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(esquire) you can't learn charisma the power of influence is one of the most unique powers that you can have it's not the power of controlling people it's developing a certain skill of communicating what you want to accomplish so that people will follow you be a public servant not a party servant i didn't get it at ... | schwarzenegger the day twenty four hours six hours eighteen hours | schwarzenegger: 'having a cheetah is a stupid idea'. 'the day is twenty four hours i sleep six hours that leaves eighteen hours to do something'. 'i love paying my taxes' |
yangon (financial times) myanmar passed a milestone in its efforts to clear its foreign debts after announcing agreements with the paris club of creditors, the world bank, and the asian development bank the deals announced sunday mean that myanmar has now cleared the bulk of its $113bn in outstanding foreign debts r... | myanmar 113b paris club world bank adb at least 50% 44b | myanmar cleared bulk of $113b in outstanding foreign debts . myanmar reached agreements with paris club creditors, world bank, adb . paris club agreement cancels at least 50% of further $44b in bilateral debt |
(cnn) comedian jerry lewis on tuesday apologized for using the word 'fag' as he broadcast his annual labor day telethon for muscular dystrophy jerry lewis celebrates the muscular dystrophy telethon's record take at the end of the broadcast 'that something like this would distract from the true purpose of the teletho... | lewis 18th hour annual $637 million | new: lewis apologizes for using the word 'fag' during telethon . lewis was joking with cameraman in 18th hour of telethon . glaad denounces lewis' use of 'fag'. annual muscular dystrophy association telethon raises $637 million |
(cnn) russian authorities have released from jail most of the members of a greenpeace group arrested on their ship in september while protesting oil drilling in the arctic four were let go friday, bringing to 18 the total number freed so far from the original 30 who were detained, the environmental group said friday... | imminent oviposition addicent | no related information |
(cnn) this spring break, thousands of college students will ditch the bars and the beaches to do something more meaningful with their vacation time brad vonck (bottom, left) and other student volunteers worked with the cherokee nation in stilwell, oklahoma brad vonck is one of them a sophomore at the university of i... | porcellana corrobboree emancipations | no related information |
(cnn) pharmaceuticals giants merck and schering plough are planning to merge their operations under the name merck in a deal worth $411 billion merck chairman and ceo richard t clark will head the combined company under the terms of the agreement, schering plough shareholders will receive just over half a merck shar... | sp merck 1050 around 68 percent quarterly february | sp shareholders to get over half a merck share and $1050 in cash per share . merck shareholders expected to own around 68 percent of combined company . both drug makers reported better than expected quarterly results in february |
duluth, georgia (cnn) neither the on the field fame nor the off the field notoriety of former atlanta falcons quarterback michael vick was enough to spark a bidding war for his suburban atlanta mansion tuesday no one submitted the minimum $32 million bid for former falcon michael vick's atlanta area mansion the mult... | $32 million michael vick's vick the atlanta falcons mansion duluth georgia | no one submitted minimum $32 million bid for michael vick's mansion . vick, former quarterback of the atlanta falcons, is in prison . he was convicted last year in connection with dogfighting operation . mansion in duluth, georgia, has eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms |
kabul, afghanistan (cnn) up to 30,000 additional us troops could be sent to afghanistan next year, military officials said saturday helicopters are the main transportation of the us military in afghanistan, with its high mountain terrain roughly 31,000 us troops currently are in afghanistan of the additional troops,... | us defense afghanistan | 20,000 in four ground/maneuvering brigades, said us forces spokesman . the additional 10,000 likely refers to support personnel, said spokesman . on friday, defense secretary ordered 3,000 troops to afghanistan for next year |
in our behind the scenes series, cnn correspondents and producers share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events cnn's soledad o'brien and stan wilson visited san quentin for 'black in america: the black man' which rebroadcasts tonight at 8 pm et 'i want to have everything that an av... | chris shurn four years san quentin prison shurn 9 | chris shurn served four years in san quentin prison . shurn earned a ged and nearly completed an associate degree in prison . he currently makes $9 per hour as a courier and hopes to return to college . 'every day of my life, with or without work, i feel vulnerable,' says shurn |
(cnn) libya's moammar gadhafi is clinging to power despite a wave of opposition due in part to a legacy of decentralized authority and divided tribal politics that has been reinforced during the embattled strongman's four decade rule, analysts told cnn tuesday gadhafi's grip on power nevertheless appears to be weake... | fishier mahjongs splanchnesthesia | no related information |
moscow, russia (cnn) russian space officials say the crew of the soyuz space ship is resting after a rough ride back to earth a south korean bioengineer was one of three people on board the soyuz capsule the craft carrying south korea's first astronaut landed in northern kazakhstan on saturday, 260 miles (418 kilome... | soyuz hundreds of kilometers south korea's | soyuz capsule lands hundreds of kilometers off target . capsule was carrying south korea's first astronaut . landing is second time soyuz capsule has gone awry |
(cnn) cricket officials plan to commemorate the victims of the new zealand earthquake when the country's national team plays neighboring australia at the world cup in india on friday emergency workers are searching for survivors after at least 65 people were killed in a 63 magnitude quake in the southern hemisphere ... | icc christchurch cricket world cup new zealand 63 magnitude daniel vettori australia world cup | icc plans memorial for christchurch earthquake victims at cricket world cup match . new zealand players reveal families safe following 63 magnitude quake on tuesday . captain daniel vettori says his team are determined to beat australia on friday . rugby officials say it is too early to evaluate impact on this year's w... |
(cnn) bayern munich inflicted a record defeat on sporting lisbon to book their place in the quarterfinals of the champions league by a staggering 12 1 on aggregate bayern munich players react to the crowd after their staggering 12 1 aggregate victory over sporting leading 5 0 from the first leg, a double from lukas ... | bayern munich sporting lisbon lyon werder bremen bayern portugal | bayern munich inflict a record 12 1 aggregate defeat on sporting lisbon . surpassed lyon's 10 2 post group demolition of werder bremen in 2005 . bayern triumphed 7 1 on the night having won the first leg 5 0 in portugal |
