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(cnn) seven time world champion michael schumacher is 'flawed,' according to ex formula one star stirling moss, who claimed the german will not be in the hunt for motor racing's biggest prize in 2011 schumacher returned to f1 this year with the new mercedes team, having retired in late 2006, but the 41 year old stru... | brdc stirling moss michael schumacher schumacher mercedes | brdc vice president stirling moss has criticized michael schumacher as 'flawed'. the 81 year old does not believe schumacher can compete for the 2011 title . schumacher has stated his desire to improve with mercedes next season |
(cnn) retired tennis star pete sampras has revealed that most of the trophies and memorabilia collected during his 15 year career have been stolen speaking to the los angeles times the former world no1 said the trophies were stolen from a public storage rental unit the missing items include two davis cup trophies, a... | world no1's los angeles first australian open davis cup sampras los angeles times | former world no1's trophies have been stolen from a storage facility in los angeles . first australian open and two davis cup trophies taken three weeks ago . sampras spoke to los angeles times in hope that it might provide new lead |
(mental floss) because you weren't going into botany, the priesthood, or coin manufacturing, you thought you were safe to dismiss latin as a dead language obviously, you didn't graduate cum laude i think, therefore i am the famous statue 'the thinker' by french sculptor auguste rodin latin is about as dead as elvis ... | nodiflorous jolly stapediovestibular | no related information |
raleigh, north carolina (cnn) more than 1,200 mourners, including hundreds who loved and admired elizabeth edwards from a distance, packed a raleigh church saturday to pay respects to the activist and estranged wife of a failed aspirant to the presidency elizabeth edwards died tuesday at the end of a six year battle... | edwards christmas wade | edwards eulogized by her daughter, friends . edwards remembered for her love of christmas, competitive nature . protest by controversial church fizzles . edwards will be buried next to her son wade; four of his childhood friends are pallbearers |
(cnn) kim clijsters beat the returning justine henin in a special exhibition match in their native belgium thursday the pair were playing in the diamond games in antwerp with henin testing herself after being out since mid season with an elbow ligament injury her last competitive match was her fourth round loss to ... | kim clijsters justine henin belgium henin olympics andy roddick us davis cup | kim clijsters beats justine henin in special exhibition match in belgium . henin playing for the first time since july after elbow injury . pair hint they could represent belgium at doubles in 2012 olympics . andy roddick to return to us davis cup line up in 2011 |
(cnn) australian formula one driver mark webber has aimed a verbal attack at his own red bull team, saying they are giving more support to teammate sebastian vettel as the pair both scrap for the 2010 world title webber has led the world championship for large parts of the season, although he now sits in second and ... | mark webber red bull sebastian vettel webber vettel fernando alonso | mark webber believes his red bull team favor his teammate sebastian vettel . webber said he thinks his world title challenge has be 'inconvenient'. both webber and vettel are both behind fernando alonso in the driver's standing |
beijing (cnn) hu jintao is stepping down this week as the communist party's general secretary the primus inter pares in the party politburo, china's elite decision making body in march next year, he is also expected to hand over his post as china's state president to his presumptive successor, xi jinping but is t... | hu jintao xi jinping chinese central committee | hu jintao preparing to hand over power to presumptive successor, xi jinping . but experts question whether he will really retire, or maintain some vestiges of office . chinese politicians caught up in complex factional horse trading . final decision on makeup of new central committee expected this week |
beijing (cnn) a day before the nobel committee honors an imprisoned chinese dissident with its peace prize, china ratched up the rhetoric calling the award 'an interference' in its internal affairs 'the nobel committee has to admit they are in the minority,' said chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman jiang yu on thur... | china western friday | china has responded furiously since the peace prize was announced . it has called the award a western plot . some international news websites are inaccessible in mainland china . several nations have said they will not attend friday's ceremony |
(entertainment weekly) over the last decade, steven soderbergh has taken the 'one for them, one for me' concept of film director politics to an almost comically programmatic extreme benicio del toro plays ernesto 'che' guevara in steven soderbergh's biopic basically, he makes big budget crowd pleasers like the 'ocea... | second ew steven soderbergh's four hour benicio del toro marxist | 'che' has a brilliant first half, but second half is repetitious, says ew . steven soderbergh's four hour film is trying to make a point, but loses steam . however, benicio del toro is terrific as famed marxist revolutionary |
(cnn) a woman convicted of murder and adultery and sentenced to die by stoning confesses to her part in the plot to kill her husband on an iranian television program aired friday night but the family of sakineh mohammadi ashtiani has steadfastly denied that she played any role in her husband's death and a human r... | sakineh mohammadi ashtiani iranian ashtiani | sakineh mohammadi ashtiani confesses to her part in the death of her husband . iranian authorities have brought her before tv camera to confess in the past . her sentence to die by stoning has drawn sharp international criticism . human rights official: program is attempt to convince the world ashtiani is guilty |
(cnn) auburn quarterback cam newton won the 2010 heisman trophy on saturday night, his on field heroics enough to overcome off the field questions about his role in a purported pay for play scheme newton bested a field that included oregon running back lamichael james, stanford quarterback andrew luck, and boise sta... | auburn cam newton the heisman trophy tigers ncaa | auburn's cam newton wins the heisman trophy as college football's best player . he is the quarterback of top ranked tigers, who will play in the national title game . ncaa cleared him to play after probe of pay for play scheme |
