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300 | (CNN) -- They're big, strong, and fierce -- and they wear little blue booties. The police dogs in Duesseldorf, Germany are now patrolling the pavement in protective shoes that their police-officer handlers strap onto their paws. The reason? Too many glass shards left by beer drinkers in the city center, said Andre Hart... | Police dogs in Duesseldorf, Germany are now wearing protective shoes .
Glass shards left by beer drinkers in the city center are the reason .
Duesseldorf police force has 20 German and Belgian Shepherds .
Dogs shoes cost €60 ($89) and are also worn by dogs who walk on ice in Alaska . | 268 | 71 |
301 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- The United Nations' anti-drugs chief has denounced celebrities such as pop star Amy Winehouse and supermodel Kate Moss, saying that their alleged drug use was helping devastate West Africa. Amy Winehouse's battles with her addiction are well-documented. "Coke-snorting fashionistas are not only ... | U.N. anti-drugs chief denounces celebrities Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss .
Maria Costa says their alleged drug use is helping devastate West Africa .
The U.N. has spoken out on the issue twice in two weeks .
Winehouse's spokesman says the U.N. should "get its own house in order" | 701 | 72 |
302 | BARCELONA, Spain -- Barcelona's Argentina striker Lionel Messi will be out of action for six weeks after tearing a muscle in his left leg during Tuesday night's 1-0 Champions League victory over Celtic. Messi is helped off the pitch after injuring his left thigh during Tuesday's 1-0 victory over Celtic. The Catalan clu... | Barcelona striker Lionel Messi is ruled out for six weeks with a thigh injury .
The Argentine sustained the injury in Tuesday night's 1-0 victory over Celtic .
It is third time in the last three years that Messi has suffered the same injury . | 400 | 51 |
303 | (CNN) -- China's giant pandas are believed to be safe after Monday's earthquake, but concern is growing over how they will get their next meals. The giant pandas' primary food source is bamboo. Authorities confirmed Tuesday that captive animals in two of China's major panda reserves were alive, according to Xinhua, Chi... | Report: Chinese authorities confirm that captive giant pandas are safe .
Concerns grow over road accessibility to the reserves .
Scientist: Alternative foods exist in the event of depleted bamboo stocks . | 664 | 40 |
304 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. border officers found a wire between two fences along the U.S.-Mexican border that, when stretched taut, could have seriously harmed or even decapitated Border Patrol agents, Congress was told Wednesday. The wire was about 4 feet high when pulled tight, or about neck level for an agent on an AT... | The thick metal wire stretched across the border road and led into Mexico .
Agents discovered it Saturday after a surveillance camera spotted suspicious activity .
Officials say they suspect that drug or illegal immigrant smugglers are involved .
No arrests have been made on either side of the border . | 288 | 55 |
305 | (CNN) -- China's giant pandas are believed to be safe after Monday's earthquake, but concern is growing over how they will get their next meals. Questions remain about whether infrastructure damage will harm the giant pandas' supply of bamboo. Authorities confirmed Tuesday that captive animals in two of China's major p... | Report: Chinese authorities confirm that captive giant pandas are safe .
Concerns grow over road accessibility to the reserves .
Scientist: Alternative foods exist in the event of depleted bamboo stocks . | 666 | 40 |
306 | (CNN) -- Red Cross President and CEO Mark W. Everson has stepped down after revelations he was "engaged in a personal relationship with a subordinate employee," the organization announced Tuesday. Mark W. Everson says he is leaving his post, effective immediately, for "personal and family reasons." The Red Cross Board ... | Red Cross says it became aware of the relationship 10 days ago .
Relationship allegedly involves a subordinate female Red Cross employee .
Board "concluded that the situation reflected poor judgment on Mr. Everson's part"
Everson: I "deeply regret it is impossible for me to continue" | 634 | 61 |
307 | (CNN) -- Canada's House of Commons voted Thursday to extend the country's military mission in Afghanistan until 2011, with the stipulation that NATO send reinforcements to the volatile Kandahar province. Canadian soldiers walk along a track at the Kandahar Air Base in Afghanistan last month. Most of Canada's 2,500 troo... | Troops to stay until 2011, with the stipulation that NATO contribute more forces .
Most of Canada's 2,500 troops in Afghanistan are in Kandahar province .
The Canadian mission in Afghanistan was to end next February .
Critics say the cost has not been disclosed to Parliament or the public . | 354 | 61 |
308 | (CNN) -- They're big, strong, and fierce -- and they wear little blue booties. The police dogs in Duesseldorf, Germany are now patrolling the pavement in protective shoes that their police-officer handlers strap onto their paws. The reason? Too many glass shards left by beer drinkers in the city center, said Andre Hart... | Police dogs in Duesseldorf, Germany are now wearing protective shoes .
Glass shards left by beer drinkers in the city center are the reason .
Duesseldorf police force has 20 German and Belgian Shepherds .
Dogs shoes cost €60 ($89) and are also worn by dogs who walk on ice in Alaska . | 268 | 71 |
309 | BARCELONA, Spain -- Barcelona are ready for twice world player of the year Ronaldinho to move on, said club president Joan Laporta. Ronaldinho is expected to leave Barcelona this summer after struggling for form last season. Laporta told the Catalan TV3 station that the Brazilian midfielder, who struggled with injuries... | Barcelona are ready to let Brazilian international Ronaldinho leave the club .
Club president Joan Laporta says that Ronaldinho needs new challenges .
Barcelona have already replaced coach Frank Rijkaard with Pep Guardiola . | 567 | 45 |
310 | (CNN) -- Hazardous materials teams are still cleaning up a toxic chemical spill from a train derailment in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Saturday that forced 3,000 people from their homes. Lafayette Police Sgt. Billy Soileau carries Ke'Iveion Solomon 2, as he helps evacuate children Saturday. "Hazmat says that clean up is ... | Train cars leaked corrosive hydrochloric acid after a Saturday derailment .
Chemical spill caused a toxic cloud to form above Lafayette site .
Exposure to the chemical can irritate skin .
Lafayette authorities evacuated about 3,500 homes and businesses . | 341 | 54 |
311 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Taliban in Afghanistan -- whose government was toppled by U.S.-led forces after the September 11 attacks in 2001 -- has strengthened its military and technical capabilities even while suffering heavy combat losses, says a State Department report released Wednesday. Afghan policemen stand Wednesd... | State Department report: Taliban military, technical capabilities stronger .
Taliban called a determined threat to Afghan stability .
Funding comes from Pakistan supporters, narcotics trafficking, abductions .
