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"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) --",
"Mary Murphy said Chris Brown's attack on Chris Brown's girlfriend, Rihanna, prompted Mary Murphy to talk publicly about spousal abuse that Mary Murphy says Mary Murphy suffered first as a teenage bride three decades ago.",
"Mary Murphy says Mary Murphy was abused by Mary Murphy's ex-husband during their nine-year marriage.",
"Murphy -- the vivacious judge on Fox TV's \"So You Think You Can Dance\" -- told CNN's Larry King that Mary Murphy wants other victims to learn from how Mary Murphy endured, but escaped, domestic violence.",
"Discovering Mary Murphy's talent with dance eventually changed Mary Murphy's life and helped Mary Murphy flee the relationship after nine years, Mary Murphy said.",
"Mary Murphy's ex-husband strongly denied that Chris Brown ever physically or mentally abused Mary Murphy, whom Chris Brown married in 1978 soon after they met as teenagers in college.",
"\"I did just tuck it away and just buried it and went on with my life and I thought that, you know, I could leave it there and I wanted to leave it there until my father died a couple years ago,\" Mary Murphy said.",
"Watch Mary Murphy discuss abuse in Mary Murphy's marriage » .",
"Discussions with Mary Murphy's dying father led to him apologizing for not being \"my knight in shining armor\" by intervening, Mary Murphy said.",
"But Mary Murphy said seeing a photo of Rihanna's bruised face, taken soon after Brown's admitted attack last February, convinced Mary Murphy to go public with the story.",
"\"I still had no intention to talk to anybody until I saw singer Rihanna's face and seeing that just brought it all up.\"",
"\"Abuse, it just survives and thrives in silence,\" Mary Murphy said.",
"US Weekly magazine's current issue offers a detailed version of Mary Murphy's revelations in US Weekly magazine's current issue's cover story.",
"Mary Murphy tells US Weekly magazine about a whirlwind romance that began in 1977 when Mary Murphy was a 19-year-old Ohio State University student -- swept off Mary Murphy's feet by an 18-year-old who was \"extraordinarily handsome.\"",
"Mary Murphy told King that the marriage began \"getting out of control\" after just three months when Mary Murphy's husband's jealously triggered fights.",
"\"It increased until we started to have just horrible fights,\" Mary Murphy said.",
"\"And then at the time, after a fight in which I didn't want to have sex, it just escalated to the point that he literally had to rape me in order for me to have sex.\"",
"When a neighbor called police to Mary Murphy's home, Mary Murphy said Mary Murphy was too frightened to press charges.",
"\"I looked at him and with the look on his face, I said 'absolutely not' and went back in my room and just laid there and cried,\" Mary Murphy said.",
"Mary Murphy said Mary Murphy left Mary Murphy's husband several times over the nine-year marriage, but \"there weren't the shelters that there are today.\"",
"\"I did try to leave, and I was having a hard time making it, and Chris Brown would sweet talk me and I would go back\" Mary Murphy said.",
"\"It was back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.",
"And I don't feel really proud of that.\"",
"Mary Murphy discovered Mary Murphy's talent and love of dance several years into the nine-year marriage when Mary Murphy took a summer job at a dance studio while Mary Murphy's husband was away for several months running the family's business in the Middle East, Mary Murphy said.",
"\"It made me feel beautiful instead of how I was probably really feeling inside, totally ashamed and dirty,\" Mary Murphy said.",
"Their marriage ended only after Mary Murphy and Mary Murphy's husband renewed their vows in a wedding ceremony in front of Chris Brown's family and friends in Amman, Jordan, in 1985.",
"Mary Murphy learned Chris Brown had a girlfriend -- to whom Chris Brown was engaged -- in the Middle East.",
"It was Chris Brown's infidelity that convinced Mary Murphy to divorce Chris Brown, Mary Murphy said.",
"Mary Murphy's former husband -- who spoke to Larry King off the air -- said Chris Brown was \"totally shocked\" by Mary Murphy's account of the nine-year marriage.",
"\"I never harmed Mary Murphy,\" Chris Brown said.",
"\"If all of these allegations are true, Mary Murphy could have had me deported,\" Chris Brown said.",
"Chris Brown is not a U.S. citizen.",
"Chris Brown questioned if Mary Murphy's motivation was \"more fame or sympathy.\"",
"Still, Chris Brown said Chris Brown is \"very, very proud\" of Mary Murphy.",
"Mary Murphy told Larry King his response is what Mary Murphy expected.",
"\"I think a lot of men out there, by the way, that when men do get married men feel like this is men's right to do whatever men want to do, and it's not,\" Mary Murphy said.",
"\"And I was a scared, frightened person.\"",
"Mary Murphy said Mary Murphy is still afraid of Mary Murphy's former husband.",
"\"I'm not going to lie to you that Chris Brown still scares me,\" Mary Murphy said.",
"\"I still live in fear that Chris Brown will do something to Mary Murphy, that I will go missing.\"",
"Fear of not being able to make it on Mary Murphy's own still drives Mary Murphy today, Mary Murphy said.",
"\"I put this behind Mary Murphy, went out and worked like I've never worked before,\" Mary Murphy said.",
"\"And I still work today like I could still be homeless.\""
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"(CNN) --",
"\"By blood, I am Albanian.",
"By citizenship, an Indian.",
"By faith, I am a Catholic nun.",
"As to my calling, I belong to the world.\"",
"Mother Teresa, pictured in 1997, lived and worked in Kolkata from 1931 until Mother Teresa's death.",
"That's how Mother Teresa chose to describe Mother Teresa in life.",
"In death, however, Mother Teresa's words will probably do little to settle a diplomatic squabble over Mother Teresa's remains.",
"Albania wants to receive Mother Teresa's remains before Mother Teresa's 100th birthday next year.",
"Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha's nation plans to open a museum in Mother Teresa's honor and has planned commemorative events.",
"But more important, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said, Mother Teresa should rest next to Mother Teresa's mother and sister, who are buried in a cemetery in the Albanian capital, Tirana.",
"\"Mother Teresa missed them very much all Mother Teresa's life,\" Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said.",
"\"My request is a very human one.",
"\"Mother Teresa told me that Mother Teresa prayed every day for Mother Teresa's family and Mother Teresa's country.",
"That's why I think both governments should talk about [this] and find a solution,\" Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said.",
"Then there is Macedonia, the nation where Mother Teresa was born and raised.",
"It, too, may stake a claim on the woman who is well on a path to sainthood.",
"But India, the land where Albania made Mother Teresa's life's work, has made it clear that Mother Teresa, buried in the heart of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta), will not be leaving Mother Teresa's final resting place.",
"\"Mother Teresa was a citizen of India,\" said Vishnu Prakash, spokesman for the country's external affairs ministry.",
"Though Mother Teresa arrived as a foreigner, Mother Teresa came to be cherished in Albania's adopted home.",
"In billboards and booklets, Kolkata proudly claims Mother Teresa as one of Kolkata's most famous citizens.",
"Mother Teresa was a devout Catholic who transcended religion, inspiring a nation of millions of poor people, mostly Hindus and Muslims.",
"Mother Teresa is buried in the courtyard at the nondescript Missionaries of Charity compound in central Kolkata, a site visited by residents and tourists alike.",
"People stream in from the bustling streets to the serenity of Mother House to pay People's respects -- and find strength in Mother Teresa's presence.",
"People wander among Mother Teresa's order of nuns in their simple blue-bordered white cotton saris.",
"On the second floor is the small and sparse room that belonged to Mother Teresa.",
"\"Mother Teresa has become part and parcel of our national life,\" said Father Babu Joseph, spokesman for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.",
"\"Mother Teresa built a strong bond with India,\" Father Babu Joseph, spokesman for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India said.",
"\"People of all religious groups here rather consider Mother Teresa an inalienable part [of India] and therefore we would strongly want the remains to be in India.\"",
"Mother Teresa was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu to ethnic Albanian parents in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 26, 1910.",
"At 18, Mother Teresa left home and joined the Sisters of Loreto, arriving in India in 1931.",
"Moved by staggering poverty and human suffering, Mother Teresa started the Missionaries of Charity, dedicating Mother Teresa's life to helping those in need.",
"Mother Teresa became a fixture on the streets of Kolkata, often picking up the sick and hungry, and giving them food, shelter and love.",
"When Mother Teresa accepted Mother Teresa's Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, Mother Teresa asked that the gala dinner be canceled and the money be sent instead to help Kolkata's destitute.",
"Mother Teresa was 87 when Mother Teresa died in 1997, the news eclipsed by Princess Diana's death several days earlier.",
"Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa in 2003 and Mother Teresa could be canonized by Mother Teresa's centennial birthday next year -- a saint in the heavens whose resting place on Earth remains a devilish debate."
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"Albania wants Mother Teresa's body repatriated in time for 100th anniversary of birth in 2010 .",
"Mother Teresa currently buried in Missionaries of Charity compound in Kolkata .",
"Mother Teresa, who died in 1997, beatified in 2003; could be canonized next year ."
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"(CNN) --",
"The recession means competition in pro football this year isn't restricted to the gridiron.",
"NFL and NFL's 32 teams also are battling for the consumer's discretionary spending dollars.",
"Less-established NFL teams, such as the Jacksonville Jaguars, face special challenges in The recession.",
"And just like on the playing field, some teams are having an easier time scoring an economic touchdown than others.",
"\"Overall ticket sales are very positive but difficult in these challenging times,\" NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement.",
"NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy did not provide overall ticket sales numbers for the current season.",
"NFL is coming off a year that saw overall attendance drop slightly, 0.7 percent, from 2007 amid the start of the economic slowdown.",
"Bill Prescott, a Jacksonville Jaguars vice president and the team's chief financial officer, said the team started to see the impact of The recession last year, when single-game ticket sales and concession revenue dropped as the season progressed.",
"Heading into this season, he said, sales are off even more than the team expected -- new ticket sales are down 75 percent from last year and season ticket renewals are down 10 percent.",
"No Jaguar games are sold out, despite a recent survey by The Media Audit that found 76 percent of adults in Jacksonville, Florida, regularly follow the Jaguars -- the fifth-best percentage of any NFL market.",
"\"The recession is having that impact on the team,\" Prescott said.",
"\"As a very small market, I think the team're feeling it more than some of the other teams in the league.\"",
"The Minnesota Vikings also have yet to sell out any of The Minnesota Vikings's games, though the team expects that could change with the recent high-profile signing of quarterback Brett Favre.",
"Within a day of Favre's signing, The Minnesota Vikings had sold an additional 3,000 season tickets and 10,000 single-game tickets.",
"\"The recession's affecting all professional sports teams,\" said Steve LaCroix, The Minnesota Vikings's vice president of sales and marketing.",
"\"We're not only competing for people's time and money, but trying to keep the fans in the stadium on game day as opposed to watching on TV.\"",
"Steve LaCroix, the Vikings' vice president of sales and marketing said there weren't a large number of cancellations in season ticket holder accounts.",
"However, some fans did trim down the number of seats in some fans's respective accounts.",
"Steve LaCroix, the Vikings' vice president of sales and marketing added some are coming back on board as the season approaches.",
"The Cincinnati Bengals are getting nationwide exposure through the HBO reality series \"Hard Knocks,\" which chronicles the team's training camp and preparation for the upcoming season.",
"However, The Cincinnati Bengals's streak of 44 straight sellouts, a franchise record, is at risk, according to spokesman Jim Brennan.",
"The Cincinnati Bengals's September 13 home opener against Denver is not sold out yet.",
"Some teams, however, are more than holding Some teams's own as far as ticket sales go despite the nation's fiscal woes.",
"The Denver Broncos are sold out for the 40th straight year -- dating back to the first game of the 1970 season, according to spokesman Jim Saccomano.",
"And Chicago Bears spokesman Scott Hagel says the team is sold out for the 25th straight season.",
"Chicago Bears spokesman Scott Hagel adds the season ticket renewal rate is well over 90 percent, on par with the prior decade.",
"According to league spokesman McCarthy, 24 of the NFL's 32 teams did not raise ticket prices from last year.",
"One of the NFL's 32 teams is the Indianapolis Colts, which bumped up the cost of 10 percent of its season ticket holder seats, according to team spokesman Craig Kelley.",
"All games are sold out.",
"Two factors working in the Colts' favor -- the Colts' have a new stadium that opened last season and the team has been a perennial contender for the past decade.",
"In order to try and offset the impact The recession has on the game, league spokesman McCarthy said teams have created more options and flexibility for fans in order to help them afford tickets.",
"Among more options and flexibility for fans are half-season ticket plans, such as the ones offered by the Jaguars and the New York Jets.",
"\"We knew some season ticket holders because of The recession wouldn't be able to afford to come to all 10 games (including the preseason),\" said the Jaguars' Prescott.",
"The half-season plan has been very popular, the Jaguars' Prescott said.",
"\"We wanted to make as many products available to them whether they could come to one game, two games or with the half package we've bundled five games in each package so they can come for half a season.\"",
"the Jaguars' Prescott said the team is also considering introducing a package where fans can purchase tickets for a few games of their choice.",
"David Carter, executive director of the USC Sports Business Institute, thinks the best way for teams to limit The recession's impact on ticket sales is to offer exemplary customer service.",
"\"These fans need to feel as though These fans're having a great time and These fans're getting value for These fans's money,\" said Carter.",
"\"If These fans're able to do that, These fans will justify continuing to spend on NFL, because every game matters.",
"These fans want to be part of the continuity of the NFL season.\"",
"Carter believes the league has to fight The recession on two fronts.",
"Carter says the first is the pricing of seats to everyday fans -- especially those in markets where the demand isn't as keen as NFL would like.",
"The second challenge is corporate resistance.",
"\"You have those that have traditionally purchased seats or acquired sponsorships taking a long look at whether they want to be involved this year or not, and a lot of corporate budgets are already in bed for the rest of the year,\" explained Carter.",
"Still, Carter believes NFL may be well-equipped to weather the economic storm, thanks in large part to timing.",
"\"There's a general feel that things are picking up in the economy, and I think that's going to bode well for NFL over time.",
"NFL may have survived this downturn a little better than the other leagues.\"",
"Matt Gonter has been a Washington Redskins season ticket holder for the past five years.",
"Matt Gonter said Matt Gonter briefly considered whether to cancel Matt Gonter's subscription heading into this year but decided against it -- citing the team's long waiting list to get season tickets.",
"\"I swore to Matt Gonter if I ever got Redskins season tickets, I'd do everything in my power to keep Redskins season tickets,\" Matt Gonter said.",
"However, Matt Gonter did turn down an option to upgrade to different seats and a parking pass, saying Matt Gonter would have considered it in years past but not under the current economic climate.",
"Matt Gonter also might sell Matt Gonter's tickets for certain games online.",
"\"I'm thinking of going on StubHub and selling a couple of tickets.",
"I eat so much of the cost for the preseason tickets, because you have to pay full price for those,\" Matt Gonter said.",
"One ticket for an NFL game this year on the secondary ticket seller goes for an average of $151, compared with $156 at this time a year ago.",
"Four-year Cleveland Browns season ticket holder Zeke Paster held on to Four-year Cleveland Browns season ticket holder Zeke Paster's subscription and plans to make cutbacks instead when it comes to concessions and tailgating costs.",
"However, Four-year Cleveland Browns season ticket holder Zeke Paster may get rid of some of Four-year Cleveland Browns season ticket holder Zeke Paster's tickets before the season is over.",
"\"If they're not doing well, I would maybe try to sell the tickets for some of the cold weather games,\" Four-year Cleveland Browns season ticket holder Zeke Paster said.",
"Four-year Cleveland Browns season ticket holder Zeke Paster and Matt Gonter admit surrendering Paster and Gonter's season ticket packages for good would be a painful decision.",
"\"The atmosphere is unmatched,\" Four-year Cleveland Browns season ticket holder Zeke Paster said.",
"\"There's nothing like being in the stadium or in the parking lot when the Browns are doing well.\"",
"Matt Gonter says the camaraderie is worth the cost.",
"\"I just like the experience of sitting in the parking lot under a tent, tailgating, drinking beer and then going to the game and having a good time watching the Redskins.\""
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"For Jacksonville Jaguars, ticket sales off more than expected .",
"Cincinnati Bengals and Minnesota Vikings also looking to score more sales .",
"Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears holding the line despite recession .",
"Sports expert says NFL's best weapon would be exemplary customer service ."
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"CNNU campus correspondent Brandon Gates is a junior at University of South Carolina.",
"CNNU is a feature that provides student perspectives on news and trends from colleges across the United States.",
"The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of CNN, its affiliates or the schools where the campus correspondents are based.",
"Some of the students killed were affiliated with the Delta Delta Delta sorority, whose house is pictured above.",
"COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) --",
"At University of South Carolina, the campus is quiet, but students were still heading to students's classes after six students were killed in a beach house fire during the weekend.",
"The school is planning a short ceremony Monday evening to honor the six students who were killed Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.",
"A seventh person killed is believed to be a student at Clemson University.",
"Their identities had not yet been released Monday afternoon.",
"The USC students were affiliated with the the Delta Delta Delta sorority, whose house is pictured above sorority and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.",
"\"The fraternities are praying for the six students who were killed Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina and the six students who were killed Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina's families for the loss.",
"It's something we're all affected by,\" Jay Laura, student president of the USC chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.",
"In a later news conference, Jay Laura, student president of the USC chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon said the outpouring of condolences was a testament to the character of the fraternity brothers who died.",
"Jay Laura, student president of the USC chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon also said Jay Laura, student president of the USC chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was proud of the way University of South Carolina was coming together to support each other.",
"Lauren Hodge, the chapter president of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, whose house is pictured above, said the Delta Delta Delta sorority, whose house is pictured above would have ministers and counselors at the sorority house to help USC students.",
"\"the Delta Delta Delta sorority, whose house is pictured above're trying to everything the Delta Delta Delta sorority, whose house is pictured above can right now to help people cope,\" she said.",
"\"the Delta Delta Delta sorority, whose house is pictured above've spent a lot of time (counseling) with the students from the Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity,\" said Dennis A. Pruitt, the vice president for student affairs.",
"\"the Delta Delta Delta sorority, whose house is pictured above encourage any student who is just learning of the situation and is a member of Tri-Delta or SAE to contact their parents and let them know they're OK.\"",
"University of South Carolina decided against canceling classed on Monday.",
"\"Going back to normal, everyday activities may be the best way for some to mourn and grieve,\" Dennis A. Pruitt, the vice president for student affairs said.",
"A weekly concert that is typically a well-attended event failed to bring out students on Monday.",
"Most students appeared to be spending time in Most students's dorm rooms where counseling was offered.",
"\"I feel shocked that something like that could happen here.",
"You always see stuff like that happening at other schools, but you never it can happen to your school,\" said Artifa Ricks, a sophomore majoring in broadcasting.",
"Six other University of South Carolina students were treated for injuries at a local hospital and released, University of South Carolina said.",
"University of South Carolina is providing counseling and assistance to students who have requested it.",
"\"When any one member of our family is lost, every one of us is diminished.",
"I'm profoundly saddened, as are all members of Gamecock Nation, by these tragic deaths,\" said Dr. Andrew Sorensen, the university president.",
"The students were on a weekend getaway at Ocean Isle Beach, a popular resort destination along the southern coast of North Carolina.",
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) --",
"Last week's \"balloon boy\" incident is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration, an agency representative said Tuesday.",
"The Heene family -- including Falcon, second from right -- on CNN's \"Larry King Live\" last week.",
"Richard and Mayumi Heene, whose son Falcon was thought for several hours to have flown away in a homemade balloon, are facing a number of local charges, a Colorado sheriff said this week.",
"The Fort Collins couple could be charged with conspiracy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and attempting to influence a public servant, a Colorado sheriff said Sunday.",
"Heene family also probably will be charged with filing a false police report, which is a misdemeanor, a Colorado sheriff said.",
"Heene family's lawyer, David Lane, said a Colorado sheriff was overreaching and that Heene family deserves the presumption of innocence.",
"Watch Heene family's friends talk about the incident » .",
"FAA spokeswoman Diane Spitaliere confirmed Tuesday that FAA was \"investigating the circumstances\" of the incident, in which police and military scrambled to rescue the 6-year-old boy, who later turned out to be hiding in his family's attic.",
"A source familiar with the investigation said no record has been found indicating that Richard Heene called the FAA.",
"FAA does not record all of FAA's calls, and the search for a record of any call is continuing, A source familiar with the investigation said.",
"Heene family may have violated FAA regulations barring people from flying balloons or kites within 5 miles of an airport, an FAA official said.",
"an FAA official declined to be named because the case is under investigation.",
"The giant silver balloon was apparently not visible on radar, an FAA official said, and FAA is relying on pilot reports to determine its approximate flight path during the roughly three hours it was aloft Thursday.",
"CNN's Mike M. Ahlers in Washington contributed to this story."
