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(cnn) no checks? no worries or for some veterans, at least not as many worries, for a while nearly 40,000 us veterans wounded on or after september 11, 2001, will each get a $500 check to help their families even if deadlocked washington cannot not find a deal to resolve the partial government shutdown, one of the n... | us 500 warrior project day 15 washington | nearly 40,000 wounded us veterans will get $500 each if the government can't pay them . wounded warrior project announces payments as the shutdown closes in on day 15 . overall, some 38 million vets are counting on benefits, official warns . nearly 100 veterans gather in washington in a push to end the shutdown |
san juan, puerto rico (cnn) investigators don't know if the massive fire at a fuel storage facility near san juan was deliberately started or was an accident, the agent in charge of the fbi's san juan office said monday the blaze, which started with an explosion at the caribbean petroleum corp facility in bayamon m... | boronia starosti semicentenarian | no related information |
(cnn) music manager allen klein, whose clients included the rolling stones and the beatles, died saturday after a lengthy battle with alzheimer's disease, his publicist said klein was 77 the son of jewish immigrants from hungary, klein founded his firm allen klein & co in the late 1950s before the label evolved into... | grump hydropultic dhobey | no related information |
editor's note: cnncom has a business partnership with careerbuildercom, which serves as the exclusive provider of job listings and services to cnncom much has been made of people who live beyond their means when you see a neighbor bring home a fancy new car, you can't help but wonder how she can afford it on her salary... | court 96,000 us | court reporters cash in a big check for keeping up with every word in court . astronomers make $96,000 but there are only 1,700 of them in the us. despite high stress, fast nature of their job, paramedics have a low salary |
london (cnn) two works by british artist damien hirst worth $54,000 have been stolen from a london gallery the pieces prints of colored spots, signed by hirst were taken from the exhibitionist gallery in notting hill in the early hours of monday morning detective sergeant jon lightfoot, of london's metropolita... | british damien hirst london pyronin y oleoylsarcosine 54,000 exhibitionist gallery | two signed works by british artist damien hirst stolen from gallery in london . spot pictures, entitled 'pyronin y' and 'oleoylsarcosine', together worth $54,000 . thief forced open the doors of exhibitionist gallery in the middle of the night |
(cnn) a 13 year old indian boy has batted his way into cricket history with a record breaking innings of 498 in a school tournament in mumbai, india armaan jaffer, the nephew of former india international batsman wasim jaffer, hit the highest score ever made by a schoolboy in a local under 14 competition on wednesda... | underemphasizes eternalist modulus | no related information |
new york (cnn) performances of the troubled broadway musical 'spider man: turn off the dark' are scheduled to resume thursday evening after a performer was injured during a show, a spokesman said the show's producers acted on the guidance of the occupational safety and health administration and the new york state de... | monday broadway facebook | an actor fell during the performance and was hospitalized on monday . new safety protocols are being implemented for the show . broadway actor recants a facebook post that musical director should be jailed |
(cnn) when i was a child, i always wondered how an ocean liner could fit on my street never mind that a ship needed water i lived on a small street in a small town in northern new jersey and my father would constantly make reference to a time when his ship would come in i later learned that this was a figure of spee... | soaries church dfree | the rev soaries says part of mission is helping church fight debt, delinquencies, deficit . church devised dfree program to guide congregants, others in resolving debt, he says . once they do this, he says, community may also help church pay off cost of new complex . soaries: there's joy, value in debt free living; it'... |
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, cnn's arwa damon describes the hardships faced by iraqi women her documentary airs this weekend on cnn and cnn international nahla's husband returned to iraq after ... | cupping muckender dysmetria | no related information |
(cnn) myanmar's pro democracy leader aung san suu kyi is 'ready to cooperate' with the government and is committed to pursuing a dialogue with the ruling junta, according to a statement the united nations' special envoy to myanmar read thursday on her behalf activists display a portrait of detained democracy leader,... | suu kyi september | aung san suu kyi says she's committed to pursuing a dialogue with the ruling junta . suu kyi meets with three executive members of her political party . crackdown on pro democracy demonstrators set off international outrage . as many as 110 people were killed in the september violence |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) pakistan election officials on monday disqualified opposition party leader and former former prime minister nawaz sharif from participating in january parliamentary elections election officials say nawaz sharif's previous convictions bar him from standing for reelection a spokesman for shar... | pakistani nawaz sharif pakistan lahore | former pakistani pm nawaz sharif has his candidacy papers rejected . had submitted nominations papers for pakistan's parliamentary election . returning officer in lahore upheld ineligibility objections from other candidates |
paris, france ac milan's brazilian midfielder kaka has been named european player of the year, lifting france football's ballon d'or award kaka has already claimed all of the game's major prizes his success comes two years after his fellow countryman, barcelona's ronaldinho, claimed the award the 25 year old kaka w... | brazilian kaka european the year ac milan cristiano ronaldo manchester utd argentine barcelona third | brazilian kaka is named european player of the year . the ac milan player is chosen ahead of cristiano ronaldo of manchester utd . argentine lionel messi of barcelona finishes third |
(cnn) facebook and google's privacy issues are well known but they're nothing compared with those surrounding silk, amazon's in house internet browser for its newly announced tablet computer, says chester wisniewski, a senior security adviser at british computer security firm sophos, a british computer security firm... | kecky xis radioteria | no related information |
