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(cnn) it was an exciting day for laura dominguez and her 11 year old daughter paulina they were summoned to their parish, the saint cosme and damian church in mexico city to pick up the equivalent of a jackpot for mexican catholics: tickets to attend a mass presided by the pope in gunajuato, about four hours from me... | benedict xvi mexico spanish latin america mexican john paul ii | pope benedict xvi will travel to mexico for the first time friday . first visit to spanish speaking latin america in his seven year pontificate . barely a week before visit, a mexican exhibit opens to honor pope john paul ii |
washington (cnn) the us supreme court on monday allowed a controversial state dna testing law to remain in effect until the justices have time to consider the broader constitutional questions maryland's dna collection act permits police to collect genetic material from those who have been arrested, but not yet convi... | maryland roberts | maryland's law allows police to collect genetic material from those arrested . a lower court ruling favoring a criminal defendant is put on hold . chief justice roberts says there is a 'fair prospect' the high court will uphold the law |
(cnn) president elect barack obama, who in 10 days will be sworn in using the bible of his political hero abraham lincoln, visited the lincoln memorial in washington on saturday night with his family the obama family walks down the steps of the lincoln memorial in washington on saturday obama, wife michelle and daug... | ageusic amotions serious | no related information |
(cnn) in keeping with their vow to prevent any more of president barack obama's appeals court nominees from being confirmed until after the election, senate republicans successfully upheld monday their filibuster of judge robert bacharach's nomination to the 10th us circuit court of appeals, which is based in denver... | senate republicans obama the thurmond rule | senate republicans have vowed to filibuster obama's nominees until after the election . final tally was 54 36, several votes shy of the 60 votes needed to break filibuster . republicans said they were invoking an informal measure known as the thurmond rule |
denver, colorado (cnn) former virginia gov mark warner told the democratic national convention that the most important race facing the country is the 'race for the future and it won't be won with a president who is stuck in the past' 'this election is about the future vs the past,' former virginia gov mark warner... | mark warner america bush americans warner | mark warner says america needs leader who understands 'the future we seek'. bush never asked americans to step up, warner says . much of warner's address focused on bipartisan rhetoric |
(cnn) the 2010 nobel peace prize was awarded friday to liu xiaobo, a leading chinese dissident who is serving an 11 year prison term after repeatedly calling for human rights and democratization, the norwegian nobel committee announced liu was sentenced in 2009 for inciting subversion of state power he is the co aut... | animadverted uncomplacent pimpled | no related information |
(cnn) alex ferguson is the legendary manchester united coach who once sent a boot flying into the face of david beckham, but a british sculptor has revealed a softer side to the formidable scot ferguson recently celebrated 26 years as united's manager this week, during which time he has won trophies at home and abro... | alex ferguson man utd's nine meter briton philip jackson jackson united | alex ferguson will be honored with a statue outside man utd's stadium . the nine meter bronze sculpture will be unveiled on november 23 . briton philip jackson is the artist commissioned to produce the artwork . jackson has worked with united on two previous commissions |
(cnn) as a comedic sidekick, brian fantana in 'anchorman' was golden the clueless ladies' man who sex panthered his way into fans' hearts paul rudd stars as danny donahue in 'role models,' which he helped write some might say the same about the man who played fantana, paul rudd, although this talented actor didn'... | subgelatinization jobmistress amicron | no related information |
london, england (cnn) two titans of showbusiness have come together in a perfect pairing: the rolling stones, the world's greatest band, play two nights at new york's intimate beacon theatre; capturing the night on camera is celebrated film director, martin scorsese shared history, mutual respect: the stones and sco... | the rolling stones martin scorsese shine a light rockumentary new york's beacon theatre scorsese | the rolling stones and martin scorsese team up for 'shine a light'. rockumentary shows their performance at new york's beacon theatre . director says the stones' music has been a key influence in his films . scorsese aimed to give an intimate view of the band onstage |
los angeles (cnn) 'desperate housewives' star eva longoria's divorce from nba star tony parker was finalized by a texas court, according to her publicist anderson group public relations issued a short statement confirming the divorce monday the couple filed for divorce in november after reports surfaced that she fou... | longoria tony parker | longoria and tony parker both filed for divorce in november . both issued a statement at the time saying they still loved the other |
london, england (cnn) open any fashion magazine and you're instantly bombarded with a collection of blindingly beautiful celebrities, bedazzled with shimmering jewels and perfectly coiffed 'messy hair' anna boccia lewis has been a dvf fan since the 1970s do you own a wrap dress? tell us why they teeter on gorgeous s... | subinsert uninvigorative knubbly | no related information |
(cnn) she had come alone to the richmond high school homecoming dance, gorgeous in a sparkling purple dress and faux diamond baubles the dj played salsa, meringue, rap when the teenager disappeared, her friends thought she had gone home early except she never said goodbye 'we were going to go look for her,' said ka... | beethovenish authoress bloodlusting | no related information |
denver, colorado (cnn) sen hillary clinton introduced herself as a 'proud supporter of barack obama' at the democratic national convention on tuesday as she called on her party to rally behind her former rival sen hillary clinton, with daughter chelsea, receives a standing ovation from the democratic delegates 'whet... | nonpopulousness hery updated | no related information |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) raja pervez ashraf ascended to prime minister of pakistan on friday after lawmakers approved his nomination in a majority vote in parliament ashraf, 61, a former minister and staunch loyalist of the ruling pakistan peoples party, replaces yousuf raza gilani, who was ousted by a supreme cour... | parliament raja pervez ashraf pakistan ashraf raja rental yousuf raza gilani | new: parliament elects raja pervez ashraf as pakistan's new prime minister . like the previous nominee, ashraf is also controversial . he was nicknamed 'raja rental' after he was accused of corruption . he replaces yousuf raza gilani, who was ruled ineligible to hold office |
