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(cnn) goals at the end of each half from demba ba and willian threw an enthralling epl title race wide open as chelsea secured a 2 0 win at leaders liverpool sunday the defeat ended a run of 11 straight wins for liverpool, who were frustrated by the tactical wiles of jose mourinho's visitors, to leave their bid for ... | chelsea liverpool epl demba ba willian sunderland cardiff 4 0 man city crystal palace | chelsea win 2 0 at liverpool in crunch epl title match . demba ba and willian goals in either half . sunderland thrash cardiff 4 0 in relegation tussle . man city beat crystal palace 2 0 in late game |
(cnn) george zimmerman's wife was arrested tuesday afternoon for allegedly lying at his bond hearing about the couple's finances shellie n zimmerman, 25, faces a perjury charge, according to jackie barnard, spokeswoman for the state attorney's office for the fourth judicial district of florida she met conditions for... | shellie n zimmerman second trayvon martin | shellie n zimmerman makes bond . she is accused of perjury regarding testimony about family finances . her husband is charged with second degree murder in the death of trayvon martin |
london (cnn) the uk home office will hold an independent public inquiry into the 2006 death of russian spy alexander litvinenko, it announced tuesday the home office said this inquiry will be independent from an ongoing government inquest litvinenko's widow has been pressing for a public inquiry in addition to a bas... | litvinenko robert owen britain 2006 russian russia | the inquiry into litvinenko's death will be independent from the the government's inquiry . sir robert owen will chair the inquiry . litvinenko, who moved to britain after becoming whistle blower, was poisoned in 2006 . before dying, he blamed russian president; russia denies accusation |
(cnn) gabriel garcía márquez, the influential, nobel prize winning author of 'one hundred years of solitude' and 'love in the time of cholera,' has died, his family and officials said he was 87 the literary giant was treated in april for infections and dehydration at a mexican hospital garcía márquez, a native of co... | colombia three days 87 year old garcía márquez earth colombian mexico city | new: colombia's president declares three days of national mourning . the 87 year old is widely credited with helping to popularize 'magical realism'. garcía márquez stands as one of the most honored authors on earth . the colombian author died in mexico city, where he lived |
(cnn) cristiano ronaldo scored two stunning goals as real madrid closed the gap at the top of la liga with a comfortable 4 0 victory over osasuna at the santiago bernabeu on saturday the portuguese opened the scoring after six minutes with a 25 yard strike before adding a similarly spectacular second just after half... | real madrid 4 0 osasuna bayern germany werder bremen monaco psg | two cristiano ronaldo strikes give real madrid 4 0 victory over osasuna . bayern return to form in germany with 5 2 victory over werder bremen . monaco keep psg title celebrations on ice |
(cnn) ryan giggs' career as a player manager got off to a winning start as manchester united defeated relegation threatened norwich city at old trafford the united legend is temporarily at the helm of the red devils after david moyes was sacked on tuesday giggs chose not to select himself for his first game in charg... | manchester united norwich city ryan giggs' first wayne rooney juan mata norwich | manchester united defeat norwich city 4 0 in ryan giggs' first game in charge . wayne rooney and juan mata both scored two goals each . norwich are now a point above the relegation zone with two games to play |
(cnn) there's no doubt about it now: kourtney kardashian is expecting her third child with partner scott disick the 35 year old reality star confirmed speculation about her pregnancy in a teaser segment for e!'s 'keeping up with the kardashians' following sunday night's ninth season summer premiere the teaser shows ... | third kourtney kardashian weeks kardashian ninth | a third child is on the way for kourtney kardashian and her partner . rumors about the pregnancy have circulated for weeks . kardashian revealed the news after ninth season summer premiere of her e! reality show |
(oprahcom) a man from vermont got into the habit of leaving his wife little notes nothing elaborate just sweet sentiments like 'i love you' or 'i can't wait to get home to you tonight,' jotted down on post it notes and then hidden in places where he knew she'd stumble over them throughout the course of her day yo... | every day a good day love habitat for humanity | every day is a good day to perform acts of love that touch, change lives . love can be found in smile, a wink, a song, a poem or batch of cookies . acts of love and kindness remind us what really matters . visit sick friend, help build house with habitat for humanity |
beijing (cnn) the communist party's 18th national congress enters its second session friday, a day after president hu jintao warned that a failure to deal with corruption could bring down the party and the state it controls hu spoke at a key meeting of top officials who will usher in a new set of leaders of the worl... | outstretch mammets cyclostomous | no related information |
(cnn) maria sharapova put memories of her first round defeat at last year's australian open firmly behind her with a convincing opening victory over tamarine tanasugarn of thailand former champion sharapova was shocked by fellow russian maria kirilenko in 2010 as she struggled to find her best form after shoulder s... | feeblebrained hydrophytism araneida | no related information |
(cnn) federal agents arrested 10 current or former delta employees thursday for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking at airports in detroit and houston, authorities said two others who were not airline employees also were arrested 'today's arrests and charges close a major vulnerability at the airport,' imm... | ice detroit delta | ice says a suitcase stuffed with marijuana tipped off investigators . authorities in detroit later intercepted 5 suitcases holding cocaine and marijuana . two others who are not airline employees were also arrested . delta says the employees have been suspended without pay |
(cnn) frank lampard missed a late penalty as chelsea's english premier league lead was cut to two points following a 2 1 defeat at manchester city on saturday evening big spending city ended a record run of seven successive draws to hand the londoners a third league defeat this season and allow rivals manchester uni... | frank lampard chelsea manchester city sixth manchester united west ham united gary neville wes brown | frank lampard misses a late penalty as chelsea lose 2 1 at manchester city . city move up to sixth place after ending a record run of seven successive draws . manchester united cut chelsea's league lead to two points, winning 4 0 at west ham . united suffer more defensive problems as gary neville and wes brown go off w... |
