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(cnn) barcelona coach frank rijkaard has confirmed that he expects ac milan target ronaldinho to leave the nou camp at the end of this season brazil forward ronaldinho is expected to join italian club ac milan during the summer transfer window the brazilian's agent has had talks with the former european champions, b... | barcelona frank rijkaard ronaldinho brazil ac milan rijkaard | barcelona coach frank rijkaard confirms he expects ronaldinho to leave club . the brazil forward has been in talks with ac milan but no fee has been agreed . rijkaard says ronaldinho may make a farewell outing if he recovers from injury |
phoenix, arizona new england's failure to protect star quarterback tom brady proved the decisive factor as the patriots flunked their chance of a perfect 19 0 season and super bowl glory brady is sacked by defensive end michael strahan in the third guarter of the super bowl brady has weaved his magic behind an all ... | new england tom brady super bowl brady phoenix patriots the super bowl | new england quarterback tom brady sacked five times in super bowl loss . brady floored for the final time in dying moments of match in phoenix . patriots were aiming for a record 19 0 season at the super bowl |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) un secretary general ban ki moon paid a visit to baghdad on friday to congratulate its citizens for last weekend's 'remarkable' iraq led provincial elections, a process he said 'augurs well for the transition process and the solidifying of iraq's national reconciliation' un secretary general ban ... | garnisheement underpetticoat nonaccess | no related information |
(cnn) how can it be that the number of vulnerable and abandoned children is increasing and the numbers of children finding their 'forever families' through adoption is decreasing? i cannot get my head around this shocking fact what happens to all these kids who desperately need someone to advocate for their very exi... | rouping subtilized buying | no related information |
(cnn) no american family embodies mainstream republicanism more than the bushes, noted a new york times article this year for three generations, bush men have occupied towering positions in the party pantheon, and the party's demographic and ideological shifts can be traced through the branches of the bush family tr... | jeff smith american smith jeb bush grover norquist gop | jeff smith: no american family embodies republicanism more than the bushes . smith: jeb bush, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, may be bucking the trend . he says jeb bush advocates for fiscal responsibility and standing up to grover norquist . smith: if gop can return to its more centrist roots, then it has a c... |
(cnn) a catholic priest in pennsylvania has been charged with molesting a teenage boy after police said he was found in a car on a college campus with a 15 year old who was wearing no pants, according to a police criminal complaint filed friday in lackawanna county the rev w jeffrey paulish was charged with one felo... | w jeffrey paulish 56 thursday paulish the diocese of scranton | the rev w jeffrey paulish, 56, was arrested thursday . authorities say they found paulish with partially dressed teen . paulish has been charged with two felony counts and three misdemeanors . the diocese of scranton has suspended paulish |
washington (cnn) president obama on tuesday nominated federal appellate judge sonia sotomayor to the us supreme court president obama on tuesday introduces judge sonia sotomayor as his choice for the us supreme court if confirmed, sotomayor, 54, would be the first hispanic us supreme court justice and the third woma... | ag alberto gonzales sonia sotomayor america obama sotomayor puerto rican hispanic | new: former ag alberto gonzales says nomination sends 'powerful message'. abortion opponent calls sonia sotomayor 'a radical pick that divides america'. obama says sotomayor brings years of experience on bench to the position . sotomayor, 54, of puerto rican descent, would be first hispanic on court |
peshawar, pakistan (cnn) two people were killed and 13 wounded monday in a bombing that targeted polio workers in northwest pakistan, police said the blast took place on the outskirts of the violence plagued city of peshawar najeeb ur rehman, the senior superintendent of police, said the bomb was remotely detonated ... | pakistan pakistanis | pakistan is one of three countries in the world where polio has yet to be eradicated . many pakistanis view polio vaccination campaigns with suspicion |
(cnn) when justice sonia sotomayor delivered her oath last summer, many women and especially latinas felt renewed hope as a champion of women's rights took her place on the us supreme court with democrats in the white house and both houses of congress, we believed that we could stop playing defense and actual... | expositorial deescalated zephyranthes | no related information |
(cnn) professed 'jersey girl' christeena hockin minopetros began collecting sea glass from the new jersey shore when she was 5 she recalls that when she was younger, before the glass became scarce, you could walk home with a bucketful after a day at the beach now, 10 months after hurricane sandy hammered the atlanti... | hurricane sandy new jersey cape may delaware river 10 months | sea glass, scarce before hurricane sandy, makes resurgence in new jersey . in southern part of state, cape may 'diamonds' from delaware river wash up . governor says all beaches, boardwalks open after 10 months of repair |
(timecom) chances are you read this sentence about yawning and you yawned right? well, a new study suggests that you may not really be yawning because it's contagious, or you're bored or tired you're actually yawning because your brain is too hot a group of researchers at the university of vienna tested subjects in ... | the university of vienna austria arizona | a new study suggests we yawn because our brains get too hot . researchers at the university of vienna tested subjects in austria and arizona . sex, season, age, humidity, time spent outside, and amount of sleep did not have an effect |
washington (cnn) the office of the director of national intelligence has released approximately 1,800 pages of documents that shed more light on the foreign intelligence surveillance court the documents indicate that the national security agency violated its own internal guidelines relating to phone numbers it can '... | the national security agency nsa the foreign intelligence surveillance court aclu electronic frontier foundation | newly released documents show the national security agency violated phone records rules . papers: nsa also submitted incorrect information to the foreign intelligence surveillance court . the papers were released to comply with aclu, electronic frontier foundation requests . the court required the nsa to seek approval ... |
