they identify him.", "\"We spend a lot of time walking along the border during the daytime, and we actually find his tracks going through the fence, so we know for sure that he crosses back and forth,\" says Childs.", "\"A fence like that is going to inhibit wildlife movements and migrations back and forth.", "It's not going to effectively stop human traffic.", "They've got wire cutters and torches.\"", "See where the jaguars have been spotted » .", "Childs says the fence also has an impact on wildlife because drug runners and human traffickers have been pushed up into the mountain areas to avoid the fence in the lowland valleys.", "\"It's impacting the animals number one, what's going on down there.", "It's almost brought my wildlife study to a stop because they (the traffickers) are tearing down my cameras as fast as I'm putting them up because they think we're taking pictures of them.\"", "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finds itself in a unique position.", "Its mission is wildlife and habitat protection, but it must uphold another federal agency's mission to override environmental concerns.", "Bill Radke, manager of the San Bernardino Wildlife Refuge, says the Border Patrol is trying to work with his agency.", "\"The hope is that by working with Border Patrol that we can meet the national security mandate and at the same time protect the wildlife,\" says Radke.", "\"Border Patrol is putting up camera towers but are putting them up on areas that are off the refuge.", "They're working on barriers but not barriers that would impede wildlife and large animals like jaguars.\"", "At 6 foot 6, with steely blue eyes, dressed in leather chaps astride his mule, rancher Warner Glenn is every inch the American cowboy.", "And he is a man forever changed by his encounters with the jaguar.", "He has written a book, \"Eyes of Fire,\" about his experience.", "He says he'd like to \"invite Mr. Bush to come out on a mule\" so he can see \"what's going on here in these mountains.\"", "For Glenn, the cat represents all that is wild about the Southwest.", "\"It would be a loss to me that maybe my granddaughter or my daughter wouldn't be able to see one like I have.", "It's just an animal that's a beautiful, magnificent cat and they're having a little bit of trouble surviving.", "But they're doing it, and I would hate to see us do anything that would cause the survival of that cat to go backwards.", "\"I'm a livestock rancher, but I wouldn't mind donating a few calves to that jaguar, so to speak.\"", "Biologist Emil McCain agrees.", "\"They are part of our natural heritage.", "They are part of the American West.", "They are part of the American wild as much as the bald eagle or the grizzly bear, and the jaguar is really special because it is such an elusive and beautiful creature [that] it evokes a sense of imagination and curiosity about the natural world.\"", "Though the jaguar is elusive, conservationists say the animal is caught -- in the political crossfire at the border.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "It is believed that jaguars in northern Mexico total no more than 120 .", "Conservationists worry that border fence could prevent return of breeding jaguars .", "Homeland Security officials have waived laws to make sure fence is completed .", "Agencies look for solution that enhances security while preserving wildlife ." ]	[ 0, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 36 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton's chief presidential campaign strategist is quitting his post amid criticism of his public relations firm's contacts with the Colombian government over a pending free-trade deal, Clinton's campaign announced.", "Mark Penn will continue to advise Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.", "Mark Penn and his political consulting firm will continue to advise the New York senator's Democratic presidential bid, but Penn will give up his job as chief strategist, campaign manager Maggie Williams said.", "\"After the events of the last few days, Mark Penn has asked to give up his role as chief strategist of the Clinton campaign,\" Williams said.", "Clinton did not answer reporters' questions about Penn's exit during a campaign stop in New Mexico on Sunday.", "Penn is CEO of public relations giant Burson-Marsteller and is president of Penn, Schoen and Berland, his political consulting firm.", "Friday, he acknowledged he had met with the Colombian ambassador to the United States earlier in the week in his role as Burson-Marsteller's chief to discuss the pending U.S.-Colombia trade pact, which Clinton has criticized on the campaign trail.", "Penn called the meeting \"an error in judgment that will not be repeated,\" and apologized.", "That prompted Colombia's government to fire the company Saturday, calling the remarks \"a lack of respect to Colombians.\"", "Clinton and top aides were sharply critical of rival Democrat Barack Obama in February when reports indicated that his top economic adviser had suggested to a Canadian official that Obama was not as supportive of changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement as the Illinois senator claimed to be on the campaign trail.", "Penn said Friday that Clinton's opposition to the U.S.-Colombia pact, which the Bush administration is trying to push through Congress, \"is clear and was not discussed\" during his meeting with the ambassador.", "And Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee said Penn's meeting was \"not in any way done on behalf of the campaign.\"", "But Pennsylvania Gov.", "Ed Rendell -- a key Clinton backer in his state's April 22 primary -- suggested Sunday that Penn needed to go.", "\"I think you've got to make it very clear for someone who is a consultant, who you are representing and who you are not representing, and I would hope that Mr. Penn, when he talked to the Colombians, made that clear.", "And it doesn't sound to me like he did, and that's something the campaign should take into question,\" Rendell told NBC's \"Meet the Press.\"", "Sources in the Clinton campaign said that Penn realized this weekend that he needed to step aside, and that Clinton was disappointed that he had met with the Colombians.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Mark Penn is CEO of public relations giant Burson-Marsteller .", "Penn met with Colombia ambassador over trade pact .", "Colombia fired Penn's company on Saturday .", "Penn will continue to have advisory role in campaign ." ]	[ 1, 5, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Skybus Airlines announced Friday it is shutting down its passenger flights -- becoming the third airline this week to cease operations.", "Skybus Airlines joins ATA and Aloha Airlines, which announced shutdowns earlier this week.", "The low-cost carrier couldn't overcome \"the combination of rising jet fuel costs and a slowing economic environment,\" the company said Friday.", "\"These two issues proved to be insurmountable for a new carrier.\"", "Skybus, an Ohio-based airline founded in 2004, will cease operations effective Saturday.", "Earlier in the week, ATA Airlines and Aloha Airlines announced they would shut down flights as both companies work through bankruptcy filings.", "ATA, an Indiana-based low-cost charter airline, filed for Chapter 11 status Wednesday as a result of financial problems \"following the loss of a key contract for our military charter business,\" the company said.", "The company started operation in 1973.", "Hawaii-based Aloha Airlines announced Sunday it would shut down its passenger operations this week after filing for bankruptcy protections last month, concluding 61 years of service.", "In its bankruptcy filing, Aloha said it was unable to generate enough revenue from its inter-island passenger flights because of below-cost fares by competitors Mesa Air Group's go!", "airline. The company said it was forced to match the competitor's fares during an unprecedented increase in the cost of jet fuel.", "Skybus said all flights Friday would be completed; passengers with reservations for Saturday and beyond were told to seek refunds from their credit card companies.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Low-cost carrier cites high price of jet fuel .", "ATA and Aloha also closing after bankruptcy filings .", "Skybus says passengers can seek refunds from credit card firms ." ]	[ 2, 11 ]
[ "TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Authorities have arrested a U.S. sailor on suspicion of robbery and murder in the death of a Japanese taxi driver.", "The U.S. military handed him over Thursday at Yokosuka Naval Base, south of Tokyo.", "A Yokosuka police spokesman identified the sailor as Olatunbosun Ogbogu, a 22-year-old Nigerian national.", "Taxi driver Masaaki Takahashi, 61, was found dead March 19 of stab wounds to the neck about a mile from the base in Yokosuka.", "The presence of U.S. in Japan has sparked controversy this year amid reports linking service members to crimes.", "In March, the U.S. military said it plans to court martial four Marines accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in Hiroshima last year.", "Authorities are also investigating allegations that a member of the U.S. military raped a Philippine woman on the island of Okinawa.", "And a U.S. Marine was detained in the rape of a 14-year-old girl until the girl dropped the allegations.", "As Ogbogu was arrested, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, Thomas Schieffer, met with Japan's foreign minister.", "\"We're dealing with human beings that do criminal acts from time to time,\" Schieffer told reporters afterward.", "\"And I think justice is going to be done in this matter because we've been able to work so closely together.\"", "Watch the U.S. ambassador to Japan discuss the case » .", "The U.S. military presence in Japan has at times bred resentment among locals, who have long complained about crime, noise and accidents.", "Anti-American sentiments boiled over in 1995 after three American servicemen kidnapped and gang-raped a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl.", "Two years ago, a U.S. civilian military employee was jailed for nine years for raping two women.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Japanese police arrest U.S. sailor for allegedly killing a Japanese taxi driver .", "U.S. Navy presence in Japan has been marred by reports of rape and crime .", "In 2006, U.S. civilian military staffer jailed for nine years for raping two women ." ]	[ 0, 4, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- In \"Street Kings,\" Keanu Reeves' bad-boy cop Tom Ludlow may not play by the rules, but the film sure does.", "Keanu Reeves, second from left, and Forest Whitaker are shifty cops in \"Street Kings.\"", "The movie is textbook Cop Noir.", "Directed by David Ayer, who wrote \"Training Day\" and directed \"Harsh Times,\" from a script that originated with \"L.A.", "Confidential\" novelist James Ellroy, it's a story both men have told before and will doubtless return to again.", "Too bad that story -- the one about the constant struggle with an impure world, betrayal, disillusionment, retribution, all that jazz -- isn't told with much originality this time around.", "As Ludlow, a detective with a special LAPD vice squad, Reeves shoots first and asks questions much, much later.", "In his field the bad guys are easy to spot, and if Tom has to get his hands dirty, well, then he'll be careful to wipe away the residue before he calls it in.", "He works from the gut. We have Ludlow's number from the beginning: He wakes up, vomits, cleans his gun, and knocks back a couple of miniature bottles of vodka.", "Then he crashes a kidnappers' den and puts down four gangsters before they know what's hit them.", "\"Don't worry,\" he tells the distraught little girls caged up in the back.", "\"I'm a cop.\" It's probably superfluous to add that he's still nursing a grievous hangover from the wife who died in flagrante with a person unknown two or three years ago.", "It's also probably superfluous to mention that Internal Affairs (headed by Hugh Laurie) is beginning to sniff around Ludlow's unit.", "In particular, IA is talking to his ex-partner Washington (Terry Crews), a revelation that sends Ludlow reaching for his baseball bat.", "Before he can put Washington straight, though, his old pal is gunned down before his eyes by a couple of punks.", "Can Ludlow cover up his own potentially incriminating presence at the scene and still track down the cop killers?", "Hell, yes, even if he has to alienate everyone in the department before he's through.", "Reeves doesn't do much \"acting\" as such, but he doesn't need to: His performance is clean and spare, in synch with Ayer's clipped economy, and he has a doleful quality that goes some way to redeem a nasty and wretchedly naïve character.", "Alcoholism doesn't appear to have thrown off Ludlow's aim any, but it must have dulled his reasoning.", "A broody, intuitive detective should be able to piece together this boilerplate mystery without too much head-scratching, but Ludlow never stops to look even two steps ahead.", "(I guess he's not a James Ellroy fan.)", "But what he lacks in insight he makes up for in sheer determination, not to say blood-lust.", "In a neat touch, when it's time to cool off his public profile for a spell, the rogue cop is transferred to a desk in the complaints department -- surely his idea of purgatory, and, obviously, an utterly pointless occupation.", "Forest Whitaker boosts the energy level as Ludlow's paternalistic mentor, boss, and No.", "1 fan: \"You're the tip of the spear,\" he tells him.", "\"Who else is going to hold back the animals?\"", "Violent and cynical and a shade or two overdetermined, \"Street Kings\" ably demonstrates the pitfalls embedded in the pragmatics of \"a necessary evil,\" or anyone who sets himself up as a law unto himself, but ultimately it can't conceive of a better alternative.", "After all, the rest is politics, a game that even the most hard-boiled anti-hero would never lower himself to enter.", "And, besides, he's seen it before.", "\"Street Kings\" is rated R and runs 107 minutes.", "For Entertainment Weekly's take, click here.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "\"Street Kings\" has been done better before, says CNN.com's Tom Charity .", "Movie stars Keanu Reeves as rogue cop who finds self in awkward position .", "Film is adequate, but no surprises for those who've seen \"Training Day\"" ]	[ 0, 2, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Texas authorities are investigating \"the safety of children\" at a ranch occupied by about 400 followers of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, officials said Friday.", "An aerial view taken last year shows some living quarters at polygamist leader Warren Jeffs' Texas ranch.", "Authorities have sealed off the 1,900-acre ranch near Eldorado and no one is allowed to enter or leave, officials with Child Protective Services and the Department of Public Safety said.", "The people living at the ranch are cooperating, authorities said.", "Escorted by police, social workers entered the compound in south central Texas at 8 p.m. Thursday after receiving \"a referral,\" said Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner.", "Watch police seal off the compound » .", "Child Protective Services \"is conducting an investigation into safety issues of the children who live within the compound,\" she said.", "Meisner would not provide details about the referral but did say officials responded \"within days\" of receiving it.", "As of Friday morning, Meisner added, her agency had \"not determined that there is a safety issue with these children.\"", "Several law enforcement agencies are assisting with the investigation, said Tela Mange, of the Texas Department of Public Safety.", "\"The people at the ranch have been cooperative and they are providing the investigators with everyone they want to talk to,\" she said.", "Jeffs' Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) bought 1,900 acres near Eldorado four years ago and built the ranch, which they call the YFZ Ranch.", "It is now home to as many as 400 members who relocated from their Arizona and Utah compounds.", "Jeffs, the 52-year-old leader and \"prophet\" of the 10,000-member church, was convicted in Utah last year on two counts of being an accomplice to rape, charges related to a marriage he performed in 2001.", "He still faces trial in Arizona on eight charges of sexual conduct with a minor, incest and conspiracy.", "State and local law enforcement agencies set up roadblocks around the ranch Thursday evening, preventing journalists from seeing what was happening on the property, according to Randy Mankin, editor of the Eldorado Success weekly newspaper.", "\"This came totally out of the blue,\" Mankin said.", "There were no indications of any violence around the ranch, he said.", "When CNN crews have visited the ranch, it was guarded by armed men equipped with night vision gear and other high-tech surveillance tools to prevent intruders.", "When CNN flew over the ranch in a small plane last year, the crew saw a massive temple, the three-story housing units where Jeffs' chosen followers live, the water tower, the school and community center, the dairy and cheese factory and a massive concrete mill.", "The FLDS church openly practices polygamy in two towns straddling the Arizona-Utah state line -- Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona., but members living on their Texas ranch rarely venture into Eldorado, four miles to the south.", "Critics of the sect say it arranges marriages for girls as young as 13, and that competition for brides may be reduced through exiling young men.", "If male followers are excommunicated, the critics claim, their wives and children can be reassigned to someone else.", "Jeffs is now being held in the Mohave County Jail in Kingman, Arizona, where he will be tried on charges of being an accomplice to incest and sex with minors.", "In November ,Jeffs was sentenced to 10 years in jail after being convicted of two charges of accomplice to rape.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "NEW: State Child Protective Services agents interviewing children .", "NEW: No one permitted to enter or leave 1,900-acre Texas compound .", "Ranch home to hundreds of followers of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs .", "Jeffs in Arizona jail awaiting trial; sentenced to 10 years in prison last year ." ]	[ 0, 2, 24 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Georgian leaders may be blaming Russia for the conflict raging in South Ossetia, but former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said Thursday \"there is no doubt\" that Georgia provoked the clash.", "Mikhail Gorbachev told CNN's Larry King that Russia called extra troops into Georgia to stem violence.", "Gorbachev told CNN's Larry King that Russia moved additional forces into South Ossetia in response to \"devastation\" in the South Ossetia city of Tskhinvali.", "\"This was the use of sophisticated weapons against a small town, against a sleeping people.", "This was a barbaric assault,\" said Gorbachev, the last president of the former Soviet Union.", "But Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who also appeared on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" Thursday, said he was \"profoundly shocked\" that Mikhail Gorbachev would use a television appearance \"for basically vindicating lies and deceptions.\"", "Last week, Georgia said it launched an operation into South Ossetia after a cease-fire was broken with artillery fire from Russian separatists that killed 10 people including civilians and peacekeepers.", "It accused Russia, which also has peacekeepers in the region, of backing the separatists.", "Hours later, the Russian news agency Interfax reported that Russian authorities said 10 Russian peacekeepers had been killed and 30 wounded in an attack by Georgians.", "\"Western television didn't show what happened in Tskhinvali,\" Gorbachev said.", "\"Only now they're beginning to show some pictures of the destruction.", "So this looks to me like it was a well-prepared project.", "And with any outcome, they wanted to put the blame on Russia.\"", "Watch Gorbachev discuss \"barbaric assault\" » .", "He called Georgia's claims that Russia is attempting to dismantle its democracy \"all lies from beginning to end.\"", "In response, Saakashvili expressed disappointment with the sentiments from Gorbachev, who he said he once respected.", "\"This is the man, Mr. Gorbachev, who helped to, you know, bring down KGB kingdom.", "And he is the one who is, you know, justifying what the KGB people are doing right now in my country,\" Saakashvili said.", "\"Shame on him. Shame on you, Mr. Gorbachev, for perpetuating the very regime you helped to defeat and you fought against as the head of the Soviet Union.\"", "Gorbachev also said the United States is jeopardizing its fragile relationship with Russia by backing Georgia.", "Watch Gorbachev discuss U.S.-Russia relations » .", "\"There is a chance for our two countries to develop a new agenda for cooperation so as to promote both U.S. and Russia interests, and the interests of other countries, and the interests of stability, particularly in the hotspots in different continents,\" said Gorbachev, who won the Nobel Peace Price in 1990." ]	[ "NEW: Georgian president criticizes Gorbachev for \"vindicating lies and deceptions\"\nGorbachev says Russian called up forces in response to violence in Tskhinvali .", "Georgia says Russia backed separatists who broke cease-fire and sparked violence .", "The former president says U.S. is jeopardizing ties with Russia by backing Georgia ." ]	[ 19, 21 ]
[ "KAMPALA, Uganda (CNN) -- At least 19 schoolgirls died when fire erupted in their dormitory west of the capital, Kampala, late Monday, say police and school officials.", "Villagers surround the gutted school building Tuesday.", "Authorities also found the bodies of two adults in the ashes of the blaze at Buddo Junior School in Mpigi.", "The school's headmaster said 42 girls survived.", "Police said they were investigating the cause, but children who lived in the dorm said they heard an explosion shortly before the fire broke out.", "There were conflicting reports of the doors of the living quarters being barred, trapping the children inside.", "School officials insisted that the doors weren't locked, while girls who lived there said they were.", "Mpigi is about 60 kilometers west of Kampala.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "19 schoolgirls and two adults die in primary school dormitory fire, police say .", "School denies pupils' claim that dormitory door was locked from the outside .", "Police investigate cause of blaze at school 60 kilometers from Kampala ." ]	[ 0, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The United States believes that some members of Pakistan's spy service provided support for the deadly bombing last month of India's Embassy in Afghanistan, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN Friday.", "The Indian Embassy in Kabul was badly damaged in the July 7 bombing.", "Pakistan strongly denied the allegation Friday, but Afghanistan and India have previously accused Pakistan of involvement in the attack which killed 58 people including an Indian defense attache.", "The official told CNN the evidence was not strong enough to draw a firm conclusion but there is a \"strong suspicion\" the Taliban was behind the attack, and that some unspecified aid came from Pakistan's Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI.", "The official would not say how the intelligence was gathered, but he said the evidence was presented to senior Pakistani officials by a top CIA official, Deputy Director Stephen Kappes.", "The New York Times, sourcing U.S. government officials, reported Friday that the United States intercepted communications between Pakistani intelligence officers and militants who carried out the attack in Kabul.", "Pakistani Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said the report \"unfounded and malicious\" and an \"effort to malign the ISI,\" -- Pakistan's Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence.", "The bombing killed 58 people.", "\"The ISI is a very disciplined organization, manned by military officials.", "It has played the most crucial role in the war on terror and apprehended members of al Qaeda, the Taliban, and those linked to the attack on mainland America on 9/11,\" Abbas said.", "Abbas said \"despite our insistence, no evidence has been provided to us about these allegations.\"", "Afghanistan claims Pakistan informally supports militants operating from havens in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions near the porous 1,500-mile border the two countries share.", "Earlier this month, Afghan lawmakers directly accused Pakistan's ISI in connection with a string of attacks in Afghanistan.", "Among these were the Kabul strike and an assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai at an April 27 military ceremony.", "A senior Afghan government official said the charges were based on phone intercepts of conversations of plotters in Kabul with ISI officers in Pakistan.", "A U.S. government official, who would not comment on the specifics of the New York Times story, said, \"We've long noted the troubling reports of a relationship between the ISI and the Taliban, and the incident at the Indian Embassy seems to fit the pattern of those reports.\"", "India has previously blamed militants from Pakistan for the July 7 car bombing at the embassy.", "Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Pakistan's high commissioner to Britain, and Hamid Gul, former head of the ISI, firmly denied the agency's involvement in the attack.", "Watch Pakistan deny the allegations » .", "\"There seems to be a bit of sensationalism in this story,\" Hasan said.", "He said the government has regularly denied claims that ISI is involved with militants in Afghanistan and noted that Pakistan has been cooperating in the fight against terrorism.", "Gul said the claims are \"preposterous\" and \"totally false,\" and cautioned that the CIA has been proven to be wrong about intelligence in the past.", "The New York Times report also sourced the U.S. officials as saying \"there was new information showing that members of the Pakistani intelligence service were increasingly providing militants with details about the American campaign against them, in some cases allowing militants to avoid American missile strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas.\"", "Pakistan and Afghanistan have a tumultuous past.", "During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, religious schools in Pakistan helped train fighters who battled the Soviets.", "After the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 1996 and imposed fundamentalist rule, Pakistan was one of the few countries that recognized the regime diplomatically.", "It dropped its support after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Washington and New York.", "Pakistan also has a troubled history with India, and in the past India has accused the ISI of supporting militant separatists in Indian-administered Kashmir, which has been the root of two wars between them." ]	[ "U.S. intelligence points to Pakistan agents involved in attack on Indian Embassy .", "Pakistan denies its spy agency helped plan bombing that killed 58 .", "Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said the report was an \"effort to malign the ISI\"\nIndia and Afghanistan both accuse Pakistan of role in the attack ." ]	[ 1, 2, 6 ]