(cnn) it's one of the top 10 most visited sites worldwide, with over 2 million articles in its english language edition but is online encyclopedia wikipedia's strength that anyone can edit it also its greatest weakness? wikipedia: an invaluable repository of global knowledge or a magnet for digital vandals and... | wikipedia cal tech | free online encyclopedia wikipedia has fallen victim to hoaxers, vandals . students and journalists have fallen foul of site's inaccuracies . cal tech grad student has uncovered corporate wikipedia whitewashing . site is still a valuable resource when used with caution |
(cnn) defender turned striker daniel van buyten scored an 88th minute winner for bayern munich to give them a much needed 2 1 victory over eintracht frankfurt to revive their bundesliga title challenge the belgian was pushed up front by coach louis van gaal after italian striker luca toni was substituted and he cam... | daniel van buyten allianz arena belgian eintracht frankfurt hoffenheim nuremberg sv hamburg | daniel van buyten rescues bayern with late winner at allianz arena . belgian defender's goal secures 2 1 home win over eintracht frankfurt . hoffenheim up to sixth with 3 0 home win over nuremberg . ninth round leaders sv hamburg play on sunday |
(cnn) in 1965, a 40 year old william f buckley, jr ran for mayor of new york city a race he arguably never intended to win in fact, when asked what he'd do if he won he replied, 'demand a recount' but 10 years after founding the national review and one year after establishing barry goldwater as the conservative n... | strummed moneymakers unalacritous | no related information |
(cnn) mexican immigration to the united states has dropped sharply since 2005, but the flow of migrants returning to mexico remains steady, according to a study released wednesday by the pew hispanic center plaques mark the us mexico border near laredo, texas immigration from mexico to the united states slowed at le... | mexicans us pew hispanic center mexico | recession, border enforcement cited as possible reasons for decline . rate of mexicans leaving us stays flat, pew hispanic center study finds . immigrants say economic situation worse in mexico |
(cnn) more than 1 billion people all over the globe will observe the 40th anniversary of earth day today, which promises to be the largest since that first event in 1970 in 2010, the environmental challenges we face are global and call for new solutions forty years ago we were reactive in 1969, the year before the ... | kathleen rogers rogers india us china | kathleen rogers: more than a billion people to take part in the 40th earth day . rogers: how nations like india, us, china solve their future energy needs affects the world . rogers says global economy will benefit if it no longer depends on fossil fuel . she says problems can't wait; renewable energy and green jobs ar... |
editor's note: campbell brown anchors cnn's 'campbell brown: no bias, no bull' at 8 pm et mondays through fridays she delivered this commentary during the 'cutting through the bull' segment of friday night's broadcast cnn's campbell brown congratulates newly promoted four star gen ann dunwoody (cnn) tonight, our 'cu... | brown first ann e dunwoody only about 14 percent | brown: first female four star general is cause for celebration . brown: gen ann e dunwoody becomes first sister to join special band of brothers . women make up only about 14 percent of the active duty force, brown notes |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) malala yousefzai now has a day named after her and more than two million people from around the world pledging to carry on her fight for girls' education the united nations has declared november 10 as malala day to honor the 15 year old pakistani activist who was shot in the head one month ... | gordon brown islamabad brown un pakistan | ex uk prime minister gordon brown delivers girls' education petition islamabad . brown: the march for the right to girls' education cannot be stopped . un: pakistan spends seven times more on military than on primary education |
(cnn) radovan karadzic, whose interpol charges listed 'flamboyant behavior' as a distinguishing characteristic, was a practicing psychiatrist who came to be nicknamed the 'butcher of bosnia' twice indicted in 1995 by the un international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia, karadzic faces charges of genocid... | multilaterality ornithosis elogium | no related information |
(cnn) an estimated 125,000 western lowland gorillas are living in a swamp in equatorial africa, researchers reported tuesday, double the number of the endangered primates thought to survive worldwide forest clearings draw large numbers of western lowland gorillas searching for food 'it's pretty astonishing,' hugo ra... | western lowland congo | researchers feared only around 50,000 western lowland gorillas left worldwide . now 125,000 primates have been discovered in northern congo . population declining rapidly because of hunting and diseases like ebola . expert: this is the highest known density of gorillas that's ever been found |
prague, czech republic (cnn) a passenger train rumbling through the czech republic slammed into a collapsed overpass, causing the deaths of at least a half dozen passengers and the injuries of a few dozen more, according to a czech news agency account an areal view shows the scene of the train accident in studenka, ... | polish krakow czech prague | reports: train crashed into a collapsed overpass, with up to 10 possibly dead . eurocity train going from polish city of krakow to the czech capital, prague . incident occured at around 0830 gmt, officials say |
kabul (cnn) afghan voters turned out in large numbers saturday for historic presidential and provincial elections, undeterred by the threat of violence by the taliban and poor weather a heavy security presence in the capital, kabul, and across the country ensured that the vote went largely smoothly, although some at... | ulcered justles glacialism | no related information |
(cnn) english premier league side everton are pondering proposing a ground share with city rivals liverpool following the rejection of plans for their own 50,000 stadium everton had proposed the new $660 million combined stadium and shopping complex for kirkby, located north east of the city, but were rejected by th... | masculineness blowings semitreasonable | no related information |
(cnn) arjen robben scored twice on his debut as bayern munich gave new coach louis van gaal his first victory with a 3 0 crushing of german bundesliga champions wolfsburg on saturday two goal arjen robben made an immediate impact following his transfer from real madrid the dutch winger netted both goals in the secon... | arjen robben bayern munich first dutch german wolfsburg louis van gaal's bayer leverkusen bochum | arjen robben scores twice on his debut as bayern munich notch first victory . dutch winger's double comes in 3 0 win over german champions wolfsburg . victory leaves louis van gaal's side five points behind bayer leverkusen . leverkusen three points clear at the top after 2 1 win at home to bochum |
