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(EW.com) -- Sara Gilbert is engaged to rock musician Linda Perry -- a surprise development she described in full today on "The Talk." Listen in as she explains how Perry, 47, proposed marriage in a park with musicians ... and special T-shirts. 'Glee Project' not canceled: Oxygen . In 2011, Gilbert, 38, addressed her sp... | Sara Gilbert is engaged to rock musician Linda Perry . Perry is the former lead singer of 4 Non-Blondes . In 2011, Gilbert, 38, addressed her split from TV producer Allison Adler on "The Talk" |
(PEOPLE.com) -- It's no secret that Kim Kardashian's personal life has recently taken a bumpy turn, but the reality star is still a big fan of marriage. Asked whether she still considered marriage an attractive choice, Kardashian, who recently announced she's divorcing Kris Humphries, said, "Absolutely. I believe in lo... | Kim Kardashian said, "Absolutely. I believe in love, always" Kardashian, 31, said she learned a lot of lessons in the past year . Whether she will find love again, she simply replied, "I'm not looking" |
(CNN) -- Winds so strong they knocked over semi trucks have been gusting through parts of Montana and Wyoming. The National Weather Service issued a wind warning until 11 p.m. Monday for Browning, Montana, where gusts of up to 85 mph were recorded Saturday. In Cheyenne, Wyoming, gusts of up to 65 mph are expected and a... | Wind gusts topple semi trucks in Montana . High wind warning is in effect for parts of Montana and Wyoming . Gusting winds bend power poles and topple trees . |
(CNN) -- The smell of smoke was reported in a plane that landed at California's Oakland International Airport late Wednesday, officials said. SkyWest Flight 4454 arrived from Los Angeles International Airport on time, landed and taxied to the gate normally. There were 75 passengers and 4 crew members on board the CRJ 9... | SkyWest Flight 4455 plane lands normally . The smell of smoke is noticed afterward, Delta say . All 75 passenger exit normally, and fire officials leave the scene . |
(CNN) -- FACETIME: Saddek Omar Elkaber, Libyan Central Bank Governor . Libya's stock market is back in business after the revolution forced it to shut one year ago. Restarting the economy, attracting foreign investment and stabilizing the banking sector is a major task for the country's central bank. MME met with the c... | Libya's stock market is now back in business and the central bank is facing multiple challenges . MME met with the governor of the Libyan central bank and asked him his plans to restore economic stability . Plus, investigations in Egypt to secure historical artifacts lost during the revolution . |
(Mashable) -- If there's one more thing a true Apple fan should have on his or her desk besides an iMac and an iPhone dock, then it's this wonderfully crafted Steve Jobs action figure. Jobs' trademark black turtleneck, blue jeans, and (removable) rimless glasses are all there, of course, but the tiny details like the f... | Figure has Jobs' trademark black turtleneck, blue jeans, and rimless glasses . Action figure Steve even has a tiny iPhone in his left hand . Price is $79.90, but we won't comment on whether that's too much for Apple's boss . |
(CNN) -- A ferry crammed with people capsized late Friday night in Bangladesh, killing at least 28 passengers, police said. The boat had a capacity of 1,500, but was overcrowded with about 2,000 people, said Nazrul Islam, the police chief of Bangladesh's southern Bhola district. They were traveling from the capital, Dh... | Overcrowded ferry capsizes in Bangladesh, killing at least 28 people . Boat had capacity of 1,500, but was overcrowded with about 2,000 people . They were traveling from capital Dhaka to their homes in Bhola for Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha . |
(CNN) -- A tornado touched down in central Illinois Saturday, police said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office said the tornado touched down in Elmwood, Illinois, on Saturday night. Pictures from CNN-affiliate WMBD showed a twisted gas station awning and streets covered w... | No immediate reports of injuries in Elmwood, Illinois . Streets covered in debris, branches, broken glass . Sever weather reported across much of central Illinois on Saturday . |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Three people were arrested Saturday after chaos broke out at an "America's Next Top Model" audition at a New York hotel, police said. "American's Next Top Model" is hosted and produced by supermodel Tyra Banks. Six people were injured, and two of them sought treatment at a hospital, authorities said. ... | Police: 3 people were arrested Saturday after chaos broke out at a TV show audition . "America's Next Top Model" audition was being held at a New York hotel, police said . Two people sought treatment at a hospital, authorities said . "Top Model" competition is hosted by Tyra Banks and airs on CW network . |
Lima, Peru (CNN) -- A bus carrying 51 people, including children, veered off a cliff in Peru Saturday, killing everyone aboard, an official said. The passengers, who included many members of one family, were traveling to a celebration in the Santa Teresa district, said Juan Carlos Valverde, the under attorney general i... | The busload of people were traveling to a celebration in the Santa Teresa district . An unspecified number of children were aboard . Authorities are still recovering bodies from the cliff, an official says . |
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia declared an end Thursday to its 10-year anti-terror "operation" in the autonomous republic of Chechnya. Russian forces have been operating in Chechnya since Boris Yeltsin's order in 1999. The end to the offensive could see the withdrawal of thousands of troops from the Muslim-majority region, w... | Russia declares end to 10-year anti-terror "operation" in Chechnya . Thousands of troops could be withdrawn from Muslim-majority region . Former president Boris Yeltsin ordered the counter-terrorist operation in 1999 . |
(CNN) -- A train derailed in Florida at the Port of Tampa early Thursday, causing 15 rail cars to topple over and leading to an ethanol spill. Firefighters used foam on the spill to reduce flammability, said Tampa fire department Capt. Lonnie Benniefield. The operation to upright the cars and clean up the spill are exp... | A train derailment leads to an ethanol spill in Tampa, Florida . 15 rail cars are involved in the accident . |
