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new york (cnn) new york city's billionaire three term mayor has tapped into his personal fortune to further the cause of same sex marriage, donating $250,000 to support the issue in maryland where voters will get the chance to weigh in at the ballot box come november 'maryland will always hold a special place in my ... | maryland bloomberg | maryland residents are scheduled to cast their ballot november 6 . they will vote either to uphold or strike down a bill legalizing same sex marriage . bloomberg made the donation earlier this month |
paris (cnn) us secretary of state john kerry said sunday that saudi arabia will support military intervention in syria by the united states and its partners 'they have supported the strike and they support taking action,' kerry said after a long meeting of arab league ministers originally called to discuss the midea... | obama syria capitol hill qatar syrian us | new: president obama to talk syria on capitol hill on tuesday . qatar says it is examining options on how to deal with syria . syrian president tells us journalist that syria is prepared to retaliate if us attacks . syria crossed 'international, global red line,' he says |
tripoli, libya (cnn) four journalists are free weeks after they were captured by the libyan military and then sentenced to jail for a year, a libyan government spokesman said wednesday meanwhile, the tunisian government condemned libya's alleged continuous firing of rockets at the border town of dhiba, a tunisian fo... | libyan tunisia libya tunisian unicef $20 million | four foreign journalists covering the libyan conflict are released and fined . meanwhile, tunisia condemns libya's firing of rockets at a tunisian border town . unicef announces an effort to raise $20 million for libyan women and children |
(cnn) marriage, any good therapist will tell you, is a balancing act for angela and willie gillis, the act is easy they've been best friends for more than 10 years, married for three their individual strengths balance the other's weaknesses they credit this sense of balance with helping them lose a combined 500 poun... | willie angela gillis 338 pounds more than 500 pounds | willie and angela gillis weighed 492 and 338 pounds respectively . through diet and exercise, the couple dropped more than 500 pounds . they credit their strong relationship with helping them lose weight |
(cnn) in recent weeks, sen rand paul galvanized the nation with a 13 hour filibuster, became the toast of the conservative political action conference and embraced immigration reform before the hispanic chamber of commerce it's naive to think that a few speeches can reshape the republican party, but paul may well re... | ilya shapiro francisco gonzalez rand paul shapiro gonzalez paul constitution republicans | ilya shapiro, francisco gonzalez: rand paul may represent a shift in conservatism . shapiro, gonzalez: paul has a vision of the constitution in full, which is promising . they say the new conservatism will focus on areas such as fiscal temperance, immigration . shapiro, gonzalez: practical realities call for republican... |
(cnn) kate winslet is now officially a mom of three the 38 year old actress and her husband, ned rocknroll, welcomed their first child together in the uk on saturday 'kate had 'baby boy winslet' on saturday, december 7, at an nhs hospital in sussex county, uk,' the star's rep told cnn in a statement 'mother and baby... | kate winslet saturday uk first ned rocknroll | kate winslet is now a mom of three . the actress welcomed a son on saturday in the uk . the baby is her first child with husband ned rocknroll . she also has two children from prior relationships |
(cnn) virginia johnson once told me something surprising about her famous partnership with dr william masters, which helped revolutionize america's understanding of human sexuality despite masters and johnson's worldwide fame, 'we were absolutely the two most secretive people on the face of the earth,' she said 'the... | thomas maier virginia johnson william masters masters maier | thomas maier: virginia johnson, who has died, helped women take control of their sexuality . from modest beginnings, she partnered with william masters on revolutionary sex research . she and masters took on subjects not discussed, like women's multiple orgasms . maier: masters said their research depended on her; she ... |
(cnn) a day after a southwest airlines jet with 124 passengers landed at the wrong airport, many are asking: how in the world could that happen? 'it's not common, but it's not unheard of,' said pilot mark weiss, a 20 year veteran of commercial aviation who has frequently flown boeing 737 700s, the same kind of aircr... | southwest seven miles taney county branson | controllers learned plane had landed at the wrong airport when pilots radioed them, source says . southwest says it doesn't yet know why the jet landed seven miles from its intended airport . the pilots have been removed from flying duty pending an investigation, southwest says . taney county airport's runway is much s... |
(cnn) when dustin bockman, his younger brother ryan and their friend cole landers put their 17 foot boat into the big black river last weekend about 20 minutes from where they live in vicksburg, mississippi, they had no clue that they would soon be caught up in an hours long battle against a record setting alligator... | dustin bockman bockman | each time they approached, the alligator submerged, dustin bockman says . 'the gun barrel peeled back like a banana peel'. the snare wasn't big enough to cover the animal's head . 'there's bigger alligators out there,' bockman says |
(cnn) there's one thing kentucky republican senate candidate rand paul and his democratic opponent jack conway have in common: they're both finished talking about 'aqua buddha' conway's controversial attack ad paralyzed both campaigns this week the spot accuses paul of once belonging to a group that mocked religion ... | fugitive karez microseismical | no related information |
(cnn) richard branson was born in 1950 and educated at stowe school it was here that he began to set up student magazine when he was just 16 by 17 he'd also set up student advisory centre, which was a charity to help young people in 1970 he founded virgin as a mail order record retailer, and not long after he opened... | richard branson student magazine virgin branson | richard branson set up student magazine at the age of 16 to start his empire . he founded virgin in 1970 as a music retailer, then opened a recording studio . branson has broken a number of records traveling in boats and balloons |
madrid, spain david nalbandian battled back to stun world no 1 roger federer with a 1 6 6 3 6 3 victory in the final of the madrid masters on sunday david nalbandian celebrates after upsetting roger federer in the madrid masters final the argentine, ranked 25th in the world, repeated his 2005 upset win over the swis... | underdoer unreconsidered ichoglan | no related information |
