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(cnn) turkey's top diplomat angrily rejected us newspaper reports alleging the turkish government leaked israeli intelligence secrets to iran 'this is just a smear campaign this is not true it is dirty propaganda,' foreign minister ahmet davutoglu said, according to a ministry spokesman davutoglu was referring to a ... | turkish ahmet davutoglu the washington post turkey iran iranians israelis israel years ago | 'this is just a smear campaign' says turkish foreign minister ahmet davutoglu . a column in the washington post says turkey told iran about iranians talking to israelis . ra retired chief of israel's intelligence: turkey could have gotten the info years ago . turkish officials suggest there is an effort to discredit tu... |
(cnn) first the good news significant progress has been made over the past 13 years in meeting the targets the international community set for social and economic development by 2015 thanks to the collaborative efforts of government planning agencies, un entities, global aid organizations, international foundations ... | liberian ellen johnson sirleaf unfpa africa | liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf and unfpa chief write on development goals . international community made progress on mdgs, but still has a way to go, they say . extreme poverty and vaccinations for children have seen an improvement . africa will be testing ground for new strategies to reduce inequality |
(cnn) president barack obama and republican candidate mitt romney traded accusations on tax policy thursday, with both claiming at campaign stops in battleground states that the other's strategies have failed romney used a rally in golden, colorado, to unveil a simplified campaign message called for by some republic... | comoedus unwronged martially | no related information |
london, england (cnn) banksy is britain's most wanted artist his art sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars, but he continues to use public spaces as his main canvas, while all the time keeping his identity a secret banksy's latest piece in east london where a passer by claims to have taken a photo of the art... | brachyaxis southrons hinny | no related information |
rome, italy (cnn) the garbage crisis in naples encompasses the worst italian clichés, and in particular those of the southern part of this lovely peninsula: mismanagement, political interference, mafia profiteering and the ability of those responsible to deflect the attention and the blame elsewhere naples has had p... | rubbish naples more than $25b | rubbish is piling up on the streets of naples, with municipal dumps full . many commentators question the role of the local mafia in the award of contracts . more than $25b in emergency funds has been spent on the problem over the years . one dump was going to be a golf course residents furious it is being re opened... |
jerusalem (cnn) police who are investigating a major wildfire in northern israel have detained a 14 year old boy who admitted smoking a water pipe in the woods near his village, police spokesman micky rosenfeld said the wildfire killed at least 42 people and forced the evacuation of thousands of others before it was... | reshorten secessional irretentiveness | no related information |
chebarkul, russia (reuters) president vladimir putin said on friday security threats had forced russia to revive the soviet era practice of sending bomber aircraft on regular patrols beyond its borders a russian strategic bomber flies over an airfield outside moscow during an air show putin said 14 strategic bombers... | russia vladimir putin the white house the united states | russia to send bomber aircraft on long range flights on a permanent basis . president vladimir putin said the move was in response to security threats . the white house says the flights do not pose a threat to the united states |
(cnn) a widely anticipated meeting of north korean ruling party members went off anticlimactically tuesday, with only the announcement that leader kim jong il was reappointed general secretary of the party the korean workers' party last convened its delegates more than four decades ago on monday, kim's youngest son,... | kim jong un kim north monday | kim jong un is widely expected to inherit power from his father . the younger kim has been kept off the radar by the secretive north . before kim's promotion to general on monday, state run media didn't mention him . analysts think his father's health has sped up succession plans |
(mental floss) 1 the hamburger louis' lunch, new haven, connecticut this burger did not come from louis' so ketchup is ok there are competing claims for the coveted 'inventor of the hamburger' title, but according to louis' lunch (and the library of congress, for that matter), this small new haven restaurant tak... | american united states connecticut pig stand texas fat darrell grease trucks rutgers university | famous american foods created across united states . connecticut diner claims creation of the hamburger . onion rings were courtesy of cook at pig stand in texas . fat darrell came from 'grease trucks' at rutgers university |
(cnn) authorities in azerbaijan recently uncovered a radical islamic terror plot against the us embassy in the capital, baku, prompting the facility to close its doors to the public monday, azerbaijan and us officials told cnn the bibi heybat mosque, just outside the capital baku as a precaution, britain also shut i... | islamic us baku the united states britain monday | authorities uncover a radical islamic terror plot against the us embassy in baku . the united states has reduced its embassy's operations . britain also shut its embassy in baku to the public on monday |
(ewcom) moviegoers have grown increasingly intense about avoiding ''spoilers'' (probably because of all the information that spills out of the internet) in that light, 'secretariat,' a benignly inspirational disney sports drama about the legendary racehorse who won the triple crown in 1973, offers a fascinating test... | disney the triple crown secretariat randall wallace christian the blind side | 'secretariat' is a disney sports drama about the racehorse who won the triple crown in 1973 . when secretariat is running his races, the movie has a hokey, old fashioned appeal . director randall wallace aims for the christian demographic that supported 'the blind side' |
(cnn) the international criminal court has opened a probe into the north korean shelling of yeonpyeong island last month and the march sinking of a south korean warship, allegedly by a north korean submarine, to evaluate if the incidents constitute war crimes, the court said monday 'the office of the prosecutor has ... | south korean march yeonpyeong island last month | a preliminary investigation will determine whether a probe will be opened . the international court is looking into the sinking of a south korean ship in march . the court also is probing the shelling on yeonpyeong island last month |
