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berlin (cnn) a string of arson attacks has hit the german capital, with vandals burning dozens of cars this week, including an additional 11 overnight, authorities said friday at least 50 cars have been torched since monday, authorities said authorities described 30 crimes are 'politically motivated,' with police sp... | 5,000 euro berlin | new: at least 50 cars have been torched since monday, police say . police offer 5,000 euro reward for information leading to arrests . the vandalism heightens fears in normally quiet and wealthy districts in berlin |
(cnn) southwest airlines is working with federal and local officials to determine who is responsible for vandalizing its planes with strange markings, a statement from the airline said tuesday the unauthorized markings surfaced in february, spokesperson whitney eichinger said in the statement eichinger would not com... | southwest arabic | employees received an internal memo about markings on planes . southwest is working with local, federal officials to find vandals . sources tell local media, 'the markings appear to be arabic words' |
(cnn) wednesday is the 100th anniversary of richard nixon's birth he remains a controversial figure, and not just on the political left last year, i was covering the conservative political action conference in washington when i came across a stall selling old political pins unable to resist, i bought one with a pict... | timothy stanley wednesday 100th richard nixon gop nixon era epa watergate | timothy stanley: wednesday is 100th anniversary of richard nixon's birth . he says gop could take a page from nixon on adapting nixon was good at getting elected . he says nixon was politcially strategic: backed era, poverty fighting measures, founded epa . stanley: without watergate, he'd likely still be popular |
washington (cnn) black ice road ice virtually invisible to drivers played a 'significant role' in last month's fatal bus crash in oregon, an attorney for the bus company said wednesday night attorney mark scheer also said bus driver haeng kyu hwang had had 7 â½ hours of sleep the night before the crash, sugges... | oregon canadian us | 'black ice was involved' in oregon crash that killed 9, hurt 39, attorney says . driver had 7 1/2 hours of sleep the night before, attorney says . canadian bus company had record of violations in us before fatal wreck |
(ewcom) first the good news: paramount's $5 million found footage horror sequel 'paranormal activity 4' easily led the box office with $302 million in its first three days now for the bad news: that's 43 percent less (ie $224 million less) than 'paranormal activity 3' earned in its debut frame, and 26 percent less (... | roke shedlike cellules | no related information |
(cnn) and then there were two one is identified with the ethnic tajik group from northern afghanistan and is a former foreign minister who later became a critic of afghan president hamid karzai the other is close to the president and belongs to his pashtun ethnic group both are technocrats who campaigned on a messag... | abdullah abdullah ashraf ghani hamid karzai | abdullah abdullah, ashraf ghani will be in a runoff slated for june 7 . the two candidates won the most votes in field of 11 . historic presidential election for war torn country . incumbent hamid karzai constitutionally must step down |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) it was the music of rebellion and youth artists traded witty improvisations onstage chronicling the pain and the promise of being black in america, inspiring inner city and rural southern audiences alike in nightclubs and on street corners atlanta based jaspects fuses rap with jazz in hopes of... | atlanta jaspects jermaine dupri | atlanta based group jaspects fuses rap, jazz to attract younger audiences . hip hop, like jazz, is at risk of not evolving due to lack of ownership, some say . producer jermaine dupri says there aren't enough black execs in music business |
camden, maine (cnn) want to help save the humpback whale? pick up a camera and start taking pictures, says gale mccullough, a 'fluke matcher' at allied whale, a research group mccullough is a citizen scientist a do goodery term for volunteers who help collect data about the natural world who uses the photo sha... | flickr gale mccullough | volunteers match and analyze whale photos on flickr . citizen scientist discovers record migration on photo sharing site . gale mccullough: more whale photos could lead to new findings . researchers need photos of the underside of whales' tails, or flukes |
(cnn) like millions around the world, i owe my early career choices to the beatles as a 6 year old, i stayed up 'late' one sunday night to watch the fab four explode onto the world stage on 'the ed sullivan show' there were the saturday afternoons i walked to the plaza theater in downtown glasgow, kentucky, to watch... | gasking feminate dragonfish | no related information |
deutschneudorf, germany (cnn) digging has resumed at a site in the southeastern german town of deutschneudorf, where treasure hunters believe there are almost 2 tons of nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the legendary amber room, a prize taken from a russian castle during world war ii treasure hunter... | auchlet paladins sonnetising | no related information |
washington (cnn) america's first female four star general has been nominated, the pentagon announced monday lt gen ann e dunwoody was nominated to be america's first four star female general president bush nominated lt gen ann e dunwoody to serve as head of the army's supply arm by law women are excluded from combat... | bush ann e dunwoody army dunwoody 33 years 2005 | bush nominated lt gen ann e dunwoody to be head of army's supply arm . by law women are excluded from combat jobs, the typical path to four star rank . dunwoody has served 33 years, and became army's top ranking woman in 2005 . there are 57 active duty women serving as generals or admirals |
eldorado, texas (cnn) ambulances rolled into a texas ranch that's home to members of a polygamist sect, as authorities continued their search saturday night for possible victims of physical and sexual abuse authorities are seeking dale barlow, 50, seen in a mugshot from a 2005 arrest on child sex charges the emergen... | jeffs arizona | new: ambulances called in as investigators prepare to search temple . number of people removed from ranch grows to 183, including 137 children . authorities served search, arrest warrants to members of polygamist sect . jeffs in arizona jail awaiting trial; sentenced to 10 years in prison last year |