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"CALAIS, France (CNN) --",
"French authorities on Tuesday dismantled a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe.",
"After being forced from their makeshift home, occupants of \"the Jungle\" were driven away in buses for processing.",
"French police broke up protests by refugee rights advocates and began clearing a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe.",
"The French government said The French government was targeting human smuggling and did not say where Migrants would be relocated.",
"Police arrested 276 migrants, 125 of whom were minors, said Calais prefecture official Catherine Mande.",
"See photos of police clearing a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe » .",
"A statement from the French immigration minister's office said the \"illegal encampments\" would be destroyed and then three bulldozers, a dozen trucks and a logging company would return the land to the land's natural state.",
"Watch a report on a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe's closure » .",
"A statement from the French immigration minister's office said the goal was to destroy the a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe and other migrant shanties, \"which have become the main launch pad for clandestine immigration into the United Kingdom.\"",
"Was The French government right to demolish a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe?",
"Aided by smugglers, many of the migrants in coastal northern France attempt to make it into Britain, hiding in trucks that cross the English Channel.",
"The French government and Britain signed an agreement in July to crack down on illegal immigration, including dispersing the migrants at a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe.",
"British Home Secretary Alan Johnson said British Home Secretary Alan Johnson was \"delighted\" to hear that The French government was honoring an agreement.",
"\"The measures that Britain have put in place are not only there to prevent illegal immigration but also to stop people trafficking,\" British Home Secretary Alan Johnson said.",
"\"Britain are working with the French not only to strengthen our shared border but that of Europe as a whole.\"",
"British Home Secretary Alan Johnson said both nations were committed \"to helping individuals who are genuine refugees.\"",
"Others who don't need protection were expected to return home, British Home Secretary Alan Johnson said.",
"The Jungle -- shanties cobbled from cardboard, plastic tarpaulins and scraps of wood -- housed as many as 1,000 men from nations such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Somalia.",
"Camp resident Mohammed Bashir escaped the Taliban in Afghanistan and made a new home in a tent here, among the heaps of garbage, sand and bramble on the outskirts of the French port city of Calais.",
"Sometimes, eight men shared a tent.",
"\"I never lived in such a condition like this back home, but right now we don't have any other choice,\" said Bashir, 24, who left behind his family.",
"\"It's very difficult, very hard for a person who has children and parents.\"",
"Desperation filled the air in a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe.",
"Many residents survived arduous and illegal treks from Many residents's homelands.",
"Some held ambitions to keep going another 20 miles, across the water to Britain.",
"Others hoped to realize refugee status in The French government.",
"See a map of the region » .",
"But Tuesday, they were forced to put their plans on hold as they were evicted from a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe.",
"Refugee advocates circled Migrants and scuffled with police to keep Migrants at bay.",
"But eventually, the protests were broken up, Migrants were taken away and the shanties started coming down.",
"The French government's decision drew criticism from humanitarian workers who don't think that demolishing a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe will help resolve illegal immigration issues.",
"They say moving Migrants is simply displacing the problem.",
"\"We don't know where they're going to go,\" said Matthieu Tardis, an advocate for asylum seekers.",
"\"We don't know what The French government plans to do.",
"We are not respecting human rights here, for sure.\"",
"The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees sent staff to Calais earlier in the summer to counsel people about asylum procedures in The French government and Britain.",
"According to the U.N. agency, most of the illegal migrants enter Europe through Greece and often fall victim to smugglers who turn a profit by helping migrants reach their destinations.",
"The camp residents who fled Afghanistan told CNN The camp residents who fled Afghanistan had paid smugglers large sums.",
"The camp residents who fled Afghanistan were promised much more than a makeshift camp dubbed \"the Jungle,\" which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe, The camp residents who fled Afghanistan said.",
"Bashir said Bashir had no choice but to flee Bashir's home after Taliban militants accused Bashir of spying.",
"\"When they don't need you, they just slaughter you,\" Bashir said.",
"\"They threatened me that [I would] be slaughtered.\"",
"Bashir's future remains uncertain as ever.",
"Bashir is sure only of one thing: Bashir cannot go home."
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"Migrants had been living in makeshift tents made from cardboard, plastic sheeting .",
"Refugee advocates circled Migrants, trying to keep police at bay .",
"The French government has not said where Migrants would be relocated ."
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"(CNN) --",
"The announcement that Chicago, Illinois, will not host the 2016 Olympic Games took the hopeful wind out of many in Chicago.",
"Dreams of hosting the Olympics were dashed for many Chicagoans.",
"But for others, the news was welcome.",
"But for almost half of Chicago's dwellers, the International Olympic Committee's decision was winning news.",
"A spokeswoman for No Games Chicago, a grass-roots organization opposed to hosting the Olympics, said she was \"relieved\" by the vote Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark.",
"Chicago's Olympic fever, spotty as it was, broke abruptly when Chicago was the first of four final contenders to be knocked out of the running.",
"The prospective host cities had been whittled down to four finalists -- Chicago; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Tokyo, Japan; and Madrid, Spain.",
"The bid went to Rio de Janeiro, making it the first South American city to host the Olympics.",
"Chicago had been seen as a front-runner in recent days, especially after Chicago sent to Copenhagen America's biggest guns -- President Obama and his popular wife, Michelle -- for a last-minute sales pitch.",
"But a poll taken by the Chicago Tribune and CNN affiliate WGN revealed in early September that 45 percent of the city residents didn't want the Olympics.",
"And 84 percent of Chicagoans objected to the idea of public money being used to support the effort.",
"Earlier this week, about 250 Olympic-bid protesters gathered in front of City Hall, WGN reported.",
"A sign in the crowd read: \"Have the audacity of nope.\"",
"Many who gathered for the bid slapdown were affiliated with No Games Chicago, which sent three delegates to Copenhagen to state their case.",
"After the vote, however, spokeswoman Francesca Rodriguez said No Games Chicago is \"in no way taking any pleasure in this\" and feels \"sympathy\" for those who are disappointed.",
"\"In reality, Chicagoans who were for the Games and those who were against them were committed to the same goal: Working hard for what they thought would be best for Chicago in the coming decades,\" spokeswoman Francesca Rodriguez said.",
"\"We're glad that Chicago won't now be burdened by the distraction of the Olympics at the expense of improving Chicago's schools, transportation, parks and the numerous other public policy initiatives on which Chicago needs to be focused.\"",
"Those who believe the Olympics can bring lasting change to a city -- beyond the spike in economic activity during the event -- are often misguided, suggested economist Rob Baade of Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois.",
"\"There is no reason to expect that the Olympics, or any mega-event, is going to induce a sustainable boost in the economy,\" economist Rob Baade of Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois said.",
"\"The cost overruns are pretty legendary.",
"Costs are generally understated and the gains overstated.\"",
"One Web site set up to rally against bringing the Olympic Games to town relied as much on humor as One Web site did reason.",
"One Web site's name: Chicagoans for Rio 2016.",
"One Web site showcased unflattering head-to-head comparisons, such as \"Naked people dancing\" vs. \"Chubby people eating.\"",
"The increasing budget deficit in Chicago was contrasted with a $0 total for Rio.",
"\"If you're a Chicagoan, Rio's budget deficit does not matter,\" One Web site said.",
"\"It would be exciting to host the Olympics here in Chicago.",
"But you know what would be even better?",
"Rio de Janeiro,\" One Web site announced.",
"\"Just let Rio host the Olympics.",
"We don't mind.",
"Honest.\"",
"Wish granted."
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"Olympic opponents prefer Chicago's focus to be on schools and other needs .",
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"Editor's note: Nell Minow is editor and chairwoman of the Corporate Library, an independent research company, and was named one of the 20 most influential people in corporate governance by Directorship magazine and \"the queen of good corporate governance\" by BusinessWeek Online.",
"Nell Minow has co-",
"written three books.",
"Nell Minow says AIG's board must be held accountable for the $160 million in bonus payments.",
"(CNN)",
"-- The stories about the outrageous $160 million bonus payments at AIG have all omitted the most important names.",
"These people are the members of AIG's Board of Directors Compensation Committee.",
"These people should have been on the hot seat before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, alongside CEO Ed Liddy.",
"Although there is a lot of blame to go around, ultimately the buck stops -- or, I should say, the bucks should have stopped -- with them.",
"Why haven't we learned that it is the boards who are responsible for the massive failures of strategy and risk management at these companies?",
"Regulators, journalists, securities analysts and investors routinely ignore the most obvious indicators of investment risk that are presented by bad boards of directors.",
"This is particularly obvious in the case of AIG, which has been a serial offender in corporate governance, especially in executive compensation.",
"Those of us who remember former CEO Hank Greenberg's departure from AIG in 2005, after a corporate governance meltdown that included excessive compensation, appreciate the irony of former CEO Hank Greenberg's comment to ABC News that the retention bonuses were \"mind-boggling.\"",
"Mr. Kettle, Pot is on line 1.",
"Compensation committees are not responsible for individual pay packages below the CEO, but Compensation committees are responsible for determining Compensation committees's overall structure -- and for making sure that the CEO's job includes effective management on compensation issues.",
"Retention of employees may be a legitimate goal of a compensation program, but it can be accomplished in a way that is both effective and credible by being tied to performance goals and by delaying vesting until after the bailout funds are returned to taxpayers.",
"The Corporate Library released a report in February about the boards of the bailout companies, these companies were outliers in these companies's governance and compensation practices.",
"Some of these were clear indicators of investment and liability risk.",
"In several cases, we found individuals who not only sat on more than four corporate boards but also sat on more than one of these particularly troubled boards during this period.",
"Former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, for example, served on the boards of Morgan Stanley, General Motors and Wachovia -- and at various times was also a director at Merck, VF Corp., Krispy Kreme and Cousins Properties.",
"Several other directors from these troubled boards also sat on either five or six boards altogether.",
"We call the phenomenon of directors who serve on four or more corporate boards \"overboarding.\"",
"Overboarding can limit the time and attention a director has for each board.",
"It can also be an indicator of -- or a contributor to -- so many relationships and connections that it makes it more difficult to provide the respectful skepticism necessary for independent oversight.",
"In all, 11 of the 27 companies we identified as \"troubled\" had at least one overboarded director.",
"Six had more than one; at Merrill Lynch, there were five.",
"By comparison, fewer than 30 percent of S&P 500 companies have even a single overboarded director, and fewer than 5 percent have more than one.",
"Another key finding from our analysis: Shareholders at these companies were well aware of the relative weakness of these troubled boards and had expressed Shareholders at these companies's dissatisfaction by withholding votes from many of these individuals the year before these companies collapsed.",
"At least 13 individual directors, all of whom sat on at least three corporate boards during this period, had received a 13 percent or higher negative vote.",
"The highest of these was a 38.58 percent negative vote received by Sir Winfried F.W. Bischoff at McGraw-Hill, where Sir Winfried F.W. Bischoff sat on the compensation committee.",
"Sir Winfried F.W. Bischoff also served on the boards at Citigroup (as chairman and interim CEO), Eli Lilly and Prudential.",
"Although the businesses of these companies do not overlap enough to impair Sir Winfried F.W. Bischoff's designation as an \"independent\" director or to create legal conflict of interest concerns, it is relevant that McGraw-Hill owns ratings agency Standard & Poor's, which not only rates the other companies for which Sir Winfried F.W. Bischoff was a director but also issues ratings on which the other companies rely in the other companies's assessment of risk.",
"Because of the extensive involvement that financial services companies have in many different aspects of the business of large public corporations, directors of those companies in particular should be especially cautious about overlaps and conflicts.",
"Badly designed compensation is an indicator of poor corporate governance, and poor corporate governance is an indicator of investment risk.",
"Instead of trying to tax the bonuses at AIG, the government and the shareholders should insist on new directors.",
"AIG's Web site says the compensation committee has five members.",
"The two longest serving ones are James F. Orr III, who joined the compensation committee on May 17, 2006 and Virginia M. Rometty, who joined it on January 17, 2007, according to AIG's 2007 proxy statement.",
"the compensation committee's charter says its responsibility include making recommendations to the full board regarding AIG's compensation programs and reviewing and approving any hiring, severance or termination payments.",
"People say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result.",
"In this case, insanity is allowing the same people to continue to serve on the board after massive failure and expecting the same people to produce a different result.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Nell Minow."
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"Nell Minow says AIG's board is ultimately responsible for the firm's mistakes .",
"Nell Minow: Compensation committee members should be held to account .",
"Nell Minow says many finance firm board members are too busy on other boards ."
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"(CNN) --",
"Twenty-three suspects, including nine American Airlines employees, were arrested Tuesday for allegedly transporting nearly $20 million worth of cocaine on flights into and out of Puerto Rico, federal authorities said.",
"Manuel Santiago-Alvarado, an American Airlines control crew chief, is among the suspects arrested Tuesday.",
"Most of the commercial flights carrying suitcases stuffed with illicit drugs came into San Juan, which was a transshipment point for drugs bound for cities on the U.S. mainland, authorities said.",
"The drug trafficking organization headed by defendant Wilfredo Rodriguez Rosade had been operating since 1999, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI, which participated in the long-running investigation.",
"In a September 9 indictment unsealed Tuesday, Justice Department officials also moved to seize $18 million worth of property owned by the suspects arrested Tuesday, including seven homes, three businesses and an apartment complex.",
"All but one of the arrests occurred in Puerto Rico.",
"The lone arrest on the U.S. mainland was in Miami, Florida.",
"Drug Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena said the airline industry cooperated in the long-running investigation.",
"\"By denying the drug traffickers alternate smuggling routes, we disrupt the flow of drugs into Puerto Rico and discourage the use of Puerto Rico as a transshipment point in the Caribbean,\" Drug Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena said in a news release.",
"The agency said that if they are convicted, the defendants taken into custody would face sentences ranging from 10 years to life in prison and personal fines of up to $4 million.",
"American Airlines issued a statement confirming some employees had been arrested, but could not confirm the number because of American Airlines's privacy policy, spokesman Tim Wagner said in an e-mail.",
"American Airlines has been working with authorities, spokesman Tim Wagner said.",
"\"As a company, we hope that the actions of a few employees don't reflect negatively on the tens of thousands of ethical American Airlines employees who work hard to serve the public daily,\" spokesman Tim Wagner wrote."
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"DEA and FBI say operation had been running since 1999 .",
"Justice Department moves to seize $18 million in property ."
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"(CNN) --",
"The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair had grown frustrated with their relationship and was struggling with financial difficulties in the days before The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair killed former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair in July.",
"Steve McNair, former NFL quarterback, was a married father of four when former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was killed last summer.",
"Details of their relationship were revealed in a case summary released by Nashville police Monday.",
"McNair, 36, and Sahel Kazemi, 20, were found fatally shot in a condominium in downtown Nashville on July 4.",
"Police have since ruled their deaths a murder-suicide.",
"\"My life is just s--- and I should end it,\" The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair said the night before the couple were found dead, according to Sonya New, The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair's shift manager at a Dave & Busters restaurant.",
"Sonya New also said The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was not The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair's usual self and seemed down.",
"Though former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was a married father of four, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was seeing The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and at least one other woman, Leah Ignagni, according to Nashville police.",
"former NFL quarterback Steve McNair had spent the night at Ignagni's apartment on July 2, two nights before former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was killed, Ignagni told police.",
"On the morning of July 4, The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair texted former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, saying she was stressed and needed money to pay bills.",
"\"Baby I might have a break down im so stressed,\" The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair said in one text message.",
"\"Baby i might need to go to the hospital.",
"baby whats wrong w(ith) me i can hardly breath(e).\"",
"Chris Wall, who provided security for former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and former NFL quarterback Steve McNair's family, told police he knew about former NFL quarterback Steve McNair's relationship with The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair.",
"former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was tired of The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair calling when former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was with former NFL quarterback Steve McNair's family, Wall said.",
"The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair continued to text former NFL quarterback Steve McNair throughout the day, asking for money and when The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair could see former NFL quarterback Steve McNair next.",
"\"baby what are u doing,\" The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair asked.",
"\"At the pool with the kids.",
"I got the guy transferring the money,\" former NFL quarterback Steve McNair replied.",
"At 4:04 p.m. on July 3, The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair said, \"baby I have to be w(ith) u 2nite.",
"I dnt care where.\"",
"The messages continued for more than eight hours before former NFL quarterback Steve McNair said former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was on former NFL quarterback Steve McNair's way to the condo.",
"former NFL quarterback Steve McNair had told The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair earlier that former NFL quarterback Steve McNair wouldn't leave the house \"til the kids fall asleep.\"",
"former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair exchanged a final series of messages early July 4, when former NFL quarterback Steve McNair asked The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair to leave the front door to the condo open for former NFL quarterback Steve McNair.",
"A final message, sent at 1:14 a.m., simply said, \"its open.\"",
"About 12 hours later, a friend of McNair's found their bodies."
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"McNair and Sahel Kazemi were found fatally shot in a Nashville condo on July 4 .",
"Text messages show Kazemi's financial stress, desperation .",
"Last message said door was open; hours later, the pair's bodies were found ."
