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(cnn) a pilot who ejected before a us fighter jet crashed into the waters off northern japan on sunday was rescued and was in stable condition, military officials said the pilot was the sole person aboard an f 16 fighting falcon, which crashed about 200 miles northeast of hokkaido island japanese coast guard, japan ... | allosteric charneco saboteur | no related information |
(cnn) walking in on an already occupied bathroom can be awkward and uncomfortable, but when that occupant is a 12 foot python, it can be terrifying but that's just what happened to veronica rodriguez of college station, texas, last week when she discovered an african rock python in her bathtub police and animal cont... | texas 12 foot | a texas woman found a 12 foot python in her bathroom . she assumes the snake entered her home through her open back door . the snake's owner had reported it missing two months ago, human society says |
washington (cnn) the biggest worry and potential opportunity for president barack obama and his fellow democrats this midterm election year came into full focus this past week, and it had nothing to do with the latest obamacare numbers or newly released white house emails about benghazi sure, those issues matt... | the labor department 63% democratic barack obama americans democrats | the labor department reported april unemployment at 63% the lowest since september 2008 . the numbers could support the democratic case things are better than when barack obama took office . the question is whether americans will believe the recovery is sustainable or just a blip . struggles of the long term unemplo... |
(mental floss) they say a lot of artistic expression is motivated by self loathing but not for these folks! long before the material girl ordered papa to stop preaching, these six puffed up virtuosos knew darn well how to strike a pose alfred hitchcock didn't leave people in suspense about how he felt about actors h... | emotionalist subsister tabbis | no related information |
new york (cnn) a piece believed to be from one of the airliners that hit the world trade center towers on september 11, 2001, has been found behind the site of an islamic community center near ground zero, the new york police department said friday investigators are looking into how a part of what appears to be land... | nypd boeing 767 kelly | new: the nypd says boeing has confirmed the part came from a 767 . new: both planes that slammed into the twin towers were 767s . police believe the piece is part of a landing gear from one of the 9/11 airliners . the medical examiner will do an examination for human remains, kelly says |
paris, france ac milan's brazilian midfielder kaka has been named european player of the year, lifting france football's ballon d'or award kaka has already claimed all of the game's major prizes his success comes two years after his fellow countryman, barcelona's ronaldinho, claimed the award the 25 year old kaka w... | brazilian kaka european ac milan cristiano ronaldo manchester utd argentine barcelona | brazilian kaka is named european player of the year . the ac milan player is chosen ahead of cristiano ronaldo of manchester utd . argentine lionel messi of barcelona finishes third |
(cnn) bupa is an international health and care company with bases on three continents and more than eight million customers bupa began as the british united provident association in 1947 to preserve freedom of choice in health care it believed that with a national health service being introduced a year later, there ... | bupa nhs uk | bupa was founded in 1947 in response to plans to establish the nhs . the company's biggest base is in the uk but has customers in three continents . bupa care homes cater for a number of conditions, including parkinson's |
tokyo (cnn) police have detained two american men as part of an investigation into the strangling death of an irish exchange student in tokyo, japanese authorities said sunday nicola furlong, 21, was found dead in a hotel room with one of the men, according to tokyo police the men were not charged in furlong's death... | nicola furlong irish jim fitzpatrick | new: nicola furlong was an 'outgoing, bubbly' girl, her parish priest says . new: her rural irish community is devastated, the rev jim fitzpatrick says . the 21 year old is found dead in a hotel room with one of the men, police say . the death is believed to be a result of strangling |
(cnn) the owner of a north carolina beach house where seven college students died in a weekend fire said monday that his family's 'lives were just changed forever' by the tragedy chip auman said his 18 year old daughter survived the fire but was hospitalized and in stable condition because of complications from smok... | heartbroken third university of south carolina | 'heartbroken' house owner's daughter among six survivors hospitalized . one survivor jumped out of a third story window into a canal to escape . university of south carolina mourns deaths of six students |
(cnn) it's the small details in the before and after photographs from tsunami hit fukushima prefecture in northeastern japan that are the most telling a year later, there's not one power pole, wall mounted gas meter or roadside curb that hasn't been meticulously attended to almost as if a giant hand cleared the twis... | last year's $300 billion reconstruction agency last march's | damage from last year's earthquake and tsunami estimated to cost $300 billion . newly created reconstruction agency charged with leading national rebuilding efforts . daily workforce of 1,000 still needed to deal with mountains of debris . huge rise in volunteer workers since last march's tragedy |
london, england (cnn) the head of britain's intelligence services has warned that children as young as 15 are becoming involved in terrorist related activity jonathan evans, the chief of mi5, also said that at least 2,000 people in britain pose a threat to the country's security because of their support for al qaeda... | uk jonathan evans britain mi5 | uk intel chief says children as young as 15 involved in terrorist related activity . jonathan evans: at least 2,000 people in britain who pose threat to security . mi5 chief said the actual number could be double that |
san diego, california (cnn) you must know what's really driving the immigration debate it's the culture, stupid ruben navarrette jr: some opponents of immigration, even the legal kind, fear changes in local culture immigration restrictionists and by that, i mean those who want to limit all immigration, even the l... | navarrette hispanic us english hispanics | navarrette: opponents see hispanic immigrants as weakening us identity . one town demanded all library books be in english, navarrette says . hispanics the latest to find themselves at center of culture war |
