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(CNN) -- Bollywood movie star Dev Anand, a fixture in the Indian film industry for decades, has died of an apparent heart attack, CNN IBN reported Sunday. He was 88. Anand died in a London hotel Saturday night, his family said. The legendary Indian actor was known for his roles in a series of movies, including "Johnny ... | Bollywood star Dev Anand dies in London Saturday night . Legendary Indian actor is known for his roles in a series of movies . Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered his condolences Sunday . |
(CNN) -- The comic Gallagher, known for smashing watermelons, is "slowly recovering" from a heart attack suffered just before he was to perform at a Texas club, his promotional manager said Thursday. "We will not know the outcome until sometime tomorrow," Christine Scherrer said. Gallagher, 65, is in stable condition a... | The 65-year-old comic is listed in stable condition in a Texas hospital, his manager says . Gallagher's shows are postponed through next week, she says . "His family is with him," the manager says . |
(CNN) -- Wildfires on Spain's Canary Islands have forced close to 5,000 people from their homes, the local government said Saturday. Weather conditions are complicating efforts to control the flames, which are burning on two of the islands -- La Gomera and Tenerife. "The crews ... are having trouble stopping the spread... | Blazes are burning on the islands of La Gomera and Tenerife . Close to 5,000 people have been evacuated . Weather conditions are complicating efforts to control the flames . |
(CNN) -- At least 24 passengers have died in a collision in central Punjab, a province in Pakistan. A passenger van collided with a truck on a main street near the city of Bahawalpur on Tuesday morning, Sohail Tajik a senior police official from the area, told CNN. So far, 24 people have died, including seven women and... | 12 people also were injured when a passenger van collided with a truck . Accident took place on a main street near the city of Bahawalpur in Punjab province . The dead include seven women and one child from the same family . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)The Afghan Taliban have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed 3 American contractors at a military base attached to the Kabul airport. The attacker in the Thursday incident was a Taliban agent who "had penetrated into the security forces and was waiting for such a target for a ... | The attacker is also killed . The Americans were contractors . |
(PEOPLE.com) -- The bride has spoken! Lisa Ann Russell and "Survivor" host Jeff Probst said, "I do," PEOPLE confirms exclusively. The pair married Monday in front of family and friends in an intimate ceremony at a private Los Angeles residence, says a spokesperson for the couple. This is the second marriage for both. R... | This is the second marriage for both Jeff Probst and Lisa Ann Russell . Russell, 40, shares custody of two children with "Franklin & Bash" actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar . Probst, 50, will preside over the finale of "Survivor: South Pacific" on CBS . |
(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told reporters Wednesday that his country's embassy in Libya's capital was "attacked and plundered." Chavez demanded respect and protection for his country's ambassador and embassy staff, and condemned the "imperial insanity" that he said was behind the "destruction" of the Nor... | Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez condemns "imperial insanity" behind unrest in Libya . He calls for respect and protection for Venezuela's ambassador and embassy staff . "The drama of Libya ... is only beginning," Chavez says . Chavez and Moammar Gadhafi are close allies . |
(CNN) -- Miss Independent now has her own Little Miss on her hands. Pop music star Kelly Clarkson announced the birth of her daughter, River Rose Blackstock, Saturday on Twitter. "Thank you everyone for all of your well wishes!" she wrote. "Brandon and I are on cloud 9!! :)." River Rose is the first child for Clarkson,... | Kelly Clarkson rose to fame after winning the first season of "American Idol" She married talent manager Brandon Blackstock in October . Clarkson tweets that her daughter, River Rose, was born earlier this week . "Brandon and I are on cloud 9!!" she writes . |
(CNN) -- A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Mexico's Baja Peninsula Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries as the area around the epicenter is sparsely populated, said a spokeswoman for the Baja California Sur's Civil Protection Office. She said many... | There are no immediate reports of damage . The epicenter is about 50 miles north of La Paz, Mexico . |
Washington (CNN) -- An underground transformer fire about two blocks from the White House prompted evacuations of two hotels and disrupted a wedding, officials said Saturday night. Flames shot up through a sidewalk after 8 p.m., said Pete Piringer, a spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire Department. The Willard I... | Two hotels were evacuated in downtown Washington . The fire started roughly two blocks from the White House . An underground transformer apparently caught fire . Hundreds of wedding guests were relocated . |
(CNN) -- At least five people were reported killed and 30 injured Monday evening when a freak dust storm rolled through Iran's capital, Tehran. The storm brought winds that nearly reached 120 kilometers per hour, or some 75 mph, according to Iran's Press TV. It reported the storm plunged the city into darkness, and pho... | The freak storm plunged the city into darkness . Another 30 people were reported injured . Some flights were delayed at Tehran's Mehrabad airport . |
(CNN) -- The sisters of an Iowa politician were found shot to death at their Pennsylvania home last week, according to Pittsburgh police. The bodies of Sarah and Susan Wolfe -- the sisters of Iowa state Rep. Mary Wolfe -- were found in their basement Friday after officers were sent to the home to check on the well-bein... | NEW: Each died of a single gunshot wound to the head, medical examiner's office says . Two sisters of Iowa state Rep. Mary Wolfe were found shot to death Friday . Pittsburgh police haven't identified a motive for the shootings . |