(cnn) the crew members of a north korean freighter regained control of their ship from pirates who hijacked the vessel off somalia, but not without a deadly fight, the us navy reported tuesday the uss james e williams ordered pirates to give up their weapons, the navy says when the battle aboard the dai hong dan was... | north korean navy uss arleigh burke somali golden nori | north korean crew recaptures hijacked vessel . navy says two pirates killed, five captured; three from crew injured . uss arleigh burke enters somali territorial waters to pursue other pirates . pirates aboard hijacked golden nori carrying highly flammable benzene |
(cnn) debra lafave, the former florida middle school teacher convicted of having sex with a student, violated her probation by hugging a young co worker, a florida judge found thursday debra lafave was arrested after talking with a teenager she is not allowed to have contact with anyone under 18 but the judge did no... | debra lafave lafave | new: judge finds former teacher in violation of probation in student sex case . but judge spares debra lafave from jail, warns her 'don't come back'. lafave's probation forbids her to have contact with anyone under 18 |
(oprahcom) grandma's waiting for me on a lone bench in the heat, just beyond her building's shaded front entrance she's wearing denim capris and a lightweight cable knit sweater that precisely matches the yellow patent leather moccasins on her feet saucer sized sunglasses block out her face, and her silvery hair is ... | howie kahn's detroit grandma | howie kahn's grandmother takes control of her senior residence in suburban detroit . 'i allow some of the men here to flirt with me,' she says . mobility is the most obvious social signifier . grandma: 'i've learned compassion here i smile at everyone now' |
(instyle) it all boils down to this it doesn't really matter all that much what hot, nubile french maverick has set the fashion world on fire or which milanese visionary has a new fabric technique discovered during a life changing trip to angkor wat that's sure to bring back sixties minimalism with a twist or that s... | ralph lauren bronx | ralph lauren began as tie salesman from the bronx . first design: wide ties when others were narrow . has designed high fashion for four decades . goal: glamorous clothing that is 'consistent and accessible' |
(cnn) newcastle united have sacked manager chris hughton, the first english premier league dismissal of the season the 51 year old hughton led the club back to the premier league at their first attempt, following relegation the previous season, and had guided them to 11th place in the table the magpies have produced... | newcastle chris hughton wba 51 year old hughton first premier league 11th | newcastle united sack manager chris hughton after 3 1 defeat at wba . the 51 year old hughton is first premier league dismissal of the season . hughton loses his job despite leading the club to 11th in table following promotion |
editor's note: daria roithmayr is a law professor at the university of southern california, gould school of law, where she teaches on race and law she worked for sen edward kennedy as special counsel on the clarence thomas and david souter confirmation hearings guy uriel charles is a law professor at duke law school wh... | underbalanced retinasphalt ovariotomies | no related information |
(cnn) mario draghi is stepping on the gas, cutting interest rates to record lows, trying to funnel money into the real economy, and introducing a charge on banks that hold excess reserves with the european central bank he is right to worry eurozone inflation is running at less than 1% a year, with several countries ... | ecb david woodruff | the ecb cut interest rates to a new record low in a bid to boost the economy . but economist david woodruff says the approach will not work for the eurozone . what is needed are policies addressed to borrowers and spenders, he writes |
kano, nigeria (cnn) at least 30 people were killed sunday in raids by suspected boko haram islamists on four christian villages in the northeastern nigerian state of borno, residents and a priest said gunmen on motorcycles stormed the villages of kwada, ngurojina, karagau and kautikari, opening fire on residents and... | nigeria christian | at least 30 people are dead after raids in nigeria, residents say . boko haram islamists are suspected in the attacks on predominantly christian areas . gunmen on motorcycles opened fire and at least five churches were set on fire |
(cnn) from the sweeping coastlines of kalamata to the sun scorched island of crete, greece's olive groves have been thriving in the mediterranean heat for thousands of years the tiny green fruits are harvested before autumn sets in, and cold pressed to deliver extra virgin olive oil, regarded as an elixir of life th... | greek thomas george douzis thomas douzis | greek brothers thomas and george douzis started a business at the height of the financial crisis . the lack of employment opportunities has sparked a wave of new greek entrepreneurs . thomas douzis says the economic downturn forced the nation to change its mentality |
(cnn) microsoft kept its eyes forward and revealed what is coming for the xbox one this year and next at its 2014 electronic entertainment expo briefing in los angeles, california however, it is what they didn't talk about that might be more interesting phil spencer, head of the xbox division at the redmond, washing... | microsoft e3 kinect xbox one halo 5 | microsoft's e3 presentation had virtually no mention of the kinect system . by contrast, the company highlighted its use with xbox one last year . entertainment apps also were shunned in favor of game talk . upcoming 'halo 5,' got the crowd excited |
hong kong (cnn) when shaun rein drives to shanghai's pudong international airport, about 10 minutes outside the airfield, he begins to notice a line of cars including rolls royces and bentleys parked along the side of the highway 'why? it's because these people, who can spend a million dollars on a car, don't ... | sightworthy battledoring reexchange | no related information |
(cnn) us secretary of state john kerry said saturday that he and afghan president hamid karzai resolved 'the major issues' of an agreement to keep some us military forces in aghanistan after 2014 but a potential deal breaker, legal immunity for us troops, was referred to a council of elders the immunity issue caused... | unashamedly proptoses recouped | no related information |
(cnn) a man named as a suspect in the fatal shooting of a philadelphia, pennsylvania, police officer last week was captured at a shelter in miami, florida, on tuesday, philadelphia police commissioner sylvester johnson said at a news conference miami police chief john timoney said he had been alerted by philadelphia... | dextranase browbeaten allayed | no related information |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) the death toll from a plane crash sunday in karachi, pakistan, rose to 12 after an official confirmed the deaths of four people who were on the ground the four laborers were sleeping in an under construction building that the plane crashed into, said pervez george, a spokesman for pakistan'... | dondaine unreservedly carassows | no related information |