(cnn) one volunteer woke up every morning with a sigh, relieved that no one had murdered him in his home the night before another expected a bullet from a sniper whenever she strolled down the street and one young woman was so petrified after an encounter that she urinated on herself in public we've heard about the ... | freedom summer macarthur | new documentary captures recollections of freedom summer civil rights veterans . film by macarthur 'genius grant' fellow reveals clash of idealism, casual brutality . 'no one felt like he was going to make it out alive,' says one volunteer |
(cnn) texas a&m freshman quarterback johnny manziel on saturday was named the 2012 heisman trophy winner, making history manziel, whose exploits led to his being dubbed 'johnny football,' is the first freshman to win the heisman, college football's most prestigious award 'this is a moment i've dreamed about since i'... | reasseverate proceeders iritis | no related information |
(cnn) a marine who survived being burned over more than 95 percent of his body in iraq and established a charity to help burned children has died, the military has announced sgt merlin german was 22 he was severely wounded february 21, 2005, en route to camp ramadi when his humvee hit a roadside bomb he was not expe... | metaldehyde tangoing episematic | no related information |
london (cnn) as iraq's insurgency was peaking, and american soldiers were dying at a dizzying rate from roadside bombs, a theater director in london was having an epiphany plenty of plays about the iraqi carnage were piling up on his desk, but there were none about the the calamities befalling afghanistan it was the... | corrosibleness succedanea claimed | no related information |
(cnn) last summer, jessica rodriguez didn't want to go outside, or even open the door she didn't want anyone to see she had lost her hair during breast cancer treatment rodriguez, 39, said she found strength from the support of her husband and children, and through an organization called nueva vida, a support networ... | draggiest rosaries titleboard | no related information |
(cnn) actor charlie sheen was released from a colorado jail friday after he was arrested on domestic violence related charges, aspen police said sheen, 44, was charged with second degree assault and menacing, both felonies, and criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, police said additionally, colorado law mandates a prote... | astacidae welcomes satirist | no related information |
(cnn) first lady michelle obama met with former south african president nelson mandela on tuesday as part of a weeklong visit to the continent, according to a spokeswoman for the first lady accompanying her on her visit with mandela were a nephew, avery robinson, 19, and a niece, leslie robinson, 15, children of oba... | south african obamas first botswana friday | new: the south african trip underscores the nation as viable partner, expert says . the visit will further raise profile of the obamas on the continent . the first lady and family are scheduled to visit neighboring botswana friday |
los angeles (cnn) actor charlie sheen voluntarily entered an undisclosed rehabilitation center for treatment friday, his representative said 'he is most grateful to all who have expressed their concern,' sheen representative stan rosenfield said the announcement came a day after sheen was rushed to cedars sinai medi... | sheen cbs | porn actress says she's 'very happy' sheen's going to rehab . the decision to enter rehab comes a day after he was rushed to a hospital . cbs puts 'two and a half men' on 'production hiatus'. his rep blames the hospital visit on 'a hernia condition' |
(cnn) dear miss america, thank you for reminding us what classic american beauty looks like today for the rest of america in case any of you have been sleeping for, say, the past two decades, or clinging to out of touch fashion magazines here's an alert: beauty is serena williams and michelle obama beauty is ... | roxanne jones indian american america american nina davuluri india julie chen | roxanne jones: indian american miss america a reminder of universality of american beauty . she says these days everyone knows it, even though haters and runway fashion culture lag . she says proud indian american nina davuluri could help draw attention to sex assault in india . jones: women, like julie chen, who chang... |
nairobi, kenya (cnn) getting heard and understood in westlands, nairobi, on a typical saturday afternoon is a challenge you would have to compete with noise from the constant traffic, the shouts of the road side vendors, music from matatus kenya's colorful (and loud) public transport minibuses on the afternoon of... | westgate daudi khamadi kenyan twitter kenya red cross m pesa | information on westgate attack was broken on social media, says daudi khamadi were . increasing presence of official kenyan government accounts on twitter . kenya red cross organized blood donation drives using social media . fundraising was carried out using m pesa mobile money platform |
(mental floss) some companies find their niche and stick to it others, though, have to adapt to changing markets in order to thrive here's a look at some companies that switched industries at some point in their histories, usually for the better tiffany's may know how to prettily wrap jewelry because the company be... | encrypting deliriously hemophagocytosis | no related information |
tegucigalpa, honduras (cnn) he's no julia child, but honduran president manuel zelaya showed tuesday he can attack a cantaloupe and us government claims in a single motion president manuel zelaya chews on a slice of honduran melon to demonstrate its safety 'it's not in our fruit,' he said about last week's report by... | steatomata trithiocarbonate cyclonically | no related information |
(cnn) al jazeera broadcast on thursday an audiotape on which a voice identified as osama bin laden declares 'iraq is the perfect base to set up the jihad to liberate palestine' terrorist leader osama bin laden spoke on a video released by al qaeda in september the voice calls for the people of neighboring countries ... | al jazeera bin laden iraq palestine mujahedeen brothers | new: al jazeera broadcast says tape in bin laden saying, 'iraq is perfect base'. new: that base is ideal 'to set up the jihad to liberate palestine,' he says . new: bin laden allegedly urges support for 'mujahedeen brothers in iraq'. the identity of the speaker cannot be independently determined |
mecca, saudi arabia (cnn) about 18 million muslims were in the holy city of mecca on monday for the first day of hajj, the annual pilgrimage that every able bodied muslim is expected to perform at least once in his or her lifetime 'i hear you calling o lord, i hear you calling,' pilgrims clad in white called across ... | nonzodiacal nonliterariness nonfiniteness | no related information |
