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[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Chinese military continues to increase spending on efforts to break into U.S. military computer systems, expand its Navy, and invest in intercontinental nuclear missiles and weapons to destroy satellites, according to the latest U.S report on China's military power.", "Chinese military officers after a meeting about the People's Liberation Army in 2007.", "The annual report from the Pentagon to Congress says China's total military spending in 2007 was between $97 billion and $139 billion, but it is hard to tell exactly how much was spent and on what.", "In comparison, the U.S. military budget request for 2008 is $481.4 billion, not including war requests.", "Pentagon officials said a chunk of China's spending went to cyberwarfare, because 2007 saw several \"intrusions\" believed to be from the Peoples Liberation Army.", "In the incidents, unclassified U.S. military computer systems were broken into and information was taken, according to Pentagon officials.", "While the information taken was not classified, Pentagon officials said the worry is the Chinese hacking required many of the skills and capabilities that would also be required for a computer network attack.", "Last summer, a cyber-attack on Department of Defense computer systems took down the e-mail capability of hundreds of staffers for weeks, but the Pentagon still will not comment on who initiated the attack.", "It is widely believed among the military to have been the Peoples Liberation Army.", "China is also investing heavily in and fielding improved nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles and antisatellite missiles, according to the report.", "The United States expressed its concern last year after China fired a missile at one of its old satellites and destroyed it, sending thousands of dangerous pieces of space debris into orbit.", "The United States conducted a similar strike last month on a broken U.S. spy satellite before it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.", "U.S. officials said the satellite was hit and broke into thousands of small pieces that burned up as they re-entered Earth's atmosphere.", "The United States is also concerned about the purchase of more submarines by the Chinese navy as well as plans for more aircraft carriers.", "The Chinese once had a small Navy.", "Now the United States is keeping an eye on the growing service amid concerns over Taiwan.", "The concerns include \"China's near-term focus on preparing for contingencies in the Taiwan Strait, including the possibility of U.S. intervention, which is an important driver of its modernization,\" the report says.", "Additionally, the Chinese have placed about 100 more short-range missiles on the shore opposite Taiwan in the past year, it says.", "Pentagon officials worry the continued increase in Chinese military spending is slowly tipping the balance of power between China and Taiwan in China's favor.", "The United States has said it would help defend Taiwan if China invaded.", "The report also says the Peoples Liberation Army is \"pursuing comprehensive transformation from a mass army designed for protracted wars of attrition on its territory to one capable of fighting and winning short-duration, high-intensity conflicts along its periphery against high-tech adversaries.\"", "Such an army, the report says, would have \"the greatest potential to compete militarily with the United States and field disruptive military technologies that could, over time, offset traditional U.S. military advantages.\"", "The United States says the lack of transparency by the Chinese on its spending poses \"risks to stability by increasing the potential for misunderstanding and miscalculation,\" and that China has yet to explain to the international community the purpose of its military expansion, Pentagon officials said.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Pentagon: Chinese military expanding its Navy, investing in weapons .", "Officials worry China is trying to hack into U.S. military computers .", "\"Intrusions\" have already happened, officials say, though info was not classified .", "Pentagon: China's lack of transparency makes it hard to know the extent of activity ." ]	[ 0, 6, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The parents of a 15-year-old girl who was gang-raped on a California high school campus urged the community Saturday to channel its anger over the event \"through positive action,\" according to a pastor.", "At a Saturday community event at the campus where the attack took place, the Rev.", "Jim Wheeler, who said he was the family's pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, read a statement from the teenager's parents.", "\"Stop the violence,\" Wheeler read.", "\"Please do not respond to this tragic event by promoting hatred or by causing more pain.", "We've had enough violence already in this place.\"", "Police say as many as 10 people were involved in the rape on October 24 in a dimly lit back alley outside Richmond High School, where a homecoming dance was taking place.", "Another 10 people watched the attack without calling 911, police say.", "Five people have been arrested in connection with the attack.", "A sixth person who was arrested is expected to be freed because of insufficient evidence, CNN affiliate KGO reported.", "Authorities say the attack lasted for more than two hours.", "The victim, who was taken to a hospital in critical condition, was released Wednesday.", "The parents' statement urged the community to work to ensure that such an attack never happens again.", "\"If you need to express your outrage, please channel your anger through positive action,\" they said, according to Wheeler.", "\"Volunteer at a school.", "Go help a neighbor.", "Be courageous in speaking the truth and in holding people accountable.", "Work toward changing the atmosphere in our schools and in this community so that this kind of thing never happens again.", "\"Please do not let this happen again.\"" ]	[ "\"Please do not respond to this tragic event by promoting hatred,\" victim's parents say .", "Family's statement read during community event at campus where attack took place .", "Police say 10 people may have been involved in rape outside Richmond High School .", "Five arrested in connection with attack, which occurred during homecoming dance ." ]	[ 1, 4, 6, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- President Barack Obama headed to the Czech Republic on Wednesday night to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and sign an arms control agreement that reduces the nuclear stockpiles of both nations.", "The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) to be signed Thursday by the two leaders builds on a previous agreement that expired in December.", "Obama has called the treaty the \"the most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly two decades\" and said it would cut the nuclear weapons of the United States and Russia by about a third.", "After meeting with Medvedev and attending the signing ceremony in Prague, the Czech Republic capital, Obama will have dinner with heads of government from 11 countries -- Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.", "The highlight of the two-day trip is the new treaty with Russia, which is another step in nuclear arms relations between the former Cold War adversaries.", "Its signing comes two days after the Obama administration announced a new U.S. nuclear weapons policy and four days before Obama convenes a summit of 47 nations on nuclear security issues.", "\"It significantly reduces missiles and launchers,\" Obama said of the new treaty, which lasts for 10 years.", "\"It puts in place a strong and effective verification regime.", "And it maintains the flexibility that we need to protect and advance our national security, and to guarantee our unwavering commitment to the security of our allies.\"", "Obama has made nuclear non-proliferation a major priority of his presidency, prompting criticism from conservatives who fear the president will weaken the U.S. nuclear deterrent against possible attack.", "\"We believe that preventing nuclear terrorism and nuclear proliferation should begin by directly confronting the two leading proliferators and supporters of terrorism, Iran and North Korea,\" according to a statement issued Tuesday by Arizona's two Republican U.S. senators, John McCain and Jon Kyl.", "\"The Obama Administration's policies, thus far, have failed to do that and this failure has sent exactly the wrong message to other would be proliferators and supporters of terrorism.\"", "According to information released by the White House, the new treaty limits both nations to \"significantly fewer strategic arms within seven years\" of its signing.", "One of the limits: 1,550 warheads.", "\"Warheads on deployed ICBMs (Intercontinental ballistic missiles) and deployed SLBMs (submarine-launched ballistic missiles) count toward this limit and each deployed heavy bomber equipped for nuclear armaments counts as one warhead toward this limit,\" the White House said.", "There also are limits on launchers.", "The treaty also lays out a \"verification regime\" that includes on-site inspections, data exchanges and notifications, the White House said.", "\"The treaty does not contain any constraints on testing, development or deployment of current or planned U.S. missile defense programs or current or planned United States long-range conventional strike capabilities,\" according to the White House.", "Obama said the agreement is part of the U.S. effort to \"reset\" the U.S. relationship with Russia.", "\"With this agreement, the United States and Russia -- the two largest nuclear powers in the world -- also send a clear signal that we intend to lead,\" the president said.", "\"By upholding our own commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, we strengthen our global efforts to stop the spread of these weapons, and to ensure that other nations meet their own responsibilities.\"", "Negotiators have been working since April 2009 to wrap up the \"follow-on\" to the 1991 START agreement.", "Talks were difficult, with disagreements over verification, including on-site inspection of missiles that carry nuclear warheads.", "A U.S. official with knowledge of the talks earlier said that negotiators had found \"innovative\" ways to verify what each side has.", "Verification will be a top issue politically because the U.S. Senate and the Russian parliament will each have to ratify any agreement.", "Russian officials at one point objected to the Obama administration's plans to build a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe.", "Specifically, they were angered by news leaks from Romania that it had agreed to allow missile interceptors to be installed in that country.", "The issue, according to arms control experts, was resolved by including non-binding language in the START treaty's preamble stating that there is a relationship between offensive and defensive weapons; however, the treaty itself deals only with limits on offensive weapons systems.", "This resolution could help placate U.S. critics who want no link in the treaty between offensive and defensive weapons, arguing that it might be used to try to limit a U.S. missile-defense plan.", "The new treaty would be the first pact related to arms control since the end of the Cold War, experts have said, setting the stage for further arms reductions that will tackle thorny issues such as what to do with non-deployed warheads that are kept in storage, tactical nuclear weapons and further cuts in missiles and launch vehicles.", "Some of those issues are expected to come up at the nuclear security summit in Washington on April 12-13." ]	[ "Obama: \"Most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly two decades\"\nPresident will also have dinner with heads of government from 11 countries during trip .", "Treaty limits both nations to \"significantly fewer strategic arms\"" ]	[ 2, 3, 12 ]
[ "(CNN) -- People were \"thrown to the roof as if they were dolls\" and some feared for their lives when a Continental Airlines flight ran into turbulence, shaken passengers said.", "Oxygen masks hang from a damaged part of the plane Monday, in a photo by passenger Camila Machado.", "The turbulence struck without warning several hours into Monday's Continental Flight 128 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Houston, Texas.", "The pilot diverted the Boeing 767-200 to Miami, Florida, to get treatment for the injured.", "Continental said seven passengers were transported to hospitals, and about 28 other passengers were treated at the scene.", "Lt. Elkin Sierra of the Miami-Dade Fire Department said 26 passengers were injured, including four seriously.", "\"The airplane came down very sharply, and all of us bumped our heads against the ceiling -- twice,\" Brazilian passenger Celi Dfaria told CNN affiliate WSVN-TV at Miami-Dade International Airport.", "\"It dropped so hard that everything in the seat-back pockets just flew up in the air.", "I caught my phone in my lap,\" passenger Richard Sharp told the Houston Chronicle.", "Watch what happens when a plane drops » .", "\"The second one was the devastating one.", "That's when the plane really fell,\" Fabio Ottolini of Houston, who with his wife and daughter was returning from a visit with family in Brazil, told affiliate KTRK-TV in Houston.", "\"While it was doing that, I saw people being thrown to the roof as if they were dolls.\"", "Aloiso Dias thought the plane dropped more than twice.", "\"I felt like I was on a roller coaster,\" he told WSVN-TV.", "\"I couldn't even see what happened with my wife.", "I was just holding onto the front of the seat and going with the flow.\"", "He couldn't see because the cabin lights had gone out and \"it was pitch black outside,\" Frederick Bright told the Houston Chronicle.", "\"I went up, and it was like I was in the air for a minute.", "Then I came down and I hit my back on the armrest, then I fell into the chair,\" he said.", "\"I thought I was going to die because the lights went off completely, and all I could see was the red lights\" on the wings.", "Most of those who were injured had not been wearing seat belts, passengers said.", "\"It was like in the movies -- anybody who didn't have a seat belt on came right out of their chairs,\" Manuel Alfaro of Houston told the Chronicle.", "\"It smacked everyone around.\"", "Several people hit the ceiling hard, witnesses said.", "\"People that weren't seatbelted in flew up and hit the ceiling, so their heads and their faces hit the plastics all up at the top,\" John Norwood of Houston told WSVN-TV.", "\"A couple of people were badly hurt from the plastic breaking on their faces from the lights.", "There were people cut, bleeding.", "There were a few people unconscious.\"", "Watch passengers describe the terror » .", "Deanna Buckley of Houston hit the ceiling but wasn't hurt.", "\"I hit my head on the light above and it broke the light out and I was showered in glass,\" she told WSVN-TV.", "\"I was lucky, though.", "There were people on there whose faces were cut up.", "It was terrible.\" The turbulence came suddenly, catching many passengers asleep.", "\"It seemed like the back of the plane got it the worst, though, probably because there's more people in the back and a lot of people didn't have their seat belts on,\" Sharp told the Chronicle.", "\"You had a lot of people sleeping across the empty rows, so those people were bouncing around on the armrests.", "They really took the brunt of the beating in the back.\"", "Learn more about turbulence and what causes it » .", "One of those was 13-year-old Thiago Candido, who was traveling unaccompanied.", "\"Oh, I was scared man,\" Candido told KTRK-TV.", "\"I was sleeping and I woke up with my head in the ceiling.", "I didn't know what was going on.", "\"I thought the plane was falling, just like a big earthquake, but in the air,\" he said.", "The flight carried 168 passengers and 11 crew members.", "Continental flew remaining passengers to Houston later Monday.", "\"I think the most important thing about this whole episode is seat belts, all the time,\" Ottolini told KTRK-TV.", "\"Because we have no way to predict what happened. It just happened.\"" ]	[ "Airliner dropped sharply at least twice, sending people and objects flying .", "Several people's heads hit ceiling, breaking plastic and glass .", "\"I thought I was going to die,\" Houston man tells TV station ." ]	[ 13, 20, 24, 25, 31 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Rutgers University has suspended a sorority after police charged six of its members in a hazing investigation.", "The North Carolina-based headquarters of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority also suspended the chapter at Rutgers, in New Brunswick, New Jersey.", "That means the sorority has ceased to be officially recognized and can accept no new recruits while the investigation is under way.", "Police have charged six sorority members with aggravated hazing, which a police spokesman Friday called a possible \"indictable offense.\"", "Rutgers Police Lt. Richard Dinan said the six women were taken to the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility, and bail was set at $1,500 for each.", "At least four of the woman have posted bail, he said.", "He declined to give details of the alleged hazing, but said one woman sought medical attention for non-life-threatening injuries.", "Dinan told The Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark Wednesday that there were at least three victims, but police may identify more victims and more suspects.", "He said four sorority members were arrested Tuesday and two more on Wednesday.", "He said the hazing occurred at a university student apartment building, but he declined to give the location.", "The hazing began about the middle of January and went on for eight days, he said.", "Dinan also told the newspaper that the alleged victims were \"unofficial pledges\" because the alleged hazing did not occur during the university's recognized pledge period.", "Sigma Gamma Rho is a recognized sorority, but it does not have a sorority house in New Brunswick, Dinan said.", "The police officer said five of the undergraduates charged were from New Jersey: Vanessa Adegbite, 21, of Jersey City; Joana Bernard, 21, of West Orange; Kesha Cheron, 20, of Newark; Shawna Ebanks, 21, of East Orange; and Marie Charles, 21, of West Orange.", "Llana Warner, 20, is from New York City.", "E. J. Miranda, a spokesman for Rutgers, said a student and her parents reported the alleged hazing to the university administration Tuesday.", "According to the university's statement, \"After receiving this information, university officials contacted the police.\"", "Miranda said he didn't know whether the sorority had had similar reports before.", "According to Rutgers, the university \"strictly prohibits all forms of hazing.", "Under the Code of Student Conduct, a student found to have engaged in hazing may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion.\"" ]	[ "Members of Sigma Gamma Rho at Rutgers charged with aggravated hazing .", "One woman sought medical attention for non-life-threatening injuries, police say .", "Sorority chapter is suspended by university and by its national headquarters .", "Alleged hazing occurred at university student apartment building, police say ." ]	[ 0, 1, 6, 9 ]
[ "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CNN) -- The death toll from flooding and mudslides in Brazil continued to climb Thursday, with official reports of at least 154 fatalities.", "Thousands of people have been left homeless, said the government-run Agencia Brasil news service.", "The Rio de Janeiro mayor's office placed that figure at 5,000.", "At least 161 people have been injured, the Rio de Janeiro state government said Thursday on its Web site.", "A record 11.3 inches (287 millimeters) of rain fell in Rio within 24 hours Tuesday, Mayor Eduardo Paes said, according to the news service.", "The downpour continued Wednesday.", "iReport: Share your photos, video, stories with CNN .", "More than 30 homes were destroyed in a mudslide Wednesday in metropolitan Rio, Agencia Brasil said.", "About 200 people could be buried or trapped in the mud, emergency officials said.", "The cities of Niteroi and Sao Goncalo are among the hardest hit, with more than 80 dead and dozens missing, the news service said.", "CNN affiliate TV Record showed firefighters, military personnel and other rescuers using heavy machinery to dig for buried residents." ]	[ "Death toll climbs to more than 150; thousands left homeless .", "Mayor: Record-breaking 11.3 inches (288 millimeters) of rain fell in Rio Tuesday .", "200 could be trapped following another mudslide, Brazilian media reports ." ]	[ 0, 4, 8 ]
[ "(CNN) -- \"New Moon,\" the latest film in \"The Twilight Saga\" is doing record business at the box office.", "In its opening weekend the film grossed $140.7 million -- more than any other film with an autumn release in history.", "The tales of teenage vampire love based on the best-selling books by Stephanie Meyer have wooed film-goers without having to resort to acres of flesh being on display.", "This distinct lack of on-screen sex runs contrary to the popular trend of portraying teenagers on screen as playing fast and loose with their virginity and affections.", "Love and the importance of relationships most definitely rule in \"The Twilight Saga\" and the formula is proving popular with audiences.", "Elizabeth Morowitz, Communications Professor at the University of Missouri and author of \"Bitten By Twilight\" thinks that this more sensitive approach is the key to the film's success.", "\"A lot of people ask 'what's so appealing about the Twilight and why is it popular now?'", "and we think it's because of the relationships and the messages about love in Twilight.", "In a more conservative environment we've had this push for abstinence education, so we now have a media message that's more congruent with that.", "So perhaps some teens relate to it in that way,\" Morowitz told CNN's Katie Walmsley.", "The director of \"New Moon\" Chris Weitz says that sexual abstinence is central to the film's appeal.", "\"It's not that they can't have sex, they choose not to and I think there's so much popular culture that's saying to young people: 'you'll be cool if you have sex' or 'it's important to be sexy' whereas this series really concentrates on matters of the heart and spirit and I think that's lovely,\" Weitz told CNN.", "A dashing male lead, in the shape of Robert Pattison doesn't hurt either when you're trying to attract a female teenage audience.", "But whatever the exact recipe for its undoubted success it looks like teenagers in the \"Twilight\" world don't like to bite off more than they can chew." ]	[ "\"The Twilight Saga: New Moon\" is breaking records at the box office .", "Film contains plenty of sexual tension but no sex scenes .", "Twilight Saga concentrates on matters of the heart and spirit says director Chris Weitz ." ]	[ 0, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Golf legend Tom Watson says Tiger Woods needs to \"clean up his act\" and show some humility in public when he returns to the circuit after sorting out his tangled personal life.", "World number one Woods is taking an \"indefinite break\" from the circuit after a car crash outside his Florida home on November 27 led to revelations about a string of extramarital affairs.", "Elder statesman Watson, who came close to winning last year's British Open at Turrnberry, aired candid views on Woods as he prepared to tee up in this week's Dubai Desert Classic.", "\"Tiger has to take ownership of what he has done,\" said the 60-year-old.", "\"He must get his personal life in order.", "I think that's what he's trying to do.", "And when he comes back he has to show some humility to the public,\" he added.", "\"I would come out and I would do an interview with somebody and say, `You know what?", "I screwed up. And I admit it. I am going to try to change.", "I am trying to change.", "I want my wife and family back.\"", "Watson, who dueled with fellow legend Jack Nicklaus at the peak of his career, also criticized Woods for his behavior on the course, upbraiding him for bad language and angry outbursts.", "\"I feel that he has not carried the same stature that other great players that have come along like Jack (Nicklaus), Arnold (Palmer), Byron Nelson, the Hogans, in the sense that there was language and club throwing on the golf course,\" Watson went on: \"I think he needs to clean up his act and show the respect for the game that other people before him have shown.\"", "Woods, who has not made a public appearance since the media storm which engulfed him at the end of 2009, has lost a string of endorsements since he admitted to \"transgressions\" in his personal life.", "The 14-time major winner has also been a regular at the prestigious tournament in Dubai, which completes the \"Gulf swing\" on the European Tour.", "In his absence, Watson is the star attraction after his heroics at Turnberry which saw him beaten in a playoff by fellow American Stewart Cink.", "Watson, who has already won the Seniors Tour this year, has played down his chances of victory but has been impressed by the condition of the Emirates course.", "\"The rough is very tough,\" he said.", "\"It is very tough to get the ball on the green from the rough.", "You have probably only got a one-in-seven or one-in-eight chance to get the green if you drive into the rough.\"", "Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy defends the title where he made his big breakthrough last year, with European number one Lee Westwood and Sweden's Henrik Stenson also among the favorites for the $416,000 first prize." ]	[ "Golf legend Tom Watson says Tiger Woods needs to clean up his act .", "Watson compares Woods unfavorably with other greats such as Jack Nicklaus .", "Watson is making a guest appearance at this week's Dubai Desert Classic .", "Rory McIlroy defends his title which boasts a first prize of $416,000 ." ]	[ 0, 2, 20 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The remains of a woman who disappeared 22 years ago in northern California have been found after the son of the woman's purported killer guided police to the site where her body was dumped, investigators announced Thursday.", "The alleged killer's son told authorities that he watched his father kill 27-year-old Lysandra Marie Turpin in 1988 and that his dad forced him to help dispose of the body, the Humboldt County, California, Sheriff's Office announced.", "Ernest Samuel Christie III, who was 16 at the time, told authorities that his now-dead father, Ernest Samuel Christie Jr., made him help dump Turpin's body in a ditch near their home in Fieldbrook, California, about 80 miles south of the Oregon border.", "Christie said his father forced him to help cover the body with tires, douse it in gasoline and set it on fire, Humboldt County Sheriff Gary Philp said in a statement Thursday.", "Christie's dad had held and abused Turpin at his house for several weeks before killing her, Christie told the sheriff's office.", "She had been reported missing to Humboldt County law enforcement on April 8, 1988.", "After Christie supplied the sheriff's office with a map of where the body had been dumped, a team of detectives, evidence technicians, and sheriff's deputies found teeth, clothing and charred bones.", "A forensic odontologist positively identified the remains as Lysandra Turpin on Wednesday, according to Philp.", "Ernest Samuel Christie Jr. died in 2006, according to the sheriff's office.", "His son, now 38 and living in North Carolina, contacted the sheriff's office in February.", "He is not facing criminal charges, Philp said.", "Christie told authorities that his father had abused other women, once holding a woman prisoner in a hollowed-out redwood tree stump.", "The woman escaped and declined to report the incident to law enforcement, the sheriff's office said.", "Using a description provided by Christie, sheriff's personnel located the stump and found a carpet, plastic jugs, a hypodermic syringe and clothing there, Philp said Thursday.", "Christie related other instances of his father -- who he said frequently used methamphetamine -- terrorizing women, Philp said.", "Christie told authorities that his dad once took a woman on his fishing boat, tied her up and told her he was going to kill her.", "The woman managed to escape, and detectives were recently able to find her and corroborate Christie's account, Philp said." ]	[ "Man told police he watched his father kill 27-year-old Lysandra Marie Turpin in 1988 .", "He said his father forced him to dispose of the body in a ditch near their home .", "Forensic odontologist positively identified Turpin's remains on Wednesday .", "The suspected killer, Ernest Samuel Christie Jr., died in 2006 ." ]	[ 1, 2, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and members of the Sex Pistols have led tributes to the band's former manager Malcolm McLaren who died of cancer on Thursday aged 64.", "As manager of the Sex Pistols and owner, with his then-lover Westwood, of the Sex boutique in London during the mid-1970s, McLaren was considered one of the pioneers of the punk movement.", "\"When we were young and I fell in love with Malcolm, I thought he was beautiful and I still do,\" Vivienne Westwood said in a written statement.", "Westwood's son with McLaren, Joe Corre, her other son, Ben Westwood, and McLaren's girlfriend, Young Kim, were with him when he died in Switzerland after a battle with mesothelioma.", "\"I thought he is a very charismatic, special and talented person.", "The thought of him dead is really something very sad,\" said Westwood.", "The lead singer of the Sex Pistols, John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, also paid tribute to the band's former manager.", "\"For me, Malc was always entertaining, and I hope you remember that,\" Lydon said.", "\"Above all else, he was an entertainer, and I will miss him, and so should you.\"", "McLaren and the Sex Pistols had a turbulent relationship during the band's brief, spectacular and controversial career.", "Originally known as the Strand, McLaren drafted in Lydon as lead singer and renamed the band the Sex Pistols.", "Lydon had been spotted wearing a Pink Floyd T-shirt with the words \"I hate\" added to it.", "The Sex Pistols' raucous public appearances and raging lyrics on songs like \"Anarchy in the UK\" and the sneering \"God Save the Queen\" -- which became a hit despite the BBC's refusal to play it -- made the band notorious on both sides of the Atlantic by 1977.", "The Sex Pistols broke up in 1978 after one studio album, in large part because of a feud between McLaren and Rotten, who walked off stage at the end of the band's last show declaring, \"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?\"", "The band's surviving members have regrouped for periodic tours since 1996, but its official Web site still refers to McLaren as its \"(mis)manager.\"", "McLaren went on to assemble the pop act Bow Wow Wow and record several albums of his own in the 1980s and '90s.", "CNN's Stephanie Halasz and Todd Leopold contributed to this report." ]	[ "Malcolm McLaren was the onetime manager of the British punk band the Sex Pistols .", "He died of cancer at age 64, his girlfriend said Thursday .", "Band broke up in 1978 after feud between McLaren and singer Johnny Rotten ." ]	[ 0, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Inter Milan are through to the semifinals of the Champions League after Wesley Sneijder's first-half free-kick gave them a 1-0 victory at CSKA Moscow, for a 2-0 aggregate win.", "Dutchman Sneidjer scored the only goal of the game in the sixth minute when his low-free-kick deceived goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev after his defensive wall jumped in unison -- allowing the shot to go underneath them.", "Following their 1-0 defeat at the San Siro last week, that meant the Russian champions needed to score three times to advance to the last four stage for the first time in their history.", "But their mission became impossible three minutes after the interval when substitute Chidi Odiah was sent off for a late challenge on Samuel Eto'o, resulting in a second yellow card.", "From then on, Italian champions Inter Milan were always in control.", "Sneijder and Dejan Stankovic both had shots well saved by Akinfeev, while the goalkeeper produced a superb save to keep out Diego Milito when the Argentine international went through on goal.", "The home side rarely threatened after being reduced to 10 men and Inter comfortably held on to reach the last four of the competition for the first time since 2003." ]	[ "Italian champions Inter Milan through to the semifinals of the Champions League .", "Wesley Sneijder scores the only goal as Inter defeat CSKA Moscow 1-0 .", "The 2-0 aggregate victory means Inter reach the last four for first time since 2003 ." ]	[ 0, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- We are often asked to declare our identity for documents, applications, bank loans and even social networking sites.", "But how much of our identity is lost when we select \"female,\" \"African-American\" or \"Muslim?\"", "I think much of my own identity is lost when I fill in those boxes.", "I am technically a white, male, heterosexual, Christian, upper-class Ph.D. student.", "But I am more than meets the eye. I'm covered in tattoos and piercings, and this often leads to assumptions about my character.", "\"Is he a drug addict?", "Is he a skinhead? Does he play music for a band?\"", "I am none of these things.", "The lesson I hope to teach others through my life is that it's important to see past appearances.", "My sociopolitical views are a large part of my identity, and I incorporate these into what I wear; whether it's T-shirts emblazoned with the images of activists whom I admire or deliberately manipulating my demeanor to reflect the \"professorial\" role I assume in the classroom, I am continually aware that others are reading my presentation as a measure of my character.", "And it is to this end that I deliberately try to throw people off.", "I hope to debunk some of the myths surrounding tattoos and piercings.", "And I know that everyone who interacts with me is left wondering how someone so \"deviant-looking\" can be kind, courteous and hospitable.", "My body is also a billboard for my life, and my tattoos tell the story of my identity.", "My earliest tattoos were direct quotes and Bible verses and captured my identity as an outspoken social-justice advocate.", "I began to display my political views more directly in later tattoos.", "I have the \"female\" sign behind my left ear to reflect my commitment to feminism and women everywhere; I have the Human Rights Campaign logo behind my right ear to reflect my commitment to LGBT struggles.", "The tattoos on my arms capture my commitment to \"faith,\" \"family\" and \"mom and dad.\"", "I also have a bald eagle on my forearm to reflect my commitment to making this country a better place and a skull wearing a graduation cap to reflect my lifelong commitment to teaching.", "I know that my appearance is misleading, and I know that many people would disagree with what I see as efficacious inscriptions.", "But one thing is for certain: I will not blend in with the crowd.", "I will be noticed, for better or worse.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Paul Strohecker." ]	[ "David Strohecker is technically a white, male, heterosexual, Christian Ph.D. student .", "Strohecker: My tattoos and piercings lead to assumptions about my character .", "Sociopolitical views are a large part of identity, and tattoos tell story, he says .", "\"I hope to teach others ... it's important to see past appearances\"" ]	[ 3, 8, 11, 13 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- British newspapers were filled with speculation Wednesday that Prince William may soon propose to his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, after an influential blog reported on a possible date.", "In an entry on her Web site, The Daily Beast, former magazine editor Tina Brown wrote that a \"high-placed source in royal circles\" told her that June 3 and 4 have been \"mysteriously blocked out on the palace diaries.\"", "This suggests a likely date for the engagement of William, 27, and Middleton, 28, wrote Brown, author of a biography of the late Princess Diana.", "Brown was previously editor-in-chief of high-society magazine Tatler as well as editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.", "There was no response Wednesday from Clarence House, William's official residence.", "\"We don't comment on speculation,\" a spokeswoman there told CNN.", "William and Middleton have been dating off and on since 2003, when both were students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.", "They split in April 2007 despite widespread speculation they were close to marriage, but they remained friends and began dating again by the end of that year.", "The pair is often seen on the town in London, going to exclusive nightclubs.", "William is now training to be a search-and-rescue pilot with the Royal Air Force, where he holds the rank of flight lieutenant." ]	[ "No response from Clarence House, Prince William's official residence .", "Couple have been dating since 2003, when both were students in Scotland .", "Prince is currently training to be a search-and-rescue pilot with the Royal Air Force ." ]	[ 4, 6, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Lourdes Batista wishes she had super powers so she could use them to find her husband, she said Wednesday, 105 days after authorities said he was kidnapped in Mexico.", "Lourdes Batista says she has no idea why someone would kidnap her husband, Felix.", "Felix Batista, a renowned kidnapping consultant, disappeared after getting into a vehicle outside a Saltillo restaurant December 10.", "The family has yet to hear a word from his abductors.", "\"I don't have words to describe the pain,\" Lourdes Batista said.", "\"It's cruel, very cruel.\"", "Lourdes Batista was getting ready for bed at her Miami, Florida, home when she received a phone call informing her that her husband of 31 years had been snatched.", "She tried contacting him on both of his phones, but to no avail.", "Felix Batista, 53, had arrived four days prior in Saltillo, the Coahuila state capital about 250 miles from the U.S. border, to take part in a security seminar about kidnappings.", "He was giving talks about kidnappings to a business group in Saltillo and Torreon.", "Though the Cuban-American worked as a contract consultant for the Houston, Texas-based ASI Global Response, the trip was not affiliated with the company.", "On the day of his kidnapping, Felix Batista was in a restaurant with several other people when he received a phone call, according to a statement from the Coahuila state attorney general's office.", "\"After speaking for a few minutes, [he] left the restaurant, telling his colleagues that several people in a white pickup truck were going to give him a message,\" the statement said.", "\"Afterward, outside the business, at about 7 p.m., he got into a vehicle with different characteristics from those he had mentioned to his colleagues and, since then, no one has had any communication with him,\" the statement said.", "There was no indication of violence at the scene, the attorney general's office said.", "Jackie Batista said she has no clue why someone would abduct her brother.", "\"We can speculate till next year,\" she said.", "\"We've waited for answers.", "We don't have any information, and no one has contacted us.\"", "Lourdes Batista added, \"It's very perplexing.", "I don't know. I don't understand why. This is why I can't sleep at night.\"", "Watch Felix Batista's wife, sister plead for his release » .", "Felix Batista served four years in the U.S. Army before entering private practice.", "He has 23 years of experience as a crisis responder and had worked with ASI Global Response since May 2007, President Charlie LeBlanc said.", "A profile on the company's Web site, which has been taken down, said Felix Batista conducted threat assessments and had been credited with the \"successful resolution\" of almost 100 kidnap-and-ransom cases.", "LeBlanc said Felix Batista was a \"multidisciplined security practitioner\" who also worked on extortion cases and consulted corporations.", "His aptitude as a consultant aside, Lourdes Batista said, he was an outstanding family man: \"a great man and a great father and a wonderful husband.", "I couldn't ask for better.\"", "Since Felix Batista's kidnapping, ASI Global has been working with his family, acting as a liaison with the FBI and Mexican authorities and vetting those offering to help with the case, LeBlanc said.", "It's the same kind of work Felix Batista was known for, he said.", "ASI Global has been sharing information with the Mexican national police, who have \"been very forthcoming in sharing information and asking for advice,\" LeBlanc said.", "\"We've had viable leads.", "They just haven't panned out,\" he added.", "Kidnappings and violence have long been problems in Mexico, but the problem has spiked in the past year, at least statistically.", "Mexican President Felipe Calderon said this month that there were 6,500 organized-crime killings in 2008, more than double the number from 2007.", "The nation's human rights ombudsman has reported that there were 5,140 reported kidnappings between 2001 and 2008.", "Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora's office reported that there were 326 kidnappings in the first five months of 2008 alone.", "\"Many cases continued, however, to go unreported, as families negotiated directly with kidnappers.", "The number of reported cases to authorities was believed to be far less than the actual number of kidnappings,\" said a statement from Mora's office.", "Lourdes Batista said the level of violence in Mexico troubles her.", "\"The Mexican citizens, how do they live like this every day of their lives?", "It's beyond me,\" she said.", "\"I fear for them and fear for their loved ones.\"", "Lourdes Batista said there have been no threats against her or against her five children with Felix, who range in age from 16 to 28, but she still lives anxiously.", "\"I do live in fear, but mostly for Felix and for the families that are going through what I'm going through,\" Lourdes Batista said, adding that the kidnappers' silence has left her feeling impotent.", "Last week, exactly 100 days after his kidnapping, the Batistas submitted a letter to three newspapers in Monterrey, about 30 miles east of Saltillo.", "The letter, addressed to \"the Mexican people,\" sought any leads or information in the case and offered a financial reward for information yielding Felix Batista's safe return.", "In short, it stated, \"we want Felix back,\" Jackie Batista said.", "Lourdes Batista said she is willing to add a caveat to the family's plea.", "\"I am not one to persecute, and I don't want to know.", "I just want my husband back. We need him here,\" she said." ]	[ "Lourdes Batista says of perplexing motive, \"This is why I can't sleep at night\"\nFelix Batista was kidnapped December 10 outside a restaurant in Saltillo, Mexico .", "Felix Batista is skilled crisis responder who helped families of kidnapping victims .", "Violence, kidnappings plague Mexico; many abductions go unreported ." ]	[ 2, 20, 29, 37, 39 ]
