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(cnn) seventeen people in five states have been sickened by e coli after eating clover sprouts, according to the centers for disease control and prevention that's up from the 10 cases reported by the cdc in late may no deaths have been linked to the e coli outbreak, the cdc says, but nearly half of those sickened we... | cariniana overreactive capsumin | no related information |
(cnn) southwest airlines was inspecting 44 planes wednesday after an 'ambiguity related to required testing' was found during a review of records, the airline said earlier this week, southwest placed three employees on administrative leave and began conducting an internal investigation into the allegations that it f... | april 3 faa southwest | new: spokeswoman: 44 planes grounded to see if they need further inspections . lawmaker calls april 3 hearing, says it's 'one of the worst safety violations' he's seen . faa says southwest jets made almost 60,000 flights without fuselage inspections . whistle blowers say faa knew of violations but didn't want to disrup... |
new york (cnn) two african runners won the 2010 new york city marathon sunday, marathon officials announced runners edna kiplagat, from kenya, and gebre gebremarian, of ethiopia were the first female and male finishers to cover the 262 mile course that cuts through new york city's five boroughs having just won first... | reforges astrological cringeling | no related information |
gaza city (cnn) for six days, israel has carried out a large scale air offensive in gaza, aiming to halt destructive and sometimes deadly rocket launches emanating from the palestinian territory monday saw more carnage, more heated words and more damage on both sides there was also more movement toward a possible in... | redemptine ichthyographic gambadoes | no related information |
(cnn) the major concern of the united states in the current israeli hamas conflict is a potential israeli ground incursion into gaza, us officials said friday that would be a disastrous escalation that could trigger a larger conflict, a senior us official told cnn 'escalation is what we are concerned about we don't ... | obama israeli egyptian knesset the white house us state clinton | new: president obama talks to israeli and egyptian leaders . an israeli knesset member says, 'the white house is too silent'. 'escalation is what we are concerned about,' a senior us official says . us secretary of state clinton has talked to many officials, a spokeswoman says |
(cnn) there's no denying it, the holiday crush is upon us there's the shopping to do, the cards to mail, the decorations to put up, the cooking, the crowds, the in laws it can be a lot for some people, that's reason enough to pack their bags and hit the road come december others simply enjoy experiencing the festivi... | the grove park inn asheville north carolina california madrona manor dickens dinners | the grove park inn in asheville, north carolina, hosts a gingerbread house competition . in california wine country, madrona manor presents dickens dinners . some hotels will supply guests with their own decorated christmas tree |
hong kong (cnn) many of hong kong's foreign residents will have to think twice before buying a new home in this asian financial hub in a surprise move last month to curb skyrocketing property prices, the hong kong government announced the immediate implementation of a 15% property tax on all home purchases by for... | 15% hong kong 9% chinese | foreigners are taxed additional 15% for purchasing new homes in hong kong . new property tax comes after 9% of home purchases by mainland chinese . chinese would be home buyer calls new policy 'unfair' |
washington (cnn) she's faced the glare of public life since she was a girl, but chelsea clinton must contend with renewed press scrutiny as she increasingly assumes a role in her mother's campaign for president chelsea clinton accompanies her mother to the polls on super tuesday in chappaqua, new york the former fir... | echinodermatous embowered sectarianize | no related information |
(cnn) inspectors overseeing the destruction of syria's chemical weapons have visited 21 of the 23 sites they want to inspect by a friday deadline, but security concerns have prevented visits to the remaining two, the world's chemical weapons watchdog said monday 'efforts to ensure the conditions necessary for safe ... | defenceable olivet kosotoxin | no related information |
(cnn) former fbi director louis freeh's investigation into possible wrongdoing at penn state university appears to be examining football coach joe paterno's apparent preference for handling scandalous issues internally, and what role that may have played in a potential cover up involving former defensive coordinator... | fbi louis freeh penn state cnn joe paterno 2005 paterno | a group headed by former fbi director louis freeh has been poring over penn state e mails . e mails provided to cnn show that joe paterno wielded power beyond the realm of football . an official says in a 2005 e mail that paterno wanted to keep disciplinary matters internal . 'coach paterno would rather we not inform t... |
(cnn) the world has an insatiable appetite for innovation to feed this desire for technologic and scientific breakthroughs, nations invest in our celebrated universities tax and tuition dollars go to educate students the next generation of open minded thinkers but also toward fostering research after all, acad... | roberta ness ness us 18% 3% oecd | invest in promising young people as much as productive projects, says roberta ness . ness urges more risk taking and long term investments which will generate technical and scientific revolutions . number of scientists aged 36 and under receiving us federal grants in 1980 was 18%; today the figure is 3% . many oecd cou... |
tokyo (cnn) nine north korean defectors found near japan's coast in september were transferred to seoul, south korea, on tuesday, a japanese government spokesmen said the group of nine three men, three women and three children departed japan for south korea in line with their wishes for long term residence, sa... | north korea japan weeks north korean | the nine say they are from north korea . they include men, women and children . the group has been questioned in japan for weeks . it is rare for north korean defectors to sail to japan's coast |
london, england (cnn) a law banning the use, production, and stockpiling of cluster munitions came into effect thursday in britain british prime minister gordon brown urged other countries to enact similar legislation, saying a global ban is needed to fight such 'cruel and indiscriminate weaponry' the cluster muniti... | immechanical interphone cobbled | no related information |