(cnn) a somali terror leader implored his fellow countryman in california to send money 'to finance jihad,' triggering a chain of events that ended with four convictions us government agents recorded dozens of such calls a few years ago, according to the department of justice and on friday, a jury found four somali ... | asthmatics blousons gamophagia | no related information |
(cnn) us secretary of state john kerry arrived thursday in afghanistan to speed up a resolution to the country's election dispute, state department spokeswoman jen psaki said kerry will be meeting with presidential candidates abdullah abdullah and ashraf ghani and president hamid karzai the visit comes two days afte... | a day us kerry july afghanistan hamid karzai | visit comes a day after a us major general was killed in an insider attack . kerry is following up on his july trip to afghanistan . the secretary is to meet with both candidates and president hamid karzai |
(cnn) us president barack obama heads south of the border thursday to meet with mexican president enrique peña nieto in the country's capital here are three key topics that are likely to be on the table, and a look at how the leaders and mexicans have weighed in on those issues 1 trade and economic ties the situati... | obama peña nieto this week us mexico mexican | obama and peña nieto have said they want to focus on the economy this week . security and immigration are also key issues between the us and mexico . a recent survey indicates mexican public opinion on the issues is mixed . it's unclear whether the us role will change as mexico's drug war strategy shifts |
washington (cnn) president bush lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling on monday and urged congress to follow suit if president bush can persuade congress, more oil rigs like this one off canada could appear off us shores citing the high prices americans are paying at the pump, bush said from the wh... | bush congress john mccain barack obama | end to executive ban on offshore drilling does not affect separate federal law . president bush has been urging congress to repeal law banning offshore drilling . offshore drilling ban has become a campaign issue . john mccain supports ending ban on drilling; barack obama wants to keep it |
washington (cnn) president barack obama and republican challenger mitt romney step into a more free wheeling town hall style debate on tuesday night, a setting that has given the two coolly intellectual candidates some trouble in the past both will have to recalibrate their approaches from their first encounter on o... | barack obama mitt romney obama romney | president barack obama and mitt romney struggle in settings that are less predictable . obama will have to squelch professorial tone romney will have to show he can relate to voters . previous presidential candidates have also tripped up in town halls . obama can use likability, romney can use dignity to gain edge |
(realsimplecom) unscientifically speaking, the number of times you're asked, 'are we there yet?' rises and falls in direct relation to how well you keep children engaged sharon bergen, senior vice president of education at kindercare learning centers, which oversees almost 2,000 early education programs nationwide, ... | i spy the 'license plate game | keeping kids engaged is key to sanity during long road trips . expert suggests six games to keep kids busy in the car . games include 'i spy' and the 'license plate game' |
madrid (cnn) a 25 year old spanish man has been ordered by a judge to leave home and look for a job after he took his parents to court for stopping his allowance money the man from andalusia in southern spain had taken the court action demanding a monthly allowance of $588 after his parents stopped giving him his sp... | 588 292 spain 405% eu | 25 year old had taken parents to court demanding $588 monthly allowance . judge gave him 30 days to leave home and find work . parents ordered to pay $292 monthly food stipend for 2 years . spain youth unemployment rate is 405%, highest in the eu |
mogadishu, somalia (cnn) fresh fighting between ethiopian backed government forces and islamic insurgents in somalia's capital city of mogadishu reportedly killed at least 10 people sunday, eyewitnesses said a man walks past the rubble of a building destroyed in sunday's fighting the two sides pounded each other wi... | nonirritability repeg egocentrism | no related information |
(ewcom) sony pictures has started development on the fourth movie in the 'men in black' franchise, ew has confirmed the wrap first reported the news the 'men in black 3' ending makes no sense, no sense at all oren uziel, who is writing the upcoming 'mortal kombat' movie, has scored the screenwriting gig for 'mib 4'... | autecisms yarkee snitchers | no related information |
(cnn) calling his drug possession conviction a 'wake up call,' us rep trey radel says he is taking a leave of absence for an unspecified time and will enter an in patient drug treatment program 'i have no excuse for what i have done i have let down our country,' he said at a news conference wednesday night, hours af... | radel a year 35 grams last month | 'i have no excuse for what i have done,' radel says . he says he grew up with a mom who struggled with alcoholism . he pleads guilty to misdemeanor cocaine possession, gets a year of probation . authorities say he bought 35 grams of cocaine from an undercover officer last month |
los angeles (cnn) a lost interview of martin luther king jr recorded more than five decades ago, but recently found in a tennessee attic, will soon be heard in the last room where the civil rights leader slept illusionist david copperfield purchased the reel to reel tape wednesday and will donate it to the national ... | trilinolenate straked wop | no related information |
(cnn) the biggest challenge was finding an edward robert pattinson and kristen stewart play edward and bella in 'twilight' 'the most perfect guy in the world,' 'twilight' director catherine hardwicke said, ticking off the characteristics of 'twilight's' vampire hero 'cannot be leo [dicaprio]; cannot be brad pitt the... | atropamine actiniarian isodiazotate | no related information |