(cnn) english club liverpool qualified for the knockout stages of europe's second tier europa league on thursday along with paris st germain, besiktas and dynamo kiev liverpool continued their minor revival since the arrival of new american owners, but allowed second placed steaua bucharest to come from behind and e... | liverpool last 32 europa league romania paris st germain group j spain sevilla turkish besiktas group l cska sofia group e dynamo kiev bate borisov | liverpool reach last 32 of europa league with a game to spare after draw in romania . paris st germain qualify from group j with a 4 2 victory over spain's sevilla . turkish side besiktas go through from group l with a 2 1 win at cska sofia . in group e, dynamo kiev booked berth with 4 1 win at previous leaders bate bo... |
washington (cnn) superfluous (su per flu us): adjective unnecessary or needless; difficult to pronounce for a president with a split lip president barack obama grappled with the word sunday evening at a white house event for this year's kennedy center honorees as he read from an opinion by legendary supreme court ju... | white house obama kennedy center merle haggard oprah winfrey | president's struggle drew chuckles at white house event . 'you try it when you've had 12 stitches,' obama says . honorees for kennedy center awards range from merle haggard to oprah winfrey |
(cnn) one person was reported dead and numerous boats and harbors suffered damage in the united states after the tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake off japan swept across the pacific ocean at jet speed friday the fatality was reported in northern california's del norte county, where a 25 year old man was de... | pewee rampageously withbeg | no related information |
(cnn) three people have been charged in last year's theft of the famous 'arbeit macht frei' sign at the auschwitz concentration camp in poland, a prosecutor said friday the prosecutor, robert parys, said he could not immediately confirm details about those charged, but poland's official pap news agency reported the ... | macht frei nazi last december | the 'arbeit macht frei' sign was emblematic of nazi camps . the men are accused of stealing the sign last december . the sign was later recovered, chopped into three pieces |
dar es salaam, tanzania (cnn) jakaya kikwete is heading into his second term as president of tanzania, after elections left one opposition politician warning that voter apathy could threaten tanzania's young multiparty democracy meanwhile, the losing presidential candidate of another opposition party contended the ... | only 42 percent tanzania | voter turnout is low at only 42 percent . an opposition leader warns that voter apathy could affect tanzania's democracy |
(cnn) the renault formula one team will race under the name and colors of the legendary lotus brand next year after a change in its ownership the team will be known as renault lotus gp after the french manufacturer sold its 25% stake in the team to lotus cars, which is owned by malaysian carmaker proton renault will... | renault lotus 2011 one season group lotus britain team lotus the 2011 season f1 2010 | renault will be known as renault lotus gp for the 2011 formula one season . the proton owned group lotus has acquired a major steak in britain based team . team lotus will also race in the 2011 season, in the same black and gold colors . it brought the legendary brand back to the f1 grid in 2010 after acquiring licence... |
(cnn) lerone clarke of jamaica held off the challenge of england's mark lewis francis to win the men's 100 meters title at the commonwealth games on thursday the 29 year old stormed over the line in 1012 seconds, 008 faster than lewis francis trinidad and tobago's aaron amstrong took the bronze in 1024 clarke took a... | australia sally pearson 100m nigeria osayemi oludamola lerone clarke 100 meters delhi mark lewis francis | new australia's sally pearson disqualified after winning gold in the women's 100m . nigeria's osayemi oludamola promoted into gold medal position . lerone clarke wins men's 100 meters in delhi in 1012 seconds . mark lewis francis of england comes second in 1020 after his block slipped |
(cnn) what happened in yangon's university avenue as the light began to fade last saturday took many serious myanmar watchers by surprise not only was aung san suu kyi released from house arrest at the very point the military regime's containment order expired, but within a very short space of time some tens of thou... | justin wintle aung san suu kyi wintle | justin wintle says excitement over aung san suu kyi release shows her political potency . the military junta likely will limit her, he says, but she can use her sway to influence change . he says she should step back from activist politics and help broker end to sanctions . wintle: her help in ending sanctions could fo... |
(cnn) dutchman edgar davids has lifted the european champions league trophy, won league titles in italy and the netherlands and played in a world cup semifinal against brazil in 1998 so why has a soccer star like davids, who won 74 international caps for the netherlands between 1994 and 2005, decided to become joint... | roundsman trichorrhea glossary | no related information |
washington (cnn) the naacp has passed a resolution that condemns what it feels is rampant racism in the tea party movement members passed the measure on tuesday at the organization's 101st annual convention in kansas city, missouri tea party activists have swiftly denounced the action as unfounded and unfair the re... | unwelcoming urinaemic copperization | no related information |
blair, west virginia (cnn) we're at the peak of blair mountain in the middle of southern west virginia it's about 85 degrees, the coolest it has been all week, and there's a slight breeze that carries voices before we can see the singers 'this land is your land this land is my land' more than 600 dusty, sweaty peopl... | west virginia's blair mountain the battle for blair mountain | protesters marched to oppose mountain removal mining on west virginia's blair mountain . supporters say mountaintop removal creates jobs and energy . 'the battle for blair mountain' airs at 8 pm et/pt aug 14 |
(cnn) betty ford, the widow of late president gerald ford and a co founder of an eponymous addiction center in california, has died at the age of 93, according to the director of the gerald r ford presidential library and museum ford died friday evening with family at her bedside, according to a family member elaine... | stevie nicks betty ford obama gerald ford | new: stevie nicks: 'as far as i'm concerned, betty ford saved my life'. president obama calls her 'a powerful advocate' for health and women's rights . betty ford was surrounded by family members, a relative says . the widow of gerald ford was an advocate for substance abuse treatment |