(cnn) nascar has a new king it's not enough that the daytona 500 champion turned 20 years old the day before the race, making him the youngest driver ever to win; he is also the first rookie ever to win it 'i never thought in a million years we were gonna win our first one,' trevor bayne told cnn monday morning, 'it... | trevor bayne daytona nascar bayne | trevor bayne 'never thought in a million years' he'd win his first time out at daytona . he becomes the first rookie ever to win nascar's most prestigious race . 'there was a collective gasp' as the race ended, motorsports writer says . bayne is considered a 'fresh new face'' for nascar fans |
golden, colorado (cnn) sometimes the best way to roll with the punches is to roll the dice jerry goldsmith was one of hundreds of people who turned out this week to apply for a casino job that's jerry goldsmith's attitude the colorado man lost his engineering job of 29 years and the six figure salary that went wi... | colorado hours state 24 hours $40,000 to $80,000 | colorado will allow higher bets, expanded hours at state's casinos . casinos to operate 24 hours a day, must hire more workers to fill positions . unemployed would be dealer says that 'quitting is just not an option'. dealers will make $40,000 to $80,000 a year, depending on tips |
abidjan, ivory coast (cnn) hundreds of people fled a pro alassane ouattara neighborhood in abidjan, ivory coast, where forces loyal to incumbent president laurent gbabgbo have been fighting an armed ouattara supporters for the past week ggagbo's army spokesman also said their forces fought armed supporters of ouatta... | ivory coasts gbagbo un | violence spreads to ivory coasts political capital . gbagbo's government accuses un troops of killing a police officer . gbagbo minister calls for the liberation of the hotel where opposition leader is |
(cnn) flying penguins are unusual especially when they fly on a c 130 hercules military plane almost 400 lost magellanic penguins march back to the sea after being rescued by animal welfare groups in brazil, 373 young magellanic penguins were rescued, rehabilitated and released last weekend after their search for fo... | brazil penguins c 130 hercules | activists rescue group of young penguins who migrated too far north on brazil coast . penguins loaded onto a c 130 hercules military plane and flown south . to cheers of onlookers, penguins return to ocean near their feeding grounds . changing currents, temperatures may have led the confused birds off course |
sanaa, yemen (cnn) yemeni president ali abdullah saleh is calling for an end to the protests in that country and said he supports the creation of a national unity government to oversee upcoming parliamentary elections, the state run news service saba reported wednesday according to the news service, saleh made the s... | yemen saleh | new: yemen's president calls for a new government to oversee parliamentary elections . new: president saleh calls on security forces to prevent violence . protesters return to the streets, some carrying photos of the two people who died tuesday . 'we have nothing to lose,' says a demonstrator |
madison, wisconsin (cnn) protesters, tea partiers and now rock 'n rollers wisconsin's growing demonstration over a budget bill that supporters call vital and opponents label union busting continues monday with guitarist tom morello of rage against the machine fame planning to play for the protesters a day after repu... | walker democrats tea party | rock guitarist says he'll play for protesters on monday . gov walker reiterates calls for missing democrats to come back . tea party activists are bused in to support the budget bill |
(cnn) far too many passengers are being stranded on board commercial flights in the united states in delays, an air passengers' rights group said wednesday delta air lines, jetblue, continental airlines, and us airways received an overall grade of 'f' on the air travel consumer report card flyersrightsorg, in issui... | delta air lines longer than three hours delta jetblue continental us air southwest airlines | flyersrightsorg graded airlines for tarmac strandings, menu, customer service . delta air lines had the most tarmac delays lasting longer than three hours . delta, jetblue, continental, and us air got overall grades of 'f'. southwest airlines got an overall 'a' |
(cnn) a long hidden message has been discovered inside abraham lincoln's pocket watch, the smithsonian's museum of american history announced tuesday the message in the watch differs slightly from what the watchmaker later said he wrote watchmaker jonathan dillon was repairing lincoln's watch in april 1861 when he h... | smithsonian fort sumter civil war lincoln | watchmaker left message during repairs, smithsonian says . message comments on attack on fort sumter, which began civil war . lincoln never knew about message, historian says |
(cnn) ab de villiers scored the fastest century by a south african batsman at a cricket world cup to give his country a winning start to the 2011 tournament on thursday, beating the west indies by seven wickets in new delhi de villiers, who also scored a world cup ton against the windies four years ago with 146 in t... | south africa west indies group new delhi ab de villiers fastest century proteas a cricket world cup four years ago pakistan imran tahir | south africa beat west indies by seven wickets in group b clash in new delhi . ab de villiers hits fastest century by a proteas batsman at a cricket world cup . he follows up his 146 against windies at previous tournament four years ago . pakistan born imran tahir takes four west indies wickets on his international deb... |
new york (cnn) can liberals ever be happy? i keep asking myself this question as i hear an increasing number complaining about president obama there seems to be a greek chorus of liberal whining: 'i'm disappointed by him' 'i expected more' 'i thought he would be different' earlier this week, singer jackson browne, a... | metalloid hiccoughs bitser | no related information |
(ewcom) for the first time ever, pioneering mtv reality series 'the real world' is changing its format after 21 years and 28 seasons, 'the real world' is shaking things up with a twist and name change for its upcoming edition, which has the show returning to san francisco arguably tv's second longest running reality... | the real world first real world: ex plosion san francisco next year | 'the real world' is changing its format for the first time . the new season will be re titled 'real world: ex plosion'. it'll feature seven roommates and their exes . the season will return to san francisco, and is set to air next year |