[ "Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran tested an upgraded version of a surface-to-surface missile with a range that makes it capable of reaching parts of Europe, state-run television reported Wednesday.", "Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said on Press-TV that the solid-fuel, high-speed Sajil-2 missile has \"great maneuverability\" and can access targets more than 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) away, making Israel and U.S. military bases in the Gulf reachable.", "Vahidi said the missile has a shorter launch time and is intended to boost Iran's deterrent capability.", "In Washington, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Defense Secretary Robert Gates had seen the intelligence on the launch, which occurred Tuesday, \"and, based on that, is clearly concerned.\"", "\"At a time when the international community has offered Iran opportunities to begin to build trust and confidence, Iran's missile tests only undermine Iran's claims of peaceful intentions,\" he added.", "\"Such actions will increase the seriousness and resolve of the international community to hold Iran accountable for its continued defiance of its international obligations.\"", "But a U.S. intelligence official said the test launch does not represent \"a major advancement\" in Iran's missile technology.", "The official added that Iran carries out such tests on a \"routine basis ... to attract attention.\"", "Iran tested the initial version of the Sajil-2 in May.", "In September, days before a key meeting over nuclear issues with industrialized powers, Iran tested two types of long-range missiles.", "Those tests drew condemnation after the Islamic republic revealed the existence of a covert uranium enrichment site near the city of Qom.", "Iran shocked the world with that revelation.", "Since then, it has allowed inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency to visit the plant.", "Western powers fear that Iran is intent on developing nuclear weapons.", "That's a claim Tehran denies, but the latest test-firing of the Sajil-2 could add to existing tensions." ]	[ "NEW: Gates: \"Missile tests only undermine Iran's claims of peaceful intentions\"\nMissile's range puts parts of Israel, U.S. bases, parts of Europe within range .", "West fears Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons; Iran denies claim ." ]	[ 0, 4, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- On most mornings, my better half wakes up around 5:30, throws on some sweats and heads to the gym before work.", "About a half hour later, I wake up my 13-year-old son, go downstairs to the kitchen to make his breakfast and pack his lunch.", "Once he's out the door, I brew some coffee and get to work.", "Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the \"gay lifestyle\" -- run for your heterosexual lives.", "I understand opponents of gay rights must highlight differences in order to maintain the \"us against them\" tension that's paramount to their arguments.", "But this notion that sexual orientation comes with a different and pre-ordained way of life -- as if we're all ordering the No.", "3 at a drive thru -- only highlights how irrational groups such as Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council, the American Family Association and others like them are in this whole debate.", "Pro-marriage organizations try to stop two consenting adults from marrying.", "Pro-family groups try to stop stable couples wanting children from adopting unloved orphans.", "And somehow, me doing something like going to the grocery store threatens the very fabric of society, as Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern spewed.", "She says \"the homosexual agenda is destroying this nation\" and \"homosexuality is more of a threat than terrorism.\"", "I'm not sure what her idea of a gay lifestyle might be, but with a growing teenager, buying and cooking food dominates my day-to-day.", "I don't worship Barbra Streisand, I don't watch any TV show with the word \"Housewives\" in its title and I love fishing, beer and Madonna.", "But more important, I'm just a father trying to keep my son away from drugs, get him into college and have a little money left over for retirement.", "I'm no sociologist but I'm pretty sure those concerns are not exclusive to gay people.", "In one of the most pivotal scenes in the biopic \"Milk,\" Harvey Milk, played by Sean Penn, gathers a group of community organizers and activists to come up with strategies to combat a 1978 ballot initiative that sought to ban LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) teachers and their supporters from working in public schools in California.", "As the small crowd settles down, Milk quickly glances around the room and says .. \"If we're going to convince the 90 percent to give a ---- about us 10 percent, we have to let them know who we are ...\" \"What\" we are -- be it gay, straight, black, white -- is simply window dressing.", "\"Who\" we are is where the substance is, where the person is, where our humanity is.", "Too often, discussions about gay people and gay rights focus on sex, as if a person's entire being is defined by his or her Hollywood crush.", "This fixation has been the crux behind attempts to link gay men to pedophilia -- from John Briggs, a state legislator from Orange County who introduced the proposed ban on gay teachers in California, to the Catholic League's Bill Donohue, whose recent attempts to excuse the church for its global scandal coverup by seemingly blaming homosexuality -- and it's a tactic that is evil incarnate.", "\"The vast majority of the victims are post-pubescent,\" Donohue recently said on \"Larry King Live.\"", "\"That's not pedophilia, buddy.", "That's homosexuality.\" Actually, Bill, sexual predators whose victims are 13- to 17-years-old are called hebephiles -- a la Joey Buttafuoco, Madeleine Martin and Heather Kennedy -- not homosexuals.", "And that still doesn't explain why the church opted to save face as opposed to, in the words of the infamous anti-gay figurehead Anita Bryant, \"Save our children.\"", "Being gay doesn't dictate how people live their lives any more than being straight does.", "There are gay people who go to church every Sunday and straight people who do not believe in God.", "There are single gay men who believe in the sanctity of marriage and married straight men who apparently do not -- such as Gov.", "Mark Sanford, ex-Sen. John Edwards and Sen. John Ensign, to name a few.", "The truth is the only thing all gay people have in common -- you know, besides being gay -- is that we face continuous rhetorical, social and legal attacks for simply existing, thus potentially making something as mundane as bringing a date to a work function a fight-or-flee situation.", "And yet, even in the face of that discrimination, LGBT people all handle it differently.", "Some of us live in the closet, some of us do drag every Wednesday night, some of us are Republicans hoping to be change agents within a conservative sect and some of us are apathetic Democrats too dumb to carry on a conversation about anything other than Lady Gaga.", "In other words, we're just as diverse, intolerant, upstanding and tragic as our straight counterparts and unless there is an annual meeting I don't know about, the only item on the much talked-about gay agenda is an abbreviated passage from the Declaration of Independence -- \"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.\"", "In 29 states, people can be fired simply for being gay regardless of their education, experience or job performance; servicemen and women can be dismissed from the military regardless of their qualifications, dedication and courage; and partners are unable to see their better halves in the hospital regardless of the love, commitment and life they share.", "Wanting to be judged by the content of one's character isn't a special right, it's a constitutional one guaranteed by the 14th and 15th amendments.", "And yet, 145 years since the abolition of slavery, 90 years since women were allowed to vote and 20 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act, we're still involved in McCarthy-like investigations, holding Briggs-like elections and taking opinion polls based solely upon \"what\" someone is as opposed to \"who\" they are.", "It's sad. We're such a great nation, still full of great hope and promise and yet we keep being tripped up by ignorance, which leads to fear and then eventually hate.", "Being gay isn't a choice, but being a bigot certainly is.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of LZ Granderson." ]	[ "LZ Granderson: Is grocery shopping, getting my son off to school the \"gay lifestyle\"?", "Granderson: Nonexistent gay lifestyle keeps up an \"us against them\" tension .", "Gay rights foes drum up the fear of a link between gay men and pedophilia, he says .", "He writes: Being judged by the content of one's character is a constitutional right ." ]	[ 4, 33, 36 ]
[ "BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Chinese investors want to cash in on the country's NBA fever with a bid to buy a 15 percent stake in the Cleveland Cavaliers.", "Chinese superstar Yao Ming has been linked with a switch to Cleveland if Huang's deal goes through.", "Chinese-born businessman Kenny Huang is heading the deal, estimated to be worth more than $70 million.", "Huang has masterminded previous sports deals, including introducing Mandarin advertisements in the Houston Toyota Center, home of Rockets and Chinese basketball star Yao Ming.", "With his U.S.-based partner Marc Ganis, Huang founded SportsCorp China, a company that facilitates sports and sponsorship contracts between the United States and China.", "Ganis said that if the deal goes through, it would rank as the largest international sports transaction ever made by Chinese nationals.", "\"Simply having Chinese ownership will increase significantly the visibility of the team within China,\" Ganis said.", "\"There will be much more coverage [of the Cavaliers] on the electronic news as well as the printed news.", "which means the team gets a much broader brand penetration in China for themselves, for their sponsors, and for any other business activities that they may want to engage in.\"", "The news has already sparked excitement among China's massive basketball fan base.", "\"It makes me proud that the Chinese will be working with my favorite team,\" said a 14-year-old boy at Beijing's Youth Pro Basketball Training Camp.", "\"It's an honor.\" At the training camp, players practice in the shadow of a giant statue of four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal, who last month moved to losing Eastern Conference finalist Cleveland from Phoenix Suns.", "\"They're crazy for basketball,\" said the camp's founder and former Chinese national basketball player Ma Jian.", "\"Basketball has probably become the number one most popular sport in China.\"", "Ma says China's fascination with shooting hoops stems partially from NBA efforts to promote the league in the world's most populous nation.", "A minority ownership of an NBA team will take China and the NBA's love-love relationship to the next level.", "\"It is a natural extension of what the NBA's efforts have been in China,\" Ganis said in an interview, \"for Chinese investors to look not just at sponsoring the NBA, not just getting athletes as endorsers of their products, but also for them to now move into ownership of NBA franchises,\" The move is also expected to bolster the Cavaliers' marketing opportunities in China, where the franchise's merchandise is already a top seller.", "Some say that deal may even entice LeBron James, who has claimed he wants to be the first billion-dollar athlete, to re-sign with his hometown team next summer.", "James, or \"Little Emperor\" as the Chinese call him, is hugely popular in China.", "It seems the feeling's mutual.", "Playing for a team with links to China, \"should be fun,\" James told Cleveland newspaper, The Plain Dealer.", "\"It's a big market; they love the game of basketball .I've been over there the last four or five summers, and I know how much they are inspired about the game.\"", "There's also speculation that if the deal is finalized, the Chinese presence at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena may increase by one.", "A move by Yao to the Cavaliers has been at the center of discussion in the Chinese bloggosphere.", "A Chinese forum post reads: \"I think there is around a 60 percent chance that Yao Ming will go to the Cavaliers because now the team is part-owned by Chinese investors and they will want to sign him.\"", "\"This is all an unknown,\" said Yao in the interview with his hometown Shanghai TV station.", "Although Yao's recent injury may keep him off the court, it won't keep Chinese fans from watching the NBA -- despite speculation that his broken foot could end his career or, at the very least, keep him out of the next season.", "\"Despite Yao's injury, many people in China will still be interested in basketball,\" says Mang Hongche, the manager of one of Beijing's NBA Stores.", "\"Yao Ming's our favorite, but besides Yao there are also other players that we like, like Kobe and LeBron.\"", "With Chinese basketball fans in it for the long-run, the future may see more partnerships between the NBA and China.", "\"In the next three to five years you will see a lot more sponsorships [with the NBA],\" Ma Jian said.", "\"The Kenny Huang deal and Yao Ming are just a piece driving this market.\"", "Some analysts say there's a possibility the NBA and China may even tie the knot by creating an NBA-CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) partnership.", "\"At the end of the day, the NBA is still a league, so at some point they'll want to have a league here on the ground,\" says Michael Sun, managing director of sports giant IMG.", "\"This is something that I'm sure [NBA China CEO] Ted Chan thinks about every day.\"" ]	[ "Chinese businessman hopes to buy 15 percent stake in Cleveland Cavaliers .", "Kenny Huang is heading the deal, estimated to be worth more than $70 million .", "Chinese people fanatical about basketball and national sports hero Yao Ming .", "Further Chinese investment in the NBA is expected in the future ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Actress Dixie Carter, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker on the TV show \"Designing Women,\" has died, her agent said Saturday.", "She was 70. She was 70. Carter died from complications arising from cancer, her publicist, Steve Rohr, said Sunday.", "Carter was drawn to roles portraying steely Southern women.", "One of her more recent roles included a guest appearance on the show \"Desperate Housewives,\" for which she was nominated for an Emmy in 2007.", "\"This has been a terrible blow to our family,\" her husband, the actor Hal Holbrook, told \"Entertainment Tonight.\"", "\"We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy.\"", "Carter and Holbrook met while filming the CBS-TV movie, \"The Killing of Randy Webster.\"", "Carter was born in 1939 in McLemoresville, Tennessee.", "In addition to her role as feisty Julia Sugarbaker, she's been on other television series including \"Family Law\" and \"Diff'rent Strokes.\"", "She also had a long career on Broadway and appeared on stage in \"Southern Comforts\" with her husband in 2006.", "In addition to Holbrook, to whom she has been married since 1984, Carter is survived by two daughters, Mary Dixie and Ginna.", "According to Rohr, Carter suffered from endometrial cancer, which forms in the the tissue lining the uterus." ]	[ "Actress Dixie Carter dead at 70, agent tells CNN .", "Carter was best known for role as Julia Sugarbaker on \"Designing Women\"\nCarter was married to fellow actor Hal Holbrook ." ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "Northampton, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Three teens accused in the bullying of a Massachusetts high school student who committed suicide pleaded not guilty to related charges Tuesday.", "Sean Mulveyhill, 17, Kayla Narey, 17, and Austin Renaud, 18, were not present at Hampshire Superior Court.", "They entered their pleas through their lawyers.", "Judge Judd Carhart upheld an agreement between prosecutors and defense attorneys that the defendants report to State Police barracks for booking before Friday.", "They must also stay away from the family of Phoebe Prince, the dead student.", "Terrence Dunphy, attorney for Renaud, did not comment on the status of his client, but told reporters that Renaud is innocent.", "The body of 15-year-old Phoebe was found hanging in the stairway leading to her family's second-floor apartment in South Hadley on January 14, Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel told reporters last month.", "Phoebe underwent what Scheibel described as a months-long campaign of bullying that led to her commit suicide.", "The girl was on the receiving end of \"verbally assaultive behavior and threats of physical harm ... on school grounds, by several South Hadley High School students,\" Scheibel said.", "In the indictments, returned last month, the Hampshire County grand jury charged Mulveyhill, of South Hadley, with statutory rape, violation of civil rights with resulting bodily injury, criminal harassment and disturbance of a school assembly.", "The indictments charged Renaud, of Springfield, with statutory rape.", "Kayla Narey, of South Hadley, was charged with violation of civil rights with resulting bodily injury, criminal harassment and disturbance of a school assembly.", "Charges against another three girls included violation of civil rights with resulting bodily injury; two also were charged with stalking.", "South Hadley Public Schools Superintendent Gus Sayer defended school administrators' handling of the matter, saying Phoebe had not alerted anyone to her situation.", "\"She didn't reveal to people what she was being subjected to and, unfortunately, until January 7 we were not aware of what she was being subjected to, so [there was] very little way we could have intervened in the bullying,\" he said.", "Sayer cited two incidents that occurred on January 7, a week before Phoebe's death.", "In one, a girl walked into a classroom and called Phoebe \"an Irish slut,\" he said.", "The name caller was taken to the principal's office and disciplined, he said.", "In the other, a girl \"said something threatening about Phoebe\" to another girl, he said.", "A staff member overheard the comment and reported it to the principal, who took disciplinary action, Sayer said.", "He said it was school policy not to specify what disciplinary actions may have been taken against any individual student, though he said the latter case did not include expulsion and that the student returned to school.", "\"To our knowledge the action taken was effective in ending their involvement in any bullying of Phoebe,\" he said.", "Phoebe, who had recently moved to the area with her family from Ireland, also was harassed as she walked through the halls of the school on the day of her death and as she walked on the street toward her home, Scheibel said.", "The harassment that day, by one male and two females, \"appears to have been motivated by the group's displeasure with Phoebe's brief dating relationship with a male student that had ended six weeks earlier,\" she said.", "None of the six students identified in the indictment remains in school, Sayer said.", "CNN's Brian Vitagliano contributed to this report." ]	[ "Sean Mulveyhill, Kayla Narey and Austin Renaud enter pleas through their lawyers .", "Phoebe Prince's body was found hanging the stairway leading to her family's apartment .", "Schools superintendent defends administrators' handling of the matter .", "Superintendent Gus Sayer: \"She didn't reveal to people what she was being subjected to\"" ]	[ 1, 2, 6, 13, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Before this week, most Americans had likely never heard of Kyrgyzstan and even fewer could place it on a map.", "But the central Asian nation, which is about the size of South Dakota, is important to U.S. foreign policy for one simple reason: a vital military base through which tens of thousands of troops pass every month on their way in and out of Afghanistan.", "The fate of the Manas Transit Center was thrown into question Wednesday when Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev was forced to flee the capital after angry mobs seized government headquarters.", "Fighting between police and protesters left 75 people dead and hundreds injured, authorities said Thursday.", "The protesters say they are in control of the government, but Bakiev sent word Thursday from southern Kyrgyzstan that he is not abandoning his duties.", "The United States likely will retain use of the Manas facility even if Bakiev's opponents secure control of the government, said Alexander Cooley, a central Asia expert at Barnard College.", "Latest news out of Kyrgyzstan .", "\"It's going to survive, but it's going to generate a lot of noise, uncomfortable negotiations and a lot of hard bargaining,\" said Cooley, author of \"Base Politics.\"", "The Manas base plays a major role in internal Kyrgyzstan policy on several levels.", "For starters, it is a major source of income in the small nation, which has a gross domestic product of less than $12 billion a year, according to the CIA World Factbook.", "The nation ranks 143rd in the world in terms of its GDP.", "In exchange for use of the base, the United States provides about $180 million in aid to Kyrgyzstan each year, Cooley said.", "Although the United States does not pay rent for use of any bases in the world, Cooley said, about $60 million of the Kyrgyzstan aid is considered payment for access to the Manas facility.", "In addition, Cooley said, Bakiev's political opponents say the United States pays about $160 million a year to buy fuel for American aircraft using the base.", "\"The base is as much an economic investment as much as it is a security investment,\" Cooley told CNN.", "\"Kyrgyzstan does not have a lot of economic assets.", "That's why the base is important.\"", "But the base also has deep significance to Bakiev's opponents, who see it as a symbol of the deposed president's corruption and U.S. complicity in his abuse of power.", "\"The United States stayed silent as Bakiev built a criminal state,\" Cooley said.", "iReport: Are you there? Share photos, video .", "Political opponents believe that aid paid for use of the base went into Bakiev's pockets, not the country's coffers.", "\"That money went to companies and shady off-shore enterprises controlled by the family,\" said Cooley.", "\"It's the actual site of tacit deals and corruption.\"", "The new government has said it will address citizens' concerns.", "Kyrgyzstan has had a troubled history since shortly after gaining independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.", "Also gaining independence that year were the three other \"stans,\" as some people commonly refer to the region: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.", "\"Kyrgyzstan seemed to be in the 1990s the one bright spot,\" Cooley said.", "Askar Akaev, who had been president since 1990, started off as a good leader, Cooley said, \"and politics were pretty pluralistic.", "Then, he started regressing.\"", "Akaev increasingly turned to repression.", "\"As they do, he stayed a few years too many,\" said Cooley.", "\"Bakiev was bad, but Akaev was a real thug.\"", "As happened this week, opponents took to the streets in 2005 and drove Akaev from power.", "Bakiev won election as president in July 2005.", "But he, too, soon started to maneuver to increase his power and consolidate control.", "Demonstrations by political opponents in April, May and November 2006 led to the adoption of a new constitution that gave some of the president's powers to parliament and the government.", "A year later, the parliament voted to restore some of those powers to the presidency.", "In September 2007, the new constitution was declared illegal, and Bakiev resumed having the presidential powers he had inherited when taking office.", "\"The president then dissolved parliament, called for early elections and gained control of the new parliament through his newly created political party, Ak Jol, in December 2007 elections,\" the CIA World Factbook says.", "\"In July 2009, after months of harassment against his opponents and media critics, Bakiev won re-election in a presidential campaign that the international community deemed flawed.", "\"Just a few months later in October, Bakiev engineered changes in the government structure that further consolidated his already considerable hold on power.\"", "The CIA World Factbook says concerns about Bakiev's rule, \"included privatization of state-owned enterprises, negative trends in democracy and political freedoms, endemic corruption, improving interethnic relations, electricity generation and combating terrorism.\"", "That such turmoil should fall upon such a country seems incongruous to some.", "\"Kyrgyz are great,\" Cooley said.", "\"They are very hospitable. Very mild-mannered.\"", "The CIA World Factbook describes Kyrgyzstan as a land of \"incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions.\"", "With an estimated 2009 population of about 5.4 million, Kyrgyzstan ranks No.", "111 among nations.", "It is a landlocked country and entirely mountainous, with 94 percent of the nation 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) above sea level and an average elevation of 9,000 feet (2,750 meters), the CIA World Factbook says.", "The topography includes many tall peaks, glaciers and high-altitude lakes.", "Nearly two-thirds of the nation's citizens belong to the Kyrgyz ethnic group, while nearly 14 percent are Uzbek and more than 12 percent are Russian, the CIA World Factbook says.", "Likewise, nearly 65 percent of the people speak Kyrgyz, which is the official language.", "Nearly 14 percent speak Uzbek and Russian is the language for more than 12 percent.", "Three of every four citizens are Muslim and one in five are Russian Orthodox.", "Although Kyrgyzstan shares a 533-mile (858-kilometer) border with China, most people identify with mother-nation Russia.", "Kyrgyzstan was formally annexed to Russia in 1876 and became a Soviet republic in 1936.", "\"There's a strong cultural affinity to Russia due to media, education and the Soviet legacy,\" Cooley said.", "Still, China is knocking at the door.", "\"China has moved in, but it's been a very recent development,\" said Cooley.", "\"Last year, China did a lot more trade there than Russia did.", "But there's very little cultural affiliation with China.\"", "There is no seeming affinity for the United States, a distant nation tied in the minds and hearts of many Kyrgyz to corruption at home.", "The question that remained unanswered this week was whether millions of dollars in U.S. aid would provide enough affiliation to allow continued use of the Manas Transit Center." ]	[ "Central Asian nation is home to a military base that's vital to U.S. in Afghanistan war .", "Kyrgyzstan initially showed great promise after the break-up of the Soviet Union .", "Its rulers eventually fell into repressive rule; some residents say U.S. turned blind eye .", "China is beginning to make economic inroads with the landlocked nation ." ]	[ 1, 24, 29, 35, 43, 60 ]
[ "(CNN) -- As the National Tea Party Convention concluded this weekend, it's clear that the Tea Partiers are propelled by two competing claims -- a principled commitment to fiscal conservatism and a serious case of Obama Derangement Syndrome.", "The first group remains true to the roots of the movement as it emerged almost one year ago amid bailout backlash.", "They feel like modern Paul Reveres, warning their fellow citizens about the unsustainable nature of our government's deficit spending and unprecedented debt.", "They still have an important civic role to play in our national debate.", "The second group reflects the overheated, hyperpartisanship that emerged over the August town halls and the 9/12 march on Washington.", "Oddly enough, this group embraced the tactics of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and applied them to the conservative cause, with angry confrontation and street theater protests.", "They ascribe to Obama every sinister characteristic imaginable -- often a secret plot to undermine our constitutional republic and put in a socialist, one-world government in its place.", "This is the crowd that carries the signs comparing Obama to Hitler and communists, while proclaiming themselves patriots.", "Their extremism will ultimately lead the movement to self-destruct unless it is clearly repudiated.", "The weekend's controversial and much-covered Tea Party ended up being more of a conference than a convention.", "It offered speeches and seminars to a relatively small group of attendees.", "While Tax Day 2009 Tea Parties attracted some 300,000 people nationwide, this convention accommodated just 600 people, who paid nearly $500 each for the privilege of attending the populist conference.", "While the crowds at 2009's protests were generally angrier than the speakers who climbed up onto platforms at last weekend's conference, the dynamic was reversed.", "The crowd was generally more civil than the selected speakers.", "Former congressman Tom Tancredo accused the president of being a \"committed socialist ideologue\" and proposed a civic literacy test for voting.", "WorldNet Daily founder Joseph Farah used his post-dinner speech, covered by C-Span, to repeat inane \"Birther\" claims.", "Alabama gubernatorial candidate and former state Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore said Obama had \"ignored our history and our heritage, arrogantly declaring to the world that we are no longer a Christian nation.\"", "He also compared Obama to King George III by quoting the Declaration of Independence: \"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.\"", "Sarah Palin was the most cautious by far, saying simply \"America is ready for another revolution.\"", "Where will the Tea Party movement go from here?", "The for-profit conference organizers declared that \"we absolutely do not support a third party\" and instead announced the creation of a new corporation and concurrent PAC to support conservative candidates, primarily in the South.", "This is still very much a leaderless movement with divergent tributaries.", "There's no shortage of anger at the GOP for starting the path of deficit spending last decade and then backing the first round of Wall Street bailouts under Bush.", "There is a rejection of politics as usual, the feeling that both parties are captive of their respective special interests -- big business and big government.", "What's your take? Share your thoughts on the Tea Party movement .", "For the Tea Party momentum to continue in a constructive way, it will need to take at least two further steps: First, repudiate the unhinged Obama-haters and then focus its anger at fiscal irresponsibility into policy proposals instead of bumper-sticker platitudes.", "With a growing number of conspiracy entrepreneurs trying to profit off populist anger in a recession, it's also worth keeping the conservative virtue of healthy skepticism in mind.", "Remember what the author Eric Hoffer warned in his book \"The True Believer:\" \"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business and eventually degenerates into a racket.\"" ]	[ "Some in Tea Party movement have an Obama blind spot, John Avlon observers .", "If Tea Party movement is to last, Avlon says the Obama bashers must be repudiated .", "Sarah Palin was the most cautious speaker at Nashville convention, he says .", "Avlon: Movement must focus its anger at fiscal irresponsibility into policy proposals ." ]	[ 18, 19, 25 ]
[ "Naoma, West Virginia (CNN) -- Crews planned to pump nitrogen into a West Virginia coal mine as the search resumed early Friday for four miners who may be trapped after a deadly explosion earlier in the week.", "Kevin Stricklin of the U.S.", "Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) said crews would neutralize potentially explosive air in the Upper Big Branch coal mine with nitrogen, allowing rescuers to go back in and remain there even if an explosive mixture builds again in the air.", "The hope, though slim, is that the four missing miners were able to survive by entering one of the chambers, which were stocked with enough food, water and air to keep 15 miners alive for four days.", "\"We committed to the families that we wanted to get into the chambers within 96 hours and we're trying to everything in our power to do that without taking a chance on the rescue teams, and I think this is the way to do it,\" Stricklin said.", "Officials said the rescue teams will make \"a mad dash\" to one of the mine's two airtight rescue chambers.", "\"The rescue teams have taken four breathing apparatuses with them,\" Stricklin said.", "\"In the best case scenario, we would find four survivors.", "Once they get in there, we'll put oxygen masks on the survivors and bring them out.\"", "At least 25 miners died in Monday afternoon's explosion in West Virginia, while four others remain missing and two were injured.", "Rescuers -- 32 of them working in four teams -- got within 500 feet of one of the rescue chambers before having to turn back Thursday, said J. Christopher Adkins, chief operating officer of Massey Energy, the mine's owner.", "They were pulled back after it was determined that noxious gas levels were high enough to cause another blast.", "The readings showed potentially explosive levels of methane and hydrogen and high levels of carbon monoxide.", "Stricklin said air samples were tested at regular intervals Thursday night and that rising barometric pressure in the wake of a cold front that moved through the region had helped reduce the chances of another blast.", "Rescuers had been using high-pressure fans to pull the toxic air through 1,100-foot holes to the surface Thursday.", "One of the four unaccounted-for miners and 18 of the dead were working in an area where longwall cutting was taking place.", "The technique uses a large grinder to extract the coal.", "It creates large amounts of coal dust and methane, both of which are explosive.", "The other three missing miners are believed to be about 2,000 feet away in a new development area of the mine.", "Authorities have acknowledged it is unlikely the four missing men are alive, but they refuse to give up hope.", "Officials hope to determine whether either rescue chamber has deployed by lowering a camera through the second hole.", "\"If they're deployed, more than likely someone's in them,\" said West Virginia Gov.", "Joe Manchin said.", "\"That means we have a chance of that miracle.\"", "But he added: \"If they're not deployed, we know that our chances are diminished tremendously.\"", "In an interview with CNN, Manchin noted that the mine was outfitted with gas sensors to alert mine personnel when levels become danger.", "\"In gaseous mines, you want to monitor and you want to have good ventilation,\" he said.", "\"If that has worked before, whenever the levels got out of control they pulled them out and stopped, why did it not happen this time?\"", "The cause of the explosion is unknown, and state and federal officials have pledged a full investigation.", "The White House announced Thursday that President Obama will meet next week with Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and an MSHA official to hear their initial assessment of the cause of the blast and their recommendations on steps the federal government should take to improve safety.", "CNN's Rachel Streitfeld and Samira J. Simone contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Crews to pump nitrogen in West Virginia coal mine to flush out toxic gas .", "Rescuers hold onto hope of finding four miners trapped in blast .", "Cause of Monday's explosion unknown; state and federal officials plan full investigation ." ]	[ 0, 1, 28 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Obama called Thursday for high-level talks with Republicans to work out a compromise on health care legislation, then putting the resulting bill to a vote in Congress.", "\"If Congress decides we're not going to do it, even after all the facts are laid out, after all the options are clear, then the American people can make a judgment as to whether this Congress has done the right thing for them or not,\" Obama said.", "\"That's how democracy works.\"", "Obama's comments were the first clear signal from the White House or Democrats in Congress on how they would proceed on a top legislative priority after losing their 60-seat super-majority in the Senate.", "Republican Scott Brown was sworn in as the new U.S. senator from Massachusetts earlier Thursday, leaving the Democrats one vote shy of being able to overcome GOP filibusters of health care reform and other major initiatives.", "Asked at a party fund-raising event about the Democratic strategy for health care reform going forward, Obama said Democratic leaders in the House and Senate were working out differences in the separate health care bills passed by each chamber last year.", "Once that was finished, Obama said, the next step would be \"to call on our Republican friends to present their ideas.\"", "\"What I'd like to do is to have a meeting whereby I'm sitting with the Republicans, sitting with the Democrats, sitting with health care experts, and let's just go through these bills -- their ideas, our ideas -- and walk through them and in a methodical way so that the American people can see and compare,\" Obama said.", "\"And then I think we've got to go ahead and move forward on a vote,\" he added.", "\"We've got to move forward on a vote.\"", "A White House official acknowledged later Thursday that this was new language from Obama to offer a possible scenario for health care talks to move forward.", "However, the official stressed it was \"not a new strategy\" for the White House to coalesce behind, and aides were still mulling various options to complete action on health care legislation.", "Democrat leaders in Congress have struggled to come up with a consensus strategy since the party lost its super-majority in the Senate.", "Republicans have unanimously opposed the health care bills so far, meaning Democrats would be unable to pass a bill through the Senate because of a certain GOP filibuster.", "Brown, now the 41st Republican senator to give the GOP its unstoppable filibuster ability, said Thursday after his swearing-in that Congress should start over on the health care issue instead of continuing to work on existing proposals.", "Republicans complain the comprehensive Democratic health care bills would lead to a government takeover of health care.", "They call for smaller steps focused on individual issues, such as limiting medical malpractice lawsuits.", "Democrats, however, say that spiraling health care costs that threaten the nation's future economic stability can only be addressed through comprehensive reform.", "Obama said Thursday the Democratic bill that will emerge from the House-Senate talks on joining their two proposals would expand coverage to at least 30 million Americans who lack health insurance while reducing long-term health care costs.", "The measure would include an insurance exchange to allow people and small business owners to pool together to purchase coverage, Obama said, but he made no mention of a government-run public health insurance option that Republicans have rallied against.", "Obama said the Democratic bill would include reforms that prevent insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing medical conditions or capping lifetime benefits.", "\"And by the way, all of it is paid for,\" Obama said.", "\"Not only is it deficit-neutral, but the Congressional Budget Office, which is the bipartisan office that is the scorekeeper for much things cost in Congress, says it is going to reduce the costs by $1 trillion.\"", "Obama called health care reform the \"single best way to bring down our deficits,\" adding \"nobody has disputed that.\"", "\"Nobody can dispute the fact that if we don't tackle surging health care costs, then we can't control our budget,\" he said.", "While Democrats from both chambers have been working together to merge their two bills, alternative strategies also have been discussed.", "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that the chamber would vote next week on one provision of its health care bill, which would drop the current anti-trust exemption for the insurance industry that allows practices such as market allocation.", "The Senate bill would maintain the anti-trust exemption, so it was unclear whether the House's limited first step would win approval there.", "However, Democratic aides have said that House Democrats want to keep momentum on health care going in coming weeks.", "CNN's Ed Henry contributed to this story." ]	[ "Obama: Democratic leaders in House, Senate working out differences in two bills .", "After that, president wants Republicans to present their ideas .", "It's first clear signal from Democrats how they want to proceed after Senate seat loss .", "Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts gives GOP 41 senators, enough to filibuster Senate bill ." ]	[ 3, 5, 6, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Illness forced Whitney Houston to postpone the first four shows of the European leg of her \"Nothing But Love\" comeback tour, her publicist said Wednesday.", "\"Doctors visited Whitney late last night in Paris and confirmed that she was suffering from an upper respiratory infection,\" a statement issued Wednesday said.", "\"Upon medical advice Whitney has been advised that she cannot perform to allow her time to recover.\"", "It was announced Monday that Houston would miss Tuesday's show in Paris because of the illness, but now doctors have advised her to cancel her first three United Kingdom performances, the publicist said.", "\"Only last month Whitney had said how excited she was to be performing again in the U.K. after her eleven year absence and was looking forward to performing new songs as well as crowd favorites,\" the statement said.", "Her two Manchester, England shows have been moved from Thursday and Friday to the end of her tour on June 17 and 18, the publicist said.", "The Glasgow, Scotland concert has been shifted from this Sunday to May 1, he said.", "The tour is expected to resume next Tuesday in Birmingham, England.", "Houston just completed a tour of Asia and Australia." ]	[ "Illness forces Whitney Houston to postpone first four shows of European tour .", "Doctors says Houston is suffering from an upper respiratory infection .", "Glasgow, Scotland concert has been shifted from this Sunday to May 1 ." ]	[ 0, 6 ]
[ "South Hadley, Massachusetts (CNN) -- The 15-year-old girl who hanged herself last January after enduring months of bullying from schoolmates failed to alert others to her plight, the superintendent of South Hadley Schools said Thursday.", "The girl, Phoebe Prince, \"was apparently a very private person; she bore a lot without talking to friends or with her parents or with anybody at school,\" Gus Sayer told CNN.", "\"She didn't reveal to people what she was being subjected to and, unfortunately, until January 7, we were not aware of what she was being subjected to, so [there was] very little way we could have intervened in the bullying.\"", "Sayer cited two incidents that occurred on January 7.", "In one, a girl walked into a classroom and called Prince \"an Irish slut,\" he said.", "The name caller was taken to the principal's office and disciplined, he said.", "In the other, a girl \"said something threatening about Phoebe\" to another girl, he said.", "A staff member overheard the comment and reported it to the principal, who took disciplinary action, Sayer said.", "He said it was school policy not to specify what disciplinary actions may have been taken against any individual student, though he said the latter case did not include expulsion and that the student returned to school.", "\"To our knowledge the action taken was effective in ending their involvement in any bullying of Phoebe,\" he said.", "Prince, who had recently moved with her family from Ireland to South Hadley, hanged herself on January 14 after enduring what Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth B. Scheibel described to reporters Monday as \"a nearly three-month campaign of verbally assaultive behavior and threats of physical harm toward Phoebe, on school grounds, by several South Hadley High School students.\"", "Six students were named in an indictment returned by a grand jury Friday and made public Monday.", "In addition, Scheibel said three female students received juvenile charges, but she would not clarify if they were among the six named in the indictment.", "That left even Sayer confused.", "\"There could be as many as nine, but I believe that six\" is the correct number, he said.", "Though authorities did not consider that the actions or failures to act by the faculty, staff and administrators of the school amounted to criminal behavior, prosecutor Scheibel called for them to undergo training to learn to intervene more effectively in such cases.", "But administrators in the school district, who oversee the education of 2,100 students in four schools, are being unfairly blamed for the death, Sayer said.", "Those critics include a number of parents who have demanded that the administrators resign.", "\"They really don't know what's going on in the schools, but they feel that this shouldn't have happened and that, somehow, it has to be the fault of the schools themselves,\" Sayer said.", "\"Frankly, I think that grossly oversimplifies the situation.\"", "Sayer said he had received hundreds of vituperative messages from the community.", "\"They are awful,\" he said, citing one that said he should be \"burning in hell.\"", "He said he was trying to ignore them.", "None of the six students identified in the indictment remains in school, he added.", "Sayer said he supported the punishments meted out to the students.", "\"If they, as they have been charged, committed crimes, they should face the consequences for those crimes,\" he said.", "But, he added, expulsion is something educators are reluctant to countenance.", "\"It's a terrible punishment because that changes their whole lives and what they are capable of doing, and they have to figure out a way to renew and complete their education.\"", "CNN's Alina Cho contributed to this story." ]	[ "Irish immigrant Phoebe Prince, 15, hanged herself in January in Massachusetts .", "South Hadley superintendent says Prince didn't let school officials know of her troubles .", "Gus Sayer says first knowledge of bullying campaign came just one week earlier .", "He says he's received hundreds of ugly messages, threats ." ]	[ 0, 9, 20 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Colorado woman indicted on terror charges pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Wednesday in federal court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.", "Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, faces federal charges that she conspired to support terrorists overseas.", "She was mostly expressionless at the hearing and nodded her head to indicate her not guilty plea rather than saying it aloud.", "She was wearing a green jumpsuit.", "Her attorney said she is 12 weeks pregnant.", "The attorney, Jeremy Gonzalez Ibrahim, said he and his client decided she should not speak at the hearing because the government may have collected audio evidence.", "If that is the case, the defense didn't want to give prosecutors an opportunity to do voice analysis between her courtroom testimony and any possible evidence, Ibrahim said.", "Paulin-Ramirez, who was indicted Friday, is being held in a federal detention center in Philadelphia.", "She was arrested in Ireland in March, reportedly as part of an investigation into a conspiracy to commit murder.", "She was released without charges after that arrest.", "The fact that she was released in Ireland and chose to return from abroad to answer charges in Philadelphia shows that she is confident of clearing her name, Ibrahim said.", "Her lawyer said she will file a motion for bail.", "The U.S. indictment also charges Colleen R. LaRose, a Pennsylvania suspect known as \"Jihad Jane,\" with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.", "The indictment is a superseding document to a previous indictment that charged only LaRose.", "According to the latest indictment, Paulin-Ramirez exchanged e-mail messages with LaRose during summer 2009 and was invited by the Pennsylvania woman to join her in Europe to attend a \"training camp.\"", "Paulin-Ramirez accepted the invitation and arrived in Europe with her 6-year-old son, Christian, on September 12, 2009, with \"the intent to live and train with jihadists,\" the indictment says.", "Paulin-Ramirez was arrested Friday afternoon in Philadelphia after voluntarily flying to the United States from abroad, authorities said.", "Her lawyer, Jeremy Ibrahim, said his client \"did what any law-abiding citizen would do if they knew they were facing charges back home: She came back with her [6-year-old] son.\"", "Paulin-Ramirez, of Leadville, Colorado, briefly appeared in court Friday.", "Ibrahim said Paulin-Ramirez married a man when she arrived in Ireland last fall after meeting him through the Internet.", "Ibrahim said the man \"courted her and told that he would take care of her and her son.\"", "On Tuesday, the government filed a motion for a continuance in the trial of Paulin-Ramirez and LaRose, citing the complexity of evidence in the case including the seizure of several computer hard drives.", "The trial was originally set for May.", "The government's motion also called for a court order to schedule a pretrial conference among parties in the case to discuss discovery materials under the Classified Information Protective Act.", "Paulin-Ramirez's son is being held in the custody of Pennsylvania Child Services.", "Ibrahim has said Paulin-Ramirez is distraught over the welfare of her son.", "Her attorney said he has not been able to see the boy to check on his condition on behalf of his mother.", "He said he is trying to make arrangements for a phone call between mother and son.", "CNN's Miguel Susana contributed to this report." ]	[ "Jamie Paulin-Ramirez accused of conspiring to support terrorists .", "Paulin-Ramirez voluntarily flew back from abroad with 6-year-old son .", "She was arrested in Ireland in March, reportedly during investigation into murder plot ." ]	[ 1, 8, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- After eight months in hibernation, ABC's \"Lost\" returns to television tonight to finally explain, among other things, the dazzling white light that ended the 2009 season not with a whimper, but with a bang.", "Was it a nuclear blast?", "A quantum-leaping time shift?", "A reboot to the story's preflight origins?", "These are key questions as broadcast TV's most ambitiously complex drama series presents the beginning of the end -- the first of 16 final-season episodes before ending its time-rearranging, sympathy-shifting narrative.", "But the most important question of all, six years after \"Lost\" was launched in 2004, is this: .", "Who cares? That's not a flippant question, because both TV and the audience have changed in the years since \"Lost\" pulled back from Jack's eyeball to reveal, slowly and masterfully, the panicked insanity of a remote island plane crash.", "Little more than a decade ago, \"Lost\" would have been riveting \"appointment television,\" but DVRs and DVD boxed sets have changed the rules of the game.", "Instead of clearing calendars to watch in real time and line up for the water-cooler conversation the next morning, fans of such shows as \"Lost\" and Fox's similarly serialized \"24\" might just as easily record and time-shift their viewing, avoiding office chats until they watched on their own schedules.", "Or, even more aggressively, they might actively avoid the broadcasts of their favorite show, just for the delayed gratification of watching the entire season later on DVD -- gobbling up episodes at their own pace, and without commercials.", "It's a very different TV world than in 1967, when the long-awaited ending of ABC's \"The Fugitive,\" with David Janssen's Richard Kimble finally coming face-to-face with his wife's one-armed killer, drew enough viewers to set a TV record for entertainment programming that beat even The Beatles on \"The Ed Sullivan Show\" three years earlier.", "Or in 1983, when the finale of CBS' \"MAS*H,\" with its end to the Korean War, drew 77 percent of all TV viewers that night, and set a viewership record of 121.6 million that still stands.", "And, given the fragmentation of TV audiences, most likely will never be equaled.", "\"Lost,\" at its viewer zenith in season two, boasted an average of nearly 19 million viewers.", "By last season, that number was below 12 million.", "And the season finale -- the episode that, in a reverse-polarity nod to the abrupt blackout ending to HBO's \"The Sopranos,\" concluded with an unsettling fade to white -- attracted about 10 million viewers.", "In the interim, the broadcast networks attempted to copy the \"Lost\" formula of season-long mysteries and unanswered questions, but all the attempts (\"Threshold\" from CBS, \"Invasion\" from ABC, etc.)", "came up short, and vanished without concluding.", "\"Lost,\" at least, is marching towards an actual ending -- and that alone makes it a TV event worth embracing.", "iReporter: \"Lost\" lives up to expectations .", "After all, how many more opportunities like this will viewers get?", "On cable TV, perhaps many.", "But on broadcast TV, how many shows are left that are even worth caring about -- much less anticipating their conclusion?", "It's likely that many viewers who gave up on \"Lost\" in years past will return for this final lap, hoping to witness something special.", "And they will. The creators and show runners of this labyrinthine drama series have known for years what the final image will be (my guess, and my hope: an extreme closeup of Jack's eye, ending the show just as it began), and are crafting this final season with an eye (so to speak) to the show's beginnings, as well as its endings.", "Despite all the changes in technology and viewership, \"Lost\" is a series that rewards, if not demands, watching in real time.", "ABC didn't even provide critics with preview copies of the final-season premiere -- and even though I'm therefore deprived, I'm not complaining.", "This is a show I want to watch as it airs, and discuss with friends afterward.", "I don't take for granted how rare that is these days -- and neither should you.