(CNN) -- Oracle Team USA safely negotiated the choppy waters of sporting comebacks to pull off a memorable victory against New Zealand to defend the America's Cup. The crew, backed by billionaire Larry Ellison, had looked sunk as they trailed 8-1 in the best-of-17-races elite sailing series. Down but not out, Team USA ... | Oracle Team USA fight back from an 8-1 deficit to defend sailing's America's Cup . The team modified its boat and juggling its 11-man crew on the way to victory . Team USA's win over New Zealand has been described as one of sport's greatest comebacks . But does it have all the ingredients of an all-time sporting comeba... |
(CNN) -- Three runners died Sunday during the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon in Detroit, Michigan, police told CNN. An EMT vehicle is at the scene Sunday in Detroit after three runners collapsed at a marathon. All three deaths occurred between 9 and 9:20 a.m. ET, Second Deputy Chief John Roach said. A man in his ... | Second Deputy Chief John Roach: All three deaths occurred between 9 and 9:20 a.m. Man in his 60s fell hit his head; Two men others, ages 36 and 26, collapsed . Race was Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon in Detroit, Michigan . |
(CNN) -- The Colombian military says it has seized a submarine capable of transporting more than seven tons of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico. This is the most sophisticated tool ever found to traffic drugs from Colombia, local media reported. In a short news release, the Colombian military said that the submarine was... | Military: Vessel was capable of transporting more than 7 tons of cocaine . 31-meter-long sub could submerge to a depth of 9 meters, authorities say . Similar vessel was seized in Mexico in 2008 . |
(CNN)To photographer Mihaela Noroc, beauty cannot be defined by one country, race or ethnicity. That's why the Romanian photographer travels the world for her Atlas of Beauty project, in search of images of beauty in different countries and cultures. "I love the variety of earth, the diversity of people and I try to go... | A Romanian photographer looks for beauty around the world . She's traveled to 37 countries for her Atlas of Beauty project . |
It's the land of Pope John Paul II, Frederic Chopin and really good cheese. To celebrate Poland's 25 years of independence, June 4, 2014, we asked readers to share their favorite things about the country. Don't pay attention to the outdated stereotypes. From gorgeous town squares to wise octogenarians to the uniquely P... | View readers' 25 favorite things about Poland above . Add to the list via CNN iReport . |
(PEOPLE.com) -- And baby makes three! "Bones" star Emily Deschanel and her husband, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"'s David Hornsby, welcomed their first child Wednesday, a baby boy named Henry Hornsby, Deschanel's rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. Deschanel, 34, and Hornsby were married in 2010. The actress main... | Emily Deschanel and David Hornsby, welcomed their first child Wednesday . It's a baby boy named Henry Hornsby, Deschanel's rep confirms . The actress maintained a vegan diet throughout her pregnancy . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Pakistani and Afghan forces clashed Thursday near the border of the two countries in a gun battle that left at least one Afghan border policeman dead, an Afghan official said. Zia Durrani, a spokesman for the police chief of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, said Pakistani forces att... | An Afghan border policeman was killed in a clash at a checkpoint . Pakistani forces attacked the checkpoint, an Afghan police official says . |
(CNN) -- Sir Elton John and David Furnish are now husband and husband. The two married Sunday in Britain, where same-sex marriage became legal earlier this year. They had a civil partnership ceremony in 2005, after 12 years together. They have two children -- Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John and Elijah Joseph Daniel ... | Elton John and David Furnish were married Sunday . Same-sex marriage became legal in Britain this year . The men previously had a civil partnership . They have two children . |
(CNN) -- An inmate serving time for assaulting a police officer escaped from an Oklahoma prison Monday, a corrections official said. Mark Dwayne Smith, 28, was last seen at the Jackie Brannon Correction Center in McAlester at 5:30 a.m. Monday, but was discovered missing an hour later during a routine inmate count, stat... | Mark Dwayne Smith, 28, was last seen early Monday . He was serving time for assaulting a police officer . |
(CNN) -- Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, will be the next House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, taking the gavel from California Republican Darrell Issa. "I have great respect for Chairman Darrell Issa and can't thank him enough for his many years of dedicated service leading the Oversight Committee," ... | Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz will replace Darrell Issa . Chaffetz will be the House's main investigator of President Obama last two years in office . |
(CNN) -- Two passenger rail cars jumped the tracks Wednesday near Ann Arbor, Michigan, but no life-threatening injuries were reported in the accident, officials said. The Amtrak train "made contact" with a vehicle at a public highway crossing, Amtrak said, causing the engine to turn on its side and the first two cars o... | An Amtrak train and a vehicle "made contact" at a highway crossing . Two rail cars came off the tracks . No life-threatening injuries were reported, officials say . |
(CNN) -- Laura Pollan, a founder of one of Cuba's leading dissident groups, died Friday, her daughter said. Pollan suffered a heart attack and died at Calixto Garcia Hospital in Havana, Laura Maria Pollan told CNN en Espanol. The founder of Cuba's Ladies in White had been hospitalized several days ago because of a resp... | Laura Pollan suffered a heart attack, her daughter says . She died at the Calixto Garcia Hospital in Havana . The Ladies in White demand the release of political prisoners . |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy has charged six guards accused of assaulting detainees in May at Camp Bucca in Iraq, naval officials said Thursday. U.S. guards patrol at Camp Bucca in Iraq in May. The Army Criminal Investigation Division investigated alleged incidents that left two detainees with minor bruises. The d... | Navy guards accused of assaulting detainees at Camp Bucca . Eight prisoners were confined to cell sprayed with riot control agent, Navy says . Navy: Two detainees allegedly left with minor bruises . |
