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london, england (cnn) identifying the world's finest airports is easy hong kong international airport, singapore's changi and seoul's incheon have topped the ranks of airport awards for the last decade sitting comfortably? not at delhi's indira gandhi international airport, ranked by some as one of the worst these 2... | judices nun pherkad | no related information |
(cnn) billy powell, keyboardist with the rock band lynyrd skynyrd, died of a heart ailment at his condo in the jacksonville, florida, suburb of orange park, police said thursday he was 56 billy powell, center, poses with other members of lynyrd skynyrd at rock and roll hall of fame induction in 2006 powell, who died... | billy powell tuesday night paramedics powell 56 1977 ronnie van zant lynyrd | billy powell called 911 tuesday night complaining of chest pains, police say . paramedics found him unresponsive and he was pronounced dead at the scene . powell, 56, survived 1977 plane crash that killed ronnie van zant and 5 others . 'thanks for being you,' one mourning fan writes on lynyrd skynyrd web site |
(cnn) the explosions that killed one person and wounded two others in central stockholm, sweden, were 'an act of terrorism,' a swedish police official said sunday two explosions occurred within minutes of each other saturday in the district full of christmas shoppers, swedish authorities said a swedish news agency a... | british swedish fredrik reinfeldt | new: british police execute search warrant in connection with swedish investigation . prime minister fredrik reinfeldt defends swedish society in the face of the attack . one person died, and two people were injured in the explosions . police say they received an e mail threat before the explosions |
asuncion, paraguay (cnn) relatives and a lawyer for a paraguayan soccer player who was shot in the head in mexico nearly a year ago reject a suspect's claim that he was not the triggerman jose jorge 'jj' balderas garza was arrested tuesday in mexico city in connection with the january 2010 shooting of soccer star sa... | jose jorge balderas garza mexico city this week salvador cabanas mexican balderas cabanas | jose jorge balderas garza was arrested in mexico city this week . he says that he did not shoot salvador cabanas . mexican authorities released testimony that implicates balderas . cabanas family says balderas is being dishonest |
laredo, texas (cnn) rosalio reta sits at a table inside a laredo police department interrogation room a detective, sitting across the table, asks him how it all started gabriel cardona, who shows his tattooed eyelids, worked as a hit man for a mexican cartel reta, in spanish street slang, describes his initiation a... | subfamily associationalist limpidly | no related information |
(cnn) jd salinger, the famously reclusive author whose 1951 novel, 'the catcher in the rye,' became a touchstone for generations of readers, has died he was 91 the author died wednesday of natural causes at his home in new hampshire, according to a family statement that his literary agent, phyllis westberg, provided... | wednesday new hampshire salinger | reclusive author dies wednesday at new hampshire home . there will be no service, family says in statement . 'salinger had remarked that he was in this world but not of it,' statement says |
(cnn) i'm proud to be ukrainian born in america and raised in a bilingual home, pierogies, borscht and pysanky (ukrainian easter eggs) were all staples in my life so was ukrainian school where i was taught history, culture, literature and grammar every saturday morning for 13 years and ukrainian scouts and ukr... | catherine tymkiw ukrainian american soviet midwest ukrainian kiev russian tymkiw ukraine today | catherine tymkiw is a proud ukrainian american, raised in traditions of parents' homeland . father fled soviet oppression with family, settled in midwest, instilled in her ukrainian pride . it's hard for her to see violence in kiev, where protesters fear growing russian influence . tymkiw, who visited ukraine after ind... |
(mashable) is it just me or is the icann plan to corral online porn going terribly wrong? we already have reports that universities are snapping up xxx domains in an effort to get ahead of porn pranksters who want to besmirch a few good online names with smut i guess this turn of events was obvious to anyone with ha... | godaddycom 99 | universities are buying xxx domains to get ahead of porn pranksters . corporations and homes can easily block all xxx domains . godaddycom is registering them for $99 a year, making these domains more expensive |
los angeles (cnn) the national basketball association will proceed with a vote to force a sale of the los angeles clippers, rebuffing an effort by co owners donald and shelly sterling to sell the franchise voluntarily, nba spokesman mike bass said friday 'we continue to follow the process set forth in the nba consti... | clippers nba june 3 shelly sterling donald | new: clippers decline to comment on nba announcement . nba will proceed with hearing on forced sale on june 3 . shelly sterling is negotiating with nba about voluntary sale, source says . donald and shelly sterling agree to sell clippers voluntarily, source says |
(cnn) nearly a million acres were burning as 21 wildfires raged in the pacific northwest on sunday, fire officials said the unconfined fires in oregon and washington, mostly ignited by lightning from thunderstorms that swept through the region a week ago, covered 942,247 by sunday, northwest interagency coordination... | 942,247 acres the pacific northwest sunday health washington idaho | wildfires cover 942,247 acres in the pacific northwest on sunday . the 21 large fires are the most the region has seen at one time, an official says . health officials in washington and idaho warning smoke creates unhealthy air |
(cnn) we have all been duped in the trayvon martin case bamboozled this case was never 'open and shut' as martin family attorney benjamin crump insisted in a news conference at the start of the trial i doubted it was that easy from day one said crump then: 'the jury will have to hear all of the evidence we think thi... | roxanne jones trayvon martin jones martin zimmerman | roxanne jones: we have all been duped in the trayvon martin case . jones: this case was never 'open and shut' as the martin family attorney said earlier . she says race still matters deeply in our courtrooms, just as it does in our nation . jones: in zimmerman trial, the prosecution appears to be lying low and taking p... |
