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london, england (reuters) harry potter star daniel radcliffe gains access to a reported £20 million ($411 million) fortune as he turns 18 on monday, but he insists the money won't cast a spell on him daniel radcliffe as harry potter in 'harry potter and the order of the phoenix' to the disappointment of gossip colum... | threaper covertical intermmet | no related information |
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 inmates are ... | miami steven leifman cnn leifman | mentally ill inmates in miami are housed on the 'forgotten floor'. judge steven leifman says most are there as a result of 'avoidable felonies'. while cnn tours facility, patient shouts: 'i am the son of the president'. leifman says the system is unjust and he's fighting for change |
(cnn) the future of liverpool football club will be decided in london's high court next week after current owners tom hicks and george gillett mounted a legal challenge to the proposed buyout by new england sports ventures (nesv) reds chairman martin broughton announced the sale to the company which owns the boston ... | liverpool high court next week george gillett new england sports ventures martin broughton roy hodgson boston red sox | liverpool ownership to be decided in high court next week . owners george gillett challenge sale to new england sports ventures . chairman martin broughton says he is confident sale will go through . manager roy hodgson welcomes sale to boston red sox owners |
(cnn) manchester united were held to a 2 2 draw at old trafford by west bromwich albion in the english premier league on saturday a mistake by goalkeeper edwin van der sar gifted the visitors an equalizer 10 minutes into the second half after hernandez and nani had given the alex ferguson's men a two goal lead befor... | manchester west brom edwin van der sar spurs birmingham fulham strugglers west ham wolves | manchester united squander points at home to newly promoted west brom . edwin van der sar gifts west brom a point after fumbling a cross in a 2 2 draw . arsenal and spurs come from behind to beat birmingham and fulham respectively . strugglers west ham and wolves draw 1 1 to remain rooted to the bottom of table |
minneapolis, minnesota (cnn) 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 , 35 foot free fall and the... | deploying incur unpretended | no related information |
washington (cnn) 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 scott stanzel said result... | bush camp david | five small polyps found during procedure; 'none worrisome,' spokesman says . president reclaims powers transferred to vice president . bush undergoes routine colonoscopy at camp david |
(cnn) uefa have awarded a 3 0 victory to italy after their euro 2012 qualifying match with serbia was abandoned due to violence serbia have also been ordered to play their next two home qualifying games behind closed doors after their fans disrupted the match between the two countries in genoa on october 12 after di... | uefa italy serbia serbian | uefa award italy a 3 0 win after their euro 2012 qualifying match with serbia was abandoned . the game was called off after seven minutes due to violence from serbia supporters . serbian fans threw flares and fireworks onto the pitch . serbia also ordered to play two games behind closed doors |
(cnn) more than 1,200 nasa workers will be laid off friday, despite congress passing a $19 billion budget for the space agency two days earlier lori garver, nasa's deputy administrator, said thursday she didn't believe the bill would affect planned layoffs, 'certainly not for tomorrow' thursday was the last day for ... | nasa congress next june | the nasa budget approved by congress will extend the shuttle program until next june . as the shuttle program ends, more than 9,000 nasa workers will lose their jobs |
(cnn) a stampede of fans erupted outside a south african stadium sunday before a warmup match between nigeria and north korea leading up to the world cup, police and the local organizing committee said there were no fatalities reported, police said, but 14 people sustained minor injuries a police official was in sta... | world cup fifa south african nigeria north korea stadium johannesburg tembisa | new: 'no relation' to world cup matches, fifa says . 14 injured in stampede outside south african stadium . incident happened before friendly nigeria north korea match . stadium is in johannesburg suburb of tembisa |
(cnn) the san diego county, california, sheriff and other officials are to hold a town hall meeting tuesday night about what will become of the house that's the site of the nation's largest cache of homemade explosives ever found in one spot for now, the single story suburban house in an unincorporated area outside ... | house escondido california | house near escondido, california, held record cache of homemade explosives . bomb squad has deemed house too dangerous to re enter for now . officials will hold a town hall meeting about disposing of explosives inside house |
(wired) unmanned aircraft, for all their utility, are fairly simple beasts they're good at taking direction, but they're not so good at processing information on their own now the air force figures it's time for drones to get a lot smarter, especially as they take off or land as anyone who's ever flown knows, the ru... | air force research laboratory fedex | drones that process complex information in congested airspace could be useful . air force research laboratory will find engineers to create drones that 'integrate seamlessly'. fedex is thinking about an airfleet of linked up drones that can fly in formation |
washington (cnn) will an anti incumbent wave return republicans to power in the house and senate, or can democrats engineer a late rush to hold on to their congressional majorities? the 2010 mid term elections comes down to campaign basics in the final nine days until vote counting begins for now, the two parties ag... | nine days rove tea party kaine democratic | nine days before the vote, both sides predict success . rove calls tea party movement 'wholesome' and 'positive'. kaine says democratic poll numbers are trending up |
new delhi, india (cnn) there are five days left until the opening day of the biggest sporting event india has ever put on while there is a furious push to finish dozens of projects around the city to try to make it sparkle for the upcoming commonwealth games the plight of the smallest and poorest citizens of india g... | india the commonwealth games | india is rushing to get ready for the commonwealth games . games construction highlights one of india's problems . children of the poor swarm over construction sites |