Paterson, New Jersey (CNN) -- A New Jersey judge Monday ordered $338 million Powerball jackpot winner Pedro Quezada to pay $30,000 in back child support to the mother of three of his children. The payment clears Quezada's record, probation officials said during a hearing in Paterson. Quezada told the judge that the chi... | Powerball jackpot winner Pedro Quezada was ordered to child support . The payment clears his record . The three children will live with him, according to Quezada . |
Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay of execution for Texas death row inmate Gayland Bradford, who was convicted of the 1988 murder of a Dallas convenience store security guard. The inmate's lawyers say he is mentally deficient, with an IQ of about 68. The high court has banned executions o... | Stay of execution issued for Texas inmate . Gayland Bradford was convicted of killing a security guard in 1988 . Bradford has an IQ too low to allow his execution, his lawyers say . |
(CNN) -- The Muslim month of fasting, Ramadan, ended this week, marked across the Islamic world by the feasts of Eid el Fitr. Traditionally a time spent with family at home, Ramadan has also become a time for reflection for many Syrians displaced by conflict in the country. According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNCHR), t... | Syrians in Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan marked Ramadan in different ways . Many reflected on the lives they had in their home country . It is a difficult recent past and uncertain future for many . |
(CNN) -- Injuries from a bicycle accident could change a NASA astronaut's duties on Space Shuttle Discovery, the agency said in a statement. Mission Specialist Tim Kopra was injured in a bicycle accident Saturday, NASA said. The agency said he "will be OK," but did not release further details, citing medical privacy. B... | Astronaut Tim Kopra "will be OK," the agency says . The agency is evaluating whether the accident will affect his shuttle duties . The Discovery mission to the international space station is slated for February 24 . |
(CNN) -- North Korea turned up the temperature yet another degree on its neighbors Monday, warning that it would not give any advance notice before attacking South Korea. "Our retaliatory action will start without any notice from now," the North said in a statement carried by its official news agency, KCNA. North Korea... | NEW: North Korea says it will strike "without any notice" Tensions have been increasing steadily on the divided peninsula . |
(CNN) -- Running back Todd Gurley, one of the front-runners for college football's Heisman Trophy, was suspended indefinitely on Thursday by the University of Georgia as the school investigates a possible violation of NCAA rules. "I'm obviously very disappointed," Georgia head football coach Mark Richt said in a two-pa... | The University of Georgia didn't divulge the nature of the possible NCAA violation . Gurley is a junior and could be a high pick in next year's NFL draft . Coach Mark Richt says: "I'm obviously very disappointed" |
(CNN) -- The Australian navy has destroyed nearly 353 kilograms (780 pounds) of heroin after intercepting the drugs on a smuggling vessel off the coast of Tanzania, the Australian Department of Defense said Friday. Authorities estimate the street value at 706 million Australian dollars ($630 million U.S.). A team from ... | The Australian navy has destroyed nearly 353 kilograms (780 pounds) of heroin . It intercepted the drugs on a smuggling vessel off the coast of Tanzania, officials said . A team from the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne boarded the smuggler ship Wednesday . |
(CNN) -- A body found in a Dumpster near San Francisco, California, has been identified as missing postal worker Nancy Rogers, authorities said Tuesday. The Hayward, California, police department said Rogers' death is being investigated as a homicide. Rogers, 61 of Fremont, California, went missing from the post office... | Nancy Rogers' death being investigated as a homicide . Rogers went missing from the Hayward, California, post office early Monday . Postal inspector's office assisting in the investigation . |
(CNN) -- At a press conference in Dallas earlier this month, I listened as a hospital administrator made the now infamous revelation that a feverish man was allowed to go home from the emergency room even though he'd recently been in Liberia. That man, of course, turned out to be Thomas Eric Duncan, who died the next w... | Communication errors in hospitals can be deadly . The mistake in Dallas got a lot of attention because Ebola was involved . Similar, less high-profile mistakes, happen again and again, Cohen says . |
(CNN) -- A corporate jet crash in western Germany on Sunday killed all four people aboard the aircraft, police said. Witnesses told police that the plane burst into flames after it crashed near the town of Trier. Authorities are investigating what caused the crash. Local fire officials told German public broadcaster ZD... | A plane crashed and burst into flames in western Germany . All four people aboard were killed, police say . Authorities are investigating what caused the crash . |
(CNN) -- Game show host and comedian Howie Mandel's irregular heartbeat scare is over, his publicist said Tuesday. Howie Mandel had an irregular heartbeat, but he did not have a heart attack, his publicist said. "Howie has been released from the hospital and will be back at work tomorrow," said Lewis Kay. "He appreciat... | NEW: Howie Mandel released from Toronto hospital . Host of "Deal or No Deal" had been admitted with irregular heartbeat . Comedian was in Toronto, Canada, filming segments for a new show, "Howie Do It" |
(CNN) -- A bus carrying Albanian university students plunged hundreds of feet into a ravine Monday, killing at least 12 people according to police. Rescuers were working Monday to free students who may be trapped inside the bus, located at the bottom of a deep ravine near the city of Himara, about 136 km (86 miles) sou... | Bus carrying university students plummets into ravine in Albania, killing 12 . At least 25 other students were badly injured . Rescue efforts were continuing Monday, according to police . |
