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(CNN) -- "Saturday Night Live," NBC's long-running sketch comedy show, has added three performers to its cast, the network announced Monday. Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong -- each a veteran of the comedy scene in Chicago -- will join the show for its 38th season. All three performers have ties to the famed... | "SNL" adds three new cast members . The show begins its 38 season this weekend . The trio essentially replaces three cast members who left the show . |
(Rolling Stone) -- Snoop Dogg will be making a foray into reggae on his next LP, Pitchfork reports. The LP, titled "Reincarnated," will see release later this year on the Vice label, with the rapper adopting the new name Snoop Lion. The first single, "La La La," is available now and features production from Diplo and A... | Rapper Snoop Dogg is going reggae . His new album, "Reincarnated," will release later this year . The first single is already available . |
(CNN) -- Authorities are investigating a letter bomb addressed to the CEO of Deutsche Bank that was delivered to the bank's headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, police said Wednesday. The device, which contained shrapnel, was detected in the bank's mail room around 1 p.m. local time, said New York Deputy Police Commissi... | A letter bomb is addressed to the CEO of Deutsche Bank . It is delivered to the bank's headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, police say . New York's deputy police commissioner says the device was detected in the bank's mail room . |
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A Staten Island Ferry lost power and hit a pier Wednesday at full speed, resulting in one serious injury and nine minor injuries, a Coast Guard spokesman said. The New York Fire Department estimates that 750 to 800 passengers were aboard the Staten Island Ferry. Coast Guard boats were on the scene, th... | Ferry loses power and hits a pier at full speed, Coast Guard says . 1 person injured seriously, 9 others hurt . Accident happens at St. George Terminal on north shore of Staten Island . Impact did not send any passengers overboard, spokesman says . |
(CNN) -- Luci Baines Johnson, the younger of the late President Lyndon Baines Johnson's daughters, has been hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, according to a former member of Johnson's staff. Luci Johnson, 62, was first taken to the Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday after complaining of ext... | Spokesman: Johnson first was admitted to a Texas hospital on Wednesday . Doctors believed she may have an autoimmune disorder affecting the nervous system . She was sent to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for treatment, Tom Johnson said . CNN Health Library: Guillain-Barre syndrome . |
New Delhi (CNN)At least 11 passengers were killed when a train jumped the rails in southern India on Friday, authorities said. Nine cars of the Bengaluru-Ernakulam Express train derailed some 50 kilometers from Bangalore in Karnataka state at around 7.30 am local time, said Chandrashekhar Gupta, a spokesman for India's... | More than 25 people are injured, nine of them critically, an official says . The train derailed early Friday in southern India's Karnataka state . |
(CNN) -- Denise Borino-Quinn, who played the wife of a mob boss in the award-winning HBO series "The Sopranos," has died of cancer at 46. Borino-Quinn died Wednesday at Morristown (New Jersey) Memorial Hospital, according to Farmer Funeral Home. A funeral Mass was held Saturday. "The Sopranos," which ran from 1999 to 2... | Denise Borino-Quinn played the wife of mob boss Johnny Sacramoni . She got the part in an open casting call in 2000 . The cause of death was cancer . |
New Zealand police are investigating three incidents of suspicious packages -- one containing a document referencing Ebola -- that arrived at Parliament, a newspaper and the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday. The package that arrived at Parliament in Wellington was received in the mailroom and had, along with a document that men... | Police: Package at Parliament contains bottle with liquid, document referencing Ebola . The New Zealand Herald receives a package in Auckland . U.S. Embassy in Wellington gets a package . |
(CNN) -- British police have identified a number of "people of interest" in the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, London's Metropolitan Police said Friday. A review was launched in 2011 in an attempt to find out what happened to the British toddler who vanished fr... | Police identify a number of "people of interest" in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann . The British girl vanished during a 2007 family vacation on the Algarve coast of Portugal . UK police set up a review in 2011 in an attempt to find out what happened to the toddler . |
(CNN) -- An Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington has collapsed, a spokesman for the Washington State Patrol said Thursday. People and cars were in the water. The bridge is located in a rural area, said Trooper Mark Francis, the spokesman. Because of that, he said he did not expect mass causalities or... | The collapse happened north of Seattle . People and cars are in the water . It's not immediately clear what caused the collapse . |
(CNN) -- Commenters on CNN stories have been mixing and matching highlights from the Disney and Star Wars universes, just like the rest of the Internet. The #disneystarwars and #starwarsdisney Twitter hashtags have been buzzing with jokes about Steamboat Wookie and hopes for an Epcot Death Star, among other things. Som... | Disney agreed to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, which will give it control of the "Star Wars" franchise . Mashups of Disney and Star Wars elements have gone viral on the Internet, and are spreading in CNN's comments . |
(CNN) -- FACETIME: Hoshyar Zebari, Iraqi Foreign Minister . After years of violence and sectarian tension, Iraq is trying to reshape its image as it hosts its first Arab Summit since 1990. MME sat down with Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari who is hoping the event will not only improve the country's standing as a ... | After years of violence and conflict, Iraq is hosting its first Arab Summit since 1990 . The Iraqi Foreign Ministry says he hopes the event will help improve the country's image . Plus, MME visits Basra and takes a look at the construction boom fueled by petrodollars . |