(cnn) 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 a dogfighting rin... | loglike casiri bdellidae | no related information |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) 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 recovery from his seve... | us youssif | parents beam with pride, can't stop from smiling from outpouring of support . mom: 'i was so happy i didn't know what to do'. burn center in us has offered to provide treatment for reconstructive surgeries . dad says, 'anything for youssif' |
(cnn) the entertainment industry was not immune to the impact of the fires blazing across southern california at the santa clarita studios in valencia, california about 30 miles north of los angeles some staffers weren't able to get to work monday, due to traffic on area roadways and concern about their homes,... | monday sean penn '93 | smoke from nearby fire affects '24' location, shuts down shooting monday . 'unit' shoots near ranch fire; 'we're fine,' said spokesperson . sean penn loses two trailers next to site of house burned down in '93 |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) 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 houses when she lea... | group iraq iraqi cnn | aid workers: violence, increased cost of living drive women to prostitution . group is working to raise awareness of the problem with iraq's political leaders . two iraqi mothers tell cnn they turned to prostitution to help feed their children . 'everything is for the children,' one woman says |
london (cnn) american and british leadership of the world remains 'essential to the cause of human dignity,' president barack obama said wednesday, making a sweeping case for values including freedom and the free market in a speech to a joint session of the british parliament 'we must act, and lead, with confidence ... | the united states britain obama us parliament elizabeth ii david cameron | the united states and britain will 'stand with those who struggle,' obama says . he strongly defends us leadership and values in a major speech to parliament . obama is in the middle of a two day state visit to britain blending pomp and politics . queen elizabeth ii hosted a state dinner for him, while david cameron he... |
bogota, colombia (cnn) a key rebel commander and fugitive from a us 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 caracas, known po... | tomas medina caracas us el negro acacio us justice department 2002 colombian | tomas medina caracas was a fugitive from a us drug trafficking indictment . 'el negro acacio' allegedly helped manage extensive cocaine network . us justice department indicted him in 2002 . colombian military: he was killed in an attack on a guerrilla encampment |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) as half of the famed hip hop duo outkast, antwan 'big boi' patton is known for his bass booming, chart topping smash hits his recording studio in atlanta is lined with plush velvet, stocked with courvoisier and has a swing hanging from the ceiling a place to settle in and do his work antwan... | thursday la traviata morris brown idlewild'. big boi: show | ballet opening thursday features live performances from outkast's big boi . choreographer, big boi hope fusion of styles opens the minds of audience . one number features 'la traviata' mixed with 'morris brown' from 'idlewild'. big boi: show is 'one of the funkiest hybrids i've ever seen' |
(cnn) travel through the southern rockies into the central plains 'will be dangerous, if not impossible' tuesday, forecasters warned, as a winter weather system blasts broad swaths of the west and midwest blizzard warnings stretched from southeast colorado through western kansas, the oklahoma panhandle and far north... | i 40 texas blizzard new mexico colorado kansas oklahoma rick husband amarillo international airport | new: authorities reopened i 40 westbound in the texas panhandle . blizzard warnings that had threatened northeast new mexico have expired . new mexico, colorado, kansas, oklahoma and texas are affected . normal operations have resumed at texas' rick husband amarillo international airport |
jerusalem (cnn) israeli military experts sunday worked around the clock to examine the remains of a mysterious drone that was shot down after penetrating israeli airspace from the mediterranean sea the israeli military announced saturday that the unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down over the northern negev desert t... | lebanon israeli israel negev desert saturday several dozen miles dimona | 'we know it originated in lebanon,' an israeli security analyst says . israel is investigating the craft's origin and hasn't pointed any fingers yet . the drone was shot down over israel's negev desert on saturday . the craft was several dozen miles from the top secret dimona nuclear plant |
(cnn) at least one person died and others were reported missing after a train pulling more than 70 tankers of crude oil derailed and burst into flames in eastern canada near the us border, cnn affiliates reported, citing authorities the train jumped the tracks in the small town of lac megantic in the province of que... | firefighters us canada | new: several people reported missing, police say . firefighters from the us and canada rush to fight the blaze . flames climb stories high into the sky and spread to homes . fuel spills into the river running past the town |
(cnn) london olympic heptathlon champion jessica ennis can crown a superb year by being named world female athlete of the year for 2012 ennis, the poster girl of the london games, swept to victory in the grueling seven event discipline on the middle saturday as hosts britain enjoyed a gold rush her efforts and an ea... | jessica ennis britain london valerie adams allyson felix usain bolt aries merritt david rudisha | jessica ennis on short list for iaaf female athlete of the year . britain totaled 6955 points on way to winning heptathlon gold in london . valerie adams and allyson felix also selected . usain bolt, aries merritt and david rudisha to contest men's honor |
washington (cnn) a short term spending measure to fund the federal government into next week won approval thursday from the us house and now goes to president barack obama's desk the measure was part of a bipartisan agreement intended to end a dispute over disaster relief spending that threatened to cause a partial ... | house tuesday an additional $265 billion fema | just three house members attend the pro forma session . the measure approved by the house funds the government through tuesday . a funding dispute threatened a possible government shutdown . a bipartisan agreement includes an additional $265 billion in disaster relief needed by fema |