denver, colorado (cnn) it was classic clinton it was sen hillary clinton's big night but before her speech even began, former president bill clinton reached out in his box and firmly embraced a young african american man clinton gripped the young man tightly; to millions watching on television, it was clear he could... | bill clinton's stephanie tubbs jones' tubbs jones 58 a week ago years | bill clinton's silent embrace of rep stephanie tubbs jones' son resonated loudly . tubbs jones, 58, died suddenly a week ago of a brain aneurysm . the public moment of recognition was the result of years of friendship |
(cnn) radical islamist fighters seized control of the seat of somalia's un backed transitional government monday, raiding the parliament building and demanding that several lawmakers publicly surrender, according to a journalist who witnessed the spectacle members of the somali transitional federal parliament are me... | islamist baidoa somalia town djibouti | islamist fighters seize control of baidoa, somalia . baidoa is headquarters of somalia's un backed government . town's seizure leaves country's lawmakers stranded in nation of djibouti |
new york (cnn) pfizer is near a deal to buy rival drugmaker wyeth for $68 billion, according to news reports late sunday citing people familiar with the deal pfizer's world headquarters is in new york a deal was imminent and likely to be announced monday, the wall street journal and the new york times reported 'it i... | wyeth pfizer up to 8 percent | 'it is our policy not to comment on rumor or speculation,' wyeth rep says . pfizer was not immediately available for comment . pfizer said this month it was cutting up to 8 percent, or 800 jobs, of its r&d staff |
(cnn) longtime character actor pat hingle, a veteran of early television dramas, westerns and four 'batman' films, has died at age 84, his family announced sunday pat hingle was a familiar face to moviegoers and tv watchers for his many roles hingle died saturday evening at his home in carolina beach, north carolina... | pat hingle gordon '90s batman st elsewhere cheers | pat hingle appeared in many tv series, movies . hingle played commissioner gordon in '90s 'batman' films . hingle also had roles in 'm*a*s*h,' 'st elsewhere,' 'cheers' |
colombo, sri lanka (cnn) sri lankan soldiers have seized a key rebel stronghold after launching a surprise attack early sunday morning, the head of sri lanka's army announced sri lankan army chief sarath fonseka says a key tamil town has been taken in a national tv broadcast sunday troops crossed a lagoon and entere... | mullaittivu elephant pass tamils | rebels gained control over mullaittivu in 1996, established a military garrison there . military making significant progress to recapture rebel strongholds . earlier this month troops regained control of key northern town of elephant pass . tamils want independent homeland, war since 1983 has left more than 65,000 dead... |
(cnn) when john lennon remarked in 1966 that the beatles were then 'more popular than jesus' his comments prompted outrage in the united states but this weekend the vatican's newspaper paid tribute to the band on the 40th anniversary of the release of the 'white album' in an article interpreted by some as a papal pa... | john lennon lennon vatican 40th white album | author: john lennon never meant 'more popular than jesus' comment to offend . lennon never actually retracted the controversial remark . vatican newspaper paid tribute to the beatles on 40th anniversary of 'white album'. beatles author says band were a 'spiritual force' themselves |
(cnn) a man walks into a thrift store a new zealand man finds confidential us military files on a used mp3 player he bought at a thrift store for $9 it sounds like the opening line to a bad joke and this case was a bad joke for the pentagon chris ogle of new zealand was in oklahoma about a year ago when he bough... | us 9 a year ago oklahoma owner | new zealander finds confidential us military files on a used mp3 player . man bought player for $9 a year ago at an oklahoma thrift store . owner says he'll happily hand over the player to the us military if he is asked |
mexico city, mexico (cnn) a suspect in police custody calls himself a 'stewmaker' for a mexican drug lord, saying he disposed of about 300 bodies by dissolving them in acid santiago meza lopez has asked for forgiveness from the families of those he says he targeted santiago meza lopez was arrested thursday in ensen... | mexican 600 | suspect says he worked for powerful mexican drug trafficker . he says he got $600 a week to deal with those who owed drug lord . police have not said whether they find man's story credible . families hope he could have information on their missing loved ones |
london, england (cnn) a blossoming of cinematic creativity has swept argentina in recent years, bringing about a second golden age of film pablo trapero's latest movie 'lion's den' stars martina gusman (left) and was in competition at cannes in argentina, the renaissance marks a return to form for a cinematic tradit... | middlebuster featherhead skiagrams | no related information |
(cnn) ingrid betancourt has been reunited with her children for the first time in six years since her abduction by farc rebels in colombia ingrid betancourt, center, with her daughter melanie and son lorenzo betancourt, 46, who was rescued wednesday in a daring operation by the colombian army, met with her daughter,... | ingrid betancourt french nicolas sarkozy sarkozy farc betancourt france colombia | new: ingrid betancourt reunited with her children for the first time in six years . french president nicolas sarkozy leads celebrations with tv address . sarkozy calls on farc to lay down their weapons and end 'absurd combat'. betancourt to visit france after meeting with children in colombia |
madrid, spain (cnn) one of osama bin laden's sons has left spain after he was denied asylum in the country, an interior ministry spokeswoman told cnn saturday omar bin laden pictured earlier this year during a television interview in rome, italy omar bin laden left madrid saturday afternoon en route to cairo, egypt,... | osama bin laden's spain omar bin laden british uk | osama bin laden's son leaves spain after he was denied asylum . omar bin laden, who is married to british citizen, was denied asylum in uk . he has publicly called on his father to abandon terrorism |
(cnn) iran is more than a year away from developing a nuclear weapon, but that does not mean the united states will wait for it to become a reality, president barack obama said in an interview that aired thursday on an israeli television station 'i have been crystal clear about my position on iran possessing a nucle... | safecracker sharped synchronizer | no related information |
(cnn) when flight attendants needed help with a disruptive passenger, mets pitcher latroy hawkins didn't balk the lanky right hander and fellow passengers pitched in, restraining the passenger while the plane was diverted to a nearby airport hawkins, 40, tweeted about the experience, which he said interrupted his am... | committal unrepresentedness nugify | no related information |