brussels, belgium (cnn) european leaders agreed friday to send an 1,800 strong security force to maintain stability in kosovo, although they stopped short of backing independence for the province french soldiers at the nato led peacekeeping mission in kosovo last month kosovo is expected to declare independence from... | european kosovo serbia | european leaders agree to send 1,800 strong security force to kosovo . kosovo expected to declare independence from serbia in new year . serbia insists region should remain autonomous within its borders |
(cnn) thousands of chileans may have to sleep in the streets wednesday night after a 77 magnitude earthquake rattled the north part of the country, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and destroying hundreds of homes valentina bustos shot this photo wednesday of earthquake damage at a hotel in antofagasta,... | chilean navy tocopilla | new: tocopilla mayor: more than 1,200 homes flattened, shelters damaged . dozens of workers freed from collapsed roadway tunnel, officials say . chilean navy is moving heavy equipment into the area to help with rescue . 77 quake north of tocopilla happened at 12:40 pm (10:40 am et) |
(cnn) after months of talking about each other and their policies, the world finally gets to see barack obama and republican challenger mitt romney go toe to toe on the same stage in three televised debates ahead of the us election unlike other countries, such as the united kingdom, where the prime minister must def... | heterostrophous cerebrally jestingstock | no related information |
(ewcom ) kelly ripa and michael strahan are headed to washington on tuesday's 'live! with kelly and michael,' the co hosts announced their first ever interview with president barack obama the duo is headed to dc to talk to obama in the blue room of the white house, where they'll discuss the recent 'white house healt... | zirkite dilatatory lived | no related information |
london (cnn) children's entertainer rolf harris was sentenced friday to five years and nine months in prison for a string of indecent assaults against women and girls the 84 year old was found guilty monday in a london court of 12 charges of sexually abusing women and girls the offenses that harris committed against... | rolf harris harris five years nine months 84 | new: brother of youngest victim says his sister still lives with the consequences of abuse . rolf harris took advantage of the trust placed in him as a celebrity, judge says . harris is sentenced to five years and nine months in prison . the entertainer, 84, was found guilty of 12 charges of sexual abuse |
jakarta, indonesia (cnn) indonesian authorities killed the suspected mastermind behind the deadly 2002 bali bombings, indonesian president susilo bambang yudhoyono said on wednesday yudhoyono announced the death of terrorist dulmatin while speaking with reporters during a visit to australia the bali bombings killed ... | indonesian yudhoyono australia dulmatin indonesia $10 million us state department | new: indonesian president yudhoyono announces death during australia visit . new: indonesian media had been reporting dulmatin's death in a shootout . dulmatin is one of indonesia's most wanted terrorists . dulmatin had a $10 million bounty on his head, according to us state department |
washington (cnn) a compromise bill to provide free medical treatment and compensation to first responders of the september 11, 2001, terrorist attack won final approval wednesday from the house and senate, sending it to president barack obama to be signed into law the bill passed on a voice vote in the senate, and t... | auntrous skilfish myocommata | no related information |
(cnn) iranians coped with soaring gas and food prices sparked by the government's removal of massive revolutionary era subsidies as president mahmoud ahmadinejad left wednesday for a two day economic summit in turkey in the iranian capital, tehran, police manned gas stations as some cab drivers hiked fares and resid... | iranian turkey sunday tehran three years ago | new: the iranian president is in turkey for an economic summit . the government began cutting subsidies on sunday . it deployed security forces to several major gas stations in tehran . three years ago, protesters torched 12 gas stations in tehran after a fuel ration |
(cnn) a florida judge set bail at $15,000 wednesday for a man who wrote a controversial book considered a 'how to' guide for pedophiles phillip greaves, who was arrested in colorado on monday, said the book, 'the pedophile's guide to love and pleasure: a child lover's code of conduct,' can be used as a guide to re... | phillip greaves florida greaves | new: a judge says phillip greaves cannot leave florida . this was greaves first court appearance . greaves says he wrote the book to 'exorcise' his childhood . a florida sheriff says greaves' arrest was not entrapment |
(cnn) electronics giant sony launched its eagerly anticipated social networking site thursday for playstation 3 users a gamer plays sony's playstation 3 playstation home, which can be downloaded free of charge, will allow ps3 gamers to interact, communicate and share gaming experiences through their own personal 'av... | playstation home 3 d second life | playstation home can be downloaded free of charge by ps3 users . users communicate, share gaming experiences through their own avatars . designed along the lines of 3 d second life virtual world |
los angeles (cnn) an 'america's got talent' contestant who was questioned by police in connection with his wife's death is now offering $25,000 for information leading to a conviction in his wife's 'murder,' the contestant says joe finley, 47, a los angeles, california area rock musician, said he wants to find the p... | joe finley finley 25,000 | musician joe finley auditioned for a tv show even though his wife had been found dead . authorities say they are still investigating the death; finley says her death is 'murder'. finley says police tried to get him to confess, but he says he had nothing to do with her death . he's offering a $25,000 reward for the pers... |
new delhi, india (cnn) close allies since the soviet days, india and russia marked the first decade of their strategic partnership with a slew of agreements at their annual summit tuesday in their talks, visiting russian president dmitry medvedev and indian prime minister manmohan singh reviewed cooperation in milit... | medvedev singh russia india more than 60% every year 2000 | talks between medvedev and singh cover a range of issues . russia supplies india with more than 60% of its military hardware supplies . the two sides have held summits every year since 2000 |
moscow (cnn) cosmonauts walked on the surface of mars on monday, nearly a year into a mission to the red planet unfortunately, it's only a simulation, designed to test what would happen on a real flight to mars the project is an attempt to simulate the experience of a manned trip to mars, with an international team ... | afreet octuplicate bayonetting | no related information |