Number of terror attacks increased from 969 in 2006 to 1,127 last year . | 654 | 54 |
312 | (CNN) -- Aruban authorities questioned Joran van der Sloot in the Netherlands about the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, the Aruban prosecutor's office said Friday. Joran van der Sloot awaits transfer from the Netherlands to Aruba in November. He later was released. It happened less than a week after a Dutch televisi... | The two-hour interview takes place in the Netherlands .
Joran van der Sloot again denies any role in Natalee Holloway's disappearance .
Says he was under the influence of marijuana when he was secretly videotaped .
Footage shows van der Sloot saying he was with Holloway when she died . | 655 | 66 |
313 | TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine pleaded guilty Friday to abusive sexual contact with a child under 16, bringing to a close a criminal case that stoked outrage in Japan, a Marine spokesman said. Protesters turned out in March after the rape allegations surfaced. The Marine pleaded guilty to charges Friday. Staff. Sg... | U.S. Marine pleads guilty to abusive sexual contact with a child under 16 .
Staff. Sgt. Tyrone L. Hadnott is sentenced to four years confinement .
The Marine Corps withdrew several other charges, including rape of a child . | 446 | 52 |
314 | (CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo missed an early penalty as Manchester United earned a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the Champions League semifinal at Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium on Wednesday night. Cristiano Ronaldo sent his penalty attempt wide as United failed to take an early lead at the Nou Camp. The Portugal winger, th... | Manchester United earn 0-0 draw away to Barcelona in first leg of semifinal .
United's top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo misses penalty in the third minute .
Barca dominated Champions League tie but could not breach United's defense .
Goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar made several saves but not seriously tested . | 827 | 63 |
315 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Al Qaeda is still operating within Pakistan's mountainous tribal region bordering Afghanistan, and the United States lacks a "comprehensive" plan for meeting its national security goals there, said a U.S. government study released Thursday. A Pakistani policeman watches over a border area in Februar... | Al Qaeda has "succeeded in establishing a safe haven," GAO says .
Report says there is no comprehensive U.S. plan for reaching security goals .
Democratic critic says report is "appalling," blames administration . | 768 | 48 |
316 | DELHI, India (CNN) -- India is on high alert after a series of near-simultaneous explosions killed at least 60 people and wounded 150 others in a top tourist spot, government and local officials told CNN-IBN. An injured man rests at Swai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur. Bicycles and rickshaws were strewn about the street... | Eight quickfire explosions kill at least 60 people in northwest Indian city .
Bombs explode within 12 minutes of each other, 150 people also wounded .
Explosions within a small radius in Jaipur's old city, popular with tourists .
Motorcycles appear to have been used in the attacks, state minister says . | 682 | 66 |
317 | (CNN) -- South Korea's new president has pledged to donate his salary to the underprivileged. South Korean leader Lee Myung-Bak says he would donate his salary to help the underprivileged. Lee Myung-Bak made the pledge during an unscheduled meeting with reporters Sunday in the press room of his presidential office, the... | South Korean leader Lee Myung-Bak says he will donate his salary to help the poor .
While mayor of Seoul, he donated salary to children of street cleaners and firefighters .
Lee is a former CEO of an engineering and construction company . | 241 | 50 |
318 | (CNN) -- Forbes' list of the world's wealthy has named Warren Buffett the richest person on the planet, surpassing his friend and philanthropic partner Bill Gates who had held the title for 13 consecutive years. American investor Warren Buffett has been named world's richest person. The American investor and philanthro... | Forbes crowns American investor Warren Buffett as world's richest person .
After 13 years on top, Microsoft's Bill Gates drops to number three position .
Russia replaces Germany as No. 2 country with 87 billionaires .
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may be youngest self-made billionaire in history . | 474 | 59 |
319 | (CNN) -- A video showing the last moments of a Polish immigrant, who died after Canadian police shot him with a stun gun at Vancouver International Airport, has been made public. This image from video shows an agitated Robert Dziekanski, left, before police used a stun gun on him. Robert Dziekanski, 40, was traveling t... | Man died after Canadian police shot him at Vancouver Airport on October 14 .
Polish immigrant became agitated after being left waiting at airport for 10 hours .
Flight was first time he had been on a plane; he spoke no English .
Incident, captured on video by a bystander, is being investigated by authorities . | 303 | 65 |
320 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Before Monday, Eliot Spitzer was a rising star in the Democratic Party -- his squeaky-clean image as a corruption buster led to his being mentioned as a potential vice-presidential candidate and possibly even a future White House contender. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer arrives with his wife Monday for ... | N.Y. governor, a hard-charging ex-prosecutor, falls far amid link to prostitution .
"There's no way he can survive" scandal, GOP consultant and adviser says .
Ex-Bill Clinton adviser: He has a chance if scandal's enemy-driven or only about sex .
Estranged wife of ex-N.J. governor says Spitzer should resign to spare fam... | 805 | 86 |
321 | (CNN) -- Mormon leader Gordon B. Hinckley died Sunday night at age 97, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced. Gordon B. Hinckley, 97, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Sunday. Hinckley had "been in failing health for some time and his passing is due to age," said chu... | Hinckley was president of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1995 .
The Church will choose a successor after Hinckley's funeral .
Hinckley died at about 7 p.m. with his family by his side . | 709 | 53 |
322 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama raised more than $40 million from more than 442,000 donors in March, his presidential campaign announced Thursday. Sen. Barack Obama greets campaign volunteers during a stop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday. More than 218,000 of the donors were giving for the first time, t... | NEW: Sen. Clinton raised $20 million in March, campaign sources say .
Clinton camp says her tax returns will be released soon .
More than 442,000 donors contribute to Sen. Barack Obama's, campaign says .
Number is below record $55 million Obama raised in February . | 511 | 60 |
323 | CHARLESTON, South Carolina (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry on Thursday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, saying the senator from Illinois is a "candidate to bring change to our country." "Barack Obama isn't just going to break the mold," said Kerry, the Democratic presidential candida... | NEW: Sen. Barack Obama will bring the country together, Sen. John Kerry says .
Kerry was the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004 .
John Edwards, also running for the '08 Democratic bid, was Kerry's running mate .
Obama picked up key endorsements from unions in Nevada this week . | 599 | 61 |
324 | (CNN) -- Those battling global warming by promoting biofuels may unintentionally be adding to skyrocketing world food prices, creating what one expert calls "a silent tsunami" in developing nations. The rising prices are "threatening to plunge more than 100 million people on every continent into hunger," Josette Sheera... | Prices mean 100 million people could go hungry, U.N. official says .
Soaring food prices have triggered violence in some developing countries .
Expert says focus on biofuels means less focus on food crop .