Rome (CNN) -- A cruise ship of the Costa Cruises line is adrift off the coast of the Seychelles after a fire in its engine room, the Italian coast guard said Monday. The ship, the Allegra, is a sister of the Costa Concordia, which wrecked off the coast of Italy on January 13, killing at least 21 people. The fire left t... | An engine room fire leaves the Costa Allegra without propulsion, authorities say . Its sister ship, the Costa Concordia, shipwrecked last month, killing at least 21 . |
(CNN) -- A tanker plane crashed during takeoff at Point Mugu naval air base in Southern California Wednesday evening, but the three people aboard escaped with minor injuries, a U.S. Navy spokesman said. The plane crashed at 5:25 p.m. PT, base spokesman Vance Vasques said in a statement. The resulting fire was extinguis... | NEW: Fire is put out more than three hours after the crash . The three people aboard escaped with minor injuries, KABC reports . The Boeing 707 went down near the beach, spewing large plumes of black smoke . The plane is operated by Omega Air Refueling . |
(EW.com) -- TNT's "Dallas" has snagged itself a Six Million Dollar Man. EW has learned exclusively that Lee Majors has booked a two-episode guest spot on the second season of TNT's hit reboot drama. He will play Ken Richards, an old flame of Sue Ellen's who finds himself crossing paths with her once again for business ... | Lee Majors has booked a two-episode guest spot on the second season of "Dallas" He'll play Ken Richards, an old flame of Sue Ellen's . Majors recently had guest spots on "Raising Hope," "Grey's Anatomy" and "CSI: NY" |
(CNN) -- At least five people have been killed in the grenade attack on a minibus in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, the country's Interior Ministry said Saturday on its official Twitter account. An attacker was among those killed. Other people were injured in the strike, strongly condemned by the ministry. The blast oc... | A minibus was attacked . The incident occurred in the Pangani neighborhood . An attacker was among the five killed . |
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Two bomb blasts killed at least 15 people and wounded 119 others on Thursday in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, the city's police commissioner, Anurag Sharma, said a day after the attack. Sharma didn't rule out the possibility of terror involvement in the city blasts. But he refused to ... | Two bomb blasts killed at least 15 people and wounded 119 others in Hyderabad . Hyderabad's police didn't rule out the possibility of terror involvement . PM Manmohan Singh said "the guilty will not go unpunished" |
(EW.com) -- Get ready for more bad hair, mustaches, funky leisure suits, and laughs. Paramount Pictures has set the theater release date for the sequel to 2004′s "Anchorman" for Dec. 20, 2013. Will Ferrell will be back as deep-voiced newsman Ron Burgundy, along with Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and David Koechner in the ... | Will Ferrell is coming back as newsman Ron Burgundy . The sequel to "Anchorman" will hit theaters Dec. 20, 2013 . Director has hinted that the sequel will have whole song sequences . |
(CNN) -- A raging fire Saturday at a hotel in the Saudi Arabian city of Medina killed 15 people and injured another 130, state news reported. According to the official Saudi Press Agency, the local government issued a statement saying it first learned about the fire shortly after 2:30 p.m. (6:30 a.m. ET) Saturday. It w... | The fire broke out in a hotel with about 700 guests in Medina, state news reports . Medina is one of the holiest cities in Islam and is frequently visited by pilgrims . In addition to those killed, 130 were injured in the fire . |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A blast at a busy market in northwest Pakistan killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 60 Tuesday, an official said. The explosion occurred in the Jamrud Market in the Khyber Agency, one of seven districts in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, which borders Afghanistan. The bomb was... | The Khyber Agency is one of seven districts in Pakistan's volatile tribal region . The bomb was placed in a vehicle and remotely detonated, an official says . |
(CNN Student News) -- August 26, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina & Virginia • Libya . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transc... | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN)Scarlett Johansson has become the go-to woman for action movies. After major turns in movies such as "The Avengers" and "Lucy," Variety reports that the actress won the lead role in DreamWorks' live-action version of "Ghost in the Shell." Johansson's casting lit up social media on Monday because of the hardcore fa... | Scarlett Johansson has been cast in adaptation of "Ghost in the Shell," Variety reports . The live-action movie is to be based on a classic anime film . It would be the latest action role for Johansson after "Avengers," "Lucy" |
(CNN) -- A fuel tanker rammed into a bridge and exploded into a ball of fire Thursday, killing 22 people and sending flames sweeping over the Saudi Arabia capital, state television reported. In addition to the fatalities, at least 111 others were wounded, according to the report. The accident occurred at a busy interse... | NEW: More than 100 hundred are wounded in the Riyadh accident . Explosion sends flames sweeping over the Saudi Arabia capital . |
(CNN) -- Actress Halle Berry and her fiance, French actor Olivier Martinez, are expecting a child, Berry's representative told CNN on Friday. Berry has a daughter, Nahla, from an earlier relationship with Gabriel Aubry. See more pregnant celebrities . Berry and Aubry have engaged in a long battle over custody of the ch... | Berry is engaged to French actor Olivier Martinez . She has a child from an earlier relationship with Gabriel Aubry . Berry and Aubry had battled over custody of their daughter . |
(CNN) -- Fatma Nabil made history Sunday as she became the first veiled woman to read the news on Egyptian state television. She wore an off-white hijab, or headscarf. Veiled news anchors were not permitted to appear on state TV under the rule of Hosni Mubarak -- a longtime strongman forced from office last year. The b... | Wearing an off-white headscarf, Fatma Nabil makes history . "Finally! The revolution has reached Maspero," she says . The ban was put in place under Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled last year . |