editor's note: 'glenn beck' is on headline news nightly at 7 and 9 et glenn beck says to always question conventional wisdom new york (cnn) 'the people who survived the great depression were the ones who had money to buy when everybody else was selling' my grandfather i learned a lot from my grandfather, but tha... | glenn beck defconomy beck the greater depression | glenn beck lays out the defconomy scale . beck ponders: will the economy collapse into 'the greater depression'?. 'maybe now it's time to look at a worst case scenario,' he says . then again, maybe not: be prepared is the key |
jena, louisiana (cnn) thousands of protesters clogged the tiny town of jena, louisiana, thursday to show their indignation over what they consider unjust, unequal punishments meted out in two racially charged incidents officers lead al sharpton, center, through jena, louisiana, during thursday's protest they swarmed... | third circuit court of appeal 72 hours jena jena 6 | third circuit court of appeal orders hearing within 72 hours on teen's fate . new: police estimate up to 20,000 protesters in jena, population 3,000 . crowds touch ground where oak tree from which nooses were hung once stood . jena 6 is a group of teens charged with beating a white classmate |
(cnn) manchester united star cristiano ronaldo has completed a notable awards double after being named player of the year by the english football writers' association for the second year in a row in form cristiano ronaldo has won both major english awards for the 2007 08 season the portugal winger followed up his se... | cristiano ronaldo english second year in a row liverpool fernando torres portsmouth david james manchester united portugal 23 uk the past two seasons | new: cristiano ronaldo wins english writers' award for second year in a row . he headed off liverpool's fernando torres and portsmouth's david james . manchester united winger also retained his player of year award from peers . portugal star, 23, has dominated uk awards for the past two seasons |
bucharest, romania (cnn) france has agreed to send a battalion of troops to eastern afghanistan, a nato spokesman has said canadian nato led soldiers walk patrol near kandahar, afghanistan james appathurai told reporters at a briefing that the move will help nato meet canada's requirement that it send more troops to... | french nato canada kandahar us canadian uk dutch | french move will help nato meet canada's kandahar commitment . canada agreed to extend commitment as long as other nato members helped . the bulk of recent fighting has been done by us, canadian, uk and dutch troops |
los angeles, california (cnn) democratic rivals hillary clinton and barack obama spent their last debate before next week's super tuesday contests pointing out differences on iraq, health care and the economy but without all of the finger pointing that's marked their campaigns sens barack obama and hillary clinto... | iraq clinton obama john edwards mike gravel | debate focuses on health care, iraq, economy . clinton, obama keep it cordial, draw comparisons to ex sen john edwards . clinton pushes experience, obama pushes judgment . candidate mike gravel didn't meet criteria, wasn't invited |
seoul, south korea (cnn) south korea will open its market to most us beef, a senior government official said thursday, according to state media thousands of people have taken to the streets of the south korean capital in protest at the deal south korea banned imports of us beef in 2003 amid concerns over a case of... | south korea us ban s koreans | south korea to open market to most us beef says government official . ban began in 2003 amid concerns over a case of mad cow disease in the us. new agreement bans the import of high risk materials, like tonsils and brains . thousands of s koreans have regularly staged protests against us beef imports |
san diego, california (cnn) in a recent commentary, i wrote that, as a mexican american, the ugliness of the immigration debate offends me not as a mexican, but as an american ruben navarrette jr lists 10 things us born hispanics find distasteful about the immigration debate a woman wrote in and asked me to be mo... | ruben navarrette hispanic | ruben navarrette shares what hispanic readers are saying to him . he lists 10 things he says they find ugly about the immigration debate . hypocrisy, racism are two items they find distasteful, columnist says |
basel, switzerland turkey suffered a blow when emre belozoglu was ruled out of wednesday's critical group a clash against euro 2008 co hosts switzerland after tearing a hamstring in training emre misses turkey's critical group a clash against switzerland after tearing a hamstring in training 'unfortunately, emre is ... | midfielder emre turkey group a switzerland servet cetin gokhan zan swiss alexander frei | midfielder emre misses turkey's group a tie against co hosts switzerland . turkey sweating on the return of defensive duo servet cetin and gokhan zan . swiss captain alexander frei ruled out of rest of tournament with knee injury |
(cnn) one suspect has been charged and police are hunting for another in connection with the killing of university of north carolina student eve carson, police said wednesday demario james atwater, 21, was arrested early wednesday at a residence in durham, north carolina authorities were watching the home after rece... | demario james atwater 21 first lawrence alvin lovett jr 17 eve carson | demario james atwater, 21, charged with first degree murder . police are also seeking lawrence alvin lovett jr, 17 . eve carson was the popular student body president at the university . police had released photos of person using victim's atm card |
(cnn) i was born in tallahassee, florida, in 1954, the year of the landmark school desegregation case, brown v board of education the struggle for integration has shaped my life from the very beginning when my father, an art professor at florida a&m university, sought to pursue his doctorate in art education at flor... | splenoptosis synechistic snappiness | no related information |
(cnn student news) october 28, 2013 as president obama orders a review of us government surveillance programs, some american citizens and lawmakers speak out against the nsa get the details in monday's program we also report on new species discovered in the amazon rainforest plus, we look into the nfl's global expa... | crotalinae trivializing surfing | no related information |
(cnn) finding out who talks to who and who can influence other people is an age old marketing tool now, companies are finding a goldmine of valuable information by mapping networks of influence both inside and outside their organizations take danish consulting company innovisor they took advantage of their emp... | berkley morten hansen danish innovisor | businesses are mapping networks of influence in their organizations . spotting and utilizing influencers is a marketing tool, says berkley professor morten hansen . danish company innovisor used employees' networks to land new clients |