buenos aires, argentina juan roman riquelme scored twice as argentina beat bolivia 3 0 to notch a third successive victory in the south american qualifiers for the 2010 world cup on saturday juan roman riquelme celebrates after scoring his first goal in argentina's win against bolivia the midfielder followed up his ... | argentina bolivia south american 2010 world cup juan roman riquelme third ecuador luis fernando suarez paraguay | argentina beat bolivia 3 0 in south american qualifier for 2010 world cup . juan roman riquelme nets twice as argentina win third successive match . ecuador coach luis fernando suarez quits after 5 1 loss against paraguay |
washington (cnn) democratic presidential candidates on wednesday criticized president bush's plan to withdraw roughly 30,000 troops from iraq by next summer, with sen hillary clinton labeling it 'too little, too late' sen hillary clinton listens as gen david petraeus testifies before the senate armed services commit... | john edwards hillary clinton july barack obama | new: john edwards calls for immediate withdrawal of 40,000 50,000 troops . sen hillary clinton says withdrawal of 30,000 troops by july 'too little, too late'. sen barack obama calls for an immediate start to troop withdrawals |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) it is an irony of contemporary art museum management: sometimes the museum that creates an exhibition doesn't get to premiere it in a treatment of a bridgeman art library photo, the high shows visitors jules arnout's 'view of the grand gallery' this is the case this week, as atlanta's high mus... | old masters monet renoir cézanne cassatt morisot the high museum denver art museum seattle art museum | 'inspiring impressionism' looks at old masters, other influences on modern art . featured are works of monet, renoir, cézanne, cassatt, morisot . 'inspiring impressionism' runs through january 31, 2008, at the high museum . denver art museum and seattle art museum get the show next |
kiev, ukraine serbian central defender nemanja vidic has convinced manchester united manager sir alex ferguson that he should play in tuesday's champions league clash away to dynamo kiev vidic clashes with roma goalkeeper gianluca curci during the uefa champions league group f match the former spartak moscow player ... | nemanja vidic man united's champions league dynamo kiev serbian aston villa united sporting lisbon roma | nemanja vidic plays in man united's champions league tie at dynamo kiev . serbian defender sat out 4 1 win at aston villa with after effects of concussion . united started group campaign with wins against sporting lisbon and roma |
washington (cnn) some democrats appear to be wavering on a highly contentious house resolution labeling turkey's treatment of armenians in world war i as genocide a kc 135 tanker lands at incirlik air base in southern turkey in 2003 turkey, a longtime us ally and nato partner, was incensed by the resolution calling ... | dems turkey world war i congress house armenians incirlik air base us iraq | new: majority leader says a number of dems are 'revisiting their own positions'. turkey is upset about world war i 'genocide' resolution in congress . house resolution calls killing of armenians 'genocide'. incirlik air base is key point for us military supply of iraq mission |
(cnn) prince william and the duchess of cambridge were both on hand to give an elite football facility aimed at ending england's 46 year wait for a second world cup triumph the royal seal of approval the $168 million st george's park complex in the town of burton upon trent, which has taken 18 months to build, will ... | coifed nonimperiously arrivals | no related information |
sydney (cnn) as australia digests the government's recent call for deeper engagement with asia and china in particular one australian billionaire with interests in china has offered some advice 'stop viewing china like it's the cold war,' james packer, who owns multimillion dollar casino businesses in australi... | australia china the asian century australians sydney | australia's economy is increasingly tied to china, yet attitudes remain 'cold war'. a recent white paper says australia needs to embrace 'the asian century' to thrive . australians still tend to see china through a historical lens as predatory and alien . china is australia's number one trade partner, helping sydney sk... |
(ewcom) liam neeson has had an indisputably amazing year though the quality of the actor's movies remains up for debate (we're looking at you, battleship well, you too, wrath of the titans oh gosh, the grey as well and, as much as i hate to say it, perhaps even the dark knight rises don't stone me!), the fact that 6... | third the month of october hotel transylvania the weekend second frankenweenie | 'taken 2's' debut is the third best ever in the month of october . 'hotel transylvania' finished the weekend in second place . 'frankenweenie' didn't seem to click with audiences |
(cnn) the outrage is clear, but the impact on rolling stone's bottom line is not as some retailers refuse to sell the latest issue, featuring a controversial photo of accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev on the cover, it seems inevitable that some people who might have picked up a copy now won't but any ... | liquidamber placks malms | no related information |
(cnn) the authorities who control kosovo may have stolen organs from prisoners of war and political rivals when the kosovo liberation army was fighting serbian forces for control of the territory, european authorities allege in a new report 'numerous indications seem to confirm that organs were removed from some pr... | hypoplasty peridromoi mace | no related information |
washington (cnn) just nine months into his tenure as secretary of state, john kerry successfully delivered an interim deal with iran on its nuclear program it is the most significant level of cooperation between the united states and the iranians in decades and it could impact the remainder of his tenure while the d... | kerry state iran syrian senate mideast | new: kerry secretly involved in discussions before becoming secretary of state . just nine months into his tenure, kerry delivers interim iran nuke deal on top of syrian accord . kerry has long been at the center of foreign policy, including decades in the senate . while he has had some notable success, the road ahead ... |
(cnn) actor andy griffith, who played folksy sheriff andy taylor in the fictional town of mayberry, died tuesday at the age of 86, his family said griffith died at about 7 am at his home on roanoke island, according to dare county, north carolina, sheriff jd 'doug' doughtie he passed away after an unspecified illnes... | obama andy griffith roanoake island andy taylor the andy griffith show | new: president obama mourns loss of 'a performer of extraordinary talent'. actor andy griffith died after an unspecified illness, his family said in a statement . he 'has been laid to rest on his beloved roanoake island,' the family said . he is best known for his portrayal of sheriff andy taylor on 'the andy griffith ... |