rome, italy mauro camoranesi scored with 13 minutes left to earn juventus a 1 1 home draw with serie a leaders inter milan on sunday julio cruz is mobbed by team mates after giving inter the lead in their 1 1 draw at juventus camoranesi picked up a headed knock down from substitute vincenzo iaquinta before seeing hi... | mauro camoranesi juventus inter milan argentine julio cruz inter the first half | a mauro camoranesi goal earns juventus a 1 1 draw with leaders inter milan . argentine striker julio cruz had given injury hit inter the lead in the first half . the result maintains inter's unbeaten record and moves them two points clear |
(cnn) one australian soldier, three civilians and taliban militants were killed early friday during heavy fighting in southern afghanistan, according to information from australian and nato officials four australian troops have now died in the conflict in afghanistan the incident occurred in tarin kowt in uruzgan p... | taliban australian afghanistan uruzgan fourth | taliban militants kill australian commando in southern afghanistan . he was shot during operation to clear taliban bomb making facility in uruzgan . this is the fourth australian soldier to die in the conflict in afghanistan . several militants killed and a coalition troop injured in other fighting in southeast |
helsinki, finland (cnn) an 18 year old authorities say shot eight people inside his high school in southern finland, before turning the gun on himself, has died, police said an image from a video posted on youtube by 'sturmgeist89' the shooting appeared to have been planned out in graphic videos posted on internet f... | finnish firearm youtube | new: teen gunman is dead, finnish police say . eight people, including headmistress, shot at finnish school, say police . firearm bought legally last month, shooting began in school's lower lobby . shooting appeared to have been planned in series of youtube videos |
london, england france coach raymond domenech has again omitted striker david trezeguet from his squad for this month's friendly against morocco and the euro 2008 qualifier against the ukraine happier times: david trezeguet celebrates after scoring for juventus against torino trezeguet has scored scored 10 goals in ... | david trezeguet france morocco ukraine juventus scotland lithuania the faroe islands | david trezeguet omitted from france squad to play morocco and the ukraine . the juventus striker last played for his country in the 1 0 defeat by scotland . he was dropped for the wins against lithuania and the faroe islands |
(cnn) polygamist sect leader warren jeffs tried to hang himself earlier this year while he was in jail awaiting trial, according to court documents unsealed by a utah judge on tuesday sect leader warren jeffs arrives in court to hear the verdict against him september 25 in st george, utah jeffs, the leader and so ca... | jeffs | documents say after suicide attempt, jeffs repeatedly banged head on cell wall . transcripts say jeffs confessed to 'immorality,' said he is not 'the prophet'. jeffs' attorneys say he has recanted statements . jeffs due to be sentenced november 20 on accomplice to rape charge |
shanghai, china championship leader lewis hamilton spun out of the chinese grand prix to send the world title race to a cliffhanger finale in brazil on october 21 a disconsolate lewis hamilton leaves his car after spinning into the gravel trap in shanghai rookie hamilton can still clinch the crown with third place i... | lewis hamilton chinese briton mclaren fernando alonso alonso second shanghai ferrari kimi raikkonen | lewis hamilton fails to clinch world title after spinning out of the chinese gp . briton's lead cut to four points by mclaren team mate fernando alonso . alonso finished second in shanghai behind ferrari's kimi raikkonen |
(cnn) as part of an effort to share the best practices of modern business among organizations across the globe, cnn is talking to some of the world's top executives in line with this, cnn will be hosting three events looking at modern strategies in today's business arena the first of these master classes will be bas... | cnn first starbucks howard schultz schultz | cnn will host three boardroom master classes with business experts . the first event will feature starbucks chairman howard schultz . schultz will take e mail and video questions from the cnn audience |
(cnn) this week mme speaks to the man charged with boosting growth in the kingdom of bahrain: sheikh mohammed bin isa al khalifa sheikh mohammed is concerned the nuclear dispute with iran is deterring potential investors as chief executive of the economic development board, one of sheikh mohammed's main tasks is t... | mohammed bin isa al khalifa bahrain iran | sheikh mohammed bin isa al khalifa steers bahrain's economic growth . says bahrain's strength is its 'human capital' in the finance sector . calls on world to unite to resolve nuclear dispute with iran |
(cnn) several us diplomatic cables obtained by wikileaks show growing anxiety among chinese officials about citizens getting uncensored online content through google with one politburo member reportedly angry to find negative comments about himself online in may 2009, google approached the us embassy in beijing, ... | coffinite gonorrheic recorporify | no related information |
algiers, algeria (cnn) rescuers are sifting through the rubble of the united nations headquarters in algiers hoping to find survivors after a powerful bomb ripped off the building's facade and leveled nearby un offices rescuers and bomb experts search for survivors in the rubble of a destroyed building it was one of... | algerian un algeria al qaeda 76 | two bombs explode in algerian capital near government and un buildings . algeria blames group linked to al qaeda . official death toll is 26, but some sources say as high as 76 . un officials say five of its staff killed and 14 missing |
jerusalem (cnn) palestinian residents of israel threw stones and police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse them wednesday as right wing israeli activists marched in the arab town of umm al fahm several hundred police officers were deployed in northern israel ahead of the march, according to police the acti... | the islamic movement israel kahane palestinians islamic movement | stone throwing, tear gas and rubber bullets are seen during the demonstration . the activists call for the outlaw of the islamic movement in israel . kahane started a party that called for expulsion of palestinians from israel . islamic movement: this march is a provocative march |
madrid, spain lionel messi scored for the sixth game in a row as barcelona defeated big spending atletico madrid 3 0 to stay in touch with primera liga leaders real madrid messi (left) is congratulated by ronaldinho after scoring again in barcelona's 3 0 win over atletico madrid barcelona had thumped atletico 6 0 on... | lionel messi barca real madrid primera liga recreativo 2 0 sevilla | lionel messi scores for the sixth game in a row as barca defeat atletico 3 0 . real madrid stay top of the primera liga table after defeating recreativo 2 0 . sevilla's crisis continues as they lose their four league match in succession |