(CNN) -- Mario Chalmers starred in a 103-84 win for the Miami Heat in Game Two of the 2013 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, leveling the series. The Heat trailed by one point late in the third quarter but bounced back to seal a franchise-record 66th win of the season at Miami's American Airlines Arena. Chalmer... | Miami Heat beat San Antonio Spurs in Game Two of 2013 NBA Finals . Mario Chalmers finishes with 19 points for the Heat . LeBron James scores 17 points, with eight rebounds and seven assists . Game Three will take place on Tuesday at San Antonio's AT & T Center . |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Hong Kong's leader made it clear on Thursday the pro-democracy protests which have clogged main thoroughfares in the city for almost three weeks cannot continue. C.Y. Leung told a live press conference on local television that the government was eager to resume talks with the main student group -- th... | NEW: Hong Kong's leader CY Leung says government open to talks . Tells press conference that tolerance of mass occupation was limited . He said police had shown tolerance and restraint, despite accusations of excessive force . Asia's richest man urges protesters to go home . |
(CNN) -- Courthouses and other government buildings in 30 Tennessee counties received bomb threats Tuesday, a state official said, making it the fifth state this month to see a similar round of false alarms. No explosive devices had been found in any of the counties where threats were called in, said Dalya Qualls, a sp... | Bomb threats were called in to buildings in 30 Tennessee counties . Similar rounds of false alarms have hit Oregon, Washington and Nebraska . |
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" |
(CNN) -- Superstorm Sandy forced many residents along the East Coast to leave their homes, raising questions of what to do with their pets. After Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, some began to suspect people were reluctant to evacuate and leave behind their pets. The 2006 PETS Act made it mandatory for local an... | Superstorm Sandy raises questions about what to do with pets when evacuating . Some fear people may hesitate to evacuate without their pets . Readers share stories of emergency situations with their pets . |
(CNN) -- A special court in Kenya has been initiated to hear maritime piracy cases, the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime said Friday. The court, opened on Thursday in Mombasa, was built by the U.N. office's Counter-Piracy Program with contributions from Australia, Canada, the European Union, Germany and the United States... | Court focusing on maritime piracy opens in Mombasa . U.N. builds court with international contributions . Kenya taking on "heavy burden" in dealing with piracy . |
It's a disease that affects millions of women in Africa, yet talking about it has been considered a taboo, and that silence has been deadly. Nigeria's Princess Nikky Onyeri has dedicated her life to speaking out to raise awareness about breast cancer in Africa. Princess Nikky Onyeri is not a member of a royal family, "... | Health advocate from Nigeria campaigns for better awareness of breast cancer . Lobbies Nigerian Government to do more for women with cancer . Was misdiagnosed with cancer 15 years ago; issue still a taboo in Africa . |
(CNN) -- Canadians feared this day, hoping it would never come but also knowing the odds probably weren't in their favor either. Not in this era of senseless gun violence, home-grown jihadists, and terrorist organizations with international reach. On Wednesday, a gunman opened fire in the heart of the Canadian capital,... | Sources: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was the suspected gunman . Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls the gunman a "terrorist" Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, a Canadian soldier, was shot and killed . |
(CNN) -- China's first aircraft carrier sailed out of the northeastern port of Dalian for sea trials Wednesday morning, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported. China has spent nearly a decade refurbishing the 67,000-ton, 300-meter (1,000-foot) ship, begun by the former Soviet Union but never completed. Xinhua quoted... | China has been refurbishing its still-unnamed carrier for years . The ship was begun by the Soviet Union but never completed . |
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Flooding caused by heavy rains killed at least 102 people in three provinces of northern Afghanistan, disaster officials said Friday. Dozens are still missing after the flooding Thursday night in Jawzjan, Faryab and Sar-e-Pul provinces, Afghanistan's Natural Disaster Management Agency said. ... | Flooding has hit three northern provinces, Afghan officials say . Thirty villages remain underwater in one province, official says . Jawzjan provincial police chief warns the number of casualties may rise . |
(CNN) -- An explosion at a North Carolina chemical plant Saturday ignited a fire and forced the evacuation of some 750 people, an official said. The local fire department received a call about an explosion at Chemical Coatings Inc. around 3 p.m. ET, said Denise Michaud, Caldwell County health director. The blast ignite... | About 750 people were forced out of their homes . No injuries were reported . The explosion at Chemical Coatings Inc. ignited a fire . The blaze was under control, but still burning Saturday evening . |
A Guam-bound United Airlines flight that was forced to land on remote Midway Island after pilots detected an electrical odor experienced a mechanical problem, the carrier said Monday. The Boeing 777 was carrying 335 passengers and 13 crew from Honolulu when it diverted to the Pacific atoll last Thursday, United spokesw... | A Boeing 777 jet from Honolulu to Guam was diverted to Midway Island . The problem was a cooling fan, a United Airlines spokeswoman says . Passengers and crew spent seven hours on the Pacific atoll, a United spokeswoman says . Passengers were taken to Guam on Saturday, and the plane was back in service Sunday . |