editor's note: joel i klein has been chancellor of the new york city department of education since 2002 joel i klein says caroline kennedy became a champion for new york city's children new york (cnn) i was named schools chancellor in new york city in 2002, shortly after mayor michael bloomberg won control over the ... | joel i klein caroline kennedy new york's klein kennedy new york | joel i klein: caroline kennedy one of few willing to advocate for new york's schools . chancellor says people feared giving to schools due to a lack of transparency . klein says kennedy asked hard questions and held schools accountable . kennedy would be a passionate fighter for the needs of new york, klein says |
washington (cnn) in a move likely to reignite the political battle over judges, president barack obama on thursday renominated 33 people to the federal courts, including a new york lawyer twice blocked by republicans worried she would be an 'activist' on the bench caitlin halligan was one of two nominees named again... | previdence unesthetic disarticulator | no related information |
(cnn) the doha climate change conference this year was the most significant in nearly 20 years of gatherings under the un framework convention process aimed at staving off future global warming disaster since carbon dioxide emission limits agreed to under the 1997 kyoto protocol were to expire at the stroke of midni... | tseming yang doha yang | tseming yang: result of doha climate change conference less than desirable . yang: it's time to abandon the myth that a consensus solution is the best approach . he says the 25 major carbon emitters should work out an agreement among themselves . yang: smaller, focused discussions may be better than large, un style gat... |
aspen, colorado (cnn) a man delivered bombs wrapped as christmas presents to two banks wednesday along with a note threatening 'mass death' if they did not turn over tens of thousands of dollars, police in aspen, colorado, said thursday a surveillance camera photo supplied by aspen police shows the man identified as... | will & testament james blanning aspen | new: man delivered note that mentions 'will & testament,' '2 crime scenes'. bomb threat cost resort town millions on one of the busiest nights of the year . body of james blanning, 72, and weapons found in car east of aspen . two bombs left on sled in alley likely intended for other banks, police said |
(cnn) can a movie actually convince you to support torture? can a movie really persuade you that 'fracking' a process used to drill for natural gas is a danger to the environment? can a movie truly cause you to view certain minority groups in a negative light? some scoff at the notion that movies do anything m... | dean obeidallah obeidallah zero dark thirty hollywood | dean obeidallah: a movie or tv show can educate or (mis)educate you . obeidallah: two new films about hot issues are firing up both the left and right . senators slammed 'zero dark thirty,' and energy industry attacked 'promised land'. obeidallah: what does hollywood want? to make money, of course |
washington (cnn) some triaminic and theraflu products are being taken off the market because the child resistant caps failed to function properly, us officials said on thursday the consumer product safety commission said triaminic syrups and theraflu warming relief syrups for cough, colds and fevers were voluntarily... | corpuscle fotui quaker | no related information |
(cnn) the owner of a houston day care where four small children perished in a fire will face four counts of murder in those deaths, court records showed thursday jessica tata had previously been charged with six counts of reckless injury to a child and several charges of manslaughter she will be in court to face the... | jessica tata houston february tata | jessica tata is currently at a houston area jail . four children died at her houston day care in february . tata faces four murder charges . she had previously been charged with six counts of reckless injury to a child and several charges of manslaughter |
(cnn) an unruly passenger aboard a cross country american airlines flight forced the plane to make an unscheduled landing in phoenix, according to police and a passenger on board american airlines flight 1488 left los angeles international airport thursday heading for miami a 21 year old hispanic male started behavi... | american airlines flight 1488 phoenix | american airlines flight 1488 made an unscheduled stop in phoenix on thursday . a passenger was behaving erratically, phoenix police spokesman says . 'two guys and a girl, they held the guy down till we got on the ground,' witness says . unidentified passenger was taken to an area hospital for treatment, police say |
washington (cnn) president barack obama spoke separately friday with speaker john boehner and the top senate democrat to try to salvage a fiscal cliff deal by the end of year, after republican disarray in the us house put the negotiations in limbo in a previously unscheduled statement to reporters, obama outlined a ... | obama democratic house republicans boehner 11 days | new: president obama spoke with congressional leaders about a possible deal . a democratic source lays out possible scenarios . house republicans reject speaker boehner's tax alternative . everyone's taxes go up in 11 days without an agreement |
(cnn) this might sound a bit nutty, but us researchers are using robot squirrels to learn more about how real ones interact with their main predator, rattlesnakes the lifelike robot, built by a team from the university of california, davis, can replicate two behaviors squirrels display when confronted by a rattlesna... | california robosquirrel | researchers in california create robot squirrel to study behavior of rattlesnakes . 'robosquirrel' replicates two key behaviors observed in the wild when confronted by the predator |
(cnn) the libyan government has notified the united states that an employee at the us consulate in benghazi, libya, was killed tuesday, a state department official told cnn the state department does not have independent confirmation of the death, the official said the nationality of the worker was not immediately cl... | us benghazi state department libya the united states the state department | militants attacked the us consulate in benghazi, a state department spokeswoman says . state department official: libya has notified the united states that a consular employee was killed . the state department does not have independent confirmation of the death |
hong kong (cnn) a round the world yachtsman is on his way to dry land after spending almost three days adrift in a life raft buffeted by strong winds and rough seas off the southern coast of australia alain delord, a french sailor, was rescued by an adventure cruise ship 500 nautical miles south west of hobart, tasm... | cruise french alain delord delord hobart australia | solo yachtsman rescued after three days adrift in life raft . cruise ship made a 60 hour detour to recover the french sailor . alain delord abandoned his yacht after mast broke in rough weather . delord and cruise ship on way to hobart, australia |