(cnn) after years spent fighting in some of the world's worst wars, former us navy seal kristin beck says she knows what she wants 'i want to have my life,' she told cnn's 'ac360' 'i fought for 20 years for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness i want some happiness' beck recently came out as transgender she wr... | kristin beck navy more than 20 years chris beck beck 2011 | kristin beck served as a navy seal for more than 20 years . known then as chris beck, the war veteran deployed 13 times . beck retired in 2011 and has since come out as transgender . 'no one ever met the real me,' she says |
(cnn) ten man ajax beat barcelona 2 1 at the amsterdam arena in the champions league on tuesday evening to hand the catalans their first defeat under coach gerardo martino thulani serero put ajax in front in the 19th minute before danny hoesen doubled the lead three minutes before halftime barcelona were back in the... | nonpoetic paddlefishes nondebtor | no related information |
(cnn) a former campaign staffer for san diego mayor bob filner became the second woman to publicly accuse him of sexual harassment, saying tuesday that the then congressman patted her 'posterior' while at a fundraising event laura fink, who now runs a political consulting firm, told kpbs tv that it happened in 2005 ... | laura fink bob filner filner | laura fink says incident happened while she was a campaign staffer in 2005 . she says then congressman bob filner patted her 'posterior'. filner's former spokeswoman is suing him for sexual harassment . he has been battling such allegations for several weeks |
washington (cnn) washington police told the mother of slain congressional intern chandra levy that an arrest is imminent in her daughter's 2001 death, susan levy told cnn on saturday washington intern chandra levy's body was found a year after she disappeared in 2001 'i got a call from the washington police departme... | stet jerseyites accurse | no related information |
washington (cnn) japanese prime minister taro aso met with president barack obama on tuesday making him the first head of state to be hosted by the new administration japanese prime minister taro aso steps off his boeing 747 at andrews air force base in maryland monday it was a long trip 6,800 miles (11,000 km) ... | 11 percent second japanese first obama congress | aso's approval rating at 11 percent, the second lowest ever for a japanese pm . aso is first head of state hosted by obama administration . obama will give his first address to joint session of congress hours later |
hong kong (cnn) more mainland chinese travelers are jet setting to foreign shores and global luxury brands are cashing in, according to a new survey by kpmg, the global auditing firm the report also revealed that rising chinese incomes are fueling demand for luxury goods right at home in the domestic market the find... | barkantine antipathist mnemic | no related information |
washington (cnn) on their son's last night as president, a melancholy former president george hw bush and his wife, barbara, made an impromptu visit to the white house's press briefing room and told reporters how much they'll miss the building ex president george hw bush says he'll miss coming and going from the whi... | white house george hw bush barbara bush barack obama | former president, wife visit white house on son's last night as president . george hw bush smiles when reporter suggests other son could run . barbara bush reflects on saying goodbye to white house staff for second time . former first couple attending inauguration of barack obama |
(cnn) ousted libyan leader moammar gadhafi's hometown of sirte will fall soon, perhaps within days, commanders of the anti gadhafi operation told us defense secretary leon panetta on friday, according to a senior us defense official traveling with him panetta met during the morning with the commanders at the naval b... | tripoli military council gadhafi sirte bani walid weeks | deputy head of tripoli military council resigns . anti gadhafi commanders: no reason to believe gadhafi can exercise command . revolutionary fighters launched a western sirte offensive . gadhafi's men have put up resistance in sirte and bani walid for weeks |
(cnn) the number of dead in clashes in southern sudan has more than doubled, an official said at least 211 people have been killed in recent attacks by breakaway militias loyal to george athor, southern sudan's humanitarian minister james kok said in a statement late tuesday earlier reports put the figure killed in ... | imperiling microphysically ennuyee | no related information |
washington (cnn) former gop presidential nominee john mccain warned wednesday that the united states is losing the war in afghanistan sen john mccain recommended expanding the afghan army to between 160,000 and 200,000 troops the arizona senator, the ranking republican on the senate armed services committee, said th... | mccain afghanistan iraq us | mccain: 'when you aren't winning in this kind of war, you are losing'. while afghanistan is 'nowhere near as dire as it was in iraq,' attacks have spiked . us needs to establish a larger military headquarters, mccain says . 'the scale of resources required to prevail will be enormous,' senator says |
kansas city, missouri (cnn) friends and family gathered sunday for an emotional prayer vigil for a missing 11 month old missouri girl as new surveillance video surfaced from the night lisa irwin disappeared the video, taken from a bp gas station less than two miles from the home where lisa was last seen, shows an un... | the early morning hours less than two miles lisa irwin lisa | gas station video shows unidentified person walking in the early morning hours of october 4 . the gas station is less than two miles from the home where lisa irwin was last seen . authorities decline to comment on the video, citing the ongoing investigation . lisa's parents attend an emotional prayer vigil for the girl... |
mexico city (cnn) headlines heralding violent news of mexico's drug war splash across the front pages of the country's newspapers government tallies list more than 34,600 deaths since president felipe calderon began a crackdown on cartels in december 2006 but many stories behind the statistics are never told, mexica... | spanish tuesday marcela turati munoz mexican 2006 | 'fuego cruzado' spanish for 'crossfire' hits shelves tuesday . journalist marcela turati munoz says she conducted interviews in 10 mexican states . 'the victims really have not spoken,' she says . government tallies say more than 34,600 have died in drug war since 2006 |
(cnn) rebecca mackinnon: we're losing control of our digital privacy the erosion of privacy rights under the fourth amendment, written to protect us against unreasonable search and seizure, began in earnest under president george w bush the patriot act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the fbi t... | citolas misosopher emigre | no related information |