(cnn) a 30 year old dolphin at sea world has died after colliding with another dolphin while performing aerial tricks, the orlando, florida, amusement park said monday the incident occurred about 4:30 pm saturday at the discovery cove area of the park, according to a statement by sea world spokeswoman becca bides th... | sea world dolphins | collision with another dolphin proves fatal to sea world animal . dolphins were in center of lagoon, away from guests, when collision happened . park statement calls collision 'an unfortunate, random incident' |
london, england (cnn) they first met in the autumn of 1979; she playing the role of the lovelorn terrorist, he dressed as a rather sloppy ayatollah khomeini pamela stephenson first met billy connolly on the set of a comedy show in 1979 they married in fiji in 1990 it may not have been love at first sight on the set ... | pamela stephenson scottish billy connelly british not the nine o'clock news billy stephenson | pamela stephenson talks about marriage to scottish comedian billy connelly . they met on the set of british comedy show 'not the nine o'clock news'. she says writing his biography, 'billy,' helped her understand him better . stephenson: 'it's like he's got these comedy angels whispering in his ear' |
london, england (cnn) harry potter author jk rowling is writing a prequel to her best selling series to be auctioned for charity but at just 800 words, it may lack some of the magic fans of the boy wizard might be hoping for autographed copies of jk rowling's work have fetched millions of dollars at auction rowl... | jk rowling harry potter rowling millions of dollars | author jk rowling pens harry potter prequel for charity auction . autographed 800 word piece will raise money for dyslexia charity . previous autographed rowling pieces have raised millions of dollars |
new york (cnn) it's been five years since carrie bradshaw journeyed to paris in search of true love on the series finale of 'sex and the city' she appeared to have found it in the arms of mr big, and she returned to new york and her now settled friends ready for a new start sarah jessica parker was a driving f... | sarah jessica parker sex and the city matthew broderick ny | sarah jessica parker: 'sex and the city' 'has been a dream'. rumors of friction? 'beneath me to keep defending myself'. marriage to matthew broderick works because pair lives normal ny life |
(cnn) even from the moment they were set down in the declaration of independence, thomas jefferson's immortal words 'all men are created equal' have always been awkward and challenging they're not awkward and challenging because they're incorrect on the contrary, they're some of the truest words ever put to paper in... | twigless placentomata maintainers | no related information |
(cnn) the wife of missing adventurer steve fossett has asked a court to declare him dead steve fossett and wife peggy in a february 2006 photograph fossett was last seen in early september, flying a single engine plane on a pleasure flight from a nevada ranch a month long search for the plane was unsuccessful 'as di... | steve fossett nevada 20 to 25 miles | steve fossett missing since september solo flight over nevada mountains . single engine plane last seen 20 to 25 miles from departure point, sheriff says . plane not found after month of searching . experienced aviator would have signaled rescuers if alive, sheriff says |
new delhi, india (cnn) vimlendu jha is the founder and head of swechha we for change foundation which is based in india's capital, new delhi 'for the rest of the world india is powerful, but for many residing in the countryside, india is still disempowered, hungry and naked' swechha started out as an organization... | uttaranchal india indian vimlendu | vimlendu takes a group of children to see a village in uttaranchal . his aim was to show them the differences between india's city and village life . many of the children had never been to an indian village . vimlendu says they were 'saddened by the villagers' plight' |
beijing, china (cnn) when after many visits to doctors and hospitals tian huiping's son was finally diagnosed with autism, the only advice she was given was to make use of a loophole in china's 'one child' policy that allows parents with disabled children to have one more tian huiping considered suicide when... | china 1 2 million | china estimates 100,000 people with autism; some say real number is 1 2 million . mom considered murder suicide with autistic son; instead started autism school . the school helps 3,000 children with autism every day despite no government aid . 'as a mother, i felt so much pain' |
los angeles, california (cnn) liv tyler doesn't like to be bothered by her agents at night but it's a good thing she took their call pitching her 'the incredible hulk' liv tyler plays betty ross, a colleague of edward norton's bruce banner, in 'the incredible hulk' 'my agent called me one night i had just put [son]... | liv tyler hulk tyler betty ross marvel bill bixby | actress liv tyler says 'hulk' role came unexpectedly . tyler plays betty ross in new film version of marvel superhero . tyler says she was huge fan of tv show with bill bixby |
washington (cnn) iraq is raking in more money from oil exports than it is spending, amassing a projected four year budget surplus of up to $80 billion, us auditors reported tuesday oil accounted for 94 percent of the iraq's revenue from 2005 to 2007, a us report says leading members of congress, noting that washingt... | us washington iraq $80 billion | us lawmakers upset over surplus, noting washington is footing reconstruction . us taxpayers should be reimbursed, senator says . report says iraq's budget surplus from 2005 to 2008 could hit $80 billion |
(cnn) the mother of a missing toddler on monday was arrested in connection with an alleged theft from one of her friends, florida authorities said monday's arrest of casey anthony, mother of missing 3 year old caylee anthony, was her second relating to the theft case and her third since the child disappeared three m... | 3 year old caylee anthony second casey anthony nearly a month | mother of missing 3 year old caylee anthony charged with theft . arrest is her second relating to alleged theft from friend . authorities: casey anthony waited nearly a month before she reported girl missing . casey anthony is 'person of interest' in disappearance, authorities say |
(cnn) despite periodic violence and continued unresolved issues, sudan's president on sunday authorized the reopening of all border crossings with south sudan, state news reported president omar al bashir ordered the reopening of all passages by land, water and air between his african nation and its newly inde... | selectivity cholinic imperceived | no related information |