(cnn) citizens of the ivory coast headed to the polls sunday for a repeatedly delayed presidential election the first in a decade for the top cocoa producing west african nation the election pits incumbent laurent gbagbo against 13 challengers, including opposition leaders henri bedie and alassane ouattara ouatta... | quinoyl cotutor solodi | no related information |
(cnn) 'if 'don't ask, don't tell' is repealed and you are assigned to bathroom facilities (that have)] an open bay shower that someone you believe to be a gay or lesbian service member also used, which are you most likely to do?' question on 2010 department of defense comprehensive review survey of uniformed act... | michael wolraich wolraich | michael wolraich: military asked troops what they feel about sharing showers with gays . so this means shower security is crucial to battle readiness, wolraich asks . if things are this absurd, why not take it to the next level: segregated units, he writes . wolraich: polling troops is irrelevant when it's an issue of ... |
london, england milan goalkeeper dida has been cleared to play in next month's champions league match at shakhtar donetsk after partially winning his appeal to uefa against a two match ban dida has had one game of his two match ban suspended for a year following an appeal to uefa brazilian dida was also fined 60,000... | clou leapful tubulously | no related information |
johannesburg, south africa (cnn) reggae legend lucky dube, one of south africa's most famous musicians, was killed in an attempted car jacking as he dropped his children off at a relative's house, his record label said friday reggae star lucky dube was much loved by his fellow south africans dube, 43, was killed in ... | south african lucky dube 43 thursday johannesburg south africa's world cup | south african reggae legend lucky dube killed in attempted hijacking . dube, 43, killed thursday in johannesburg after hijacker tried to steal his car . death casts shadow over south africa's preparations for rugby world cup final |
(cnn) federal emergency management agency officials know the agency's performance in the california wildfires will be watched closely for comparisons to its failures in hurricane katrina a volunteer distributes donated food and supplies to evacueestuesday at san diego's qualcomm stadium fema director david paulison ... | fema gulf coast hurricane katrina | fema doesn't face utter devastation as in gulf coast in 2005 . victims can escape in own vehicles on open roads . communications infrastructure remains intact . agencies learn from hurricane katrina mistakes |
(cnn) the late chris benoit idolized the dynamite kid, who was half of a professional wrestling team famous in the 1980s for spectacular high flying, acrobatic moves chris benoit strangled his wife and suffocated his son before hanging himself in june the dynamite kid and his partner, davey boy smith, were known as ... | vince mcmahon wwe cnn | vince mcmahon: wwe has one of best drug testing programs . wrestling boss tells cnn that individuals bear responsibility for actions . critics say wwe penalties for drug use are not harsh enough . wrestlers still can get drugs if they have prescriptions from doctors |
(mental floss) everyone goes through a rebellious phase and, if you're lucky, you'll be able to look back on those years and laugh if you're less lucky, you spent those years on a reality show, so for the rest of time, millions of strangers can look back on them and laugh instead in modern times, cats frolic among t... | justa grata honoria roman empire first attila hun rome | justa grata honoria plotted to kill her emperor of roman empire . when first plot failed, she offered to marry attila the hun . he failed to annihilate rome, or marry her . she then suffered the fate she dreaded |
manama, bahrain (cnn) clashes broke out in bahrain on friday as authorities tried to prevent thousands of opposition supporters converging on a mosque to hear a sermon from the kingdom's most prominent shia cleric, sheikh isa qassim the unrest followed a series of bombings in the capital, manama, earlier this week, ... | outsets nephropexy peneplains | no related information |
(cnn) doctors distributed antibiotics to passengers aboard an italian cruise ship after four crew members were diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, italy's health ministry reported monday all four were taken to hospitals in the italian port of livorno after the crew of the msc orchestra reported the illnesses, the m... | the msc orchestra cruise msc | four crew members were diagnosed with meningitis on the msc orchestra . doctors distributed antibiotics to passengers and crew as a precaution . cruise line msc says it's doing 'everything necessary' to protect them |
hong kong (cnn) one of four hong kong women struck down with septic shock after receiving a 'beauty' treatment normally given to cancer patients has died the 46 year old died wednesday morning at a local hospital one week after receiving dc cik therapy through the dr beauty center, local authorities said according t... | dc hong kong | woman, 46, dies at a local hospital one week after receiving dc cik therapy . she was one of four women being treated for septic shock after receiving the treatment . dc cik therapy normally only offered to cancer patients, experts say . hong kong police are investigating beauty clinic attended by the women |
washington (cnn) what a difference a decade makes when george w bush and dick cheney led the united states to war in iraq over the issue of chemical weapons 11 years ago, they had the support of all but six of the majority republicans in the house of representatives now there are three times as many republicans on t... | notionally haglin gastrophrenic | no related information |
(cnn) confirming earlier rumors, apple launched a new program friday that will allow customers to trade in old iphones at us apple stores for credit towards a newer model apple already has an online recycling program that lets users trade older iphones for credit on an apple gift card this new nationwide program let... | apple reuse and recycling | iphone users now can trade in old models at apple stores for credit on a new phone . the company's reuse and recycling program offers online credit for phones, ipads and computers . apple is widely expected to unveil two new iphones september 10 |
lakeside, california (cnn) days after being rescued in the idaho wilderness when an fbi agent shot her abductor dead, 16 year old hannah anderson attended a fundraiser thursday for her and her family near their southern california home the teenager could be seen entering the boll weevil restaurant in lakeside, a com... | hannah anderson southern california james dimaggio hannah | hannah anderson, 16, goes to a fundraiser in her southern california community . james dimaggio abducted hannah after allegedly killing her brother, mother . 'she's doing good day by day, and we'll keep moving forward,' her father says . a friend says hannah anderson is 'strong, i knew she would come back' |