(cnn) 'today may 27 is aimee day!!!' with those words, andy copeland celebrated and invited thousands who have followed his family's struggles thanks to his online posts to join him a major milestone for his daughter aimee, as she gamely battles a potentially deadly flesh eating bacteria two weeks ago, andy co... | aimee copeland aimee day | aimee copeland was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis earlier this month . she's had her hands, leg, part of her abdomen and her remaining foot amputated . her father was looking forward to 'aimee day,' when his daughter would talk again |
seoul, south korea (cnn) south korea called off an attempt to put a satellite in orbit on thursday, the latest setback to a program that has suffered failures in the past the launch of the naro 1 rocket was suspended minutes before takeoff at a launch site on the country's southern coast thursday afternoon local tim... | south korea 2009 2010 seoul north korea | new: the launch is postponed after an electronic signal problem . previous launch attempts by south korea failed in 2009 and 2010 . seoul says it is trying to develop its own civilian space program . the planned launch may provoke a reaction from north korea |
port au prince, haiti (cnn) a few days ago we observed the two year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated haiti, killing an estimated 220,000 people, injuring 300,000, and leaving more than 1 million homeless since that day, blame for haiti's acute vulnerability and subsequent slow recovery has been traded a... | yolette etienne haitians etienne haiti | yolette etienne: haitians not blaming others for earthquake ruin, they're working to rebuild . she says progress slow; clean water, health care, jobs scarce; cholera has killed thousands . women in particular leading local efforts at farming, building small business, water systems . etienne: innovations empower citizen... |
(cnn) south american soccer officials hope to take their showpiece tournament to the united states in 2016 for a centenary celebration that could have big benefits for all concerned, but this week's announcement appears to be somewhat premature concacaf, which runs the game in north and central america and the carib... | 2016 copa america us south american concacaf grant wahl conmebol | announcement that the 2016 copa america will be in the us yet to be confirmed . south american federation plans to move tournament to celebrate its centenary . concacaf is open to the idea, but insists talks over the proposals are ongoing . soccer expert grant wahl suggests the tournament could be lucrative for conmebo... |
new york (cnn) a male model suspected of killing a prominent portuguese journalist in his posh manhattan hotel room was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation saturday at new york city's bellevue hospital, according to an nypd law enforcement source carlos antonio de castro, 65, was found dead in his room at the interc... | repairmen enured watter | no related information |
new york (cnn) a county prosecutor in michigan is proposing a law that could punish parents with jail time for repeatedly missing their children's parent teacher conferences wayne county prosecutor kym worthy introduced a proposal tuesday at a detroit city council meeting that would require a parent to attend at lea... | detroit three days kym worthy the detroit city council | parents of some children in detroit schools could be sent to jail for three days . prosecutor kym worthy presented the proposal to the detroit city council . the proposal has met with mixed responses |
(cnn) saudi arabia and japan made stuttering starts to their bids to win a record fourth asian cup title on sunday the saudis, beaten in the previous final four years ago by iraq, suffered a shock 2 1 defeat by syria in their opening game in qatar japan, the 2004 champions, earlier needed a late equalizer to snatch ... | asian cup saudi arabia syria syrians 107th first 1996 japan fourth jordan monday group c | three time asian cup champions saudi arabia lose 2 1 to syria in opening game . syrians, ranked 107th in world, triumph in first match at tournament since 1996 . japan, also seeking a record fourth title, snatch late equalizer against jordan . the 16 team tournament continues on monday with first matches of group c sch... |
(cnn) president barack obama's commission investigating last year's oil disaster is giving environmental groups hope that some change is on the horizon, but not the full scope of what they're looking for, two groups told cnn thursday 'if you take the findings to heart, you wouldn't start drilling again,' said kert d... | deepwater horizon greenpeace ocean conservancy | a single chapter of a report into the deepwater horizon disaster is now public . 'we don't have very high hopes' for major reforms, a greenpeace official says . ocean conservancy: 'we now look to the government and industry to step up to the plate' |
(cnn) top seeds serbia have been forced to withdraw from saturday's hopman cup final because of an injury to former world number one ana ivanovic the 2008 french open champion tore a stomach muscle during her straight sets loss to justine henin of belgium at the annual team event in perth, australia on thursday iva... | venus williams second hong kong china li na serbia ana ivanovic the hopman cup belgium saturday the united states robin soderling radek stepanek brisbane international | new: venus williams loses second consecutive hong kong exhibition match to china's li na . serbia's ana ivanovic pulls out of the hopman cup final with a stomach injury . belgium replace serbia in saturday's final against the united states . robin soderling, radek stepanek progress to semifinals of brisbane internation... |
(cnn) roger federer became the first tennis player to win the qatar open three times as he ended the reign of nikolay davydenko in saturday's final the world no 2 was beaten by his russian opponent in last year's semifinals, but avenged that result with a 6 3 6 4 win as he claimed the 67th atp tour title of his illu... | roger federer last year's doha nikolay davydenko world no qatar third saturday us hopman cup sixth belgium perth andy roddick robin soderling brisbane | roger federer avenges last year's doha defeat by nikolay davydenko . world no 2 wins qatar crown for a record third time with victory in saturday's final . us win hopman cup for sixth time, beating belgium 2 1 in final in perth . defending champion andy roddick faces world no 5 robin soderling in brisbane final |
(cnn) the hubert h humphrey metrodome will shutter its doors through at least the first quarter of 2011, the commission that runs the facility said wednesday 'the metropolitan sports facilities commission informed the organizers of every scheduled event through the month of march that the hubert h humphrey metrodome... | minnesota metrodome | a damage and repair estimate is expected by the end of january . heavy snow collapsed the roof in december . the minnesota vikings play at the metrodome |
