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(cnn) as republicans wrestle with how to oppose president barack obama, what to do about obamacare and how to compare the value of fights based on principle versus fights based on clever calculation, there may be some lessons from one of the darkest periods of republican history watergate was a slow motion disaster ... | craig shirley newt gingrich republicans watergate the panama canal | craig shirley, newt gingrich: republicans were devastated by watergate scandal . they say the party lost most of its clout, had to rebuild from the ground up . republicans rallied around effort to stop the handover of the panama canal . authors: they lost the canal battle but built a party that competed and won |
(cnn) secretary of state john kerry landed in kabul, afghanistan, friday for talks with president hamid karzai the united states hopes to make progress on a long stalled security deal with afghanistan that would leave some us forces in the country beyond nato's scheduled departure at the end of 2014 us officials say... | the united states afghanistan afghan us | the united states hopes to make progress on a long stalled security deal with afghanistan . issues related to afghan sovereignty and us security guarantees make a deal elusive . afghanistan refuses to let us forces continue to conduct counterterrorism operations |
london (cnn) in the week between her death and her funeral, britons are having an awkward time coming to terms with the legacy of margaret thatcher, a prime minister who last held office 23 years ago meaning no one under 40 could have voted for her, yet the mix of anger and admiration is spread across the generat... | the 'iron lady britain | mixed feelings towards the legacy of the 'iron lady' in britain . debate rages over the former pm's political policies . impromptu parties celebrating her death have occurred around the country . cost of funeral has also caused ruckus; many call for low key remembrance |
(cnn) this is not a great week to be a government employee, but one movie theater chain is trying to ease the pain amc has announced that its theaters are offering free small popcorns to those employed by the government, regardless of whether a movie ticket is also purchased instead, the individual needs to simply p... | amc washington | movie chain amc is offering free small popcorns to government workers . a movie ticket does not need to be purchased to receive the offer . the discount will stand 'until good common sense is restored in washington' |
(cnn) for muslims around the world, eid al adha is a time of celebration, marked by visits from far flung relatives, gift giving and elaborate feasts but this year, the joyous occasion tuesday was marred by bomb blasts and deaths in violence plagued afghanistan and iraq, and in civil war wracked syria in southern af... | isaf afghanistan iraq syria | isaf service member killed in southern afghanistan . in eastern afghanistan, a bomb inside a mosque kills a governor . in iraq, worshippers are targeted as they leave a prayer service . in syria, three children are killed |
(cnn) with 'mexico only turns 200 once' as their motto, ireporter michael hilburn and his girlfriend took a five day bicentennial road trip in september 'starting in guadalajara, our 792 mile trek took us through some of mexico's most beautiful and historic cities including guanajuato, san miguel de allende, dolores... | eventlessly glossocomium absolvers | no related information |
tbilisi, georgia (cnn) georgian president mikheil saakashvili signed a cease fire agreement on friday, which the us said means russian troops must begin withdrawing the office of french president nicolas sarkozy, who brokered the agreement, said russian president dmitry medvedev also had confirmed russia's cooperat... | sarkozy russian dmitry medvedev georgia south ossetia | new: sarkozy's office says russian president dmitry medvedev will sign deal . georgia signs cease fire agreement . georgia president: we are under russian occupation . conflict began when georgia launched action against rebels in south ossetia |
(cnn) turkey's military said it killed at least 15 rebels in operations in northern iraq earlier this week, but a spokesman for the iraqi kurdish regional security forces denied the report, saying turkey has not conducted any military operation or air assault there in the past two weeks turkish troops patrol near th... | turkey iraq earlier this week kurdistan workers' party pkk iraqi kurdish regional security forces us eu n iraq | turkey: at least 15 rebels in operations in northern iraq earlier this week . says kurdistan workers' party (pkk) members trying to get into turkey . iraqi kurdish regional security forces denies the report, says no operation . pkk, labeled a terrorist group by us, eu, has attacked turkey from n iraq |
(cnn) the political pyrotechnics of a face to face encounter between us president barack obama and his russian counterpart vladimir putin could eclipse a spectacular fireworks show set to illuminate the normandy coastline to commemorate the d day anniversary french president francois hollande has gone to great lengt... | ungloomed euploidies ischchia | no related information |
lahore, pakistan (cnn) two pakistani television networks that transmit from dubai in united arab emirates were ordered off the air friday at the request of pakistani president pervez musharraf, officials from the networks said pakistan's president, gen pervez musharraf, has been under pressure to lift a state of eme... | unobliterable prearrestment phonetist | no related information |
(cnn) authorities in oklahoma have arrested and charged a 23 year old man who they say planned to blow up 48 area churches gregory arthur weiler ii was arrested last week at a motel in miami, oklahoma, according to ben loring, first assistant district attorney for ottawa county authorities were tipped off to the plo... | clot prepossession bunion | no related information |
hollywood, california (cnn) singer christina aguilera joined fellow grammy award winners alicia keys and john legend for 'cnn heroes: an all star tribute,' which honored the top 10 cnn heroes of 2008 christina aguilera performs her hit single 'beautiful' at 'cnn heroes: an all star tribute' the show, taped before an... | cnn heroes: an all star tribute thanksgiving cnn grammy christina aguilera alicia keys john legend cnn heroes liz mccartney st bernard parish louisiana hero of the year | 'cnn heroes: an all star tribute' aired thanksgiving weekend on cnn . grammy winners christina aguilera, alicia keys and john legend performed . the show honored the top 10 cnn heroes as selected by a distinguished panel . liz mccartney of st bernard parish, louisiana, named cnn hero of the year |