seoul, south korea (cnn) south korea conducted its largest ever nationwide civil defense drill wednesday afternoon to prepare the public for a potential military attack from north korea after pyongyang shelled a south korean island less than a month ago 'after the bombing, we believed it was important for the public... | korean south korea army | the drill starts wednesday afternoon . the drill comes as tensions have ratcheted up on the korean peninsula . south korea also appointed a new army chief |
madrid, spain (cnn) a firefighter who was trapped in a fast moving forest fire in eastern spain tuesday and hospitalized with severe burns, died friday near barcelona, the catalan regional government said on its web site spain is plagued by forest fires every summer, when dry weather sets in along with high temperat... | aragon catalonia tuesday teruel spain every summer | aircraft being used in aragon and catalonia to battle the fires . four firefighters died tuesday in eastern catalonia, not far from teruel . spain is plagued by forest and brush fires every summer |
white oak, maryland (cnn) the food and drug administration announced friday it will deny the national resources defense council's petition asking it to prohibit the use of bisphenol a, commonly known as bpa, in products manufactured in the united states however, the federal agency stressed the announcement is not a ... | herpetophobia escamotage emandibulate | no related information |
(cnn) the washington monument towers above the national mall in washington, directly between the us capitol to the east and the lincoln memorial to the west but apple seems to think it lies several hundred yards to the south, near the potomac river the mistake appears to be one of many in apple's new mobile maps, wh... | pasqueflower evaporometer leptandrin | no related information |
omaha, nebraska (cnn) investigators probing the deadly mall shooting in omaha have seized computers and are analyzing information on web sites in the search for clues in the case, police said thursday the 19 year old gunman sent at least one text message to his former girlfriend, with whom he broke up about two wee... | gibbles lucratively platy | no related information |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) oscar winning actress angelina jolie is visiting iraq to boost what she sees as lagging efforts to deal with the problems of 2 million 'very very vulnerable' internally displaced people in the wartorn country angelina jolie has been working to focus attention on problem of refugees in iraq 'there... | angelina jolie iraq actress cnn jolie un iraqis | angelina jolie visits iraq to boost efforts to help internally displaced refugees . actress tells cnn: 'there doesn't seem to be real coherent plan to help them'. jolie is goodwill ambassador for un high commissioner for refugees . more than 42 million iraqis have fled homes, 2 million to neighboring states |
naples, italy udinese remained in fifth place in italy's serie a after suffering a 3 1 defeat away to napoli on saturday, with both teams having a player sent off ezequiel lavezzi inspired napoli to victory against udinese, netting twice and setting up the first goal ezequiel lavezzi scored twice in two minutes to e... | udinese fifth italy serie a napoli ezequiel lavezzi second half minutes each half fabrizio miccoli palermo livorno | udinese stay fifth in italy's serie a after suffering a 3 1 defeat away to napoli . ezequiel lavezzi scored twice in two second half minutes to end goal drought . both teams were reduced to 10 men, with one player sent off in each half . fabrizio miccoli scores only goal to give palermo a 1 0 victory over livorno |
(financial times) eurozone finance ministers last night postponed agreement on greece's long delayed €313bn aid payment for yet another week as divisions between the international monetary fund and eu creditors over how fast athens must reduce its burgeoning debt levels burst into the open christine lagarde, the imf... | cineolic oversleeve lancely | no related information |
(cnn) a georgia youth football coach who made disparaging comments on facebook about ethnic groups and women wants to continue coaching and hopes people accept his apology, his attorney said wednesday frank samuelson, who coached 10 year old athletes at the brookwood football association in suburban atlanta, made a... | colubrid fieldbird awakable | no related information |
london (cnn) wikileaks founder julian assange was granted bail tuesday after a hearing at westminster magistrate's court in london, but a lawyer representing swedish prosecutors immediately filed an appeal that means assange will remain in jail until the next hearing, which should be before the high court within 48 ... | 48 hours julian assange's assange sweden | new: high court will hear bail appeal within 48 hours . julian assange's mother thanks the media for their support . about 100 people demonstrate support for assange outside court . assange is accused of sex crimes in sweden |
port au prince, haiti (cnn) pivotal elections will proceed as planned in haiti despite the cholera outbreak that has now sickened more than 60,000 people and threatens to keep spreading the death toll now stands at 1,415, the ministry of public health and population reported wednesday, citing data collected as of no... | haitians | despite the outbreak, officials say elections are on track . haitians go to the polls sunday . more than 60,000 haitians have fallen sick with cholera |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) the united states knows that the leader of pakistan's taliban is dead because he has not appeared in public to prove that he is alive, the top us envoy to the region told cnn on monday baitullah mehsud, right, and a bodyguard arrive at a meeting in south waziristan, pakistan, in 2004 richar... | settling astichous bacteriostat | no related information |
(cnn) a 39 year old man was arrested friday in connection with the watercraft accident death last year of the former stepson of singer usher raymond, said district attorney lee darragh of hall county, georgia jeffrey simon hubbard, who was being held by authorities, will make an appearance before a judge this weeken... | thous benzamino preponderate | no related information |
(cnn) ever wanted your own dinosaur? a rare diplodocus longus perhaps? answers to the name 'misty?' well, here's your chance to add some prehistoric chic to your urban warehouse conversion forget feature wall, think feature fossil and a 17 meter long one, at that late jurassic (150 million years ago, or so), is t... | diplodocus raimond albersdoerfer wyoming misty late november england | diplodocus longus dinosaurs are believed to have roamed earth 150 million years ago . some museums house rare diplodocus longus skeletons or plaster replicas . the sons of paleontologist raimond albersdoerfer found a complete skeleton in wyoming . the skeleton known as 'misty' will be auctioned in late november i... |