(cnn) great britain & ireland had to withstand a withering onslaught from continental europe before retaining the vivendi seve trophy at st nom la breteche in france sunday victory looked a formality as the continentals trailed by five points overnight heading into the final 10 singles matches, but jean van de veld... | great britain ireland vivendi seve trophy france continenental europe fina day jean van de velde's first ian poulter matteo manassero | great britain and ireland retain vivendi seve trophy in france . continenental europe side fight back in fina day singles . jean van de velde's team win first five matches to draw level . ian poulter sees off matteo manassero to claim crucial victory for his team |
los angeles (cnn) chris brown's legal troubles got more serious tuesday when a los angeles prosecutor charged him in a minor traffic crash brown already faces a charge that he violated his probation in connection with his felony assault conviction in the beating of his girlfriend rihanna brown, 24, allegedly was dri... | brown los angeles rihanna | brown allegedly was driving a car that rear ended another car in los angeles in may . he faces charges of hit and run driving and driving without a license . 'i have a valid drivers license and i gave the woman the right info,' brown tweets . brown already faces a probation violation hearing related to his assault on r... |
sanaa, yemen (cnn) yemen's air force has killed dozens of al qaeda fighters in a series of us supported airstrikes in the country's south, yemeni officials said tuesday at least 38 suspected al qaeda militants were killed in continuous raids on jihadist hideouts in yemen's southern provinces of lahj and abyan, three... | yemen al qaeda us yemeni jihadist the past year | yemen's air force has been pounding al qaeda hideouts in the country's south . us forces have assisted in at least three of the raids, a yemeni official says . the jihadist network has expanded its reach in southern yemen in the past year |
washington (cnn) the us army intentionally denied benefits to soldiers suffering from a widespread stress disorder after they returned from service in iraq and afghanistan, a veterans advocacy group charges in a suit filed wednesday a soldier is welcomed home from iraq by his son at fort stewart, georgia, earlier t... | transmural hibernacle mouls | no related information |
jacksonville, north carolina (cnn) police believe they have found the remains of a missing marine buried in the backyard of the prime suspect in the case and blood spatter evidence inside his home, authorities said friday evening investigators search for the body of lance cpl maria lauterbach friday tests found the ... | frizzier obiter flosses | no related information |
washington (cnn) investigators with bomb making components in their luggage and on their person were able to pass through security checkpoints at 19 us airports without detection, according to the government accountability office passengers pass through security at o'hare international airport in chicago, illinois g... | gao tsa transportation security administration | gao: investigators took advantage of 'weaknesses in tsa procedures'. gao: those 'weaknesses' were not detailed for security reasons . gao said terrorists using same items could seriously compromise a flight . transportation security administration: checkpoints only part of total security |
(cnn) the orgy of violence that has greeted kenya's disputed election result has led to hundreds of deaths and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes but away from the tragic human cost, the unrest has also provoked concerns about the stability of the east african country's economy, until now seen as a model f... | kenya nairobi stock exchange $591 million $295 million british | kenya's once stable economy faltering due to violence following disputed election . equity market on nairobi stock exchange lost $591 million on first day of 2008 . business leaders say the government losing $295 million a day in revenues . thriving tourist industry also hit, with british tour operators calling off fli... |
london, england (cnn) fantasy author terry pratchett has admitted that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of alzheimer's disease but says he plans to continue writing his multi million selling discworld books terry pratchett, whose books have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide in 33 languages pratchet... | terry pratchett the british empire the prince of wales 1998 | multi million selling writer has 'a very rare form of early onset alzheimer's'. terry pratchett says work continuing on books, plans to honor commitments . discworld novels are set in a fantasy universe but satirize modern day life . received the order of the british empire from the prince of wales in 1998 |
odisha state, india (cnn) the last time a storm as powerful as cyclone phailin struck the eastern coast of india, 10,000 people died so the sense of relief is strong in the state of odisha, where phailin made landfall this weekend 'i felt like i was going to die, everyone was so tense,' said raju pradhan, who lives ... | tamulic unparked anotia | no related information |
(cnn) the world's coral reefs are under threat overfishing, unsustainable tourism, coastal development, pollution, the global aquarium trade and climate change are having a devastating effect on these fragile ecosystems, according to the international coral reef initiative in mexico and across the world, the fragile... | 70 percent mexico over 1000 kilometers | conservationists predict 70 percent of all coral reefs will go within 50 years . mexico's meso american barrier reef stretches over 1000 kilometers . the reef is at risk from overfishing, unsustainable tourism and pollution . an increase in storms, blamed on climate change, is also harming the coral |
(cnn) an american school founder who young haitian men once hailed as a savior was sentenced tuesday to nearly 20 years in prison for sexually abusing them douglas perlitz, 40, was sentenced in federal court in new haven, connecticut, to 19 years and 7 months behind bars for abusing the haitian men when they were bo... | ejaculates preadvising immingles | no related information |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) a key member of an insurgent network in the afghan pakistani region has been seized recent days, pakistani military intelligence sources told cnn on friday he is nasiruddin haqqani, son of afghan insurgent leader jalaluddin haqqani, whose notorious group, called the haqqani network, operate... | nasiruddin haqqani peshawar | nasiruddin haqqani was seized in recent days . he was arrested while driving to the tribal region from peshawar . the son is a key fundraiser for the network |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) pakistan arrested two senior police officials wednesday in connection with the assassination of former prime minister benazir bhutto a court refused bail for the two officials, saud aziz and khurram shehzad, said special public prosecutor chaudhary zulfiqar ali aziz was the police chief in ... | benazir bhutto pakistan december 2007 bhutto | two police officials are accused of security breaches and covering up evidence . former prime minister benazir bhutto of pakistan assassinated in december 2007 . officials said bhutto's husband ordered them not to conduct a port mortem exam |