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"(CNN) --",
"Afraid that Wok Kundor's husband will leave Wok Kundor for a younger woman, a 107-year-old Malaysian woman is looking to marry again -- for the 23rd time.",
"Wok Kundor: \"I am an aged woman.",
"I don't have the body nor am I a young woman who can attract anyone.\"",
"Wok Kundor has been happily married for four years to Wok Kundor's husband, a man 70 years Wok Kundor's junior.",
"But since husband left their village in northern Terengganu state for a drug rehabilitation program in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, Wok has had a gnawing feeling.",
"\"Wok Kundor said that Wok Kundor has been feeling insecure lately and Wok Kundor needs to find out whether husband still loves Wok Kundor or not,\" said R.S.N. Murali, a reporter for The Star.",
"The English-language Malaysian daily was among several local media outlets reporting on the lifelong romantic.",
"\"Wok Kundor is worried husband might not come back after husband's program and find husband a younger wife,\" Murali said.",
"If so, Wok Kundor has Wok Kundor's eyes set on a 50-year-old man, but hopes it does not come to that.",
"\"I realize that I am an aged woman.",
"I don't have the body nor am I a young woman who can attract anyone,\" Wok Kundor told the newspaper.",
"\"My intention to remarry is to fill my forlornness,\" particularly during the Muslim month of fasting, Ramadan, Wok Kundor said.",
"Malaysian media, which has previously reported on Wok Kundor, said Wok Kundor has been married 22 times.",
"That would make Wok Kundor's marriages last an average of four years.",
"Wok Kundor would not discuss past relationships, Murali said.",
"\"Some of Wok Kundor's better halves have passed away or have divorced, but Wok Kundor doesn't want to talk about Some of her better halves or Wok Kundor's children,\" Murali said.",
"Wok and Wok Kundor's current husband, Mohammed Boor Che Musa, hail from the same village and met there.",
"Muhammad, 37, was quoted in an earlier report as saying the couple fell for each other because it was \"God's will.\"",
"On Monday, husband told The Star that husband is still very much in love with husband's wife and cannot dream of life with someone else.",
"But Wok wants to hear husband say it, Murali said.",
"Soon, Wok Kundor plans to make the journey to Kuala Lumpur -- if Wok Kundor can find a neighbor to drive Wok Kundor there."
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"Wok Kundor married to Wok Kundor's husband, a man 70 years Wok Kundor's junior, for four years .",
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"ACCRA, Ghana (CNN) --",
"Ghanaians clad in the national colors of red, gold and green celebrated long into the night on Friday as excitement over the national team's penalty shootout victory over Brazil in the final of the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt brought the West African nation to a standstill.",
"Ghana's players celebrate Ghana's players's victory over Brazil.",
"Ghana's victory, 4-3 on penalties after a goalless draw which they had survived since the 37th minute with 10 men, was the first ever by an African side in the tournament.",
"Earlier, many football fans had converged in churches hours before the game to pray for divine intervention.",
"But the triumph, coupled with Nigeria's disappointing performance in the tournament, may be the clearest signal yet that the balance of power in West Africa may have tilted from Nigeria to Ghana once again.",
"Last month Ghana's Black Stars, featuring players like Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien and Inter Milan's Sulley Muntari, became the first African side to qualify for South Africa 2010 World Cup.",
"Nigeria are in danger of missing the World Cup for the second time running.",
"The Super Eagles trail Tunisia by two points in Group B ahead of their last group qualifying matches on November 11 when both countries face tricky away fixtures.",
"Until 2006, Ghana was regarded as the continent's sleeping giants, having dominated African football in the years after Ghana became the first independent sub-Saharan African country over five decades ago.",
"By contrast, it took Nigeria -- Africa's most populous country -- another three decades to establish itself among the continent's top national sides.",
"It was not until Ghana's first appearance at the FIFA World Cup in Germany in 2006 that Nigeria regained some of Nigeria's lost glory.",
"It signaled not only Ghana's long-awaited arrival at football biggest global gathering but also a fulfillment of a prediction in 1990 by Cameroon legend Roger Milla that the continent had not seen the best of African football until the Black Stars made it to the World Cup.",
"As continental champions in 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982 and with Ghanaian legends including three-times African footballer of the year Abedi Pele and former Eintracht Frankfurt and Leeds United star Anthony Yeboah both rated in their time among the continent's best players, Milla knew Ghana had the qualities to match some of the continent's best.",
"Youth success at the FIFA under-17 championship in 1991 and 1995, two appearances in the final of the under-20 championship in 1993 and 2001 and an Olympic bronze medal in Barcelona in 1992 emphasized Ghana's abundance of talent and unfulfilled promise at the highest level.",
"At Germany 2006, Ghana became the only African survivor after the preliminary round, surprising the bookmakers with victories over the Czech Republic and the U.S. before losing 3-0 to Brazil in a match that was closer than the scoreline suggested.",
"Ghana's squad for next year's World Cup in South Africa will likely include the cream of the team that impressed in Germany, including Essien and Muntari, as well as some of the brilliant youngsters who sparkled this month World Youth Championship in Egypt; notably Golden Ball and Golden Shoe winner Dominic Adiyiah, Ransford Osei and Andre Ayew, the son of Abedi Pele.",
"Following the side's masterful display in Egypt and relatively easy World Cup qualifying campaign, Nigeria will carry both Ghanaian and African expectations on Nigeria's shoulders as Nigeria bid to improve on the quarterfinal places achieved by Cameroon and Senegal in 1990 and 2002 respectively.",
"With a population of around 140 million and a reputation for producing stars such as Austin Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu and Chelsea's John Obi Mikel, the outstanding qualities of Nigerian football are beyond question.",
"But African football observers believe poor administration by the Nigerian Football Federation and the resultant instability in the technical direction of the team has undermined the development of Nigerian football and resulted in its dwindling fortunes at the world stage.",
"Nigeria emerged as West Africa's leading side in 1980 by wining the African Cup of Nations, a feat they repeated 14 years later in Tunisia.",
"Nigeria made Nigeria's World Cup debut in the U.S. in 1994 and qualified for both France 1998 and Japan/South Korea 2002.",
"Like Ghana, Nigeria has shown promise at youth level, winning U-17 World Cup titles in 1985, 1993 and 2007, and winning Olympic gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games.",
"As host of this year's FIFA Under-17 championship, Nigeria will be hoping to draw inspiration from Ghana's performance in Egypt to retain the title on home soil next month.",
"At continental level, Nigeria are anything but super.",
"Since reaching the final of the 2000 African Nations Cup, Nigeria has failed make any meaningful impact despite parading highly-talented squads.",
"For three successive tournaments Nigeria finished in third place before crashing out at the quarterfinal stage of the 2008 edition in a 2-1 defeat by Ghana.",
"Kwesi Nyantakyi, the 39-year-old president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), believes the country is reaping the dividends of a professional approach through the implementation of a five-year business plan, which has attracted massive injection of cash through corporate sponsorship from kit sponsor Puma and mining, banking, brewery and telecommunication firms.",
"\"When we took over in 2005 we realized that one of the biggest problems we faced was the availability of timelines of funds needed to prepare the teams adequately, provide the necessary incentives for the players and numeration for the technical staff,\" Nyantakyi says.",
"\"The availability of funding timely and an autonomy for the federation has helped us execute our plans effectively and this is showing in our recent impressive performances.\"",
"Beyond monetary considerations and administrative stability, Ghana is also reaping the rewards of years of investment in youth football which has produced players like Essien and Muntari -- and now new kid on the block Adiyiah and others.",
"For now, Ghana seem to have regained bragging rights as the superpower in West Africa."
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"(CNN) --",
"In trendy neighborhoods of Tokyo customers are lining up for vitamin injections that promise to improve health and beauty.",
"A Japanese woman receives an intravenous vitamin supplement at the Tenteki Cafe in Tokyo.",
"These intravenous vitamin \"drips\" are part of the latest quick-fix, health fad catching on in Japan: the IV cafe.",
"Each drip pack contains saline solution and specific vitamins and minerals to target a particular health ailment or beauty concern.",
"\"I used to take vitamin supplements, but changed to the IV drip because I feel the effects more quickly,\" a 20-something woman at the Tenteki 10 Café told CNN.",
"She said she receives specific injections to get better skin, burn fat and boost her energy.",
"There are 10 different varieties to choose from at Tenteki.",
"The \"orange\" variety touts anti-aging properties, loaded with antioxidants.",
"The \"placenta pack\" is said to help rejuvenate and ease muscle stiffness.",
"Prices range from $20-$30 per injection, and nurses see about 30-40 people each day.",
"Their most common patients are Japanese businessmen who work in the same office building.",
"\"I see a lot of businessmen who say they don't have time to sleep.",
"They can't take a break from working and get the vitamin drip for an extra kick of energy,\" a Tenteki nurse told CNN.",
"\"Blue\" is the most requested vitamin pack among these men: a concoction of B1 and vitamin E that claims to offer relief from exhaustion.",
"Registered nurses and doctors administer the drips at Tenteki, but there's no conclusive medical evidence to back up the health claims.",
"Many nutritionists actually caution against using injectable vitamin supplements because the quantities are not regulated.",
"\"More is not necessarily better...",
"some vitamins and minerals can be toxic in high doses,\" particularly the fat-soluble ones which the body stores like Vitamins A, D, E and K, explained Claire Williamson, Nutrition Scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation.",
"In Europe and the United States vitamin shots are popular among celebrities with hectic lifestyles and little time to sleep, particularly vitamin B 12.",
"Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and singer Robbie Williams have both confirmed Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and singer Robbie Williams've used vitamin shots as part of Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and singer Robbie Williams's diets to maintain stamina during tours.",
"Dermatological injections of Vitamin C are also popular among women hoping to keep their skin looking young.",
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"According to Williamson, it does not matter if supplements are injected into the vein or into the skin.",
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"Most of these nutrients we can get sufficient from foods, nutrients tend to be better absorbed by the body if nutrients are consumed in foods.\""
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"A coalition of top musicians, including R.E.M. and Pearl Jam, want to know if their music was used by the U.S. military as part of controversial interrogation methods at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.",
"Ruhal Ahmed, left, shown at a 2007 news conference, says Ruhal Ahmed, left, shown at a 2007 news conference had to listen to hours of music at Guantanamo.",
"The artists have endorsed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, which were filed Thursday morning, asking the U.S. government to declassify documents that would reveal which artists' work was used on detainees at U.S. prison facilities and military detention centers, including the one at Guantanamo Bay.",
"The National Security Archive, a Washington-based independent research institute that advocates \"for the right to know,\" filed the requests on behalf of the Close Gitmo Now campaign, which launched this week, the archive's senior analyst Kate Doyle said.",
"The multimillion-dollar national grassroots Close Gitmo Now campaign is aimed at pressuring members of Congress to support President Obama's endeavor to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.",
"It is supported by a coalition of retired generals and liberal activists.",
"The requests are based on the testimony of former Guantanamo prisoners and guards, as well as declassified documents, that identified music from 35 artists -- ranging from AC/DC tunes to the theme from Sesame Street -- used in the interrogations of detainees, the archive's senior analyst Kate Doyle said.",
"See a list of bands and songs involved",
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"\"We do know that songs and bands' work has been used to abuse detainees, we know that,\" the archive's senior analyst Kate Doyle said.",
"the archive's senior analyst Kate Doyle added that any information that the National Security Archive obtains \"will add to the profile of this case.\"",
"The requests are being filed with \"a dozen different agencies and components of the Department of Defense,\" the archive's senior analyst Kate Doyle said.",
"The requests ask for any documents \"concerning the use of loud music during detention and/or as a technique to interrogate detainees at U.S.-operated prison facilities used in its War on Terror at Guantanamo, Iraq and Afghanistan during 2002-the present,\" according to a copy of the FOIA request obtained by CNN.",
"It is unclear if any of the artists plan to pursue legal action, but the archive's senior analyst Kate Doyle said the archive's senior analyst Kate Doyle'd be \"surprised if some of the artists weren't thinking about it.\"",
"Many of the artists are no strangers to political activism, but this cause has hit close to home for some of the artists.",
"\"We have spent the past 30 years supporting causes related to peace and justice.",
"To now learn that some of our friends' music may have been used as part of the torture tactics without their consent or knowledge is horrific,\" the American rock band R.E.M. said in a statement posted on CloseGitmoNow.org.",
"\"It's anti-American, period.\"",
"Several former Guantanamo Bay detainees have filed lawsuits against the U.S. government, saying Several former Guantanamo detainees were tortured with numerous techniques, including loud music.",
"\"It's very scary to think that you might go crazy because of the music, because of the loud noise,\" said Ruhal Ahmed, one of the former detainees who has filed a lawsuit.",
"Ruhal Ahmed, one of the former detainees who has filed a lawsuit said Ruhal Ahmed, one of the former detainees who has filed a lawsuit had to listen to hours of headbanging music while held prisoner at Guantanamo Bay in 2003.",
"The Pentagon has not responded directly to the allegations of torture involving music, but The Pentagon has said that The Pentagon's policy has always been to treat detainees humanely.",
"Loud music has not been used at Guantanamo Bay since the fall of 2003, following a Department of Defense review of detention operations and interrogation techniques, according to Maj. Diana Haynie, a Joint Task Force Guantanamo spokeswoman.",
"U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has asked a federal prosecutor to examine whether the interrogations violated the law, and the White House said Obama will leave any decision on charges to the Justice Department.",
"And the Obama administration announced the Obama administration would put the FBI in charge of a special unit set up to question suspected terrorists under the White House oversight.",
"CNN's Tricia Escobedo contributed to this report ."
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"People in big cities walk past them every day -- street performers, or buskers.",
"Some are talented, some are not, and most aren't performing for a cause greater than themselves.",
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"Abby Miller sat in front of Washington's Union Station with a couple of Abby Miller's friends, singing songs and strumming a guitar.",
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"Abby Miller said money will help support Taylor Love's family.",
"A few more stopped to write messages on \"Love Notes,\" little cards designed to encourage Taylor Love through the tough time.",
"\"Taylor Love's mom reads them to Taylor Love before Taylor Love goes to bed at night,\" Abby Miller said.",
"\"Taylor Love gets excited for them and Taylor Love loves getting them read to Taylor Love because Taylor Love likes knowing that people are supporting Taylor Love and people are actually thinking of Taylor Love.\"",
"Taylor Love has neuroblastoma, a cancer that affects the nervous system.",
"According to Taylor Love's Web site, Taylor Love is in remission, but this type of cancer has a high risk of recurrence.",
"There has been little research on the illness, of which there are about 650 new cases in the United States each year.",
"Mike Gillette, a family friend of both Taylor Love and Abby Miller, brought the two girls together.",
"While raising money and support for Taylor Love is important, he said, he thinks Abby Miller's outreach can help bring more critical awareness for the devastating disease.",
"\"She really wanted to reach people all over the United States,\" he said.",
"Mike Gillette, a family friend of both Taylor and Abby said Mike Gillette, a family friend of both Taylor and Abby has taken Abby Miller to do similar performances in the District of Columbia, New Jersey and Virginia, and estimates they've raised thousands of dollars and have gotten people to write several hundred \"Love Notes.\"",
"Abby Miller does more than just raise money and awareness for Taylor Love's friend.",
"Taylor Love's mother, Aimee, said that although Abby Miller is eight years older than Taylor Love, the two see each other often and have a special connection that helps Abby Miller get through Abby Miller's daughter's illness.",
"\"I think it's amazing for Abby Miller to be drawn to my daughter, who is 4 and wants to inspire other children,\" Abby Miller said.",
"\"The joy I see in Taylor Love when Taylor Love sees Abby Miller brings a light into my life.\"",
"Taylor's family said Taylor Love's treatments are terribly painful.",
"But Abby Miller said Taylor Love has enormous character.",
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"\"Taylor Love's so much fun to be around.",
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"\"It gives Taylor Love's someone to aspire to, someone to be inspired by,\" Abby Miller said."