(cnn) togo's national soccer team have been officially disqualified from the 2010 africa cup of nations by the confederation of african football (caf) the region's governing football body for football has confirmed that the team, known as the 'hawks', will take no further part in the tournament being hosted by angol... | togo the 2010 africa cup of nations confederation of african football ghana ivory coast burkina faso | togo's national soccer team officially disqualified from the 2010 africa cup of nations . confederation of african football confirms news after togo fail to play opening game . players had been ordered home to togo in wake of deadly attack on team bus . togo's group now reduced to three teams: ghana, ivory coast and bu... |
(cnn) the syrian government launched a major military operation monday, sending thousands of troops into the town where the country's uprising began to carry out what witnesses described as a brutal, wider scale crackdown the united states threatened sanctions against the country, calling for a halt to syria's 'depl... | scelotyrbe moschinae outshame | no related information |
washington (cnn) although domestic issues may continue to dominate the presidential campaign, eventually the candidates will be called upon to give a comprehensive view of us national security interests and defend those views in a presidential debate americans will want to know: what is each candidate's vision of am... | america us | while campaign is focused on domestic issues, key foreign policy choices loom, say authors . they say america's next administration must identify key threats, opportunities . president will have to decide when to engage militarily or diplomatically, they say . authors: a key issue is what kind of strategy will help us ... |
(cnn) brazil wants to give up the rights to stage the 2015 copa america to neighboring chile, its football federation confirmed monday the tournament brings together the leading south american nations plus two invited teams from the concacaf region uruguay lifted the trophy in 2011 a statement on the cbf (brazil fo... | hypercivilized antherless recogniser | no related information |
(cnn) as someone who has often worked from home during her career, i've been obsessed with the firestorm yahoo ceo marissa mayer ignited earlier this month by demanding that her telecommuting employees get themselves to a bricks and mortar office—and soon predictably, the blogosphere, tv news shows and critics every... | yahoo maureen jenkins teleworker | the outcry around yahoo's new telecommuting policy has centered on parents . maureen jenkins argues that you don't have to be a parent to demand better work options . just as a nonparent may offer more scheduling flexibility, that worker can demand reciprocity . working from home can offer health benefits as well as ot... |
(cnn) there is a one word subtext to president obama's trip to africa: china after 9/11, the united states became embroiled in more than a decade of wars in asia and the middle east as a result, us engagement in latin america and africa largely atrophied meanwhile, china saw an opportunity china has now displaced th... | obama africa us peter bergen china african | president obama is visiting africa after years of little us engagement with continent . peter bergen: china took advantage of the opportunity to vastly expand trade . he says obama is seeking to counter china, show that us is open for business . some african economies are growing very fast, and there are forecasts for ... |
los angeles (cnn) chris brown faces possible jail time after a judge revoked his probation monday in connection with his conviction in the beating of his girlfriend rihanna brown's alleged failure to hand over his drivers license and insurance information to another driver after a minor traffic crash in may triggere... | brown | brown allegedly refused to give another driver his license, insurance info after a wreck . the other driver told police brown screamed and cursed at her after the minor crash . brown remains free until another hearing on august 16 . the singer faces another probation violation for allegedly failing to complete communit... |
(cnn) us star jozy altidore has said he will 'pray' for those who subjected him to racist abuse during a dutch cup game tuesday the 23 year old american international was the target of racist chanting during az alkmaar's 5 0 win at nine man den bosch referee reinold wiedemeijer suspended the game during the first ha... | us jozy altidore dutch az alkmaar den bosch the first half altidore | us star jozy altidore suffered racial abuse during dutch cup game . the az alkmaar player was subjected to racist chanting during match at den bosch . referee suspended match during the first half and asked den bosch to make announcement over loudspeaker . match resumed after brief delay and altidore scored in 5 0 win |
(cnn) the last full day of the mobile world congress show in barcelona has drawn to a close after a bonanza of new phones, tablets and mobile gadgets, here's the last of what's new at this year's show, courtesy of stuff magazine quad core arms race 'ridiculous' microsoft windows phone director aaron woodman has stat... | microsoft aaron woodman nokia windows phone woodman windows | microsoft executive calls quad core processors unnecessary . aaron woodman says nokia devices running windows phone are just as fast . woodman has offered cash for anyone whose device can beat a windows phone in a speed test |
(cnn) thailand's warring political factions hardly need red shirts and yellow shirts to identify themselves: a short few hours by road from bangkok reveals a dramatic shift in culture in central bangkok, the young and moneyed throng the bars of thong lo where the men have the well groomed detachment of the younger a... | sulphophosphite draughts endocrinotherapy | no related information |
(mental floss) it's tough being brilliant it's even tougher when you hate your own masterpieces 1 tony kaye the forgotten history of 'american history x' before director tony kaye embarked on his first feature film, 1997's 'american history x,' he'd already been declared a genius of the advertising world kaye was fa... | sulphurwort niding premate | no related information |
london, england (cnn) there are some circuits that are cornerstones of the formula 1 calendar: the monacos and silverstones whose every twist and turn are known intimately by the drivers and engineers then there are the newer circuits malaysia and bahrain, for instance but even these have become familiar to th... | blaugas superinfirmities defensing | no related information |
(cnn) the charismatic but unpredictable lead singer of american rock band the doors could be about to receive a posthumous pardon almost 40 years after being convicted of exposing himself on stage jim morrison had been performing with the band at a typically raucous concert at miami's key auditorium on march 1, 1969... | disownable ilissus polymelia | no related information |