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Disney star Mia Talerico is learning at a very young age about the dangers of celebrity. Someone posted online death threats against the 5-year-old actress, police said. Talerico plays Charlie in "Good Luck Charlie," a hit Disney Channel series that has been canceled after 100 episodes. The final s... | Mia Talerico, 5, plays Charlie in "Good Luck Charlie," a hit Disney Channel series . Los Angeles Police Department's threat management unit is investigating . Police aren't disclosing the nature of the threats . |
(CNN) -- Bret has become the second tropical storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, according to the National Weather Service. As of Sunday night, Bret was about 100 miles (165 kilometers) northwest of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, packing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) with higher gusts. These w... | Bret strengthens from a tropical depression to a tropical storm . Bret is the second tropical storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season . The storm is 100 miles northwest of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas . Bret is expected to strengthen over the next 48 hours . |
(CNN) -- The Transportation Security Administration issued a statement Thursday signaling its intention to focus on insulated beverage containers, noting growing concerns that terrorists might conceal explosives inside such items. The announcement came during the Christmas holiday, traditionally one of the busier times... | Travelers in coming days may notice a new security focus on insulated beverage containers . The Transportation Security Administration says that it is tracking possible terror tactics . |
(CNN) -- Books, notebooks, pens and a fully loaded, semi-automatic gun. The first few items are standard classroom material, but not the last -- which is why a 15-year-old boy at Toronto's Jarvis Collegiate Institute ended up under arrest, according to police. Officers went into the teenager's classroom around 1:15 p.m... | A 15-year-old boy is arrested at Toronto's Jarvis Collegiate Institute . He had a loaded, semi-automatic gun with him in his classroom, police say . |
Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- At least two people were killed and 48 others injured Saturday when a Russian passenger plane skidded off a runway after an emergency landing in Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing after all three of its engines failed, Russian Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Veronika Smolskaya... | All three engines of the plane failed, Russian official says . The plane took off and landed in Moscow . 155 people were aboard the Dagestan Airlines flight . |
(CNN) -- A suicide bomber detonated at Hezbollah checkpoint in eastern Lebanon early Tuesday, Lebanon's state-run news agency NNA reported. The casualties from the attack included Hezbollah members and civilians, according to NNA. Additional details on their conditions were not immediately available. Guards at the chec... | The suicide bomber detonated near a Hezbollah regional center . The blast took place near a Hezbollah center for the region . |
(CNN) -- A Northern California woman was arrested on suspicion of taking a bite out of two kids in the children's section of a bookstore, police said. Polly Beltramo, 46, of Palo Alto, is accused of biting a 2-year-old girl and a baby boy on the cheek at BookBuyers in Mountain View on Thursday, police said. The inciden... | Polly Beltramo, 46, is arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse, police say . She is accused of biting a 2-year-old girl and a baby boy, police say . |
Tokyo (CNN) -- Even during Tokyo's notoriously hectic rush hour, dozens of commuters stopped to push a 32-ton train car out of the way. A woman trying to get off a train in Saitama, north of Tokyo, fell in a gap between the train and the platform Monday morning, said Takashi Tsukahara, a spokesman for the train operato... | A woman fell in a gap between a commuter train and platform near Tokyo . 40 passengers and staff members push a 30,000-kilogram train car to free her . The woman was not seriously injured . |
Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- A man causing a disturbance outside a movie theater near Universal Studios died Friday after being handcuffed and shocked with a Taser stun gun, Orlando police said. Two off-duty officers who were working security in the area tried to deal with a man who was acting "irrational," early Friday m... | NEW: Dead man identified by police as 33-year-old Winter Haven, Florida, resident . Adam Spencer Johnson was acting "irrational," a police spokeswoman says . He became unresponsive after he was handcuffed, she says . |
(CNN) -- At least 36 people were killed in a stampede at a stadium in Mali after a speech by a prominent imam, the British Embassy in the country said Tuesday. The stampede at the Modibo Keita stadium took place Monday afternoon as the crowd was leaving the facility, said Mohamed Ba, a consular at the embassy. Another ... | NEW: The 25,000-seat stadium was packed, Ba says . The crowd had come to hear a prominent imam speak . 64 others are hurt, an official says . |
(EW.com) -- And the host of this year's ESPYs is .... Drake! The rapper/singer/actor/now-host will take the stage at the 2014 ESPYs to hand out awards for Excellence in Sports Performance. For a point of reference, last year's show was hosted by Jon Hamm. There's no word yet on whether Drake will rap his way through th... | The rapper/actor is set to host the show . He announced it via Twitter . The ESPYs will air July 16 on ESPN . |
(CNN) -- Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board are expected to arrive Thursday morning to investigate a small plane crash that killed one person in Birmingham, Alabama. The Beech BE-58 was approaching the runway of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport when it crashed Wednesday, said the ... | The plane crashes as it is approaching an airport runway . The cause of the crash is not known, the FAA says . |
(CNN) -- A New York-bound plane left Madrid-Barajas Airport in Spain only to return, where it ran off the runway but did not crash, an airport spokesman said. There are no reported injuries. The pilot of Delta flight 415, which was headed to JFK International, reported to the control tower there was a mechanical proble... | Delta flight 415 returned to Madrid shortly after takeoff; no injuries reported . Airline says return was "precautionary," while airport reports mechanical problem . Spanish newspaper El Pais says problem was related to hydraulic system . |