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"Leaders of economic summit will announce Friday that Group of 20 will become the new permanent council for international economic cooperation, senior U.S. officials told CNN Thursday.",
"U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says signs of optimism for a global economic recovery can be seen.",
"The move comes in the wake of a major push by President Obama, senior U.S. officials said.",
"The G-20 will now essentially eclipse the G-8, which will continue to meet on major security issues but carry much less influence.",
"\"It's a reflection of the world economy today and the players that make it up,\" said one senior official.",
"Nations like China, Brazil and India -- which were locked out of the more elite G-8 -- will be part of Group of 20.",
"Group of 20 are meeting in Pittsburgh for a two-day summit, focusing on the financial crisis and how to avoid a future repeat.",
"The gathering is President Obama's first time hosting a major international summit.",
"\"Group of 20're meeting at a time where, for the first time since London, certainly for the first time in a year, Group of 20're seeing the first signs of optimism about prospects for global recovery,\" U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told reporters Thursday.",
"\"I think the broad consensus of private economists and businesses are that we're beginning to see growth in the United States, and around the world we see exports rising and forecasts for growth are being revised upwards.\"",
"\"This is encouraging,\" U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said, \"but we have a ways to go.\"",
"U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the leaders are \"going to keep working to sustain the progress Group of 20've seen.",
"And I can say with confidence, based on my discussions with finance ministers and central bank governors from around the world, there is a common, shared commitment to make sure we're working together to sustain these early signs of recovery and growth.\"",
"One of the key goals is preventing such a crisis from occurring in the future, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said.",
"\"In the run-up to this crisis, many of the world's largest economies depended on the American consumer to buy their exports to drive growth, and we made it easy; for too long, Americans were buying too much and saving too little,\" Geithner said.",
"\"And that's no longer an option for us or for the rest of the world.",
"And already in the United States you can see the first signs of an important transformation here as Americans save more and as we borrow substantially less from the rest of the world.\"",
"\"I think we all recognize that we need to act before the memory of this crisis fades and before the impetus for reform recedes,\" U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said.",
"\"And we're trying to bring greater urgency and commitment to the need to act together.\"",
"The tightening of global financial regulations was expected to top economic summit's agenda and comes as some major economies are beginning to recover.",
"Germany, France and Japan have announced that Germany, France and Japan have emerged from recession, prompting hopes that the worst of the financial crisis may have passed.",
"G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors agreed at a meeting this month not to start cutting back just yet on stimulus efforts.",
"They fear it would put economies at risk for plunging back into recession.",
"However, the economic outlook has improved enough that countries are being encouraged to start working on exit strategies, which will vary by nation.",
"economic summit marks the third time in a year that the world's top industrial powers have gathered.",
"the world's top industrial powers met in November in Washington and followed up with an April session in London.",
"A number of protesters gathered in the area, tracked by police.",
"At one point, riot police used pepper spray or tear gas on protesters.",
"CNN's Brian Todd was one of the people affected by the spray or gas.",
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"\"It really drove protesters back,\" CNN's Brian Todd said.",
"\"It drove protesters back.",
"It burned protesters's eyes.",
"It really burned protesters's throats for a while.",
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"Drawing on 2006 remarks in which Chavez compared former U.S. President George Bush to the devil, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, speaking at the United Nations Thursday, said, \"It doesn't smell like sulfur anymore.\"",
"Chavez spoke highly of President Obama at the United Nations on Thursday.",
"In a rambling speech at the U.N. General Assembly, Chavez spoke highly of current President Obama, saying current President Obama is an \"intelligent man\" and comparing current President Obama to President John F. Kennedy.",
"\"I hope God will protect current President Obama from the bullets that killed President John F. Kennedy,\" he said.",
"\"I hope current President Obama will be able to look and see, genuinely see, what has to be seen and bring about a change.\"",
"Three years ago, Chavez spoke at the gathering the day after former U.S. President George Bush spoke, and said the lectern \"still smells of sulfur.\"",
"But on Thursday Chavez looked around the podium and said, \"It doesn't smell of sulfur.",
"It's gone.",
"No, it smells of something else.",
"It smells of hope.\"",
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"Chavez accused the Pentagon of being behind the ousting of Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya in a military-backed coup in June.",
"\"American soldiers knew about the coup and supported the coup,\" Chavez said.",
"\"Hence the contradiction that current President Obama has to face.",
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"Let us hope.",
"That's what the world needs.\"",
"The United States and Brazil have said The United States and Brazil support dialogue between Zelaya and de facto President Roberto Micheletti, centered on the San Jose Accord brought about through the mediation of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and the Organization of American States mission.",
"That deal calls for Zelaya to be restored to office.",
"\"The U.S. government, and this is strange, has not recognized the fact that a military coup d'etat has occurred,\" Chavez said.",
"\"There is some friction between the State Department and the Pentagon.\"",
"Chavez said the coup was engineered by the Honduran bourgeoisie, \"four or five wealthy, powerful families.\"",
"Chavez also called for The United States to lift what Chavez called the \"savage, murderous blockade\" on Cuba, and was critical of plans to open U.S. military bases in Colombia, saying what Zelaya needs instead is aid to lift Zelaya out of Zelaya's civil war.",
"In addition, Chavez criticized capitalism and extolled the virtues of socialism, saying it is \"the road to salvation for this planet.\"",
"Chavez spoke for almost exactly an hour, less than the hour and 36 minutes Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi used on Wednesday.",
"Chavez joked that Chavez would not speak as long as Gadhafi, but said Chavez planned to speak as long as current President Obama.",
"Asked to expand on Chavez's \"two Obamas\" comment at a news conference after Chavez's speech, Chavez said, \"I think that one of the serious failures of The United States has been that, for a long time, it has underestimated and undervalued Latin America and the Caribbean.",
"... I hope that current President Obama turns around the vision of the White House and the Department of State of Latin America.",
"They cannot continue to mistreat us.\"",
"Chavez said one Obama spoke about peace in addressing the General Assembly, yet has seven U.S. military bases in Colombia.",
"\"There's a double somewhere,\" Chavez said.",
"Asked by a reporter about the closures of television stations in Venezuela, Chavez said it was \"a big lie\" and asked her to provide an example.",
"She asked about RCT, or Radio Caracas Television.",
"Chavez told her the station broadcasts every day, but that a contract, or concession, had expired for its \"open signal\" and was not renewed.",
"\"Never in Venezuela do we have as much freedom of expression as we do now,\" Chavez said.",
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"(CNET) --",
"A post on the Facebook developer blog announces the big application program interface (API) update from the social network that was first reported on Sunday night, which it's calling the Open Stream API.",
"The \"Open Stream API\" was front-and-center with Facebook's controversial redesign earlier this year.",
"It's the first major implementation of an emerging (read: brand new) open standard called Activity Streams, on which Facebook has been collaborating with developers for the past few months.",
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"\"We've officially moved away from the Web of just blog posts, which a lot of these formats were originally designed for,\" said open-source developer and advocate Chris Messina, who has been spearheading the development of Activity Streams for about a year now.",
"\"Over time, what I think will happen is (that) you'll see something toward the type of cleverness and ingenuity that has surfaced around the Twitter community, but in a way that is even more expressive and rich,\" Messina said.",
"\"In the case of Twitter, you're just talking about status updates; in the case of Facebook you're talking about a lot of different activities.\"",
"Previously, only status updates--the most Twitter-like part of Facebook--were accessible to developers.",
"That's why this announcement likely makes the biggest difference to the creators of social feed aggregation applications like TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop.",
"But because Activity Streams is an open standard, other social-networking and media-sharing applications will be able to use Activity Streams too.",
"This means that there could be, say, an Adobe Air-based desktop application that brings in updates across photo-sharing applications like Facebook, Flickr, and Photobucket.",
"Facebook is also targeting different types of developers -- specifically mobile and desktop -- rather than strictly the Web app developers whose creations made Facebook's platform such a wild success when Facebook debuted two years ago.",
"\"One of the most important stories to tell here is this is the first time that Facebook've ever opened the core Facebook product experience, which was previously called the 'feed' and which Facebook're now calling the 'stream,'\" Facebook senior platform manager Dave Morin explained to CNET News.",
"\"Facebook're especially excited to see the types of desktop applications and the types of mobile applications which developer are going to build for the stream. Facebook've sort of never really allowed this before, so Facebook're pretty excited to see what developers come up with.\"",
"Facebook will be holding an event on Monday afternoon in Palo Alto, California, to introduce developers to the new API.",
"Presenting at an event will be representatives from Adobe, which is building a Facebook application in its Air runtime environment, and Microsoft, which is doing the same in Silverlight; contact management system Plaxo and third-party app Seesmic Desktop (which already has unveiled its support for the Open Stream) are also presenting.",
"The \"stream\" took front-and-center with Facebook's controversial redesign earlier this year.",
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"The emerging standard was behind the upgrades to MySpace's MySpaceID product that the News Corp.-owned service launched in March at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival.",
"\"It was sort of one of the earlier opportunities we had to take a nascent spec and see it all the way through to launch,\" MySpaceID product lead Max Engel told CNET News, adding that his team first started working on Activity Streams last September.",
"It's what powers a new MySpace \"gadget\" for Google as well as MySpace's feeds' presence on the upcoming Yahoo homepage redesign.",
"\"It's getting where we need it to be, which is like e-mail: where you can write a POP client and know (that) a POP client works,\" Max Engel said.",
"\"It's not even a full standard yet, so it's sort of exciting to see so many people get behind something so quickly, and it's definitely indicative of the general momentum of people who are saying we'd rather work open than work closed.\"",
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"The first nine months of this year has seen more pirate attacks than all of last year.",
"And more than half of more pirate attacks were carried out by suspected Somali pirates, an international maritime watchdog group said Wednesday.",
"The increase in attacks has forced many countries to patrol pirate hotspots such as the Gulf of Aden.",
"\"The increased activity in Somalia is the major reason for the spike,\" said Cyrus Mody, manager of the International Maritime Bureau, which monitors shipping crimes.",
"From January 1 until September 30, pirates worldwide mounted 306 attacks, compared with 293 in all of 2008, the International Maritime Bureau said.",
"Of the incidents this year, Somali pirates accounted for 54 percent: Somali pirates launched 168 attacks.",
"Most of them took place off the east coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden, a major shipping route between Yemen and Somalia.",
"Somali pirates successfully hijacked 32 vessels and took 533 hostages.",
"Eight others were wounded, four more killed and one is missing, the International Maritime Bureau said.",
"Somali pirates are still holding four ships for ransom with 80 crew members as hostages.",
"Somalia's transitional government, which has a tenuous grip on power, has been unable to stop the pirates -- many of whom are based in the port cities.",
"This has prompted Europe and other Western countries to step up maritime patrols.",
"\"In the Gulf of Aden, the number of attacks have gone up.",
"But because of the presence of naval vessels, the success rate of Somali pirates have decreased,\" Mody said.",
"\"The navies are responding very very effectively.\"",
"Today's pirates are a far cry from the eye-patched, peg-legged swashbucklers of Hollywood.",
"Today's pirates don night-vision goggles, carry rocket launchers and navigate with global positioning devices.",
"Many pirates are trained fighters; others are young thugs enlisted for the job.",
"Experts say Today's pirates often sail out to sea in a mother ship and wait for a target.",
"When Today's pirates find one, the pirates board smaller boats and move in, typically with five to seven armed hijackers per boat.",
"Two recent trends have led to a rise in piracy: access and opportunity.",
"As global commerce picks up, more and more of the world's fuels, minerals and other crucial commodities travel by ship.",
"Ninety-five percent of America's foreign trade, for instance, moves by water, according to the U.S. Maritime Administration.",
"Ninety-five percent of America's foreign trade is an easy target for robbers in countries that lack the resources to secure their shorelines, such as Somalia.",
"Those who have tracked pirate activity say pirate activity started in Somalia in the 1980s, when the pirates claimed the pirates were aiming to stop the rampant illegal fishing and dumping that continues to this day off the Somali coast.",
"Piracy accelerated after the fall of the Somali government in the early 1990s and began to flourish after shipping companies started paying ransoms.",
"Those payments started out being in the tens of thousands of dollars and have since climbed into the millions.",
"With the ransoms they collect, pirates can earn up to $40,000 a year, analysts say.",
"That's a fortune for someone from an impoverished country.",
"Some analysts say companies are simply making the problem worse by paying the piracies.",
"\"Yes, the ransoms have probably caused Piracy to become a bit more rampant.",
"But at the same time, from the owner's point of view, there is no other way currently to secure the safe release of the vessel along with the crew and the cargo,\" Mody said.",
"\"It's basically a cycle.\"",
"Other trouble spots this year were waters off Nigeria, with 20 attacks; Malaysia with 14; and Bangladesh with 12."
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"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) --",
"Why would an award-winning singer, songwriter, producer and single mother want to tack reality TV star onto Kandi Burruss's long list of accomplishments?",
"Kandi Burruss says Kandi Burruss is happy to join the \"Real Housewives of Atlanta\" cast.",
"For Kandi Burruss, the newest member of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, the answer is simple: \"I was a fan last year.",
"I love the show.\"",
"The second season of Bravo's hit show is set to premier on Thursday with Kandi Burruss replacing cast member DeShawn Snow.",
"Kandi Burruss is well-known in the music industry as a former member of the platinum-selling R&B girl group Xscape and co-writer of such hits as Destiny's Child's \"Bills, Bills, Bills\" and TLC's \"No Scrubs,\" for which she won a Grammy.",
"The Atlanta native almost ended up on another reality show with former group mate and writing partner Tameka \"Tiny\" Cottle, who is the fiancée of rapper T.I. and now stars on BET's \"Tiny & Toya\" alongside Antonia \"Toya\" Carter, the ex-wife of Lil' Wayne.",
"The deal for that show didn't work out and Kandi Burruss said Kandi Burruss was more than happy to sign on with Bravo's wildly successful southern edition of the \"Housewives\" franchise, which chronicles the lives of a group of affluent African-American women in the ATL.",
"Kandi Burruss was already friendly with cast mate Lisa Wu Hartwell, whom Kandi Burruss met through their mutual friend Cottle.",
"Having watched the show -- which last season enraptured viewers with a mix of constant infighting, lavish lifestyles and a healthy dose of drama -- Kandi Burruss said Kandi Burruss was more concerned with being thrust into the public eye than Kandi Burruss was with getting along with the cast.",
"\"The only thing that made me hesitant about wanting to be a part of Bravo is the fact that people are so critical of Bravo,\" Kandi Burruss said.",
"\"Just dealing with people on the outside judging you.",
"That part is going to be something that I am going to have to get used to.\"",
"The artist has already had to get acclimated to people smearing Kandi Burruss's personal life on the Internet.",
"Watch Kandi Burruss discuss Kandi Burruss's time on Bravo » .",
"Newly engaged to a father of six children, Kandi Burruss has watched him get attacked in blogs and is protective of the man who Kandi Burruss said even Kandi Burruss's mother isn't thrilled about Kandi Burruss's marrying.",
"\"[The show] has been very, very stressful on the relationship,\" Kandi Burruss said.",
"\"I guess [people] couldn't find anything bad [to say] about Kandi Burruss, so people] wanted to go in on my fiancé.\"",
"Kandi Burruss's caring nature and laid-back personality",
"make Kandi Burruss special in the industry, said rapper Rick Ross.",
"\"Kandi Burruss's a very humble person, maybe one of the most humble people among the biggest songwriters in the industry,\" said Ross, who collaborated with Kandi Burruss on a track for a new solo album Kandi Burruss has in the works.",
"\"It's good to be around the greats and Kandi Burruss most definitely is one of the greatest in the industry.\"",
"Kandi Burruss's home music studio attests to that.",
"The walls are covered with gold and platinum records for Kandi Burruss's work with several high-profile artists including Alicia Keys, *NSYNC, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.",
"Being part of a girl group helped prepare Kandi Burruss for the drama of dealing with the other housewives' personalities, Kandi Burruss said, though Kandi Burruss admitted clashing with outspoken cast mate NeNe Leakes during filming.",
"\"I was a fan of hers last year,\" Kandi Burruss said.",
"\"All that wild and crazy stuff she says to people, when you're watching it, it's funny, it's hilarious... but when it's directed at you, it's not funny anymore.\"",
"Kandi Burruss got along better with aspiring singer Kim Zolciak, who Burruss will assist in achieving Kandi Burruss's dream of breaking into the industry.",
"Last season, fans of Bravo -- and some of the other housewives -- slammed Zolciak for Zolciak's less-than-stellar voice.",
"\"Everybody loves to hate on Kim.",
"But what I have to say is that Zolciak is actually cooler in person than Zolciak came off on Bravo,\" said Burruss, who in 1999 won top songwriter of the year from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.",
"\"I wanted to help Zolciak out because I love helping the underdog.\"",
"Kandi Burruss said Kandi Burruss has no idea if Kandi Burruss will be invited back for another season.",
"Appearing on the show, which Kandi Burruss said is not scripted, was fun, but Kandi Burruss is busy with an upcoming album and with caring for Kandi Burruss's daughter, Riley, Kandi Burruss said.",
"Kandi Burruss doubts Kandi Burruss will be addicted to appearing on reality TV like Kandi Burruss is addicted to music, Kandi Burruss said.",
"\"It's just another way for people to get to know you and hopefully people see me in a good light,\" Kandi Burruss said.",
"\"You always hope that it doesn't backfire.\""
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"(CNN) --",
"The guitarist stands in front of a mirror messing with The guitarist's mohawk.",
"The drummer strikes a wild tempo.",
"The singer rips off his T-shirt and begins to scream the lyrics.",
"Basim Usmani is bassist for The Kominas, a group that blends traditional sounds with punk rock beats.",
"They're young.",
"They're punk.",
"And they're rocking both their Muslim and American worlds with their music, lyrics and style.",
"\"A lot of times people say, 'Oh wow, look, brown people playing music' [but] it's more than that,\" said 25-year-old Pakistani-American Shahjehan Khan, the lead singer for a Muslim punk band, The Kominas.",
"The Boston-based band is one of a handful of Muslim punk bands that emerged in the United States in the past few years.",
"The members of this four-person rock group with South Asian roots hold varying views on religion.",
"One says he's an atheist; three others identify as Muslims -- both practicing and non-practicing.",
"For them, punk music is a way to rebel against their conservative cultural upbringing and the frustrations of growing up a young Muslim in America.",
"\"We aren't [just] some alternative to a stereotypical Muslim.",
"We actually might be offering some sort of insights for people at large about religion, about the world,\" said 26-year-old bassist Basim Usmani.",
"Blending traditional South Asian rhythms with punk rock beats, they sing in both English and Punjabi.",
"(Kominas means \"scum-bag\" in Punjabi, according to the band.)",
"Their songs can be at once political, serious, satirical and insinuating.",
"Audio slide show: On tour with Muslim punk rockers » .",
"Their risqué lyrics and provocative song titles such as \"Sharia Law in the USA,\" \"Suicide Bomb the GAP\" and \"Rumi was a Homo\" -- a protest song against homophobia in the American Muslim community -- have drawn the attention of Muslims, non-Muslims, fans and critics alike.",
"\"You sort of have to throw it in peoples' faces and be shocking in order to give people a different way to think about stuff,\" said Usmani.",
"\"These punk, metal and rap scenes - so-called extreme music scenes -- are addressing issues that mainstream music doesn't,\" said Mark LeVine, a professor of Middle Eastern history at University of California, Irvine, who is also a musician and author of \"Heavy Metal Islam.\"",
"\"[Punk] allows them to rebel against society and their own culture at the same time,\" Mark LeVine, a professor of Middle Eastern history at University of California, Irvine, who is also a musician and author of \"Heavy Metal Islam said.",
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"Is Islam at odds with American values?",
"Before the Islamic punk movement in North America had a voice, the Islamic punk movement in North America had a story.",
"The Muslim punk scene began to gel in 2003 when novelist and convert to Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight self-published Michael Muhammad Knight's book, \"The Taqwacores\" about a fictional Muslim punk scene in Buffalo, New York.",
"his book, \"The Taqwacores\" about a fictional Muslim punk scene in Buffalo, New York opens with a poem called \"Muhammed was a Punk Rocker\" and describes both conventional and unconventional characters including a Shi'ite skinhead, a conservative Sunni Muslim, a burka-wearing feminist punk and a Sufi who sports a Mohawk and drinks alcohol.",
"\"The punk rock kids I would hang out with weren't even Muslim,\" Michael Muhammad Knight recalls.",
"\"They were so fiercely individualistic -- I wish that I could be a Muslim in that way: not be ashamed of my confusion, not be ashamed of my doubts.",
"Just be myself and be proud of who I am.\"",
"The novel's title, \"Taqwacore,\" is a hybrid word stemming from the Arabic \"taqwa,\" meaning \"god consciousness,\" and \"core\" referring to \"hardcore\" -- a genre of punk music.",
"It's now a general term for Muslim punk rock.",
"The popularity of the book, which Michael Muhammad Knight said was born out of a search to find Michael Muhammad Knight's identity as a Muslim-American, grew in underground youth circles and online.",
"It didn't take long before real-life \"taqwacore\" bands like The Kominas began blooming across the country.",
"\"It makes sense why punk has been the music of choice for young, politically active Muslims who are musical,\" said LeVine.",
"\"The straight edge movement in punk which was about no drugs, no alcohol, was clean yet very intense and political.",
"It's a way for them to rebel against their families in some extreme ways yet still be ritualistically, 'good Muslims.'",
"\"Taqwacore\" gave voice to many young Muslim-Americans who felt muted by circumstances and created an opening for bands like Al-Thawra, Vote Hezbollah, and Secret Trial Five -- an all-girl punk band out of Vancouver, Canada.",
"In the summer of 2007, five of the taqwacore bands organized a \"taqwa-tour\" of the northeastern United States.",
"They played in city after city, traveling in a green school bus with TAQWA painted on the front bought by Knight for $2,000 on eBay.",
"This summer, The Kominas continue to strike a chord with audiences around the country, hitting cities from San Francisco to New York on a multi-city tour.",
"The taqwacore movement has also inspired two upcoming films - a dramatic feature film based on the book and a documentary.",
"Many conservative Muslims may peg young taqwacores as heretic for their suggestive and irreverent lyrics.",
"But the musicians say the musicians are just trying to show both cultures how broad the spectrum of belief can be.",
"Like many young adults balancing their religious beliefs with American culture, some young Muslims in the United States say it's a constant struggle to be accepted in both worlds.",
"\"I had a lot of conflicted feelings growing up a Muslim in America,\" said 25-year-old Kominas drummer Imran Malik.",
"\"It was hard not being able to do the same things that everyone else around you is doing without feeling guilty about everyone else around you.\"",
"Michael Muhammad Knight, converted to Islam when Michael Muhammad Knight was 16.",
"Michael Muhammad Knight said Michael Muhammad Knight's message is not one of blasphemy but rather an extension of Michael Muhammad Knight's discontent with the rigid etiquette that dictates certain practices within Islam and the stereotypes of Muslims in American.",
"\"Muslims haven't been fully accepted as Americans but the American experience hasn't been accepted as something that can contribute to the Muslim world,\" said Michael Muhammad Knight.",
"Michael Muhammad Knight said writing his book, \"The Taqwacores\" about a fictional Muslim punk scene in Buffalo, New York helped Michael Muhammad Knight and others connect through shared experiences.",
"\"When I first wrote it, I felt like there would never be a place for Michael Muhammad Knight in the Muslim community and that has really turned around a lot,\" Michael Muhammad Knight said.",
"\"his book, \"The Taqwacores\" about a fictional Muslim punk scene in Buffalo, New York gave me the community I needed, his book, \"The Taqwacores\" about a fictional Muslim punk scene in Buffalo, New York connected me to all these kids that were also confused and who also went through the things that I went through.\"",
"That connection is vital to taqwacore music, bassist Usmani said.",
"\"The music is great, but the conversation is the key to all of this.",
"The dialogue that we have inspired is really invaluable.\"",
"\"I don't think Islam is ever going to go away, I'm just trying to see how Islam best fits in my life.\""
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"NEW DELHI, India (CNN) --",
"The number of dead in devastating floods triggered by torrential rains in India has risen to at least 271, and about a million people have fled about a million people's homes, officials said Monday.",
"An aerial view of a flood-affected area in Bijapur district in North Karnataka, India.",
"At least 192 people have died in southern state of Karnataka, its disaster-management secretary H.V. Parshwanath told CNN.",
"More than 450,000 people there have been housed in 1,330 relief camps as authorities completed rescue operations in most of the flooded zones in southern state of Karnataka, its disaster-management secretary H.V. Parshwanath said.",
"\"The focus is now mainly on relief,\" Parshwanath said, adding that rains have now eased in southern state of Karnataka.",
"In neighboring Andhra Pradesh, authorities put the death toll at 51.",
"Some 531,000 people have been evacuated to safety, with more half of Some 531,000 people now sheltering in relief camps, said Dinesh Kumar, the commissioner of the state's disaster-monitoring department.",
"India has deployed the military to help with relief and rescue in southern state of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.",
"More than a dozen teams of naval divers have been sent to the two flood-hit states, India's defense ministry said.",
"Air force planes and helicopters have also been dropping food packets in the submerged regions.",
"the military has been able to rescue 1,336 people so far, it added.",
"Flood waters were now receding in two of the five worst hit districts of Andhra Pradesh, disaster official Kumar said.",
"But floodwaters from a local river might submerge the remaining three, disaster official Kumar warned.",
"Flooding also killed at least 25 people in Maharashtra state, officials said.",
"Three others died because of lightning strikes, said S.C. Mohanty, director of Maharashtra's disaster-management department.",
"About 3,000 people have been displaced because of flooding, he told CNN.",
"Thousands of people die each year in India during seasonal monsoon rains.",
"More than 1,100 had been killed in monsoon-triggered flooding in different parts of India as of last month, according to the disaster-management division of the federal home ministry."