(cnn) defending champion serena williams overcame a gutsy display from jelena jankovic on saturday to reach the final of the wta championships in istanbul the world no1 was forced to work hard against her serbian opponent in the sinan erdem dome, but eventually came through to win in three sets 6 4, 2 6, 6 4 to set ... | ecize copyreader putlog | no related information |
(cnn) in a victory for whale conservationist group sea shepherd, japan's government said thursday it is considering canceling the whaling season if japan does so, this would be the first time the country has canceled its whale hunt in the waters of the antarctic since 2005, when it began a bitter battle with the ani... | semiparameter facing commos | no related information |
(cnn) after almost 10 months, the fbi has zeroed in on a suspect in the case of missing florida pilot robert wiles, who may have been kidnapped for ransom missing florida pilot robert wiles is thought to have been kidnapped for ransom 'we're close to solving the case,' said fbi special agent david couvertier he woul... | vicarly unprovably lamdan | no related information |
port au prince, haiti (cnn) though he faces charges of financial wrongdoing and possibly human rights abuses, former haitian dictator jean claude 'baby doc' duvalier has no plans to leave his homeland, one of his lawyers said wednesday attorney reynold georges told cnn that duvalier would fight any charges against h... | duvalier | new: duvalier waves to supporters waiting outside his hotel . the former dictator would fight formal charges and could return to politics, the lawyer says . duvalier has been accused of financial wrongdoing and human rights abuses . a judge must now decide whether there is merit in the accusations |
(cnn) the racing sanctioning body indycar held a public memorial service, punctuated by laughter and tears, sunday to celebrate the life of two time indianapolis 500 champ dan wheldon those at the memorial, held at conseco fieldhouse in indianapolis, recalled wheldon not only as a successful driver, but remembered h... | incensement piscatory palatally | no related information |
milan, italy (cnn) a judge in italy is set to announce whether prime minister silvio berlusconi will face an immediate trial on charges of abuse of power and sex with an underage prostitute prosecutors in milan filed the request for trial last week, setting in motion a five day clock for judge cristina di censo to m... | italian italians | prosecutors want the italian prime minister to face immediate trial . he's accused of sex with an under aged prostitute and abuse of power . berlusconi and the young woman deny they had sex . thousands of italians in some 200 cities rally against the prime minister |
editor's note: canadian writer margaret atwood is the author of more than 35 books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction her novels include 'the handmaid's tale' and 'the blind assassin,' which won the booker prize in 2000 her new book, published this week by house of anansi press, is 'payback: debt and the shadow side of ... | margaret atwood atwood | margaret atwood: rules of fair dealing were violated in the growth of debt . we have to restore trust so people are willing to put their money in banks, she says . atwood: debt is like air; we don't notice it until it disappears . in heaven, there are no debts, while hell is nothing but debts, atwood says |
(cnn) sudan has ordered a french medical aid agency out of south darfur state, accusing the organization of supporting rebel forces and for releasing what it called false rape reports against forces loyal to the khartoum government, according to state run media sudan news agency (suna) announced the expulsion of med... | sudan french medicins du monde | sudan expels french medical aid agency . government accuses medicins du monde of aiding rebels, making false rape allegations |
(cnn) former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick is headed back behind bars, but only for a few days the michigan department of corrections charged him with 14 parole violations late thursday and he'll spend the weekend in jail kilpatrick agreed to report to the detroit reentry center late friday and will be released mon... | kwame kilpatrick detroit | kwame kilpatrick has been charged with 14 parole violations . the former detroit mayor will spend the weekend in jail, a corrections spokesman says . convicted in 2008 of obstructing justice, he now is being tried on corruption charges |
(cnn) carol mackoff and her family were rescued friday morning after being trapped in their rooms in the taj mahal hotel in mumbai for more than 48 hours a text message from cnn correspondent sara sidner to mackoff, who was in contact with cnn during the attack 'they informed us the final assault was beginning and w... | carol mackoff us consulate cnn mackoff woman rang doorbell | new: carol mackoff said they went down back stairs over glass, blood to escape . family stayed in contact with us consulate, cnn through text messages . mackoff: 'we saw men running down our hallway we could see guns'. woman says attackers rang doorbell, family stuck heavy suitcases against door |
(cnn) chemical testing of air samples from the trunk of casey anthony's car primarily showed the presence of gasoline, jurors in anthony's capital murder trial heard wednesday other compounds, including chloroform, were also found, but the amount did not appear to be large, university of central florida chemist mich... | caylee anthony's casey anthony 2 year old caylee 2008 | chemist says he can't say for sure a decomposing body was in the car trunk . toxicologist: drug testing on hair found with caylee anthony's remains was negative . casey anthony is accused of killing her 2 year old daughter, caylee, in 2008 . she has pleaded not guilty; her defense says the child drowned in the family p... |
paris (cnn) since the revelation on the front page of daily newspaper libération, on december 11, with a particularly vicious editorial talking about france's national treasure as a 'former genius actor,' gérard depardieu's departure to belgium, where he bought a property just a mile from the french border, has deep... | russian vladimir putin gérard depardieu depardieu france gallic agnes poirier french | russian president vladimir putin has bestowed russian citizenship on actor gérard depardieu . for depardieu, a public war of words erupted, with many in france disgusted by his move . depardieu more than anyone, represents the gallic spirit, says agnes poirier . majority of french people disapprove of his action but ca... |
philadelphia (cnn) a fourth person was arrested in in the case of four mentally disabled people who were found locked in the boiler room of a philadelphia apartment building over the weekend, police said wednesday the daughter of linda ann weston, 51, who previously was arrested in the case, was brought in for quest... | linda ann weston ages 2 and 5 | new: the arrested woman is the daughter of suspect linda ann weston . one of the alleged victims says she had two children while in captivity . the two children are ages 2 and 5, police say . the children are part of 10 new alleged victims in the case, poilce say |