World Health Organization views hunger as main threat to public health . | 739 | 59 |
325 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- It's a neighborhood of shotgun houses painted a rainbow of colors, a community of artists, workaday folks and students where everyone knows everyone's name. Destruction in Atlanta's historic Cabbagetown district, which many artists call home. Saturday morning, people were out walking their dog... | Some homes damaged, others unscathed in Atlanta's Cabbagetown district .
The community of shotgun-style homes is home to artists and students .
Neighbors surveyed damage Saturday and offered help to each other .
Church is damaged, says pastor, but he plans to give Palm Sunday sermon . | 785 | 62 |
326 | (CNN) -- A member of the group dubbed the "Jena 6" is facing misdemeanor assault charges after a fight at his Texas high school Wednesday, police said Thursday. Bryant Purvis was arrested after a fight Wednesday at his Texas high school, police said. Bryant Purvis, 19, was arrested after the incident at Hebron High Sch... | Bryant Purvis, 19, is facing misdemeanor assault charges, police say .
Fight involving Jena 6 teen does not appear to be racially motivated, official says .
Purvis allegedly choked a teen who he thought flattened friend's car tires .
Teen, whose bond is $1,000, is still awaiting trial in the Jena 6 case . | 483 | 73 |
327 | LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- A group of Nigerian rebels who wrote a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush, stating that they attacked two oil pipelines Monday, have asked for former President Jimmy Carter and actor George Clooney to help solve issues in the oil-rich Niger-delta. Military policemen patrol the creeks of the... | Nigerian rebels write to U.S. President George W. Bush, say they attacked oil pipelines .
Appeal for former U.S. President Carter, actor George Clooney to help mediate .
Group say they attacked two pipelines believed owned by Chevron Corp., Shell oil.
Adds that their aim was "the crippling of the Nigerian oil export in... | 593 | 75 |
328 | (CNN) -- Sin Hwa Dee began operations in the 1970s as a cottage industry in the former soya sauce-producing enclave of Kim Chuan Road, in the Paya Lebar area of Singapore. Mr. and Mrs. Chng Kee started out producing soya and oyster sauces, bean paste and plum paste in the 1970s. It was founded by the late Mr. Chng Kee,... | Sin Hwa Dee founded by former soya salesman and soya production operator .
One of Sin Hwa Dee's factories dedicated exclusively to Yu Sheng products .
In 2005, Sin Hwa Dee moved into their own building, CHNG Kee's Foodlink . | 422 | 54 |
329 | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Striking Hollywood writers will be back at their keyboards Wednesday after voting overwhelmingly to end a 100-day walkout that essentially shut down the entertainment industry. Writers Guild of America member Steven Binder shows his approval as he votes Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Califor... | More than 92 percent of writers vote to end 100-day walkout and return to work .
Writers Guild of America strike began November 5 .
Issues in walkout included handling of writers' work for new media such as Internet .
Report: February 24 Oscar show will go on as usual . | 799 | 62 |
330 | (CNN) -- Canada's House of Commons voted Thursday to extend the country's military mission in Afghanistan until 2011, with the stipulation that NATO send reinforcements to the volatile Kandahar province. Canadian soldiers walk along a track at the Kandahar Air Base in Afghanistan last month. Most of Canada's 2,500 troo... | Troops to stay until 2011, with the stipulation that NATO contribute more forces .
Most of Canada's 2,500 troops in Afghanistan are in Kandahar province .
The Canadian mission in Afghanistan was to end next February .
Critics say the cost has not been disclosed to Parliament or the public . | 354 | 61 |
331 | JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) -- His name is "Average" and the story of his desperate flight from the wreckage of President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe is an increasingly common one. Math teacher Mawise Gumba fled Zimbabwe and found his qualifications mean little as a refugee. The tall 34-year-old, slouching exhaus... | His name is "Average," he fled wreckage of President Mugabe's Zimbabwe .
One of the 4,000 who flee hunger, homelessness into South Africa a day .
Once-prosperous nation now an economic disaster with 5,000 percent inflation . | 768 | 53 |
332 | (CNN) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defended himself and his wife Sunday against suggestions that they are insufficiently patriotic. Sen. Barack Obama defended himself and his wife against recent suggestions that they are not patriotic. After a town hall meeting in Lorain, Ohio, a reporter asked Ob... | Obama responds to question about attempts to paint him as unpatriotic .
Obama cited for not wearing American flag lapel pin, among other things .
Obama: "There's always some nonsense going on in general elections"
Clinton has said she has shown she can withstand conservative attacks . | 820 | 59 |
333 | BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- Six Italian men were shot dead in the German city of Duisburg on Wednesday in an execution-style killing linked to a mafia feud. Police remove a body from the scene. Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato said the shootings appeared to be linked to a feud between two mafia clans in the southe... | Six young Italians found shot in the head in western German city of Duisburg .
Five were dead when authorities arrived, one died later .
The victims were between 16 and 39 years old, police say .
Police believe the killings may be linked to organized crime in Italy . | 496 | 57 |
334 | (CNN) -- Panama City Beach, Florida, police are looking for a hotel security guard accused of raping an Alabama student and throwing her off a sixth-floor hotel balcony, a police spokesman told CNN. Police released this photo of Shawn Wuertly, who worked as a hotel security guard in Panama City Beach, Florida. The 18-y... | Police in Panama City Beach, Florida, looking for hotel security guard Shawn Wuertly .
He's suspected of raping teen staying at hotel, tossing her from 6th-floor balcony .
Victim remains hospitalized; injuries not life-threatening, police say .
Wuertly was questioned by police earlier, released for lack of evidence . | 421 | 70 |
335 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Record oil prices, the sub-prime mortgage mess and slumping stock markets are hardly music to the ears of investors. In tough economic times like these, investors seek out safe, stable investments such as guaranteed government bonds or CDs. Yet a growing number are being wooed by the sweet sou... | Investors are being wooed by funds specializing in high-end musical instruments .
The Stradivarius violin is the premier investment instrument .
A new hedge fund called the Fine Violins Fund is dedicated to top-range instruments . | 704 | 48 |
336 | MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Buses that carry women only are experiencing a smooth ride with passengers in Mexico's capital. A woman rides on a bus exclusively for female passengers last month in Mexico City. Fans of the new service call their daily commutes more pleasant now that bus rides steer clear of too-close-fo... | Passengers on female-only buses describe their commutes as more pleasant .
Seven complaints of sexual abuse aboard Mexico City buses made last year .
