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(CNN) -- The head of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel has been captured, Mexican federal police announced. Carlos Beltran Leyva, 40, was arrested Wednesday in the northwest city of Culiacan after showing a fake driver's license with the alias "Carlos Gamez," which authorities knew to look for, police said Saturday in a st... | Carlos Beltran Leyva arrested after showing fake driver's license . Arrest comes two weeks after brother, Arturo Beltran Leyva, was killed . |
(CNN) -- J.K. Rowling has an early Christmas treat for Harry Potter fans. Starting Friday, fans of the bestselling series will get 12 days of new writings by Rowling "and even a potion or two" on the Pottermore fan website. A newsletter sent to fans said #PottermoreChristmas kicks off Friday, December 12, promising a "... | 12 days of new content coming to Harry Potter fan website . #PottermoreChristmas promises new writing from J.K. Rowling . Fans are taking to social media to share their excitement . |
Paris, France (CNN) -- The body of a retired restaurateur who's been missing for two years has been found in a freezer in the French city of Lyon, police there told CNN Wednesday. The corpse of Jean-Francois Poinard, 71, was discovered Tuesday in the apartment he had shared with a girlfriend in Lyon, regarded as the cu... | Body of missing man is found in a freezer in a Lyon apartment . The man's girlfriend has been taken into custody in the case . Poinard was a well-known chef in the 1970s and 80s . |
(CNN) -- Actress Keira Knightley is engaged to James Righton, the keyboardist and singer with British rock band Klaxons, her publicist said Monday. Knightley's publicist, Sara Keene, said there would be no further details. People Magazine reports the couple has been together for about a year, following Knightley's spli... | She is engaged to James Righton, singer and keyboardist of the band Klaxons . They have been together for about a year, People Magazine reports . |
Washington (CNN)Seriously, Twitter, Let. It. Go. The usually pitch-perfect Idina Menzel had a slight stumble as she was belting out her siren song, "Let It Go," for the thousands gathered in Times Square for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. And Twitter went all kinds of crazy. Here's what happened. | She botched the high note during the song's climax . Some came to her defense; others offered ridicule . Still others blamed Adele Dazeem . |
(CNN) -- Sixteen people were wounded and a guru was shot to death in an outbreak of violence between rival Sikhs at an Indian temple in Vienna, Austria, police said. Austrian police secure the area outside a Sikh temple in Vienna where a shooting occured Sunday. Six people were arrested in connection with the incident,... | Police: One suspect fired at two gurus, while five suspects attacked with knives . One of the gurus, a 57-year-old Sikh preacher, was killed . Police: About 150 people were in the room when the violence took place . |
Japan has long been the world leader in robotics research, but in recent years it's also been leading the way when it comes to cutting-edge medical technology. A prototype "Finger Rehabilitation Glove," designed to aid recovery from paralysis. From robot nurses that can lift hospital patients in and out of their beds, ... | Japan is leading the way with advances in cutting-edge medical technology . Researchers have developed nurse robots that can assist in hospitals . The "Intelligent Toilet" can test blood pressure and give health advice . |
(CNN) -- Mexican authorities said Friday that they have not arrested the son of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, contrary to what they had said a day earlier. The nation's navy announced Thursday that it had arrested Alfredo Guzman Salazar in western Mexico. A day later, after doing more identification tests, it sa... | Alfredo Guzman Salazar is the son of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman . El Chapo is considered the most wanted man in Mexico. Father and son were indicted in Illinois on drug trafficking charges in 2009 . |
(CNN Student News) -- September 21, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Iran; Strait of Hormuz . 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 publi... | 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) -- A 400-year-old minaret collapsed Friday on worshipers in Meknes, Morocco, killing 36 and injuring 71, the official news agency Maghreb Arabe Presse reported, citing the Interior Ministry. The collapse occurred as hundreds of people were gathering in Bab Berdieyinne mosque in Meknes, a town in northern Morocco ... | Minaret in Meknes, Morocco, was 400 years old . Incident came as worshipers were gathering in northern town . King ordered that mosque be rebuilt . |
(CNN) -- Operating from its corporate headquarters in New York City's Rockefeller Center, Sirius Satellite Radio broadcasts over 130 digital-quality channels, including 69 channels of commercial-free music, plus exclusive channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data to more than 7.1 million ... | Sirius radio personalities include Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, Jamie Foxx . Mel Karmazin's Sirius Satellite Radio competes with XM Satellite Radio . They faced off at antitrust hearing "Competition and the Future of Digital Music" |
(CNN) -- Longtime ABC News personality Barbara Walters was being treated for a cut on her forehead Sunday after a fall in Washington, the network said. Walters, 83, suffered the cut after falling on a stair Saturday evening while visiting the British ambassador's residence, ABC News Senior Vice President Jeffrey Schnei... | ABC's Barbara Walters fell on a stair Saturday night at the British ambassador's residence . She went to the hospital as a precaution and remains there for observation, the network says . |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The number of homicides in New York City rose about four percent in 2008 compared with the previous year, preliminary figures from the city's police department showed. There were 516 homicides in New York City in 2008, according to preliminary police figures. The NYPD's CompStat data showed 516 homici... | There were 516 homicides in the city last year, up from 496 in 2007 . That's still a dramatic change from 1990, when there were 2,262 homicides . The NYPD cites its Operation Impact as a chief reason for the improvement . The operation places more uniformed officers in areas where crime rates are high . |