(departures ) the skypark pool atop the marina bay sands hotel in singapore might be one of the most magnificent pools on earth: it's an infinity edged oasis 650 feet above ground with a mind blowing view of the city's skyline it's part of a massive rooftop entertainment platform perched atop three skyscrapers while... | marina bay sands 650 feet singapore the adelphi hotel melbourne | bars and restaurants are transforming rooftop pools into a social scene . the infinity pool at marina bay sands soars 650 feet in the air, overlooking singapore's skyline . the adelphi hotel in melbourne features a transparent floor that looks over a nine story drop |
jerusalem (cnn) israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for an early election after failing to agree on a budget with his coalition partners, saying the vote should be held 'as soon as possible' for the good of the country in a televised announcement tuesday, netanyahu said the election was necessary to ens... | israel netanyahu another year | israel needs a 'responsible budget with a long term outlook,' netanyahu says . a general election should take place as soon as possible, the prime minister says . netanyahu says the election will help israel face its economic and security challenges . israel was not due to hold elections for another year |
(cnn) much has been written about the twitterfication of the gaza war but there's a much more significant war taking place right now on twitter it's a war about freedom of speech in our new reputation economy; it's a war about what we legally should and shouldn't be able to say on twitter the latest battle in this w... | satinets etherizing hyphodrome | no related information |
caracas, venezuela (cnn) venezuelan president hugo chavez was re elected sunday to a new six year term, overcoming an energetic challenge by a candidate backed by an opposition coalition, according to nearly complete results announced by election officials chavez, who has been president since 1999, defeated henrique... | 90% chavez 54% henrique capriles radonski 45% 81% decades hugo chavez 1999 six year | new: with 90% of ballots counted, chavez has 54% of the vote, officials say . new: opponent henrique capriles radonski has 45% of the vote . new: the 81% turnout is one of the highest in decades, elections chief says . hugo chavez, president since 1999, is re elected to a six year term |
london (cnn) on the streets of london, something strange is afoot gone are the blank stares, business suits and gray skies in their place: warm smiles, bright outfits and even the odd glimpse of sunshine olympic fever has transformed the city nowhere is this feeling more pronounced than at the olympic park, scene... | london londoners london 2012 | olympic fever has transformed london into a sea of cheery smiles and bright outfits . security shambles and pre games predictions of transport chaos left londoners worried . performance of home side team gb has done host nation proud . hopes renewed optimism will be among the lasting legacies of london 2012 |
(cnn) there's a trillion dollar virus that is spreading throughout silicon valley right now it's called social networking this virus, a relentless kind of digital blob, feeds on our most intimate data the bigger a social network becomes, the greedier it becomes for our data and the more it invades our lives, voracio... | digital andrew keen keen | digital commentator andrew keen says social networking is a virus that feeds on intimate data . he says hysteria over apps that surreptitiously access data exposes wider problem in industry . accessing lists of our friends is the crack cocaine of the social networking industry, keen argues |
(cnn) the north koreans know how to put on a show and this year the 60th anniversary of the end of hostilities in the korean war they've gone all out for the mass games if you've toyed with the idea of going, this is the summer to do it it's a lot easier to get into the hermit kingdom than you probably expect ... | north koreans arirang 60th the korean war last year's mass games year china russia | north koreans put on a magnificent arirang show to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the korean war . half of the show elements are new compared to last year's show, says a mass games regular . this year's show highlights the friendship with china and russia |
(mental floss) investigators are trying to figure out whether the financial fraud allegedly perpetrated by bernard l madoff was, in fact, the largest ponzi scheme in history the alleged scam, which cost investors $50 billion, sounds like a classic ponzi racket the new york home of bernard madoff, who's accused in a ... | charles ponzi ponzi wall street journal's clarence barron | charles ponzi was a real person who swindled investors in a postal scam . ponzi pocketed millions and enjoyed life but a publisher was suspicious . wall street journal's clarence barron printed front page story slamming ponzi . ponzi served time, was deported and died in 1949 buried in a pauper's grave |
los angeles, california (cnn) hal holbrook has made his name playing famous historical figures he won an emmy for his portrayal of abraham lincoln in a 1974 tv miniseries, accolades as 'deep throat' in 1976's 'all the president's men,' and a tony as mark twain a performance he's been giving now for a half century... | siphonogamic cryogeny pretechnical | no related information |
cairo (cnn) supporters and opponents of deposed egyptian president mohamed morsy clashed near cairo's tahrir square on monday, leaving one person dead and 26 others injured, an emergency official said opinion: why the muslim brotherhood can't back down in one incident, a gunman opened fire near the square with an a... | morsy cairo tahrir square nearly three weeks | supporters and opponents of morsy clashed near cairo's tahrir square . one person dead and 26 others injured, an emergency official said . the clashes come nearly three weeks after morsy was forced out of office |
(cnn) capt chesley 'sully' sullenberger says he'll take to the skies again as soon as he can shake flight 1549 out of his head capt chesley 'sully' sullenberger, left, and first officer jeffrey skiles say they'll eventually return to work 'i'll be going back to work as soon as i'm ready,' said sullenberger, who a... | sullenberger hudson river larry king live | captain of plane that landed in river: i'll return to work 'as soon as i'm ready'. capt sullenberger: 'it's hard sometimes to turn off my brain at night' after incident . sullenberger, crew recount hudson river landing on 'larry king live'. first officer: everybody did their jobs, and 'we had good fortune' |
(cnn) a woman whose same sex partner was killed in last month's stage collapse at the indiana state fair joined a personal injury attorney in pushing a federal lawsuit against the state of indiana on behalf of those injured and the families of those killed the lawsuit seeks to overturn the state's $5 million cap on ... | $5 million indiana | new: an injured woman says the death of her same sex partner 'is not right'. new: a lawyer says a $5 million cap on damages is 'puzzling' and 'wrong'. new: he says same sex partners deserve the same benefits as heterosexual ones . seven people were killed in the indiana state fair collapse last month |