los angeles (cnn) dr conrad murray's lawyers began presenting the defense case monday, calling a doctor who testified that jackson asked him for an intravenous anesthetic to help him sleep two months before his death a nurse, who began her testimony late monday, is expected to testify tuesday that jackson asked her,... | jackson allan metzger cherilyn lee cnn defense katherine jackson | new: jackson asked for 'intravenous sleep medicine,' dr allan metzger says . new: nurse cherilyn lee, who told cnn jackson asked her for propofol, testifies . defense starts case after prosecution rests monday . katherine jackson may miss the verdict if the trial lasts into next week |
new york (cnn) an expert on lincoln photography thinks a photograph found in gen ulysses s grant's family owned album showing president abraham lincoln in front of the white house could be one of the last photos taken of the 16th president before he was assassinated in 1865 a photo found in gen ulysses s grant's fam... | ulysses s grant's henry f warren warren lincoln march 6, 1865 | ulysses s grant's great great grandson took family photo to scholar for verification . seal of photographer henry f warren appeared on the back of photograph . warren took the last three photographs of lincoln on march 6, 1865 |
(cnn) when new york city mayor michael bloomberg instructed five hospitals to evacuate their patients from hurricane irene's path, one replied it couldn't follow his order administrators from new york university langone medical center explained that six patients in the intensive care unit were so sick that moving th... | irene nyu langone medical center just 100 yards the east river elaine rowinski | as irene approached, 6 patients were too sick to evacuate from nyu langone medical center . the hospital is just 100 yards from the east river . nurses kept flashlights by each bedside, and a 3 day medicine supply for each patient . 'we train for these disasters,' says nurse manager elaine rowinski |
(cnn) manti te'o, the notre dame linebacker at the center of an online hoax involving his non existent girlfriend, will sit down for his first on camera interview this week with katie couric, the talk show host said sunday couric announced on her twitter account that te'o and his parents would take part in the inter... | katie couric manti t'eo uncle | katie couric says she'll interview manti t'eo and his parents for her talk show . the interview te'o's first on camera in recent days will air thursday, she says . te'o has said he was duped in the creation of a girlfriend he met online but wasn't real . uncle defends nephew accused in the hoax, saying, 'it takes... |
baghdad (cnn) iraqi soldiers fired friday on sunni anti government protesters demanding the shiite prime minister step down, health officials said provincial health officials said that at least four people were killed and 42 wounded in the shootings in falluja in western anbar province, a sunni stronghold where prot... | nuri al maliki falluja iraq anbar shiite | new: prime minister nuri al maliki says he believes conspirators are plotting to undermine regime . at least four people are killed in the shootings, health officials and witnesses say . the shootings occur in falluja in iraq's western anbar province . protesters are calling for the shiite prime minister to step down |
(cnn) the crisis over the egyptian constitution triggered by president mohamed morsy's adoption of sweeping powers is just the latest chapter in a long standing ideological struggle in the middle east morsy, the muslim brotherhood candidate who came to power after the 2011 arab spring revolution that deposed long ti... | muslim early 1900s years arab | drive to institutionalize states of muslim world was priority for most parties in early 1900s . for years constitutions were not social contracts, but a code imposed on people . constitutional reforms were considered a priority in all the arab spring countries |
(cnn) cher has announced on twitter that she is working on writing and starring in an autobiographical broadway show 'prods r writing mucial [sic] now about my life with my music,' reads the initial post, revealing that the musical will track three different versions of cher throughout the singer's life 'i'm help2 w... | cher broadway tony | cher tweeted that she is planning a broadway show . the singer/actress said she would write and star in it . cher has won several awards, but never a tony |
london, england (cnn) a devout hindu said wednesday he was confident that a british court will rule that laws preventing him from being cremated on an open air funeral pyre in 'a sacrament of fire' are a breach of his human rights davender ghai arrives at the high court for his challenge to be allowed to be cremated... | british hindu 1902 | british hindu fights in court to be allowed to be cremated on funeral pyre . he says local officials' refusal to allow funeral pyre breach his human rights . officials: cremations outside of crematoria are illegal under 1902 cremation act |
hong kong (cnn) the mangled wrecks of cars being carried out of japan's sasago tunnel suggest there was little motorists could do to escape the sudden collapse of the ceiling above them a day after the disaster, one main theory has emerged as to what caused the collapse, which killed nine people who were trapped in ... | sunday morning japan | collapse of sasago tunnel is being blamed on failure of 'anchor bolts'. the bolts secure concrete slabs to the ceiling of the tunnel . nine people died when concrete slabs fell on traffic on sunday morning . forty nine other tunnels of similar construction are being inspected across japan |
dongguan, china (cnn) the chinese factory floor ain't what it used to be heavy industry machines now sit idle, where once hundreds of workers would have crammed into dickensian sweat shops, slaving away for little pay china's army of migrant workers are smarter than ever, demanding higher pay and better conditions, ... | parto hexones conduits | no related information |
washington (cnn) two commercial jets that nearly collided north of hawaii last month were at altitudes assigned to them by air traffic controllers, the national transportation safety board tells cnn the cause of the near disaster in the skies east of the hawaiian islands on april 25 is still under investigation but ... | boeing 757s hawaii united airlines united | two boeing 757s nearly collided off hawaii on april 25 . united airlines flight 1205 had to descend rapidly to avoid a collision . a passenger on the united flight wrote a blog about the incident . commercial airline pilot says the collision avoidance systems worked as designed |