(CNN) -- The National Weather Service in Chicago is asking residents not to travel unless "absolutely necessary" because a winter storm pushing through the upper Midwest has created a "potentially life threatening situation." "Reports from media and local law enforcement officials indicate that hundreds if not thousand... | Weather service: "Hundreds if not thousands of vehicles have gone off the roads" State police rescue the occupants of 20 cars stranded in Kankakee County . Snow drifts in the area are measured around 3 feet . |
(CNN) -- Pop star Justin Timberlake and actress Jessica Biel have called it quits after dating for years. "Addressing the media speculation regarding Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake's relationship, we are confirming that they mutually have decided to part ways," their representatives said in a joint statement Thursd... | Timberlake's film credits include "The Social Network" The actress has appeared in various films, including "The A-Team" |
(CNN) -- IN FOCUS: Gaza's struggling economy . As an IMF delegation heads to Egypt to bash out a deal for a multi-billion dollar loan, MME headed over the border to take a look at one economy that relies heavily on Egyptian stability: Gaza. Some goods can only be smuggled into Gaza through tunnels, but they have been s... | MME looks at the economy of Gaza, which relies heavily on Egyptian stability . As tensions in Syria continue, its neighbor, Lebanon, is feeling the pain too . Lebanese tourism sector is hit hard, as Gulf countries urge their citizens to leave . |
(CNN) -- R&B power couple Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have tied the knot, Keys' representatives confirmed to CNN on Sunday. The two were married Saturday at a private residence overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Keys, 29, a 12-time Grammy-award winning singer, wore a Grecian-inspired, one-shoulder Vera Wang gown. Her g... | Keys, 29, and Swizz Beatz are expecting their first child together . They were married at a private residence overlooking the Mediterranean . The bride wore a one-shoulder Vera Wang dress . |
(CNN) -- Carla Bruni, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has given birth to a girl, a very close family friend told CNN on Wednesday. The mother is doing well, the friend said. Sarkozy, 56, was seen earlier leaving the French capital's La Muette clinic, where Bruni gave birth, according to French media. It i... | Sarkozy and Bruni welcome the arrival of a daughter . A friend says the mother is doing well . It is the first child for the couple . |
David C. Novak became chairman of the board at Yum! Brands on January 1, 2001, and chief executive officer on January 1, 2000. Yum! Brands's CEO, David Novak talks to CNN's Maggie Lake in The Boardroom. He also serves as president of Yum, a position he has held since October 21, 1997. Mr. Novak previously served as Gro... | David Novak was made CEO of Yum! Brands in January 2000 . He is a director of Global financial services firm J.P. Morgan Chase . A keen golfer, Novak has teed off with Tiger Woods . |
Kabul (CNN) -- A truck and a minibus collided in Afghanistan on Friday, killing 17 people, a provincial government spokesman said. Nine more were injured in the crash in Nangarhar province, according to Ahmadzia Abdulzai. Elsewhere in the country, two roadside bombs killed at least five people Friday, a police spokesma... | Nine others were injured in the crash in Nangarhar province, a government spokesman says . In Kandahar province, four police officers died when their patrol hit a roadside bomb . A district governor was killed when his motorbike hit a bomb in the same province . |
New York (CNN) -- The daughter of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was arrested after allegedly scrawling graffiti on a building in a Manhattan neighborhood Tuesday night, according to police. Theodora Richards, 25, was also slapped with drug charges after police found her carrying marijuana while writing "T (he... | The daughter of Keith Richards is arrested for scrawling graffiti and drug possession . Theodora Richards was found carrying marijuana while writing with a paint marker . |
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- An explosion near a bus station left five people dead and 12 others injured in northern Nigeria, police said Thursday morning. The blast occurred in Azare town in Bauchi state on Wednesday night. A man left a bag filled with explosives outside a bus station in the town, which went off, witnesses... | The blast occurred in Azare town in Bauchi state . Police: It's too early to tell whether Boko Haram militants are behind it . |
(CNN)Senior Hamas official Izzat Risheq denied reports Monday that the group's political leader Khaled Meshaal has been expelled from Qatar. Earlier Monday, sources close to Hamas told CNN that Meshaal and members of the Muslim Brotherhood were expelled from Qatar, and were most likely on the way to Turkey. Risheq, spe... | A senior Hamas official denies reports that the group's political leader was expelled from Qatar . Earlier, sources close to Hamas told CNN the expulsions were happening . |
(CNN) -- No one was seriously injured when a U.S. Marine helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea Monday following training exercises in Djibouti, the U.S. Navy said. All 25 military members, 17 marines and eight sailors, aboard the Super Stallion chopper were safely recovered from the Gulf of Aden and taken aboard the ... | No serious injuries reported after military helicopter crash in Arabian Sea . All 25 sailors and marines rescued from Gulf of Aden . Navy says no "hostile activity" was involved in the crash . |
(CNN) -- Push yourself. Cherish family. Vote. On this Veterans Day, CNN iReporters share the most important lessons they've learned from vets in their lives. We heard from wives, girlfriends, husbands, children, grandchildren and friends of some of the 21.5 million veterans alive in the U.S. today -- and some who are n... | Veterans Day is celebrated November 11 . CNN iReport invited readers to send tributes to friends and family members who have served in the U.S. armed forces . Loved ones shared lessons learned from their veterans . |