(cnn) it's time for team usa to put up or shut up in brazil beat germany, or at least eke out a tie, and the americans go through to the knockout stage lose, and they open themselves up to the possibility that their world cup 2014 run ends in the group stage that's one of five things we'll be watching for and talkin... | uruguay luis suarez italian team usa jurgen klinsmann ghana israelis iran world cup | new: uruguay striker luis suarez banned for nine matches for biting italian opponent . take the day off to watch the match, team usa head coach jurgen klinsmann urges . ghana suspends two star players over allegations of physical and verbal abuse . even israelis backed iran's underdog world cup run |
(cnn) lyon scored a late equalizer against real madrid to deny karim benzema a victorious return to his old club on tuesday, while chelsea moved towards a place in the champions league quarterfinals with victory at copenhagen claude puel's lyon team are now unbeaten in seven encounters with real in europe's top club... | competes nonwelcome matchableness | no related information |
lisbon, portugal (cnn) the nato meeting in lisbon ended on a high note saturday, with us president barack obama calling the summit 'extremely productive' obama said that after a period in which us europe relations were 'severely strained, that strain no longer exists' 'we came to lisbon with a clear task, to revital... | obama nato afghanistan 2012 the united states | us europe relations no longer 'strained,' president obama says . nato renewed commitment to defend member nations against attack . nato and afghanistan forge long term partnership . in 2012, nato heads of state will meet in the united states |
washington (cnn) president barack obama spoke thursday with the leaders of france, italy and the united kingdom on coordinating an international response to the crisis in libya, the white house said in separate phone conversations with french president nicolas sarkozy, italian prime minister silvio berlusconi and br... | the white house the french embassy obama white house us americans libyan | new: the white house says the leaders discussed a coordinated response . the french embassy says obama discussed planned measures . the white house spokesman says all options are under consideration . us goals are to protect americans and halt attacks on libyan people |
(cnn) gasoline prices have jumped another nickel, to 55 cents a gallon more than a year ago, according to a study published sunday the average price for a gallon of regular is $318, the lundberg survey found that's up 5 cents from two weeks ago, publisher trilby lundberg said 'that is a significant bite for motorist... | middle east 49 cents september | middle east tensions are behind the increase, survey publisher says . prices have risen 49 cents since september |
washington (cnn) ian murphy, the online news website editor who duped wisconsin gov scott walker into taking a prank call by posing as a billionaire conservative activist, told cnn thursday that walker is a 'delusional' politician seeking to help wealthy gop backers murphy, editor of the news website 'buffalo beast,... | ian murphy walker democratic capitol | ian murphy calls gov walker 'delusional' and a 'right winger'. the blogger poses as a billionaire political activist and calls walker . walker: 'the things i said are the things i've said publicly all along'. he urges the 14 democratic senators to come back to the capitol |
samson, alabama (cnn) as the crime scene tape starts to come down in this small southern town, the residents are leaning on one another for comfort and the strength to move on the shooter, michael mcledon, killed his mother before killing others first baptist church, a few feet from the neighborhood where michael m... | edit nondebtor crystallomagnetic | no related information |
fort campbell, kentucky (cnn) maylanie shorter sleeps with a t shirt tucked in her pillowcase it carries the scent of her father's cologne while he's on patrol in afghanistan her younger sister, ariana, sleeps with her daddy doll a stuffed soldier that displays a photo of her father across its face at 14 and 10,... | 1st randy shorter third afghanistan | family of sgt 1st class randy shorter discuss life while dad's deployed . shorter is on his third deployment, currently in afghanistan . 'we have to keep going forward, stay positive,' daughter says |
(cnn) we are about to mark the 12th anniversary of 9/11 since then, al qaeda and its affiliated groups haven't launched a successful attack in the united states the boston marathon bombings in april, however, serve as a reminder that the united states still faces a terrorism threat from disaffected us citizens and r... | miohippus citolers overfishes | no related information |
(cnn) since the day i rocked my first pair of door knocker hoop earrings and a baby blue velour rocawear sweatsuit, jay z has been my guy his swagger, his street cred gone corporate, his lyrical genius and his uncanny ability to tap into the ethos of my hip hop generation through the decades have inspired millions f... | barneys jay z roxanne jones jones jay z's | luxury store barneys accused of racial profiling; hip hop icon jay z has deal with store . roxanne jones: jay z, who has fought racism in his career, has ignored calls to dump the deal . jones is on jay z's side; he can make public the everyday damage of racial profiling in retail . jones: all stores need strong polici... |
(ewcom) it turns out moviegoers want fire and ice this thanksgiving both 'the hunger games: catching fire' and disney's 'frozen' are thriving at the box office, so much so that the films are on track to break records and achieve the two best thanksgiving five day weekends of all time 'catching fire' earned $207 mill... | catching fire frozen the book thief | 'catching fire' and 'frozen' on track to break records . both films could achieve the two best thanksgiving five day weekends of all time . 'the book thief' didn't draw huge crowds |
(cnn) 'still alive,' abu omar said ruefully, responding to my question of 'how have you been?' it's become something of a standard reply we'd last seen each other in damascus almost exactly a year ago, when abu omar and other activists devised an elaborate plan to smuggle us into the neighborhood of kafarsouseh, rig... | unitarianize marmoraceous solanums | no related information |
(arstechnica) tim cook has already stepped up to reassure apple employees that the company isn't going to change, according to an internal e mail seen by ars sent early thursday to all employees in the company the morning after steve jobs announced his resignation as ceo cook said working with jobs and apple h... | tim cook steve jobs apple cook | new ceo tim cook: working with steve jobs, apple has been 'the privilege of a lifetime'. jobs has been an incredible leader and mentor to me, cook writes . cook is gruff and assertive, but in a way that makes people feel secure |
bacliff, texas (cnn) sitting on their front porch in this houston suburb, edmond demiraj and his family seem the picture of a contented family but the department of justice now wants to upend the family: threatening to deport his wife and 19 year old son back to their native albania, even though he says federal pros... | edmond demiraj the justice department albania | edmond demiraj says he is still ready to help prosecutors . the justice department wants to deport his wife and son . he was almost killed when sent back to albania . he feels his family will be killed if they go back |