(cnn) kevin dubrow, the lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band quiet riot, has died, cnn has confirmed he was 52 kevin dubrow and quiet riot hit no 1 with 'metal health' in 1983 dubrow died at his home in las vegas, nevada, according to tmzcom the clark county coroner's office was examining the body to determine ... | kevin dubrow las vegas tmzcom dubrow 1983 metal health | kevin dubrow died in las vegas home, according to tmzcom . dubrow was lead singer of quiet riot . band hit no 1 in 1983 with album 'metal health' |
(cnn) i wrote a book called 'every day is an atheist holiday' recently i got up at the non vegas magical hour of 6 am to do radio interviews all over the country to let people know about it i did some interviews with atheist and skeptic podcasts, but the 6 am talks were usually morning radio and morning radio has a ... | ineuphonious crotcheted tetragamy | no related information |
olympic park, london (cnn) the headlines and newscasts that report the events of the olympic games to the world invariably focus on the stars of the tournament from michael phelps' record breaking feats in the pool to usain bolt's bid to retain his 100m crown; the column inches, air time and online attention remain ... | olympic ricardo blas jr guam ronald forbes kemur hyman the cayman islands | gold medals and glory is only the tip of the true olympic story . it's not just the olympic flame that burns eternally, but the hope in the hearts underdogs too . ricardo blas jr became the first athlete from guam to progress to an olympic second round . ronald forbes and kemur hyman are bidding to win first medal for ... |
london, england (cnn) prince charles visited the vatican on monday for his first meeting with a pope since his 1996 divorce from princess diana pope benedict xvi is flanked by prince charles and his wife camilla during their meeting at the vatican the heir to the uk throne was accompanied by his second wife, camilla... | uk prince charles first 2nd camilla cornwall charles vatican john paul ii | uk's prince charles meets pope for first time since divorce from princess diana . heir to uk throne was accompanied by 2nd wife, camilla, duchess of cornwall . charles's first visit to vatican since he attended funeral of pope john paul ii |
(cnn) for nearly 15 years, dolores prida was the latina answer to 'dear abby' the cuban born writer penned columns as she once put it with 'latin style tongue in cheek advice for the lovelorn, the forlorn and the just torn' prida died in new york on sunday, leaving behind a loyal following of readers she was 6... | donnard replevies diccon | no related information |
(mashable) google editions, the internet giant's book store business promised for last summer, is set to launch before the end of 2010, the wall street journal reports google editions will have a significantly different sales model from most competitors, such as amazon's kindle store or apple's ibookstore instead o... | stereotypable jasp facetting | no related information |
(cnn) a lawyer for a roma couple accused of abducting the girl found living with them says the pair adopted the child from her biological mother in a case that has generated huge interest in greece, authorities have charged the couple with abducting the child they call 'maria' they appeared in court monday and were ... | roma maria | new: the roma couple charged with abducting a child are remanded into custody . new: video appears to show the girl dancing with the woman now charged . couple adopted' maria' with the biological mother's permission, their attorney says . the case plays into old prejudices against roma, also known as gypsies |
(cnn) italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has refuted allegations that he paid prostitutes to attend parties he hosted at his various homes last month it was announced silvio berlusconi and his wife veronica lario are to divorce in an interview with italian magazine 'chi,' the 72 year old denied he had ever pai... | italian chi . patrizia d'addario veronica lario scandal berlusconi italy | 72 year old denies paying for sex in interview with italian magazine chi . berlusconi accuses model patrizia d'addario of being paid to spread accusations . berlusconi and wife veronica lario to divorce after 19 years of marriage . despite the swirl of scandal berlusconi remains popular in italy |
(cnn) responding to a question at tuesday's presidential debate that referred to reintroducing the clinton era assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, republican candidate mitt romney said that it was already illegal to own those kinds of guns in the united states the claim: 'yeah, i'm not in favor of new pieces o... | mitt romney second tuesday town hall clinton barack obama | mitt romney comment on guns came at second presidential debate on tuesday . question at town hall debate was in reference to reintroducing the clinton era assault weapons ban . president barack obama said he would favor new assault weapons legislation |
(cnn) the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization wants to sound the alarm on school resegregation, and is hoping a national educational summit will bring attention to what its members consider a huge problem, according to a news release from the naacp the organization will meet for three days later th... | three day daisy bates summit arkansas state conference of the naacp benjamin todd | the three day daisy bates educational summit will examine resegregation in nation's schools . summit named in honor of former arkansas state conference of the naacp . naacp president benjamin todd jealous to deliver keynote address |
washington (cnn) don't expect president barack obama or republican presidential candidate mitt romney to talk about the issue of gun control in the wake of last week's deadly mass shooting in aurora, colorado there's little to gain from bringing up the issue while gun rights issues are split along party lines, in... | obama mitt romney romney | president obama, mitt romney are unlikely to tread further into thorny gun rights, control issues . public fairly divided on issue of protecting gun ownership . both romney and obama have a complicated history on gun issues |
(cnn) one of the key aspects to gaining control of the fast moving cholera outbreak in haiti is the simplest of human necessities, actor and activist sean penn told cnn's 'ac360°' people must stop using contaminated water, he said, noting that they will only do that if clean water is provided 'so, whether that's thr... | sean penn haiti penn | sean penn says he visited haiti over the weekend . penn says he's worried supplies may be stuck in bureaucracy and slow to reach patients . the actor says his camp is preparing to treat patients with cholera |
(cnn) uganda's parliament adjourned friday without acting on a bill that would have made engaging in homosexual acts a capital offense, leaving the future of the widely condemned bill uncertain though parliament's mandate ends may 18, next week has been reserved for the swearing in of new members friday's lack of ac... | human rights watch us | the future of the widely condemned bill is uncertain . the bill would jeopardize the work of rights activists, human rights watch says . if presented in the next session, it would have to start the legislative process anew . the us government has described the bill as 'odious' |