washington (cnn) when president obama signed the bill repealing the so called 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, it did not immediately end the military's 17 year ban on gays serving openly in fact, it will take a series of actions to make that happen, and no one at the pentagon seems to know when the actual end date m... | pentagon plan for implementation | no one in the pentagon seems to know how long it will take to enact repeal . pentagon's 'plan for implementation' is all recommendations . 'the longer we drag this out, the more confused we get,' gay service member says . gay service members say repeal makes them more likely to stay in the military |
(cnn) mardy fish has criticized tennis authorities for halving the suspension handed out to fellow american player wayne odesnik for importing controlled drugs odesnik will be able to resume his career from december 29 after the international tennis federation conditionally canceled the second year of his ban follow... | mardy fish wayne odesnik odesnik | mardy fish describe's itf's decision on wayne odesnik as 'a black eye for all sport'. odesnik's two year suspension for importing hgh has been halved due to cooperation . the itf expects the 25 year old to continue giving assistance to anti doping officials . the former world no 77 is free to return to tennis from dece... |
(ewcom) 'the next three days' follows an ordinary guy named john (russell crowe) as he executes a wildly complicated plan to spring his wife, lara (elizabeth banks,) from prison, where she has been locked up for a murder she says she didn't commit jailbreaking is not john's forte he's a community college professor... | banks prius | the movie's real strength is generating escalating waves of plot tension and misdirection . the usually sunnier banks is an interesting, counterintuitive casting choice . there's passport forgery, robbery, lock picking, shooting, and driving too fast in a prius |
los angeles, california (cnn) the sham marriage trial of mexican actress fernanda romero, under way in a los angeles federal court, offered more drama this week than the soap operas she is famous for the courtroom cast included celebrity photographer and reality tv star markus klinko, whom defense lawyers tried to p... | fernanda romero's mexican us markus klinko klinko | defense: fernanda romero's marriage was 'unconventional' but real . the mexican actress is accused of using a fake marriage to get a us green card . photographer markus klinko was the key prosecution witness . klinko says his goal was not to get his ex girlfriend deported |
(cnn) no one can deny that these are difficult days ireland this week became the second eurozone nation in six months to be bailed out by the international monetary fund the organization for economic cooperation and development predicted a slowing down of economic recovery through 2011, with more turbulence ahead if... | tim jackson greece ireland jackson | tim jackson: nations are hoping to avoid bailouts like those of greece, ireland . he says there's a rush to embrace austerity measures that inflict pain on the poor . jackson says we need to adopt frugal policies, spending less but investing more . government must lead; this is not a time to dismantle the state, he say... |
(cnn) when katy wilson was born with down syndrome, doctors told her mother that the infant likely would never walk or talk katy wilson says she wants her athletic successes to surprise people and give them hope she sure showed them wilson, now 29, has won two international gold medals in the special olympics for he... | pernel sellary jole | no related information |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) iraqi forces detained the suspected leader of a terrorist cell network believed to be funded by saddam hussein's eldest daughter, who is wanted by iraqi authorities on terrorism charges, the us military announced monday raghad hussein is currently living in jordan under the protection of the roya... | oceanic effervescence emodins | no related information |
kabul (cnn) on a hill overlooking the dusty, sprawling city of kabul is a park where kids fly their kites a dirty, beaten up toyota sedan arrives, and mohammad nasim steps out wearing traditional afghan garb a perahan tunban (tunic and pants) and a lungee (a headdress) he's traveled more than 300 kilometers (185 ... | albuminogenous bilayer borderies | no related information |
portsmouth, new hampshire (cnn) hillary clinton became visibly emotional at a new hampshire campaign event monday after a friendly question from a voter sen hillary clinton's eyes welled with tears as she spoke in new hampshire monday at the close of a portsmouth campaign stop, marianne pernold young, 64, asked clin... | clinton new hampshire new york barack obama | clinton begins talking about how others have criticized her, gets emotional . she was with mostly female voters in new hampshire on a campaign stop . 'it's not easy,' she told them . the new york senator is trailing sen barack obama in polls |
(ewcom) the tenth iteration of bravo's popular 'top chef' series moves northwest this season to seattle, where host padma lakshmi and judges tom colicchio, gail simmons, hugh acheson, and emeril lagasse join newly named judge wolfgang puck to crown the top chef in the country the new season premieres on bravo novemb... | wolfgang puck top chef bravo november 7 year | wolfgang puck is the newest 'top chef' judge . the new season premieres on bravo november 7 . this year's crop of 21 contestants are drawn from some of the top local restaurants |
(cnn) blood transfusions saline injections back dated prescriptions and tipoffs to coming tests former teammates of cycling superstar lance armstrong recounted a wide range of techniques used to beat the sport's drug testing regimen to investigators from the us anti doping agency, which released its findings on the ... | tyler hamilton armstrong | 'we hid' from drug tests, cyclist tyler hamilton told doping investigators . tipoffs and timing helped conceal drug use as well, report finds . armstrong denies doping allegations |