washington (cnn) a team of engineers will delay until wednesday their plans to rappel down the sides of the washington monument, a photographer for the contractor said tuesday, citing bad weather as the cause 'they plan to start first thing in the morning,' photographer ryan pratzel told cnn as rain and possible thu... | wednesday the national park service | new: weather delay means the team will try again wednesday . video from the quake shows a ranger guiding people out calmly, the national park service says |
(cnn) in 2012, turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdoğan defended the highly divisive renovation of taksim square in central istanbul by invoking history referring to the plan to build a replica of a monumental 19th century ottoman army barracks that once stood there, he said: 'we are working to bring back history... | david perry ottoman taksim square atatürk turkey islamic perry akp | david perry: plan to reconstruct ottoman era barracks in taksim square revealed deep divisions . when atatürk modernized turkey, he says, many resented parting with old islamic ways . perry: prime minister and his akp party exploited that resentment in their rise to power . the meaning and relevance of the ottoman past... |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) iraq and the united states are close to reaching a deal under which us combat troops would leave by december 2010 and the rest would leave by the end of 2011, two iraqi officials said thursday us soldiers patrol a street in baghdad, iraq, last week one of the officials, deputy foreign minister mo... | pirouetter guss woodknacker | no related information |
(cnn) was 1962 the year classic, post '50s rock was hatched? let's make that case fifty years ago, the beatles recorded their first session at london's emi (later abbey road) studios, cutting an early version of 'love me do,' and bob dylan and the beach boys released their first albums and it was exactly 50 years ag... | david browne 20 years jagger richards browne | david browne: rolling stones haven't had top hit in 20 years, yet they are enduring presence . he says the band has been willing to shape shift to compete in pop marketplace . he says jagger, richards great songwriting team with tense, compelling personal dynamic . browne: in stones' era, rock propelled culture; they d... |
(cnn) gas prices dropped nearly 33 cents in the past two weeks, dipping below $2 for the first time since march 2005, a national survey said sunday this station in rio vista, california, had gas prices below $2 on november 19 the average price of self serve, unleaded gasoline on friday in the united states was $197,... | symbolize rodential unavoidal | no related information |
(cnn) ethnic uyghur residents in urumqi, capital of china's far west xinjiang region, took to the streets sunday afternoon in a rare public protest that prompted a police lockdown of the city china's official xinhua news agency said protesters attacked passersby, burned public buses and blocked traffic the report di... | hepatectomized proponer misrecital | no related information |
(cnn) bayer leverkusen moved within eight points of german bundesliga leaders borussia dortmund after a 2 0 victory over hannover first half goals from arturo vidal and simon rolfes settled the outcome and saw leverkusen go five points clear of hannover who sit third but dortmund can extend the gap at the top to 11 ... | chacmas bespew unrequiter | no related information |
miami, florida (cnn) miami police issued a plea for information saturday after at least one person with an assault rifle opened fire on a crowd of people on a streetcorner friday night, killing two teens and wounding seven other people evidence markers dot the miami street where nine people were gunned down with an ... | wsvn northwestern senior high school streetcorner | new: teen tells wsvn that masked gunman ordered victims to ground, opened fire . 'someone must know who could've done this horrific crime,' officer says . six victims are students, graduates of northwestern senior high school . crowd of people standing at streetcorner was fired upon friday night, police say |
(cnn) before he died, heath ledger had two films in production: 'the dark knight,' the latest chapter in the batman saga, and 'the imaginarium of doctor parnassus,' the latest film from director terry gilliam heath ledger's joker character, here on the 'dark knight' poster, is the focus of the film's marketing effor... | heath ledger dark knight terry gilliam gilliam ledger | heath ledger was subject of 'dark knight' marketing campaign . ledger was filming new terry gilliam film when he died . gilliam said ledger was going to be a fine director |
(cnn) borussia dortmund opened up a massive 10 point lead in the german bundesliga with a 2 0 win at nuremberg on sunday, their 13th win from 15 games it gives dortmund an excellent chance of claiming their first title in nine years, particularly with defending champions bayern munich struggling in seventh spot, fu... | borussia dortmund nuremberg bundesliga mats hummels poland robert lewandowski each half bayern louis van gaal villarreal third spain la liga sevilla | borussia dortmund beat nuremberg 2 0 to lead bundesliga by 10 points . mats hummels and poland star robert lewandowski score the goals in each half . bayern boss louis van gaal all but concedes title to dortmund . villarreal cement third place in spain's la liga with 1 0 win over sevilla |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) barack obama's election as president of the united states won't see a change in american relations with the taliban, a senior taliban leader in pakistan says a taliban leader says barack obama's election will bring little change 'for us, the change of america's president we don't have an... | taliban barack obama us obama al qaeda | taliban leader: we have no faith in barack obama . taliban not expecting change in relationship with us. obama has committed himself to defeating the taliban and al qaeda |
(cnn) imagine that you wake up tomorrow morning and discover that during the night israeli planes had conducted a bombing raid on iran how would your world have changed? apart from the sensational headlines and breathless reports, the initial change might not be very significant you would probably want to know wheth... | gary sick israel iran us europe un mideast | gary sick: if israel bombed iran nuclear sites, most of the world would believe us was involved . sick: europe would support a un resolution condemning it and likely end iran sanctions . iran would be justified in having nukes, he says; us would likely enter another mideast war . fragile world economies would collapse ... |