[ "The mother of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor has died of a suspected heart attack, The Press Association reported Wednesday.", "Gloria Taylor outside London's Central Criminal Court with Damilola's older brother Tunde in 2006.", "Gloria Taylor, 57, collapsed while walking with her husband Richard in south-east London Tuesday, the agency reported.", "Efforts to revive her at hospital failed and she was pronounced dead moments later, according to London police headquarters Scotland Yard.", "Damilola, 10, bled to death after being attacked on his way home from Oliver Goldsmith Primary School in November 2000.", "He staggered 100 yards with blood pouring from a sliced artery in his leg after being stabbed.", "Nigerian-born Damilola had been in Britain for only a few months when he was attacked while walking home from an after school computer club.", "Damilola's killing was front-page news in Britain, and prompted soul-searching on topics ranging from the deprivation of inner cities to school bullying.", "A year after their son's death, the Taylors established the Damilola Taylor Trust, aimed at improving the lives of underprivileged young people.", "The trust offers scholarships for medical students from poor backgrounds, and also set up the Damilola Taylor Center, in Peckham, south-east London, which provides sports and community activities.", "At the time, Gloria said the trust aimed to provide hope and opportunities for Britain's \"downtrodden and underprivileged youth\".", "\"Damilola lost his life because of enormous problems in this society.", "Our son wanted to be a doctor.", "\"He was a leader, and we are sure he would have been extraordinary.", "We would like the trust to heal many of the ills faced by today's youth,\" The Guardian newspaper reported her saying at the time.", "In August 2006, two teenage brothers were convicted of his manslaughter and given eight-year youth custody sentences.", "Danny and Ricky Preddie, who were 12 and 13 at the time of the killing, were convicted at a retrial.", "The conviction came after three trials and two police investigations, parts of which were strongly criticized, The Guardian reported.", "PA quoted a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman as saying: \"Police were called at about 7.45pm on April 8 by London Ambulance Service to reports of a woman taken ill on the street in Shooters Hill.", "\"Local officers and London Ambulance Service were in attendance and a woman in her 50s was taken by ambulance to hospital suffering a suspected heart attack and was pronounced life extinct at 8.29pm.", "\"A post-mortem examination will take place in due course.", "\"The incident is being investigated by local borough officers and is currently being treated as non suspicious.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Mother of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies of suspected heart attack .", "Gloria Taylor, 57, collapsed while walking with her husband Richard Tuesday .", "Damilola, 10, was stabbed in 2000, death prompted soul-searching in Britain ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A smiling Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the United States on Tuesday afternoon to start the six-day, two-city journey that will take him from the White House to the halls of the United Nations.", "The papal plane, Shepherd 1, touched down at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland to cheers from a crowd of invited guests gathered for the event.", "After he stepped off the plane, Benedict did not kiss the ground, as his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, often did during visits.", "The pontiff was greeted by President Bush, first lady Laura Bush and their daughter Jenna, each of whom shook his hand.", "Watch the arrival » .", "It was believed to be the first time an American president has greeted a world dignitary on arrival at Andrews.", "\"It had the look and feel of a monumental and historic event,\" CNN's Brian Todd reported.", "This is the first U.S. papal visit since the attacks of September 11 and Benedict's first visit to the United States.", "There will be a welcoming ceremony for the pope on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday.", "Benedict is to speak before meeting with U.S. cardinals and bishops.", "Where will the pope be? ... One of the stated goals of the pope's visit is to energize the U.S. Catholic community, which has an estimated 70 million members.", "Three years after succeeding Pope John Paul II, Benedict is likely to address the sex scandal within the Catholic Church, the church's relationship with other faiths, the U.S.-led war in Iraq and the upcoming U.S. presidential election, said John Allen, a CNN Vatican analyst.", "The fallout from the sex scandal has had a serious impact on the U.S. Catholic Church in terms of its finances, its moral authority and the demoralization of Catholics.", "During the flight from Rome to Washington, the pope told reporters aboard that he was ashamed of the problem.", "Watch the pope express his shame about the scandal » .", "'Intense' security .", "Meanwhile, security preparations were under way in the air, on land and in the water.", "Twenty-seven state, local and federal agencies will protect the pope as he meets with religious leaders, celebrates Mass at a baseball stadium and makes his way around the capital in his distinctive \"popemobile.\"", "There are no specific threats against Benedict, according to the FBI, but a March audio message from Osama Bin Laden mentioned the pontiff.", "The centerpiece of the Washington leg of the U.S. visit will be Thursday's Mass at Nationals Park, a new baseball stadium where 46,000 people will gather to watch the pope.", "Everyone will go through metal detectors on their way in, and nearby roads and bridges will be closed.", "Temporary flight restrictions will be in place over the stadium.", "Watch how Washington is preparing for papal visit » .", "A 1½-mile section of the adjacent Anacostia River will be closed during the Mass.", "The Coast Guard will patrol the river in boats with machine guns mounted on their bows.", "\"I am worried about a terrorist attack,\" said Lt. Lynda LeCrone of the Coast Guard.", "\"We are here to detect, deter and defend against waterborne attack on this highly publicized event.", "... We can use force.\" The pope will be making his way around parts of Washington in the popemobile, a Mercedes Benz modified with bulletproof glass surrounding a seating area from which the pope can wave to bystanders along his route.", "The vehicle, one of three popemobiles in the Vatican motor pool, arrived in the United States last week.", "It will be driven by a Secret Service agent.", "The agents have been training with the vehicle.", "\"We try best-case scenarios and also try worst-case scenarios so our staff will know how to react,\" said Secret Service Special Agent Renee Triplett, who oversees Secret Service training.", "Benedict will travel to New York on Friday and address the U.N. General Assembly, linking the visit to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.", "He'll celebrate Mass Sunday morning at Yankee Stadium.", "Still a mystery .", "Despite three years as the head of the Catholic Church, the pope remains a bit of a mystery to many American Catholics.", "\"I think most American Catholics may not know a whole lot about him,\" Allen said.", "\"He's not the sexy media icon that John Paul II was, but what they've seen, by and large, they've liked.\"", "Of American Catholics polled by the Pew Research Center, 74 percent give Pope Benedict a favorable rating.", "But the survey points out that he's not as highly regarded as his predecessor.", "See other meetings between popes and presidents » .", "For one, their personalities are different.", "John Paul was known for his charisma.", "Benedict is known as an intellectual and introvert.", "\"He doesn't quite get the same energy from crowds that John Paul II got,\" said Cardinal Francis George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.", "\"John Paul II was extroverted and got energy talking to people, and the present Holy Father loses energy.", "He has to rest between all these encounters.\"", "The energy factor is partly due to age.", "Benedict turns 81 this week.", "When John Paul became pope, he was only 58 and was able to keep a much more rigorous schedule traveling around the globe.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Jeanne Meserve, Jim Spellman and Mary Snow contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Washington for six-day U.S. visit .", "NEW: President Bush, first lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna greet pontiff .", "Security tight for first papal visit since September 11 attacks .", "Benedict will also visit New York; will celebrate Mass in both cities ." ]	[ 3, 7, 15, 22 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Eight Florida teenagers -- six of them girls -- will be tried as adults and could be sentenced to life in prison for their alleged roles in the videotaped beating of another teen, the state attorney's office said Thursday.", "The teenagers seen in a video assaulting a 16-year-old could face life in prison.", "The suspects, who range in age from 14 to 18, all face charges of kidnapping, which is a first-degree felony, and battery, said Chip Thullbery, a spokesman for the Polk County state attorney.", "Three of them are also charged with tampering with a witness.", "Everyone involved in the case was under a gag order imposed by a judge.", "The only attorney for the teens who has been publicly identified did not return calls from CNN, and his assistant cited the gag order as the reason.", "The teens are scheduled for their first appearance in court Friday.", "The video shows a brutal scene: The 16-year-old victim is punched, kneed and slapped by other girls.", "She huddles in the fetal position, or stands and screams at her attackers, but the assault continues.", "Authorities say the eight teens said they were retaliating for insults posted on the Internet by the attack victim.", "Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd called the March 30 attack \"animalistic.\"", "\"I've been involved in law enforcement for 35 years, and I've seen a lot of extremely violent events, but I've never seen children, 14 to 18 years of age, engage in this conduct for a 30-minute period of time and then make these video clips,\" he said.", "Police say the teens planned to post the video on YouTube.", "Watch the disturbing video » .", "The victim, a 16-year-old from Lakeland, Florida, was hospitalized, and still has blurred vision, hearing loss, and a swollen face, her mother told CNN on Wednesday.", "The video shows only girls doing the beating; Judd said the boys acted as lookouts.", "The idea of girls administering a vicious beating so they can post the video online may seem shocking, but it's becoming an increasingly common scenario, according to experts and news reports.", "Watch why more teens are putting fights online » .", "A search for \"girl fight\" on YouTube gets thousands of results, and a suggestion to also try \"girl fight at school, boy girl fight\" and other search terms.", "There's at least one Web site devoted exclusively to videos of girls fighting.", "In 2003, 25 percent of high school girls said they had been in a physical fight in the past year, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.", "(The figure for boys was 40.5 percent.)", "A Justice Department report released in 2006 showed that by age 17, 21 percent of girls said they had assaulted someone with the intent to cause serious harm.", "Frank Green is executive director of Keys to Safer Schools, a group that studies and tries to prevent school violence.", "He said he's not sure whether girls have actually become more violent, or whether there's just more awareness of their fights.", "\"In one respect, girls have always been more vicious than boys,\" Green said.", "\"Their violence is of a personal nature.\"", "He said boys usually have some focus and a concrete goal when they fight.", "\"But girls want to cause pain and make the other girl feel bad,\" he said.", "Judd, the Polk County sheriff, said an important part of the plan in the Lakeland attack was to post the video of the beating on YouTube to humiliate and embarrass the victim.", "\"It's the next stage of cyberbullying,\" psychologist Susan Lipkins said.", "\"They want to show what they're doing.\" \"Our kids are being peer pressured, in another sense of a trend, to put these shock videos out there at other peoples' expense,\" said Talisa Lindsay, the victim's mother.", "\"And I hope that it doesn't come to the point where there's more people's lives that are being affected by having to take a beating for entertainment, or possibly being killed.\"", "Watch mother describe how the victim is doing » .", "The suspects didn't have a chance to post the video online before police moved in and seized it, Judd said.", "The Sheriff's Department made it public, and it wound up on YouTube anyway.", "Judd recognizes the irony.", "\"In a perverted sense, we were feeding into exactly what the kids wanted,\" he said.", "\"But according to Florida law, [the video] is public record, and it's going to be in the public domain whether we agree with that or not.\"", "Judd said the suspects showed no remorse when they were arrested and booked.", "\"They were laughing and joking about, 'I guess we won't get to go to the beach during spring break.'", "And one ... asked whether she could go to cheerleading practice,\" he said.", "Lipkins, the psychologist, says there's a \"disconnect between their actions and their thoughts.\"", "\"They think the entire society is doing it, and they think it's funny.", "So they put it on YouTube.", "And I don't think they expect kids to get really hurt, and they also don't expect to get really caught.\"", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Rich Phillips contributed to this report." ]	[ "Eight Florida teens to be tried as adults in videotaped beating case .", "Video shows 16-year-old girl punched by other girls .", "21 percent of girls age 17 say they've assaulted someone, the Justice Dept.", "reports .", "The teens have \"disconnect\" between thoughts and actions, psychologist says ." ]	[ 7, 22, 42 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The following are excerpts from the Heather Mills-Paul McCartney divorce ruling, issued by the Honorable Mr. Justice Bennett.", "Dollar figures are based on the current exchange rate of approximately two dollars per British pound: .", "Heather Mills' case \"boils down to the syndrome of 'me, too,' \" said the judge.", "On Mills' finances: .", "\"I have to say I cannot accept the wife's case that she was wealthy and independent by the time she met the husband in the middle of 1999.", "Her problem stems from the lack of any documentary evidence to support her case as to the level of her earnings.", "I do not doubt her commitment to charitable causes ... [but] I find that the wife's case as to her wealth in 1999 to be wholly exaggerated.", "The assertion that she was a wealthy person in 1999 is, of course, the first step in her overall case that her career, which in 1999 she says was one producing rich financial rewards, was thereafter blighted by the husband during their relationship.", "It is therefore connected to the issue of 'compensation.'", "\" On her stature as \"business partner\": .", "\"In my judgment the picture painted by the husband of the wife's part in his emotional and professional life is much closer to reality than the wife's account.", "The wife, as the husband said, enjoys being the center of attention. ...", "I am prepared to accept that her presence was emotionally supportive to him but to suggest that in some way she was his 'business partner' is, I am sorry to have to say, make-belief.\"", "On gifts to Mills from McCartney: .", "\"[McCartney] asserted (and there is no dispute) that he made substantial capital payments to the wife over and above an annual allowance of £360,000 ($720,000) per annum.", "He lent her monies in respect of his purchase and renovation of [the house] Angel's Rest.", "In 2002 and 2003 he gave her cash totaling £500,000 ($1 million).", "He lent [Heather's sister] Fiona Mills £421,000 ($842,000) to buy a property and purchased a house for [Heather's relative] Sonya Mills for £193,000 ($386,000).", "In 2005 he purchased jewelry for the wife worth £264,000 ($528,000).\"", "On some paintings in Angel's Rest: .", "\"[Mills] asserted in her cross-examination of the husband that some 30 paintings done by [McCartney], which are hanging in Angel's Rest, were given to her by the husband.", "The husband strongly disagreed.", "The husband told me that when the wife bought Angel's Rest she had nothing to hang on the walls and so he lent her 30 of his own paintings.", "He told me they were his, that he may leave them in trust for Beatrice and his other children, and that he wants them back save for the flower photographs and the Isle of Man stamp design, both given to the wife by the husband.", "The husband, I find, was generous towards the wife but his generosity did not extend to giving her 30 valuable paintings (of his own creation.)", "I accept the husband's evidence.", "In my judgment he is entitled to have them back.\"", "On the size of McCartney's fortune: .", "\"It is unnecessary in the instant case to arrive at a precise figure for the total wealth of the husband, given its enormous size.", "As he has always accepted, he can pay any sum which the court considers appropriate as for financial provision for the wife.", "Nevertheless I find that the husband's total wealth amounts to approximately £400 million ($800 million).", "I reject the wife's case that he is worth £800 million ($1.6 billion).", "There is absolutely no evidence at all to support that figure or any figure anywhere near it.\"", "On living style: .", "\"In my judgment the wife's attitude, ... her open offers, her oral and written evidence, and her submissions is that she is entitled for the indefinite future, if not for the whole of her life, to live at the same 'rate' as the husband and to be kept in the style to which she perceives she was accustomed during the marriage.", "Although she strongly denied it her case boils down to the syndrome of 'me, too' or 'if he has it, I want it too.' ...", "It must have been absolutely plain to the wife after separation that it was wholly unrealistic to expect to go on living at the rate at which she perceived she was living.\"", "On Mills' future: .", "\"The wife's case is that her earning capacity is now zero.", "The wife, as I have said, blames the husband for his attitude towards her working during the marriage.", "That I have found to be a false case. ...", "The wife would say she is at a severe disadvantage.", "I think she overplays her hand. ...", "I have no doubt that, despite the very adverse publicity in the last 2 years or a little under, the wife does have an earning capacity.", "She has earned her living since the age of 17.", "I have found that her association with the husband advanced, not stultified, her career.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Judge on Heather Mills: Level of premarital wealth \"exaggerated\"\nMcCartney gave Mills several hundred thousand dollars each year .", "Judge: Mills' case \"boils down to ... 'if he has it, I want it too' \"" ]	[ 2, 13, 35, 37 ]
[ "(Mental Floss) -- There have been presidential daughters almost as long as there have been presidents.", "(George Washington had no children.)", "President Warren Harding made child-care payments to his mistress for years until his death in 1923.", "What these women did -- both under the influence of and independent from their influential fathers -- make fascinating stories.", "Here are five you might not have heard: .", "1. Sarah Knox Taylor Davis .", "She packed a lot of drama into her 21 years.", "The second daughter of future U.S. President Zachary Taylor, Sarah also was the first wife of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis.", "Her parents gave her the middle name Knox after Fort Knox, in pre-state Indiana, where her military father was stationed and where she was born in 1813 or 1814.", "Sarah was often called Knox or Knoxie.", "The life of an army brat was certainly more dangerous in the early 19th century.", "During Taylor's posting in Louisiana, Sarah and her two sisters came down with \"bilious fever,\" now thought to be malaria.", "Sarah survived, but her older and younger sisters died.", "The Taylors were stationed at Fort Crawford (now Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin) in 1832, when Sarah met and fell in love with a young officer named Jefferson Davis.", "Zachary Taylor opposed the relationship, and accounts vary as to why --because he didn't want his daughter to continue to be exposed to the hardships of army life, or because he and Davis didn't get along.", "Or both. Davis was transferred, so he and Sarah conducted a long-distance relationship for two years.", "They even planned their wedding by mail.", "The ceremony took place in June 1835, in Louisville, Kentucky.", "Sarah's parents did not attend.", "Once again there is disagreement over why they were absent.", "The newlyweds immediately headed south, and they visited Davis's relatives in Louisiana.", "Sarah, mindful of the family tragedy the last time the Taylors traveled those parts, wrote home, \"Do not make yourself uneasy about me, the country is quite healthy.\"", "But while staying with Davis's oldest sister at \"Locust Grove\" in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, the couple fell ill with malaria.", "Jefferson Davis recovered, but Sarah died, barely three months into her marriage.", "Mental Floss: 5 memorable White House weddings .", "2. Elizabeth Harrison Walker .", "Her life straddled the Gilded Age of her father, President Benjamin Harrison, and the Television Age, when accomplished women were just beginning to enter in numbers into the mainstream of public life.", "Elizabeth was born in 1897, four years after her father left office.", "A widower with two children by his first wife, Harrison had married Mary Scott Lord Dimmick, and Elizabeth was the couple's only child.", "She was just 4 when her father, the last of the bearded presidents, passed away.", "If Elizabeth's dynastic 1921 marriage to James Blaine Walker -- grandnephew of her father's secretary of state and onetime Republican presidential nominee James G. Blaine -- was conventional, much of the rest of her life was not.", "By the time of her wedding, she had received several academic degrees, including a law degree from New York University Law School, and was admitted to the bar in New York and Indiana at age 22.", "After her marriage, she began publishing a monthly newsletter, \"Cues on the News.\"", "Geared toward women, it offered economic and investment tips, and was distributed nationally by banks.", "Her expertise led to appearances on radio and, later, television, where she spoke on economic issues pertaining to women.", "She died in 1955, at the age of 58.", "Mental Floss: Quiz: Post--White House lives of presidents .", "3. Margaret Woodrow Wilson .", "Thirty years before the Beatles went to India to sample and popularize its spiritual wonders, another musician and political activist, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, had already been.", "It was the final chapter in the peripatetic life of the eldest of President Woodrow Wilson's three daughters.", "Margaret was born in 1886, in Gainesville, Georgia.", "During her father's presidency, both of Margaret's sisters had White House weddings.", "So when their mother died in 1914, it fell to the unmarried eldest Wilson sister to become White House hostess.", "The president's remarriage a year later allowed Margaret to pursue her passion -- music.", "She studied piano and voice at the Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore.", "In 1915, she made her singing debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, in Syracuse, New York.", "During World War I, she gave recitals that benefited the Red Cross and performed at Army camps.", "In 1918, she began nearly a year's stay in France, singing before Allied troops.", "The experience led to a breakdown, the loss of her singing voice, and the end of her musical career.", "Mental Floss: Why do we sing the National Anthem at sporting events?", "With the war over and women gaining the right to vote, Margaret became an advocate of a style of local participatory democracy in which neighborhood schools would become community centers.", "The annual $2,500 stipend bequeathed by her father upon his death in 1924 was not enough for her live on, so Margaret entered the advertising business.", "A speculation in oil stocks went sour, and as the 1920s ended, she ceased being a public figure.", "In the 1930s she discovered the writings of Sri Aurobindo, a contemporary of Mahatma Gandhi's, whose philosophy for ending foreign rule in India was grounded in yoga and meditation.", "Eventually she followed her guru east.", "When a New York Times reporter found Margaret in Aurobindo's ashram in Pondicherry, India, in 1943, she had been living there four years.", "At the ashram she was known as Dishta.", "She died there in 1944 at the age of 57 of uremic poisoning.", "4. Elizabeth Ann Christian Blaesing .", "Probably the only advantage to being the child of one of America's worst presidents was not having his last name.", "Warren G. Harding had no children with his wife, but a married man with two mistresses is bound to leave a legacy.", "Elizabeth Ann was the daughter of Nan Britton, who as a teenager began a six-year affair with Harding, which lasted until his death in 1923.", "Elizabeth Ann was conceived on a couch in Harding's Senate office and was born in 1919.", "On the birth certificate, Britton wrote Christian as the baby's last name.", "Until his inauguration in 1921, Harding made child-care payments to Britton in person, but always refused to meet Elizabeth Ann.", "After he entered the White House, Secret Service agents delivered the payments.", "But when Harding died, the money stopped.", "In 1927, after Harding's widow refused to continue child support, Britton published The President's Daughter.", "The tell-all book became a bestseller.", "As the years passed, the story of Nan Britton and the president's \"love child\" faded, along with memories of Harding's inept presidency.", "As an infant, Elizabeth Ann was adopted by Britton's sister and brother-in-law for the sake of appearances.", "As an adult, she married Henry Blaesing.", "They lived quietly in Glendale, California, and raised three sons.", "Elizabeth Ann gave one of her first interviews, to The New York Times, in 1964.", "In it she revealed that her mother was living secretly nearby.", "Nan Britton died in 1991, \"evidently so forgotten by history that no obituary was published,\" the Los Angeles Times later wrote.", "Elizabeth Ann died in 2005.", "5. Margaret Truman Daniel .", "The helicopter parent is nothing new.", "But that pesky parental hovering can whip up a lot of dust when Dad is straight-talking President Harry S Truman.", "Born in 1924, Margaret was Harry and Bess Truman's only child.", "Like Margaret Wilson, she began her career as a singer.", "She was studying history and international relations at George Washington University when her father became vice president in January 1945.", "Less than three months later, Franklin Roosevelt died and Harry Truman became the 33rd president.", "After intensive musical training, Margaret made her singing debut in 1947 with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on a nationally broadcast radio program.", "She began touring the country, appeared on radio and television, and signed a recording contract.", "Then came her infamous 1950 concert in Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall, in which her father played a role perhaps larger than hers.", "\"Paul Hume, the music critic of The Washington Post, while praising her personality, said that 'she cannot sing very well,' added that 'she is flat a good deal of the time' and concluded that she had no 'professional finish,' \" The New York Times recalled at the time of Margaret's death last January.", "\"Incensed, President Truman dispatched a combative note to Mr. Hume, who released it to the press...", "It said, in part, 'I have just read your lousy review . ... ...", "I have never met you, but if I do, you'll need a new nose.'\"", "(Read the review and President Truman's response here.)", "The episode didn't seem to impact her career, but her professional singing days were numbered anyway.", "Margaret would become a radio and television personality, co-hosting the 1950s radio program, \"Weekday,\" with Mike Wallace.", "She acted in summer stock.", "And in 1956 she married New York Times editor Clifton Daniel, with whom she had three sons.", "But Margaret still had other media to conquer.", "She became a prolific author, writing several non-fiction books, including biographies of her parents.", "And she penned 13 mystery novels, beginning with \"Murder in the White House.\"", "For more mental_floss articles, visit mentalfloss.com .", "Entire contents of this article copyright, Mental Floss LLC.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "President Harding's illegitimate daughter was conceived on couch in Senate office .", "Review of Harry Truman's daughter prompted presidential threat against reporter .", "President Taylor's daughter married future president of an enemy power .", "Woodrow Wilson's daughter followed a guru to India ." ]	[ 7, 37, 54, 62, 67, 71 ]