(cnn) a faulty monitoring system on a gasoline tank at a puerto rico storage facility most likely led to a massive fire in october that damaged homes and businesses more than a mile away, federal investigators said tuesday a storage tank at the caribbean petroleum corp facility in bayamon, near san juan, was being f... | the caribbean petroleum corp fbi | storage tank fire at the caribbean petroleum corp has been investigated . tank overflowed, creating vapor cloud that ignited, officials say . fbi says the explosion was an industrial accident, not terrorism or sabotage |
(cnn) you know the presidential election is in full swing when politicians are getting tough on china while both democrats and republicans promise to do just that, it is the obama administration, being in the driver's seat, that has been leading the charge on monday, the obama administration filed a trade case again... | obama china oded shenkar chinese ohio shenkar us | this week, president obama announced a trade complaint against china . oded shenkar says politicians tend to get tough on china in election season . he says obama is tackling chinese auto subsidies to appeal to ohio voters . shenkar: us had plenty of opportunities to deal with unfair chinese trade practices |
(cnn) rwandan president paul kagame hit back monday at human rights activists who say he's behaving like an autocrat and fueling a bloody civil war in rwanda's neighbor, congo 'if you are talking about people in the human rights community from outside i have an issue with this,' kagame said, 16 years after he was ha... | kagame rwanda congo | human rights watch said opposition activists are facing harassment ahead of elections . kagame dismisses the opinions that outsiders may hold about rwanda . country has made progress in erasing scars left from 1994 genocide, kagame says . kagame insists he has nothing to do with the civil war in mineral rich congo |
(cnn) out of the mouths of politicians comes a new lingo, especially during a high stakes presidential election year thanks to the democrat and republican smooth talking contenders, voters are being treated to a refreshed vocabulary sometimes a slip or sometimes a calculation, some words and expressions uttered by t... | 47% romney | wordsmiths rush to social media whenever candidates dub new phrases . presidential candidates sometimes coin words to criticize their opponent . the new no 1 number seems to be '47%'. romney's 'binders full of women' prompts the wisecrack 'binder? i just met her!' |
london (cnn) microsoft's popular kinect for xbox 360 has inspired countless ingenious 'hacks' since its launch at the end of 2010 the motion sensing device has been modified to produce everything from real time light sabers to nifty trash bins which catch your garbage (however bad your aim), proving a catalyst for c... | unsane leukocyte reminiscence | no related information |
(cnn) most muslims in several key middle eastern and asian countries hold negative views of the terrorist network al qaeda a year after us forces killed its leader, osama bin laden, according to a recent survey the poll by the pew research center's global attitudes project, released monday, found that a high proport... | pakistanis osama bin laden 55% muslims al qaeda mideast egypt | new: pakistanis do not grieve for osama bin laden, an interfaith expert says . a poll finds that 55% of muslims there have an unfavorable view of al qaeda . negative views of the terrorist group are higher in four mideast countries . sympathy for the network is highest among muslims in egypt |
(cnet) for stanford university student feross aboukhadijeh, what started off as a bet fueled by youthful ambition and technical bravado, ended up an internet hit and quite possibly a job last week, aboukhadijeh, 19, was just an ordinary, albeit talented, college student as he tested out google instant, the web gian... | psorospermiform taraf sairly | no related information |
(realsimplecom) readers share the uncustomary customs they celebrate year after year since we moved to virginia four years ago, my husband and i have attended the annual national menorah lighting on the ellipse, in washington, dc a military band accompanies three cantors while they give the blessing and sing, and la... | christmas every christmas eve yankee latin american new year's eve | hiding an item in your christmas tree is an easy tradition to pass down . one reader's family participates in a marshmallow fight every christmas eve . many families participate in a yankee swap a trick gift exchange . people wear a pair of yellow underpants in latin american countries on new year's eve |
cianjur, indonesia (cnn) more than a day after a major earthquake jolted indonesia's java island, killing at least 57 people, there is still no word from remote villages along the coast, a relief worker told cnn thursday soldiers try to dig out the body of a victim buried by a landslide caused by the earthquake 'th... | pacific tsunami warning center tasikmalaya indonesian java series indonesia sumatra island three weeks ago | new: at least 57 killed, another 400 injured, says disaster agency . tsunami watch quickly expires, pacific tsunami warning center says . older buildings damaged in tasikmalaya in indonesian island of java, witness says . series of quakes hit indonesia's sumatra island three weeks ago |
(cnn) charles de gaulle airport in paris was rebounding saturday after hundreds of flights were canceled because of a shortage of de icing fluid during snow and ice that snarled air traffic across europe, authorities said flight delays at de gaulle were expected to decrease as the day went on officials could not giv... | christmas day charles de gaulle airport about a foot european | new: officials will investigate de icing fluid shortage . christmas day brings smoother operations at charles de gaulle airport . about a foot of snow falls on the de gaulle roof, forcing a partial evacuation . european airports are recovering from long delays |
sanaa, yemen (cnn) a us drone hit an al qaeda training site in southern yemen, killing 13 suspected militants, three security officials said the airstrike wednesday is one of a series of attacks on al qaeda hideouts expected in abyan province in the next two weeks, the officials said they will target jaar, lowder an... | exarchic begrease falsettist | no related information |
sanaa, yemen (cnn) us drone strikes targeted al qaeda hideouts in southern yemen on wednesday, killing 27 suspected militants, local government officials said no senior al qaeda leaders died in the attack in the shabwa province town of azzan, the officials said the strikes' targets included a home suspected of harbo... | al qaeda yemeni | no senior al qaeda leaders die in the attack in a southern province, officials say . defense ministry: 30 people killed in airstrikes . unclear whether the fatalities were caused by drone strikes or yemeni forces |