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia expressed interest in using Cuban airfields during patrol missions of its strategic bombers, Russia's Interfax news agency reported . "There are four or five airfields in Cuba with 4,000-meter-long runways, which absolutely suit us," Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev told Interfax. Zhikharev, w... | "We are ready to fly there," Russian Air Force official says . Cuba has four or five fields that suit Russia, military official says . Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez also has offered a military airfield . |
(Rolling Stone) -- The Morrissey fan site True to You has reported that the singer recently sustained hand and arm injuries after being attacked by a dog. No specific details of the attack have emerged, though it did happen somewhere in England. He was treated for the injury in Malmö, Sweden, where an x-ray revealed a ... | Morrissey sustained hand and arm injuries after being attacked by a dog . An x-ray revealed a fractured index finger on his right hand . Despite the injury, Morrissey will roll on with his European tour . |
(CNN) -- At least three people were killed Sunday when a passenger train derailed near Toronto, Canadian officials said. All three people were employees of Via Rail Canada, Michelle Lamarche, a spokeswoman for the railway, said, calling it a "very sad day for Via." At least 45 passengers were injured, three severely, a... | NEW: 45 passengers are injured, rail line official says . Those killed were employees of Via Rail Canada . The train was carrying 75 passengers . |
(CNN) -- Another day of rainy forecasts has pushed NASA to put off the space shuttle Endeavour's piggyback flight to California for a second day, the space agency said Monday. The orbiter had been scheduled to take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop its 747 carrier plane on Monday morning. NASA planed to... | Forecast pushes Endeavour's final flight back another day . Endeavour will be put on display at a Los Angeles museum . The shuttle made 25 space flights between 1992 and 2011 . |
Tokyo (CNN) -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Sunday morning off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake was centered 27 miles (43.5 kilometers) beneath the surface about 114 miles (184 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo, the agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuri... | NEW: Fukushima plant not damaged by Saturday quake, broadcaster NHK reports . 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Honshu, Japan . There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage . |
(CNN) -- For some people, it's been an open question: Is six seconds, the limit before a Vine video starts looping over and over again, enough time for real creativity? The answer is yes. About 24 hours into the existence of Vine, Twitter's appropriately brief video-sharing app, it's already clear that users are doing ... | Twitter's video-sharing app, Vine, launched Thursday . Already, some folks are finding ways to be creative with it . From Jimmy Fallon to the Australian Open, Vine clips are flooding Twitter . |
(CNN) -- Every year Apple has a special one-day shopping event on Black Friday, offering moderately lower prices for many of its gadgets, and this year is no exception. Apple's Black Friday sale is now live in the U.S. and internationally, with savings mostly hovering around the 10% mark for more expensive items and cl... | Apple typically puts its products on sale on Black Friday . The sales are modest, but the company rarely offers deals . Most discounts are about 10%, with some products taking bigger cuts . You can save $41 on an iPad or $101 on the new MacBook Pros . |
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. military cleared the F-35 fighter jet to fly again after the fleet of jets were temporarily grounded. The jets, that are designed for use by the Navy, Air Force and Marines, were grounded on February 21 due to a crack in an engine component that was discovered during a routine inspection in... | The jets were grounded on February 21 . On Thursday, military officials said engineers had analyzed them . The nearly $400 billion fleet is the Pentagon's most expensive weapons system . |
(CNN) -- The man revered for yelling "Do you believe in miracles?" as the U.S. hockey team upset the mighty Soviets in the 1980 Winter Olympics was arrested and charged with misdemeanor DUI in Southern California on Friday night, Santa Monica police said. Sgt. Ryan Gradle said Michaels, the current play-by-play announc... | Sportscasting legend Al Michaels suspected of drunken driving . He was arrested in Santa Monica, California, on Friday night . Michaels spent five hours in jail, then was released on his own recognizance, police say . |
(CNN) -- Not quite the whole sun will come up Sunday along the East Coast of the United States, but the partial solar eclipse will last less than two minutes. Photos: Skygazers see rare eclipse . The eclipse will be under way at sunrise. While the moon's shadow will cast a total eclipse over the view of the sun from pa... | Partial eclipse will last less than two minutes . Total eclipse is only for parts of Atlantic Ocean and Africa . |
(CNN) -- A twin-engine propeller plane crashed into a house in North Carolina on Wednesday, killing two people on board, authorities said. The small plane crashed into a High Point neighborhood -- clipping one home before crashing into a second and sparking a fire, said Capt. Denita Lynch of the city's fire department.... | The plane had been diverted from Winston-Salem to Greensboro . Residents of the home hit in nearby High Point escaped without injuries . |
(CNN) -- July 8 will mark the start of the final space shuttle mission and the end of an era, NASA announced Tuesday. The U.S. space agency announced the date for the final flight of Atlantis following a flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. If nothing delays the countdown, the shu... | Atlantis is to blast off at 11:26 a.m. on July 8 . The 12-day mission will be the final flight for NASA's space shuttle program . |