Single-sex service is available on four major lines in Mexican capital . | 320 | 44 |
337 | MILAN, Italy -- European Super Cup winners Milan were brought back down to earth at the San Siro on Monday, as Fiorentina held them to a 1-1 draw in Serie A. Kaka (right) wheels away in celebration after scoring his penalty against Fiorentina. Fiorentina striker Adrian Mutu earned the visitors a point with a 56th-minut... | Super Cup winners AC Milan are held to a 1-1 home draw by Fiorentina .
Brazilian Kaka gave Milan the lead with a penalty after a foul on Ambrosini .
Adrian Mutu equalised for Fiorentina with a header from Santana's cross . | 320 | 60 |
338 | (CNN) -- Two hours before his scheduled execution Thursday, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles commuted the death sentence of Samuel David Crowe, his lawyer said. Samuel David Crowe's death sentence was changed to life in prison by Georgia authorities, his attorney says. Crowe was convicted in 1988 of murdering J... | NEW: Attorney says inmate was shocked, relieved, somber .
NEW: Victim's family too devastated to address parole board .
Samuel David Crowe's death sentence was changed to life in prison Thursday .
Crowe admitted killing a store clerk in 1988 in Georgia . | 579 | 56 |
339 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A German woman held hostage in Iraq since February has been freed, but her son was still being held, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Wednesday. An image taken from a video issued in April shows Hannelore Marianne Krause and her son Sinan. The woman, Hannelore Marianne Krause,... | German foreign minister says woman was released after 155 days .
Germany will continue efforts to free her adult son, who remains in captivity .
In video, militants had demanded that German troops leave Afghanistan . | 478 | 40 |
340 | SANTIAGO, Chile (CNN) -- Nearly 100 former Chilean soldiers and secret police will be prosecuted on charges they tried to cover up the disappearance and deaths of 119 people during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, a judge ordered Monday. Former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet, pictured in 2000. The disappearanc... | Chilean judge orders prosecution of 98 former Pinochet soldiers, agents .
Order is related to investigation of 60 people who disappeared in 1970s .
Hundreds were killed or disappeared during Augusto Pinochet's rule .
Suspects are expected to appear in court in Chile on Tuesday . | 409 | 58 |
341 | MUGELLO, Italy -- Italian Valentino Rossi's resurgence continued on Saturday, as the five-time MotoGP champion took pole position at his home race in Mugello. Rossi gives the thumbs up after taking his first pole position of the season at his home race in Mugello. The 29-year-old has struggled since winning his last ti... | Valentino Rossi claims pole position for Sunday's Italian MotoGP in Mugello .
A lap of one minute 48.130 seconds enough to give Rossi first pole of season .
Yamaha rider Rossi three points ahead of Honda's Dani Pedrosa in standings . | 362 | 56 |
342 | (CNN) -- Actress Sharon Stone said in a statement Saturday that she "could not be more regretful" of her comments this month regarding the earthquake in China, in which she suggested that the quake was an act of "karma." Sharon Stone made the controversial remarks before she hosted a charity auction at the Cannes Film ... | Sharon Stone had suggested that deadly earthquake might be karma .
Actress issues statement "to set the record straight" regarding remark .
Stone says comments were product of "news sensationalism" | 419 | 39 |
343 | (CNN) -- Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal made light work of his heavy schedule and a recurring foot problem to reach the last 16 of the French Open on Friday. Rafael Nadal inspects his blistered foot during his third-round victory against Jarko Nieminen. The world No. 2 crushed Finnish 26th seed Jarkko Niemi... | Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal into last 16 of the French Open .
Spanish world No. 2 crushes Finnish 26th seed Jarkko Nieminen 6-1 6-3 6-1 .
Second seed next faces Fernando Verdasco who beat Mikhail Youzhny .
Third seed Novak Djokovic later joins Nadal in the fourth round at Roland Garros .
Nicolas Almagro ... | 576 | 99 |
344 | (CNN) -- Seven players involved in last week's Champions League final have been excused from England's trip to Trinidad and Tobago for their friendly international on Sunday. Only Jermaine Defoe (second right) of the England players congratulating John Terry will travel to Trinidad. Coach Fabio Capello confirmed that o... | Seven players have been cut from the England squad for friendly in Trinidad .
The seven players had all appeared in the Champions League final last week .
However, Manchester United central defender Rio Ferdinand will be playing . | 351 | 42 |
345 | (CNN) -- A federal grand jury indicted a man arrested last week in connection with a mysterious case of exposure to the deadly biological agent ricin, prosecutors said. Authorities found ricin, weapons and an anarchist manual in Roger Von Bergendorff's Nevada hotel room. Roger Von Bergendorff, 57, was indicted on charg... | Roger Von Bergendorff indicted on ricin possession charges .
Bergendorff had been hospitalized with suspected ricin poisoning .
Authorities found ricin, guns in Bergendorff's Nevada hotel room .
Thomas Tholen, Bergendorff's cousin, also faces charges . | 423 | 57 |
346 | (CNN) -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has warned against outside influences in next month's run-off election, likening one American diplomat to a "prostitute" and threatening to oust another from his country. Robert Mugabe tries to stir voters with a blistering speech criticizing the U.S. and Britain. "Zimbabwe can... | Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe likens U.S. diplomat to prostitute .
Mugabe warns U.S. and Britain to keep out of Zimbabwe .
Morgan Tsvangirai attends funeral and accuses Mugabe supporters of murder . | 550 | 50 |
347 | (CNN) -- Serie A champions Inter Milan have confirmed the dismissal of coach Roberto Mancini, opening the way for former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho to replace him. Mancini guided Inter Milan to the Italian league title for three successive seasons. Ironically, the 43-year-old Mancini, who guided Inter to three succe... | Serie A champions Inter Milan confirm dismissal of coach Roberto Mancini .
Mancini allegedly fired for comments made after defeat to Liverpool in March .
Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho favorite to take over at the San Siro . | 465 | 47 |
348 | (CNN) -- A shadowy figure in the back seat of an SUV in surveillance photos is a second "person of interest" in the slaying of the University of North Carolina student body president, police said Monday. Investigators say a second male appears in the back seat in this ATM photo, which has been colorized. Police on Satu... | ATM photo shows driver, shadowy figure in back seat of SUV .
Driver appears to be using one of student Eve Carson's ATM cards .
Carson was found shot to death early Wednesday near campus .
Carson was student body president at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . | 518 | 58 |
349 | GEROLSTEIN, Germany -- Mineral water company Gerolsteiner have decided to drop their sponsorship of the German ProTour cycling team, which expires at the end of the 2008 season. German rider Stefan Schumacher is a member of the Gerolsteiner team. Gerolsteiner, who have been team sponsors since 1998, said there was a ch... | The Gerolsteiner company is ending its sponsorship of the Pro Tour team .