(CNN) -- The death toll from this weekend's building collapse in southern India has risen to 32, but two workers were pulled out alive two days after the accident, a police official said Tuesday. The 11-story building under construction in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, toppled over during heavy rains Saturd... | Two people were rescued in Chennai . A collapse also occurred in New Delhi on Saturday . Such incidents are all too common in India . |
(CNN) -- It's another slap heard around the world, albeit a legal one this time. Two years after Wendi Deng made headlines for forcefully defending her husband -- News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch -- from a pie-throwing intruder in Britain's Parliament, she and their relationship are in the news again. Murdoch is filing fo... | News Corp. CEO Rupert Mudoch files for divorce from his third wife, Wendi Deng . Chinese-born, Yale-educated Deng married Murdoch in 1999; the pair have two daughters . Deng made headlines when she defended Murdoch from man armed with shaving-foam pie . Questions remain about how Murdoch's estimated $11 billion fortune... |
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile's Pacific coast Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake's epicenter was 60 kilometers (37 miles) west-northwest of Iquique, Chile, and its depth was 20 kilometers (12.4 miles), the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries, but local emergen... | A tsunami was generated, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says . Residents move to higher ground as tsunami alerts sound . Officials say there's no widespread destructive tsunami threat . The quake's epicenter was 35 kilometers from Iquique, Chile . |
(CNN) -- A former Norwegian prime minister has been appointed to lead NATO, the alliance said Friday. Jens Stoltenberg, 55, has been named to the secretary-general post held by Anders Fogh Rasmussen and will begin his new job on October 1. Stoltenberg is "the right man to build on NATO's record of strength & success," ... | Stoltenberg takes over in his new job this October . He's now the U.N. special envoy on climate change . Rasmussen says Stoltenberg is "right man" for post . |
(CNN) -- Linkin Park canceled its Thursday night show in Washington, D.C., after the group's lead singer fell ill, the band said on its website. "Lead vocalist Chester Bennington is ill and under doctor's orders to refrain from performing," the statement said. "The band sincerely regrets this unavoidable cancellation a... | Linkin Park music sales top 19 million units . The band is on tour to promote its latest release, "A Thousand Suns" Linkin Park's next scheduled show is Friday in Uncasville, Connecticut . |
London (CNN) -- Britain's Royal Air Force scrambled jets Monday to escort a passenger plane in for landing after a man made threats on an Etihad Airways flight, authorities said. The British national, 37, was arrested on arrival, police in the county of Essex said. The flight was bound for London's Heathrow Airport fro... | A passenger makes threats on a plane heading for Heathrow, officials say . The plane lands safely and the man is arrested . |
(CNN Student News) -- April 12, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . London . Wilcox County, Georgia; Oregon . 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) -- How did this happen? That is what many people were asking Wednesday, after news broke that a health care worker had flown commercially at a time she was supposedly monitoring herself for a possible Ebola infection. Amber Vinson, 29, is the third person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States -- after T... | NEW: CDC official: Those being monitored for Ebola may be put on "no-board" list . Vinson flew commercially in the time she was supposed to be self-monitoring for Ebola . Dallas health care worker called CDC about temperature, wasn't told not to fly, official says . CDC chief says that Vinson shouldn't have flown comme... |
(CNN) -- Each day, CNN producers select a user-submitted photo to be our Travel Photo of the Day. Click through the gallery above to see stunning shots from around the world, and be sure to come back every day for a new image. Have a gorgeous travel photo of your own to share? Submit it for the gallery at CNN iReport! | See more iReport galleries: Glorious Ireland, beautiful beaches . Follow us on Twitter @cnnireport and @CNNTravel . |
(CNN) -- R. Sargent Shriver, a brother-in-law to former President John F. Kennedy who was the first head of the Peace Corps, has been hospitalized in Maryland, a hospital spokeswoman said Monday. Ronna Borenstein-Levy of Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, a suburb of Washington, D.C., provided no further details on Shriver... | The 95-year-old Shriver was the first head of the Peace Corps . He was married to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died in 2009 . |
(CNN) -- A week before her death, South African model Reeva Steenkamp talked about her secure, blissful environment. "I woke up in a happy, safe home this morning," she tweeted. "Not everyone did." Four days after she posted that message, neither did she. The 29-year-old model was shot dead by her boyfriend at his hous... | The striking, platinum-haired model was gearing up for her reality television debut . "What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow?" she tweeted day before death . Before she started dating Pistorius, Reeva Steenkamp was famous in her own right . |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Nick Cannon checked out of a Los Angeles hospital over the weekend after being treated for "mild kidney failure" suffered in Aspen, Colorado, over the holidays, his rep said. "He is resting and recovering at home and would like to thank everyone who has expressed concern, well wishes and prayers," ... | Cannon's "resting and recovering at home" after a "mild kidney failure," his rep says . The actor returns to his New York radio show next week . The illness interrupts Cannon's Colorado holiday . |