washington (cnn) bo the portuguese water dog made his white house debut under cloudy skies tuesday afternoon, spending several minutes taking his new family on a lively romp over the south lawn with frequent stops for hearty sniffs at his new surroundings malia obama practices walking bo as her parents and sister, s... | portuguese south lawn obama 6 month old ted kennedy | portuguese water dog cavorts on south lawn with obama family . 6 month old pup fulfills president's campaign promise to daughters . puppy is gift to obama girls from sen ted kennedy, who owns several of the dogs |
(cnn) the american woman who sent her adopted son back to russia must pay $150,000 in child support, a tennessee judge reaffirmed friday torry hansen's attorney, ed yarbrough, told cnn he will file a motion within a few weeks asking the court to modify or terminate the support, which was first ordered earlier this y... | tennessee russian 150,000 | tennessee family adopted russian boy . they returned him in 2010, putting him on a plane . mother contended he was mentally unstable . judge ruled she must pay $150,000 in child support |
(cnn) official washington, still stuck in the government shutdown of its own making, seems exceedingly short on wisdom these days but maybe it is looking in the wrong places for answers maybe, for one example, there is an unexpected lesson of sorts to be found in the history of baseball that sport, which is currentl... | bob greene dc mlb giamatti greene | bob greene: dc pols should heed words of then future mlb chief giamatti during 1981 strike . giamatti said public not interested in baseball's 'squalid little squabbles'. greene: government leaders should be keepers of public trust . greene: if federal workers shut down government, there'd be an uproar |
(cnn) 'what we're talking about is not an open ended intervention this would not be another iraq or afghanistan,' president barack obama said this weekend in an address to the american public about a possible us military strike in syria that the president knows he must say what the strike in syria is not says a grea... | gayle tzemach lemmon syria lemmon america iraq us | gayle tzemach lemmon: president had to explain to the public what a syria strike is not . lemmon: past decade has left america exhausted, unwilling to enter another battle . she says intervening in syria conflict would be different from going to war in iraq . lemmon: if us takes no action, extremism may rise and refuge... |
los angeles, california one of the bigger difficulties any first time buyer faces is purchasing a car that doesn't scream 'first time' to friends, relatives and co workers, or indeed to the buyer each time they step into an ill chosen purchase a 'shark' that races down roads to break from the boring econobox, here a... | quantifies stutterers extralateral | no related information |
(cnn) frustrated republicans are retaliating for a democratic play to weaken their hand in opposing presidential nominations, forcing an all night session into thursday's early hours votes on judicial and other appointments took place early thursday morning, part of the fallout after the democratic majority enforced... | geoform uroxanate chucklingly | no related information |
(cnn) last week, we clued you in to all the annoying things that couples must cease doing on facebook this week, we're taking a look at the other side of the coin what should you do about all the digital remnants of a relationship when you're no longer flitting through fields, holding hands and weaving flowers lady ... | facebook 60% daily first | social networks like facebook increase jealousy because information is more accessible . study shows 60% of respondents look at romantic interests' facebook profiles daily . first hint? don't make your relationship official on facebook at the beginning |
(cnn) a chinese satellite probing the mysterious disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 'observed a suspected crash area at sea,' a chinese government agency said a potentially pivotal lead into what thus far has been a frustrating, fruitless search china's state administration for science, technology and ... | chinese flight 370 early saturday | new: 'every day it just seems like it's an eternity,' passenger's wife says . chinese agency: the satellite found 'three suspected floating objects'. flight 370 went missing early saturday; massive area is being searched . 'there's so much confusing information,' a commercial pilot says |
washington (cnn) another brick is falling from the bush administration's highly touted 'virtual wall' that was intended to keep illegal immigrants from entering the united states homeland security secretary janet napolitano said tuesday she will take $50 million in federal stimulus money away from the secure border ... | sbinet customs napolitano | secure border initiative funds will be diverted to proven technology . sbinet was intended to help customs and border protection agents respond to intruders . napolitano says sbinet has been 'plagued with cost overruns and missed deadlines' |
(cnn) leon walker, a detroit, michigan, computer technician, faces a jury trial in february for allegedly hacking into his then wife's e mail account 'she'd asked me to read her e mails before,' walker said in an interview this week 'she gave me the password before she didn't hide it' walker says the e mails reveale... | clara walker leon walker michigan | new: clara walker says her third husband is 'not the saint portrayed in the media'. leon walker defends reading his then wife's e mails to ensure his daughter's safety . leon walker is charged under michigan's anti hacking law . the law should target thieves, not spouses, his lawyer says |
(cnn) an official with the vatican criticized the decision to award the nobel prize for medicine to british doctor robert g edwards for his work on in vitro fertilization, italy's official news agency ansa reported tuesday ignazio carrasco de paula, president of the pontifical academy for life, said giving the award... | unprogressiveness dayspring uncandid | no related information |
(cnn) the international cricket council has pointed to a lack of 'compelling evidence' to support match fixing claims relating to a one day match between england and pakistan in september british newspaper the sun claimed it had proof that bookmakers knew details of scoring patterns in pakistan's innings before the ... | international cricket council one day icc england pakistan the oval london september 17 2013 | international cricket council drop investigation into claims a one day match was 'fixed'. icc say there is no 'compelling evidence' england v pakistan game was tainted . pakistan won the 50 over match at the oval in london on september 17 . icc paves the way for a test world championship starting in 2013 |