[ "EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Hibernian have named former striker Mixu Paatelainen as their new manager in succession to John Collins -- who resigned last month in frustration at the lack of funds available to buy new players.", "Paatelainen was a popular playing figure in the distinctive green of Hibernian.", "The Finn, who enjoyed two playing spells with the Scottish Premier League club, joins from Finnish side TPS Turku.", "The 40-year-old, who also played for Dundee United, Aberdeen, St Johnstone and St Mirren in Scotland -- as well as Bolton and Wolverhampton in England, confirmed he is relishing the challenge of his new job.", "\"I am very happy to take up this opportunity,\" Paatelainen said.", "\"Everyone knows of my great affection for this club and I believe my desire to see teams play exciting, attacking and intelligent football fits well with the club's philosophy.", "\"I will bring energy, hard-work and leadership to the squad.", "I am also committed to working with players, as individuals and groups, to help them to improve.", "\"If I can help one player improve, the team is better.", "If I can help all players improve, we are much better.\"", "Capped 70 times by Finland, Paatelainen helped Turku finish third in the Veikkausliiga last year.", "Compensation for his release has been agreed.", "His two playing stints with Hibernian were from 1998-2001 and 2002-2003, either side of a spell with French side Strasbourg.", "Paatelainen may know some of the Hibernian players who have come through the youth set-up, having been involved in coaching of the club's youngsters during his second playing spell.", "Hibernian chairman Rod Petrie said: \"We are delighted Mixu has agreed to take up the challenge and opportunity of managing Hibernian.", "We are convinced that he was the strongest candidate, and he impressed us a great deal during his interview.", "\"He has a clear vision of the type of football he wants to play, has strong ideas on man-management and demonstrates excellent leadership qualities.", "I am sure he will further enhance his growing reputation.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Scottish club Hibernian appoint Finn Mixu Paatelainen as their new manager .", "The 40-year-old replaces John Collins, who resigned from his post last month .", "Paatelainen was a popular figure during two different playing spells with Hibs ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A bus carrying high school band students tipped over Saturday on Interstate 94 northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing one person.", "The bus that was carrying school band members rests upright after it crashed Saturday in Minnesota.", "Three people were critically injured, authorities said.", "A second bus traveling with the one that crashed wasn't affected, according to a report posted on the Web site of the Pelican Rapids School District.", "The students from Pelican Rapids High School were returning from a band trip to Chicago, Illinois, when the accident happened near Albertville, Minnesota, the Minnesota Highway Patrol said.", "Forty-eight people, including the driver, were on the westbound bus that tipped over about 6 a.m., the Minnesota Highway Patrol said.", "Everyone on that bus was taken to hospitals for treatment or evaluation, the school district said.", "Watch rescuers work at the scene » .", "Pelican Rapids is in west-central Minnesota.", "The cause of the accident is being investigated.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Bus carrying high school students tips over on Minnesota interstate .", "One person killed, three critically injured, authorities say .", "Two buses from Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, were on way home from Chicago, Illinois ." ]	[ 0, 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Iceland and Sweden plan to take in about 200 Palestinian refugees from Iraq who have been living in refugee camps along the Iraqi-Syrian border, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.", "More than two dozen refugees stranded at the Al Waleed refugee camp for the last two years will be headed to Iceland in the next few weeks, the agency said.", "In addition, 155 Palestinians in the Al Tanf refugee camp have been accepted for resettlement in Sweden, it said.", "Many Palestinians living in Iraq have gotten caught up in the violence that has engulfed the country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 and have had to flee their homes.", "The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said that out of the estimated 34,000 Palestinians who lived in Iraq since 2003, about 10,000 to 15,000 remain.", "The UNHCR says about 2,300 Palestinians \"are living in desperate conditions along the Iraq-Syria border.\"", "They are, the UNHCR says, \"unable to return to Iraq or to cross the borders to neighboring countries.\"", "It says the Al Waleed camp has 1,400 people and Al Tanf about 900.", "\"UNHCR has repeatedly called for international support for the Palestinians but with few results.", "Few Palestinians in the border camps have been accepted for resettlement or offered shelter in third countries; 223 Palestinians left to non-traditional resettlement countries such as Brazil and Chile.", "\"Some urgent medical cases were taken by a few European countries, but this is a very small number out of the 2,300 Palestinians stranded in the desert,\" the UNHCR said in a statement.", "It noted that Sudan has made an offer to take in some of those Palestinians, and said \"UNHCR and Palestinian representatives are finalizing an operations plan that will enable this to take place.\"", "Refugees International recently asked the United States government to intervene and resettle the Palestinians in the United States instead of Sudan, which itself is engulfed in sectarian fighting and whose government has been condemned for atrocities.", "\"The Palestinians being resettled in Sudan is obviously not an ideal or preferred solution,\" State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper told CNN last month.", "\"But we accept the judgment of the UNHCR that it is preferable to the Palestinians continuing to be stranded in the border area in extremely dire circumstances.\"" ]	[ "Some 200 Palestinian refugees from Iraq will go to Iceland, Sweden .", "2,300 Palestinians \"are living in desperate conditions along the Iraq-Syria border\"\nPlans under way to send some refugees to war-torn Sudan ." ]	[ 0, 5 ]
[ "ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Police tightened security at airports across Pakistan Thursday after receiving reports of a possible suicide attack at the international airport that serves Islamabad.", "Pakistan's capital was rocked by a suicide attack on the city's Marriott Hotel at the weekend.", "Officers emptied the parking lot at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport, on the outskirts of Islamabad, said Parvez George of the country's Civil Aviation Authority.", "Flights were going out of the airport, but police cleared the terminal building of the large crowds that usually gather to see relatives arrive or depart, George said.", "Muhammad Asghar of Islamabad Police told CNN that authorities placed the airport on high alert after intelligence reports indicated it was under threat of an attack.", "The country's capital city is on edge since a deadly blast Saturday night at the Marriott Hotel.", "The explosion killed more than 50 people, including two U.S. military personnel and the Czech ambassador to Pakistan.", "The bombing wounded more than 250 and sparked a fire that left the hotel in ruins.", "On Thursday, the Danish intelligence service said one of its employees, Karsten Krabbe, was among the victims of the blast.", "Krabbe, a 53-year-old married father of two, was a security adviser at the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, which was targeted by a suicide bomber in June.", "That attack killed six people and wounded more than 20.", "\"Karsten Krabbe lost his life in a cowardly and ruthless terror attack,\" the Danish intelligence service said in a statement.", "Reacting to the Saturday's attack, the U.S. government barred employees from major hotels in several Pakistani cities, the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan said.", "The Embassy in Islamabad added Lahore on Wednesday to a list of three other cities in which U.S. personnel are no longer allowed to visit or stay in major hotels.", "The Embassy took the measures because of general security concerns, said spokesman Lou Fintor Thursday.", "He did not comment on a specific threat.", "In addition to the hotel restriction, the Embassy temporarily suspended visa and other routine consular services for Thursday and Friday.", "It said it will make available emergency services for U.S. citizens who need passports or are arrested.", "And an advisory reminded Americans in Pakistan to avoid crowds and demonstrations and to keep a \"low profile.\"", "It said Americans should vary times and routes while traveling to avoid setting patterns.", "And it said a travel warning issued on August 7 still stands: U.S. citizens should defer nonessential travel to Pakistan due to continuing security concerns.", "-- CNN's Zein Basravi and Reza Sayah, and Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Benazir Bhutto International Airport on high alert .", "Intelligence reports indicated airport was under threat of an attack .", "Officers combed through the airport compound looking for explosives .", "Danish intelligence says one of its employees was killed in Marriott hotel attack ." ]	[ 4, 8 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- When the Emperors Club VIP said it was sending Kristen, a call girl it described as a \"petite, very pretty brunette, 5 feet 5 inches, and 105 pounds,\" Client 9 was pleased.", "Ashley Alexandra Dupre writes on her MySpace page: \"I have been broke and homeless.\"", "\"Great, OK, wonderful,\" he told the escort service's booking agent, according to a federal affidavit.", "Client 9, later revealed to be New York Gov.", "Eliot Spitzer, was caught arranging the liaison on a federal wiretap.", "It was the beginning of the end for him.", "For the woman at the heart of the prostitution scandal, it was just another step on what she calls an \"odyssey\" of degrading abuse and high aspirations.", "Court documents reportedly identified Ashley Youmans -- now known as Ashley Alexandra Dupre -- as Kristen, the high-priced prostitute who met with Spitzer at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on February 13.", "Dupre is a 22-year-old would-be singer from New Jersey, the New York Times reported Wednesday.", "She has not been charged with any crime.", "Watch a report from Dupre's apartment building » .", "Dupre made a brief appearance Monday in U.S. Magistrate Court as a witness against four people charged with operating Emperor's Club VIP, the prostitution ring, the Times said.", "Spitzer announced his resignation Wednesday as governor of New York, two days after reports of his connection to the Emperors Club VIP emerged.", "Dupre told the Times she's mostly gone without sleep since the case became public.", "\"I just don't want to be thought of as a monster,\" Dupre told the newspaper.", "She revealed little else in the interview, but her MySpace page offered some insight into her background.", "Dupre writes that she left home at 17 to begin \"my odyssey to New York.\"", "\"It was my decision, and I've never looked back,\" she writes.", "\"Left my hometown.", "Left a broken family.", "Left abuse.", "Left an older brother who had already split.", "Left and learned what it was like to have everything, and lose it, again and again.", "\"Learned what it was like to wake up one day and have the people you care about most gone.", "I have been alone. I have abused drugs.", "I have been broke and homeless.", "But, I survived, on my own. I am here, in NY because of my music.\" Watch Kyle Youmans describe his sister as \"tough\" » .", "In her profile, Dupre says she moved to Manhattan to pursue her music career.", "\"I am all about my music, and my music is all about me,\" she writes on her MySpace page.", "\"It flows from what I've been through, what I've seen and how I feel.\"", "The page includes a picture of Dupre with the slogan \"what destroys me, strengthens me.\"", "It also features a song titled \"What we want\" recorded by Dupre, with lyrics including \"I know what you want, you got what I want, I know what you need, can you handle me?\"", "On the MySpace page, Dupre lists singers Etta James, Aretha Franklin and Celine Dion, as well as her brother, as her influences.", "She also offers some advice for those experiencing hard times.", "\"I made it. I'm still here and I love who I am.", "If I never went through the hard times, I would not be able to appreciate the good ones,\" Dupre writes.", "\"Cliché, yes, but I know it's true.", "I have experienced just how hard it can be.", "I can honestly tell you to never dwell on the past, but build from it and keep moving forward.\"", "Her brother, Kyle Youmans, told CNN he would not comment on the case or how his sister earns money, but he said she is \"the best sister you could have.\"", "\"I'm sticking by my sister, doing everything so she'll be fine,\" Youmans said.", "\"She'll make it through.\" The family is \"holding together\" since the Spitzer scandal became public, he added.", "Dupre's mother, Carolyn Capalbo, told the Times that she and her daughter were close, adding that \"she obviously got involved in something much larger than her.\"", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Allan Chernoff contributed to this report." ]	[ "New York Times: Court documents identify the woman as Ashley Alexandra Dupre .", "She has not been charged with any crime .", "Dupre writes on her MySpace page that she abused drugs and has been homeless .", "\"She'll make it through,\" her brother says ." ]	[ 1, 9, 16, 41 ]
[ "JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Some 43 years after a Beatles concert was -- according to popular belief -- banned by Israel, Paul McCartney has announced he'll perform there in September.", "Paul McCartney says he's looking forward to playing a concert in Israel next month.", "The show, which will be held September 25 in Tel Aviv, had been rumored for months.", "Promoters are saying it will be one of the biggest concerts ever held in Israel, and they hope it will encourage other top stars to come to Israel.", "A web site offering tickets for the concert put prices at 1,500 shekels and 490 shekels or between $426.86 and $139.44 U.S. dollars.", "Israelis \"will finally get the chance to experience a night of music and history they have been waiting decades for,\" a news release on McCartney's Web site announced Wednesday.", "Two plane loads of equipment will be arriving with around 100 McCartney production people.", "The concert will cost around $10 million to produce and the organizers said they are hoping to make a profit.", "In the mid-1960s, when the Fab Four from Liverpool, England, ruled the music charts, a concert in Israel was proposed.", "It never happened.", "The long-told story maintained that Beatlemania was deemed too potentially injurious to Israel's youth.", "A more recent theory, however, blamed the ban on a tiff between competing concert promoters.", "Whatever the reason, Israelis never got to experience The Beatles live.", "Earlier this year, Israel's ambassador to Britain, Ron Prosor, visited Liverpool and apologized to The Beatles for the \"misunderstanding.\"", "In a letter Prosor wrote: \"There is no doubt that it was a great missed opportunity to prevent people like you, who shaped the minds of the generation, to come to Israel and perform.\"", "McCartney and Ringo Starr are the only surviving Beatles.", "John Lennon was slain by a deranged gunman in 1980; George Harrison died of cancer in 2001.", "McCartney is billing the Tel Aviv show his \"Friendship First\" concert.", "\"I've heard so many great things about Tel Aviv and Israel, but hearing is one thing and experiencing it for yourself is another,\" McCartney said in the news release.", "\"We are planning to have a great time and a great evening.", "We can't wait to get out there and rock.\"" ]	[ "Former Beatle Paul McCartney to play in Tel Aviv, Israel, in September .", "Beatles concert was banned by Israel in mid-1960s .", "Stories differ as to why Fab Four were banned by Israel ." ]	[ 0, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday tried to paint Sen. John McCain as a candidate who is out of touch with the middle class.", "Sen. Barack Obama speaks about the economy at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday.", "Speaking about Friday's presidential debate, Obama accused McCain of not addressing working families.", "\"We talked about the economy for 40 minutes, and not once did Sen. McCain talk about the struggles that middle class families are facing every day,\" Obama said at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan.", "The economy took the lead in Friday night's presidential debate, as both candidates highlighted their plans to bring the United States out of what some are describing as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.", "McCain on Sunday brushed off Obama's latest line of attack, saying he has \"bigger things to worry about.\"", "\"Who does he think I was talking about when I said 'people on Main Street'?", "Who did he think I was talking about, about the necessity of helping the American taxpayers and income -- and Americans who are out there working and trying to keep their jobs?\"", "he said on ABC's \"This Week.\"", "\"I've got bigger things to worry about than that.\"", "The Republican presidential candidate did address \"Main Street\" in the debate Friday night, saying that \"we've got to fix the system\" because \"Main Street is paying a penalty for the excesses and greed in Washington, D.C., and on Wall Street.\"", "Still, Obama's campaign pointed out that McCain didn't specifically say \"middle class,\" during the debate.", "McCain's campaign said Sunday that during the Michigan event, Obama \"ignored his [Obama's] record of opposing middle class tax relief, opposing a competitive tax rate, and opposing a plan to incentivize new battery technology.\"", "The campaign said Obama's \"talk about the middle class is much different than his record.\"", "During the debate, McCain repeatedly said Obama \"doesn't understand\" key issues the country is facing, but at campaign events this weekend, Obama blasted McCain as the candidate who \"doesn't get it.\"", "Watch the candidates' plans for the upcoming week » .", "\"The truth is, through 90 minutes of debating, John McCain had a lot to say about me, but he had nothing to say about you.", "Not once did he say the words 'middle class.'", "Not once did he talk about working families.", "I think Sen. McCain just doesn't get it,\" Obama said Sunday.", "The Obama-Biden campaign continues that argument in a new ad that will begin airing nationally on Monday.", "The ad says when it comes to the economy, McCain \"doesn't get it.\"", "\"Number of minutes in debate: 90,\" the announcer says as the words are typed across a blank screen.", "\"Number of times John McCain mentioned the middle class: Zero.\"", "The 30-second spot, \"Zero,\" includes portions of Friday night's debate where Obama suggested McCain has followed President Bush on economic policy.", "Watch the ad » . A recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll found when it comes to the economy, 47 percent of voters questioned said Republicans are more responsible for the current economic problems, while 24 percent said Democrats are more responsible.", "In response to the latest ad, the McCain campaign blasted Obama's tax policy.", "\"John McCain repeatedly pointed to Sen. Obama's vote in favor of higher taxes on families making just $42,000 a year, and his proposal for $860 billion in lavish new government spending which is a crushing burden on middle class families and the Main Street economy,\" spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a statement Saturday.", "\"If he was honest, Barack Obama knows he was unable to debate the merits of supporting higher taxes on the middle class, and bloated government spending during a looming economic crisis -- it's simply indefensible.\"", "The McCain campaign is referring to a June 5, 2008, vote on a resolution (Senate Concurrent Resolution 70) meant to outline the Senate's budget priorities through 2013, but the measure had no practical effect.", "According to a CNN review of the resolution, it assumes that most of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts pushed by President Bush will expire in that time, which McCain says amounts to a tax increase.", "Obama and running mate Sen. Joe Biden voted \"yes\" on the resolution.", "McCain did not vote.", "However, the Democrats offered their own cuts in the 48-page resolution, which called for several tax cuts and breaks, including rolling back the alternative-minimum tax and the so-called \"marriage penalty.\"", "According to an analysis by the independent Tax Policy Center, the tax plan Obama has proposed during the campaign would increase taxes in 2009 on the wealthiest 20 percent of households, while offering tax cuts for the other 80 percent.", "CNN's Kristi Keck and Emily Sherman contributed to this report." ]	[ "Barack Obama criticizes John McCain for not saying \"middle class\" in debate .", "McCain says that's what he meant by \"Main Street\"\nObama campaign has new ad saying McCain \"doesn't get it\"\nMcCain campaign slams Obama on tax policy ." ]	[ 5, 11, 21, 26 ]
[ "KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan lawmakers have directly accused Pakistan's intelligence agency of involvement in a string of deadly attacks in Afghanistan, blasting their neighbor as \"the largest center for breeding and exporting terrorism.\"", "The recent attack by a suicide bomber on the Indian embassy in Kabul killed more than 40 people.", "A Pakistani official Tuesday bristled at the accusation, saying that Afghan lawmakers were making allegations without proof.", "\"We are not an irresponsible nation and we don't blame our failures on others,\" said a senior official with Pakistan's Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).", "\"If they want to engage in this kind of game, let them be.\"", "The Afghan Cabinet made the scathing indictment in a resolution Monday, saying Afghanistan would boycott a series of meetings with Pakistan unless \"bilateral trust\" is restored.", "In recent weeks a wave of attacks carried out by Islamic militants have killed scores of people in Afghanistan, including an assault on a military outpost Sunday that killed nine U.S. soldiers, as well as a suicide attack on the Indian Embassy a week ago that killed 58 people.", "The two incidents, along with an assassination attempt against Afghan President Hamid Karzai at a military ceremony on April 27, are \"indicative of the attempts by the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) to once again occupy Afghanistan and to perish the true right of the people of Afghanistan for national sovereignty,\" the resolution said.", "Afghanistan regularly accuses Pakistan's intelligence service -- which once had strong ties with the Taliban -- of orchestrating attacks inside its borders.", "Pakistan has repeatedly denied involvement, including in the incidents that the resolution cited.", "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates also said there is no indication that \"foreign agents\" were responsible for the embassy attack.", "The senior ISI official said Tuesday that if Afghanistan has proof that Pakistani intelligence agents were involved in the attacks, that proof should be presented and the ISI will act on it.", "The official said that the Pakistani government could also blame incidents in Pakistan, like recent attacks in Karachi and Hangu, on others.", "But without proof, he said, it would be irresponsible.", "Pakistan and Afghanistan have a tumultuous history that dates back several years.", "During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, religious schools in Pakistan helped train fighters who battled the Soviets.", "After the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 1996 and imposed fundamentalist rule, Pakistan was one of the few countries that recognized the regime diplomatically.", "It dropped its support after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in Washington and New York.", "But Afghanistan claims that Pakistan continues to informally support the militants, who operate from havens in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions near the porous 1,500-mile border the two countries share.", "Adding fresh ammunition to the suspicions, the Rand Corp. -- a U.S. think tank -- released a report last month that said some members of Pakistan's intelligence service and its paramilitary corps were helping insurgents in Afghanistan.", "The study, funded by the U.S. Defense Department, alleged that members of the two agencies often tipped off militants to the location and movement of coalition forces trying to rout them.", "It also said personnel within the agencies trained fighters at camps in Pakistan, financed them and helped them cross the border into Afghanistan.", "The Pakistani military denied and denounced the report, calling it a \"smear campaign\" designed to \"create doubts and suspicion in the minds of (the) target audience.\"", "Relations between the two countries are strained to such a point that Karzai has threatened to send troops across the border to take on the militants.", "\"The people of Afghanistan and the international community have come to the reality that Pakistan intelligence institutions and its army have become the largest center for breeding and exporting terrorism and extremism to the world and particularly to Afghanistan,\" Monday's resolution said." ]	[ "Afghanistan: Pakistan is \"largest center for breeding and exporting terrorism\"\nAttacks carried out by Islamic militants have killed scores of people in Afghanistan .", "Pakistan intelligence service often accused of orchestrating attacks .", "Pakistan: Afghan lawmakers making allegations without proof ." ]	[ 0 ]