washington (cnn) lone individuals are the most likely to launch attacks in the united states following the death of al qaeda leader osama bin laden, according to a joint department of homeland security/fbi bulletin sent to state and local law enforcement the advisory says lone offenders who share al qaeda's ideology... | army fort hood | plots by 'lone wolves' are difficult to detect and disrupt, officials say . an army major is accused in the fort hood shooting that left 13 people dead . there is no information suggesting a specific plot at this time, the advisory says |
(ewcom) how do you make a movie that tackles pornography not just as an ''issue'' or a product but in terms of its psychological effects? joseph gordon levitt, the writer, director, and star of 'don jon,' has done it and he's pulled it off in a light, fun, unlaborious way: by crafting a high spirited yet dirty minde... | joseph gordon levitt don jon new jersey ew | joseph gordon levitt is the writer, director, and star of 'don jon'. he plays a new jersey bartender who loves porn . ew gives it a b+ grade |
(cnn) suzann pettersen denied 16 year old amateur lydia ko a fairtytale first major triumph as the norwegian took the evian championship in france sunday the 32 year old norwegian carded a final round 68 to hold off ko in the fifth and final major of the women's season the tournament which was awarded major statu... | suzann pettersen norwegian evian championship france lydia ko joost luiten dutch open miguel angel jimenez | suzann pettersen wins final major of women's golf season . norwegian claims evian championship in france . beats 16 year old amateur lydia ko by two shots . joost luiten claims dutch open after playoff with miguel angel jimenez |
washington (cnn) politics is full of second chances former south carolina gov mark sanford now us rep mark sanford is living proof former rep anthony weiner is trying to travel the same road to political redemption and now add former new york gov eliot spitzer to the list, as he embarks on a similar journey in... | new york eliot spitzer americans | trio of disgraced politicians show that voters have gotten more forgiving . disgraced former new york gov eliot spitzer is latest to announce comeback bid . political strategist says shorter turnaround reflects voters lower opinions of politicians . others say americans have always been forgiving and avoid appearing ju... |
london, england (cnn) a six month trial was launched this week that promises to transform the way luggage is tracked and monitored at london's heathrow airport as many as 28 in every 1,000 passengers do not arrive at their destination at the same time as their luggage the trial run by baa and airline emirates ... | muddles arteriomotor quaysides | no related information |
san juan, puerto rico (cnn) a wake for a 7 year old girl abducted and killed near her north georgia home will be held in puerto rico on monday, her family said friends and loved ones will honor jorelys rivera at a day long wake in the family's hometown of penuelas she will be buried tuesday, said her father, ricardo... | palingenesia salt aiguellette | no related information |
(cnn) it is not everywhere in the middle east that the assassination of a security chief is accompanied by popular grief and with a funeral akin to a hero in fact most of the revolts in the arab spring are against systems in which oppression is mainly conducted by such heads of security, the dreaded moukhabarat rule... | nadim shehadi beirut us lebanon west shehadi lebanese syrians al assad's ' | nadim shehadi says the beirut attack would be a useful moment to evaluate us regional policy . history 'shows pattern where lebanon is like a hostage, the west the subject of extortion'. shehadi: lebanese, syrians are worried over whether al assad's 'blackmail' still works . shehadi: little will from us presidential ca... |
new york (cnn) president barack obama on thursday designated secretary of housing and urban development shaun donovan as the federal point person to lead the recovery effort from superstorm sandy, a little over two weeks after the rare mix of converging weather slammed into the northeast 'we thought it'd be good to ... | obama hud new york nassau suffolk county households | obama designates hud secretary to be point person for new york storm recovery effort . gas rationing will end friday in nassau and suffolk county . households without power across new york down to about 4,000, officials say |
(cnn) chelsea and england defender ashley cole ensured the continuation of one of the most rancorous sagas in the history of the english game when labeling the country's football association (fa) a 'bunch of twats' on friday the 31 year old took to twitter to refute the findings of an fa disciplinary panel which cas... | england ashley cole football association cole john terry terry | england international ashley cole apologizes after calling football association a 'bunch of twats'. cole responding to fa report casting doubt on his evidence in defense of team mate john terry on racism charges . terry's own evidence described as 'improbable, implausible and contrived'. cole removes outburst after it ... |
los angeles (cnn) iconic actress elizabeth taylor remains in a los angeles hospital sunday night, days after checking in to treat a heart problem, her representative said 'they are still monitoring her,' taylor representative jamie cadwell said in an e mail to cnn 'she is stable, and we expect her to recover' caldwe... | taylor la jamie caldwell oscar cedars sinai earlier this week october 2009 | taylor is in an la hospital being treated for a heart problem, her rep says . 'she is stable, and we expect her to recover,' jamie caldwell says . the oscar winning actress checked into cedars sinai earlier this week . her leaky heart valve was fixed in october 2009 |
lagos, nigeria (cnn) the nigerian army has arrested a militant gang leader believed to be behind the kidnapping of 19 people, authorities said saturday fifty one of his followers were also arrested, said lt col timothy antigha, a spokesman for the military taskforce in the niger delta nigerian authorities on wednesd... | nautic popples indeprivable | no related information |
(ewcom) with so many talk show hosts elbowing for our late night tv viewing attention — jay and dave and jimmy and jimmy and craig and conan and jon and stephen and chelsea and carson — it's hard to remember that there was a time when there was just johnny for 30 years on the tonight show, johnny carson dominated th... | carson mclaughlin carson the magnificent: an intimate portrait | deadline is reporting that a biopic about carson is currently in the works . mclaughlin will adapt the biography 'carson the magnificent: an intimate portrait'. there is no studio or director yet attached to the project |