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Bianculli." ]	[ "After eight months in hibernation, ABC's \"Lost\" returns to television Tuesday for its final season .", "David Bianculli: \"Lost\" may be last opportunity for mass cultural experience on broadcast TV .", "Shared TV experiences like \"Lost,\" are fewer because of DVRs, DVDs, he says ." ]	[ 0, 4, 21, 29 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The federal government is starting to deploy full-body scanning machines to 11 airports across the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday.", "Forty body-imaging machines already have been put into use at 19 airports nationwide as part of a field test, according the Department of Homeland Security.", "The Transportation Security Administration expects to deploy 450 units by the end of this year.", "\"By accelerating the deployment of this technology, we are enhancing our capability to detect and disrupt threats of terrorism across the nation,\" Napolitano said in a statement.", "The first of the new units are being installed Friday at Boston's Logan International Airport, according to a DHS statement.", "The list of other airports set to receive the scanners by the end of summer includes Chicago O'Hare International, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Mineta San José International, Los Angeles International, Port Columbus International, Oakland International, San Diego International, Kansas City International and Charlotte Douglas International.", "The imaging machines are being funded through the Obama administration's $862 billion economic stimulus plan.", "Under existing protocols, full-body scans are optional at airport checkpoints.", "Travelers who decline the scans are funneled to a location where they may be given a pat down and subjected to other tests such as swabs that can detect minute traces of explosives on hands or luggage.", "The TSA said most passengers prefer a body scan to a pat down.", "But others have objected to the body scans, calling them electronic strip searches.", "Passenger privacy is maintained during the scannning process by blurring all images, deleting images after they are viewed and placing the screener viewing the images in a remote location, according to DHS officials.", "Acting TSA Administrator Gale Rossides testified before Congress on Thursday that the machines will not significantly slow the passenger screening process, saying it will be done at the same time as carry-on baggage screening.", "The TSA has spent years testing full-body imagers.", "Plans to deploy them this year were given added urgency after the arrest of a Nigerian man, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, who has been accused of attempting to detonate an explosive sewn into his underwear on a December 25 flight.", "Field testing of full-body scanners already is under way at the following 19 airports: .", "• Albuquerque International Sunport Airport • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport • Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport • Denver International Airport • Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport • Detroit Metro Airport • Indianapolis International Airport • Jacksonville International Airport • McCarran International Airport • Los Angeles International Airport • Miami International Airport • Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport • Raleigh-Durham International Airport • Richmond International Airport • Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport • San Francisco International Airport • Salt Lake City International Airport • Tampa International Airport • Tulsa International Airport .", "CNN's Mike Ahlers contributed to this report." ]	[ "Boston's Logan International Airport expected to get scanners on Friday .", "Chicago and Los Angeles airports also among facilities receiving scanners .", "Government plans to deploy 450 units by the end of 2010 ." ]	[ 2, 4 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Reigning Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal was forced to retire hurt from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray in Melbourne on Tuesday.", "The Spaniard, who suffered injury trouble for much of last season, was 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 3-0 down to the 22-year-old Scot when he pulled out of the match after struggling with his right knee for much of the third set.", "Murray spoke of his disappointment regarding the manner of his progression but was pleased with his standard of play.", "\"I've known Rafa since I was 13, he's my favorite player to watch so I was gutted for him,\" Murray told reporters after the game.", "\"I came through a few tough moments at the start of the match but I thought I found the right tactics to win, I played really well tonight.", "\"I had to go for my shots and when the big points come keep them short, as you don't want to play long points against Rafa.\"", "Murray's victory sets-up a semifinal clash with Croatian Marin Cilic, who underlined his growing reputation by hitting 20 aces and 63 winners to consign seventh seed Andy Roddick to defeat.", "A win that has Murray keenly anticipating his next challenge: \"Nerves will be there about making my first Australian final but I lost to [Cilic] in straight sets at the U.S. Open so there is a bit of revenge to be had there.\"", "Cilic, 21, toppled Roddick 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, after the American battled with a shoulder injury for a large part of the grueling five-set, four-hour marathon match.", "Roddick hit back with 15 aces and 47 winners but Cilic, who took the scalp of U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro in the previous round, sealed his 10th win from 10 matches of 2010 to reach his first grand slam semifinal.", "World number one Roger Federer faces Russian Nikolay Davydenko in tomorrow's other quarterfinal while Novak Djokovic of Serbia will take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France." ]	[ "Rafael Nadal quits the Australian Open injured to see Andy Murray progress to semis .", "American Andy Roddick is beaten by Marin Cilic of Croatia after four-hour battle .", "Murray to face Cilic in the semis while Roger Federer takes on Nikolay Davydenko ." ]	[ 0, 7, 8, 10 ]
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- A Latino group Tuesday expressed outrage over the slaying of an Ecuadoran man, allegedly at the hands of seven teenagers in what police are calling a hate crime.", "Marcello Lucero, 37, was stabbed to death in an attack that police say was a hate crime.", "The teens' parents bear some of the blame, along with community leaders who have created an inhospitable environment for immigrants, Fernando Fernando Mateo, founder of Hispanics Across America, said at a news conference.", "\"We understand that some may not welcome us in their neighborhoods, but killing us will not drive us away,\" Mateo said.", "\"Those that hate us allow us to cut their lawns, build their homes, paint their homes, cook for them, serve their children -- and yet they teach them hate.\"", "Marcello Lucero, 37, was walking to a friend's apartment in Patchogue, New York, when he was attacked late Saturday, police said.", "He was stabbed in the chest and died of his injuries.", "A friend walking with Lucero was not injured.", "The seven teens were trying \"to find Latinos and to assault them,\" said Suffolk County Police Detective Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick.", "\"That was what they went out to do that night, and that's exactly what they did do. ...", "They were actively seeking victims.\"", "At a court hearing for the seven Monday, a prosecutor quoted the youths as saying, \"Let's go find some Mexicans to f--- up.\"", "Jeffrey Conroy, 17, faces charges of first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime in the attack, police said.", "He and the other six -- Jordan Dasch, Anthony Hartford, Nicholas Hausch, Christopher Overton, Jose Pacheco and Kevin Shea -- also face charges of first-degree gang assault.", "The additional charge against Conroy stems from authorities' belief that he was the one who stabbed Lucero.", "All of the suspects are 17 except for Overton, who is 16, according to police.", "The \"hate crime\" designation would enhance any sentence imposed upon conviction.", "Upon their arrest, all seven of the youths \"admitted their involvement and their role in this crime,\" said Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer.", "However, all seven pleaded not guilty when they were arraigned Monday in Suffolk County Criminal Court.", "Mateo said that Hispanics Across America and Lucero's relatives have retained a law firm and may file suit against the youths' families \"to make sure the parents of these seven kids pay the consequences.\"", "But he and other community leaders also laid blame at the feet of Steve Levy, Suffolk County executive.", "\"He has brought this hate that exists here amongst the Hispanic community,\" Mateo said.", "\"He has legislated over and over again against Hispanic immigrants. ...", "He should be the person not welcome in this community.\"", "The Rev. Alan Ramirez of Brookville Reform Church said, \"We all know that Mr. Levy, along with these seven young men, has blood on his hands.", "And we consider that unacceptable.", "We ask a responsible Democratic Party to seek Mr. Levy's resignation or removal from office.", "We do not need our communities to be separated by hatred, intolerance and racial discord.\"", "Attempts by CNN to contact Levy on Tuesday were unsuccessful, as his office was closed for the Veterans Day holiday.", "On Sunday, however, Levy issued a statement saying Lucero's death \"wasn't a question of any county policy or legislation; it was a question of bad people doing horrific things,\" according to Newsday, which reported that Levy answered no further questions.", "In a statement issued by police Sunday, Levy was quoted as saying, \"This heinous crime that led to the death of an individual because of his race will not be tolerated in Suffolk County.", "The suspects will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.\"", "New York Gov.", "David Paterson, in a statement Monday, also condemned Lucero's death.", "\"Suffolk Police tell us that Mr. Lucero and a friend were attacked late Saturday by seven teenagers who were driving around looking for a Hispanic to beat up,\" Paterson said.", "\"The senseless and cowardly act by these teenagers cannot stand.", "... Mr. Lucero's death is a jarring reminder that we must remain vigilant and continue our fight to eradicate prejudice in our words and in our actions.\"", "Mateo said Tuesday that Lucero's death \"is an outrage.", "... Those days of noosing, hanging and torturing should be a thing of the past.\"", "Conroy's friends and fellow students told CNN affiliate WABC they do not believe he committed the crime.", "\"He's the nicest guy you will ever meet,\" one said.", "Attempts to contact Conroy's defense attorney were unsuccessful Tuesday.", "A candlelight vigil was held Monday night in honor of Lucero.", "\"I still don't believe my brother's death,\" Joselo Lucero said.", "\"Today I buried him and I still don't believe that he's dead. ...", "He's left a real emptiness in my family.\"" ]	[ "NEW: Officials condemn attack, fatal stabbing of Ecuadoran in Long Island .", "Marcello Lucero, 37, and a friend were attacked late Saturday night .", "Jeffrey Conroy, 17, was charged with manslaughter as a hate crime .", "Six other teenagers charged with gang assault; all seven plead not guilty ." ]	[ 5, 7, 12, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An Ethiopian-flagged vessel fought off a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week, the multi-national anti-piracy task force said Thursday.", "The MV Andinet, part of the Ethiopian Shipping Line, was approached by two pirate skiffs Monday, with one of them coming close enough to fire automatic weapons in an attempt to force the ship to stop, the task force said in a statement.", "But the vessel's crew used anti-piracy measures -- including firing flares in the air and utilizing fire hoses, as well as \"evasive maneuvering\" -- to repel the pirates, Combined Maritime Forces said.", "After a distress call was sent out, the USS Farragut, a U.S. Navy destroyer assigned to the task force, deployed her SH-80 helicopter to follow the skiffs, and the USS Porter gave chase as well, the task force said.", "\"A boarding team from the USS Farragut subsequently stopped and boarded the pirate skiffs, but only an empty magazine and used rounds were found on board.\"", "\"The MV Andinet once against demonstrated that even basic preventive measures can save a crew from a successful pirate attack,\" said Commodore Tim Lowe of Britain's Royal Navy, deputy commander of the Combined Maritime Forces.", "\"Although there is (a) significant international naval presence in the Gulf of Aden, these warships cannot be everywhere and may not always be close at hand to prevent an attack.\"", "The incident occurred about 145 miles east of Aden, Yemen.", "The task force advocates that commercial and civilian vessels in the region implement anti-piracy measures such as maintaining a 24-hour lookout, traveling in convoys and using high-intensity lighting." ]	[ "MV Andinet, part of the Ethiopian Shipping Line, was approached by two pirate skiffs Monday .", "Crew used anti-piracy measures -- including firing flares and evasive maneuvering -- to repel pirates .", "Warships from international anti-piracy task force gave chase but only found empty skiff ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic finally took the stand Monday at the U.N.'s international tribunal at The Hague to defend himself against genocide charges stemming from the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict.", "For CNN's Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson, the 64 year-old was as defiant and unrepentant as the man he recalled meeting outside Sarajevo in 1993-94, as Bosnian-Serb forces shelled the city.", "Karadzic, who faces 11 charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide during the war, told the tribunal the Serb cause is \"just and holy,\" and dismissed as myths two of the worst atrocities of a conflict that claimed 100,000 lives -- the three-year siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre in 1995.", "He even claimed that the image of the Muslims as victims was untrue and that they were the first to attack.", "Their fighters \"had blood up to their shoulders,\" he said.", "\"I will defend that nation of ours and their cause that is just and holy,\" he said in his defiant opening statement.", "The aim of the \"Muslim plotters,\" he added, was \"100 percent power, as it was in the Ottoman Empire.\"", "\"This is reminiscent of those days,\" said Robertson, who reported from the Bosnian capital during the war.", "\"These were the exact same justifications: 'we're the ones that had been under attack, we're the ones being wronged.'", "\"It's very telling that he's not trying to address specific issues, such as the Srebrenica massacre and such like, which are going to be the main parts of the prosecution.", "\"Many Bosnian-Serbs watching this will feel that he's doing the right thing because Serbs have a history of feeling wrongly done to.\"", "He said some still think back to their nationalist past and only identify with themselves through that, which is incompatible with the direction modern Europe is taking.", "\"They're trying to return to a kind of Serb nationalist heyday, which is akin to the Taliban taking Muslims, if you will, back centuries.\"", "Karadzic is the most senior figure to stand trial since the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, who died of a heart attack in 2006 before a verdict was reached.", "According to Robertson, the trial might offer a crumb of comfort to some victims but it will stir up a great deal of emotion and anger to many Bosnian-Muslims who lost relatives or their homes.", "\"When you listen to Karadzic's description of the situation in Bosnia during this period it belies the fact that Bosnian-Serbs went through and ethnically-cleansed people from their towns,\" he said.", "\"There were towns and villages where no Muslims were left.", "Any towns or villages the Serbs couldn't get into they just surrounded and poured on machine-gun fire and rockets.", "This trial is going to bring all this out again.\"", "During the siege of Sarajevo, which lasted 44 months, Karadzic was in Pale, a mountain-top village to the south-west of the capital which became the Bosnian-Serb headquarters.", "Down below, Sarajevo was like a goldfish bowl surrounded on all sides by Bosnian-Serb soldiers who had dug in and were shooting civilians indiscriminately with machine guns, sniper rifles and mortars.", "\"These were men in uniform with weapons taken from the former Yugoslav national army acting on clear instructions,\" said Robertson.", "\"It's hard to get an idea of what a siege is like in modern Europe.", "But imagine a city where you can't leave, get out to buy eggs, apples or fuel for your car.", "Equally nothing can come in.", "\"The encirclement of Sarajevo was so tight that the only way in or out for Bosnians was a hand-built tunnel they dug under the U.N.-run airport runway.", "A man couldn't stand upright in the tunnel.", "\"Telephone lines were non-existent, while electricity and water supplies were often cut for weeks on end.\"", "On one occasion, while buying fuel in Serb-held territory, Robertson came across several Bosnian-Serb snipers at a gas station.", "They proceeded to show him their positions and what they could see through their rifle scopes.", "\"Looking down onto the streets you could see why the snipers were so effective,\" he said.", "Throughout the conflict Bosnian-Serb forces were supported by the rump Yugoslav state -- which would later become Serbia -- and its national army, which was dominated by Serb generals.", "\"That chain of reporting command was important,\" said Robertson.", "\"I remember going to Belgrade with Karadzic and he was the like the vassal of Milosevic.", "He was going there worried about what demarche he was going to get from him.", "So there was a complete tie-in between the Bosnian-Serbs and the Serbs in Belgrade.", "\"But in terms of the chain of command on the ground, I don't think anyone there would question the fact Karadzic and his political allies gave the backing, justification and instruction for the army to act on the ground.", "\"For three years you can't surround Sarajevo and shell it as a political leader.", "He never once stood up and tried to stop what was going on and only condoned and supported it, having meetings with army commanders involved, such as Mladic.\"", "Ratko Mladic is the most senior fugitive still at large.", "Now that Karadzic's tribunal has finally resumed after a four-month postponement, many analysts believe it has enough evidence to secure a conviction.", "\"If there's a successful conviction,\" said Robertson,\" then the court should feel it has set a good marker for future leaders who would try to turn guns on civilians and try to divide a country.", "\"Failure would call into the question the tribunal's ability to try anyone.\"" ]	[ "Radovan Karadzic faces 11 counts of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity .", "Charges stem partly from 1995 mass killing of Muslim men in Bosnian town of Srebrenica .", "Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb president at the time, accused of responsibility for the massacre .", "He told international tribunal at The Hague that the Serb cause is \"just and holy\"" ]	[ 0, 2 ]
[ "Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede defeat in Ukraine's presidential election and plans to demand a recount in some districts, officials from her party, Bloc Tymoshenko, said Tuesday.", "Meanwhile, her rival, former Ukrainian prime minister Victor Yanukovich told CNN it is time for her to give up.", "Yanukovich is leading Sunday's runoff election.", "With 99.98 percent of the votes counted, he has 48.96 percent, while Tymoshenko has 45.47 percent, according to the country's Central Election Commission.", "Yanukovich's supporters rallied outside the commission Tuesday and vowed not to leave until the vote count was final and their candidate named the winner, Ukrainian news agencies and state media reported.", "In an exclusive interview with CNN Tuesday, Yanukovich called on Tymoshenko to accept defeat and remember the pro-Western Orange Revolution that swept her to power.", "\"This country has been democratic for five years, and that's been proven again by this election,\" he said.", "\"Yulia Tymoshenko is betraying the principles of her Orange Revolution\" by failing to acknowledge defeat.", "A Yanukovich win would put the finishing touches on a remarkable comeback for the former prime minister five years after he was ousted in a populist uprising.", "Ukrainian voter Nikolay Gluhovskiy said he supported Yanukovich because Tymoshenko had been a disappointment.", "\"All the time Yulia Tymoshenko has been in power, we had no prospects,\" he said at a Yanukovich rally Monday.", "\"Of course, she is a fighter, but in a bad sense.", "She shouldn't have promised us so much and done nothing.\"", "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Yanukovich by telephone Tuesday, the Kremlin told CNN.", "\"Medvedev congratulated Yanukovich on the completion of the election campaign, which was highly rated by international observers, and the success achieved at the presidential election,\" the Kremlin's statement press statement said.", "The Kremlin statement did not offer congratulations for a Yanukovich win, however.", "During the 2004 presidential election, then-Russian President Vladimir Putin became the first world leader to congratulate Yanukovich on his victory, a full two days before the electoral commission declared him the winner.", "Appearing on television after the polls closed Sunday night, Yanukovich said his opponent should begin preparations to step down.", "But Tymoshenko has evidence of election fraud and intends to demand a recount in some districts where, she says, voting irregularities took place, officials from her party said Tuesday.", "The two politicians have fought a bitter battle.", "Yanukovich has strong links to Russia, and a checkered election history.", "In 2004, he was declared the winner of the presidential election before the ballot's legitimacy was questioned and he was accused of stealing the race.", "\"The country remembers times when there were presidents announced, they received congratulations, and then things changed,\" Tymoshenko said Sunday, referring to the 2004 race.", "A pro-Western uprising, known as the Orange Revolution, followed.", "Yanukovich's win was annulled, and current President Victor Yushchenko won the re-vote.", "Yushchenko ran for a second term this year, but, blamed for Ukraine's faltering economy, he did not make the runoff.", "This year's elections, by contrast to those in 2004, got a clean bill of health from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which sent observers.", "The OSCE hailed the process as \"professional, transparent and honest,\" saying it should \"serve as a solid foundation for a peaceful transition of power.\"", "CNN's Matthew Chance, Mike Sefanov and Maxim Tkachenko contributed to this report." ]	[ "Tymoshenko refuses to concede defeat in Ukraine's presidential election .", "Former PM Victor Yanukovich tells CNN it is time for her to give up .", "With 98 percent of ballots processed, Yanukovich had 48.94 percent .", "Current Ukraine PM Yulia Tymoshenko has 45.48 percent ." ]	[ 0, 1, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The president of Toyota said he takes full responsibility for safety issues in the company's cars and vowed to regain the trust of customers in his first interview after appearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.", "\"It is I, the chief executive officer, the one on the very top, should be responsible for this,\" Akio Toyoda told CNN's \"Larry King Live.\"", "\"I would like to really listen to the customers' voices, and together with the dealership, distributor, suppliers, we need to work together, and we would like to work together and to strive for regaining the trust once again from our customers.\"", "Toyoda appeared earlier before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in a hearing aimed at discovering, among other things, why the automaker was slow to respond to safety issues related to sudden acceleration.", "He admitted to King that the day had been difficult, \"and I am not confident to what degree our sincerity was conveyed.\"", "Asked what his grandfather, the company founder, would say, Toyoda responded, \"He is telling me to regain the trust of those customers who are driving our vehicles.\"", "He vowed to respond more quickly to any future problems.", "But he was adamant that the company's products are roadworthy.", "\"I'd like to say that Toyota vehicles are safe,\" he said.", "Company engineers were not able to reproduce the throttle-control problems, he said, \"so, at this point in time, I would say our vehicles are safe.\"", "Toyoda told King he is dedicated to getting back to the basics of the company in providing reliable, high-quality cars to its customers.", "\"Since I became a president last year in July, I have been sending the messages to all our employees to make better vehicles so that our customers would be very happy to ride our vehicles.", "\"And we would like to maintain this,\" he said." ]	[ "The president of Toyota said he takes full responsibility for safety issues .", "Toyoda: 'I ... the one on the very top, should be responsible for this'\nOn hearing: 'Not confident to what degree our sincerity was conveyed'" ]	[ 0, 1, 4 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- The iconic Abbey Road Studios made famous by the Beatles are being declared a national historic landmark, British Culture Minister Margaret Hodge announced Tuesday.", "\"My favorite song of all time, 'If I fell' by the Beatles, was recorded there in 1964, and to have played a part in preserving this world-famous venue is as exciting for me as hearing that song for the first time.", "Well, almost!\"", "Hodge said in a statement.", "\"Whether your tastes are for classical, hard rock or pop music, one of your favourites is more than likely to have recorded at Abbey Road,\" she added.", "The studios became an international cultural touchstone when the Beatles were photographed crossing the road there for the cover of their album \"Abbey Road.\"", "But it's not only where the Beatles recorded \"All You Need is Love\" and numerous other songs, but where much of Britain's best known music of the 20th century was laid down.", "Rock stars Pink Floyd and Cliff Richard, composer Sir Edward Elgar, and the movie soundtracks for \"Star Wars\" and the \"Harry Potter\" films were recorded there.", "Hodge declared the site in west London a Grade II listed building based on its \"outstanding cultural interest.\"", "The classification means that \"although changes to the interior are not prohibited, care must be taken to ensure that any alterations with respect to its character and interest are fully considered,\" the ministry said.", "There was intense speculation last week that the studios were for sale, but the owner shot down the notion on Sunday.", "The music label that owns them is seeking a partner to help pay for upgrades, according to Terra Firma, which controls record label EMI, the owner of the recording studios.", "\"EMI confirms that it is holding preliminary discussions for the revitalization of Abbey Road with interested and appropriate third parties,\" Terra Firma said Sunday.", "But that does not mean the studios are for sale, it added.", "\"In mid-2009, we did receive an offer to buy Abbey Road for in excess of £30 million (currently about $46 million), but this was rejected since we believe that Abbey Road should remain in EMI's ownership,\" the music company said in a statement.", "The company said Sunday it supported the listing of the building as a historic landmark, before the culture ministry's announcement.", "Terra Firma bought EMI in 2007.", "Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer of \"Phantom of the Opera\" and \"Cats\" and one of Britain's richest men, is \"very interested\" in buying the studios, a representative said Friday.", "\"He first recorded there in 1967 with Tim Rice.", "Andrew has since recorded most of his musicals there,\" said the representative, Jenni Pain.", "\"He thinks it is vital that the studios are saved for the future of the music industry in the UK.", "Abbey Road has such great facilities, with three major recording studios, and Andrew has probably brought more musicians to record there than anyone else, because it has the capacity to record large orchestral productions.\"", "CNN's Per Nyberg and Morgan Neill contributed to this report." ]	[ "Abbey Road Studios given Grade II listed building status for \"outstanding cultural interest\"\nThe studios' owner, music label EMI says it's holding talks to revitalize them .", "Speculation was rife that the studios made famous by Beatles would be sold .", "Much of Britain's best known music of 20 century has been recorded there ." ]	[ 6, 8, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An angry Phil Mickelson hinted at legal action for being accused of \"cheating\" by fellow PGA Tour professional Scott McCarron.", "The world number two carded a two-under 70 to be four shots behind third round leader Ryuji Imada at the Farmers Insurance Open, but for the second day in a row his post-round press conference centered on his use of a 20-year-old wedge with square grooves.", "McCarron was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday, saying that Mickelson and others who had opted to play with the Ping-Eye 2 wedge were exploiting a loophole in PGA Tour rules.", "\"It's cheating, and I'm appalled Phil has put it in play,\" he said.", "New rules introduced this year only allow for irons with V-shaped grooves, but because of a lawsuit filed by manufacturers Ping an exception has been made for wedges, with square grooves, which were made before April 1, 1990.", "Mickelson is using one of those wedges at Torrey Pines this week and on Friday he was grilled about his use and McCarron reported comments.", "Mickelson declined then to get into what he called \"name calling\" but mounted a stout defense of his use of the club, saying it was within the rules.", "But after his fine third round on the South Course, Mickelson appeared to up the ante.", "\"We all have our opinions on the matter, but a line was crossed and I just was publicly slandered,\" Mickelson told the official PGA Tour Web site.", "\"And because of that, I'll have to let other people handle that.\"", "Asked he was mounting a lawsuit, Mickelson said, \"I'm not going into specifics what that meant.\"", "Meanwhile, the PGA Tour has issued a statement to explain why the controversial Ping-Eye 2 wedges were approved for play, appearing to criticize McCarron for his comments.", "\"Because the use of pre-1990 Ping Eye 2 irons is permitted for play, public comments or criticisms characterizing their use as a violation of the Rules of Golf as promulgated by the USGA are inappropriate at best,\" read the final paragraph of the statement.", "Mickelson said that it was \"cool if they put that out there.\"", "On the course, Imada shot a two-under 70 for a 13-under 203 and had a two-shot lead over Ben Crane (69) and Michael Sim of Australia.", "U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover carded a 68 and was three shots behind with Mickelson a further stroke behind on his season-debut on the PGA Tour." ]	[ "Phil Mickelson hints at legal action after accusations of 'cheating' by fellow pro Scott McCarron .", "World number two says he was 'publicly slandered' by McCarron's reported comments in San Francisco Chronicle .", "Row has centered on Mickelson's use of a 20-year-old Ping-Eye 2 wedge .", "Japan's Ryuji Imada leads Famers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines wsiht Mickelson four shots back ." ]	[ 0, 1, 2, 5 ]
[ "United Nations (CNN) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon handed President Clinton additional responsibility Wednesday for earthquake-ravaged Haiti, charging him with overseeing aid efforts as well as reconstruction.", "A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished nation January 12, devastating parts of the country.", "More than 200,000 people died from the quake, a spokesman for the country's prime minister told CNN Wednesday.", "Ban asked Clinton \"to assume a leadership role in coordinating international aid efforts, from emergency response to new construction of Haiti.\"", "\"You have demonstrated extremely important leadership,\" Ban told Clinton, who is already the United Nations' special envoy to Haiti.", "Clinton will work with the Haitian government and the people of Haiti in recovery and reconstruction efforts, according to a statement released by Clinton's U.N. office.", "He will help coordinate the work of U.N. agencies and other international partners in Haiti, including government donors, private investors and non-governmental organizations, the statement said.", "\"I cannot find any other better suited leader than yourself, Mr. President,\" Ban told Clinton at the United Nations on Wednesday morning.", "Clinton thanked Ban.", "\"I will do the best I can,\" he said. \"I think the challenges are great; we still have a lot of emergency problems to deal with,\" he said.", "\"Almost all the infrastructure (is) gone there, so the trick is to get the Haitian people back where they can stop living from day-to-day and start living week-to-week or month-to-month.\"", "Clinton added, \"The leaders there want to build a functioning modern state for the first time.\"" ]	[ "NEW: More than 200,000 people died from quake, prime minister's office says .", "President Clinton already serves as United Nations special envoy to Haiti .", "Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon charging him with overseeing aid efforts, reconstruction, as well .", "Ban: \"I cannot find any other better suited leader\"" ]	[ 0, 2, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, or the \"Snow Leopard\" as he has been dubbed, is making his final preparations for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.", "A skier preparing to take part in the Games at this point in the calendar is not the most sensational news, until it is understood the 31-year-old grew up in Accra, Ghana (where the annual average temperature is around 79 degrees Fahrenheit) and learnt to ski only six years ago on a dry slope.", "Nkrumah-Acheampong hopes his remarkable and unconventional rise to prominence -- he achieved the strict qualifying criteria set by the world governing body of his sport from his training base at an artificial snow dome in Milton Keynes, England, where he was a former employee -- can act as inspiration to his countrymen.", "\"The response that I get from emails and phone calls, that more people are going to come into snow sports, that's what I'm hoping to achieve and 10 years from now Ghana should have a ski racer who is 10 times better than me,\" he told CNN.", "The \"Snow Leopard\" first sprung to prominence after announcing his intention to qualify and compete in the downhill at the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006, despite only having taken up the sport in 2003.", "\"It took 30 minutes for me to be able to just go in a straight line, slow myself down and stop, and the instructor who was my friend, told me: 'You know something, just go and train yourself now, just carry on.'", "And that's when I started falling down,\" he said.", "After becoming hooked on downhill and pleased with his natural ability he set about trying to qualify -- a feat that involved traveling around the world.", "He narrowly missed qualifying for the Turin-based Games but came back stronger to insure his place in Canada, an achievement the 34-year-old is exceptionally proud of.", "\"I think it was like sending a Ghanaian to the moon, [but] apart from it being really cool -- I still wake up and still think to myself -- this is going to be really tough, people are going to be watching you -- you can't just go to the Olympics and just have fun,\" he added.", "The father of two will compete in two events, the giant slalom and slalom, and is anxious not to be a figure of fun like British ski-jumper Eddie \"The Eagle\" Edwards, who notoriously captured the headlines at the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary.", "He prefers to take his cue from the Jamaican bob sleigh team who also competed in Calgary and inspired the popular film \"Cool Runnings\".", "\"The Jamaican bob sleigh team did actually try really hard to have really fast push off times, really moving down the course -- not all the factors were right for them -- and they crashed -- if they didn't crash, they would have done a really good time,\" he said.", "\"So I love being compared to Cool Runnings but not Eddie the \"Eagle\" or Eric the \"Eel\" (swimmer from Equatorial Guinea) because to me, sports is a serious thing.", "\"If you want to be a sportsman, be a sportsman.", "If you want to have fun then do sports for leisure.", "Don't take the seriousness of sport and make a mockery of it.\"", "There is another serious point to the Ghanaian's participation, his efforts on behalf of the charity which attempts to protect the rare animal from which he gleans his nickname.", "\"I'm working with the Snow Leopard Trust, they protect the endangered snow leopard,\" he said.", "\"I'm also working with Sabre which is a registered charity in Britain, taking kids in tough areas out of London and out to the Alps, showing them a different side to life.\"", "Nkrumah- Acheampong's ambition is to return with his family, who live in Milton Keynes, to Ghana and to open a dry ski slope.", "In the meantime, his attentions are fully on next month where he will pit his skills against the likes of Bode Miller and Benjamin Raich.", "\"I don't just want to get down, but ski well and not come at the bottom of the table,\" he said." ]	[ "Winter Games appearance comes only six years after first ski run on a dry slope .", "Dream of taking part is similar to sending a Ghanaian \"to the moon\" says Acheampong .", "34-year-old supports a charity which attempts to protect the rare snow leopard ." ]	[ 1, 17 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- A British soldier who went absent without leave rather than return to fight in Afghanistan was jailed Friday for nine months by a military court, officials said.", "A Ministry of Defence spokesman confirmed that Lance Corp. Joe Glenton had been convicted by a military judge at a court martial in Colchester, southeast England, .", "Glenton, who completed a seven-month tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2006, became an outspoken critic of British military operations in the country during his absence, frequently appearing at anti-war rallies and on television.", "In an interview last July, the 27-year-old told CNN that he was not a conscientious objector, but was refusing to return because he felt the 2001 invasion and subsequent conflict against Taliban militants was not a legitimate use of force.", "\"The situation in Afghanistan and our involvement is further antagonizing the Muslim population of the world,\" Glenton said.", "\"I think the conflict has become part of the problem, not part of the solution.\"" ]	[ "Lance Corp. Joe Glenton jailed for nine months for refusing to fight .", "Glenton told CNN he was not a conscientious objector .", "27-year-old said conflict was not legitimate use of force ." ]	[ 0, 3 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An Ohio firefighter faces jail time and may lose his job for shooting his two dogs to death rather than pay to board them while he went on a cruise.", "Columbus, Ohio, firefighter David Santuomo shot his two dogs in his home's basement, prosecutors say.", "Columbus firefighter David P. Santuomo, 43, took Sloopy and Skeeter to his home's basement, suspended them from a pipe near the ceiling and fired at least 11 shots from a .22-caliber rifle fitted with a homemade silencer, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Ron J. O'Brien said.", "Santuomo then wrapped the carcasses in plastic and dumped them in a trash bin behind Firehouse 27, where he worked, O'Brien said.", "\"This is pretty heinous,\" said Cheri Miller, spokeswoman for the Capital Area Humane Society, which carried out a search warrant in Santuomo's home.", "The humane society has limited law enforcement powers in Franklin County.", "Santuomo pleaded guilty in June to two misdemeanor counts of improperly killing a companion animal and a felony count of possession of a criminal tool.", "Santuomo had fashioned a makeshift silencer by taping a 2-liter soda bottle to the end of the rifle.", "The incident happened in December.", "Miller said appalled fellow firefighters turned Santuomo in to authorities.", "\"There were reports that he was bragging about this,\" she said.", "Santuomo initially told investigators the dogs had ingested antifreeze and he killed them to put them out of their misery, Miller said.", "However, after necropsies showed the dogs were not poisoned, the firefighter admitted shooting them because he couldn't afford to board them, she said.", "Public records show Santuomo has twice filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and underwent a home foreclosure in 2003.", "The Columbus Division of Fire has received more than 2,000 outraged e-mails and calls from the public, said Battalion Chief David Whiting, the department's spokesman.", "\"People are not very happy,\" he said.", "\"We had people say they should do to him what he's done to the dogs.", "A lot of people want him fired.", "They don't want him coming into their house.", "They're worried about their animals; they're worried about their kids.", "They'd just as soon let their house burn down if he shows up.\"", "The Division of Fire has concluded an internal investigation, including interviews with Santuomo, Whiting said.", "The report now goes to Fire Chief Ned Pettus Jr., who will schedule a disciplinary hearing.", "Punishment, if any, could range from a verbal reprimand to firing, Whiting said.", "With appeals and possible arbitration, the whole process could take a month or more, he said.", "In the meantime, Santuomo is working in the division's fire alarm office, \"where he is not dealing face to face with the public,\" Whiting said.", "If he remains employed with the fire division, he will return to his regular assignment, though that could bring a new set of challenges, Whiting added.", "\"If someone did this that worked next to you at work, how would you feel about working with him?\"", "Whiting asked.", "\"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. ...", "There are a lot of options.\"", "Santuomo has only minor disciplinary matters, such as tardiness, in his record, Whiting said.", "Santuomo was sentenced to 90 days in jail, to be served in 10-day increments over the next two years.", "He also has to pay $4,500 in restitution, perform 200 hours of community service, stay away from companion animals for five years and write a letter of apology to be published in the local newspaper and the International Association of Firefighters magazine, the humane society's Miller said.", "Santuomo's attorney said that his client is remorseful over his actions and that people need to temper their outrage.", "\"It's the same old story. They couldn't care less about people and they love animals,\" lawyer Sam Shamansky said.", "The firefighter, who could not be reached for comment, has no criminal history other than traffic violations, Shamansky said.", "\"It, of course, was a heinous act, and it's an act for which he's sorry and has accepted responsibility,\" Shamansky said of the dog killings.", "\"He's been punished appropriately, and I think it's now time for the public to practice what they preach and show a little forgiveness and mercy.", "Maybe that might be a novel approach.\"" ]	[ "Columbus, Ohio, firefighter ties his two dogs in basement, shoots them .", "David Santuomo dumped carcasses in firehouse trash bin .", "He gets 90-day jail sentence, to be served 10 days at a time .", "Fire division discipline could range from verbal reprimand to discharge ." ]	[ 1, 3, 23, 32 ]