(CNN) -- Emergency crews called off a search in Texas for the wreckage of a C-17 transport plane after reports Monday of a possible crash proved unfounded. Callers to the Olney Police Department said they saw a low-flying plane, and a spokesman for Sheppard AFB initially reported a crash, but then retracted the report.... | Emergency crews call off search for C-17 transport plane . Initial Air Force reports of a crash were incorrect, Air Force spokesman says . Police reported that callers said a plane was flying low to ground, then crashed . |
(CNN) -- Rapper Lil Wayne was detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas on Friday after authorities found marijuana on two of his tour buses. The marijuana on the buses was detected by a drug dog, said Agent Joe Trevino. The rapper, whose real name is DeWayne Michael Carter, Jr., was among a dozen being detained f... | Rapper Lil Wayne was detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas on Friday . A drug dog detected marijuana on two of his tour buses, an agent says . Police: Buses were en route to Laredo after a concert stop in Hidalgo, Texas . Prison sentence stemming from gun charges awaits rapper in New York . |
(CNN) -- Rescue workers continued their search Thursday for survivors trapped under rubble after the collapse of a large department store in a suburb of Ghana's capital, Accra. At least four people died in the store collapse Wednesday morning, according to a statement on the official website of President John Dramani M... | Rescue workers continue the search for survivors trapped under the rubble . At least four people died after the six-story building collapsed Wednesday . About 48 survivors have been pulled from the ruins, but more are feared trapped . Ghana's president says anyone guilty of negligence will be held accountable . |
(CNN)A powerful 6.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Monday. The quake's epicenter was 83 kilometers (52 miles) east-northeast of Miyako, Japan, USGS said. It was 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep and occurred at 6:06 a.m. Tuesday in Japan (6:06 p.m. ET Monday). The Pacific Tsun... | Japan Meteorological Agency cancels a tsunami advisory . A 6.7 earthquake struck off Japan's coast . |
(CNN) -- The United States has information about more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria by the militant group Boko Haram, but no "solid evidence" on their exact whereabouts, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in an interview with Charlie Rose. Separately, another defense official told CNN there have been no new ... | Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the U.S. has some information . Another official said there haven't been any new leads in several days . More than 200 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria last month by Boko Haram . |
(CNN Student News) -- March 30, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Colorado & Rhode Island . Afghanistan . North Sea . 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 p... | 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)Well isn't that non-dairy delightful? Starbucks announced it will begin offering coconut milk as a non-dairy option for an additional 60 cents. The Internet, at least, loves this plan -- and the company's customers can thank themselves for the move. "Providing a non-dairy alternative to dairy and soy is the second... | Coconut milk is a non-dairy alternative . Starbucks customers will be able to buy it for an additional 60 cents . An alternative to dairy and soy was the most customer requested idea . |
Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi walks Anjali Rao through the streets of Tokyo. She stunned global cinema audiences with her controversial and Oscar-nominated performance as a lonely deaf girl in the film "Babel." Rinko Kikuchi is one of Japan's hottest young actresses and models, recently working with Karl Lagerfeld as ... | Rinko Kikuchi was Oscar-nominated for her performance in the film "Babel" She has recently worked with Karl Lagerfeld as the new face of Channel . She challenges the traditional demure image of the Japanese woman . |
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama has ordered flags on federal buildings to fly at half-staff until the burial next week of Sen. Robert Byrd, except for Independence Day, when they should be flown at full staff to honor the veteran legislator, the White House said Wednesday. A proclamation issued by Obama made the order ... | Flag will fly at full staff on July 4 in Byrd's honor . Move "a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding service" of Byrd . Flags will be at half-staff until sunset July 6, the day Byrd is buried . |
An outage at the airline reservation system Sabre caused headaches for airlines around the world early Tuesday morning. The outage lasted about two and a half hours. "Sabre is experiencing a system issue," the company said in a tweet shortly after it began. "Our technology team is working as quickly as possible to reso... | Virgin Australia says it is manually checking in customers . British Airways flights in Johannesburg experience delays . The system is used by more than 300 airlines . |
(CNN) -- Hundreds of law-enforcement officers were making arrests and executing search warrants Thursday in Arizona as part of an investigation into human smuggling, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said. Authorities made at least 40 arrests in an investigation into the suspected smuggling of illegal immi... | Crackdown under way as part of an investigation into human smuggling . Authorities made at least 40 arrests on Thursday, ICE officials said . Immigrants were shuttled in vans from the border to Tucson and Phoenix, officials said . |
Beijing (CNN) -- A high-speed bullet train collision in eastern China's Zhejiang province left 35 people dead and 210 injured, state-run news agency Xinhua reported Sunday. Witnesses told China National Radio that a bullet train stopped on the tracks Saturday because of a power outage from a lightning strike. Another b... | NEW: About 210 are injured . Rescue operations continue . The accident was in eastern China . Some passengers had to break windows to get out . |
(EW.com) -- One of the busiest men in entertainment could soon find his schedule a little more packed. EW has confirmed that "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest is close to reaching an agreement with NBC that would put him at the helm of the network's upcoming reality series, "Million Second Quiz." If reached, the deal ... | EW confirmed the "Idol" host is close to inking a deal . He would also serve as exec producer for a new reality series . His production company is responsible for "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" |
