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rome (cnn) an italian court says it convicted amanda knox and her former boyfriend of murdering her onetime roommate in part because of evidence showing that more than one person killed the british student the florence appeals court released its explanation tuesday, less than three months after it convicted knox and... | amanda knox first 2009 knox raffaele sollecito 2011 | new: 'i am innocent,' says amanda knox . she was first convicted of murder in 2009 . knox's former boyfriend, raffaele sollecito, was also convicted . an appeals court overturned the convictions in 2011 |
(cnn) written off by all and sundry as the most expensive flop in english premier league history, fernando torres is seemingly back in business four goals in two games have transformed the misfiring striker from the on pitch personification of chelsea's recent problems to perhaps the man who can earn rafael benitez ... | pinnisect favosely incrassating | no related information |
(cnn) now that embattled us ambassador to the united nations susan rice has withdrawn her name from secretary of state consideration, attention is turning toward sen john kerry, d massachusetts, the other top candidate to replace outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton republicans opposed to a rice nomination ha... | john kerry state hillary clinton senate republicans kerry cabinet | sen john kerry looks like the front runner to replace outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton . senate republicans have been touting kerry for that cabinet post in recent weeks . kerry has a long history of overseas experience, starting with his childhood |
(cnn) if every generation has a moment where they adopt a rose colored perspective of the people and pop culture of its past, the 20 somethings had their turn in 2011 those who came of age in the '80s and '90s now span the demographic that's exiting college or creeping into their 30s as they do so, various cultural ... | the lion king nickelodeon teennick | this year reacquainted us with plenty of '90s hits . at the box office, 1994's 'the lion king' was re released in 3 d in september . nickelodeon's teennick launched its '90s programming block in response to consumer demand . it seems that while the kids have grown up, a lot of the culture that surrounds them hasn't |
(cnn) three people have been detained for questioning in belize in the weekend killing of gregory faull, a neighbor of internet pioneer john mcafee, who was being sought for questioning, police said the detentions are routine in such investigations, said raphael martinez, a spokesman for the national police in the c... | wired joshua davis mcafee | the detentions are routine in such investigations, police say . mcafee acknowledges differences with the neighbor, wired's joshua davis says . mcafee is a 'very eccentric multi millionaire' who founded an internet security firm . mcafee left the firm he founded in 1994 |
chongqing, china (cnn) at the chongqing children's palace, experts are hoping to revolutionize child rearing with the help of science about 30 children aged 3 to 12 years old and their parents are participating in a new program that uses dna testing to identify genetic gifts and predict the future for about $880, c... | chinese summer first china | chinese summer camps dna tests kids for natural talents . tests carried out for iq, emotional control, memory, athletic ability and more . believed to be first time dna tests used to identify talents rather than disease . china's one child policy has led to parents with high expectations |
london, england (cnn) a ship laden with toxic substances is due to arrive in northeast england for recycling sunday, ending an odyssey that has seen it turned away from at least three other countries the scrapping of the aircraft carrier has been hugely controversial and a major headache for france the french navy s... | millines perjurious tectospondyli | no related information |
(cnn) chances are, there are some people in your life who spend a whole lot of their free time fiddling on the computer, tinkering with their phones in public settings, and yelling at the television when players perform poorly for professional sports teams that they supposedly hate yes, fantasy sports has become as ... | seinfeld jeff schaffer jackie jackie marcus schaffer | 'the league' was created by 'seinfeld' vet jeff schaffer and his wife, jackie . jeff schaffer: ''the league' is written and produced the same way that 'curb' is'. jackie marcus schaffer: 'it's a funny show about a shared passion' |
washington (cnn) the democrats' top investigator in congress reacted angrily friday to a report that the former blackwater usa employee accused of killing an iraqi vice presidential guard was hired by another us contractor weeks later rep henry waxman says the state department is covering up 'an epidemic of corrupti... | henry waxman iraq waxman state department ex iraqi $18 billion | new: rep henry waxman demands documents on iraq contractor . waxman accuses state department of covering up 'an epidemic of corruption'. state department says it will provide information if it is kept classified . ex iraqi official estimates the total lost to corruption at $18 billion |
los angeles, california (cnn) natasha richardson, the tony award winning stage actress and member of the famed redgrave acting clan, died wednesday from injuries suffered in a ski accident she was 45 comedian joan rivers says actress natasha richardson had 'such a family' on wednesday night's 'larry king live,' come... | joan rivers natasha richardson caribbean liam neeson rivers | joan rivers says natasha richardson and her family sailed in caribbean together . stage actress and husband liam neeson were 'totally devoted,' rivers recalls . rivers says life can be taken in a flash: 'you walk out of your house and it's over' |
los angeles, california (cnn) california corrections officials released an updated prison photograph of charles manson on wednesday, showing the balding and graying 74 year old, complete with his iconic forehead swastika a new photo of charles manson shows his graying beard and his legendary swastika tattooed into ... | charles manson manson | prison officials release updated photo of convicted murderer charles manson . photo shows manson with receding hairline, gray hair and forehead swastika . manson, four others were convicted in series of murders over two day period in 1969 |
(cnn) it was merely a dream, wasn't it? that whole jason collins thing of six months ago never happened, right? the headline news of his becoming the first openly gay active male professional athlete in a team sport the sports illustrated cover the supportive tweets from everyone ranging from barack obama and bil... | ecclesiologically beltmaker causidical | no related information |
islamabad, pakistan (cnn) raymond davis, the american accused of killing two pakistani men, appeared friday in a pakistani court, where he was handed documents that detailed the case against him the court then adjourned until march 3 when davis is expected to be formally charged the case has strained relations betwe... | calcitrate knead hylactic | no related information |