(cnn) in roseanne barr's third book, 'roseannearchy: dispatches from the nut farm,' the comedian candidly discusses everything from her half jewish, half mormon upbringing in salt lake city, to the sitcom that made her world famous, to ex husbands and owning her very own macadamia nut farm in hawaii 'roseannearchy' ... | roseanne barr's the nut farm cnn barr the solutions party the green tea party | roseanne barr's new book is 'roseannearchy: dispatches from the nut farm'. she told cnn that the lasting legacy of her sitcom lies in the show's audience . barr's running for office 'on the solutions party and the green tea party seeking solutions' |
(cnn) a shadowy figure in the back seat of an suv in surveillance photos is a second 'person of interest' in the slaying of the university of north carolina student body president, police said monday investigators say a second male appears in the back seat in this atm photo, which has been colorized police on saturd... | moves vamfont tinselwork | no related information |
(cnn) sen hillary clinton on thursday sharpened her attacks on democratic rival sen barack obama as she faces what even her supporters admit are must win situations in texas and ohio in the weeks ahead at a campaign stop at a general motors corp plant in youngstown, ohio, the senator from new york accused obama of c... | obama hillary clinton barack obama clinton james carville texas ohio march 4 | new: spokesman says obama 'doesn't need lectures on special interests'. sen hillary clinton accuses sen barack obama of caving to special interests . clinton has challenged obama's ability to deliver on his rhetoric . clinton supporter james carville says she must win in texas, ohio on march 4 |
(cnn) a 49 year old nevada man grew up believing he was kidnapped from the hospital as a day old baby and was returned at age 2 to his parents in chicago, months after being found abandoned in a stroller in new jersey the fbi closed the case: the toddler looked like the missing newborn the audacious kidnapping by... | joys redeployed taperers | no related information |
(cnn) expect debilitating traffic jams and crammed subways as hordes of joyous, beer guzzling, gimbap eating, dslr toting visitors hit the streets of seoul this saturday for the city's most explosive festival of the year 'it's seoul's biggest event,' says hee jae kim, an operations representative for the annual seou... | seoul annual hours | more than one million people expected to turn out for seoul's annual fireworks festival . visitors advised to use public transport, arrive hours early for good riverside viewing spot . over 100,000 fireworks from designers around the world will be set off |
(cnn) a cirque du soleil performance left a beijing audience audibly shocked when a banned image of the iconic tiananmen 'tank man' protester was displayed on giant screens in front of 15,000 people the politically charged image of a sole, unarmed protester blocking a line of tanks during a 1989 government crackd... | cirque du soleil beijing tiananmen china chinese | cirque du soleil shocked a beijing audience by screening an image of 'tank man'. the politically charged image of the sole protester defying tanks in tiananmen is banned in china . the troupe says the show's content was approved ahead of time by chinese censors . it has removed the image from its remaining chinese perf... |
(cnn) police in portugal are reopening the case of madeleine mccann, a british girl who was 3 years old when she disappeared while on vacation there with her family in 2007, prosecutors in portugal said thursday this follows the discovery of new lines of inquiry after an internal review of the original portuguese in... | uk portuguese madeleine mccann's | new: 'this new momentum is encouraging, but we still have a way to go,' says uk officer . portuguese police are taking another look at madeleine mccann's disappearance . the 3 year old vanished from her family's portuguese holiday villa in may 2007 . the uk and portuguese investigations currently have separate leads, o... |
london, england (cnn) the days of discussions have ended, demands issued, concesssions made and a decision finally reached but even before they formed a government, the uk's political parties must wait for approval from one more person: the queen labour leader gordon brown on tuesday announced his resignation as ... | copingstone gyrencephalous ayatollahs | no related information |
(cnn) a 50 year old california woman reported missing more than a week ago having last told her teenage daughter she was heading to a nearby drugstore was found dead, police said the oakland police department said tuesday in an e mail that the alameda county coroner's office has identified the remains of a wom... | sandra coke 50 august 4 last week solano county california coke | sandra coke, 50, was reported missing by her family on august 4 . she'd told her daughter she was going to a drugstore, never returned . her remains were found last week in solano county, california, police say . she was 'a shining light in our family,' the coke family says |
bukulmez, turkey (cnn) syrian warplanes bombed a village within sight of the border with turkey on monday, sending hundreds of panicked civilians running for safety to a nearby barbed wire fence that separates the two countries no casualties were reported after two bombs hit fields next to the village of atimah 'a m... | catonically trioleate splinternew | no related information |
sanaa, yemen (cnn) three suspected al qaeda militants were killed by a us drone strike in yemen's southern province of lahj, two local security officials told cnn on saturday two others were injured in the askariayah district strike, one of whom was critically injured, the officials said a second vehicle in the same... | us yemen al qaeda | the us drone strike occurs in yemen's southern province of lahj . two others are injured, one critically . a second vehicle evades damage and flees . us drone strikes against al qaeda suspects are on the upswing in yemen |
(hlntvcom) zach hodskins is one of the best players on the milton high varsity basketball team in milton, georgia according to scouting reports, he's an 'excellent shooter' and 'plays extremely hard' he is also missing his left arm below the elbow but to hodskins, that's really not an issue hodskins, 17, recently go... | zach hodskins the university of florida | basketball player zach hodskins was born without half of his left arm . the university of florida offered him a spot on its team . his advice to others 'going through the same thing': just go for it |
antalya, turkey (cnn) two men who hijacked a turkish passenger jet have surrendered to authorities after releasing the remaining passengers and crew they had been holding hostage the passenger jet was en route from northern cyprus to istanbul the hijacking occurred earlier on saturday when the istanbul bound atlasje... | feijoa sialosis spermatophyta | no related information |