(CNN) -- Experience getting up early is about to come in handy to Savannah Guthrie. The "Today" anchor gave birth Wednesday to a daughter named Vale Guthrie Feldman. It's the first child for Guthrie and husband Mike Feldman. Guthrie shared the news on social media and tweeted "My 3am wake up call sounds a lot different... | Guthrie gave birth on Wednesday . It's a first for her and husband Mike Feldman . Matt Lauer shared how he found out . |
(CNN) -- "She said YES!!!" That was the tweet that NBA star Dwyane Wade used Saturday to announce his engagement to actress Gabrielle Union. Wade made the announcement via Twitter and Instagram, posting a photo of the stunning solitaire diamond. Wade, 31, a guard with the Miami Heat, and the 41-year-old Union have been... | NBA star Dwyane Wade gets engaged to actress Gabrielle Union . Wade announces the engagement on Twitter and Instagram . |
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a psychiatrist who worked in a hospital at the base, is blamed for the deaths of 12 soldiers and one Army civilian employee, and for wounding at least 38 others. If convicted, Hasan will join an infamous list of Americans who have committed acts of mass murder. S... | Since 2001, Hasan had been unable to leave the military, a family spokeswoman said . She said he told his family he had been taunted after the terrorist attacks in 2001 . The police officer who shot Hasan, ending the massacre, was among the wounded . |
(CNN)After security breaches involving firearms, the FAA has suspended a program that allows safety inspectors to bypass the Transportation Security Administration's screening checkpoints, the agency announced Friday. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector was arrested January 13 after TSA employees at LaGuardia A... | FAA says safety inspectors will not be allowed to bypass TSA security checkpoints . An FAA inspector was arrested January 13 with a firearm in his carry-on bag, TSA says . |
(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 . |
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Two U.S. service members were killed Monday during operations in southern Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday. There were no further details about the incident, and their names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Violence has dropped dramatically in recent years in Iraq. Unde... | The incident occurred in southern Iraq . Under a U.S.-Iraqi security pact, U.S. troops must be out by the end of the year . Five American soldiers were killed earlier this month . |
(CNN) -- A male student at Virginia's Liberty University was shot and killed early Tuesday by an emergency services officer after an altercation at a women's dorm, Lynchburg police said. Police and paramedics responded to the residence hall near the main campus at 4:07 a.m. The victim, who has not been identified pendi... | An emergency services officer at the Lynchburg school fatally shoots a male student . The unidentified student had a fight with the officer at a women's dorm . |
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 13-year-old boy who went cliff jumping into the water with friends in Hawaii -- but never resurfaced. The boy jumped off a 15-foot cliff near Hapuna Beach State Park on Hawaii's Big Island, the Coast Guard said. Authorities have been looking for the boy since midday Sunday. Autho... | Boy jumped off cliff near Hapuna Beach State Park on Hawaii's Big Island . U.S. Coast Guard searching for 13-year-old . |
(CNN Student News) -- December 2, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Iraq & Kuwait . California; Tennessee; Boca Raton, 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 tran... | 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 . |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Three civilians and a police officer were killed Wednesday after militants fired two rockets at security checkpoints in Pakistan's western city of Quetta. Police spokesman Abdullah Afridi said militants fired the rockets along Saryab Road, injuring an additional 15 people. Earlier this mont... | 3 civilians and a police officer were killed Wednesday in a rocket attack . Police say the attack injured an additional 15 people . Quetta is Balochistan's provincial capital . |
(CNN) -- Newspapers do not have to warn people that they are going to publish details about their private lives before going to press, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday, rejecting a complaint by former Formula 1 motor racing boss Max Mosley. Mosley sued the British tabloid weekly News of the World after ... | Former motor racing boss Max Mosley sued a newspaper over false reporting . He won damages, but took the case further on privacy grounds . |
(CNN) -- Queen Elizabeth II has a new profile pic. @BritishMonarchy tweeted the image Sunday, noting it was released to mark her 88th birthday Monday. It's not a selfie. In fact, famed British photographer David Bailey took it at Buckingham Palace last month, according to the BBC. "I've always been a huge fan of the Qu... | Famed British photographer David Bailey took the portrait in March . "She has very kind eyes with a mischievous glint," Bailey says . Portrait is part of a campaign to promote UK tourism and trade . |
Saudi Arabia has arrested 88 men who were part of a terrorist network, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. They were "on the verge of implementing" plotted attacks inside the country and abroad, the ministry said in a statement. They came from six terror cells in four regions of the country, including Mecca, said Maj. ... | Saudi authorities arrested 88 men, the Interior Ministry says . They were "on the verge" of implementing plotted attacks, the ministry says . Most are Saudi, but three are Yemeni . 59 were arrested previously . |