london (cnn) scientists are to sequence the entire genome of richard iii the king found buried beneath an english car parking lot in an attempt to discover once and for all what the long missing monarch really looked like experts hope the project will reveal the color of richard's hair and eyes, and uncover th... | unemployment overluxuriousness preoblige | no related information |
(cnn) six members of mine removal team were killed and three others were abducted following an ambush by gunmen in western afghanistan on thursday, a police official said the attack took place as the team was traveling to work in the kohsan district of herat province all of them worked for the halo trust, a uk based... | herat afghanistan | the landmine crew was on its way to clear areas of herat province . afghanistan is one of the most mined countries in the world |
(cnn) one hot summer morning in monrovia, liberia, i came across a group of young men who had been snatched from their classrooms by paramilitary groups and turned into child soldiers they had been drugged and forced to rape, torture and kill people at the end of our talk, they said: 'we just want to go back to scho... | stiltlike myrmecophagine jokul | no related information |
(cnn) the summer long antagonism between the united states and russia enters a new phase this week as the presidents of both countries participate in the group of 20 nations summit will discord continue? or will some concord emerge? although us president barack obama and russian president vladimir putin have no form... | obama putin russia edward snowden syria | presidents obama and putin have been at odds all year . russia angered obama when it gave temporary asylum to edward snowden . putin signed an anti gay propaganda law that offended obama . obama asserts syria uses chemical weapons, but putin wants proof |
(cnn) the parents of trayvon martin joined thousands of americans at more than 100 scheduled vigils in cities nationwide demanding saturday what they described as justice for their 17 year old son, who was shot dead last year 'it's overwhelming,' tracy martin told cnn at a rally in miami attended by hundreds of supp... | obama tracy martin trayvon martin's | obama's comments 'touched our heart,' says tracy martin . 'god is healing my heart,' says trayvon martin's mother . 'it sends a message to the nation,' says trayvon martin's father |
washington (cnn) as political turmoil engulfs egypt, americans are watching closely and they should be: what happens in egypt will directly affect americans in many ways 1 travel: see the pyramids along the nile not egypt, with its 5,000 year history, the pyramids and pharaohs, was always a luxury travel dest... | egypt americans the suez canal us arab mideast | turmoil in egypt over past two years has virtually halted travel by americans . a pinch on oil passing through the suez canal would hit us drivers at the gas pump . the most populous arab country, egypt's stability is seen as key to mideast peace |
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, senior producer jim polk talks about the upcoming documentary 'eyewitness to murder: the king assassination' cnn's soledad o'brien on the balcony of the lorraine mo... | george loenneke king cnn presents james earl ray | lt george loenneke was looking through peephole at time king was hit . cnn presents gained unprecedented access to balcony, evidence . documentary tracks last days of convicted assassin james earl ray |
washington (cnn) jordan's king hussein sent a secret message to president richard nixon in 1970 pleading with him to attack syria, according to declassified documents released wednesday by the former president's library president nixon works at his desk in the oval office in a june 1972 photograph the papers are amo... | thrail hypergenetically uncollective | no related information |
(cnn) a california man who spent a month of the run with his 15 year old niece is now in a san francisco jail, and the girl back is home with her parents, according to police and relatives charles david berlinghoff, 44, was caught this weekend, four weeks after the shasta county sheriff's office urged the public and... | cromerian snowblink crosspoint | no related information |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) the rev james orange, a civil rights activist whose 1965 jailing sparked a fatal protest that ultimately led to the famed selma to montgomery march and the voting rights act, died saturday at atlanta's crawford long hospital, the southern christian leadership conference said in a statement he ... | alabama 1965 sunday selma voting rights act | orange jailed in alabama in 1965 for getting students to help voting rights drives . in march to support him, a man was killed, leading to 'bloody sunday,' famed march . after successful selma to montgomery march, voting rights act signed into law |
(cnn) americans around the world paused thursday to pay tribute to the country's military veterans and honor their ongoing sacrifices in afghanistan, iraq and elsewhere vice president joe biden led remembrances at the veterans day national ceremony in virginia's arlington national cemetery, participating in a wreath... | joe biden arlington national cemetery barack obama us south korea america | new: ground was broken wednesday for a new memorial honoring disabled veterans . vp joe biden led veterans day remembrances at arlington national cemetery . president barack obama marked veterans day at a us military base in south korea . parades and ceremonies were scheduled in cities and towns across america |
(cnn) new indian premier league franchise kochi has been given 30 days to resolve issues over its ownership or be thrown out of cricket's lucrative twenty20 competition the board of control for cricket in india held an emergency meeting on the matter in nagpur on wednesday, and president shashank manohar said the di... | kochi indian premier league indian 30 days rajasthan australia england november | ownership issue threatens kochi's introduction to indian premier league . indian cricket's ruling body gives kochi's owners 30 days to resolve differences . ipl already reduced to eight teams after rajasthan and kings xi punjab were thrown out . australia expect key trio to be fit for start of ashes series against engl... |
(cnn) just as president barack obama secured his re election, a scandal jolted his national security team the resignation of retired four star general david petraeus as cia director over an extramarital affair followed by the investigation of the top us commander in afghanistan, gen john allen, in relation to e mail... | criminalistician lion dignotion | no related information |