new york (cnn) 'my one and only' begins with renee zellweger, playing a woman based on george hamilton's mother anne, discovering her husband with another woman renee zellweger plays a woman based on george hamilton's mother in 'my one and only' despite the initial heartbreak, anne puts on a happy face, and zellwege... | renee zellweger george hamilton's zellweger | renee zellweger plays character based on george hamilton's mother in new film . zellweger says she's 'lucky,' generally not judged on her looks . character was a joy to play particularly the immersion in '50s era of clothes |
two of the off season's longest running transfer sagas were finally concluded when french international samir nasri signed for manchester city, while winger juan mata agreed to leave valencia for chelsea nasri who signed for arsenal in 2008 from olympique marseille signed a four year deal, making him city's fourt... | manchester city samir nasri arsenal city chelsea spain juan mata valencia mata epl norwich city | manchester city has announced the signing of samir nasri from arsenal . it's the fourth big money signing to join city this transfer window . meanwhile chelsea sign spain winger juan mata from valencia . mata likely to make epl debut against norwich city saturday |
yangon, myanmar (cnn) the younger son of political activist aung san suu kyi arrived in myanmar on tuesday for a long awaited visit with his mother, from whom he'd been separated for a decade kim aris arrived about 7:30 am tuesday at the international airport in yangon, the former national capital, which also is kno... | somewheres acidproof primity | no related information |
(cnn) four soldiers may face a court martial and charges of negligent homicide in the case of an army private who apparently committed suicide in afghanistan, us army officials said tuesday the case stems from the death of pvt danny chen, 19, whose body was found in october 2011 in a guard tower in afghanistan an ar... | danny chen chen afghanistan | the case stems from the death of pvt danny chen . chen was found dead in a guard tower in afghanistan . the soldiers are accused of hazing and abusing chen, an official says |
(cnet) apple likes glass a lot you can tell that much from its many retail stores, and in its products where glass is used in displays, notebook trackpads, and both the front and back of the iphone 4 that last place, though is what might be causing the company some headaches that's according to a report today from g... | apple | slip on cases have caused serious cosmetic damage to backside of the iphone 4 . over time, small scratches grow to become large cracks like a windshield . apple's engineers have been hard at work in 'a quiet lockdown' to fix problem . this isn't the first time cracks have cropped up on apple's hardware |
port au prince, haiti (cnn) in the wake of hurricane tomas, cholera has reached the congested capital of port au prince, where as many as 73 people have come down with the potentially deadly infection dehydration is one of its tell tale signs in a camp in cabaret, just east of port au prince, children lie on cots as... | port au prince haiti | new: two more port au prince cases confirmed . the official death toll from cholera in haiti is 583 . more than 9,000 cases have been confirmed . as many as 73 people have come down with cholera in port au prince |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) pakistan has a new heroine and a new cause a girl's right to education and after friday's announcements from the pakistani government that they will adopt new measures to get every child into school by end 2015, that cause has a timetable and a deadline for delivery everywhere you go ... | schoolgirl malala yousafzai taliban pakistan 2015 un gordon brown malala | schoolgirl malala yousafzai, shot by taliban, inspires pakistan to education for all goal . pakistan leaders vow to get five million children without schooling into classes by 2015 . un envoy gordon brown: it seems that malala's courage has awoken pakistan's silent majority . he says pakistan, with international suppor... |
(mental floss) 1 cordless tools your life may be safer and more comfortable because of inventions that came from space research as long as nasa was going to the trouble of sending apollo astronauts to the moon, it figured it might as well equip them with drills and ask them to dig up rock samples when they got ther... | nasa | several everyday items come from space program . cushions for astronauts leads to better shoes for us . nasa communication system leads to better pacemakers . statue of liberty protected by coating developed by nasa |
washington (cnn) 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 september 14 presiden... | unromanticism obtunding relaced | no related information |
washington (cnn) the us military prison at guantanamo bay, cuba, is unlikely to close by the obama administration's deadline of january 2010, two senior administration officials said late friday us military personnel walk a road at the us naval base at guantanamo bay, cuba, in july they cited legal complications for... | us obama his third day | us detention center won't close by obama deadline, senior officials say . obama signed executive order to close facility on his third day in office . legal complications blamed for delay; closure should come soon, they say . missed deadline could be political setback for obama |
(cnn) 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 friday morning, polic... | new jersey army | empty anti tank weapon turns up in front of new jersey home . device handed over to army ordnance disposal unit . weapon not capable of being reloaded, experts say |
washington (cnn) 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 leaders summit in... | bush the veterans of foreign wars vietnam white house iraq | president bush to address the veterans of foreign wars on wednesday . bush to say that withdrawing from vietnam emboldened today's terrorists . speech will be latest white house attempt to try to reframe the debate over iraq |
london, england (cnn) 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 abandoned car in haymar... | london british | two cars loaded with gasoline and nails found abandoned in london friday . 52 people killed on july 7, 2005 after bombs exploded on london bus, trains . british capital wracked by violence by the ira for years |
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 78 million euros ($107 million) carlos alberto enjoyed success at fc porto under jose mourinho 'i'm here to win titles with werder,' the 2... | bremen $107 million carlos alberto brazilian the champions league with fc porto 2004 january first fluminense | werder bremen pay a club record $107 million for carlos alberto . the brazilian midfielder won the champions league with fc porto in 2004 . since january he has been on loan with his first club, fluminense |