[ "Titanyan, Haiti (CNN) -- Daniel Rouzier clutched a mahogany rosary and a pair of latex gloves in his left hand, his face covered in a sterile mask.", "He watched intently as two front-end loaders clawed into piles of dirt and dumped it into freshly dug trenches.", "Arms, legs, entire bodies flailed and flew before reaching their final resting place.", "The stench of human flesh, decomposing for 17 days, carried with the wind.", "Rouzier took it upon himself to bury the estimated 2,500 bodies here.", "They were mothers, fathers, sons and daughters who were never given a proper burial after they perished in the earthquake that leveled the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on January 12.", "At least 150,000 people died that day, the Haitian government estimates.", "Many of their bodies were dumped here, near the village of Titanyan, about 45 minutes northeast of the capital.", "Rouzier, who owns a car dealership and helps run the Haitian charity, Food for the Poor, said he was watching a CNN report Friday about how many bodies were just left to rot, without proper interment.", "\"I was just appalled. This is a sacrilege,\" he said Saturday.", "Haiti, he said, is a deeply spiritual country with great respect for the dead.", "\"This,\" he said pointing to the mounds of death, \"is countercultural to Haiti -- the total lack of respect for the dead.\"", "Marie Laurence Lasseque, Haiti's minister of information, denied to CNN's Anderson Cooper that the dead had been transported out of the city by truck and dumped out of view without burial.", "She said the state-run trucking company CNE was \"doing a good job\" disposing bodies.", "But after seeing footage of the bodies on CNN, Rouzier had to do something.", "By 8 a.m. Friday, he was on the phone, ordering front-end loaders.", "He asked his welding shop to shape five metal crosses and called Bishop Pierre Andre Dumas to come perform last rites.", "Dumas arrived Friday with American priest Richard Frechette, a doctor who cares for the poor in Haiti.", "The two sprinkled holy water and said prayers over the freshly dug graves and remaining piles of bodies.", "Rouzier's crew buried about 1,500 people Friday.", "The next day, they returned for the remaining 1,000.", "No one knows how many such mounds of bodies exist still in these valleys.", "Some are near Titanyan, its grim past now linked with this macabre task.", "This is where the dirty work of politics stooped to its lowest as the bodies of thousands who died under the brutal Duvalier dictatorships were said to have been tossed.", "Rouzier surveyed the land -- rocky dirt and gentle rolling hills that will forever be haunted by restless souls.", "At least, he was able to restore dignity to some of them, though no one will know who is buried here, under the five metal crosses.", "\"Maybe they are doing them better elsewhere.", "I don't know,\" Rouzier said.", "He didn't want to blame anyone for what happened.", "It's easy to point fingers at a time of epic tragedy.", "He simply found relief Saturday in finding some sense of closure more than two weeks after the devastating earthquake.", "\"I'm very grateful to be able to do this,\" he said.", "He asked visiting journalists to refrain from walking the mounds of dirt.", "To not step over the dead. It was a tough two days for Rouzier.", "But for 2,500 Haitians, it was grace." ]	[ "Many earthquake victims were dumped in mass graves about 45 minutes northeast of capital .", "Daniel Rouzier says \"total lack of respect for the dead\" is countercultural to Haiti .", "Rouzier ordered equipment to dig fresh trenches, commissioned 5 metal crosses .", "\"I'm very grateful to be able to do this,\" says Rouzier, who owns a car dealership ." ]	[ 7, 11, 31 ]
[ "(CNN) -- At least 15 people have been killed and more wounded after a weekend of heavy fighting in Somalia's capital, journalists and a hospital spokeswoman said Monday.", "Artillery shelling from an area controlled by the government into an insurgent stronghold killed at least 15 and wounded 60 others Sunday in northeastern Mogadishu, journalists said after surveying the aftermath.", "More than 120 people have been admitted to a hospital with wounds related to fighting since Friday, said Duniyo Ali Mohamed, head of the medical department at Medina Hospital.", "The fighting comes after a militant Islamist group associated with al Qaeda attacked areas controlled by government troops and peacekeepers Friday, leaving 12 dead and at least 30 injured, witnesses said.", "Two of the 12 were members of al-Shabaab, according to Sheik Ali Mohamud Raghe, a spokesman for the militants.", "Al-Shabaab is an extremist group that the United States considers to be a terrorist organization.", "Somali government officials downplayed the offensive, calling it \"small and careless.\"", "Somalia has been mired in chaos since 1991 when warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and sparked brutal clan infighting.", "The transitional government has struggled to establish authority amid challenges by militants." ]	[ "Sixty others wounded after heavy fighting in Somalia's capital, journalists say .", "Fighting comes after miliants tied to al Qaeda attacked areas held by Somali troops, peacekeepers .", "Somali officials downplay offensive, calling it \"small and careless\"" ]	[ 0, 3, 6 ]
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The captors of a kidnapped 5-year-old British boy included someone who was close to the family, Pakistan's Interior Minister said Sunday.", "\"There is someone who is very close to the family because the way the situation happened; the way the entry was made,\" Minister Rehman Malik said.", "Malik, who spoke to reporters after meeting the boy's father in the Pakistani town of Jhelum, said authorities were close to finding the kidnappers.", "\"We have certain leads which we would not like to disclose, but I have a warning to those who abducted the boy: leave the boy because we are very near to you,\" he said.", "The boy, Sahil Saeed, is of Pakistani descent.", "He was on the last day of a two-week vacation in Pakistan before he planned to return home to Oldham in northern England.", "Gunmen barged into Sahil's grandmother's home in the eastern province of Punjab and took him at gunpoint Wednesday.", "They have reportedly demanded a ransom of 10 million rupees ($118,000)." ]	[ "Five-year-old snatched by armed robbers while on holiday with family in Punjab .", "Sahil Saeed, of Pakistani descent, was on a two-week vacation in Punjab .", "Kidnappers have reportedly demanded a ransom of $118,000 ." ]	[ 4, 5, 7 ]
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Four people found dead in a southeastern Afghan compound appear to be victims of an honor killing, a senior U.S. military official said on Friday.", "The bodies were discovered during an operation by Afghan and NATO-led forces in Paktia province, a volatile region along the border of Pakistan.", "NATO's International Security Assistance Force said the bodies of two men and two women were found, with the women bound and gagged, and the U.S. official said the people were shot \"execution-style.\"", "An honor killing is a murder carried out by a family or community member against someone thought to have brought dishonor onto them.", "The U.S. official said it isn't clear whether the dishonor in this case stemmed from accusations of acts such as adultery or even cooperating with NATO forces.", "\"It has the earmarks of a traditional honor killing,\" said the official, who added the Taliban could be responsible.", "Afghan and NATO officials are investigating the incident, which occurred in the village of Khatabeh in the province's Gardez district.", "The operation unfolded when Afghan and international forces went to the compound, which was thought to be a site of militant activity.", "A firefight ensued and several insurgents died, several people left the compound, and eight others were detained.", "Paktia is the same province where a military base was the target of an assault that wounded five U.S. soldiers on Thursday, authorities said.", "Both the U.S. official and a Paktia province spokesman confirmed that a suicide attacker, apparently wearing police garb, carried out the action.", "The U.S. official said it may never be fully determined if the uniform was stolen or the bomber was a turncoat.", "On December 30, a suicide attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan killed seven CIA officers and a Jordanian army captain.", "The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, also on a base in eastern Afghanistan.", "Meanwhile, more than 20 \"enemy militants\" were killed Friday by Afghan and international forces in the country's western region, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.", "The deaths occurred during an operation in Farah province targeting a Taliban commander thought to be responsible for planning suicide attacks, the military said.", "When a militant threw a grenade at troops approaching a building, the forces called for his surrender, it said.", "The troops tried to enter the building when the militant detonated a suicide vest.", "After that blast, a large number of armed militants tried to confront troops, who killed the insurgents, the military said.", "One alleged militant was injured and five were detained, it said.", "Troops found weaponry, such as grenades, firearms and handheld radios.", "Farah borders Helmand province, where international and Afghan troops are gearing up for a major assault on the Taliban.", "CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report." ]	[ "Bodies found in compound in southeast Afghanistan .", "NATO: Two women and two men were shot \"execution-style\"\nBodies found hidden in a room after gunbattle .", "Eight men held for questioning; authorities investigating ." ]	[ 1, 2, 13 ]
[ "Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- Without issuing a recall of its iconic Prius hybrid vehicles, Toyota said Thursday a software glitch is to blame for braking problems in the 2010 model.", "\"We would want to be given a little time,\" Hiro Yuki Yokoyama, Toyota's managing officer, said when reporters asked whether a recall was in the works.", "The company changed its braking system software in January as part of what it called \"constant quality improvements,\" but did not say what it would do about vehicles manufactured before then.", "Toyota officials described the problem as a \"disconnect\" in the vehicle's complex anti-lock brake system (ABS) that causes less than a one-second lag.", "With the delay, a vehicle going 60 mph will have traveled nearly another 90 feet before the brakes begin to take hold.", "Brakes in hybrids such as the Prius operate differently from brakes in most cars.", "In addition to standard brakes, which use friction from pads pressed against drums or rotors, the electric motors in hybrids help slow them.", "The process also generates electricity to recharge the batteries.", "The Japanese government has warned Toyota to take seriously mounting complaints with the Prius.", "Toyota Vice President Shinichi Sasaki met with Japan's transport minister on Wednesday.", "iReport: How are Toyota's problems affecting you?", "In Japan, 14 complaints about brakes in the Prius have been lodged since July.", "Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has asked Toyota to investigate, according to the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.", "\"The complaints received via our dealers center around when drivers are on a bumpy road or frozen surface,\" said Paul Nolasco, a Toyota Motor Corp. spokesman in Japan.", "\"The driver steps on the brake, and they do not get as full of a braking feel as expected.\"", "Full coverage of Toyota recall .", "In the United States, more than 100 complaints alleging poor brake performance have been lodged with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration against the 2010 Prius, a newly designed version of the car that was introduced last summer.", "\"NHTSA has received a number of complaints about a potential defect affecting the brake system in Toyota's Prius hybrid and is conducting field work to examine the issue,\" the agency said Wednesday.", "A search of NHTSA's complaint database turned up many similar-sounding complaints in the United States.", "\"I have been driving my 2010 Prius for 6 months and have experienced the following nearly 10 times,\" one owner wrote.", "\"When braking, if a pothole or bump in the road is hit, the car seemingly jerks forward/accelerates for a split second.\"", "The Prius is Toyota's third best-selling model in the United States, ranking behind the Camry mid-size sedan and the Corolla compact car.", "Toyota's public image, and its sales, have been hit by recent recalls involving unintended acceleration.", "The automaker recalled 2.3 million vehicles on January 21 because of problems with sticking gas pedals and later halted the sale of the eight models involved in the recall.", "Toyota's U.S. sales plunged 16 percent in January as a result, even as sales of other automakers rose.", "Toyota announced third-quarter results Thursday, posting a 10.2 percent rise in net revenue from the year before.", "The quarter ended December 31, three weeks before Toyota stopped selling the recalled models.", "In a separate recall, about 4.2 million vehicles were called back in November for a problem in which the cars' gas pedals could get stuck in some floor mats.", "The last-generation version of the Prius was included in that recall, which was expanded to include an additional 1.1 million cars last week.", "CNNMoney's Peter Valdes-Dapena and Kyung Lah contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Toyota will not issue recall on 2010 Prius models over braking issue .", "Officials: Software glitch causes cars to move even if brakes are engaged .", "Toyota is already under fire for issues surrounding sticking gas pedals in several vehicles ." ]	[ 0, 15 ]
[ "KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Thirty-two Taliban insurgents and three Afghan soldiers were killed in fighting between security forces and militants in southern Afghanistan, a local government official told CNN Thursday.", "The violence took place on Wednesday in the Khushal Khan village of Nad Ali district in Helmand province, said the provincial governor's spokesman, Dawood Ahmadi.", "The district is where the U.S. Marines are cranking up plans for a major operation against the insurgency, a push targeting a swath of territory considered the last major stronghold of the Taliban in Helmand province.", "The Wednesday flareup in Khushal Khan occurred during an Afghan-NATO-led joint operation.", "Along with the deaths, three Afghan soldiers and a soldier from NATO's International Security Assistance Force were injured.", "The Marines plan to launch a big push on Marjah, a town with 80,000 to 100,000 people in the Nad Ali district, considered to be under Taliban control.", "The insurgency there has influence stretching to Pakistan and the bordering provinces of Nimruz and Farah.", "The Marine-led operation will \"alter the ecosystem of this area significantly,\" Col. George Amland, the deputy commander of Task Force Leatherneck, said at a briefing Wednesday.", "Amland didn't say when the operation will start, but indicated it will be soon.", "He noted that the backbone of the force will be made up of some of the 30,000 additional U.S. troops being sent to Afghanistan by President Obama and will include a large contingent of Afghan security forces.", "The push will follow other big operations in Helmand -- Cobra's Anger in December and Khanjar last summer.", "CNN's Matiullah Mati contributed to this report ." ]	[ "Fighting occurs as U.S. readies military offensive in Helmand province .", "U.S. offensive targets Taliban with influence stretching to Pakistan .", "U.S. troops coming from 30,000 added by President Obama ." ]	[ 2, 4, 6, 9 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Obama and Republican and Democratic leaders engaged in a spirited but civil debate at a health care summit Thursday, finding agreement on some issues but appearing to find little common ground on how to move forward in a bipartisan way.", "\"I don't know, frankly, whether we can close that gap,\" said President Obama as the day-long meeting closed.", "If agreement is not reached, he said, there will be \"a lot of arguments about procedures in Congress about moving forward,\" an apparent reference to using a parliamentary shortcut under which a health care bill could be passed with a simple majority instead of the 60-vote supermajority the body requires to overcome the filibuster which Republicans have threatened to use.", "\"My hope had been there might be enough areas of overlap to realistically think about moving forward without a situation in which everyone just goes to their respective corners and this ends up being a political fight,\" he said.", "\"Frankly, I was discourage by the outcome,\" Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, told reporters after the meeting.", "He urged the Democrats to \"start over and go step by step and target the areas of possible agreement that we discussed in the meeting today.\"", "Sen. John Boehner, R-Ohio, sounded equally unenthusiastic.", "\"I think the American people want us to work together on common steps to make our current system work better,\" he said.", "\"We can't do it within the framework of a 2,700-page bill.\"", "Live updates from the health care summit .", "\"The president let everybody talk and talk and talk,\" said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who called Obama \"the most patient man in the world.\"", "Though there were areas of agreement, he said, \"every Republican used the same talking points.\"", "He, too, appeared to raise the specter of attempting to move forward through the parliamentary shortcut, known as reconciliation.", "\"It's time we do something and we're going to do it,\" the Nevada Democrat said.", "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was \"not overly optimistic\" that the Democrats would be able to attract Republican votes for the health care bill.", "Obama said in opening remarks that \"it is absolutely critical to begin now moving on what is one of the biggest drags on the economy.\"", "The situation affects not just people without health insurance, but also those who have it, he said.", "\"The problem is not getting better,\" he said.", "\"It is getting worse.\"", "Share your reaction to the summit .", "Obama called on Republican and Democratic leaders at the much-publicized summit to \"not focus on where we differ, but focus on where we agree.\"", "The differences were evident, though, in what each side believes should happen next.", "Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander, who made the opening remarks for his party, said Democrats should scrap existing bills passed by the House and Senate and start over on new legislation.", "Watch what areas Democrats and Republicans can agree on .", "That's not going to happen, Democrats answered, saying Americans cannot wait.", "\"For them, they don't have time for us to start over,\" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.", "Jon Kyl, the Senate Republican Whip, pointed out that a major philosophical difference between the two sides is who should be in charge of the health care system -- the government or private industry.", "\"There's so much in the bills you have supported that puts so much control in Washington,\" Kyl said to Obama.", "House Republican Whip Eric Cantor also highlighted that concern, pointing out that Republicans are nearly unanimous in their opposition to the bills.", "\"There is a reason we voted no,\" Cantor said to Obama.", "\"It does have to do with the philosophical differences you pointed out.", "It also has to do with our fear that Washington can define what are essential health benefits.\"", "Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin made an impassioned plea for passage of health care reform, saying the current system discriminates against people who are already sick.", "Watch Harkin's plea for everyone to have insurance .", "Racial segregation has been outlawed, he said, \"however we still allow segregation today on the basis of your health.\"", "Fellow Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller urged greater oversight of the health insurance sector, which he called \"a shark that swims just below the water.\"", "\"This is a rapacious industry that does what it wants, unknown to the people of America except on an individual basis,\" Rockefeller said.", "Critics had said before the nationally televised summit started that it would amount to a public relations stunt.", "\"This is about theater,\" said Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican.", "\"This is not about substance, unfortunately.\"", "Watch what's at stake at the health care summit .", "Obama addressed that concern in his opening remarks.", "\"I hope this isn't political theater where people are playing to the camera,\" he said.", "Obama said Republicans and Democrats seem to agree that costs have to be contained.", "\"It's absolutely true that if all we're doing is adding more people to a broken system, then costs will continue to skyrocket,\" he said.", "Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, who is a physician, listed several ways to cut costs, including focusing on disease prevention and management as well as cracking down on fraud.", "Coburn also blasted what he called the \"extortion\" behind frivolous lawsuits that make doctors victims of the current legal system.", "\"A large number of the tests we order every day are not for the patients, they're for the doctors,\" Coburn said.", "Another Republican physician, Rep. Charles Boustany of Louisiana, said doctors also would like a plan that would \"simplify, streamline and standardize all paperwork that is involved.\"", "The cumbersome paperwork, he said, \"takes you away from patient care.\"", "The discussion took a testy tone when Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona complained about how the Democrats handled the process of approving the legislation.", "McCain, who lost to Obama in the 2008 presidential race, said candidate Obama had pledged eight times that the health care debate would be conducted in the open and televised by C-SPAN.", "Instead, McCain said, the legislation was \"produced behind closed doors ... with unsavory deals.\"", "Obama tried to break in, but McCain asked to be allowed to finish.", "After McCain was done, Obama seemed to flash some anger when he said, \"We're not campaigning.", "The election is over.\" Said McCain with a slight laugh, \"I'm reminded of that every day.\"", "At one point, both men tried to talk over each other.", "\"The focus should not be on the issue of how we get a bill done,\" Obama said.", "McCain replied that \"the American people care about what we do and how we do it.\"", "Obama cut off the discussion when he said, \"We can have a debate about process or we can have a debate about how we help the American people.\"", "Fact Check: How common is the Senate use of reconciliation?", "After the meeting, McCain told reporters in a conference call, \"A conversation like this is bound to be a good thing.", "I just wish we had started it a year ago instead of jamming it through.\"", "He said he hopes the Democrats will refrain from using reconciliation, urging that \"the 60-vote procedure of the Senate be protected.\"", "Obama also seemed to take a shot at Cantor, who stacked the voluminous House and Senate health care reform bills on the table in front of him.", "The president called the display \"props\" and said, \"These are the kinds of political things we do that prevent us from having a conversation.\"", "On Wednesday, Sen. Chris Dodd, a key author of the Senate health care bill, told reporters flatly that if Republicans continued to demand that Democrats scrap their health care proposals and start over, \"then there's nothing to talk about.\"", "But McConnell argued that starting over is exactly what Republicans want.", "\"Unless they're willing to do that, I think it's nearly impossible to imagine a scenario under which we can reach agreement because we don't think we ought to pass a 2,700-page bill that seeks to restructure one-sixth of our economy,\" McConnell said.", "Watch as opposing sides protest at health summit .", "He warned the political consequences would be severe if Democrats moved forward without Republican support.", "Dodd said Democrats and Republicans could find common ground in some areas, such as the Republican push to allow insurers to sell insurance across state lines.", "He called the GOP proposal \"a legitimate issue,\" but said Democrats already have a version of that proposal in their legislation.", "White House spokesman Robert Gibbs expressed confidence Thursday that a bill will pass.", "\"We're very close to health care reform for the American people,\" he said.", "Three top Democratic sources privately told CNN the new goal is to pass the final legislation by the end of March or else Congress will have to move back to other issues like job creation and unfinished spending bills.", "The meeting took place across the street from the White House, in the Garden Room at Blair House.", "The summit discussions were based around four themes -- controlling costs, insurance reforms, reducing the deficit and expanding coverage.", "CNN's Dana Bash, Ed Henry, Kristi Keck and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report." ]	[ "Sen. Jay Rockefeller: \"This is a rapacious industry that does what it wants\"\nSen. Tom Harkin says health care system discriminates, segregates people .", "President Obama tells Sen. John McCain: \"We're not campaigning.", "The election is over\"\nGOP Sen. Lamar Alexander urges Democrats to scrap bills, start over on health care ." ]	[ 36, 38, 54, 66 ]
[ "(CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama offered an outline of his economic recovery plan Saturday, and jobs were the top priority.", "President-elect Barack Obama talks about his economic plan Saturday on a video on his Web site.", "American workers will rebuild the nation's roads and bridges, modernize its schools and create more sources of alternative energy, Obama said in the weekly Democratic address, posted on his Web site.", "\"The plan will mean 2.5 million more jobs\" by 2011, Obama said.", "His Web site clarified that the plan would \"save or create\" that many jobs.", "\"These aren't just steps to pull ourselves out of this immediate crisis,\" he said.", "\"These are the long-term investments in our economic future that have been ignored for far too long.\"", "Details of the plan are still being worked out by his economic team, Obama said, but he hopes to implement the plan shortly after taking office January 20.", "Listen to Obama's economic plan » .", "He referred to figures out this week showing that new home purchases in October were the lowest in 50 years and that 540,000 new unemployment claims had been filed, the most in 16 years.", "iReport.com: How are you making yourself layoff-proof?", "\"We must do more to put people back to work and get our economy moving again,\" he said.", "More than a million jobs have been lost this year, he said, and \"if we don't act swiftly and boldly, most experts now believe that we could lose millions of jobs next year.\"", "The plan will be aimed at jump-starting job creation, Obama said, and laying the foundation for a stronger economy.", "\"We'll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges; modernizing schools that are failing our children; and building wind farms and solar panels, fuel-efficient cars and the alternative energy technology that can free us from our dependence on foreign oil and keep our economy competitive in the years head,\" he said.", "He noted that he will need support from both Democrats and Republicans to pass such a plan and said he welcomes suggestions from both sides of the aisle.", "\"But what is not negotiable is the need for immediate action,\" he said.", "\"Right now, there are millions of mothers and fathers who are lying awake at night wondering if next week's paycheck will cover next month's bills.", "\"There are Americans showing up to work in the morning, only to have cleared out their desks by the afternoon.", "Retirees are watching their life savings disappear, and students are seeing their college dreams deferred.", "These Americans need help, and they need it now.\"", "Throughout history, he said, Americans have been able to rise above their divisions to work together, he said.", "\"That is the chance our new beginning now offers us, and that is the challenge we must rise to in the days to come,\" Obama said.", "\"It is time to act. As the next president of the United States, I will.\"" ]	[ "President-elect proposes rebuilding roads, bridges, schools .", "Plan would save or create 2.5 million jobs by 2011, Obama's office says .", "Republicans and Democrats will need to work together, negotiate, he says ." ]	[ 3, 4, 15 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Ten Americans detained and accused of child trafficking in Haiti after they allegedly tried to bus 33 children into the Dominican Republic insist their effort was an attempt to get the children to a shelter.", "But Haiti's prime minister said Sunday that the group was kidnapping the children.", "\"From what I know until now, this is a kidnapping case,\" Jean-Max Bellerive told CNN.", "\"Who is doing it -- I don't know. What are the real objectives or activities -- I don't know.", "But that is kidnapping and it is more serious because it's involving children,\" he said.", "\"The children certainly were not fully willing to go, because in some cases, from what I heard, they were asking for their parents, they wanted to return to their parents.\"", "How far should aid workers go?", "U.S. embassy officials visited the Americans over the weekend at a jail near the airport in Port-au-Prince, where they are being detained.", "They are being treated well and are holding on to their faith, the Americans said.", "\"We came into Haiti to help those that really had no other source of help,\" Laura Silsby, a member of the Idaho-based charity, New Life Children's Refuge, told CNN on Saturday.", "\"We are trusting the truth will be revealed and we are praying for that.\"", "Full coverage .", "The group of five men and five women said they were trying to move the children to the Dominican Republic in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake that devastated parts of Haiti, flattening the capital and killing tens of thousands.", "But a Haitian judge has charged the 10 with child trafficking, they said.", "The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince said Sunday that the Americans have been detained for \"alleged violations of Haitian laws related to immigration.\"", "\"God is our provider and God gives us strength and comfort,\" said Carla Thompson, one group member.", "\"We have our Bibles and we are OK.\" Government approval is needed for any Haitian children to leave the country, and the group acknowledged that the children have no passports.", "Jeanne Bernard-Pierre, general director for Haiti's Institute of Social Welfare, said the children will be interviewed in the coming days to determine whether they have living relatives.", "Search for the missing .", "The group said it believed the children were orphaned, and it was going to house them in a converted hotel in the Dominican Republic.", "George Willeit of SOS Children's Villages -- who said that Haitian police and the social ministry brought the children to his group -- said some of the children have living relatives.", "\"Some of them for sure are not orphans,\" he told CNN.", "\"Immediately after she arrived here, a girl -- she might be 9 years old -- was crying loudly, 'I am not an orphan, I do have my parents, please call my parents,' \" he said.", "\"And some of the other kids as well, they have their phone numbers, even, with them from their parents,\" he said.", "He said he believes that at least 10 are not orphans.", "Mel Coulter, the father of 23-year-old Charisa Coulter, who is among those arrested, told CNN affiliate KTVB that the group thought it had all of the necessary documents to transport the children out of the earthquake-ravaged country, but apparently lacked some paperwork.", "\"They want to bring kids out who have no home, who have no parents, who have no hope -- and this was an attempt to give them the hope that they've lost in Haiti,\" he said Saturday.", "The group \"went down on Thursday night fully expecting that they had everything they needed, all the documentation that they needed,\" he said.", "\"When they tried to bring some of the kids out [Friday] night they were stopped at the border and [they] said that there was a paper missing,\" he said.", "\"So they returned to Port-au-Prince, where they went in early [Saturday] morning to try and get the last documentation, and apparently were arrested on the spot and jailed.\"", "He said the group wants \"to do everything according to the processes that are required.\"", "The Rev. Clint Henry, the senior pastor with Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho, where at least some of the group members worship, told KTVB Sunday that the church was hopeful that the group would soon be released.", "\"We're waiting ... and hoping and praying that that outcome will be the one that we're looking for, so the team that has been falsely charged will be vindicated, and that the whole world is going to know that we weren't here doing the kind of things we're being accused of doing,\" he said.", "He said the accusations have prompted a number of phone calls to the church that include \"obscenities, accusations about those false rumors, things that I don't care to repeat.\"", "The children were being rescued from \"one or more orphanages\" that had been damaged in the quake, a statement on the church's Web site said.", "Henry told CNN affiliate KIVI Saturday that the group had been planning to build an orphanage in the Dominican Republic, but that the earthquake sped up the timetable for transporting the Haitian children there.", "\"We weren't ready to start this yet, everything was in process,\" he said, and the construction on the orphanage has not yet begun.", "Many of the children said they are from Fort Jacques, a town about seven miles from Port-au-Prince, according to Bernard-Pierre.", "CNN's Karl Penhaul, Jill Dougherty and journalist Jessica Desvarieux contributed to this report." ]	[ "Idaho-based missionaries arrested for trying to move children across Haitian border .", "Group admits children did not have passports needed to leave country .", "Children from orphanages damaged in the quake, said church's Web site said ." ]	[ 16, 34 ]
[ "Beijing, China (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama huddled with the Chinese premier Wednesday on the final day of his visit to China.", "Obama's meeting with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao took place at the Diaoyutai State Guest House, continuing a theme of cooperation between the two nations and development of mutual interests.", "The men greeted each other in public before meeting privately.", "The White House hailed this week's meetings between Obama and Chinese leaders.", "\"President Obama's visit to China has demonstrated the depth and breadth of the global and other challenges where US-China cooperation is critical,\" a White House statement said Wednesday.", "\"His discussions with President Hu have strengthened possibilities for future cooperation.", "\"In order to continue to develop this important relationship, President Obama has invited President Hu to visit the United States in 2010.", "President Hu has accepted with pleasure.\"", "During his final hours in China, Obama visited the Great Wall before flying to South Korea, where he will meet with President Lee Myung-bak.", "Obama described the Great Wall as \"spectacular,\" as a bone-chilling wind whipped around him.", "\"It gives you a perspective on a lot of day to day things that don't amount to much.\"", "Asked if the harsh weather reminded him of his home town, Chicago, he said, \"It does feel the same doesn't it?\"", "His day began with a series of short interviews with American television networks.", "Wednesday's session with Wen follows Obama's meeting a day earlier with Chinese President Hu Jintao, with the two speaking of a common vision of shared responsibilities and economic opportunities after their talks.", "Trade, nuclear proliferation and the sticky issue of human rights were part of their discussions.", "The two leaders \"talked about continuing to build a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship between our nations,\" according to Obama, who said he welcomes China's desire for a greater role in world affairs.", "\"China and the United States share extensive common interests and broad prospects for cooperation on a series of major issues important to mankind's peace and stability and development,\" Hu said, naming the economy, climate change and cultural exchanges among those issues.", "On economic and trade issues, Hu called for Beijing and Washington to build a positive relationship in the 21st century, to build a partnership.", "\"Our two countries need to oppose and reject protectionism and all its manifestations,\" Hu said.", "Sentiment favoring protectionism has grown in the United States, as hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese products pour in each year.", "Some analysts say the Chinese goods are artificially cheap and come at the expense of American jobs.", "The issue of human rights has often been a sticking point between Beijing and Washington.", "China regularly cracks down on its religious and ethnic minorities.", "Though Hu said China was willing to discuss issues such as human rights and religion to broaden understanding between the nations, he acknowledged that each side had agreed to respect the other's cultural sovereignty.", "In addition, China and the United States, the largest producers of greenhouse gases, have agreed to team up to fight climate change and create clean energy.", "Hu and Obama said their nations will cooperate to advance technologies and work toward a global agreement on reducing carbon emissions.", "The leaders did not offer a timeframe, however." ]	[ "U.S. President Barack Obama meets Chinese premier on final day of his visit to China .", "Obama visited the Great Wall before flying to South Korea .", "U.S., China agree to team up to fight climate change, create clean energy .", "\"China and the United States share extensive common interests,\" Hu says ." ]	[ 0, 8, 24 ]
[ "WEST HOLLYWOOD, California (CNN) -- We halfway expect the four members of Kings of Leon to roll into Bar 1200 drunk and brawling, a burly tour manager leading them in by the scruff of their necks.", "Kings of Leon is a family affair, consisting of three brothers and their cousin.", "Instead, a uniformed valet ushers them in, one by one, offering each a flute of champagne -- which Caleb Followill, the singer, and Nathan Followill, the drummer, politely accept.", "\"We have a bunch of rooms at the hotel, and the valet came with the floor,\" they explain, shaking their heads in amazement.", "The hipster lounge we've gathered in is in the lobby of the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood, California.", "A framed black-and-white photo of the Kings hangs in a spot of honor: closest to the bar.", "It's autographed, with a inscription that reads, \"Scene of the crime!\"", "Kings of Leon's fourth album, \"Only by the Night,\" has sold 5 million copies worldwide and spun off three hit singles, catapulting the group into that elite fraternity of bona fide rock bands that enjoy airplay on both pop and rock stations.", "These days, the Followill four -- brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared, along with their cousin, Matthew -- are fulfilling the promise that so many critics predicted early in their career.", "Their majestic, tension-filled brand of Southern garage rock has its roots in, of all things, the church.", "The brothers' dad, Ivan, was a traveling Pentecostal preacher who led raucous, revivalist-style congregations.", "Both he and his father went by the name Leon.", "His boys have carried on in his road warrior tradition.", "The stage is their pulpit, their congregation, 20,000-seat arenas.", "The following is an edited version of our interview.", "CNN: It's been a great couple of years for you.", "Do you feel your lives have changed?", "Caleb Followill: Absolutely.", "It's just a strange thing for us, because we've had success in the past, but a great majority of it hasn't been in America.", "And when it starts to happen in America, you turn into a wild person again.", "\"Oh, let's party!\"", "CNN: Is it really true that you guys can consume more alcohol than any other band out there on the road?", "Jared Followill: Collectively, it's a possibility.", "Caleb: I mean, we can consume more alcohol than any other popular band that actually works.", "As soon as we say \"thank you\" and \"good night,\" that means it's time for us to have fun.", "We're sober in the mornings.", "Most mornings. CNN: Are you sober now? Caleb: Yes. Nathan Followill: Not really.", "(Laugh) CNN: You guys are also famous for your fights.", "Rolling Stone had two of you at each other's throats.", "A $7,000 mirror was apparently involved -- .", "Caleb: And we were so mad about what they said that we got into a big fight.", "Nah, I'm kidding.", "A lot of the stories that come out about us fighting absolutely aren't true.", "CNN: Are all of you still in your 20s?", "Nathan: I cracked the 30s!", "June 26th. Caleb: We're about to Menudo his ass and get someone younger.", "CNN: You grew up with religion at the center of your life.", "How do you think it's worked its way into what you do now and what we hear coming out of the stereo?", "Caleb: I grew up with my dad as a preacher, and so you hear Bible verses.", "I've always looked at the Bible as poetry, so I kind of learned to write in that style from time to time.", "And a lot of people misconstrued that as me trying to push something on someone.", "We're all sinners. (Looks at Nathan) Look at him drinking the devil's grape juice.", "(The others chuckle) CNN: You played music when you were growing up, but it was associated with the church.", "Nathan: It was more like black gospel music, like Aretha Franklin, Al Green -- fun music to play.", "Most people hear, \"Oh, you played in church,\" and they picture an organ, and just very quiet.", "It was very lively and wild.", "Caleb: The thing that inspired me about the music we grew on is that it was human music.", "The people that got up to play, they basically just got up there and told the story of what happened to them that day.", "Nathan: It was like the blues.", "With a little Jesus.", "Caleb: (demonstrates by imitating a blues singer) \"Today, I went to Walmart.", "Da da da da.", "I saw someone walking down the aisle, da da da da.\"", "For me, it was inspiring. I thought, \"Man, I want to make up some songs.\"", "CNN: On your current album, \"Only by the Night,\" your music has gotten bigger and more anthemic.", "Can we attribute that to the time you've spent hanging out with U2?", "Caleb: We spent a big chunk as the opening band for U2 and Bob Dylan and Pearl Jam -- and when we walked out into these venues, let's face it, there might have been 200 people in a 20,000-seat venue.", "And so we would start playing our songs, and when we'd play it, it would sound bigger than anything we'd ever heard, because it was bouncing off the walls.", "So then we'd start to soundcheck in all these big places, and the songs started to build.", "But you never know.", "The next one could be raw and dirty and gritty and really small.", "We like to keep people guessing.", "CNN: How did your parents react to your saying, \"Hey, Mom and Dad, I want to be in a rock band.\"", "Caleb: They took it pretty well.", "They supported us pretty good.", "We had to lie our way through it a little bit.", "Matthew's family didn't know he was actually going to be in the band.", "We told them he was going to spend the summer with us but -- .", "Matthew Followill: Never came home.", "CNN: Right now, your dad is on the road with you, Matthew.", "Matthew: Yeah, he's only out for a couple of shows.", "Our family always comes to hang out.", "CNN: Looks like you'd better get him some sunscreen.", "He's a little red.", "Caleb: That's not from sun. That's actually from alcohol.", "He gets really red in the face after a long bender." ]	[ "Kings of Leon sold 5 million copies worldwide of CD \"Only by the Night\"\nGroup of brothers and cousin started out playing in church .", "Now band is enjoying fruits of their labors, opening for U2, Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam .", "Many stories of fights \"aren't true,\" one member says ." ]	[ 1, 7, 32, 56 ]
[ "(CNN) -- We have met the enemy, and he is us.", "Debate on health care reform has once again become a miserable exhibition of seemingly irreconcilable differences, which President Obama is trying to address in his health care summit.", "There is a path forward, and it starts with understanding that waiting for the government to lead an uncertain reform effort isn't necessary.", "Prepaid integrated health systems like Kaiser Permanente, Geisinger Health System, Group Health Cooperative and HealthPartners are succeeding and innovative.", "It's no coincidence that these organizations are often mentioned when describing health care providers that offer high quality care while staying affordable.", "Legislators should encourage such proven successes and make them available to all Americans.", "Integrated health systems simply assume responsibility for both the financing and delivery of care, so they try to keep patients healthy and avoid costlier illnesses and hospitalizations down the road.", "They are more likely to provide preventative care, such as vaccinations and cancer screening.", "Basically, the system we are all accustomed to in the United States separates insurance from the provision of care.", "That is, your doctor and hospital and your health insurance company are different institutions.", "This pits them against one another, because one wants to cut care whenever possible, while the other wants to provide as much care as possible, with little incentive to keep costs down.", "Integrated systems are simply both -- they are either insurance companies who own their own hospitals and hire their own doctors or hospital and physician groups that offer a health plan.", "Other innovations routinely seen in integrated systems include digital medical records, direct electronic messaging with providers, instant access to health records and test results, telehealth and home-based medical services and affordable access to primary care.", "Many people are determined that the United States should emulate the rest of the industrialized world and adopt a publicly subsidized system of universal coverage.", "Admirers of these foreign systems point to their low costs and accessible primary care services, but they may be surprised to find that successful integrated health systems in this country are organized very similarly to the most admired state-sponsored systems found overseas.", "Whether taxpayers help fund an institution is not the main factor for success; rather, it is the integration between delivery and payment that creates an incentive to provide high-value care that keeps members healthy and out of hospitals.", "This is the mantra that guides care delivery in both the best-performing systems overseas and in prepaid integrated systems in the United States.", "Meanwhile, there are, of course, publicly supported health programs in the United States, including Medicare and Medicaid.", "Yet the same people who lament that a state-subsidized health care system would lay an unrelenting path to outright socialism hardly ever call for a dismantling of Medicare.", "Whether that's because of political expediency or simple hypocrisy can be left to conjecture.", "What's important is that a high-performing, state-sponsored health institution already operates in the United States -- the Veterans Health Administration.", "Unlike Medicare and Medicaid, however, the VA has a tightly integrated health care system that has managed to dramatically improve quality and introduce innovations, all while keeping costs in check.", "Killing off all state-sponsorship of health care in this country in a shortsighted resistance against progressivism would be a grave mistake.", "The bottom line is that we've been arguing over the wrong question.", "The best health care system isn't a matter of private vs. public, or us vs. them.", "The debate should be about how to foster a system that is organized in a way such that its utmost concern is providing value to its patients.", "There is no need to import a foreign system; we already have many similar systems in existence.", "The biggest hurdle is that, despite their advantages, integrated systems only serve about 5 percent of the population.", "Entrenched players in the health care industry stand opposed to integrated care.", "If legislators truly want to make health care better, they will encourage the development of more integrated systems so that everyone has access to multiple options in a competitive marketplace.", "Maintaining a vibrant, innovative private sector is critical, but we also can't ignore the success of many integrated, publicly subsidized systems abroad.", "Fostering the growth of our own integrated health systems in the private sector addresses the right question and offers the opportunity for us to have the best system of all.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jason Hwang." ]	[ "Jason Hwang touts integrated health systems, which handle finances and care .", "Hwang: They have incentive to keep patients healthy and avoid costly illnesses .", "He writes that the best health care isn't a matter of private vs. public, but how it's organized .", "Hwang says VA has a tightly integrated, high-quality health care system ." ]	[ 6, 21, 24 ]