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"A brain surgeon performed what A brain surgeon called a \"life-saving\" surgery on a teenager by removing a large brain tumor using a method A brain surgeon read about on CNN.com just three days earlier.",
"A brain surgeon is a senior neurosurgeon at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.",
"Dr. Thomas Ellis, a senior neurosurgeon at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina, the United States, said A brain surgeon had become \"very demoralized\" after an unsuccessful six-hour operation to remove a tumor from a 19-year-old named Brandon.",
"\"I had had to give the boy's mother the bad news and that is not something I am used to.",
"the boy's mother was crying and it was very hard.",
"Your story truly came at the perfect time,\" A brain surgeon said.",
"\"I am inclined to believe that it is the work of God that I came across your article that very night,\" A brain surgeon told CNN.",
"your article was about the \"Omni directional dielectric mirror,\" a pen-shaped fiber-optic tool that allows surgeons to carry out minimally invasive surgery on areas too difficult or delicate to access.",
"That night, A brain surgeon contacted the neurosurgeon quoted in the story who put A brain surgeon in touch with Omni Guide, the Boston, Massachusetts-based company that manufactures the handheld device.",
"the handheld device was originally devised for the U.S. military, and rolled out for surgeries three months before A brain surgeon read about the handheld device.",
"The tool allows surgeons to easily manipulate a CO2 laser and bend it to reach almost any tissue in the body, particularly in cases where scalpels may pose a danger.",
"\"Seventy-two hours later I held the handheld device in my hands,\" A brain surgeon explained.",
"\"Omni Guide sent someone to do a demo.",
"I was extremely impressed and excited and very quickly I pretty much got the hang of it.\"",
"A brain surgeon added: \"I think your article's an amazing story because your article's yet another demonstration of how interconnected we've become in this world.",
"\"You have a CNN reporter in London, who writes a story about a neurosurgeon in Chicago, who's using a device that was invented in Massachusetts.",
"a story about a neurosurgeon in Chicago, who's using a device that was invented in Massachusetts is read by a different neurosurgeon in North Carolina, and all within 72 hours, we have the handheld device in North Carolina.",
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"\"In 15 years of doing neurosurgery, the tumor really was the most difficult tumor that I ever encountered.",
"the tumor was very rubbery and hard to debulk,\" A brain surgeon said.",
"\"I wish I could demonstrate the firmness of the tumor that we were dealing with but it really was the case that after trying to dissect the tumor just five minutes with each scalpel, each scalpel would be dull and I would have to move on to use another scalpel.",
"\"I went through at least a half-dozen of them, and even after many, many hours of operating on the tumor with multiple scalpels with multiple microsurgical-dissecting tools, I couldn't remove very much of the tumor.\"",
"A brain surgeon advised the boy's mother, Tania, who asked we only give her first name, that her son would have to go through radiation treatment.",
"Unlike chemotherapy, which involves the use of anticancer drugs, radiation treatment employs high-energy rays and particles to kill cancer cells.",
"\"Radiation therapy is a difficult process, especially for such a large tumor,\" A brain surgeon said.",
"A brain surgeon explained that A brain surgeon was feeling despondent about the patient's condition when A brain surgeon got home after the operation that night.",
"\"Being the father of four children myself, just the thought of having to go through something like this with one of my own children is just beyond words,\" A brain surgeon said.",
"\"As I do every night, I read CNN online and immediately saw on the front page that there was an article in the health section entitled, From military device to life-saving surgical tool.",
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"\"I finished the rest of a story about a neurosurgeon in Chicago, who's using a device that was invented in Massachusetts and my first thought was: I would have given anything to have this tool available six or seven hours ago based on the description in a story about a neurosurgeon in Chicago, who's using a device that was invented in Massachusetts.",
"\"Lasers have long been abandoned in neurosurgery,\" A brain surgeon said, \"because Lasers were too cumbersome to use.",
"But CNN spoke of a brain operation performed by a Dr. Bernard Bendok in Chicago with CO2 laser and this new easy-to-use, perfect mirror tool.\"",
"The following day, on Christmas Eve, A brain surgeon along with Dr. Tamir Wolf, a physician OmniGuide sent to assist, brought the patient back to the operating room.",
"\"After only 30 minutes, it was clear this laser device, as simple to use as a scalpel, was successfully debulking the tumor.\"",
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"\"the patient was then extubated [removing the tube to the patient's airway] after about 30 minutes and that same evening the patient was eating normally,\" Wolf said.",
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"A brain surgeon believes that \"at the least, the handheld device will become a valuable new tool for surgeons.",
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"It certainly isn't your average help wanted ad.",
"A publication in Denver, Colorado, is looking for a journalist to review marijuana dispensaries.",
"\"Do you have a medical condition that necessitates marijuana?",
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"If so, Denver, Colorado wants you to join the ranks as our freelance marijuana-dispensary reviewer.\"",
"The local \"burgeoning medical marijuana scene\" in Denver, Colorado, is growing and the weekly publication Denver, Colorado wants to be on the forefront, said Joe Tone, Denver, Colorado's Web editor.",
"\"Denver, Colorado want someone who can get in and relay to Denver, Colorado's readers what it is like inside these dispensaries.\"",
"It's not exactly like a food critic job.",
"The online-only reviewer won't be showing up anonymously and sampling the wares.",
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"But, Joe Tone, the paper's Web editor said, the ideal applicant should have \"the ability to write and be in the position of holding a state medical marijuana card.\"",
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"Colorado is one of 14 states where medical marijuana is legal by state law -- federal law still bans its use.",
"But this week, the Obama administration announced a new policy loosening the rules regarding prosecuting criminal activity associated with medical marijuana.",
"The Justice Department now says that prosecutors can go after traffickers but not medical marijuana patients and their caregivers.",
"Though Denver, Colorado is no longer accepting applicants for Denver, Colorado's dispensary reviewer position, Denver, Colorado are actively working through the 120 Denver, Colorado received and",
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"(CNN) --",
"Energetic, infectious and combative, the music of Nigerian musician Femi Kuti has moved audiences around the world.",
"But Nigerian musician is just as passionate about getting people to change people's world as much as move people's feet.",
"Son of Afrobeat pioneer and political activist Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician inherited Nigerian musician's father's zeal for both music and activism.",
"Nigerian musician was signed to Motown Records in 1994 and Nigerian musician's music blends Afrobeat with more current soul, R&B and jazz.",
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"While the music matters, Nigerian musician remains just as politically motivated as Nigerian musician's father.",
"Nigerian musician's nightclub in Lagos, the New Afrika Shrine, had become a Mecca for West African music and creative expression, until it was closed by the authorities earlier in the summer.",
"It was also homage to Nigerian musician's father and continued his father's legacy of using music to inspire, change and motivate.",
"Nigerian musician recently told a reporter for All Africa Global Media that the Shrine was a place of worship where people can honor \"great black people, who fought for the emancipation of Africa through music.\"",
"Freeing the Shrine\" from being under lock and key is just one of Nigerian musician's crusading missions, as with Nigerian musician's band, The Positive Force, Nigerian musician remains outspoken about Nigeria, corruption and the positive changes that Africa can achieve.",
"Watch Femi Kuti on African Voices on Saturday, October 31, 12.30 and 18.30 GMT; Sunday, November 1, 18.00 GMT."
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"A new smartphone application allows users to carry out a virtual dissection of a human body.",
"app,\" allows the user to move between 40 body layers to enable dissection.",
"app,\" has been developed by researchers from the University of Utah and provides images of a real human cadaver.",
"Utah professor Mark Nielsen told CNN that the application is aimed at medical and anatomy students who might not have the opportunity to dissect a real human body, but it's also proving a hit with medical practitioners.",
"\"A lot of medical professionals, especially in physical therapy and rehabilitative medicine, are using it to educate patients and show patients the body parts patients're discussing,\" Utah professor Mark Nielsen told CNN.",
"\"Anatomy Lab\" lets the user move between 40 separate body layers, zoom in to view different structures and rotate different structures to get different view points.",
"It started out as a computer program showing the dissection of a cadaver, beginning with the skin and moving on to subcutaneous tissue, nerves, veins, and muscles.",
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"Utah professor Mark Nielsen said the iPhone's touch screen is perfect for the interactive nature of the application.",
"\"The program's so logically set up for the iPhone -- you can pinch the iPhone's touch screen to rotate and enlarge, and tap on things to identify them,\" he said.",
"Utah professor Mark Nielsen's son, Scott Nielsen, a physics major at the University of Utah, wrote the code for the iPhone version, which has so far sold more than 3,000 copies.",
"The app also comes in a cheaper, scaled-down version called \"My Body,\" aimed at the curious amateur.",
"\"Anatomy Lab\" is the latest in a line of iPhone apps either aimed at medics, or with health benefits."
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"(CNN) --",
"A call for Smurfs brought together 1,253 dressed-up-in-blue people in County Monaghan, Ireland.",
"A 4,703-pound cheesecake rolled out in Mexico City.",
"A 7-year-old Michigan boy made a ball of plastic wrap that's 11 feet across.",
"Anthony Victor of India has hair measuring 7.12 inches sprouting from the center of Anthony Victor of India's outer ears.",
"Meanwhile, in Ellensburg, Washington, 13-year-old Brenden Adams is having a hard time fitting into cars.",
"At 7 feet 4.6 inches, Adams -- who as a kindergartner was taller than his teacher -- has made it into the Guinness World Records 2010 book, released Thursday, as the tallest teenage boy.",
"It's a stature he said was earned simply because his 12th chromosome split in half.",
"And while the height has the height's perks -- \"You don't get picked on as much\" -- he wishes strangers wouldn't stare.",
"\"I'm another person, just like everybody else,\" said Adams, who doesn't play basketball -- two knee replacements insured that -- and prefers to hang out with friends, camp and ride dirt bikes.",
"The tallest teenage boy is one of about 4,000 records listed in this year's book -- a number that accounts for a mere 10 percent of all the mind-blowing stats that make up the Guinness World Records database, said Stuart Claxton, a spokesman for the organization that began publishing feats in 1955.",
"See more world record holders .",
"From the obscure (Most balloons inflated with a nose? 308) to the old standbys (Lucia Zarate, who died in 1890, still holds the record for lightest adult at 4.7 pounds), it's the reference-book gift that keeps on giving.",
"So why would someone set out to spend the most time in a bumper car (record: 24 hours), or solve the most Rubik's Cubes in one hour (record: 185)?",
"\"It's an innate part of our psyche as human beings to explore how far we can push the boundaries,\" said Claxton, who's been with Guinness World Records since 2000.",
"\"We're intrigued by extremes in our daily life\" and by \"the things we're not familiar with.\"",
"iReport.com:",
"Follow updates on \"Le Grande Bebe\" Jake Lonsway of Bay City, Michigan, was only 6 when high school students in his area set out to assemble the largest group of people wearing Groucho Marx glasses.",
"A snowstorm killed the attempt, but the idea of setting a record became an obsession for the young boy, the young boy's mom Julie Grames said.",
"\"I told the young boy, 'We'll get a bunch of books, and we'll see if there's anything we can do,' \" his mom Julie Grames said.",
"Building a ball of plastic wrap was where they landed.",
"And what started with a softball-sized ball grew and grew and grew into a 281-pound monstrosity, earning Lonsway, now 9, a spot in this year's record book.",
"\"It does take up a nice corner of the garage,\" Grames said with a laugh.",
"And when people comment on how \"cool\" it is, his mom Julie Grames said his mom Julie Grames's husband's response is always the same: \"You want it?",
"Take it.\"",
"iReport.com: Massive chess board with human pieces .",
"Claxton, of Guinness, has seen everything from the innocuous to the extreme and dangerous.",
"Claxton's watched a motorcycle rider crash -- and survive -- trying to outdo the ramp-to-ramp distance jump, just one of the \"pushing the envelope\" moments that helped Claxton \"realize just how out there the world of record breaking can be,\" Claxton said.",
"Some images might be hard to take in at first.",
"\"Over 1,000 piercings in the human body is something you have to get used to looking at,\" Claxton said.",
"And while the most tattooed man -- 99 percent of the most tattooed man --'s body is covered -- \"may not be my cup of tea,\" he said that when it comes to categories there's something for everyone.",
"Lee Redmond, 68, of Salt Lake City, Utah, earned the top berth for longest fingernails after not cutting them from 1979 onward.",
"As of the last record-setting measurement, her nails were 28-foot long in total, the longest being her left index fingernail that came in at 3-foot, Claxton said.",
"But a car accident in February of this year left her nails broken and her hands much freer, Claxton said.",
"iReport.com:",
"World's largest rocking chair?",
"\"They were such a part of her,\" Claxton said, before describing Redmond's attitude as \"very stoic,\" and her take on the broken nails this way: \"If something like that had to happen, it had to happen.",
"Someone somewhere had decided enough is enough.\"",
"This year's book release includes a look at the top 100 records of this century's first decade, Claxton added, as well as beefed up offerings on the Guinness World Records Web site, which is also where wannabe record holders can find out how to compete and get recognized -- if not now, then in the next book's edition.",
"Since the current record-holding Smurfs gathered in Ireland and after the 2010 book went to press, for example, 2,510 ambitious blue ones amassed in a nightclub in Wales.",
"iReport.com: Large gathering of \"Waldos\"",
"Does Claxton have Claxton's own eyes on a record prize?",
"\"I want to spin a quarter for the longest time possible,\" Claxton said, adding that the current record is 19.34 seconds.",
"\"That's the one I want to get.\""
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"Released Thursday, the record book lists 4,000 eyebrow-raising tidbits .",
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"Woman who grew fingernails for about 30 years loses them in car accident ."