(cnn) for decades, many african countries saw some of their most skilful young people take their talents to other parts of the world, lured by the financial prospects outside the continent but lately, as much of europe continues to shrink under the weight of austerity, an increasing number of africans are turning th... | africans europe west africa recent years | an increasing number of africans are leaving europe and the west to return to africa . they return to their continent seeking jobs and new economic opportunities . economic growth, better governance and technology boom are factors in rise of returnees . the economic slowdown in the west in recent years is also a factor... |
(cnn) goalkeeper tim howard says the explosion of interest in soccer in the united states is 'mind blowing' off the back of team usa's surprise progression from the world cup 'group of death' to the last 16 few gave the us team much chance of finishing in the top two from the likes of germany, portugal and ghana, bu... | snowdrift dicyclist kyanise | no related information |
(cnn) three anti whaling activists were injured in a clash with japanese whalers off the coast of antarctica on wednesday when the japanese crew used grappling hooks against pursuit boats, the conservation group sea shepherd said in statement the environmental group claims two of its crew from the anti whaling ship ... | sea shepherd's steve irwin japanese | conservation group claims crew were attacked with grappling hooks . two crew were struck with iron hooks, the group says . it claims a third crew member was struck twice in the face with a bamboo pole . sea shepherd's vessel steve irwin is attempting to disrupt japanese whaling ships |
london (cnn) foreign secretary william hague announced plans tuesday for the united kingdom to reopen its embassy in tehran, iran, which has been closed since an attack by protesters in 2011 triggered a dramatic breakdown in relations hague's announcement to parliament follows a series of steps taken by both nations... | william hague iran tehran hague 2011 britain the iranian embassy london iranian | foreign secretary william hague: 'iran is an important country in a volatile region'. 'the circumstances are right to reopen our embassy in tehran,' hague tells lawmakers . the embassy in tehran was closed after an attack on the site by protesters in 2011 . britain also shut the iranian embassy in london and ordered al... |
(cnn) a sudanese christian woman who had been sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her faith and her husband were released from custody late thursday, the two told cnn mariam yehya ibrahim and her husband, daniel wani, said that they were freed on bail but are prohibited from leaving the country the pair had be... | mariam yehya ibrahim cnn the united states ibrahim | mariam yehya ibrahim and her husband say they were freed on bail . they tell cnn they are prohibited from leaving the country . the couple and their two children were planning to travel to the united states . ibrahim had been sentenced to death for apostasy, then released on appeal |
jerusalem (cnn) yitzhak shamir, a political hard liner who served two terms as israeli prime minster, died saturday, the prime minister's office said shamir, 96, served as premier from 1983 to 1984, and from 1986 to 1992 he also was israel's foreign minister from 1980 to 1986 born in poland, shamir moved to palestin... | shimon peres shamir netanyahu israel gulf war iraqi | shimon peres calls shamir a 'brave warrior'. the 96 year old politician was involved in key foreign policy initiatives . netanyahu says he 'belonged to the generation of giants' that established the state . shamir led israel during the first gulf war, when iraqi missiles fell on israel |
(rollingstonecom) many have speculated about what apple's big announcement tomorrow morning will be, and the wall street journal claims that it has the answer: the beatles' catalog will finally be available on itunes citing 'people familiar with the situation,' the paper says that the deal was being negotiated as r... | balatronic deliquiesce squatted | no related information |
editor's note: the staff at cnncom has recently been intrigued by the journalism of vice, an independent media company and web site based in brooklyn, new york vbstv is vice's broadband television network the reports, which are produced solely by vice, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where viewers ar... | costa rica's aviaros del caribe | sloths have very few natural predators . costa rica's roads and power lines threaten its sloth population . aviaros del caribe is the world's only sloth sanctuary |
(cnn) need a break from shopping and celebrating the holidays? there will be lots of offerings at your local cinema as hollywood is releasing a crop of new films through the end of the year now playing 'burlesque' plot summary: a small town girl goes to california to perform in a burlesque musical revue starring: c... | hollywood 2010 angelina jolie johnny the tourist'. garrett hedlund | with a crop of new releases, hollywood hopes 2010 will go out with a bang . angelina jolie and johnny depp tangle in 'the tourist'. garrett hedlund gets pulled into the cyberworld of tron in 'tron: legacy' |
(rollingstonecom) 'le noise' is neil young with eight new songs and no band, accompanying himself on guitars with maximum fuzz and electronics, manipulated by producer daniel lanois the result is one of young's weirdest studio records and that's saying something in a decade that includes the eco opera 'greendale'... | le noise young | 'le noise' is the most intimate and natural sounding album young has made in a long time . the artist has played most of these songs on his current tour . 'le noise' is, ultimately, an extreme simplicity: the sound of a man who won't give up |
ann arbor, michigan (cnn) 'we did not have a right to choose where we lived freedom of speech, or freedom of actions the traffickers had keys to our apartment they controlled all of our movement and travel they watched us and listened when we called our parents they didn't let us make friends or tell anyone anythin... | imperialization fissiped puggle | no related information |
(cnn) as tens of thousands of people cheered barack obama's presidential victory at his home base in chicago, illinois, others were celebrating near his future house people celebrate the victory of president elect barack obama outside the white house early wednesday at least 1,000 people gathered on washington's pen... | jigged unusurped polymeric | no related information |
tbilisi, georgia (cnn) russian forces appeared to be in control of two key georgian cities early friday, and there were reports of tanks on the move again a woman outside a bombed apartment block in gori, georgia, on thursday russia said thursday that its withdrawal of gori would be complete within hours, and the u... | russian georgia senaki kutaisi cnn south ossetia | russian military appears in control of two key georgia cities . georgia says more than 100 tanks, vehicles moving between senaki and kutaisi . source tells cnn draft peace deal could see some russian stay in georgia . conflict began when georgia launched action against rebels in south ossetia |