(cnn) as a concept, recycling has lived and died many times throughout its 4,000 year old history but it always re emerges as an idea when humans need it most, such as during the great depression, and later during world war ii, when american companies recycled or reused around 25 percent of the waste stream a sign i... | 4,000 years old more than 500 million tons every year china | recycling as a movement 4,000 years old . more than 500 million tons of material recycled every year . recycling a boom industry in developing world . health risks arising from poor recycling operations in china |
(cnn) early in 2002, shortly after the us overthrow of the taliban regime, taliban leader khairullah khairkhwa phoned afghan president hamid karzai asking for a job as a member of the same tribe, he had known the karzai family for years, and was hoping to use this link to switch allegiances to the new us backed afgh... | keying unsegregating jailbait | no related information |
(cnn) bahrain has ordered the expulsion of a us diplomat for meddling in the country's internal matters, the kingdom's foreign affairs ministry said tom malinowski, us assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, is 'unwelcome and should immediately leave the country' due to his 'interference ... | tom malinowski bahrain us state department | tom malinowski is accused of interference in bahrain's internal affairs . us state department: bahrain insisted on having an official at his private meetings . bahrain made headlines after pro democracy protests sparked a government crackdown |
london (cnn) it's september 11, 2012 the national day of catalonia and an estimated 15 million people are on the streets of barcelona waving banners 'catalonia the next state in europe' and 'independencia' separatist catalans are calling for sovereignty from madrid and the rule of the conservative popular party, ... | catalans catalonia barcelona football club the gaudi house museum ciu | catalans go to the polls on sunday november 25 in a vote that trigger a referendum for independence . catalonia is home to tourist attractions barcelona football club and the gaudi house museum . the ciu is raising the debate on sovereignty at a time of public frustration over taxes in catalonia |
(cnn) nba star lebron james has become a minority shareholder in english soccer team liverpool after penning a representation deal with the club's owners james, who plays for the miami heat, has partnered his own sports marketing firm, lrmr branding & marketing, with fenway sports management (fsm) to represent him e... | lebron james english liverpool nba fenway sports group james | lebron james becomes minority shareholder in english soccer club liverpool . nba star signs representation deal with liverpool's owners fenway sports group . james is trying to gain equity in a number of global companies . liverpool say james can open doors for the club and vice versa |
(cnn) nasser al ansari is the ceo of qatari diar, a state owned real estate investment company famous for its purchase of london's chelsea barracks, qatari diar was established in 2004 by the qatar investment authority, to support qatar's growing economy and to co ordinate the country's real estate development prior... | stipulae alters jaburan | no related information |
washington (cnn) a day after new jersey banned executions, newly released figures show that capital punishment dropped this year to a 13 year low the supreme court will hold oral arguments january 7 about the constitutionality of lethal injection protocols forty two people have been put to death this year, according... | death penalty information center 57 percent texas dpic | death penalty information center: 42 people have been put to death this year . that's down 57 percent from 1999 level, when 98 inmates were executed . figure partly due to states questioning the constitutionality of lethal injection . texas leads the nation in executions this year, according to dpic |
moscow, russia zenit saint petersburg have clinched their first russian title in the post soviet union era with a hard fought 1 0 victory at ramenskoye on sunday zenit captain anatoly timoshuk kisses the russian premier league trophy after their victory at ramenskoye the win means zenit finish top of the table with ... | zenit saint petersburg russian sunday spartak moscow ramenskoye zenit first 1984 post soviet | zenit saint petersburg clinch the russian premier league title on sunday . they secure the title ahead of spartak moscow after a 1 0 win at ramenskoye . the title success is zenit's first since 1984 and the first in the post soviet era |
(cnn) thailand's king bhumibol adulyadej, the world's longest serving monarch, celebrated his 84th birthday monday, giving the southeast asian country some much needed cheer after months of devastating flooding nationwide also celebrated as father's day, the occasion launched a week of national celebrations, includi... | neocolonialism efs herns | no related information |
(cnn) re elected us president barack obama must do more to engage with 'frustrated' big business in his second term, according to martin sorrell, chief executive of the world's largest advertising agency the boss of wpp a multinational marketing and public relations company told cnn: 'as a foreign observer, i ... | us obama sorrell | the us fiscal cliff should be the priority for president obama in his second term, sorrell says . sorrell sees investors becoming more 'bullish' over the prospects for the us over long term |
editor's note: a gunman killed 10 people and himself tuesday in southern alabama it's the most recent example of mass killing sprees that have traumatized communities over the years here's how one city responded in the worst mass shooting in the us at the time, a gunman killed 23 customers in a texas cafeteria in 1991 ... | protested oxphony vargueno | no related information |
(cnn) jenson button has emerged a surprise contender to join lewis hamilton at mclaren in what would be an exciting partnership for the 2010 season jenson button could join lewis hamilton at mclaren in an exciting partnership for the 2010 season button has not yet agreed a new contract with brawn and mclaren are int... | jenson button lewis hamilton mclaren brawn martin whitmarsh the united kingdom | jenson button has emerged as a contender to join lewis hamilton at mclaren . button is out of contract with brawn at has yet to sign a new deal with them . team principal martin whitmarsh refused to rule out a move for button . button paid tribute to brawn's staff at their headquarters in the united kingdom |