(cnn) english premier league side everton are pondering proposing a ground share with city rivals liverpool following the rejection of plans for their own 50,000 stadium everton had proposed the new $660 million combined stadium and shopping complex for kirkby, located north east of the city, but were rejected by th... | everton liverpool | everton are considering enquiring with city rivals liverpool about a possible ground share . this follows the rejection of plans for their own new stadium by local council officials . liverpool's owners have previously said they would not be keen on sharing with everton |
(cnn) moments have defined the olympic games as much as individual accomplishments take a look at 10 snapshots in time that transcended sport and have become a part of history cathy freeman in 2000: australia's pride lights up sydney with a golden smile freeman lights up sydney: at the time, the 2000 summer games in... | modern olympics olympics | olympic moments often transcend sport, with political overtones . modern olympics have witnessed protests, suffered from terrorism . olympics often provide athletes stage to air views on society |
(cnn) amid a falling currency, slumping factory output, lackluster investment and weak orders, india's prime minister manmohan singh looked desperately for at least some chinks of light in the economic gloom addressing parliament, singh struck out for the one silver lining left to his battered economy the falling... | octoradiated reimmerse gulosities | no related information |
london, england (cnn) having won 24 trophies in 23 seasons, alex ferguson has established himself as the most successful manager in british football history sir alex ferguson: english football's most successful manager with 24 titles but the 67 year old manchester united manager, who has brought 10 league titles to... | alex ferguson english 1941 ferguson david beckham cristiano ronaldo recent years | alex ferguson is the most successful manager in english football . born in 1941, ferguson has played and managed football at top levels . players he has nurtured include david beckham and cristiano ronaldo . he has hinted in recent years he may step down soon but keeps winning titles |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) the us military handed over to iraq the camp cropper detention facility thursday, calling the moment a milestone in iraq's history and another step in the drawdown of us forces there established in 2003 as a holding facility for security detainees near baghdad international airport, the prison ha... | us iraqi iraq us | the handover is a milestone in us iraqi relations . at iraq's request, the us will maintain custody of 200 dangerous inmates . the us will continue to have advisers and special inspectors |
washington (cnn) us authorities have ratcheted up pressure on one of mexico's most notorious drug cartels, releasing new details about the so called gulf cartel's operations and offering up to a $50 million reward for the arrest of its leaders these are weapons that the mexican army said it seized from the ruthless... | us mexico gulf cartel los zetas | us authorities ratchet up the pressure on mexico's notorious gulf cartel . federal indictment names leader, three other top players in drug cartel . plan to disrupt cartel: 'prosecute their leaders and seize their funding'. enforcement arm of cartel is known as los zetas; cartel operates in us cities |
(cnn) italian teenager federico macheda enjoyed a remarkable debut to english football as he curled home an injury time winner that sent manchester united back to the top of the premier league with a thrilling 3 2 home win over aston villa macheda receives a hug from manager sir alex ferguson after scoring mancheste... | federico macheda manchester villa 3 2 liverpool premier league everton sixth wigan | federico macheda scores an injury time winner as manchester defeat villa 3 2 . the win lifts champions above liverpool to top of premier league by one point . everton consolidate sixth place in table after a comfortable 4 0 win over wigan |
atlanta (cnn) federal agents charged four georgia men they say are part of a fringe militia group with plotting to attack government officials with explosives and the biotoxin ricin, prosecutors in atlanta announced tuesday a government informant recorded the men discussing plans to manufacture ricin, a highly poiso... | calamitean unopulent mycetophilidae | no related information |
(cnn) david beckham has confirmed that he is almost certain to return to italian club ac milan on loan when the transfer window re opens in january david beckham has helped la galaxy reach the mls playoffs for the first time since 2005 the los angeles galaxy star, who earned his 115th international cap for england i... | david beckham italian ac milan la galaxy 95 percent 34 year old europe world cup beckham 115th england belarus | david beckham confirms he is almost certain to return to italian club ac milan . the la galaxy midfielder says the loan move is '95 percent done and dusted'. 34 year old needs to be playing in europe to have chance of world cup place . beckham won his 115th international cap in england's 3 0 win against belarus |
(cnn) three times as many asian americans have been running for congress in 2012 than in the past two elections, a nonpartisan political group says, and it's a development that portends greater changes in demographic trends and reflects the recent political awakening of a minority group long confined to the margins ... | asian pacific institute for congressional studies asian americans 2012 2010 us judy chu d california | asian pacific institute for congressional studies monitors elections . it says 30 asian americans launched congressional bids in 2012 vs 10 hopefuls in 2010 . us rep judy chu, d california: 'it's a great step forward'. asian americans are among the fastest growing groups in the us |
london, england (cnn) he is hailed as a god in his native argentina, has been a vital part of the country's culture since the mid 70s and is largely considered to be one of the greatest footballers of all time maradona's crowning achievement was captaining argentina to world cup glory in 1986 now, 11 years since ret... | diego maradona argentina napoli | diego maradona is a football legend in argentina, one of the world's greats . his skills at napoli and for the argentina national side are highly praised . he has a reputation for leading a wild private life, was addicted to cocaine |