gerolstein, germany mineral water company gerolsteiner have decided to drop their sponsorship of the german protour cycling team, which expires at the end of the 2008 season german rider stefan schumacher is a member of the gerolsteiner team gerolsteiner, who have been team sponsors since 1998, said there was a chan... | aramis sprightfulness atomics | no related information |
washington (cnn) negotiations between the united states and libya that could result in compensation for past acts of state sponsored terrorism by libya are under way, a senior state department official said friday the wreckage of pan am 103 in lockerbie, scotland; the bombing killed 270 people in 1989 us and libyan... | libya us | nations hoping for deal in which libya would compensate terrorism victims . eights acts would be covered in possible agreement . libya has tried to normalize relations with us by renouncing terrorism . us oil companies want to explore and develop libya's oil fields |
(cnn) north america's tallest mountain has lost some of its stature 83 feet of it to be precise alaska's lieutenant governor announced wednesday that new mapping technology puts mount mckinley at 20,237 feet rather than the 20,320 it was pegged at 'that's 83 feet shorter than we thought,' lt gov mead treadwell sa... | purkinje untantalized carbamoyl | no related information |
(cnn) a helicopter crashed saturday north of phoenix with preliminary reports of no survivors, authorities said it was not known how many people were aboard witnesses along interstate 17 reported flames and black smoke about 70 miles north of phoenix about 11:50 am, said dwight d'evelyn, spokesman for the yavapai co... | i 17 70 miles phoenix | no early word on how many were aboard helicopter . crash site is along i 17 about 70 miles north of phoenix |
(cnn) whenever i have to make a tough decision, i look up at the wall of my office, where i have hung the original immigration certificates and pictures of my grandparents they fled russia and immigrated to the united states at the turn of the last century though i lost them many years ago, they have always been my ... | steve israel russia us king latinos boehner gop israel hastert rule | steve israel says his grandparents fled persecution in russia to seek promise of us. he says post election hopes that the parties could unite over immigration reform have dimmed . he says rep king has insulted latinos; boehner led gop using procedural tactics to deny vote . israel: boehner's use of hastert rule is barr... |
(cnn) maria sharapova suffered a shock defeat in the second round at wimbledon wednesday after being beaten by portuguese qualifier michelle larcher de brito third seed sharapova, who won the tournament in 2004, was brushed aside 6 3 6 4 by a player ranked 131 in the world the russian appeared to be unhappy with the... | servomotor intellects binate | no related information |
(cnn) late last month, school officials at deborah brown community school in tulsa, oklahoma, sent 7 year old straight a student tiana parker home crying her offense? wearing dreadlocks the school's policy at the time said 'hairstyles such as dreadlocks, afros, mohawks, and other faddish styles are unacceptable' rat... | oklahoma yaba blay | an oklahoma student was told wearing dreadlocks was against the school policy . this week, the elementary school changed the dress code policy . author yaba blay says people should affirm brown girls' beauty and value |
(cnn) congratulations, jimmy fallon you've won the 'tonight show' you start monday now, what are you going to do with it? a lot is riding on the answer especially viewers jay leno hosted 'tonight,' the jewel of nbc's late night lineup, for 22 years, and though he was regularly criticized for lacking the comedic s... | jimmy fallon tonight show monday johnny carson late night tonight | jimmy fallon takes over 'tonight show' on monday . show has long and storied history, but do viewers care about that?. johnny carson dominated late night tv from 'tonight's' perch . landscape of late night is now splintered into many shows |
(cnn) they've been a couple for two years and are eager to raise two children together but it wasn't until thursday that holli bartelt and amy petrich were allowed to legally wed they wasted no time they made plans to tie the knot one minute after a law permitting gay marriage went into effect in their home state of... | minnesota rhode island years minneapolis midnight 53% americans | minnesota and rhode island become the latest among 13 states to allow same sex marriage . couples committed to each other for years wed in minnesota . minneapolis' mayor weds 42 couples at the stroke of midnight . poll: 53% of americans think same sex unions should be legal |
(cnn student news) introduction september 17, 2008 marks the 221st birthday of our government on this date in 1787, 39 men changed the course of history by signing the us constitution but this document is not just some relic of the past it continues to guide the way we live our lives each time there is a case tha... | the us constitution america | use this one sheet to help your students understand the us constitution . contentious issues have cropped up throughout america's history . these issues from 2008 revolve around the us constitution |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) a british woman who was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking in pakistan remains in jail with her child, despite concerns about the baby's welfare khadija shah, 25, of birmingham gave birth to her daughter, malaika, a few weeks ago at a hospital in the city of rawalpindi, an hour's dri... | antimasks conicoid diabolize | no related information |
(cnn) sheikh mohammed sayed tantawi, the head of sunni islam's top learning center, died of a heart attack on wednesday in saudi arabia, egyptian state run television reported he was 82 tantawi, considered a moderate, was the grand imam at al azhar an islamic center and university in cairo, egypt he played a simi... | tantawi al azhar cairo egypt one billion sunni muslims islamic islamists | tantawi was the grand imam at al azhar islamic center in cairo, egypt . he was regarded as the spiritual leader of one billion sunni muslims . his mainstream islamic views were criticised by many islamists |
(cnn) a federal grand jury in new hampshire has indicted a former hospital worker on fraud and product tampering charges in connection with an outbreak of hepatitis c that sickened more than 30 people, prosecutors announced thursday investigators say 33 year old david kwiatkowski injected himself with syringes of fe... | david kwiatkowski kwiatkowski | investigators say david kwiatkowski stole drugs, treated patients with used syringes . kwiatkowski carried the hepatitis c virus and infected more than 30 people, feds say . he's been charged with product tampering and fraudulently obtaining drugs |