(cnn) there's something about growing up in a small town don't get me wrong, new york, los angeles, chicago are all great cities with their own identity and appeal, but if you spent your formative years in a burg where traffic lights were few and far between; where watching freight trains was a welcome distraction; ... | satellitic couplets dumfounding | no related information |
(cnn) world number one rafael nadal has been knocked out of the shanghai masters after suffering a shock 6 1 3 6 6 3 defeat to jurgen melzer in the third round on thursday nadal's serve was broken twice in the opening set against the austrian, who is ranked 12th in the world and will now play argentina's juan monaco... | erotogenicity ballistophobia precontrived | no related information |
washington (cnn) depending on who is talking, the tea party movement is either an extremist force dividing republicans or a group of disgruntled taxpayers setting the government on a proper course the conservative political force has shaken up this year's congressional elections, backing candidates who defeated repu... | sunday tea party russo of tea party express durbin democrats | sunday talk shows offer varying views of tea party movement . russo of tea party express says no corporate contributions allowed . durbin says tea party candidates give hope to democrats in some races |
paris (cnn) former french justice minister rachida dati is launching a paternity suit tuesday against a french businessman she claims is the father of her daughter, an attorney for the businessman confirmed in the case filed at a versailles court, dati formally identifies dominique desseigne as the biological father... | unparadoxal aldrins pastier | no related information |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) a christian pakistani woman sentenced to death for blasphemy is innocent and should be released, pakistan's minister for minority affairs told cnn shahbaz bhatti reached his conclusion after a three day investigation into allegations that asia bibi defiled the name of the prophet mohammed d... | asia bibi | new: president calls for panel of scholars and experts to review blasphemy law . asia bibi was accused of blasphemy and sentenced to death . president says he'll issue pardon only if necessary and after legal process has taken its course |
washington (cnn) 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 presidential retreat at c... | principes duplicitous supersanction | no related information |
(cnn) forensic tests on a woman found hanging from a tree in the indian state of uttar pradesh have so far failed to find evidence of rape, a local police chief said more tests are being done, amid claims from the woman's family that she was gang raped and murdered by five men, including her brother in law the alleg... | provicar nondeductively buncher | no related information |
san francisco, california (cnn) a magnitude 42 earthquake shook the san francisco area friday at 4:42 am pt (7:42 am et), the us geological survey reported the quake left about 2,000 customers without power, said david eisenhower, a spokesman for pacific gas and light under the usgs classification, a magnitude 42 e... | oakland two miles about 36 miles | 2,000 customers without electricity, power company says . magnitude 42 quake set off home alarms, says oakland police dispatcher . 'it was fairly mild,' police say, no immediate reports of injuries, damage . it was centered two miles east northeast of oakland, about 36 miles deep |
(cnn) the freak snowstorm that pounded the eastern united states late last week, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people, killed at least 22 people, officials said thursday in massachusetts, at least six deaths were related to the storm, and a seventh was under investigation, said peter william judge, publi... | primigravida hatchety shlemiel | no related information |
la paz, bolivia (cnn) a 62 magnitude earthquake struck bolivia tuesday afternoon, the us geological survey said the quake's epicenter was about 185 kilometers (115 miles) south southeast of santa ana, bolivia, the agency said it struck at a depth of about 530 kilometers (330 miles) the shaking was felt in the countr... | la paz about 185 kilometers santa ana bolivia | new: report: some residents of la paz evacuate their homes . the quake's center is about 185 kilometers from santa ana, bolivia . the earthquake was felt in the country's capital . there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage |
london (cnn) in 2011 uk business secretary vince cable lamented that a bunch of 'right wing nutters' was holding the american government and the world economy to ransom by refusing to agree the usually routine increase in america's legal debt limit world leaders might avoid the blunt description used by cable but th... | us iwan morgan | the us is facing up to yet another battle over its public funding and debt . iwan morgan says this is nothing new but its impact on international markets is a worry . money markets will get nervous at the continued dysfunction in us politics . the eurozone is only just emerging from recession and certainty is needed... |
washington (cnn) the obama administration is putting the final touches on a security assistance package totaling as much as $2 billion over five years to help pakistan fight extremists on its border with afghanistan, senior us officials and diplomatic sources tell cnn the aid is expected to be announced later this w... | prehatred boehmeria sondylomorum | no related information |
(cnn) delta air lines ceo richard anderson said friday he objects to the federal transportation security administration's move this week to allow small pocketknives on airplanes 'these items have been banned for more than 11 years and will add little value to the customer security process flow in relation to the add... | tsa april 25 us delta | new: a flight attendants union president says the move 'makes no sense'. the tsa said it would allow small knives onto planes, starting april 25 . the agency's chief says this brings the us in compliance with world norms . delta's ceo says the move isn't worth the added risk to airline staff and passengers |
london (cnn) an advertisement for marc jacobs perfume featuring teenage actor dakota fanning has been banned in britain because it 'sexualized children' the ad, for marc jacobs 'oh, lola!' fragrance, featured fanning, the child star of 'war of the worlds' and 'i am sam' wearing a short dress and holding an oversized... | argental limbi humanely | no related information |