(cnn) i'll take saddest jeopardy misspelling ever for $3,000, alex social media is still howling after last week's perceived slight of eighth grader thomas hurley iii and his misspelling of 'emancipation' during kids week on 'jeopardy!' thomas knew the answer to the final jeopardy question: abraham lincoln called th... | jeopardy thomas hurley iii second 2,000 skyler hornback 66,600 | jeopardy ruling set off social media furor . thomas hurley iii placed second, winning $2,000 . on the same episode, skyler hornback set the all time record for kids with $66,600 |
(cnn) before he came to this country in summer 1964, my father never could have envisioned the tradition he would create in america he came here from louth village, county louth, in the midlands of ireland to follow my mother, who had come here on a job search my father stumbled upon the horse and carriages on centr... | sallier undisposedness mandats | no related information |
(cnn) the newly named co host of cbs' 'the early show' acknowledged the work ahead of her in an interview sunday on cnn's 'reliable sources' with howard kurtz 'i look at it as a challenge, but i look at any new job as a challenge,' erica hill said 'i know there's been a lot written about the challenges that this sor... | teknonymous castled imploding | no related information |
(cnn) for the first few moments of her life, veronica was with her birth mother for the next two years, she was with her adoptive parents and for the last week, the toddler has been with her biological father, over 1,000 miles away from the only home she'd ever known it's been a long, complicated journey for young v... | cherokee indian south carolina | a cherokee indian man wins custody of his 2 year old biological daughter . she'd been adopted by a south carolina family soon after her birth . lawyer: the biological father didn't understand the waiver he signed . a federal law meant to protect indian family breakup is key to the case |
(cnn) as many as 5,000 people may have passed recently through a missouri restaurant where an employee with hepatitis a worked while possibly contagious, health officials said wednesday red robin said the employee last worked on may 16 and that the restaurant has been deemed safe after an inspection by the springfie... | red robin springfield missouri | a red robin worker in springfield, missouri, was diagnosed with an infection . the employee last worked on may 16 . shot that offers protection only effective if given within two weeks of infection . people who dined before may 8 may have been exposed but it's too late for them to get a shot |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) adm william fallon has resigned as chief of us forces in the middle east and central asia after more than a year in the post, citing what he called an inaccurate perception that he is at odds with the bush administration over iran adm william fallon had been serving as chief of us forces in the m... | bush defense robert gates fallon martin dempsey | bush: 'he deserves considerable credit for progress that has been made'. defense secretary robert gates says he accepts the resignation with regret . gates says fallon will be replaced by his deputy, lt gen martin dempsey . fallon cites what he calls inaccurate news reports for decision to step aside |
london (cnn) royal watchers eagerly await the arrival of a child who will be heir to the british throne here's what you need to know and the latest developments: • as the wait for the royal baby continues, so does the debate over the duchess of cambridge's actual due date britain's telegraph newspaper reports frida... | britons catherine | new: poll suggests britons want the royal heir to lead a normal life including a regular job . the media debate catherine's likely due date as the wait for the royal baby continues . the queen doesn't mind if the baby's a boy or a girl she just wants it to arrive soon . a contingency plan is in place for catherin... |
london, england (cnn) football dignitaries gathered in sheffield, northern england, on wednesday to kick off the 150th birthday celebrations of sheffield fc the sport's oldest club fifa chief blatter was among those in sheffield to kick off the 150th birthday celebrations of football's oldest club guests of honor... | sedate bogies arbuscule | no related information |
new york (cnn) residents of the northeastern united states, still reeling from the havoc sandy wreaked october 29 on the region, learned wednesday that the same holds true for snow and wind, which buffeted the coast in the form of a nor'easter more than 600,000 households who have been without power since october 29... | ommiades countermessage villas | no related information |
(cnn) fresh lava and ash spewed sunday from a volcano in northeast indonesia, casting haze over the crater and prompting authorities to warn nearby residents, state news reported loud, thumping noises were heard at a monitoring post 6 kilometers (38 miles) from where mount lokon erupted around 2:05 pm (2:05 am et) s... | mount lokon noth sulawesi 800 meters | eruptions began at mount lokon in noth sulawesi province on friday . loud, explosive eruptions sunday prompt authorities to put all on alert, an official says . at 800 meters high, mount lokon is among the most active volcanoes in the region |
london (cnn) a hearing into whether a muslim cleric who has been described as 'more radical than osama bin laden' can avoid deportation from britain to stand trial in jordan began wednesday in london britain has been trying to deport abu qatada for years, but his legal appeals have kept him in the united kingdom he ... | abu qatada jordan british | abu qatada was convicted in absentia of terror related charges in jordan . british official says jordan will quash that conviction and retry him . abu qatada is also accused of funding terrorist groups and inspiring a 9/11 hijacker . he has said deportation would put him at risk of torture and lengthy pretrial detentio... |
washington (cnn) the environmental protection agency is proposing new rules aimed at limiting the amount of carbon pollution coming from new power plants the standards, which would set separate limits for natural gas and coal power plants, are being called the first uniform national limits for new plants 'power plan... | reattribute pharmacopoeial unsupplemented | no related information |
(cnn) yemen's national civil aviation security committee said monday it has implemented 'tight security' at all of its airports in the aftermath of a plot to send bombs from yemen to the united states 'every piece of cargo and luggage will go through extensive searching,' the committee said in a statement in additio... | celliferous cryptarch versicles | no related information |
(cnn) you've fed the birds in london's trafalgar square lit a candle in notre dame in paris enjoyed that relaxing cup of cafe con leche in madrid's plaza mayor what next? if the usual itinerary of cathedrals, palaces and souvenir shops has ceased to thrill, maybe it's time to abandon the well trodden tourist circuit... | madrid river spree berlin the river thames docklands | madrid rio has been transformed from a highway to an urban river paradise . river spree embodies the formerly divided berlin's attempts to respect its history and future . follow the river thames to the docklands for a tour of the city's shipping past |