They have been team sponsors since 1998 and their contract ends next year .
Stefan Schumacher and Davide Rebellin are leading team members .
T-Mobile have fired Lorenzo Bernucci after a positive dope test . | 584 | 62 |
350 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Negotiations between the United States and Libya that could result in compensation for past acts of state-sponsored terrorism by Libya are under way, a senior State Department official said Friday. The wreckage of Pan Am 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland; the bombing killed 270 people in 1989. U.S. and Li... | Nations hoping for deal in which Libya would compensate terrorism victims .
Eights acts would be covered in possible agreement .
Libya has tried to normalize relations with U.S. by renouncing terrorism .
U.S. oil companies want to explore and develop Libya's oil fields . | 374 | 60 |
351 | (CNN) -- Researchers have produced aerial photos of jungle dwellers who they say are among the few remaining peoples on Earth who have had no contact with the outside world. Indigenous Brazilians are photographed during an overflight in May, reacting to the sights over their camp. Taken from a small airplane, the photo... | The photos are published on the National Indian Foundation's Web site .
Government: Men appear strong and healthy, live in communal shelters .
"Uncontacted tribes" are thought to have had no contact with outsiders . | 417 | 44 |
352 | MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, formed Saturday near the coast of Belize, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Tropical Storm Arthur could make its way across the Yucatan and re-emerge in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm made its way over land and was e... | NEW: Storm could re-emerge into Gulf of Mexico and regain intensity .
Storm's maximum sustained winds near 40 mph .
Storm forecast to dump up to 10 to 15 inches of rain over Belize .
2008 hurricane season begins Sunday . | 567 | 50 |
353 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Imams delivering their Friday sermons in Iraq are denouncing the shooting of a Quran, the holy book of Islam, by a U.S. soldier. Col. Ted Martin kisses a copy of the Quran before presenting it to tribal leaders Saturday. "If we were strongly united from the beginning, that silly-minded American s... | "We condemn and denounce the criminal act," Shiite imam says in Friday sermon .
Sunni imam calls soldier "silly-minded American" who embarrassed leader .
American staff sergeant had used a Quran for target practice in Iraq .
Friday prayers most significant event of the week for Muslims . | 492 | 61 |
354 | SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- On the question of whether recent immigrants assimilate as quickly as previous waves, many Americans exhibit short fuses -- and even shorter memories. Ruben Navarrette Jr. notes that immigrants have been criticized throughout history for not assimilating. They have convinced themselves th... | Navarrette: Americans perceive new immigrants as not assimilating .
Americans think ancestors got off the boat waving the Stars and Stripes, he says .
That leads to resentment of current wave of immigrants, he says .
But a recent study says new immigrants are joining the mainstream . | 739 | 58 |
355 | (CNN) -- Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has announced he will quit international cricket at the end of the ongoing second Test against West Indies. MacGill will retire after 10 years of Test cricket, in which he has taken 207 wickets. The 37-year-old made his Test debut against South Africa 10 years ago and has s... | Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has announced he will quit Test cricket .
The 37-year-old made his Test debut 10 years ago and has taken 207 wickets .
MacGill took only wicket to fall in rain-interrupted third day of second Test .
Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dwayne Bravo compile unbroken stand of 73 . | 338 | 78 |
356 | JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An Indonesian businessman known for publicity stunts dropped 100 million rupiah, or about $10,700, from an aircraft Sunday to promote his new book. Bank notes are dropped from a small airplane Sunday to promote Tung Desem Waringin's new book. Tung Desem Waringin circled eight times over a so... | Indonesian businessman circles soccer field eight times, dumping bags of cash .
Men snatch bills from youngsters; one man stuffs blue cap with money .
Businessman wanted to pull stunt over Jakarta, but police feared chaos .
Author once rode on horseback through Jakarta, dressed as war hero . | 331 | 61 |
357 | CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- At a debate in front of thousands of labor union activists Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama's Democratic presidential rivals blasted him for his remarks about Pakistan. Last Wednesday, the Illinois senator said that if it were necessary to root out terrorists, he would send U.S. forces into Pakist... | Sen. Hillary Clinton booed when she criticizes Sen. Barack Obama at debate .
Clinton, Sen. Chris Dodd slam Obama's stance on Pakistan .
Obama: U.S. should go into Pakistan if intelligence warrants it .
Debate sponsored by AFL-CIO drew thousands of labor activists . | 584 | 62 |
358 | (CNN) -- The U.S. military is promising action to address conditions in a barracks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, after a soldier's father posted images on YouTube showing a building that he said "should be condemned." A soldier battles overflowing sewage in the Fort Bragg barracks shortly after coming home from Afghan... | Video shows moldy, rusty building with paint chipping; broken drain pipe .
Picture: Soldier in a sink to prevent 3 inches of sewage water from overflowing .
"This is embarrassing. It's disgusting," soldier's father says .
Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Dick Cody: "There's no excuse" for conditions . | 768 | 68 |
359 | (CNN) -- Suspected Islamic insurgents fired mortar rounds at a plane carrying Somalia's transitional president, but no one -- including Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed -- was harmed, a presidential spokesman said. Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, pictured late last month during a visit to France. The attack happened while... | Suspected Islamic rebels fire at a plane carrying Somalia's transitional president .
Plane attacked as about to take off from Mogadishu, no injuries reported .
Attack is the second assassination attempt on Ahmed after car bomb in 2006 .
Somalia in chaos since 1991, when warlords deposed dictator Mohamed Siad Barre . | 432 | 68 |
360 | (CNN) -- Brendon Pelser said he saw pure terror in the faces of his fellow passengers after an engine fell from a wing as it took off from Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday. Men were sweating profusely, women were crying. "There was fear on their faces," Pelser said. "Everyone started panicking." But the pilot of Nat... | Nationwide Airlines pilot dumped fuel until he landed plane Wednesday .
An object was sucked into the engine as the nose wheel lifted from the ground .
100, including crew, were on the plane; no one was injured .
Plane passenger: "Everyone started panicking" | 517 | 56 |
361 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The nation's largest publicly owned utility company may be vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a new report. In 2007 President Bush visited the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Tennessee Valley Authority, which supplies power to almost 9 million Amer... | A hacker could disrupt Tennessee Valley Authority system, causing blackouts .
TVA supplies power to almost 9 million Americans .
Congress was told 75 percent of utilities fixed problems to combat attacks .