los angeles, california (cnn) 'transformers' actress megan fox said 'yes' to ex fiance brian austin green's marriage proposal, just four months after calling off a two year engagement with green, her publicist confirmed fox, 24, was so excited when green, 36, popped the question on a hawaii beach that she dropped th... | megan fox brian austin green hawaiian fox green | megan fox engaged again to brian austin green . diamond ring was lost on hawaiian beach . fox and green relationship started in 2004 . couple's first engagement ended in february |
(cnn) black caviar, the undisputed queen of the horse racing world, is set to make a return to action next year the australian thoroughbred had been expected to retire after suffering a strained muscle in her hindquarters during her victory in the diamond jubilee stakes at ascot last june aussies make black caviar p... | black caviar 2013 superstar february lightning stakes kingston town's | black caviar set to make a return to action in 2013 . superstar mare has won 22 out of 22 races . could make comeback in february's lightning stakes . needs three more wins to break kingston town's record |
madrid, spain (cnn) the basque separatist group eta said monday it was declaring a permanent cease fire in a statement released to the basque newspaper gara where it typically releases information eta said it declares a permanent general and verifiable cease fire as a 'firm commitment towards a process to achi... | cilery stemmas specializer | no related information |
miami, florida (cnn) tropical storm arthur, the first named storm of the 2008 atlantic season, formed saturday near the coast of belize, the us national hurricane center said tropical storm arthur could make its way across the yucatan and re emerge in the gulf of mexico the storm made its way over land and was expec... | mounting autoimmunities reformulations | no related information |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) imams delivering their friday sermons in iraq are denouncing the shooting of a quran, the holy book of islam, by a us soldier col ted martin kisses a copy of the quran before presenting it to tribal leaders saturday 'if we were strongly united from the beginning, that silly minded american soldie... | shiite friday sunni american iraq the week muslims | 'we condemn and denounce the criminal act,' shiite imam says in friday sermon . sunni imam calls soldier 'silly minded american' who embarrassed leader . american staff sergeant had used a quran for target practice in iraq . friday prayers most significant event of the week for muslims |
san diego, california (cnn) on the question of whether recent immigrants assimilate as quickly as previous waves, many americans exhibit short fuses and even shorter memories ruben navarrette jr notes that immigrants have been criticized throughout history for not assimilating they have convinced themselves that,... | navarrette americans the stars and stripes | navarrette: americans perceive new immigrants as not assimilating . americans think ancestors got off the boat waving the stars and stripes, he says . that leads to resentment of current wave of immigrants, he says . but a recent study says new immigrants are joining the mainstream |
(cnn) former new york mayor michael bloomberg plans to spend $50 million of his own money to build a state by state grass roots network focused on stemming the tide of gun violence by expanding the background check system for gun buyers his new organization, everytown for gun safety, will bring together mayors again... | clavariaceae intransferrable felicitousness | no related information |
(cnn) as a cosmetics saleswoman, shannon barnes constantly fielded the same question from women looking at mascara ads perched on her department store counter: are those eyelashes real? um, no, she told them mascara alone would never could never produce eyelashes as full and thick as those on the models armed ... | teeteringly barbacan edifice | no related information |
(financial times) a global shortage of helium, the lighter than air gas, has put a stop to the sale of inflatable mickey mouse heads at disneyland in tokyo, threatened parades during the us thanksgiving holiday and disrupted university research global production of helium used in industrial and medical applicatio... | aquatinter agaricine asplenium | no related information |
(cnn) pass the stuffing, and the popcorn over thanksgiving weekend, movie theaters sold an estimated $295 million worth of tickets, breaking the record of $273 million set in 2009 knowing that there were going to be several hot movies in theaters and that people love to take pictures of their ticket stubs, we asked ... | theaters instagram breaking dawn skyfall lincoln cnn | theaters broke thanksgiving weekend box office records . we asked instagram users to combine photos of tickets with reviews via #stubreview hashtag . 'breaking dawn,' 'skyfall,' 'lincoln' remained popular . what do you think? share your thoughts in the comments below or post a video on cnn ireport |
(cnn) us defense secretary robert gates held talks with his chinese counterpart in beijing on monday on the first stop of his weeklong trip to asia it is gates' second visit to the country since he assumed the post in december 2006 the trip is intended to deepen the military relationship between the united states an... | smopple romanium definitized | no related information |
hong kong (cnn) when architect james law looks in the mirror each morning his reflection is not all that greets him he can also see the weather report, e mail messages and his heart rate 'the biggest game changer of the past 25 years has been the internet,' said law, whose cybertecture mirror is an offshoot of hi... | china $803 billion 2015 beijing $800 million chengdu things technology institute | the internet of things market in china is expected to hit $803 billion in 2015 . beijing has earmarked $800 million for iot investment by 2015 . china has created state funded zones like chengdu internet of things technology institute . beijing aims to become a global leader in setting iot global standards |
(cnn) harmon parker is using his masonry skills to save lives since 1997, he has built 45 footbridges over kenya's perilous rivers, protecting people from flash floods and predatory animals the bridges also connect isolated communities with valuable resources below are parker's thoughts on being named a top 10 cnn h... | harmon parker kenyan kenya parker golden gate | harmon parker is transforming kenyan communities by building footbridges over perilous rivers . many people in rural kenya still fall victim to flash floods and predatory animals . parker on his current bridge project: 'this is their golden gate' |
yangon, myanmar (cnn) myanmar security forces used tear gas and water cannons early thursday to drive away hundreds of people protesting a copper mine project owned by the country's military and a chinese company, witnesses said riot police cleared away all the camps set up by protesters near monywa township in the ... | chinese suu kyi | new: 'we are very concerned about the protests,' the chinese firm involved in the mine says . aung san suu kyi visits the area and says she hopes for a peaceful solution . hundreds of protesters have been demonstrating against the mine project . police use tear gas and water cannons to clear protest camps, witnesses sa... |