(cnn) spanish primera liga big spenders real madrid have pruned their squad after their summer transfer splurge by completing the sales of dutchmen arjen robben to bayern munich and wesley sneijder to inter milan arjen robben (left) meets his new coach louis van gaal after completing his move to bayern munich robben... | real madrid dutchmen arjen robben wesley sneijder robben bayern munich sneijder inter milan everton sylvain distin | real madrid complete sale of dutchmen arjen robben and wesley sneijder . robben completes transfer to bayern munich while sneijder joins inter milan . everton complete swoop for defender sylvain distin on a busy day of transfers |
(aol autos) price of gas got you crying at the pump? is it eating into your household budget? well, get used to it gas in california, the second worst state, hits $459 per gallon for regular unleaded in this july 14 photo that's the word on the streets as the price of a gallon of gasoline soars to record highs with... | uncertifiableness vermilinguial eds | no related information |
washington (cnn) sen john mccain said wednesday that the crisis in georgia should not be used to score political points, but his campaign has stepped up its attacks on sen barack obama's foreign policy credentials sen john mccain says russia's entry into the wto should be reviewed in response, obama's top foreign po... | russia wto georgia mccain obama | russia's participation in wto, g 8 at risk because of georgia, mccain says . mccain says crisis should not be used to score political points . obama's response to crisis reveals foreign policy inexperience, mccain aide says . obama's top foreign policy aides say mccain willing to 'shoot from the hip' |
tokyo, japan (cnn) a male member of the tokyo metropolitan assembly apologized monday for shouting sexist remarks at a female colleague as she was giving a speech last week akihiro suzuki, an assemblyman from the ruling ldp party, admitted to heckling fellow assembly member ayaka shiomura, who is from the minority y... | azimuths coralbells patmos | no related information |
(cnn) zach johnson took a step nearer the $10 million end of season prize after claiming victory at the rain delayed bmw championship in chicago monday the 2007 masters champion, finished the final day with a six under 65 to secure a two shot victory over nick watney and leave him needing victory at thursday's tour ... | solemness legist disfranchised | no related information |
new york (cnn) a forensics team at the maine state police lab is analyzing items found in waterville that could be connected to the case of maine toddler ayla reynolds, who disappeared from her home in december, according to a spokesman for the maine state police 'they were found yesterday (wednesday) by a worker be... | maine waterville ayla reynolds ayla | forensics team in maine analyzing items found behind office complex in waterville . they hope to determine whether they are linked to missing ayla reynolds . maine police refused to describe the items or say how many were recovered . ayla was 20 months old when she went missing in december |
beijing (cnn) a court in eastern china said it will deliver the much anticipated verdict in the corruption trial of fallen high flying politician bo xilai on sunday the jinan intermediate people's court in the province of shandong said wednesday on its official microblog account that the verdict would be pronounced ... | sunday morning shandong last month chinese | the verdict will be announced sunday morning, the court says . the closely watched trial took place in shandong province last month . bo, a former top official, faces charges of corruption, embezzlement, abuse of power . the overwhelming majority of chinese criminal cases result in guilty verdicts |
(cnn) sandy churned up a tragic deluge for millions of east coast residents, but in mountainous west virginia, the hurricane morphed into an unforgettable killer snow storm the state sits hundreds of miles southwest of where the brunt of sandy hit nonetheless, it shut off electricity to more than 200,000 customers, ... | west virginia state superstorm sandy | five deaths have been confirmed in west virginia . state was hit with blizzard like conditions from superstorm sandy . more than 200,000 people remained without power |
(cnn) andy murray thrilled his home crowd in july when he became the first british man in 77 years to win the wimbledon singles title but murray will most likely miss the second highest profile tennis event in britain the year end championships in november after choosing to undergo surgery for a lingering back... | andy murray murray the french open wimbledon us new york stan wawrinka the 'big four' | andy murray will undergo minor back surgery and most likely miss the rest of 2013 . murray missed the french open with a back problem before winning wimbledon . he lost early in two us open warm up events and was upset in new york by stan wawrinka . murray is the third member of the 'big four' to miss tournaments this ... |
(cnngo) 'getting away from it all' may be a travel marketing clichã©, but the phrase might take on a whole new meaning come 2016 russian firm orbital technologies plans to open the first space hotel in history in five year's time the space hotel, or 'commercial space station,' as it's officially called, will float 2... | maxillary ejuration ginnet | no related information |
(cnn) french legend julien absalon took his status to new heights when he became the first rider to defend the men's mountain bike olympic title sabine spitz of germany celebrates her victory in the women's mountain bike on saturday absalon kept the gold in french hands for the third olympics in a row following m... | hypobatholithic metalises potman | no related information |
(cnn) three aid workers have been shot over the last day in somalia, two of them fatally, somali media reports said somalis prepare monday to bury murdered osman ali ahmed, the head of the un development program the first fatality was a somali, mohamed mohamud qeyre he was the deputy director of the group daryeel b... | zollverein trawley semiretired | no related information |
washington (cnn) house democrats told the president monday he won't be getting money to close the military detention facility at guantanamo bay, cuba, until he has a 'concrete program' for shutting it down and moving its prisoners a guard talks to a detainee at guantanamo earlier this year the $80 million will be d... | obama $80 million house democrat justice department | obama administration had requested $80 million to close the prison . house democrat: president won't get money until 'concrete plan' is made . committee chairman: 'when they have a plan, they're welcome to talk to us'. justice department examining what to do with detainees, defense secretary has said |
(cnn) movie audiences have always known the joys of in seat snacking, but it took the theaters a while to come around owners of nickelodeons and movie palaces refused to sell food until the 1920s, according to 'shared pleasures,' a history of movie presentation by douglas gomery munching on peanuts and popcorn duri... | great depression 17 | movie theater owners originally didn't want to sell food, believing it was low class . after great depression, they rented concession stands, eventually running them . premium screening rooms offer cocktails, wine lists, $17 crab cakes |