(CNN) -- A 12-year-old girl allegedly kidnapped in South Carolina is back home after federal agents arrested the man accused of taking her, the FBI said Friday. FBI agents found Jesus Alanda Lozada, 26, and Julieta Yoselin at a home in Atlanta, Georgia, late Thursday night. Yoselin had last been seen Monday in the park... | FBI arrests suspect in kidnapping of 12-year-old . The girl has been returned to South Carolina . |
Tokyo (CNN) -- A Japanese helicopter plucked the pilot of a U.S. fighter jet from the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday after an unspecified problem forced him to eject in mid-flight. The F-15 jet, from the U.S. Air Force's Kadena base on the island of Okinawa, developed the problem on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Air Force said. ... | The jet from a U.S. base on Okinawa develops a problem over the ocean . The pilot is reported to have ejected safely, the Air Force says . A Japan Self Defense Force helicopter retrieves him from the water . |
Producer's note: Everyone's had their smartphone run out of juice right at the most inopportune moment. But now, through Kickstarter, a company called Siva Cycle has created a new device to make sure this never happens to you again. It's cheap. It's practical. And it's remarkably low-tech. We spoke to them via Skype, a... | Siva Cycle is based in San Francisco . Through a Kickstarter campaign, Siva Cycle raised $126,000 -- much more than their goal . |
(CNN)The bureau chief for Reuters in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Maria Golovnina, died Monday after falling unconscious, her employer said. Golovnina, 34, passed out at her office in the Pakistani capital, according to a statement from Reuters. Medical responders were unable to save her. The cause of death is being inves... | Maria Golovnina died Monday after falling unconscious, Reuters says . Medical teams were unable to save the bureau chief . |
Washington (CNN) -- An Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill several African-Americans in 2008, including then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Paul Schlesselman of West Helena, Arkansas, faces 10 years in prison under a plea agreement reached with federal pr... | Paul Schlesselman faces 10 years in prison in plea deal with Tennessee federal prosecutors . Schlesselman threatened to kill then-Sen. Obama on October 23, 2008, officials say . He also planned to kill dozens, focusing on African-Americans, Justice Department says . |
(CNN) -- As many as four African migrants from Ethiopia and Eritrea trying to cross into Israel from Egypt's Sinai desert were shot dead by smugglers and 10 others were wounded, according to state media. The smugglers opened fire when the group refused to pay them, according to Egypt's official MENA news agency. Egypt'... | Migrants trying to flee Egypt for Israel were killed by smugglers, official media says . The Egyptian government is investigating the incident . There are conflicting reports on the number of casualties . |
(CNN) -- The death toll from severe storms in northern Arkansas has been lowered to one person, emergency officials said early Saturday. Officials had initially said three people were killed when the storm and possible tornadoes walloped Van Buren County on Friday. The number of injuries in the county was also less tha... | One person, not three, were killed Friday in Van Buren County, Arkansas . Number of injuries in the county also less than previously reported, spokeswoman says . A total of 23 people were injured statewide, she said . |
(CNN) -- Portuguese football coach Jose Mourinho caused outcry this week when he substituted Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari due to his low-energy levels -- which were a result of fasting. Muntari is a practicing Muslim who, like many of the same faith around the world, is currently not eating during the hours of da... | Jose Mourinho substituted Sulley Muntari because he had been low energy . The Ghanaian midfielder is a Muslim and had been fasting during Ramadan . France international Franck Ribery is another high-profile Muslim . |
(CNN Student News) -- November 11, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . South Korea . South Africa . 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 . The weekly Newsquiz tests students' knowledge of stories covered on CNN Student News . |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- All U.S. forces have vacated a military base in Pakistan, meeting a deadline set by Islamabad after a NATO airstrike killed dozens of soldiers, local military officials said Sunday. Pakistan requested U.S. forces to vacate the Shamsi Airbase by December 11 in response to the November 26th a... | Pakistan requests U.S. forces vacate the Shamsi Airbase by December 11 . Fifty-one American personnel have left the air base, military officials say . |
FACETIME: Ferit Sahenk, Chairman, Dogus Holding . One country that has tapped into Russia's market of 142 million consumers is Turkey's Garanti Bank. With operations in the country since the early 1990s, Marketplace Middle East sat down with Ferit Sahenk the CEO of the bank and chairman of its parent company Dogus Hold... | This week MME takes a look at the relationship between Russia and the Middle East . Plus Facetime with Turkey's Garanti Bank CEO -- Ferit Sahenk . Could ties between the two regions change from political to economic? |
(CNN) -- Hurricane Gordon churned across the eastern Azores early Monday after making landfall on the northern Atlantic islands, forecasters said. The center of the storm is expected to pass between Santa Maria Island and San Miguel Island on Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The Azores are r... | The Azores are roughly 950 miles (1,529 kilometers) west of Lisbon, Portugal . Hurricane Gordon is projected to weaken between the Azores and mainland Europe . |