(cnn) it could be juan martin del potro's week at the shanghai masters suffering from a fever in the early rounds, he needed a third set tiebreak to see off philipp kohlschreiber in his opener but then the argentine caught a break, advancing to the quarterfinals when tommy haas withdrew with a back injury recovered ... | phlegmier featherleaf kerasin | no related information |
(cnn) angel may be in a foreign country without her family, but the eight year old ugandan certainly isn't shy 'i like being on camera,' she says 'i like it because it makes me feel like i can be president' angel is a member of the african children's choir, which is currently touring the united states, and she's on ... | the african children's choir imba means sing | the african children's choir helps vulnerable children . the choir has toured the world, earning the children money and a better education . the troupe are the subject of new documentary 'imba means sing'. past choir members have gone on to become lawyers, doctors and teachers |
(cnn) when the likes of george clooney, matt damon, and bill murray come storming across film screens this winter, in the drama the monuments men, viewers will be immersed in the world of nazi art theft the monuments men were a group of some three hundred allied officers charged with locating, protecting, and recove... | obligatorily bloodleaf metranemia | no related information |
(cnn) with president obama's nomination tuesday, a federal appellate judge could become the first hispanic us supreme court justice and the third woman to serve on the high court former attorney general alberto gonzales says some have concerns about sonia sotomayor's philosophy sonia sotomayor, who is on the 2nd us ... | alberto gonzales sotomayor obama gonzalez | former attorney general: no questions in my mind about her education, experience . alberto gonzales says some concerns raised about judge's judicial philosophy . he says sotomayor's appointment, like obama's election, provides hope . gonzalez: still, no gender or ethnic group is entitled to representation on our courts... |
(cnn) the french season is already up and running and over the weekend the english premier league returned to action, while spanish clubs continue to prepare for the start of la liga on 23 august so who were the weekend's winners and losers? winners liverpool no luis suarez? no problem for liverpool in a tight pre... | luis suarez liverpool southampton louis van gaal manchester united monaco ligue | without luis suarez, liverpool beat southampton 2 1 . vanishing spray proves hit with fans . louis van gaal suffers losing league start as manchester united manager . monaco without a point after two games in ligue 1 |
(cnn) who was robin williams? in the wake of his death from an apparent suicide, that question looms large as fans and friends try to grasp how someone who brought so much happiness to the world could leave it under a cloud of such despair it's the dichotomy of fame in that while a celebrity can be so well known the... | robin williams williams | robin williams was more than just an actor and comic . he revealed himself to fans in many ways . williams was open about some of his problems |
(cnn) the murder of a teacher has prompted a petition calling for pakistan's government to take a greater role in protecting girls and teachers attending school shahnaz nazli was on her way to an all girls school where she taught in the village of shahkas, in the country's northwestern khyber tribal district, when t... | shahnaz nazli malala yousafzai pakistan | new: husband says government did not provide protection . shahnaz nazli was on her way to an all girls school when gunmen struck . case has similarities with last year's attempted murder of teen malala yousafzai . petition calls for protection for women and girls in pakistan's schools |
glasgow, scotland scottish premier league leaders celtic suffered another setback in their bid for a third successive title after being held 1 1 by managerless hibernian on saturday david murphy's goals have earned hibernian four points against the auld firm this season gordon strachan's team head the table by three... | encyclopaedias loobies boundable | no related information |
(cnn) a british professor who was key to improving formula one's safety has died at the age of 84 sid watkins, who was a close friend of the late ayrton senna, was involved in f1 for a quarter of a century, helping to save the lives of drivers such as rubens barrichello and mika hakkinen following high speed crashes... | ginhouse ichnological hummingbirds | no related information |
(cnn) joshua scowcroft has lived through some intense winter weather in the decade he's lived in vermont but this winter which offered an encore monday in the form of up to 30 inches of snow takes the cake 'this is the snowiest, craziest winter i have ever seen in my life,' he told cnn on tuesday, after hand s... | up to 30 inches northeast connecticut | up to 30 inches of snow fall on parts of the northeast . heavy rain from the same storm causes flooding in connecticut . more rain is forecast later in the week |
(cnn) the world's fastest man, usain bolt, has escaped serious injury in a car crash in his native jamaica which wrecked his high speed sports car jamaican flyer bolt claimed 100 meters gold in beijing in a new world record time the iaaf, the world governing body of athletics, gave graphic details of bolt's lucky es... | belie pentadactyle platypi | no related information |
(cnn) the growing hispanic population in the united states has reached a new milestone, topping 50 million, or 163% of the nation, officially solidifying its position as the country's second largest group, us census bureau officials said thursday 'overall, we've learned that our nation's population has become more r... | hispanic 16% 64% nearly 13% asian 43% about 5% | the hispanic population is now 505 million, or 16% of the country . the white population is 197 million, dropping to 64% . the black population is 40 million, or nearly 13% . the asian population grew 43% to 147 million, or about 5% |
(cnn) a stolen war memorial that was at the center of a prominent legal battle over the display of religious symbols on public land was found this week tied to a fence post near san francisco federal officials said on thursday the mojave cross, removed by vandals from its lonely california desert perch two years ago... | mojave cross california 2010 supreme court cross veterans day next week | mojave cross was stolen from california desert in 2010 . suit over its display on public land went to supreme court . cross recognized as memorial to veterans . replica to be dedicated ahead of veterans day next week |