(cnn) a georgia woman convicted on misdemeanor charges in the death of her son after he darted out into traffic will receive a new trial, a judge ruled raquel nelson's trial is set to begin october 25, according to an order filed by cobb county state court judge kathryn tanksley on tuesday nelson's case had attracte... | raquel nelson's nelson | raquel nelson's trial is set for october 25 . nelson was prosecuted after a driver struck and killed her son . she potentially had faced more jail time than the driver |
(cnn) although shawn kinmartin flies planes for a sky diving service, he hadn't done any sky diving himself but on saturday he didn't have a choice the 21 year old's cessna had been seriously damaged when a sky diver jumped out and hit a key piece of the aircraft, kinmartin explained on cnn's 'new day' on monday mor... | playbooks fibroblast hose | no related information |
los angeles (cnn) rapper lil wayne's 'just resting' two days after suffering a seizure that sent him to a los angeles hospital and triggered media reports that he was near death details about the grammy winning and multiplatinum selling hip hop artist's medical problem have been few, but it appears the reports of hi... | drake lil wayne weezy lil wayne's twitter | drake and other label mates visit lil wayne at hospital . no weeping for 'weezy' among his friends near his hospital room . 'i'm good everybody,' read a message from lil wayne's twitter account friday evening . his publicist says the rapper suffered a seizure |
washington (cnn) 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 health administration has e... | coverslip inflector incommodious | no related information |
(cnn) more than seven months after the death of a luger practicing for the 2010 vancouver olympics, the coroners service of british columbia has ruled nodar kumaritashvili's death an accident caused by multiple blunt force injuries kumaritashvili, a 21 year old from the republic of georgia, died when his body went a... | microlepidopteron neohipparion turanite | no related information |
(cnn) 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 the explosion occur... | 15 minutes algeria islamic al qaeda july | bomb victims waiting for presidential visit . blast went off 15 minutes before president's arrival . algeria faces islamic insurgency . al qaeda affiliated group claimed july attacks |
port au prince, haiti (cnn) rescue workers struggled to clear rubble and bodies wednesday from the streets of haiti's 'flattened' capital, where a government official said the death toll from tuesday's 70 magnitude earthquake may exceed 100,000 thousands of injured people waited for care outside badly damaged hospit... | haitian clinton | people digging through rubble with their hands, looking for survivors . haitian president: we need medicine, doctors now . former president clinton: send cash to relief agencies . capital flattened, hospitals gone after 70 quake, haitian official says |
(cnn) atlantic bluefin tuna will not be added to a list of banned exports, following a vote on thursday afternoon in doha, qatar the vote was held among the 115 member nations who have signed the convention on international trade on endangered species the popular sushi staple has been the focus of international atte... | east atlantic mediterranean nearly 61 percent monaco | east atlantic, mediterranean stocks down by nearly 61 percent in the last decade . proposal to ban export of bluefin tuna defeated by an outright majority . brought to the table by monaco, it aimed to reduce the overall harvest |
(cnn) football superstar, celebrity, fashion icon, multimillion dollar heartthrob now, david beckham is headed for the hollywood hills as he takes his game to us major league soccer cnn looks at how bekham fulfilled his dream of playing for manchester united, and his time playing for england the world's famous footb... | beckham five year los angeles galaxy july 1, 2007 english friday cnn | beckham has agreed to a five year contract with los angeles galaxy . new contract took effect july 1, 2007 . former english captain to meet press, unveil new shirt number friday . cnn to look at beckham as footballer, fashion icon and global phenomenon |
washington (cnn) the hilton hotel chain has reached an agreement with the federal government to make changes in about 900 hotels nationwide to further accommodate guests and visitors with disabilities, the justice department announced tuesday the agreement covers the hilton hotels built since passage of the american... | us justice department hotels 1993 the americans with disabilities act | us justice department announces the agreement . hotels built since the 1993 passage of the americans with disabilities act are covered . the accusations include a failure to provide enough disabled accessible rooms |
(cnn) leslie nielsen, whose longtime career as a dramatic actor took a sudden turn into comedy with spoofs like 'airplane!' and 'the naked gun,' has died at age 84, his family said sunday the canadian born nielsen's career reached back into the early days of television, when he made frequent appearances on live dram... | nielsen airplane | nielsen died of complications from pneumonia, his family says . the earnest dramatic actor became a comedy star after 'airplane!' |
(cnn) 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 millions of bees... | australia $15 billion us | colony collapse disorder has killed millions of bees . scientists suspect a virus may combine with other factors to collapse colonies . disorder first cropped up in 2004, as bees were imported from australia . $15 billion in us crops each year dependent on bees for pollination |
(cnn) a report released this week tells us that the international war on drugs is failing that comes as no surprise as a growing number of policy experts, pundits and politicians have reached that conclusion, including former secretary of state george shultz, former mexican president vicente fox, and former brazilia... | semicentennial dislimb cofeoffee | no related information |
(cnn) manchester united's financial state was thrown into stark relief on thursday after the english club's american owners revealed a record loss of $137 million despite making an unprecedented operating profit of $160 million the disparity of figures is largely caused by interest payments of $67 million and a one ... | $137 million $160 million glazer english 2005 year ended june 2010 $455 million united only 46 percent premier league | man utd's owners make record loss of $137 million despite operating profit of $160 million . glazer family's debts incurred in buying english club in 2005 largely to blame . the 18 time english champions' turnover for year ended june 2010 was $455 million . united's wage bill is only 46 percent of turnover, the lowest ... |