(mashable) the motion picture association of america (mpaa), with the cooperation of dutch anti piracy group brein, has quietly shuttered 12 torrent websites in the us and at least 39 sites abroad by filing copyright violation complaints with the sites' hosting providers the names of the sites themselves remain unk... | mpaa us torrent | mpaa shuts down 12 torrent websites in the us and at least 39 sites abroad . names of the sites remain unknown but major players seem to be unaffected . torrent and file sharing sites have even taken to hiring lobbyists |
(cnn) a suspected tornado touched down in south central texas on monday, the national weather service said, as a slow moving line of storms brought high winds, heavy rains and large hail as it swept eastward the medina county, texas, sheriff's office 'received over 300 calls indicating there is damage or injuries' d... | texas arkansas oklahoma louisiana | new: authorities are looking for a motorcyle rider, an emergency manager says . new:a woman says winds ripped the roof off her bar, though no one was hurt . a suspected twister touched down 8 pm in a rural part of south central texas . flash flood watches are in effect in arkansas, oklahoma, texas and louisiana |
(cnn) as the war in iraq reaches its five year anniversary this week, two of the world's leading humanitarian groups issued extensive reports monday describing a crisis of huge proportions with little reason for hope iraqi women mourn the death of their relative outside the morgue in the restive city of baquba, iraq... | saracenism symptomatology stenosphere | no related information |
(cnn) with all the talk this week of congress's manic eleventh hour rush to raise the debt ceiling and prevent a possible us default, it has been easy to forget the underlying issue: the us government will not always be able to spend more money than it receives in taxes last year, american debt grew the size of the ... | us main street federal reserve | fight over debt ceiling ignores bigger problem of untenable us debt load . current arrangement works for wall street but not for main street . federal reserve is allowing us government to take on debt at absurdly low interest rates |
(cnn) the orionid meteor shower put on a cosmic light show for the northern hemisphere over the weekend the orionids peaked early sunday morning as more than 25 meteors an hour streaked the night sky the astronomical event caught the attention of many photographers over the weekend ireporters from across the world s... | harpylike muskogean agamospore | no related information |
beijing (cnn) mo yan's nobel prize in literature appears to be a nod to the hungry literary tastes in modern china and could help spark more freedom, activists say the beloved chinese author whose pen name means 'not talking' has captivated his countrymen by intertwining fantasy and gritty everyday life the ro... | mo yan chinese canadian alice munro bob dylan mo china mao dun | new: one activist hopes mo yan uses his acclaim to fight repression . his novel 'frog' explored the traditional chinese preference for boys over girls . canadian alice munro and folk singer bob dylan had been mentioned as front runners . mo recently won china's prestigious mao dun literary award |
beijing, china (cnn) jonathon levine was a fiercely ambitious 25 year old with a masters degree but stuck in a dead end job this is not how it was meant to be for a boy raised in new york city, nourished on the american dream that hard work and a good education would bring rewards and riches so what did he do? he... | grant america china romney obama day one | grant: america is no longer the land of opportunity china is . romney, obama attempt to score points in debate by bashing china . romney: 'on day one i will label china a currency manipulator'. obama: 'we've put unprecedented trade pressure on china' |
(cnn) the flagging economy has been the clear cut no 1 issue for this year's presidential race but some other concerns are just timeless 'don't underestimate the pull of safety and security in the minds of american voters,' said candy crowley, host of cnn's 'state of the union' and moderator of last week's president... | third monday night american afghanistan iran syria china us | foreign policy is the focus of the third and last presidential debate monday night . safety, security have always been important issues to the american public . decisions on afghanistan, iran, syria might have a major impact on the military . china's policies are having a direct effect on us economy, jobs |
havana (cnn) cuba has stepped up efforts to douse speculation over the health of its former leader fidel castro by publishing an article under his name in state run media in which he scoffs at recent rumors and those who circulated them the article, published on the official website cubadebate early monday, is accom... | castro venezuela | the article is accompanied by photos of castro in a garden . venezuela's former vice president says castro 'is doing very well'. speculation has surged over castro's health in recent weeks |
(cnn) a delta air lines plane returned to atlanta's main airport after the crew experienced an 'engine issue,' the airline said early tuesday morning airline spokeswoman chris kelly singley could not elaborate on what the problem was, saying she had heard varying reports 'a few moments after the plane took off, ther... | outsmoked beanbags unappropriate | no related information |
(cnn) a tornado touched down in mayaguez, puerto rico, on saturday afternoon, injuring at least four people and leaving the area without electricity, according to emergency officials the twister struck mayaguez, on puerto rico's western coast, at 12:35 pm, according to luis correa, a spokesman for the state emergenc... | central american puerto rico's | new: the stadium set to host the central american games is damaged . new: four people have been injured . new: the twister downed cables and damaged cars . a tornado touches down on puerto rico's western coast |
(cnn) despite rousing approval by the vast majority of afghan elders, afghanistan's security deal with the united states still hangs in the balance president hamid karzai says he won't sign it until some conditions are met us national security advisor susan rice says what the afghan leader is asking for are new dema... | hamid karzai us susan rice afghanistan afghan karzai washington | president hamid karzai says he won't sign a security deal until after elections . that's 'not viable,' us national security adviser susan rice says . the delay could mean us troops pull out of afghanistan earlier than expected . afghan elders have demands that karzai wants washington to meet |
london, england (cnn) two paintings by pablo picasso and a third by henri matisse were among works auctioned off tuesday at christie's, including 'jacqueline,' a picasso not seen publicly since 1967 the 1963 work is a portrait of picasso's second wife, whom he married in 1961, christie's said the painting 'tete d... | jacqueline picasso nearly $13 million modern art evening sale london england renoir | new: 'jacqueline' is a portrait of picasso's second wife; sold for nearly $13 million . the 'impressionist and modern art evening sale' was in london, england, tuesday . picasso's portrait of his second wife, jacqueline, had never been offered at auction . the sale of modern and impressionist art also includes works by... |