(CNN) -- Five Afghan policemen were killed as result of a U.S. airstrike, according to an International Security Assistance Force public information officer, who said the incident was an accident and is under investigation. The strike occurred amid a joint operation between Afghan National Security Forces and the ISAF ... | Deaths of police officers are being investigated, ISAF public information officer tells CNN . The strike occurred amid a joint operation, he said . Dean would not give more details . The International Security Force is a NATO-led mission in Afghanistan . |
Washington (CNN) -- Consumers are being warned to stop riding all models of the tikit brand of folding bicycles after reports of handlebar stems breaking and injuring riders. The bikes are manufactured in Eugene, Oregon, by Green Gear Cycling Inc., with the trade name Bike Friday. The Consumer Product Safety Commission... | Handlebar stems on the tikit brand of folding bicycles are breaking and injuring riders . Bike Friday's tikit brand decal is on the bike frame . Consumers are urged to contact the bike company to schedule a free repair . |
(CNN) -- A New Jersey woman traveling to an explosives demonstration in California was stopped at Newark Liberty International Airport after land mine casings were found in her luggage, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday. TSA explosives experts were called to the checked baggage screening area in T... | A checked bag at Newark Liberty International Airport tripped alarms . Land mine casings were found in the bag, the TSA said . The woman was traveling to an explosives demonstration, officials said . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least three people were killed and 30 injured in an explosion near the governor's compound in the city of Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan Thursday, authorities said. A suicide bomber driving a car apparently targeted a foreign armored convoy outside the town's education department, sa... | Three British nationals were wounded in the attack, an official says . A suicide bomber in a car caused the blast, a governor's spokesman says . President Karzai condemns the attack . |
Atlanta (CNN) -- A Nigerian doctor has been diagnosed with Ebola nearly three weeks after a Liberian-American man with Ebola died after traveling to Lagos, Nigerian officials said Monday. Nigerian Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu told reporters that the infected physician had been treating Patrick Sawyer, a top gove... | Diagnosis comes three weeks after Liberian-American man died from virus . "We know what needs to be done," CDC director says . Experts will also help implement stronger systems to fight the disease, CDC chief says . |
(CNN) -- A wind of change blew through Hawaii Monday and thankfully it was gentle enough to allow the PGA's Tournament of Champions to finally get under way. For three days in a row the 30-strong field, all of whom won a PGA Tour event in 2012, had to sit idly by as play was canceled due to strong winds and driving rai... | Dustin Johnson leads the PGA Tour's Tournament of Champions in Hawaii . Play was abandoned on Friday, Saturday and Sunday due to strong winds . Johnson leads on 11-under after the field played 36 holes on Monday . Steve Stricker, Bubba Watson and Keegan Bradley all in the chasing pack . |
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- A Japanese diplomat was wounded when armed men tried to kidnap him in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Sunday morning, three Interior Ministry officials said. The diplomat resisted and was stabbed by the assailants, the officials said. The kidnapping attempt took place outside the diplomat's residen... | The diplomat was stabbed outside his home in Sanaa . Officials: He was wounded after he resisted a kidnapping attempt . Kidnapping foreigners to use as bargaining chips has been a problem in Yemen . |
(CNN) -- The death toll from a massive landslide that struck in Washington state's Cascade Mountains rose to 36 on Wednesday, the Snohomish County medical examiner said. Of those 36 bodies, 32 have been identified, county officials said. Ten people are still missing after a rain-saturated hillside along the Stillaguami... | 32 of the 36 bodies have been identified, Snohomish County officials say . 10 people are still missing . President Barack Obama will visit the area on April 22, the one-month anniversary . |
Washington (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Tuesday to deliver a Veterans Day speech, but perhaps more interesting than what he had to say was just what had happened to his face. Hagel was sporting a large bandage on his left cheek -- which a Pentagon spokesman attributed ... | Defense Secretary Hagel was wearing a bandage on his left cheek at Veterans Day events . A Pentagon spokesman said Hagel had scratched his cheek on an open cabinet door . The spokesman said Hagel didn't receive stitches or visit the hospital . |
(CNN) -- Five crew members and a fishing vessel are missing off the coast of Nova Scotia, a Canadian official said Monday. The Miss Ally sent out an emergency beacon about 76 miles (123 kilometers) southeast of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Captain Doug Keirstead of Joint Task Force Atlantic said. Coast Guard units from Cana... | The Miss Ally disappeared on Sunday night, sending out a distress radio signal . A crew of five fishermen was onboard, and only an empty life raft has been found so far . |
Congratulations are in order! Comedian Mario Cantone has married his partner of 20 years, musical theater director Jerry Dixon, Cantone revealed Friday on The View. "I got married for the same reasons you did," the "Sex and the City" actor, 51, tells fellow newlywed Joy Behar on the show. "We're older now. We've been t... | Comedian Mario Cantone and his partner Jerry Dixon tied the knot . Cantone and Dixon, a musical theater director, married after 20 years together . "It was beautiful, just my family there," Cantone said . |
(CNN) -- Richard III is getting people talking all over again. DNA tests confirm that skeletal remains found buried in a parking lot belong to England's most famous king, British scientists announced on Monday. Some CNN commenters did a bit of a double take. don4060: "From the picture, I thought it was Keith Richards."... | Bones discovered in parking lot belong to King Richard III . Historians hope to repudiate King's villainous reputation . 'Hide and seek win' tweets one parody account . |