(cnn) georgia with its tumultuous past of discrimination is following arizona's recently failed attempt to pass what amounts to anti gay legislation with the preservation of religious freedom act the state may shift from the cradle of the civil rights movement to the vanguard of legalized 21st century bigotry ... | caffiaceous shadrach drake | no related information |
(cnn) powerful winds and a tornado spawned by a 1,000 mile long storm system pounded communities in northwest georgia on wednesday, overturning dozens of vehicles and trapping residents the tornado caused significant damage in adairsville, georgia one person died in that town and another died in tennessee, authoriti... | north carolina georgia adairsville tennessee | new: streets flood at college campus in western north carolina . much of the affected region goes through huge temperature fluctuations . a georgia tv news crew sees tornado form; damage is reported in adairsville . a tennessee man dies when a tree falls on his home, emergency managers say |
(cnn) without question, the most valuable thing i've ever just found was probably a stray $20 bill and that makes sense people don't randomly misplace their fabergã© eggs in the parking lot of a denny's cracker barrel, maybe it's classy up in that joint that said, i'd like to think that perhaps one day i'll accident... | postzygapophysial hairbrushes cedula | no related information |
(cnn) actress natasha richardson died of injuries caused by blunt impact to the head, the new york city medical examiner's office confirmed thursday natasha richardson fell on a beginners' ski slope in canada the death was ruled an accident, the office said paramedics dispatched to help richardson minutes after she ... | heteradenia reinette underpick | no related information |
(cnn) a grand jury in texas declined to indict the driver of a parade float involved in a deadly accident with a train during a november 15 parade, a prosecutor said wednesday four people were killed when the flatbed truck driven by dale andrew hayden was struck by a train during a parade to honor the military midla... | november 15 ntsb | new: victims' attorney says trruck driver not at fault . no charges will be filed against driver of truck that was struck by train . four veterans were killed on november 15 in the parade accident . ntsb has said warning system worked as it should |
madrid, spain (cnn) more than 1,000 people rallied sunday in support of israel in front of the israeli embassy in the spanish capital spaniards protest sunday in support of israel's military action in gaza the rally came a week after a demonstration across town in support of palestinians in gaza and sharply critica... | israeli embassy madrid spain euros 65m $85m gaza | pro israel crowd rallies in front of israeli embassy in madrid . demo follows pro palestian gathering last weekend attended by ruling lawmakers . spain has earmarked euros 65m ($85m) in humanitarian aid to gaza |
(cnn) for jo sharpton, it started so early that she can't quite recall how long ago it was she does have a specific memory of enjoying the works of jrr tolkien at age 7 'i remember that my sister and i saw the rankin bass animated version of 'the hobbit,' and then had the special deluxe double lp edition,' she said ... | jrr tolkien 'the hobbit: an unexpected journey kentucky tolkien 75 years | jrr tolkien fans welcome theater release of 'the hobbit: an unexpected journey'. large group of fans planning to see the movie in kentucky after a hobbit themed party . relationships and families have begun and grown closer through tolkien's stories . after 75 years, tolkien fans have taken to social media to continue ... |
(cnn) six years ago thursday, then president george w bush appeared on television screens across america and somberly addressed the nation an iraqi crowd pulls down a statue of saddam hussein in baghdad in april 2003 'my fellow citizens,' he began his four minute speech, 'at this hour, american and coalition forces ... | iraq us iraqis americans | us led invasion of iraq began on march 19, 2003 . six years later, fledgling democracy taking hold, security situation improving . but us lost more than 4,000 troops; at least 128,000 iraqis have died . polls show many americans more focused on economy than lingering iraq war |
(cnn) havana has a thriving cultural scene and is the setting for world class ballet and film festivals but it's also a city of music, sunshine and rum, and havana knows how to throw a damn fine party here are some of the city's biggest and best annual events dancers parade along the malecon for the havana carnival ... | havana international workers' day malecon the havana carnival the international ballet festival chucho valdes cuban | hundreds of thousands march through havana on international workers' day . crowds pack the malecon seafront promenade for the havana carnival . the international ballet festival attracts world famous dance stars to the city . legendary jazz maestro chucho valdes brings jazz to the cuban capital |
(cnn) england's luke donald beat new world number one martin kaymer by 3&2 to win the snow hit wgc accenture match play in arizona sunday freezing overnight conditions and the unexpected snowfall struck the dove mountain course ahead of the 18 hole final, but once it begun it was donald who warmed to his task from ... | compsilura haoma overappareled | no related information |
shanghai, china (cnn) if it weren't for the internet, murong xuecun might still be working as a sales manager at a car company in the southern chinese city of chengdu that is what he was doing when he started writing his first novel on his office's online bulletin board system back in 2001 the internet is increasin... | scratchman dinitrocellulose micropterus | no related information |
(cnn) more than 1 million cell phones in china have been struck by the 'zombie' virus, according to chinese state media, cctv and xinhua it's called the 'zombie' virus because it transmits from phone to phone, just as in the movies, zombie bites turn people into the living dead the virus binds with a security applic... | zombie sim cctv china the first week of september | the 'zombie' virus is transmitted from cell phone to cell phone . the virus binds with a security ap, which transmits sim card data to a central server . hackers at other end send back virus ridden links for games and software, cctv says . nearly 1 million phones in china were infected in the first week of september, o... |
(cnn) it happened again sunday a woman leaped from the third level of the oakland coliseum at a raiders football game she survived the 40 to 50 foot drop when a marine vet who happened to be leaving the stadium used his body as a shield as she landed but others have not been so fortunate every few months this year ... | david weeks death at the ballpark robert gorman every few months this year | 'i think we're just more aware of it,' says david weeks, author of 'death at the ballpark'. players' deaths stop games; fans' deaths don't, co author robert gorman says . is there an uptick in such incidents? or are we just paying more attention?. every few months this year have brought reports of a fan falling |