(cnn) authorities in the tamaulipas state attorney general's office gave conflicting information monday over whether authorities are pursuing a pair of suspects in the case of a us citizen who disappeared during a sightseeing trip on the us mexican border in south texas while luis homero uvalle, a spokesman for the ... | mexico tiffany pam hartley monday david michael hartley september 30 | new: mexico authorities give conflicting accounts over suspects . tiffany and pam hartley appear on several talk shows monday . david michael hartley disappeared september 30 after pirate attack, wife says |
(cnn) thomas muller scored a hat trick as bayern munich secured their first victory in a competitive match under new manager pep guardiola monday their 5 0 win over sw rehden in the german cup was to be expected against opposition from germany's fifth tier, but the holders avoided the pitfalls that have befallen oth... | bayern munich sw rehden thomas muller second loic remy newcastle season long | bayern munich beat minnows sw rehden 5 0 in german cup . thomas muller scores hat trick . pep guardiola's second competitive game in charge . loic remy heading to newcastle on season long loan |
washington (cnn) voters have given republicans a mandate to cut government and roll back the obama administration's health care 'monstrosity' in the next congress, the incoming speaker of the house of representatives said wednesday rep john boehner, r ohio, is poised to lead the house following the gop's massive gai... | obama democrat bennet colorado senate mcconnell democrats | obama says voters haven't felt benefits of his policies . democrat bennet is the projected winner in the colorado senate race . mcconnell says obama should move 'in our direction'. democrats battered by poor economy, energized conservatives |
(cnn) a florida appeals court wednesday struck down a state law barring gay men and lesbians from adoption on the basis of equal protection under law the florida 3rd district court of appeal upheld a trial court ruling that florida's explicit ban was unconstitutional, noting that the state's adoption law required of... | department of children and families court | new: department of children and families has 30 days to decide on appeal . new: spokesman says department will consider 'the impact on the family'. governor says state won't enforce ban . court sees no 'rational basis' for ban |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) attackers in pakistan have hit another convoy carrying fuel for nato troops in afghanistan, killing one person, authorities said the attack, which occurred monday, was the fourth attack in as many days on convoys carrying fuel to support the nato forces gunmen fired on a convoy of oil tanke... | nato fourth four days monday pakistani taliban us pakistanis | attack on convoys carrying fuel for nato troops was fourth in four days . one person was killed in the attack monday, police said . the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for two earlier convoy attacks . pakistani taliban: 'us and nato forces are killing innocent pakistanis' |
mumbai, india (cnn) every day the fate of 200,000 mumbai residents' lunches lie in the hands, and on the heads, of the city's lunch delivery men, the dabbawalas lunch is served: the dabbawalas have been serving up lunch to mumbai residents for 118 years a corp of around 5,000 tiffin lunch box dabbawalas have been su... | mumbai dabbawalas 999 percent | mumbai's dabbawalas have been delivering lunches in the city for 118 years . extensive network of delivery men and unique system for delivery . supply chain studies say dabbawalas have a 999 percent success rate . despite little change in 100 years, dabbawalas now have web site and text service |
(cnn) us lawmakers considering the closure of the controversial guantanamo bay detention center will probably be looking at a rehabilitation program in saudi arabia that focuses on religious re education for captured jihadists ahmed, who took part in a bombing mission in iraq, said he was a 'wiser man' after taking ... | homogeneity pinsetters reprieves | no related information |
(cnn) woodpecker spider species nuclear particle for anti apartheid icon nelson mandela, the varied list of namesakes keeps growing in july last year, just in time for his birthday, scientists named a prehistoric woodpecker after him, adding to the many tributes for south africa's first black president the woodpecke... | australopicus nelsonmandelai paravanda nelson mandela singapore britain | a woodpecker is officially named australopicus nelsonmandelai . 'paravanda nelson mandela' in singapore is also named after the former president . in britain, a nuclear particle is also named after him in britain |
washington (cnn) it was a mystery for nearly 70 years: what happened to nazi party leader alfred rosenberg's diary, a valuable document with insights into the third reich? rosenberg was the party's chief ideologue and became a confidante of adolf hitler after meeting him in 1921 he joined the party before hitler and... | nazi party's 70 years ice rosenberg nuremberg 1946 diary germany | diary of nazi party's chief ideologue discovered after missing for 70 years . finding the missing diary is 'one of great detective stories of our time,' ice director says . the diary was used against rosenberg in nuremberg trials he was hanged in 1946 . diary was likely smuggled out of germany by one of the nurember... |
(cnn) a reported tornado briefly touched down friday afternoon in northern alabama, causing damage and scares days after twisters proved deadly in texas the twister was part of a severe thunderstorm that rolled through the southeast, prompting tornado warnings friday afternoon law enforcement officials reported a fu... | texas louisiana thursday ef1 national weather service alabama athens wednesday | new: a tornado that hit on the texas/louisiana border thursday was an ef1 . national weather service reports a 'brief touchdown' of a tornado in alabama . the storm causes minor damage in athens, county official says . at least 16 tornadoes ripped through texas on wednesday, contributing to 6 deaths |
fort hood, texas (cnn) the military judge overseeing the trial of admitted fort hood gunman maj nidal hasan told defense attorneys thursday that they can't drop out of the case even though they believe it's tantamount to helping him commit suicide 'this is nothing more than their disagreement with major hasan's s... | fort hood hasan | new: the judge rejects standby counsel's request . new: the decision triggers a fight with the defense counsel . admitted fort hood gunman 'is working towards a death penalty,' lawyer says . hasan faces a death sentence if convicted of 13 killings and 32 attempted murder counts |