watertown, south dakota (cnn) sen barack obama linked sen john mccain friday with what he called 'the failed policies' of the bush administration, accusing the presumed republican presidential nominee and the white house of 'bombastic exaggerations and fear mongering' in place of 'strategy and analysis and smart pol... | mccain obama nra bush | mccain blasts obama's comments in nra speech . obama slams bush over attack 'that alienates us from the rest of the world'. he blasts mccain for 'embracing' bush's attacks |
(cnn) charges against actress lindsay lohan in an alleged manhattan nightclub fight 'are not ready to proceed at this time,' her attorney said monday after a hearing at new york criminal court lohan did not attend the hearing because there was nothing for her to plead to, said her attorney, mark heller 'it's my opin... | poleaxes rhadamanthine nodule | no related information |
(cnn) three russian tanks and other military vehicles crossed the border into ukraine on thursday, prompting a skirmish between ukrainian and russian forces, acting ukrainian interior minister arsen avakov said the russian foreign ministry told the bbc that the claim was 'another fake piece of information' according... | nemophily coccothrinax discussionis | no related information |
washington (cnn) opponents of a bill that would overhaul the 1978 foreign intelligence surveillance act blocked consideration thursday of the controversial bill until after the july 4 recess sen russ feingold, d wisconsin, says the fisa overhaul legislation is 'deeply flawed' senate democratic leaders announced the... | dihydrite ruinator phasis | no related information |
(cnn) a new york facility says it's ready to care for jahi mcmath, the 13 year old girl on a ventilator who was declared brain dead by doctors in california after tonsil surgery 'at this time we're named as the potential facility that jahi and her family will be coming to, but we will know more details in a couple o... | new york jahi mcmath children's hospital oakland 13 year old 5 pm tuesday | a new york facility says it's willing to accept jahi mcmath . jahi mcmath is on a ventilator and has been declared brain dead by doctors . her family wants to move her to another facility besides children's hospital oakland . the 13 year old will be kept on machines through 5 pm tuesday, under a court order |
vienna, austria (cnn) iran has accepted a draft agreement that calls for some uranium produced in iran to be sent abroad for further enrichment, an iranian diplomat said wednesday mohamed elbaradei says the agreement is a 'balanced' approach to the problem 'in principle we have in fact accepted this offer for this t... | iranian iran vienna iaea tehran | iranian nuclear envoy: iran accepts uranium processing draft deal 'in principle'. three days of talks on iran's nuclear program wrap up in vienna . iaea chief says draft deal is 'balanced approach to the problem'. tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes |
lebanon (cnn) the unhcr has announced that we have reached the one millionth syrian child refugee mark it is a terrifying statistic if you really digest it and don't just read it as a sanitized account of a tragic war i've been working with mercy corps responding to the syrian refugee crisis for over a year and have... | syrians lebanon mercy corps cassandra nelson nelson | thousands of syrians have fled into neighboring lebanon where they face hardship . mercy corps aid worker cassandra nelson says many of the refugee children live in constant fear . when the crisis ends these children will be the ones left to rebuild their lives and their country, says nelson |
mexico city, mexico (cnn) the mexican military has arrested the son of a top drug cartel lieutenant, the government said thursday authorities present suspect vicente zambada niebla to the press thursday in mexico city vicente zambada niebla, known as 'el vicentillo,' was arrested wednesday along with five subordinat... | vicente zambada niebla zambada ismael zambada garcía sinaloa | vicente zambada niebla and five subordinates arrested, government says . zambada is son of ismael zambada garcía, lieutenant in sinaloa drug cartel . authorities blame sinaloa and other cartels for a surge in violence in the region |
(cnn) ok, go ahead and get the 'where's my global warming?' jokes out of your system with the us midwest trudging through its second blizzard in a week, we understand but while it may seem contradictory at first, scientists say bigger blizzards fit the pattern they expect to see from a changing climate the immediate... | kansas texas | a warming climate will mean worse storms but less snow overall, scientists say . warmer air holds more water, 'loading the dice' toward bigger storms, one says . back to back blizzards have broken snow records in kansas and texas |
(cnn student news) january 14, 2011 download pdf maps related to today's show: • arizona • brazil • nevada transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated carl azuz, cnn student news anchor: it's the best day of the school week and you're about to get a front row se... | brazil mt etna us newsquiz cnn student news | brazil is ravaged by heavy rains and deadly flooding . mt etna roars to life with tremors and ash . the us government proposes healthier school lunches . use the weekly newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on cnn student news |
(cnn) sarah murnaghan, a 10 year old pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis whose family fought to have young children prioritized for adult organs, received new lungs wednesday, her family told cnn her surgery took about six hours, and there were no complications resizing or transplanting the adult lungs, according... | sarah murnaghan's six hours sarah organization monday under 12 | new: sarah murnaghan's family says there were no issues during her lung transplant . new: surgery took six hours, sarah did 'extremely well,' family spokesman says . her family fought to change the policy for children's lung transplants . organization overseeing transplants ruled monday to make children under 12 eligib... |
(cnn) new zealand's national airline announced the world's first scheduled route for boeing's 787 9 dreamliner on thursday as the latest dreamliner's first customer, air new zealand will be flying the launch aircraft from auckland, where the airline is based, to perth, in western australia starting in october 2014 a... | bemixing plethysmogram taxgatherer | no related information |