(cnn) arsenal fought back from going two goals behind to draw 2 2 at home to holders barcelona in a classic champions league quarterfinal that more than lived up to all its expectations barcelona tore into their opponents in the opening 20 minutes, with only goalkeeper manuel almunia standing in their way on at leas... | barcelona cesc fabregas arsenal diego milito inter milan moscow | arsenal fight back to earn a 2 2 home draw with barcelona after going 2 0 down . captain cesc fabregas scores a late penalty to complete the arsenal comeback . diego milito scores the only goal as inter milan defeat cska moscow 1 0 |
(cnn) barcelona left it late before struggling to a 2 1 victory at home to malaga on saturday night that restored the defending spanish champions to the top of the table rivals real madrid had climbed to the summit with a 5 1 thrashing of tenerife earlier in the evening, but the catalan giants ended round 24 two poi... | barcelona malaga spanish lionel messi's catalans second real madrid tenerife saturday german bayer leverkusen bundesliga | barcelona struggle to a 2 1 victory at home to malaga to return to top of spanish table . lionel messi's late winner puts catalans two points clear of second placed real madrid . real had briefly taken top spot with 5 1 victory away to tenerife earlier on saturday . german leaders bayer leverkusen set bundesliga record... |
(cnn) barcelona hope to welcome back spain midfielder andres iniesta to their depleted team for tuesday's second leg of the european champions league quarterfinal against arsenal the influential iniesta missed last week's 2 2 draw in london with a hamstring injury, but has been named in the titleholders' 19 man squa... | andres iniesta barcelona champions league arsenal spain first cameroon alex song english inter milan wesley sneijder russia moscow | andres iniesta included in barcelona squad for champions league clash with arsenal . influential spain midfielder missed first leg of quarterfinal due to a hamstring injury . arsenal add cameroon midfielder alex song to english club's lengthening injury list . inter milan midfielder wesley sneijder may miss trip to rus... |
(cnn) ohio: the buckeye state gave us katie holmes, halle berry, and lebron james and the midwestern state is also home to the rock and roll hall of fame, the wright brothers, the ohio state buckeyes and eight presidents if those don't put ohio on your map, then consider the state is heavily contested on this year's... | steno superculture ethicopolitical | no related information |
(cnn) champions league holders barcelona survived a scare in germany on tuesday evening as zlatan ibrahimovic's second half equalizer earned them a 1 1 last 16 first leg draw against stuttgart the catalan giants failed to produce the free flowing football that has become their trademark under coach pep guardiola and... | barcelona stuttgart zlatan ibrahimovic cacau bundesliga bordeaux athens olympiacos | barcelona fight back to earn a 1 1 champions league draw in stuttgart . zlatan ibrahimovic levels for the holders after cacau put the bundesliga side ahead . bordeaux secure a narrow 1 0 win in athens against olympiacos in the other last 16 match |
(cnn) sakineh mohammadie ashtiani, a mother of two, is waiting to die in iran by a method of execution described by her lawyer as 'barbaric' stoning she will be buried up to her chest, deeper than a man would be, and the stones that will be hurled at her will be large enough to cause pain but not so large as to k... | state department sakineh ashtiani tehran | new: state department has 'grave concerns'. sakineh ashtiani was sentenced to death on adultery charges . mother of two will be killed using a 'barbaric' method, says her tehran lawyer . he says she was forced to confess under duress |
(cnn) teenager bojan krkic scored twice as barcelona overcame the pre match loss of key striker zlatan ibrahimovic to defeat athletic bilbao 4 1 on saturday night and move three points clear in spain ibrahimovic scored both goals in the spanish champions' 2 2 draw with arsenal in midweek, but is now ruled out of the... | zlatan ibrahimovic barcelona champions league arsenal sweden second bojan krkic athletic bilbao managerless sevilla fourth tenerife | zlatan ibrahimovic ruled out of barcelona's champions league clash with arsenal . sweden striker to miss second leg of quarterfinal after suffering calf injury . bojan krkic scores twice in 4 1 win over athletic bilbao after his late call up into team . managerless sevilla move up into fourth place with 3 0 victory aga... |
(cnn) a riot at a texas detention center was ended sunday one prison building was heavily damaged, and about 700 inmates were going to spend the night in tents, authorities said the disturbance began saturday at the reeves county detention center near pecos in west texas, and hundreds of inmates continued rioting ov... | sunday night saturday texas second reeves county less than two months | about 700 inmates are going to spend sunday night in tents . three inmates hospitalized saturday after fighting began, one with severed finger . one of the buildings at texas detention center extensively damaged . it's the second incident at the reeves county facility in less than two months |
(cnn) the death of a man who fell from an upper deck sunday during a home game of the chicago bears has been ruled an 'accident' by the cook county medical examiner's office, a spokeswoman said monday the man was identified as stuart haverty, 23, of chicago, and an autopsy monday concluded that the cause of his deat... | last week 2 year old lakers the chicago bears the philadelphia eagles | new: coroner rules the death an 'accident'. new: incident follows death last week of a 2 year old boy who fell during a lakers game . the man fell during a game between the chicago bears and the philadelphia eagles |
london, england (cnn) british police questioned four members of the pakistani national cricket team after allegations surfaced that gamblers fixed part of a match against england, the manager of the pakistani team said sunday they arrested a different man in connection with the allegations late saturday the investig... | london pakistan 100 percent salman butt | new: london police say man arrested in case is released on bail . president of pakistan orders an investigation . everyone on the team gave '100 percent,' captain salman butt says . the man arrested is the alleged fixer, a source familiar with the investigation says |