(cnn) spanish football club real madrid completed the signing of gareth bale from english premier league side tottenham hotspur sunday, to end weeks of speculation over one of the off season's most anticipated transfer deals bale joins the la liga giants for six seasons, real said on its website, and he will be unve... | gareth bale spanish real madrid bale english premier league tottenham hotspur real madrid's british | gareth bale has signed for spanish club real madrid . bale leaves from english premier league tottenham hotspur . bale will be unveiled monday afternoon at real madrid's stadium . the fee wasn't disclosed but some british outlets say it's a world record |
(realsimplecom) why shoes are called 'pumps' and other strange but true stories behind the clothes and accessories you know and love so, how did the trend for pointed toe shoes start? manolo who? long before they ever made an appearance on the tv show 'sex and the city,' pointed shoes were favored by polish nobles, ... | slinking biocoenosis scored | no related information |
barcelona, england ronaldinho has been recalled to the barcelona squad for tuesday's champions league match against rangers in glasgow ronaldinho was dropped from the barcelona squad on saturday for returning late from international duty the brazilian was omitted from the squad that lost 3 1 to villarreal on saturda... | ronaldinho barca squad rangers in champions league brazilian villarreal | ronaldinho is recalled to barca squad to face rangers in champions league . the brazilian was dropped from the squad that lost to villarreal on saturday . midfielder deco will be out of action for five weeks after suffering a thigh injury |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) i was 14 at the time lebanon's civil war was in full flood one afternoon the shells began raining down on our neighborhood in beirut a lebanese woman and her son run through west beirut in 1989 during fighting between rival forces we ran from school screaming forget the book bags, classmates, ... | cnn octavia nasr lebanon nasr 1980s 20 years | cnn's octavia nasr: will lebanon's brief renaissance be snuffed out?. nasr says lebanon's key power players haven't changed since 1980s . nasr: current struggle threatens to set lebanon back 20 years |
(cnn) the wife of democratic presidential candidate barack obama told cnn's larry king on wednesday that she is not offended by a much publicized comment made toward her husband in tuesday night's debate michelle obama talks about williams ayers, hillary clinton and her husband's campaign on larry king live in the p... | radiotherapeutist statute oliniaceous | no related information |
(cnn) it was to be a somber memorial, a remembrance of those who perished in a lethal milky fog to mark the 25th anniversary of the world's worst industrial disaster, authorities planned to open up the now dilapidated shell of the union carbide fertilizer plant, where in the wee hours of december 3, 1984, 40 tons o... | state bhopal december 1984 | state had planned to temporarily open the plant to the public . officials: plan scrapped due to rule about influencing elections . victims' advocates say plan was publicity stunt . 4,000 people die in the bhopal disaster in december 1984 |
london (cnn) a 26 year old man has been arrested in connection with the weekend vandalism of a painting by famed artist mark rothko at a london museum, london's metropolitan police announced late monday the man was arrested in worthing, on the southern coast of england, and will be brought to london on suspicion of ... | british rothko seagram sunday london tate modern | british police make an arrest in rothko defacement . a man painted on of the famed artist's seagram murals on sunday . the painting was hanging in london's tate modern museum, which was closed after the incident |
atlanta (cnn) a controversial and potentially pivotal call in a one game playoff friday night between the atlanta braves and st louis cardinals prompted a vehement argument by the braves' manager and fans to toss debris onto the field the incident occurred in the eighth inning of the newly introduced wild card... | braves eighth atlanta cardinals | new: a baseball executive disallows the braves' protest of the game, so the result stands . an umpire makes a controversial call against the braves in the eighth inning . atlanta's manager protests and fan throw debris onto the field . the cardinals end up beating the braves 6 3 to advance in baseball's playoffs |
(cnn) here are some of the most quotable sound bites from the sunday morning shows: on election day predictions: 'if we get 39 seats and take the majority, that's success if we get 37 seats, that's success we have battled our way back here, so to have the kind of night that we're anticipating on tuesday is not ju... | hartall vulnerably incardinating | no related information |
beijing, china (cnn) the world economy is placing a bet on its future with china, but some chinese are placing bets on their future with plastic in rebalancing the world economy, analysts have said us citizens should take cues from the chinese, where 40 cents of every dollar of disposable income is saved, compared t... | chinese us 32 percent the past year more than two months 133 percent this year | although chinese credit card debt is far behind the us, it's beginning to mount . new credit cards jumped 32 percent the past year . chinese card debts more than two months overdue rose 133 percent this year |
(cnn) paul ivy will never forget his first time seeing 'night of the living dead' 'i was 12 years old and it was beyond cool to see zombies attacking those hapless people, smashing in windows and feasting on human flesh,' ireporter ivy remembered 'no way would my real parents let me watch that sort of thing, but it ... | the walking dead epic gore | new amc series 'the walking dead' has a passionate fan base . epic zombie story is based on a series of popular comic books . fans who have had sneak peeks are cautiously optimistic . violence, gore could make it a tough sell to mass audiences |
washington (cnn) republicans took voters' distress over the stubborn jobless rate and stalled economy and turned it into a sweeping takeover of the us house of representatives in tuesday's midterm elections, while democrats were able to hang onto their majority in the senate, though in smaller numbers with results s... | republicans house cnn senate harry reid republican sharron angle nevada obama john boehner | an energized conservative electorate helps republicans to historic gain in midterms . republicans nab at least 60 more house seats, based on cnn analysis of exit poll data . senate majority leader harry reid defeats republican sharron angle in nevada . president obama calls house minority leader john boehner to congrat... |
(cnn) three men who were convicted of killing three cub scouts 16 years ago will have their cases reviewed in a court hearing to see whether they should be granted a new trial, the arkansas supreme court ruled thursday damien echols, jason baldwin and jessie misskelley were convicted in the 1993 deaths of 8 year old... | the arkansas supreme court cub scouts | the arkansas supreme court sent the cases back for a hearing . the three were convicted of the 1993 murders of three cub scouts . dna evidence found at the scene did not belong to the men convicted |