[ "NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Pirates have hijacked a Thai cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast, the Kenya Seafarers Association said Thursday.", "The ship, the MV Thor Star, was hijacked Tuesday with 28 Thai crew members on board, said Andrew Mwangura, a spokesman for the association, which acts on behalf of merchant vessels in the region.", "The Thai-flagged ship is owned by Bangkok-based Thoresen Thai Agencies.", "Pirate attacks are frequent in the waters off Somalia, a notoriously unsafe area for unescorted vessels.", "Earlier this month, Canada announced it was dispatching a warship to the area to protect U.N. aid ships after more than two dozen reported pirate attacks in the waters off Somalia this year." ]	[ "MV Thor Star, was hijacked Tuesday with 28 Thai crew .", "Cargo ship hijacked in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast .", "Heavily armed pirates frequently hijack cargo ships off Horn of Africa ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Three more members of a polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs are facing sexual assault charges, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday.", "The latest charges come two months after Warren Jeffs and five followers were indicted in Texas.", "On Tuesday, a Texas grand jury indicted the three male members of Jeffs' Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints compound outside Eldorado, Abbott said.", "Each faces one felony count of sexual assault of a child.", "Two of them also face felony bigamy charges.", "The identities of the men were not released because they had not been arrested as of Tuesday afternoon.", "In July, the Schleicher County grand jury indicted Jeffs and four of his Texas FLDS followers on child sexual assault charges.", "Jeffs was charged with sexually assaulting a child under 17.", "A fifth follower was charged with failure to report child abuse.", "The charges stem from a state and federal investigation into the sect's Yearning for Zion Ranch.", "In April, child welfare workers removed more than 400 children from the compound, citing allegations of physical and sexual abuse.", "After a court battle, the Texas Supreme Court ordered the children returned in June, saying that the state had no right to remove them and that there was no evidence to show the children faced imminent danger of abuse on the ranch.", "Jeffs, 52, is the leader and \"prophet\" of the estimated 10,000-member FLDS, an offshoot of the mainstream Mormon church.", "The FLDS openly practices polygamy at the YFZ Ranch and in two towns straddling the Utah-Arizona state line: Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona.", "Jeffs, who is facing a sentence in Utah of up to life in prison and is awaiting trial in Arizona, could face another life sentence in Texas if convicted on the latest charge.", "In Utah, he was convicted on accomplice to rape charges for his role in the marriage of a sect member to a 14-year-old.", "He faces similar charges in Arizona.", "His attorney in Arizona, Michael Piccarreta, has questioned the motives of Texas authorities.", "He said in July that the state's investigation into Jeffs and his followers is an effort \"to cover themselves up on the botched attack on the ranch in Texas.\"" ]	[ "Three members of a polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs indicted .", "Texas attorney general: Members of FLDS facing sexual assault charges .", "Each faces one felony count of sexual assault of a child .", "In July, a grand jury indicted six other members of the sect ." ]	[ 0, 3, 6 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- A New York appeals court Thursday overturned terrorism convictions for a Yemeni cleric and his personal assistant, saying they did not receive a fair trial.", "Sheik Mohammed Ali al-Moayad and Mohammed Mohsen Zayed, were sentenced in 2005 to 75 and 45 years in prison, respectively, after being convicted of conspiring to provide material support and resources to foreign terrorist organizations.", "They now can have new trials under a different judge.", "The lawyer for al-Moayad, Robert Boyle, said, \"I'm extremely gratified at the court's decision.", "I believe it is legally and factually correct.", "I hope my client, who is elderly and not in good health, will be given the opportunity to return to his family in Yemen.\"", "The three-judge panel was unanimous in its decision, citing evidentiary errors that likely influenced the outcome of the trial.", "The judges found that certain pieces of evidence presented by prosecutors were prejudicial and had the effect of denying al-Moayad and Zayed a fair trial.", "Zayed and al-Moayad were arrested in 2003 in a sting operation that culminated in Germany.", "The government's case relied largely on secretly videotaped conversations between the defendants and a pair of undercover FBI informants at a Frankfurt hotel in 2003.", "One of the informants, Mohamed Alanssi, testified that al-Moayad boasted about giving money, weapons and recruits to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.", "The charges were brought in the Eastern District of New York because al-Moayad allegedly collected terrorist funds at the al-Farooq mosque in Brooklyn.", "Now that the appeals court has vacated the convictions, prosecutors have the option of appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court if they feel there is a constitutional issue.", "They can retry the case or move to dismiss.", "Al-Moayad, who is in his 60s, is incarcerated at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, as is Zayed.", "Boyle said he had called the prison and as of 4 p.m. Thursday was still waiting to speak to his client.", "CNN's Deborah Feyerick contributed to this report." ]	[ "Mohammed Ali al-Moayad, aide were convicted of supporting terrorism .", "Court says prejudicial evidence denied pair a fair trial .", "Al-Moayad, Zayed may be retried or cases may be dismissed .", "Witness said al-Moayad boasted about giving money to Osama bin Laden ." ]	[ 7, 10 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The commander for NATO forces in Afghanistan said Wednesday that more military presence is \"needed as quickly as possible.\"", "U.S. troops are seeing an increased threat in Afghanistan, Gen. David McKiernan says.", "Gen. David McKiernan said the additional military capability is needed because of \"an increased number of fighters\" coming into Afghanistan from Pakistan's lawless tribal regions.", "\"It's a significant increase from what we saw this time last year,\" he said at the Pentagon.", "\"We're facing a tougher threat right now, especially in the east where we have the U.S. division,\" he said.", "\"And so the additional military capability [is] needed as quickly as possible.\"", "He said what's necessary includes \"boots on the ground\" as well as support such as \"helicopters, increased intelligence assets, logistics, transportation and so on.\"", "Just over a week ago, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that a Marine battalion will head to Afghanistan in November and an Army brigade in January, but no more forces will be available for deployment to Afghanistan until spring or summer of 2009.", "The week before Gates' announcement, McKiernan had asked for four more brigades -- three more than the one approved to go in January.", "Three brigades add up to as many as 12,000 troops.", "The defense secretary, speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee last month, expressed caution about adding too many troops in Afghanistan.", "\"I think we need to think about how heavy a military footprint the U.S. ought to have in Afghanistan,\" he told the committee.", "Instead, Gates said, there should be a focus on increasing the size of the Afghan army.", "McKiernan, who took command of NATO's International Security Assistance Force earlier this year, said his request of an additional 3,500 people to train the Afghan army and police is still under review.", "McKiernan noted that he is \"cautiously optimistic\" regarding Pakistan's military operations against Taliban and al Qaeda fighters inside its borders.", "\"What we're seeing is Pakistani leadership taking on a deteriorated militant sanctuary in the tribal areas that has deteriorated over last several years,\" he said.", "McKiernan said it is \"probably too early\" to see if Pakistan's military clampdown in its tribal areas has had any effect on stemming militant activity in Afghanistan.", "\"We're watching those very closely to see if there's a cause and effect with the strength of the insurgency on the Afghan side of the border,\" he said.", "\"But we think that's a positive step that they are taking on those militant sanctuaries.\"" ]	[ "More foreign fighters entering Afghanistan from Pakistan, general says .", "\"We're facing a tougher threat,\" so more troops needed \"as quickly as possible\"\nU.S. Gen. David McKiernan commands NATO forces in Afghanistan .", "McKiernan has sought three more brigades of U.S. troops than one promised ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 8 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Before heading out for a trio of well-publicized meetings with foreign dignitaries Tuesday, Sarah Palin received a briefing from the director of national security, Adm. Michael McConnell.", "Gov. Sarah Palin is in New York to meet with leaders from around the world.", "The appearances with world leaders, taking place on the sidelines of the United Nation's General Assembly meetings in New York, come as the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain tries to convince voters that Palin is ready for the world stage.", "Palin's top foreign policy adviser informed reporters of the meeting at a small briefing after Palin's visits with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.", "The adviser, Stephen Biegun, formerly a top member of the National Security Council under President Bush, characterized the intelligence briefing as \"routine\" and said it was the sort of meeting that \"is standard for candidates for the vice president and president.\"", "Biegun said several officials were present to brief Palin.", "Although Palin held photo-ops with the leaders, she refused to take questions from any reporters.", "The Alaska governor initially said that no reporters would be allowed to sit in on her meeting with Karzai.", "She planned to allow in only photographers and one television crew, but she changed her position after at least five U.S. news networks protested.", "CNN does not send cameras into candidate events where editorial presence is not allowed.", "Nonetheless, Biegun said, \"these are relationships that she intuitively understands are very important for the next president and vice president of the United States.\"", "In those get-togethers, Palin kept the focus primarily on energy issues and the growing influence of Russia, according to Biegun.", "Palin found Kissinger particularly engrossing; their meeting had been scheduled to last 30 minutes, but the two met for nearly an hour and a half.", "\"In talking to Dr. Kissinger,\" Biegun said, \"she certainly had a lot of questions about how the United States can develop a cooperative relationship with Russia, what are some of the unique challenges to the current state of Russia's political development, and having been in particular, some of the recent developments we've seen with Russia: backsliding democracy, Russia's incursion into Georgia.\"", "Asked about her meetings with Karzai and Uribe, Biegun said Palin \"liked them very much\" and \"established a great personal rapport.\"", "With Karzai, Palin chatted for half an hour about McCain's desire to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.", "With Uribe, she listened for about 20 minutes as the president discussed the country's security situation and its handling of guerrillas.", "According to Biegun, \"rather than make specific policy prescriptions, she was largely listening, having an exchange of views, and also very interested in forming a relationship with people she met with today.\"", "Biegun is helping prepare Palin for her debate with Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph Biden on October 2 in St. Louis, Missouri.", "He would not say what specific topics Palin was concentrating on in her study sessions.", "James Hoge of the Council on Foreign Relations, said the Palin meetings are meant to \"show, just as [Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack] Obama did when he went to Germany and gave a speech in Berlin, that she is comfortable on the international scene, that she can hold her own in conversations with foreign leaders.", "Watch what's on Palin's agenda » .", "Democrats warn that Palin's carefully scripted photo-ops, some of which will include McCain, could backfire by bringing attention to the holes in her résumé.", "\"The big risk that they run with this strategy of having her meet with these leaders individually is that they end up with three days of stories about how she doesn't have foreign policy experience,\" said Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist and CNN contributor.", "But Republicans point out that Palin is just following in the footsteps of other national candidates such as Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, former governors who needed to beef up their international policy credentials.", "\"The first thing you do is burnish their foreign policy credentials.", "You buy them a Rand-McNally, you meet with generals, you get a lot of flags on the stage, and you give a big speech on foreign policy to display you have some command of the world,\" said Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist and CNN contributor.", "As a 44-year-old governor who just got her passport last year, she has had to fend off accusations that she is not up to speed on foreign policy.", "In a recent interview with ABC, she admitted that she has never met with a head of state.", "Asked last week for specific skills she could cite to rebut critics who question her grasp of international affairs, she replied, \"I am prepared.\"", "\"I have that confidence. I have that readiness,\" Palin told voters at a town-hall meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan.", "\"And if you want specifics with specific policies or countries, you can go ahead and ask me.", "You can play 'stump the candidate' if you want to.", "But we are ready to serve.\"", "McCain stepped in, pointing out that as governor of a state that has plenty of oil and gas, Palin was familiar with energy.", "She knows it to be \"one of our great national security challenges,\" he said.", "He also cited her nearly two years as commander of Alaska's National Guard.", "\"I believe she is absolutely, totally qualified to address every challenge as the next vice president of the United States,\" McCain said.", "CNN's Peter Hamby and Ed Henry contributed to this report." ]	[ "Palin meets with world leaders on sidelines of U.N. world summit .", "Meeting with Kissinger stretches into an hour and a half .", "Palin debates Sen. Joe Biden next week in St. Louis, Missouri .", "Palin has had to defend herself against charges she lacks foreign policy experience ." ]	[ 12, 18, 28 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday froze the U.S. assets of eight members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which it has deemed a narco-terrorist organization.", "The Treasury's action, termed a \"designation,\" also prohibited Americans from conducting business with FARC.", "\"Today's designation exposes eight 'International Commission members' of the FARC,\" said Adam Szubin, director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.", "\"Through their service to the FARC as international representatives and negotiators, these persons provide material support to a narco-terrorist organization.\"", "The organization, comprised of Colombian leftist rebels, is best known as FARC, its Spanish acronym.", "The eight in Tuesday's designation represent the FARC in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama, Mexico and Canada, the Treasury Department alleged.", "\"As representatives of the FARC and members of its International Commission, these individuals work abroad to obtain recruits, support and protection for the FARC's acts of terrorism,\" the department said in a written statement.", "\"Some are also themselves violent criminals.\"", "One, Jairo Alfonse Lesmes Bulla, was arrested in August for allegedly plotting the assassinations of some South American officials, Treasury said.", "Bulla represents FARC in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay, according to the department.", "Another, Orlay Jurado Palomino, who represents FARC in Venezuela, is wanted in Colombia on charges of kidnapping, rebellion and terrorism, the department said.", "And Francisco Antonio Cadena Collazos, who represents FARC in Brazil, was arrested in August 2005 at the request of Colombia on charges of rebellion, the Treasury statement said.", "A fourth, Nubia Calderon de Trujillo, was recently granted asylum by Nicaragua, the department said.", "The other four are Ovidio Salinas Perez; Jorge Davalos Torres; Efrain Pablo Rejo Freire; and Liliana Lopez Palacios, according to the Treasury statement." ]	[ "Treasury Department targets members of Colombia rebel group .", "The group, known as FARC, has been deemed a narco-terrorist organization .", "Action also prohibits Americans from doing business with FARC ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "(CNN) -- At 51 years of age, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has come a long way.", "As part of the Kashubian minority living in the Gdansk Region, he was born to working-class parents -- his father a carpenter and his mother a nurse.", "Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was elected in November 2007.", "As a student of History at the University of Gdansk in the late 1970s, a period of growing discontent with the Communist regime in Poland, he became actively involved in the creation of the opposition Students' Solidarity Committee, founded in reaction to the murder of student activist Stanislaw Pyjas by the State Security Service.", "Despite his anti-communist activities, he successfully finished his studies in 1980 and joined the Independent Solidarity Trade Union movement.", "When the Communists imposed martial law in 1981 he continued with his underground activities, writing pamphlets about the ideas of liberal economist Friedrich Hayek and the concept of private property.", "His heroes became former U.S. president Ronald Reagan and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.", "With the fall of Communism in 1989, the Solidarity Movement splintered.", "Lech Walesa, the former Solidarity Leader was elected President, while Tusk went on to co-found the KLD (Liberal and Democratic Congress Party) with other well-known figures.", "The Party stood for among other things: free market economy, privatization, individual freedom of Polish citizens and Polish accession to the EU.", "The following year, during the 1991 Parliamentary elections, the KLD won 37 seats in the lower house of the Polish Parliament.", "Not being able to follow up on their success in the 1993 elections, the KLD merged with the larger Democratic Union Party (UD) to form a new party called Freedom Union (UW).", "Tusk soon became Deputy Chairman and in the 1997 elections, he was voted into the Senate.", "In 2001, Tusk formed the Civic Platform Party (PO), winning seats in that year's parliamentary elections and becoming Deputy Speaker in parliament.", "But the Civic Platform was not able to sustain its success in the 2005 elections.", "Tusk and his party lost both the presidential and parliamentary elections to Lech Kacczynski's PiS (Law and Justice Party).", "This setback was not to last as Tusk triumphed over Jaroslaw Kaczynsky's PiS in the October 2007 elections and became prime minister of Poland.", "Tusk's economic policies are pro-business: less bureaucratic hurdles and state interference making it easier for entrepreneurs to start businesses.", "He is also trying to woo back more than a million Poles who left the country to work in other European Union countries after it joined the EU in 2004.", "Tusk is a keen footballer, viewed in his youth as a promising striker.", "He is married to historian Malgorzata and has two children, Kasia and Michal." ]	[ "Involved in anti-communist activities as a student in Gdansk .", "In 1989 Tusk co-founded the KLD (Liberal and Democratic Congress Party)\nIn 1997 he was voted into the Polish Senate .", "Became prime minister of Poland after 1997 parliamentary election ." ]	[ 2, 3, 12 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- In a column appearing in Newsweek, world affairs expert and author Fareed Zakaria said he thinks it would be best for Republican presidential hopeful John McCain if Gov.", "Sarah Palin bowed out as his vice presidential running mate.", "\"For him to choose Sarah Palin to be his running mate is fundamentally irresponsible,\" says Zakaria.", "Zakaria says McCain did not put the country first in making his V.P.", "choice, and he says Palin is not qualified to lead the United States.", "CNN spoke to him about his commentary titled, \"Palin is ready?", "Please.\" CNN: What did you initially think when Sarah Palin was announced as the Republican vice presidential nominee?", "Zakaria: I was a bit surprised -- as I think most people were.", "But I was willing to give her a chance.", "And I thought her speech at the convention was clever and funny.", "But once she began answering questions about economics and foreign policy, it became clear that she has simply never thought about these subjects before and is dangerously ignorant and unprepared for the job of vice president, let alone president.", "Watch Zakaria slam Sarah Palin » .", "CNN: You don't think she is qualified?", "Zakaria: No. Gov. Palin has been given a set of talking points by campaign advisers, simple ideological mantras that she repeats and repeats as long as she can.", "But if forced off those rehearsed lines, what she has to say is often, quite frankly -- nonsense.", "Just listen to her response to Katie Couric's question about the bailout.", "It's gibberish -- an emptying out of catchphrases about economics that have nothing to do with the question or the topic.", "It's scary to think that this person could be running the country.", "Here is their exchange: . Katie Couric: Why isn't it better, Gov.", "Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?", "Gov. Sarah Palin: That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out.", "But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the -- it's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track.", "So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans.", "And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing.", "But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity.", "All those things under the umbrella of job creation.", "This bailout is a part of that.", "CNN: But Dan Quayle wasn't very qualified and that didn't seem to matter, did it?", "Zakaria: This is way beyond Dan Quayle.", "Quayle was a lightweight who was prone to scramble his words, or say things that sounded weird, but you almost always knew what he meant.", "One of his most famous miscues was to the United Negro College Fund when he said, \"What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind.", "Or not to have a mind at all.\" Now he was trying to play off a famous ad that the group used to run, \"A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste.\"", "And he screwed it up in a funny way.", "But read Gov. Palin's answers and it does appear that she doesn't have any understanding about the topic under discussion.", "CNN: But she has a lot of supporters.", "Zakaria: Look, I'm not saying that she is not a feisty, charismatic politician who has done some good things in Alaska.", "It is just we are talking about a person who should be ready to lead the United States at a moment's notice.", "She has never spent a day thinking about any important national or international issue, and this is a hell of a time to start.", "CNN: Does it make you concerned about Sen. McCain as a president?", "Zakaria: Yes, and I say this with sadness because I greatly admire John McCain, a man of intelligence, honor and enormous personal and political courage.", "However, for him to choose Sara Palin to be his running mate is fundamentally irresponsible.", "He did not put the country first with this decision.", "Whether it is appropriate or not, considering Sen. McCain's age most people expected to have a vice presidential candidate who would be ready to step in at a moment's notice.", "The actuarial odds of that happening are significant, something like a one-in-five chance." ]	[ "Fareed Zakaria says John McCain did not put country first with his choice .", "Palin should bow out saying she wants \"to spend more time with her family,\" he says .", "Zakaria: This is \"hell of a time\" for Palin to start thinking about national, global issues ." ]	[ 2, 3, 37 ]