Beijing, China (CNN) -- Police have detained a man accused of having killed at least three kindergarten students Tuesday in east China's Zibo City, Shandong Province, the city government said Wednesday, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. Fang Jiantang, 26, was detained hours after the attack and has told po... | Xinhua: Three dead, three children and four others wounded . Xinhua: Police find two-foot (60-centimeter) knife that Fang said he used . Motive for attack not immediately known . The 26-year-old man tells police he was responsible . |
(CNN) -- A 22-story residential building collapsed in Colombia's second-largest city, killing one person, injuring two and leaving 10 others unaccounted for, authorities said Sunday. The building collapsed Saturday night in Medellin, according to the office of Claudia Patricia Restrepo, the temporary mayor. Officials e... | NEW: Two people are injured . The building collapsed Saturday night in Medellin . Just before it tumbled, officials evacuated 24 families after they noticed cracks . |
(CNN) -- A plane carrying three Canadians across Antarctica is unaccounted for, and inclement weather is impeding the search for the aircraft, New Zealand officials said. The emergency locator transmitter on the Twin Otter aircraft activated at 10 p.m. Wednesday (4 a.m. ET) from within New Zealand's Antarctic rescue ar... | Three Canadians were flying from the South Pole to Terra Nova Bay in Antarctica . The plane did not arrive, and the emergency locator activated, New Zealand officials said . Bad weather is preventing search aircraft from heading to the area, officials said . |
(CNN) -- Four people were electrocuted when a Carnival float struck power lines in the Brazilian port city of Santos early Tuesday, state broadcaster Agencia Brazil reported. Three men pushing the float were killed instantly, and a 19-year-old spectator who stepped up to help them was also shocked. She died at an emerg... | Four die when a Carnival float hits a power line . The fatalities marred the final day of the festival . |
Baghdad (CNN) -- A string of car and roadside bombs exploded across Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 43 people and wounding nearly 200 others, police said. Interior Ministry officials said more than 20 attacks were carried out by the "enemies of Iraq." Most of the casualties occurred in the capital, Baghdad, th... | NEW: 20 car and roadside bombings reported by Interior Ministry . NEW: Most of the casualties occurred in the capital, Baghdad, officials say . Monday's attacks occurred in predominantly Shiite areas . Most of the bombings take place in an hour's time . |
(CNN Student News) -- January 25, 2013 . Download a PDF map related to today's show: . North 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. | 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)You may want to plan a BBC binge-watching party. According to What's on Netflix Now, the streaming service may be losing favorites like "Doctor Who" and "Luther" come January 31 because of an expiring contract between the streaming service and BBC. That would mean missing shows like "Little Britain" and the origin... | The contract between Netflix and BBC is reportedly ending . "Luther," "Little Britain," other shows would disappear after January 31 . There's an online petition to save "Doctor Who" |
CNN -- From organic toothpaste to "clean" petrol, it seems as though all the products in our lives are busily championing their eco-friendly credential. Nevermind the white wash, how do you deal with greenwash? But who holds these companies to account and how can you separate the facts about a product or company from m... | Email your questions on ethical shopping and green products to Scot Case . Case is an expert on ethical marketing and exposing company "greenwashing" Read the 'Ask the expert' Q&A on carbon trading . |
(EW.com) -- With Martin Luther King Jr. Day right around the corner, Oliver Stone announced Friday that he is no longer on board to write and direct a biopic about the Civil Rights leader. Stone took to Twitter to explain that his rewrite of the script, which dealt with "issues of adultery, conflicts within the movemen... | Oliver Stone will not write and direct the MLK biopic . The director tweeted about it on Friday . He ended the tweets with a note to King . |
(CNN) -- A Pakistani court hearing the retrial of a doctor accused of helping the United States find Osama bin Laden said Monday that it would announce its verdict on December 18. The prosecution and defense completed their arguments in the case of Dr. Shakil Afridi before the Federally Administered Tribal Areas Tribun... | Dr. Shakil Afridi is accused of working with the CIA to verify bin Laden's whereabouts . He was convicted in 2012 of anti-state activities but the verdict was overturned in August . A court says it will deliver the verdict in his retrial on December 18 . |
(CNN) -- Rescue workers have pulled a body from underneath the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Cologne, Germany, police spokeswoman Astrid Gelss told CNN. The remains of Cologne's archive building following the collapse on Tuesday afternoon. The apartment building collapsed together with two other buildings... | Rescue workers pull body from rubble of collapsed building . One person still missing after building collapsed in Cologne . Authorities haven't yet determined what brought down the structure . |
Washington -- U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the White House on January 10, according to a White House statement released Tuesday. France is assuming the presidency of the G-8 and G-20 economic groups in 2011. Obama "looks forward to working with President Sarkozy to sust... | Obama will meet with Sarkozy on January 10 . The meeting will take place at the White House . France is heading the G-8 and G-20 in 2011 . |
(Rolling Stone) -- While his next official album ripens in the blazing South Florida sunshine, Rick Ross has delivered a delicious appetite-whetter. "Rich Forever" is a mixtape that plays like an album, with blaring, heraldic production by the likes of -Boi-1da and up-and-comer Beat Billionaire, plus guest appearances ... | "Rich Forever" is a mixtape that plays like an album . Themewise, "Rich Forever" is business as usual -- which is to say, all business . Rick Ross remains monomaniacally focused on monetary matters . |