burlington, vermont (travel + leisure) on a recent afternoon along church street in burlington, vermont, young aspiring actors recited passages from shakespeare's henry v as jugglers, break dancers, and blowers of didgeridoos displayed their skills nearby, creating a visual and aural cacophony just another day in a ... | berkeley the carolina basketball museum michael jordan the ann richards | if coffee shops define a good college town, berkeley has the competition beat . check out the carolina basketball museum also a shrine to michael jordan . hang out at the ann richards/congress avenue bridge, with 15 million bats |
(cnn) tuesday's virginia earthquake triggered the shutdown of a nearby nuclear power plant and spurred declarations of 'unusual events' at plants as far away as michigan, us authorities reported dominion virginia power said both reactors at its north anna plant, less than 20 miles from the epicenter of the magnitude... | north anna nrc | new: some electricity restored to nuclear power plant . inspection shows no damage to spent fuel pool . one of four backup generators failed at the north anna plant, the nrc says . one nuclear plant shuts down; 11 others declare 'unusual events' after quake |
(cnn) just ten miles south of the polish city of krakow is a remarkable place carved from salt hidden 1,000 feet (305 meters) underground lies a dimly lit labyrinth of subterranean chambers, with saline lakes, horses' stables, a chapel and even a salt sculpted hall decorated with elaborate sculptures the most ast... | cockneyland nepotistic ommatidial | no related information |
(cnn) if you've read suzanne collins' 'hunger games' trilogy, then the odds are ever in your favor when it comes to cocktail party conversations about katniss, the mockingjay and the quarter quell if you haven't, then that was all gibberish but it doesn't have to be as 'catching fire,' the second movie in the serie... | catching fire katniss hunger games peeta gale | 'catching fire' finds heroine katniss back in the hunger games arena . the movie further explores the love triangle between katniss, peeta and gale . the film is darker and sexier than the first |
(cnn) much like president obama, the occupy movement is alive and well and entering its second term, thank you very much it's no longer about squatting in public parks, getting on the news, or in some cases getting arrested no, instead this decentralized, bottom up, anti wall street effort is taking aim at you... | douglas rushkoff superstorm sandy rushkoff occupy | douglas rushkoff: the occupy movement, in its second term, aims to relieve your debt . he says occupy involved itself on the ground with superstorm sandy, providing needed relief . now, he says, the movement is holding telethon to raise money to buy, and then forgive, debt . rushkoff: banks were bailed out with tax mon... |
santa barbara, california (cnn) berkeley breathed answers the door to his santa barbara home, a tall, slender figure in suede cowboy boots berkeley breathed has left comic strips behind to focus on his writing particularly children's books but before he can extend a hand in greeting, he's nudged aside by a canine... | recession skein unguessed | no related information |
london (cnn) a female saudi arabian judo fighter will be allowed to compete while wearing a hijab, a saudi olympic committee spokesman said monday razan baker told cnn that international olympic committee, international judo federation and saudi officials had agreed that wojdan shaherkani could wear a headscarf duri... | wojdan shaherkani saudi this year first saudi arabia olympics shaherkani 16 friday | judo competitor wojdan shaherkani has been told she can wear her headscarf . her father and saudi officials insist she must wear it . this year is the first time saudi arabia has sent women to the olympics . shaherkani is 16 and competes in her first match friday |
(cnn) the fairy tale of a cancer survivor from austin, texas, who beat the odds to win the tour de france a record seven times, has morphed into a parable about telling a lie lance armstrong has been revealing in his two part exclusive interview with oprah winfrey thursday and friday night, but critics say he is lea... | the us anti doping agency armstrong | the us anti doping agency still wants an official confession under oath . armstrong destroyed people on the way up, who are waiting for him on the way down . the cyclist cheated for years, but nobody stopped him . armstrong told his own son not to defend him |
washington (cnn) in a congratulatory letter to president elect barack obama, french president nicholas sarkozy writes, 'your election raises in france, in europe, and beyond throughout the world, immense hope' president elect barack obama faces a litany of foreign policy problems when he takes office january 20 simi... | obama american bush americans first | analysis: many see obama as the epitome of the american dream . analysis: global excitement over obama's election is also about bush's exit . analysis: obama faces complex foreign policy issues when he takes office . analysis: americans will expect obama to protect their interests first and foremost |
(cnn) a residential building in spokane valley, washington, was being decontaminated after police removed a half pound of highly sensitive explosives from one of the apartments, a sheriff's spokesman said john d raymond, 53, is being held on a civil bench warrant and is likely to face charges in district court tues... | a half pound triacetone triperoxide john d raymond hazmat | police remove a half pound of highly sensitive explosives . triacetone triperoxide is sensitive to impact, temperature change, friction . john d raymond, 53, is being held on a civil bench warrant . hazmat unit called in to decontaminate the scene before residents can return |
(cnn) as gov rod blagojevich's impeachment trial proceedings got under way monday, the embattled illinois governor hit the media circuit, answering questions about oprah, foul language and why he isn't resigning gov blagojevich appeared on cnn's larry king live monday night blagojevich appeared monday on abc's 'good... | kiloblock zoonotic paleographist | no related information |
(cnn) an indiana judge monday froze the assets of marcus schrenker, a suburban indianapolis financial manager who authorities say tried to fake his own death by crashing his private plane into a florida swamp marcus schrenker exited his small plane before it crashed, and investigators are looking for him, police say... | electronarcosis coleopterous menage | no related information |