(CNN) -- The French Open is the second grand slam of the tennis season, and it is widely regarded as the most grueling to win -- two weeks of often epic, grinding matches on the energy-sapping red clay of Roland Garros. CNN's Open Court talked to the five past women's champions to get their insights into what it takes ... | Maria Sharapova is the defending women's champion at this year's French Open . There have been five different female winners in Paris in the past five years . Click on the panel strips in the interactive to discover their stories . |
(CNN) -- The search of a pond in Bristol, Connecticut, in connection with the murder investigation involving Aaron Hernandez failed to turn up any new evidence, authorities said Tuesday. "No evidence was recovered and, at the present time, no more dives are planned," Lt. Kevin Morrell told CNN's Susan Candiotti. Invest... | Divers failed to turn up any new evidence at the pond . Authorities were looking for the gun used to kill Odin Lloyd, police say . Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez is charged with Lloyd's murder . Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the June slaying . |
(CNN) -- Spanish actors Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz tied the knot in the Bahamas earlier this month, the latter's publicist told CNN late Tuesday night. The wedding took place at a friend's house, said Cruz's publicist Amanda Silverman, without specifying exactly when it happened. It was a small ceremony with just ... | Wedding took place in the Bahamas in early July . Publicist: It was an intimate affair with close friends . Both Bardem and Cruz are Oscar-winning actors . |
(CNN) -- A passenger who landed at Tokyo's Narita airport over the weekend has ended up with a surprise souvenir courtesy of customs officials -- a package of cannabis. Sniffer dogs failed to find the cannabis after it had been slipped into a passenger's bag. A customs official hid the package in a suitcase belonging t... | Customs official slips cannabis into passenger's bag to test sniffer dogs . Cannabis slips through the net, with officials forced to ask for its return . Cannabis hidden in bag of unwitting passenger from Hong Kong . |
(CNN) -- Iran and six world powers ended talks on Tehran's nuclear program with plans to meet again next month, the EU said Friday. The four-day meeting that came to a close Thursday in Vienna brought together technical experts, said Michael Mann, a spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. "T... | The talks ended on Thursday . More talks will happen soon, an EU spokesman said . |
(CNN)Bad news, Benedict Cumberbatch fans: The Oscar nominee is officially off the market. The star of "The Imitation Game" and "The Hobbit" married pregnant fiancee Sophie Hunter on Saturday in a quiet ceremony on the British Isle of Wight. "Benedict and Sophie were married yesterday surrounded by their close friends a... | Cumberbatch married pregnant fiancee Sophie Hunter . Cumberbatch has a massive following of fans online . |
(CNN) -- An unruly passenger aboard a cross-country American Airlines flight forced the plane to make an unscheduled landing in Phoenix, according to police and a passenger on board. American Airlines Flight 1488 left Los Angeles International Airport Thursday heading for Miami. A 21-year-old Hispanic male started beha... | American Airlines Flight 1488 made an unscheduled stop in Phoenix on Thursday . A passenger was behaving erratically, Phoenix police spokesman says . "Two guys and a girl, they held the guy down till we got on the ground," witness says . Unidentified passenger was taken to an area hospital for treatment, police say . |
(CNN) -- Family and friends attended a military funeral Friday to pay tribute to Lee Rigby, the British soldier killed in an attack in southeast London in May. Crowds gathered outside Bury Parish Church, near Manchester, and lined streets nearby to listen as the service was relayed by loudspeaker. Rigby's commanding of... | Family and friends attend a military funeral service held for slain soldier Lee Rigby . His commanding officer pays tribute to his charisma and courage . Rigby was killed in a daylight attack in southeast London . |
(CNN Student News) -- June 7, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Florida . North Korea; South Korea . 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. Teacher... | 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 End of Year Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News this school year . |
(CNN) -- It seems like just yesterday Lauren and Kristin were competing for Stephen. It's officially been a decade since MTV launched "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County," a reality show that followed the lives of a group of students from Laguna Beach High School. The original cast quickly gained attention as they sh... | The series first aired September 28, 2004 . Some of the cast members have found major success . Stephen Colletti recently posted a pic of some of the cast . |
(CNN) -- Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 36 other supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy got life sentences Saturday in Cairo, state media reported. The defendants are accused of inciting violence. An additional 10 defendants sentenced to death in June have had their sentences upheld by Egyp... | Mohammed Badie sentenced to life in prison for inciting violence . 36 other surpporters of ousted Egyptian president also face life behind bars . Badie, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, was sentenced to death in April . |
(CNN Student News) -- March 2, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Syria . Harrisburg, Illinois; Wyoming; Cape Cod, Massachusetts . 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 tra... | 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 . |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- All 11 people aboard a U.N. plane carrying military personnel died Friday afternoon when the aircraft crashed into a mountainside in Haiti, a spokeswoman said. The victims were from Uruguay and Jordan, said Michele Montas, the U.N. spokeswoman. The cause of the crash of the Casa C-212 was unknown; an ... | NEW: All 11 people aboard U.N. plane killed in Haiti crash, spokeswoman says . NEW: Military personnel aboard plane were from Uruguay and Jordan . NEW: The Casa C-212 plane crashed into a mountainside . Plane was conducting routine surveillance near Dominican Republic . |