(CNN) -- Rocker Axl Rose has his bling back, two days after it disappeared from his backstage dressing room after a concert in Paris, his representative said Thursday. "I can confirm the jewelry was stolen from his dressing room at the venue," the Rose representative, who asked not to be identified, told CNN. "I can al... | Axl Rose's representative makes no comment on arrests or charges in jewelry theft . Only Rose's entourage, invited guests were allowed in lounge where jewelry disappeared . The gold and diamond necklaces are valued at about $200,000 . |
(CNN) -- Living Golf's resident pro Adam Scott shows the tricks of the trade that have helped him conquer some of the world's toughest courses. Whether it is acheiving a better drive, improving approach shots to the green or tackling testing bunkers, Scott has the tips to help your game. Improve your game by following ... | Australia's Adam Scott tells Living Golf the tricks of the trade . Improve your game by following Scott's lessons each month . |
(CNN) -- At least 10 people were killed when a bomb exploded Friday evening inside a popular restaurant in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a provincial police commander said. The bomb was hidden inside the Abu-Yahya restaurant in central Mosul when went it off around 8:30 p.m., said Khalid al-Midani, the commander of... | In addition to those killed, 58 were wounded, police say . The bomb went off inside a popular restaurant in central Mosul . Officials: At least 11 people were killed elsewhere in Iraq . |
(CNN) -- The body of a man whom authorities described as a disgruntled vendor who shot two people, one fatally, at a Long Island business last week was found dead Monday, according to Nassau County Police. Sang Ho Kim, about age 63, was identified through fingerprints after his remains were found in a river near Bear M... | Sang Ho Kim, suspected in a shooting at a Long Island business, was found dead . Two employees of Savenergy in East Garden City were shot, one fatally . Kim's body was found in a river; an autopsy will be conducted . |
(CNN) -- Children playing in a Texas suburb made a gruesome discovery Monday -- the decomposing body of a child on a residential street. Authorities aren't sure who left the body under a tarp in Saginaw, a northern suburb of Fort Worth. So far, police have very few clues. "We are looking for a red truck. We don't have ... | NEW: KTVT: The child's body was decomposing . The body was found on a residential street in Saginaw . Police are looking for a red truck with green paint splattered on it . |
(CNN) -- Authorities in the United Arab Emirates arrested seven people suspected of belonging to a terror cell associated with al Qaeda, the official news agency WAM reported Thursday. The group is accused of planning to carry out attacks that would "undermine the security of the homeland," the report said. The cell al... | They are accused of plotting attacks that would "undermine the security of the homeland" The group is alleged to have links to al Qaeda . It also allegedly planned to raise funds to help extend its activities . |
(CNN)Southwest Airlines missed required inspections on 128 of its Boeing 737 aircraft, leading to the cancellation of dozens of flights this week. The Federal Aviation Administration has said the airline can keep flying the planes for up to five days while the maintenance checks are completed, Southwest said. The airli... | The FAA gives Southwest five days to complete the missed checks . The planes were overdue for required inspections . Approximately 80 flights were canceled . |
(CNN Student News) -- March 23, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . France . Abu Dhabi . Wisconsin . 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 Student News) -- November 2, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . New York City; New Jersey . Iran; Afghanistan . Vatican 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 tr... | 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) -- IN FOCUS: Agricultural Adversity . As Morocco's King tours the Gulf looking to spur business opportunities, one sector of the economy is struggling. According to the IMF economic growth in Morocco will drop to nearly 3% this year due to a lack of rainfall. The drought this year is having a big impact on the ag... | MME assesses how the drought in Morocco will affect the country's economic outlook . Fouad Douiri, Morocco's Minister of Energy and Environment, discusses the impact on the country's farmers . Morocco's King Mohammed tours the Gulf promoting business relations and seeking investment . |
(CNN) -- At Timothy Busfield and Melissa Gilbert's Wednesday wedding, the bride wore red. Strapless red, to be exact. The former "Little House on the Prairie" actress tied the knot with "thirtysomething's" Busfield in a private ceremony, Gilbert's rep told CNN. The couple held the joyous occasion at San Ysidro Ranch in... | Melissa Gilbert married Timothy Busfield Wednesday . The couple had a private ceremony at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara . Gilbert and Busfield reportedly got engaged over the holidays . This is the third marriage for both . |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Grammy-winning rapper Coolio was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to a spokeswoman for the airport. Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" was used in the movie "Dangerous Minds." Coolio, whose real... | Grammy winner held at Los Angeles International Airport . He is accused of possessing illegal drugs, paraphernalia . His best-known hit is "Gangsta's Paradise" |
Paris (CNN) -- Paris was no paradise city for Axl Rose: about $200,000 worth of his jewelry was stolen when Guns n' Roses played a show there Tuesday night, police said Wednesday. The jewelry was stolen from a lounge guarded by the frontman's personal security team, police said. Only invited guests and members of Rose'... | The jewelry was taken from the frontman's lounge, Paris police say . His personal security team was guarding the area at the time . Paris olice are investigating the theft . |