charlotte, north carolina (cnn) it is a very different year and very different mood as democrats gather for their convention but there is one carryover from 2008: to win the white house, barack obama will once again have to make history four years ago, it was a groundbreaking victory for the first african ameri... | obama independents democrats americans | no incumbent has ever been re elected with unemployment this high . among obama's advantages: incumbency, more room for error, demographics . independents and conservative democrats in battleground states are key targets . economic data make it hard to make case that americans are better off than four years ago |
(cnn) defending champion novak djokovic and new world no1 rafael nadal came through testing quarterfinal matches friday to remain on course for a final showdown at the shanghai masters djokovic dropped the opening set to frenchman gael monfils before going through 6 7 6 2 6 4 in a grueling near two and a half hour b... | oxygenase casually acronymous | no related information |
(cnn) the russian spring may have been postponed this year, both on and offline last december, after the spontaneous popular demonstrations in moscow against the 'results' of the parliamentary elections, suggested that russia's internet hamsters might be outfoxing vladimir putin but i'm afraid that this weekend's pr... | digital andrew keen russia putin keen | digital commentator andrew keen says primacy of russia's old regime re established . he says opposition politically naive to think digital technology will get rid of putin . in country with limited internet access, politics exists outside online world, argues keen |
washington (cnn) the us senate on wednesday passed a democratic plan to extend the bush era tax cuts for middle income americans while rejecting a republican alternative to continue all of the cuts twin votes that help to crystallize the position of the two parties on a critical issue heading into the fall campai... | obama senate republicans democratic gop bush democrats 250,000 | new: obama praises senate vote while top republicans blast it . senate passes a democratic tax plan while rejecting the gop alternative . gop wants to extend bush era tax cuts for all; democrats want $250,000 income ceiling . neither plan is expected to win full congressional approval |
(cnn) we found him in the foggy mountains of central chile, near the town of aguila sur, conducting a ritual at dusk with two assistants dr milton flores, 58, is not the leader of a religious sect or underground cult he's a psychiatrist who's unusual in many respects but in this south american country, it's his crus... | milton flores chile flores chilean | dr milton flores has gained notoriety in chile for his crusade to legalize marijuana . flores was recently convicted of growing 116 plants of marijuana on his property . some chilean politicians are sympathetic to flores' cause . others favor a tough law enforcement approach on drugs |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) a blast monday near a political rally left 18 people dead in a pakistan tribal region, a local government official said the strike occurred in the kurram district, riaz khan said, and also wounded at least 56 people khan said the blast was detonated remotely and 10 kilograms of explosives w... | pakistani taliban kurram pakistanis | new: pakistani taliban says it carried out the attack . at least 56 people were wounded among more than 2,000 people at the rally . the strike occurred in the kurram district, a local government official said . the explosion comes as pakistanis prepare to vote in saturday national elections |
washington (cnn) an unprecedented summit of african leaders in washington an ebola outbreak in west africa that sparks global fears the two events this week juxtaposed the best and worst of africa at a time when its leaders want to move, finally, past perceptions of a 'dark continent' rife with war, poverty and dise... | miscredited misruly ophthalmol | no related information |
(cnn) brazilian model mariana bridi da costa, whose hands and feet were amputated in a bid to save her from a deadly and little known illness, died early saturday, two friends of the model told cnn brazilian model mariana bridi da costa died saturday after undergoing multiple amputations 'unfortunately mari couldn't... | brazilian mariana bridi da costa early saturday da costa's da costa sixth china | new: brazilian amputee model mariana bridi da costa died early saturday . da costa's hands, feet were amputated after she contracted septicemia . da costa placed sixth in the miss bikini international competition in china |
dallas, texas (cnn) if you turn to the bible isaiah chapter 35, verse 8 you will see a passage that in part says, 'a highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the highway of holiness' churchgoers in six states have held prayer sessions along the side of interstate 35 now, is it possible that t... | brogh countercompetition pugnaciously | no related information |
caracas, venezuela (cnn) the price of sin rose monday in venezuela where president hugo chavez is on a campaign to make venezuelans cut back on drinking and smoking 'everyone's shocked,' said leonora marino, owner of bodegon marino in valencia, venezuela, west of caracas on monday evening, she was still changing th... | venezuelan ten percent 20 percent chavez hummers | venezuelan government hikes taxes on alcohol and cigarettes monday . ten percent price increase on alcohol and 20 percent increase on cigarettes . stores near schools, churches and cultural centers cannot sell alcohol . chavez plans to increase taxes on luxury goods, including hummers |
(cnn) police are investigating reports that zahra baker, the 10 year old disabled girl who was killed in north carolina, may have been raped prior to her death, according to police search warrants that were unsealed tuesday the girl's stepmother, elisa baker, reported zahra missing on october 9 police announced that... | unscrambled answeringly tappets | no related information |
los angeles, california (cnn) in his latest run in with the law, rap music mogul marion 'suge' knight was arrested at a suburban los angeles outdoor shopping mall for failing to appear in court on a traffic violation sgt shawn ruda of the los angeles county sheriff's department said that police deputies spotted knig... | marion 'suge knight la death row records | marion 'suge' knight was arrested late friday at a suburban la shopping mall . police say he was detained after failing to appear in court on a traffic violation . knight was arrested, booked and issued a citation, a process that took an hour . the co founder of death row records has had several run ins with the law |
(cnn) last week, presidential candidate mitt romney said that if he were elected president, he would stop funding the public broadcasting system as the stewards of the reading rainbow brand, as parents, as products of families that relied on pbs to provide educational support, we can't stay silent about this it is a... | olycook trewel underhole | no related information |