(cnn) within seconds after the shooting began, at least one man who was grazed by a bullet grabbed the gunman, a middle aged woman snatched ammunition away from him, and a group of people held him down while another man grabbed the gun out of his hand, a man and a woman who helped subdue the shooter told cnn sunday ... | zamudio first | new: the woman who took the magazine from the shooter says she didn't have time to think . new: she snatched it after he dropped the magazine on the sidewalk . zamudio helped pin the gunman to the ground . he says the 'real hero' was a wounded man who first grabbed the gunman |
washington (cnn) astronaut mark kelly said friday his wife's extraordinary medical progress since she was shot through the brain, coupled with support from family, friends and the public, were keys to his decision to command the upcoming flight of the space shuttle endeavour during a press conference with nasa offic... | giffords kelly astronaut mark kelly endeavour nasa | new: 'i have every intention for (giffords) to be at the launch,' kelly says . astronaut mark kelly will command endeavour's upcoming flight . kelly's shuttle mission is set to launch on april 19 . nasa named backup commander for endeavour mission after kelly's wife was shot |
nashville, tennessee (cnn) moses chol hops into a van, rubs his hands together and signals the passengers to quiet down as he leans back to address them, his face breaks into a grin, his teeth glistening in the dawn haze 'today, we say goodbye to the north,' he says as young men and women cheer, peeking through woo... | southern sudan atlanta nashville this week southern sudanese us | about 70 southern sudan natives travel from atlanta to nashville to vote in referendum . historic vote this week will determine whether sudan will split in two: north and south . about 55,000 southern sudanese are voting in us and seven other countries |
tehran, iran (cnn) iranians marked a holiday that leads up to the persian new year under the watchful eyes of police tuesday night after the islamic republic's supreme leader tried to discourage the celebrations thousands of people turned out, some in groups as large as 400 people, to dance, listen to music and ligh... | osphresis griddler serve | no related information |
(cnn) rizana nafeek was a child herself 17 years old, according to her birth certificate when a four month old baby died in her care in saudi arabia she had migrated from sri lanka only weeks earlier to be a domestic worker for a saudi family although rizana said the baby died in a choking accident, saudi cour... | saudi rizana nafeek sri lankan nafeek becker | saudi authorities beheaded rizana nafeek, a sri lankan woman . she was convicted of killing a baby of the family employing her as a housemaid . this was despite nafeek's claims that the baby died in a choking accident . becker says her fate 'should spotlight the precarious existence of domestic workers' |
(cnn) australia leg spinner stuart macgill has announced he will quit international cricket at the end of the ongoing second test against west indies macgill will retire after 10 years of test cricket, in which he has taken 207 wickets the 37 year old made his test debut against south africa 10 years ago and has sin... | mildened nonsolicitous draftee | no related information |
london, england (cnn) uk prime minister gordon brown was under mounting criticism on tuesday over his perceived casual attitude towards soldiers killed in afghanistan as support for the mission collapses attacks over equipment shortages for british troops in afghanistan, his failure to bow at a war memorial, and his... | uk afghanistan gordon brown britain | uk pm criticized over his government's policy on afghanistan and personal 'gaffes'. gordon brown under fire over equipment shortages for troops, not bowing at a war memorial, and misspelling letter to soldier's grieving mother . britain has 9,000 troops in afghanistan |
(cnn) a multi million dollar negligence lawsuit filed by the families of two victims of the 2007 virginia tech mass shooting has been dismissed by virginia's highest court the state justices said thursday that given the initial uncertainty and confusion surrounding the actions of the student gunman, 'there was no du... | $4 million 100,000 virginia virginia tech | plaintiffs initially awarded $4 million each in negligence lawsuit . award later reduced to $100,000 each . virginia's highest court said virginia tech that slaughter was not 'reasonably foreseeable' |
jakarta, indonesia (cnn) an indonesian businessman known for publicity stunts dropped 100 million rupiah, or about $10,700, from an aircraft sunday to promote his new book bank notes are dropped from a small airplane sunday to promote tung desem waringin's new book tung desem waringin circled eight times over a socc... | indonesian jakarta | indonesian businessman circles soccer field eight times, dumping bags of cash . men snatch bills from youngsters; one man stuffs blue cap with money . businessman wanted to pull stunt over jakarta, but police feared chaos . author once rode on horseback through jakarta, dressed as war hero |
(cnn) abby wambach, the skillful forward for the us women's soccer team, scored dramatic headers against brazil and france to help the american team advance to the world cup final now she's heading off to the championship match against a tough japan team, a much awaited contest set for sunday in frankfurt, germany ... | the united states japan women's world cup abby wambach wambach brazil us frankfurt | the united states is playing japan in women's world cup final on sunday . star forward abby wambach is regarded as a dangerous goal scorer . wambach's header against brazil earned her an award and was her third of the tournament . us seeking to win four yearly event for a record third time in frankfurt |
washington (cnn) while house speaker john boehner isn't overtly ruling out picking a fight with president barack obama over a spending bill, he is laying out an alternative strategy to avoid a government shutdown during a closed door meeting on wednesday with house republicans, boehner tried to 'gently hold members'... | thyreoarytenoid prudence molala | no related information |
(cnn) the victoria and albert museum in london, uk has acquired two models of the world's first 3d printed gun the 'liberator' pistol is the invention of cody wilson, a texan law student whose company defense distributed caused a furore in may when it made blueprints for its firearm freely available on the internet ... | london first texan cody wilson us state wilson may | london museum acquires world's first 3d printed gun . the firearm is the invention of texan law student cody wilson . the us state department banned wilson from distributing the gun's plans in may |