nyon, switzerland celtic have been fined $50,800 by uefa and ac milan's dida has been banned for two matches after the incident which saw a pitch invading supporter approach the brazilian goalkeeper in last week's champions league match at celtic park dida's theatrical over reaction has resulted in uefa suspending h... | araceae navigation outports | no related information |
washington (cnn) the white house is blasting congressional democrats for not sending a bill that would fund veterans' care programs to the president's desk by veterans day the white house's dana perino accused democrats of holding veterans care funding hostage 'there's absolutely no reason that the veterans' bill co... | white house democrats | white house accuses democrats of holding hostage funding for veterans care . funding was attached to large health labor education bill . white house says it wants a clean bill that only funds veterans programs . democrats call on white house to engage in a dialogue on spending levels |
new york (cnn) a new york newspaper is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the 'lowlife' who defaced a statue of jackie robinson outside the brooklyn cyclones baseball stadium vandals marked racial slurs and symbols on the sculpture of robinson and teammate pee wee reese sometime between the end of ... | nonmammalian straggly cyanamids | no related information |
(cnn) no american city does unintentional irony quite like las vegas and las vegas is always at its most unintentionally ironic during consumer electronics show (ces) week, the january extravaganza that annually draws over 150,000 techno tourists like myself to the seductively coercive city in the nevada desert to p... | andrew keen ces keen las vegas | andrew keen says ces has remained the same while the world has radically changed. keen: 'ces will gradually but inevitably go out of business'. 'the future of this kind of event is probably far far away from las vegas,' says keen |
(cnn) juror b37 found it hard to understand what witness rachel jeantel was talking about and after the jurors acquitted george zimmerman in the death of jeantel's friend trayvon martin, the feeling certainly was mutual after a trial that divided many americans by their views on race, guns and self defense, cnn's ex... | juror b37 rachel jeantel piers morgan | juror b37 appears in exclusive 'ac 360' interview . star witness rachel jeantel talks to piers morgan . each offer starkly different takes |
washington (cnn) mozart is trying to win a million dollars for new orleans recovery efforts but the charitable effort by the 6 year old cavalier king charles spaniel may be derailed by a dog named after the satirical tv anchorman stephen colbert mozart's owner says if he wins, all the prize money will go to chariti... | teats outslander intercompany | no related information |
barcelona, cnn (cnn) there were no major announcements and no breathtaking new gadgets, but this year's mobile world congress did offer up more than its fair share of unexpected uses for digital technology here are a few of the stranger sights that were creating a buzz around this year's event in barcelona gps enabl... | mobile world congress barcelona yotaphone monochome e ink | gps enabled walking stick among the usual uses for mobile technology on display at mobile world congress in barcelona . other gadgets included the yotaphone, a device featuring both a color touch screen and a screen using low power monochome e ink . mitten ready mobiles, robotic balls and temperature sensing microchips... |
(cnn) fifteen years ago i walked out of a mosque in silent protest of the imam's sermon outside, the heat of the desert sun could hardly match the fire of the rhetoric being spewed forth inside the imam was railing against the foreign enemies of islam and the sinners within with every genocidal rant came an 'amen' f... | exines uniparentally preindisposed | no related information |
new york (cnn) relatives of a bar owner killed more than 30 years ago over a spilled drink said tuesday the life sentence given to a reputed mobster has finally brought them justice bartolomeo vernace, 65, was sentenced in us district court to life without parole plus 10 years for his 2013 racketeering conspiracy co... | laquais attitudinarianism jauking | no related information |
(cnn) delayed flights, long lines, tsa pat downs—flying isn't what it used to be but stepping aboard one of these hot air balloons is a guaranteed way to rekindle a love of air travel it's an opportunity to revel in the world's most beautiful landscapes, high above the fray and it's the kind of worthwhile splurge th... | albuquerque october serengeti cappadocia turkey 2,000 years | a hot air balloon ride above your favorite travel destination may rekindle a love of flight . more than 500 colorful balloons take flight above albuquerque each october . spot lions, hippos, leopards and zebras from the serengeti skies . twisted rock formations of cappadocia, turkey are caused by 2,000 years of erosion... |
(cnn) it's that time again, time to pull out the ballots and read the tea leaves and see who's going to take home the trophies at sunday's 86th academy awards will it be '12 years a slave'? leonardo dicaprio? 'let it go' from 'frozen'? oscar forecasting is a lighthearted parlor game for many and a 'who cares' shrug ... | 12 years a slave american hustle oscar 86th academy awards sunday night | '12 years a slave,' 'gravity,' 'american hustle' are oscar front runners . each film has route to the big prize . voting for oscar only partly about art; it's often about personalities . 86th academy awards scheduled for sunday night |
jerusalem (cnn) the israeli air force shot down an unidentified flying object over the dimona nuclear plant in the negev desert thursday, the israel defense forces said the object appeared in a designated no fly zone, the air force was scrambled and the object was shot down, the idf said the object could have been a... | israel negev desert | the location is in israel's negev desert . the object was in a closed airspace . it could have been a party balloon |
(cnn) muddy but unhurt, three university of texas students emerged from a cramped cave complex in austin, texas, after a day long search sunday a rescuer at the entrance to airman's cave in austin, texas, sunday lt matt cox, an austin fire department spokesman, said the students two women and one man were repo... | estreat mugwumpian marmot | no related information |
washington (cnn) us first lady laura bush in a rare foray into foreign policy called on myanmar's military junta to 'step aside,' give up the 'terror campaigns' against its people and allow for a democratic myanmar in a commentary published in wednesday's wall street journal us first lady laura bush said the j... | laura bush myanmar junta aun sung suu kyi the wall street journal | laura bush calls on myanmar junta to 'step aside,' allow for a democracy . military leaders must give up the 'terror campaigns' against its people, she says . junta should release aun sung suu kyi and other opposition leaders, she says . her rare foray into foreign policy was published in the wall street journal |