new york (cnn) former alaska governor and republican vice presidential candidate sarah palin will co host nbc's 'today' show on tuesday, according to megan kopf, a spokeswoman for nbc universal 'she'll reveal a different side of her than you've seen before,' the morning show's website boasted sunday last week abc an... | sarah palin nbc tuesday katie couric abc good morning america'. couric palin 2008 | sarah palin will co host 'today' on nbc on tuesday . katie couric, meanwhile, will co host abc's competing 'good morning america'. couric interviewed candidate palin 2008 in an infamous session |
(cnn student news) october 21, 2013 cnn student news begins the week with a report on wildfires in australia, and we discuss the challenges that refugees face after fleeing violence in syria we also explore a dispute between a university and many of its football players plus, we check out a flying car, and we share... | weddinger mumbler japanophile | no related information |
(cnn) wildlife photographer david 'baz' jenkins seems to have a knack for photographing great white sharks his website is filled with pictures of the fearsome predators leaping from the sea and devouring seals but a photo jenkins took during a july shark watching cruise in south africa is garnering the irish photogr... | david 'baz' jenkins caters news agency jenkins | photographer captures seal balancing on shark's nose . 'this seal was one lucky pup,' david 'baz' jenkins tells caters news agency . jenkins' website struggled to keep up after media picked up on the image |
(cnn) all future singers of the national anthem should pay close attention to james taylor's performance at game 2 of the world series on october 24 if you're going to make a mistake, this is the way to make it on thursday, the musician was at fenway park in boston to lead the stadium in a rendition of 'the star spa... | james taylor america the beautiful the star spangled banner | james taylor messed up his national anthem performance . he began singing 'america the beautiful' instead of 'the star spangled banner'. the singer quickly and smoothly recovered |
(cnn) senate republicans on thursday blocked a democrat backed bill that would have extended tax cuts to small businesses both sides indicated the vote was political one democrats said republicans blocked the bill to cost president barack obama political points republicans said that the legislation was a campaign... | congress $7 million $87 billion | three small business tax cut bills were rejected by congress this week . $7 million is the largest amount of annual receipts a business can have and still be 'small'. $87 billion is the potential amount added to the gdp by small business |
(cnn) missed it by that much! in a year that forecasters said there would be a few more hurricanes than normal, humberto on wednesday fell just a few hours short of setting a record for the latest first hurricane to form in the atlantic ocean normally, three hurricanes would have formed in the area by this time in h... | humberto atlantic hurricane season | 2013 was almost a record setter for latest first hurricane formation . humberto formed in the far eastern atlantic early wednesday . forecasters predict an above average year for atlantic storms . hurricane season ends on november 30 |
(ewcom ) after two seasons of in depth interviews with the likes of david letterman, george will, and david simon of 'the wire,' alec baldwin will retire his 'here's the thing' podcast on wnyc in october, just as he launches his new talkshow on msnbc the hollywood reporter claimed that baldwin was open to continuing... | alec baldwin october the same month msnbc jerry seinfeld | alec baldwin will end his podcast in october . it's the same month he begins his msnbc talk show . the podcast will end with an appearance from jerry seinfeld |
(cnn) a rash of sexual assaults in the armed forces undermines americans' confidence in the military, president barack obama told newly commissioned officers at the us naval academy friday 'those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that makes our military... | obama | obama says military assaults threaten what 'makes our military strong,'. assaults have 'no place' in the military, obama says . figures show the rate of assaults in the armed forces is increasing . a number of officers at bases across the country are under investigation |
(cnn) a texas white hat has crossed through the pearly gates 'bum' phillips, the former nfl football coach who led the houston oilers to glory and struggled with the new orleans saints, died friday at age 90 'bum is gone to heaven loved and will be missed by all great dad, coach, and christian,' tweeted his son wad... | titans the houston oilers texas bum | new: 'he became an iconic figure on our sideline,' says titans owner . he led the houston oilers to glory in the late 70s, then gave the saints a try . he retired from pro football in 1985 and went to his texas ranch . 'bum,' a term of endearment given by his sister who stuttered, meant 'brother' |
(cnn) to help keep the peace with her in laws during holidays, julia smith adopted a rule several years ago about talking politics: don't do it, and don't take the bait if anyone starts in her relationship with her father in law in particular had always been fraught with tension, said smith, who asked that her name ... | anna post post | it's possible to talk politics with family over turkey in a respectful conversation, experts say . anna post: avoid polarizing language; focus on positions you can defend with facts . know your limit, and devise an exit strategy if conversation takes turn for worst, post says . keep in mind that not everyone agrees on ... |
(cnn) it was the late 1960s and tom repasky was in a fog h michael karshis owns thousands of albums but steely dan's 'can't buy a thrill' holds a special place in his heart 'i was trying to discover who i was, what i was and what i was doing here,' he said in 1963, at age 14, repasky was on a field trip with his sem... | sevenbark toupeed jumpiness | no related information |
(cnn) amid public outrage over government corruption, unemployment and a lack of basic services, iraq's parliament approved the appointments of eight new ministers to the cabinet on sunday but key security posts remain empty the lawmakers greenlighted candidates tapped by iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki for m... | subphosphate corve instantly | no related information |
(financial times) the erosion of central bank independence around the world threatens to unleash a round of competitive exchange rate devaluations, which leading economies have so far avoided during the financial crisis, the president of germany's bundesbank warned on monday jens weidmann, whose institution's own fi... | objurgatory indorse besetter | no related information |