kabul, afghanistan (cnn) two foreign workers with an international aid organization were shot and killed in the western afghanistan city of herat on thursday, the provincial governor said the women, who were believed to be finnish, worked for the international assistance mission, said governor sayed fazlullah wahidi... | centrepiece nicotinizing suboxidation | no related information |
(cnn) a florida homeless man strangled and used an ax to bludgeon to death a 58 year old who had been counseling him, only to be arrested days later after trying to sell the victim's collector coins, police said david israel zenon murillo was charged with first degree murder and dealing in stolen property on monday,... | david zenon murillo florida murillo | new: police find the 'murder weapon,' described as a hatchet or small ax . david israel zenon murillo is accused of killing his counselor in central florida . he was arrested after police found out he was trying to sell the victim's coins . murillo told reporters that the victim got 'what was coming to him' |
(cnn) eighteen year old susan el baneh and her husband of three weeks died holding hands, her brother said, victims of a terrorist attack wednesday on the us embassy in yemen american citizen susan el baneh, 18, and her yemeni husband of less than a month were killed in the attack the lackawanna, new york, native, a... | susan el baneh yemen a month ago el baneh us 18 | susan el baneh went to yemen a month ago for an arranged marriage . el baneh, a us citizen, and husband died holding hands, brother says . brother: '[terrorism] touches everyone no matter who you are'. el baneh, 18, planned to return to high school in us to graduate |
(cnn) three young brothers from michigan remain missing despite the efforts of police and volunteer searchers working since the boys' disappearance during the thanksgiving holiday weekend residents in the small city of morenci, michigan, held a candlelight vigil sunday night for tanner skelton, 5, alexander william ... | tanner skelton 5 alexander william skelton 7 andrew skelton 9 john skelton ohio | tanner skelton, 5, alexander william skelton, 7, and andrew skelton, 9, remain missing . their father, john skelton, is charged with parental kidnapping . he is fighting extradition from ohio . residents held a candlelight vigil for the missing boys |
manama, bahrain (cnn) security forces in bahrain stormed the main hospital, beating doctors, and attacked demonstrators in manama's pearl roundabout on wednesday, witnesses in the bahraini capital said bahraini officials deny these accounts demonstrators reported hearing steady rounds of ammunition being fired while... | cnn mohammed jamjoon iran pearl roundabout | new: cnn's mohammed jamjoon expelled from the country . iran withdraws its ambassador to protest the crackdown . doctors say security forces stormed hospital . gunfire is heard at pearl roundabout |
(cnn) two former us border patrol agents whose cases became flashpoints in the controversy over border security were released early from prison tuesday, one of their attorneys and a congressman said an artist's sketch shows ignacio ramos, left, and jose compean the agents were convicted in 2006 of shooting and... | capitalizers bombardier untamable | no related information |
(cnn) ashley adams and her husband, andy, were shocked to discover they were expecting quadruplets in march the couple have been married for four years and were looking to start a family after trying unsuccessfully for some time to conceive, ashley underwent infertility treatments and received a double dose of clomi... | ashley adams ashley | ashley adams was diagnosed with stage 1 thyroid cancer four months into her pregnancy . ashley waited until after the babies' birth at 30 weeks to undergo cancer surgery . one month after cancer surgery, ashley is recovering and the babies are growing |
san diego, california (cnn) firefighters in southern california are facing wind whipped walls of flame from 15 wildfires that have scorched more than 400,000 acres and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes firefighters battle the witch fire tuesday in the del dios area of escondido, california t... | skipple heteroagglutinin substitutingly | no related information |
(cnn) if you thought it was difficult managing your own money in 2007, consider the pressure of the task when you're dealing with $18 trillion of client assets sallie krawcheck has made fortune's list of the world's most powerful women every year since 2002 that's what sallie krawcheck does as chairman and chief ex... | mme sallie krawcheck citi global wealth management fortune magazine world's 12th powerful woman $18 trillion the middle east | mme speaks with sallie krawcheck, boss of citi global wealth management . ranked by fortune magazine as world's 12th most powerful woman in 2007 . manages client assets worth $18 trillion, formerly bank's cfo . tells mme: 'we're very bullish' on economic potential of the middle east |
orange county, california (cnn) one of the larger fires in southern california was deliberately started by someone with apparent knowledge of arson, a fire official said thursday firefighter luke perisin sets a backfire wednesday against the santiago fire in live oak canyon, california the santiago fire in orange co... | santiago fire 25,000 acres la blaze | santiago fire deliberately started in two places, official says . santiago fire grows to 25,000 acres . la authorities investigate man arrested for suspected arson . blaze has destroyed 22 structures |
(cnn) train wrecks are intrinsically spectacular, and will smith's new movie offers a doozy two of them, in fact jason bateman and will smith star in 'hancock' in the first, jason bateman's genial public relations guy ray is sitting in his car, snarled in traffic and oblivious to the locomotive bearing down on him u... | semiurn sulphinic shellacks | no related information |
hong kong (cnn) for the first time in almost two weeks, the name of presumptive chinese leader xi jinping has appeared in state media, but it wasn't to dampen speculation about his 'disappearance' weeks before a major communist party congress instead, the 59 year old vice president's name appeared on a message of co... | chinese xi jinping xi september 1 hu jintao later this year | chinese media mentions xi jinping in statement of condolence . vice president xi hasn't been seen in public since september 1 . chinese officials have failed to comment on why he's dropped from public view . xi is expected to replace hu jintao in the leadership transition later this year |
(cnn) daniel ricciardo drove the race of his young life to secure an unlikely victory for red bull sunday in an incident packed hungarian grand prix which saw lewis hamilton ignore mercedes team orders to let title leader nico rosberg through australia's ricciardo overtook two time world champion fernando alonso of ... | muscadet dactylopteridae aposaturnium | no related information |