new york (cnn) a hasidic nypd recruit is planning a lawsuit after being dismissed for refusing to trim his beard for religious reasons, his attorney said sunday fishel litzman, 38, was asked to leave the police academy on friday, his attorney, nathan lewin, told cnn he began the police academy in january, he said, w... | friday litzman orthodox hasidic nypd | fishel litzman was asked to leave the police academy friday, his attorney says . litzman is an orthodox hasidic jew . the nypd says it makes reasonable accommodations for beards |
(cnn) 'the killing' was amc's real zombie show netflix has struck a deal with fox television studios to resurrect the rainy crime drama for a fourth season that's right: 'the killing,' a show that's been canceled twice, is coming back to life for a second time amc axed 'the killing' after its second season last year... | the killing netflix amc a final season arrested development | twice canceled tv show 'the killing' is coming back again . netflix revived the amc series for a final season . the streaming company previously revived fan favorite 'arrested development' |
washington (cnn) with his presidency at a crossroads, president barack obama delivered his health care 'fix it' message with a healthy dose of reflection and contrition: 'i think i said early on when i was running, i am not a perfect man and i will not be a perfect president' cnnmoney: obama offers fix for canceled ... | democratic white house obama george w bush's every day | administration facing persistent questions about credibility, competence . democratic veteran questions whether white house learns from mistakes . obama's poll numbers at same place as george w bush's at this point in his presidency . timing of crisis is key every day brings midterm elections closer, loyalty harder ... |
(cnn) princess anne's suggestion that britons need to reconsider their reluctance to eat horse meat was 'brave' and reflects a sad decline in horses' value, the head of a horse welfare charity says addressing the world horse welfare conference thursday, princess anne queen elizabeth ii's daughter and the organiza... | anne britons world horse welfare | princess anne has suggested that britons reconsider their reluctance to eat horse meat . she says an increase in the value of horse meat might lead to better horse welfare . the ceo of world horse welfare says there are too many horses and too few homes . this problem has caused a decline in the value of horses and the... |
(cnn) seven months of pregnancy down, 15 to go that's the good news the oklahoma city zoo shared publicly after an ultrasound and other tests confirmed their 18 year old asian elephant, ahsa, is pregnant the average gestation for elephants is 22 months, the zoo wrote in a press release 'it looks like a unicorn,' pos... | oklahoma city zoo's asian ahsa | oklahoma city zoo's asian elephant is pregnant for second time . ahsa is estimated to be about seven months along in her pregnancy . average gestation for elephants is 22 months |
(cnn) iraqi authorities executed 17 people, including an egyptian man and two iraqi women, most of whom were convicted of terrorism, iraq's ministry of justice said in a statement released monday 'the ministry carried out the executions against the terrorists after it was approved by the presidential council,' the m... | egyptian iraqi united nations | an egyptian man and two iraqi women are among those executed, a statement says . it says most of them had been convicted of terrorism . this appears to be the latest of several executions in recent months . they come despite a united nations call for restraint |
(cnn) grocery store shelves are bare food left in refrigerators has rotted in the absence of electricity houston and galveston are hungry ashia turner and her family, from galveston, wait at a shelter for a bus that will take them to a hotel on tuesday the houston food bank is 'utterly overwhelmed with people asking... | graybearded diatonical ultrasolemn | no related information |
los angeles, california (cnn) pop star britney spears was resting at ucla medical center on thursday, her mother said, hours after police escorted her to the hospital from her hollywood home britney spears, left, and her mother lynne spears pose at the 2000 mtv video music awards in new york a long convoy of police ... | la times britney spears spears times | troubled pop star resting, mom says, after large police escort . la times: britney spears placed on 'mental health evaluation hold'. hold prompted by call police got from spears' psychiatrist, times reports . incident is second time in weeks the singer has been taken to a hospital |
london, england (cnn) two men accused of failed car bomb attacks in london and a car bombing at glasgow international airport last year went on trial thursday mohammed asha, a doctor, is accused of conspiracy to murder and cause explosions bilal abdulla and mohammed asha, both doctors, are charged with conspiracy to... | london glasgow bilal abdulla mohammed asha | men accused of failed car bomb attacks in london and glasgow go on trial . bilal abdulla and mohammed asha charged with conspiracy to murder . the men, both doctors, also charged with conspiracy to cause explosions |
washington (cnn) virginia hasn't backed a democrat for president in 44 years, but economic concerns and changing demographics are giving sen barack obama a chance to steal the once reliably red state from republicans sen barack obama waves as rain falls on a rally in fredericksburg, virginia, in late september polls... | obama mccain 49 percent to 45 percent washington virginia conservatives | poll of polls has sen obama leading sen mccain 49 percent to 45 percent . rapid growth of suburbs around washington has made virginia more liberal . conservatives angered by mccain's support for bailout, mortgage buyouts |
los angeles, california (cnn) the california public utilities commission banned texting on the job thursday after it was shown that a metrolink train engineer involved in last week's deadly collision near los angeles sent text messages from his cell phone it was unclear what 46 year old robert sanchez was doing at t... | california public utilities commission robert sanchez | new: california public utilities commission passed ban thursday . phone records show engineer texting during work hours on day of crash . engineer robert sanchez was among 25 people killed in friday's crash . investigators determined the brakes on train he was driving were not applied |
los angeles, california (cnn) jorge fernandez strolls across the used car parking lot littered with dozens upon dozens of sport utility vehicles the size of small tugboats suvs like these are having a tough time selling with gas prices at all time highs with gas at $4 a gallon, many have sat there since last summer ... | aaa friday | car dealer says suvs are tough sells now: 'i've never seen it this bad ever'. aaa says average gas price hit another all time high friday . truck owner says he can't get the price he wants for his vehicle |
