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editor 's note : in our behind the scenes series , cnn correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events . here , soledad o'brien takes users inside a jail where many of the inmates are mentally ill . an inmate housed on the `` forgotten floor , '' where many mentally ill... | <s> mentally ill inmates in miami are housed on the `` forgotten floor '' </s> <s> judge steven leifman says most are there as a result of `` avoidable felonies '' </s> <s> while cnn tours facility , patient shouts : `` i am the son of the president '' </s> <s> leifman says the system is unjust and he 's fighting for c... |
london , england -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- harry potter star daniel radcliffe gains access to a reported # 20 million -lrb- $ 41.1 million -rrb- fortune as he turns 18 on monday , but he insists the money wo n't cast a spell on him . daniel radcliffe as harry potter in `` harry potter and the order of the phoenix '' to th... | <s> harry potter star daniel radcliffe gets # 20m fortune as he turns 18 monday . </s> <s> young actor says he has no plans to fritter his cash away . </s> <s> radcliffe 's earnings from first five potter films have been held in trust fund . </s> |
minneapolis , minnesota -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- drivers who were on the minneapolis bridge when it collapsed told harrowing tales of survival . `` the whole bridge from one side of the mississippi to the other just completely gave way , fell all the way down , '' survivor gary babineau told cnn . `` i probably had a 30 - , ... | <s> new : `` i thought i was going to die , '' driver says . </s> <s> man says pickup truck was folded in half ; he just has cut on face . </s> <s> driver : `` i probably had a 30 - , 35-foot free fall '' </s> <s> minnesota bridge collapsed during rush hour wednesday . </s> |
baghdad , iraq -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- dressed in a superman shirt , 5-year-old youssif held his sister 's hand friday , seemingly unaware that millions of people across the world have been touched by his story . nearby , his parents talked about the new future and hope they have for their boy -- and the potential for recov... | <s> parents beam with pride , ca n't stop from smiling from outpouring of support . </s> <s> mom : `` i was so happy i did n't know what to do '' </s> <s> burn center in u.s. has offered to provide treatment for reconstructive surgeries . </s> <s> dad says , `` anything for youssif '' </s> |
washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- doctors removed five small polyps from president bush 's colon on saturday , and `` none appeared worrisome , '' a white house spokesman said . the polyps were removed and sent to the national naval medical center in bethesda , maryland , for routine microscopic examination , spokesman sco... | <s> five small polyps found during procedure ; `` none worrisome , '' spokesman says . </s> <s> president reclaims powers transferred to vice president . </s> <s> bush undergoes routine colonoscopy at camp david . </s> |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the national football league has indefinitely suspended atlanta falcons quarterback michael vick without pay , officials with the league said friday . nfl star michael vick is set to appear in court monday . a judge will have the final say on a plea deal . earlier , vick admitted to participating in ... | <s> new : nfl chief , atlanta falcons owner critical of michael vick 's conduct . </s> <s> nfl suspends falcons quarterback indefinitely without pay . </s> <s> vick admits funding dogfighting operation but says he did not gamble . </s> <s> vick due in federal court monday ; future in nfl remains uncertain . </s> |
baghdad , iraq -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the women are too afraid and ashamed to show their faces or have their real names used . they have been driven to sell their bodies to put food on the table for their children -- for as little as $ 8 a day . suha , 37 , is a mother of three . she says her husband thinks she is cleaning... | <s> aid workers : violence , increased cost of living drive women to prostitution . </s> <s> group is working to raise awareness of the problem with iraq 's political leaders . </s> <s> two iraqi mothers tell cnn they turned to prostitution to help feed their children . </s> <s> `` everything is for the children , '' o... |
washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- white house press secretary tony snow , who is undergoing treatment for cancer , will step down from his post september 14 and be replaced by deputy press secretary dana perino , the white house announced friday . white house press secretary tony snow will step down from his post on septem... | <s> president bush says tony snow `` will battle cancer and win '' job of press secretary `` has been a dream for me , '' snow says snow leaving on september 14 , will be succeeded by dana perino . </s> |
washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- as he awaits a crucial progress report on iraq , president bush will try to put a twist on comparisons of the war to vietnam by invoking the historical lessons of that conflict to argue against pulling out . president bush pauses tuesday during a news conference at the north american leade... | <s> president bush to address the veterans of foreign wars on wednesday . </s> <s> bush to say that withdrawing from vietnam emboldened today 's terrorists . </s> <s> speech will be latest white house attempt to try to reframe the debate over iraq . </s> |
washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- there is `` no remaining hope '' of finding six men trapped for almost a month in a utah coal mine alive , a federal official said saturday . isaac arellano holds a candle and sings during a fundraiser for miners tuesday in price , utah . `` over the past 25 days , the mine safety and heal... | <s> new : president bush says he and first lady are deeply saddened by the tragedy . </s> <s> mine safety and health administration chief : we 've run out of options . </s> <s> the six men have been trapped underground since august 6 . </s> <s> seven bore holes drilled into the mountain have found no signs of life . </... |
bogota , colombia -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a key rebel commander and fugitive from a u.s. drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment , the colombian military said monday . alleged cocaine trafficker and farc rebel tomas medina caracas in an interpol photo . tomas medina... | <s> tomas medina caracas was a fugitive from a u.s. drug trafficking indictment . </s> <s> `` el negro acacio '' allegedly helped manage extensive cocaine network . </s> <s> u.s. justice department indicted him in 2002 . </s> <s> colombian military : he was killed in an attack on a guerrilla encampment . </s> |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- police and fbi agents are investigating the discovery of an empty rocket launcher tube on the front lawn of a jersey city , new jersey , home , fbi spokesman sean quinn said . niranjan desai discovered the 20-year-old at4 anti-tank rocket launcher tube , a one-time-use device , lying on her lawn frid... | <s> empty anti-tank weapon turns up in front of new jersey home . </s> <s> device handed over to army ordnance disposal unit . </s> <s> weapon not capable of being reloaded , experts say . </s> |
london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a chronology of bombings and attempted bomb attacks in the mainland uk since the 1970s : . police close off streets around haymarket , in london 's busy theater district . june 29 , 2007 : police defuse a bomb consisting of 200 liters of fuel , gas cylinders and nails found in an aba... | <s> two cars loaded with gasoline and nails found abandoned in london friday . </s> <s> 52 people killed on july 7 , 2005 after bombs exploded on london bus , trains . </s> <s> british capital wracked by violence by the ira for years . </s> |
san francisco , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the san francisco area friday at 4:42 a.m. pt -lrb- 7:42 a.m. et -rrb- , the u.s. geological survey reported . the quake left about 2,000 customers without power , said david eisenhower , a spokesman for pacific gas and light . under the usg... | <s> 2,000 customers without electricity , power company says . </s> <s> magnitude 4.2 quake set off home alarms , says oakland police dispatcher . </s> <s> `` it was fairly mild , '' police say , no immediate reports of injuries , damage . </s> <s> it was centered two miles east-northeast of oakland , about 3.6 miles d... |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- at least 14 people were killed and 60 others wounded thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowd waiting to see algeria 's president in batna , east of the capital of algiers , the algerie presse service reported . a wounded person gets first aid shortly after thursday 's attack in batna , algeria . ... | <s> bomb victims waiting for presidential visit . </s> <s> blast went off 15 minutes before president 's arrival . </s> <s> algeria faces islamic insurgency . </s> <s> al qaeda-affiliated group claimed july attacks . </s> |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a virus found in healthy australian honey bees may be playing a role in the collapse of honey bee colonies across the united states , researchers reported thursday . honey bees walk on a moveable comb hive at the bee research laboratory , in beltsville , maryland . colony collapse disorder has killed... | <s> colony collapse disorder has killed millions of bees . </s> <s> scientists suspect a virus may combine with other factors to collapse colonies . </s> <s> disorder first cropped up in 2004 , as bees were imported from australia . </s> <s> $ 15 billion in u.s. crops each year dependent on bees for pollination . </s> |
washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- vice president dick cheney will serve as acting president briefly saturday while president bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy , white house spokesman tony snow said friday . bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure , expected to take about 2 1/2 hours , at the presidenti... | <s> president bush will have a routine colonoscopy saturday . </s> <s> while he 's anesthetized , his powers will be transferred to the vice president . </s> <s> bush had last colonoscopy in 2002 , which found no problems . </s> |
london , england -- savers at a leading uk mortgage bank lined up for a second day to empty their accounts saturday , a day after the lender was bailed out by the bank of england after heavily slashing profit forecasts . fearful customers line up to withdraw cash from a northern rock branch in southeast london on frida... | <s> savers at leading uk mortgage bank lined up to empty their accounts . </s> <s> northern rock was bailed out by the bank of england a day earlier . </s> <s> reassurances that banks was safe have gone unheeded by many . </s> |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- football superstar , celebrity , fashion icon , multimillion-dollar heartthrob . now , david beckham is headed for the hollywood hills as he takes his game to u.s. major league soccer . cnn looks at how bekham fulfilled his dream of playing for manchester united , and his time playing for england . t... | <s> beckham has agreed to a five-year contract with los angeles galaxy . </s> <s> new contract took effect july 1 , 2007 . </s> <s> former english captain to meet press , unveil new shirt number friday . </s> <s> cnn to look at beckham as footballer , fashion icon and global phenomenon . </s> |
bremen , germany -- carlos alberto , who scored in fc porto 's champions league final victory against monaco in 2004 , has joined bundesliga club werder bremen for a club record fee of 7.8 million euros -lrb- $ 10.7 million -rrb- . carlos alberto enjoyed success at fc porto under jose mourinho . `` i 'm here to win tit... | <s> werder bremen pay a club record $ 10.7 million for carlos alberto . </s> <s> the brazilian midfielder won the champions league with fc porto in 2004 . </s> <s> since january he has been on loan with his first club , fluminense . </s> |
los angeles , california -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- `` to insure or not to insure ? '' it is n't shakespeare , but it is the dramatic question hollywood filmmakers are asking about lindsay lohan following her legal troubles this week . lindsay lohan may still get work after her legal problems are settled , but the cost wil... | <s> because of troubles , lindsay lohan likely difficult to insure . </s> <s> lohan supposed to appear in shirley maclaine film `` poor things '' </s> <s> insurance rates may cost 1 to 3 percent of film 's production budget . </s> |
1 . `` für elise '' bob dylan wrote `` it ai n't me , babe '' for joan baez . written by : ludwig van beethoven . written for : some girl probably not named elise . in fact , as far as most historians can tell , beethoven did n't even know an elise . instead , the song was originally titled `` bagatelle in a minor '' b... | <s> several famous songs written by men for a woman . </s> <s> beethoven 's `` für elise '' may have been written `` for therese '' </s> <s> songwriters make up stories about who is behind `` 867-5309 / jenny '' </s> |
los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- youssif , the 5-year-old burned iraqi boy , rounded the corner at universal studios when suddenly the little boy hero met his favorite superhero . youssif has always been a huge spider-man fan . meeting him was `` my favorite thing , '' he said . spider-man was right smack da... | <s> boy on meeting spider-man : `` it was my favorite thing '' </s> <s> youssif also met spongebob , lassie and an orangutan at universal studios . </s> <s> dad : `` other than my wedding day , this is the happiest day of my life '' </s> |
las vegas , nevada -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- former football star o.j. simpson will be held without bail after his arrest on robbery and assault charges , police announced late sunday . police released this mug shot of o.j. simpson after his arrest . simpson is accused of having directed several other men in an alleged armed ... | <s> no bail for ex-nfl star accused of directing men in alleged armed robbery . </s> <s> simpson faces charges of robbery , assault , burglary and conspiracy . </s> <s> alleged robbery involved sports-related items , police say . </s> <s> simpson arrested sunday in las vegas , but he says items were his . </s> |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a marine convicted for his role in the death of an iraqi civilian was sentenced friday to a reduction in rank and will be discharged . cpl. trent d. thomas was found guilty wednesday of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit several offenses -- including murder , larceny , housebreaking , kidnapping , a... | <s> cpl. trent d. thomas found guilty this week of conspiracy to commit murder . </s> <s> marine gets rank of private , will be discharged for role in death of iraqi civilian . </s> <s> group 's leader awaits trial on murder and conspiracy charges . </s> |