new york (cnn) jorge munoz is a bus driver in new york city who started feeding the hungry in queens five years ago, using food that would otherwise have been thrown away and that's how he discovered a secret the power of sharing 'people are telling me, 'jorge, you have no money, you do all this and get nothing b... | jorge munoz munoz cnn obama | jorge munoz is a bus driver who started delivering surplus food to the homeless . he saves lots of food that would otherwise go to waste . munoz has been recognized as a cnn hero, given award by president obama . munoz: smiles of those he helps make it worthwhile |
(cnn) chelsea's attempt to make fa cup history came to a halt on saturday when the holders were eliminated from england's top knockout competition in a penalty shootout by premier league rivals everton the london club, seeking to become the first to win the trophy three years in a row, were held 1 1 at home in the f... | chelsea fa cup fourth everton last 16 saturday manchester united crawley premier league birmingham stoke third | two time defending champions chelsea knocked out of fa cup in fourth round replay . everton claim last 16 place after winning the penalty shootout 4 3 on saturday . manchester united reach quarterfinals with 1 0 win over non league side crawley . premier league birmingham and stoke also progress, beating third division... |
baghdad (cnn) an iraqi judge sentenced a british contractor to life in prison monday, sparing him the death penalty daniel fitzsimons, 30, was charged with murder in the 2009 shooting deaths of two colleagues in baghdad, in the first trial of a westerner in iraq since the iraq war started in 2003 he pleaded not guil... | daniel fitzsimons 30 first westerner iraq 2003 fitzsimons paul mcguigan darren hoare | new: the judge is lenient because of the youth of the killer and the circumstances . daniel fitzsimons, 30, is the first westerner to be tried in iraq since the war began in 2003 . fitzsimons admitted shooting two colleagues, paul mcguigan and darren hoare . but he pleaded not guilty to murder, saying he shot the men i... |
(cnn) getting cell phone reception in waterlogged new york and new jersey could get a bit easier in a rare moment of collaboration, wireless providers at&t and t mobile have agreed to share networks in the challenging days following superstorm sandy, allowing customers to use whichever network gets coverage in their... | stipels fenestration acephalocyst | no related information |
(cnn) we're fresh out of english language ballots how about japanese instead? that's basically what happened to voters at one precinct in hawaii after a series of unfortunate events first, the polling place at hokulani elementary school on the island of oahu ran out of ballots a two hour line formed as polling worke... | gelid algodon pawkily | no related information |
(cnn) tens of thousands of people packed a soccer stadium in cameroon thursday, including president paul biya and his wife, for the first large scale mass of pope benedict xvi's first visit to africa tens of thousands of people gathered at a football stadium in cameroon to see the pope africa is the last continent t... | supplementing reticencies obstetrist | no related information |
washington (cnn) supreme court justice sonia sotomayor touted the benefits of affirmative action in her personal and professional life, telling cnn in an interview that diversity programs helped open new worlds and made her more determined 'not to fail, to work hard, to succeed' her sudden fame as the first latina m... | 'my beloved world'. sudden fame latina sonia sotomayor justice sotomayor joe biden | interview keys on release of new autobiography, 'my beloved world'. sudden fame as first latina justice still surprises sonia sotomayor . justice discusses personal and professional triumphs, painful moments . sotomayor will swear in vice president joe biden at inaugural |
new york (cnn) four people were killed early saturday after a fire broke out at a state run group home for mentally disabled residents in upstate new york, the governor's office said a fire killed four people at a state run group home for the mentally disabled in wells, new york the fire started at about 5:30 am at ... | david paterson around 5:30 am 70 miles albany | two died at site of fire, two died at hospital, gov david paterson's office says . fire started around 5:30 am in home for mentally disabled 70 miles from albany . the cause of the fire is under investigation |
shanghai, china (cnn) china's traditional iron handed approach to the media has taken a surprise turn of tolerance with beijing's soft handling of a recent dispute with local reporters, in what could well become a more open attitude toward the media under the incoming administration of presumed new president xi jinp... | southern weekly row china xi jinping young: media | young: handling of southern weekly row demonstrated tolerant side of new leadership . traditional, newer media can serve as tools for achieving goals in china's modernization . the fight against corruption in china is at the top of the list for incoming leader, xi jinping . young: media has also emerged as an important... |
(cnn) what's happening in madagascar? supporters of opposition leader andry rajoelina attend a rally in antananarivo on monday marc ravalomanana resigned as madagascar's president after weeks of bitter and deadly political clashes the military handed power to andry rajoelina, the 34 year old former mayor of antanana... | madagascar andry rajoelina rajoelina | madagascar military hands power to opposition leader andry rajoelina . under madagascar constitution, rajoelina to young to become president . crisis has plunged poverty stricken nation into turmoil . thousands of people took to the streets to protest rising food prices |
los angeles, california (cnn) america faces an economic calamity trouble brews in faraway lands superman #14, cover art artist: fred ray (c) 1941 dc comics all rights reserved sound familiar? more than 70 years ago, the very first superheroes debuted in the dire times of the great depression and the early years of w... | superman, batman great depression world war ii years jerry robinson the joker | superman, batman, others born during great depression, early world war ii years . new exhibit shows 'golden age' of superhero characters . artist jerry robinson, who created the joker: 'we're looking for heroes' |
washington (cnn) thanks to sen patty murray, sharon and blake ilstrup can have their big inauguration date night after all last week, the seattle area couple, along with many others, were shut out of the first come, first served official presidential inaugural ball ticket sales when a mistake by ticketmaster, the ti... | seattle patty murray | seattle couple was shut out of inaugural ball tickets after ticket vendor mix up . sen patty murray heard about the story and offered them ball tickets . spokesman: 'she told staff that she thought 'their enjoyment was the best use of my tickets' |