princeton, new jersey (cnn) if barack obama and mitt romney are staying up late worrying about whether they can win the election, they should ponder another, ultimately more important, question: will their campaign rhetoric make it impossible for them to be effective if elected president? the decisions that each man... | brickliner pater prespective | no related information |
(cnn) in a recent column for the new york times, david brooks argued that the nation has now entered into a 'capitalism debate' brooks wrote that president obama, who he said is feeling defensive about the failure of his policies to revitalize economic growth, has launched an all out assault on capitalism by depicti... | obama julian zelizer zelizer conservatives american | pundits are painting president obama as the anti capitalist candidate, says julian zelizer . but this election is not a choice between government and markets, zelizer says . liberals have been firm supporters of capitalism, he says . zelizer: conservatives have accepted that government is an inevitable part of american... |
(cnn) severe weather including suspected tornadoes swept through the south on wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring others, officials said three people were killed in york county, south carolina, when a storm swept through a rural area shortly after 6 pm, according to the york county sheriff's o... | south carolina georgia mississippi louisiana | new: three people are killed in south carolina . new: authorities 'not sure if the number is going to rise'. one person is killed in georgia, authorities say, and four are injured in mississippi . tornadoes are suspected in at least two louisiana parishes |
(cnn) tennis is 'likely' to change one of its anti doping rules after viktor troicki received an 18 month suspension for refusing to take a drug test at a tournament earlier this year troicki was hit with the ban after he opted against giving a blood sample at the monte carlo masters in april, citing poor health he ... | revolubility thighed osteosclerosis | no related information |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) no matter what daily newspaper you picked up in pakistan on thursday, the headline was on the fallout from the wikileaks cables 'wikileaks throws tons of dirt, shame on pak players,' read the front page of the english daily the news the headline on dawn news said: 'wikileaks bombs rock isla... | bedeaf adelocodonic subbituminous | no related information |
new york (cnn) obesity is the no 1 health crisis in the united states, and the nation could be at risk without immediate action, former president clinton said at cnn's first fit nation summit cnn's dr sanjay gupta and former president clinton lead the discussion at the first fit nation summit 'we need to do somethi... | nonreasonableness organify hydriatry | no related information |
durban, south africa india's yuvraj singh smashed six sixes in one over as england crashed out of cricket's world twenty20 tournament in south africa on wednesday yuvraj singh smashes his sixth successive six off england fast bowler stuart broad paul collingwood's side were eliminated at the super eights stage afte... | yuvraj singh singh india england durban world twenty20 south africa beat | yuvraj singh becomes first player to hit six sixes in an over in twenty20 game . singh hits 58 in 16 deliveries as india beat england by 18 runs in durban . england already eliminated from world twenty20 after south africa beat nz |
(cnn) the man arrested for the videotaped rape of a toddler in las vegas, nevada, will make his initial appearance in court friday, a clark county, nevada, court official told cnn tuesday authorities have not yet decided if chester arthur stiles will appear in person or via video link the judge will set a date for ... | chester arthur stiles friday 37 chester stiles | new: suspect's ex girlfriend: 'i've had my share of nightmares'. chester arthur stiles to make his initial court appearance friday . stiles, 37, arrested following a routine traffic stop . suspect said 'i'm chester stiles i'm sick of running,' according to officer |
urumqi, china (cnn) chinese police had detained at least 1,434 people by tuesday morning following weekend demonstrations by ethnic uyghur residents in xinjiang province, xinhua reported, citing government officials, as protests spread to more cities chinese riot police patrol a street in urumqi in xinjiang province... | prelect scaffie ichnographically | no related information |
(cnn) clad in his trademark black overcoat jose mourinho famously sprinted down old trafford's touchline eight years ago to celebrate porto's last gasp equalizer which knocked manchester united out of the european champions league and if mourinho gets his way the real madrid coach will be spending much more time on ... | real madrid jose mourinho us american football, basketball and ice hockey mourinho portuguese mario balotelli | real madrid coach jose mourinho calls for introduction of us style timeouts . american football, basketball and ice hockey employ timeouts . mourinho suggested the timeout should come halfway through the first half . the portuguese coach reveals mario balotelli once ignored a half time team talk |
(cnn) funeral services for former vice presidential candidate geraldine ferraro were held thursday morning in new york the 9:30 am service at the church of saint vincent ferrer was for family and friends and was closed to the press, a family statement said a resident of new york city, ferraro died saturday at massac... | geraldine ferraro ferraro | new: a funeral service is held for 1984 vice presidential candidate geraldine ferraro . ferraro died saturday after a 12 year battle with blood cancer . ferraro was the first woman nominated for a major party's national ticket |
new york (cnn) police found what appears to be a human skull monday on the outskirts of a bird sanctuary in long island, new york, a county police officer said, potentially the ninth set of remains discovered in the probe of a suspected serial killer lt kevin smith of the nassau county police department said the sku... | monday oyster bay about 5 miles | new: what's thought to be a human skull is found monday in oyster bay, police say . new: a medical examiner is trying to determine if a separate set of remains is human . new: a county official says, 'we want to bring to justice this animal'. the discoveries are about 5 miles from where 8 other human remains were found... |
(cnn) it might be oz, kansas or simply somewhere over the rainbow while the destination may not be known, there's no doubt the blue gingham dress wore by judy garland, as dorothy in 'the wizard of oz,' has a new home the price was not the broom of the wicked witch of the west, as the wizard of oz demanded from dorot... | judy garland dorothy 480,000 the blue gingham dress the wizard of oz marilyn monroe steve mcqueen julie andrews | the dress judy garland wore as dorothy sells for $480,000, an auctioneer says . the blue gingham dress was worn in the classic 1939 film 'the wizard of oz'. items from marilyn monroe, steve mcqueen and julie andrews also sell at the auction |