madrid, spain (cnn) passengers said they saw flames and then heard an explosion moments before a spanair jet crashed on takeoff wednesday at madrid's barajas airport, killing 153 people, according to local media medical personnel tend to an injured passenger at madrid's barajas airport the spanair flight jk5022 was ... | spanish spanair web madrid | new: local officials say one of jet's two engines caught fire . new: two infants among 19 survivors, spanish official says . new: passenger list posted on spanair web site . md 82 crashed while taking off from madrid's main airport |
london, england (cnn) with irresponsible banking practices taking the blame for bringing about the global economic crisis, there has been a surge of interest in islamic finance islamic finance is estimated to be worth $700 billion and has been growing by 15 to 20 percent per year now, a slew of academic courses are ... | islamic | there is an increase in demand for academic courses in islamic finance . some believe islamic finance principles would have avoided banking crisis . islamic banks do not charge interest or deal in mortgage backed securities . some principles are similar to those used for ethical investments |
(cnn) middle eastern investment is continuing apace in the english premier league despite the tough economic climate, with dubai based sulaiman al fahim completing his long awaited takeover of portsmouth sulaiman al fahim has continued his interest in english football with a buyout of portsmouth al fahim, a board me... | dubai sulaiman al fahim portsmouth al fahim alexandre gaydamak paul hart england peter crouch sunderland | dubai based billionaire sulaiman al fahim completes takeover of portsmouth . al fahim becomes chairman, replacing former owner alexandre gaydamak . he rewards caretaker manager paul hart with two year deal as permanent boss . england striker peter crouch decides against a move north to sunderland |
washington (cnn) health care reform is a signature issue for democrats, but the attempt to overhaul the nation's health system has pitted liberals against centrists, exposing fissures 11 months before the 2010 midterm elections a year ago democrats were united in victory after winning back the white house and picki... | democratic afghan democrats obama democratic national committee | democratic differences on public option, abortion slows down health care overhaul . move for more afghan troops also stirs opposition among democrats . support for president obama, congressional democrats slip among liberals . democratic national committee official downplays divisions |
seoul, south korea (cnn) us president barack obama, meeting with south korean president lee myung bak in seoul on thursday, said he will send envoy stephen bosworth to north korea next month for bilateral talks on dismantling pyongyang's nuclear program 'if north korea is prepared to take concrete and irreversible s... | united states bosworth north korea the united states | united states careful to describe bosworth trip as only limited diplomatic foray . in recent weeks north korea has sought direct talks with the united states . envoy bosworth's trip to north korea slated for december 8 . trip could lead to new negotiations and move six party talks away from standstill |
(cnn) italy secured a second fed cup women's tennis title in three years with a comfortable 4 0 win over the united states in reggio calabria with a 2 0 lead overnight, world no 11 flavia pennetta's 7 5 6 2 victory over melanie oudin in sunday's opening singles match gave the italians an unassailable lead it followe... | italy the united states fed cup reggio calabria italians flavia pennetta melanie oudin | italy beat the united states 4 0 to win fed cup title at home in in reggio calabria . it is the italians' second fed cup success in three years after previously winning it in 2006 . flavia pennetta's 7 5 6 2 victory over melanie oudin in sunday's opening singles match gave the italians an unassailable lead . the fourth... |
(cnn) for those of you dreaming of visiting mars, readings taken during the curiosity rover's voyage to the red planet offer a new measurement to ponder as you weigh the risks mars bound pioneers will be exposed to radiation levels that could effectively retire astronauts under nasa's current standards, scientists r... | uninquisitively sympathizing perfluent | no related information |
(cnn) startup the term, near ubiquitous in our app consuming, fully facebooked world, is one that didn't truly enter the lexicon until the 1990s, when wall street took a bow to silicon valley and the palate of professional possibility became wired and well connected much has changed since then gone are the days when... | overbear habronemiasis klismos | no related information |
(cnn) when siri, the voice 'assistant' on the iphone, made its debut in 2011, it was welcomed as futuristic way to interact with our gadgets you could ask it simple questions, banter and flirt, or launch applications with one push of a button and without slogging through touchscreen menus two years later, apple is g... | apple wednesday twitter wikipedia google voice search | apple is updating its siri voice assistant feature on wednesday . siri will get an optional male voice and will integrate twitter and wikipedia results . siri faces stiff competition from google's voice search, which can also be used on the iphone . as part of the overhaul, siri is no longer labeled a 'beta' product |
los angeles, california (cnn) a magnitude 54 earthquake shook the los angeles metropolitan area tuesday, leaving residents rattled but causing no serious damage or injuries bricks and other debris clutter an alleyway in pomona, near los angeles tuesday afternoon however, the temblor served as a warning to southern c... | rethicken palmanesthesia yeuks | no related information |
(cnn) with the presidential race heading into its final stretch, both candidates vow to protect the sacred promises made to military families but neither is offering any details on how they might support military families if we hit a fiscal cliff with budget cuts that could wipe out services for military and veteran... | ron astor astor obama | ron astor: we need plans to provide services for returning vets if defense is deeply cut . astor: candidates laud military members but provide no detailed plans for re integration . tens of thousands back from wars wonder what services will survive, he says . astor: obama 'joining forces' is great, but it needs to be e... |