(CNN) -- More than a million people took to the streets in Spain to rally for greater regional autonomy, police said. The march in Barcelona on Saturday came after Spain's constitutional court ruled that the northeastern region of Catalonia could not refer to itself as a nation. Protesters waved Catalonian flags and ba... | Police say more than 1 million people attended Saturday's rally . The march comes after constitutional court ruled Catalonia could not call itself a nation . Catalonia is one of 17 regions in Spain . |
(CNN) -- ZipRealty is a full-service residential real estate brokerage firm which uses the Internet, proprietary technology and employee real estate agents to provide home buyers and sellers with value-added online service. ZipRealty's Web site provides users with access to comprehensive home listings data. ZipRealty's... | ZipRealty uses Internet, proprietary technology, employee real estate agents . Web site provides users with home listings, market and neighborhood info . ZipRealty completed its initial public offering on November 10, 2004 . |
(CNN)An Ohio federal judge on Friday ordered Christopher Lee Cornell, charged with planning a bomb-and-shoot attack on the U.S. Capitol, held in jail without bond. Magistrate Judge Stephanie K. Bowman issued the ruling at a detention hearing in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati. An FBI agent said Cornell, 20, planned t... | Federal judge orders Christopher Lee Cornell held without bond . Cornell is accused of planning to bomb U.S. Capitol . He planned to gun down people as they ran from the Capitol, agents say . |
(CNN Student News) -- February 22, 2013 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . China . Cobb County, 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 . |
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- At least 441 people have died in floods in India from this season's monsoon rains, federal authorities said in their latest report. An Indian child plays in a flooded street in Mumbai earlier this month. Flooding has affected more than 1.5 million people in parts of India, said the disaster ma... | 7 die as bus carrying 40 passengers sinks in overflowing canal in eastern India . 7-year-old girl and her mother among the dead . Bus driver ignored warnings from his passengers about flooding in canal . |
(CNN) -- The death of an Arab bus driver discovered hanged in his bus near Jerusalem is generating controversy among Palestinians who reject the police finding of suicide. Yousuf al-Ramouni of Jerusalem was found dead Sunday. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Monday on Twitter that findings of the autopsy indicate ... | Relatives of bus driver found hanged in bus reject police finding of suicide . Yousuf al-Ramouni's brother says he saw bruises and blood on the body . "This is not the work of one individual but several individuals," he says . |
Lists can be tricky. To kick off our coverage of young adult literature in October, we asked members of the CNN.com newsroom to share books that changed our lives. It wasn't the ultimate list for everyone -- we left the definition of "life-changing" up to individuals, and yes, Judy Blume came up more than once. But we ... | CNN commenters shared their favorite books from childhood . Help us keep growing the list by sharing your picks in the comments . Follow CNN Living on Facebook and Twitter . |
(CNN) -- At the foundation of many business empires is a well-stocked library. From Warren Buffet to Donald Trump and Bill Gates, the world's best business brains have been inspired and transformed by books that not only address the business of making money, but of managing time, ethics and morality in business. Strate... | Businessmen and women talk about a book that changed their thinking -- and sometimes their lives . Warren Buffet, Donald Trump, Bill Gates and others talk about how their business ideas were shaped . Some cite recent developments in business thinking while others return to the standard works of business literature . |
(CNN) -- Two crewmen aboard an Idaho Army National Guard helicopter died when it crashed Thursday night, according to Ada County Coroner Erwin Sonnenberg. Guard spokesman Col. Timothy Marsano said the Apache helicopter was on a training mission when it went down two miles south of the Boise Airport. "It's a very diffic... | The Idaho Army National Guard helicopter crashed near Boise Airport . The Apache helicopter was on a training mission . An investigation is underway . |
(Rolling Stone) -- Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins will portray Iggy Pop in the forthcoming film "CBGB," the Hollywood Reporter confirms. This will be Hawkins' first significant acting role, though he has had comedic roles in a handful of Foo Fighters videos. It's unclear how substantial the role will be -- there's... | Taylor Hawkins will portray Iggy Pop in the forthcoming film "CBGB" He has had comedic roles in a handful of Foo Fighters videos . It's unclear how substantial the role will be . |
(CNN) -- Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president after the country became independent from France in 1962, has died at the age of 96, Algeria's state-run news agency said Wednesday. He passed away at his family home in Algiers, Algerie Presse Service reported. He was taken to a military hospital twice more than a mo... | Ahmed Ben Bella was president from 1962 to 1965 . He died at his family home in Algiers, state media says . |
(CNN) -- Road users in Lagos were asked to keep their hands off the car horn on Wednesday. Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola declared the date "No Horn Day" in a move to reduce noise pollution in Nigeria's biggest city and economic capital. Unsurprisingly, many in Lagos took to social media to voice their thoughts... | Lagos officials declared October 15 as "No Horn Day" The initiative aims to improve health in the Nigerian megacity of 21 million . Citizens voiced their opinions about the initiative on Twitter . |