(cnn) investigators found the blood of susan powell, the mother of two who went missing in 2009, inside the family's utah home and a handwritten will saying she feared for her life at the hands of her husband, court documents show the documents, unsealed late friday, offer a glimpse of the evidence authorities colle... | aerotechnical heterophyly annihilability | no related information |
(cnn) a federal appeals court has blocked an oklahoma voter approved measure barring state judges from considering islamic and international law in their decisions the three judge panel at the 10th us circuit court of appeals upheld an earlier injunction preventing state question 755 from being certified until the f... | cerement subeffectively contendress | no related information |
(cnn) one of the worst kept secrets in tech has been confirmed: apple will hold an event october 23 in san jose, california, at which the company is widely expected to unveil a smaller, cheaper version of its popular ipad apple sent e mails to members of the press tuesday that read simply, 'we've got a little more t... | apple ipad | apple sent invites to members of the press tuesday for an october 23 event . the event next week is widely expected to be the launch of a smaller ipad |
(cnn) brain eating amoebae were found in desoto parish, louisiana, where a 51 year old woman died from an infection in 2011, the louisiana department of health and hospitals said the parish's waterworks district no 1 one of 14 systems in the parish was to flush its system with additional chlorine wednesday to ... | desoto parish parish 60 days health | brain eating amoeba found in desoto parish . district where amoeba was detected serves almost 5,000 people . parish will flush system with extra chlorine for 60 days . health officials say water safe to drink, but it keep it away from nasal passages |
new york (cnn) a year after cnn investigated a california charity that said it was helping veterans, the california attorney general's office on friday announced the charity would pay a $25 million fine and agree to the resignation of most of its principal officers because it had spent most of its donations on fundr... | california cnn 2012 | california attorney general says charity 'improperly diverted' donated funds . charity's executives used funds for country club memberships, condos, she says . cnn investigation in 2012 found donations to veterans were kits for paper airplanes |
(cnn) texas health officials are recommending that state residents make sure they're vaccinated against pertussis, a sometimes fatal disease that is on track to sicken more texans this year than at any time in decades 'if we continue to have cases in texas at the rate we've had them so far this year, we'll have more... | texas nationwide cdc | nearly 2,000 pertussis cases have been reported in texas . 'we're clearly having an epidemic,' a pediatrics professor says . ten cases are estimated to occur for every one that's reported . nationwide, the number of cases is down this year, the cdc says |
(cnn) there's always another strange crustacean out there somewhere there are blue lobsters and yellow lobsters something on youtube called a japanese mitten lobster giant cannibal shrimp in the gulf of mexico and supergiant albino shrimplike creatures off new zealand then there's lola the six clawed lobster showed ... | lobster maine state aquarium | lobster has five claws on left side . claws the result of genetic mutation, aquarium director says . lobster will be on display at maine state aquarium |
washington (cnn) us officials at the pentagon and state department denied friday knowing of any efforts to take down the wikileaks website or asking companies to do so the site's efforts to publish 250,000 diplomatic cables has been hampered by denial of service attacks, ejection from its server host and cancellatio... | daunton prebesetting promeritor | no related information |
(cnn) the search for a 3 year old alabama boy began just weeks ago, but police now say that no one had seen him since march around when, they believe, he was killed by one or two of his parents john joseph deblase, heather keaton and natalie the father, stepmother and 4 year old sister, respectively, of jonath... | mobile alabama 8 months ago 4 year old june | new: the mobile, alabama, police chief vows the search for the siblings' bodies goes on . the youngest boy was last seen 8 months ago, when he was presumed killed . his 4 year old sister was last spotted in june, and police think she is also dead . mobile police say the children's father and stepmother are responsible |
(cnn) tiger woods is looking forward to the chance to immediately win back his world no 1 golf ranking at this week's wgc hsbc champions event in china the american returns to action on thursday for his first outing since the ryder cup in early october, having seen englishman lee westwood end his 281 week reign on s... | tiger woods phil mickelson martin kaymer lee westwood wgc hsbc champions china woods shanghai mickelson | tiger woods, phil mickelson and martin kaymer can topple new golf no 1 lee westwood . quartet lining up for wgc hsbc champions tournament in china this week . woods, whose 281 week reign was ended on sunday, seeking first shanghai title . fellow american mickelson is the defending champion, having also won in 2007 |
mexico city, mexico (cnn) heavy rains and flooding have forced hundreds of thousands of people from homes in southern mexico's state of tabasco over the past four days, with nearly as many trapped by the rising waters, state officials said thursday officials say about 300,000 people are still trapped by the worst fl... | suaver carryons crea | no related information |
united nations (cnn) the united nations is calling on nato to do more to stop the afghan opium trade after a new survey showed how the drug dominates afghanistan's economy afghan villagers tend to opium poppies in taliban controlled helmand province in april 2007 the report from the un's office on drugs and crime sh... | afghanistan agency nato taliban un | study finds opium makes up half of afghanistan's gross domestic product . agency pushes nato forces to attack skyrocketing problem aggressively . drugs funds insurgency; poppy trade unchecked in taliban strongholds . un drug chief advocates providing income alternative for poppy farmers |
(cnn) when it comes to actress maria bello's sexuality, perhaps the best way to describe it is 'whatever' as the 46 year old actress reveals in a first person column for the new york times, she's been romantically involved with her female best friend but considers the father of her 12 year old son, jack, her part... | recreate ksi ignoramus | no related information |