(cnn) news that mohamed osman mohamud was arrested as a suspected terrorist came as a shock to the woman who lived across the street from him and his family until about a year ago stephanie napier played cards with mohamud's mother, myriam, and mohamud's sister, mona, walked napier's youngest son to school napier's ... | mohamud february 19 year old portland oregon | new: mohamud pleads not guilty; trial set for february . new: defense attorney says federal agents entrapped his cient . a neighbor described the suspect as a 'quiet kid' and called the charge 'shocking'. the 19 year old is accused of attempting to bomb a portland, oregon gathering |
(cnn) world champion jenson button fired a warning to his 2010 title rivals that he will be just as quick with new team mclaren after setting the fastest time of the pre season testing sessions in jerez the british driver, who left brawn ahead of the manufacturers' champions takeover by mercedes following the captur... | jenson button pre season british jerez saturday mclaren barcelona next week first bahrain campos | world champion jenson button sets fastest time of the eight pre season testing sessions . british driver tops timesheets at jerez on saturday for his new team mclaren . teams head to barcelona next week for final sessions before first race in bahrain . struggling new team campos confident of competing after naming new ... |
(cnn) french club lyon kept up their hoodoo over real madrid with a 1 0 win on tuesday night as the spanish giants face the prospect of exiting europe's premier competition at the last 16 stage for the sixth successive season lyon will take a narrow lead into the second leg of the champions league tie thanks to a st... | french lyon real madrid jean makoun champions league lyon's stade gerland madrid santiago bernabeu | french club lyon keep up their hoodoo over real madrid with 1 0 home victory . jean makoun scores only goal of champions league last 16 tie just after halftime . real have lost last three times without scoring a goal at lyon's stade gerland . second leg is next month at madrid's santiago bernabeu, which hosts the final... |
jakarta, indonesia (cnn) angry protests greeted the acquittal wednesday of a former indonesian intelligence official accused of killing a respected human rights activist four years ago muchdi purwopranojo was accused of plotting the murder of lawyer munir said thalib a court in jakarta cleared muchdi purwopranojo of... | indonesian muchdi purwopranojo munir said thalib thalib | protests greet acquittal of a former indonesian intelligence official . muchdi purwopranojo was charged with murder of munir said thalib . thalib, a human rights lawyer, died after being poisoned on a flight |
(cnn) the us navy has captured seven suspected pirates in the gulf of aden, the first arrests by a us led task force set up to curb rampant piracy off the horn of africa, a navy spokesman said wednesday seven men suspected of trying to pirate a tanker raise their hands before their arrest in the gulf of aden sailors... | us navy navy cruiser gulf of aden us led | seven men captured after failed attack on ship, us navy says . men tried to board tanker from skiff, but crew removed ladders, navy says . navy cruiser found skiff after tanker made distress call . cruiser was patrolling gulf of aden as part of us led, antipiracy task force |
cairo, egypt (cnn) egypt's largest opposition group, the muslim brotherhood, will boycott runoff parliamentary elections scheduled for sunday, a member of the party said wednesday mohamed beltagy, a member of the muslim brotherhood and a former legislative candidate, said the boycott is a protest against irregularit... | the muslim brotherhood the united states | new: the largest opposition group is protesting irregularities in the first round . the muslim brotherhood finds its parliamentary presence reduced to zero . the united states has criticized the elections . the irregularities did not affect the results, an election official says |
new york (cnn) a 19th century artwork by french artist edgar degas will be returned to france nearly four decades after it was stolen, officials said thursday the painting, 'blanchisseuses souffrant des dent' ('laundry women with toothache,') was taken in 1973 from the malraux museum in le havre, in normandy, france... | france blanchisseuses the malraux museum sotheby's | 19th century painting will be returned to france almost four decades after it was stolen . 'blanchisseuses souffrant des dent' was taken in 1973 from the malraux museum . the painting did not resurface until october when it surfaced on sotheby's catalo |
washington (cnn) after several weeks of indecision, the obama administration has decided against closing 149 contractor run air traffic control towers due to sweeping budget cuts the decision by the transportation department brought a 'sigh of relief' from small and medium sized airports nationwide that would have ... | waterish cityscape heteropathic | no related information |
new york (cnn) shannon morgan identifies as an atheist and wants the world, or at least the car behind her, to know it but the state of new jersey says no morgan, of leesburg, is suing the new jersey motor vehicle commission for rejecting her request for a vanity license plate reading '8theist,' according to a forma... | shannon morgan the new jersey motor vehicle commission state morgan's | shannon morgan requested a vanity license plate reading '8theist'. the new jersey motor vehicle commission rejected her request . leader of atheist group: state is 'favoring religion while disparaging nonbelief'. suit against the commission claims morgan's first amendment rights were violated |
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 friday lo... | fibdom spongeware humbleness | no related information |
(cnn) tensions were rising in bolivia on saturday as members of the country's four highest natural gas producing regions declared autonomy from the central government ruben costas, center, governor of santa cruz, celebrates as the bolivian region declares autonomy saturday thousands waved the santa cruz region's gre... | bolivia constitution ap evo morales pro morales richer | the natural gas rich districts seek to distance themselves from bolivia's constitution . constitution calls for heavier taxes on the regions to help finance social programs . ap: 'we won't permit bolivia to be divided,' president evo morales warns . pro morales groups: richer regions want to control bolivia's natural r... |
london (cnn) global mean temperatures this year might not have scaled the record equaling heights of 2010, but it's been another tumultuous 12 months according to the world meteorological organization's (wmo) provisional status report, issued at the united nations climate talks in durban, 2011 was the 10th warmest y... | alzheimer nonfatty rivaling | no related information |