rome . italy -- italy and roma striker francesco totti has threatened to quit the italian players association , in a row over the starting date of the next serie a season . roma striker totti has complained that the italian players are never listened to . the row began last month , when the italian football league , wh... | <s> francesco totti threatens to quit the italian players ' association . </s> <s> the italy and roma striker is upset over the early start to the new season . </s> <s> he says : we are the principal actors , but ... are never listened to . '' </s> |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a former government contract employee was indicted on charges of stealing restricted nuclear energy-related materials and putting the united states at risk , the department of justice announced thursday . sources say the classified materials were taken from the east tennessee technology park . roy ly... | <s> new : indictment : man tried to pass nuclear filters to foreign agent . </s> <s> new : roy lynn oakley appears in court in tennessee after surrendering . </s> <s> new : facility 's role is to break down decommissioned equipment . </s> <s> new : lawyer : oakley 's job was to break machine parts into pieces , pitch t... |
lagos , nigeria -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- nigeria 's television survival show has been suspended after a contestant drowned in preparation for the program , said dutch brewer heineken 's local unit which is sponsoring the show . anthony ogadje , 25 , and nine other contestants had gone to shere hills lake in nigeria 's hi... | <s> anthony ogadje , 25 , reportedly drowned in shere hills lake . </s> <s> he was preparing for the show , `` gulder ultimate search '' </s> <s> dutch brewer heineken 's local unit sponsors the program . </s> |
hong kong , china -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- paul lee got his liver from an executed chinese prisoner ; karam in egypt bought a kidney for his sister for $ 5,300 ; in istanbul hakan is holding out for $ 30,700 for one of his kidneys . doctors in pakistan have been arrested for abducting people , drugging them and stealing ... | <s> organ shortage in rich states has created a trade from poorer countries . </s> <s> `` transplant tourists '' travel to poor countries to buy organs from the desperate . </s> <s> pakistan , where trade in human organs is legal , is turning into a `` kidney bazaar '' </s> <s> patients pay $ 8,500 for a new kidney , w... |
baghdad , iraq -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- twelve-year-old mohammed rasoul , his right leg severed below the knee , maneuvers on crutches over the dirt and loose stones through the falluja graveyard . mohammed rasoul sitting with his mother , jinan khalifa , eagerly awaits his trip to the united states . row after row of headst... | <s> boy , 12 , lost leg to car bombing in iraq ; cousin was killed by blast . </s> <s> he is now heading to the united states to get a prosthetic leg . </s> <s> boy : `` i want to ... meet this person that gave me my future back '' </s> <s> charity director says helping the boy makes her `` cry with joy '' </s> |
phuket , thailand -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- relatives of the 89 people killed in sunday 's plane crash in phuket continued to arrive in the thai resort town on tuesday to try to identify their loved ones ' remains . a buddhist monk blesses the wreckage of one-two-go airline 's md-82 jet at phuket airport on tuesday . most of ... | <s> relatives of the 89 people killed in thai air crash are still arriving in phuket . </s> <s> about 36 of the bodies have yet to be identified , according to thai authorities . </s> <s> u.s. embassy in bangkok confirms that five americans were among the dead . </s> <s> the investigation into what caused sunday 's cra... |
london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- prince harry led tributes to diana , princess of wales on the 10th anniversary of her death , describing her as `` the best mother in the world '' in a speech at a memorial service . here is his speech in full : . william and i can separate life into two parts . there were those year... | <s> prince harry describes princess diana as `` the best mother in the world '' </s> <s> he asks for her to be remembered as `` fun-loving , generous , down-to-earth , entirely genuine '' </s> <s> bishop of london praises her humanitarian work . </s> <s> he says that disputes about her death should `` end here '' </s> |
washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- allegations that blackwater usa -- whose operations were suspended after 20 iraqi civilians were shot to death last weekend -- was `` in any way associated or complicit in unlawful arms activities are baseless , '' the company asserted saturday . blackwater employees patrol baghdad by air ... | <s> two employees bought , sold weapons on their own , company says . </s> <s> company fired workers , turned them in to atf , says source . </s> <s> feds investigating claims blackwater employees made illegal arms deals . </s> <s> blackwater in spotlight after shootings last weekend that killed 20 iraqis . </s> |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- filmmaker michael moore , whose new documentary `` sicko '' takes on america 's health care system , faced off tuesday with cnn chief medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon dr. sanjay gupta . michael moore and cnn 's sanjay gupta argued tuesday about gupta 's report on moore 's film `` sic... | <s> moore criticized a report gupta did on cnn monday on `` sicko '' </s> <s> gupta 's report questions some of the movie 's numbers and solutions . </s> <s> gupta : `` i thought it was a good movie , and i wanted to say that '' </s> |
london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- french foreign minister bernard kouchner 's declaration that france had to prepare for the possibility of war against iran over its nuclear program was not conventional diplomatic behavior . but then kouchner was never expected to be a soft-soaper on the diplomatic scene . french for... | <s> french fm kouchner has told france to prepare for possibility of war with iran . </s> <s> was a surprise appointment to nicolas sarkozy 's conservative government . </s> <s> also the first french foreign minister to visit iraq since 1988 . </s> <s> founder of medicins sans frontiers , also french student leader in ... |
london , england -- chelsea are waiting on the fitness of john terry ahead of wednesday 's champions league match with valencia , but frank lampard has been ruled out . john terry tries out his protective mask during training for chelsea on tuesday . center-back terry suffered a broken cheekbone during saturday 's 0-0 ... | <s> chelsea are still waiting on the fitness of england captain john terry . </s> <s> terry trained in a face mask ahead of the champions league tie in valencia . </s> <s> the central defender underwent surgery on a broken cheekbone on sunday . </s> |
washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- some democrats appear to be wavering on a highly contentious house resolution labeling turkey 's treatment of armenians in world war i as genocide . a kc-135 tanker lands at incirlik air base in southern turkey in 2003 . turkey , a longtime u.s. ally and nato partner , was incensed by the ... | <s> new : majority leader says a number of dems are `` revisiting their own positions '' </s> <s> turkey is upset about world war i `` genocide '' resolution in congress . </s> <s> house resolution calls killing of armenians `` genocide '' </s> <s> incirlik air base is key point for u.s. military supply of iraq mission... |
washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- a wide-open presidential race and a willingness by candidates , interest groups , unions and corporations to buy tv time will lead to historic spending for political and issue-advocacy advertising in the 2008 election cycle , an analysis shows . former massachusetts gov. mitt romney has sp... | <s> amount almost double what was spent in 2004 election cycle . </s> <s> lower tv production costs help more candidates advertise . </s> <s> mitt romney leads presidential candidates in tv spending . </s> <s> advertisers face challenge of cutting through clutter of ads , analyst says . </s> |
new delhi , india -lrb- reuters -rrb- -- india has elected its first female president , official results show , in what supporters are calling a boost for the rights of millions of downtrodden women , despite a bitter campaign marked by scandal . pratibha patil , 72 , is india 's first elected female president . pratib... | <s> india elects first female president , official results show saturday . </s> <s> pratibha patil 's supporters are calling victory a boost for women 's rights . </s> <s> bitter election campaign was marked by scandal . </s> <s> 72-year-old patil was the ruling coalition 's nominee for mainly ceremonial post . </s> |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- explorer dennis schmitt found an island nearly two years ago near greenland . fishermen pass by greenland 's ilulissat fjord in this september 2004 picture . such a discovery would usually elicit curiosity , even wonder perhaps , but it evoked mixed feelings for the explorer . the island was once tho... | <s> earth has warmed one degree in past 100 years . </s> <s> majority of scientists say greenhouse gases are causing temperatures to rise . </s> <s> some critics say planets often in periods of warming or cooling . </s> |