(cnn) a un official said monday that the global economic crisis is hurting efforts to clear land mines in afghanistan, one of the world's most heavily mined countries an afghan soldier inspects a land mine in herat, western afghanistan haider reza, program director of the un mine action center for afghanistan, said ... | $500m 2013 un afghanistan last year | $500m needed to meet the goal of clearing all mines by 2013, official says . un: 82,000 anti personnel mines were cleared in afghanistan last year . more than 4 million people live in 'mine contaminated' areas in afghanistan . un official: 'if the resources flow into the program, we can do the job' |
london, england (cnn) china executed at least 470 people last year more than any other country in the world, according to an annual report on the death penalty by the human rights group amnesty international a woman is shown being taken to her execution in beijing, china, in 2001 the group said that five countrie... | china iran amnesty united states | china executed at least 470 people in the last year, says human rights group . iran had second highest level of executions in 2007, amnesty says . united states recorded fifth highest number of executions, report finds |
(cnn) in the shadows of mount redoubt, alaskans are calmly waiting for the volcano to erupt an event that could occur at any time alaska's mount redoubt volcano spews ash and steam during an eruption in 1989 'the level of seismic activity' has 'increased markedly' in recent days at the 10,197 foot peak located ab... | second 10,200 foot mount redoubt about 100 miles anchorage alaska december 1989 | new: scientists raise alert level to 'watch,' the second highest state of alert . the 10,200 foot mount redoubt is about 100 miles southwest of anchorage, alaska . volcano last erupted in december 1989 . eruption could spawn huge mudflows, disrupt flights with ash |
london, england (cnn) a number of filmmakers have looked to golf for inspiration for their movies but it is not often a professional golfer does the reverse padraig harrington defends his british open championship title at turnberry, scotland in july three time major winner padraig harrington has broken the moul... | padraig harrington r&a mark smith | padraig harrington experiments with swing used in movie happy gilmore . r&a confirms devastating technique is legal under the rules of golf . golf science expert dr mark smith believes method could catch on |
new delhi, india (cnn) lorna irungu sits on a hospital bed looking extremely frail she has lupus and her kidneys continue to fail lorna irungu, 35, had to travel from kenya to india to receive her third kidney transplant 'at some point i just wanted it to be over,' said irungu, 35 'i was just tired i was really, r... | kenya india lorna irungu irungu | woman travels from kenya to india for a tricky third kidney transplant . lorna irungu suffers from lupus and already has received two previous transplants . one kidney was removed during the surgery to make room for the new kidney . irungu now has four kidneys, but only one works properly |
(cnn) the evidence that people are getting tired of 3 d continues to pile up the latest bad news comes from nintendo president satoru iwata, who in an interview with the independent admitted that interest in 3 d is 'perhaps slightly on the wane again' although nintendo will continue to offer 3 d in its handheld gami... | enfatico machiavellic presubmit | no related information |
(cnn) a bus carrying chinese tourists overturned friday near hoover dam, killing at least seven people and injuring at least nine, an arizona department of public safety spokesman said authorities work on the crash scene friday on us 93 in white hills, arizona, near hoover dam the accident happened at 4 pm on us 93 ... | chinese us route 93 las vegas arizona hospital | bus passengers were chinese nationals, officials say . the dead lay in body bags on the roadway near the overturned bus . tour bus overturns on us route 93, heading from las vegas to arizona . hospital says as many as 15 victims being flown to las vegas |
london, england (cnn) police on the picturesque island of jersey in the english channel detained a 68 year old man tuesday as part of their investigation into alleged abuses at a long closed government run children's home a woman walks past the haut de la garenne children's home spokeswoman louise nibbs said the man... | jersey 68 year old haut de la garenne | jersey police say 68 year old man arrested in children's home abuse probe . man being questioned about a number of alleged rapes . more than a 100 people claim they were abused at haut de la garenne home |
(cnn) pending final approval from the centers for disease control, princeton university is preparing to provide a vaccine targeting a strain of meningitis in the wake of a campus outbreak, the school said monday the cdc was preparing to recommend that all princeton undergraduates and graduate students living in dorm... | heliological palestrae luncheonettes | no related information |
washington (cnn) texas republican congressman roger williams was especially stunned as he sat in school on november 22, 1963, and heard president john f kennedy was assassinated in dallas earlier that morning, he stood outside the fort worth hotel with his mother and shook the president's hand right before he got on... | texas williams fort worth john kennedy | 'i literally was the last person to shake his hand as he left the hotel,' texas congressman recalls . williams' father had lent cars from his dealership for presidential motorcade through fort worth . in return, williams and his mother got to meet the president and first lady . 'john kennedy he touched my heart and ... |
london (cnn) keepers at london zoo are 'distraught' after a newborn tiger cub the first sumatran tiger born there for 17 years drowned in a pool at its enclosure the animal was born to five year old first time mom melati just three weeks ago, and its arrival was greeted with huge excitement and celebration at ... | london zoo three week old sumatran 17 years | keepers 'heartbroken' as tiger cub found dead in enclosure at london zoo . newborn animal believed to have drowned in pond after mother carried it outside . three week old cub was first sumatran tiger to be born at zoo in 17 years |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) at least 41 people were killed and 106 others wounded monday in a suicide bombing that targeted shiite pilgrims in northeastern baghdad, iraq's interior ministry said the female bomber detonated her explosive vest in the middle of a procession of pilgrims in boob al sham, in a predominantly shiit... | aeolia shikra preadapted | no related information |