(cnn) a poor workman often blames his tools, and every four years the official world cup football seems to provide the perfect excuse for poor play as balls go, the ones created for soccer's showpiece tournament have often fallen a bit flat at the 2002 tournament the fevernova was deemed too light; four years later ... | stoichiology somatotonia messeigneurs | no related information |
(cnn) the united states will support an effort by several members of the un security council to override the united nations' sanctions committee and allow countries to free up frozen libyan assets to speedily provide funds for the libyan opposition's national transitional council the obama administration has tried f... | the united states libyan $15 million south africa | the united states and other countries are exploring ways to help the libyan rebels . a resolution would free $15 million of frozen libyan assets . south africa has been blocking committee approval of the resolution |
(cnn) it was one of the most surreal images in american history: a river, so fouled with industrial waste that it caught fire and burned in june 1969, cleveland's cuyahoga river become the poster child for the birth of the modern american environmental movement concerns over air and water pollution helped spawn the... | american earth day | the modern american environmental movement is four decades old . movement began in the 1960s and was sanctioned in 1970 with creation of earth day . environmentalism became trendy by the 1990s but still faced political headwinds . recent concerns over climate change have given new urgency to the movement |
(cnn) us rep gabrielle giffords, recovering from a gunshot wound to the head suffered january 8, is regaining part of her ability to speak and recently asked for toast while having breakfast, staffers said wednesday spokesman cj karamargin would not divulge what else giffords has said, other than that she has spoken... | giffords wednesday january 8 | giffords' therapy includes 'very aggressive speech therapy,' aide says . giffords has been able to ask for toast, her spokesman says . she began speaking sometime before wednesday . she was shot in the head at a public event january 8 |
new york (cnn) a woman suspected of snatching an infant from a new york hospital in 1987 told investigators she was frustrated with her inability to give birth, according to court papers filed monday ann 'annugetta' pettway has been charged with one count of kidnapping in the abduction of carlina renae white, who ha... | cytulae transponders sinapate | no related information |
(cnn) the december death of a 27 year old woman at the missouri home of beer tycoon august busch iv was ruled an accident, a medical examiner said wednesday adrienne nicole martin died of an oxycodone overdose, the st louis county office of the medical examiner said in a statement she was found dead december 19 at b... | adrienne martin busch iv's missouri martin | adrienne martin died of an oxycodone overdose, officials say . she was found dead december 19 at august busch iv's missouri home . martin was an aspiring model and art therapist |
(cnn) two dozen lions rescued from harrowing conditions at circuses in bolivia have a new home in colorado, where they will live outside of cages and roar at the distant rocky mountains animal defenders international (adi) brought them last week to denver, where they were transported to the wild animal sanctuary, to... | colorado bolivia south american bob barker | twenty five lions have new home at colorado sanctuary . they were brought from bolivia, where they were in traveling circuses . south american country banned use of animals in circuses . bob barker helped fund the effort to move them |
(cnn) australia captain ricky ponting was reprimanded wednesday by the international cricket council (icc) for damaging a television after being dismissed at the world cup ponting had made 28 in his side's match against zimbabwe at the gujarat stadium in ahmedabad monday when he was run out attempting a second run... | ricky ponting icc australian zimbabwe pakistan kenya group sri lanka | ricky ponting reprimanded by the icc for damaging dressing room television . australian captain reacted angrily after being run out during match against zimbabwe . pakistan beat kenya by 205 runs in their group a opener in sri lanka |
harare, zimbabwe (cnn) zimbabwe police arrested on friday a magistrate who ordered the release of a senior opposition politician granted bail by the country's high court, a lawyer said a zimbabwean policeman patrols outside the entrance of mutare magistrates court the order to release the politician had been suspen... | schorlomite cajolingly oxalaemia | no related information |
(cnn) a man went over niagara falls and survived wednesday afternoon, one of the few people to ever survive the plunge unprotected, authorities said it is unclear whether the man chose not to aid in his rescue or was physically unable to do so, officials say the man was seen entering the icy water just above horsesh... | canadian niagara river more than 40 minutes | unidentified man apparently jumped in on canadian side, authorities say . he was in near freezing niagara river for more than 40 minutes . officials unsure why man did not aid in his own rescue |
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 | 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 |
editor's note: a gunman killed 10 people and himself tuesday in southern alabama it's the most recent example of mass killing sprees that have traumatized communities over the years here's how one city responded in the worst mass shooting in the us at the time, a gunman killed 23 customers in a texas cafeteria in 1991 ... | fred latham killeen texas 1991 latham | fred latham: 'you can never prepare' for an incident like the one in killeen, texas . in 1991, a gunman drove a pickup into a cafeteria and killed 23 people . latham says the city raised money for victims and bounced back . latham: communities are resilient but they will never forget what happened |
brasilia, brazil (cnn) a doctor excommunicated by the catholic church for performing an abortion on a 9 year old rape victim received a standing ovation during a national convention on women's health, according to a local media report archbishop don jose cardoso sobrinho excommunicated the doctors who performed the... | brazilian catholic church | report: doctor who performed abortion on child rape victim praised at event . brazilian law bans abortion except in cases of rape . catholic church excommunicated doctor, along with child's mother, medical team . archbishop says child was not excommunicated |
(cnn) sarah is selling sarah the former vice presidential candidate and half term governor of alaska is a commodity of one and a marketing machine she has created a new politics of profit palin's reanimation on the tea party stage probably means no more than the other intentions she has floated but never executed sh... | uncorruptive magnipotence descendence | no related information |