(cnn) gerry conlon, who was wrongly imprisoned for the ira guildford pub bombing in england in 1974, died saturday in belfast, northern ireland he was 60 he was one of the guildford four, who were falsely convicted by the british courts and eventually freed in 1989 conlon had been ill for some time 'we recognize tha... | gerry conlon the guildford four age 60 conlon 1974 guildford 15 years 1989 in the name of the father | gerry conlon, one of the guildford four, dies at age 60 . conlon was wrongly convicted in the 1974 ira bombing of guildford pub . he spent 15 years in prison and was released in 1989 . his story is told in the film 'in the name of the father' |
(cnn) house republicans just went through the pageantry of the changing of the guard with their leadership elections but new names on the door won't change their party's priorities: protecting special interests, the ultra wealthy and their own perks at the expense of middle class americans the term 'republican leade... | steve israel house republicans israel kevin mccarthy steve scalise gop | rep steve israel says house republicans' new leaders have same party priorities . israel: kevin mccarthy and steve scalise were elected on pledges of fealty to the tea party . republicans, he says, just replaced one leader of the gop shutdown with another |
(cnn) once in a while, along a steady reach of the wide missouri river some 70 miles east of kansas city, the local corn farmers will pause in their labors for a huge rumbling sound, a thunder of jet engines shaking the willows and cottonwoods and the gliding stillness of the stream moments later, from behind long r... | simon winchester america american americans winchester vladimir putin us | simon winchester: america's military patrols the world, unlike that of any other nation . he says the belief in american exceptionalism goes back to the frontier days . americans saw themselves as tamers of an uncharted, untamed wilderness, he says . winchester: vladimir putin could learn a lot about exceptionalism if ... |
(cnn) we are in the middle of a fight to preserve the dignity and grace that makes all of us americans we have big hearts and great souls i know i have seen them, felt them and watched them in wonder when my family was lost and unreachable in the wake of hurricane katrina i cried, worrying for those i loved, heartbr... | donna brazile americans brazile american | donna brazile: americans are generous and help people who are down on their luck . brazile: lawmakers will take food from poor americans by cutting food stamps . half of american live in or near poverty, she says, and food stamps help stave off hunger . lawmakers should cut their own lavish expense accounts for steak a... |
tucson, arizona (cnn) rep gabrielle giffords of arizona remained in critical but stable condition in a tucson hospital monday as her alleged would be assassin made his first appearance in court the alleged shooter, jared lee loughner, 22, briefly appeared in a phoenix courtroom to formally hear the charges against h... | accentuated recontesting outlays | no related information |
(cnn) top pakistani officials on wednesday dismissed fears over the safety of the nation's nuclear weapons revealed in us diplomatic cables 'pakistan's nuclear assets are safe,' said qamar zaman kaira, the information minister 'all major countries, including the us, have shown they're satisfied with the security of ... | pakistan us islamic | 'pakistan's nuclear assets are safe,' top official says . leaked us diplomatic cables reveal concerns over pakistan's uranium stockpile . struggle to fight islamic militants and economic crisis also cited |
los angeles, california (cnn) asking fans for $75,000 to fund your next record takes a lot of chutzpah getting them to meet the goal in 53 days takes a lot of charm jill sobule raised $75,000 from fans through a web site to fund her latest album singer songwriter jill sobule has both in spades before katy perry topp... | jill sobule $75k $10k tom bergeron fred savage | singer jill sobule set out to raise money to record an album . she set up a web site where fans could give and receive gifts in exchange . she raised $75k and one fan paid $10k to sing a duet . tom bergeron, fred savage among those donating |
(cnn) a young israeli soldier was killed as part of a macabre bargaining ploy, the israeli military said sunday the palestinian who killed him knew the soldier, and wanted to use the body to secure the release of the palestinian's brother, who is in prison for involvement in terror attacks, the israel defense forces... | palestinian israeli israel the israel defense forces | a palestinian lured and killed an israeli soldier he knew, israel says . the killing was allegedly part of a plot to gain the release of a palestinian prisoner . the soldier's body was dumped in a well . the israel defense forces says the investigation is ongoing |
tehran, iran (cnn) the death toll from a plane crash in northwestern iran has risen to 77, news agencies in the country reported monday twenty seven others were injured when the iranair jet crashed near the city of orumiyeh, in a snowy and mountainous part of the country, state run press tv reported bad weather forc... | iranian iran | the death toll has gone up to 77, iranian news agencies reported . the plane crashed in a snowy and mountainous part of northwestern iran . twenty seven people were hurt, agencies said |
london (cnn) london fire officials were at the o2 arena tuesday morning after two tour buses of the grammy nominated rock band kings of leon caught on fire, the fire brigade said kings of leon was scheduled to play the arena tuesday night 'the fire is under control and no injuries reported assessments are currently ... | leon tuesday night | the rock band kings of leon is scheduled to play the arena tuesday night . sixty firefighters are battling the blaze . the fire is under control, the band said |
(cnn) was president abraham lincoln dying of a rare genetic disease when an assassin killed him in 1865? this strip from lincoln's deathbed pillow is housed at the grand army of the republic museum in philadelphia a california doctor believes so and he hoped to prove his theory by testing the 16th president's d... | ornithodelphian jestingstock choreographically | no related information |
(cnn) injured new york yankees slugger alex rodriguez and major league baseball are negotiating a deal that would result in a lengthy suspension instead of a permanent ban, espn reported wednesday night according to the 'outside the lines' report, a source familiar with the discussions said representatives for the t... | mlb espn yankees florida us 2007 more than $27 million | report: a rod and mlb are negotiating the length of a suspension . espn says the star slugger has been shown evidence against him . the yankees slugger is practicing in florida as he recovers from injury . he signed the richest contract in us sports in 2007, worth more than $27 million a year |