(cnn) a man detained in the disappearance of a maryland woman during a vacation in aruba will remain behind bars at least until the end of october, aruban prosecutors said monday gary giordano was arrested by aruban police on august 5, three days after his traveling companion robyn gardner was last seen on a beach o... | giordano aruban robyn gardner's gardner $15 million the end of october | new: giordano's request for release from aruban custody denied . he is a suspect in robyn gardner's disappearance . authorities say giordano is the beneficiary of gardner's $15 million insurance policy . giordano's next hearing is scheduled for the end of october |
washington (cnn) they are losing the battle over higher taxes on the wealthy, so now republicans are threatening a political war next year when it comes time to raise the nation's debt ceiling with cracks appearing in their anti tax facade and polls showing most americans favoring president barack obama's stance in ... | white house republicans boehner obama graham gop americans | new: white house, republicans exchange counteroffers; boehner, obama talk on phone . new: graham promises 'one hell of a fight' over debt ceiling hike unless deficit cut . the white house challenges gop leaders over who lacks specifics . polls show most americans back the president on raising taxes on the rich |
(ewcom) holding off a nice run from '22 jump street,' the romantic comedy 'think like a man too' took the top spot this weekend with a $30 million opening that's great news for kevin hart, the gleeful star and narrator of the steve harvey inspired ensemble piece, though early estimates predicted the sequel performin... | intrusts towered cottontop | no related information |
(cnn) the united states and other western powers have 'exacerbated somalia's downward spiral' and must revise their policies in the east african country, a human rights watch report has warned recent image of islamist fighters at a camp in the northern outskirts of mogadishu the report, released monday, blames the... | sesquinonal stultification reciprocitarian | no related information |
washington (cnn) more than two dozen guests joined first lady michelle obama at the president's speech to a joint session of congress tuesday night leonard abess jr was recognized by president obama during tuesday's state of the nation speech one person on the first lady's guest list was leonard abess jr, a miami ba... | nonliterarily symmetricality odometrical | no related information |
beirut, lebanon (cnn) a lebanese bank has denied accusations by the us treasury department that it is involved in laundering hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of a drug kingpin and rejected claims it has links with hezbollah, the lebanon based militia on thursday the treasury described the lebanese canadi... | indazole overventurously hydrocorisae | no related information |
london, england (cnn) part nationalized british banking group rbs announced massive losses for 2008, totaling £241 billion ($347 billion) on thursday the results are the worst in british corporate history rbs's loss exceeded the previous record set by vodafone in 2006 by more than £10 million ($142 million) 'last ye... | british rbs $347 billion british treasury $63 billion | british banking group rbs posts huge losses for 2008, totaling $347 billion . results are worst in british corporate history . rbs was one of three major banks british treasury pumped $63 billion into |
amman, jordan (cnn) jordan's king abdullah ii swore in a new government wednesday with a mandate for political reform, a former general at its head and several opposition and media figures among its ranks abdullah shook up his cabinet last week amid protests at home while the king gave new prime minister marouf al b... | abdullah ii cabinet | king abdullah ii swore in a new cabinet wednesday . the new ministers include several opposition figures |
(ewcom ) producers announced thursday that lindsay lohan will star in the west end production of david mamet's 'speed the plow' in the hollywood satire, she'll be playing karen, an ambitious and seductive secretary, in a story about two film producers trying to close a big deal madonna famously played the role in th... | bunko flamingo predormition | no related information |
washington (cnn) as voters headed to the polls on election day, several of mitt romney's senior campaign aides said, they truly thought he was going to win the presidency and retake the white house republicans lost four years earlier 'i was cautiously optimistic,' romney pollster neil newhouse said instead, barack o... | disservices dalles wumman | no related information |
(cnn) jenni rivera add the mexican american superstar's name to a long list of beloved celebrities killed in the crash of a charter aircraft that list includes singer/actress aaliyah, golfer payne stewart and musicians ronnie van zant, buddy holly and ritchie valens in 2008, travis barker of blink 182 and adam 'dj a... | mexican jenni rivera sunday charter | mexican american superstar jenni rivera died in charter jet crash sunday . charter jet travel safe worldwide, experts say . charter owner, plane crash lawyer offer safety tips on booking |
havana, cuba (cnn) the cuban government announced tuesday it plans to end the country's dual currency system presently, most cubans are paid in the cuban peso, or cup, while the vast majority of goods on the island are available only with the hard currency convertible peso, or cuc convertible pesos are pegged to the... | pucklike semiovoidal friendless | no related information |
(cnn) carly and her mom are friends on facebook, but that doesn't mean they share everything the 17 year old from marin county, california, has refined her facebook privacy settings so that her mother can't see all the posts that fill her timeline her father, meanwhile, never checks the social network 'right now, my... | facebook the 81% 72% us | teens and their parents are grappling with how to navigate shared online spaces like facebook . facebook is the most popular site among the 81% of teens and 72% of us adults on social media . some teens seek out corners of social media where they can chat more privately with friends . parents are grappling with how to ... |
(cnn) rep bill young of florida, the longest serving republican member of the house, died friday evening, his chief of staff said harry glenn said that cw bill young was surrounded by family when he died at 6:50 pm at walter reed national military medical center in bethesda, maryland 'the cause of death was complica... | young the us house | rep young had served 22 terms in the us house . young, 82, announced last week he would not seek re election . his family said earlier this week the congressman was 'gravely ill' |