atlanta, georgia (cnn) samuel welsh's chances of landing a job before this economic downturn were already slim samuel welsh, laid off since 2006, has found solace in his faith 'you got to keep god in your heart,' he said now, as a disabled worker, the 29 year old is competing with thousands of nondisabled job seeker... | labor 14 percent | institute that places disabled employees says employers all but stopped calling . labor statistics show 14 percent unemployment rate among disabled workers . stimulus package allocates funds to aid disabled, but immediate help needed |
(cnn) the hard rock cafe franchise, famed for its rock'n'roll memorabilia, is expanding its reach into hotels and casinos but its chief executive says the brand will remain 'special' 'we don't want to be in every street corner, in every city of the uk,' hard rock's hamish dodds told cnn 'we want to have a few ver... | hard rock first london 1971 today | hard rock has a music memorabilia collection consisting of more than 70,000 pieces . the first hard rock opened in london in 1971, today it has 139 cafes worldwide . the franchise is expanding into hotels and casinos, it currently has 16 such venues |
(cnn) a commuter airliner that crashed thursday in upstate new york, killing 50 people, underwent violent pitching and rolling seconds before impact, with passengers experiencing twice the normal force of gravity, a federal investigator said sunday only a few pieces of the continental connection dash 8 turboprop we... | ntsb new york plane's de | ntsb: people aboard experienced twice the normal gravitational force before crash . plane rolled past the vertical point before it crashed into home, ntsb official says . thursday's crash in upstate new york killed all 49 aboard plane, one in house . plane's de icing system was turned on 11 minutes after takeoff, ntsb ... |
(cnn) three blasts rocked northeastern myanmar leaving one person dead and two others injured, an official told cnn thursday according to sai tin ooo, a lawmaker in shan state which borders china the first explosion occurred late wednesday night causing no injuries two other explosions on thursday morning kil... | tweaking gogglers backstop | no related information |
seoul, south korea (cnn) four members of a group of 31 north koreans who accidentally crossed over into south korean waters on a fishing boat, have decided to defect to the south, despite pyongyang's demands that they all be repatriated to the north, the south korean red cross said the defection of the four north ko... | overreachers missounds muted | no related information |
(aol autos) ever get the feeling the cops are driving a much cooler car than you? peter falk's liutenant columbo drove a peugeot 403 to match his famously disheveled detective persona for decades drivers have seen police officers cruise past in supremely cool cars from supercharged mustangs to upgraded amc javelins... | dodge charger hemi's italian lamborghini gallardo paul anderson blue brothers daytona spyder 365 miami | officers laud the dodge charger hemi's performance and versatility . italian police often drive the lamborghini gallardo . paul anderson found police cars to smash up in blue brothers film . detectives drive daytona spyder 365 in the first two 'miami vice' series |
(cnn) top seed francesca schiavone suffered a shock first round exit at the malaysian open on monday, losing 2 6 7 6 (7 1) 6 4 to australia's jelena dokic former world no 4 dokic had not beaten an opponent ranked in the world's top five since a victory over belgium's kim clijsters in 2003 but the 27 year old, curren... | francesca schiavone the malaysian open jelena dokic first dokic kim clijsters 2003 schiavone juan martin del potro janko tipsarevic the delray beach championships | francesca schiavone knocked out of the malaysian open by jelena dokic . it is the first time dokic has beaten a top five ranked player since kim clijsters in 2003 . top seed schiavone has now lost to dokic in all three of their encounters . juan martin del potro beat janko tipsarevic to claim the delray beach champions... |
(cnn) authorities in virginia are searching for a young pregnant woman, missing since the end of january 'bethany anne decker, 21, was last seen on january 29, 2011, according to witnesses in the case, including family,' a statement from the loudoun county sheriff's office said she is believed to be about five month... | bethany decker emile decker afghanistan | bethany decker is believed to be about five months pregnant . her car was found at an apartment she was moving out of . her husband emile decker is serving in afghanistan |
(cnn) wisconsin protesters geared up for a third week of demonstrations on monday as democratic lawmakers were again missing from the state capitol, protesting a bill that would curb collective bargaining rights for most public workers the state's 14 democratic senators have fled to neighboring illinois to prevent a... | indiana democratic republicans democrats ohio senate wisconsin obama | new: indiana democratic legislators stay out of state in protest of budget bill . new: negotiations between republicans and democrats are at a virtual stand still . new: in ohio, a senate hearing on collective bargaining and budget cuts is set for tuesday . new: wisconsin governor's aide says obama remarks are a 'misun... |
(cnn) world no1 caroline wozniacki came through her opener against nadia petrova at the wta qatar open after a string of seeded players crashed out wednesday wozniacki, fresh from her triumph in dubai, had little trouble against 2006 champion petrova, running out a 6 3 6 2 winner in their second round match 'it's g... | caroline wozniacki nadia petrova qatar dane doha dubai open french francesca schiavone peng shuai vera zvonareva dominika cibulkova | caroline wozniacki continues winning streak by beating nadia petrova in qatar . dane comes to doha off the back of her dubai open success . third seed and french open champion francesca schiavone loses to peng shuai . second seed vera zvonareva reaches quarterfinals by beating dominika cibulkova |
(cnn) osama bin laden's son in law, who has served as an al qaeda spokesman, was captured and has been brought to the united states, two administration officials and a federal law enforcement official said thursday sulaiman abu ghaith has been charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy to kill us nationals, the... | postmarital constructionists unoily | no related information |
london, england (cnn) britain's coldest winter in almost two decades bared its teeth again friday, with more snow trapping hundreds of motorists in their cars britain is suffering its coldest winter in almost two decades, with heavy snow falls causing havoc police, the army and civilian rescue teams rushed to help p... | anodizes plout trepanned | no related information |