(cnn) if you're looking to unload your current iphone or other smartphone, now's the time beating the potentially millions of folks who will be buying a new iphone and selling their old one could put more money in your pocket with apple virtually certain to announce a release date for the next generation iphone next... | nextworth up to $250 ebay craigslist ipod | as iphone 5 nears, resell market for current models emerges . sites like gazelle, nextworth offer up to $250 for used iphone 4s . there's always ebay, craigslist, etc price might be better, but it takes more work . worst case, you can always make your current phone an ipod and wi fi web device |
washington (cnn) democratic presidential front runner sen hillary clinton is being taken to task by her two closest rivals for accepting $400,000 in campaign contributions from washington lobbyists sen hillary clinton dismissed criticism that she took money from lobbyists, saying it would not influence her over the... | wolfskin obviative piation | no related information |
(cnn) president obama's economic stimulus plan cleared its first hurdle, but it was hardly the bipartisan victory he hoped for not a single house republican broke ranks to support it the stimulus bill now moves to the senate, where gop members want less spending and more tax cuts in fact, 11 democrats also voted ... | microscopal semiglobe slavi | no related information |
london, england steve forbes has fired floyd mayweather jr's uncle ahead of his may 3 clash with oscar de la hoya and replaced him as trainer with another member of the flamboyant world boxing council welterweight champion's family floyd mayweather jr was furious that his uncle was training his former sparring pa... | insitiency patroclus relicmonger | no related information |
washington (cnn) ready for your super bowl party? sure, you have drinks, hot wings, maybe even a favorite jersey but do you have an m 16, a kevlar helmet and body armor? pittsburgh steelers fan sheresa coleman will watch the super bowl from the uss mahan in the gulf of aden not everybody is watching the game from th... | american department of defense super bowl the pacific ocean | about 1 million american military personnel, civilians overseas could catch game . troops get department of defense ads instead of super bowl commercials . global broadcast system will beam game to ships, submarines in the pacific ocean . 'it's always a great time for us, a good mental break,' commander says of game |
(wired) few games live up to 11 years of anticipation, but 'starcraft ii's' slick upgrades mean the sequel's got a shot at midnight july 27, blizzard switched on the servers for 'starcraft ii: wings of liberty' the original 'starcraft,' released in 1998, became an overnight success, selling 15 million copies in its ... | starcraft starcraft ii | original 'starcraft' sold 15 million copies in first year and over 11 million in its lifetime . biggest improvements to single player campaign have been in the presentation . 'starcraft ii' uses wide range of colors and the attention to detail is spectacular |
(cnn) a rash of inclement weather shut down dallas fort worth international airport tuesday morning, raising questions as to whether super bowl fans will face travel problems ahead of sunday's big game icy road conditions on tuesday forced schools and some government offices to close, while 60 municipal trucks salte... | dallas super bowl winter thursday tuesday 61 degrees | icy weather in dallas is raising questions over whether super bowl fans will face travel problems . forecasters expect the blustery winter weather to leave the region by thursday . up to 500 dallas flights are expected to be canceled tuesday, airport officials said . forecasters say dallas temperatures will bump up to ... |
london, engand (cnn) the experience of minority and coalition governments worldwide shows the advantages and risks for the uk as the conservative and liberal democrat parties build an alliance that can command a parliamentary majority following an election that produced no clear winner some people in britain, includ... | britain labour conservatives liberal democrats conservative germany | fears in britain that a hung parliament will leave the country with a weak government . labour and conservatives have been negotiating with liberal democrats to form coalition . economic stability key to any agreement, according to senior conservative lawmaker . germany has a history of successful and stable coalition ... |
(cnn) a trial date has been set for may for an alabama man accused of killing his new bride during their honeymoon in australia david gabriel 'gabe' watson is scheduled to face murder and kidnapping charges on may 23 in an alabama courtroom, court officials said he has pleaded not guilty to the charges australian me... | david gabriel 'gabe' watson tina 2003 the great barrier reef watson alabama | david gabriel 'gabe' watson faces murder and kidnapping charges . his then wife, tina, died in 2003 while the two were diving near the great barrier reef . watson's attorneys have said alabama authorities 'manipulated a grand jury' |
(cnn) mychal bell, a black teenager accused of beating a white classmate and who was the last of the 'jena 6' behind bars, was released from custody thursday after a juvenile court judge set his bail at $45,000 supporters surround mychal bell on thursday after his release at the lasalle parish courthouse bell's rele... | bell 45,000 justin barker | bell released from custody after juvenile court judge sets bail at $45,000 . prosecutor won't appeal ruling in bell case . bell and five other black teens are accused of beating white student justin barker . beating followed white students hanging nooses from a tree on school grounds |
(cnn student news) october 22, 2013 several years after he signed it, president obama's health care reform law remains a topic of intense debate in tuesday's program, cnn student news explores the history of this law and the controversy surrounding it plus, we examine some of the science behind hurricane season, an... | precelebrant fourfold christened | no related information |
(cnn) as an athlete, i enjoy competition but there is a battle happening off the field that is more important: the fight to end polio this fight is personal to me i grew up in nigeria, where i contracted polio at the age of 3 it was tough being the only kid on the playground in a wheelchair for years i watched th... | dennis ogbe age 3 nigeria ogbe | paralympian dennis ogbe contracted polio at age 3 in his native nigeria . he eventually regained full mobility in one leg and went on to compete in track and field . eradication of polio is within reach, ogbe says |
(cnn) riyo mori is a classically trained ballet dancer who won the 2007 miss universe beauty pageant she talks to cnn about tokyo, dancing and baseball trained ballet dancer riyo mori was crowned miss universe in 2007 cnn: what made you decide to enter the miss universe competition? riyo mori: my grandmother japan, ... | workhand boastingly ischemic | no related information |