washington (cnn) the supreme court has passed up a chance to examine how far states can go to restrict unsolicited e mails in efforts to block spammers from bombarding computer users a tough anti spam law will not be reviewed by the supreme court, the court said monday the high court without comment monday rejected ... | us supreme court virginia state first amendment us | us supreme court declines to hear appeal on virginia's tough anti spam law . virginia law banned noncommercial as well as commercial spam . state's high court said the law might violate first amendment free speech protection . us high court's refusal to hear case means prolific spammer's conviction is void |
(cnn) police on friday arrested a second contractor employee in recent dry ice explosions at los angeles international airport miguel angel iniguez, 41, was a supervisor for 28 year old baggage handler dicarlo bennett, who pleaded not guilty thursday to two counts of possession of a destructive device in a public pl... | lax miguel angel iniguez | a second lax contract workers is arrested in connection with recent blasts . the first suspect pleaded not guilty to two counts of possession of a destructive device in a public place . 41 year old miguel angel iniguez, was the first suspect's supervisor . no injuries were reported from the blasts |
wichita, kansas (cnn) she found her husband on their bed in a pool of his own vomit, dead from an accidental overdose of drugs he received from an online pharmacy these pills were sent to cnn's drew griffin, even though he was never seen by a doctor every night before her husband went to bed, he would open a prescri... | perwick stylostixis bespate | no related information |
chicago, illinois (cnn) at a debate in front of thousands of labor union activists tuesday, sen barack obama's democratic presidential rivals blasted him for his remarks about pakistan last wednesday, the illinois senator said that if it were necessary to root out terrorists, he would send us forces into pakistan w... | hillary clinton barack obama clinton chris dodd obama pakistan us afl cio | sen hillary clinton booed when she criticizes sen barack obama at debate . clinton, sen chris dodd slam obama's stance on pakistan . obama: us should go into pakistan if intelligence warrants it . debate sponsored by afl cio drew thousands of labor activists |
(cnn) more than 100 people accused of planning attacks against police and oil installations have been arrested in saudi arabia, an interior ministry spokesman told cnn on wednesday maj gen mansour al turki said 101 people preparing attacks on police officers and 12 members of suicide cells plotting strikes on oil in... | xeromorphy yad syncretistic | no related information |
(cnn) former us surgeon general c everett koop, a pediatric surgeon turned public health advocate, died monday he was 96 koop served as surgeon general from 1982 to 1989, under presidents ronald reagan and george hw bush he was outspoken on controversial public health issues and did much to raise the profile the off... | koop the 1980s children's hospital of philadelphia | he is best known for his work on hiv/aids and tobacco . koop served as surgeon general in the 1980s under two presidents . he was surgeon in chief at children's hospital of philadelphia . koop is survived by his wife, three children and eight grandchildren |
arlington, virginia (cnn) daniel buruca had a bad experience the first time he took drugs one young recovering addict said 'there would always be something' in the medicine cabinet at a friend's house 'i was shivering and i was seeing things, and my mom was playing a video game and it was just 10 times louder than ... | proleptical luxulianite sacramental | no related information |
(cnn) rafael benitez's reign as coach of inter milan has lasted only six months after the european champions terminated the spaniard's contract on thursday the 50 year old's position has been in doubt since last saturday when he demanded that the italian club's owner massimo moratti back him with support in the janu... | rafael benitez italian inter milan thursday all week spaniard abu dhabi 50 year old liverpool 18 months jose mourinho june inter serie a | rafael benitez officially sacked by italian champions inter milan on thursday . rumors had been rife all week after the spaniard criticized club bosses in abu dhabi . the 50 year old former liverpool manager had 18 months of his contract still to run . he took over from jose mourinho in june but inter have struggled in... |
(cnn) the oldest daughter of the austrian family portrayed in the 1965 film 'the sound of music' died of heart failure tuesday, a friend confirmed agathe von trapp, 97, was in a gilchrist hospice in towson, maryland, when she died, her friend mary louise kane told cnn thursday she fell ill november 9 and was moved o... | interminableness egoisticalness downpours | no related information |
(cnn) luiz felipe scolari is 'obliged' to win the 2014 world cup following his appointment as coach of the brazil national football team for a second time on thursday scolari led 'la selecao' to a record fifth world cup triumph in japan and south korea 10 years ago and the former portugal coach will be expected to w... | luiz felipe scolari brazil scolari the 2002 world cup japan south korea portugal mano manezes usa 94 carlos alberto parreira | luiz felipe scolari returns for a second spell as brazil coach . scolari led brazil to victory at the 2002 world cup in japan and south korea . the former portugal coach replaces the sacked mano manezes . usa 94 winning coach carlos alberto parreira also returns as technical director |
(cnn) rebels in the eastern democratic republic of the congo began withdrawing from the key eastern city of goma on saturday, witnesses said, more than a week after they seized it from government forces fighters from the m23 rebel group boarded trucks and other vehicles to head north to outside of the 20 kilometer (... | goma un at least 12 miles the united nations | rebels piled into trucks as they prepared to leave the captured city of goma, witnesses say . tensions rise as un peacekeepers prevent rebels taking ammunition and vehicles . the rebels were told by regional leaders to withdraw at least 12 miles from the city . residents of goma and the united nations have complained o... |
(cnn) it is a rivalry which can make or break golfers europe vs the united states, whether in the solheim cup or its male equivalent the ryder cup, is a grudge match as intense as any on the planet it requires players with nerves of steel, who can handle the weight of a continent's expectations on their shoulders it... | plunking revealers unthrivingness | no related information |
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