(EW.com) -- Bummer news from the king of the "Bachelor" franchise today. Mike Fleiss answered a fan inquiry on Twitter by saying there won't be a fourth edition of "Bachelor Pad," the cheesy fun spinoff of "The Bachelor" this summer. ABC confirmed that "Pad," which has been a solid little player for ABC in the summer m... | ABC confirmed that "Bachelor Pad" will not return this year . "Pad" has been a solid little player for ABC in the summer months . "Pad" launched in August of 2010 as an elimination-style game show . |
(CNN Student News) -- February 10, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Georgia . Falkland Islands . 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 . |
Mexico City (CNN) -- A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico on Saturday night, about 100 miles south-southwest of the capital, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, which hit at 7:47 p.m. local time, had an estimated depth of 40 miles, the USGS said. The agency earlier said it was 6.7 magnitude.... | NEW: Mexico City's mayor reports some blackouts, no major damage . The depth of the quake was some 40 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey says . There were no immediate reports of injuries . |
(CNN) -- Flooding in southern Spain has left at least 10 dead, Spanish state media outlet RTVE reported Saturday. Emergency personnel on Saturday found the body of a man in a swamp in Spain's Murcia region. The victim, believed to be the grandfather of a nine-year-old girl who was killed by the flooding on Friday, was ... | Flash floods have killed 10 people in southern Spain . One victim was a nine-year-old girl, another is believed to be her grandfather . Heavy rain continued to fall across the Andalucia region on Saturday . |
Tokyo (CNN) -- A magnitude 5.7 earthquake rattled central Japan on Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A second quake -- magnitude 4.6 quake -- struck about 11 minutes later. The Japan Meteorological Agency said no tsunami alert has been issued. The quake, which took place at 4:24 p.m. local time, wa... | Both quakes are centered about 143 kilometers (89 miles) north-northeast of Tokyo . The Japan Meteorological Agency said no tsunami alert has been issued . |
The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Robert McDonald, a former corporate CEO and an ex-Army officer, as the next Veterans Affairs secretary. He replaces Eric Shinseki, who resigned in May amid an unfolding scandal at VA medical facilities. The vote was 97 to 0. McDonald takes over a massive bureaucracy with more... | McDonald takes over for Eric Shinseki, who resigned in May amid scandal . He is a former corporate CEO and an ex-Army officer who went to West Point . McDonald assumes the post with the VA reeling over alarming shortcomings in care . |
(CNN Student News) -- March 16, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Syria . Silicon Valley, California . Austria . 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 publis... | 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) -- Somali pirates released a chemical tanker after holding it for more than four months, the European Union's naval protection force said Thursday. The MV Hannibal II was seized November 11 off the Horn of Africa, EU NAVFOR said. All 30 members of the crew of the Panama-flagged vessel are safe and in good health,... | The MV Hannibal's crew is safe and in good health, the ship owner says . The waters off Somalia are dangerous for ships due to piracy . |
(EW.com) -- Any existing physical copies of Nora Ephron's "Crazy Salad: Some Things about Women" and "Scribble, Scribble: Notes on the Media" are probably well-worn, underlined, and doggy-eared by now. "Crazy Salad" and "Scribble, Scribble" have been out-of-print as solo volumes since 1991 and 1984, respectively. Vinta... | "Crazy Salad" and "Scribble, Scribble" have been out-of-print as solo volumes . On October 16, Vintage will publish both titles as a single volume . They'll also be available in their entirety as e-books for the first time on that date . |
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- An insurgent attack on a Thai military camp in the country's south killed four soldiers and wounded six others, a military spokesman said Thursday. "There were about 20 to 30 insurgents (who) attacked our permanent infantry camp in Maruebotok Village, Narathiwart province ... around 7:30 a.m.... | Muslim separatists in southern Thailand have long battled government forces . Several thousand people die in a wave of violence that erupted in 2004 . The military had received tip-off information that there would an attack on Thai military posts . |
(CNN) -- A Miami imam convicted of funneling tens of thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Robert Scola levied the sentence against Hafiz Khan, a U.S. citizen and Pakistani native who ran the Miami Masjid, also known as the Flager Mosque. A jury in... | Hafiz Khan was found guilty in March of supporting the Pakistani Taliban . Khan, 78, funneled money to the organization and its supporters, charges alleged . Khan was imam of the Miami Masjid, also known as the Flager Mosque. |
(CNN) -- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed again to the hospital late Saturday, her family said. The ailing actress was taken from her home to UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, her daughter Francesca Hilton said. She did not provide details. Gabor has suffered major health problems in the last year, including hip repla... | Gabor has suffered major health problems in the last year . Her daughter does not provide details about the hospitalization . |
(CNN) -- A gunman who opened fire on his co-workers at a Walmart in Reno, Nevada, was arrested without incident Friday after a six-hour standoff with authorities, Reno police said. Three employees were injured and two remained hospitalized Friday night in serious to stable condition, Lt. Mohammad Rafaqat told CNN. John... | NEW: Three employees are injured in the shooting by their co-worker, police say . NEW: John Gillane will be charged with three counts of attempted murder . NEW: Two people remain hospitalized in serious to stable condition . |