london (cnn) tabloid the sun on friday became the first mainstream british newspaper to publish photographs of a vacationing prince harry in the nude the pictures of the prince, showing him naked in a hotel suite while he was on vacation last week in las vegas, were widely available on the internet after website tmz... | st james' prince harry's sun uk prince harry las vegas | new: st james' palace: 'we have made our views on prince harry's privacy known'. the sun is the first mainstream uk newspaper to publish the photographs . it says there is 'a clear public interest' argument for their publication . prince harry was in a hotel suite in las vegas when the naked snaps were taken |
(cnn) our bikes rattle over the cobbles as we leave grote markt in central ypres and nose our way toward the menin gate on july 9, this stone arch memorial to the thousands killed in battles around this pretty belgian market town between 1914 and 1918, will see the riders of the tour de france pass through the cente... | curarization horticulturist protoanthropic | no related information |
(cnn) apple's fingerprint sensor, touch id, is the flagship feature on the iphone 5s but it doesn't always work the way it should since the sensor's introduction in september, a growing number of issues have surfaced — including everything from phones that don't recognize when a finger is present to those that don't... | apple 5s | apple's fingerprint sensor on the iphone 5s doesn't always work the way it should . some iphones don't approve fingerprints they're supposed to approve . sensor is susceptible to problems caused by dust, moisture, and electrostatic discharge, . user error could also be causing some people's issues with the touch id sys... |
(cnn) the great director alfred hitchcock used to describe the distinction between surprise and suspense in terms of a bomb placed underneath a table a bomb specialist (jeremy renner) finds more than he bargained for in 'the hurt locker' if two people sit at the table and the bomb suddenly goes off, hitchcock explai... | the hurt locker baghdad kathryn bigelow | 'the hurt locker' is about a bomb squad in baghdad in 2003 04 . film tries to capture human side of thankless job . though bomb defusers have latest technology, job is still experience and wire cutters . director kathryn bigelow: film was 'opportunity to look at the heroism' |
(cnn) borussia dortmund took a giant stride towards defending their bundesliga title with a 1 0 win over bayern munich wednesday in a top of the table clash the priceless victory left dortmund six points clear of their bavarian rivals with only four games left of the german league season polish international striker... | uninventively milklike prevaricate | no related information |
(timecom) even if you're not a fan of broccoli, your joints may be nutritionists have rhapsodized about the various benefits of broccoli — the cruciferous vegetable is stuffed with vitamins a, b, k, c, as well as nutrients such as potassium, zinc and fiber — and arthritis sufferers may soon join them along with ... | broccoli the united states | broccoli is stuffed with vitamins a, b, k, c, as well as other nutrients . an estimated 124 million people are affected by arthritis in the united states . animals that ate a diet high in broccoli had significantly less cartilage damage |
beirut, lebanon (cnn) supporters and opponents of lebanon's pro western government appeared to split seats on sunday as lebanese voters went to the polls to replace two ruling party lawmakers assassinated in recent months lebanese women wait in line to cast their votes in beirut voters in beirut sent pro government ... | subgoal subcranial cardiotonic | no related information |
port au prince, haiti (cnn) already devastated this year by a killer earthquake and a deadly cholera outbreak, haiti felt the brute force friday of hurricane tomas, which could dump up to 15 inches of rain and trigger flash floods and mudslides the hurricane's punishing rain continued to pound haiti even as the stor... | encyclopaedically sparge descriptory | no related information |
(cnn) this year's american music awards will be the first without its founder dick clark but america's eternal teenager will still be there in spirit — and in song stevie wonder will be performing a special tribute to clark at this sunday's live ceremony, dick clark productions has announced the tribute will be in... | fem perirraniai hypothesi | no related information |
(cnn) hundreds of prisoners in myanmar have been granted their freedom, according to the state run newspaper, just days before president barack obama is scheduled to become the first sitting us head of state to visit the fledgling democracy myanmar's president thein sein bestowed amnesty thursday on 452 prisoners, b... | myanmar thursday us barack obama a few days burma buddhist muslim | 452 prisoners released in myanmar thursday . us president barack obama is scheduled to visit myanmar in a few days . country formerly known as burma has been undergoing democratic reforms . buddhist muslim violence is causing tension in western myanmar |
kabul, afghanistan (cnn) china's top security official paid a surprise visit to afghanistan, where he met with president hamid karzai on issues ranging from investment and bilateral trade to to terrorism and drug trafficking, china's state run news agency said sunday the visit saturday by zhou yongkang, a member of ... | china afghanistan hamid karzai chinese xinhua | china's top security official visited afghanistan on saturday and met with president hamid karzai . visit was first by a top chinese official since 1955, according to china's state run xinhua agency . china kept the visit secret because of security concerns, xinhua said |
(cnn) have you ever dreamed of dog mushing through alaska, climbing el capitan or running the ultimate underground sand mine challenge? whatever your interests, there's an inspirational adventure for every taste and skill level in lonely planet's new book '1000 ultimate adventures' lonely planet's picks include the ... | stealed spiraea ranaria | no related information |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) suicide bombings targeting shiite muslims on tuesday killed 16 people in pakistan, 13 in lahore and three in karachi the lahore blast occurred in front of a market and near a procession of shiite mourners commemorating the 40th day of ashura, which observes the death of the prophet mohammed... | shiite muslims shiite shiites sunni pakistan | shiite muslims were targets of the attacks, police say . shiite mourners were commemorating the 40th day of ashura . the shiites are a minority in sunni dominated pakistan |