[ "JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni declared victory Thursday in an election to lead the ruling Kadima Party, putting her on a path that could make her Israel's first female prime minister in 34 years.", "Kadima candidate Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is the chief Israeli negotiator with the Palestinian Authority.", "Livni won with 43.1 percent of the vote, claiming a 431-vote margin of victory over Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, the Kadima Party said.", "Mofaz announced Thursday he will take a \"time out\" from politics and will resign his seat in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset.", "But he indicated he does not intend his departure from front-line politics to be permanent.", "Livni's election marks a stunning rise for the 50-year-old, who entered the Knesset less than 10 years ago.", "\"It's a leap of faith for the people,\" analyst Avi Shavit said.", "\"They decided to trust a candidate they don't know much about.\"", "She may owe her victory over Mofaz, a former general, to her reputation for clean hands in a party losing its leader to allegations of graft.", "\"Kadima members are more concerned about the corruption threat inside Israel than the security threat from Hamas and Iran,\" Israeli columnist Gil Hoffman said.", "As new leader of the ruling party, Livni will try to form a coalition government and become prime minister after the departure of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who has been dogged by allegations of corruption.", "Olmert plans to inform the Cabinet on Sunday that he will resign, said Mark Regev, his spokesman.", "He has congratulated Livni and pledged to help make a smooth transition, according to Regev.", "Livni told reporters Thursday that she intends \"to bring together Kadima factions and to go on this new path together.\"", "Watch Livni at the ballot box » .", "Her slim margin of victory stood in contrast to exit polls that had shown her with a commanding lead over Mofaz and other rivals.", "Mofaz telephoned Livni to congratulate her on the victory, according to Israel Radio.", "Livni said she hoped to ensure stability in Israel's government.", "\"We need to face complicated threats.", "We need to face security threats.", "We need to move forward, and there is economic instability,\" she said.", "Livni has about 42 days to form a coalition government.", "If she fails, there could be early elections that could see another party leader elected as Olmert's successor to the prime minister post.", "There are many possible scenarios that could take place in the following months.", "Ehud Barak -- leader of the Labor Party, which holds the most parliamentary seats among Kadima's coalition partners -- could pull out of the coalition.", "That could force early elections, or force the government to take on new coalition partners who could restrict Livni's ability to negotiate with the Palestinians.", "If elections are called, Barak, a former prime minister, could vie for the top spot -- but polls show he may not have enough support.", "Some observers think that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the opposition Likud Party, could steal the show in the end.", "Whoever succeeds Olmert as prime minister will be handed a set of daunting challenges, including determining the fate of Israel's talks with the Palestinians, its fledgling indirect talks with Syria and its tough talk on Iran's nuclear aspirations.", "Livni, who is more widely known outside Israel than her main challenger, is the chief Israeli negotiator with the Palestinian Authority as the two sides work toward a peace deal.", "She refuses to be tied to the Bush administration's vision of a peace deal by the end of this year.", "\"We want to reach an agreement which at the end of the agreement we can find the words 'end of conflict,'\" she said.", "\"And in doing so, it takes time.\"", "To her supporters, she is squeaky-clean and a welcome change to Olmert, whose resignation comes amid mounting corruption charges.", "\"She's very honest, very sincere and I hope she's going to do whatever she says,\" one of her supporters said.", "\"We have to give her a chance and I'm willing to do it.\"", "CNN's Paula Hancocks and Michal Zippori contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Runner-up, Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, resigning from Knesset .", "Livni claims victory in vote for leadership of ruling Kadima party .", "Win could make her Israel's first female prime minister in 34 years .", "Livni beat Mofaz by a narrow margin ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Tokyo may not be traditionally beautiful and it has few historic sights, but it is undeniably spectacular.", "You'll want to walk around the city, feeding off the incredible energy, rubbernecking at the skyscrapers and marveling at the sheer \"Tokyoness\" of it all.", "Get to Tsukiji fish market by 5 a.m. for an unforgettable experience.", "Ginza is the most stylish stretch of the city-- all flagship stores and pricey restaurants.", "It's a great place to window shop and tech-heads shouldn't miss the Sony Building, where they can get excited over the latest gadgets and marvel at a whole floor devoted to the PlayStation.", "For something more traditional, visit the Kabukiza Theatre.", "The ornate theater only dates back to 1949, but Kabuki plays have been around for at least 400 years.", "There are two performances a day and shows can last up to five hours, but you can buy tickets for a single act.", "Down by the Sumida River the Tsukiji fish market is an absolute must see -- unfortunately, you absolutely must see it at around 5 a.m.", "The early morning auction sees a rowdy crowd of restaurateurs battling to outbid each other for the best of the day's catch.", "Visitors aren't officially allowed, but as long as you don't get in the way and don't take any flash photos, your presence will be tolerated.", "Shibuya is the futuristic Tokyo that's inspired countless sci-fi films.", "The intersection in front of Shibuya Station is a sprawl of gleaming office blocks adorned with illuminated billboards and surrounded by relentless surging crowds.", "In the north of Shibuya, the Meiji Shrine Inner Gardens contain some 125,000 trees and shrubs, providing a suitably peaceful setting for the Shinto Meiji-jingu Shrine.", "Like Shibuya, Shinjuku is a bustling entertainment hub and virtually a city in itself.", "A world away from the bright lights of Nishi Shinjuku, and the red lights of Kabukicho, Golden Gai is an atmospheric ghetto of alleyways crammed with ramshackle bars, evoking a bygone Tokyo of the 1960s.", "Traditionally Tokyo's straight-laced business district, Marunouchi has recently developed into one of the city's most exciting areas, with swanky department stores, upmarket restaurants and sophisticated bars.", "You can find all of those inside the vast Shin-Marunouchi building.", "The glass and steel Tokyo International Forum is a glittering post-modern masterpiece that functions as a convention center and art gallery, housing various shops and eateries.", "Nearby, the Imperial Palace East Gardens are an immaculate oasis in the historic and geographical heart of the city.", "The gardens are open all year but the Imperial Palace itself is only open to the public on 2 January and 23 December, the Emperor's Birthday.", "If the streets of Tokyo aren't enough of an adrenaline rush, head to the Suidobashi area of Kanda, where Korakuen Amusement Park and La Qua boast high-octane thrill rides.", "La Qua's Thunder Dolphin is an unbelievable roller coaster that loops among rooftops and takes a short cut through the center of a Ferris wheel.", "For thrills of a more sophisticated nature, the Mori Art Museum on the 53rd floor of the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower combines contemporary art with fantastic views, while Ueno Park is home to Tokyo National Museum and the National Museum of Western Art, both highly recommended.", "Where to stay \| What to see \| Where to be seen \| Where to eat \| Where to shop .", "...................... Do you agree with our Tokyo picks?", "Send us your comments and suggestions in the \"Sound Off\" box below and we'll print the best." ]	[ "Stylish Ginza is the place to go for flagship stores and quality restaurants .", "Get yourself to the Tsukiji fish market for 5 a.m. to see it in full swing .", "The Meiji Shrine Inner Gardens provide a beautiful setting for the Shrine itself .", "Mori Art Museum is a winning combination of modern art and stunning views ." ]	[ 2, 3, 8, 13, 23 ]
[ "MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- The Somali government has asked Russia to intervene against pirates who have seized a Ukrainian cargo ship, the Somali ambassador to Russia said Wednesday.", "The U.S. Navy released this observance photo of the MV Faina, which is loaded with weapons and tanks.", "But the Russian navy issued a statement later in the day saying it had no intention of using force against the pirates, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.", "\"The questions of freeing the ships and crew are being dealt with in line with the corresponding international practices,\" Interfax quoted Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo as saying.", "\"For understandable reasons, the use of force would be an extreme measure because it could threaten the life of the international crew of the ship.\"", "The pirates took over the MV Faina last week off the coast of Somalia and are demanding a $20 million ransom for the ship's cargo of 33 Soviet-made T-72 tanks, tank artillery shells, grenade launchers and small arms.", "The ship is anchored within Somalia's 12-mile territorial limit.", "\"The government and the president of Somalia are allowing the Russian naval ships to enter our waters, and fight against pirates both in the sea and on the land, that is, if they would have to chase them,\" Amb.", "Mohamed Handule said at a news conference in Moscow.", "\"We think that this issue of piracy has exceeded all limits.", "It is very dangerous that pirates are now laying their hands on arms -- not just for Somalia, not only for the navigating, but for the entire region in general,\" he added.", "\"Right now, pirates are controlling the sea in this area, but just imagine if they get control of the land too.\"", "The announcement raised concern among some officials monitoring the situation.", "Watch Russian warships move to confront pirates » .", "\"We may have bad news,\" said Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya Seafarers Association.", "Mwangura said some of the Ukrainian crew's family members are concerned for their loved ones' safety and have called him to see if he can communicate with the pirates.", "He urged negotiations to continue.", "\"For the safety of the crew members,\" Mwangura said, \"let the ship owners talk with the pirates.\"", "Watch Mwangura talk about the rise in pirating » .", "A Russian navy ship sailing toward the Faina is in the Atlantic Ocean and \"still has a bit of water to get here,\" said U.S. Navy Lt. Stephanie Murdock, who is stationed in nearby Bahrain.", "\"There is no estimated time of arrival yet.\"", "The U.S. Navy has several ships in the area monitoring the situation.", "\"There have been no changes today,\" Murdock said.", "The Navy has not communicated with the Russian ship but will work out coordination when it arrives, Murdock said.", "The Russian ship Neustrashimy is headed to the region solely to protect Russian shipping, according to the Russian navy spokesman.", "\"The navy command has been stressing that the Neustrashimy, from the Baltic Sea Fleet, has been given the task of arriving in the area of Somalia and guaranteeing for a certain time the safe seafaring of Russian ships in the area with a high risk of pirate attacks.", "The essence of the mission is to prevent the seizure of Russian ships by pirates,\" Dygalo said.", "Handule, the Nigerian ambassador, seemed to criticize the United States for not taking action.", "\"Ships of more than 10 countries are now close to our shores, but we are not satisfied with the results of their activities,\" he said.", "Citing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1816, Handule said, \"We are inviting all countries, all states who have possibility to support Somalia to fight against ... pirates.", "We are especially inviting Russia and giving special status to Russian warships to fight, to help Somalia.\"", "The latest developments came two days after three pirates were killed when they started shooting at each other, according to Mwangura, the Kenya maritime official.", "The shootout centered on a disagreement between moderate and radical pirates aboard the ship, Mwangura said.", "The moderates wanted to surrender, but the radicals did not.", "The pirates hijacked the ship off the coast of Somalia September 25.", "The Faina had been headed to the Kenyan port of Mombasa after departing from Nikolayev, Ukraine, and was seized not far from its destination.", "The Faina is owned and operated by Kaalbye Shipping Ukraine, and its crew includes citizens of Ukraine, Russia and Latvia, the Navy said.", "Abdi Salan Khalif, commissioner of the coastal town of Harardhere, told CNN the pirates told a group of town elders that one crew member had died of high blood pressure problems.", "Attacks by pirates have increased dramatically in the waters off Somalia's northern coast in the past year, prompting the U.S. and other coalition warships to widen their patrols in the region.", "Three ships were hijacked on August 21 in that area, the \"worst number of attacks\" in a single day in many years, Capt.", "Pottengal Mukudan of the International Maritime Bureau told CNN.", "After the spate of attacks, the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain announced that it would begin patrolling a newly established shipping corridor in the Gulf of Aden in an attempt to protect international shipping.", "Canada also sent a warship through the end of September.", "The International Maritime Bureau said in April that 49 pirate attacks on ships were reported in the first three months of 2008, compared with 41 for the same period last year.", "It recorded 263 pirates attacks last year, up from 239 the year before and the first increase in three years." ]	[ "NEW: Somalia wants Russian warships to intervene; Russia rules out using force .", "Pirates captured Ukrainian MV Faina, loaded with weapons, off Somalia's coast .", "Officials fear weapons will get into terrorists' hands .", "Ships from 10 countries, including U.S., in region; Somalia fed up with inaction ." ]	[ 1, 30, 38 ]
[ "(CNN) -- It used to be called \"the love that dare not speak its name\" -- particularly in Hollywood, where the revelation of homosexuality was believed to be a career-killer.", "Clay Aiken recently announced he was gay on the cover of People magazine.", "Now, out gays and lesbians are as casually visible as the cover of People magazine, which has recently run stories on Ellen DeGeneres' wedding to Portia de Rossi and Clay Aiken's decision to discuss his sexuality.", "So, in a time when self-declared bisexual Tila Tequila can have a highly rated MTV show on looking for a partner of either sex, Lindsay Lohan talks about her relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson and \"Star Trek's\" George Takei can have a very public wedding with his longtime partner, is coming out still a big deal?", "Publicist Howard Bragman, author of the forthcoming \"Where's My Fifteen Minutes\" (Portfolio), says that it is.", "\"Every person that comes out is another barrier coming down,\" Bragman, who is openly gay, told CNN.com.", "Acceptance by the mainstream public, he observes, is easier but by no means automatic, particularly when issues such as gay marriage are at stake.", "\"I look at it as a long-term process.", "The revolution is over -- now it's an evolution.\"", "Watch \"American Morning's\" Lola Ogunnaike look at changing attitudes » .", "Bragman was around when a performer revealing his or her homosexuality could still shock.", "He helped guide Dick Sargent when the \"Bewitched\" star came out of the closet in 1989, and remembers when it was difficult to get support for movies such as \"Philadelphia,\" the 1993 film that won Tom Hanks an Oscar as a lawyer dying of AIDS.", "Now, he observes, there are gay actors -- \"How I Met My Mother's\" Neil Patrick Harris may be the most notable -- playing straight roles, something that would have been almost unthinkable even a few years ago, since studios have often been nervous casting known gay performers in straight roles. \"", "'We'll buy Hanks as a gay man but not the opposite,' \" Bragman describes the industry thinking.", "Indeed, there are now more gay characters in prime-time television than ever.", "Shows such as \"Ugly Betty,\" \"The Office\" and \"Grey's Anatomy\" feature gay or bisexual characters, and this fall, five more will hit the airwaves, bringing the total to 16, according to a study by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).", "\"It's certainly positive that there is such a dramatic increase,\" GLAAD's president, Neil Giuliano, told CNN.", "\"Number one, it reflects society, and the fact that we are more visible, and it also makes good television.", "Portrayals are almost more honest and real.\"", "Peter Sprigg, vice president of policy for the conservative Family Research Council, doesn't agree.", "\"I'm convinced that for the most part, these characters are placed on television for propaganda purposes, in order to persuade people to be more accepting of homosexual conduct,\" he told CNN.", "\"In that sense, the result for society is likely to be negative.\"", "But Bryan Batt, the gay actor who plays the closeted Salvatore Romano on the Emmy-winning \"Mad Men,\" says that viewers are more accepting of gay characters today, though concerns linger.", "\"Yes, I did think maybe this going to hurt me career-wise [to come out], but I come from Broadway and a lot of theater background.", "So, you know, no one really cares ... you don't have to be straight to act straight.", "You don't have to be gay to play gay,\" he told CNN.", "Watch Batt talk about the challenges of a gay actor » .", "But, he adds, \"There is, I think, a little bit of homophobia.", "I do believe that through education and seeing good, honest, positive gay role models, it will just educate.", "I think we are producing generations now of youth that do not judge people; they don't judge people on their race or their religion or their sexuality.\"", "April Woodard, a correspondent for \"Inside Edition,\" told CNN Headline News' \"Showbiz Tonight\" that rejection may have been on Aiken's mind.", "The singer, a born-again Christian, had long declined to talk about his sexuality, and with a strong Middle American fan base, may have been afraid of a backlash.", "\"There are definitely going to be some people in the South where he lives that aren't going to agree with it, and some of the Christians are not going to agree with his lifestyle and even having a child out of wedlock,\" she said.", "For his part, Aiken -- who recently became the father to a newborn son -- told People that coming out \"was the first decision I made as a father.", "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things. ...", "I've never intended to lie to anybody at all.", "The fans, if they leave, they leave.", "But if they leave, I don't want them hating me.\"", "Bragman believes Aiken will be more successful than ever.", "\"I'm sure, anecdotally, you'll have people not buying the next Aiken album because he's gay, but it will be statistically insignificant.", "If you're a fan, you're a fan,\" he said.", "Aiken and other gay celebrities have generally received support from their colleagues and the public.", "\"Heroes\" star Kristen Bell, who is straight, told CNN that \"[Aiken] shouldn't really have to acknowledge it.\"", "\"What surprises and saddens me is that it still is big news,\" she said.", "But Bragman observes that the decision to come out remains intensely personal.", "\"It's not a career move -- it's a personal move,\" he said.", "\"[It's saying,] 'I need to do this for me.'", "\" There are still many performers and industry notables, he says, who threaten to sue if their sexuality is revealed.", "Others live gay social lives but don't talk about their sexuality -- the so-called \"glass closet.\"", "And, as Bragman notes, gay stars are generally from the second tier: \"There are still no A-list movie stars out of the closet, there are still no superstar athletes,\" he said.", "\"It's great to see how far we've come,\" he said.", "\"[And] we all long for the day when it's a nonstory. But we're not there yet.\"" ]	[ "Stars such as Clay Aiken admitting they're gay not shocking anymore .", "Gay characters more prominent on TV than ever .", "Still, challenges remain: privacy, industry concerned about earning power ." ]	[ 1, 13, 14, 26, 38 ]
[ "ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish authorities have arrested 13 people in connection with blasts that killed 17 people in Istanbul last week, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday.", "Video from last week's bombing in Istanbul shows bloodied people being loaded into ambulances.", "Of those arrested, 10 were sent to judicial court, Atalay said in a televised news conference.", "He described the attack as the \"work of the bloody separatist group,\" but did not identify a group by name.", "No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts, which went off within minutes of each other in Istanbul's crowded Gungoren community.", "About 154 people were wounded, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.", "Istanbul Gov.", "Muammer Guler, who called the blasts \"an act of terror,\" said last week that the explosive devices were placed 15 meters (49 feet) from each other.", "The first was a stun grenade that was detonated to draw attention before the second blast went off, he said.", "The other, a bomb, had been placed in a trash can.", "Turkey -- a candidate for European Union membership -- has pushed its anti-terror campaign on multiple fronts.", "Tensions between Turkey » and Kurdish rebels have risen over the Kurdistan Workers' Party's increasing attacks and Turkey's subsequent crackdown.", "The rebels, known as the PKK, have waged a decades-long battle for an autonomous Kurdish region in Turkey's southeast.", "Last month, 86 people -- including former military officials, journalists, politicians and businessmen -- were indicted on charges of being involved with an alleged terror group called Ergenekon, which aims to topple the Turkish government.", "The arrests and indictments dramatize the sharp and serious political tensions between the country's Islam-rooted ruling party -- the Justice and Development Party, or AKP -- and its outspoken critics from the nation's secularist population." ]	[ "Attack was conducted by \"bloody separatist group,\" Interior minister says .", "2 explosions, minutes apart, hit residential area in Turkey's largest city Sunday .", "Those arrested were responsible for earlier bombing June 15, says minister ." ]	[ 0, 2, 3, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The recent snowstorm in China, which has stranded hundreds of thousands of people across the country and killed dozens, is related to the La Nina phenomenon, according to a Chinese weather expert .", "Suzhou, China, is blanketed by the most snow the city has had in 25 years, according to I-Reporter Susan Arthur.", "La Nina is the opposite of El Nino, which follows El Nino and occurs every few years.", "During La Nina, sea temperatures over eastern equatorial Pacific are lower than normal.", "La Nina enhances Arctic weather systems and causes a cold winter in Asia, including in China.", "As warm and moisture air from the south meets cold air in the north under freezing temperatures, snow forms.", "\"The warm air is very active this year,\" said Li Weijing, deputy director-general of the National Climate Center of China.", "As a result, persistent snowstorms occur in central and western China, paralyzing the transport and electricity systems.", "The current storm, which hit just ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday -- China's busiest shopping season -- has shut much of the nation down.", "China's transportation system and power grid have been paralyzed this week.", "The storm also has cost the nation's economy $4.5 billion, according to figures released Wednesday by the Civil Affairs Ministry.", "Watch how Nanjing is coping with the unusual weather » .", "The winter precipitation had caused at least 49 deaths due to collapsed roofs and treacherous travel conditions, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and local officials said.", "More than 177 million Chinese were expected to travel by train, and 22 million more by plane, for the February 7 Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival.", "China uses a color system for its snowstorm warning: .", "The current once-in-50-years snowstorm calls for the red warning, the first time such a warning has been issued since the system launches.", "E-mail to a friend .", "CNN's Clarence Fong contributed to this report.", "Copyright 2008 CNN.", "All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.", "Associated Press contributed to this report." ]	[ "\"The warm air is very active this year\", said Li.", "Current snowstorm calls for the first-ever, most severe red warning .", "Hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded, dozens killed ." ]	[ 0, 6, 15 ]