(CNN) -- An explosive device hidden inside a newspaper exploded when a Vacaville, California, man picked it up near his doorstep Sunday morning, a city official said. The wounded man was airlifted to a hospital, and residents of a dozen neighboring homes were evacuated, Vacaville city spokesman Mark Mazzaferro said. It... | Police are searching for other bombs in the neighborhood . No other explosive devices have been found . About a dozen homes in Vacaville, California, are evacuated . The wounded man was airlifted to a hospital . |
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 36 people were killed and 71 hurt Monday in three vehicle bombings that rocked Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The blasts targeted hotels in central Baghdad. The three explosions happened in quick succession near the Palestine, Babil and Al-Hamrra hotels, the Iraqi off... | NEW: More than 70 also hurt in three vehicle bombings in Baghdad . NEW: Blasts targeted hotels in Iraqi capital . |
Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- An unintentional fireworks explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Thursday, injuring five civilians who were working with a local non-governmental organization, a Lebanese interior security forces source told CNN. The blast, which occurred around 8 p.m. (1 p.m. ET), left a crater on fire next to M... | An accidental fireworks explosion rocks downtown Beirut . 5 who'd been working with the fireworks are hurt, a security forces source says . A large firework never launched and exploded on the ground, he adds . |
(CNN) -- Rubber ducky, you ARE the one -- the chosen one, that is, for this year's induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The rubber duck shares the honor with the game of chess as a fellow 2013 inductee, announced today on the hall's website. Inductees are selected on the basis of several factors including icon... | The National Toy Hall of Fame inducted two toys from 12 finalists . This year's inductees: the rubber duck and chess . Finalists included Pac-Man, NERF toys and My Little Pony . |
(CNN Student News) -- January 20, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Syria . Italy . Tampa, Florida . 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) -- Edward Gough Whitlam, the former Australian Prime Minister who strengthened ties abroad, has died, the Australian government said Monday. At 98 years old, he was the longest-lived Prime Minister in Australia's history. He served as the country's 21st Prime Minister, from 1972 to 1975. "We remember his lifetime... | Former Australian Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam has passed away . Whitlam, who was 98, was Australia's longest-lived Prime Minister . He is remembered for the international links he created . |
(CNN Student News) -- February 15, 2013 . Download a PDF map related to today's show: . Mobile, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia. 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) -- Dark smoke rose from the upper floors of Radio France's headquarters in Paris on Friday as a fire prompted an evacuation of the building. There were no reports of injuries, Radio France spokeswoman Marine Billoir said. Firefighters eventually extinguished the flames, reported France Info radio, part of Radio F... | NEW: Firefighters put out flames at Radio France's headquarters in Paris . NEW: There were no reports of injuries . The fire started in part of the building that was unoccupied and under construction . It wasn't immediately clear what started the fire . |
(CNN) -- A gunman shot four people in Greenville, North Carolina, before being shot by police, Mayor Allen Thomas told CNN. Shortly before noon, the gunman approached and shot one person in a parking lot at the Kellum Law Firm and then three people in the parking lot of a Walmart, police said. The man, armed with a sho... | A man with a shotgun shoots one person in a Greenville law firm parking lot . He then shoots three people in a Walmart parking lot . He is shot by police after he disobeys orders to drop the weapon . |
(CNN Student News) -- November 18, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . New York City . Azerbaijan . 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 . |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor James Farentino, whose television acting career began in the early 1960s, died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, according to a hospital spokeswoman. He was 73. No other details about Farentino's death on Tuesday could be released because of federal health privacy laws, hospital spokes... | Farentino's acting resume includes more than 100 TV roles . He played the father of George Clooney's character in TV's "ER" Farentino won the 1967 "Most Promising Newcomer" Golden Globe . |
(CNN)Are you a female artist or designer? If so, CNN International is looking for your help with a voluntary project for International Women's Day on March 8. We asked our audience, our journalists and our partners around the world to select the quotes by women that inspire them. We've been inundated with quotes -- and... | Are you a female artist or designer? CNN needs your help for a voluntary International Women's Day project . We'd like you to illustrate the inspiring words of a great woman . Your work could be seen by CNN's global audience . |
(CNN) -- A Virginia Military Institute cadet has been charged with rape and sodomy after a female cadet reported she was the victim of sexual assault. Stephen J. Lloyd, 21, is being held in the Rockbridge Regional Jail in Lexington, Virginia, according to a spokesman for the Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office. The alle... | Accused cadet is being held in the Rockbridge Regional Jail in Lexington, Virginia . The alleged assault took place over the weekend . Case has been referred to the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney . |
(CNN Student News) -- April 26, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Syria . Waco, Texas; Dallas, Texas . 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. Teach... | 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 . |