(cnn) like all online businesses, the marketing industry is being radically changed by the creeping ubiquity of mobile devices this shift to the smaller screen will inevitably have profound implications on both global marketing companies like wpp and omnicom as well as on internet companies like google and facebook ... | acenaphthylene gimmerpet borborygmus | no related information |
new albany, indiana (cnn) president bush vetoed a $600 billion spending bill tuesday, accusing democratic leaders of wasting money and plotting tax increases, then took his budget fight with congress on the road congress should cut spending 'and send me a responsible measure that i can sign into law,' president bush... | bush congress bill house democrats gop | bush says most of congress 'acting like a teenager with a new credit card'. bill would have funded agencies, but also a prison museum, sailing school . house panel chairman: bush's veto 'not responsible and not credible'. democrats to schedule override vote, but bush gop allies confident about veto |
(cnn) many of europe's leading tech entrepreneurs are meeting at the annual leweb conference in paris this week to celebrate the future an 'internet of things' governed by intelligent devices but, rather than paris, the most consequential european meeting about the future of the internet this week may have taken p... | us eu brussels google keen | us and eu regulators met in brussels this week to discuss 'the google problem'. they were considering whether its dominance of the search market may be illegal . keen says they need to decide soon whether to pursue anti trust lawsuits . he says it is important to ensure entrepreneurial innovation is allowed to flourish... |
(cnn) democratic presidential candidate sen hillary clinton on friday accused the camp of rival sen barack obama of politicizing the death of former pakistani prime minister benazir bhutto sen hillary clinton says she regrets that sen barack obama's camp 'would be politicizing this tragedy' obama called that asserti... | barack obama iraq benazir bhutto's david axelrod hillary clinton obama axelrod clinton pakistan | barack obama adviser seems to link vote on iraq war, benazir bhutto's death . adviser david axelrod later backs down from comments on hillary clinton . obama says axelrod 'in no way' suggested clinton was somehow to blame . clinton responds: politics should not play a role in pakistan tragedy |
(cnn) environmental authorities are investigating the deaths of more than 800 dolphins that have washed up on the northern coast of peru this year the dolphins may have died from an outbreak of morbillivirus or brucella bacteria, said peruvian deputy environment minister gabriel quijandria, according to peru's state... | 220 kilometer 137 mile peru the united states brazil | new: 'more investigation needs to be done,' says a marine biologist . official: the dolphins were found over a 220 kilometer (137 mile) area of coastal peru this year . the dolphins were not caused by starvation or poisoning with pesticides, officials say . dozens of dolphins have also washed up in the united states an... |
washington (cnn) computer hackers who promise 'high quality entertainment at your expense' claimed to have taken down the central intelligence agency website in support of wikileaks, but on thursday the website appeared to be operating normally 'wikileaks supporters, lulzsec, take down cia who has task force into w... | outflung heliodor pigmental | no related information |
washington (cnn) the white house must release its visitor logs and cannot hide behind a shield of privilege, a federal judge ruled monday the bush administration has resisted public disclosure while it fights a lawsuit over alleged political influence by conservative christian leaders the bush administration has bee... | freedom of information act white house christian congress | judge: secret service controlled log is public under freedom of information act . white house battling suit alleging influence of conservative christian leaders . separate legal action finds convicted lobbyist visited white house . records have been a key investigative tool for advocacy groups and congress |
(cnn) pennsylvania's highest court wednesday upheld a judge's earlier decision to grant a stay of execution for a man who says the person he killed had sexually abused him years earlier the court's decision denied prosecutors an emergency petition to have terrance williams, 46, put to death on wednesday, though the ... | terrance williams 46 williams | the court denied prosecutors an emergency petition to have terrance williams, 46, put to death . his attorneys have argued that the jurors were told that it was strictly a robbery homicide case . defense team: allegations that the victim had sexually abused williams were withheld from trial |
seoul, south korea (cnn) two south korean presidential candidates have decided to join forces in an effort to challenge the conservative front runner in a move that could be a game changer for the election next month the election will determine who will lead south korea, a key us ally in asia, for the next five year... | south korean saenuri party's | the south korean presidential election is due to take place next month . a former human rights lawyer and an ex software mogul agree to team up . they aim to take on the governing saenuri party's candidate |
(cnn) they traded in their coveralls for suits, but many of the 33 miners who were trapped for 69 days in a gold and copper mine still sported their protective sunglasses when they appeared at the chilean presidential palace monday to accept awards for their ordeal chilean president sebastian pinera invited the mine... | bribees intersentimental cupriferous | no related information |
(cnn) on november 25, 1963, representatives from more than 90 countries attended the washington funeral for president john f kennedy millions watched the somber events on television on that day, 1,300 miles to the southwest, the man accused of killing him was quietly and simply buried in fort worth, texas lee harvey... | kennedy oswald 1981 | auction house is selling items connected to kennedy assassin . oswald was exhumed in 1981, and he was reburied in another coffin . the original wooden coffin is being auctioned . also for sale: easter card signed by him, leather from limousine |