chicago, illinois (cnn) an outraged sheriff in illinois who refuses to evict 'innocent' renters from foreclosed homes criticized mortgage companies thursday and said the law should protect victims of the mortgage meltdown cook county, illinois, sheriff thomas j dart says too many renters are being evicted for landl... | thomas dart cook county illinois bankers association this year | new: sheriff: 'i can't keep doing this and have a good conscience about it'. sheriff thomas dart says he is suspending foreclosure evictions in cook county . illinois bankers association opposes plan, says sheriff could be found in contempt . cook county on pace to exceed 43,000 foreclosure cases this year |
(cnn) a professor who compared some victims of the al qaeda attack on the world trade center to nazis was fired tuesday by the university of colorado's board of regents professor ward churchill wrote that some 9/11 victims were 'little eichmanns' ward churchill raised hackles with a 2002 essay that argued the septem... | ward churchill us mideast university of colorado | ward churchill said 9/11 attacks were justified reaction to us mideast policies . university of colorado says 9/11 essay not reason he was fired . dismissal due to plagiarism, falsification in other papers, university says |
(cnn) amy winehouse's attempt at a european concert tour ended in belgrade, serbia, with a train wreck of a performance saturday night in which she staggered around the stage and stumbled through several songs the audience eventually chased winehouse off the stage with loud boos several numbers into what was suppose... | nosism atrabilaire imprisoner | no related information |
(cnn) a slaughterhouse that has been accused of mistreating cows agreed sunday to recall 143 million pounds of beef in what federal officials called the largest beef recall in us history officials said this is the largest recall in the united states, surpassing a 1999 recall of 35 million pounds keith williams, a us... | about 37 million pounds usda westland/hallmark meat packing company | about 37 million pounds of the meat went to school lunch programs . usda official: there is 'remote probability' beef could cause illness in humans . westland/hallmark meat packing company employees accused of cattle abuse . hidden video shows animals unable to walk being dragged, carried by forklifts |
(cnn) the chairman of the australian radio network at the heart of a hoax call targeting prince william's pregnant wife has called the apparent suicide of one of the nurses duped by the prank 'truly tragic' 'it is too early to know the full details leading to this tragic event and we are anxious to review the result... | london australian jacintha saldanha catherine | 'we are anxious to review the results of an investigation,' radio network chief writes . london police contact australian authorities in relation to djs' prank call to hospital . hospital chairman slams 'truly appalling' decision to air the prank call on 2day fm . nurse jacintha saldanha was found dead after taking the... |
mexico city, mexico (cnn) mexico's tourism director on wednesday downplayed the risk of violence facing tourists, despite warnings for travelers to think twice about visiting the country a cliff diver jumps from 'la quebrada' cliff in acapulco, mexico the diving is a popular tourist attraction 'in all parts of the ... | recognize apricate downshore | no related information |
weimar, germany (cnn) a long narrow road winds through a thick forest up a hill called the 'ettesberg,' on the outskirts of weimar in central germany the ovens where tens of thousands of bodies were cremated are restored and working the road goes on for miles through the forest, but every once in a while you see an ... | obama buchenwald concentration camp germany friday wwii | president obama visits buchenwald concentration camp, germany, on friday . his great uncle helped liberate one of the complex's sub camps during wwii . director of buchenwald camp memorial: survivors see obama as a grandson . obama will meet some camp survivors during his visit |
(cnn student news) january 12, 2011 download pdf maps related to today's show: • arizona • gulf of mexico • haiti transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated carl azuz, cnn student news anchor: it's a pleasure to welcome you to this midweek edition of cnn studen... | arizona southeast northeast haiti | a national conversation builds in the aftermath of an arizona shooting . the storm system that paralyzed the southeast now threatens the northeast . haiti is still reeling one year after a devastating earthquake . use the daily discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories |
editor's note: malaak compton rock is founder and director of the angelrock project, 'an online e village promoting volunteerism, social responsibility, and sustainable change' one of her initiatives, 'journey for change: empowering youth through global service,' will be seen as part of cnn's 'black in america 2' her f... | yonic stereornithic corrive | no related information |
new delhi, india (cnn) the indian navy captured 23 piracy suspects who tried to take over a merchant vessel in the gulf of aden, between the horn of africa and the arabian peninsula, indian officials said piracy suspects raise their hands in surrender as an indian navy boat approaches in addition to the 12 somali a... | gulf of aden india africa this year | suspects caught in gulf of aden after failed hijacking, india says . boats, weapons, ammo, equipment also seized, officials say . piracy off horn of africa has sharply increased this year |
(cnn) venezuela announced wednesday it is breaking diplomatic relations with israel over the conflict in gaza, joining bolivia, which did the same thing earlier in the day bolivian president evo morales announces wednesday that he is severing diplomatic ties with israel in the announcement issued by the venezuelan ... | venezuela israel bolivia israeli | venezuela accuses israel of participating in 'state terrorism'. bolivia urges that israeli leaders be considered war criminals . israeli government has no immediate reaction to the moves |
(cnn student news) november 18, 2010 download pdf maps related to today's show: • washington, dc • dominican republic / haiti • kobe, japan transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated joyce joseph, cnn student news: that paper airplane can only mean one thing: ... | 112th congress haitian today | find out who the leaders will be in the 112th us congress . journey through a haitian town where riots have broken out . consider the potential impact of city living on the brain . use the daily discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories |
(hlntvcom) an ohio man who confessed in a viral video that he killed a man while driving drunk kept his word wednesday, pleading guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and driving under the influence matthew cordle, 22, appeared in a columbus, ohio as he told franklin county common pleas court judge david fais that... | gainage overjump declivous | no related information |
tehran, iran (cnn) from bakery to barber shop, cafe to carpet store, iranians stroll their capital with a renewed step, uplifted by how their newly elected president seeks something remarkable after decades of cold war like relations between their country and the west iran wants to talk with the united states with e... | iranians western cnn tehran | throughout the capital, iranians sense a new future in the air . 'it's not like i've seen anything, but i feel it,' one retiree says . the new president's outreach to western countries resonates . optimists express themselves at a cnn open microphone in tehran, but so do pessimists |
(cnn) dry ice in a plastic bottle exploded in an employee restroom at los angeles international airport, causing a brief shutdown of one terminal, the fbi said the restroom is an area of terminal 2 not open to the general public, fbi spokeswoman laura eimiller said in a statement the fbi and other agencies 'will inv... | fbi | new: small explosion happened in employee restroom, fbi says . new: fbi, other agencies seeking 'individual or group responsible'. terminal 2 serves international flights |
(cnn) a passenger who landed at tokyo's narita airport over the weekend has ended up with a surprise souvenir courtesy of customs officials a package of cannabis sniffer dogs failed to find the cannabis after it had been slipped into a passenger's bag a customs official hid the package in a suitcase belonging to ... | afraid heyrat battleward | no related information |
washington (cnn) as a bill that would expand education benefits for veterans has become a flash point in the early sparring between sens john mccain and barack obama, some republicans admit that the democrats may have outmaneuvered them on the issue sen john mccain has sided with president bush on opposing a popular... | senate mccain bush ed rollins | senate passes an update to the gi bill, extending education benefits to veterans . sen mccain and president bush oppose it, citing retention problems . ed rollins: mccain's 'outmaneuvered' and 'on the wrong side of this issue' |
amstetten, austria (cnn) josef fritzl, who austrian police say has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven of her children, twice holidayed in thailand while she remained trapped in a cellar below his house, according to german media reports josef fritzl appeared in court after admitt... | thailand austrian decades first josef fritzl 24 years fritzl tuesday | incest dad twice holidayed in thailand while daughter remained in cellar . austrian family terrorized by decades of incest meet for the first time . josef fritzl kept daughter imprisoned under home for 24 years, police say . fritzl, who appeared in court tuesday, has admitted guilt and faces 15 years| |
(cnn) german logistics giant deutsche post said monday it was cutting 9,500 jobs as part of a major program to restructure its loss making dhl delivery service in the united states dhl's restructuring is expected to result in heavy job losses deutsche post said it would discontinue its us ground and air delivery ope... | german dhl owner deutsche post us ohio | german owners of dhl announce 9,500 job cuts . owner deutsche post says us air and ground operations to wind up . officials in ohio had hoped to prevent job losses |
(cnn) german logistics giant deutsche post said monday it was cutting 9,500 jobs as part of a major program to restructure its loss making dhl delivery service in the united states dhl's restructuring is expected to result in heavy job losses deutsche post said it would discontinue its us ground and air delivery ope... | german dhl owner deutsche post us ohio | german owners of dhl announce 9,500 job cuts . owner deutsche post says us air and ground operations to wind up . officials in ohio had hoped to prevent job losses |
(cnn) a 19 year old gunman who killed eight people and then himself wednesday at the westroads mall in omaha, nebraska, left a suicide note, police said police have identified the gunman as robert a hawkins, 19, of nebraska five other people were injured, and two of them were in critical condition, hospital official... | landlord robert a hawkins 19 | landlord says shooter called and told her: 'it's too late'. police: surveillance cameras may have captured the shooting . police identify the shooter as robert a hawkins, 19 . two of the wounded are in critical condition |
(cnn) in china, the 'little emperors' may have no clothes, at least when it comes to economic risk taking and being conscientious workers that's the finding of a new study that looks at the effects of china's one child policy on the current generation of young adults in the world's second largest economy china enact... | stalkily superequivalent understeer | no related information |
new york (cnn) new york suspended all construction crane activity in the city friday after a crane collapse on the upper east side killed two construction workers crane wreckage lies on manhattan's upper east side on friday in a photo by ireporter michael schuman acting buildings commissioner robert limandri announc... | second manhattan less than three months | new: city suspends all construction crane activity, unveils assessment plan . death toll rises after second construction worker dies of cardiac arrest . one person remains critically injured in manhattan crane disaster . collapse comes less than three months after seven killed in similar accident |
hong kong (cnn) amid exotic trees in a garden setting rest hong kong's extraordinary and ordinary, those who died heroically in wars, ignominiously in drunken brawls, or suicide; victims of accidents, pestilence, and pirates; barkeepers, prostitutes, children, and luminaries whose names are today borne on street sig... | patricia lim hong kong | patricia lim charts 8,500 graves, weaves stories in 624 page book . she pored through now defunct newspapers, accounts, old records, histories . out of it emerges a social history of hong kong and the cemetery . doctors were prominent, fever was high; brothels, bars very popular |
(cnn student news) december 16, 2010 download pdf maps related to today's show: • washington, dc • boston, massachusetts transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated unidentified female: we're seniors at tulare union high school, and you're watching entire group:... | bryaceae showy rowdyish | no related information |
(cnn) the environmental protection agency finalized new federal standards on toxic pollutants and mercury emissions from coal power plants wednesday, a move being praised by environmentalists but criticized by others, who predict lost jobs and a strain on the nation's power grid epa administrator lisa jackson, at an... | antipriestcraft unhalted tuberculotherapy | no related information |