[ "(Mental Floss) -- For most of us, college donations entail little more than occasionally dropping a small check in the mail after receiving repeated pleas for cash from our alma maters.", "Some people, though, tend to be a bit more individualistic with their generosity.", "Let's take a look at some of the quirkier donations schools have received: .", "1. Bequest puts jocks on the ropes .", "In 1907, fledgling Swarthmore College received a bequest that was estimated to be worth somewhere between $1 and $3 million.", "If the school wanted the cash, though, it would have to stop participating in intercollegiate sports.", "Swarthmore badly needed the cash -- its entire endowment was only in the $1 million range -- but in the end, the school turned down the gift and the sports survived.", "2. Ivy League has to produce homemakers .", "When former Massachusetts Attorney General A.E.", "Pillsbury gave Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia $25,000 apiece in his 1931 will, he had a catch in mind: the schools had to use the bequests to combat the feminist movement that had \"already begun to impair the family as the basis of civilization and its advance.\"", "Pillsbury envisioned the schools creating a lectureship that could help keep women in the home.", "3. Auburn goes to the dogs .", "When Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Ritchey, granddaughter of the founder of the Quaker State Oil Refining Company, died in 1968, she left Auburn University a generous gift of $2.5 million.", "She also gave the school something a bit more unusual: the responsibility for 150 dogs.", "Ritchey, who owned a ranch in Florida and loved to adopt homeless dogs, made the large cash donation contingent on the school finding good homes for all 150 of her dogs.", "The cash was then earmarked for veterinary research.", "Mental Floss: Videos: Dogs welcoming home soldiers .", "4. Bryn Mawr goes on the clock .", "Did Bryn Mawr need any new clocks in 1957?", "It didn't matter. They were getting one.", "Philadelphia physician Florence Chapman Child left the school $50,000 in her will if they would also agree to take her 150-year-old grandfather clock.", "The doctor stipulated that the school's administrators had to \"install it in an appropriate place, keep it in proper condition and repair, make no changes in the fundamental appearance, and are not to have it electrified.\"", "5. Donor wants flowers in perpetuity .", "For years, Indiana University offered a scholarship with a strange condition: the recipient was supposed to drive from Bloomington to Indianapolis once a year to put flowers on the donor's grave.", "The school gradually decided it was a bit much to ask a student to take a roadtrip to a stranger's headstone, though, so for 20 years it didn't enforce the requirement.", "Eventually the donor's attorney found out that the flowers weren't being placed, but instead of being indignant he worked with the school to remove the clause from the bequest.", "6. Colleges find a fountainhead of cash .", "In 2008, Marshall University received a $1 million gift to establish the BB&T Center for the Advancement of American Capitalism.", "The catch was that the school had to agree to teach Ayn Rand's \"Atlas Shrugged\" as part of its curriculum.", "BB&T executives said the requirement was designed to spark debate on the ethical underpinnings of capitalism.", "This wasn't the first time BB&T had made this sort of gift, either.", "In 2005, it gave the University of North Carolina Charlotte another million big ones to make \"Atlas Shrugged\" required reading for its students.", "7. Small potatoes lead to big cash .", "In 1950, the government had a surplus of potatoes and started looking for ways to get rid of the excess tubers.", "The Department of Agriculture decided to give the potatoes to Hiwassee College, a small Methodist school in eastern Tennessee.", "College president D.R.", "Youell told the government that he didn't want its charity, though.", "A short time later, the school received a $10,000 donation with a note praising the institution for taking a stand against \"the dangerous trends toward socialism in our Government.\"", "Mental Floss: 7 College Cheating Scandals .", "8. College profits from a racist will .", "When Dr. Jesse C. Coggins died in 1962, he left his estate to the Keswick nursing home so it could construct a new building.", "Coggins made a last-minute change to the will, though, that stipulated that the building would only house white patients.", "In 1999, a court ruled that the racist stipulation effectively voided the gift and gave the entire estate -- which had grown to $28.8 million -- to the will's backup beneficiary, the University of Maryland Medical Center.", "9. Donor affects fashion from beyond the grave .", "Radcliffe once received a piece of jewelry as a bequest.", "A nice gift, to be sure, but the late donor was a bit bossy.", "She wasn't just donating the piece of jewelry; she stipulated in the gift that the president of Radcliffe must wear the accessory.", "10. Small college enters the Scientific Instrument Business .", "By the time Erick O. Schonstedt died in 1993, he had built his 40-year-old business, the Schonstedt Instrument Company, into a $6-million-a-year enterprise.", "There was a problem, though.", "If he wanted to leave the business to a relative or an employee, the estate taxes would have been nearly $3 million.", "None of his prospective heirs had that sort of loot on hand.", "Schonstedt, a University of Minnesota alum, got creative.", "He gave the company to Augustana College, a school that, like Schonstedt, had Swedish Lutheran affiliations.", "Rather than simply turning around and flipping the business for cash, though, Augustana decided to run it.", "The school instituted new sales models, found cost savings, and changed the company's product mix, and after two years was exceeding profit targets by 25 percent.", "In 2008, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State received a similar gift; a donor left the school controlling interest in a company he had started to raise sturgeon for caviar in North Carolina.", "11. A different kind of monument .", "Back in 2008, writer Katie Kelly covered an interesting donation: .", "\"Endowing a school, building, or even a classroom with one's name is a pretty typical fundraising practice among universities today.", "Demanding a bathroom to commemorate yourself isn't quite as common.", "Brad Feld, a local venture capitalist, donated $25,000 to the University of Colorado on the condition that a plaque would be placed on the door of a second-floor men's restroom in one of the campus' technology centers.", "He originally made the conditional offer to his alma mater, MIT, but was rejected.", "\"Feld, in an interview with Boulder's Daily Camera, stated: 'I just wanted a plaque outside of the men's room to inspire people as they walk in to do their business.'", "Quite fittingly, the quote reads, 'The best ideas often come at inconvenient times -- don't ever close your mind to them.'\"", "Mental Floss: 11 majors your college probably didn't offer .", "12. School doesn't say \"Danke Schoen\" to Wayne Newton .", "In 1993, Wayne Newton made his first appearance in Branson, Missouri.", "He offered to give his cut of the first night's show to the nearby College of the Ozarks.", "It was a pretty generous gift; Newton's take would have ended up being $15,000 to $25,000.", "Unfortunately, the school's president, Jerry Davis, went to see Newton's set.", "He was horrified by Newton's double entendres and jokes about the elderly having sex.", "The next day Davis announced that the school wouldn't accept a cent of Newton's money.", "For more mental_floss articles, visit mentalfloss.com .", "Entire contents of this article copyright, Mental Floss LLC.", "All rights reserved." ]	[ "Some colleges have received or turned down donations with strange strings attached .", "Heiress leaves $2.5 million to school that must find homes for her 150 dogs .", "Donor's scholarships requires students to place flowers on his grave .", "Swarthmore College could have received up to $3 million if it cut sports program ." ]	[ 2, 4, 5, 23, 26, 50 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The wife of former New Life Church pastor Ted Haggard said Thursday that she never considered divorce after she discovered her husband had sexual encounters with men.", "\"I knew that he was more than this struggle,\" Gayle Haggard said on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" while promoting her new book \"Why I Stayed.\"", "\"I knew that we spent almost 30 years together, and I knew there was so much to salvage in our relationship that was worth fighting for,\" she said.", "Ted Haggard, the former president of the National Association of Evangelicals and the head pastor at the 14,000-member New Life, was outed publicly in 2006 by a former prostitute, Mike Jones, who said Haggard had paid him for sex over three years and had used methamphetamine in his presence.", "Haggard also later admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a 20-year-old male church volunteer.", "Haggard said Thursday night that he no longer has same-sex urges, attributing the change to therapy.", "He blamed his homosexual experiences on a sexual encounter with an adult man when he was in second grade, which \"formed the way my mind processes things.\"", "\"Certainly on many levels it was devastating to me,\" Gayle Haggard said of her husband's encounters.", "\"But I started on a path to real education on the subject and I learned so much about the diversity of our human makeup and that all of us are the way we are for a reason.", "And I learned that things happen in our life that condition us in our sexuality.\"", "Both Haggard and his wife say they have a normal physical relationship -- one that \"never stopped\" even in the wake of the public scandal.", "\"What is so wonderful is the intimacy we have on all levels in our marriage,\" Gayle Haggard said.", "The couple said they currently don't belong to a church.", "Both agreed to leave New Life and the Colorado Springs, Colorado, area in a settlement following the scandal, but make a living by speaking about their story to church congregations around the country.", "\"I haven't doubted my faith in this process but I have redefined it,\" Gayle Haggard said.", "\"Early on, I was so satisfied with my faith walk and I felt as though my life was just wonderful.", "\"But then I went through this very dark time where I felt like there was nothing good. ...", "But I held on by a thread because I trusted God was going to show me the way through that and he did.\"" ]	[ "Ted Haggard's wife, Gayle, reveals why she stayed in wake of public scandal .", "Ted Haggard, who admitted having sex with men, claims he no longer has same-sex urges .", "Gayle Haggard: \"I haven't doubted my faith in this process but I have redefined it\"" ]	[ 5, 14 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Republicans' tough task of taking back control of the Senate next year now looks even tougher.", "Sen. Pete Domenici, R-New Mexico, says he will retire at the end of his term.", "Republican Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election.", "\"For the past 35 years my friends and neighbors have given me the honor of allowing me to serve them as their United States senator,\" he said.", "\"Who could ask for anything more?", "Domenici joins three other Republican senators who also are retiring at the end of their terms next year.", "Democrats took back both houses of Congress last November, but hold thin majorities.", "In the Senate, they have a 51-49 margin.", "Their advantage in the House of Representatives is 233-202.", "Of 34 Senate seats being contested next year, Republicans hold 22.", "With the four senators retiring and four others facing difficult re-election bids, the numbers are stacked against GOP hopes of recapturing the upper chamber of Congress.", "Read more about the senators who are retiring » .", "Domenici, a six-term senator, earlier had hinted he would run for re-election despite some criticism of his role in the controversial firings of U.S. attorneys.", "One of the prosecutors, David Iglesias, contends Domenici and U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-New Mexico, wanted him to push harder on a corruption investigation of state Democrats before the 2006 midterm elections.", "Iglesias said he felt \"leaned on\" when Domenici called him to inquire about when indictments would be brought.", "The senator, who nominated Iglesias for the post, apologized for making the call but said he never pressured Iglesias.", "Domenici said he had complained to Justice Department officials about the pace of prosecutions in Iglesias' office.", "Then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Domenici had complained to him about Iglesias in the fall of 2005, saying the U.S. attorney \"was in over his head.\"", "Iglesias, a Naval Reserve lawyer listed in a Justice Department evaluation as a \"diverse up-and-comer\" before 2006, was told to resign that December.", "Domenici, 75, was first elected to the Senate in 1972 and hasn't faced a tough re-election battle since then.", "But New Mexico's other senator, Jeff Bingaman, is a Democrat, as is Gov.", "Bill Richardson, who is running for president, and Democrats are likely to pour a lot of resources into trying to capture Domenici's seat.", "Republicans also face tough competition to hold onto the seats of retiring senators in Nebraska, Virginia and Colorado.", "In Nebraska, former Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has told friends he will run for retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel's seat.", "Johanns is a former Nebraska governor, and Hagel said he has encouraged him to run.", "Nebraska Attorney General John Bruning had planned to run against Hagel and still could run against Johanns for the Republican nomination.", "Two other Republicans are also in the hunt for the open seat.", "Former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey also is considering running for Hagel's seat.", "President Bush handily carried Nebraska in his 2004 re-election, but an unpopular war and an unpopular president could give the Democrats hope next year.", "The state's other senator, Ben Nelson, is a Democrat.", "In Virginia, where longtime Republican Sen. John Warner is retiring, Democratic former Gov.", "Mark Warner, no relation to the senator, intends to run for the open seat.", "Mark Warner's term as governor ended in January 2006, and he left office with high favorable ratings.", "Democrats have won three major statewide elections there this decade.", "In 2006, Democrat Jim Webb ousted Republican Sen. George Allen by a margin of fewer than 10,000 votes, or less than half a percentage point.", "Webb's victory helped give Democrats their slim Senate majority.", "On the Republican side, there could be a bitter primary fight between Rep. Tom Davis, a moderate from northern Virginia, and conservative former Gov.", "Jim Gilmore, who dropped out of the presidential race earlier this year.", "In Colorado, Sen. Wayne Allard announced this year that he's retiring after his term finishes, and Democrats made major gains there in the 2004 and 2006 elections.", "In addition to those races, tough re-election fights lie ahead for Republican Sens.", "Susan Collins of Maine, John Sununu of New Hampshire, Norm Coleman of Minnesota and Gordon Smith of Oregon.", "As of now, only one Senate Democrat -- Mary Landrieu of Louisiana -- appears to face a challenge.", "The recent scandal involving Sen. Larry Craig's arrest in an airport restroom should not hurt the GOP's chances of holding on to his Senate seat in Idaho in 2008, even if the Republican does leave office.", "Democrats haven't won a Senate seat in Idaho in more than 30 years.", "Craig had said he would resign from the Senate if he could not get his guilty plea to a disorderly conduct charge withdrawn by September 30.", "But last week, Craig said he wouldn't resign until \"legal determinations\" are made.", "On Thursday, a judge denied Craig's request to withdraw his guilty plea.", "While the controversy over his arrest and guilty plea may not cost the GOP a Senate seat, it won't help his party either.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Pete Domenici is fourth Republican senator to announce his retirement .", "Four other GOP senators face tough re-election fights next year .", "Republicans hold 22 of the 34 Senate seats being contested in 2008 .", "Democrats hold razor-thin majority in Senate, 51-49 ." ]	[ 7, 9, 22, 29, 39 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- A trio of congressional Republicans passionately appealed to the Pentagon on Thursday to drop charges against three Navy SEALs accused of assaulting an Iraqi suspected of orchestrating the 2004 killing and mutilation of four U.S. contractors.", "Flanked by about a dozen retired Navy SEALs at a news conference near the Capitol, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California; Rep. Dan Burton, R-Indiana; and Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, insisted that the U.S. is sending the wrong message to its troops.", "\"These Navy SEALs were apprehending a terrorist murderer, and they are being accused of roughing him up?", "Give me a break!", "These men should be given medals, not prosecuted.", "These men are heroes,\" Rohrabacher said.", "Burton agreed, saying, \"These people are laying their lives on the line every day, and they can't go into a combat situation with kid gloves on.\"", "The congressmen said they plan to present to Pentagon officials petitions signed by thousands of people supporting the SEALs.", "The Iraqi suspect, Ahmed Hashim Abed, complained to investigators he was punched during his detention.", "One of the three SEALs, Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe, 24, accused of assault, stood next to his attorney at the event Thursday.", "McCabe did not speak.", "Gohmert said those who bring harm to Americans should not get the same judicial treatment as U.S. citizens.", "\"They get all their constitutional rights.", "Well, we've got heroes around who deserve the constitutional rights of an even better caliber.", "And yes, there are different levels of constitutional rights,\" he said.", "In January, a military judge ruled that the trials of the two other SEALs should be held on a base in Iraq.", "Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Keefe, 25, and Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas, 28, are charged with dereliction of duty and impeding an official investigation surrounding the Iraqi's detention last September.", "Their trials are set to begin next month.", "The case against the Navy SEALs has sparked outrage that the sailors are being tried at all for handling a suspect in the contractors' murders, one of the most notorious incidents in the Iraq war.", "The killings got widespread news coverage when the burned bodies of two of the contractors were paraded through the streets of Falluja and hanged from a bridge as their captors cheered.", "\"In this case, we've turned logic upside down on its head,\" said Rohrabacher.", "\"Our government is taking the word of a terrorist and attacking our defenders.\"" ]	[ "Three Navy SEALs accused of assaulting an Iraqi .", "Iraqi suspected of orchestrating '04 killing, mutilation of four U.S. contractors .", "Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: \"These men should be given medals, not prosecuted\"\nCongressmen say they have petitions signed by thousands supporting SEALs ." ]	[ 0, 4, 7 ]
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is alive and remains in hiding, a spokesman for the group told CNN Thursday.", "\"Hakimullah Mehsud is alive and he is our chief,\" said spokesman Azim Tariq.", "\"All the reports regarding his death are propaganda.\"", "Tariq said Mehsud remains in hiding because he is being targeted by U.S. drone attacks but \"is still in command of the mujahedeen.\"", "Authorities have been looking into reports that Mehsud died after being wounded last month in a drone attack.", "One news report, citing local sources and a correspondent, said he died and was buried.", "But Pakistani and U.S. officials said they have not been able to confirm Mehsud's status." ]	[ "Hakimullah Mehsud previously reported dead, buried .", "He is \"alive and he is our chief,\" Taliban spokesman Azim Tariq says .", "Tariq: Mehsud remains in hiding because he is being targeted by U.S. drone attacks .", "Pakistani and U.S. officials said they have been unable to confirm Mehsud's status ." ]	[ 1, 3, 6 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Former child actor Gary Coleman remained in a Utah jail Monday after being booked on an outstanding arrest warrant relating to a domestic violence case, authorities said.", "\"He's still our guest here,\" Utah County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Dennis Harris said Monday afternoon.", "Police visited Coleman's Santaquin City, Utah, home Sunday in response to a civil disturbance call, but no criminal charges were filed, a police spokeswoman said.", "A computer check, however, revealed a misdemeanor failure to appear in court warrant for the former \"Diff'rent Strokes\" star stemming from a domestic violence incident last year, the spokeswoman said.", "Coleman, 41, was arrested and booked without incident Sunday in the county jail in Spanish Fork, the spokesman said.", "Coleman could get out of jail by posting a $1,725 bail, but that has not happened, Harris said.", "Coleman's mug shot released by the jail showed that he was \"not too happy,\" Harris said.", "Police did not release details about the previous case related to the arrest warrant.", "CNN's Alan Duke and Jack Hannah contributed to this report." ]	[ "Gary Coleman arrested in Utah County, Utah; actor had outstanding warrant .", "Coleman could get out of jail by posting $1,725 bail, police say .", "Police: Actor's home visited in response to civil disturbance call, but no criminal charges filed ." ]	[ 2, 5 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The star of the show did not appear -- and the film in question was not shown -- but Hillary Clinton's big-screen moment was all the talk Tuesday at the Supreme Court.", "The Supreme Court is tackling a First Amendment case involving a movie about Hillary Clinton.", "The justices heard arguments in a free-speech case over a 2008 documentary, shown in theaters, that was sharply critical of the onetime presidential candidate and current secretary of state.", "At issue was whether the 90-minute \"Hillary: The Movie\" and television ads to promote it should have been subject to strict campaign finance laws on political advocacy or should have been seen as a constitutionally protected form of commercial speech.", "The high court's decision will determine whether politically charged documentaries can be regulated by the government in the same way as traditional campaign commercials.", "A ruling is expect by late June.", "A conservative group behind the movie wanted to promote it during the heat of the presidential primary season last year, but a federal court had blocked any ads, as well as airings on cable TV video-on-demand.", "The film later aired in several theaters and was released on DVD, outlets that were not subject to federal regulation.", "The Supreme Court justices appeared divided on how to find balance between Congress' expressed desire to control the power of well-financed private groups to spread their political messages and concerns over the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech.", "\"This is targeted at a specific candidate for a specific office to be shown on a channel that says 'Election '08',\" said Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.", "\"Now if that isn't an appeal to voters, I can't imagine what is.\"", "\"There's a possibility,\" said Justice Antonin Scalia, \"that the First Amendment interest is greater when what the government is trying to stifle is not just a speaker who wants to say something, but also a listener who wants to hear what the speaker has to say,\" noting that viewers would have paid to see the film on cable television.", "On its Web site, Citizens United promoted its film as featuring 40 interviews.as well as a \"cast to end all casts.\"", "It promised, \"If you want to hear about the Clinton scandals of the past and present, you have it here!", "'Hillary: The Movie' is the first and last word in what the Clintons want America to forget!\"", "The group, a Washington-based nonprofit corporation and advocacy organization, had balked at campaign finance rules that would have required them to disclose their financial backers and would have restricted when the film could air.", "The film was partially financed with corporate funds.", "A three-judge U.S. District Court panel last spring rejected the group's arguments that the documentary was more akin to news or information programs such as PBS' \"Nova\" or CBS' \"60 Minutes.\"", "During Tuesday's oral arguments, the justices seemed uneasy about arguments from both sides.", "\"This sounds to me like campaign advocacy,\" said Justice David Souter.", "But attorney Theodore Olson, representing Citizens United, said the law \"smothered\" free speech.", "He said groups like General Electric (which owns NBC News), National Public Radio and progressive financier George Soros (who often privately funds his political projects) could air such films in the name of informing the American people, but not his clients because of the film's perceived negative tone.", "\"If it's all negative it can be prohibited, and it's a felony.", "Or if it's all favorable, you can go to jail.", "But if you did half and half, you couldn't\" be convicted, said Olson, criticizing the law's \"incomprehensible\" regulations.", "Several on the court wondered whether a 90-minute message was different than a 30-second commercial.", "\"It seems to me you can make the argument that 90 minutes is much more powerful in support or in opposition to a candidate,\" said Justice Anthony Kennedy.", "\"We have no choice, really, but to say this is not issue advocacy, this is express advocacy saying don't vote for this person,\" which is subject to regulation,\" Souter said.", "\"The difference between 90 minutes and one minute is a distinction that I just can't follow.\"", "The comprehensive 2002 McCain-Feingold law bans broadcast of \"electioneering communication\" by corporations, unions and advocacy groups if it would be aired close to election dates and would identify candidates by name or image.", "The law also requires an on-screen notice of the groups financing such ads, as well as public disclosure of all donors to the sponsoring organizations.", "Lawyers representing the Federal Election Commission urged the justices to subject the ads to the disclosure law, arguing that without it, voters would be \"unable to know who's funding the ads.\"", "Justice Department attorney Malcolm Stewart called it \"an easy case.\"", "Some on the bench were not sure, probing the limits of the definition of candidate advocacy.", "\"So if Wal-Mart airs an advertisement that says we have candidate action figures for sale, come buy them, that counts as an electioneering communication,\" asked Chief Justice John Roberts.", "Justice Samuel Alito wondered about the differences between broadcast or cable TV, where the film could not be run, and the Internet or theaters where it could.", "When Stewart implied \"additional media\" could also be subject to future regulation, the newest justice replied, \"That's pretty incredible.", "You think that if a book was published, a campaign biography that was the functional equivalent of express advocacy, that could be banned?\"", "Most book publishers are corporations subject to campaign finance restrictions, he noted.", "Legal observers say Alito and Roberts' votes could be key to the case's outcome.", "At the time of the movie's premiere, Clinton was locked in a tough primary fight with then-Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president.", "Critics slammed her qualifications and character.", "People say, \"Well, she's flipping, she's flopping.", "No, she's not flipping and flopping, she's lying,\" Bay Buchanan, a political commentator and regular analyst for CNN, said in the film.", "\"We must never understate her chances of winning,\" warned Dick Morris, a former political adviser to President Clinton.", "\"And we must never forget the fundamental danger that this woman poses to every value that we hold dear.", "You see, I know her.\" Ads for the movie were available on the Internet, which is not subject to federal regulation.", "\"I've seen this movie,\" Justice Stephen Breyer wryly noted, \"It's not a musical comedy.\"", "David Bossie, head of Citizens United and producer of the \"Hillary\" film, was also behind several conservative documentaries, including a rebuttal to Michael Moore's anti-Bush film \"Fahrenheit 9/11.\"", "The case is Citizens United v. FEC (08-205)." ]	[ "Supreme Court takes up First Amendment case involving Hillary Clinton movie .", "Justices heard arguments over a 2008 documentary critical of then-candidate Clinton .", "Court determining if \"Hillary: The Movie\" should have faced campaign finance laws .", "The decision will determine whether political documentaries can be regulated ." ]	[ 1, 2, 4 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Actor Charlie Sheen checked into a rehab clinic \"as a preventive measure,\" his publicist said Tuesday.", "Sheen will \"take some time off\" from his acting job on the CBS series \"Two and a Half Men\" while he undergoes rehabilitation, publicist Stan Rosenfield said.", "In a joint statement, executives from CBS and Warner Bros. Television and \"Two and a Half Men\" creator/producer Chuck Lorre said they \"support Charlie Sheen in his decision today to begin voluntary in-patient care at a treatment center.", "We wish him nothing but the best as he deals with this personal matter.", "Production on 'Two and a Half Men' will be temporarily suspended.\"", "Rosenfield's short statement did not say what issue Sheen needed to address with rehabilitation or the kind of facility he is entering.", "The announcement comes a day after a lawyer for Sheen's wife, Brooke Mueller, confirmed she had switched rehab facilities in her battle with substance abuse.", "There was no information given about who was caring for the couple's twin boys.", "Sheen, 44, and Mueller, 32, were involved in an alleged domestic dispute in Aspen, Colorado, on Christmas Day that resulted in a felony assault charge against Sheen.", "Mueller's lawyer said Monday that she pulled out of The Canyon, a Malibu, California, rehab center, over the weekend after a \"major breach of her privacy.\"", "She immediately checked into \"a private, secure facility\" to continue her substance-abuse rehabilitation so she can be \"the best mother\" to her children, attorney Yale Galanter said.", "Galanter said he was planning a lawsuit against the rehab center after confidential details of Mueller's treatment there were given to journalists over the weekend.", "\"I am going to make them pay like you can't believe for screwing over my client,\" Galanter said.", "\"You can quote me on that.\" A call to The Canyon by CNN was not immediately returned.", "Mueller voluntarily entered rehab in the wake of the Christmas Day incident with Sheen, Galanter said.", "Aspen police charged Sheen with felony second-degree assault, felony menacing and a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief.", "He was booked under his birth name, Carlos Irwin Estevez.", "Sheen and Mueller married in 2008.", "Their twin sons -- Max and Bob -- will have their first birthday in March.", "Separately, a Los Angeles county social worker visited Sheen's home Sunday to check on his children, Sheen's publicist said.", "\"The visit from [the department of children and family services] was routine and procedural,\" Rosenfield said.", "Los Angeles County was asked by Pitkin County, Colorado, child protection officials to check on the family as part of a follow-up to Sheen's arrest in Aspen, Rosenfield said.", "Agency officials declined to confirm or comment on the visit because of privacy laws.", "CBS did not immediately respond to CNN calls for comment.", "Sheen's history of trouble began in 1990 when he was dating actress Kelly Preston.", "Reports surfaced then that Preston had been shot in the arm.", "In 2001 Sheen told Playboy magazine that it was a \"complete accident.", "I wasn't even in the room. She picked up a pair of my pants.", "... A little revolver fell out of my back pocket, hit the bathroom floor and went off.", "It shot a hole through the toilet and she got hit in the leg with shrapnel.\"", "The couple split soon after the incident and Preston married actor John Travolta in 1991.", "In 1994 Sheen was the only celebrity client whose name was publicly released during the trial of \"Hollywood Madam\" Heidi Fleiss.", "In 1996, adult film actress Brittany Ashland accused Sheen of throwing her on the floor and splitting her lip.", "Sheen pleaded no contest to battery charges and was fined $2,800.", "He entered rehab in 1998 after an alleged drug overdose.", "During the course of his divorce from model-turned-actress Denise Richards in 2006, Richards filed a restraining order against Sheen, saying he tried to kill her.", "Sheen released a statement at the time saying: \"Obviously, what has taken place is vile, is unconscionable, is without merit, is a transparent and immature smear campaign.", "She's claiming certain things.", "It's baseless.\" CNN's Alan Duke, Brittany Kaplan, Marc Balinsky and journalist Jo Piazza contributed to this report." ]	[ "Publicist does not say what Sheen is being treated for or the kind of facility he is entering .", "Sheen will take time off from CBS series \"Two and a Half Men\" while in rehab, he says .", "Announcement comes day after Sheen's wife switches rehab facilities ." ]	[ 1, 5, 6 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- In patches across the Haitian capital, many earthquake survivors are not waiting for an international clearing and rebuilding effort to begin.", "They are pulling out shovels, wood and cement to slowly repair and rebuild themselves.", "\"This is what we have to do now,\" Jean-Fritznel St. Claire said as he hammered away at huge, fallen slabs of a Digicel office building, breaking them into chunks to be shoveled into a truck and taken away.", "Digicel is a telecommunications company.", "St. Claire and three friends working with him at Digicel expected the company to pay them for their hard labor, but the group insists that they and others who stayed in the earthquake zone are eager to start clearing rubble and building what they can.", "\"The people who left [Port-au-Prince] have no hope,\" he said, his face dripping with sweat.", "\"We have hope. So we're here.\" Elsewhere in Port-au-Prince, businesses and families repaired cinderblock walls and pounded new beams into fractured roofs.", "One work crew near the airport replaced several broken sewer pipes that were part of a system set up for their neighborhood.", "But this individual rebuilding alarms teams of engineers studying the damage in Haiti after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake January 12.", "\"It worries me,\" said Reginald Desroches, a Haitian-American engineer from Georgia Tech who is part of a volunteer assessment team working with the United Nations' mission in Haiti.", "Desroches and his crew say many Haitians are using broken pieces of buildings as construction material, including the metal rebar, or reinforcement bars, that critically strengthen concrete but now lie twisted and bent in the rubble.", "That makes the bars weak and potentially unsafe.", "But Haitians are turning to what's available -- even though the materials might be deemed unsafe -- to rebuild structures that ultimately may be declared unsound.", "\"This is a problem,\" fellow engineer Jean-Philippe Simon said.", "\"These things can just collapse all over again.\"", "Indeed, the Digicel building where St. Claire is working contains massive cracks, is missing a two-story wall and leans over the area he's cleaning up.", "Asked if he's worried that the place could collapse, undermining his backbreaking work, St. Claire responds, \"We can't control that. That is up to God.\"" ]	[ "Jean-Fritznel St. Claire and 3 friends clean up rubble of office building, load it into trucks .", "Informal rebuilding worries teams of engineers studying damage from earthquake .", "Engineer says many are using broken pieces of buildings as construction material .", "\"These things can just collapse all over again,\" engineer Jean-Philippe Simon says ." ]	[ 8, 10, 13, 14 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- Decades ago, when the Department of Defense was creating the predecessor to today's Internet, one of the main goals was to create a communications system that could endure catastrophic disasters.", "The Internet was designed to have no central point of failure, allowing anyone to run his or her own communications channel.", "This was a system that could withstand a nuclear attack.", "Today, the services built on top of that network have done a great job in enabling communications, perhaps none more dramatically than Twitter.", "During the days since the Haiti earthquake, the popular social networking and microblogging service has been used for rescue efforts and for fundraising to help stabilize and rebuild the country.", "So it was big news when Twitter was offline for 90 minutes Wednesday morning.", "Technology pundits promptly began hand-wringing -- the weaknesses of having a single point of failure to critical communications had been revealed again!", "Could we trust Twitter?", "Did this mean the Web couldn't help us fulfill our most basic obligations to those in need?", "Not at all. There's no reason that organizations or individuals who want to use the Web to relay critical information have to rely on Twitter or Facebook or Google or any other giant of the technology industry in the first place.", "We've just forgotten a bit about how the Internet was supposed to work.", "Rescue organizations and charities should simply be able to use the Web sites they already have to deliver those messages.", "And wasn't that the promise of the Web in the first place?", "Weren't we going to stop relying on individual companies as gatekeepers for communication?", "When blogs took off a few years ago, wasn't it with the promise that we'd all be able to share our voices without having to ask any company for permission?", "Why did we give that up? Maybe it's because they made it look so easy.", "Twitter has done an impressive job of growing to handle its enormous number of users, while keeping its service simple.", "The company has even shown a reassuring sensitivity to the civic and social obligations that come from running such a popular communication service.", "Companies such as Facebook and Google have stepped up, too.", "Their hearts appear to be in the right place, and they're doing real work to help people communicate.", "But the Web is bigger than any one site or any one social network.", "In my own work, I run a nonprofit that strives to connect government policymakers to the expertise of ordinary people using the Web.", "We'll naturally make great use of Twitter and Facebook and all the other services, but it'd be unforgivable to pick only one of them as a platform for civic engagement.", "Telling people the only way to talk to the White House is on Facebook is like saying you can only call your senator by using a particular phone company.", "And that's the key lesson to learn from Twitter being down while people are depending on it for communication: Some needs are too important to put in the hands of any single company.", "Communicating in real time about emergency information is clearly one of them.", "Fortunately there's good news.", "Smart inventors have already made cutting-edge technologies that let any site deliver messages with the same immediacy as Twitter or Facebook.", "Now the challenge is reminding all of the social institutions, media organizations and government agencies that they need to use their own communications infrastructure just as much as they participate in services such as Twitter and Facebook.", "The reality is social networks come and go.", "Ten years ago, otherwise-sensible companies were paying millions of dollars to America Online to buy \"AOL keywords.\"", "These were shortcuts to parts of the AOL service, which dominated U.S. Internet access at the time.", "In fact, many of us have allowed companies to become intermediaries to all our communications, whether it was AOL 10 years ago or Facebook today.", "But we don't need to ask gateways for permission to publish.", "We can run our own Web sites, at our own Web addresses and keep control over how we communicate.", "Think how ludicrous it would seem for someone to decide, say, to offer emergency services as an AOL keyword called \"911\" instead of having people just dial their phones?", "That sounds absurd, but you can see advertisements today that essentially say \"Find us on Facebook at facebook.com/AcmeWidgets!\"", "Now, Facebook probably won't fade away entirely, like early networks such as Friendster.", "But those Facebook addresses are just like AOL keywords 10 years earlier.", "And it is conceivable that the organizations and companies who communicate on Facebook today may want to become more independent.", "Whether due to emergency or just the everyday requirements of doing business, they ultimately will stop depending on a single point of contact for their communications.", "This is, after all, how the Web was designed to work.", "We already see governments and civic organizations using the Web as effectively as the best corporations and media.", "In the United States, we have a White House that's got an iPhone application and a State Department that's asking us to define democracy by responding on Twitter.", "Judging by how much technology has affected society already, those first experiments will soon evolve into full-fledged platforms for citizen participation and charitable action.", "And let's hope they won't have to worry if any one Web site goes down.", "Because we'll have a web of independent but connected communications systems, just as the Internet was always designed to be.", "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Anil Dash." ]	[ "Anil Dash says Internet was designed to endure disasters, free up communication .", "Dash: If Web's goal is decentralization, why was Twitter crash so disabling for many?", "Dash reminds us that social networks come and go; remember when AOL ruled?", "Web users should take charge of their own communication efforts, Dash urges ." ]	[ 0, 15, 28, 29, 41, 47 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Newburgh, New York, was a main military headquarters for George Washington during the American Revolution.", "More recently, authorities say, it was the birthplace of a foiled terrorist plot.", "If Mayor Nick Valentine gets his way, the town of 30,000 will host the terror trial of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices.", "\"We've got nothing to lose,\" said Valentine, who also runs a tailor shop.", "About 60 miles up the Hudson River from New York City, Newburgh struggles with poverty, unemployment and crime.", "In 2004, the town was dubbed the third worst metropolitan area in the country.", "\"Sometimes, we're the top five in crime, which is not a very good recognition,\" said Valentine, a lifelong resident.", "\"We struggle with everything.\"", "That's why, he said, the trial would be a boon for his town.", "The influx of security personnel would chase the bad people out; journalists and lawyers in town for the trial would provide a much-needed economic boost.", "\"People have said: If you have a trial, bad guys will come.", "My comment back to them: We've got bad guys right now,\" the mayor said.", "\"If I had a police presence here for an extended period of time, this place would be a safer place.", "And in the end ... the city of Newburgh would be up a couple notches than where it was before.\"", "The White House has said it is considering changing the current plan to hold the 9/11 trial in lower Manhattan after New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials expressed concerns about security, costs and disruption to the city.", "Four alternative locations around New York have been discussed: Governors Island, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a prison complex in Otisville and Newburgh.", "Three of the sites, including Newburgh, fall within Orange County, which lost 44 residents in the 9/11 attacks.", "The top county official is doing everything he can to make sure the trial stays out.", "\"I don't want to be known as the terrorist capital of the world,\" said Orange County Executive Edward Diana.", "\"I don't want them here. Nobody wants them here.\"", "This is one battle, he said, \"I will fight tooth and nail.\"", "\"If I have to shut down roads, if I have to sue the federal government, I will do just that.", "... That's my stance, and I will never back off from there.\"", "Several senators on Tuesday lined up against a civilian 9/11 trial, saying that they would try to cut off funding for it and that it should take place in a military court.", "Mayor Valentine said he would allow the trial in his town only if Newburgh received the estimated $200 million needed for security.", "\"If it's going to cost us money, then forget it,\" he said.", "He also agrees with many lawmakers -- that the accused terrorists don't \"deserve a trial like any other citizen in the United States.\"", "\"But if the president of the United States wants a trial, let me put together a jury of peers from the Hudson Valley area,\" he said.", "The town recently built a $22 million courthouse, mandated by the state, and is struggling to pay its bills as a result, Valentine said.", "The federal funds would help get the town out of a mountain of debt.", "Ever since he's spoken up for Newburgh, he said, people have been abuzz in his tailor shop.", "\"Customers have come in saying, 'You give it your best shot.'", "\" He added, \"I've had a couple of negative, but very, very few.