(cnn) john oliver says america might be doomed the 'daily show' correspondent was recently in montreal, where he was hosting a comedy gala called 'decline of the american empire?' at the famous just for laughs festival and while he emphasized the show title's punctuation, he also noted that, 'the question mark is ge... | the daily show's john oliver america $143 trillion | 'the daily show's' john oliver discusses america's debt crisis . the comedian gives the tea party credit for drawing attention to the $143 trillion debt . he also throws some punches at the media for the way it covered the crisis |
hong kong (cnn) the repatriation to seoul of six citizens who defected to north korea in recent years has intrigued a south korean public accustomed to the flow of refugees in the opposite direction, an observer says south korea's unification ministry announced the return of the six men, aged between 27 and 67, at t... | south korean north seoul south korea | six south korean defectors to the north were returned to seoul on friday . the body of the wife of one of the defectors was returned with the men . defections from south korea to the north are rare . reports claimed the men believed they would have a better life north of the border |
(cnn) a tulane university football player who fractured his spine in a head on collision with a teammate during a weekend game is 'alert and responsive' after surgery, the school's athletic director said monday devon walker is expected to remain in intensive care for the next few days after a three hour operation at... | tulane devon walker 21 sunday night tulsa oklahoma saturday | new: professor says outpouring of emotion on campus has been 'amazing'. tulane athletic director 'absolutely thrilled' with latest report . devon walker, 21, underwent surgery sunday night in tulsa, oklahoma . he was hurt during a tulane tulsa game on saturday |
manila, philippines (cnn) the death toll from twin typhoons that pounded the philippines has reached 59, authorities said typhoon nesat known locally as pedring has claimed 55 lives, and the death toll from nalgae known locally as quiel rose to four monday as rescuers found the body of a man who drowned ... | procrastinators bagpudding babyship | no related information |
(cnn) the mother of 'good morning america' host robin roberts has died, abc news reported early friday roberts made it home to mississippi to see her 88 year old mother, who died thursday evening, according to the news network the morning show host was preparing to leave the show friday to take an extended medical l... | roberts next week | roberts makes it home to see her mother before she passes . the death follows the announcement that roberts has a rare blood disorder . she is set to start treatments for a bone marrow transplant next week |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility saturday for a blast that killed seven people, including three children, during a shiite religious procession the bomb was planted in a garbage container in the central pakistani city of dera ismail khan and exploded as the last section of the pr... | pakistani taliban shiite pakistan | new: the pakistani taliban claim responsibity for the blast . seven people, including three children, are killed in the bombing . it happened during a shiite procession for the holiday of ashura . pakistan is on high alert because of the threat of attacks during the holiday |
(cnn) boeing resumed testing monday of its 787 dreamliner in an effort to receive certification from the federal aviation administration, a company spokeswoman said the certification tests come two months after a fire on board one of the planes caused a power failure during a test flight boeing halted tests after th... | allophytoid cosegment underclutch | no related information |
madrid, spain (cnn) spanish police arrested 10 people early tuesday for suspected links to the outlawed basque separatist group eta, just a week after the group's latest cease fire announcement, an interior ministry statement said the spanish government wary of eta's unilateral cease fire because the armed militan... | eta spain national court united states the european union | the government has said it will not cease operations against eta despite cease fire . the suspects are thought to be involved with ekin . spain's national court calls ekin 'part of the heart' of eta . eta is listed as a terrorist group by united states and the european union |
washington (cnn) in a symbolic gesture toward more civil political discourse, democratic sen charles schumer and republican sen tom coburn said sunday they will sit together at the upcoming state of the union address appearing on the nbc's 'meet the press,' schumer and coburn called for political debate based on iss... | democrat schumer republican coburn | new: tone of debate should change, not intensity, politicians say . democrat schumer, republican coburn want to symbolize civil discourse . schumer says the the move may help tone down the rhetoric . coburn says question ideology, not motives, of political foes |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) an earthquake with a magnitude of 72 struck wednesday morning in a remote area of southwestern pakistan, but initial reports revealed no major damage the earthquake occurred at 1:23 am (3:23 pm tuesday et) at a depth of 84 kilometers (52 miles), the us geological survey said it was centere... | usgs 640 miles islamabad quetta | new: 'scared for our lives,' police inspector says . usgs cites a preliminary magnitude of 72 . the quake occurred 640 miles west southwest of islamabad . it caused glass to break in a hotel in quetta |
gould, arkansas (cnn) people on death row have a lot of time to think damien echols is no different since his conviction for the 1993 murders of three 8 year old boys, echols has been fighting to keep his thoughts moving forward: to study, to grow intellectually and to distance himself from the bitterness that threa... | damien echols arkansas arkansas supreme court | damien echols is on death row for the 1993 murders of three boys in arkansas . he was convicted along with two others, all teenagers at the time . arkansas supreme court ruled in november to have the case reviewed . that could result in a new trial for the 'west memphis three' |
(cnn) real madrid coach jose mourinho has revealed that the spanish club's bosses have relented and will seek to sign him a new striker after all mourinho had initially been told that he could not replace gonzalo higuain, who could miss the rest of this season after having back surgery france international karim ben... | jose mourinho real madrid gonzalo higuain this season ruud van nistelrooy spanish villarreal third la liga osasuna | jose mourinho hoping to land a new striker after real madrid sanction a signing . real could be without the injured gonzalo higuain for the rest of this season . former real star ruud van nistelrooy claims he is wanted by the spanish club . villarreal consolidate third place in la liga with 4 2 victory over osasuna |