qunu, south africa (cnn) south africans celebrated nelson mandela's 94th birthday wednesday by participating in good deeds nationwide to honor the legacy of the famous statesman the frail icon has not appeared in public for years, but he is celebrated worldwide on his birthday for his role in reconciling a country t... | the united nations international mandela day | new: family to celebrate his birthday with a champagne toast . the frail anti apartheid icon has not appeared in public for years . however, he is celebrated worldwide especially on his birthday . the united nations designated july 18 as international mandela day three years ago |
new york (cnn) in a move intended to better track criminal suspects, new york city's finest are now photographing the eyes of those they haul in adding eye scans to a list of police identification methods that include mug shots and fingerprinting, new york rolled out a fleet of new iris scanners in an initiative ann... | new york city nypd | new york city rolled out a fleet of new iris scanners in a police initiative announced this week . police turned to scanners after recent escapes of inmates who used false identities . civil liberty groups say nypd is 'hitting a fly with a sledgehammer'. city officials say department is 'authorized to take pictures,' i... |
jakarta, indonesia (cnn) indonesia's presidential candidate, prabowo subianto, who slammed the country's election commission and rejected the official results of the vote held earlier this month, appears poised to launch a legal challenge a member of prabowo's legal team said they plan to file a complaint against th... | prabowo subianto joko jokowi widodo 53% prabowo friday | candidate prabowo subianto criticizes country's election commission . election commission: joko 'jokowi' widodo won election with 53% of votes . prabowo's team to file legal challenge by friday |
los angeles, california (cnn) an alarm sounded when alejandro rea walked out of a hollywood boulevard clothing store earlier this month, signaling that he may be leaving with merchandise he didn't pay for rea is deaf, so he didn't hear the alarm or the shouts from a security guard ordering him to stop the 28 year ol... | adfluxion buglewort hendecasemic | no related information |
(cnn) it's been in continuous production since the 1950s but volkswagen brazil the last country where the vehicles were still being made ceases production of the classic kombi van today, the last day of 2013 rolling off the production lines in hanover, germany, until 1979 but continuing in brazil, the vw trans... | volkswagen brazil kombi today 63 years kombis the 1960s van | volkswagen brazil ceases production of classic kombi van today after 63 years . kombis became the vehicle/hangout of choice for surfers and hippies in the 1960s . van was cultural icon and way of life, not just mode of transportation |
(cnn) once a city split in two, berlin is now a thriving culture capital ever since the wall came down, it has flourished as a creative hot spot, drawing artists and art lovers in droves galleries, museums and theatres have proliferated in recent years and the capital's identity as a home to experimental goings on a... | berlin recent years east berlin museum island contemporary mitte | berlin has flourished as a cultural capital in recent years . former east berlin boasts its own museum island . contemporary art galleries cluster around mitte, a hip district filled with bars and cafes |
(cnn) the high profile case of a girl adopted by a south carolina couple is moving toward another legal showdown after oklahoma's governor ordered the extradition of the girl's biological native american father, who is accused of custodial interference gov mary fallin on wednesday ordered that dusten brown be extrad... | cotterite shredder incontaminate | no related information |
miami, florida (cnn) tomas continued to lose brawn in the caribbean sea on monday morning after pummeling the island of st vincent over the weekend, the national hurricane center said as of 5 am et sunday, tomas, a tropical storm with sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph), was located about 135 miles (220 kilometers) ... | tomas 50 mph 85 kph haiti later this week st vincent | new: tomas' maximum sustained winds slow to 50 mph (85 kph). a projection map indicates tomas could hit haiti later this week . two people were injured on st vincent |
johnstown, pennsylvania (cnn) located outside a small pennsylvania city, john murtha airport may not see many passengers but it's seen plenty of arrivals of tax dollars from washington, most recently economic stimulus funds democratic rep john murtha says it's his job to direct federal funds to his district in penn... | pennsylvania john murtha almost $200 million washington 800,000 $1 billion faa | pennsylvania's john murtha airport offers three commercial flights . rep john murtha has piloted almost $200 million from washington to the airport . airport also receiving $800,000 from economic stimulus . hundreds of airports are slated to receive $1 billion in stimulus upgrades, faa says |
abidjan, ivory coast (cnn) first came a political row over the rightful winner of ivory coast's presidential election saturday, two men laid claim to the west african nation's highest post incumbent laurent gbagbo defied international appeals to step aside and was sworn in as the new president in a formal ceremony i... | laurent gbagbo the ivory coast alassane ouattara west african | laurent gbagbo was named president by one council in the ivory coast . another commission named former prime minister alassane ouattara the winner . the political chaos has raised fears of unrest and bloodshed in the west african nation |
(cnn) on monday, president barack obama's two secretaries of state inadvertently collaborated with russia's foreign minister to shape a twist in the syria debate that a day later is looking more and more like a possible way out of the current crisis it took an idea from being an off the cuff throwaway line through b... | david rothkopf kerry clinton syria us rothkopf obama | david rothkopf: kerry, clinton collaborated (accidentally?) to add hopeful twist on syria . in a 'goof,' kerry said syria yielding chemical weapons might avert us strike, rothkopf says . potential presidential candidate clinton called it 'important step' and showed her influence . rothkopf: even if plan fails, it gives... |
washington (cnn) the captain of southwest flight 345, whose nose gear was broken while landing at laguardia airport in new york last month, took control of the aircraft from his co pilot when the plane was below 400 feet a critical phase of flight during which control is rarely changed between pilots, experts say... | laguardia ntsb new york july | southwest flight 345's captain took over during laguardia landing, ntsb says . such a change in that phase of a flight is unusual, aviation experts say . the pilots reported a wind shift during landing, ntsb says . the flight landed hard, broke nose gear at new york airport in july, injuring about 10 |
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