(CNN) -- Clipped wings no more, the Blue Angels are soaring again. The blue and gold jets are returning to the sky after being grounded much of last year because of forced spending cuts. The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron kicked off the 2014 air show season with its first show Saturday, March 15, at Naval Air ... | The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels are back after being grounded last year . Federal forced spending cuts led to cancellations . Their first performance was on March 15 in California . |
A Chinese court has sentenced four people to death for their roles in last year's deadly riots in the western city of Urumqi, state media said Tuesday. The sentences for the defendants were to be carried out immediately. They were charged with "extremely serious crimes," said state-run Xinjiang Daily. The newspaper sai... | July riots between minority Uyghurs and Han Chinese left more than 200 dead . Four sentenced to death were charged with "extremely serious crimes" Another person sentenced to death but given two-year reprieve . Others given varying jail sentences, including life imprisonment . |
(CNN) -- FACETIME: Iyad Malas, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim . As the CEO of real estate developer Majid Al Futtaim, Iyad Malas is at the forefront of retail and leisure in the Middle East and North Africa. Along with malls and hotels, the group he heads is best known for Ski Dubai -- a self contained, ice cold ski resort in... | MME sits down with the CEO of a real estate developer to learn about the Arab Spring's impact on business . UAE food and beverage brand is preparing to enter Western Markets . MME explores whether "Just Falafel" is ready to take on the U.S. giants . |
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Forty-five people are believed dead after a bridge collapsed in the north Indian industrial hub of Kota, officials said Saturday. Rescuers were struggling to retrieve all the bodies of victims who fell into the Chambal River on Thursday after the bridge collapsed, according to K. Ravikanth, th... | Rescuers struggling to retrieve all the bodies of victims of bridge collapse . Bridge has been under construction since 2007 . Engineering project is joint venture between Indian and South Korean firms . |
Baghdad (CNN) -- The head of a television station and a human rights activist were shot dead by gunmen who attacked their car with small arms fire Friday, Iraq's interior ministry said. Taha Hameed, the director of al-Massar TV, and Abed Farhan Thiyab, the director of Iraq's political prisoners association, were killed... | Gunmen intercept a car and spray it with bullets, Interior Ministry officials say . One of the victims is Taha Hameed, the head of al-Massar TV and a political party official . The other is Abed Farhan Thiyab, the director of Iraq's political prisoners association . |
Gleneagles, Scotland (CNN) -- If you're a U.S. golf fan, or Tom Watson, look away now. After a heavy defeat to Europe in the Ryder Cup, it's time for soul searching and reflection. With the next competition taking place at Hazeltine in Minnesota in 2016, here are five lessons for all involved to ponder over the coming ... | Europe retained the Ryder Cup after a resounding win over the U.S. in Scotland . It was Europe's third successive win in the biennial contest . Phil Mickelson appeared to question the methods of U.S. captain Tom Watson in press conference . Watson previously captained the U.S. team in 1993 . |
Tokyo (CNN) -- A Japanese volcano was erupting for a second day on Thursday, spewing smoke and ash up to 9,800 feet (3,000 meters) into the air, officials said. The smoke from the Mt. Shinmoe volcano, on the boundary between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, is rising and falling from the volcano crater, said the Kag... | Mt. Shinmoe's last eruption was in July . Some residents evacuated voluntarily, but have returned . |
(PEOPLE.com) -- Rosie O'Donnell was attracted to Michelle Rounds the moment she saw her in a Starbucks this summer. But she never thought it would be reciprocated. "I thought she was a 28-year-old heterosexual girl, because that's what she looked like to me. And she's a 40-year-old gay woman," O'Donnell, 49, tells ABC'... | O'Donnell recently said she's in love . O'Donnell was attracted to Rounds the moment she saw her in a Starbucks . Her new nightly talk show, "The Rosie Show," debuts Monday on the OWN network . |
(CNN) -- The New York Police Department gave an "all clear" Monday after an unattended, suspicious vehicle prompted authorities to shut the Brooklyn Bridge. The vehicle was found in the right lane of the Manhattan-bound side of the bridge, mid-span, a police spokesman said. Traffic was diverted, as video from CNN affil... | Person in protective suit and a dog investigated the unattended vehicle . Traffic was diverted away from the famed Manhattan-to-Brooklyn corridor . The vehicle had no plates, nor an identification number . |
(CNN) -- IN FOCUS: Ramadan Ratings . Across the Middle East, Muslims are observing the holy month of Ramadan. From the UAE to Turkey, MME takes a look at how Ramadan is affecting businesses. From the change in working hours to what's being watched on the small screen. FACETIME: Saad Al Barrak . Although businesses gene... | Across the Middle East, Muslims are observing the holy month of Ramadan . MME takes a look at how Ramadan is affecting businesses . Saad Al Barrak, former CEO of Zain Telecom talks about advertising during the holly month . |
(CNN) -- Planning to dress as a plain old witch or scarecrow this Halloween? Sorry, that's not going to cut it anymore. In the age of Internet memes, creative and punny costumes are becoming the norm. Dressed as Mitt Romney? Boring. Dressed as "binders full of women?" Now that's more like it! At CNN iReport, we asked f... | Internet memes are becoming increasingly popular as Halloween costumes . Among the most popular meme costumes this year was "binders full of women" Click through the gallery above to see clever and creative meme costumes . CNN iReport: Dressing as a meme this Halloween? Share a photo . |
(CNN) -- A man stabbed four people aboard an Amtrak passenger train from Chicago, including the conductor, authorities said. The train was on its way to Port Huron, Michigan, when Amtrak called 911 on Friday night to report a passenger who appeared agitated, CNN affiliate WBND reported. It stopped in Niles, Michigan, w... | The train was on its way from Chicago . Report: Amtrak called 911 to report a man who appeared agitated . It's unclear what the motive was . |