(cnn) just days after giving birth to her second child, dr jane dimer drove herself home from the hospital to find her then husband in bed with another woman he threw dimer down the stairs, and she never saw him again until court rihanna was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, singer chris brown, before the grammys... | nih ages 15 to 44 first | nih: domestic violence is the most common cause of injury to women ages 15 to 44 . study: abused women more likely to have depression, anxiety, joint pain . calling a domestic violence hot line is a good first step for a victim |
(cnn) on the internet, a truly private conversation is hard to come by personal communications on apps, e mail and social networks are very much an open book, and they leave a trail of personal data that can potentially be accessed by criminals, corporations and government agencies no wonder more and more people are... | wickr snapchat | wickr is a self destructing messaging app created by computer security experts . snapchat has played down the security of its similar app in the past . messages sent using wickr are anonymous and encrypted |
(cnn) it's approaching midnight at the bottom of the english channel and a team of eager 'tunnel moles' stands poised for a busy night's work employing a mix of hi tech tools and no little elbow grease, the 70 strong crew of engineers and maintenance staff will carry out essential repairs on the channel tunnel rail ... | the channel tunnel more than 100 kilometers | every night, engineers and maintenance workers descend to the darkest depths of the channel tunnel . teams of workers clean and make essential repairs so that train services can run as planned during the day . on some shifts workers are expected to cover more than 100 kilometers in just a few hours |
cairo (cnn) lengthy sentences handed down to 21 women and girls who were arrested at a pro morsy demonstration have highlighted growing unease over the egyptian authorities' treatment of dissent the protesters, including seven minors, were sentenced wednesday in alexandria after being arrested at a demonstration in ... | pro morsy egypt cairo | 14 women sentenced to prison after pro morsy protest; 7 girls get juvenile detention . rights groups say sentencing is the latest in a 'series of politicized judicial rulings'. egypt's military backed government has brought in a new law limiting protests . one student is killed in clashes with security in cairo, others... |
(cnn) the 'conservagencia' is starting to give jon huntsman a second look he deserves it but the stirrings of respect may be too little, too late too bad, because he might stand the best chance of beating president barack obama rino hunting has become a reflexive sport inside the republican party and so when jon hun... | coenobitism butterwoman miswiring | no related information |
(cnn) cia secret interrogation methods including detention and harsh questioning of suspected terrorists remain off limits to public release, a federal appeals court ruled monday the agency was sued eight years ago to provide details of certain communications describing the use of waterboarding and other direc... | blackfire paulopost earnestness | no related information |
(cnn) sen hillary clinton would have long ago distanced herself from the rev jeremiah wright if she had been a member of his church, the democratic presidential candidate said tuesday it's the first time she or her campaign has commented directly on a controversy that has swirled around rival sen barack obama's camp... | hillary clinton barack obama obama clinton bosnia | 'you choose what church you want to attend,' sen hillary clinton tells newspaper . sen barack obama has denounced some of his former minister's sermons . obama campaign: clinton trying to distract attention from bosnia trip comments . sermons included several racially charged remarks |
tehran, iran (cnn) iran hanged two men monday for their actions during post election unrest in 2009, state media reported, months after the united states' secretary of state called for iran to drop the 'imminent' executions iran's press tv described the men as terrorists and members of the mujahedin e khalq organiza... | prologized interieur gleamingly | no related information |
washington (cnn) the united states mint launched a new coin tuesday featuring jazz legend duke ellington, making him the first african american to appear by himself on a circulating us coin the district of columbia coin honoring duke ellington was introduced tuesday in washington ellington, the composer of classics... | ellington district of columbia smithsonian's national museum of american history african americans dc | duke ellington featured on reverse of new quarter honoring district of columbia . coin introduced at smithsonian's national museum of american history . african americans have appeared on commemorative coins or as minor figures . ellington was born in dc and composed several jazz standards |
belfast, northern ireland (cnn) police on the indian ocean island of mauritius said tuesday they were treating the death of a gaelic football star's wife during their honeymoon as murder michaela harte, a 27 year old teacher, was found dead in her luxury hotel room on monday by her husband of two weeks, john mcareav... | michaela harte's gaelic john mcareavey mauritius mcareavey | new: 'this is too horrible to contemplate we are just all devastated,' her father says . police say robbery might have been a motive in michaela harte's strangulation . she was on her honeymoon with gaelic football star john mcareavey in mauritius . police say mcareavey is not a suspect |
(cnn student news) january 21, 2011 download pdf maps related to today's show: • washington, dc • china • texas transcript this is a rush transcript this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated carl azuz, cnn student news anchor: it is friday, and it is awesome! thank you for rounding out your week... | chinese us us house republicans texas newsquiz cnn student news | explore how some chinese economic policies lead to frustration in the us. examine the efforts of us house republicans to repeal health care reform . consider a program in texas that hands out tickets to disruptive students . use the weekly newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on cnn student news |
(cnn) president obama delivered his long awaited and wide ranging speech thursday on american and muslim relations, offering a hand of friendship to islam and addressing an array of quandaries and conflicts dividing the two cultures president obama urges a new chapter in ties between the us and muslims in a speech t... | obama iran mideast iraq afghanistan us israeli america israel | president obama touches on iran, mideast conflict, wars in iraq, afghanistan . obama says us doesn't want to keep troops in afghanistan . us 'does not accept the legitimacy of continued israeli settlements,' obama says . obama calls america's 'strong bond' with israel 'unbreakable' |