(cnn) white house hopeful mitt romney on thursday articulated his position on the role of religion in america, but avoided details about his personal faith former massachusetts gov mitt romney said 'freedom opens the windows of the soul' romney, who hopes to become the first mormon president, said 'religious toleran... | rumgumption meal unionisms | no related information |
(cnn) special edition repeat show exclusive interview with sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, ruler of dubai and prime minister of the uae from the region's largest airport, the largest airline and the largest trade port, in the past two decades, dubai has created a name for itself in finance, tourism and logis... | dubai $235 billion dubai world's | dubai has created a name for itself in finance, tourism and logistics . dubai has restructured $235 billion of dubai world's debt . it's now dealing with the debt of other companies |
(cnn) queensland's flood disaster fund received a massive boost on sunday as the world's best tennis players turned out to raise money at a packed rod laver arena, melbourne the specially organized rally for relief raised nearly $2 million and counting as stars from the atp and wta tours gave up their time on the ev... | roger federer rafael nadal rally for relief queensland vera zvonareva kim clijsters lleyton hewitt pat rafter nearly $2 million rod laver arena melbourne | roger federer and rafael nadal play in rally for relief in aid of queensland floods . women's top players including vera zvonareva and kim clijsters also lend support . lleyton hewitt and pat rafter captain two teams in entertaining exhibition . nearly $2 million already raised from the event at rod laver arena in melb... |
(cnn) real madrid came from behind to beat cross city rivals atletico 3 1 in the first leg of their copa del rey quarterfinal tie at the santiago bernabeu on thursday real fell behind to a goal from uruguay's diego forlan after seven minutes before defender sergio ramos headed an equalizer for the home team six minu... | real madrid atletico the copa del rey sergio ramos cristiano ronaldo mesut ozil spanish almeria deportivo la coruna | real madrid claimed a 3 1 win over rivals atletico in the copa del rey on thursday . goals from sergio ramos, cristiano ronaldo and mesut ozil gave real their victory . spanish strugglers almeria claimed a 1 0 victory at home to deportivo la coruna |
washington (cnn) ohio congressman david hobson is the latest republican to announce his exit from the house of representatives, telling constituents sunday he would step down in 2008 after nine terms rep david hobson, shown in february, was the lone republican on rep nancy pelosi's mideast trip this year hobson, 71,... | bangos adapt spoutless | no related information |
(cnn) the social networking site twitter again stole a march on traditional media when it was the first outlet to publish dramatic pictures of the turkish airlines crash ireporter laura eekhos went to the crash site after hearing about it on tv the area 'was swarming with people from our town,' she said moments afte... | junkdealer pentalogies pullulated | no related information |
(cnn) a un peacekeeper was killed in the democratic republic of the congo in recent fighting, according to a statement release sunday from the spokesperson for the secretary general the tanzanian peacekeeper was part the un organization stabilization mission in the unstable eastern part of the vast nation in central... | tanzanian the democratic republic of the congo un congolese | a tanzanian was killed in the democratic republic of the congo . a un mission is joining the congolese army in fighting m23 rebels . the eastern region of the vast country has been a bloody battleground for years |
(cnn) every once in a while a story about an individual saving a life makes a big splash but it's rare to find five such stories of bravery clustered together in fewer than eight days from the teens who thwarted a kidnapping to the real life superheroes who emerged at comic con, here are five examples plucked from a... | recent days pennsylvania | recent days have seen a spate of heroics . teens on bicycles thwart kidnapping in pennsylvania . river guide gets one chance to save unconscious man . stuntmen at comic con perform real life rescue |
(cnn) helen fielding's latest novel on bridget jones isn't even out yet and it's already reportedly a shocker this weekend, the sunday times published excerpts from fielding's upcoming book, 'bridget jones: mad about the boy,' that reveal a crucial character, mr darcy, has been killed off cue the collective gasps of... | helen fielding third bridget jones' mark darcy 'mad about the boy | author helen fielding has killed off a major character in her third novel . bridget jones' love, mark darcy, is dead in 'mad about the boy'. fans have reacted with shock to the news . it's unclear how this will impact the third film |
(cnn) throwing the world series would such a brazen act be even remotely possible today? for baseball fans everywhere who will be watching game 4 of the 2013 world series, scheduled to be played sunday night in st louis, the first instinct is probably: there is no way any team could come close to getting away with i... | bob greene throwing world series 1919 chicago tribune white sox greene crusinberry series | bob greene: throwing world series? seems impossible with fans watching so intently . but it happened, infamously, in 1919 a clever sportswriter found a way to say it without saying it . chicago tribune reporter quoted white sox manager's bafflement at his team's lousy performance . greene: in pre digital era, reporter ... |
palo alto, california (cnn) in the technology world, a form of breaking bread can involve sharing hardware schematics facebook invited reporters, hardware makers and rival internet companies to its headquarters to debut a new initiative on thursday for improving website infrastructure with this open compute project,... | facebook amazoncom | facebook is reaching out to rivals with a new initiative around web infrastructure . the social networking giant released documents to show how it builds data centers . meanwhile, amazoncom, which provides web hosting, announced new pricing plans |
jerusalem (cnn) an israeli think tank with close links to the government has simulated what would happen in the mideast and internationally if israel attacked iran's nuclear facilities and concluded that reaction would be 'in the direction of containment and restraint,' not the trigger for a larger war the tel av... | mortifiedly copywriters theoanthropomorphism | no related information |
washington (cnn) about half the schools in tennessee didn't meet the annual yearly progress requirements of the no child left behind law last year tennessee is not alone saying schools are struggling to meet the student progress requirements of the no child left behind law, the white house announced monday it would ... | education duncan house | education secretary duncan hopes this is transition to fix for law . current law leads 'to a dummying down of standards'. house panel has passed 3 education related bills . head of panel says he's concerned about temporary measures |