(CNN) -- The recent incident involving Chelsea and England captain John Terry and Queens Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand has seen the issue of racism in football dominate the headlines. The decision by London's Metropolitan Police to launch an investigation into what occurred during the October 23 match follows allegatio... | London's Metropolitan Police are to investigate incident between Terry and Ferdinand . Man Utd's Patrice Evra has also accused Liverpool's Luis Suarez a using a racial slur . 2011 has seen numerous incidents a racism in football . |
(CNN) -- Actress Mariska Hargitay went to a hospital for tests Wednesday after she "experienced some discomfort" related to the collapsed lung she suffered in January, her publicist said. Mariska Hargitay plays Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." "She is undergoing routine tests and expects to be feel... | Mariska Hargitay in hospital for tests related to collapsed lung . Actress suffered collapsed lung in January . Hargitay is star of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" |
(CNN Student News) -- May 4, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Philippines . New York City . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(EW.com) -- Talk about touchdown casting! After closing out his guest spot on "Parenthood" in the fall, Michael B. Jordan is headed back to the small screen for a guest spot in "House's" 14th episode, playing a blind patient, the studio confirms to EW. Jordan spilled the news earlier today via Twitter, but it appears h... | Michael B. Jordan is headed back to the small screen for a guest spot in "House" Jordan spilled the news earlier today via Twitter . He will be playing a blind patient, the studio says . |
(CNN) -- The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a $16 billion bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs. It is a bipartisan response to the scandal over delayed care at medical facilities and allegations of alarming management shortcomings at the sprawling federal agency that serves millions of vetera... | The $16 billion measure would provide money for new medical facilities and doctors . It now goes to the Senate, which is expected to act by Thursday . It's a congressional response to the scandal involving delayed medical care for veterans . |
(CNN Student News) -- November 30, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Washington, D.C. New Zealand . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program . Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary . Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
(CNN) -- At least six people were killed and some 18 were wounded by an explosion in what appears to be a "deliberate attack" in Nairobi, Kenya, a senior Red Cross official tells CNN. Nine of the injured were listed in critical condition at Kenyatta National Hospital, the Kenya National Disaster Operation said on its T... | The explosion occurred in a largely Somali neighborhood . A senior Red Cross official says it appears to be a "deliberate attack" |
(EW.com) -- Hayden Panettiere picks up the mic dropped by Anne Hathaway, the original voice of Little Red Riding Hood in 2005's "Hoodwinked". And time has not been kind to the thin charms of this "Shrek" wannabe. Now Red teams up with her Granny (Glenn Close) to look into the abduction of Hansel and Gretel. Even with S... | Red teams up with her Granny to look into the abduction of Hansel and Gretel . SNL's infinitely inventive Bill Hader and Amy Poehler voice H&G . The movie can't be saved from its own vices of manic pacing . |
(CNN) -- Four people were killed and one seriously injured in an explosion at a Chevron Corp. refinery in western Wales, the refinery's general manager said early Friday. The blast at the refinery in Pembroke occurred at a storage tank that was undergoing maintenance Thursday evening, police and fire officials said. It... | An explosion occurrs at a storage tank that was undergoing maintenance, officials say . Chevron's refinery manager identifies the dead and wounded as contractors . Authorities say it is not immediately clear what caused the explosion . |
(CNN) -- As 2011 comes to an end, it is time to look back and reflect on another remarkable sporting year. From the highs of winning trophies and titles to the lows of losing some of sport's much-loved figures, 2011 will be remembered with mixed emotions. With a new year on the horizon and the prospect of major sportin... | CNN takes a look back at the sporting year of 2011 . It proved a year when sporting triumph and tragedy went hand in hand . The new year could be a vintage one with the Olympics and Euro 2012 . |
The nighttime curfew imposed in Thailand after last month's military coup has been lifted, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha said during his weekly address Friday. The announcement was read out and televised throughout Thailand. The Thai military instated the curfew when it seized power after months of unrest that had destabilize... | The Thai military instated the curfew when it seized power after months of unrest . It had been lifted in more than 30 provinces and districts, including tourist hotspots . |
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Members of the South Korean military protested on the streets of the nation's capital Saturday, stating that they were angry that their country's government had not done enough to respond to recent shelling by North Korea. One group of protesters gathered near the defense ministry building S... | Protests come as tensions between the Koreas are growing . Demonstrators are seen charging and kicking police . |
(CNN)Five drones were reportedly seen flying over sensitive and well-known areas of Paris overnight -- sightings that authorities are investigating, the city prosecutor's office said Tuesday. The unmanned aerial vehicles were spotted over the Eiffel Tower, the Bastille, Place de la Concorde, Les Invalides and the U.S. ... | Drones are seen overnight in Paris . They hovered over Paris landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, the Bastille and the U.S. Embassy . |