abeche , chad -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- most of the 103 children that a french charity attempted to take to france from chad for adoption are neither sudanese nor orphans , three international aid agencies reported on thursday . hundreds of women protest child trafficking and shout anti-french slogans wednesday in abeche , ch... | <s> new : chadian president wants journalists , flight crew released . </s> <s> red cross , unicef , unhcr interview children that charity tried to fly out of chad . </s> <s> most are not from sudan and have families , agencies say . </s> <s> six members of zoe 's ark , 11 others under arrest in chad . </s> |
san diego , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- more than 100 homes in an upscale san diego community were evacuated after a landslide about 60 yards wide pulled the earth from beneath a three-lane road and some of the multimillion-dollar homes that adorn it . gina yarbrough sent this picture of the road that collapsed in we... | <s> san diego mayor declares state of emergency ; white house , governor offer aid . </s> <s> officials were investigating the shifting earth in the area for weeks . </s> <s> residents can return to 75 of the 111 evacuated homes thursday , mayor says . </s> <s> `` we watched the trees snapping and cracking , '' says on... |
quebec , canada -- third seed julia vakulenko will face comeback queen lindsay davenport in her first wta tour final at the bell challenge on sunday . julia vakulenko will seek her first victory on the wta tour at the bell challenge in quebec . the ukrainian battled through with a 6-1 4-6 7-5 victory over american qual... | <s> julia vakulenko has reached her first final on the wta tour at bell challenge . </s> <s> the ukrainian third seed will face lindsay davenport after beating julie ditty . </s> <s> former world no. 1 davenport defeated russian second seed vera zvonareva . </s> |
islamabad , pakistan -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- hours after declaring a state of emergency saturday , pakistani president pervez musharraf ordered troops to take a television station 's equipment and put a popular opposition leader under house arrest . president pervez musharraf explains his actions in a televised address satu... | <s> new : president musharraf orders troops to take a television station 's equipment . </s> <s> pakistani opposition leader imran khan says he 's under house arrest . </s> <s> president musharraf says his actions are for the good of the country . </s> <s> white house calls musharraf 's emergency declaration `` disappo... |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the chief operating officer of the national children 's museum was arrested tuesday and is charged with distributing child pornography over the internet , authorities said . robert a. singer is accused of sending images depicting child pornography to people he believed to be a 12-year-old girl and he... | <s> robert a. singer is accused of e-mailing child porn to 12-year-old girl . </s> <s> 12-year-old girl was actually undercover new york city detective . </s> <s> singer was identified in court document as national children 's museum spokesman . </s> <s> washington museum officials say they are `` horrified '' by the c... |
orme , tennessee -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the drought in the southeastern united states means more than just brown lawns to the folks in orme , tennessee . water flows from their taps for just three hours each evening . a 1961 firetruck loads up with water from a hydrant in alabama to haul back to orme , tennessee . the moun... | <s> orme , tennessee , has running water from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. </s> <s> town 's spring ran dry in midst of southeast drought . </s> <s> donated water is trucked in from alabama . </s> <s> completion of pipeline will solve problem for good . </s> |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- with his hands and feet shackled and his face obscured by his long hair , chester arthur stiles made his initial court appearance in las vegas , nevada , on wednesday morning on charges stemming from the videotaped rape of a 2-year-old girl . chester stiles appears wednesday in a las vegas , nevada ,... | <s> new : accused pedophile chester arthur stiles gets additional charges . </s> <s> new : `` i think he 's a little out of it , '' his attorney says . </s> <s> suspect 's ex-girlfriend : `` i 've had my share of nightmares '' </s> <s> stiles , 37 , arrested following a routine traffic stop . </s> |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- after weeks of controversy over michael mukasey 's views on waterboarding , the senate late thursday approved the former judge 's nomination for attorney general by a 53-40 vote . waterboarding threatened to derail the approval of president bush 's nominee to lead the justice department . president b... | <s> president bush nominated mukasey to replace alberto gonzales . </s> <s> mukasey is a former federal chief judge in new york . </s> <s> some democratic senators opposed nominee due to views on waterboarding . </s> <s> human rights groups consider waterboarding a form of torture . </s> |
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