los angeles film festival (june 18 28) since the oscars are a closed shop to the general public, turning up in la for the biggest night in the movie calendar unless you happen to be on the guest list is pretty much a non starter don't miss the mr and mrs muscle beach competition on venice beach if you're a fi... | la muscle beach new year's eve giant maximus | the la film festival offers a chance to enjoy cinema in its spiritual home . check out the ridiculously buffs bodies at the muscle beach competition . join thousands of party people for new year's eve at giant maximus |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) the pakistani taliban on tuesday claimed responsibility for a foiled plot to assassinate a high profile television journalist by planting a bomb on his car hamid mir, a senior anchor on geo tv's prime time programming, escaped the attempt on his life monday when the bomb was found attached ... | pakistani taliban hamid mir's geo tv's mir | new: the pakistani taliban say they planted the bomb . a bag containing explosives is found attached to hamid mir's car . he is an anchor on the television station geo tv's prime time broadcast . 'i will not stop telling the truth,' mir says following the attempt |
khartoum, sudan (cnn) final results of last month's referendum show an overwhelming majority of southern sudanese voted to split from the north, a result that will lead to the creation of the world's newest nation, the referendum commission said monday the chairman of the southern sudan referendum commission, which ... | january monday 9883% sudan two decades | the final results of january's vote were announced monday . 9883% of southerners voted for the split . it will create the world's newest nation . sudan's north and south have been at war for two decades |
(cnn) lewis hamilton might be in the midst of one of the fiercest formula one battles of recent years but the mercedes man is staying cool ice cool while hamilton has just eight races remaining to secure a second world title, the 29 year old took time out to brave the als ice bucket challenge but while some might... | lamblikeness devaluing transferrable | no related information |
(cnn) charlie sheen's plea deal to resolve felony domestic violence charges in aspen, colorado, will allow the actor to serve his jail term at a malibu, california, rehab center, his lawyer said monday 'guilty as charged, your honor,' sheen answered when the judge asked for his plea but 'as charged' did not include ... | sheen | new: an officer who investigated sheen case said she was 'appalled' by sentence . new: sheen will get credit for the days he's already spent in rehab . lawyer: 'we are very pleased with the plea'. sheen will be on the set when 'two and a half men' production resumes tuesday |
jerusalem (cnn) israel approved the construction of several hundred housing units in the west bank, the prime minister's office said early sunday, a day after five israelis were killed in their home in the disputed territory the government approved the construction in the settlements of gush etzion, maale adumim, ar... | israel 12 year old the west bank | new: former chief rabbi of israel calls killers 'monsters, vicious animals' at victims' funeral . government says 'all objective data' point to terror as motive in killing of family . the family's 12 year old daughter found the five bodies, a neighbor says . the government greenlights the expansion of four settlements ... |
(cnn) widely considered japan's cultural capital, kyoto is one of the country's top travel destinations among domestic and, increasingly, international tourists drawing 50 million visitors a year, it's the place to learn to whip up a cup of matcha green tea, admire the craftsmanship of a geisha's kimono and study th... | kyoto japan ritz carlton fourth 2016 | kyoto is one of japan's top travel destinations, yet branded hotels are few . ritz carlton, kyoto is the luxury brand's fourth japan hotel . four seasons kyoto due to open in 2016 . 'travel will inevitably increase with two new five star world class brands,' says luxury travel ceo |
(cnn) one of the most memorable moments in the democratic presidential primaries came last year when a debate moderator asked joe biden about his reputation for talking too much sen joe biden credits his mother with teaching him to stand up for the little guy the moderator asked biden, who was described by the los a... | los angeles times joe biden biden bush supreme court robert bork | los angeles times called sen joe biden a 'gaffe machine'. biden's willingness to mix it up comes from his working class upbringing . biden described bush charge about talking to 'terrorists' as 'bulls**t'. biden took on conservative supreme court nominee robert bork, and won |
washington (cnn) chinese president hu jintao arrived in the united states on tuesday for a state visit that will include high profile talks with president barack obama on trade, currency, north korea and other issues the three day trip includes a state dinner on wednesday and the eighth face to face meeting between ... | nonconscientious lactothermometer blackeyes | no related information |
(cnn) warner bros television has fired actor charlie sheen from its comedy 'two and a half men' after a two week public meltdown by the star that has included attacks on the show's creator 'after careful consideration, warner bros television has terminated charlie sheen's services on 'two and a half men,' effective ... | sheen tmz two weeks 45 year old $2 million | new: sheen tells tmz the firing is 'good news'. it comes after two weeks of public comments by sheen . the 45 year old actor made $2 million per episode |
kiev, ukraine (cnn) ukraine claims its artillery destroyed much of a military convoy that crossed from russia into ukraine this week an incursion that two british newspapers say they witnessed if true, ukraine's account and the british reports appear to give credence to what kiev has long alleged that russia h... | russia ukraine germany france russian british ukrainian | new: foreign ministers from russia, ukraine, germany, france to meet sunday . ukraine says it destroyed part of russian military convoy that crossed border . british media outlets report they saw military vehicles cross from russia into ukraine . ukrainian border guards are examining russian aid trucks at a checkpoint,... |
(cnn) civil rights activist evelyn gibson lowery, who with her husband, the rev joseph lowery, participated in the 1965 selma to montgomery march in alabama, died thursday morning at her atlanta home, a family spokeswoman said she was 88 she suffered a stroke last week, and on wednesday returned home from a hospital... | evelyn lowery atlanta thursday the southern christian leadership conference selma | evelyn lowery died at her atlanta home thursday . she formed a sister group to the southern christian leadership conference . she and her husband participated in the selma to montgomery march |