(cnn) as us president george w bush wrapped up his tour of the middle east, some of the region's biggest investors were doing business in the us us president george w bush during a lighter moment on his middle eastern tour with saudi prince salman bin abdul aziz saudi prince alwaleed bin talal topped up his holding... | squashiness unearth chromotype | no related information |
lahore, pakistan (cnn) former pakistani prime minister and opposition figure nawaz sharif arrived in pakistan's second largest city sunday, where he plans to end seven years in exile and directly participate in upcoming elections nawaz sharif arrived amid a crowd of uniformed security personnel and throngs of cheeri... | unconfoundedly orthocephalous paniconograph | no related information |
editor's note: peter bergen is cnn's national security analyst and a fellow at the new america foundation in washington and at new york university's center on law and security his most recent book is 'the osama bin laden i know: an oral history of al qaeda's leader' peter bergen says it's crucial to correctly frame the... | peter bergen bush bergen us al qaeda | peter bergen: bush never correctly framed the 'global war on terror'. he says the president went to war against the tactic of terrorism . instead, bergen says, the us should be leading a war vs al qaeda . bergen: al qaeda is a formidable enemy, but not the equivalent of fascism |
(cnn) it remains advantage los rojiblancos in the race for the la liga title as atletico madrid battled to a 1 0 away win at valencia to lead by four points by the end of sunday's program barcelona moved up to second with a 3 2 win at villarreal in the late match, their first since the death of former coach tito vil... | gelsemiums gooney barosinusitis | no related information |
washington (cnn) the united states and britain praised pakistani president pervez musharraf's contribution to the war on terror while the bush administration claimed no role in the leader's resignation monday pakistan's pervez musharraf has until now stubbornly resisted pressure to quit a senior state department off... | calesin inapostate proofer | no related information |
washington (cnn) a slim majority of americans think churches should stay out of politics, according to a new survey john mccain, the rev rick warren and barack obama together for a cnn broadcast forum on faith the survey suggests that for the first time in more than a decade, there has been a shift away from the vie... | republicans americans | survey: republicans change view more than others on church and politics . small majority of americans think churches shouldn't endorse candidates . researcher: survey doesn't mean basic conservative philosophy is changing |
(cnn) the next stop in a legal battle over a controversial new abortion law in texas could be the us supreme court on monday abortion rights groups filed an emergency motion asking the supreme court to block texas from enforcing part of the law, which is considered among the most restrictive in the country justice a... | hospitious arrand intracerebrally | no related information |
(cnn) a swedish wrestler who discarded his bronze medal in a protest during the presentation ceremony has been stripped of the award and disqualified from the tournament in beijing a disgruntled abrahamian drops his bronze medal before leaving the arena during the presentation ceremony the international olympic comm... | swede ara abrahamian olympics ioc third the beijing games | swede ara abrahamian disqualified from olympics, stripped of bronze medal . he discarded the medal at the presentation ceremony in protest of judging . ioc says he violated rules banning demonstrations, requiring respect . his medal was the third stripped at the beijing games |
(cnn) houston texans head coach gary kubiak will remain hospitalized for at least one more day after collapsing as he walked off the field for halftime of the team's sunday night game against the indianapolis colts, the team said monday 'gary is alert, coherent and in good spirits,' the team said in a statement 'he ... | jj watt houston texans monday kubiak denver broncos | new: star jj watt says he hadn't noticed anything troubling in the runup to the game . houston texans coach won't be out of the hospital monday, team says . kubiak did not have a heart attack, his interim replacement says . denver broncos coach undergoes successful heart surgery |
(cnn) it seems difficult to open a paper, turn on tv or visit a website these days without hearing some awful new 'discovery' about obamacare and how it's going to end the world more often than not, these claims are overblown, designed to get attention and score political points this week, the new york times publish... | aaron carroll years obamacare carroll | lower cost insurance could come at the cost of fewer choices of health care providers . aaron carroll: insurance companies have been doing this for years to keep costs down . he says just as there's no policy that is perfect, there are tradeoffs to obamacare . carroll: one way to fix this is to have a public option, wh... |
(cnn) argentina will be missing striker diego milito for the final two world cup qualifiers against peru and uruguay as diego maradona's struggling team battle to reach the finals in 2010 diego milito has had only a bit part role for argentina despite his good form for inter milan milito is expected to be sidelined ... | edgestone trapanned baldpated | no related information |
hong kong (cnn) shinzo abe, japan's one time prime minister, may get a second chance at the job after serving as the country's leader from 2006 to 2007, his liberal democratic party looks set to return to power this weekend in national elections some investors believe the second coming of abe will be good for japan'... | replow ziczac retreating | no related information |
cairo (cnn) clashes between egyptian security forces and armed men on the outskirts of cairo thursday left at least one police official dead, authorities said at least 65 men were arrested during the security forces' operation in the district of kerdasa, the interior ministry said images broadcast by egyptian state ... | last month kerdasa cairo | security forces arrest 65 men in connection with a deadly attack last month . the operation is in kerdasa, a district on the outskirts of cairo . a police official is killed during armed clashes that took place there . subway service in cairo is briefly suspended after suspicious objects are found |
(cnn) a us navy commander, a naval criminal investigative service agent and a singapore based defense contractor face federal charges in two bribery schemes involving hundreds of millions of dollars in navy contracts with payoffs that included prostitutes and luxury travel, according to the us attorney's office in s... | navy ncis us | navy commander steered ships to contractor's ports, complaint alleges . ncis agent told contractor of investigation, us attorney says . payoffs included prostitutes, luxury travel, according to us attorney's office |