(CNN) -- A U.S. guided missile destroyer was involved in a collision with an oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Navy announced. No one on either the USS Porter or the Japanese-owned M/V Otowasan was injured, the Navy said. The 505-foot Porter is operating under its own power near the strait, a strategically... | Vessels collided near important point for oil shipments leaving the Persian Gulf . No one was injured, military says . Ship is under way while crew evaluates the damage . |
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Army said Sunday it has identified the remains of the last missing U.S. service member unaccounted for in Iraq. Staff Sgt. Ahmed K. Altaie of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was kidnapped October 23, 2006, after he left the Green Zone in Baghdad. The military said Altaie, then 41, and serving as a tra... | Staff Sgt. Ahmed K. Altaie was kidnapped in 2006 . He was serving as a translator for the U.S. military . |
(CNN) -- In an example of life imitating art, Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig have tied the knot. The couple play husband and wife in the upcoming thriller "Dream House." Weisz's publicist confirmed the wedding Sunday, but offered no other details other than to say it took place "recently." Weisz, 41, announced her split... | The couple play husband and wife in the upcoming thriller "Dream House" Weisz's publicist confirms the wedding . |
New York (CNN) -- Superstorm Sandy left the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island national monuments with enough infrastructure damage to keep them closed, the National Park Service said Wednesday. Both locations have been closed since October 29, when a rare mix of converging, destructive weather made landfall in the Nor... | Both locations have been closed October 29 . At Liberty Island, both the visitor and National Park Service docks sustained significant damage . It is not clear when both locations will reopen . |
(CNN) -- A Libyan military aircraft crashed Wednesday southwest of Benghazi after the crew refused to follow orders to bomb the city, Libya's Quryna newspaper reported. The pilot and co-pilot parachuted out of the craft, and the plane crashed in an uninhabited area, the paper said. The Russian-made Sukhoi-22 aircraft c... | Pilot and co-pilot eject before the crash, newspaper reports . The aircraft crashed 100 miles outside Benghazi, newspaper reports . |
(CNN) -- Officials have uncovered a common grave in Paraguay that contained at least two bodies of victims believed tortured and killed under former strongman Alfredo Stroessner, authorities said. Human remains are discovered Thursday in an Asuncion, Paraguay, neighborhood. Speaking at the grave site Thursday, Presiden... | Grave found in Paraguay with bodies believed tortured under former regime . President Fernando Lugo calls site remnants of "painful period" in Paraguay's history . Former strongman Alfredo Stroessner known as brutal dictator from 1954-89 . |
(CNN) -- NFL side judge Brian Stropolo has been pulled from Sunday's New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers game because he's a Saints fan, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed to CNN. Stropolo has a Facebook page -- which has since been pulled -- showing him in Saints gear. "He was taken off game due to the informati... | Member of officiating crew for Sunday's Saints vs. Panthers game is a Saints fan . "We must avoid even the appearance of a conflict," NFL spokesman says . NFL failed to reach labor deal with regular officiating crew prior to start of season . |
(CNN) -- Acclaimed director Clint Eastwood and singer Beyonce Knowles may team up in a remake of "A Star Is Born," a Warner Bros. official said. Eastwood, the entertainment icon known for his gruff portrayals, is in talks to direct the 1937 classic, a Warner Bros. spokeswoman said. And Knowles is in negotiations to sta... | Clinton Eastwood and Beyonce Knowles are in talks to work on the film . Eastwood may direct a remake of the 1937 classic . It has already been remade two other times . |
Beijing, China (CNN) -- An accident on a ride at a Chinese amusement park has left six dead, and several more injured, Chinese media agencies reported Tuesday. The passengers on a simulated rocket ride said that the smell of burning electronics and a sudden loss of power preceded the deadly incident at the Overseas Chi... | Amusement park accident leaves six dead in China . Passengers said they smelled burning before accident . The incident is being investigated . |
(EW) -- There have been good Elmore Leonard adaptations and bad ones. But this interpretation of his 1978 novel "The Switch" may be the worst of the bunch. John Hawkes and yasiin bey (a.k.a. Mos Def) play small-time crooks who kidnap a rich Detroit housewife (Jennifer Aniston) and put the squeeze on her no-good husband... | "Life of Crime" is one of the poorer Elmore Leonard adaptations . It stars Jennifer Aniston, yasiin bey and John Hawkes . The movie suffers from a lifeless script and direction . |
(CNN) -- Opera star Placido Domingo's next two performances have been canceled while the singer is treated for a serious blood clot in his lung, his publicist said Tuesday. Domingo, 72, entered a hospital in his hometown of Madrid, Spain, Monday "where he is being successfully treated for a pulmonary embolism resulting... | "Maestro Domingo is expected to make a full recovery," his publicist says . His doctor ordered the famed tenor to rest for three or four weeks . |
(CNN)Toledo, Ohio, Mayor Michael Collins has been hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest while driving Sunday afternoon. Collins was headed home from a news conference on the city's snow emergency around 2 p.m. when he lost consciousness and his car slammed into a utility pole, said his spo... | A woman pulled Mayor Michael Collins from his car and performed CPR . The City Council president has been sworn in as acting mayor . |
(CNN) -- French police were searching Friday for a Degas painting stolen from a Marseilles museum a day earlier. "Les Choristes," or "The Chorus," is worth about €800,000, or $1.15 million, Marseilles Police Commissioner Xavier Claudel told CNN. The 1877 pastel was on loan to the Musee Cantini from the Musee d'Orsay in... | The 1877 pastel was on loan to Musee Cantini from Musee d'Orsay in Paris . Investigators going through surveillance camera footage for clues . "The Chorus," is worth about €800,000, or $1.15 million . |