(CNN) -- A plane carrying former President George W. Bush was diverted to Louisville on Saturday night after the pilot reported the smell of smoke. The Gulfstream IV aircraft was traveling from Philadelphia International to Dallas Love Field airports when the pilot reported the smell of smoke in the cockpit, said Holly... | The 43rd president was on a plane from Philadelphia to Dallas . The plane landed in Kentucky after the pilot reported smelling smoke . Bush arrived safely home in Dallas later in the night, his spokesman says . |
(CNN) -- New fall comedy "Selfie" isn't done yet. The ABC series was canceled in early November, but Hulu has stepped in to air the show's remaining episodes. "Selfie" creator Emily Kapnek tweeted the news on November 20, telling fans, "Unofficially? All remaining episodes of #SelfieABC will soon be on Hulu, Hulu Plus ... | ABC canceled "Selfie" with six episodes still unaired . Hulu will now run one unaired episode a week . "Selfie" was a comedy with a social media spin . |
(CNN) -- Actresss Nicole Kidman and country music star Keith Urban revealed Monday that they added a daughter to their family last month. Faith Margaret Kidman Urban is their biological child but she was "born through a gestational carrier" at The Women's Hospital at Centennial in Nashville on December 28, 2010, accord... | Faith Margaret Kidman Urban was born through a surrogate . Urban and Kidman already have a 2-year-old daughter . |
Syrian airstrikes on a rebel-held neighborhood in Aleppo on Sunday killed at least 22 people, including 14 children, the Syrian Observatory For Human Rights said in a statement. The SOHR said it expects the death toll to rise, because other people wounded in the attack are in critical condition. The opposition organiza... | Syrian planes attacked Aleppo neighborhood, says Syrian Observatory For Human Rights . At least 22 killed, including 14 children, says SOHR . |
(CNN) -- FACETIME: Samer Khoury, President, Engineering & Construction, CCC . One person keeping a close eye on regional developments is Samer Khoury. As president of engineering and construction of Consolidated Contractors Company, CCC, he has helped turn the almost 60-year-old family business into a multi-billion dol... | Founded almost 60 years ago, CCC is now a multi-billion-dollar construction business . MME talks to Samer Khoury on what impact the Arab Spring has had on CCC's business . Plus, MME takes a closer look at Dubai's property market as buyers slowly come back in . |
(CNN) -- The bodies of four children swept away in a creek swollen by storm waters in western Kentucky were recovered Friday morning, local authorities said. The first body was recovered shortly after midnight; two others were located about 30 minutes later, said Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon. Missouri officials... | NEW: Authorities have recovered the bodies of four children in Kentucky . Two children and their mother are able to get to a safe area . The family was traveling in a horse-drawn carriage on a flooded street . |
New Delhi (CNN) -- A series of small bombs went off in and around a world-famous Buddhist temple in eastern India Sunday, injuring two people, authorities said. Four of the eight explosions occurred at the Mahabodhi temple complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Bihar state that houses a tree where Buddha is believed ... | Four of the eight explosions take place at the Mahabodi complex . The temple houses a tree where Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment . Suspicion falls on the Islamist group Indian Mujahideen . |
For the first time, Britain has convicted someone of a terrorism offense related to the Syrian civil war. Mashudur Choudhury, 31, was convicted of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist attacks, the Crown Prosecution Service said. A father of two, Choudhury traveled to Syria in October with the intention of jo... | Britain convicts Mashudur Choudhury of a terrorism offense in Syria . He was found guilty of conduct in preparation of terrorist attacks . Choudhury pleaded not guilty . He has not yet been sentenced . |
(CNN)"Doctor Strange" is adding to the mix. The Marvel movie, slated for release in 2016, finally landed Benedict Cumberbatch as the mysterious title character. Now it appears that Oscar-nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor may be joining the cast, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Tinseltown trade paper says that E... | Hollywood Reporter says Chiwetel Ejiofor is in talks for "Doctor Strange" The Oscar-nominated actor is being thought of for an "unspecified role" |
(CNN) -- The roof of a shopping mall collapsed in Latvia's capital on Thursday evening, killing four people and trapping dozens of others, officials in the Baltic country said Thursday. The country's national news agency LETA, citing a government official, reported there were four deaths. A toddler was among the injure... | Roof of mall in western Riga collapses, Latvian news agency says . Deaths are reported . Mayor says perhaps 30 people are trapped . |
(CNN) -- A gas main explosion in Philadelphia Tuesday evening killed one utilities worker and injured five other people, a fire department official said. Philadelphia Gas Works employees were responding to a gas main break in the city's Tacony neighborhood when the explosion occurred, fire department spokesman Jim Smit... | The explosion occurred in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood . The blast killed one utilities worker and injured five other people . Some of the injuries are serious . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A British soldier who was reported missing from a checkpoint in Afghanistan early Monday was found dead later in the day, the British Ministry of Defense announced. "It is with great sadness that I announce the death of a soldier from The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scot... | British soldier was found dead after going missing from a checkpoint . ISAF members found his body after an "extensive search" He was found in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand province . |
It's the thought that counts, right? Tell that to the residents of 32 homes in the Dutch town of Ijsselstein, who were evacuated after a planned marriage proposal fell through. A Dutchman rented a crane intending to reach his girlfriend's window Saturday morning and pop the question, Dutch affiliate RTL News said. Inst... | Dutchman uses crane intending to reach girlfriend's window and pop question . Instead, crane topples over, crashing through neighbor's roof . As a result, residents of 32 homes were evacuated . |