\"", "The town has a diverse population -- 36 percent Latino, 34 percent African-American and 28 percent white -- with a median household income of roughly $30,000.", "The town is the home of the 105th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard.", "Within its four square miles, there are 70 places of worship, including two synagogues and one mosque, the mayor said.", "A tree planting last May honored a Muslim U.S. soldier from Newburgh who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.", "The soldier, 1st Lt. Mohsin Naqvi, had signed up with the Army Reserve just four days after 9/11.", "\"We're a proud city,\" the mayor said.", "Last June, four men, dubbed the Newburgh Four, were indicted in what prosecutors said was a plot to bomb two New York City synagogues and fire surface-to-air missiles at U.S. military planes.", "The mayor lauded his law enforcement for its participation in that federal probe.", "\"We have challenges. We have risen up to challenges in the past.", "We're very formidable,\" he said.", "Now, he hopes the town \"where George Washington refused the crown\" will have a new place in history: the town that sentences the 9/11 mastermind to death." ]	[ "Newburgh, New York, is being considered as a potential site for 9/11 trial .", "\"We've got nothing to lose,\" says Mayor Nick Valentine .", "County official: \"I don't want to be known as the terrorist capital of the world\"\nNewburgh made headlines last summer after authorities say they foiled a terror plot ." ]	[ 1, 3, 14, 18 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The University of California San Diego has suspended a student who admitted to hanging a noose in a campus library, school officials announced Friday.", "\"We are feeling real pain, and we will take real action,\" said UCSD chancellor Marye Anne Fox told reporters.", "\"The safety of our students, faculty, and staff is my primary concern.\"", "The student, whose identity was not released, admitted Friday to police at the University of California San Diego that she hung a noose Thursday night in the library, police said.", "\"Detectives have interviewed the student and taken a statement,\" UCSD police said in a release.", "\"The investigation is ongoing as we continue to identify and interview witnesses.\"", "After Thursday's discovery, hundreds of people joined a campus rally to oppose racial intolerance.", "\"It's OK to feel hurt and angry about this,\" said one participant.", "\"We've been silent for too long.\"", "Watch iReport of campus protest .", "One student said she feared for her safety.", "The student's admission came the day after police were alerted to the presence of the noose in a library bookcase at the school.", "Fox said the admission was a result of \"pressure from our UC San Diego community.\"", "\"This underscores the fact that our university is banding together,\" she said.", "In a crime alert bulletin, police said they received several reports Thursday around 10:30 p.m. of the noose on the seventh floor of the Geisel Library.", "It was found hanging in an aisle facing windows.", "\"Officers spoke with people who were in the area, but no one witnessed the noose being placed on the bookcase,\" police said in a campus notice.", "Hanging a noose with intent to terrorize is a crime, it noted.", "On Friday, the school announced several measures it was taking in response to recommendations from its Black Student Union.", "They include the establishment of a task force on minority faculty recruitment, a new commission to addressing declining African-American enrollment and finding space for an African-American resource center.", "\"I want to emphasize these are the initial steps, and I realize we have a lot of work ahead of us,\" Fox said.", "The noose incident occurred two weeks after Black History Month was mocked in an off-campus party that was condemned by the school.", "It's unclear how long the student is suspended for." ]	[ "University suspends student who admits hanging noose in library .", "Hundreds attend campus rally to oppose racial intolerance .", "Incident comes weeks after Black History Month was mocked in off-campus party ." ]	[ 6, 21 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- In the best of times, the Champs de Mars square in downtown Port-au-Prince was an awe-inspiring sight for Haitians.", "The broad boulevard was home to the majestic presidential palace, the seat of the country's power and prestige.", "Not anymore. The century-old gleaming white palace is in ruins.", "And in the shadow of its wrought-iron gates, the immaculately maintained plaza has been overtaken by row upon haphazard row of makeshift shacks as far as the eye dwells.", "These are the new homes of the capital's displaced residents: rickety quarters comprised of bed sheets, propped up on sticks and held together with ropes.", "Nearly 500,000 Haitians have moved here, rendered homeless by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated the impoverished island-nation a week ago.", "Throughout the capital, and in other affected areas of the country, similar tent cites have risen -- cramped, squalid encampments filled with the few belongings that residents have salvaged.", "As rescue and recovery efforts continue, these mini-cities pose Haiti's next challenge.", "\"This is the biggest one,\" National Police Chief Mario Andresol said on Monday.", "\"We have new area to protect and new people to protect.", "It's another kind of security we have to ensure.", "This is the toughest one.\"", "Full coverage \| Twitter updates .", "It will be an overwhelming task.", "The Port-au-Prince police force of 4,000 has plunged to about 1,500 -- the rest of the officers dead, wounded or missing, Andresol said.", "Complicating matters, about 4,000 convicted criminals are on the loose.", "The capital's 95-year-old, badly overcrowded National Penitentiary collapsed after the quake, and the inmates escaped.", "\"We have an emergency now,\" Andresol said.", "\"Because, probably next week, we will have more confusion on the street.", "The bad guys will be organizing themselves, and they can be the most principal threat to the police and the population.\"", "Police presence at these new neighborhoods is sporadic.", "With electricity lines down throughout the city, residents bunch up their meager belongings into pillows and sleep on them after dark.", "iReport: Looking for loved ones .", "\"You put something down, and they steal it,\" said one resident, who identified himself as Ruben.", "\"You know, there's no jail in the country.", "All the prisoners go out.", "You don't know the good people or bad people.", "That's why you have to be careful.\" In some camps, residents have far worse fears.", "\"By night, with not enough electricity, some people try to rape and steal and kill people also,\" Andresol said.", "U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that he would ask for an additional 2,000 U.N. troops and 1,500 U.N. police officers to bolster the 3,000 U.N. police and soldiers currently deployed in Port-au-Prince.", "Haiti police ill-equipped to handle crisis .", "But security is just one of the many immediate needs that tent-dwellers are praying for.", "They await food and medical help.", "In one tent, an 8-year-old boy suffers a seizure as family members look on helplessly.", "In another, a little girl cries in pain, her leg wound oozing.", "iReport: I'm alive -- message from Haiti .", "\"The people of Haiti need help.", "Quickly! Quickly. We need help!\" a woman screams, tears streaking her face.", "In another part of the square, an old man sits quietly, thumbing a Bible.", "\"My situation (is) very bad, very bad,\" he says.", "\"God only know that. God can help me. God can do everything for me.\"", "For many residents, there is little else to do but pray -- and wait.", "The men mill about aimlessly, wondering when help will arrive.", "Teenagers rush off when they hear that water and food are available somewhere.", "Most of the time, they return empty-handed.", "Gallery: Devastation in Haiti .", "With little else to play with, children kick up dirt and squeal in delight.", "Their mothers squat by portable stoves, fanning the fire with pieces of cardboard.", "All around, trash piles up.", "The stench is unbearable, worsening by the hour under the hot sun.", "When night falls, the residents gather by flickering candlelight and sing spirituals to keep their spirits up.", "Occasionally, gunshots ring in the distance.", "Eventually, they drift off to sleep on tattered mattresses and cardboard boxes.", "Tomorrow, they hope, will bring a better day.", "CNN's Soledad O'Brien, Rafael Romo, Jason Carroll in Port-au-Prince and Saeed Ahmed in Atlanta contributed to this report." ]	[ "Their homes destroyed, many Haitians living in ramshackle tent cities .", "People living there fear rape, robbery and other criminal activity .", "National Police Chief Mario Andresol says tent cities pose his biggest challenge .", "In addition to security concerns, people in tent cities want for food and medicine ." ]	[ 7, 8, 28, 41, 45 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The venerable Smithsonian Institution, often dubbed \"America's Attic,\" said no Tuesday to adding a piece of 1990s history to its collections.", "A day earlier, a California judge approved an agreement to donate the brownish-green suit O.J.", "Simpson wore the day in 1995 that he was acquitted of murder -- if museum officials wanted it.", "But they didn't. \"The curators feel that it doesn't fit with the collections here at the National Museum of American History,\" Valeska Hilbig, spokeswoman for the museum, told CNN Radio Tuesday.", "The museum houses iconic memorabilia, such as a pair of Judy Garland's ruby slippers from \"The Wizard of Oz,\" the hat Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated and a piece of a lunch counter from a Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina, that was the site of a civil rights sit-in.", "The museum on the National Mall in Washington is also home of the original \"Star Spangled Banner,\" which inspired poet Francis Scott Key to pen the lyrics to what would become the national anthem.", "The agreement to donate the suit ended a years-long battled between Fred Goldman, the father of the man the ex-National Football League star was accused of killing, and Simpson's former sports agent, Mike Gilbert, who has possession of the suit.", "But no one checked with the Smithsonian before making the announcement.", "Hilbig said there was no official offer to donate the suit and that officials learned of the potential deal on the Internet.", "With the Smithsonian's rejection, the parties will look for another museum to take the suit, per the Los Angeles County Superior Court order on Monday.", "\"I suggested to go back to USC (the University of Southern California, where Simpson starred in college football), even though they've distanced themselves, or maybe the Pro Football Hall of Fame museum,\" said Simpson's attorney, Ronald Slates, who said he was disappointed in the Smithsonian's decision.", "\"We had worked six hours on Monday to reach the settlement, and to find the finest museum in America turning down what is truly a piece of highly controversial litigation in the United States -- it was very disappointing,\" he said.", "\"Of all the museums in the United States, this would be the one most open because it is our national museum,\" he said.", "\"It deals with the ups and downs of America.", "You don't see the Smithsonian walking away from days of the Depression -- which were certainly horrible days in our history -- because it was so horrible.", "So, I thought this would be the museum to house this, even as controversial as it is.\"", "Simpson stood trial on charges of stabbing to death his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Fred Goldman's son, Ronald, outside her luxury townhouse in Brentwood on June 12, 1994.", "The trial lasted more than nine months and ended on October 3, 1995, with a jury finding Simpson not guilty.", "Later, the families of Brown and Goldman took Simpson to civil court to seek damages for wrongful death.", "That jury found Simpson liable for the deaths and awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages to the Goldman family and to Ron Goldman's biological mother.", "Since then, Fred Goldman has been trying to collect the money.", "Simpson has consistently said he did not kill the two and should not have to pay.", "In 2008, Gilbert appeared on the \"Dr. Phil\" television show, claiming he had the suit and pants Simpson wore on the day of the acquittal.", "He also said the \"acquittal suit\" -- as it came to be known -- was worth $50,000.", "Monday's decision, said Goldman, \"takes any option out of the killer's hands or Gilbert's hands to sell it and make money on it.\"", "Meanwhile, Simpson, 62, is serving a nine-year sentence in Nevada after his conviction on robbery and kidnapping charges in an unrelated case.", "The case involved a botched attempt in September 2007 by Simpson to retrieve items that he said had been stolen from him by memorabilia dealers.", "CNN's Sonya Hamasaki contributed to this report." ]	[ "Judge had approved an agreement allowing the donation of the suit .", "Smithsonian says it had never been contacted about whether it wanted O.J.", "Simpson's suit .", "Simpson's former sports agent, Mike Gilbert, has possession of the suit .", "O.J.", "Simpson was acquitted in slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman ." ]	[ 1, 2, 6, 22 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- No decision has been made on whether to change the current plan to hold the September 11 terrorist attack trial in a civilian court in lower Manhattan, White House officials said Sunday.", "Last week, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other politicians expressed concern over the costs and disruption of holding the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four accomplices at a New York City courthouse.", "David Axelrod, the senior adviser to President Obama, and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Sunday that Obama believes the trial should take place in a criminal court instead of before a military commission, as permitted for some terrorism suspects.", "However, Axelrod and Gibbs acknowledged that Obama and the Justice Department were considering moving the trial from New York City.", "\"We've made no decisions on that yet,\" Axelrod said on the NBC program \"Meet the Press.\"", "Gibbs, speaking on CNN's \"State of the Union,\" also said the location of the trial was under discussion, but he expressed certainty that Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, \"is going to meet justice and he's going to meet his maker.\"", "Gibbs and Axelrod criticized Republican opposition to the plan to hold the trial in a criminal court, saying no one complained when the previous administration of Republican President George W. Bush put terrorism suspects such as \"shoe bomber\" Richard Reid on trial in U.S. criminal courts.", "\"Now we have a Democratic president and suddenly we hear these protests,\" Axelrod said.", "\"What has changed between now and then that would cause people to reverse positions?\"", "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, told the CNN program that the Bush administration was wrong to hold terrorism trials on U.S. soil.", "Instead, trials for dangerous terrorism suspects should be held by military commissions at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility where they currently are held, McConnell said.", "Obama intends to shut down the Guantanamo facility by transferring the roughly 200 suspects to the United States to stand trial or face indefinite detention, or to third countries.", "McConnell said Sunday he would fight that plan by trying to withhold federal spending for it.", "\"'I think that will be done on a bipartisan basis,\" McConnell said of congressional opposition, adding that \"whatever domestic support they had for this is totally collapsing.\"", "White House officials say the decision about any possible alternate sites to try Mohammed and the others will come from the Justice Department.", "New York police estimated that the cost to the city would be more than $200 million per year in what could be a multi-year trial and that more than 2,000 checkpoints would need to be installed around Lower Manhattan.", "Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said additional protection would have to be deployed for the city, not just \"the core area of Manhattan.\"", "Bloomberg initially supported the move, saying \"it is fitting that 9/11 suspects face justice near the World Trade Center site where so many New Yorkers were murdered.\"", "However, Bloomberg used different rhetoric last week when asked about a community agency's proposals to relocate the trial, saying he would prefer the trial be held elsewhere, perhaps at a military base where it would be easier and cheaper to provide security.", "\"It's going to cost an awful lot of money and disturb a lot of people,\" Bloomberg said.", "On Thursday, several New York Democratic politicians urged the Obama administration to thoroughly re-examine locating the trial in downtown Manhattan.", "Julie Menin, chairwoman of a city community advisory agency, proposed four alternative locations for the trial within the Southern District of New York: Governors Island, Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the Bureau of Prisons jail complex at FCI Otisville.", "The latter three are in Orange County, New York, less than an hour from New York City, county executive Edward Diana told CNN.", "Diana thinks the trials should not be held anywhere in New York, and definitely not in Orange County, which lost 44 residents in the terror attacks, he said.", "\"I've contacted my legal department and I'll tell you I'll do whatever it takes to stop those trials from coming here, even if it means closing down our roads,\" Diana said.", "\"I'll sue the federal government if need be.\"", "Diana said he'd be worried about the safety of Orange County residents if the trial comes there.", "Diana, who shot down an offer from Newburgh to host the proceedings in their new courthouse, said the suspects should not be tried in civilian courts.", "But Newburgh Mayor Nick Valentine said the boost in media presence and police funding during the trial would help his \"very poor, very urban\" city.", "Newburgh's new $22 million courthouse is safe and has \"every security you could want,\" Valentine said.", "An alternate proposal at the West Point location has not been fully reviewed.", "A West Point spokesman said no one has officially requested a review of demands for such a trial, which would require in-depth study of legal and security concerns.", "U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Dean Boyd said the Justice Department \"can safely prosecute this case in the Southern District of New York while minimizing disruptions to the community to the greatest extent possible, consistent with security needs.\"", "New York Gov.", "David Paterson will meet with the U.S.", "Marshal Service on Monday to discuss possible 9/11 trial locations in the state, Paterson spokeswoman Marissa Shorenstein told CNN.", "CNN's Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Orange County, New York, leader: Don't move trial here .", "Officials: President, Justice Department considering moving 9/11 trial from New York City .", "New York mayor concerned about costs and disruption of holding the trial in city .", "New York police: Cost to the city would be more than $200 million per year ." ]	[ 1, 3, 15, 33 ]
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- The scene was horrific, the stench unmistakable.", "Sadly, it was nothing new here.", "But because it unfolded so many days after the earthquake that took at least 112,000 lives, it was shocking.", "Three bodies trapped in a crushed taxi.", "A man, two women.", "Set ablaze.", "Even for those who have witnessed so much these past 13 days, the torching of the Toyota in the capital's central plaza Monday was difficult to take in.", "It highlighted one of Haiti's many quandaries: how to dispose of bodies.", "The taxi had been smashed by collapsing concrete during the devastating earthquake, and the bodies were decomposing in tropical temperatures, the smell unbearable to the thousands who have temporarily sought shelter under tarpaulins and tents across the street at the Champs de Mars plaza.", "The foul smell prompted people to dig the car out of the rubble, but those living on the street in the area said disposal trucks never arrived to take the bodies away.", "\"They couldn't find anyone to dispose of the bodies so they had to burn them,\" said Gidel Fellmon.", "In the days after the January 12 quake, Haitians and rescue and relief crews have struggled to find proper disposal methods for bodies.", "Thousands of corpses have been pulled from the rubble and burned.", "Bodies have been bulldozed and dumped into open pits.", "Find loved ones in Haiti \| Full coverage .", "At one of the capital city's cemeteries, people opened up old crypts and shoved corpses into them before resealing them.", "Workers loaded bodies -- piled on the sides of roads -- into the basket of a front-loader tractor, which then deposited them into blood-stained dump trucks, according to CNN correspondents.", "On Monday, as the taxi burned, people stood stoically around the charred flesh and exposed bones.", "Two pairs of shoes lay in the car's twisted metal.", "Interactive map: Where to find aid ." ]	[ "Three bodies trapped in a crushed taxi set ablaze in Port-au-Prince's central plaza .", "Odor had been unbearable; bodies had been decomposing since January 12 earthquake .", "Disposal trucks never arrived to take bodies away, bystanders say ." ]	[ 0, 3, 5, 9 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A man suspected in the killings of 11 women, whose remains were found in his Ohio home, is due in court Wednesday morning.", "Human remains were discovered at the Cleveland home of Anthony Sowell in October and November.", "Sowell, 50, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in December.", "He could face the death penalty if convicted.", "A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. in Cuyahoga County, according to court documents.", "Sowell faces 85 charges, including murder, rape and kidnapping.", "At least one victim was strangled by hand, and most of the others by ligature, authorities said.", "The remains of seven still had ligatures -- string, cord or wire -- wrapped around their necks.", "The skull of one woman was wrapped in a paper bag and stuffed into a bucket in the home's basement.", "The grisly discoveries in Sowell's home have led to the case being called a \"house of horrors.\"", "Sowell served 15 years in prison for a 1989 attempted rape and was released in 2005.", "He was required to register as a sex offender." ]	[ "Anthony Sowell is suspected in the killings of 11 women in Cleveland, Ohio .", "Sowell faces 85 charges, including murder, rape and kidnapping .", "Sowell served 15 years in prison for a 1989 attempted rape and was released in 2005 ." ]	[ 0, 5, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- President Obama took his renewed jobs push beyond the Washington beltway again Tuesday, heading to the politically critical state of New Hampshire for a town hall meeting.", "The president used the event to spotlight his call for a $30 billion investment in a new small-business lending fund.", "Obama's initiative would recycle $30 billion of the remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program funds into a government lending program offering cheap capital to community banks that boost their small-business lending this year.", "This measure will help ensure \"small businesses are once again the engine of job growth in America,\" Obama said in the city of Nashua.", "It's \"absolutely critical that Congress acts\" to help pass this and other job creation legislation.", "While credit conditions for large businesses have improved over the past year, small companies are still widely reporting problems finding the capital they need to fund their operations.", "Since small businesses employ about half of American workers, policymakers worry that the ongoing credit crunch they face is contributing to the nation's high rate of job losses.", "Under Obama's plan, banks with assets of less than $10 billion would be able to borrow money from the Treasury at a dividend rate as low as 1 percent if they use the cash to make more small-business loans this year than they did in 2009.", "Obama's visit to New Hampshire, several political analysts said, was part of the White House's ongoing effort to recapture sorely needed political momentum.", "The state, which is home to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, is considered in many ways to be a political bellwether for an administration struggling to maintain the support of independent voters.", "More than 40 percent of the state's voters were registered as independents as of last November, according to the New Hampshire secretary of state's office.", "Obama easily carried the state in the 2008 general election, but a slight plurality of New Hampshire voters disapproved of his job performance in a December 2009 American Research Group survey.", "Tuesday's trip was Obama's second visit to New Hampshire since becoming president.", "While the town hall participants gave his small-business proposal a warm reception, they also raised questions about a series of other issues, including education, energy independence, government transparency and health care reform.", "\"We're in the red zone. We've got to punch it through,\" Obama said about the stalled health care legislation.", "\"I do not quit. We are going to get that done.\"", "Obama said supporters of the legislation \"have to move methodically and [ensure] the American people understand exactly what's in the bill.\"", "Efforts to pass a comprehensive reform bill have been frozen since Massachusetts GOP Sen.-elect Scott Brown won the seat previously held by Ted Kennedy, who died last August.", "Brown's victory stripped Democrats of their 60-seat Senate supermajority and gave Republicans enough votes to block most bills.", "CNN's Catherine Clifford and Alan Silverleib contributed to this report." ]	[ "NEW: Town hall participants give warm reception to small-business lending fund plan .", "NEW: They also ask about education, energy, government openness, health care .", "Plan would lend TARP money to community banks that boost small-business loans .", "Obama carried New Hampshire in 2008 general election, but support may be slipping ." ]	[ 7, 11, 13 ]
[ "(CNN) -- President Obama's proposed spending freeze could help him recapture the favor of centrist voters, but critics blast the move as nothing more than political posturing.", "The president is expected to call for a partial, three-year freeze on discretionary spending in his State of the Union address Wednesday, according to two senior administration officials.", "The cuts, which Obama will say would save $250 billion, would not apply to national security spending and would not affect major entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security.", "The proposal comes as the president's poll numbers dip and concerns about the economy and the federal deficit flare.", "It also comes after a shocking election loss for Democrats in Massachusetts, which many have interpreted as an expression of voter frustration with the way Washington is handling the economy.", "\"I applaud [Obama] for attempting to have some fiscal restraint,\" Republican strategist Ed Rollins said.", "\"But at the end of the day, he's got to make sure the Democrats are disciplined and they don't have big spending programs alongside of this.\"", "Under Obama's plan, all federal discretionary spending would be frozen at its current level of $447 billion per year.", "Individual federal agencies would have the power to give some programs increases, while cutting money elsewhere.", "Both chambers of Congress would have to approve the freeze when they take up the president's budget for fiscal year 2011, which starts in October.", "Obama will send his budget plan to Congress after the State of the Union.", "Jeffrey Sachs, an economist and director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, said Obama's move doesn't make much sense, following a year of unprecedented government spending and a $787 billion stimulus package.", "\"A little bit of disarray, it seems.", "Last year, just spend, throw everything into a stimulus package ... and then this year, just across-the-board freeze.", "Frankly, the government has to make better choices and better plans than throwing things into a big pot in one year and then freezing across the board the next year,\" he said.", "Obama dismissed the idea of an across-the-board spending freeze during a presidential debate in October 2008.", "\"It sounds good.", "It's proposed periodically.", "It doesn't happen,\" then-candidate Obama said.", "\"In fact, an across-the-board spending freeze is a hatchet, and we do need a scalpel because there are some programs that don't work at all.", "There are some that are underfunded. I want to make sure we're focused on the programs that work.\"", "Republican reaction to Obama's proposal was split, with some senior GOP aides saying it is something they could support, and others saying it did not go nearly far enough.", "\"Given Washington Democrats' unprecedented spending binge, this is like announcing you're going on a diet after winning a pie-eating contest,\" said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.", "\"Will the budget still double the debt over five years and triple it over 10?", "That's the bottom line.\"", "The senior administration officials acknowledged that discretionary spending is only about one-sixth of the entire federal budget, but said the White House believes that cuts need to start somewhere.", "The move is Obama's latest step down a path to a more populist message, aimed at reassuring Americans nervous about the slow pace of the economic recovery.", "The president on Monday proposed nearly doubling the child care tax credit for middle-class families.", "Obama is expected to talk about efforts to create more jobs and spur the economy in his speech Wednesday.", "iReport: Deliver your State of the Union address .", "The White House has put a greater emphasis on the economy in the days since Democrats lost their 60-seat supermajority in the Senate.", "Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election last week to serve the remainder of the late Ted Kennedy's Senate term.", "Brown capitalized on voter frustrations and captured the independent vote in Massachusetts, a Democratic stronghold.", "\"I think that is a wake-up call for everybody in this town,\" White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said a day after the election.", "Obama's proposal will likely set the stage for a fight with some liberals, but polls suggest it might not be a bad thing for the president to occasionally break ranks.", "A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday indicates that seven in 10 Americans think that the Democrats' loss of their 60-seat supermajority in the Senate is a positive step for the country.", "Observers note it will also put Republicans in a position where they can show if they are willing to meet the president halfway.", "Democratic strategist James Carville said Tuesday that Obama needs to take control of the narrative in order to get back on track.", "\"Until this administration stands up and says 'This is what we will face, and this is what we did, and this is our strategy' -- these things are going to continue to happen,\" he said.", "CNN's Dana Bash and Ed Henry contributed to this report." ]	[ "Obama to call for partial freeze on discretionary spending .", "Freeze could help put Obama back in the political center .", "Some Republicans say it doesn't do enough; some Dems say it goes too far .", "Watch coverage Wednesday night at 7:30 on CNN.com and 8 on CNN TV ." ]	[ 1, 18, 19, 21 ]
[ "(PEOPLE.com) -- Michelle Duggar, star of TLC's \"18 Kids and Counting,\" was rushed to an Arkansas hospital over the weekend -- but her pregnancy with Baby No.", "19, not due until spring, wasn't the reason for her dash to the doctor.", "\"This weekend, Michelle Duggar was admitted to an Arkansas hospital due to gallbladder issues,\" said a network rep. \"The pain from a gallstone was generating some contractions.", "Just to be safe, she was airlifted a Little Rock, Arkansas, hospital, so that in the unlikely event that she had to be delivered early, she would be close to a NICU center,\" the representative said.", "\"Though there were some fears that the baby was in trouble initially, it soon was discovered to be solely the gallstone causing the discomfort.", "Michelle is resting comfortably, and the baby is doing fine.\"", "For now, Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar's brood of 18 kids will have to get by without Mom at home.", "\"Doctors want to observe Michelle in the hospital for the next couple of days,\" said the rep, \"but it would appear that the pain medication they have given her for the gallstone has worked, and there is no need for immediate surgery.", "The hope is that any necessary surgery can be delayed until after she delivers.\"", "The physician attending Duggar, Dr. Curtis Lowery of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, told PEOPLE, \"We have every reason at present to expect that mother and baby will proceed with a healthy pregnancy.", "Mrs. Duggar is in good spirits and feeling much better.\"", "© 2010 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved." ]	[ "Star of TLC's \"18 Kids and Counting\" rushed to the hospital .", "Was airlifted to Arkansas in fear of pregnancy problems .", "A gallstone turned out to be the cause of pain .", "Duggar resting well and pregnancy is in good shape ." ]	[ 0, 10 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Peruvian President Alan Garcia left Singapore on the eve of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit after reports surfaced that an air force officer was accused of spying for the Chilean government, Peru's foreign minister said Saturday.", "\"We do consider, from the information that have received, that we need an explanation and sanctions to those involved,\" Foreign Minister Jose Antonio García Belaunde told CNN en Espanol Saturday.", "He added that he does \"not have all the elements of the story here in Singapore,\" but confirmed that the suspect is \"under arrest and in the hands of the judicial power in Peru.\"", "Garcia and his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet had planned to attend a workshop Saturday with other world leaders, but the Peruvian leader canceled his agenda to return to Lima.", "However, there were no plans for a bilateral meeting between leaders from both countries, Belaunde said, dismissing reports that there had been such a session scheduled for Sunday.", "Belaunde said he has spoken to Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez Amunategui about the case, but that his counterpart would not have information until he returns to Santiago.", "Meanwhile, a Chilean spokeswoman dismissed the espionage allegations.", "\"Chile does not spy,\" Carolina Toha, spokeswoman for Chile's Interior Ministry.", "\"Chile takes international relations as a serious matter.\"", "APEC's 21 member nations -- ranging from Thailand to United States, Chile to China -- represent more than half of the world's economic output.", "The forum sees its goal as \"facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region.\"", "Chile and Peru have a history of animosity, having fought in the War of the Pacific from 1879 to 1883.", "Hard feelings linger to this day.", "The two nations nearly came to war in 1975 when left-wing Peruvian leader Juan Velasco, who was backed by Cuba, wanted to invade Chile, which was led by right-wing Gen. Augusto Pinochet.", "The invasion was called off and Velasco was deposed in a coup a short while later.", "Tensions rose again when Peru discovered a Chilean spy mission, but war was averted.", "More recently, tensions between the two South American nations flared in December after the revelation that Peru's top army general said at a party that Chileans in neighboring Peru would be sent back in coffins or body bags.", "At the time, Peruvian Defense Minister Antero Flores-Araoz said relations between the two nations will be repaired, calling the incident involving Peruvian Gen. Edwin Donayre \"a bump in the road.\"", "Bachelet had made similar assertions.", "Also last year, the World Court agreed to look at an issue concerning Peruvian claims to a disputed maritime area." ]	[ "President Alan Garcia left Singapore on the eve of the APEC summit .", "Air force officer was accused of spying for Chile, Peru's foreign minister said .", "A suspect is \"in the hands of the judicial power in Peru,\" foreign minister said .", "Chilean spokeswoman dismissed espionage allegations: \"Chile does not spy\"" ]	[ 0, 2, 6, 7 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A Florida woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a lottery millionaire, whose body was found buried under recently added concrete at a home, authorities said.", "Dorice Donegan Moore, 37, was arrested Tuesday evening on charges of accessory after the fact regarding a first-degree murder in the death of Abraham Shakespeare, 43, said Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee.", "Moore befriended Shakespeare after he won a $31 million Florida lottery prize in 2006 and was named a person of interest in the case after Shakespeare went missing, authorities said.", "Before her arrest, Moore proclaimed her innocence during a tearful, impromptu news conference outside her home.", "She said was planning to help Shakespeare write a book about the challenges of winning millions and that she was helping him manage the money.", "\"Abraham had a life of drama because of the money,\" she told CNN affiliate WTSP.", "\"The money was like a curse to him.", "And now it has become a curse to me.\"", "Moore might have committed fraud to obtain parts of Shakespeare's fortune, and she bought lime to deal with his body and was trying to find someone to move the corpse to another location, Gee said.", "Shakespeare was killed on April 6 or April 7, and Moore has admitted trying to convince Shakespeare's family members that he was still alive, Gee said.", "\"In December 2009, Dorice Moore wrote a letter to the victim's mother, claiming to be the victim and to be all right,\" Gee said.", "\"Dorice Moore also used the victim's cell phone and sent text messages to the victim's family.\"", "Deputies found Shakespeare's body outside a home in Plant City late January after receiving a tip from an associate of Moore, Gee said.", "Moore could face more charges, and authorities are looking for other suspects, Gee said.", "Reporters were at the scene during Moore's arrest Tuesday and she again denied having anything to do with Shakespeare's death as she was led to a police cruiser in handcuffs, WTSP reported.", "\"I'm deeply saddened for his family,\" Moore said." ]	[ "Dorice Moore says she helped manage Abraham Shakespeare's lottery winnings .", "Shakespeare's remains were recently found buried under concrete slab .", "Authorities: Moore tried to convince Shakespeare's family that he was still alive ." ]	[ 0, 9, 11 ]
[ "(CNN) -- War-plagued Somalia, with its crumbling government infrastructure, is the world's most corrupt country, according to a global survey by the international watchdog Transparency International.", "The group's annual Corruption Perception Index measures perceived levels of public sector corruption.", "As was the case last year, the 2009 survey found that countries that scored lowest all have something in common: they are fragile, unstable and scarred by war or long-standing conflicts.", "The group scored 180 countries on a scale of 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (perceived to have low levels of corruption).", "Somalia scored 1.1.", "Next came Afghanistan at 1.3, Myanmar at 1.4, and Sudan and Iraq -- both at 1.5 .", "On the other end of the scale, New Zealand ranked highest at 9.4, followed by Denmark (9.3), Singapore and Sweden (9.2) and Switzerland (9.0).", "The United States came it at 19 (7.5) and the United Kingdom was at 17 (7.7).", "\"When essential institutions are weak or non-existent, corruption spirals out of control and the plundering of public resources feeds insecurity and impunity,\" the group said.", "On the other hand, countries that fared well in the survey have oversight to stem corruption.", "These include a well-performing judiciary, an independent media, and vigorous law enforcement, it said." ]	[ "Transparency International's annual Corruption Perception Index measures perceived levels of public sector corruption .", "Survey found that lowest-scoring countries were fragile, unstable and scarred by war or long-standing conflicts .", "Somalia topped the list as most corrupt, while New Zealand ranked highest at the other end of the scale ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Three inmates were shot and wounded by guards Friday during an escape attempt at a Livingston, Texas, prison, officials said.", "The incident started about 9 p.m. (10 p.m.", "ET) when inmates were leaving a church service at a gymnasium in the prison, said Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.", "While walking back from the church service, five inmates jumped an interior fence in an attempt to flee, officials said.", "Guards opened fire, wounding three of the inmates.", "All five were captured and the wounded inmates were taken to a hospital, Clark said.", "CNN's Leslie Tripp contributed to this report." ]	[ "Five inmates tried to escape from Texas prison, officials say .", "Inmates had just attended church service moments before escape attempt .", "Prison guards later opened fire on inmates, wounding three ." ]	[ 3, 4 ]
[ "DAYTON, Ohio (CNN) -- Early on, Maria Lauterbach knew exactly what she wanted to do in life.", "Dressed in her high school soccer uniform, Maria Lauterbach said she wanted to be a Marine, then a cop.", "\"After high school, I am going into the Marines,\" a smiling Lauterbach, dressed in her high school soccer uniform, says in a video made available exclusively to CNN.", "\"I'll probably be doing that for 20 or 25 years, and then hopefully after that, becoming a cop.\"", "Lauterbach became a Marine, but her dreams were cut short.", "Her body was found buried in the backyard of a fellow Marine, Cpl.", "Cesar Laurean, near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in January.", "Watch Lauterbach talk about her future plans » .", "Mary Lauterbach, Maria's mother, wants to know why the Marines didn't do more to protect her daughter from Laurean, whom Maria Lauterbach had accused of rape in May 2007.", "\"My concern is I want women to be better protected,\" Lauterbach, of Dayton, Ohio, told CNN.", "Watch how mother wants answers from Marines » .", "Laurean now faces murder charges.", "He fled the Camp Lejeune area on January 11.", "The FBI says he went to his native Mexico, and a cousin of Laurean's reported seeing him in Zapopan, Mexico, in mid-January.", "Mary Lauterbach has sent a list of more than 30 questions to the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, Gen. James Conway, through her congressman.", "She says she's unconvinced her daughter's rape allegation against Laurean was treated seriously.", "Maria Lauterbach was 20 years old and eight months pregnant when she was reported missing after she failed to report for duty at Camp Lejeune in mid-December.", "Her body was found nearly a month later beneath a fire pit in Laurean's backyard.", "It is unclear whether he was the father of her unborn child.", "After Maria Lauterbach accused Laurean of rape, she was moved to another office, and military protective orders were issued to keep the accused from the accuser.", "But Mary Lauterbach and her congressman, Rep. Mike Turner, say the Marines didn't do enough to protect her.", "\"My daughter wanted to be transferred to another base,\" her mother said.", "She said her daughter told her in phone conversations that she would occasionally see Laurean at meetings and that it traumatized her.", "The questions Turner, an Ohio Republican, sent to Conway include what steps were taken to protect Lauterbach after she accused Laurean of rape; why no search was launched immediately after she failed to report for duty; whether she requested a transfer to another base before her death; and whether Laurean was asked for a DNA sample after her pregnancy was confirmed.", "A Marine Corps spokesman told CNN the service would respond to all of the questions submitted through Turner and would not comment further until those answers were complete.", "Merle Wilberding, Lauterbach's family attorney, said the military protective order \"really wasn't very effective.\"", "Wilberding also questions the length of the investigation.", "The next step would have been an Article 32 hearing, the military's equivalent of a open grand jury proceeding.", "Lauterbach disappeared in mid-December when she failed to show up for work.", "\"May 11 to December 14 is a long time for resentment to fester, if that's what it was,\" Wilberding says.", "\"The longer these cases go on, I think the more difficult it is for the victim,\" he adds.", "After Maria Lauterbach first leveled her charges, she changed her story but later continued to claim she was raped by Laurean.", "\"The problem is when someone has perceived credibility issues, you still must protect the person who is making those claims,\" her mother said.", "The Marine Corps has said it reviewed its handling of Lauterbach's rape allegations.", "Turner says a general told him everything was done appropriately.", "\"I disagree that the review is complete,\" Turner told CNN.", "\"This is a matter where clearly there is a tragic death, there is a national interest in other women that are serving, and this is a matter that deserves higher scrutiny.\"", "Laurean denied the rape allegation or any other sexual contact with Lauterbach.", "In a statement issued after her death, the Marine Corps said Laurean's denial \"was believed to significant evidence.\"", "During a press briefing after Lauterbach's body was found, the Marines described her as a \"solid Marine\" and the fugitive Laurean as a \"stellar Marine.\"", "Turner called the latter statement \"really unexplainable.\"", "\"I don't know how you can be a stellar Marine and have another Marine buried in your backyard,\" he said.", "\"And when that statement was made, those Marines already knew of the tragedy that had befallen Maria.\"", "Mary Lauterbach said her daughter would be proud of her persistence: \"I do this totally for her and for the protection of everyone else's daughter.\"", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Maria Lauterbach wanted to spend career in Marines, she says in video .", "Lauterbach accused fellow Marine Cpl.", "Cesar Laurean of rape .", "Laurean faces murder charges in Lauterbach's death .", "Marines should have transferred Lauterbach to another base, her mother says ." ]	[ 5, 8, 11, 21 ]