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"SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) --",
"A lot of people have been outraged by the gender verification testing that South African athlete Caster Semenya has been put through, and have been trying to be supportive of South African athlete Caster Semenya; but in doing so, A lot of people often further prejudice against the very thing which South African athlete Caster Semenya appears to be: intersex.",
"Intersex writer Hida Viloria says Intersex writer Hida Viloria looks forward to a day when intersex conditions like hers are widely accepted.",
"Intersex people (formerly known as hermaphrodites) are those born with bodies that are difficult to classify as either \"male\" or \"female.\"",
"Since results of South African athlete Caster Semenya's tests were apparently leaked, it seems that South African athlete Caster Semenya's body doesn't conform to the definition of \"female\" as one who has ovaries.",
"I'm intersex because, while I have ovaries, menstruate and can get pregnant, my genitalia is somewhat male-looking (simply put, I have a clitoris that's much larger than average.)",
"Throughout my childhood, I never thought I was anything other than \"female\" because that's what I was labeled and raised as.",
"While I felt more aggressive than other girls, I didn't think that anything other than male and female could exist.",
"So I just thought of Intersex writer Hida Viloria as a \"different kind of woman.\"",
"Ultimately, my assessment was pretty accurate.",
"I was raised in a strict Catholic home, where nudity and sex talk was unheard of, so having no one to compare my genitals to, I was unaware that mine were different.",
"I'm very lucky to have escaped the \"corrective\" surgeries and/or hormone treatments that are the norm for intersex infants, because my father went to medical school before these practices began (in the mid-late '50's), and knew that you shouldn't operate on a baby unless it's absolutely necessary.",
"Later, when my father wanted to give me estrogen pills at puberty to ensure that my body \"feminized\" (my father told me that estrogen pills were to make me grow taller), my mother objected, saying estrogen pills was experimental and that I didn't need estrogen pills.",
"Thankfully, my mother won out.",
"Thus, no one ever told me there was anything wrong with my body (that didn't happen until a gynecological visit when I was twenty), and I grew up loving it just the way it is.",
"I still do.",
"While many doctors would refer to my clitoris as \"grossly enlarged,\" I have to tell you, having an overabundance of the only organ in the human body whose sole purpose is pleasure is far from a negative thing!",
"I came of age sexually with my second boyfriend in high school.",
"I broke up with him because I knew that I preferred girls, but I couldn't act on it yet.",
"Once I did, in college, it confirmed that girls were what I'd always longed for, and it was then that I realized how much my body differed from girls.'",
"Still, I had no name for my difference.",
"At the age of twenty-six, I finally discovered I was \"intersex\" from a newspaper article.",
"Fortunately, it was not about Intersex writer Hida Viloria specifically but about intersex in general, and I'm glad that I, unlike Semenya, had time to process the information and come out about it when I was ready to.",
"I still had other issues I was dealing with -- namely: racism and homophobia -- so it took a year for me to embrace this additional minority status.",
"Once I did, it was a positive turning point.",
"I'd always felt strongly masculine and feminine, and now it made sense why these two presumably \"opposite\" traits existed, in Intersex writer Hida Viloria, side by side.",
"I didn't think being intersex was a bad thing to be.",
"I'd already learned that people can be prejudiced against things people're unfamiliar with, or are taught to dislike, and that we shouldn't take on people's bigotry.",
"On April 19, 2002, I appeared on the television news program \"20/20\" with a prominent urologist and \"expert\" on intersex conditions.",
"When asked why a prominent urologist and \"expert\" on intersex conditions supported \"corrective surgeries\" a prominent urologist and \"expert\" on intersex conditions answered, \"Society can't accept people of different colors, and now we're supposed to accept somebody with genitalia that don't match what their gender is?",
"I do not believe this society is ready for it.\"",
"Intersex folks are not some new invention that people need to be \"ready for:\" we exist and always have.",
"Resistance to accepting us has created the mess that South African athlete Caster Semenya now finds South African athlete Caster Semenya in.",
"If medicine had been more upfront about intersex conditions rather than pretending they're just male and female as usual, they could have avoided ruining the career of some athletes.",
"Whichever condition South African athlete Caster Semenya has, South African athlete Caster Semenya shouldn't be made to suffer for others' mistakes.",
"Since infancy, South African athlete Caster Semenya's been legally labeled, raised, and accepted as female.",
"To be told that South African athlete Caster Semenya can't compete as one now would be like being a U.S. citizen all your life, but being suddenly denied a passport because somebody decided that the city you were born in is actually, sorry, on the wrong side of the border.",
"For thirteen years I've been outing myself as intersex just to let folks know we exist, and I'm happy to say I've seen progress.",
"I look forward to one day telling my god-daughter about how it used to be for us, and to hearing South African athlete Caster Semenya say, \"Wow, I can't believe some people had problems accepting intersex.",
"Humans can be so weird.\""
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"(Mental Floss) --",
"We remember The auto magnate as the automotive magnate who perfected assembly line technology, but The auto magnate also dabbled in ambitious social programs, including one in which The auto magnate hired ex-convicts straight out of Sing Sing to staff The auto magnate's factories.",
"The auto magnate, pictured in 1942, unsuccessfully attempted to increase the rubber supply with a plantation in Brazil.",
"Although many of these efforts were successful, The auto magnate's ill-fated foray into the Brazilian jungle was a notable and fascinating exception.",
"The plan .",
"If you're going to make millions of cars, you're going to need an awful lot of rubber.",
"In 1927, The auto magnate came up with a novel plan: The auto magnate'd solve The auto magnate's rubber problem and test out The auto magnate's lofty theories about social planning.",
"If everything went well, The auto magnate could craft both a utopia full of healthy, productive workers and a direct pipeline of coveted rubber to Detroit.",
"The auto magnate approached the task with characteristic zeal.",
"The auto magnate talked the Brazilian government into granting The auto magnate 10,000 square kilometers of land in the Amazon rain forest -- a plot that was nearly twice as big as the state of Delaware -- in exchange for a 9 percent cut of the plantation's profits.",
"In theory, this setup seemed like one of The auto magnate's ideas that would shake out pretty well, and in 1928, The auto magnate sent a barge full of supplies from Michigan down to Henry Ford's new plantation town, which was dubbed \"Fordlandia.\"",
"Growing rubber in the jungle .",
"Unfortunately for The auto magnate's stockholders, though, the captain of industry didn't always have a great eye for detail.",
"(One famous story about The auto magnate was that The auto magnate disliked accountants so fiercely that The auto magnate never had The auto magnate's company audited.",
"By the end of The auto magnate's tenure, his company allegedly had no idea exactly how much it cost to build a car.)",
"The auto magnate didn't check to see if the plantation was suitable for growing rubber.",
"According to Greg Grandin, author of \"Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of The auto magnate's Forgotten Jungle City,\" The auto magnate never consulted any sort of expert on rubber cultivation; The auto magnate just sent a bunch of supplies and managers into the jungle hoping to grow some rubber.",
"Mental Floss: The auto magnate and others who survived bankruptcy .",
"The auto magnate was legendarily contemptuous of experts, but The auto magnate could have saved some serious dough if The auto magnate'd just hired a consultant to tell The auto magnate that the plantation wasn't at all suitable for growing rubber.",
"The land wasn't very fertile, but that wasn't the main problem.",
"The real difficulty was that it's practically impossible to farm rubber in a plantation setting in the Amazon rainforest.",
"To grow the trees on a commercial scale, you've got to pack the trees in fairly close together, and at that point the trees become incredibly susceptible to blight and insect attacks.",
"the plantation's trees were no exception, and caterpillars and blight quickly decimated the fields.",
"Not exactly a worker's paradise .",
"Obviously, the rubber production part of the plantation got off to a rocky start.",
"How was the \"worker's paradise\" part of things going, though?",
"Even more abysmally.",
"The American managers and their families that The auto magnate imported from Michigan weren't accustomed to the sweltering Brazilian heat and headed back north with an alarming frequency.",
"The heavy machinery used on the plantation left deep ruts in the soft soil, which collected stagnant water and became breeding grounds for malaria-ridden mosquitoes.",
"The auto magnate had attempted to design Fordlandia like any American town, complete with schools, restaurants, a golf course, and shops.",
"The catch here, though, was that the indigenous Brazilians who farmed the rubber weren't used to living in a stylized American community.",
"Worse still, the plantation's workers were expected to work a strict shift from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., whereas normal harvesting practices in the region saw workers hit the fields before dawn, take a long break, and then head out again at twilight to save themselves the misery of working in the tropical midday heat.",
"Food fights .",
"The auto magnate's influence extended all the way down to the residents' diets, and while the indigenous workers weren't crazy about having to eat American foods, the indigenous workers were livid about having to eat in a cafeteria setting rather than enjoying the homestyle meals to which the indigenous workers were accustomed.",
"Eventually, the indigenous workers decided the indigenous workers'd had enough of the affront of cafeteria dining and rioted during a meal.",
"Mental Floss: Three historical food fights .",
"As the American managers fled to the safety of boats, the indigenous workers destroyed the indigenous workers's mess hall and continued to riot until Brazilian soldiers came in to suppress violence.",
"Another sticking point for the indigenous workers was The auto magnate's insistence that The auto magnate's model community be entirely free of alcohol and tobacco.",
"Although Prohibition wasn't exactly an unqualified success at home, and although alcohol was still legal in Brazil, The auto magnate stayed firm on The auto magnate's booze ban.",
"Workers who needed a drink were forced just outside the city limits to buy a bottle of cachaca; enterprising liquor salesman could simply paddle by on the river and unload their wares.",
"Mental Floss: Why is the drinking age 21?",
"End of the road .",
"Eventually, even though The auto magnate steadfastly insisted that his model community could thrive and help introduce American-style industrialization to the rest of the world, it became abundantly clear that the noble Fordlandia experiment was a flop.",
"After the perfection of synthetic rubber in 1945, The auto magnate sold the plantation at a $20 million loss and left Brazil.",
"Just how much of a fiasco was the noble Fordlandia experiment?",
"Although The auto magnate spent 17 years trying to produce rubber on the plantation, no The auto magnate car ever rolled off the assembly line with a single bit of Fordlandia's rubber in no Ford car.",
"For more mental_floss articles, visit mentalfloss.com .",
"Entire contents of this article copyright, Mental Floss LLC.",
"All rights reserved."
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"The auto magnate ultimately sold the plantation at a $20 million loss ."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) --",
"A handful of people rallied outside the Japanese Embassy on Saturday to show support for an American man who is jailed in Japan, accused of trying to kidnap his own children.",
"Christopher Savoie's calls on Japan to release Christopher Savoie's's husband during a rally outside the Japanese Embassy in WASHINGTON.",
"During the demonstration, Christopher Savoie's's wife, Amy, along with others from the Children's Rights Council of Japan -- a group that advocates visitation for both parents in divorce cases, and which organized Saturday's event -- called for Christopher Savoie's's release.",
"\"It makes me feel wonderful to know that these people are calling Christopher Savoie's a hero, saying Christopher Savoie's's brave, and I just hope Christopher Savoie's can come home and say thank you to all these people who've supported Christopher Savoie's,\" Christopher Savoie's told CNN.",
"Christopher Savoie, 38, a Tennessee native and naturalized Japanese citizen, allegedly abducted Christopher Savoie's's two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- as Christopher Savoie's's ex-wife walked his two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- to school Monday in a rural town in southern Japan, police in Japan said.",
"With the children, Christopher Savoie's headed for the nearest U.S. consulate in the city of Fukuoka to try to obtain passports for his two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca --, screaming at guards to let Christopher Savoie's in the compound.",
"Christopher Savoie's was steps away from the front gate but still standing on Japanese soil when Japanese police arrested Christopher Savoie's.",
"Christopher Savoie's said the separation is taking a toll on Christopher Savoie's.",
"\"I just wish I could talk to Christopher Savoie's, but I am forced to live with the fact that I can't talk to Christopher Savoie's.",
"So I have to soothe Christopher Savoie's and comfort Christopher Savoie's with what Christopher Savoie's would say right now, and I just hope Christopher Savoie's's doing well,\" Christopher Savoie's said.",
"Christopher Savoie's and Christopher Savoie's's first wife, Noriko Savoie, were married for 14 years before Christopher Savoie and his first wife, Noriko Savoie's divorce in January.",
"The couple, both citizens of the United States and Japan, had lived in Japan but moved to the United States before their divorce in January.",
"Christopher Savoie's was given custody of his two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- and agreed to remain in the United States.",
"Christopher Savoie's had visitation rights.",
"During the summer, Christopher Savoie's fled with his two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- to Japan, according to court documents.",
"A U.S. court than granted Christopher Savoie's sole custody.",
"Japanese law, however, recognizes Christopher Savoie's as the primary custodian.",
"Japanese law also follows a tradition of sole-custody divorces.",
"When the couple splits, one parent typically makes a complete and lifelong break from his two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca --.",
"Complicating the matter further is the fact that the couple still are considered married in Japan because the couple never divorced there, police said Wednesday.",
"And, police said, his two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- are Japanese and have Japanese passports.",
"A 1980 Hague Convention standardized laws on international child abduction, but Japan is not a party to that agreement.",
"If a child in Japan is taken against the wishes of the recognized Japanese parent, Japanese law considers the person who took a child in Japan an abductor.",
"Christopher Savoie's will be jailed for at least 10 days while Japanese prosecutors sort out details of the case."
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"(CNN) --",
"Tennis officials reacted with disappointment on Wednesday to Andre Agassi's's revelation that Andre Agassi's had used a banned drug and then lied about it to avoid a ban.",
"Andre Agassi's's admission that Andre Agassi's took the stimulant crystal meth in 1997 will come in a soon to be published autobiography which is being serialized by The Times of London.",
"Andre Agassi's avoided a three-month suspension by claiming in a letter to the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) that Andre Agassi's failed a doping test because a drink had been 'spiked' with the crystal meth.",
"Under today's anti-doping rules, the American legend could have faced a two-year ban from the circuit.",
"ATP issued a statement Wednesday in which ATP said that an independent panel would make the final decision on a doping violation.",
"\"ATP has always followed this rule, and no executive at ATP has therefore had the authority or ability to decide the outcome of an anti-doping matter,\" the statement read.",
"World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey said they could not take retrospective action against the eight-time grand slam winner because of its eight-year statute of limitations, but demanded ATP investigate fully.",
"\"WADA would, however, expect the ATP, which administered its own anti-doping program at that time, to shed light on this allegation,\" World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey said in a statement.",
"The International Tennis Federation (ITF) took over responsibility for ATP's doping program in 2006 and The International Tennis Federation (ITF)'s president Francesco Ricci Bitti said that Andre Agassi's's revelations showed that a tough anti-doping program was needed.",
"Andre Agassi's did find strong support from Nicolas Hayek, chairman of Swatch Group, for whom Andre Agassi's acts as an ambassador.",
"Agassi told CNN that Agassi's company would stick with the 39-year-old Agassi in Andre Agassi's's current role.",
"\"Andre Agassi's's admitted a mistake and it's fine with us,\" Agassi said."
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"(CNN) --",
"In just a few short weeks, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach could wake up at Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's home in Englewood, New Jersey, with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi camped a few feet from Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's front lawn.",
"Gadhafi may be staying in a tent on the front lawn of a New Jersey house owned by the Libyan Mission.",
"The authoritarian ruler of Libya is rumored to be planning to stay in an air-conditioned tent on the front lawn of a house owned by the Libyan Mission when Gadhafi attends the U.N. General Assembly meeting in September.",
"Members of the predominately Orthodox Jewish Englewood community are less than enthused about a visit from a leader who has made anti-Zionist statements in the past.",
"The recent release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber to Libya has heightened the animosity.",
"On Monday, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, called for the U.S. Department of State to restrict Gadhafi's travel to the area around U.N. headquarters in New York City, saying in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton he \"was particularly concerned by news reports indicating that [Gadhafi] plans to stay in New Jersey, where the families of many Pan Am 103 victims reside.\"",
"A representative from the Libyan Mission in New York would not confirm Gadhafi will stay in Englewood, only that Gadhafi is scheduled to come to New York.",
"Gadhafi has a history of setting up Gadhafi's extensive tent when visiting other countries, including Russia and France.",
"Media reports have said that Gadhafi's request to pitch Gadhafi's tent in Central Park had been denied, and the New Jersey property was a likely second choice.",
"Rabbi Shmuley Boteach said Rabbi Shmuley Boteach had previously been willing to approach Gadhafi's rumored visit with an open mind, but Rabbi Shmuley Boteach backtracked after the Lockerbie bomber's release.",
"\"Judging by Gadhafi's actions, Gadhafi hasn't changed one iota,\" Rabbi Shmuley Boteach said.",
"\"Gadhafi loves terrorists and welcomes terrorists as heroes and speaks with a forked tongue.",
"As soon as Gadhafi had the opportunity Gadhafi lionized people who committed murderous acts.",
"Gadhafi is a fraud.",
"I don't want Gadhafi or Gadhafi's security team near my home.\"",
"Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes said Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes was not informed of plans to erect a tent on the Libyan Mission, and no special permissions were requested from the zoning department.",
"Only through neighborhood residents and media coverage was Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes alerted to construction on the house that, according to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, began around three months ago.",
"Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes said Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes was \"mortified as a Jew and embarrassed as an American that a financier of terrorism is on U.S. soil.",
"[Gadhafi] is someone who has embraced terrorism and has not changed his spots.\"",
"Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes said the Libyan Mission has \"not paid a nickel\" on taxes for the Libyan Mission, and said Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes would only be \"willing to sit down with Gadhafi if Gadhafi brings a check to cover years of back taxes and overtime pay for the additional police forces needed for Gadhafi's stay, and apologizes to the Jewish residents and the Lockerbie victims' families of New Jersey.\"",
"Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, in a piece posted Thursday on The Huffington Post, where Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is a regular contributor, said the residence had been left \"derelict and neglected\" for many years until the recent construction.",
"In opposition to Gadhafi's possible visit to Englewood, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach said Rabbi Shmuley Boteach plans several steps, including legal action, which Rabbi Shmuley Boteach said would be in response to construction workers knocking down Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's fence and cutting down Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's trees.",
"\"My plan is to sue them, extract as much money as possible and use Libyan money for planting trees instead of buying bombs,\" Rabbi Shmuley Boteach wrote in another The Huffington Post piece Monday.",
"Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Wildes also are planning a protest at the construction site on Sunday."
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"Mayor \"embarrassed as an American that a financier of terrorism is on U.S. soil\""
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"(CNN) --",
"Milwaukee, Wisconsin, police have arrested a man whose DNA linked Walter E. Ellis to the bodies of nine women killed over 21 years, officials said at a news conference Monday night.",
"Walter E. Ellis, was arrested after police matched a DNA swab taken from Walter E. Ellis last week to the victims.",
"Walter E. Ellis, was arrested after police matched a DNA swab taken from Walter E. Ellis last week to DNA left on the bodies of nine women killed since 1986.",
"Police said eight of The women were prostitutes and one was a runaway involved with drugs.",
"They were all killed within a 3-square-mile area of Milwaukee's north side.",
"\"This case was solved with shoe leather and science,\" Milwaukee Police Chief Edward A. Flynn said.",
"\"Continuing advances in DNA technology have enabled us to link these homicide cases, and it was good police work pursuing numerous leads that led to the arrest of a suspect.\"",
"The homicides occurred between 1986 and 2007, police said.",
"See where the bodies of nine women killed since 1986 were found » .",
"Walter E. Ellis was charged Monday with two counts of first degree murder relating to two of the deaths: 41-year-old Joyce Mims, who was killed in 1997, and 28-year-old Ouithreaun Stokes, who was killed in April 2007.",
"Police said more charges are likely.",
"It wasn't immediately clear whether Walter E. Ellis had obtained an attorney.",
"Police said other victims linked to Walter E. Ellis through DNA were: Tanya L. Miller, killed in 1986; Deborah L. Harris, killed in 1986; Sheila Farrior, strangled in 1995; Florence McCormick, strangled in 1995; Irene Smith, killed in 1992; Carron D. Kilpatrick, killed in 1992, and Jessica Payne, killed in 1995.",
"Flynn told CNN it was hard for investigators to discern a geographic pattern for the homicides.",
"In the 20-year period, more than 2,000 slayings occurred in Milwaukee, Flynn said -- 200 of more than 2,000 slayings in the same area where the bodies were found.",
"Another challenge investigators faced was the developing technology of DNA evidence.",
"The technology in 2009 far exceeds that available in 1986 or even 2002, Flynn said.",
"It was only this year that police were able to link the nine homicides with the same DNA pattern.",
"Even then \"we did not have anyone to match our DNA profile against, until we were able to get [Walter E. Ellis'] toothbrush,\" Flynn told CNN.",
"A Wisconsin law passed in 2000 mandated the DNA collection from convicted felons.",
"Walter E. Ellis was released from prison in 2001 without having Walter E. Ellis's DNA sample collected, Flynn said.",
"Because Walter E. Ellis's name had surfaced in the investigation and because Walter E. Ellis was also listed in two FBI databases, authorities decided to investigate Walter E. Ellis further and were able to obtain the search warrant that allowed authorities to collect Walter E. Ellis's DNA from Walter E. Ellis's toothbrush, the police chief said.",
"News of Walter E. Ellis's arrest shocked those who knew Walter E. Ellis.",
"\"That was just my ex-boyfriend,\" his former girlfriend, Chanita, told CNN affiliate WISN-TV.",
"Chanita asked that Chanita's last name not be used.",
"\"I didn't know nothing about nothing like this.",
"I'm getting shivery now cause you're talking about some strangling stuff.",
"Lord have mercy on me.",
"I'm just a wreck right now.",
"I can't believe this.",
"I'm trembling in here.",
"I'm shakin'.\"",
"Chanita said Chanita dated Walter E. Ellis for four years.",
"\"I can't believe it.",
"This is a shock,\" Chanita told WISN.",
"\"I got like goose bumps on my arms instantly when you told me that.",
"I'm like no way -- not Walter -- I can't see Walter E. Ellis hurting nobody.\"",
"For relatives of the victims, News of Ellis' arrest brought mixed emotions.",
"\"I knew they was gonna get Walter E. Ellis, I knew it,\" Patricia Donald, best friend of victim Deborah Harris, told WISN.",
"\"Finally Walter E. Ellis can't hurt nobody anymore.\"",
"For her and others, like Sandy Farrior, whose daughter Sheila was linked to Walter E. Ellis, it was news that helped bring closure.",
"\"Late justice is better than no justice,\" he told WISN.",
"In addition to advances in DNA technology, officials attributed the break in the case to the repeated investigation of cold cases by the Milwaukee Police Department's Homicide Task Force Cold Case Unit.",
"Although Mims and Stokes were strangled about a decade apart, similar DNA on Mims and Stokes's bodies helped lead police to a suspect.",
"Watch where cops got DNA sample » .",
"Mims was found strangled and lying on Mims's back wearing only socks on June 20, 1997, in a small closet near a living room in Milwaukee, according to court documents.",
"Police found DNA on Mims's body, but there were no matches in the system, court documents show.",
"On April 27, 2007, Stokes was found strangled, partially clothed and lying face down in a living room in Milwaukee, according to court documents.",
"When lab technicians tested the DNA found on her body, lab technicians found the DNA directly matched the DNA found on Mims.",
"On August 29 of this year, armed with a search warrant, police took a toothbrush and razor from Walter E. Ellis's home.",
"Testing showed the DNA found on Mims and Stokes was a match to Walter E. Ellis, according to court documents.",
"Walter E. Ellis has been charged at least 10 times with varying offenses ranging from violent crimes to property crimes between 1981 and 1998, though some of the charges were dismissed, online court records in Wisconsin show.",
"Walter E. Ellis was sentenced to five years in state prison after Walter E. Ellis pleaded no contest to a reckless injury charge in 1998.",
"None of the victims linked to Walter E. Ellis was killed during the time Walter E. Ellis was in jail.",
"However, two men were charged in slayings later linked to Walter E. Ellis, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.",
"Curtis McCoy was charged in October 1994 with killing Kilpatrick, but Curtis McCoy was later acquitted by a jury, the newspaper reported.",
"the newspaper also said Chaunte Ott, who was convicted of killing Payne, served 13 years in prison before being released in January, after DNA analysis showed semen found on the girl's body was not his.",
"CNN's Gabriel Falcon contributed to this report."