new orleans, louisiana (cnn) fema gave away about $85 million in household goods meant for hurricane katrina victims, a cnn investigation has found these items, stored by fema, were meant for katrina victims but were given to state and federal agencies the material, from basic kitchen goods to sleeping necessities, ... | recappable libertyless chawan | no related information |
(cnn) a 36 inch underground natural gas pipeline exploded into flames monday in johnson county, texas, killing one and injuring at least five people before officials were able to shut the flow of gas, officials said cleburne fire chief clint ishmael said all 13 workers on the crew at the site when the blast took pla... | johnson county 36 inch | new: 1 dead in gas pipeline blast . johnson county blaze is out . 36 inch underground natural gas pipeline exploded . crews working on the line ruptured it, official says |
(cnn) islamist fighters battling for control of somalia have threatened to close mogadishu's only airport, warning all airlines to stop flights into the somali capital by early tuesday african union peacekeepers keep guard recently at the international airport in mogadishu, somalia's capital 'any plane which uses or... | hordary manicole parsonize | no related information |
(cnn) five people were injured three seriously enough to require hospital treatment when an escalator at a commuter rail station in new jersey suddenly went into high speed reverse monday morning, authorities said the incident occurred at the exchange place station in jersey city, and the three injured and tak... | semicynical sextillions leishmanial | no related information |
(cnn) chelsea have one foot in the champions league semifinals after fighting back from going a goal down at anfield to beat premier league rivals liverpool 3 1 in their quarterfinal first leg on wednesday chelsea players celebrate branislav ivanovic's equalizer on their way to a stunning win at anfield the london s... | dipleurogenetic floodage hevea | no related information |
(cnn student news) december 3, 2010 download pdf maps related to today's show: • russia • qatar • washington transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated carl azuz, cnn student news anchor: fridays are awesome on cnn student news! and on this friday, we're talkin... | us first the white house's weekly newsquiz cnn student news | explore what could happen if the us doesn't take action on the debt . consider the penalty for a football player's post touchdown prayer . join the first lady for a tour of the white house's holiday decorations . use the weekly newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on cnn student news |
jerusalem (cnn) israeli airstrikes on gaza continued for a fifth day wednesday, as the jewish state's defense minister mulled a truce proposal to allow humanitarian aid into gaza a column of israeli armored vehicles is deployed in a farmer's field tuesday near the gaza border the air assault overnight into wednesday... | versableness dare spartiate | no related information |
(cnn student news) november 12, 2010 download pdf maps related to today's show: • south korea • new york, new york transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated carl azuz, cnn student news anchor: fridays are awesome! and we're not the only ones who think so you'r... | discover americans weekly newsquiz cnn student news | learn about the tension caused by accusations of currency manipulation . discover how some americans paid tribute to their country's veterans . find out why some people around the world choose to live near volcanoes . use the weekly newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on cnn student news |
nairobi, kenya (cnn) it's a date etched in the minds of every kenyan september 21, 2013 at the upscale westgate shopping mall in nairobi, a youth cooking competition was underway, friends laughed as they sipped coffee and families strolled idly through supermarket aisles but the relaxing saturday afternoon was sh... | abbas gullet kenya red cross first westgate the international humanitarian organization 14 years old | abbas gullet is the secretary general of kenya's red cross . was one of the first emergency responders on the scene after the westgate terror attack . started volunteering with the international humanitarian organization at just 14 years old |
(cnn student news) november 8, 2010 download pdf maps related to today's show: • india • haiti • new york, new york transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated carl azuz, cnn student news anchor: hope you're rested up and that you had a great weekend it was a... | obama india new york city | learn what president obama talked about on his visit to india . see who ran through the streets of new york city in its annual marathon . hear from a production assistant about the skills needed to become a journalist . use the daily discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories |
donetsk, ukraine (cnn) it was a confident and forthright address by the new ukrainian president with his wife, maryna, and one of his four children looking on as well as us vice president joe biden petro poroshenko set a new course for ukraine, one that was unabashedly european but he also had a warning for an... | ukraine european union petro poroshenko | ukraine's new president sets course toward european union . petro poroshenko made his fortune as the chocolate king . he talked tough on separatists in his inaugural address |
(cnn) 'the voice's' new winner has put usher on the scoreboard on tuesday night's 'the voice' finale, the r&b singer's mentee, josh kaufman, was crowned the winner of season 6 kaufman's victory came in spite of a technical glitch that made it difficult for fans to show their support of him on itunes, where his perfo... | the voice josh kaufman christina grimmie jake worthington kaufman team usher | 'the voice' crowned josh kaufman as the winner of season 6 . he beat out christina grimmie and jake worthington . kaufman's win was the first for team usher |
(cnn student news) december 6, 2010 download pdf maps related to today's show: • afghanistan • south korea • albania • israel transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated unidentified students: welcome to cnn student news with carl azuz! carl azuz, cnn student ne... | obama afghanistan us south korea today | find out why president obama's trip to afghanistan didn't go as planned . hear how tariffs would be affected by a us south korea trade agreement . consider how a social experiment challenges one school district to unplug . use the daily discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories |
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