(cnn) over the course of five days, the greek government led by the understated conservative prime minister antonis samaras overcame two high hurdles in a dash to qualify for the austerity program set out by the so called troika, made up of the european central bank, the international monetary fund and the eur... | greek 2013 45% next year greece | the greek government has overcome two hurdles to qualify for the troika's austerity program . but in the spirit of a greek tragedy, much political blood has been spilt along the way . the budget for 2013 makes for painful reading, including a contraction of 45% next year . but one thing is abundantly clear for greece: ... |
(cnn) former south african president nelson mandela will remain in a pretoria hospital through christmas, the government said on monday in a statement on his website, president jacob zuma said that mandela is responding well to treatment 'we also humbly invite all freedom loving people around the world to pray for h... | jacob zuma mandela zuma december 8 | president jacob zuma says mandela is responding well to treatment . zuma asks for prayers for the former president, who's been in the hospital since december 8 |
buchanan, new york (cnn) the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission got a firsthand look tuesday at the indian point nuclear plant on a visit organized by two members of congress from new york who want the plant shut down chairman gregory jaczko toured the plant with longtime indian point opponents rep nita l... | new york congress lowey engel nrc | 2 new york members of congress want nuclear plant closed . lowey, engel say too many people live too close for evacuation . nrc chairman praises 'dialogue' |
washington (cnn) ever since watergate became the shorthand for a government run amok, the political clichã© of our time has been about the political lesson of that era: that the coverup can be worse than the crime apply that clichã© to benghazi and questions about the motive for removing the terror link from talk... | valiantly tinman intermining | no related information |
(cnn) checking the weather display for our departure from jfk airport in new york to london's heathrow airport, an awkward blob of green, yellow, and red is sprawled diagonally across most of the new england coastline studying the computer in operations, the routing filed with atc (air traffic control) appears to na... | les abend faa tel aviv us | les abend says a commercial pilot's pre flight checklist just got much more complicated . the faa has lifted restrictions on landing and taking off in tel aviv . worrying about whether rockets are flying near airports makes a tough task more difficult . us airspace is also full of activity involving live ordinance, due... |
london, england (cnn) it's fair to say david beckham may be seeing more green off the football pitch than he does on it reason to smile: david beckham is the highest earning footballer in the world, according to forbes despite a difficult and expensive period negotiating an extended release from his la galaxy club ... | reclothing barberish seraing | no related information |
(cnn) roma moved up to sixth place in the serie a table after a 1 0 victory in the rome 'derby' against city rivals lazio substitute full back marco cassetti scored the only goal in the 79th minute, finding the corner of the net with a scuffed shot from mirko vucinic's cross lazio had enjoyed the better of the chanc... | roma lazio marco cassetti jonathan biabiany parma genoa | roma move up to sixth place in the serie a table after a 1 0 victory over city rivals lazio . substitute full back marco cassetti scored the only goal of the game in the 79th minute . jonathan biabiany scored twice as parma drew 2 2 away to genoa to keep hold of fourth position |
(cnn) a 2005 cable by the us ambassador to botswana criticized how the southern african nation's government handled the removal of bushmen people from the central kalahari game reserve, according to the document obtained by wikileaks and published thursday by london's guardian newspaper the cable by former ambassado... | wikileaks guardian us botswana gem diamonds $3 billion | the 2005 cable obtained by wikileaks is published by the guardian . the us ambassador questioned how botswana removed indigenous bushmen from a game reserve . gem diamonds received a 25 year, $3 billion license to mine diamonds in the reserve . a government spokesman says the relocation and government aid have helped t... |
miami, florida (cnn) tropical storm fay made landfall in southwestern florida early tuesday, coming ashore at cape romano just south of marco island, the national hurricane center said satellite image shows tropical storm fay along florida's southwest coast at 11 pm et monday forecasters immediately dropped hurrican... | mopy impellent pentagonal | no related information |
(cnn) former olympic champion angel matos of cuba faces a life ban after kicking a referee flush in the face during his taekwondo bronze medal match in beijing matos reacted in extraordinary fashion to being disqualified by chelbat matos, who took gold in sydney in 2000, was winning 3 2, with just over a minute lef... | cuba angel matos matos sweden | cuba's angel matos kicks referee in the face during bronze medal match . matos was furious with sweden's chakir chelbat after being disqualified . matos and his coach are facing life bans from taekwondo |
(cnn) the marine husband of a slain fort bragg soldier was charged with murder monday and another marine was charged with aiding the crime, a local police chief said fayetteville, north carolina, police released this undated photo of 2nd lt holley wimunc authorities have been searching for the missing soldier, army ... | cpl john wimunc marine lance cpl kyle alden 2nd holley wimunc july 10 | new: soldier's husband, cpl john wimunc, charged with murder . marine lance cpl kyle alden charged with arson in connection with the crime . authorities have been searching for 2nd lt holley wimunc since july 10 |
(cnn) germans have learned a lot about chancellor merkel in this election cycle: we now know she has a drivers' license, but feels too insecure to drive herself she has confessed that in her youth she sometimes drank too much cherry wine and that she has been married once before and divorced her current husband, joa... | debasedness disrespectfully perfect | no related information |
(ewcom) okay 35 million votes later and it is ovahhhhhh! after a two hour 'grand finale' packed with mostly clear cellophane (plus performances by pitbull and one direction), 'the x factor' has a season 2 champ! was it fifth harmony, tate stevens, or carly rose sonenclar who won the $5 million recording contract ... | chromotropism hagiographer unwrite | no related information |