Representative: no clear picture of how vulnerable utilities are to cyber attacks . | 615 | 54 |
362 | DERBY, England -- Substitute Emmanuel Adebayor struck his second hat-trick against Derby this season as Arsenal ran riot with a 6-2 Premier League victory at Pride Park. Arsenal players celebrate Robin Van Persie's goal in their comfortable 6-2 victory over Derby. The Gunners, 5-0 winners at The Emirates earlier in the... | Emmanuel Adebayor hits hat-trick as Arsenal thrash Derby 6-2 at Pride Park .
The result follows Arsenal's 5-0 win against bottom side earlier this season .
Arsenal are four points behind Man United and Chelsea with two matches left . | 750 | 55 |
363 | MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A woman who died after she was hit by a spotted eagle ray leaping from the water off the Florida Keys suffered "multiple skull fractures and direct brain injury," a medical examiner said Friday. The dead spotted eagle ray lies on the deck of a boat in Florida. Judy Kay Zagorski, 55, of Pigeon, ... | NEW: Woman suffered brain injury, multiple skull fractures, medical examiner rules .
Spotted eagle ray leaps from water, strikes woman on boat, officials say .
Victim was 55-year-old woman from Michigan .
Spotted eagle ray weighed 75 to 80 pounds, official says . | 561 | 59 |
364 | (CNN) -- Tom Cruise expounds on his beliefs in Scientology in a 2004 video that made its way onto the Internet this week. Tom Cruise appears with his wife, Katie Holmes, at a movie premiere earlier this month. "I think it's a privilege to call yourself a Scientologist, and it's something you have to earn," Cruise says ... | Scientology membership a privilege that's earned, Cruise says .
2004 video part of ceremony honoring Cruise for humanitarian work .
Scientology defined as "study of the truth" | 722 | 35 |
365 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In what he called a "defining moment for our nation," Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday became the first African-American to head the ticket of a major political party. Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday told supporters he will be the Democratic nominee. Obama's steady stream of superdelegate endorsements, com... | NEW: Clinton says she's not making any decisions tonight .
NEW: CNN projects Clinton wins South Dakota; Obama takes Montana .
Obama passes delegate threshold .
Clinton tells New York lawmakers she would be Obama's No. 2 . | 770 | 47 |
366 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that it is investigating an incident in which a panel separated from the wing of a Boeing 757 while it was in flight last week. iReporter and Flight 1250 passenger Paul Shepherd took this photo of the damage through the aircraft's window. The in... | The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating US Airways flight .
Plane was en route from Orlando, Florida, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
Wing panel struck several windows, cracking the outer pane of one .
Plane landed in Philadelphia about 30 minutes after the incident with no injuries . | 249 | 57 |
367 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. has restored Fulbright scholarships to seven Gaza-based students, saying it erred last week when it rescinded the awards because of travel restrictions that Israel imposes on the Palestinian territory. Student Hadeel Abukwaik, 23, says she hopes to have an exit visa to leave Gaza for the U.... | NEW: State Department says U.S. erred when it rescinded scholarships .
U.S. tells students it is trying to persuade Israel to let them leave Gaza .
U.S. cited Israeli travel restrictions on territory when it rescinded awards last week .
Israeli spokesman indicates his country would be willing to grant visas . | 787 | 68 |
368 | BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Police in Tibet have arrested 16 Buddhist monks and are seeking three more for their alleged involvement in one bombing and two attempted bombings, authorities in Tibet told state-run media. Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers are shown in the streets of Lhasa, Tibet, on March 14. All thre... | Arrests tied to three bombings in April, police tell Xinhua .
China says suspects confessed; CNN could not confirm .
Lhasa, Tibet was site of deadly unrest in March . | 491 | 40 |
369 | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Workers using blowtorches accidentally started a weekend fire at Universal Studios, Los Angeles County spokeswoman Judy Hammond told CNN Monday. The fire burns buildings and movie sets at Universal Studios on Sunday. The fast-moving, early morning blaze destroyed several movie sets and ... | Workers using heating tools started Sunday's fire, an official told CNN .
The blaze destroyed movie sets and a King Kong exhibit .
10 firefighters were injured . | 390 | 33 |
370 | DORCHESTER, England (CNN) -- Englishman John Webber thought nothing of the small, shiny cup, passed down from his junk dealer grandfather and stashed under a bed for years, until appraisers said it was an ancient Persian artifact. The ancient Persian gold cup, thought to date from the third or fourth century B.C., fet... | Gold cup stashed under bed for years is $100,000 ancient Persian artifact .
Small urn went under the hammer at auction in southern England Thursday .
Artifact acquired by junk dealer, grandfather of current owner, in the 1930s or 1940s .
Experts say it is believed to date from the third or fourth century B.C. | 657 | 71 |
371 | (CNN) -- U.S. President George Bush railed against the government of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe Monday, calling intimidation of opposition figures "deplorable." Leading opposition figure Artur Mutambara was arrested following his criticism of President Robert Mugabe. "The continued use of government-sponsored v... | Bush: Continued use of government-sponsored violence deplorable .
Opposition unable to campaign freely ahead of June 27 presidential runoff election .
Police arrest student activist-turned-opposition politician Arthur Mutambara .
Bush: Mugabe's government is failing on multiple levels . | 500 | 56 |
372 | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A massive blast targeting the Danish Embassy in Pakistan Monday killed at least six people and wounded as many as 18, authorities said. The scene of devastation in Islamabad Monday after a suicide car bomb attack near the Danish Embassy. The blast left a four-foot deep crater in the road. C... | Suicide car bomber targeted Danish embassy in capital, Islamabad .
Differing accounts put death toll at between eight and six people .
Medical worker says a child and at least one foreign national died in blast .
Danish embassy scene of protests last year over Muhammed cartoons row . | 841 | 58 |
373 | (CNN) -- U.S. Navy ships loaded with supplies for victims of Myanmar's cyclone will sail away from the country's coast on Thursday, after the ruling junta refused for three weeks to allow them to deliver aid. U.S. ships steam in formation off the coast of Myanmar on May 23. Adm. Timothy Keating said the USS Essex group... | NEW: U.S. ships to leave area Thursday, admiral says; some planes will stay .
NEW: Adm. Timothy Keating says he's frustrated that aid was refused .
Myanmar junta leaders did not grant permission for U.S. Navy ships to deliver aid .
U.S. will keep pushing efforts to get emergency supplies to victims, despite rebuff . | 738 | 80 |
374 | SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Hyundai Chairman Chung Mong-koo escaped a prison sentence for embezzlement after a South Korean court ruled Thursday to instead impose a suspended five year sentence, according to a company spokesman. Hyundai Motor chairman Chung Mong-Koo, center, leaves the High Court after his trial in Seo... | Hyundai Chairman Chung Mong-koo has escaped prison for embezzling .