los angeles (cnn) the wife of los angeles lakers star kobe bryant filed for divorce friday, eight years after she famously stuck by him after he admitted having sex with a woman at a colorado hotel, a court spokeswoman said vanessa bryant cited 'irreconcilable differences' as her reason for filing the divorce petiti... | vanessa bryant vanessa kobe | vanessa bryant cites 'irreconcilable differences,' a court spokeswoman says . the couple have been married for more than 10 years . vanessa sat by kobe's side after he admitted having sex with a teenage hotel clerk |
(cnn) microsoft is going all out in an attempt to push customers to its new windows phone 8 operating system all it has to do is convince people the platform is better than google's android and apple's ios easy, right? the company officially launched the latest version of its smartphone os on monday in san francisco... | microsoft windows phone 8 windows 8 surface apple google | microsoft will officially unveil its new windows phone 8 operating system on monday . the company only accounts for a sliver of the smartphone market . the launch is part of a marketing push which includes windows 8 and the surface tablet . microsoft is going up against apple's ios and google's android operating system... |
(cnn) the affair that brought an end to david petraeus' tenure as cia director came to light during an fbi investigation into a complaint that his biographer paula broadwell was sending harassing e mails to another woman close to him, a us official said saturday during the investigation, other communications surface... | mountainy unperceptual perspectometer | no related information |
(cnn) by distance, the running of the bulls course in pamplona is pretty short: just 850 meters, or half a mile but with six, half ton raging bulls and their menacing horns closing fast, the run can strangely seem like an eternity an eternity of thrills, of bravery and bragging rights, and sometimes, of tragedy the ... | bulls this year july 7 annual spanish ernest hemingway the sun also rises hemingway | running of the bulls begins this year on july 7 and is expected to attract thousands of participants . the annual event usually results in scores of injuries and occasionally fatalities . the spanish fiesta was immortalized in print by ernest hemingway in his novel 'the sun also rises'. hemingway's grandson is among th... |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) the scar has faded over his left eye, but the fireworks injury that tony wittmann suffered when he was 17 taught him a lesson that he hasn't forgotten sparklers burn at temperatures up to 2,000 degrees fahrenheit (about 1,100 celsius) 'teenagers being teenagers, we were shooting bottle rockets... | consumer product safety commission burns | consumer product safety commission: over 9,000 fireworks injuries annually . about half the injuries are among kids, commission says . burns, lacerations, eye injuries among most common injuries reported |
(cnn) just a few years ago, not many people would believe that an independent film director would be put in charge of resurrecting one of the most popular superheroes of all time on the big screen yet marc webb, best known for '(500) days of summer,' rebooted 'the amazing spider man' on the big screen: a gamble whic... | marc webb the amazing spider man japan webb | marc webb rebooted 'the amazing spider man'. he said in japan people were really moved by the crane moment in the film . webb said that the film has received too much press |
(cnn) so, that happened fresh on the heels of the infamous red wedding, sunday's 'game of thrones' served up more murderous matrimony but, with what fans have dubbed the 'purple wedding,' many of us finally got something we'd been hoping for since season one as the loathsome king joffrey lay on the ground doing his ... | sunday game of thrones the 'purple wedding | sunday's 'game of thrones' leaves us with a major 'whodunnit?'. there is no shortage of players who could be behind the 'purple wedding'. here, we take a look at who we think the main suspects are |
paris (cnn) seventeen police officers were injured in violent clashes with young people in the city of amiens in northern france overnight, interior minister manuel valls said tuesday in addition, three public buildings were badly damaged during several hours of disorder, cnn affiliate bfm tv reported amiens mayor g... | unpretentious apheresis neurohistology | no related information |
(cnn) if it wasn't already clear that congress is done legislating this year, the scene inside and outside the capitol on wednesday illustrated that the midterm elections are in full swing just before the house rules committee began authorizing the republican lawsuit against president barack obama, house democrats g... | democrats republicans obama control of the senate | campaigning for midterm election is in full swing . democrats and republicans aim to appeal to respective political bases . republicans suing obama, democrats unveil middle class agenda . control of the senate is at stake in november balloting |
(cnn) when seven term republican congresswoman mary bono mack conceded to her democratic challenger raul ruiz on friday, she left two other members of california's gop house delegation still trailing in tight, unsettled races as of saturday, six of seven unresolved house races remain too close to call in the seventh... | house democrats florida allen west democrat patrick murphy | six of seven unresolved house races remain too close to call on saturday . if the current leads hold up, democrats will gain eight seats in the house . florida rep allen west is in one of the most heated races, against democrat patrick murphy |
(cnn) pga star hunter mahan chose family over work this weekend, and though it may have cost him more than $1 million, he sounds ecstatic 'what a whirlwind of a day,' mahan tweeted sunday morning, 'but i'm happy to announce the birth of my daughter zoe olivia mahan born at 3:26 am thanks for all the support! 'both b... | hunter mahan kandi mahan rbc canadian open a potential $1 million | pro golfer hunter mahan and his wife, kandi, have their first child . mahan withdraws from rbc canadian open tournament in which he was leading . he walks away from a potential $1 million payday . he thanks sponsors 'who appreciate what's important in life' and 'awesome' fans |
(cnn) a tsunami advisory was cancelled in japan wednesday, hours after a 72 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the main island of honshu, the country's meteorological agency said the quake was centered 169 kilometers (105 miles) off the east coast of honshu, directly east of the city of sendai, the us geol... | 105 miles honshu japan tokyo 267 miles cnn | new: tsunami advisory is called off . quake was centered 105 miles of the coast of honshu, japan's main island . tremor could be felt in tokyo, 267 miles from epicenter, cnn reporter says |
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