kabul, afghanistan (cnn) two coalition us soldiers were killed along with three afghans, including a police official, while trying to disable a roadside bomb in southern afghanistan sunday, the us military said afghan police destroy poppy fields in helmand province the explosion was under investigation, the militar... | us helmand | new: five people, including 2 us soldiers, killed by roadside bomb . soldiers tried to disable bombs when one exploded, journalist says . soldiers were part of a convoy accompanying governor of helmand province |
mexico city, mexico (cnn) nearly a week after dozens of inmates walked out of a prison in zacatecas, the central mexican state's top security official has resigned, state run media reported friday alejandro rojas chalico was the zacatecas secretary of public security state run notimex reported his resignation, citin... | zounds musketlike plagianthus | no related information |
(cnn) stratford, in east london, is the gateway to london's 2012 olympics and those taking public transport to the games are likely to wander through westfield stratford city westfield expects 35 million visitors a year to its stratford mall, which it opened last september but with the games on its doorstep, that fi... | westfield stratford $57 billion australia frank lowy | westfield's stratford center opened in september last year . the company has total assets under management of $57 billion . it has 110 shopping centers around the world and employs over 4,000 people . westfield was founded in 1960 in australia by wwii refugee frank lowy |
(cnn) contactless payments are poised to radically change the landscape for businesses and consumers across europe, according to the ceo of visa europe known as 'wave and pay' or 'tap and go,' cashless and contactless payments are a way of paying for everyday items like a newspaper or a cup of coffee simply by swipi... | contactless visa europe 2020 | contactless payments are the future, says visa europe ceo . 'tap and go' is a way of paying for products by swiping your card or phone . ceo of visa europe, predicts phone cashless payments will overtake other methods by 2020 . the revolution requires putting in place a whole new set of financial infrastructure |
(cnn) caroline wozniacki claimed her first title of the season on sunday with a straight sets win over russia's svetlana kuznetsova at the wta dubai tennis championships denmark's wozniacki who will leapfrog australian open champion kim clijsters to become world no 1 for a second time on monday took just 75 mi... | camorrism waller grouse | no related information |
(cnn) one look at her photo, and you can't help but ask: how could someone so young and vibrant die so quickly from an infection? brazilian model mariana bridi da costa died from a sepsis infection brazilian model mariana bridi da costa was a healthy 20 year old when doctors told her she had a urinary tract infectio... | rectopexy neurohormone outflux | no related information |
beijing (cnn) china rejected american criticism of its treatment of journalists tuesday, two days after several foreign reporters, including cnn staff, were manhandled by chinese security forces 'as far as i understand, journalists did not follow relevant procedures in advance of sunday police were there to provide ... | cnn eunice yoon jo ling kent | journalists and the government must see each others' point of view, the foreign ministry says . reporters including cnn's eunice yoon and jo ling kent were roughed up on sunday . they were trying to cover a planned anti government protest . heavy police presence dissuaded demonstrators |
(cnn) us sen michael crapo, r idaho, was arrested early sunday morning in alexandria, virginia, and charged with driving under the influence, according to the town's police department jody donaldson, an alexandria police spokesman, said crapo was arrested by an officer at 12:45 am et after the officer noticed crapo'... | idaho michael crapo crapo virginia senate house | new: idaho sen michael crapo's blood alcohol level was 110 at the time of his arrest, police say . crapo is accused of driving under the influence in virginia . crapo: 'i am deeply sorry for the actions that resulted in this circumstance'. crapo has represented idaho in the senate since 1999 and was in the house for si... |
(cnn) talking to the taliban leader in afghanistan may help bring peace to the country, according to a former pakistan spy chief once referred to as the 'father of the taliban' retired gen hamid gul, a former head of the isi spy agency, worked with the cia through the 1980s to fund and train the afghan jihad against... | isi last year gul omar us afghanistan pakistan pakistan inter services public relations | face to face talks would work best, says former head of the isi spy agency . last year gul said omar was only person who can improve us interests in afghanistan . he insisted us can access omar through pakistan military . pakistan inter services public relations deny military in contact with omar |
washington (cnn) it's beginning to look a lot like, well, 2011 again, at least at the nation's gas pumps the national average price of gasoline has dropped to a fraction of a penny under $325 a gallon, according to the american automobile association that's the lowest average in almost two years welcome news for ... | the american automobile association americans aaa 325 every day december 154 cents | the american automobile association says 844 million americans will be on the road . statistics from aaa put the national average price of gas at just under $325 a gallon . gas prices have dropped every day in december, cutting 154 cents from the gallon cost |
(ewcom) rebel wilson will emcee the 2013 mtv movie awards, the network announced thursday in a 'first look' trailer that aired during the 'jersey shore' finale set to air on april 14, this is the 'pitch perfect' star's first time hosting, and the first time a woman has hosted since sarah silverman's stint in 2007 on... | pitch perfect rebel wilson sarah silverman's | the 2013 mtv movie awards is set to air on april 14 . 'pitch perfect' star rebel wilson will host the event . this is the first time a woman has hosted since sarah silverman's stint in 2007 |
(cnn) texas firefighters were making significant progress tuesday against wildfires that have consumed at least 78 homes and, at their peak, were burning the length of a football field every minute sustained winds of 40 mph, gusting to 60, combined with 2% relative humidity in some areas to cause the grass fire conf... | at least 50% mark stanford midland more than 136,000 acres texas | new: all 21 wildfires are at least 50% contained, mark stanford says . new: a fire in midland is blamed on a vehicle tire that blew, he says . more than 136,000 acres have burned in 71 fires in texas, the state forest service says . 78 homes have been reported destroyed |
washington (cnn) who knew what, and when? some congressional democrats are calling for an investigation into controversial cia interrogation techniques those questions, focused on recently released bush era cia memos detailing 'enhanced interrogations' of suspected al qaeda members are now being posed inside the ... | obama cia bush democrats republicans congress | president obama recently released cia documents on 'enhanced interrogations'. new report shows that top bush officials signed off on the controversial methods . democrats are calling for investigations into bush officials . republicans insist that democrats in congress knew what was happening |