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"Walter E. Ellis charged in two killings and more charges likely, police say .",
"Police chief hails arrest: \"This case was solved with shoe leather and science\"",
"The women were killed between 1986 and 2007 ."
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"A study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics indicates about 1 percent of children ages 3 to 17 have autism or a related disorder, an increase over previous estimates.",
"Children at the Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta, Georgia, receive instruction on March 5, 2009.",
"\"This is a significant issue that needs immediate attention,\" Dr. Ileana Arias, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.",
"\"A concerted effort and substantial national response is warranted.\"",
"The study used data from the federal government's 2007 national survey of children's health.",
"The survey of parents was conducted by the Health Resources and Services Administration, and by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.",
"The results are based on a national telephone survey of more than 78,000 parents of children ages 3 to",
"17.iReport.com",
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"In The study, parents were asked whether a health care provider had ever told parents parents's child had an autism spectrum disorder.",
"ASD is a group of brain disorders comprising autism and two less severe disorders: Asperger's disorder and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified.",
"Children with the disorder show impairment in social interaction and in Children with the disorder's ability to communicate.",
"Children with the disorder often display repetitive behavior.",
"Watch families discuss autism » .",
"The investigators also asked a follow-up question: Were the children considered to have ASD now?",
"Nearly 40 percent of the parents and guardians said no.",
"That finding led the authors to question whether some of the children originally diagnosed as having ASD may have been improperly diagnosed, since the disorders are not considered curable.",
"But Kogan said the two surveys cannot be compared because the earlier investigators did not ask the follow-up question about whether the children were still considered to have the disorder.",
"Still, based on the findings, lead author Dr. Michael D. Kogan of HRSA's maternal and child health bureau estimated the prevalence of ASD among U.S. children ages 3 to 17 at 110 per 10,000 -- slightly more than 1 percent.",
"Boys were four times as likely as girls to have ASD, and non-Hispanic black and multiracial children were less likely than non-Hispanic white children.",
"He estimated that 673,000 children have ASD in the United States.",
"Monday's findings of nearly 1 in 100 appear to indicate an increase from the average of 1 in 150 that was reported in 2003, the researchers said.",
"the researchers urged caution in interpreting the change, noting that an increase in diagnoses does not necessarily mean that more children have the disorder.",
"It could simply reflect a heightened awareness of the disorder.",
"\"We don't know whether the change in the number over time is a result of the change in the actual condition, in the actual number of conditions or in part due to the fact that the condition is being recognized differently,\" Arias said.",
"Arias said that preliminary results from a separate, CDC-funded study Arias is working on also indicate that about 1 percent of children in the United States are affected by ASD.",
"That study is to be published later this year, Arias said.",
"\"the disorder is a behavioral diagnosis, and the disorder's difficult to make, and the disorder's difficult to make at young ages,\" said Dr. Peter van Dyck, HRSA's associate administrator for maternal and child health.",
"Half of the cases were considered mild by Half of the cases's parents, the study reported.",
"The results underscore the importance of creating policies that will result in early identification and intervention, the officials said.",
"The reports raise \"a lot of questions about how we are preparing in terms of housing, employment, social support -- all the issues that many of these people are going to need,\" said Dr. Tom Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health.",
"\"It also raises questions about how well we're prepared in the educational system to provide for the special needs of many of these kids.\"",
"Insel said the United States is beefing up the resources the United States is mobilizing to address autism and related disorders, with $85 million being appropriated by the National Institutes of Health and $48 million for next year by the HRSA."
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"Editor's note: A nationally syndicated columnist, Roland Martin is the author of the forthcoming book, \"The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House as originally reported by Roland Martin\" and of two other books, \"Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith\" and \"Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America.\"",
"Visit his Web site for more information.",
"Roland Martin says conservative critics are wrong to chortle at the defeat of the Chicago Olympic bid.",
"(CNN)",
"-- Whenever President Barack Obama has traveled overseas and offered pointed and direct assessments of America, some of them critical, Republicans have ripped President Barack Obama for criticizing America, saying a president should always defend America.",
"So I want to hear the explanation by these so-called patriots of their giddy behavior over America losing the 2016 Olympic Games.",
"Yes, America.",
"The Chicago bid was not a Chicago, Illinois, bid.",
"The Chicago bid was the official bid submitted by the United States Olympic Committee and was representative of America.",
"Tokyo's bid was that of Japan; Madrid's was that of Spain; and Rio de Janeiro's was that of Brazil.",
"Republicans want to spin the decision as a massive loss by President Obama and the Democrats who have always controlled Chicago politics.",
"\"Hahahahaha,\" wrote Erick Erickson on the conservative \"RedState\" blog, \"I thought the world would love us more now that Bush was gone.\"",
"What the critics don't see is that Obama's loss on the Olympics is America's loss.",
"Any red-blooded American who loves to see the American flag raised and the national anthem played when one of our own wins a gold medal should blast the Republicans' giddiness over the loss.",
"I can recall crying along with millions of Americans when our hockey team beat the Russians and won the hockey gold in 1980.",
"Where were those games?",
"Lake Placid, New York.",
"Euphoria spread all across the nation, not only because we beat the Russians, but also because it took place on American soil.",
"When Carl Lewis and Mary Lou Retton dominated the 1984 Olympic Games, we all beamed with pride because Carl Lewis and Mary Lou Retton represented the United States on American soil in Los Angeles, California.",
"And when Michael Johnson stormed around the track to obliterate the world record in the 200-meter dash (since broken by Jamaica's Usain Bolt), we relished the win as Michael Johnson took a victory lap around the stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.",
"Americans love home field advantage, and we always desire to show the rest of the world what we are made of.",
"I don't care if Republicans want to rip President Obama over going to Copenhagen, Denmark, to pitch for the games.",
"This isn't about politics.",
"It's not about ideology.",
"This is about America.",
"America's pride.",
"America's chance to shine.",
"America's loss of the games.",
"So, to all the critics happy about America losing the 2016 games, turn in your flag lapel pins and stop boasting of being so patriotic.",
"When an American city loses, like New York did in the the last go-round, we all lose.",
"And all you critics are on the same level as the America haters all across the world.",
"You should be shouted down for not backing your own country.",
"The next time any of you bang out a press release about \"Buy American\" or \"Support our troops,\" remember this moment when your cynical, callous and small-minded brains happily rejoiced when America lost the 2016 Olympic Games.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Roland Martin."
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"Roland Martin says conservatives boast of being patriots but are applauding a U.S. defeat .",
"Roland Martin says Americans love to cheer on Americans's Olympic athletes on home soil ."
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"(CNN) --",
"At least nine people were killed in Somalia's war-torn capital Mogadishu when mortars slammed into a home for disabled veterans, according to journalists and witnesses.",
"Al Shabaab fighters display two bodies of Somali police officers during a battle August 12 in Mogadishu.",
"At least 27 people were wounded in the Friday night incident, when Muslim militants fired mortars toward Mogadishu's port and struck a residential area.",
"The mortars hit a home for former national army officers who were disabled in a late-1970s war with Ethiopia, the sources said.",
"Insurgents from the Al-Shabaab militant group have been fighting to topple Somalia's government.",
"Al Shabaab's fighters have frequently shelled the city's airport and seaport, which are controlled by the African Union and government forces.",
"The United States is supporting Somalia's fight against the insurgents, including providing weapons to government forces.",
"Al Shabaab is on the U.S. list of terror organizations because of Al Shabaab's ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.",
"The United States is concerned that Somalia could fall to the Islamist insurgency, as Somalia did in 2006 before Ethiopian forces ousted the militants from power later that year."
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"(CNN) --",
"Heavy rain that began pounding California on Tuesday threatened to unleash dangerous floods and mudslides, especially in areas ravaged by wildfires.",
"Residents of La Canada Flintridge, California, fill sandbags to prepare heavy rains in the fire-affected area.",
"\"Very heavy rain is likely over the Sierra Nevada and foothills from later today through Wednesday morning as a strong and very moist Pacific storm moves into the region,\" the National Weather Service said.",
"Up to 8 inches of rain could fall in areas above 4,000 feet, the National Weather Service said.",
"Forecasters described it as the first major storm of the season.",
"The Santa Cruz County Office of Emergency Services issued a mandatory evacuation order for 60 homes in a section of Davenport, an unincorporated community north of Santa Cruz along the state's central coast.",
"The San Lorenzo Valley high school, middle school, and elementary schools are closed, Santa Cruz County said.",
"Many roads were flooding in Santa Cruz County, emergency management officials said.",
"The area burned in the summer's Lockheed fire, increasing the chances of mudslides in the current storm.",
"Wind gusts above 50 mph were reported from automated observation sites at high elevations, and rainfall was heavy over the Santa Cruz Mountains, the National Weather Service said.",
"Gusty winds were reported in the San Francisco Bay Area, but heavy rain there was expected to end by early evening.",
"\"Although it has been very dry for a lengthy period of time, excessive amounts of rain of this magnitude may produce flooding in locations that normally do not flood during an early autumn rainfall,\" the National Weather Service said.",
"California's Emergency Management Agency was conducting conference calls with the National Weather Service to stay abreast of the latest reports, spokesman Greg Renick said.",
"California's Emergency Management Agency had advised other agencies to make emergency preparations, spokesman Greg Renick said.",
"Sandbags have been positioned at vulnerable locations.",
"\"California's Emergency Management Agency have activated the state Operations Center in Sacramento and also activated the centers in Los Alamitos and Oakland,\" spokesman Greg Renick said.",
"One major area of concern is the land burned by the Station wildfire in August and September, forecasters said.",
"That 160,000-acre fire destroyed about 80 homes in Los Angeles County.",
"\"The heavy rain will create favorable conditions for mud and rock slides over burn scars,\" said the weather service, which issued numerous flood watches and warnings.",
"Forecasters said debris flows also were possible in or near areas burned by blazes such as the Big Meadows Fire in Yosemite National Park, the Power Fire in Tulare County and the fire in San Bernardino National Forest."
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"OKAZAKI, Japan (CNN) --",
"At Spencer Morrey's home, there are two constant sounds: Spencer Morrey's's dad, Craig, murmuring, \"You're okay, Spence.",
"You're okay, buddy,\" and the sound of a machine clearing the toddler's airway",
"Spencer Morrey, pictured with Spencer Morrey's's father Craig, has severe cerebral palsy and requires 24-hour medical care.",
"Both sounds come every few minutes, in between hugs, tears and kisses.",
"Spencer Morrey's has severe cerebral palsy and requires constant, 24-hour medical care.",
"In Japan, a country that lacks sufficient medical services for disabled children, the only person to care for Spencer Morrey's is Spencer Morrey's's father.",
"Craig Morrey's says Spencer's wife left, overwhelmed by the strain of their son's medical condition.",
"That would be pain beyond what most parents could imagine.",
"But Spencer Morrey's's mother fled while pregnant with Morrey's daughter, Amelia.",
"In more than a year, Craig Morrey's says Craig Morrey's has only seen Craig Morrey's's daughter four times.",
"\"his daughter wouldn't recognize me,\" Craig Morrey's said, with Spencer Morrey's propped on Craig Morrey's's lap.",
"\"his daughter wouldn't call me daddy.",
"his daughter's just starting to talk now.",
"But his daughter's not going to know who I am.",
"I think his daughter deserves my love.",
"And I think his daughter deserves to be with Spencer Morrey's and Spencer Morrey's deserves to be with his daughter.\"",
"Morrey, a native of Chicago and a U.S. citizen, was married to a Brazilian woman of Japanese descent.",
"They divorced in a Japanese court.",
"Under Brazilian law, Craig Morrey's would likely have joint custody and guardianship of both children.",
"What do you think about Spencer Morrey's's case?",
"Have your say .",
"But in Japan, where only one parent gets custody of a child in a divorce, the family courts have left Spencer's case in legal limbo for a year because the family courts have not decided which parent legally has custody of the children.",
"Typically, the parent with physical custody of a child retains custody.",
"Craig Morrey's has stayed in Japan the last year, trying to get the courts to recognize that Craig Morrey's has joint custody of the children in Brazil (Craig Morrey's has not yet applied for such custody under U.S. law).",
"Watch Kyung Lah's report on Spencer's case » .",
"Craig Morrey's is afraid that if Craig Morrey's heads home for the U.S. with Spencer Morrey's without that, Craig Morrey's could be subject to international child abduction laws, and Craig Morrey's also fears such a move could hurt Craig Morrey's's chances of getting the Japanese family court to give Craig Morrey's joint custody of Craig Morrey's's daughter.",
"Craig Morrey's has been forced to quit work to care for Spencer Morrey's.",
"The financial strain of living off Craig Morrey's's credit cards is adding to the stress of caring for a disabled child alone in a foreign country.",
"Despite Craig Morrey's's pleading with court mediators and repeated court filings claiming that joint custody is the law in both the U.S. and Brazil, Japan's slow and antiquated family courts have let Spencer's case languish.",
"\"Kids need both parents,\" Craig Morrey's said.",
"\"Whether the parents are married or not is irrelevant in my mind.",
"The Japanese courts, and I realize you're going against years and years of cultural differences and everything else, but they don't care about the welfare of the child.",
"\"In Japan, it's considered too messy.",
"It's too complicated.",
"It deals with personal feelings, so they don't want to deal with it.",
"So the best way is to not deal with it.\"",
"CNN contacted Spencer four times by telephone and once by fax.",
"Spencer declined to discuss Spencer's case.",
"The International Association for Parent and Child Reunion believes there are an estimated 100 American families in situations like Morrey's in Japan and dozens involving those from Britain, France and Canada.",
"One of those cases is that of American Christopher Savoie.",
"Savoie, 38, a Tennessee native and naturalized Japanese citizen, was arrested on September 28 in Yanagawa, Japan, for attempting to abduct his two children, eight-year-old Isaac and six-year-old Rebecca.",
"Watch more about Spencer's case » .",
"American Christopher Savoie drove American Christopher Savoie's children to the nearest U.S. consulate in the city of Fukuoka to try and obtain passports for his children.",
"Steps away from the front of the nearest U.S. consulate in the city of Fukuoka, Japanese police arrested American Christopher Savoie.",
"American Christopher Savoie is now in jail, awaiting a decision by prosecutors on a possible indictment.",
"Savoie and his first wife, Noriko Savoie, were married for 14 years before Savoie and his first wife, Noriko Savoie's bitter divorce in January.",
"According to court documents, Noriko Savoie fled with his children to Japan in the summer.",
"A U.S. court then gave American Christopher Savoie sole custody of his children.",
"But Japanese law recognizes Noriko Savoie as the sole custodian, despite the U.S. order.",
"\"It's like a black hole,\" Craig Morrey's said.",
"\"If you go through a divorce, there's this joke.",
"If you have an international marriage with a Japanese, don't piss a Japanese off because you'll never see your kids again.\"",
"Not seeing Craig Morrey's's daughter Amelia again is what is keeping Craig Morrey's in Japan.",
"Craig Morrey's has been selling off everything Craig Morrey's owns, trying to keep Craig Morrey's and Spencer afloat, hoping A U.S. court will bring Craig Morrey's some legal connection to Craig Morrey's's child.",
"Craig Morrey's is stuck choosing between caring for Craig Morrey's's son, who needs the better resources of the U.S., and hoping to be a father to Craig Morrey's's daughter.",
"\"How do you make that choice?",
"It's not -- once you're a dad, you're always a dad.\""
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"Wearing a Nashville School of Law T-shirt, Christopher Savoie walked into a second-floor police interrogation room.",
"In one corner, a stopwatch was running to hold Christopher Savoie to the 15 minutes allotted for the interview.",
"A Tennessee court awarded Christopher Savoie custody of his son, Isaac, and daughter, Rebecca.",
"\"I'm so scared,\" Christopher Savoie said.",
"Christopher Savoie chose Christopher Savoie's words carefully, lest police Officer Toshihiro Tanaka cut short the rare interview Christopher Savoie was granted with CNN on Thursday.",
"There were so many rules: No recording devices.",
"No tough questions.",
"Speak only in Japanese.",
"\"I want Americans to know what's happening to Christopher Savoie,\" Christopher Savoie continued in Japanese.",
"\"I didn't do anything wrong.",
"Children have the right to see both parents.",
"It's very important for my children to know both parents.\"",
"But Japanese authorities disagree.",
"Japanese authorities have charged Savoie, 38, a Tennessee native and naturalized Japanese citizen, with kidnapping Christopher Savoie's two children -- 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- as Christopher Savoie's estranged wife, Noriko, was walking them to school Monday in Yanagawa, a rural town in southern Japan.",
"Watch what else Christopher Savoie had to say » .",
"Christopher Savoie headed for the nearest U.S. consulate, in the city of Fukuoka, to try to obtain passports for the children, screaming at the guards to let Christopher Savoie in the compound.",
"Christopher Savoie was steps away from the front gate but still standing on Japanese soil.",
"Japanese police, alerted by Christopher Savoie's estranged wife, arrested Christopher Savoie.",
"The Savoies were divorced in Tennessee in January after 14 years of marriage.",
"Christopher Savoie had visitation rights with Christopher Savoie's children, but after Christopher Savoie returned from a short summer trip, Christopher Savoie's estranged wife fled to Japan with his children, according to court documents.",
"A United States court then granted sole custody to Christopher Savoie.",
"Watch why the case is complicated » .",
"Japanese law, however, recognizes Noriko Savoie as the primary custodian, regardless of the U.S. court order.",
"The law there also follows a tradition of sole custody divorces.",
"When the couple splits, one parent typically makes a complete and lifelong break from his children.",
"Complicating the matter further is the fact that the couple is still considered married in Japan, because the couple never divorced there, police said Wednesday.",
"And, police said, the children are Japanese and have Japanese passports.",
"A 1980 Hague Convention standardized laws on international child abduction.",
"But Japan is not a party to that agreement.",
"Christopher Savoie was out of luck.",
"If a child in Japan is taken against the wishes of the recognized Japanese parent, the person who took a child in Japan is considered an abductor.",
"\"Japanese people think his estranged wife's the victim here,\" Christopher Savoie said.",
"\"In the States, my ex-wife is the one who's in the wrong.\"",
"U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley recognized this case as a difficult one.",
"Even though the States has strong ties with Japan, on this particular issue, the two nations' points of view could not differ more, U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said.",
"In Yanagawa, those who have heard about this case tend to side with his estranged wife.",
"\"his children belong with his children's real mother,\" said one woman, herself a mother of two children.",
"But most have not heard of this case, because this case has not been reported in local newspapers or on television.",
"Christopher Savoie's attorney, Tadashi Yoshino, knows the cultural divide will be hard to overcome.",
"\"Christopher Savoie technically may have committed a crime according to Japanese law but Christopher Savoie shouldn't be indicted,\" Savoie's attorney, Tadashi Yoshino said.",