(cnn) basketball is often viewed as a game of opposing sides but one man is using the game to bring young catholic and protestant men together on the same team in belfast, northern ireland after graduating college, michael evans coached basketball at two high schools in belfast, northern ireland former college baske... | cyclothem sagitta unelongated | no related information |
(cnn) fighting has prompted thousands of people in the southern part of sudan's darfur region to seek security and shelter at a refugee camp in the northern part of the war torn area, according to the united nations a member of the justice and equality movement (jem) stands guard near the sudan chad border in 2007 t... | darfur six years 2003 sudanese | refugees seek security and shelter at refugee camp in north darfur . darfur government has waged counter insurgency war against militias for six years . darfur violence erupted in 2003 after rebel uprising against sudanese government |
(cnn) it's not over in steubenville, ohio although a judge has found two steubenville teenagers guilty of raping a 16 year old girl in a case that showcased jaw dropping examples of teenage alcohol use and tawdry text messaging all wrapped in allegations of a cover up ohio's attorney general said monday it's n... | steubenville ag mike dewine | 'adults need to take responsibility and guide these children,' victim's mother says . two steubenville teens arrested after twitter threats to victim, sheriff says . prosecutors will ask a grand jury to investigate the possibility of additional charges . ag mike dewine says it would be wrong to blame steubenville alone... |
(cnn) kawasaki have announced they will run marco melandri in a one bike team in the 2009 motogp world championship italian melandri will be the sole kawasaki rider in the 2009 motogp championship the news comes just weeks after the japanese manufacturer confirmed it was to end its motogp activities due to the econo... | kawasaki marco melandri 2009 italian melandri ducati the end of the 2008 season | kawasaki will run marco melandri in a one bike team in 2009 motogp season . the news comes after manufacturer revealed it was ending motogp activities . italian melandri moved to kawasaki from ducati at the end of the 2008 season |
washington (cnn) officials are hopeful that the chamber containing the lincoln statue at the lincoln memorial, which was vandalized overnight, can be reopened sometime friday, national park service spokeswoman carol johnson told reporters the memorial's portico the columned area outside the chamber should be r... | 19 foot abraham lincoln the lincoln memorial | paint is splattered on a leg and base of the 19 foot abraham lincoln statue, police say . the lincoln memorial is closed until the paint can be cleaned up . no timeframe of the closure is given |
london, england (cnn) if the craggy, icy west coast of greenland doesn't inspire them, perhaps vanessa carlton's vodka infusions will singer kt tunstall relaxes as the cape farewell tour heads towards disko bay on friday, the american singer songwriter and self professed 'expert infuser' will join an unlikely ensemb... | reddled recoagulate psychodynamics | no related information |
(cnn) tiger woods has not held golf's no 1 ranking since october 2010, but he is now within touching distance of adding to his record 623 weeks at the top the 14 time major champion can topple luke donald by winning the world golf championships bridgestone invitational tournament for the eighth time as long as the e... | tiger woods luke donald wgc bridgestone invitational american eighth woods as low as 58th third british open 2012 branden grace | world no 2 tiger woods has luke donald in his sights at wgc bridgestone invitational . american will return to top if he wins the pga tour event for the eighth time . woods dropped as low as 58th but third place at british open continued his steady resurgence . he will be playing alongside the only other three time win... |
(cnn) at least seven people were killed and 68 others were wounded after three car bomb explosions wednesday in iraq's oil rich northern city of kirkuk, said jamal taher, police chief one of bombings occurred outside a building in central kirkuk used by kurdish security forces another explosion occurred near an iraq... | iraq kirkuk | the attacks occurred in iraq's oil rich northern city of kirkuk, police said . there were at least 68 people wounded in the attacks in kirkuk |
(cnn) south african paceman dale steyn took four wickets as india struggled to 183 for six wickets on a truncated first day of the second test at kingsmead on sunday for the second successive match of the three test series, india were sent in to bat in helpful bowling conditions for the home side and again struggle... | india first day second durban south african dale steyn south africa centurion | india struggle to 183 for six wickets on weather hit first day of second test in durban . south african paceman dale steyn takes four wickets after india put in . south africa lead three test series 1 0 after innings victory at centurion |
(cnn) the garden is overflowing with weeds and trash is riotously strewn across the lower floors upstairs, a makeshift curtain dangles by a string while an assortment of shelves and cupboards clutter the untidy space below not quite what you'd expect from a $11 million (£650,000) property but that's the price sou... | dyakish beardlike clogdogdo | no related information |
(cnn) new york police have collected dna evidence in the case of nighttime acrobats who replaced two american flags atop of the brooklyn bridge with two white flags, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation friday the swapped out bleached flags were spotted by construction workers ... | brooklyn bridge the brooklyn bridge nypd | dna collected from tin pans used to cover brooklyn bridge lights during flag switch . nicknames, cell phones and license plates also being tracked to find the culprits . mysterious white flags spotted atop the brooklyn bridge . nypd commissioner calls incident a 'matter of concern' |
(cnn) an outbreak of mumps, first reported at the ohio state university, has spread beyond campus and into the community, health officials said as of monday, 63 cases of mumps were reported in franklin county, ohio, according to columbus public health forty five of those are linked to the university outbreak, said j... | ohio the ohio state university cdc | as of monday, 63 mumps cases have been reported in one ohio county . of those, 45 are linked to the ohio state university campus . mumps can occasionally lead to serious complications, the cdc says |
decatur, georgia (cnn) somber chords sounded at a funeral service wednesday for a drum major whose death has sparked an investigation of hazing allegations at his florida university criticisms of hazing and rallying cries for change echoed throughout the three hour church ceremony 'i call on every mother, every fath... | richard laminectomy archfoe | no related information |