(cnn) the united nations on monday accused belarus of defying an arms embargo against ivory coast by delivering three attack helicopters to the disputed president of the west african nation a spokesman for un secretary general ban ki moon said that the helicopters and other related materiel 'are reportedly being del... | un belarus the un security council ban ki moon | new: a un team sent to investigate the possible breach of sanctions is fired upon . a spokesman for the government of belarus denies breaking the embargo . the secretary general is pushing for an urgent meeting of the un security council . a spokesman for ban ki moon says the first helicopter reportedly arrived sunday |
(cnn) on a dark london day in late 2007, just after a violent crackdown on the monk led anti government protests that became known as the saffron revolution, a prominent scholar told me that 'what myanmar needs is ordinary people doing ordinary things' had he been able to foresee the cache and relevance of the term ... | zawacki rohingya | more than 400 laws, from media to foreign investment, have been drafted, amended or reviewed . but not all laws reach, reflect international human rights standards, zawacki says . 1982 citizenship law still exists and renders the ethnic minority rohingya population stateless . zawacki: legal reform itself has a role to... |
(cnn) the arcane rules governing thursday's iowa democratic caucuses will test even the most organized campaign, but mastery of the process could launch a candidate on a path to the white house most americans are familiar with how elections work secret ballots, an 18 year old age requirement, all day voting but t... | iowa 7 pm ct thursday night 15 percent | iowa caucuses start at 7 pm ct thursday night . candidates have to show up at caucus sites to vote . candidates must have 15 percent of the voters to be 'viable' |
(cnn) wisconsin gov scott walker on thursday warned 14 absent lawmakers trying to stall his controversial budget bill to return to the state capitol immediately to vote on the measure, or layoff notices will be sent to 1,500 public employees before the weekend 'unfortunately, if we don't have action by tomorrow we h... | wisconsin capitol senate democrats | new: wisconsin governor threatens to lay off 1,500 workers if senators don't return home . new: judge rules that demonstrators can no longer sleep inside capitol building . at least 41 rounds of 22 caliber ammunition have been found outside the capitol . the state senate approves a resolution allowing police to detain ... |
(cnn) at over 1500 meters above sea level, the picturesque setting of davos inspires those attending the world economic forum to take a step back and look at the big picture if there has been one common thread that has run through this swiss alpine village for the past decade and half, it has been the love affair th... | shagrag hallowday pentaploidic | no related information |
paris, france (cnn) france bears responsibility for deporting jews to their deaths in concentration camps during world war ii, the country's highest court ruled monday jews and foreigners are rounded up in paris in may 1941 but, the council of state said, 'measures taken since the end of the second world war have co... | catawampus chips ariadne | no related information |
(cnn) state authorities dispatched emergency crews tuesday to survey the damage after an onslaught of severe weather in mississippi that injured at least 17 people, damaged property and cut power the national weather service said 'probable tornados' caused significant damage across central mississippi, including in ... | restroke interwinding placentae | no related information |
(cnn) more than 20% of patients who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator a high tech device that produces electrical impulses to regulate heartbeats and prevent life threatening arrhythmias in recent years were not good candidates to receive the device, a new study suggests researchers at duke un... | capmaking rebelliousness hurtlessness | no related information |
(cnn) an indiana infant who was denied a life saving transplant surgery by medicaid will now have his operation paid for mdwise, inc and amerihealth mercy of indiana announced friday that they will cover six month old seth petreikis' thymus tissue transplant after medicaid denied his parents original claim two appea... | medicaid seth petreikis' duke north carolina | medicaid denied coverage for seth petreikis' surgery . infant will go to duke in north carolina next year . 'i am so, so, so grateful,' father says |
(cnn) german car manufacturer mercedes completed a takeover of the rebranded brawn gp formula one team on monday, after its parent company deimler acquired all remaining shares from team principal ross brawn and his management partners in collaboration with its largest shareholder aabar, deimler purchased the remain... | mercedes f1 brawn gp red bull infiniti japanese red bull's | mercedes have completed their takeover of the f1 team formerly known as brawn gp . mercedes returned to the sport after it purchased part of brawn gp in late 2009 . world champions red bull have announced a sponsorship deal with infiniti . the japanese carmaker's logo will be displayed on red bull's car next season |
tucson, arizona (cnn) one week after being shot through the head, us rep gabrielle giffords is off the ventilator and breathing on her own through a tracheotomy tube, the university medical center of tucson, arizona, said saturday giffords, who authorities say was the target of a mass shooting by jared lee loughner ... | giffords james tucker | new: giffords is off the ventilator and breathing on her own, the hospital says . new: three people injured in shooting are still hospitalized, after the release of james tucker . the grocery store outside of which the shooting occurred reopened on saturday |
(cnn) espanyol suffered a setback in their quest for european champions league football on monday as they surrendered a one goal lead to lose 2 1 at home to mallorca the barcelona based team currently occupy fifth position in spain's la liga and they took the lead against their tenth placed opponents when striker al... | espanyol mallorca spain la liga sevilla luis fabiano duisburg the german cup energie stade de reims 3 2 french cup | espanyol lose 2 1 at home to mallorca in spain's la liga . sevilla thrash sporting gijon 3 0 with luis fabiano among the goals . msv duisburg reach the german cup final after beating energie cottbus 2 1 . nice beat stade de reims 3 2 to reach french cup semifinal |
(cnn) the swedish tabloid expressen reported wednesday that libya's former justice minister has accused moammar gadhafi of ordering the 1988 bombing of a jet over lockerbie, scotland, that killed 270 people 'i have evidence that gadhafi ordered the lockerbie,' mustafa abdul jalil is reported to have told the newspap... | extirpateo viatica nontractably | no related information |