(CNN) -- Armed forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo beat back dozens of gunmen who stormed three key locations in the capital Monday. Armed men attacked the country's airport, state TV headquarters and army headquarters in Kinshasa. At least 34 assailants were killed, according to an Interior Ministry statement. ... | Gunmen storm the airport, state TV headquarters and army headquarters . At least 34 attackers are killed, the Interior Ministry says . Security is beefed up in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo . |
Berlin (CNN) -- Police arrested three Chinese nationals after authorities uncovered about 100 snakes, 70 tortoises and 20 neon-colored frogs in their hotel room in western Germany, according to a police spokesman. The discovery was made Friday after a hotel employee found a snake on a stairway and alerted authorities, ... | Three Chinese nationals arrested after 100 snakes were found in their hotel room . Authorities also found 70 tortoises and 20 neon-colored frogs . The guests were arrested on suspicion of illegally importing animals . |
(CNN) -- A small overcrowded boat sank off the coast of Malaysia early Thursday, a maritime official said. It's the second boat to go down in two days. Eighteen passengers have been rescued, and the search continues for nine others who are missing. The boat was carrying 27 Indonesian migrants, who were heading back hom... | Two boats sink in two days off the Malaysian coast . Both were carrying Indonesian migrants . Rescue operations are underway . |
(CNN)A grand jury has indicted the man accused of killing three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Craig Hicks, 46, was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder, according to the Durham County Clerk's office. He was also charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. Police said "an o... | Clerk's office: Craig Hicks has been indicted on three counts of first-degree murder . He also is charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling . |
Berlin (CNN) -- Insurers in Germany are not obligated to pay for Viagra or other sexual performance enhancing drugs, the country's federal social court has ruled. The decision Tuesday stemmed from the case of a man with multiple sclerosis who insisted his insurance company reimburse him for the cost of treating his ere... | A court has ruled that insurers don't have to pay for sexual performance enhancement drugs . A man suffering from multiple sclerosis wanted erectile dysfunction drugs . German health reforms in 2004 said insurers don't have to pay for "quality of life" medications . |
(CNN) -- A gas explosion Saturday killed at least 20 workers at a coal mine in central China, state media reported. Xinhua news agency earlier reported that 30 miners were trapped after the explosion in Henan province. The explosion comes after China announced this week that it had closed 1,355 small coal mines this ye... | Dozens more still trapped, state media says . Blast comes after China moves to close many coal mines as part of a safety plan . |
(CNN) -- It wasn't a trick. But for space geeks, it sure was a treat. An image, taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on October 8, captured the sun getting into the Halloween spirit. "Active regions on the sun combined to look something like a solar jack-o'-lantern's face," said Joe Witte of NASA's Goddard Space ... | NASA snaps photo of sun looking a lot like a Halloween jack-o-lantern . October 8 image "blends together two sets of extreme ultraviolet wavelengths" |
(CNN) -- Dr. Kent Brantly had stared death in the face many times, doing all he could against frightful odds to save Ebola victims in West Africa. Until death stared back. In his first extensive on-camera interview since contracting the virus, Brantly recalled to NBC News on Tuesday how close he had come to being one m... | Dr. Kent Brantly went to West Africa to work for a Christian relief organization . He recalls feeling "a little off" on July 23, then testing positive for Ebola virus . Brantly says he had "no reserve," didn't know if he could continue breathing . He did and -- after time at an Atlanta hospital -- was declared symptom-... |
(CNN) -- Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o has received a three-match ban for head-butting Chievo's Bostjan Cesar in the chest at last Sunday's Serie A game. Eto'o, who scored as Inter went down 2-1 to Chievo, escaped punishment during the game as the incident, which happened in the 38th minute, was not seen by match of... | Samuel Eto'o banned for three games for head-butt on Chievo's Bostjan Cesar . Cameroon international also fined €30,000 ($40,000) Striker is available for Wednesday's Champions League tie with FC Twente . |
(CNN) -- Police in New York have arrested a man in connection with a weekend shooting at a Brooklyn house party that left nine people hospitalized. Tyrone Brown, 24, was charged with attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment, police said Tuesday. The shooting started early Sun... | Police arrest a man in connection with the shooting . Tyrone Brown is charged with attempted murder . Four men and five women were injured in the Brooklyn shooting early Sunday . |
(CNN) -- Ruth Robinson Duccini, who played one of the Munchkins in the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz," has died. She was 95 and died Thursday in Las Vegas. Her death was confirmed by Ted Bulthaup, a representative for Duccini. "She went into hospice about a week ago and I have been awaiting this news," said Bulthaup. ... | Ruth Robinson Duccini, last female Munchkin, dead at 95 . Duccini was one of the diminutive members of "Wizard of Oz" cast . Only one Munchkin is still living . |
BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- A Bangkok Airways plane crashed at an airport at a resort island in Thailand, killing the pilot and injuring 37 people Tuesday, aviation officials said. Rescue workers inspect the Bangkok Airways plane at Samui airport on Thailand's Ko Samui. The plane carrying 68 people and four crew members... | Officials: Plane skidded and then crashed after landing at Koh Samui airport . Bangkok Airways ATR-72 turboprop carrying 68 people, four crew members . Air traffic control warned the pilot of volatile winds before the plane landed . |