tunis, tunisia (cnn) hollywood a listers antonio banderas and freida pinto kept working on a new movie in tunisia even as the country was beset by turmoil and protests, and its president fled to saudi arabia the actors were shooting a film on location near hammamet one of the towns caught up in rioting and lootin... | hollywood antonio banderas tunisia black gold star wars the english patient raiders of the lost ark | hollywood a list star antonio banderas was shooting a movie in tunisia . the cast and crew of 'black gold' kept working even as protests and clashes increased . tunisia has been the locale for shots in major movies in recent decades . films have included 'star wars,' 'the english patient,' and 'raiders of the lost ark' |
madrid, spain (cnn) israel's president called the presence of iranian warships in the suez canal a 'provocation' and not a serious 'threat,' but he warned an audience of europeans that they face an 'existential' danger from the regime's nuclear program in iran, a military commander expressed patriotic pride over the... | shimon peres iran the iranian navy's the suez canal | shimon peres says the 'real threat' is iran's nuclear program . the iranian navy's commander says the trip represents iran's 'self confidence'. the suez canal is a key waterway for international trade |
(cnn) navy police shot one sailor in the gut and took another into custody early saturday after their vehicle smashed into two police cruisers following a chase at san diego's naval base, a military spokesman said the wounded sailor is in stable condition at the university of california san diego medical center afte... | navy | a navy sailor had surgery and is stable at a hospital after being shot in the abdomen . after being stopped, the sailor drove onto the base and hit two cruisers, a spokesman says . a passenger in the car, who was not injured, is in navy police custody . the spokesman says the car was stopped on strong suspicions of dru... |
london, england (cnn) a meningitis outbreak is threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people in darfur, according to an aid agency expelled from the country last week a doctors without borders medic helps a sick child in a darfur refugee camp humanitarian organization doctors without borders, also known as mé... | leucocarpous suborbital eugeny | no related information |
(timecom) a filmmaker with multiple sclerosis hopes an app he developed will help fellow wheelchair users make cities like new york more accessible for most people, meeting friends for dinner at a new restaurant, jumping into a taxi or going out for a shopping trip shouldn't require too much advanced planning just s... | macabresque quins reconnoiters | no related information |
(cnn) turning grandmothers into solar engineers is one of sanjit 'bunker' roy's favorite jobs roy is the social entrepreneur and founder of the barefoot college and has been championing a bottom up approach to education and empowering rural poor since 1972 it is now a global enterprise with roots in india roy recrui... | barefoot college india six months | barefoot college in india trains women to be solar engineers . women from across the globe train for six months to then educate their home villages . women chosen to be trained as men seen to be 'restless', says college founder |
(cnn) there are few more concrete examples of the longtime rift between catholics and protestants in northern ireland than the walled city on the river foyle its official name, and the name used by most residents of the uk, is londonderry but irish nationalists and catholics call it simply derry the city was a flash... | helen marriage artichoke uk lumiere irish derry londonderry cnn poptech annual camden maine | helen marriage is co director of artichoke, a creative company that stages big public street events . the company's newest project, a festival of illuminated art, is underway in the uk . festival, called lumiere, seeks to help unite divided irish city of derry londonderry . marriage spoke to cnn at poptech, an annual c... |
(cnn) an internal report by the massachusetts institute of technology has found that it committed no wrongdoing in the case of internet activist aaron swartz, who committed suicide while facing charges he hacked into the university's computers and stole millions of online documents the report 'makes clear that mit d... | mit aaron aaron swartz swartz | new: father of internet activist says 'mit in fact played a central role in aaron's suicide'. internal report finds no wrongdoing by mit in the case of aaron swartz . swartz committed suicide while facing charges he stole documents from mit's computers . mit president: 'i am confident mit's decisions were reasonable a... |
(cnn) thank you for shopping at goodwill, your total is $23,472 that is a line most thrifty shoppers will never hear maybe $2347, but certainly not 23 grand while most think of goodwill as a great place to buy really cheap shirts or gently used shoes, maybe even some furniture, the charity has an online auction site... | 11,000 goodwill 2,601 | the 55 artifacts were appraised at $11,000, a spokesman for goodwill says . they were donated anonymously by someone who dropped off two large containers . one item sold for $2,601 . goodwill says money is used for job training programs |
(cnn) remember when social media websites were just about sharing fun things? i'm talking about the time when facebook was essentially a place to post photos of you having a great time and the most serious event shared was when a person changed his or her status from 'in a relationship' to 'single' but those days ar... | dean obeidallah hannah anderson npr scott simon obeidallah | dean obeidallah: social media evolved from sharing trivial matters to more personal ones . hannah anderson answered personal questions about her abduction . npr host scott simon tweeted from his dying mother's hospital room . obeidallah: sharing more is a good thing, if it helps bring comfort to those who suffer |
(cnn) screaming children are the bane of many a single passenger now, amid all the grumbles of childless passengers and harassed parents, airlines are offering the warring factions a chance to sit further apart recently, scoot airlines, singapore air's budget brand, became the latest carrier to unveil child fee seat... | scoot airlines japan airlines honolulu etihad | scoot airlines is the latest carrier to offer child free zones. japan airlines has a small, women's only section on their honolulu route. etihad has introduced in flight nannies to calm children aboard their flights |
(cnn) there's a devastating narrative being told about the pc these days: it's dying it's not a slow death either sales of traditional pcs are collapsing faster than anyone expected and this isn't just some vague perception from the anti microsoft crowd this is backed up with real data, most notably in the latest id... | 14% apple microsoft windows 8 blue | a recent report showed pc sales down 14% and apple desktop sales flat . consumers increasingly are choosing smaller, cheaper tablets and smartphones . microsoft's mobile friendly windows 8 has confused some users . but company is working on 'blue,' that's reportedly more desktop friendly |