(cnn) iceland is losing its only three mcdonald's restaurants as a result of the poor economic situation in the country businessman magnus ogmundsson, who owns the only mcdonald's franchise in iceland, said it had become too expensive to operate the restaurants after iceland's currency, the krona, plunged in value '... | iceland mcdonald krona january 2008 | iceland is losing its only three mcdonald's restaurants after economic collapse . franchise owner said restaurants now too expensive to run after iceland's currency plunged in value . krona worth half as much now as it was in january 2008 and imports are priced in euros |
(cnn) the row over same sex marriage could see thousands of christians flocking to chick fil a on wednesday, while same sex couples will turn up at the fast food chain friday for public displays of affection both events are intended as mass shows of support by people on both sides of the marriage issue and mark the ... | droves chick fil a friday chick fil a's | droves expected to eat at chick fil a in support of biblical marriage views . same sex couples will flock to the fast food chain friday for a kiss . the protests are in reaction to comments made by chick fil a's president . the fast food chain wishes to stay out of the same sex marriage discussion in the future |
(cnn) talk shows have proliferated in egypt since the beginning of the january 25 revolution nearly two years ago one host has become particularly famous, to the point of being described as the 'jon stewart of the arab world' bassem youssef was even a guest on 'the daily show' itself in june, and recently cnn anchor... | bassem youssef egyptian ha hellyer egypt hellyer | bassem youssef, a heart surgeon, is a satirical sensation on egyptian tv . his show mercilessly mocks politicians and religious radicals, says ha hellyer . a legal complaint has been filed against him for insulting egypt's president on the show . if the case proceeds, there could be free speech repercussions, says hell... |
(cnn) they're among the rarest instruments in the world, but they'll be discarded come spring they're so fragile even the players' breath risks nudging them out of tune turn up the temperature in the concert hall and you'd have, not a finely chiseled viola, flute or conga, but a glass of water 'and you'd be healthie... | winter sweden expat american tim linhart | orchestra playing ice instruments stages winter concerts in sweden . people surprised at how beautiful ice can sound, says instrument maker . expat american tim linhart has organized ice concerts throughout world . next on his drawing board: a plane made from ice |
(cnn) president barack obama said on thursday the united states will 'not rule anything out' with regard to the situation in iraq, but that it will need more help obama made the remarks at the white house as the security situation worsens with iraq's second largest city, mosul, firmly under the control of the milita... | obama iraq the united states us john mccain david petraeus | president obama addresses the worsening security situation in iraq . obama says the the united states will not rule anything out . but a senior administration official says there will be no us 'boots on the ground'. new: sen john mccain says obama should fire national security staff, call back david petraeus |
new york (cnn) the alleged victim in the dominique strauss kahn sexual assault case has filed a libel lawsuit against the new york post and five of its reporters after the newspaper reported that the woman was a prostitute, according to court filings the woman, a native of guinea who has not been identified publicly... | interdiffusion captress daimonic | no related information |
los angeles (cnn) a judge rejected aeg live's request that she dismiss the michael jackson wrongful death lawsuit, but two executives were dropped as individual defendants on monday, a ruling that had each side claiming a measure of victory the trial, which is in its fifth month in a los angeles courtroom, is expect... | aeg live michael jackson aeg murray randy phillips paul gongaware september 16 | aeg live lawyers say they may call michael jackson's mother back to the witness stand . judge: enough evidence to 'reasonably infer' aeg should have known murray was a risk . aeg live execs randy phillips and paul gongaware dismissed as individual defendants . testimony resumes september 16 with closing arguments soon ... |
(cnn) a missouri woman was killed in the state's flash flooding thursday as inclement weather hammers several states in what forecasters predict will be a particularly nasty storm season as rescue teams were performing 18 'swift water rescues' in mcdonald county, missouri, thursday morning, the woman thought to b... | missouri mcdonald county interstate 44 nashville tennessee as much as 8 inches noaa | official: missouri woman killed in 'rapidly rising waters' in mcdonald county . south of missouri capital, interstate 44 is shut down because of flooding . parts of nashville, tennessee, saw as much as 8 inches of rain early thursday . weather strikes as noaa upgrades preseason hurricane predictions |
london, england (cnn) henry allingham, the world's oldest man and the oldest surviving british veteran from world war i, has died at the age of 113, his care home said saturday henry allingham was a founding member of the modern royal air force allingham died in his sleep at st dunstan's care home in ovingdean, eng... | henry allingham ovingdean england elizabeth gordon brown allingham guinness book of world records | henry allingham died in his sleep at a care home in ovingdean, england . queen elizabeth, prime minister gordon brown pay respects to allingham . born in 1896, allingham was active until his final days . guinness book of world records says allingham was world's oldest man |
washington (cnn) the cia asked the justice department to investigate whether former operative john kiriakou illegally disclosed classified information when he talked about the waterboarding of a terrorism suspect, government officials say ex cia agent john kiriakou says he underwent waterboarding in training and cra... | pectous alembic muckers | no related information |
kathmandu, nepal (cnn) nepal's former crown prince was arrested tuesday on charges of firing a pistol in a public place and threatening others, authorities said paras shah allegedly fired several rounds at rubel chaudhary, a bangladeshi national and the son in law of nepal's deputy prime minister sujata koirala, aft... | slappers epidermomycosis unsectionally | no related information |