[ "(Mental Floss) -- Over the centuries, people have had some very good reasons to dress up like a member of the opposite sex.", "After record-setting Olympics athlete Stella Walsh died in 1980, it was revealed that she had indeed been a man.", "And I'm not talking about people who live this way out of personal preference, or those who dress up for theater and entertainment.", "Here are just five examples.", "1. Cross-dressing to join the army .", "Until recently, women have rarely been allowed to serve as soldiers.", "So what was a gal to do if she wanted to serve her country?", "Naturally, disguise herself as a man and join the troops.", "At least 400 Civil War soldiers were women in drag.", "These included Union Army soldier \"Frank Thompson\" (also known as Sarah Edmonds), whose small frame and feminine mannerisms (rather than causing suspicion) made her an ideal spy, as she could spy on the Confederates disguised as... a woman!", "She wasn't the first woman to don a male disguise and join the army, though.", "During the Revolutionary War, women fought as men on both sides.", "Hannah Snell, for example, joined the British army to find her husband, who had walked out on her to enlist.", "Once her true sex was discovered (thanks to a pesky groin injury), she became a national celebrity in Britain, and made a post-war career of performing in bars as the \"Female Warrior.\"", "Mental Floss: The Confederacy's plan to conquer Latin America .", "2. Cross-dressing to keep a royal family together .", "With all the power play that went on in the court, the French royal family would go to great lengths to avoid sibling rivalry.", "In one of the more extreme cases, Philippe I, Duke of Orleans (1640-1701), was raised as a girl to discourage him from any political or military aspirations.", "This would make things easier for his brother, the future King Louis XIV.", "Philippe wore dresses and make-up, enjoyed traditionally feminine pursuits, and was even encouraged towards homosexuality.", "A girly man he might have been, but he married twice and even had a mistress.", "When necessary, he could even lead an army into battle.", "(This is the nation, after all, that gave us that famous cross-dresser Joan of Arc.)", "A brave commander, he would go into battle wearing high heels, plenty of jewelry and a long, perfumed wig.", "One of his wives claimed that Philippe's biggest fear when going into battle was not bullets, but the possibility of looking a mess.", "He avoided gunpowder (with the black smoke stains) and didn't wear a hat, to avoid ruining his hair.", "Mental Floss: 11 weird & wonderful wedding rings .", "3. Cross-dressing to win Olympic glory .", "Dressing in drag has been part of the Olympics (on and off) since ancient times, when women were banned from the bulk of the Games.", "The Greek historian Pausanias of Damascus said that if a spectator was uncovered as a woman in male disguise, she was duly escorted off the premises... and thrown off a cliff.", "In later Games, the athletes started performing naked, and the crowd was also ordered to disrobe.", "It has been suggested that this was to ensure that they were all men.", "In the modern Olympics, there has been less disrobing -- and not much cross-dressing, either.", "Gender tests have been normal procedure since 1966 (for athletes, not spectators), so they couldn't really get away with it.", "Before that time, one of the strangest -- and most controversial -- cases was Polish sprinter Stanislawa Walasiewicz (aka Stella Walsh), who set 11 world records in her career, winning the 100-meter Olympic finals in 1932 with what one official described as \"long man-like strides.\"", "After she died in 1980, however, it was revealed that she had indeed been a man.", "So had he deliberately set out to fool everyone all that time?", "Perhaps not. Walasiewicz had a condition known as \"mosaicism,\" which gave her male chromosomes.", "Did they give her an unfair advantage?", "It is difficult to say.", "However, if she tried out for the Olympics today, she would not be allowed to compete as a woman.", "Mental Floss: 13 medal-worthy Olympic stories .", "4. Cross-dressing to commit espionage .", "There have been many instances of cross-dressing spies (including Sarah Edmonds, mentioned above), but one of the most impressive deceptions in history was carried out by Shi Pei-Pu, a singer with the Beijing Opera (in which, traditionally, all roles are played by men).", "In 1964 he disguised himself as a woman to seduce Bernard Boursicot, an attache in the French Foreign Service.", "Their affair lasted 20 years (on and off), during which Boursicot passed several official documents to Shi, believing that \"her\" safety was at risk if he didn't participate.", "After they were separated in 1965, Shi came back into Boursicot's life by claiming to be pregnant, and even revealed a baby boy.", "They later lived as a family.", "The happy couple was eventually arrested for espionage in 1983, and Shi's secret was revealed, Crying Game style, to the stunned Boursicot.", "But how did they have this romance for so long without Bousicot knowing the truth?", "Officially, they rarely made love, and always did it hurriedly and in darkness -- something that Boursicot always ascribed to Shi's demure Chinese upbringing.", "One theory, however, is that he always knew the truth, but played dumb to conceal his homosexuality.", "(He later came out.)", "The affair was the basis for the play \"M.", "Butterfly.\" It was filmed in 1993, starring Jeremy Irons and former Beijing Opera player John Lone (better known for the title role in the film \"The Last Emperor\").", "5. Cross-dressing to get rowdy .", "Hindu women in India have traditionally lived inhibited lives, tending the home for their families.", "But on one night each year, in the city of Jodhpur, they come to life at the so-called \"Festival of Fun.\"", "Dressed as noblemen, complete with turbans and large fake mustaches, they walk the streets in gangs, brandishing sticks, beating any males who are foolish enough to be out there.", "The festival celebrates an ancient domestic dispute between the Hindu god Shiva and his wife Ganwar.", "While the women sing devotional songs asking the goddess to return to her husband, they also take this as their only opportunity to do what they long to do all year: behave like men.", "Their husbands, respecting the tradition, let them go wild.", "It sounds like fun (as long as you're not a clueless male who forgot to stay at home that night), but one thing concerns me: if a woman's disguise is especially good, does she risk being mistaken for a man and beaten up by her friends?", "For more mental_floss articles, visit mentalfloss.com .", "Entire contents of this article copyright, Mental Floss LLC.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Cross-dressers have: Spied, joined armies, won Olympic medals, been royalty .", "At least 400 U.S. Civil War soldiers were women in drag .", "Spy disguised himself as woman to seduce attache in French Foreign Service .", "Hindu women in Jodhpur, India, \"go wild,\" dressing as men once each year ." ]	[ 5, 8, 27, 44 ]
[ "COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- A Sri Lankan government minister narrowly escaped injury Thursday when a suicide bomber in a car detonated explosives, police said.", "File image of Maithripala Sirisena taken in May, 2007.", "Two of the minister's bodyguards were hurt in the blast, which occurred in a southern suburb of the capital city, Colombo.", "The minister, Maithripala Sirisena, heads the agriculture department.", "He is also the secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, a partner in the ruling coalition.", "Authorities blamed the attack on Tamil Tigers rebels.", "The fighting in Sri Lanka pits government forces in a country dominated by the Sinhalese ethnic group against rebels from the Tamil minority.", "The rebels, formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, are fighting for the creation of an independent nation, citing discrimination by the Sinhalese.", "On Monday, a suicide bombing blamed on rebels killed at least 27 people, including a prominent politician and his wife.", "Another 60 were wounded.", "That bombing took place in Anuradhapura, the capital of Sri Lanka's North Central province." ]	[ "Minister's bodyguards hurt in blast in southern suburb of Colombo .", "Maithripala Sirisena heads the agriculture department .", "Authorities blamed the attack on Tamil Tigers rebels ." ]	[ 2, 3, 5 ]
[ "KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Fighting raged in Afghanistan over the weekend, with a suicide bombing slaying six people, a NATO-led soldier and an Afghan police officer dying in an \"altercation,\" and troops killing several insurgents in battles, authorities said.", "Fighting between the Taliban and NATO forces continues to rage in Afghanistan.", "The suicide bombing on Sunday killed six people in a bazaar in Spin Boldak, located in Kandahar province, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Monday.", "Along with the deaths, at least 17 people were wounded, and ISAF condemned the assault.", "Four of those killed were Afghan border police officers, ISAF said.", "The location is in southern Afghanistan.", "The ISAF soldier and an Afghan police officer were killed after seven people were apprehended in connection with a roadside bombing in Paktia province on Sunday that targeted an Afghan National Police and ISAF patrol.", "The location is in eastern Afghanistan.", "\"The detained civilians were then transferred to the ANP station at the Jaji District Center.", "While at the district center, there was an altercation during which an ANP officer and one ISAF soldier were killed,\" ISAF said in a Monday news release.", "The U.S.-led coalition on Monday reported fighting between U.S. and Afghan troops and insurgents over the last two days -- Sunday in Kandahar province and Saturday in Helmand province.", "\"Several insurgents\" were reported killed in both incidents.", "Two insurgents died in fighting on Friday in another southern region -- Zabul province, the coalition said on Monday." ]	[ "Militants kill eight people and injure at least 17 in latest attacks .", "Insurgents killed a coalition soldier in eastern Afghanistan .", "Soldier's name and nationality held until family members could be notified ." ]	[ 0, 3, 7 ]
[ "Editor's note: Bryan Batt, who plays the closeted art director Salvatore Romano in the Emmy award-winning cable TV series \"Mad Men,\" has acted in nine Broadway and nine Off-Broadway productions, such as \"Sunset Boulevard,\" \"Beauty and the Beast,\" \"Jeffrey\" and \"Starlight Express.\"", "Batt, who is 45, has been acting for 23 years.", "He spoke to CNN.com about being an openly gay actor.", "\"We have to work toward acceptance on all levels,\" says actor Bryan Batt, who is openly gay.", "(CNN) -- There was once a time when the revelation of one's homosexuality in Hollywood was thought to be a career-killer.", "Now, out gays and lesbians such as TV host Ellen DeGeneres and pop singer Clay Aiken are featured on the cover of People magazine.", "There are also more gay characters on prime-time television shows than ever before.", "But even with greater acceptance by the mainstream public, is coming out still a big deal?", "To shed light on the issue, CNN recently spoke to Bryan Batt, 45, about his experience as an openly gay actor in Hollywood.", "CNN: Has being openly gay affected your career?", "Batt: I came from the stage; much of my experience has been on the Broadway and Off-Broadway stage.", "Being gay never really posed a problem.", "In the Broadway community, it's always been a little more accepted.", "There's something different with film acting and TV acting.", "You're in someone's home -- it's more intimate.", "When I look at someone, I really don't care about whom they're sleeping with or what they're doing.", "I'm thinking they either have talent or no talent.", "But people are really obsessed with wanting to know about the ins and outs of people's private lives.", "It's still like high school.", "Batt plays both straight, gay roles » .", "CNN: When did you come out? Batt: My real Broadway break was in \"Starlight Express.\"", "At that time, I was toying with [coming out].", "It's harder to live a lie than to try to hide your natural instincts and your natural longings just to conform to what other people think you should be.", "I've heard of people doing it in Hollywood.", "It's a very sad and difficult choice.", "I think it's a personal journey, and I think people on their own time will figure it out.", "Clay Aiken is still really very, very young; he has to deal with his own issues.", "Thank God, when it was my time, no one was pushing me; no one was trying to force me.", "It was on my own terms intimately with my mother and brother.", "It went wonderfully.", "My mother said, \"No matter what, you're my son.", "I'm going to love you.\"", "Not one of my family or friends turned their back on me.", "I was fortunate, but it was still a very difficult thing to do, and I was fearful.", "Afterwards, it was like the heaviest weight was taken off my back; all those years worrying for nothing.", "But not everyone is as lucky; some people are shunned and kicked out of their homes and families, which is criminal.", "Just this year, I was asked to host a fundraiser for The Point Foundation, a wonderful group that provides full college scholarships to gay and lesbian students of merit who have suffered such treatment by their families and cannot afford tuition and the necessary funds for higher education -- an inspiring organization.", "I only told my mother and my brother after I was cast in \"Jeffrey,\" a play by Paul Rudnick that was the first AIDS comedy.", "I said to myself, if I get this, I've just got to sit down and talk with my family.", "My partner and I have been together 19 years, and that was the same time he told his parents.", "A good parent knows; they love and accept.", "What most good parents want for their children is for their child to be happy and healthy and be good contributing members of society.", "CNN: Are there barriers to what openly gay actors can do today?", "Batt: It's just like any prejudice, once you let go of any prejudice they all have to go.", "They're not based on facts, just on stereotypes.", "I really think yes, there might be some homophobia in Hollywood, but it's based on what will sell.", "Hollywood is a huge industry, a multibillion-dollar business.", "If actors who are gay will get ratings and will sell, they will get cast.", "There are always going to be people who look at people who are different and who disapprove [of them] either through fear or through ignorance.", "We have to work toward acceptance on all levels.", "How long ago were the civil rights movement and the women's movement?", "And, still today, women don't make the same amount of money as men do for doing the same job.", "CNN: What's your view of the character you play, Salvatore Romano, in \"Mad Men\"?", "Batt: The character basically is clearly gay to a 2007 audience, but no one in the world of 1960 is suspicious whatsoever.", "What a great role to play.", "This season, I'm married.", "I get stopped all the time on the street, and I get asked, \"When is your character coming out?\"", "What is he coming out to in 1962?", "I asked to get married this season.", "I thanked [series creator] Matthew Weiner, and he said, \"You asked.\"", "It provides another wonderful level to the character.", "That is what happened then and unfortunately still happens today.", "[In a recent episode, the \"Gold Violin,\"] the scene with my wife, it was just so poignant and painful, someone said to me that what she loved about the episode was that we clearly did love each other.", "We were like the gold violin, we were beautiful but we just didn't make music .", "CNN: What would you like to see Hollywood do?", "Batt: Continue to reward good work and put positive role models out there.", "The one thing about \"Brokeback Mountain\" -- it was a beautifully filmed and acted film depicting a tortured relationship.", "The reason I thought the movie was so great is people walked away thinking, \"Why couldn't they just be together?\"", "The more positive or interesting the portrayal of gay and lesbian characters, the better.", "They should show people who are living their good, healthy, responsible, productive lives as role models who just happen to be gay.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the subject." ]	[ "Actor Bryan Batt, who's openly gay, plays a closeted man in TV series \"Mad Men\"\nHomophobia that still exists in Hollywood is based on what will sell, Batt says .", "He believes positive, interesting portrayals of gays and lesbians are beneficial ." ]	[ 0, 3, 45, 68 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Picture this: you're sat down for the Football World Cup final, or a long-awaited sequel to the \"Sex and the City\" movie and you're watching all the action unfold in 3-D on your coffee table.", "The future of television?", "This image is an impression of what 3D holographic television may look like.", "It sounds a lot like a wacky dream, but don't be surprised if within our lifetime you find yourself discarding your plasma and LCD sets in exchange for a holographic 3-D television that can put Cristiano Ronaldo in your living room or bring you face-to-face with life-sized versions of your gaming heroes.", "The reason for renewed optimism in three-dimensional technology is a breakthrough in rewritable and erasable holographic systems made earlier this year by researchers at the University of Arizona.", "Dr Nasser Peyghambarian, chair of photonics and lasers at the university's Optical Sciences department, told CNN that scientists have broken a barrier by making the first updatable three-dimensional displays with memory.", "\"This is a prerequisite for any type of moving holographic technology.", "The way it works presently is not suitable for 3-D images,\" he said.", "The researchers produced displays that can be erased and rewritten in a matter of minutes.", "To create television sets the images would need to be changing multiple times each second -- but Peyghambarian is very optimistic this can happen.", "He said the University of Arizona team, which is now ten-strong, has been working on advancing hologram technology since 1990 -- so this is a major step forward.", "He believes that much of the difficulty in creating a holographic set has now been overcome.", "\"It took us a while to make that first breakthrough, but as soon as you have the first element of it working the rest often comes more rapidly,\" he said.", "\"What we are doing now is trying to make the model better.", "What we showed is just one color, what we are doing now is trying to use three colors.", "The original display was four inches by four inches and now we're going for something at least as big as a computer screen.\"", "There are no more great barriers to overcome now, he said.", "The breakthrough has made some long-time researchers of the technology believe that it could now come to fruition.", "Tung H. Jeong, a retired physics professor at Lake Forest College outside Chicago who had studied holography since the 1960s told NJ.com; \"When we start talking about erasable and rewritable holograms, we are moving toward the possibility of holographic TV ...", "It has now been shown that physically, it's possible.\"", "And what might these holographic televisions look like?", "According to Peyghambarian, they could be constructed as a screen on the wall (like flat panel displays) that shows 3-D images, with all the image writing lasers behind the wall; or it could be like a horizontal panel on a table with holographic writing apparatus underneath.", "So, if this project is realized, you really could have a football match on your coffee table, or horror-movie villains jumping out of your wall.", "Peyghambarian is also optimistic that the technology could reach the market within five to ten years.", "He said progress towards a final product should be made much more quickly now that a rewriting method had been found.", "However, it is fair to say not everyone is as positive about this prospect as Peyghambarian.", "Justin Lawrence, a lecturer in Electronic Engineering at Bangor University in Wales, told CNN that small steps are being made on technology like 3-D holograms, but, he can't see it being ready for the market in the next ten years.", "\"It's one thing to demonstrate something in a lab but it's another thing to be able to produce it cheaply and efficiently enough to distribute it to the mass market,\" Lawrence said.", "Yet, there are reasons to be optimistic that more resources will be channeled into developing this technology more quickly.", "The Japanese Government is pushing huge financial and technical weight into the development of three-dimensional, virtual-reality television, and the country's Communications Ministry is aiming at having such technology available by 2020.", "Peyghambarian said there are no major sponsors of the technology at present, but as the breakthroughs continued, he hopes that will change.", "Even if no major electronics company commit themselves, there is hope that backers could come from outside of the consumer electronics industry, he said.", "\"It could have some other applications.", "In training it's useful to show people three-dimensional displays.", "Also it would be good to show things in 3-D for defense command and control and for surgery,\" he said." ]	[ "Researchers have created the first rewritable and erasable holographic images .", "Holographic televisions could come out of the wall or up from a table .", "The 3-D hologram technology could have uses in surgery or in the military ." ]	[ 4, 21 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Sunday that it is buying troubled Wall Street firm Bear Stearns, amid deepening fears that Bear's demise could have sent shockwaves across already shaky financial markets.", "The deal to buy Bear Stearns is worth an estimated $236 million.", "The deal values Bear Stearns at $236 million, or just $2 a share.", "Shares had closed at $30 on Friday, down 47 percent that day.", "\"Effective immediately, JPMorgan Chase is guaranteeing the trading obligations of Bear Stearns and its subsidiaries and is providing management oversight for its operations,\" said a statement released Sunday by JPMorgan.", "Shareholders must approve the deal, which is expected to close by the end of June.", "JPMorgan is taking immediate responsibility for Bear's trading obligations and assuming \"management oversight\" of the firm's operations.", "The deal has already been approved by the Federal Reserve and other regulators, according to the statement.", "The Fed is providing special emergency financing for up to $30 billion in Bear Stearns assets.", "\"JPMorgan stands behind Bear Stearns,\" said Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan.", "\"Bear Stearns clients and counterparties should feel secure that JPMorgan is guaranteeing ... risk,\" he continued.", "The fast-track deal is expected to close by the end of June, the statement said.", "Bear Stearns was on the brink of financial collapse Friday when JPMorgan and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said they would provide the brokerage a short-term loan.", "Bear was dealing with a classic \"run on the bank.\"", "The firm's short-term creditors refused to lend the firm any more money and simultaneously demanded repayment of outstanding debt.", "The one-two punch overwhelmed Bear's cash position.", "With the global credit crisis worsening, the Fed -- along with officials from the Treasury Department and other government agencies -- took the dramatic action to prevent the investment bank from going under and igniting widespread panic through the financial markets.", "Watch a discussion on the impact on global markets » .", "Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Sunday that talks about how to rescue Bear had continued throughout the weekend.", "He defended the Fed's bailout on Friday as \"the right decision\" and said the Bush administration was ready to take other actions to bring stability to the financial markets.", "He would not say what might have happened had the government failed to step in.", "\"I'm not going to speculate about what-ifs,\" he said.", "\"I'm just going to say our clear priority right now -- our number one priority, everything we're doing in the economic arena -- is to minimize instability, minimize spillover into the real economy.\"", "Bear Stearns has approximately 14,000 employees worldwide.", "The deal marks an inglorious chapter for 85-year-old Bear Stearns, a storied Wall Street firm the unraveling of which has been fast and furious.", "Rumors that Bear Stearns was on the verge of collapse started buzzing around Wall Street trading desks last Monday.", "Chief Executive Alan Schwartz -- who took over as CEO in early January from longtime chief Jimmy Cayne -- appeared on television on Wednesday afternoon to reassure the markets that the firm was stable.", "But by Thursday night, Bear was in a severe crunch.", "Some firms that trade with it effectively stopped offering it credit because they feared that Bear was running short of short-term funding, or liquidity.", "\"The past week has been an incredibly difficult time for Bear Stearns,\" said Alan Schwartz, president and CEO of Bear Stearns.", "\"This transaction represents the best outcome for all of our constituencies based upon the current circumstances.\"", "White House spokesman Tony Fratto told CNN on Sunday that Paulson has briefed U.S. President George W. Bush on the Federal Reserve's role in helping to facilitate the purchase.", "\"We appreciate the actions taken by the Federal Reserve this evening,\" said Fratto.", "\"Secretary Paulson and Chairman Bernanke are actively engaged in addressing issues affecting our financial markets.", "Secretary Paulson has kept the President briefed on recent developments.\"", "Shares of Bear Stearns opened last week at $69.75 and traded as high as $159 last year.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Acquisition values Bear Stearns shares at $2; shares closed Friday at $30 .", "U.S. Fed providing financing for up to $30 billion in Bear Stearns assets .", "Bear Stearns was facing \"run on the bank\" on Friday .", "Deal, if approved by shareholders, will close in June ." ]	[ 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 ]