(cnn) jason day nearly pulled out of the world cup of golf after learning he had lost eight relatives to typhoon haiyan in the philippines instead he completed an emotional double victory sunday in melbourne as he claimed the individual title and paired with adam scott to lead australia to team honors after finishin... | jason day world cup of golf melbourne thomas bjorn denmark australia adam scott filipino australian day typhoon haiyan | jason day wins world cup of golf in melbourne . edges thomas bjorn of denmark by two strokes . leads australia to team title with adam scott . filipino australian day lost eight relatives to typhoon haiyan |
(cnn) the other day, the industry group representing small brewers issued its latest definition of what qualifies as a 'craft' beer based on our size, that definition excluded us, even though we brew some of the most popular craft beers in the marketplace we respect the fact that some of our fellow brewers would wan... | millercoors tom long | millercoors ceo: small brewers want to exclude large brewers' products in craft category . he says his company wants to be judged not by its size, but the quality of its products . tom long: company acquired a craft brewery nearly 25 years ago . he says the company's craft, import brands operate autonomously |
(cnn) miley cyrus could be in celebrity sick bay for another three weeks because of an 'extreme allergic reaction' to an antibiotic, her representative said thursday her illness interrupted her 'bangerz' tour when she was admitted to a kansas city hospital tuesday cyrus, 21, tweeted to fans thursday morning that she... | gruffy dukeship areach | no related information |
(cnn) miley cyrus is engaged to her off and on boyfriend of three years, 'the hunger games' star liam hemsworth, a representative for hemsworth said on wednesday 'i'm so happy to be engaged and look forward to a life of happiness with liam,' the 19 year old cyrus told people magazine miley cyrus: sex is a beautiful,... | may 31 liam hemsworth 35 carat cyrus hemsworth three years | 'i feel like all my dreams are coming true,' the singer tweets . people magazine reports the two got engaged may 31 . liam hemsworth proposed on may 31 with a 35 carat diamond . cyrus and hemsworth have been dating off and on for three years |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) air traffic controllers were forced to use their personal cell phones to reroute hundreds of flights tuesday after the federal aviation administration's memphis center lost radar and telephone service for more than two hours, snarling air traffic in the middle of the nation the faa's memphis... | faa 3 pm et tuesday air dallas fort worth atlanta charlotte north carolina fedex memphis | faa lost phone, radar service; serviced restored at 3 pm et tuesday . air controllers could not communicate to hand off control of flights, faa said . 'significant delays' at dallas fort worth; atlanta; charlotte, north carolina . fedex, based in memphis, diverted its aircraft to other cities, spokesman said |
(cnn) zabiullah mujahid, one of two spokesmen for afghan taliban leader mullah mohammed omar, spoke recently with cnn's nic robertson about the war in afghanistan and the taliban's relationship with al qaeda cnn's nic robertson, left, talks to taliban spokesman zabiullah mujahid at an undisclosed location mujahid al... | troggs disinfection ununiversity | no related information |
(cnn) president barack obama has nominated former republican sen chuck hagel as his next defense secretary and anti terrorism chief john brennan as cia director hagel's nomination could be the most contentious of those obama is making because of positions the former lawmaker took on israel and iran and his oppositio... | chuck hagel's obama hagel republican iraq beinart israel | chuck hagel's nomination could be most contentious of president obama's second term . columnist: hagel nomination is obama's attempt to change terms of foreign policy debate . republican hagel initially supported war in iraq but later became an opponent . beinart calls opposition over hagel's past comments about israel... |
washington (cnn) supporters of the violence against women act hope to revive the law in a new congress after efforts to renew it failed in the last one 'it is an early priority for us,' house minority leader nancy pelosi, d california, told cnn as the 113th congress convened thursday 'since it passed the senate last... | 1994 violence against women act congress senate native americans house | efforts to renew the 1994 violence against women act failed to survive the last congress . supporters say the law sharply cut the number of domestic violence deaths . senate wanted to extend protections for native americans, gays and lesbians . house bill didn't contain those provisions, which activists say are necessa... |
london (cnn) police are to investigate claims that the british secret services were involved in the rendition of two men to libya and their alleged ill treatment there, london's metropolitan police said thursday the investigation will take place now rather than at the end of a government inquiry into allegations of ... | uk libyan abdul hakim belhaj saami al saadi british mi6 | new: the uk government stands firmly against torture and will cooperate fully, it says . claims made by two libyan men are so serious they should be investigated now, police say . abdul hakim belhaj and saami al saadi say british officials were involved in their rendition . the head of mi6 says the intelligence agency ... |
(cnn) a pirate was killed and several others were detained after a security team thwarted an attack in waters off somalia, authorities said wednesday the incident happened tuesday as a panamanian flagged cargo ship, the mv almezaan, was headed to mogadishu, said the european union naval force a private security team... | glossist preconsole lopsticks | no related information |
cairo, egypt (cnn) smoke billowed into the sky over egypt's capital wednesday from a fire at the interior ministry compound, a blaze witnesses say was set by protesters upset about labor issues part of a building, surrounding buildings such as the criminal records building, and several cars had been torched witness... | egyptian cnn hosni mubarak | egyptian military officer demands cnn delete footage . witnesses say the blaze was started by protesters with labor disputes . the interior minister says he will investigate complaints . the move comes after authorities froze the assets of former president hosni mubarak |
(cnn) the space shuttle program should have come to an end a long time ago, nasa administrator charles bolden told cnn in an exclusive interview wednesday the 30 year program has been kept on life support because the united states has not readied another vehicle to take its place 'what is not acceptable is the fact ... | nasa bolden mars | nasa's space shuttle program has three missions left . nasa administrator bolden looks to commercial companies for future space transport . nasa will focus on a new heavy lift rocket . that rocket could 'take the first humans to mars,' says bolden |
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