[ "(Budget Travel) -- Whatever your vibe, one of these new hotels will fit the bill.", "Hotel Erwin overlooks the hopping Venice Beach boardwalk.", "VENICE BEACH .", "Hotel Erwin .", "Surf and skate culture inspired the decor in the hotel's 81 rooms and 38 suites.", "Graffiti-style art covers the doors, and safety-yellow metal partitions in the rooms display sunglasses for sale.", "Private balconies overlook the hopping Venice boardwalk.", "We especially love the pillow menu and the open-air rooftop lounge, which has views of the Pacific Ocean, 250 feet away.", "But what's with the fireplaces in the suites?", "Really, in Venice?", "1697 Pacific Ave., 310/452-1111, jdvhotels.com, rooms from $179.", "LAX AIRPORT .", "Custom Hotel .", "Working hard to prove that airport hotels needn't be dull, the Custom employs a private shuttle that takes guests to and from LAX while playing techno music over silent Greta Garbo movies.", "Clearly, this place is a playground for grown-ups.", "DJs spin Afro-Cuban tunes at Hopscotch, the pool bar and grill with a fire pit, four cabanas and vintage video games.", "Artistically inclined guests can borrow art supplies from the 12th-floor studio, Scribble.", "8639 Lincoln Blvd., 310/645-0400, customhotel.com, rooms from $95.", "DOWNTOWN . O Hotel . This 68-room hotel sits in the heart of newly hot downtown L.A.", "Built in the 1920s, the steel-and-glass structure was recently renovated and now has a modern feel (think mood lighting that shines from under the beds and ergonomic desk chairs).", "The minimalist motif is mostly nice, except when it comes to things like cramped shower stalls.", "The on-site O Bar & Kitchen serves tapas and martinis until 11 p.m. -- till 2 a.m. on weekends; a 7,000-square-foot underground lounge opens next spring.", "819 S. Flower St., 213/623-9904, ohotelgroup.com, rooms from $129.", "HOLLYWOOD . Hollywood Heights Hotel .", "In prime Hollywood, this hotel is within three blocks of the Walk of Fame, Madame Tussauds (opening August 1), and Grauman's Chinese Theatre.", "The lobby mixes the contemporary -- white metal-frame sofas and graphic-print rugs -- with black-and-white photos of film stars like Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart.", "Low-key restaurant and bar Hideout serves pot pies, short ribs and mac and cheese.", "2005 N. Highland Ave., 323/876-8600, hollywoodheightshotel.com, rooms from $169.", "LOS FELIZ . Los Feliz Lodge .", "This group of 13 casitas was built in the 1920s as an enclave for the Paramount silent-film elite.", "The bungalows and villas -- some of which still belong to full-time private residents -- have amenities like stocked kitchens, washers, dryers and French doors that lead to a communal patio.", "Los Feliz is a rare walkable neighborhood, and the Metro is only a five-minute stroll away.", "1507 N. Hoover St., 877/660-4150, losfelizlodge.com, two-person bungalows from $150.", "Get the best travel deals and tips emailed to you FREE - CLICK HERE!", "Copyright © 2009 Newsweek Budget Travel, Inc., all rights reserved.", "Note: This story was accurate when it was published.", "Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip." ]	[ "Artistically inclined Custom Hotel guests can borrow art supplies .", "Bungalows and villas at the Los Feliz Lodge have stocked kitchens .", "Hollywood Heights Hotel is within three blocks of the Walk of Fame ." ]	[ 12, 16, 23, 24, 28 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Lady Gaga has paid tribute to pop icon Cyndi Lauper as they join forces to raise HIV and AIDS awareness among women.", "Gaga and Lauper told CNN's \"Connect The World\" women \"need to put their foot down\" in the bedroom.", "\"Cyndi is a lot of my inspiration,\" Gaga said, before relating how she and Lauper had met playing gay clubs in gay neighborhoods.", "Lauper replied: \"That's very sweet.", "You know I get inspired by her.", "I get inspired to remember myself.\"", "Pop icon Gaga, who has enjoyed worldwide success thanks to songs such as \"Poker Face,\" \"Just Dance\" and \"Telephone\" is known as much for her distinctive fashion sense and extravagant performances as she is for her music.", "But she told CNN's Becky Anderson that she was surprised a viewer had asked her whether she wrote her own songs.", "\"People are asking that question?\"", "queried Gaga.", "\"I have written every single song I have ever sang and also produced a lot of the music.\"", "Gaga and Lauper are on a mission, along with cosmetics giant MAC, to ensure women are tested for HIV and AIDS.", "\"This is not a gay disease, this is a disease plaguing women,\" said Gaga.", "\"And I just want to clarify that.", "Because I think that's the very sort of pre-assumption, that women aren't getting tested and allowing negotiations to go on in the bedroom and are not putting their foot down.\"", "Lauper added: \"I lost a lot of friends in the eighties and nineties and it was a big heartbreak and I can't just stand by.\"", "Gaga said that she had been a fan of MAC since she was young.", "\"MAC is a lifestyle, it is sort of this place and Mecca near my house where I could be who I wanted to be and find myself as an individual.\"", "She described being a role model to girls and young women as being not a burden but a privilege.", "\"I'm so blessed that I'm here,\" she said.", "\"I'm absolutely not one of those people who's a self-obsessed, masturbatory artist who doesn't care about my fans or my effect on my fans.", "I have a very keen understanding of my effect or what I can do.", "\"And when you're in the public eye you're a role model whether you want to be or not.", "And I want to be.\" But both women were evasive on a possible collaboration with another blonde icon -- Madonna.", "\"I don't know,\" said Lauper.", "\"Who knows? You always keep it open.\"" ]	[ "Gaga is a worldwide pop icon thanks to hits such as \"Poker Face\"\nPromoting HIV and AIDS awareness along with singer Cyndi Lauper .", "Lauper says she does not know if the pair will collaborate with Madonna .", "Gaga: If you're in the public eye you're a role model whether you want to be or not ." ]	[ 0, 9, 22, 24 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Creating and saving jobs while boosting investment in the future are among the top goals of the Obama administration's $787 billion economic stimulus plan.", "President Obama chats with students at a Silver Spring, Maryland, elementary school this week.", "And according to a preliminary report on stimulus funding for schools by the Department of Education and the Domestic Policy Council, the stimulus plan has created jobs.", "State governments have created and saved at least 250,000 education jobs -- and restored nearly all their projected education budget shortfalls for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 -- according to preliminary findings released Monday by the White House.", "But some states that used the funds to fill existing budget gaps could face a crisis when the money runs out after 2010.", "And the Department of Education has chastised certain states for their stimulus funding programs and warned them that they risk their chances at getting other DOE grants down the road.", "The stimulus funds appropriated $48.6 billion for the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund to help keep and create jobs and advance education reforms over a period of two years, the report said.", "The program dedicates $39.8 billion for public elementary, secondary and higher education and other services.", "Another $8.8 billion will go for other activities such as public safety or government services.", "\"To date, $35.5 billion of the SFSF allotment has been obligated and $13.2 [billion] is forthcoming,\" the report added.", "In a recent memo, the Department of Education's inspector general's office warned Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania about not following the rules.", "At issue is the government's \"maintenance of effort\" provision, which makes states receiving stimulus funds promise to maintain funding at fiscal year 2006 levels.", "The provision also requires states to pledge to use these funds to advance certain education reforms: increasing teacher effectiveness, implementing statewide data systems, and providing support for struggling schools.", "The September 30 memo pointed out states are using K-12 stimulus funds to fill gaps in their education budgets due to decreasing revenues and resources.", "Pennsylvania's actions led to a terse letter on June 18 from Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Gov.", "Ed Rendell.", "The letter said: \"If a State has disproportionately reduced its education budget and/or if a State has done nothing more than backfill budget holes with these dollars when the State had other resources available to it, such as a rainy-day fund, the State's competitive position to receive ... competitive grants may be negatively impacted.\"", "Those states employing the practice, some argue, will face dire straits in fiscal year 2011 when the stimulus funding runs out.", "\"States and districts were repeatedly warned about funding [problems],\" said Chad Aldeman, a policy analyst with the nonpartisan think tank Education Sector.", "But Aldeman notes that there may have been a lack of communication between states and the federal government over how to spend the money.", "\"They [states] were told to focus on one-time investments as much as possible,\" he said.", "\"At the same time, the Department of Education sold this as a job and reform package. ...", "They say on one hand, preserve and create jobs.", "On the other hand, they talk about education reform.\"", "The Obama administration argues the early results from Monday's report show the money already is having an effect.", "\"This is one more indication of how the Recovery Act is helping soften the blow of tough times, by keeping educators on the job and teachers in the classroom,\" Vice President Joe Biden said in a statement.", "But there has been criticism over the way the government is handling and tracking the Recovery Act.", "\"If these issues and the stimulus money being made available ... are not handled carefully, conflict and even paralysis are likely to ensue,\" said Pedro A. Noguera, a professor at New York University and director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, in a recent CNN.com commentary.", "\"The president may even inadvertently alienate an important core constituency that he will surely need in the years ahead -- public school teachers.\"", "Aldeman points out that some of the accountability problems seen with the Recovery Act likely occurred during the time the federal government was doling out money to states.", "\"The states were cutting employees that were designed to draft federal grants and to track and follow money as it flowed through [at the same time the federal government was giving out stimulus funds]. ...", "They were cutting monitors and accountants that would have been able to follow this better,\" he said.", "Despite some of the accountability and tracking problems, Duncan said early feedback from states \"also tells us that many districts are using stimulus dollars in ways that will move us beyond the status quo.\"", "And Duncan's concept can be seen in school programs cited in Monday's report.", "Jim McIntyre, superintendent of the Knox County, Tennessee, schools, said the stimulus funding is not only helping to create jobs in the short term but also investing in the future after the funding is gone.", "\"Our philosophy has really been around making some investments in the short term to build our capacity so that those investments will continue to pay off in the long term around student achievement and learning, long after the dollars are gone,\" he said.", "McIntyre's school district was cited in the stimulus report as a success story for facilitating greater inclusion of students with disabilities into the regular educational setting.", "The funds, according to the report, helped the district to add special education instructors in its middle and high schools, \"while supporting needed training for teachers and aides who work with special education students.\"", "Tennessee, McIntyre said, has been supportive in helping his school district plan and obtain stimulus money to \"really invest in our people and hopefully invest in our kids for the long term.\"", "The Department of Education report offered other examples that it said showed funding is working, such as: .", "\"In several communities these dollars are being used to enhance information systems to help measure progress by both teachers and students in meeting educational standards,\" the report added.", "CNNMoney.com's David Goldman contributed to this report." ]	[ "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 signed in February .", "Preliminary report finds stimulus plan saved 250,000 education jobs .", "States have restored nearly all education budget shortfalls for 2009-10, report says .", "Some states in trouble with feds for using money to fill gaps, not on required goals ." ]	[ 2, 3, 29 ]
[ "(CNN) -- After two days of violence and looting that claimed the lives of at least 48 people, relative calm settled over Madagascar Wednesday.", "But the possibility of further violence loomed as anti-government protesters gathered in a central square, vowing future demonstrations.", "At least 48 people were killed during the riots that broke out in Madagascar.", "President Marc Ravalomanana and other senior government officials surveyed some of the damage Wednesday and vowed to restore order \"whatever the cost,\" a government statement said.", "Ravalomanana ordered a member of his joint chiefs of staff to work with the protesters and opposition leader Andry Rajoelina to keep the calm.", "Meanwhile, Rajoelina -- mayor of the capital, Antananarivo -- addressed the protesters at a downtown rally Wednesday afternoon, calling for two days of general strikes and another mass demonstration Saturday.", "The strikes would prevent stores and schools from opening.", "On Tuesday the authorities tried to control protesters who set fire to the state-run media complex the day before.", "Ravalomanana said he initially held off on ordering troops to fight off looters, saying he wanted to avoid more casualties.", "\"It is better that equipment be destroyed rather than human lives,\" he said in the statement, adding that looters would not be prosecuted because he \"understands the Malagasy people are poor and hungry.\"", "A spokesman for Joseph Ravohanjy Hospital said 48 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in the violence since Monday.", "By Wednesday, a relative calm had fallen over the area and Rajoelina's rally at the square was peaceful, a Western observer told CNN.", "The violence began when protesters stormed the government's radio and television station in Antananarivo, Monday morning in response to Ravalomanana shutting down Rajoelina's radio station hours earlier.", "Ravalomanana's move came just weeks after closing Rajoelina's television station last month after the airing of an interview with ousted ex-President Didier Ratsiraka.", "Viva Radio was back on the air Tuesday as the protesters broadened their focus from restoring freedom of speech to targeting businesses owned by Ravalomanana, including food distribution centers, according to an American community worker in Antananarivo.", "By Tuesday afternoon, some of the protesters had broken from the group, looting private electronic shops and grocery stores that sat alongside the Ravalomanana-owned buildings, Christi Turner said.", "\"Today and yesterday, it's been a collective disappointment and shock and sadness for me and my friends and other aid workers,\" Turner told CNN on Tuesday night.", "\"People have lost their heads in the mob mentality.\"", "She added that the government \"is not taking the most effective steps controlling the situation,\" noting that military and police didn't publicly address the looters until Tuesday.", "Reports of injuries and deaths from resulting fires could not be immediately confirmed.", "Rodney Ford, public affairs officer for the U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo, said the United States is calling for calm and pushing for dialogue between the president and the mayor.", "Both sides have offered to negotiate, which a group of ambassadors is working toward.", "\"We are worried about the loss of life,\" Ford said.", "\"The Malagasy people need to work this out, it's not an issue outsiders can fix.", "The U.S. Embassy is calling for calm and restraint.", "We are working to mediate within both parties.\"" ]	[ "NEW: At least 48 people die in the violence in Madagascar, official says .", "After two days of violence and looting, relative calms settles over country .", "Further violence looms as anti-government protesters gather .", "United States is calling for calm and pushing for dialogue between sides ." ]	[ 0, 1, 20 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- A country with a Mediterranean climate and sparse snowfall, Israel is seldom considered a viable competitor in winter sports.", "So when Roman Zaretsky and his sister Alexandra take the ice in Vancouver on Friday, they will be skating for more than just a medal.", "The ice dancing pair hope to show the world that Israel can be a fierce competitor, no matter what the season.", "For Roman Zaretsky, 27, the weather was never a deterrent and competing in the Winter Games was always the goal.", "\"I always knew I wanted to be in the Olympics, since I was 10,\" Zaretsky says.", "Zaretsky and Alexandra Zaretsky, 22, who is called Sasha, were taught to skate by their mother when they were young.", "The siblings began ice dancing, a form of figure skating that focuses more on choreography and draws from the world of ballroom dancing.", "\"I don't remember a moment of life without skating,\" Roman Zaretsky said.", "\"In Russia, that was one of the biggest sports and then it kind of became my life slowly.", "Then we started skating together and it became our life.\"", "The Zaretskys were born in Minsk, Belarus, under the former Soviet Union.", "Their family decided to leave the country as soon as it was possible and moved to Israel.", "They settled in Metula, a city near the Lebanese border, which boasts the country's only regulation size ice rink.", "Metula held a number of challenges for the two young skaters.", "The Zaretskys often found themselves with little time on the ice, because they had to share it with other skaters and hockey players, who would come to the rink to practice.", "\"The ice time was not enough.", "We had 45 minutes a day and we need much more than that,\" Sasha Zaretsky said.", "\"Usually one practice here is an hour and a half, so it's not enough to become an Olympic athlete.\"", "Living and practicing so close to Lebanon's border also meant dealing with warfare and instability.", "They had to evacuate the area several times, and the ice rink itself was bombed three times while they were living there.", "Despite the difficulties, the pair continued training under their mother's tutelage until she had taught them everything she knew.", "\"Our mom was coaching us until we reached the moment where she said, 'OK, I cannot give you anymore,' \" Roman Zaretsky said. \"", "'You need to go somewhere else if you want to move on.'", "\" So in 2001, when Roman was 17 and Sasha 13, they left home for the United States, where, for the second time in their lives, they had to adjust to a new culture and learn a new language.", "They decided to settle in New Jersey, one of several East Coast states renowned for its excellent skating coaches.", "For the past three years, the Zaretskys have been coached by Galit Chait, a former Olympic ice dancer.", "Chait has known the siblings for a long time and even helped pave the way for their Olympic appearances.", "Along with her partner, Sergei Sakhnovski, Chait competed in Winter Games three times, including the 2002 Winter Olympics where she placed sixth overall.", "However, Chait and Sakhnovski did not receive much funding from the Israeli government in the beginning, and Chait's parents often supported them.", "\"We were the pioneers. We didn't get money until we started placing and getting medals,\" Chait said.", "\"Roman and Sasha have it a little bit better than we did.\"", "Although funding is still hard to come by, Chait's father, Boris, has provided the majority of the money for the Zaretskys.", "Training Olympic athletes can bear a hefty price, because there is also a lot of work done off the ice.", "In addition to a coach and booking time on the ice, a choreographer, a Pilates trainer, a stretch coach, a weight training coach, a masseuse and a costume designer are necessary.", "\"It is a project. It's not only money, you become involved in the everyday life of these kids,\" Boris Chait said.", "\"You become like a second father or a foster family.\"", "But it is a project the Chait family is willing to undertake in order to help build a legacy in Israel and cater to the large percentage of the population from the former Soviet Union.", "Boris Chait believes Soviet culture, even when transplanted into a warm climate, is still intricately entwined with winter sports.", "He is confident that this segment of the country wants to see Israel compete in the Winter Games and he said he believes the Zaretskys can display Israel's competitiveness in Vancouver this year.", "The siblings made their first Olympic appearance in 2006, where they finished 22nd.", "They had only learned they had qualified two weeks before the ceremonies began and were in awe of the entire experience.", "This time, however, they feel confident they will do better.", "Their coach agrees.", "\"They've been skating really well this year and it's been a really good year for them,\" Chait said.", "The Zaretskys recently placed seventh in the European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, and have been practicing diligently for the Olympic Games in Vancouver.", "While they would love to bring home a medal, they are also grateful for the opportunity to represent their country.", "\"Our country never won an Olympic medal, so we're hoping for a medal, but placing in the top 10 would be amazing,\" Roman Zaretsky said.", "Win or lose, the Zaretskys are hoping to inspire kids back home to pick up the sport and to aim for the Olympics.", "\"Everything is possible,\" Zaretsky said.", "\"If you want to be there, you'll be there, so just work hard!\"" ]	[ "Brother and sister team is representing Israel in ice dancing .", "Roman and Alexandra Zaretsky hope to inspire kids in Israel to take up the sport .", "Born in Belarus, they moved to Israel, but came to U.S. for better training facilities .", "They were 22nd at the 2006 games but feel they can do better in Vancouver ." ]	[ 1, 10, 38, 41, 47 ]
[ "(The Frisky) -- There's no question that I find Don Draper sexy.", "If I lived in \"Mad Men\" land for a day, I would totally make out with him on his Sterling-Cooper purchased desk.", "In real life? Not so much. At least not anymore.", "Don Draper of \"Mad Men\" is a complicated man underneath a confident exterior, columnist warns.", "What makes Don Draper so drool-worthy on screen does not translate in real life.", "Actually, certain things do translate -- tall, dark and handsome is still tall, dark, and handsome in the real world.", "But that aloof, secretive, and calculating personality that seduces his onscreen paramours and the show's viewers?", "Not easy to live with. Don Draper is written as an extremely complicated and deeply flawed man who does some awful things, like cheating repeatedly on his wife, Betty, and using information he gleans from her therapist to manipulate her.", "But the reasons and motivations behind his repulsive actions are slowly being revealed with each new episode.", "As with any TV show or movie, we itch to know what possesses someone to do the things he does, and we expect that writers as glorious as the ones behind \"Mad Men\" will eventually lead us to deep understanding of who Don Draper is and how he will evolve into a better man.", "In real life, such life-changing revelations don't always come.", "I dated a Don Draper-type for years.", "There were superficial similarities, like that they both worked in similar industries (just decades apart) and had a knack for always being \"on.\"", "Guys like Don Draper are great at their jobs for a multitude of reasons, but one of them is that they present themselves as calm, collected, and unmoved by the opinions and emotions of others.", "In a business situation this comes across as professional, confident, and reassuring to the client that the task at hand will be accomplished flawlessly.", "In a real-life romantic relationship, the refusal or inability to \"turn it off\" can be frustrating and painful for the other person involved.", "At the same time, being one of the few who is able to get past the facade feels powerful.", "When you're in love, having that power only makes you feel even more special.", "The Frisky: 10 things women don't understand about men .", "There are reasons why Draper's wall is so high and impenetrable.", "Knowing those reasons -- or at least some of them -- makes viewers sympathetic to him.", "There's an abused boy beneath that tough exterior!", "A man with secrets so big, he has to hide behind a wall all of the time.", "Betty Draper may not know Don's secrets, but they do share a bond he doesn't have with other people.", "The women he cheats with?", "They don't know him at all and they don't have the ability or even the interest in seeing something deeper like Betty does.", "They're not threatening to his persona, but she is.", "These are, of course, just excuses for his bad behavior that should never fly in real life.", "My ex had his own reasons for presenting a facade, for not letting anyone get too close, for acting like a jerk; some he shared, some I figured out, but all made me want to stay with him.", "The Frisky: Could you get past hearing \"I don't love you anymore?\"", "I don't know if my Draper-esque ex cheated -- though I suspect he did -- but I do think he broke up with me because I was a threat.", "I saw something deeper that was fragile but wonderful, and I wanted more of it.", "It was enough to make me overlook the shallowness of his outward persona.", "Similarly, Don Draper gives viewers plenty to love and root for, like his support of Peggy Olson, his disinterest in Pete Campbell's brown-nosing, his delivery of that Kodak pitch in the first season, and the punch he landed on Jimmy Barrett's jaw.", "Like Tony Soprano before him, the behavior that would be massively unacceptable in real life is sometimes dwarfed by his acts of kindness, loyalty, and strength.", "The Frisky: When did you know it was over?", "That's why I (and I think lots of other women) mostly love -- and sometimes hate -- Don Draper.", "This season -- which started August 16 -- I'm sure we'll see more cracks in Don Draper's facade, and it should be compelling and exciting to watch.", "But in real life, with a real Don Draper, I could only do so much.", "I made as many cracks as I could, but they repaired themselves and I wasn't able to get close enough to try again.", "In retrospect, thank God.", "That's why I'll give my attention to Don Draper once a week, from the comfort of my couch, but never again in real life.", "TM & © 2009 TMV, Inc. \| All Rights Reserved ." ]	[ "Columnist describes Draper of \"Mad Men\" as fun to watch but not date .", "An inability to \"turn it off\" in romantic moments is frustrating, columnist says .", "Women who know the deepness of a Don Draper man are a threat, she writes .", "\"Mad Men\" fan says Draper's misbehavior is covered up by his kind acts ." ]	[ 3, 9, 15, 19, 26 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The most memorable moment of the 52nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday may be the onstage appearance of Michael Jackson's two eldest children to accept their father's lifetime achievement award.", "\"To all his songs, his message was simple, love,\" 12-year-old Prince Michael said.", "\"We will continue to spread his message and help the world.\"", "With a voice that sounded more mature than his age, he then thanked \"God for watching over us these last seven months and our grandma and grandpa for their love and support.\"", "Paris, 11, then spoke: \"Daddy was supposed to be here.", "Daddy was going to perform last year.", "Thank you. We love you Daddy.\"", "Prince Michael and Paris, along with several cousins, wore black suits with red stripes on their pants, and red armbands.", "The children appeared after a rousing performance of Michael Jackson's \"Earth Song,\" with a recording of Jackson accompanied by live performances from Celine Dion, Usher, Carrie Underwood, Smokey Robinson and Jennifer Hudson.", "Grammy producers used the head-to-head competition between Beyonce and Taylor Swift to lure viewers to stay tuned through the three-and-a-half hour telecast.", "List: Major Grammy winners .", "Swift got the biggest Grammy of the night, album of the year, for \"Fearless.\"", "\"I just hope that you know how much this means to me,\" she said in her acceptance speech.", "\"Our families are freaking out in their living rooms.\"", "Swift also won best country album.", "She won four Grammys overall.", "Beyonce won a pair of Grammys over Swift, including for best female pop vocal performance.", "Beyonce carried home six Grammys, including one in the major category of song of the year.", "That honor, a songwriters' award, was given to Beyonce for co-writing \"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).\"", "For the best female pop honor, won for \"Halo,\" the nervous singer thanked her family, \"including my husband -- I love you.\"", "Beyonce is married to hip-hop star Jay-Z.", "Gallery: Red-carpet arrivals .", "Alternative rock band Kings of Leon upset favorites Beyonce and Swift to win the record of the year Grammy for \"Use Somebody.\"", "The win gave the Kings of Leon three Grammys out of four nominations this year, all thanks to last year's \"Only by the Night\" album.", "The same album gave them three nominations last year, one of which they won.", "\"Use Somebody\" lost out earlier in the show to Beyonce's \"Single Ladies\" for song of the year.", "\"The best thing about winning Grammys is really it's the first time our family gets to see the success we're having,\" Kings lead singer Caleb Followill said backstage.", "\"We're getting my mom wasted.\"", "What do you think about the Grammys?", "Other triple Grammy winners were The Black Eyed Peas and Jay-Z.", "Winners also included Stephen Colbert, the Zac Brown Band and Green Day.", "The Zac Brown Band won best new artist.", "Lady Gaga, considered by many to be this year's biggest breakout act, was ruled ineligible because she had a song released and nominated last year.", "Behind-the-scenes: Our Marquee blog .", "Stephen Colbert won best comedy album for \"A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!\"", "Rap/sung collaboration went to Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West.", "Green Day won best rock album.", "\"Now I'm going to do shots with Kings of Leon,\" Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong said.", "Lady Gaga, whose performance opened the show, won two Grammys presented in the pre-telecast.", "Her single \"Poker Face\" beat out songs by the Black Eyed Peas, Madonna and Britney Spears in the best dance recording category.", "Her CD \"The Fame\" also won a Grammy for best electronic/dance.", "CNN's KJ Matthews and David Daniels contributed to this report." ]	[ "Taylor Swift wins album of the year, four Grammys total .", "Beyonce wins six Grammys, including song of the year .", "Jackson children Prince Michael and Paris accept lifetime achievement award .", "Kings of Leon's \"Use Somebody\" wins record of the year ." ]	[ 17, 22, 23 ]
[ "(WIRED) -- Apple's decision to not include a camera in the new iPod Touch is somewhat surprising.", "After all, there is already a perfect camera for the job, and it sits inside the iPhone.", "By not adding a camera to its iPod Touch, Apple may boost sales of its iPod Nano.", "That Apple included a video camera inside the iPod Nano makes this more inexplicable still -- the Apple of today is clearly happy to put cameras into its media players (unlike the first iPhone, whose camera was so poor we thought it was just a petulant capitulation to cellphone norms).", "Leaving the camera out is also a clear signal not to upgrade the Touch, as -- apart from a larger 64GB model -- the only hardware change is the juiced-up processor, making the iPod Touch run faster like its older brother the iPhone 3GS.", "Perhaps Apple is putting the Touch on a two-year update plan like the iPhone, letting people keep their pocket computers for a little longer than usual.", "Had the Touch included a camera, I would be knocking on the store doors right now to buy one, along with 64GB ready to be filled with photos and video.", "So the excitement falls to the Nano, which, sports a new shiny coating, a 640 x 480 video camera (no stills) and a larger screen on the outside, and an FM radio on the inside with a Tivo-esque live-pause feature.", "The radio itself is odd enough, and the first to be included in any iPod.", "More on that in a moment. The Nano's video camera was introduced with reference to Flip's own tiny, no-zoom camcorder.", "There are two Flip camcorders at the 8GB Nano's $150 price: the 2GB Mino and the 4GB Ultra.", "To get 4GB and 8GB you jump to $200.", "The 16GB Nano costs $180.", "Why would somebody buy a Flip?", "The easy, one button recording, perhaps (with the Nano, you need to go to a menu item to open the video camera application), but that's it.", "Take a look at the sample videos at the Apple store and you'll see that the Nano's quality is easily \"good enough.\"", "There is another surprise in there, too.", "The tiny Nano frame has a chip big enough to add real-time effects to video.", "Gimmicky, but as we guess this is aimed at the teenage market, a nice feature.", "The Nano is the fitness iPod, too, and in this guise it makes another piece of hardware obsolete: The shoe-mounted Nike+ dongle.", "The Nano comes with the Nike+ software, with workout history, power songs and the like, but the accelerometer now works as a pedometer, counting your steps to flab-loss.", "You can also connect it to a Nike + iPod compatible cardio-machine via the dock connector.", "One mystery remains, though.", "Why would Apple put an FM tuner into an iPod, something it has refused for almost ten years?", "The answer comes with iTunes-Tagging.", "In addition to live pausing of the radio stream (and rewinding up to 15 minutes through the buffer) you can tag tracks by hitting the center button.", "If a radio station supports it, the song info is saved and later you can see a list in iTunes alongside, you guessed it, the option to buy the song.", "Of course, the fact that the new Zune HD has an HD radio inside may also have influenced Apple's decision.", "So now I'm torn. Do I buy a new Touch to replace my current model which has a loose headphone connection, or should I get the Nano, with its video camera and sport-friendly features?", "If Apple had piled the features onto the Touch, the decision would be made, and Apple would have $400 of my money.", "As it is, I think I'll wait.", "Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT!", "Click here! Copyright 2009 Wired.com." ]	[ "Apple upgraded its iPod Nano with a video camera, not its iPod Touch .", "Nano's video camera is a direct challenge to Flip's tiny, no-zoom camcorder .", "Nano has an FM radio with live pausing, rewinding and ability to tag tracks in iTunes .", "Perhaps Apple is putting the Touch on a two-year update plan like the iPhone ." ]	[ 0, 5, 9, 24 ]
[ "Boston, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Republican Scott Brown won a major upset victory in Tuesday's special election for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by liberal Democrat Ted Kennedy.", "Brown defeated Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Democratic candidate.", "Brown's victory made real the once unthinkable prospect of a Republican filling the seat held by Kennedy, known as the liberal lion, for almost 47 years until his death from brain cancer in August.", "Voters across Massachusetts braved winter cold and snow for an election with high stakes -- the domestic agenda of President Obama, including his priority of health care reform.", "Brown's victory strips Democrats of the 60-seat Senate supermajority needed to overcome GOP filibusters against future Senate action on a broad range of White House priorities.", "Senate Democrats needed all 60 votes in their caucus to pass the health care bill, and the loss of one seat imperils generating that support again for a compromise measure worked out with the House.", "In a subdued concession speech, Coakley said she expected a tough assessment of her loss and lots of \"Wednesday-morning quarterbacking\" after losing a seat held by Democrats for more than 50 years.", "\"I am heartbroken at the result,\" Coakley said, later adding: \"Although I am very disappointed, I always respect the voters' choice.\"", "Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin said last week that certifying Tuesday's election results could take more than two weeks -- potentially enough time to allow congressional Democrats to pass a final health care bill before Brown is seated.", "But multiple Democratic sources said this is unlikely.", "Even if House and Senate Democrats could reach a deal to meld their bills and pass them in the next couple of weeks, there would be a huge outcry from not only Republicans, but also an increasingly distrustful public if they appeared to be rushing it through.", "Galvin had predicted as many as 2.2 million of the state's 4.5 million registered voters would vote -- at least double the turnout from December's primary.", "In one sign of high interest, more than 100,000 absentee ballots were requested ahead of the election, according to Galvin's spokesman, Brian McNiff.", "Coakley was initially expected to easily win the race to replace Kennedy, who made health care reform the centerpiece of his Senate career.", "Until recently, Brown was underfunded and unknown statewide.", "In addition, no Republican has won a U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts since 1972, and Democrats control the governorship, both houses of the state legislature, and the state's entire congressional delegation.", "However, Brown surged in the weeks preceding Tuesday's vote and led in all the final polls.", "Democratic sources told CNN that Coakley called Brown on Tuesday night to concede.", "In a sign of the high stakes involved, the Coakley campaign held an afternoon news conference Tuesday to complain that voters in three places received ballots already marked for Brown.", "iReport: Send us your thoughts on the special election .", "McNiff confirmed that the secretary of state's offices received two reports of voters saying they got pre-marked ballots.", "The suspect ballots were invalidated and the voters received new ballots, McNiff said.", "Kevin Conroy, the Coakley campaign manager, said the \"disturbing incidents\" raised questions about the integrity of the election.", "In response, the Brown campaign issued a statement criticizing Coakley's team.", "\"Reports that the Coakley campaign is making reckless accusations regarding the integrity of today's election is a reminder that they are a desperate campaign,\" Daniel B. Winslow, the counsel for the Brown campaign, said in the statement.", "Obama has been both \"surprised and frustrated\" by the race, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.", "Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say was hampered by complacency and missteps.", "Obama crushed Sen. John McCain in Massachusetts in 2008, beating the GOP presidential nominee by 26 points.", "\"If you were fired up in the last election, I need you more fired up in this election,\" Obama urged a crowd at a Coakley campaign rally on Sunday.", "Vicki Kennedy, the late senator's widow, called on state Democrats to turn out to save her husband's legacy.", "\"We need your help. We need your support.", "We need you to get out there and vote on Tuesday,\" Kennedy said.", "\"We need you to bring your neighbors.", "We need you to bring your friends.\"", "Brown, who has trumpeted his 30 years of service in the National Guard, hewed to traditional GOP themes at the end of the campaign.", "He promised at a rally Sunday that, if elected, he would back tax cuts and be tougher on terrorists than Coakley.", "He also repeated a pledge to oppose Obama's health care reform effort.", "\"Massachusetts wants real reform and not this trillion-dollar Obama health care that is being forced on the American people,\" he said.", "\"As the 41st [Republican] senator I will make sure that we do it better.\"", "Forty-four percent of Massachusetts voters cited the economy and jobs as their top concern in a recent 7 News/Suffolk University poll.", "Thirty-eight percent mentioned health care as their top concern.", "Voters more concerned with the economy were split almost evenly between the two candidates; voters more worried about health care narrowly supported Coakley.", "Brown's surprising strength came in part because some independents and conservatives who have supported Democrats in the past were having second thoughts.", "Democrats far outnumber Republicans in Massachusetts, but there are more independents than Democrats and Republicans combined.", "Several Democratic sources say multiple Obama advisers have told the party they believed Coakley was going to lose, despite Obama's campaign appearance for Coakley on Sunday.", "Facing the possibility of Coakley's defeat, Democrats were trying to figure out if they could pass health care reform without that crucial 60th Senate vote.", "The seat is currently held by former Kennedy aide and longtime friend Paul Kirk, who was appointed to the seat on an interim basis.", "Two Democratic sources in close contact with the White House told CNN on Monday they've urged the administration, in the event of a Brown victory, to push House Democrats to pass the Senate's health care bill as currently written.", "Doing so would prevent the plan from having to be taken up by the Senate again.", "\"I think the Senate bill clearly is better than nothing,\" House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, said Tuesday.", "A third option would be for Democrats to revisit the idea of trying to push health care through the Senate with only 51 votes -- a simple majority.", "But to do that Democrats would have to use a process known as reconciliation, which presents technical and procedural issues that would delay the process for a long time.", "A number of Democrats are eager to put the health care debate behind them and move on to economic issues such as job creation as soon as possible this election year.", "Senate Democrats could also try again to get moderate GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine to vote for a compromise health reform plan.", "Multiple Democratic sources, however, have said they believe that is unlikely now.", "CNN's Jim Acosta, Dana Bash, Kevin Bohn, Ed Henry, Ed Hornick, John King, Suzanne Malveaux, Shawna Shepherd, Jessica Yellin, Alan Silverleib and Tom Cohen contributed to this report." ]	[ "Democrat Martha Coakley concedes to Republican Scott Brown .", "President Obama \"frustrated\" by Massachusetts Senate race, aide says .", "Good turnout expected as Massachusetts votes to fill Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat .", "Democrats would lose filibuster-proof majority in Senate with Brown win ." ]	[ 0, 1, 13 ]
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, died of natural causes related to diabetes, the Los Angeles County coroner said Thursday.", "The 30-year-old socialite was found dead at a friend's home January 4, authorities said.", "Johnson was one of the great-great-granddaughters of Robert Wood Johnson, a co-founder of the pharmaceutical giant, and was the daughter of Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets professional football team.", "She died of diabetic ketoacidosis, the coroner found.", "The Mayo Clinic describes the condition as a serious complication of untreated diabetes.", "Johnson was in the news recently because of her relationship with Internet and reality television star Tila Tequila.", "Several messages on Tequila's official Twitter page mentioned Johnson in the wake of her death.", "\"I can't stop these haunting visions of her and I.", "We made such a lovely couple, only beginning to spend the rest of our lives together,\" a posting said the day after Johnson died.", "\"Everyone please pray 4 my Wifey Casey Johnson,\" Tequila wrote the day of Johnson's death.", "\"She has passed away.", "Thank u for all ur love and support but I will be offline to be w family.\"", "Johnson's family also expressed sadness.", "\"The Johnson family is mourning their tragic loss and asks for privacy during this very difficult time,\" a family representative said in a statement on the Jets' Web site.", "\"The entire New York Jets organization is saddened at the news that Casey Johnson ... has passed away.\"", "CNN's Tim Langmaid and Brittany Kaplan contributed to this report." ]	[ "Coroner says natural causes related to diabetes caused death of Casey Johnson .", "Coroner: Socialite died of a serious complication of untreated diabetes .", "The 30-year-old had a high-profile relationship with reality TV star Tila Tequila ." ]	[ 0, 1, 4, 5 ]
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Investigators found testosterone, painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs in the body of professional wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his wife and son last month before hanging himself in his Atlanta home, a medical examiner said Tuesday.", "Investigators found steroids in the body of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his family in June.", "Dr. Kris Sperry, Georgia's chief medical examiner, said the body of Benoit's wife, Nancy, also contained painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs.", "Sperry said it's likely the Benoits' 7-year-old son, Daniel, was sedated at the time he was murdered, because a high level of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax was found in the boy's system.", "Xanax is not normally prescribed for children, Sperry said.", "Chris Benoit's body contained an \"elevated\" level of testosterone and therapeutic levels of Xanax and the painkiller hydrocodone, Sperry said.", "But, he said, the level of testosterone revealed nothing conclusive about the wrestler's state of mind before his death.", "\"There's no reliable scientific data that says elevated levels of testosterone lead to psychotic rage,\" Sperry said.", "\"The only thing we can ascertain is that this level of testosterone indicates that he had been using testosterone at least in some reasonably short period of time before he died,\" he said.", "\"It could be an indication he was being treated for testicular insufficiency.\"", "The investigators found no other drugs, including steroids, in Benoit's body.", "The investigation into the Benoits' deaths led to speculation that the wrestler may have been injecting steroids and had experienced what is called \" 'roid rage,\" leading him to kill his wife and son.", "An official who is part of the investigation told CNN last month that Benoit's name was on receipts that indicated he had purchased shipments of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones from Signature Pharmacy.", "The Orlando, Florida, facility is at the center of a nationwide investigation into the sale of illegal steroids.", "Phil Astin, Benoit's personal doctor, has been indicted by a grand jury on seven charges of improperly dispensing and distributing painkillers and other drugs.", "Astin has been released on $125,000 bond and is under house arrest.", "Although Benoit's name was not mentioned in Astin's indictment, his arrest stemmed from the investigation into the Benoits' deaths.", "\"Through prescription records for Mr. Benoit maintained at a pharmacy in Fayetteville, Georgia, Dr. Astin was identified as prescribing, on average, a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids to Mr. Benoit every three to four weeks from May 4, 2006, through May 9, 2007,\" the U.S. attorney's office said.", "Sperry said the body of Nancy Benoit also contained therapeutic levels of hydrocodone and Xanax, along with hydromorphone, which he said is a byproduct of the breakdown of hydrocodone.", "Nancy Benoit's blood alcohol level was .184, which is over the legal limit for intoxication, but Sperry said all of the alcohol found in her body \"could come from the decomposition process.\"", "Sperry said investigators did not have enough specimen to test for steroids or human growth hormone in Daniel's body.", "Daniel's body showed signs of needle marks at the time of his death, but Sperry could not speculate why.", "District Attorney Scott Ballard would not answer questions about the state of the investigation into the Benoits' deaths, which he said is ongoing.", "\"We'd rather wait until we have more of the pieces so we can be more accurate and discuss more of a whole what happened,\" he said.", "\"We're trying to envision as best we can what happened inside that household.", "This (the toxicology report) adds one element to all the other elements.\"", "Police have said Benoit, 40, strangled his wife, Nancy, and suffocated Daniel, then placed Bibles next to their bodies before hanging himself on a portable weight machine over the weekend of June 23.", "E-mail to a friend ." ]	[ "Testosterone found in wrestler Chris Benoit's body, officials said .", "Xanax and other drugs found in his wife, Georgia ME says .", "Benoit is believed to have killed his wife and son in June, then killed himself ." ]	[ 0, 1 ]