charlotte, north carolina (cnn) tuesday night, the democratic party displayed its deep commitment to women's equality drawing upon her own life story, a story of discrimination shared by too many women across america, lilly ledbetter delivered a rousing speech as only she can ledbetter, the face of the fight for wom... | democratic party lilly ledbetter the 21st century michelle obama america | democratic party showed it's commitment to women's equality through host of speakers . lilly ledbetter 'framed fair pay as both an economic and moral issue'. 'equal pay for equal work should not be a controversial issue in the 21st century'. michelle obama didn't need to shout, 'i love you, women' to be heard by women ... |
(cnn) english racing was deprived of its first triple crown winner in more than 40 years after encke, ridden by mickael barzalona, got up to beat favorite camelot by three quarters of a length in the st leger stakes at doncaster racecourse saturday camelot had been aiming to emulate nijinsky by winning the 2,000 gui... | triple crown england guineas epsom derby encke mickael barzalona | camelot fails in bid to win prestigious triple crown in st leger stakes at doncaster racecourse, england . winner of this season's 2,000 guineas and epsom derby beaten into second by encke, ridden by mickael barzalona |
(cnn) following in the footsteps of many other celebrities, the miners who spent more than two months trapped underground in a chilean mine are 'going to disney world' 'the amazing story of these miners captured the attention of the world for demonstrating the true power and resilience of the human spirit,' disney p... | catheterise creek eurygnathous | no related information |
kabul, afghanistan (cnn) afghan and nato troops killed 10 insurgents during separate sweeps in southern and eastern afghanistan, nato's international security assistance force said monday isaf said coalition troops spotted insurgents placing an improvised explosive device in the musa qal'ah district of helmand provi... | nato afghan kandahar | new: nato and afghan troops kill 10 insurgents . car bomb explodes in kandahar as police picked up their paychecks . 1 person died and 26 others were injured in the bombing |
(cnn) thirty six people in northern india are dead and another 28 are injured following a collision between a bus and a vehicle carrying mourners from a funeral, an official news agency reported sunday, citing local officials the crash occurred late saturday outside badaun, in uttar pradesh state, district magistrat... | badaun indian | crash occurs late saturday near badaun, an official tells indian state run news agency . in addition to the 36 killed, 28 needed treatment . one vehicle was bringing people back from a ceremony marking the last rites of a relative . provincial government giving payments to those hurt and relatives of those killed |
(cnn) ecuador is the latest country to recognize an independent palestinian state the government said on friday that president rafael correa recognized 'the palestine state as free and independent within its borders since 1967' others countries such as brazil, argentina and uruguay recently made the same move ... | south american palestinian palestinians israel | other south american nations recognized a palestinian state . palestinians have recently requested state recognition . this comes amid a breakdown in talks with israel |
napa, california (cnn) if barrett wissman were in the ministry, his arts festivals would be sunny outposts on a fast widening mission field his tuscan sun festival opens saturday in cortona, italy an all new singapore sun festival opens october 18 and a secret known to missionaries everywhere is clearly in sway at t... | overcasts tricklet antitropical | no related information |
paris, france goals from juninho and sidney govou gave lyon a 2 0 home win over valenciennes and enabled the six time champions to stay four points ahead at the top of the french league juninho opened the scoring for lyon five minutes before the break brazilian midfielder juninho nudged in a karim benzema cross five... | lyon french nancy bordeaux 1 0 rennes monaco | lyon beat valenciennes 2 0 to stay four points clear on top of the french table . nancy stay second by beating bordeaux 1 0 . third placed rennes flop to a 1 0 home defeat against struggling monaco |
(cnn) solid support from registered democrats and women in new hampshire were crucial tuesday as sen hillary clinton rebounded from her third place finish in last week's iowa caucuses sen hillary clinton has spent the past few days saying she has the experience to change washington she narrowly defeated sen barack o... | barack obama hillary clinton cnn john edwards | sen barack obama has electrified younger voters . sen hillary clinton has maintained favor with voters older than 40 . cnn has projected sen john edwards will finish in third place |
united nations (cnn) un secretary general ban ki moon is 'urgently dispatching' a special envoy to myanmar, a statement from his office said wednesday, following reports of violent clashes in that country between security forces and protesters protests at the crackdown have taken place overseas, including one outsid... | un myanmar uk brown bush tuesday us | un to send special envoy to myanmar amid reports of crackdown . world leaders condemn events in myanmar, call on regime to desist from force . uk pm brown underscores that any trampling on human rights not acceptable . pres bush says tuesday that the us will increase sanctions |
(cnn) it's time to do away with vanity plates for the most part, vanity plates have flown under the legal radar, but the time has come for the government to give up on this constitutionally corrupt policy like the lottery, vanity plates are another thinly veiled money grab by the government against its citizens a mi... | dulwilly schnecken overruns | no related information |
(cnn) the agreement reached by president obama and congress to reopen the government and avoid default was a punt, a punt that traveled 15 yards it wasn't a budget agreement because nothing in it addressed any budgetary issues, nor was it a spending agreement, because spending continues at its current pace it was a ... | ari fleischer obama congress 15 yards january fleischer obamacare | ari fleischer: shutdown deal reached by obama, congress was a punt that went 15 yards . he says it'll likely happen again in january tea party's goals admirable, tactics must change . he says tea party must realize: to win, it needs votes that's why it lost shutdown battle . fleischer: obama has also overreached with ... |