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least 43 people were killed and 72 others were injured as widespread violence broke out overnight following the killing of a provincial lawmaker in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi Tuesday, police said. Syed Raza Haider, a leader of the MQM party, was shot Monday evening at a ... | A provincial politician was attending a funeral when he was killed . His death sparked political and ethnic violence across Karachi . |
New York (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal had a scary moment Sunday when he slumped over in pain during a news conference following his third-round match at the U.S. Open in New York. The 25-year-old Spaniard -- the No. 2 in the world -- leaned his head back in the middle of the news conference, breathing heavily and grimacing in... | The No. 2 tennis player grimaces in pain after U.S. Open match . He says it was because of leg cramps . He won his third-round match Sunday in hot, humid weather . |
(CNN)Table? Check? Food? Check. Wine? Check. Shark? Eh, check! From dining next to massive predators to drinking atop a rock in the middle of the ocean, no place is too strange for our rundown of some of Africa's most unusual restaurants. All across the continent, entrepreneurs have gone to great lengths to offer one-o... | CNN's African Start-Up looks at the continent's most unusual restaurants . Durban's Cargo Hold restaurant has tables next to a shark aquarium . Click through the gallery for a culinary experience less ordinary . |
(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania man attempted to resuscitate "a road-killed opossum," state police say. But this was one possum who wasn't playing possum -- the ugly creature remained dead. Troopers responding to the scene in Oliver Township on Thursday determined that Donald J. Wolfe, 55, of Brookville, was drunk, according t... | Pennsylvania man fails to resuscitate "road-killed" opossum . Man will be charged with public drunkenness, police say . It's unclear what man did to try to revive the opossum . |
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- A small military cargo plane crashed in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday, killing all 10 passengers, the country's defense ministry said. The plane caught fire shortly after taking off from Sanaa International Airport, airport officials said. The crew tried to head back to the airport, but the plan... | The plane crashes near a public market in Sanaa, killing all passengers . The passengers were on a pilot training mission, the defense ministry says . |
(EW.com) -- The 65-year-old Priestess of Punk recently roared back into the zeitgeist thanks to her National Book Award-winning 2010 memoir, "Just Kids." So perhaps it makes sense that Patti Smith's 11th album is her most energized in years, if not decades. Relieved of the protest poetry of 2004's enjoyable but politic... | Patti Smith's 11th album is her most energized in years . "Banga" feels like both a return to form and a renewal . The album comes out on June 5. |
(CNN Student News) -- April 6, 2012 . Download a PDF map related to today's show: . Colorado State University; Santa Cruz, California; Augusta, 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 t... | 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 . |
Saudi Arabia's 87-year-old ruler, King Abdullah, arrived Sunday at a Riyadh hospital to undergo his third back surgery within a year, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Surgeons were to tighten a binding connector around his third vertebra, the agency said. Abdullah last had back surgery in December at New York's Presbyt... | King Abdullah to have his third back surgery in a year . He had surgeries last year for herniated disc, blood clot . He has ruled Saudi Arabia since 2005 . |
(CNN) -- It's over for Charlie Sheen and fiancée Brett Rossi. The "Anger Management" actor called off his engagement to Rossi, a former adult film star, weeks before their November wedding, Sheen's publicist Jeffrey Ballard said. "Scotty and I had a great year together as we traveled the world and crossed a lot of thi... | Charlie Sheen and Brett Rossi call off engagement weeks before planned wedding . Thrice-married Sheen says he wants to focus on his children . Sheen proposed to Rossi during a Valentine's Day trip . |
(CNN)One man's trash is another puppet's treasure. In a new video, Seattle rapper Macklemore moonlights as a malodorous version of himself, aptly named Mucklemore, on Sesame Street for a "gross and awesome" rendition of his hit song "Thrift Shop" with the show's resident Grouches. Though the Sesame Street version parod... | Macklemore raps with Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street . The song about trash is a spoof on his Grammy-winning hit "Thrift Shop" |
(CNN) -- The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome will shutter its doors through at least the first quarter of 2011, the commission that runs the facility said Wednesday. "The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission informed the organizers of every scheduled event through the month of March that the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrod... | A damage and repair estimate is expected by the end of January . Heavy snow collapsed the roof in December . The Minnesota Vikings play at the Metrodome . |
New Delhi (CNN) -- At least 25 people are dead after a train crash in India early Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the ministry of railways said. The Hampi Express passenger train crashed into a stationary goods train in Penukonda, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, said the spokesman, Anil Kumar Saxena. The pass... | The crash involved three coaches of a passenger train . The Hampi Express crashed into a stationary goods train, a railways ministry official says . The passenger train was headed from Hubli to Bangalore . |
(CNN) -- The wreckage of a C-130 cargo plane that disappeared shortly after takeoff in the southern Philippines Monday night was found Tuesday about two miles (3km) offshore, the Philippines News Agency reported. Searchers have recovered items from the wreckage of the cargo plane. The bodies of two of the nine crew mem... | The wreckage of a C-130 cargo plane is found close to Philippine coastline . The bodies of two of the nine crew members on board were recovered . C-130 cargo plane was was going to pick up the Presidential Security Group . |
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