Washington (CNN) -- An underground transformer fire about two blocks from the White House prompted evacuations of two Washington hotels, fire officials said Saturday night. Flames shot up through a sidewalk on F Street NW between 14th and 15th streets after 8 p.m., said Pete Piringer, a spokesman for the District of Co... | Two hotels evacuated in downtown Washington during fire . Underground transformer apparently caught fire . No injuries have been reported. |
(CNN) -- Palace Malice won the 2013 Belmont Stakes, the third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown, on Saturday. The South Carolina-bred three-year-old outdueled Oxbow down the stretch to win the 1½ mile race. Oxbow, the Preakness Stakes victor, ended up in second. Orb -- this year's Kentucky Derby winner and Saturday's... | South Carolina-bred Palace Malice outduels Oxbow down the stretch to win . Kentucky Derby winner Orb comes in third . "It was really a sneaky good race," jockey Mike Smith says . There were three different winners in the three Triple Crown races . |
(CNN) -- No World Cup games to watch, no trash to talk, no bandwagons to ride. It was a sad day on Twitter without the World Cup. From #Piersing to Mexico coach Miguel Herrera's raging enthusiasm, to the controversial Luis Suarez bite, the competition has been filled with moments made for social media. It doesn't hurt ... | Friday, 'No World Cup,' trended for hours on Twitter . People posted complaints of boredom, loneliness . Social media has played an important role in the popularity of this year's games . |
(CNN) -- The president of the United Arab Emirates has undergone surgery after a stroke and is in stable condition, the ministry of presidential affairs said Saturday. "The Ministry announces that President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan suffered a stroke on Friday morning, 24th January," the ministry ... | UAE President undergoes surgery after suffering a stroke on Friday morning . Ministry of Presidential Affairs says Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is in a stable condition . Al Nahyan became president of the UAE in 2004 . |
Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- Searchers have found the flight data recorder from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed Monday with 90 people aboard, the Lebanese army said Thursday. The data recorder, commonly called a black box, was found at a depth of about 1,300 meters in the Mediterranean Sea. The recorder had not ye... | Flight data recorder of downed Ethiopian Airlines plane found, Lebanon's army says . So-called "black box" found at depth of 1,300 meters in Mediterranean Sea . At least 14 bodies found so far; plane was carrying 90 crew and passengers . |
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- An elections board certified Kasim Reed on Saturday as the winner of the Atlanta mayoral runoff election by a margin of 620 votes. Barry Garner, director of Fulton County's elections board, told CNN on Saturday that former state senator Reed was declared the winner of last Tuesday's runoff ele... | Elections board: Kasim Reed is the winner of Atlanta mayoral runoff . Reed defeated Mary Norwood by 620 votes, elections board director says . Norwood has until 5 p.m. Tuesday to ask for a recount, elections official says . |
(CNN) -- A 48-year-old man faces several charges stemming from a flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Portland, Oregon, authorities said. Donald Robert Welty is suspected of attempted assault on a police officer, disorderly conduct and harassment, according to Ansley Bernatz of Multnomah County Detention Center in Or... | Donald Welty is suspected of attempted assault on a police officer . Welty is out on bail . |
(CNN) -- Two U.S. tourists unknowingly bought six human skulls in Greece, which they learned when they were stopped at the airport in Athens. The Americans carried the skulls in their hand luggage, which was scanned during a layover on their way back to the United States from the island of Mykonos. The pair were arrest... | The Americans were stopped during a layover in Athens . The skulls were discovered when their luggage was scanned . They were arrested, then released, police say . |
(CNN) -- A nephew of the Dalai Lama died in northeast Florida Monday evening after he was hit by a car while walking along a highway. "Yes, it is true unfortunately," said Tempa Tshering, a representative of the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India. Jigme Norbu, 45, was walking southbound along A1A in Flagler County when he ... | Jigme Norbu was taking part in a "Walk for Tibet" from St. Augustine to West Palm Beach . He was walking along a highway in northeast Florida when he was hit by a car . |
(CNN)For a guy whose most famous character who felt no emotion, Leonard Nimoy is the recipient of a ton of feelings. After TMZ reported that the legendary actor beloved as Mr. Spock on "Star Trek" had been rushed to the hospital last week with severe chest pains, friends and fans alike took to social media to wish him ... | "Star Trek" star Nimoy was reportedly rushed to the hospital . His former castmates wished him well . Fans also shared get-well wishes . |
(CNN) -- Some big names are in -- and some are out -- for the inaugural edition of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Serena Williams are all confirmed for the exhibition league that begins in late November in Asia but the biggest draw in tennis -- Roger Federe... | Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will play in the new IPTL . The exhibition IPTL is modeled after cricket's successful IPL in India . Among the women confirmed is women's world No. 1 Serena Williams . But Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Li Na and Kei Nishikori all opt out . |