(cnn) a new york teenager with a 7,000 a month texting habit now has a lot more to text about brianna hendrickson, 13, of brooklyn won this year's lg us national texting championship by accurately typing the phrase 'old mcdonald had a farm, ei, ei, oh! and on this farm he had a champ w/a txtr here, and bff there ... | brianna hendrickson 13 brooklyn | brianna hendrickson, 13, of brooklyn wins the texting title . she can win more money for herself and charity during another challenge . contestants' accuracy, speed and dexterity are tested |
(cnn) hosts india surged into second place in the medals table on sunday with a mini gold rush which at last drew large crowds to the crisis ridden commonwealth games the major dhyan chand stadium was packed to its 19,000 capacity to see india's field hockey team thrash neighbors pakistan 7 4, with sandeep singh st... | india the commonwealth games sunday pakistan australia allan davis rochelle gilmore boaz lalang kenya | hosts india win a clutch of gold medals at the commonwealth games . highlight of sunday for india is a 7 4 field hockey win over arch rivals pakistan . australia win both road race titles in cycling through allan davis and rochelle gilmore . boaz lalang leads clean sweep of the medals for kenya in men's 800m race |
(cnn) the spacewalk tuesday was meant to replace a video camera and update cable connections to a module of the international space station however, the question every space buff wanted an answer to is: 'what was that i just saw floating away?' two objects drifted away during astronauts fyodor yurchikhin and mikhail... | first nasa second six hour | first object may have been a clamp, nasa says . objects floating during a spacewalk is not usual, spokesman says . a second object, possibly a washer, floats away . the six hour task will replace a camera and update cable connections |
(cnn) the cy young award winners as major league baseball's best pitchers in 2012 couldn't be more different in the american league, a young left hander with a blazing fastball, entering the prime of his career, narrowly topped the 2011 recipient in the national league, a 38 year old knuckleballer with a mediocre tr... | onanistic overpartialness beladying | no related information |
madrid (cnn) spaniards who are in 'circumstances of extreme necessity' and are unable to pay their mortgages will not be evicted from their homes over the next two years, the main industry group for spanish banks said monday the pledge comes just three days after a 53 year old woman committed suicide as authorities ... | spanish 25% 97% | the main industry group for spanish banks announces a moratorium on some evictions . the pledge follows two suicides of homeowners about to be evicted . people have been protesting evictions during the recession as unemployment hit 25% . the banking association says 97% of homeowners are paying their mortgages on time |
athens, greece (cnn) german chancellor angela merkel expressed solidarity with greece tuesday on a trip to athens, even as tens of thousands of greeks rallied to show their anger toward her over the hardship their country is suffering critics see merkel as the main enforcer of the european union imposed austerity me... | papoulias greek today antonis samaras german angela merkel's merkel | new: president papoulias says growth and jobs are needed to give the greek people hope . 'we welcome a friend here today,' antonis samaras says of the german leader . police say 25,000 people joined a protest voicing anger over angela merkel's visit . critics see merkel as the main enforcer of internationally imposed a... |
(cnn) authorities in belize are trying to find and talk to internet antivirus pioneer john mcafee about a fatal shooting in the central american nation, a police spokesman said monday 'he is wanted for questioning in the murder of gregory faull, and we are still seeking him,' said raphael martinez, a national police... | gregory faull us last weekend belize mcafee john mcafee 1994 | gregory faull, a us citizen, was found dead last weekend on a belize island . belize police want to question mcafee about the death, a spokesman says . john mcafee tells wired he is innocent and in hiding . he left his namesake internet security firm in 1994 |
(cnn) when a band spends as much time as the gym class heroes has gaining momentum on the indie scene only to suddenly take off, there is always concern of selling out yet the group has defied expectations by topping the mainstream charts while still holding on to its independent cred the gym class heroes self relea... | eleven years heroes ryan tedder the fighter travie mccoy | gym class heroes has gone mainstream while keeping an indie cred . eleven years and five albums since their debut, the heroes aren't slowing down . they worked with ryan tedder on 'the fighter,' their latest single . frontman travie mccoy: i can't see myself giving this up anytime soon |
(cnn) the spiraling scandal that took down david petraeus has apparently ensnared another powerful general, as authorities announced that gen john allen is under investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to jill kelley, a woman who has been linked to the petraeus scandal allen, who is the commander ... | allen petraeus | defense official: allen has disputed that he did anything wrong . official: there is a 'distinct possibility' that this is connected to the petraeus scandal . investigators are looking into 20,000 to 30,000 pages of documents |
(cnn) the concept of learning through playing this week went to a whole new level the lego foundation the charitable arm of the lego group has opened a school in denmark designed to provide young children with a new, creative way to learn the school was dreamt up by billionaire kjeld kirk kristiansen, who led ... | illegalness retinoscopy horizontically | no related information |
(cnn) elite sprinters tyson gay and asafa powell tested positive for banned substances on a day of shame for athletics gay, a former world champion from the us, said sunday he was told by the us anti doping agency that an a sample from an out of competition test taken in may came back positive later sunday, powell, ... | sprinters tyson gay asafa powell the 100 meters powell jamaican usain bolt veronica campbell brown | sprinters tyson gay and asafa powell test positive for banned substances . gay last month posted the fastest time in the 100 meters this year at 975 seconds . powell held the world record in the 100 meters before fellow jamaican usain bolt . the news comes a month after veronica campbell brown was provisionally banned |
(cnn) president bush blasted the democratic controlled congress on tuesday for having 'the worst record in 20 years' 'congress is not getting its work done,' bush said, flanked by members of the republican house leadership 'the house of representatives has wasted valuable time on a constant stream of investigations,... | radiosensitive minnow remarks | no related information |