port sudan, sudan (cnn) a humanitarian land convoy heading to gaza from south africa reached port sudan, sudan on the red sea wednesday and is destined to become the first relief mission to gaza from africa 'i was inspired last year by the convoys that went to gaza from europe, so we asked ourselves; why not from af... | south africa gaza egypt | land convoy from south africa is bound for gaza . the convoy has crossed seven countries so far . prospects for driving across egypt are uncertain, organizers say |
(cnn) scores of child soldiers, some of them as young as eight years old, have been rescued from an armed group in the democratic republic of congo, the un mission in the african nation said the 82 children, 13 of them girls, were recovered since sunday from the mayi mayi bakata katanga armed group in the southeaste... | un the democratic republic of the congo | 82 child soldiers have been rescued from an armed group, un mission says . 13 girls were among the children rescued from the mayi mayi bakata katanga . the children range from 8 to 17 years in age; 40 have been reunited with their families . the democratic republic of the congo has a long history of violence |
(cnn) a congressional hearing thursday on aviation security will be missing its chief witness, who declined to testify transportation security administration chief john pistole had been asked to appear before the transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on aviation on the impact of his agency's policies on pas... | agency house transportation tsa | agency director says house committee doesn't have jurisdiction . transportation chairman has been tough critic of tsa . hearing will go on as planned with other witnesses |
(cnn) bush fires blazing in australia's new south wales claimed their first victim friday after a man died of a suspected heart attack defending his home against the blaze on the nsw central coast australian media reports said walter lindner, 63, collapsed while battling alongside his neighbor to save his heritage l... | 63 year old new south wales earlier thursday the new south wales | new: 63 year old man dies helping neighbor in new south wales . the fire service said earlier thursday that 34 fires were still out of control . if there's no loss of life, 'we should thank god for miracles,' says state premier . 98 fires are now burning, the new south wales rural fire service says |
(cnn) john lydon is wondering whether he's looking old he jokes that the camera should be smeared with vaseline to give a flattering, soft focus effect 'or we could use butter!' he laughs in reference to a series of tv commercials which helped to fund his band's latest album his band is, of course, public image limi... | john lydon public image limited lydon johnny rotten | john lydon was lead singer of the sex pistols, before forming public image limited . public image limited have released nine studio albums spanning 35 years . lydon is accepting a bmi icon award, which recognizes his work with both bands . he says he doesn't want to play to johnny rotten wannabes, that individuality is... |
(cnn) south carolina's supreme court ruled thursday that gov mark sanford must accept $700 million in federal stimulus money, ending the only formal effort by a governor to reject funding intended to jump start an ailing economy gov mark sanford became the conservative face of opposition to the federal stimulus pac... | nondegeneration calendarian redelegation | no related information |
(cnn) the votes are in, the numbers tallied and icon can now reveal that santiago sierra is the artist you find most controversial the spanish artist's unapologetic art frequently scandalizes audiences, with some of his more controversial works including the transformation a former synagogue in germany into a gas ch... | unerupted overadvancing brab | no related information |
(cnn) east coast residents, some of whom have suffered without power for 12 days, waited saturday for officials to come through on big promises to end the blackouts new jersey gov chris christie said he expects power to be almost fully restored by the end of the day to the approximately 57,000 customers in his state... | taracahitian kamassi fascism | no related information |
(ewcom) the writer james dickey once described a poet as ''someone who stands outside in the rain, hoping to be struck by lightning'' he could've been talking about taylor swift when the dean of tween isn't inviting guys to meet her in the pouring rain, she's courting danger any other way she can, just for the drama... | euro gary lightbody ed sheeran swift | ''we are never ever getting back together'' is a sublime explosion of euro pop glee . on the album she harmonizes with gary lightbody of snow patrol and ed sheeran . ''22'' also shows how savvy swift is about uniting guy haters of all ages |
mexico city, mexico (cnn) buses that carry women only are experiencing a smooth ride with passengers in mexico's capital a woman rides on a bus exclusively for female passengers last month in mexico city fans of the new service call their daily commutes more pleasant now that bus rides steer clear of too close for ... | arteriotome adenopathy amsterdamer | no related information |
(cnn) kuwait's leader dissolved parliament on wednesday and called for early elections, after the cabinet resigned this week following a power struggle with the government kuwait's emir has dissolved parliament following conflict between the cabinet and govenrment the emir, sheikh sabah al ahmad al sabah, said he w... | kuwait cabinet earlier this week may 17 | kuwait's leader dissolves parliament and calls for early elections after conflict . cabinet resigned earlier this week after a power struggle with the government . the emir said he was forced to act to safeguard kuwait's national unity . new elections have been set for may 17 according to state run news agency |
(cnn) investigators have found the bodies of three small children and the father who allegedly abducted them from their home in columbus, georgia, two weeks ago, the fbi said wednesday eddie harrington threatened to kill his children before disappearing with them, police say 'it is my sad duty to report that decease... | eddie harrington harrington columbus georgia march 5 23 months | new: children's mother says eddie harrington had threatened the kids before . harrington was last seen in columbus, georgia, march 5 . police say he was depressed, threatened to kill kids . he took twin girls, 23 months, and boy, 3, from their home |
(ewcom) my relationship with the who should play christian grey timeline goes as follows: i wanted matt bomer the entire time i read the fifty shades of grey trilogy right up until charlie hunnam was announced then i inexplicably got very excited for hunnam's portrayal of the troubled billionaire and now that hunna... | democratized cryptozoic scoley | no related information |
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