South Korean court ruled instead to impose a suspended five year sentence .
In February, the 68-year-old executive was sentenced to three years in prison .
Chung was accused of placing firm's money in fund to earn government favors . | 246 | 67 |
375 | DORCHESTER, England (CNN) -- Englishman John Webber thought nothing of the small, shiny cup, passed down from his junk dealer grandfather and stashed under a bed for years, until appraisers said it was an ancient Persian artifact. The ancient Persian gold cup, thought to date from the third or fourth century B.C., fet... | Gold cup stashed under bed for years is $100,000 ancient Persian artifact .
Small urn went under the hammer at auction in southern England Thursday .
Artifact acquired by junk dealer, grandfather of current owner, in the 1930s or 1940s .
Experts say it is believed to date from the third or fourth century B.C. | 657 | 71 |
376 | (CNN) -- A former member of the radical 1970s group Symbionese Liberation Army is back in custody after a clerical error miscalculated her prison release date, a California Department of Corrections spokesman said Saturday. Sara Jane Olson wipes away a tear at a Los Angeles courthouse in 1999. Sara Jane Olson was freed... | NEW: Sara Jane Olson's attorney says she cannot be treated as "yo-yo"
Ex-Symbionese Liberation Army member freed Monday after serving about six years .
California Department of Corrections says clerical error led to release .
Her earliest release date is now March 17, 2009 . | 757 | 61 |
377 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Artist Robert West is proud of his connection to the Pullman Company. His grandfather, Allen Parrish, was a Pullman Porter and helped inspire some of his train paintings. Robert West paints his latest project in his Atlanta, Georgia, studio. "When I was growing up, we would often take grandf... | Robert West was inspired by family history to paint trains .
Artist's grandfather was a Pullman train porter .
"Visual historian" does a lot of research before painting . | 551 | 36 |
378 | MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Spanish police Tuesday arrested two Moroccan men suspected of having links to Islamic terrorism, Spain's Ministry of Interior said, including one man wanted in connection with attacks in Casablanca in 2003. Mohamed El Bay is thought to have been trying to buy weapons and explosives. The arrests w... | Two men arrested in Spanish enclave of Melilla, near Morocco .
One accused of involvement in bombing that killed 33 in Casablanca .
The other is believed to have been trying to buy arms .
Arrest warrants were issued after Morocco broke up terror network last February . | 311 | 56 |
379 | (CNN) -- Preliminary results of an investigation show that Tuesday's massive power outage in Florida was caused by human error, Florida Power and Light President Armando Olivera said Friday. A field engineer was diagnosing a switch that had malfunctioned at FPL's Flagami substation in west Miami. Without authorization,... | A field engineer disabled two levels of relay protection, Florida Power and Light says .
FPL: Actions were contrary to standard procedures and established practices .
The employee has been suspended with pay as the investigation continues .
About 3 million people lost power Tuesday . | 401 | 52 |
380 | (CNN) -- The Netherlands has rejected an asylum plea by a gay Iranian teenager trying to escape possible persecution in his homeland. Mehdi Kazemi believes he will face persecution if he is made to return to Iran. Mehdi Kazemi, 19, had originally sought asylum in Britain, where he was taking classes on a student visa, ... | Iranian teenager loses appeal to remain in the Netherlands .
19-year-old had sought asylum in UK but is to be sent home .
Mehdi Kazemi says he will face persecution in his homeland . | 574 | 44 |
381 | (CNN) -- The building in Amstetten, eastern Austria, seems innocuous enough. But it is underneath this family home --- now known as "the house of horror" -- that a woman was held for nearly 24 years by her father and repeatedly raped, giving birth to seven children as a result. The bathroom used by the woman, who was ... | Austrian father confesses he held daughter prisoner for nearly 24 years First images emerge of the cellar dungeon in which she, three children held The rooms include a sleeping quarters, a kitchen and a bathroom .
Police are still trying to understand the purpose of all the rooms in the cellar . | 668 | 59 |
382 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Videos of the chaos and horrified reactions after the July 7, 2005, London transit bombings were shown to jurors Thursday in the trial of three men charged with conspiracy in the case. Smoke and dust fill the platform area at Liverpool Street Station on July 7, 2005, after a bomb exploded. One ... | Jurors see video evidence in the trial of three men charged with conspiracy .
One video shows explosion seconds after train leaves Liverpool Street Station .
Videos also show three of four suspects in London transport bombings . | 416 | 43 |
383 | CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Political powerbroker Tony Rezko, whose links to presidential contender Barack Obama dropped him into the national spotlight this year, was convicted of money laundering, fraud and bribery charges by a federal jury Wednesday. Tony Rezko, left, leaves federal court with his family Tuesday duri... | Illinois political power broker Tony Rezko convicted in corruption case .
Rezko was accused of demanding kickbacks for state business contracts .
Rezko made contributions to Obama campaign, sold him land . | 302 | 42 |
384 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After months of stalemate, the Senate late Tuesday passed a huge government spending bill that includes billions of dollars requested by President Bush to continue the war in Iraq. White House officials have said President Bush would sign off on the spending plan if the Iraq money was added. The rou... | NEW: The roughly $555 billion budget measure passed 76-17 .
Democrats failed to tie war funding to plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq .
Bill has nearly 9,000 earmarks worth $7.4 billion, watchdog group says .
Measure now goes back to House for approval in its revised form . | 792 | 67 |
385 | (CNN) -- Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli would be remembered as the greatest female cyclist of her generation even if she had never been an Olympic champion. Longo-Ciprelli: Fourth time lucky in Atlanta in 1996. For much of her career, the Olympic gold was the one honor to elude the French rider. Misfortune, it seemed, was to b... | Cyclist's Olympic record: 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals, 1 bronze medal .
Cyclist was born October 31, 1958, in Annency, France .
By 1988 Longo-Ciprelli was a three-time road race world champion . | 538 | 56 |
386 | LONDON, England -- A Colombian sculptor has created a mystery at London's Tate Modern gallery by refusing to reveal how she seemingly managed to crack open a concrete floor. "Shibboleth" is Colombian artist Doris Salcedo's first public commission in the United Kingdom. The work by Doris Salcedo begins as a hairline cra... | Work by Colombian sculptor at London's Tate Modern is crack in concrete floor .
Doris Salcedo refuses to reveal how she created the huge work of art .
"Shibboleth" represents gap between white Europeans and the rest of humanity . | 559 | 52 |
387 | BUCHAREST, Romania (CNN) -- France has agreed to send a battalion of troops to eastern Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman has said. Canadian NATO-led soldiers walk patrol near Kandahar, Afghanistan. James Appathurai told reporters at a briefing that the move will help NATO meet Canada's requirement that it send more troops ... | French move will help NATO meet Canada's Kandahar commitment .