(cnn) amanda knox says she's scared to return to italy to face a new trial nearly six years after her study abroad roommate's slaying but she's considering it 'i'm afraid to go back there,' she told cnn's chris cuomo 'in italy,' she added, 'people think it's arrogant of me to sit here in the united states and have a... | archizoic fragmentised forereading | no related information |
washington (cnn) president barack obama and congressional leaders will discuss the looming fiscal cliff impasse friday at the white house, aiming for a last minute deal to stave off automatic tax increases and spending cuts the 3 pm meeting which will include obama, vice president joe biden, house speaker john bo... | mcconnell obama boehner reid pelosi the white house friday senate house sunday the new year | new: mcconnell's spokesman says obama should give details of his proposal . boehner, reid, pelosi and mcconnell will meet at the white house on friday . the senate returns to work; the house will be back in session sunday . without a deal, taxes go up and spending gets slashed in the new year |
(cnn) well played, fake scott weiland a man arrested july 26 by beverly hills police on suspicion of shoplifting at a local rite aid and alleged drug possession was somehow able to convince police he was the stone temple pilots frontman but the real weiland upon seeing a report on tmz's website posted thursday th... | weiland july 26 tmz | the rocker is not in jail . a weiland imposter has been locked up since july 26 . tmz said police insisted they had weiland |
(cnn) when i was young, my teachers praised me for being good at math and art, but my father would always tell people, 'you know, john is good at math' at the time i felt i had to choose between the two and with my parents' influence winning over my own, i went to mit after many years there, i learned about compu... | john maeda maeda | john maeda: something designed superbly looks and feels different . much of the time, we tend not to notice good design, he says . designers can make things simpler and richer at same time, maeda says . maeda: design can redefine leadership in age when everyone can friend the ceo |
san pedro, belize (cnn) a dead neighbor headless dogs and a millionaire on the run all set against a backdrop of spectacular tropic beauty it would be difficult to imagine a more intriguing story than the one unfolding in belize right now police there are seeking to question internet pioneer john mcafee in the killi... | gregory faull american belize john mcafee | new: mcafee apparently begins blog, with posts on life on the run . gregory faull, an american businessman, was found shot to death on a belize island . police want to question his neighbor, internet pioneer john mcafee, in the killing . his former girlfriend says he is in 'constant fear, paranoid' |
(cnn) british authorities reopened the probe of amy winehouse's death monday, a year after the coroner who ruled the singer died of accidental alcohol poisoning resigned amid questions about her legal credentials a new coroner's inquest into winehouse's death will begin on january 8, london's camden council announce... | amy winehouse's january 8 winehouse london july 23, 2011 | a new coroner's inquest into amy winehouse's death will begin on january 8 . the assistant deputy coroner who ruled on the death did not have required legal credentials . the original coroner's report concluded it was a 'death by misadventure'. winehouse was found dead at her north london home july 23, 2011 |
paris, france (cnn) a gunman holed up across the street from a french nursery school opened fire friday on mothers and nannies entering the building to pick up children for lunch, slightly injuring eight adults, police said french police at the lyon nursery school friday two of the injured were taken to a hospital n... | oxypicric undented euchorda | no related information |
washington (cnn) president barack obama reached out to iran on friday the start of the iranian new year in a video message offering 'the promise of a new beginning' that is 'grounded in mutual respect' obama's message to iran echoes his inaugural speech, where he said 'we seek a new way forward' the message is... | the iranian new year us tehran | video message coincides with the start of the iranian new year . the us has had tortuous relations with tehran since 1979 . there was no immediate response from tehran |
(cnn) a young blogger arrested in iran for allegedly insulting supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei in an internet posting has died in prison, his attorney said friday the blogger had been jailed for allegedly insulting ayatollah ali khamenei in an internet posting attorney mohammad ali dadkhah said omid mir sayaf... | omid mir sayafi evin sayafi ayatollah ali khamenei | omid mir sayafi, reported to be in his 20s, dies in evin prison . sayafi was a blogger who allegedly insulted ayatollah ali khamenei . lawyer says semi conscious sayafi was taken to doctor but didn't get proper care . rights group reports prison doctor said blogger had taken extra medicine doses |
(cnn) it's a good bet that lolo jones and lauryn williams won't be wearing singlets for this olympics but it's also safe to assume that once again they'd be plenty fast these two us track and field stars got one step closer saturday to another olympic games, this time in wintry russia they are among the women ... | suffragan enwombs binder | no related information |
(cnn) 'battlestar galactica,' the tv series that has held up a mirror to post 9/11 politics and paranoia for the past four seasons, comes to an end friday 'battlestar galactica' drew consistent praise from the critics, but never attracted huge audiences the show's legions of fans may be in mourning, but executive pr... | the september 11, 2001 battlestar galactica' | show featured group of survivors from an attack that wiped out most of humanity . it went into development shortly after the september 11, 2001, attacks . executive producer: some of the themes of the show derived directly from the attacks . original 'battlestar galactica' series ran from 1978 to 1980 |
(cnn) having to guard nba stars like lebron james and paul pierce can be the most daunting task for many basketball players but for milwaukee bucks forward luc richard mbah a moute who is actually a prince in his native cameroon turning up against such basketball royalty is an enthralling experience 'i take pr... | luc richard mbah moute nba the milwaukee bucks mbah bia messe cameroon basketball without borders africa | luc richard mbah a moute is an nba basketball player for the milwaukee bucks . mbah a moute's father is the chief of the bia messe village in cameroon . the energetic forward is regarded as one of the best defenders in the nba . having taken part in basketball without borders, he wants to help africa's youth realize th... |