London, England (CNN)Ever had a question that you wanted to ask to Nneka? Now's your chance! CNN's African Voices will sit down with the soulful singer on Monday, 23 February -- and we want to hear from you. Send in your questions by leaving a comment below or using the hashtag #AskNneka on Twitter, and we'll put the b... | CNN interviews Nneka Egbuna, a Nigerian-German singer/songwriter Monday . What questions do you have for fabulous soul singer? Send them to CNN via the hashtag #AskNneka or in the comments below! |
Lac-Megantic, Quebec (CNN) -- Five more bodies have been recovered from the scene of runaway train disaster in Quebec, raising the death toll to 33, a Canadian provincial police official said Saturday. The bodies were pulled from where a train crashed in the town of Lac-Megantic, Capt. Michel Forget said. More than two... | Death toll in the train disaster in Lac-Megantic rises to 33, police say . More than two dozen people are still believed missing . It's possible some of the victims were vaporized in an explosion . |
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- An explosion at an Indonesian navy ammunition warehouse near Jakarta killed one person and injured dozens of others, authorities said. The blast took place Wednesday morning at the warehouse on an island off the Tanjung Priok port complex in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, the military said... | The blast takes place on an island off a Jakarta port complex . Official: The explosion was caused by an electrical short circuit . |
London, England (CNN) -- Passengers on a British Airways flight from London to Hong Kong got a scare this week when a recorded announcement said the plane was making an emergency landing. The recording, however, was triggered by a computer glitch -- not by an actual emergency -- and the cabin crew immediately told pass... | The recording said the plane was making an emergency landing . Cabin crew immediately told passengers it had been a mistake . It happened on a British Airways flight between London and Hong Kong . |
(CNN) -- At least 40 people were killed in an airstrike on a key hospital in the besieged city of Aleppo, a rebel leader there told CNN. Ralib al-Omar, with the Yusif al-Asma rebel group, said the attack targeted the Dar al-Shifa Hospital and that the dead included two nurses. The hospital is one of the main sources of... | The dead include two nurses, says rebel leader . Dar al-Shifa Hospital is a primary source of medical help in Syria's commercial hub . Its maternity ward had been attacked earlier in the year . |
(CNN) -- Disney has announced the return of "Toy Story" with a fourth installment due out in 2017, according to the official fan site D23.com. Chairman and CEO Bob Iger said during Disney's quarterly earnings call Thursday that the flicks starring Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Mr. Potato Head aren't finished, contrary to c... | Disney's "Toy Story" is returning for a fourth installment in 2017 . John Lasseter, who directed the first movie, will return to helm the fourth . "Toy Story 3" grossed more than $1 billion at the box office worldwide . |
(CNN) -- Sepp Blatter's controversial comments about racism in football are the latest in a long line of incidents that have embarrassed the FIFA president in the past decade. From matters such as accusations of financial mismanagement and corruption at world football's governing body, to his infamous declarations on h... | FIFA president sparks anger by declaring that racism is not an on-pitch problem . Sepp Blatter has a history of causing controversy with his public comments . World football's ruling body has been tainted by charges of corruption during his reign . |
(CNN) -- Six people, including two children and the suspected shooter, were found dead in Greenwood County, South Carolina, an official said Tuesday night. All died from gunshot wounds, said Greenwood County Sheriff Tony Davis. Authorities believe it's a "domestic-related incident." The crime scene was along Callison H... | Children and the suspected shooter are among the dead . All died from gunshot wounds, a sheriff says . Greenwood County is located about 80 miles west of the state capital of Columbia . |
(CNN) -- Eighteen people were killed and 43 seriously injured after the bus they were traveling in plunged into a ravine in a mountainous area south of the Indonesian capital, authorities said. The crash took place Wednesday morning in Puncak, West Java, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the national disaster ... | The crash took place Wednesday in Puncak, West Java, authorities say . The bus was carrying members of churches from Jakarta . They were returning from a retreat in the mountainous area . There are indications the brakes stopped working, an official says . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An attack in eastern Afghanistan killed four NATO service members and 12 others Tuesday. The Czech Defense Ministry said the four soldiers killed were Czech nationals. The soldiers were patrolling an area in Bagram when a suicide bomber on a bicycle detonated his explosives vest, said Wahid ... | The four soldiers killed were Czech nationals . The soldiers were on patrol when they were attacked . Official: A suicide bomber in bicycle detonated his explosives vest . |
(CNN) -- Sprint-king Usain Bolt showed he could again prove dominant in the sprint distances by running the fastest 100-meters of the year in Daegu, Korea on Wednesday. The Jamaican, who is world and Olympic champion -- as well as world record holder -- in both the 100m and 200m recovered from a slow start to power to ... | Usain Bolt runs the fastest 100-meters of 2010 in a meeting in Daegu, Korea . The Jamaican world and Olympic champion clocks a time of 9.86 seconds . Bolt will next race in the 200m in Sunday's Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, China . |
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's first lunar probe landed on the moon in a controlled collision Sunday, marking the first phase of the nation's three-stage moon mission, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The second stage involves sending a second probe to practice soft landings, the Xinhua news agency said. The... | Chang'e-1 ends its 16-month mission with controlled collision on moon surface . Xinhua: Second stage involves sending second probe to practice soft landings . Third stage involves landing of rover . China becomes only third nation to send manned spacecraft into orbit . |
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