(cnn) australian novelist julia leigh's first film as writer director was inspired by a dream she had or maybe it was a nightmare? judging by the movie, it could have been a bit of both emily browning the doll like child actress from 'lemony snicket' who graduated to the status of action babe in 'sucker punch' ea... | emily browning lucy sleeping beauty | emily browning plays lucy, a college student who takes on a series of menial jobs . lucy has the willpower to dissociate mind from body to mentally switch off . 'sleeping beauty' doesn't go far enough down either route to reach any firm conclusions |
washington (cnn) an array of talents was on display sunday at the kennedy center honors gala where president barack obama toasted the lifetime achievements of an iconic ballerina, a famed comedian, a timeless actor and two chart topping musical acts in the 35th installment of the honorary event, late night show host... | obama white house david letterman late night led zeppelin the united states dustin hoffman buddy guy natalia makarova | obama welcomes honorees at white house reception . david letterman has been a late night comedy host longer than anyone . led zeppelin sold more than 100 million albums in the united states . other honorees include dustin hoffman, guitarist buddy guy, ballerina natalia makarova |
(cnn) at least 40 bodies all of them wearing uniforms identifying them as army officers have been found in a mass grave inside the headquarters of the bangladesh rifles paramilitary in the capital, dhaka, authorities said friday bangladeshi army soldiers gather near the bangladesh rifles headquarters in dhaka ... | regnancies heterosomi unpresumably | no related information |
(cnn) the israeli military calculated the number of calories residents of gaza needed to avoid malnutrition during israel's embargo from 2007 to 2010, according to a document released wednesday under court order a spokesman for the coordinator of government activities in the territories said the document was a draft... | unbedabbled agasp cloudcap | no related information |
beirut, lebanon (cnn) lebanon's prime minister condemned the firing of rockets into northern israel after an attack wounded two israelis on thursday he said his government is trying to determine who was responsible un soldiers on thursday inspect the site in lebanon thought to be the source of rockets fired into is... | fouad siniora un lebanese united nations siniora lebanon israel israeli | new: prime minister fouad siniora calls attack a violation of un resolution . new: lebanese government, united nations investigating, siniora says . four lebanon based rockets strike northern israel, authorities say . israeli military returns fire toward source of rocket attack |
(cnn) numerous arab governments have used violence to quash demonstrations in the wake of mass protests in egypt, a leading human rights group says in a new report human rights watch, which says it conducts 'rigorous, objective investigations,' issued the report tuesday alleging clampdowns by palestinian leadership,... | seizable intinction subcavities | no related information |
manila, philippines (cnn) dramatically played out on live television, an opposition politician and rebel military officers surrendered to government forces after taking over a luxury hotel in manila 'we're going out for the sake of the safety of everybody,' philippines sen antonio trillanes said the senator made the... | manila rebels gloria macapagal arroyo | renegade officers and politician surrender and leave manila hotel . shots and tear gas fired into the hotel by government troops . rebels entered hotel after walking out of court hearing where they were on trial . the group was asking for president gloria macapagal arroyo to step down |
(cnn) if you're a james bond fan, times right now are as dark as one of 007's tuxedos the next bond movie has been put on hold because of mgm's lingering financial troubles and no one knows when, or even if, a bond movie will hit the big screen again but this week, the promise that appears at the end credits of ever... | james bond daniel craig's activision kyle walker new wii nintendo blood stone bruce feirstein | two new video games reboot the james bond movie franchise with daniel craig's likeness . activision's kyle walker boldly declares: 'this is the bond event of 2010'. new wii game is an update of the classic 1997 'goldeneye' game for the nintendo 64 . 'blood stone' was written by bruce feirstein, who's co written screenp... |
baghdad, iraq (cnn) a suicide bomber wearing an explosives packed vest attacked a police recruitment center in northern iraq tuesday, a bloody strike that killed at least 65 people and wounded 160 others the attacker who blew himself up when he was among hundreds of recruits staged the assault at a checkpoint ... | tikrit nearly 100 miles baghdad | police say the attacker targeted police recruits . tikrit is nearly 100 miles north of baghdad . recruitment centers have been frequently attacked |
(cnn) eleven people were killed and 29 injured during a stampede at an election rally for nigerian president goodluck jonathan, officials said the stampede happened during a rally at port harcourt stadium in the country's southern delta, rivers state spokesman rita inoma abbey told cnn the area is the president's ho... | goodluck jonathan jonathan | a stampede at an event for president goodluck jonathan killed 11 . it was at a stadium in an area where jonathan has a lot of support . it has been an imperfect start for the president's campaign |
washington (cnn) president barack obama called wednesday for a series of steps to help americans conserve and get in touch with nature, including full funding of the $900 million land and water conservation fund for only the third time in its existence at a white house event, obama also proposed creating a conservat... | the land and water conservation fund conservation service corps | president calls for creating a 21st century conservation ethic . the plan includes fully funding the land and water conservation fund . a new conservation service corps would provide outdoor jobs for young people |
(cnn) erin and raleigh hill of north carolina kept their $1 million lottery prize to themselves for almost six months, hiding the ticket in an envelope, a bible, a shoebox and, finally, a work locker until they were ready to cash in midafternoon tuesday, the nervous couple knew they had to face 'the hoopla' they dro... | north carolina $1 million day ireland | couple from stallings, north carolina, claims $1 million mega millions prize . they waited until day before deadline to come forward . they say they may buy new home, travel to ireland |
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