[ "Baltimore, Maryland (CNN) -- President Obama and House GOP leaders promised greater efforts to step back from the partisan brink Friday, acknowledging that Washington's toxic political climate has made it increasingly tough to tackle major problems.", "The pledge was immediately called into question, however, as the two parties repeatedly expressed sharply differing viewpoints during a rare meeting at a House Republican retreat in Baltimore.", "Obama accepted an invitation from House GOP leaders to address their caucus.", "His speech Friday was followed by an often pointed question-and-answer session.", "\"House Republican leaders are grateful for [Obama's] willingness to come ... and have a frank and honest conversation,\" said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Indiana.", "\"We welcome the dialogue with the president.\"", "The president accused Republicans of frequently mischaracterizing his policy proposals, particularly in the health care debate.", "Republicans, in turn, complained the White House and congressional Democrats had ignored their ideas, locked them out of the policy-making process and unfairly labeled them as obstructionists.", "\"Both sides can take some blame for a sour climate on Capitol Hill,\" Obama said, adding that Democrats and Republicans need to be careful in choosing their rhetoric.", "\"A ton of civility instead of slash and burn would be helpful.\"", "The president highlighted what he said was problematic GOP rhetoric on his health care proposals.", "Republicans, he said, had characterized the proposed program as some \"kind of Bolshevik plot.\"", "In fact, he said that much of his plan was similar to what Republicans had proposed during the failed Clinton-era push to overhaul health care.", "Both sides need to \"close the gap a little bit between rhetoric and reality,\" the president argued.", "Calling his health care plan \"some wild-eyed plot to impose big government in every aspect of our lives\" leaves little room for bipartisan negotiation, Obama said.", "The president questioned how Republicans could negotiate in good faith after using such rhetoric without exposing themselves to conservative primary challengers.", "House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he tried to be honest about differences over administration proposals.", "\"I truly believe a government takeover of health care ... is the essence of their bill,\" Boehner said.", "Obama conceded there's been a failure on his part to \"try to foster better communications even if there's disagreement.\"", "He has promised regular meetings with GOP leaders in the future.", "Boehner welcomed the gesture but said it is equally important for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to give Republicans a greater role in the legislative process.", "Bipartisanship \"isn't about taking one little Republican idea and throwing it in a 2,000-page bill,\" he said after Obama argued that Democratic leaders had taken GOP proposals into account in the health care debate.", "\"If you're really serious about building a bipartisan product ... you need to do it from the beginning.\"", "Republicans criticized the president for failing to fulfill a promise to televise all the health care negotiations on C-SPAN.", "Obama called the criticism \"legitimate\" but noted the overwhelming majority of committee hearings on the legislation had been conducted in front of TV cameras.", "After the bills had cleared the committees, however, it became a \"messy process,\" he conceded.", "\"I take responsibility for not having structured it in a way where it was all taking place in one place that could be filmed,\" he said.", "Obama and Republicans strongly criticized each other on a range of issues tied to taxes and spending.", "GOP leaders said Obama's $862 billion stimulus plan had been ineffective and repeatedly urged the president to consider an across-the-board tax cut.", "Obama said it would be wrong to slash taxes for the richest Americans or the banking sector in a weak economy.", "He also argued that the stimulus program had saved key jobs in GOP districts across the country.", "\"There is not a single person in here who, had it not been for what was in the stimulus package, wouldn't be going home to more teachers laid off, more firefighters laid off, more cops laid off,\" he said.", "\"The component parts of the Recovery Act are consistent\" with what many Republicans say are important, he said.", "The stimulus helped in terms of \"rebuilding our infrastructure, tax cuts for families and businesses, and making sure that we were providing states and individuals some support when the roof was caving in.\"", "The president said he agrees with the GOP emphasis on fiscal responsibility but hinted that Republicans could do more to help control spending, including curtailing legislative earmark requests for their own districts.", "He also said he is willing to work with Republicans on the enactment of a line-item veto.", "\"There's not a president out there that wouldn't like that,\" he said.", "Despite their disagreements, both sides agreed the day's dialogue was a step in the right direction.", "\"I hope that the conversation we begin here doesn't end here, that we can continue our dialogue in the days ahead,\" Obama said.", "The day \"went very well,\" Boehner replied later.", "\"There are issues we do agree on\" and Republicans will work to find \"common ground.\"", "We should \"set aside perhaps the things that the president believes in that we philosophically don't, but if there is some common ground we ought to go ahead forward with those,\" said Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Virginia.", "Friday's meeting, he said, was \"the kind of discussion, frankly, that we need to have more of.\"" ]	[ "NEW: House Minority Leader John Boehner says the day \"went very well\"\nPresident Obama says stimulus plan saved jobs in GOP districts .", "Obama says some Republicans acted as if health care plan was \"some Bolshevik plot\"\nObama says Democrats, Republicans both are to blame for \"sour climate\" on Capitol Hill ." ]	[ 8, 10, 14, 30, 39 ]
[ "(CNN) -- To hear leaders of the \"Draft John Mellencamp for Senate!\"", "Facebook group tell it, this is a story about \"insider\" politicians, \"street-level voters\" and whether a likeable rock star with strong grass-roots appeal will run for the U.S. Senate.", "The \"movement,\" as the group calls it, was born less than three weeks ago with Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh's stunning announcement he would not not run for re-election.", "The next morning, Gabrial Canada, 21, was at home watching cable news reports about a Facebook page aimed at bringing Mellencamp, 58, into the race.", "\"After I saw that I went right to the Facebook group,\" Canada said Wednesday from his home in Indianapolis.", "\"By then it had only been a matter of hours and it had already gotten a thousand members.", "It was incredibly exciting to see that catching hold.\"", "He contacted the group's founder and from then on he was hooked.", "So far, the group has garnered more than 7,000 members in 16 days.", "\"There's all this faux populism out there -- people who get paid millions of dollars to generate campaigns that look like they're supporting the people,\" said Canada, a self-described community ambassador for a local PBS TV station.", "\"When you have the prospect of somebody as genuine as Mellencamp campaigning as someone people can relate to, it's unique, it's something you can't replace.\"", "But there's another turn in this twisted tale.", "Because Bayh waited until February 15 to announce his decision, he essentially forced the party to choose its candidate instead of leaving it up to voters in the state's May 4 primary.", "According to party rules, Indiana's 32-member Democratic Central Committee will vote by secret ballot to decide who will run.", "The committee chairman said members won't consider anyone who hasn't officially declared themselves a candidate.", "\"I don't think [Mellencamp's] going to declare,\" said chairman Dan Parker.", "For his part, Mellencamp continues to issue nothing but a terse \"no comment,\" through a spokesman.", "The idea that Indiana Democrats would not hold a primary to choose their Senate candidate felt like a \"punch in the face\" said Canada.", "It's \"anti-democratic.\"", "\"I don't think that the decisions of insiders are necessarily reflective of the popular political will,\" he said.", "Through meetup.com, Canada is organizing the first of a statewide series of planned rallies set for Friday at a 1950s-era hangout on Indianapolis' folksy South Side.", "At Edwards Drive-In, home of the \"Jumbo Tenderloin\" and 99-cent root beer floats, Canada hopes to attract a dozen Mellencamp supporters, whom he'll ask to sign a petition to be submitted to Indiana newspaper editors.", "In the coming days, Canada plans a much larger rally in the Democratic stronghold of Bloomington -- right in the small-town rocker's own backyard.", "The fact that his Facebook campaign comes during an election cycle influenced by a larger, grass-roots Tea Party movement -- with polar opposite political views -- isn't lost on the Facebook page founder John Patterson.", "\"The end result of moving out the status quo in favor of new faces is probably the same goal,\" he said with a laugh.", "The Draft Mellencamp campaign is racing against a deadline.", "The state's Democratic committee will hold its vote as early as May 15, and any candidate, including Mellencamp, must officially declare 72 hours prior, according to Parker -- that would be noon May 12.", "As for Mellencamp himself, he's \"never expressed overt interest in running for anything,\" said the musician's longtime publicist, Bob Merlis, by phone from his California office.", "Much has been written in the past few weeks about Mellencamp's 2008 campaign performances for presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, as well as his years of public support for family farmers and his opposition to the Iraq war.", "\"I don't think it's a crazy idea,\" Merlis said about the draft campaign.", "\"I mean that from the point of view of someone who knows him and knows his intellect and knows that he is an aware person.", "But he's not a very politicked person -- meaning he is not prone to pull his punches.\"", "Opinion: Senator Mellencamp?", "Crazy talk .", "Pundits and party officials say they're stymied by this question: Instead of, \"No comment,\" why doesn't Mellencamp just say, \"No thank you?\"", "Why doesn't he declare that he's just not interested to reduce political confusion and streamline the nomination process?", "\"I've said something along the same lines,\" said Merlis.", "Indianapolis Star political columnist Matthew Tully, who has been covering Hoosier politics since 1992, offered his theory: \"Why not just allow the buzz to go out there?", "He's a businessman, like a politician he knows it doesn't hurt him to have people talking about it.", "So it is kind of interesting that he hasn't officially said anything either way.", "My guess is he's just enjoying the moment.\"", "However unlikely, a Mellencamp campaign could be formidable, said pundits, despite Indiana's strong Republican establishment.", "\"A lot of Hoosiers think that he speaks for them,\" said Brian Howey of the daily online brief Howey Politics Indiana.", "\"He's pretty well tapped into the Indiana soul.\"", "In the short time since Bayh's announcement, two Democrats who were considering running have decided not to.", "Most of the Democratic establishment, said Tully, has coalesced strongly around moderate Rep. Brad Ellsworth, a former county sheriff.", "\"I was with a friend of Mellencamp's in Bloomington last week,\" said Howey.", "\"His comment was, 'There's no way John could last in the U.S. Senate.", "It would be absolutely stifling for him.", "He wouldn't be able to say exactly what's on his mind.'\"", "\"It's one thing to be [ex-Saturday Night Live comedian and Minnesota Sen.] Al Franken, Harvard grad, who has some seriousness about him -- not that Mellencamp doesn't -- I'm just not sure the Senate's an appropriate forum for him.\"", "Apparently, the Senate was becoming unpalatable for Bayh, who announced he was leaving because an overly partisan \"Congress is not operating as it should.\"", "\"The people's business is not getting done,\" he said.", "Patterson, the Facebook page founder, blames political \"insiders\" for congressional gridlock and \"all the obstruction to progress we're having right now.\"", "He sees the Internet as a way to break what he called an insiders' stranglehold on the nomination process.", "\"We need someone like Mellencamp, who's much more tuned to street-level voters.\"" ]	[ "Facebook page to draft John Mellencamp for Senate wins 7,000 members in 16 days .", "Organizer excited by movement's momentum; group plans statewide rallies .", "Mellencamp's longtime publicist says it's not a \"crazy idea\"\nIndiana Democratic officials say Mellencamp can't run unless he declares ." ]	[ 0, 2, 8, 18, 27, 29, 32 ]
[ "(CNN) -- A man authorities want to question in the slaying of a 7-year-old girl, whose body was dumped in a landfill, appeared in a Florida court Wednesday on child pornography charges after being extradited from Mississippi.", "Jarred Harrell, 24, faces 29 counts of possession of child pornography in Clay County, Florida.", "Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler has said Harrell is also sought for questioning in the abduction and murder of Somer Thompson, but has not said why.", "Harrell was arrested in Meridian, Mississippi, by federal agents earlier this month, and Florida Gov.", "Charlie Crist asked Mississippi Gov.", "Haley Barbour to extradite him.", "The arrest followed a search of Harrell's residence, Clay County authorities said.", "Somer Thompson was last seen in the Clay County town of Orange Park on October 19.", "Her body was found in a landfill in Folkston, Georgia, about 55 miles north of there.", "Authorities have not said how she was killed.", "Somer's 10-year-old sister told police that Somer had been in a fight with another girl at school earlier that day and that she brought up the subject while she and her brother walked Somer home from school.", "Somer ran off, apparently upset.", "The sister said she lost sight of Somer in a group of other children leaving the school, according to a police report.", "Police said in October that witnesses including several children reported seeing her that day on a sidewalk in front of a vacant house that was being renovated following a fire.", "At Wednesday's hearing, a judge continued Harrell's $1 million bond." ]	[ "Jarred Harrell, 24, faces 29 counts of possessing of child pornography .", "Police want to question him the death of Somer Thompson, 7 .", "Police in Florida have not said why they want to talk with Harrell .", "Thompson was abducted in October; her body was found in a Georgia landfill ." ]	[ 0, 1, 5, 8, 9 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui was convicted Wednesday of attempting to kill Americans in Afghanistan in 2008.", "The jury found Siddiqui guilty of seven counts, including attempted murder and armed assault on U.S. officers.", "The Manhattan jury began deliberations Monday afternoon and sent a note shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday saying they had reached a verdict.", "Siddiqui listened to the verdict without emotion but let out an outburst once the jury was escorted out of the courtroom.", "\"This is a verdict from Israel, not America,\" she said.", "\"Anger should be directed to where it belongs.", "I can testify to this. I have proof.\" Authorities removed her from the courtroom.", "She will be sentenced May 6.", "Siddiqui's family said she had been unjustly found guilty.", "\"Today's verdict is one of many legal errors that allowed the prosecution to build a case against our sister based on hate, rather than fact,\" they said in a statement released through the International Justice Network.", "\"We believe that as a result, she was denied a fair trial, and today's verdict must be overturned on appeal.\"", "Prosecutors said Siddiqui shot at two FBI special agents, a U.S. Army warrant officer, an Army captain and military interpreters while she was being held unsecured at an Afghan facility on July 18, 2008.", "Authorities said Siddiqui used an officer's rifle to fire two shots at the personnel, who were hidden from her view by a curtain.", "She hit no one. The warrant officer returned fire with a pistol, hitting Siddiqui at least once.", "Afghan police had arrested her a day earlier outside the Ghazni governor's compound in central Afghanistan after finding her with bomb-making instructions, excerpts from the \"Anarchist's Arsenal,\" papers with descriptions of U.S. landmarks, and substances sealed in bottles and glass jars, according to a September 2008 indictment.", "The indictment said Siddiqui had \"handwritten notes that referred to a 'mass casualty attack' \" listing several locations in the United States and \"construction of 'dirty bombs.'", "\" The notes also \"discussed various ways to attack 'enemies,' including by destroying reconnaissance drones, using underwater bombs, and using gliders,\" the indictment said.", "\"Siddiqui also possessed a computer thumb drive that contained correspondence referring to specific 'cells,' 'attacks' by certain 'cells,' and 'enemies,' \" the indictment said.", "\"Other documents on the thumb drive discussed recruitment and training.\"", "Siddiqui, whom the FBI had sought for several years for suspected ties to al Qaeda, was extradited to the United States in August 2008.", "Since 2003, the whereabouts of Siddiqui, an American-educated neuroscientist, had been the source of much speculation.", "According to Amnesty International, Siddiqui and her three small children were reported apprehended in Karachi, Pakistan, in March 2003, shortly after the FBI issued an alert requesting information about her location.", "Several reports indicated that Siddiqui was in U.S. custody after her arrest in Karachi.", "But in May 2004, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller identified Siddiqui as being among several sought-after al Qaeda members." ]	[ "Aafia Siddiqui convicted of attempted murder, armed assault on U.S. officers .", "Prosecutors said Siddiqui shot at officers while being held in Afghan facility in 2008 .", "Siddiqui had been sought for several years for suspected ties to al Qaeda .", "\"This is a verdict from Israel, not America,\" Siddiqui says after verdict ." ]	[ 1, 4, 11, 19 ]
[ "(CNN) -- The latest trend at teen parties isn't warm beer or prescription medicines pilfered from parents' medicine cabinets.", "Instead, increasing numbers of youths are turning to an herb-based product to get high, and unlike marijuana, it's perfectly legal.", "It's known as K2 or Spice, a synthetic substance that, when smoked, gives users a marijuana-like high, according to drug authorities.", "Its growing popularity is causing increasing alarm among health care professionals, law enforcement authorities and lawmakers, with one Drug Enforcement Agency official calling its use the equivalent of \"playing Russian roulette.\"", "Should some illegal drugs be legalized?", "Manufactured in Asia and sold online or in local stores, K2 and similar substances are marketed as herbal incense.", "A disclaimer on a K2-selling Web site reads: \"K2Herbal products are novelty incenses and are not for consumption.\"", "Sold in various flavors in 3-gram bags, the product consists of herbs that are sprayed with synthetic substances that mimic THC, the high-causing natural chemical found in marijuana.", "A call to regulate K2 .", "Health and drug officials say the danger in using such products is the unregulated nature of their production and makeup.", "\"Our biggest concern is that this particular chemical is likely manufactured in a dorm-room setting.", "And these dorm-room scientists are not going to be exhibiting a lot of quality assurance techniques,\" says Dr. Gaylord Lopez, a toxicologist and head of the Georgia Poison Center.", "As a result, there's a potential for users to inhale contaminants along with the substance they think they're smoking, Lopez said, which may be a contributing factor in the adverse symptoms some of its users have been experiencing.", "Political activist wants K2 banned .", "\"Synthetic drugs and herbal drug products like Spice and K2 are not made in a controlled environment and thus you are playing Russian roulette when it comes to these types of products,\" said Dawn Dearden, a spokeswoman for the DEA, which first began receiving reports about abuse of the substance last year.", "\"There is no way, outside of a controlled laboratory environment, to determine the chemical makeup, synthetic ingredients or amounts, and therefore there is no way to determine with any accuracy what the potentially harmful effects may be.\"", "Lopez says his center first heard of the substance in December when Georgia hospitals began reporting patients who had used K2 or Spice.", "Since then, the center has seen a spike in cases, with 20 people -- mostly teenagers -- visiting emergency rooms with such symptoms as heart palpitations and respiratory issues.", "In the most serious case, an otherwise healthy teenage boy, who has since recovered, lapsed into a coma, Lopez said.", "According to Dearden, additional side effects can include panic attacks, hallucinations, delusions, vomiting, increased agitation and dilated pupils.", "Around the center, Lopez said his employees have begun referring to the substance as \"Scary Spice.\"", "Earlier this month, Kansas became the first state to ban synthetic marijuana.", "Kansas state Sen. Jim Barnett, a supporter of the effort, said the ban was prompted by reports of abuse of K2 and similar products in cities across the state among high school students and prison parolees who were using it as an alternative to pot to avoid a positive drug test.", "Lawmakers in several other states are considering similar legislation, including Georgia, Utah, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Dakota and Illinois.", "\"Although it is a synthetic drug, it is still a drug with a high potential for abuse,\" says Barnett, who is a physician.", "\"It was our desire in Kansas to be ahead of the problem.\"", "K2 has already been banned in some European countries, including Britain, Germany, Poland and France, and the DEA lists it as a drug of concern in the United States.", "\"We are seeing several indications that these THC-like substances could become a significant problem both domestically and internationally,\" Dearden says.", "She says the agency is in \"the preliminary stages of determining whether or not some or all of (synthetic substances) need to be controlled.\"" ]	[ "K2 or Spice, when smoked, gives users a marijuana-like high .", "Danger of products is the unregulated nature of their production and makeup .", "Side effects include heart palpitations, respiratory issues, panic attacks, hallucinations .", "Kansas has banned K2; many other states are considering similar laws ." ]	[ 2, 9, 13, 19 ]
[ "New York (CNN) -- A driver for Naomi Campbell told police that he was assaulted by the supermodel Tuesday, according to the New York Police Department.", "NYPD Deputy Commission of Public Information Paul Brown said Campbell left the scene of the alleged assault on Manhattan's East Side on foot.", "He said police were interested in speaking with her but did not know her whereabouts.", "Campbell's spokesman, Jeff Raymond, told CNN in a written statement, \"There shouldn't be a rush to judgment.", "Naomi will co-operate voluntarily, and there is more to the story than meets the eye.\"", "Brown said the 27-year-old male driver pulled over about 3 p.m. in the vicinity of 58th Street and Second Avenue and reported to a traffic agent that he had been assaulted by Campbell.", "Campbell fled the scene while the traffic agent called for police, Brown said.", "The driver told officers that Campbell had struck him in the back of the neck and caused his head to hit the steering wheel, according to police.", "The driver, who was taken to a local precinct for questioning, had a small bruise and swelling under his right eye, according to police.", "The driver had been hired for the day to drive Campbell to a studio in Queens.", "Campbell, 39, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in 2007, admitting she hit her former housekeeper with a cell phone in March of 2005.", "In 2000, she pleaded guilty to a 1998 charge of assault against an assistant.", "And in October 2006, she was arrested again, this time in London, for allegedly attacking her drug counselor.", "Last month Campbell admitted on CNN's Connect The World she had been working on controlling her anger after her recent outbursts.", "\"I took a lot of time out,\" she said.", "\"Everybody has their demons and I had to look in the mirror and face mine.", "\"Until I did that there was not going to be a change in my life.", "I didn't want to be the way I was. I'm a work in progress Every day is a new day ... every day I'm learning something new.", "But I know I'm taking a step forwards and not backwards.\"" ]	[ "Male driver, 27, tells police model Naomi Campbell struck him in back of neck .", "Police say she left scene of alleged assault on Manhattan's East Side on foot .", "Police say they would like to question her but don't know her whereabouts .", "Campbell spokesman: \"There is more to the story than meets the eye\"" ]	[ 1, 2, 4, 7 ]
[ "London, England (CNN) -- A British man who strangled his wife in his sleep while dreaming that she was an intruder walked free from court Friday after the case against him was withdrawn, prosecutors said.", "The UK's Crown Prosecution Service requested that the case against Brian Thomas, who killed wife Christine while they were on vacation in 2008, be dropped due to a \"unique set of circumstances.\"", "Thomas, 59, of Neath, South Wales, had been on trial for murder at Swansea Crown Court, with prosecutors seeking a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity that would have resulted in psychiatric custody.", "But they said a closer study of evidence led them to believe the defendant should be released without further action.", "\"We have duty to keep cases under continuous review, and following expert evidence from a psychiatrist it was suggested no useful purpose would be served by Mr Thomas being detained and treated in a psychiatric hospital,\" prosecutor Iwan Jenkins said in a statement.", "Jenkins said that there had never been any doubt that Thomas caused his wife's death, but the prosecution accepted evidence from experts on sleep disorders that indicated he should not be convicted of murder or manslaughter.", "\"We therefore have offered no further evidence and asked the jury to return a simple verdict of not guilty.\"", "The court erupted in shouts of \"yes\" as family members greeted the outcome with jubilation, according to the UK Press Association.", "\"The death of Christine Thomas was thoroughly investigated by Dyfed Powys Police.", "Investigations continued after Mr Thomas was charged and involved the instruction of experts in several fields,\" Jenkins said.", "\"I must emphasize that the circumstances of this case are almost unique in the UK and there have been fewer than 50 instances recorded worldwide.", "It is only because of highly sophisticated tests carried out by sleep experts that Mr Thomas's condition could be confirmed.", "\"Our thoughts remain with the family of Brian and Christine Thomas, who have remained dignified throughout this difficult time.\"", "The brief trial, which opened Tuesday, heard that Thomas killed his wife while the pair were taking a camper van vacation in western Wales, PA reported.", "One night, Thomas -- who experts said may have been suffering worsening dreams due to withdrawal from anti-depressants -- experienced a violent nightmare in which he attacked and fought an intruder and got him in a headlock, only to wake and find he had strangled his wife.", "Dismissing the charges, High Court Judge Justice Davis described Thomas as a \"decent man and devoted husband\" who bore no responsibility for his wife's death, PA reported.", "Thomas's brother Raymond Thomas said the family were \"delighted\" by the outcome, the news agency said.", "\"He has always been a loving husband and a family man,\" he said. \"", "This was a tragic, tragic episode and we are all very emotional.\"" ]	[ "Prosecutors described trial involving Brian Thomas as a \"unique case\"\nThomas killed wife during a bad dream while pair was vacationing in 2008 .", "Judge described Thomas as a \"decent man and devoted husband\"" ]	[ 1, 15 ]
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Power-driven wheelchairs are costing Medicare and its beneficiaries nearly four times what suppliers pay for them, and competitive bidding could have reduced those costs, according to an inspector general's report released Wednesday.", "Competitive bidding would have cut costs on a standard power wheelchair by nearly $1,000, the report says.", "A standard power wheelchair costs the federal health insurance program for seniors an average of $4,018 to lease, compared with $1,048 for suppliers to buy, the Department of Health and Human Services' internal watchdog reported.", "\"Medicare and its beneficiaries paid suppliers an average of $2,970 beyond the supplier's acquisition cost to perform an average of five services and cover general business costs,\" the report found.", "The difference was not as dramatic for more advanced wheelchairs used for physical rehabilitation patients, but at an average lease of $11,507, those chairs still cost Medicare about twice as much as the $5,880 paid by suppliers, the report found.", "More than 173,000 Medicare beneficiaries received power wheelchairs in the first half of 2007, at a cost of about $686 million, the report said.", "The cost could have been reduced considerably had Congress not delayed a planned system of competitive bidding for what Medicare classifies as \"durable medical equipment,\" such as wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, the report said.", "Competitive bidding would have cut Medicare's average cost of a standard power wheelchair by nearly $1,000, the inspector general found.", "\"Medicare and beneficiary payments under the Competitive Bidding Acquisition Program would have decreased by an average of 26 percent across all included categories of [durable medical equipment], saving up to an estimated $1 billion annually,\" the report found.", "\"However, Congress delayed the program and exempted complex rehabilitation power wheelchairs from future competitive bidding.\"", "Medicare's annual budget for 2008 was $444 billion.", "In January, it cut its payments to suppliers by 9.5 percent to make up for what it thought competitive bidding would have saved taxpayers, according to the report.", "In July, a CNN investigation found that a patient and taxpayers were billed about $1,200 over four years for a nonmotorized chair, while a nearly identical chair could be bought from the same supplier for $349.", "The issue has become controversial as the Obama administration tries to overhaul the U.S. health care system and rein in the cost of Medicare.", "Administration officials want to require competitive bids for items such as wheelchairs.", "But the American Association for Homecare, which represents many in the durable equipment industry, said the bidding program would reduce patient choice, limit access to home medical care and drive up Medicare costs by requiring more hospital stays." ]	[ "Watchdog report says competitive bidding could have reduced costs .", "Standard power wheelchair costs Medicare $4,018 to lease .", "Same wheelchair costs $1,048 for suppliers to buy, report says .", "Industry says competitive bidding would reduce patient choice, increase costs ." ]	[ 1, 2 ]
[ "(CNN) -- Human remains found buried under recently added concrete at a home in Plant City, Florida, are likely those of missing lottery millionaire Abraham Shakespeare, police said Thursday.", "Deputies made the discovery after a tip came in, suggesting investigators would find a body near a home in Plant City, according to CNN affiliate WFTV.", "Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said the body was slowly being uncovered.", "They are awaiting positive identification.", "However, Gee said their investigation and information specifically led them to the area after they began to believe he might be dead because of \"sinister means and motives.\"", "\"Our indications were it would be there,\" Gee said during a news conference Thursday night.", "Police on Wednesday had scanned the newly finished concrete slabs near the home on Wednesday and removed it.", "On Thursday, Gee said they discovered the remains buried five feet below the surface, and it appeared the remains had been there for awhile.", "Shakespeare, a 43-year-old truck driver, won a $31 million Florida lottery prize in 2006.", "A year later, he won a court challenge from a fellow trucker who accused Shakespeare of snatching the winning ticket out of his wallet while the two were delivering meat to Miami restaurants.", "Shakespeare's family reported him missing on November 9, telling the Polk County sheriff's office they hadn't seen him since April.", "Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said when their investigation began, they had hoped to find Shakespeare alive \"and he truly had just wanted to hide from those who were asking him for money.\"", "\"As our investigation continued, the information we developed led us to believe he may very well have ended up with an untimely death,\" Judd said.", "Both Judd and Gee said they would not comment on whether anything else was found inside the manmade grave, or whether a previous person of interest was connected to the area.", "The home, according to WFTV, belongs to the boyfriend of a person of interest in the disappearance of Shakespeare.", "While they await identification of the remains, police said they would begin to shift their focus to a murder investigation.", "\"It's painfully obvious he didn't get there by himself,\" Judd said.", "Gee said police from Polk and Hillsborough counties were already working with prosecutors on the case and hope to bring to justice the person responsible for what they believe is clearly cold-blooded murder.", "\"Somebody put that body in that hole,\" Gee said.", "\"This isn't by any means just where we find someone on the side of the road.", "Somebody has obviously put him there.\"" ]	[ "Remains buried five feet below recently added concrete in Plant City, Florida .", "Police: Leads in missing lottery winner case led them to area they expected body to be .", "Abraham Shakespeare disappeared two years after he won $31 million .", "\"It's painfully obvious he didn't get there by himself,\" sheriff says ." ]	[ 0, 4, 16 ]
[ "(CNN) -- An unexpected and sudden spotlight on the Special Olympics, an organization that for more than 40 years has served and honored those with intellectual disabilities, comes less than two weeks before the nonprofit launches a new campaign: Spread the Word to the End the Word.", "Special Olympics is running a campaign to stop the use of the \"R-word.\"", "March 31 is being billed a \"national day of awareness,\" a call to Americans to recognize and rethink their use of the word \"retard,\" or as the organization would prefer, the \"R-word.\"", "\"Most people don't think of this word as hate speech, but that's exactly what it feels like to millions of people with intellectual disabilities, their families and friends,\" a statement about the campaign reads.", "\"This word is just as cruel and offensive as any other slur.\"", "The push for increased respect is being spearheaded by young people who are collecting pledges or vows to not use the word at http://www.r-word.org/, and are leading online discussions on how people can get involved in this cause.", "So far, across the country, 300 schools have already committed to hosting rallies on March 31, Special Olympics President and CEO J. Brady Lum said.", "An aggressive print and online campaign, targeting people ages 18 to 30, will follow, said Kirsten Suto Seckler, who directs the organization's global brand marketing and awareness.", "The ads designed by BBDO New York, will challenge the public -- with language meant to raise eyebrows -- to think about the issue more deeply.", "The campaign uses slurs against Asians, homosexuals, Jews and African-Americans to make the point that language can be harmful to all groups, including people with intellectual disabilities.", "Attention on the Special Olympics skyrocketed Thursday when, in a quick and clearly unscripted moment, President Obama exhibited the power of words during his history-making visit with Jay Leno.", "Watch Suzanne Malveaux's look at Obama's Tonight Show appearance » .", "While joking on The Tonight Show about his bowling prowess (during last year's campaign trail he shamefully scored 37 in a game), Obama said he'd been practicing at the White House.", "He told Leno that he bowled 129 in the White House bowling alley and said his bowling skills are \"like Special Olympics or something.\"", "The comment during the taping of the show prompted Obama to pick up the phone on Air Force One and call Special Olympics Chairman Timothy Shriver to preemptively apologize for the remark before it hit television screens.", "He also reportedly invited Special Olympic athletes to Pennsylvania Avenue to hit the lanes and give him tips or shoot some hoops.", "The president \"expressed his heartfelt and sincere commitment to work with our athletes and make this country a more accepting place for people with special needs,\" Lum, the organization's president, said.", "What Obama said on The Tonight Show adds to the discussion that's needed to raise awareness and has proven \"an incredibly important and seriously teachable moment,\" Lum said.", "From playgrounds to the \"top rungs of our leadership, including our president,\" he said Americans have plenty to talk about and learn when it comes to stereotypes and how words can sting." ]	[ "Americans are being challenged to consider their use of \"R-word\" or \"retard\"\nAttention comes just before campaign: Spread the Word to End the Word .", "Obama's Tonight Show gig included off-the-cuff reference to Special Olympics .", "Special Olympics president and CEO calls all the attention a \"teachable moment\"" ]	[ 1, 2, 11 ]
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates will unveil the Pentagon's plan to prepare for repealing the controversial \"don't ask, don't tell\" law regarding gay soldiers at a committee hearing Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said.", "\"The Defense Department leadership is actively working on an implementation plan and the secretary will have more to say about this next week,\" Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said on Thursday.", "President Obama said in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night that he would work with Congress and the Pentagon this year to repeal the law that prohibits military members from acknowledging openly that they are gay.", "According to the Senate Web site, the Senate Armed Services Committee has scheduled an hour to discuss the issue at Tuesday's hearing on the fiscal year 2011 defense budget, which Gates will attend.", "The committee revised its schedule for the hearing, announcing that Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen will testify on the budget, as planned, as well as the \"don't ask, don't tell\" issue.", "Gates and Mullen are not expected to offer a specific legislative proposal to repeal the law, but rather to detail some of the preliminary steps that need to be taken inside the military in advance of formulating a legislative plan.", "Gates will discuss options for more \"humanely\" implementing the current ban, for example, according to a senior Pentagon official.", "The secretary asked his general counsel's office for options six months ago including how to possibly not expel personnel whose homosexuality is revealed by third parties, the source said.", "The 1993 law bars gay men and lesbians in the military from revealing their sexual orientation, and prevents the military from asking about it.", "Another military official familiar with the discussion said some of the issues to be considered include the cost of implementing a new policy, benefits for gay spouses, potential hate crimes, and even logistical questions such as the possible need to renovate barracks to separate straight and gay troops.", "According to the official, the idea of separate housing or showers was not considered a serious possibility, but would be discussed in order to rule it out.", "Previously, Gates has said the transition from the existing law should be done gradually and \"very, very carefully.\"", "\"The president has been clear about where he wants to go and what he thinks needs to be done,\" Gates said in April at the Army War College when asked about changing the law.", "\"But I think that he is approaching this in a deliberate and cautious manner, so that if we do go down that road, we do it right and we do it in a way that mitigates any downsides, problems that might be associated with it.\"", "At least one member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps -- has expressed reservations in the past about repealing the law.", "In November, Conway said through a spokesman: \"Our Marines are currently engaged in two fights, and our focus should not be drawn away from those priorities.\"", "Some Congressional opposition already is clear.", "Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, a former Navy pilot, released a statement after Wednesday night's State of the Union address saying \"it would be a mistake\" to repeal the law.", "\"This successful policy has been in effect for over 15 years, and it is well understood and predominantly supported by our military at all levels,\" McCain's statement said, later adding: \"At a time when our Armed Forces are fighting and sacrificing on the battlefield, now is not the time to abandon the policy.\"", "Others support the change.", "Gen. John Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it was time to repeal the law.", "\"As a nation built on the principal of equality, we should recognize and welcome change that will build a stronger more cohesive military,\" Shalikashvili said in a letter sent to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, who supports repealing the policy.", "The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, an organization that works with those affected by the \"don't ask, don't tell\" law, praised Obama's call for repeal.", "\"We very much need a sense of urgency to get this done in 2010,\" the group said, later adding: \"The American public, including conservatives, is overwhelmingly with the commander in chief on this one.\"" ]	[ "President has called on Congress to repeal policy on gays in military .", "Defense Secretary Robert Gates will discuss Pentagon's plan at Tuesday hearing .", "Issues include cost of implementation, benefits for gay spouses, potential hate crimes ." ]	[ 0, 9 ]
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Two British men were convicted Thursday of torturing and killing two French students in London last June, London's Metropolitan Police said.", "Gabriel Ferez (left) and Laurent Bonomo were graduate biochemistry students at London's Imperial College.", "Nigel Farmer, 34, and Daniel \"Dano\" Sonnex, 23, were also found guilty of arson, false imprisonment and burglary.", "The bodies of Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, both 23, were found in Bonomo's burned apartment in southeast London last summer.", "Ferez's mother, Francoise Villemont, told the judge that her son's killing was \"indescribable and inexcusable.\"", "\"No human being deserves such a death,\" she said.", "\"My life stopped on the 29th June 2008.", "I feel battered and bruised as a mother forever scarred.\"", "The lead detective in the case, Mick Duthie, said at the time that the two had fallen victim to a \"frenzied, brutal, horrific attack.\"", "During a five-week trial, the jury heard details of how the two students were tied up for hours, tortured for their credit-card personal identification numbers and repeatedly stabbed in an early morning attack June 29, 2008.", "Farmer went back to the apartment that night and set fire to it in an attempt to destroy the evidence, police said.", "Emergency services were called to the address after neighbors heard an explosion and saw flames leaping from the premises.", "Investigators initially believed the French men died in the fire, but an autopsy showed each had been stabbed dozens of times in the head, neck and torso -- 196 times, in Bonomo's case and 47 times for Ferez.", "Police believe they were bound during the assault and an accelerant was used to start the fire after they were killed.", "Hand-held Sony portable games, mobile phones and credit cards were missing, police said.", "Bonomo's card was used to withdraw £360 (about $580) in seven transactions.", "A bank machine seized Ferez's card when someone tried to use it.", "Farmer turned himself in to police in the early hours of July 7, 2008, \"demanding to be seen and claiming to have committed a double murder.", "After hospital treatment, he was questioned for three days but chose to say nothing to police,\" Duthie said.", "Police appealed to the public for tips, prompting someone to name Sonnex as someone \"with a propensity to use violence and whose family lived very close by,\" the police said in a statement.", "Farmer and Sonnex were arrested in July.", "Bonomo's father, Guy Bonomo, said he is \"tormented\" by images of his son's suffering.", "\"Not only have you taken Laurent's life, you've taken my heart and soul,\" he told Farmer and Sonnex.", "\"I wish from the bottom of my heart that you will stay in prison for the rest of your lives.", "I can't bear to think that someone so evil will walk the streets again, that my daughter or a member of my family could encounter you again.\"", "In court, each blamed the other for killing the two men, police said.", "\"Throughout the case, neither has had the decency or courage to admit any part in the fatal assault on the two students with both men telling different stories and ultimately blaming each other,\" Duthie said.", "\"I'm sad to say that we have not yet heard what did happen that early morning.\"", "The two men are due to be sentenced later Wednesday.", "The victims were biochemistry graduate students on a three-month course at Imperial College, London, studying genetic developments.", "They were planning to return to France in July." ]	[ "Daniel Sonnex, Nigel Farmer convicted of killing Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez .", "Also found guilty of arson, false imprisonment and burglary .", "Bodies found in burned-out London flat last July after \"frenzied, brutal attack\"\nInvestigators initially believed the two French students died in a fire ." ]	[ 2, 3 ]

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