[ "ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as Alaska's governor and violated state ethics law by trying to get her ex-brother-in-law fired from the state police, a state investigator's report concluded Friday.", "Alaska Gov.", "Sarah Palin is under investigation for the firing of her public safety commissioner.", "\"Gov. Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda,\" the report states.", "Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's refusal to fire State Trooper Mike Wooten from the state police force was \"likely a contributing factor\" to Monegan's July dismissal, but Palin had the authority as governor to fire him, the report by former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower states.", "The investigator's report states Palin's efforts to get Wooten fired broke a state ethics law that bars public officials from pursuing personal interest through official action.", "Watch what led to investigation » .", "The lawyers representing both Sarah and Todd Palin issued a three-page attack on the investigative report, including the contention that Ethics Act violations can only involve financial motives and financial \"potential gain, or the avoidance of a potential loss.\"", "\"Here, there is no accusation, no finding and no facts that money or financial gain to the Governor was involved in the decision to replace Monegan,\" the lawyers said.", "Any abuse of power, they said, was on the part of the Legislative Council members, not the Palins.", "\"Sen. French and Sen. Green may have abused their government power by using public money to pursue a personal vendetta against the Governor, and then agreeing to pursue the PSEA attack against an administration that would not cave in to outrageous union demands.\"", "\"Put bluntly, Branchflower completely misapplied the Ethics Act and has instead sought to create a headline to smear the Governor,\" the lawyers wrote.", "Monegan has said he was fired in July after refusing pressure to sack Wooten, who had gone through an acrimonious divorce and custody battle with Palin's sister.", "View a timeline of the investigation » .", "Monegan said he was \"relieved\" by the findings.", "\"I believed and had the opinion that I was terminated because I did not fire Wooten,\" he told CNN.", "\"Now these findings say that that's what happened, so I feel relieved.\"", "Palin and her husband, Todd, have consistently denied wrongdoing, describing Wooten as a \"rogue trooper\" who had threatened their family -- allegations Branchflower discounted.", "\"I conclude that such claims of fear were not bona fide and were offered to provide cover for the Palins' real motivation: to get Trooper Wooten fired for personal family reasons,\" Branchflower wrote.", "The Branchflower report states Todd Palin used his wife's office and its resources to press for Wooten's removal, and the governor \"failed to act\" to stop it.", "But because Todd Palin is not a state employee, the report makes no finding regarding his conduct.", "The bipartisan Legislative Council, which commissioned the investigation after Monegan was fired, unanimously adopted the 263-page public report after a marathon executive session Friday.", "About 1,000 more pages of documents compiled during the inquiry will remain confidential because they involve private personnel matters, according to the council's chairman, state Sen. Kim Elton.", "\"I believe that these findings may help people come to a conclusion on how they should vote\" in the presidential election, Elton said.", "McCain-Palin campaign spokeswoman Meg Stapleton said Palin would cooperate with the Personnel Board investigation.", "The Palins' lawyer has said an investigator named by that board wants to question them in late October.", "Stapleton called the investigation \"a partisan-led inquiry\" run by supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, but hailed its finding that Monegan's firing broke no law.", "\"Gov. Palin was cleared of the allegation of an improper firing, which is what this investigation was approved to look into,\" she said.", "Stapleton went on to say that the Legislature exceeded its mandate in finding an ethics violation.", "\"Lacking evidence to support the original Monegan allegation, the Legislative Council seriously overreached, making a tortured argument to find fault without basis in law or fact.\"", "Rep. John Coghill, a Republican who criticized the handling of the investigation, said it was \"well-done professionally.\"", "He said Palin \"bumped right against the edges\" of the state's ethics laws but that he would give \"the benefit of the doubt to the governor, though, at this point.\"", "Palin originally agreed to cooperate with the Legislative Council inquiry, and disclosed in August that her advisers had contacted Department of Public Safety officials nearly two dozen times regarding her ex-brother-in-law.", "But once she became Sen. John McCain's running mate, her advisers began painting the investigation as a weapon of Democratic partisans.", "Ahead of Friday's hearing, Palin supporters wearing clown costumes and carrying balloons denounced the probe as a \"kangaroo court\" and a \"three-ring circus\" led by supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.", "The state senator managing the probe, Sen. Hollis French, fueled those complaints with a September 2 interview in which he warned the inquiry could yield an \"October Surprise\" for the GOP.", "But Palin's lawyers already had begun pushing for the state Personnel Board to launch its own investigation, calling it the proper legal venue for the matter.", "\"The report speaks for itself,\" French told CNN Friday night.", "CNN's Tracy Sabo contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Report: Palin violated state ethics law .", "NEW: McCain campaign denounces affair as \"partisan-led inquiry\"\nLegislative panel investigating July dismissal of public safety commissioner ." ]	[ 2, 4, 24, 26 ]
[ "LONDON, England -- Lewis Hamilton has escaped punishment after allegations of erratic driving behind the safety car in the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend.", "Vettel ran into the back of Webber when they were racing behind Hamilton.", "The FIA ruled that Hamilton would suffer no penalty after inquiring into the accident when Sebastian Vettel crashed into Mark Webber in Fuji.", "Vettel's original 10-place penalty on the Chinese Grand Prix starting grid was replaced with a reprimand.", "The stewards studied film of the incident, including amateur video footage, before announcing their verdict.", "They said: \"Having heard the explanation of all concerned and viewed both the original film of the incident which was available to stewards at Fuji as well as the new film, what has become apparent is the view clearly expressed by all drivers and team managers alike that the conditions at Fuji were exceptionally bad and worse than those experienced when the race starts behind the safety car.", "\"Because of those views, the stewards accept that it may be inappropriate to impose the penalty normally applied for an offence such as this.", "\"In the circumstances the stewards will reduce the penalty imposed on Vettel to a reprimand.", "\"The involvement of Lewis Hamilton in this incident has also been considered in the light of evidence given by him, his team manager and in particular all other parties present and no penalty is imposed upon him.\"", "The 22-year-old British rookie, who drives for McLaren-Mercedes, leads the race for the world championship by 12 points, with two rounds left, and there had been speculation that he might lose some of those points if the FIA found him culpable.", "Hamilton had strengthened his title bid with a superb victory at Fuji in appalling conditions which twice saw the safety car deployed.", "As the field trailed behind the safety car on the second occasion, Toro Rosso's Sebastien Vettel drove into the back of Red Bull's Mark Webber, causing them both to retire.", "The drivers, who were lying in second and third places behind Hamilton a the time of the accident, both criticized Hamilton for driving erratically and slowing up and down.", "The incident was missed by television cameras but footage, taken from the grandstand, was shown on the YouTube Web site.", "It appeared to show Hamilton pulling over to the right-hand side of the track and slowing down markedly, in turn forcing Webber to slow down, which caught Vettel on the hop.", "Webber said: \"It definitely contributed to Sebastian hitting me up the back because he (Hamilton) wasn't doing what he was supposed to be doing, clearly.", "\"He spoke in the drivers' meeting about how good a job he was going to do and he did the opposite.", "Still, we know for next time,\" added the Australian.", "Webber stressed, however, that he had not complained to the stewards about the incident.", "On Friday he issued a statement saying: \" I would just like to make it clear that, although I criticized Hamilton's driving in yesterday's FIA Press Conference, at no time have I made any official complaint about anyone's driving following Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.\"", "Hamilton, speaking at practice for the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, had protested his innocence before the verdict was announced.", "\"I had a good weekend, I didn't put a foot wrong.", "I didn't do anything to put anyone else in danger,\" he said.", "\"I've come away to China and all of a sudden I'm going to be punished for something.", "\"I just think it's a real shame for the sport.", "Formula One's supposed to be about hard, fair competition.", "That's what I've tried to do this year, just be fair.", "\"There's been some real strange situations this year where I'm made to look the bad person and, by the looks of it, this weekend be given a penalty.", "\"If this is the way it's going to keep going, it's not somewhere I really want to be.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Lewis Hamilton is cleared of erratic driving in the Japanese GP .", "The FIA probed a crash between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber .", "Hamilton had been ahead behind the safety car ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday.", "Former Finland President Martii Ahtisaari twice worked to find a solution in Kosovo.", "\"Ahtisaari is an outstanding international mediator,\" said Ole Danbolt Mjoes, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.", "\"Through his untiring efforts and good results, he has shown what role mediation of various kinds can play in the resolution of international conflicts.\"", "The committee cited Ahtisaari's \"significant\" part in establishing Namibia's independence and his \"central\" role in solving the question of the Indonesian province of Aceh in 2005.", "Watch as Finland celebrates the announcement » .", "Ahtisaari twice worked to find a solution in Kosovo -- first in 1999 and again between 2005 and 2007.", "He also worked with others this year to find a peaceful solution to the problems in Iraq, the committee said.", "Ahtisaari and his group, Crisis Management Initiative, also contributed to resolving other conflicts in Northern Ireland, Central Asia, and the Horn of Africa, the committee said.", "\"The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to express the hope that others may be inspired by his efforts and his achievements,\" Mjoes said.", "The committee awards the peace prize annually according to guidelines laid down in the will of its founder, Alfred Nobel.", "He specified the prize should go to whoever \"shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.\"", "The prestigious prize includes a medal, a personal diploma, and 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.4 million) in prize money.", "Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore shared last year's prize with the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change.", "The committee plans to award the prize to Ahtisaari on December 10 at Oslo City Hall in Norway.", "The peace prize is one of five Nobel prizes awarded annually.", "The others -- for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature -- were announced this week and will be awarded in Stockholm, Sweden later this year." ]	[ "Committee cited Ahtisaari's \"significant\" part in Namibia's independence .", "Worked with others this year to find a peaceful solution in Iraq .", "Helped broker a deal in troubled Indonesian province of Aceh in 2005 .", "Ahtisaari left office in March 2001 ." ]	[ 4, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 in magnitude struck southern Iran on Wednesday, according to a report from the U.S. Geological Survey.", "The citadel at the city of Bam, Iran in 2005, hit by a quake in 2003 when 30,000 people died.", "The quake demolished nearly 200 villages in Iran's Hormozgan Province, according to Iran's Press TV, citing the head of the provincial disaster management headquarters, Yasser Hazbavi.", "At least six people were killed and 46 others were injured, Hazbavi told Press TV.", "People panicked and fled buildings when the temblor struck in the quake-prone region around 3:30 p.m. Iranian time (1100 GMT), Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported.", "It also knocked out power to the region.", "See map of quake's epicenter » .", "The epicenter was located 35 miles (55 km) west-southwest of Bandar e-Abbas, Iran -- just across the narrow Strait of Hormuz from the United Arab Emirates -- according to USGS.", "Mehdi Rezapoor, head of the Iranian Seismological Center, said it was \"a medium-sized quake.\"", "Speaking on Press TV, Rezapoor had no details on damage, but said that based on the quake's strength, \"I don't think it was very extensive.\"", "The quake shook nearby Dubai, where CNN staff members said they felt the building they were in shake for about 15 to 20 seconds.", "\"From my office window at the Dubai Media City where all foreign media are located, I can see that a lot of offices have evacuated buildings,\" CNN Dubai Bureau Chief Samson Desta said.", "\"I can see up to perhaps 200 people who have taken refuge out in the streets, causing somewhat of a traffic jam.\"", "There was no evidence of any damage in Dubai, where there are a lot of high-rise buildings.", "Iran lies on a series of seismic fault lines and has experienced devastating earthquakes -- most notably in December 2003 when a 6.6 magnitude quake devastated the ancient city of Bam in southeast Iran, killing at least 30,000 people." ]	[ "Strong quake measuring 6.1 in magnitude strikes southern Iran .", "Epicenter located about 55 km west-southwest of Bandar e-Abbas, Iran .", "NEW: Quake destroys nearly 200 villages, according to Iran's Press TV .", "NEW: Head of provincial disaster management: At least 6 dead, 46 others injured ." ]	[ 2, 3, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The Wiggles have been officially wiggling for 17 years now, entertaining children with music, television, videos and films that have become modern classics.", "The Wiggles have been entertaining children with colorful, clean-cut songs since 1991.", "In Australia, their annual end of year national tour sells over 120,000 tickets, while their U.S. fans include John Travolta, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, John Fogarty, Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Rock, Courtney Cox-Arquette and Cate Blanchett.", "And since 2003, in addition to their native English, they also wiggle in Mandarin and Spanish, reaching out to the Taiwanese and Latin American public, respectively.", "Anthony Field, Murray Cook and Greg Page met at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, where they were studying early childhood education and writing children's songs.", "Together with fellow musician Jeff Fatt, who played with Anthony in the popular 1980s band The Cockroaches, they formed The Wiggles and released a self-titled album on ABC Music in 1991.", "Fifteen years and 27 DVD releases later, they had been awarded with 17 Gold, 12 Platinum, 3 Double Platinum and 10 Multi Platinum Awards for sales of over 17 million DVDs and 4 million CDs worldwide.", "They have also been awarded with Highest Selling Children's Video Sales in 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1999 at the ADSDA Awards.", "The Wiggles made their U.S. debut at the famous Wall Mart in June 1999, while performing in shopping mall parking lots.", "In 2003 they performed 12 sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City and performed to over 250,000 people in November 2005.", "That year also initiated a series of amusement-park openings, from Wiggles World at Dream World on the Gold Coast of Australia, to a second Wiggly Play Centre to be launched in Dallas, Texas, USA." ]	[ "Anthony Field, Murray Cook and Greg Page studied early childhood education .", "Entertain children with music and visuals in English, Mandarin and Spanish .", "U.S. fans include John Travolta, Sarah Jessica Parker, Chris Rock, Cate Blanchett ." ]	[ 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama's reference to \"lipstick on a pig\" has Republicans demanding an apology and Democrats accusing Sen. John McCain of a \"pathetic attempt\" to play the gender card.", "Barack Obama used the \"lipstick\" line at a campaign event in Lebanon, Virginia, on Tuesday.", "McCain's campaign said Obama's remarks were offensive and a slap at Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin -- despite the fact that the Arizona senator himself used the phrase last year to describe a policy proposal of Hillary Clinton's.", "Obama shot back Wednesday and accused the McCain campaign of engaging in \"lies\" and \"swift boat politics.\"", "\"I don't care what they say about me. But I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and swift boat politics,\" he said in Norfolk, Virginia.", "\"Enough is enough.\"", "Watch Obama deliver his harsh words » .", "The phrase \"swift boat\" comes from the 2004 presidential election, when the group \"Swift Boat Veterans for Truth\" launched an attack ad campaign against Democratic candidate John Kerry.", "Read more about what Obama said .", "Obama made his controversial \"lipstick\" remarks at a Virginia campaign stop late Tuesday afternoon.", "Watch what happens with politics and lipstick collide » .", "\"John McCain says he's about change too, and so I guess his whole angle is, 'Watch out George Bush -- except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics -- we're really going to shake things up in Washington,'\" he said.", "\"That's not change. That's just calling something the same thing something different.", "You know you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.", "You know you can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change, it's still going to stink after eight years.", "We've had enough of the same old thing.\"", "Watch how tensions are rising on the trail » .", "The crowd erupted in applause when Obama delivered the line.", "The Illinois senator then praised both McCain's \"compelling story\" and Palin's \"interesting story,\" and said his \"hat goes off\" to anyone who's looking after five kids -- \"I've got two and they tire Michelle and me out.", "... \"That's why John McCain's campaign manager [Rick Davis] said this campaign isn't going to be about issues, this campaign is going to be about personalities.\"", "Within minutes, the McCain campaign announced a conference call focused on the remark, which they said was a deliberate reference to Palin's line: \"You know the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?", "Lipstick.\" Palin used the line in the opening remarks of her convention speech, and she frequently uses it on the campaign trail.", "In Iowa last October, McCain drew comparisons between Hillary Clinton's current health care plan and the one she championed in 1993: \"I think they put some lipstick on the pig, but it's still a pig.\"", "He used roughly the same line in May, after effectively claiming the Republican nomination.", "McCain spokesman Brian Rogers told CNN the campaign saw a \"big difference\" between the two references: \"McCain was referring to a policy proposal.", "Obama was referring to [Alaska] Gov.", "Sarah Palin.", "It's obviously disrespectful and offensive.", "... \"Who has been talking about lipstick lately?", "It was obvious. The crowd went crazy because of it.\"", "It wasn't the first time Obama used the line.", "In a phone interview with The Washington Post last September, he used it in reference to the situation in Iraq.", "\"I think that both Gen. [David] Petraeus and Ambassador [Ryan] Crocker are capable people who have been given an impossible assignment,\" Obama told the Post.", "\"George Bush has given a mission to Gen. Petraeus, and he has done his best to try to figure out how to put lipstick on a pig.\"", "Other politicians have also used the phrase in recent years, including Vice President Dick Cheney, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state, Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Rep. John Mica of Florida and Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, among others.", "Torie Clarke, a former McCain adviser, even wrote a book called, \"Lipstick on a Pig: Winning In the No-Spin Era by Someone Who Knows the Game.\"", "Still, the McCain campaign says Obama's use was intentional, and they want an apology.", "\"Barack Obama's comments today are offensive and disgraceful.", "He owes Gov. Palin an apology,\" said Maria Comella, a McCain-Palin spokeswoman.", "Obama's campaign said \"enough is enough\" and accused McCain of running a \"dishonorable campaign.\"", "\"The McCain campaign's attack tonight is a pathetic attempt to play the gender card about the use of a common analogy -- the same analogy that Sen. McCain himself used about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's health care plan just last year,\" said Obama campaign senior adviser Anita Dunn.", "\"This phony lecture on gender sensitivity is the height of cynicism and lays bare the increasingly dishonorable campaign John McCain has chosen to run.\"", "McCain ally Mike Huckabee took Obama's side on the issue, saying he didn't think it was a swipe at Palin.", "\"It's an old expression, and I'm going to have to cut Obama some slack on that one.", "I do not think he was referring to Sarah Palin; he didn't reference her.", "If you take the two sound bites together, it may sound like it,\" he said on Fox's \"Hannity and Colmes.\"", "\"But I've been a guy at the podium many times, and you say something that's maybe a part of an old joke and then somebody ties it in.", "So, I'm going to have to cut him slack.\"", "But McCain's campaign is not about to let the issue go.", "They released a Web ad Wednesday that plays Obama's lipstick comments, then asks, \"Ready to lead?", "No. Ready to smear?", "Yes.\" CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand, Sasha Johnson and Chris Welch contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Barack Obama slams Republicans for \"lies\" and \"swift boat politics\"\nObama said Tuesday \"You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig\"\nMcCain camp says line was an attack on Palin; Obama camp says it was not .", "Many politicians have used the line; former McCain adviser used it in her book title ." ]	[ 1, 3, 13, 21, 22, 36 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- CNN's Lou Dobbs is no fan of the $700 billion bailout plan that went down to defeat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday.", "He spoke with Kiran Chetry of CNN's \"American Morning\" on Tuesday about how he thinks there are better ways to solve the financial problems plaguing the U.S. economy.", "Lou Dobbs: Americans \"don't want to hear this nonsense about $700 billion to bail out financial institutions.\"", "Kiran Chetry, CNN anchor: CNN's Lou Dobbs joins us this morning from Suffolk, New Jersey.", "You expressed delight I guess you could say, at the fact that it did go down yesterday in defeat.", "We saw the largest point-drop on Wall Street ever.", "What happens now? Lou Dobbs, CNN host of \"Lou Dobbs Tonight\": Well, what happens now is that it sounds like the same fools who brought you this effort are going to try again.", "Henry Paulson saying he's going to come right back, suggests he's not learning.", "And he's not paying attention to the Congress.", "These Congress people are all at home in their home districts, nearly every one of them and they're hearing an earful.", "The American people don't want to hear this nonsense about $700 billion to bail out financial institutions.", "Frankly, Kiran, they don't need it.", "Economist after economist, with whom I've spoken, CEOs, they acknowledge that there are far better ways to deal with the issues confronting our financial system than this bailout.", "And it's absolutely obscenely irresponsible of House Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi, Treasury Secretary [Henry] Paulson, President Bush, Sen. Harry Reid, the leader of the Senate; for these people to be clucking about like hysterical -- so hysterically.", "It really must stop.", "And to hear there -- go ahead.", "Chetry: I was just going to ask you -- .", "Dobbs: Go ahead.", "Chetry: You say that there's other ways around this.", "One of the things that everyone keeps talking about is the fact that credit markets are frozen and there has to be some way to free that up so that everyday business from Wall Street to Main Street can continue.", "Do you buy that? Dobbs: No, not at all. And neither do most of the CEOs and economists with whom I'm speaking certainly.", "The real issue, they say, is liquidity.", "The Fed has injected more than half a billion dollars in liquidity into this banking system.", "Watch Lou Dobbs and economists discuss bailout effort » .", "What we are watching are business -- quote, unquote -- leaders who won't surface and put their faces before the American public who are hysterical.", "Absolutely hysterical.", "These are not leaders of moment.", "They are not leaders of great character or vision.", "Only Warren Buffett has had the courage to step forward.", "And that's after he puts $5 billion into Goldman Sachs.", "To watch our political leaders, they have no idea in the world, Kiran, what they're doing.", "Literally. And the arrogance with which this administration asks for, not only money, almost $1 trillion, and surely more in the months ahead.", "But the absolute power for Treasury Secretary Paulson.", "Give me a break.", "The American people want this stopped.", "Those Congressmen and women at home right now, in their districts, are getting an earful because this is an absurdity and it has to end.", "Chetry: So in one way, you're knocking Congress.", "But on the other way you're saying that, I guess the system works in that the brakes were pulled.", "Whether or not you agree with the reasons why it didn't go through.", "So, weren't they doing their job and showing leadership?", "Dobbs: Let me be clear, Kiran.", "I'm saying leadership -- I'm saying the Democratic leadership of this Congress was absolutely in the same situation as this president.", "They don't know what they're talking about.", "They're trying to ram this thing down the people's throats and Congress.", "And those House Republicans and House Democrats who voted against this bailout deserve a great, great expression of thanks from the American people.", "Absolutely. Chetry: What do you think if you were up there making decisions?", "What do you think we need to do?", "Dobbs: Well, the first thing we need to do is return to a traditional role of regulation. ...", "The problem here is not simply the housing market. ...", "But $700 billion and nothing in that bill deals with the foreclosure crisis, if you can imagine that.", "That's arrogance. That's stupidity. That is your leadership in Washington, D.C. Democratic leadership in Congress and Republican leadership in the White House.", "So that's an absurdity. The first thing that has to be dealt with is mitigating the foreclosure crisis, period.", "Secondly, in terms of instilling confidence in the banking system and in our credit markets, the first thing to do is to deal with those institutions that are wildly out of balance, whose balance sheets, frankly, are a joke.", "And the regulators who should have been tending to them over the years are also a joke.", "It's time to end the joke.", "That means aggressive regulation.", "It means aggressive intervention on an institution-by-institution basis.", "Chetry: All right.", "Well, they're going to take this up again today, or throughout the week as they try to figure out what the best course of action is.", "Maybe they should listen to you a little bit more.", "Dobbs: They'll be back Thursday.", "Dobbs: They'll be back Thursday to try this nonsense all over again, Kiran." ]	[ "\"Same fools\" who brought you this effort are going to try again, Dobbs says .", "House Republicans, Democrats who voted against bailout deserve thanks, he says .", "Far better ways to deal with financial problems than this bailout, Dobbs says .", "Dobbs: First thing that should be addressed is mitigating foreclosure crisis ." ]	[ 6, 12, 17, 44, 51 ]