(cnn) ahead of the biggest game of his life, mahamat 'iggy' ignegui has mastered the diplomatic language, if not his nerves 'i am completely focused on the first match we have to do it, we cannot lose,' the sudanese midfielder tells cnn before boarding a plane from chad's ndjamena airport that will continue his rema... | dirhinous theosophize aliners | no related information |
washington (cnn) sniper lee boyd malvo said in a letter to cnn that he is still 'grappling with shame, guilt, remorse and my own healing if that will ever be possible' and a social worker who has worked extensively with him said he draws self portraits that often show him with a tear running down his cheek a self po... | lee boyd malvo washington cnn malvo | social worker says sniper lee boyd malvo is a changed person. ten people were killed in washington area sniper attacks in 2002 . in a letter to cnn, malvo writes he's still 'grappling with shame, guilt, remorse' |
vilseck, germany (cnn) us soldiers interrogated by the army in the 2007 murders of four iraqi detainees blamed a military policy they said made it too hard to detain suspected insurgents, a cnn investigation has found soldiers questioned in the killings said the sergeant in command of their detachment ordered the s... | cnn army iraqi abbie boudreau scott zamost | cnn obtained an extraordinary 23½ hours of army interrogation videotapes . tapes detail march 2007 executions of four iraqi prisoners by three sergeants . tapes show one of the sergeants confessing to the crime . watch saturday, sunday at 8 and 11 pm et; read blog posts: abbie boudreau; scott zamost |
(cnn) britain's love affair with the tour de france will be rekindled when its 101st edition starts saturday in a region famed for the literary works of the bronte sisters and the rugged terrain which provided the setting for their most famous novels the grueling three week test over 3,664 kilometers, taking in the ... | 101st tour de france english yorkshire saturday bronte kenyan briton chris froome team sky bradley wiggins | 101st tour de france starts from english county of yorkshire saturday . yorkshire famous for home of bronte sisters . kenyan born briton chris froome favorite to defend title . fellow team sky rider bradley wiggins left out of its team |
(cnn) 350,000 followers agree: no one does selfies quite like nasa it's the year of the 'selfie' and the year that social media transmitted self portraits were taken to new heights, with the arrival of us space agency nasa on instagram in less than three months, the space agency has accumulated over 350,000 follower... | nasa instagram 6 september | nasa arrived on instagram on 6 september and has already gained over 350,000 followers . photos from the account have gone viral, including one of a frog flying through the air . take a look at the incredible images shared by the space agency so far |
(cnn) former real madrid and spain midfielder ruben de la red officially announced his retirement from football in an emotional press conference on thursday de la red has not played since he collapsed during a copa del rey match in october 2008, with what has since been diagnosed as a heart problem the 25 year old, ... | amalett undaily polluter | no related information |
(cnn) it turns out that the military regime in myanmar is soccer crazy and even pondered buying world famous club manchester united, according to a us diplomatic cable obtained by wikileaks and published by the guardian newspaper in britain the suggestion to buy united apparently came from the grandson of than shwe ... | manchester united $1 billion myanmar | general's grandson suggested he buy manchester united, cable says . general, who is a soccer fan, thought $1 billion purchase would look bad . he created a soccer league in myanmar |
(cnn) friday marks the debut of the tech check podcast from cnncom the weekly podcast offers a roundup of the week's technology news, with members of cnncom's tech team working to make sense of, and sometimes make light of, the top stories from the digital world the breezy, quick hitting podcast uses a roundtable fo... | cnn weekly fridays | cnn's tech check podcast debuts . weekly podcast offers roundtable discussion of the top technology stories . podcast is posted fridays on cnncom/tech and available free on itunes |
(cnn) if you've picked up apple's iphone 4, you're probably aware of the new features that can benefit gamers on the go: a higher resolution display, an integrated gyroscope to complement the accelerometer (for six axis motion control), longer battery life and faster wi fi out of the box, the iphone 4 also supports ... | madden nfl halo zen bound 2 universal | 'madden nfl 11' is one of the best looking hd games on the platform . consider 'nova' the closest thing to 'halo' for your pocket . 'zen bound 2 universal' is a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game |
(cnn) the panama canal reopened thursday after heavy rains and flooding prompted its closing for only the third time in its storied 96 year history officials closed the canal around noon wednesday after heavy rain in the chagres river area, caused water behind the gatun dam which creates lake gatun, a significant... | panama canal 48 miles atlantic pacific oceans | panama canal reopens after heavy rains and flooding . canal has been closed only twice before, in 1915 16 and 1989 . canal stretches for 48 miles between the atlantic and pacific oceans |
(mashable) android smartphone market share trails iphone market share by a scant 9 percentage points in a recent study from analysis giant nielsen according to statistics on overall us market share, android is the single fastest growing mobile platform by contrast, apple's ios shows an ever so slight decline other ... | 9 percent nielsen apple blackberry around 30 percent | android market share trails iphone by scant 9 percent, says nielsen . apple's ios shows an ever so slight decline . blackberry is the top mobile os, with around 30 percent of total market share |
nairobi, kenya (cnn) supporters and members of the gay and lesbian community in kenya blasted the country's prime minister monday after he said anyone engaging in homosexual activity should be arrested 'the gay community is very scared as the prime minister's statement will incite more violence against visible gays,... | odinga nairobi kenya 14 year | prime minister says gays, lesbians to be arrested . activist: 'gay community is very scared'. odinga made remarks at nairobi rally . homosexuality is a crime in kenya carrying a 14 year jail term |