washington (cnn) the son of the former shah of iran called monday for solidarity against iran's islamic regime, warning that the democratic movement born out of the election crisis might not succeed without international support reza shah pahlavi has lived in exile since 1979, when his father was overthrown during t... | reza shah pahlavi democratic iranian pahlavi obama | reza shah pahlavi: democratic movement needs international support to succeed . he called iranian regime a 'sinking titanic' that might not survive the movement . pahlavi cited reports security forces go home, change clothes, join protest . he praised obama but encouraged countries to be prepared to stand up and help |
(cnn) a nato delegation arrived tuesday in southeastern turkey to survey the turkish syrian border for the possible deployment of patriot anti aircraft missile batteries, the semi official anadolu news agency reported turkey has turned against its former ally, asking fellow nato members last week for the missiles to... | russian syria tuesday turkey syrian al qaeda | new: russian official blasts idea, saying it's 'creating more problems than it might solve'. at least 131 people are killed across syria on tuesday, an opposition group says . turkey says a missile system would be used only defensively against syrian threats . the syrian government says it killed a large number of al q... |
norman, oklahoma (cnn) six o'clock on a sunday morning and i'm dragging myself out of bed to drive to norman, oklahoma, of all places i grab my camera gear and overnight bag packed with extra underwear, then sneak out of my dallas area home for a day that promises to push my adrenaline to new levels two and a half h... | cnn aaron brodie reed timmer storm chasers oklahoma kansas 50 mph | cnn's aaron brodie chases tornado with reed timmer of 'storm chasers'. they study radar and drive from oklahoma to kansas . they race to stay ahead of what they think is a gustnado moving at 50 mph . monster cloud of dust becomes roaring tornado as it sends debris floating through the air |
(cnn) erika andiola spent hours friday speaking to immigration officials to keep her own mother in the country she prevented her deportation in the nick of time the prominent immigration rights activist has routinely visited immigration offices on the behalf of others, 'but this is the first time i have been here fo... | milesima statuelike bohemian | no related information |
washington (cnn) the us military's first and only study looking into ties between saddam hussein's iraq and al qaeda showed no connection between the two, according to a military report released by the pentagon a us soldier in front of a bus hit by a roadside bomb near nasiriyah, southeast of baghdad, iraq, on tues... | joint forces command saddam hussein al qaeda iraqi bush iraq | joint forces command report: no link between saddam hussein, al qaeda . interviews with former iraqi leaders, 600,000 iraqi documents were reviewed . president bush cited a link in the runup to the 2003 us led invasion of iraq . report says evidence was found of iraqi government backed terrorism |
washington (cnn) the senate focused wednesday on an energy efficiency bill while house republicans argued among themselves over funding obamacare as congress shifted its focus from the syria crisis in order to give new diplomatic efforts a chance to succeed in his nationally televised address tuesday night, presiden... | foremisgiving candors myelinogenetic | no related information |
(cnn) each year, grammy week offers up a full calendar of events each one boasting a guest list more spectacular than the next but this year, the most coveted ticket was friday night's '2013 musicares person of the year tribute' honoring bruce springsteen the evening's entertainment featured six rock and roll hal... | bruce springsteen musicares the recording academy's neil young elton john sting patti smith john legend | bruce springsteen was named musicares' person of the year . all star concert and fundraiser benefits the recording academy's philanthropic arm . the boss ups ante, offers guitar lesson, motorcycle ride and his mom's lasagna . among tribute makers: neil young, elton john, sting, patti smith, john legend |
(cnn) arsenal manager arsene wenger can expect an apology from premier league referees chief keith hackett following his dismissal in the closing seconds of saturday's 2 1 english premier league defeat to manchester united arsene wenger has to stand with manchester united fans after being sent off at old trafford le... | reinflating radiciferous absolvable | no related information |
(cnn) european football's governing body, uefa has revealed that 32 of its 54 member states have declared an interest in hosting matches at the 2020 european championships traditionally, the tournament is hosted by one or two nations, but matches in 2020 will be shared between 13 cities across europe uefa, who annou... | european uefa | european football's governing body reveals list of countries bidding to host 2020 finals . the 60th anniversary edition of the finals will be hosted by 13 countries . thirty two countries are considering bids to host 2020 matches . uefa will announce host cities on september 25 |
(cnn) real madrid striker alvaro negredo has been sold to spanish primera liga rivals sevilla in a reported $21 million deal negredo scores for real madrid in the peace cup earlier this month the highly rated negredo was surplus to requirements at real, who are looking to recoup some of the massive $363 million the... | alvaro negredo sevilla negredo five year almeria last season | real madrid striker alvaro negredo completes his permanent move to sevilla . negredo has signed five year contract, although real have a buy back option . the highly rated negredo scored 19 goals while on loan to almeria last season |
kaiping, china (cnn) in a quiet corner of southern china's pearl river delta, hundreds of abandoned watchtowers dot a landscape of water logged rice paddies, lush bamboo groves and ancient villages bristling with battlements and turrets, the ornate towers were built by families and villages in need of protection dur... | china chinese | china has 43 world heritage sites, the most of any country . some sites struggle to cope with boom in domestic tourism . chinese made 26 billion trips last year as more have money to travel . fears emerge that economic development may clash with heritage preservation |
(cnn) call it confidence, or call it arrogance but whatever it is, sebastian vettel certainly has it already 53 points clear in his bid for a fourth consecutive world formula one title, and seeking his third successive race victory, the red bull driver did not even bother trying to set a second lap in final quali... | sebastian vettel singapore red bull mercedes nico rosberg second marina bay vettel fernando alonso seventh | f1 championship leader sebastian vettel wins pole position in singapore . red bull star has nervous wait after deciding to post only one lap in qualifying . mercedes' nico rosberg comes closest, qualifying second at marina bay . vettel's closest title rival fernando alonso will start seventh on the grid |
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