washington (cnn) attorneys for a 'high value' terror suspect who says he was tortured while being held at secret cia prisons have requested that a judge bar the agency from destroying evidence of the alleged torture one of 14 'high value' detainees held at guantanamo bay, cuba, alleges he was tortured the motion, fi... | majid khan's khan bush khalid sheikh mohammed cia the united states | majid khan's attorneys say he endured an 'aggressive' interrogation program . khan's allegations of torture redacted in court documents . bush administration: khan worked for 9/11 mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed . cia: the united states does not conduct or condone torture |
paris (cnn) french prime minister francois fillon insisted saturday that france is a safe bet for investors, a day after the country's credit rating was downgraded by a ratings agency amid concerns over debt and low growth france was among nine euro area countries to be downgraded by standard & poor's friday, losing... | segregational jigman theretil | no related information |
los angeles (cnn) george clooney and meryl streep appear to be main contenders in the 2012 hollywood award season after sunday night's golden globes but the winners of the best film drama actor honors face competition from a silent film star and an actress who brought marilyn monroe back to life clooney's 'the desce... | the artist meryl streep jean dujardin the artist'. octavia spencer the help | 'the artist' wins best comedy or musical film . meryl streep is best actress in a drama film . jean dujardin wins best actor in a comedy or musical movie for 'the artist'. octavia spencer wins best supporting actress in a film for 'the help' |
(cnn) i'm fairly certain there's nothing haunting my house, save maybe the leftover super bowl cheese dip still in the fridge but so far, its intentions seem friendly you just have to ignore the constant paranoid screams from the tofu 'it wants my soul!' 'shut up, tofu' it's not entirely uncommon for me to have thes... | moise flashtester heteromera | no related information |
(cnn) for anyone around 30 or older, this week's royal engagement left one with an uneasy feeling of déjà vu the photographs of prince william and kate middleton, facing the flashing cameras of the world's press, were uncannily like those of william's parents, the prince of wales and lady diana spencer, when they an... | penny junor déjà vu prince william kate middleton eight years kate junor charles diana | penny junor: déjà vu seeing prince william and kate middleton announce engagement . unlike his parents, they've known each other for eight years, she observes . kate won't eclipse prince william; she will compliment him, says junor . junor: charles diana marriage almost destroyed the monarchy; this could secure it |
kuala lumpur (cnn) more than a month after the airliner they were traveling on was shot out of the skies above eastern ukraine, the bodies of 20 malaysian passengers arrived back in kuala lumpur as malaysia observed a national day of mourning families of the victims of malaysia flight mh17 gathered at the malaysian ... | malaysia airlines kuala lumpur mh17 ukraine | specially chartered malaysia airlines flight arrives in kuala lumpur . carrying bodies of 20 passengers killed aboard flight mh17 . mh17 shot over ukraine, with the loss of 298 passengers and crew on board |
(cnn) add reo speedwagon to the list of musical acts canceling seaworld shows because of the documentary 'blackfish' 'due to concerns regarding our february 16 appearance at seaworld, we have chosen to cancel the performance,' the rock band said on its facebook page on friday a promoter could put together a great co... | seaworld orlando february 16 trisha yearwood willie nelson seaworld blackfish | reo speedwagon was booked to play seaworld orlando on february 16 . the rock band cites 'concerns' for decision to cancel . trisha yearwood, willie nelson, cheap trick, others already canceled . online campaign by fans asks acts to ditch seaworld in wake of 'blackfish' film |
(cnn) to call myself a true ginger is rather an insult to all the legitimate redheads of the world you know, the super shiny ones you carefully hide from your children 'mommy, what is that?' 'nothing, dear just a horrible genetic mutation' 'can we keep it?' but, alas, i am one of them i am a ginger to be fair, my ha... | tenacy franking nonconcentrically | no related information |
new york (cnn) city officials in new york have denied iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's request to visit the site of the destroyed world trade center next week, a police spokesman said wednesday iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad asked to visit ground zero, but new york city officials said no the controvers... | predamnation consolidation wormproof | no related information |
(cnn) a florida judge friday handed a legal victory to a former astronaut accused of assaulting a romantic rival, ruling evidence found in her car and statements she made to police after her arrest were inadmissible at trial lisa nowak, accused of using pepper spray against a romantic rival, is set to go on trial in... | lisa nowak nowak | judge: lisa nowak's statements and items in her car were unlawfully obtained . nowak's attorneys have said her comments were made under duress . former astronaut is accused of stalking and assaulting a romantic rival . nowak has pleaded not guilty to charges including attempted kidnapping |
los angeles (cnn) the first commercial spacecraft to return from a low earth orbit landed in the pacific ocean wednesday about 500 miles off the coast of southern california spacex launched the spacecraft, called the dragon, atop a falcon 9 rocket from cape canaveral, florida, at 10:43 am wednesday the spacecraft or... | renet evan sakti | no related information |
washington (cnn) chinese president hu jintao wrapped up his us visit friday with a trip to chicago, the hometown of his counterpart, us president barack obama he visited a chinese owned auto parts firm, a chinese wind energy company and the confucius institute a chinese language and cultural education center hous... | hornedness zoanthidea maizenic | no related information |
(cnn) singer solange knowles, also known as younger sister to beyonce, took to twitter on wednesday claiming that transportation security administration officials in miami had searched her hair it didn't take long for knowles, who called it 'discrim fro nation' to get funny with it 'lets play a little game called: '... | afro tsa solange afros | solange knowles claimed her afro was searched by the tsa on wednesday . she took to twitter asking fans, 'what did tsa find in solange's fro?'. the tsa does not have a policy of specifically searching afros, spokeswoman said . 'it would not be someone's hair but something in someone's hair,' she said |
new york (cnn) an international custody battle over a 70 million year old dinosaur skeleton ended monday with the fossil being repatriated to mongolia after having been illegally smuggled, handed from owner to owner multiple times and sold at auction the 'nearly complete' skeleton of a tyrannosaurus bataar also k... | unimpenetrable anisodactyli werwolves | no related information |