saugus, massachusetts (cnn) the image is still vivid after 65 years bob attubato and his fellow sixth grade classmates rushed to the window just in time to see a crippled twin engine bomber trailing smoke and flames over their school 'suddenly, we heard this unearthly sound coming over the school,' attubato recalled... | doak weston boston massachusetts weston | maj doak weston piloted a b 25 as it went down north of boston, massachusetts . he stayed with the plane until it crashed, avoiding buildings and allowing his crew to bail . witnesses and survivors rallied to have weston's sacrifice honored . a ceremony was held at the crash site, 65 years to the day after the crash |
(ewcom) 'nashville' fans have a reason to cheer abc has just ordered a full season of the freshman country series the connie britton and hayden panettiere drama has received a pickup for nine more hours the wednesday night series joins abc's freshman aliens next door comedy 'the neighbors' in getting an extension in... | sundra outmoves obstant | no related information |
tbilisi, georgia (cnn) a grim georgian president mikheil saakashvili said friday that he signed a cease fire agreement that requires the immediate withdrawal of all russian forces from georgian soil georgia president mikheil saakashvili announces friday he signed a cease fire agreement with russia the agreement inc... | congruist wroken hardtop | no related information |
(cnn) on the one year anniversary of president mohamed morsy's inauguration, tens of thousands of egyptians marched in the streets of cairo in an effort to remove him from office the associated press described the protesters as 'an array of secular and liberal egyptians, moderate muslims, christians — and what the... | rand paul us egyptian mohamed morsy paul morsy egyptians | rand paul: why is the us supporting egyptian president mohamed morsy?. paul: i argued that morsy is not someone the us should necessarily embrace . he says despite egyptians' discontent with morsy, we continue to give him aid . paul: what kind of example do we set when we side with the enemies of freedom? |
rome, italy italy national coach roberto donadoni has left cristiano lucarelli in his squad for next saturday's crucial euro 2008 qualifier in scotland lucarelli keeps his place in the italian squad after scoring twice against south africa the shakhtar donetsk striker is in fine form and has been rewarded for his in... | thirteenfold planner myopy | no related information |
washington (cnn) attorney general eric holder said wednesday that his decision to remove himself from the justice department investigation into a leak that led it to surreptitiously collect telephone records from the associated press leaves him unable to respond to questions about it 'i don't know what happened ther... | holder the judiciary committee ap justice department obama | 'i don't know what happened there,' holder tells the judiciary committee . ap: some records collected in 'very broad net' unrelated to leak probe . justice department defends records collection as necessary and limited . obama administration has launched several high profile leak probes |
(cnn) erik prince, the chairman and ceo of blackwater usa, appeared tuesday before the house committee on oversight and government reform erik prince, ceo and chairman of blackwater usa, is sworn in tuesday at a congressional hearing the committee convened amid an fbi investigation into a september 16 shootout invol... | erik prince blackwater usa house fbi | erik prince, ceo of blackwater usa, testifies before house panel . hearings held amid an fbi probe into a shootout involving blackwater personnel . prince: 'i believe we acted appropriately at all times' |
london, england uefa has punished benfica midfielder augustin binya with a six match european ban following his horror tackle on celtic's scott brown last week augustin binya, right, lunges towards celtic midfielder scott brown during benfica's 1 0 defeat in glasgow the cameroon international was sent off for the ch... | uefa benfica augustin binya cameroon celtic scott brown brown champions league | uefa has punished benfica midfielder augustin binya with a six match ban . the cameroon international was sent off for bad tackle on celtic's scott brown . brown was lucky to escape injury in incident during champions league match |
washington (cnn) with the election of the next president a year away, sen hillary clinton remains the person to beat, a cnn/opinion research corporation poll released monday suggests as the countdown begins to november 4, 2008, the new york democrat continues to dominate the race for the democratic presidential nomi... | clinton 44 percent democrats october rudy giuliani republican 28 percent giuliani 51 percent to 45 percent only 42 percent us | sen clinton supported by 44 percent of democrats polled, down from october . rudy giuliani continues to lead republican presidential field with 28 percent . clinton beats giuliani 51 percent to 45 percent, the poll found . only 42 percent think things are going well in the us, according to the poll |
tehran, iran (cnn) iran should be allowed to pursue its nuclear program for peaceful purposes, russian president vladimir putin said on tuesday during the first visit to the country by a kremlin leader since 1943 putin, right, is greeted by iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad following his arrival in tehran putin,... | russian putin iran tehran caspian sea russia iranian us | russian president putin backs iran's 'peaceful' nuclear program during visit . putin in tehran to attend summit of caspian sea nations to discuss oil rights . iran, russia set to discuss iranian nuclear program, us push for sanctions . putin downplay rumors of assassination plot; iran says claims are 'baseless' |
paris, france (cnn) three french journalists charged in an alleged plot to kidnap african children for adoption in europe arrived in paris on sunday, hours after french president nicolas sarkozy held emergency talks in chad but 14 other people remained in custody in the african nation, some facing serious charges th... | french france europeans sunday chad | new: french president returns to france with three released journalists . journalists are among seven europeans freed sunday in child 'kidnap' row . there are still 14 other people in custody in chad . father: 'they never said they would take away our children' |
(cnn) disgraced cyclist lance armstrong tweeted thursday that he's handed over the bronze medal he won at the 2000 summer games, adding that it should be at international olympic committee headquarters in switzerland 'asap' earlier this year, the committee stripped armstrong of the medal he won in sydney and asked h... | cordiner cajuputs wanderluster | no related information |
rome, italy (cnn) a sixth us service member died friday from injuries sustained when a black hawk helicopter crashed in northeastern italy on thursday, the us military in europe said the helicopter, carrying 11 us military personnel, crashed thursday afternoon about 22 miles from aviano, italy four people were kille... | copter aviano air base black hawk | four killed in crash; two people die later of injuries . copter took off from aviano air base, news agency reports . black hawk helicopter had 11 people aboard |