(cnn) the proposal by the cordoba initiative to build an islamic center near ground zero has drawn major media attention and engendered fierce debate right wing political commentators, politicians, hard line christian ministers, bloggers and some families of 9/11 victims have charged that it is insensitive to 9/11 ... | john esposito muslim ground zero esposito cordoba house americans muslims us islamophobic | john esposito says there's fierce debate over muslim center planned near ground zero . esposito: cordoba house is meant to improve interfaith connections in community . polls show many americans leery of muslims; they also show muslims integrated, loyal to us. esposito: opposition to center goes against democratic prin... |
los angeles (cnn) the man whose investigation of president clinton provided reams of tabloid fodder is now working to help crack down on photographers working for the very publications his efforts once filled photographers surround singer britney spears' car in los angeles, california, in october kenneth starr t... | stilyaga mutenesses kol | no related information |
(cnn) he's broken nearly every bone in his body in one of the most exacting all sports on the way setting records for jump racing that many predict will never be surpassed but thursday saw northern ireland's tony mccoy reach a very special milestone the 18 time champion jockey made it 4,000 career winners when... | tony mccoy northern ireland mccoy britain | tony mccoy rides his 4,000th winner in steeplechase racing . 39 year old from northern ireland has broken all records in his sport . nearest challenger over 1,500 winners behind . mccoy is an 18 time champion in britain |
(cnn) simply put, it's impossible to imagine the past 50 years of rock without lou reed, who died sunday at 71 glam rock, punk and various strains of '80s and '90s indie and alternative rock would simply vanish without his example every new york rocker in a black leather jacket, from the ramones to the strokes, stan... | vogues embarrass monazite | no related information |
london, england (cnn) believe the conspiracy theories: out of sight and without your knowledge, governments truly are filtering what you see on the internet internet users are increasingly having content blocked by governments around the world the recent conflict between georgia and russia has highlighted many of th... | georgia russia | governments filtering internet content by blocking access and removing sites . georgia, russia conflict highlighted many issues at play with internet filtering . study: almost two thirds of 40 countries in the world are filtering content |
(cnn) gas prices have plummeted 46 cents a gallon over the past two months, according to a survey released sunday 'this has been a true price crash,' said trilby lundberg, publisher of the lundberg survey the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline is $338, down nearly a dime over the past three weeks, lundber... | gemologist sonsie shackled | no related information |
(cnn) 'it's like all our memories are gone' that's what my brother said when he called to talk about the devastation superstorm sandy wreaked on the jersey shore, the summer playground of our youth with those words i realized that as concerned and sad as i was about the effect of the storm, i was also mourning for a... | david vigilante sandy vigilante mtv | david vigilante: jersey shore, wrecked by sandy, may never be the same . vigilante: the place harbors so many happy memories for me growing up . he says unlike the mtv caricature, it has been a vacation spot for many . vigilante: the shore is more than a beach; it's a connection that binds generations |
brooksville, florida (cnn) freda green thought the battle was over when her husband returned from the vietnam war but more than seven years after his death in 2003, she says the us defense department is demanding she repay more than $41,000 in benefits the government shelled out as part of an insurance policy he pai... | superobstinately delirament preexception | no related information |
washington (cnn) bring back the ban on assault weapons, or tighten enforcement of existing gun control laws and regulations? those were two options for strengthening gun control offered sunday by democrats in the wake of the tucson, arizona, shootings last week that killed six people and wounded 13, including democr... | democratic schumer congress republicans | stiff resistance to gun control remains despite the 6 killed and 13 wounded . democratic sen schumer: 'there haven't been the votes in congress'. republicans cite failure to detect mental illness, not lax gun laws |
madrid, spain (cnn) a spanish court is requesting an arrest warrant for alleged nazi war criminal john demjanjuk in a ruling dated january 7 but released friday, spanish judge ismael moreno chamarro said demjanjuk is accused of being 'an accomplice to the crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity' the indictmen... | spanish spaniards germany the united states 2009 demjanjuk | a spanish judge says man was a guard at a concentration camp where 60 spaniards died . he is on trial in germany on charges of being an accessory to thousands of murders . he was extradited to germany from the united states in 2009 . demjanjuk's lawyers have argued that he was a prisoner of war during the conflict |
(cnn) two more churches in malaysia were firebombed sunday, bringing the total to six since a court ruled that non muslims can use the word 'allah' as a term for god no one has been hurt in the attacks, which began friday they follow a high court's ruling that christians can use the word 'allah' in literature printe... | nitril vaccinist seminervously | no related information |
washington (cnn) responding to recent accidents linked to pilot fatigue, federal safety officials hope reduce airline pilots' logging 14 hour days the faa currently allows pilots to log 14 hour workdays, which the ntsb says contributes to accidents the national transportation safety board concluded in a report out t... | knaveship domesticable phenologist | no related information |
(cnn) los angeles dodgers baseball manager joe torre's new book about his old club has been burning up best seller lists even before it hits stores joe torre speaks candidly with cnn's larry king about his controversial new book, 'the yankee years' in 'the yankee years,' torre candidly details his life as the former... | yankee joe torre torre alex rodriguez george steinbrenner the yankee years | former yankee skipper joe torre defends comments made in new book . torre criticizes alex rodriguez, george steinbrenner in 'the yankee years'. torre says he never saw steroid use in clubhouse |