(cnn) pope francis spoke out against sexual abuse by catholic clergy on monday and said he plans to meet with victims in early june in a wide ranging talk with reporters, he also discussed celibacy in the clergy, saying it's not dogma so 'the door is always open' the pope fielded questions on these subjects during a... | pope mideast israeli palestinian vatican | new: pope says 'the door is always open' on celibacy discussions . the meeting would mark his first with a group of abuse victims . speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane, the pontiff called for zero tolerance . while in mideast, he invites israeli, palestinian leaders to vatican to pray |
palo alto, california (cnn) you've heard of the 'oprah effect' having the queen of talk endorse your product can be like winning the lottery in the technology world, the same apparently applies to steve jobs that's what some stanford university grad students learned when the apple ceo praised their ipad app during a... | pulse 199 ipad 99 cents android apple steve jobs | the pulse app allows users to read content from up to 60 publications on one interface . the app costs $199 for the ipad and 99 cents for the iphone and android devices . apple ceo steve jobs praised pulse during a developers conference in june |
(instylecom) it has been nearly 30 years since princess diana walked down the aisle at st paul's cathedral and the world is anxious for another royal wedding of the same fairy tale proportions and if kate middleton and prince william's appearance at their friends' wedding over the weekend in england is any indicatio... | kate middleton prince william's kate | the wait maybe over for kate middleton and prince william's engagement . the usually publicity shy couple arrived together for their friends' wedding . kate often lands on best dressed lists for her princess worthy fashion |
(cnn) here's a look at the timeline of events in the fatal shooting of trayvon martin in sanford, florida, and the ensuing uproar february 26 about 7 pm: george zimmerman, a 28 year old neighborhood watch captain, calls 911 to report 'a suspicious person' in the gated community called the retreat at twin lakes zimm... | robustful deaminated dampeners | no related information |
death valley, california (cnn) today, you get a call from a friend they need a favor runners chase each other during the first 20 miles of badwater would you mind spending your vacation time this summer in death valley, a desert where temperatures hover around 130 degrees? would you be ok with sleeping in a van, if ... | badwater ultramarathon 135 miles | badwater ultramarathon is 135 miles through one of the hottest deserts in the world . it's essential that runners bring crews who check their vitals through three day race . prize for finishing the course that traverses three mountain ranges? a belt buckle |
miami, florida (cnn) sharon long's work has earned her the nickname 'skull lady' sharon long is a forensic artist whose job is to help identify the dead, often murder victims she is a forensic artist whose job is to give faces and sometimes identities back to anonymous murder victims who have been robbed of bo... | tocsin centrarchid actinons | no related information |
(cnn) german zookeepers in nuremberg will bottle feed a four week old polar bear and rear it away from its mother after concerns the mother would eat her cub, officials said thursday zookeepers fear the unnamed polar bear cub could be at risk of being eaten the cub, which doesn't yet have a name, was being cared for... | four week old nuremberg city zoo's earlier this week | four week old polar bear separated from mother amid fears she would eat it . nuremberg city zoo's other polar bear ate its own two offspring earlier this week . mother was showing signs of being upset and confused, zookeepers said |
san diego, california (cnn) more than a dozen uncontained wildfires raged monday across southern california, threatening thousands of structures and forcing people to flee homes from san diego to malibu to lake arrowhead this photo taken from space monday afternoon shows smoke rising from the wildfires in southern c... | lake arrowhead white house federal agriculture department san diego zoo's wild animal park malibu canyon 10 percent | new: 123 structures destroyed by wildfires in lake arrowhead . new: white house: federal agriculture department will provide fire crews . fires threaten san diego zoo's wild animal park; animals evacuated . malibu canyon fire is 10 percent contained, officials say |
glasgow, scotland wednesday's glasgow derby between celtic and rangers has been postponed as a mark of respect following the death of motherwell captain phil o'donnell, the scottish premier league announced o'donnell, left, celebrates motherwell's scottish cup final win against dundee in may 1991 'these are never ea... | glasgow celtic rangers phil o'donnell motherwell | glasgow derby between celtic and rangers on wednesday is postponed . decision made as a mark of respect after death of ex player phil o'donnell . motherwell's home game against celtic next sunday was already called off |
(cnn) the last couple of weeks have been busy ones for news about facebook 'the social network' movie hit theaters, ceo mark zuckerberg donated $100 million on oprah and, if rumors are correct, the world's biggest social networking site will be partnering with online phone service skype to help you chat with your fa... | nontreaties parrying pibrochs | no related information |
madrid, spain (cnn) the spanish government put the military in control of air space late friday to get commercial jets flying again after a surprise air traffic controller strike stranded tens of thousands of travelers, the deputy prime minister announced 'the prime minister has signed an order giving the ministry o... | spanish spain | new: the spanish military is called in to replace striking air traffic controllers . air traffic controllers walk out after approval of a measure covering work conditions . millions of people are traveling on spain's long holiday weekend |
new york (cnn) a former guyana parliament member was sentenced to life in prison wednesday after he was convicted of plotting to detonate explosives at john f kennedy international airport in new york abdul kadir is one of four people who faced charges in a 2007 plot to explode fuel tanks and the fuel pipeline under... | guyana july us | former guyana parliament member convicted of plotting to blow up airport fuel tanks . he was found guilty of five counts in july . 'we will bring justice' to those who target us, attorney says |
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