Mexico City (CNN) -- Mexico's military has seized more than $15.3 million in cash from a vehicle in the border city of Tijuana, authorities said Tuesday. In addition to the money, troops also found jewelry and packages of cocaine in the vehicle, the Attorney General's Office said in a statement. Soldiers found the stas... | In addition to money, troops find jewelry and packets of cocaine . Soldiers find the stash during patrols in the border city of Tijuana . Authorities show reporters stacks of $100 bills seized in the operation . |
(CNN Student News) -- January 11, 2013 . Download a PDF map related to today's show: . Massachusetts; 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) -- A foul-smelling cloud wound its way through Argentina's capital Thursday, but it was not toxic as initially feared, officials said. Civil defense authorities in Buenos Aires advised residents to remain indoors with windows and doors shut as a cloud emanated from a container fire at the city's port. The smelly ... | A container fire releases fumes originally feared to be toxic . Officials say the fumes posed little risk to the population . The incident causes some disruptions in Buenos Aires . |
(CNN) -- A cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the coast of Kenya was freed Monday after one day under siege, and the German-based Beluga Shipping company said its crew of 16 was unharmed. The pirates were thwarted after the crew of the MV Beluga Fortune locked themselves in a panic room and switched off the main e... | The vessel MV Beluga Fortune was held captive for one day . Crew locked themselves in a panic room, shipping firm CEO says . Naval forces come to rescue as crew of 16 unharmed . |
(CNN) -- Soldiers and rescue workers on Friday pulled stranded people out of deluged swathes of southern China inundated by 11 days of heavy rain, state media said. The rains have led to the deaths of 211 people in 10 provinces, while 119 others are listed as missing, according to Xinhua news agency. Two dikes on the e... | Death toll from China flooding rises to 211 . Heavy rains and flooding affect 10 provinces . Hundreds of workers try to shore up two dikes . |
Paris (CNN) -- The French finance ministry came under a large-scale cyber attack in December that targeted G20 documents, France's Budget Minister Francois Baroin told French radio on Monday. Baroin told Europe 1 an investigation was underway and that there were unconfirmed leads. "It seems what was targeted was the or... | The ministry faced a large-scale attack in December, a minister says . G20 documents seem to have been the target . Paris hosted a G20 summit last month . |
(CNN) -- Secret Service agents arrested a Washington man Tuesday for making threats against President Barack Obama, a spokesman with the agency said. The man was identified as Anton Caluori, 31, according to Brian Leary of the Secret Service. Caluori was charged with making threats against the president and assault on ... | The man is arrested at a Seattle suburb . Federal authorities say he e-mailed FBI with a threat to the president . The suspect is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday . |
(CNN) -- Actor Bruce Willis married model-actress Emma Heming over the weekend in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the actor's publicists announced. It is the second marriage for actor Bruce Willis, 54, and the first for model-actress Emma Heming, 30. A small, private ceremony was held at the actor's home in the islands i... | A small, private ceremony was held at the actor's home in the West Indies . Willis and Heming will have a civil ceremony when they return to California . Willis' first wife, Demi Moore and her husband, Ashton Kutcher, attended the wedding . |
(CNN) -- A liner carrying nearly 2,000 passengers ran into trouble Saturday in Finland's Aland archipelago in the northern Baltic Sea. Viking Line said its liner, M/S Amorella, had "touched slightly aground" at about lunchtime local time. None of the 1,945 passengers was injured and the situation on board the ship is c... | A liner carrying nearly 2,000 passengers runs aground in Aland archipelago . Viking Line says all 1,945 passengers are safe and uninjured . The cruise line intends to try to move the ship to a port later . |
(CNN) -- Saturday marked the start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of spring in the Southern Hemisphere. CNN celebrated the change of seasons with a global mobile photography project. The challenge was simple: On September 22, 2012, go outdoors and take a photo with your phone. The only requireme... | The September equinox began Saturday . Users uploaded photos to iReport, using the CNN mobile apps . The best shots were showcased as part of "Our Mobile Society" initiative . |
Jos, Nigeria (CNN) -- At least 29 students at a college in Nigeria are dead Tuesday after an attack authorities suspect was carried out by Boko Haram Islamists, according to the Nigerian military. The attackers also torched several buildings, the military said. "There were burnt bodies of students who cannot be easily ... | Boko Haram is blamed for an attack at a college . 29 students were killed, the military says . Several buildings were also torched . |
Omaha, Nebraska (CNN) -- A United Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Omaha on Wednesday night after the crew discovered a fuel leak, an airport spokesman said. Flight 788 was en route from San Francisco to Boston when it was forced to divert to Eppley Airfield with a fuel leak in the right engine, said Joe Rot... | A fuel leak forces the plane to land in Omaha . Flight 788 is en route from San Francisco to Boston . |
(CNN) -- The Mississippi River was closed at two different locations Thursday after a barge ran aground near Greenville, Mississippi, and the Army Corps of Engineers carried out dredging operations near La Crosse, Wisconsin. The Greenville closure affects a 10-mile stretch of the Lower Mississippi, according to Coast G... | The Mississippi River was closed at two locations after a barge ran aground . The Greenville closure affects a 10-mile stretch of the Lower Mississippi . The Army Corps of Engineers carried out dredging operations near La Crosse, Wisconsin . |
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