[ "(LifeWire) -- After his father was diagnosed with dementia in 1996, Anthony Lazzara Jr. faced a difficult decision: He and his wife, Gail, either could place his father, Anthony Lazzara Sr., in a facility, or they could care for him themselves.", "Anthony Lazzara Jr. (right) and his wife, Gail (left), cared for Anthony Lazzara Sr. at home for eight years.", "Unable to afford a care facility, the Lazzaras brought him home.", "So began eight long years of caring for the World War II veteran and onetime truck driver as he slowly declined -- a burden borne largely by Gail, 56.", "She fed him, bathed him and changed his diapers on a daily basis while her husband, a truck driver, was on the road.", "Slowly, she says, her marriage began to crumble.", "\"I couldn't take my frustration out on my father-in-law,\" she says.", "Instead, she took it out on her husband.", "\"We almost ended up divorcing over the whole deal,\" says Anthony Jr., 56.", "Gail concedes she considered leaving, \"but I couldn't walk away from my father-in-law.\"", "Two years ago, the Lazzaras finally threw in the towel.", "A bed became available at a local Veterans Affairs facility, and the elder Lazzara was admitted.", "He remained there until April 2008, when he died at age 95.", "A difficult labor of love .", "As the Lazzaras can attest, the stress of caring for an elderly parent can overwhelm a relationship.", "Chauffeuring loved ones to appointments, handling their shopping, assuming their financial burden, even just living under the same roof can test even the most committed couples.", "In 2004, the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP reported that over 44 million Americans care for an adult family member or friend.", "Almost 80 percent of these are caring for someone older than 50.", "Although caring for a parent in their twilight years can be rewarding, it can also be a trial, says Beth Witrogen, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of \"Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss and Renewal.\"", "\"Caregiving brings out the best and worst in us all,\" she says.", "Al Levi, 39, a Brooklyn, New York, occupational therapist, has experienced that kind of strain in his marriage.", "Levi says he has been at odds with his wife since his father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's two years ago.", "\"I felt like my wife wasn't taking this seriously enough, and that if it would have been her parents, it would have been more important,\" he says.", "For a while, the Levis cared for Al's father at home, but eventually it got to be more than they could handle.", "Levi placed his father in a nursing home this past summer.", "But he says the ordeal has continued to strain his marriage.", "\"It's complicated,\" he says.", "'Your best is good enough' Often, couples will harbor unreasonable expectations of what they can or should do -- together or individually -- to care for an aging parent.", "\"You have to accept that your best is good enough,\" Witrogen says.", "\"It may not be pretty, but you will get the job done.\"", "It's also crucial that couples communicate clearly and effectively, Witrogen says.", "Too often, one partner will fixate on solving the problem while neglecting to listen to the other's needs.", "In the Lazzaras' case, Anthony Jr. says he would search for care facilities for his father from time to time, but Gail was still left to shoulder most of the daily duties of care -- something her husband still feels guilty about.", "With their three children grown, \"it was her time to have and here she was taking care of my dad,\" Anthony Jr. laments.", "It wasn't until the Lazzaras finally found room for Anthony Sr. at the VA facility that they finally found some relief.", "\"We knew there was a light at the end of the tunnel,\" Anthony Jr. says.", "Balancing your needs .", "Although finding a balance between caring for an aging parent and maintaining a healthy marriage can be tremendously challenging, it can be done, experts say.", "Part of that solution is ensuring the aging parent gets proper care, says Leah Siskin, senior psychologist at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, New York.", "\"When the psychological needs of the care recipient are addressed, this can no doubt have a positive effect on the marital relationship of the caregivers,\" she says.", "It's also important that couples care for one another.", "Giuseppe Manca, a 58-year-old holistic healer in Manhattan, grew frustrated that he couldn't take a vacation with his wife for fear of leaving his live-in mother-in-law alone, even though she was in good health.", "So the couple decided to take weekend trips, making sure neighbors and loved ones were on standby in case of an emergency.", "The Lazzaras didn't have the luxury of traveling while Anthony Sr. was still alive.", "Although they say their marriage has stabilized since his passing -- Gail has been able to devote more time to her job coordinating a local volleyball league -- they admit that it could have crumbled.", "\"We nearly crashed and burned,\" Anthony Jr. says.", "How to cope . Author Witrogen offers the following tips for coping when a couple's \"for better or worse\" turns to the latter in caring for an elderly parent: .", "• Talk it out. Bring in a third party such as an attorney to provide objective perspective.", "Those short on money can invite clergy or a neighbor.", "• Make time for yourself -- and each other. It takes willingness, intention and time management, Witrogen says.", "\"Get out your day planners and schedule the time in.", "I suggest that couples schedule 'play dates,' even if for an hour.\"", "• Don't neglect your health.", "Sleeping enough, eating right and exercising displaces stress from your partner.", "• Set caregiving goals.", "\"Write down objectively what needs to be done,\" Witrogen says.", "Divide the duties equitably.", "LifeWire provides original and syndicated content to Web publishers.", "Ron Dicker, a Brooklyn-based journalist, frequently writes about relationship topics.", "He previously covered sports for the New York Times." ]	[ "The stress of caring for an elderly parent can overwhelm a relationship .", "Couples may have unreasonable expectations of what they can or should do .", "More than 44 million Americans care for an adult family member or friend .", "Almost 80 percent of these are caring for someone older than 50 ." ]	[ 14, 17, 27 ]
[ "WAXAHATCHIE, Texas (CNN) -- Julie Quiroz clutches her teddy bear crying.", "\"Mommy,\" she says softly, as her mother wraps her arms around her and rubs her back.", "One of her brothers tries to console her.", "\"You're going to come back,\" he says.", "Julie Quiroz, a 13-year-old U.S. citizen, went back to Mexico when her mom was deported.", "The 13-year-old Quiroz begins to walk away to catch an airplane from Mexico to the United States.", "Within moments, she rushes back to her mother's arms.", "\"Mommy,\" she says again, tears streaming down her face.", "Quiroz is one of an estimated 3 million American children who have at least one parent who entered the United States illegally, according to the Urban Institute, which researches and evaluates U.S. social and economic issues.", "In Quiroz's case, she was born in Washington state, lived there her entire life and went to school there.", "But her mother, Ana Reyes, entered the United States illegally before Quiroz was born and U.S. immigration officials caught up with her last year on her birthday.", "Watch how deportation separates family » .", "\"I was there when they handcuffed her,\" Quiroz says.", "\"I was there when they took her down.\" Two of her brothers, who had come with their mother to the United States when they were young children, also were taken into custody.", "It was the start of a downward spiral for Quiroz.", "When her mother and brothers were deported, Quiroz and her 6-year-old, American-born sister had no choice but to return to Mexico City with them.", "Her seventh-grade year was spent in a classroom where she didn't understand the language.", "\"I never belonged there,\" she says.", "\"I'd just come home, sit down, cry.", "I'd say, 'Mom, I can't do it.' ... I can't read or write Spanish.\"", "She adds, \"I felt like there were no dreams for me.\"", "Stories like these are becoming more common, immigration analysts say, with American children caught in the middle of their mother or father's illegal status.", "A report last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association said these children face \"increasing risk of family separation, economic hardship and psychological trauma.\"", "\"It's really hard to imagine something that can be more traumatic than to be forcibly separated from their caregiver.", "That's the enforcement climate that we're operating in now,\" says Miriam Calderon, the associate director for education and children's policy at the National Council of La Raza, the largest Hispanic advocacy group in the United States.", "Calderon says the nation needs to enforce immigration laws, but currently there is a lack of a \"consistent and comprehensive standard to ensure that children will be protected\" when undocumented parents are taken into custody.", "\"Until a major immigration reform is enacted, the country will continue to cope with challenges resulting from the presence of roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants in our workforce and in our communities,\" said Janet Murguia, the president of NCLR, before Congress in May.", "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it's simply enforcing the laws on the books.", "\"ICE agents and officers are sworn to uphold all of our nation's immigration and customs laws,\" ICE press secretary Kelly Nantel said in a written statement.", "\"We cannot pick and choose the laws we enforce.", "Parents make decisions that affect their families everyday.", "\"There are known consequences for violating our nation's immigration laws.", "It's unfortunate that parents choose to place their children in these difficult situations.\"", "For Quiroz, her journey from America to Mexico City took an unexpected turn when her plight caught the attention of Joe Kennard, a land developer and Christian philanthropist.", "Kennard reached out to Quiroz's mother and told her the teen could live with his family in Texas and enroll in school there.", "\"You can make all the arguments that [the mother] deserved what she got because she was an adult, she made the choice, she was here illegally,\" Kennard says.", "\"But why [punish] the children?", "They're innocent and they're born here and they're U.S.", "citizens.\" His group, Organization to Help Citizen Children, works with churches along the U.S.-Mexico border to provide support for children whose mother or father is deported to Mexico.", "Kennard hired a private tutor to get Quiroz up to speed for missing a year of schooling.", "\"She's conflicted because she knows that she's got to get an education and this is the only way to do it.", "But she also feels the love for her mother and that's the torture.\"", "Quiroz's mother then made the incredibly painful decision to implore her daughter to go to Texas, an unbearable decision for the teen to leave her family for her country and her future.", "Her older brother, Carlos Quiroz, was about 3 years old when his mom took him to the United States last decade.", "He misses his sister, but knows he can't return.", "\"I have to accept that ... and try to make it work,\" he says.", "Watch why Carlos Quiroz feels like an American » .", "He's working to get a job and hopes to enter college in Mexico.", "But his mind is still in the land he grew up in.", "\"I don't feel like I belong here.", "I feel like I was taken out of somewhere where I belonged,\" he says.", "\"My whole life is over there.\"", "His sister is now living in Texas, adjusting to eighth grade and all the changes around her.", "When she's alone, she says it still hurts.", "\"I want to be in my mom's arms,\" she says, choking back tears.", "The dream that keeps her going?", "She's determined to become a lawyer to fight for kids who are forced to endure painful separations.", "\"My mom only came here to make a better life,\" she says.", "\"I want to be a lawyer to help people in the same situation as me.\"", "CNN's Gregg Canes and Traci Tamura contributed to this report." ]	[ "3 million U.S. citizen children are believed to have one undocumented parent .", "Julie Quiroz, 13, was born in the U.S. but had to return to Mexico with her mom .", "\"I never belonged there ...", "I'd just come home, sit down, cry,\" she says .", "Thanks to a philanthropist, Quiroz was able to come back to study; but without mother ." ]	[ 4, 13, 15, 17, 18, 54 ]
[ "(AOL Autos) -- Have you ever wondered what your neighbors are carrying around in their car's trunk or SUV's cargo hold?", "I decided to find out -- by asking 100 strangers in a department store parking lot.", "Strollers, playpens, toys and diapers take up a lot of space, but a lot of parents still had organized trunks.", "The mission . To uncover the secret contents of the average American trunk and cargo hold.", "The stakeout . I spent two weekend afternoons at the Empire Center in Burbank, California, with my camera and notebook, approaching shoppers as they arrived or departed.", "I identified myself as a reporter for AOL Autos, and asked if I could see what they had in their trunk, and maybe take a picture.", "I hoped that I'd be able to see a trend in trunks.", "AOL Autos: Small cars with room in the trunk .", "The raw data My decidedly unscientific study yielded some interesting results.", "First of all, I discovered that even in a big city (Burbank is a suburb of Los Angeles), people are exceedingly nice if you are respectful and forthright.", "About 80% of the people I approached were kind, open and helpful, and gladly opened their trunks for a glance.", "The 20% who refused were either in a rush, guarded or shy -- but they were still remarkably polite.", "The second surprising thing was that the vast majority of trunks and cargo holds were clean and uncluttered.", "I really expected to discover overstuffed trunks, full of cast-off items and flea market finds.", "But even the most fully-used storage areas were tidy and organized.", "AOL Autos: Used fuel-efficient crossovers .", "Not surprisingly, people with small children tended to have the most crowded trunks and cargo holds.", "Strollers, playpens, toys and diapers take up a lot of space, but most families have discovered that clean, organized trunks make getting to your kids' supplies much easier and more efficient.", "AOL Autos: Best new cars for 2009 .", "Another trend I noticed was that athletic folks tend to use their car's trunk as a portable gym locker.", "I saw a lot of gym bags, sports equipment and sneakers.", "On a hot day, this was a bit of a mixed blessing; baked sneakers have a decidedly pungent odor.", "No one seemed to have a good solution to this problem.", "I would put a cabin air freshener, like the Little Tree, in my trunk if I regularly carried my tennis shoes.", "AOL Autos: Celebrity cars you can afford .", "For the non-athletic, the most common item I saw was the collapsible chair.", "One family had an entire beach setup in their trunk: four collapsible chairs, a beach blanket, a sun umbrella and an empty cooler, all neatly tucked against the back wall.", "They said that they always wanted to be ready for a beach day, should the opportunity arise.", "Some people were extremely proud of their trunks.", "One woman bragged that her brother taught her how to organize her tools, and that she had taken the organization to the next level.", "She had multiple storage boxes in her neat, clean trunk, each with a different set of useful items.", "AOL Autos: Most fun cars for under $20,000 .", "A few families were downright sheepish about the state of their cargo holds.", "They apologized in advance before opening the trunk, and said that they were in the middle of a project that had foiled their attempts at organization and cleanliness.", "I have to take them at their word; I'm not making a return trip to that hot parking lot to follow up.", "The conclusion . After two days pounding the asphalt, I'm pleased to report that I actually uncovered some useful information and some fun trivia.", "There are good reasons for keeping your trunk as empty as possible: .", "1. Less junk in the trunk equals less weight, and less weight can mean greater fuel efficiency.", "2. Under certain circumstances, shifting content in your trunk can adversely affect handling.", "3. An empty trunk provides space for that roadside find or warehouse store bargain.", "How else are you going to get that pallet of pickled asparagus spears back to your garage?", "Here are a few tips that I picked up from the best (and worst) of trunks: .", "1. Use boxes or containers in your trunk to keep your emergency kit organized and all together.", "2. Purge non-essential items from your trunk on a regular basis.", "3. Vacuum your cargo space whenever you wash your car so that whatever you put in your trunk doesn't get dirty and dusty.", "4. Keep a few reusable shopping bags in your trunk so that you always have them when you get to the store.", "5. Be sure to carry a few essential tools -- screwdrivers, wrench, tire-changing tools, a rubber mallet, etc.", "-- for emergency repair.", "6. A cargo net or bungee cords will help keep your boxes and other items from rolling around in the trunk during hard cornering.", "Last, but not least, here's a list of the oddest items that I saw in any trunk: .", "•. A machete, an axe and a hammer, wrapped in a colorful sheet (I didn't ask any questions).", "• A pair of old-school quad roller skates.", "• An ice scraper (odd because the temperature was 97 degrees in the shade) -- and we never get frost in Southern California.", "• A tube of Butt Paste -- a highly useful concoction that combats diaper rash.", "• Nothing. I can guarantee that this is the one thing you'll never find in my trunk." ]	[ "Reporter tries to uncover secret contents of average American trunk .", "Unscientific study finds vast majority of trunks are clean and uncluttered .", "Athletic folks tend to use their car's trunk as a smelly, portable gym locker .", "One trunk includes machete, axe and hammer wrapped in sheet ." ]	[ 3, 12, 19, 50 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Doctors at the Technical University of Munich have conducted the world's first double-arm transplant on a 54-year-old farmer who had lost both his arms in an accident, officials said.", "After transplant surgery, this farmer has new arms.", "His condition \"is very good under the circumstances.\"", "The operation was conducted at the university's \"Klinikum rechts der Isar\" last week, the clinic said in a statement Friday, following several years of preparatory work.", "The man's condition \"is very good under the circumstances,\" the statement said.", "\"Now it is a matter of avoiding future wound healing disorders, infections, strong side-effects caused by the drugs and in particular any rejective reaction.\"", "A team of 40 people participated in the transplant surgery, conducted July 25 and 26.", "The donor matched the host in sex, age, skin color, size and blood group, the statement said.", "The transplant subject had lost both his arms at the upper arm level six years ago, and two attempts with artificial limbs had been unsuccessful." ]	[ "Technical University of Munich doctors transplant arms on 54-year-old farmer .", "Farmer had lost both his arms in an accident six years ago .", "40 people conduct operation; several years spent preparing for the surgery .", "Donor matched the patient in sex, age, skin color, size and blood group ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7 ]
[ "Editor's Note: Join Roland S. Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday.", "If you're passionate about politics, he wants to hear from you.", "A nationally syndicated columnist and Chicago-based radio host, he is the author of \"Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith\" and \"Speak, Brother!", "A Black Man's View of America.\"", "Please visit his Web site.", "Roland Martin says Americans need to rise above issues of race, age and gender when they vote.", "(CNN) -- One of the most intriguing conversations I had at either the Democratic or Republican convention was with a white labor leader from Ohio.", "I can't remember his name, but he made it clear that he is going all around the Rust Belt state looking his white union brothers and sisters in the eye and essentially shaming them into supporting Sen. Barack Obama for president.", "No, he's not saying vote for the black man for president because he's black.", "He said he's telling them that it's shameful that as Democrats, they agree with him on various political issues, but because of his skin color, they are refusing to cast ballots for him.", "\"We have gone to our black brothers and sisters for years to support our [white] candidates, and it's wrong for us to stand here and not support one of their own, even though we're Democrats,\" he barked.", "There is nothing more in-your-face than to hear someone speak truthfully to the inherent racism that is at play in this election.", "For all the talk about inclusion and the historic nature of this campaign, the true tribal feelings of so many people will come into play, whether we want to admit it or not.", "We are seeing remarkable bias playing strongly in this election.", "Exit-polling data in the primaries showed some evidence of bias when it came to age, race and gender, but the great concern is whether people are as honest in talking to pollsters as they are in the voting booth.", "Because Sen. John McCain is 72 and would be the oldest person to be sworn in as president, there is a lot of dialogue about how old this white guy is, and how wrong it is that he's running.", "Age questions also have been raised about the 47-year-old black guy from Chicago and whether he is too young and inexperienced to lead.", "While there is a lot of talk and excitement surrounding Alaska Gov.", "Sarah Palin being named as the first woman on a Republican ticket, and what that may mean in terms of widespread female support coming the way of McCain-Palin, there are some voices who refuse to vote for a woman.", "We've also seen a number of prominent women -- including Washington Post columnist Sally Quinn and radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger -- who have questioned whether the 44-year-old white mother of five children should be vice president, considering she has five children, including a special needs child.", "It's wonderful to talk about the economy, immigration, the war in Iraq, health care and education, but we can't be naïve to the reality that when voters go into that voting booth, they will, as one person told me during an interview, \"vote with their tribe.\"", "That was one of the arguments we heard during the Democratic primaries when Obama enjoyed overwhelming support from African-Americans -- to the tune of 90-plus percent -- while Sen. Hillary Clinton had major female support, largely white, in the range of 65 to 70 percent.", "So what do we do when it comes to our tendency to follow group identification?", "1. Stop dancing around the topic.", "When you watch TV and hear folks talk about Wal-Mart moms or small, rural towns, they are talking about white Americans.", "These catch phrases never include African-Americans or Hispanics .", "2. Confront bias where it is.", "Ask your friends, neighbors, co-workers and church members who they are voting for.", "When they give you the \"I really can't put my finger on it\" line, then press them.", "Hard. You know the real answer, so don't beat around the bush.", "The best folks to challenge Americans on their hang-ups regarding age, race and gender aren't the AARP, NAACP or NOW.", "It's Y-O-U. Don't give in to the \"That's the way I was raised\" mantra.", "When someone suggests that flags and faith show that a candidate isn't one of us, drill down.", "3. Accept the fact that some people will not change.", "We all think that we have been gifted to the degree that our sane and logical arguments can get folks off their biased stumps.", "Some people just won't give in.", "Fine, move on. The goal is to rid our society of as much bias as possible.", "If someone is so hard-headed, then you have to go on to the next person and try to change them.", "It's critical that we be as honest as possible about the impact of race, age and gender in campaigns.", "A lot of people love to toss around the Rev.", "Martin Luther King Jr.'s quote that he hoped one day people would be judged by \"the content of their character.\"", "But it's still a reality that skin tone, gender and our birth date means more than character to a lot of Americans.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer." ]	[ "Roland Martin says people talk about issues but conceal their biases .", "Martin: Race, age, gender issues affect support for Obama, McCain, Palin .", "Americans need to be open about how \"tribal\" concerns influence them, he says .", "Martin: Let's stop dancing around the topics of race, age and gender ." ]	[ 5, 23, 38 ]
[ "BANGALORE, India (CNN) -- Two-year-old Lakshmi Tatma, an Indian toddler born with four arms and four legs, made her first public appearance Tuesday, a week after surgeons in India successfully removed her additional limbs.", "Doctors said Lakshmi was recovering well as she appeared Tuesday at a news conference.", "Lakshmi, wearing a plaster cast on her legs to keep her feet up and her legs together to help her wounds heal, was carried into a news conference Tuesday as her doctors announced she was being released from intensive care.", "\"She is coping very well,\" lead surgeon Dr. Sharan Patil said.", "\"She is being carried around by her mother and her father.\"", "Several of her doctors, all of them smiling, described her recovery over the past week \"very steady and good progress,\" one saying she is \"out of the woods\" as far as serious medical issues are concerned.", "Watch the recovering little girl meet the media » .", "The operation a week ago lasted 27 hours and involved a team of some 30 surgeons, all specialists in pediatrics, neurosurgery, orthopedics, and plastic surgery, working in eight-hour shifts.", "Lakshmi's extra limbs were part of a conjoined twin which stopped developing in the womb.", "It had a torso and limbs but no head, and was joined to Lakshmi at the pelvis.", "Doctors said that without the surgery, Lakshmi would have been unlikely to survive beyond early adolescence.", "The surgery involved the removal of the extra limbs and the repositioning of Lakshmi's organs.", "When Lakshmi was born into her poor, rural Indian family, villagers in the remote settlement of Rampur Kodar Katti in the northern state of Bihar believed she was sacred.", "As news of her birth spread, locals queued for a blessing from the baby.", "Her parents, Shambhu and Poonam Tatma, named the girl after the Hindu goddess of wealth who has four arms.", "However, they were forced to keep her in hiding after they were approached by men offering money in exchange for putting their daughter in a circus.", "The couple, who earn just $1 a day as casual laborers, wanted her to have the operation but were unable to pay for the rare procedure, which had never before been performed in India.", "After Patil visited the girl in her village from Narayana Health City hospital in Bangalore, the hospital's foundation agreed to fund the $200,000 operation.", "Planning for the surgery took a month, Patil said, and Lakshmi spent that month in the hospital.", "Many villagers, however, remained opposed to surgery and were planning to erect a temple to Lakshmi, whom they still revere as sacred.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Girl born with eight limbs makes first public appearance since surgery .", "Surgeons say Lakshmi Tatma, two, \"coping very well,\" making good progress .", "Lakshmi released from intensive care Tuesday; appears at press conference .", "Operation lasted 27 hours and involved 30 surgeons working eight-hour shifts ." ]	[ 0, 1, 7 ]

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