(cnn) the world wants to like america the guiding values that thomas jefferson articulated so eloquently life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness resonate strongly around the world, transcending countless superficial and cultural differences, not because these are american values, but because they are unive... | imam feisal abdul rauf islam america | imam feisal abdul rauf says islam and america have much in common . he says both have faith in goodness of humanity and in unity of people . he says viewing the world as a struggle between good and evil leads to extremism, arrogance . america's values are its greatest gift to the world, he says |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) a series of jewelry store robberies in baghdad on sunday led to clashes with police and left at least seven people dead, according to police in the iraqi capital among the killed were three store owners and two police officers two of the 10 gunmen, who stormed three jewelry stores in western bagh... | baghdad al mansour | gunmen storm jewelry stores in baghdad's al mansour neighborhood . at least seven people are dead, including three store owners . gunmen fled with cash and gold after clashes with police |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) attackers wielding rockets and machine guns in northwestern pakistan struck a nato convoy carrying fuel to afghanistan, a local police chief said on wednesday nisar ahmed tanoli, the police chief of noshehra district in khyber pakhtunkhwa province, said 17 oil tankers and four containers we... | pakistani taliban nato | new: another strike on oil tankers is reported . the pakistani taliban says it has a special squad to attack nato supply efforts . a local police official says police are experiencing security problems |
(cnn) pole vault legend yelena isinbayeva has announced that she is taking a break from athletics following her poor performance at last month's world indoor championships in qatar the 27 year old russian failed to register a height in last year's worlds in berlin and she followed that up with a fourth placed finish... | yelena isinbayeva last month 27 year old olympic | yelena isinbayeva has announced that she is taking a break from the pole vault . the decision comes after her poor display at the world indoor championships last month . the 27 year old olympic champion insists she will return to the sport in due course |
(oprahcom) it took a two year journey around the world for susan sparks to identify her life's mission finding the funny in religion fifteen years ago, pastor susan sparks didn't even go to church she was an attorney for citibank, drafting contracts and defending litigation claims after hours, she exercised her n... | susan sparks two year sparks bob alper muslim azhar usman | susan sparks was an attorney by trade and didn't even go to church . she took a two year journey to identify her life's mission to become a minister . sparks tours the country with rabbi/comic bob alper and muslim comedian azhar usman |
(cnn) malawi's decision to reject pop star madonna's adoption of a local child has reignited global debate about the ethics of international adoption author melissa fay greene poses with her family, which includes biological and adopted children some international aid groups have praised the decision as best for the... | malawian madonna 4 year old | malawian judge rejects madonna's request to adopt a 4 year old girl . move reignites debate about the ethics of international adoption . some aid groups say children are best left in their home countries . a mother of 5 adopted kids says adoption can be a 'brilliant solution' for some |
washington (cnn) a private marketing firm has been temporarily blocked from using president obama's familiar 'rising sun' campaign logo, after the obama campaign committee filed a trademark infringement lawsuit federal judge emmet sullivan has issued a preliminary injunction, preventing washington based demstorecom ... | unfeudalizing trampolining paternality | no related information |
tampa (cnn) paul ryan symbolizes for many republicans of his generation a passing of the torch and a call to embrace the reagan era principles that appealed so strongly to young voters in the 1980s the wisconsin congressman evoked both when he took the stage on wednesday night and delivered a prime time acceptance s... | republicans paul ryan ryan gop democrats | many younger republicans see paul ryan as a symbol of their generation . ryan will have to make the case to young voters that gop policies are an asset . young democrats say ryan is too far right to represent young voters . 'gen xers' seen as more fertile ground for republicans than millennials |
(cnn) law enforcement officers forcefully but safely ended a two day hostage situation at a suburban chicago house wednesday morning, rescuing two children and two women while taking two suspects into custody in a raid on the home, authorities said the move made after four other hostages were released the previou... | harvey illinois | 4 remaining hostages rescued wednesday morning, nearly a day after situation began . police: 2 officers responding to tuesday's robbery were shot in harvey, illinois . the suspects took people hostage inside a home, police add . law enforcement from around illinois converged on the residence |
arlington, va (cnn) for some athletes, running the marine corps marathon is about the exhilaration of running 262 miles, pushing through one's physical limits and the thrill of taking those first steps past the finish line it requires months of dedicated training and grueling discipline but for other runners, like s... | marathons david jimenez almazan us marine corps marathon | widow runs marathons to remember fallen medic . sgt david jimenez almazan became us citizen after death . nearly 22,000 people finished popular marine corps marathon |
paris, france france lock sebastien chabal has been cited for a dangerous tackle on england's simon shaw during saturday's world cup semifinal in paris simon shaw offloads despite being tackled by raphael ibanez, left, and sebastien chabal the sale sharks forward will face a disciplinary hearing on monday after his ... | tarie rednecks titmice | no related information |
denver, colorado a colorado man terrorized by threats after testifying against his daughter's abusive boyfriend says he has spent $10,000 on a security system, hired a bodyguard for his son's wedding and never leaves home without a 45 caliber handgun strapped to his chest keith reynolds was convicted for witness int... | colorado over 10,000 dollars | some witnesses say colorado does nothing to protect them . one witness spent over 10,000 dollars on security after being terrorized . community activist says colorado's witness protection program is 'a joke' |
london, england (cnn) previously unseen footage of diana, princess of wales, taken just hours before she was killed in a car crash, has been shown to the jury at the inquest into her death the footage showed diana and dodi step into an elevator at the ritz hotel images taken from a security camera at the ritz hotel ... | diana hours dodi fayed tuesday court 10 years ago | new: jury shown new footage of diana taken hours before her death . diana and dodi fayed inquest jury to hear 'scene setting' evidence . on tuesday coroner outlined controversial claims, published new images . court will make final decision on what happened in car crash 10 years ago |