lagos, nigeria (cnn) nigeria's independent national electoral commission is urging would be voters to turn out for the scheduled voter registration session in january, in hopes for a 'free fair and credible elections in 2011,' a commission spokesman said thursday 'this reassurance is necessary against the backdrop o... | flemishing mythoi overdevoted | no related information |
(cnn) michelin north america, inc, announced thursday it is voluntarily recalling about 841,000 of its bfgoodrich and uniroyal tires because tread belt separation may cause them to lose tread and/or deflate quickly though no deaths or injuries have been reported related to the recalled tires, 'a small number of the ... | hypothesizes heiling phycochromaceous | no related information |
(cnn) china's top foreign policy official met with north korean leader kim jong il thursday and the two sides 'reached consensus' about defusing tensions on the korean peninsula, officials said the meeting marks the first between kim and a top official from china since the flareup between the two koreas 'the two sid... | mullen north korea's china north korea | new: mullen calls north korea's behavior 'reckless'. the meeting between the two nations is the first since the flareup . official: 'the two sides reached consensus'. mullen challenges china to use its influence with north korea |
(cnn) 'the future as a rolling stone is very uncertain my ultimate aim in life was never to be a pop star i enjoy it with reservations, but i'm not really, sort of, satisfied either artistically or personally with it' brian jones' candid words in the first rolling stones documentary, 1965's 'charlie is my darling,' ... | first rolling stones 1965 charlie is my darling mick gochanour gochanour picasso grandma | the first rolling stones documentary, 1965's 'charlie is my darling,' has been released . the film captures the band mates, all in their 20s, on the edge of super stardom . filmmaker mick gochanour uncovered the earliest footage of '(i can't get no) satisfaction'. gochanour: 'it was like finding a picasso in grandma's ... |
princeton, new jersey (cnn) late last week, the campaigns of president obama and mitt romney released web videos highlighting the mistakes their rivals have made on the campaign trail obama's statement that 'the private sector is doing fine' was the highlight for a romney video, while one of the president's videos f... | quinelas racemomethylate carlisle | no related information |
washington (cnn) two hours before the house passed a short term spending bill that defunded obamacare something senate democrats said they will reject next week house republicans met to plan their next attack on president barack obama's signature health care law house gop launches shutdown battle congress: will... | republicans obamacare gop us | next fight with president will be over debt ceiling . republicans seek to maintain united front in opposition to obamacare and other issues . debt ceiling bill will include laundry list of gop priorities on entitlements, taxes, energy, jobs . adding a mix of controversial items increases the threat of a default on us d... |
san diego (cnn) being native born means never having to think about citizenship those concerns are for immigrants, either those who are in the us illegally and want a chance to get legal status or those who already have legal status and would like to upgrade to full citizenship and all the perks that come with it, i... | ruben navarrette gop navarrette | ruben navarrette: citizenship for illegal immigrants is most difficult issue in reform . gop leaning toward legal status, he says, but not the proposed path to citizenship . navarrette: undocumented should have legal status asap to avoid more deportations . citizenship should be difficult to obtain, navarrette says |
new york (cnn) new york gov david paterson met with senate hopeful caroline kennedy saturday afternoon, but the governor's spokesman said details of the meeting will be kept private caroline kennedy hopes to replace hillary clinton as new york's junior senator erin duggan, paterson's spokesman, said the two met at ... | ny david paterson caroline kennedy kennedy hillary clinton new york | ny gov david paterson, caroline kennedy talk, but details of meeting unknown . kennedy wants to replace hillary clinton as new york senator . president kennedy's daughter has never held public office |
(cnn) the 9 year old boy who sneaked onto a plane for a trip to las vegas is back in his hometown of minneapolis, a family spokesman said saturday night spokesman v j smith would not provide details he said he would speak with the boy's father sunday crew members aboard a delta air lines flight october 3 became susp... | tsa delta family las vegas | boy sneaked past tsa and delta agents on october 3 . family spokesman provides no details on his return . boy was placed in a foster home while he was in las vegas |
washington (cnn) president barack obama has signed off on a new package of nonlethal aid for syrian rebels, us officials tell cnn, signaling his administration is cautiously wading further into the conflict officials said the white house approved the package at a meeting of the national security council last week th... | the united states national security council obama | move signals that the united states is wading further into the civil war . package approved by national security council, details expected to be revealed next week . aid expected to include equipment such as body armor, night vision goggles . obama administration under pressure to boost direct aid to rebels |
(cnn) a tornado hit the south central south dakota town of wessington springs on wednesday evening, briefly trapping some people in their homes the jerauld county sheriff's office said all have been rescued 'the tornado hit across the street from the hospital really just one block away and there is stuff and d... | noncogently teletypewriters bombycine | no related information |
memphis, tennessee (cnn) three men have been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death last week of a university of memphis football player, memphis police announced monday police investigating a car crash on september 30 found taylor bradford, 21, fatally wounded near the campus residence hall area he ... | sidesaddles posterioristically flosser | no related information |
los angeles, california (cnn) a court has ordered pop singer britney spears to give up custody of her children effective wednesday at noon kevin federline and britney spears, here during happier times, have two children spears' former husband, kevin federline, is to retain custody of their two sons 'until further or... | kevin federline wednesday noon federline britney spears ages 2 and 1 july | kevin federline to take custody of children effective wednesday noon . federline and britney spears have two children, ages 2 and 1 . pair were divorced in july |
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