Canada agreed to extend commitment as long as other NATO members helped .
The bulk of recent fighting has been done by U.S., Canadian, UK and Dutch troops . | 393 | 47 |
388 | (CNN) -- Federal drug investigators have taken over the inquiry into the January 22 death of actor Heath Ledger in a New York apartment, a law enforcement source told CNN Thursday. Actor Heath Ledger, 28, died January 22 at an apartment in Lower Manhattan. Ledger, 28, an Oscar-nominated Australian actor, died of an acc... | Law enforcement source says federal drug officers are looking into death .
Ledger died of an accidental overdose January 22 .
Source: Investigators trying to determine if drugs were prescribed legally .
DEA is looking at two doctors -- one in California and one in Texas . | 389 | 54 |
389 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Twenty-four people, including eight children, were injured in an apparent gas explosion at a Harlem apartment building, the New York Fire Department said. The explosion blew out some of the windows in the five-story building. John Rodgers, a spokesman for New York-Presbyterian Hospital, said Sunday th... | NEW: Four of the eight injured children came from same family, hospital says .
One child in critical condition, three in serious condition with burn injuries .
About 200 firefighters were at the scene in Harlem .
Residents say some sort of restaurant was being operated in bottom of building . | 394 | 57 |
390 | (CNN) -- ZipRealty is a full-service residential real estate brokerage firm which uses the Internet, proprietary technology and employee real estate agents to provide home buyers and sellers with value-added online service. ZipRealty's Web site provides users with access to comprehensive home listings data. ZipRealty's... | ZipRealty uses Internet, proprietary technology, employee real estate agents .
Web site provides users with home listings, market and neighborhood info .
ZipRealty completed its initial public offering on November 10, 2004 . | 181 | 43 |
391 | TACOMA, Washington (CNN) -- At a time when she really needed a miracle, Annamarie Ausnes found one in an unusual place. Sandra Andersen, right, donated a kidney to Annamarie Ausnes. Last fall, Ausnes, 55, was one of nearly 75,000 Americans in need of a kidney. Today, she is recovering from a successful kidney transplan... | Nearly 75,000 Americans need a kidney transplant .
Annamarie Ausnes told her story to a worker at her regular coffee shop .
The barista, Sandra Andersen, tested and found out she was a potential donor .
Both are doing well after a transplant procedure on March 11 . | 689 | 59 |
392 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A woman who helped raise a child with her female partner in Vermont before the pair split can visit the girl in Virginia even though that state doesn't recognize same-sex unions, a court ruled Friday. Janet Jenkins with Isabella, the daughter she helped raise with former partner Lisa Miller. Virgini... | Virginia ruling gives Vermont court jurisdiction over case .
Janet Jenkins and Lisa Miller were in civil union in Vermont but later split .
Miller moved to Virginia with child; Vermont court allowed Jenkins visitation .
Miller got Virginia court to block visitation; Friday's ruling overturns that . | 780 | 56 |
393 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The top military and civilian leaders of the U.S. Air Force were forced out Thursday over the handling of nuclear weapons, the Defense Department secretary said. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley, left, and Secretary Michael Wynne have stepped down. Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley... | "Leadership has drifted" regarding nuclear weapons, Defense secretary says .
Resignations come after report criticizing bomber flight, mistaken device shipment .
Report criticizes U.S. Air Force's reactions to incidents . | 844 | 44 |
394 | JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesia has temporarily grounded all Adam Air flights starting Wednesday because it says the discount airliner "failed to implement quality standards for its aircraft." Officers examine an Adam Air plane which halted suddenly in the middle of the runway in Surabaya in February 2007. "The o... | Accident-plagued low-cost carrier Adam Air will no longer be allowed to fly .
Indonesian government will revoke airline's license on Wednesday .
The airline "failed to implement quality standards for its aircraft"
It has had more than one major accident in last year, one killing 102 people on board . | 456 | 66 |
395 | (CNN) -- Author Arthur C. Clarke, whose science fiction and non-fiction works ranged from the script for "2001: A Space Odyssey" to an early proposal for communications satellites, has died at age 90, associates have said. Visionary author Arthur C. Clarke had fans around the world. Clarke had been wheelchair-bound for... | Arthur C. Clarke dies in Sri Lanka at age 90, aide says .
"2001: A Space Odyssey" was perhaps his best known work .
He and Stanley Kubrick shared Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay .
Clarke had lived in Sri Lanka since the 1950s . | 823 | 56 |
396 | (CNN) -- Eos Airlines, the all business-class carrier, has declared bankruptcy and stopped operations Sunday. The New York-based airline reconfigured 220-seater Boeing 757s to 48 seats that could extend into fully flat beds. The seats also allowed passengers -- or "guests" as they airline prefered to describe them -- t... | New York-based business class airline Eos declares bankruptcy .
Luxury carrier charged up to $9,000 roundtrip from New York to London .
Analysts blame high fuel costs, slowing economy, credit crunch for industry problems . | 328 | 49 |
397 | NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- An Indian woman accused of being a witch was tied to a tree and beaten by a mob, with television footage of the incident aired in India on Friday. Villagers tied the woman to a tree after a man accused her of practicing black magic. Nishant Tiwari, a police official in northeastern India, said... | Indian woman accused of being witch is tied to a tree and beaten by a mob .
Journalist filmed incident, aired on Friday, and then called the police .
Police say woman's hair partially cut and she was slapped, but no serious injuries .
Six arrested, including the man who admitted to hiring her services as a witch . | 476 | 68 |
398 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security will bypass environmental and land-management laws to build hundreds of miles of border fence between the United States and Mexico, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday. A border fence stands at Juarez, Mexico. More than 360 miles of fence are... | NEW: Sierra Club says border waivers are unconstitutional .
Homeland Security chief: Waivers will enable security projects to move forward .
Environmental, land-management laws will be bypassed for U.S.-Mexico fence .
Michael Chertoff says Congress has given him the authority to bypass laws . | 401 | 61 |
399 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. government has charged an international arms dealer with conspiring to sell a rebel group millions of dollars in weapons "to be used to kill Americans in Colombia," federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Viktor Bout is accused of selling missiles, rockets and other weapons to FARC, a Colomb... | Viktor Bout offered to sell surface-to-air missiles, rockets to FARC .
Arms dealer captured in Thailand. U.S. seeks extradition .
U.S. says Bout is an example of a new breed of organized crime leaders . | 496 | 53 |
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