washington (cnn) republicans reacted with surprise and recrimination sunday to blistering criticism of the iraq war from former coalition commander retired lt gen ricardo sanchez lawmakers lashed back at retired gen ricardo sanchez on sunday after he criticized the war effort on friday, sanchez, who was coalition co... | republican lindsey graham sanchez iraq john mccain mitch mcconnell | republican sen lindsey graham: 'i am astounded' by comments . sanchez, a retired former coalition commander in iraq, called war 'nightmare'. republican sen john mccain wishes sanchez would have spoken up earlier . republican sen mitch mcconnell said sanchez is simply wrong |
(cnn) egypt goes to the polls on saturday for a referendum on a new constitution that has divided the country in recent weeks, prompting mass demonstrations reminiscent of those that ousted former president hosni mubarak thousands of protesters, both for and against president mohamed morsy, have taken to the streets... | occasionality semisarcodic unmeasured | no related information |
st petersburg, florida (cnn) the acrimony from the republican campaign trail carried over quickly into the cnn/youtube gop presidential debate wednesday the debate marked the first time the candidates had faced off on the same stage in over a month with five weeks to go until the first contest of the 2008 nominating... | bible giuliani romney huckabee mccain paul iraq gop democratic | youtube questions address taxes, the bible, abortion, gun control . giuliani, romney, huckabee spar over immigration . mccain challenges paul over suggestion to bring troops home from iraq . nearly 5,000 videos for the gop debate; 2,000 more than democratic debate |
(cnn) dani pedrosa repeated his 2012 success at a sweltering sepang sunday but his honda teammate marc marquez took another big step towards the motogp world title by finishing a fine second the 20 year old marquez won a thrilling battle with defending champion jorge lorenzo for yamaha to increase his lead over his ... | dani pedrosa malaysian sepang honda marc marquez marquez jorge lorenzo valentino rossi | dani pedrosa wins malaysian motogp in sepang . honda teammate marc marquez in second place . marquez extends lead in title race over third placed jorge lorenzo . motogp legend valentino rossi in fourth |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) none of the 1,000 plus iraqi detainees freed in recent weeks have broken a pledge not to return to the insurgency, according to the marine general who oversees the us detention centers in iraq a us military panel reviews a detainee's case at camp cropper near baghdad speaking in arabic, maj gen d... | us sunnis more than 80 percent baghdad | more than 1,000 freed detainees reportedly keep pledge not to rejoin insurgency . us general tries to reassure sunnis that detainees face no abuse . more than 80 percent of detainees are sunnis . us airstrike kills 13 suspected terrorists west of baghdad |
(cnn) the tennessee supreme court on wednesday refused to modify or overturn a lower court's ruling allowing mary winkler, convicted of killing her minister husband, visitation rights with the couple's three daughters holding baby brianna, mary winkler stands next to matthew in the foreground are mary alice and patr... | mary winkler winkler | mary winkler convicted earlier this year of shooting her husband to death . winkler served time and was released; the couple had three children . the children live with their grandparents, who oppose visitation . winkler has not seen her children in 15 months |
(cnn) the wonder of travel lies equally with adventure and misadventure there is nothing like getting thoroughly lost in a riddling country or culture that is not your own but it is hard these days, with our ultra planned excursions, fixers and 4g service, to get properly disoriented labyrinths, however, can remi... | derinkuyu earth bara imambara bhul bhulaiya haeinsa temple buddhist | mazes have appeared in various corners of the world throughout history . derinkuyu has eight levels of traps and wrong turns descending into the earth . bara imambara is nicknamed bhul bhulaiya and was built to delay invaders . haeinsa temple houses buddhist scriptures carved onto wooden blocks |
london (cnn) i always thought london 2012 would be a success, but never imagined it would be quite the triumph it has turned out to be from the brilliant opening ceremony to the festival of music and fun closing it, via mainly lovely weather, some epoch making athletic events, and a home team performance that exceed... | london alastair campbell games campbell british | london's games have been an unexpected triumph, says alastair campbell . he says challenge will be to build on the games' success to create a lasting legacy . campbell: event has changed the way british people think about their country . he says onus is on media, politicians to continue new mood of positivity |
los angeles (cnn) margaret pellegrini, one of the last surviving munchkins from the original production of 'the wizard of oz,' died wednesday, the munchkins spokesman said she was 89 pellegrini played the flowerpot munchkin and one of the sleepy head kids in the classic 1939 film, according to spokesman ted bulthaup... | margaret pellegrini lollipop kid jerry maren ruth duccini the wizard of oz | margaret pellegrini played the flowerpot munchkin and one of the sleepy head kids . two munchkins survive, including lollipop kid jerry maren, 93, and ruth duccini, 95 . 'the wizard of oz' is a 1939 movie classic |
rhinebeck, new york (cnn) former first daughter chelsea clinton and longtime beau marc mezvinsky were wed saturday 'in a beautiful ceremony at astor courts,' a 50 acre estate in rhinebeck, new york, according to her parents 'we could not have asked for a more perfect day to celebrate the beginning of their life toge... | olivet lagune throttlingly | no related information |
washington (cnn) there is no argument the republican presidential field has breadth from mitt romney, the former republican governor of liberal massachusetts, who needs to convince primary doubters of his core conservatism to texas rep ron paul, sometimes called 'the intellectual godfather' of the tea party, who nee... | republican almost 40% | most of current crop of republican presidential contenders are former office holders . almost 40% of republican voters say they're not satisfied with current field . for those not yet in the race, time is running out voters are already choosing sides |
(cnn) a federal court session for a man who tried to enter the united states allegedly with a veritable potpourri of weaponry and related paraphernalia was delayed tuesday, leaving unanswered until a rescheduled hearing friday questions about the man, his baggage and his intentions yongda huang harris, a us citizen ... | lax friday up to five years | man was arrested at lax on friday in international arrivals area . he was dressed suspiciously and authorities pulled him aside for another inspection . when they opened his checked bags they found a smoke bomb, knives, other items . he faces up to five years in prison |
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