Washington (CNN) -- Violent crime dropped nationwide last year, continuing a downward trend of more than a decade, new FBI statistics show. But in towns with populations under 10,000, murders saw a big jump. Overall, violent crime was down 4%, according to the Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2011. Numbers d... | 2011 Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report uses figures provided by police agencies . Violent crime dropped 4% last year, according to the FBI . Decrease is part of decade-long decline . Murders jumped more than 18% in towns with populations under 10,000 . |
(CNN) -- Two F-16 fighter jets briefly took to the sky over Washington on Monday after a small passenger aircraft violated the capital's airspace restrictions, according to military officials. A portion of the White House grounds was briefly evacuated during the incident. The passenger plane -- a Cessna 182 -- was inte... | Two F-16s were scrambled as a Cessna 182 briefly violated Washington's airspace . The plane was escorted to a Manassas, Virginia, airport . |
(CNN) -- At least 24 people have been killed and hundreds rendered homeless in the worst floods to hit land-locked Mongolia in 40 years, emergency officials said Tuesday. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said it was working with local authorities to distribute emergency goods to the ... | Red Cross working with local authorities to distribute aid to flood victims . Relief workers say winter poses major threat unless food and shelter in place . Government warned of floods but many people could not be evacuated in time . |
(CNN)Magma and lava from a Japanese volcano is forming new geography in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean. An eruption on the tiny volcanic island of Nishinoshima in November 2013 formed a small islet right next to it when molten lava cooled. That islet has merged with its neighbor and continues to develop. The newly ... | An eruption on the tiny volcanic island of Nishinoshima formed a small islet . That islet has merged with its neighbor and continues to develop . |
(CNN) -- In Focus: Turkey Syria Tensions . Booming growth figures between Syria and Turkey are a thing of the past. Trade has come to a virtual standstill. What's more, the Syrian crisis is forcing Turkish exporters to establish alternative routes to the Gulf. Ivan Watson looks at how Turkey is doing its best to bypass... | The Syrian crisis is forcing Turkish exporters to establish alternative routes to the gulf . CNN's Ivan Watson looks at how Turkey is doing its best to bypass the violence in Syria . MME looks at water security in a region that lacks the world's most important resource . |
(CNN) -- A bolt of lightning left 10 soldiers from the New Jersey National Guard with minor injuries during a training exercise Tuesday night, a military spokesman said. The soldiers were taking part in an exercise in a tent at Fort Drum, outside Watertown, New York, when the lightning strike occurred, 1st Sgt. David M... | Soldiers received minor injuries during a training exercise Tuesday night . Six of the 10 had returned to training by Wednesday . The soldiers, from Lawrenceville, N.J., serve in the New Jersey National Guard . |
(CNN) -- Over the past few decades, there has been a shift toward more mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Mountaintop mining blasts apart mountains and deposits debris in nearby valleys to reach the rich coal seams buried inside. About 50% of U.S. power comes from burning coal, and about a third of West ... | Mountaintop removal coal mining provides jobs in West Virginia. Environmentalists say it destroys nature and creates health problems. "Battle for Blair Mountain: Working in America" airs August 14 and August 20. |
(CNN) -- Two American tourists and their guide were kidnapped Friday in the Sinai region of Egypt, authorities said. Bedouin kidnappers want authorities to release a relative who is in detention in Alexandria on drug charges, said Gen. Ahmed Bakr, head of security in the North Sinai. Kidnappings and armed robberies hav... | Guide is among three people taken hostage from a tour bus in the Sinai region . Security official says Bedouin kidnappers want release of a relative held on drug charges . Kidnappings, robberies are up since longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year . |
(CNN) -- The space shuttle Endeavour docked with the international space station early Wednesday, completing a three-day orbital chase. "Capture confirmed," the Johnson Space Center in Houston said at 12:06 a.m. ET. The delicate docking maneuver took place while both spacecraft were circling the globe at about 17,500 m... | Shuttle docked at 12:06 a.m. ET, according to the Johnson Space Center in Houston . Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center early Monday . The two-week mission will include three spacewalks . |
(CNN) -- Officials have uncovered a common grave in Paraguay that contained at least two bodies of victims believed tortured and killed under former strongman Alfredo Stroessner, authorities said. Human remains are discovered Thursday in an Asuncion, Paraguay, neighborhood. Speaking at the grave site Thursday, Presiden... | Grave found in Paraguay with bodies believed tortured under former regime . President Fernando Lugo calls site remnants of "painful period" in Paraguay's history . Former strongman Alfredo Stroessner known as brutal dictator from 1954-89 . |
(CNN) -- Face Time -- Mehdi Houas, Tunisian Minister of Tourism . The country that sparked the Arab Spring is on the road to recovery. Unlike its neighbors to the East and West however, Tunisia does not sit upon vast oil and gas reserves to aid in the post-revolutionary process. MME sits down with Mehdi Houas, Tunisia'... | MME talks to Tunisia's Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehdi Houas . Tunisia is in the process of outlining its post revolution roadmap . The North African Country hopes to reinvigorate international business ties . |
(CNN) -- Musician Peter Gabriel wants people to recreate scenes from "Sledgehammer," his popular 1986 stop-motion music video that MTV tells Mashable is one of the most-played clips ever on the TV network. An interactive tab on the former Genesis rocker's Facebook page allows his fans to pick a scene from the music vid... | "Grab Your Sledgehammer" lets fans recreate scenes from Peter Gabriel's iconic music video . Facebook contest is tied to the 25th anniversary of Gabriel's album, "So" |
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