new york (cnn) bidding failed to meet expectations saturday on a uniquely complete skeleton of a jurassic era dryosaurus a long necked, plant eating dinosaur so it was no sale for the centerpiece at an auction of rare skeletons, fossils and other prehistoric memorabilia fossils including dinosaur skeletons are... | half a million dollars 9 foot jurassic period close to $60,000 almost $50,000 | auctioneers had hoped remains of dryosaurus would fetch half a million dollars . bids didn't measure up, so 9 foot skeleton from jurassic period remains unsold . fossil of a teenage woolly mammoth sold for close to $60,000 at auction . huge opalized fossil of an extinct sea creature went for almost $50,000 |
nairobi, kenya (cnn) pirates on a seized saudi owned oil supertanker are delaying release of the ship despite receiving a ransom because of a fatal drowning accident that killed four of their colleagues, a journalist who spoke with one of the pirates told cnn a small aircraft is observed by the us navy flying over t... | saudi next 24 hours two million barrels about $100 million us navy | pirates counting ransom money aboard hijacked saudi supertanker . witness tells local journalist that ship, crew to be released in next 24 hours . tanker was carrying two million barrels of crude oil worth about $100 million . us navy took photos of apparent ransom payment being dropped onto ship |
(cnn) the number of people missing after flash floods swept cars off roads in the eastern australian city of toowoomba rose to more than 70 on monday, with eight people confirmed dead, police in the state of queensland reported the latest flooding hit toowoomba, about 125 kilometers (80 miles) west of the state capi... | knotting nabcheat banksia | no related information |
(cnn) lasith malinga became the first bowler to claim a hat trick of dismissals in two cricket world cups as his devastating spell of bowling helped sri lanka dismantle kenya malinga took six wickets for just 38 runs including three in three balls as he became the second bowler in as many days to record a hat trick ... | lasith malinga kenya world cup malinga first sri lanka | lasith malinga takes a hat trick against kenya at cricket world cup . malinga is the first bowler in history to take two world cup hat tricks . sri lanka crush kenya after bowling opponents out for 142 . hosts reach their target in 18 over to win by nine wickets |
(cnn) is orbitz trying to get mac users to book higher priced hotels? the travel website's ceo says that's not exactly the case but that's how many mac users are feeling after the wall street journal reported tuesday that orbitz was steering mac users toward higher priced hotels than pc users, based on spending habi... | nonenumerated antimystically simnelwise | no related information |
(cnn) dutch investigators will issue a preliminary report tuesday on the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17, which was shot down in eastern ukraine in july the dutch safety board said its report will be based on the sources available more investigations will be conducted before a final report is issued, the board ... | boeing 777 ukraine dutch dutch safety board | the boeing 777 was shot down in ukraine in july . of the 298 people killed, a majority were dutch . report will be based on the sources available, dutch safety board says |
(cnn) seventy nine year old henri wosniak had only ever seen france's beloved revolutionary painting 'liberty leading the people' on postage stamps then the real thing turned up on his doorstep for 35 years, wosniak worked one meter underground in one of the coal mines dotted across the small town of lens, in ... | france louvre lens €150m 24% japanese sanaa | how did an ex mining town in northern france become an art haven?. one year since louvre opened sister gallery in lens, attracts 750,000 visitors . hoped €150m museum will reinvigorate depressed city with 24% unemployment . gleaming glass building designed by japanese architect firm sanaa |
(cnn) international correspondent fred pleitgen reports from the site of e1, a controversial settlement that the israeli government plans to build what is e1? i was standing on the barren hilltops east of jerusalem and it is hard to believe the area could be at the center of an international controversy e1 stands fo... | retaliatory vaingloriousness unwan | no related information |
(cnn) lionel messi's bid to break gerd muller's record for goals in a calendar year is back on after the argentina star was named in barcelona's squad to travel to real betis on sunday messi, who is one short of the german's 1972 milestone mark of 85, has made a quick recovery from the injury he suffered on wednesda... | lionel messi barcelona la liga betis argentine messi gerd muller's real madrid atletico | lionel messi named in barcelona squad for sunday's la liga trip to real betis . argentine has recovered quickly from injury that threatened his world record bid . messi is one goals short of gerd muller's record of 85 in a calendar year . real madrid come from behind to close gap on second placed atletico |
washington (cnn) us secretary of state hillary clinton called on israel to reconsider plans to build thousands of homes in its occupied territory, saying it will set back efforts to bring about a two state solution between the israelis and palestinians clinton's comments friday followed news that israeli prime minis... | uk israeli the west bank east jerusalem israel state hillary clinton us | new: the uk calls israeli settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem illegal . new: israel has approved construction and zoning for future construction, an official says . secretary of state hillary clinton says us position on new israeli settlement is clear . she says they 'set back the cause of a negotiated peac... |
frankfurt, germany (cnn) the man who shot and killed two american troops in germany was a recently radicalized muslim who seems to have been influenced by local radical islamist websites, a german official said thursday arid uka told interrogators that his aim was to kill american troops, said boris rhein, interior ... | nicholas alden 25 south carolina kosovo age 1 albania us uka german | new: nicholas alden, 25, a senior airman from south carolina, was killed, the military says . the suspect left kosovo at age 1 and was an ethnic albania, a us official says . uka allegedly confessed and says he acted alone, a german intelligence official says . the suspect fired until his weapon jammed and then fled, a... |
(cnn) israel said tuesday it won't bow to demands by world leaders to abandon plans for new settlements on palestinian territory 'israel will continue to stand by its essential interests even in the face of international pressure, and there will be no change in the decision that was taken,' the israeli prime ministe... | egypt israeli israel palestinian un west bank | new: egypt summons israeli ambassador over building plans . 'a clear message must be sent to israel,' the palestinian leader says in un letter . israel is under pressure to reverse its decision to expand west bank settlements . israel says it won't back down from the decision |
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