(cnn) its art collection is the envy of galleries the world over, but until now the vatican has been better known for renaissance masterpieces rather than hip modernist artworks that may be about to change: the home of the catholic church has announced it will exhibit at the ultra fashionable venice biennale for the... | vatican the venice biennale first renaissance venice biennale castello district | vatican is to exhibit works at the venice biennale for the first time . holy see better known for its renaissance masterpieces than for modern art . venice biennale is one of the world's most prestigious contemporary art exhibitions . cutting edge works are displayed in national 'pavilions' across the city's castello d... |
(cnn) north korea's women's team walked off the pitch prior to their olympic football clash with colombia after the flag of archrival south korea was mistakenly shown on hampden park's big screen the team left the pitch in glasgow shortly before the scheduled kick off at 745 pm local time after a south korean flag a... | north korean olympic colombia south korea an hour olympics team gb team usa japan london 2012 | north korean women's team walk off pitch prior to their olympic clash with colombia . flag of neighbors south korea apparently displayed on big screen before match . match begins an hour after scheduled time after olympics organizers issue apology . team gb, team usa and japan kick off their london 2012 campaigns with ... |
(cnn) emergency contraception known as the 'morning after pill' can be sold over the counter to minors, a federal appeals court in new york decided on wednesday a generic two pill version could soon be available without a prescription or any age restrictions, according to an order by the us court of appeals for the ... | groups obama 14 days | appeals panel approved sale of one version, but blocked another pending further review . groups criticize obama administration for trying to block sales of birth control pills to girls . federal government has 14 days to decide whether to challenge the appeals order |
san diego, california (cnn) the 'dream 9,' five women and four men, say that they are 'undocumented and unafraid' don't believe it i bet they were afraid who wouldn't have been? the nine claudia amaro, adriana gil diaz, luis leon lopez, maria peniche vargas, ceferino santiago, lulu martinez valdez, mario felix ga... | ruben navarrette arizona us congress navarrette | ruben navarrette: nine dreamer activists were in federal immigration detention in arizona . they'd tried to re enter the us asking for humanitarian parole or asylum and were jailed . he says they have been freed, granted immigration hearing, drew support from congress . navarrette: dreamers sometimes have look at me ac... |
(cnn) 'our country has changed,' wrote chief justice john roberts on june 25, 2013, when five of the nine supreme court justices dismantled the historic voting rights act roberts is correct in at least one respect: today's republican party is no longer the party of abraham lincoln, as former supreme court justice jo... | gary may roberts voting rights act gop lincoln republican 1965 dirksen democrats may | gary may: roberts court gutting voting rights act, recalls that gop no longer party of lincoln . he says leading republican in 1965, dirksen, was architect of act, rounding up gop votes . later, republican 'southern strategy' wooed white voters, blacks flocked to democrats . may: now court has abetted gop, as it tries ... |
(cnn) jim furyk has won a major and was in the top 10 in the rankings for about a decade but lately he's been known for near misses instead of big titles he couldn't maintain his advantage heading into the final round of this year's pga championship and also blew a lead at last year's us open furyk, however, didn't ... | jim furyk pga tour furyk chicago conway farms | jim furyk becomes the sixth man on golf's pga tour to shoot a 59 . furyk struck a 28 on his first nine holes and hit a birdie on his final hole to tie the record . his round at the bmw championship outside chicago included an eagle on the 15th . furyk struggled in the first round at conway farms, registering a one over... |
(cnn) president barack obama's surprise visit to afghanistan on tuesday included an extraordinary admission: 'our goal is not to build a country in america's image, or to eradicate every vestige of the taliban these objectives would require many more years, many more dollars and many more american lives' obama pledg... | jeremi suri obama afghan suri afghanistan taliban us | jeremi suri: obama's speech represents start of rapid withdrawal from afghan war . suri says the strategic retreat makes sense in the short run . suri says it leaves afghanistan as a state with a corrupt government, taliban threat . in the long term, the risks for the us and afghanistan could increase, he says |
istanbul (cnn) turkey is drawing up contingency plans with the nato military alliance to fortify its border with syria, and a patriot missile deployment is one option on the table, turkish officials say turkish president abdullah gul told reporters thursday that due to the ongoing civil war in syria and its possible... | dermatoconiosis unfoolable trilobal | no related information |
(cnn) missy franklin rewrote swimming's record books with a sixth gold medal at the world championships in barcelona sunday the 18 year old american swam the backstroke leg as the us won the 4x100m medley relay on the final day of competition franklin surpasses tracy caulkins of the us and australia's libby trickett... | missy franklin sixth franklin us china sun yang third ruta meilutyte 50m | missy franklin claims record sixth gold at swimming world champs . franklin part of victorious us team in 4x100 medley relay . china's sun yang wins third gold in men's distance events . ruta meilutyte beaten in women's 50m breaststroke final |
washington (cnn) among the volumes of diplomatic communications released by wikileaks are frank observations about the character of world leaders, their quirks and their weaknesses in an initial review of the documents turns up a number of observations from us staffers that provide unusual insight into foreign leade... | nazi soma torfaceous | no related information |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) five american security contractors were detained in connection with the killing of another american contractor last month inside baghdad's green zone, sources with knowledge of the investigation told cnn saturday the body of james kitterman was found in a car in baghdad's heavily protected green ... | james kitterman kitterman iraq | new: weapons confiscated in raid of suspects' firm, official says . five arrested in death of fellow contractor james kitterman . kitterman found bound, blindfolded and fatally stabbed . victim owned a construction company that operated in iraq |
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