(travel + leisure) with airports from new york to sydney getting upgrades, travel + leisure picks our favorite restaurants, bars, lounges, shops and spas travelers can tuck into skirt steak tacos at bonfire, a todd english restaurant in terminal b of boston's logan international airport restaurants boston: bonfire,... | gordon ramsay's first london heathrow vino volo new york's jfk airport om spa hong kong's regal airport hotel | gordon ramsay's first airport restaurant opens soon in london's heathrow . vino volo, in new york's jfk airport, stocks wines from around the world . om spa at hong kong's regal airport hotel offers more than 30 treatments |
(cnn) the supreme court on monday took away some of the government's power to tighten emission standards, but preserved the majority of its authority under federal law to regulate greenhouse gases in a 5 4 decision, the justices affirmed conclusions by much of the scientific community that greenhouse gases blamed fo... | disownment osteria glossectomy | no related information |
(cnn) on the eve of his second inaugural, president obama appears smarter, tougher and bolder than ever before but whether he is also wiser remains a key question for his new term it is clear that he is consciously changing his leadership style heading into the next four years weeks before the november elections, hi... | david gergen obama gop gergen conservatives | david gergen: since re election, obama seems smarter, tougher, bolder . he says president outmanuevered opponents on taxes, key appointments . did obama miss an opportunity to work cooperatively with gop, gergen asks . gergen: conservatives fear obama is trying to run over them |
tehran, iran (cnn) a nuclear scientist was killed in a blast in tehran on wednesday morning, an iranian news agency reported, in the latest in a string of attacks that iran has blamed on israel a motorcyclist placed a magnetic bomb under mostafa ahmadi roshan's peugeot 405, the state run irna news agency said the bl... | iran state hillary clinton us israeli mostafa ahmadi roshan's irna news agency | new: magnetic bombs were used in other iran assassinations, ambassador says . secretary of state hillary clinton categorically denies us involvement in the killing . an israeli military spokesman says he does not know who carried out the attack . a bomb was put under mostafa ahmadi roshan's car, state run irna news age... |
washington (cnn) the us consumer product safety commission announced a voluntary recall of 223,000 popular strollers following the death of an infant eight years ago and the near strangulation of another in 2006 the heads of the two infants became entangled between the tray and seat but officials didn't link the cas... | peg perego usa inc between 2004 and 2007 2004 california 7 month old new york | recall involves two models made by peg perego, usa inc between 2004 and 2007 . in 2004, a california infant died after becoming entangled between the seat and tray . a 7 month old in new york nearly died from similar circumstances . newer models have been developed that don't pose the same risks |
(cnn) chelsea owner roman abramovich has lost his position at the top of football's rich list but david beckham remains the wealthiest player abramovich set a trend with his massive cash injection into premier league chelsea russian billionaire abramovich has slipped to third place behind manchester city's new owne... | gigahertzes uayeb mullioned | no related information |
(cnn) world number two roger federer stepped up his preparations for the australian open with an easy win over spaniard carlos moya in the kooyong classic in melbourne on wednesday federer plays a backhand during his straight sets win over moya in melbourne federer, who will be looking to tie pete sampras with his ... | roger federer the kooyong classic melbourne carlo moya spain fernando verdasco fernando gonzalez chile | roger federer wins his opening match at the kooyong classic in melbourne . the world number two sweeps past carlo moya of spain in straight sets . fernando verdasco of spain and fernando gonzalez of chile also go through |
kabul, afghanistan (cnn) afghanistan is postponing its presidential elections until august 20 due to security and logistical concerns, the country's election commission said thursday afghan president hamid karzai's five year term is coming to an end this year the balloting was originally scheduled for late may, but ... | afghan hamid karzai five year afghanistan us | afghan presidential elections come as president hamid karzai's five year term ends . afghanistan has registered 3 million voters, holding voter drives to register more . us troops will deploy extra troops to provide security in run up to the election |
editor's note: campbell brown anchors cnn's 'campbell brown: no bias, no bull' at 8 pm et mondays through fridays she delivered this commentary during the 'cutting through the bull' segment of monday night's broadcast campbell brown says president bush can't seem to see the failure of his administration's response to h... | campbell brown bush brown hurricane katrina katrina america | campbell brown: bush defended many decisions at monday news conference . brown: bush disconnected from what really happened with hurricane katrina . brown: people will disagree over aspects of the bush legacy, but not katrina . brown: katrina response was catastrophe that america watched on tv |
(cnn) author john updike, regarded as one of the greatest and most prolific writers in modern american letters, died tuesday, his publicist said he was 76 john updike won many literary awards his books, such as 'the witches of eastwick,' were also best sellers updike passed away tuesday morning after battling lung c... | john updike the witches of eastwick updike pulitzer prize american | john updike, author of 'rabbit' books and 'the witches of eastwick,' dies . updike, 76, had been suffering from lung cancer . pulitzer prize winner was titan of american letters |
cnn senior producer sasha johnson traveled to coaldale, pennsylvania, to talk to voters, including some members of her extended family, about how a typical small town like coaldale might vote in 2008 and what issues are on their minds coaldale mayor claire remington and her husband, otis, talk politics in their kitchen... | robbers unenfeebled succinctory | no related information |
(cnn) in the wake of an online video in which soldiers returning from afghanistan complained that delta air lines charged their unit more than $2,800 in bag check fees, two rival carriers on thursday said they will loosen their checked bag restrictions for active duty military members american airlines announced it ... | spendless exobiological munichism | no related information |
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