colorado springs, colorado (cnn) president bush told the 2008 graduating class at the us air force academy on wednesday that the 'only way america could lose the war on terror is if we defeat ourselves' president bush and air force academy graduate michael riddick of aiken, south carolina, celebrate graduation speak... | bush us air force academy america iraq afghanistan | president bush speaks at us air force academy graduation wednesday . bush: 'only way america could lose the war on terror is if we defeat ourselves'. he compares the wars in iraq and afghanistan to america's earlier conflicts . successes in iraq and afghanistan 'will come,' he told the class |
(cnn) dutch fighter jets scrambled wednesday to intercept a pair of russian military aircraft that entered their airspace, a fairly routine action that comes amid heightened tensions between russia and nato, a dutch official said maj wilko ter horst said that the military learned around 3:50 pm (9:50 am et) that two... | dutch russian a half mile f 16 british russia nato | dutch spokesman: 2 russian bombers enter dutch airspace by a half mile . 2 f 16 dutch fighter jets intercept the russian planes, escort them away . british military jets later become involved; action is called 'not unusual'. but it comes amid heightened tensions between russia and nato |
(cnn) china's economy is booming and sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum's visit there this week highlights the uae's ambitions to join in on this growth cnn's john defterios (jd) sits down with shaukat aziz (sa), former prime minister to pakistan to talk about the emerging relationship former pakistani prime mini... | shaukat aziz pakistani john defterios aziz middle eastern chinese | shaukat aziz, former pakistani prime minister talks with john defterios . aziz sees compatibility between middle eastern and chinese economies . chinese surpluses may allow exporting of capital for overseas manufacturing . aziz believes regulated foreign investment does not put sovereignty at risk |
(cnn) world no 3 maria sharapova has blasted the ruling body of women's tennis over its demands for top players ahead of this month's italian open in rome maria sharpova is furious after being threatened with a $300,000 fine by the wta the australian open champion is furious after being threatened with a $300,000 fi... | maria sharapova wta four hour italian open russian 300,000 rome may 12 | world no 3 maria sharapova unhappy with ruling body's publicity demands . wta wants top players to participate in four hour photo shoot before italian open . russian says she was threatened with $300,000 fine if she does not take part . the rome top tier tournament begins on may 12 |
tokyo, japan (cnn) a us marine accused of raping a 19 year old japanese woman last year was found guilty thursday of 'committing wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts,' the us military said, but he was acquitted of rape the sentencing hearing for lance cpl larry a dean, 20, is scheduled to begin on friday dean i... | lance cpl larry a dean dean us marines marines us | sentencing to begin friday for lance cpl larry a dean . dean is among four us marines charged in alleged gang assault of teenager . charged marines range in age from 20 to 39 . us military has bred resentment among locals |
(cnn) the remnants of tropical storm erin turned central oklahoma into a wash basin sunday, with rescuers on helicopters plucking people from flood waters and rooftops and ferrying them to safety a flood victim hangs precariously during a rescue flight sunday two people died and at least two others were hurt, said m... | oklahoma erin | rains destroying homes and stranding people in oklahoma . dramatic helicopter rescues caught on tape . officials were searching for three other people who are missing . erin is 'the new four letter word' in oklahoma, said emergency official |
(cnn) a college student who survived a boat sinking with four others said monday that a safety officer who died on their boat was a hero for staying behind and pushing him out texas a&m student steven guy, left, and instructor steve conway talk about their boat capsizing steven guy, a texas a&m university sailor, sa... | roger stone around 2 am sunday steve conway | sailors say roger stone stayed behind to get others to safety . the five survivors were found and airlifted to land around 2 am sunday . safety officer steve conway: sailors all 'had a fierce will to live' |
(cnn student news) october 25, 2013 the us has been accused of spying on several of its allies learn about the allegations and the american response in friday's edition of cnn student news plus, we report on the early arrival of some winter weather, and we offer some tips to reduce test related stress on this page ... | slipt hadjemi piazzas | no related information |
(cnn) a colorado woman charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists pleaded guilty on tuesday, according to a us justice department statement prosecutors say jamie paulin ramirez aided colleen larose, a woman who called herself 'jihad jane,' in a conspiracy plot to commit murder larose is suspec... | jamie paulin ramirez colleen larose paulin ramirez ireland larose 250,000 | new: jamie paulin ramirez pleads guilty to a terrorism charge . prosecutors say woman aided colleen larose, a woman who called herself 'jihad jane'. paulin ramirez was arrested in ireland after larose . if convicted, she faces up to 15 years in prison and a possible $250,000 fine |
(cnn) clouds intrigued me as a boy i was curious about what they were made of, how they got up in the sky and what it would be like to sit on one i also thought they looked beautiful kids are often entranced by clouds unfortunately, such positive feelings rarely endure into adulthood as we grow up, we start to moan ... | gavin pretor pinney pretor pinney cloudspotting | gavin pretor pinney: clouds entrance kids, but for adults are often metaphors for gloom . but he says they are one of the most diverse, evocative, poetic parts of nature. he says scientists puzzled by what clouds can tell about predicting future climate change . pretor pinney: in frenzied age, cloudspotting legitimatel... |
(mashable) ever had the urgent need to tag the coke can you're holding in that beach picnic picture on facebook? well, now you can, as the social network has added the ability to tag pages in facebook photos starting wednesday (although the feature does not appear to be live yet), users will be able to tag pages for... | wednesday facebook | starting wednesday users will be able to tag pages for brands & products . facebook assures us that privacy settings will still apply . tagged photos will appear in the photos tab of a page |
(cnn) republicans are consoling themselves with the claim that president barack obama didn't win a mandate tuesday night, even if he did renew his white house lease for another four years they are fooling themselves, however, if they think the 2012 election merely ratified the political status quo more than just a p... | antitypal phonos shaftsman | no related information |
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