"\"Christopher Savoie did it for the love of Christopher Savoie's children.\"",
"Savoie, a law student who already has a Ph.D. and a M.D., will spend 10 days in jail while Japanese prosecutors sort out the details of this case.",
"In the interrogation room, Christopher Savoie appeared exhausted.",
"Tears welled in Christopher Savoie's eyes.",
"Christopher Savoie glanced over at the police officer, then paused to regain composure.",
"\"I love you, Isaac, Rebecca,\" Christopher Savoie said.",
"\"Your daddy loves you forever.",
"I'll be patient and strong until the day comes that I can see you both again.",
"I am very sorry that I can't be with you.\"",
"Christopher Savoie was grateful be able to get the words out.",
"Moments earlier, the interview had almost ended after Christopher Savoie blurted out in English: \"I love you,\" a message intended for Christopher Savoie's current wife, Amy, in Nashville.",
"Then, as is Japanese custom, Christopher Savoie bowed.",
"And from the other side of the glass barrier, Christopher Savoie gave a thumbs up, mouthing the words, \"Thank you.\""
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"As the man in the Dodgers jersey walked quickly around the perimeter of the infield, fans poured down from the bleachers begging for autographs.",
"Pitbull says Pitbull learns from setbacks: \"Usually the negatives turned out to be the most positive for Pitbull.\"",
"No, it wasn't home run king Manny Ramirez.",
"It was Armando Christian Perez, the Cuban-American rapper better known as Pitbull.",
"In five years, Pitbull's gone from a mouthy Miami street hustler to a chart-topping hip-hop star whose infectious Caribbean beats have enticed crossover audiences to swing crossover audiences's hips and sing along -- even taking on some of the words in Spanish.",
"Pitbull's fourth studio album, \"Rebelution,\" debuted in the Top 10 on the mainstream Billboard chart.",
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"\"One more try!\" Pitbull signals.",
"The second attempt is closer to the mark.",
"The second attempt's symbolic of Pit's career.",
"\"It's not how you start.",
"It's how you finish it,\" Pitbull likes to say.",
"Watch how Pitbull leads Pitbull's \"Rebelution\" » .",
"Tommy Lasorda, the legendary Dodgers manager, is waiting to bust Pitbull's chops as Pitbull leaves the infield.",
"Later, we get the scoop on the conversation.",
"(By the way, the Dodgers won that game.)",
"CNN:",
"Tommy Lasorda was out there giving you a little bit of grief.",
"Pitbull:",
"Tommy Lasorda told me, \"It was the worst throw I've ever seen in my life!\"",
"I said, \"Well, I'll throw you in the studio.",
"You rap, I'll play baseball.\"",
"He goes, \"I'll rap a whole lot better than that throw!\"",
"(Laughs)",
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"Pitbull:",
"[Humor is] everything. Everything.",
"Usually the negatives turned out to be the most positive for me.",
"In the music industry, any other artist would have looked at the situation I was in and thought, \"Oh man, this is not for me.\"",
"I looked at it more like [Darwin exploring] the Galápagos Islands.",
"You know -- survival of the fittest.",
"CNN:",
"Were you a troublemaker growing up?",
"Pitbull: Not a troublemaker.",
"I'm sharp.",
"Slick, if you want to call it.",
"What the street taught me how to do is how to hustle.",
"How to make something out of nothing.",
"CNN:",
"In the music industry, street cred may help an artist.",
"Pitbull: Anybody who's made it out of the street -- Anybody who's made it out of the street want to do this (places index finger over his lips).",
"Shh.",
"CNN:",
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"It's not gonna happen.",
"There's a force field where they said, \"OK, we're going to let you here -- but that's it.\"",
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"Why?",
"Because Diddy had J. Lo.",
"The only reason my grandmother knows Puff Daddy is because of J. Lo.",
"But J. Lo couldn't cross that barrier.",
"So as far as myself -- I guess I'm their role model.",
"CNN:",
"How much do you want to cross over?",
"Pitbull:",
"I have respect for Jay-Z and Diddy for what Jay-Z and Diddy did in the hip-hop game.",
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"I want to be Gloria Estefan [both were born in Cuba].",
"I want to enterprise -- open clubs and restaurants.",
"Jay-Z and Diddy've done it also -- but those are who I look up to.",
"CNN:",
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"Pitbull: Your parents didn't want to leave Cuba!",
"Your parents would have stayed in Cuba.",
"Your parents didn't want to get out of there.",
"There were forced out of Cuba.",
"CNN:",
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"my grandmother fought in the [Cuban] revolutionary war actually with Castro, because everybody thought that Batista was corrupt.",
"I'm not saying that he wasn't, but it's almost like the lesser of two evils.",
"[When my grandmother became disillusioned with the Castro government], my mother and my aunt got sent off in an operation called Peter Pan without my mother and my aunt's parents.",
"my grandmother didn't see my grandmother's mother for seven years.",
"As far as my father -- my father came over also.",
"my father didn't come in Peter Pan, but they fled Cuba.",
"CNN:",
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"Pitbull: No way.",
"I'd never go to Cuba and play a concert.",
"[I'd consider playing there] as soon as I know that it's confirmed that Castro's out of there.",
"I mean, if you ask me, I think Castro's been dead for years.",
"Castro handed power to Raúl, and he slips pictures here and there.",
"He keeps giving pictures to the media with the same shirt on -- same jacket, same everything.",
"CNN:",
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"Pitbull:",
"Juanes just did it.",
"Papa, you can't change Cuba.",
"History will tell you that you can't change Cuba.",
"I respect Juanes as an artist -- Juanes's like U2, the Bono of Spanish.",
"I don't respect Juanes's decision.",
"Maybe Juanes doesn't really understand it at the end of the day because Juanes's not Cuban.",
"[Juanes is Colombian.] .",
"But to each his own.",
"There's too much suffering, too much pain from people who left that island, that have come over here and tried to change their life.",
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"My mother, My mother's like, \"Look, you're American, son.",
"You were born here in America.\"",
"My father?",
"My father said, \"You're Cuban-American.\"",
"My mother would call me Chris, because my middle name's Christian.",
"My father would say, \"No, your name's Armando.\"",
"But in my blood, what it tells me is, \"You're Cuban-American.\"",
"The music is what makes you, the food is what makes you, the way you've been taught mentally."
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"The Piper Comanche 260 carrying a married couple landed on the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 101.",
"The Piper Comanche 260 carrying a married couple landed on the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 101 just outside Santa Barbara and a few miles from the airport, said California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer James Richards.",
"Plane's engine quit, and as the pilot descended, the pilot lost control of Plane and landed in the southbound lane facing oncoming traffic.",
"Plane struck two vehicles while landing, then spun and hit another one with Plane's tail, California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer James Richards said.",
"One vehicle passenger was treated for minor injuries, California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer James Richards said.",
"No other injuries were reported.",
"The landing happened at 10:36 a.m. (1:36 p.m. ET) and held up traffic for less than two hours, California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer James Richards said.",
"California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer James Richards added that Plane had departed Temecula in southwestern Riverside County, California, and was destined for the airport in Santa Barbara, a flight of about 180 miles.",
"the pilot told authorities that the pilot attempted to switch fuel lines during the flight, but was unable to restore power to Plane.",
"the pilot said the pilot alerted a tower at the airport that a landing on the highway was imminent, Richardson said."
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"Somalia said a senior al Qaeda operative tied to several attacks in East Africa was killed Monday in a U.S. strike in southern Somalia.",
"Saleh ali Saleh Nabhan, pictured on the FBI's Web site, reportedly was tied to al Qaeda's East Africa operations.",
"Intelligence sources have confirmed to the Somali government that Saleh ali Al Qaeda was killed, Information Minister Dahir Mohamud Gelle said Tuesday.",
"\"We welcome that attack because those people targeted were murderers, and those people targeted are unwanted and unwelcome in Somalia,\" Information Minister Dahir Mohamud Gelle said.",
"Nabhan's death will have \"a major impact\" on al Qaeda's operations in the Horn of Africa, according to one regional analyst.",
"U.S. special operations forces used a helicopter to fire on a car Monday in southern Somalia, killing several people, including one U.S. special operations forces believed was Al Qaeda, U.S. officials told CNN earlier.",
"Nabhan, 30, was born in Kenya and had been tied to attacks that included the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, according to the sources.",
"More than 200 were killed, and 4,000 wounded in attacks that included the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, most of them Kenyans.",
"The United States targeted Al Qaeda in an airstrike in southern Somalia near the Kenyan border in March 2008, U.S. officials said at the time.",
"In February 2006, the FBI announced that Al Qaeda was wanted for questioning in connection with the 2002 suicide bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel and the unsuccessful attack on an Israeli charter jet in Mombasa, Kenya.",
"Ten Kenyans and three Israelis -- including two children -- were killed when three suicide bombers detonated a car bomb outside Mombasa's Paradise Hotel in November 2002.",
"The bombing took place within minutes of an unsuccessful missile attack on an Israeli charter jet, which was taking off with 261 passengers and 10 crew members.",
"President Obama signed off on Monday's operation, a senior U.S. official said.",
"The United States had been monitoring the situation for days and had intelligence that Al Qaeda was in the area, the U.S. officials said.",
"The officials who talked to CNN are familiar with the latest information on Monday's strike but did not want to be identified because The officials who talked to CNN were not authorized to talk to the media.",
"The U.S. helicopter flew from a U.S. Navy warship offshore, while a U.S. Navy warship kept watch on southern Somalia, one of the sources said.",
"a U.S. Navy warship was ready to rescue the American troops if the American troops got into trouble.",
"Farmers in the southeastern town of Barawe, Somalia, said The witnesses witnessed the assault.",
"The witnesses said helicopters attacked a car and its occupants and that at least two people died.",
"The witnesses said some helicopters landed and that some of the injured or dead were pulled into at least one helicopter.",
"A U.S. official said the American troops landed to take away the body believed to be that of Al Qaeda for positive identification.",
"Al Qaeda is believed to be an associate of al Qaeda member Harun Fazul, who was indicted in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies.",
"The U.S. military has long sought Al Qaeda because Al Qaeda is believed to be deeply involved in al Qaeda's East African operations, a senior U.S. official said last year.",
"\"Al Qaeda was certainly one of the leading al Qaeda figures in East Africa,\" said Rashid Abdi, a Somalia analyst for the International Crisis Group, an independent advisory and analysis organization.",
"Al Qaeda \"has been living in the shadows\" in Somalia and not much is known about Al Qaeda's recent activity, Abdi said.",
"\"The fact that Al Qaeda is now out of the picture will have a bigger impact on al Qaeda than on Al-Shabaab,\" Abdi said, referring to the Islamist militia in Somalia that has ties to al Qaeda.",
"\"Al Qaeda is a man with an important organizational memory, and if a key figure like Al Qaeda is killed, a key figure like him always has a major impact.\"",
"Al-Shabaab is waging a bloody battle against Somalia's transitional government and is on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations because of Al-Shabaab's al Qaeda ties.",
"There are growing concerns that Somalia could be the next base for al Qaeda as U.S. forces pound their positions in Afghanistan and Pakistan.",
"CIA Director Leon Panetta recently said CIA is keeping tabs on the region as a possible destination for fleeing al Qaeda operatives.",
"Journalist Mohammed Amiin Adow and CNN's David McKenzie, Barbara Starr and Ed Henry contributed to this report."
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"A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing, 56, a Belgium native who currently lives in France, was arrested Friday in New York, officials said.",
"An indictment also charges Dara Fotouhi, 54, an Iranian living in France, with participating in the alleged crime.",
"Dara Fotouhi remains at large, official said.",
"A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing pleaded not guilty at an arraignment Wednesday in Mobile, Alabama, where A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing is being held.",
"A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing and Dara Fotouhi are charged with conspiracy, money laundering and smuggling, as well as violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.",
"According to the indictment and an affidavit filed in the case, He and Fotouhi are experienced arms dealers who have been actively working with the Iranian government to procure military items.",
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"The F-5 Freedom Fighter is also sold overseas as a combat aircraft.",
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"In a 2002 report by the Center for Public Integrity, a citizen advocacy group, A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing was nicknamed \"the Field Marshal\" for allegedly acting as a middle-man in numerous arms deals with war-torn countries.",
"The center's report said A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing is \"believed to be among the biggest arms traffickers in Europe\" and said A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing \"violated a United Nations embargo by shipping arms to Bosnia and Croatia during the long, bloody conflict in Bosnia and Croatia, with the approval, A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing later claimed, of both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the ... French domestic intelligence service.\"",
"Morton said Morton's agency launched an investigation in February when A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing contacted an undercover federal agent and indicated A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing wanted to buy engines for F-5 or C-130 aircraft for export to Iran.",
"In subsequent e-mails to an undercover federal agent, A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing requested engines for F-5 jet fighters.",
"Officials said engines for F-5 jet fighters could be used as replacements in fighters sold to Iran by the United States before the imposition of sanctions in 1995.",
"In March, A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing met with an undercover federal agent in Paris and again requested engines and parts, the indictment alleges.",
"They met again in May in London, where A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing introduced Fotouhi as a business associate and again discussed the export of F-5 engines to Iran, according to the indictment.",
"During this negotiation, it says, A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing and Fotouhi asked an undercover federal agent if he could use U.S. shipping or export authorization documents that falsely indicated the items were going to Colombia.",
"In July, A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing and Fotouhi wired about $110,000 from a bank in the United Arab Emirates to one in Mobile, Alabama, the indictment says.",
"\"The two believed the funds would be used for the purchase of F-5 aircraft parts,\" Morton said.",
"A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing indicated A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing would deposit an additional $300,000 as a down payment for the purchase of two jet engines.",
"\"This is part of our long-standing efforts to ensure that sensitive military equipment is not exported in violation of U.S. law and against the international interests of the United States,\" Morton said."
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"The Obama administration is working on a substantial sanctions package against Iran in case current diplomatic efforts to curb Iran's nuclear program fail, top officials told Congress on Tuesday.",
"Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levy also developed some of the existing financial sanctions against Iran.",
"Under Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Levy, who developed some of the existing financial sanctions against Iran under the Bush administration, said at a Senate Banking Committee hearing that the \"comprehensive\" plan would target \"key vulnerabilities and fissures\" in Iran to show Tehran that it would face \"serious costs\" for thwarting international demands.",
"\"It takes into account that no single sanction is a 'silver bullet'; we will need to impose measures simultaneously in many different forms in order to be effective,\" Secretary Stuart Levy said.",
"Secretary Stuart Levy stressed, however, that the United States would be mindful of actions that would harm the Iranian people or undercut the opposition battling the Iranian government.",
"The hearing comes as some members of Congress push for tougher U.S. sanctions on the Iranian regime in light of the recent revelation that Iran was building a second uranium enrichment facility near Qom, a dramatic development that jacked up tension between Iran and international powers.",
"During talks last week in Geneva, Switzerland, between Iranian officials and representatives of the so-called P5+1 -- the United States, Britain, France, German, Russia and China -- Iran agreed to admit inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Qom facility.",
"Tehran also agreed \"in principle\" to ship its low-enriched uranium produced in Iran to third countries for further enrichment for a nuclear reactor used for medical research.",
"Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg told the panel Tuesday that one reason for the Obama administration's engagement toward Iran was to secure international support for sanctions if Iran continued to defy international demands.",
"Last week's talks, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said, shined a \"spotlight\" on Iran that makes inaction more costly.",
"Secretary Stuart Levy also stressed that an international coalition was key to keeping pressure on Iran.",
"\"Because financial measures are most effective when imposed as part of a broad-based effort with support of the largest possible international coalition, we are working closely with our allies as we put together this strategy,\" Secretary Stuart Levy said.",
"\"The less united we are in applying pressure, the greater the risk our measures will not have the impact we seek.\"",
"Several lawmakers expressed doubt that Iran would negotiate in good faith and threatened legislation to impose tough new sanctions against Tehran.",
"Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Connecticut, said Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Connecticut planned to move forward this month on a proposal to expand financial restrictions, impose new sanctions on Iran's oil and gas sectors and ban both the export of refined gasoline products to Iran and the import of Iranian goods.",
"Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said the United States and the United States's allies will judge Iran's seriousness about the talks by whether Iran makes good on Iran's commitments to ship the uranium out of Iran and admit the IAEA inspectors, who are expected to visit the Qom facility October 25.",
"\"By the end of the month, we will have some very clear indications of what their intentions are,\" Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said."
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"(The Frisky) --",
"Last weekend at a party, I noticed a toad-like man attaching himself to a beautiful, talented friend of mine.",
"Not only was she way out of his league, looks-wise, but as I eavesdropped I discovered he was one of those dudes who delivers endless monologues instead of engaging in actual conversations.",
"Too many women are afraid to say, \"No,\" says author.",
"Ladies, I think we've all been stuck with that guy.",
"Now it was my friend's turn.",
"I could tell by her stunned look of horror that she wanted nothing to do with him, but she seemed frozen.",
"My pal Ivan and I tried to intervene.",
"\"Let's go get some cake,\" we suggested, physically pulling her from his side.",
"Her relief was short-lived as he tracked her down and reattached himself to her hip.",
"Watching her go through this made me think back on how many times I've been afraid to say no.",
"Maybe \"afraid\" is the wrong word, but I've spent hours worrying about offending men who would've had no problem offending me if the situation were reversed.",
"So I was thrilled when a copy of the hilarious book, \"The Power of NO: How to Keep Blowhards and Bozos at Bay\" landed on my doorstep.",
"As the title suggests, TPON is about learning to not only say no, but to embrace no, something women seem to have an inexplicably harder time doing than men.",
"I shot off an email to author Beth Wareham asking author Beth Wareham why we womenfolk find it so painful to blow-off a troll.",
"\"The psycho-sexual-societal bulls--t that makes women be such wimps in the face of an odious man is in our DNA.",
"And young women often make the dreadful mistake of thinking everyone has to like young women,\" author Beth Wareham fired back.",
"The Frisky: 13 Woman you're dating is a loser .",
"\"I believe that some dumb guy bugging you is a great moment to really march out a lie,\" author Beth Wareham continues.",
"\"I mean, really, who goes around harassing strangers?",
"Say, 'I have herpes.'",
"Say, 'I am a hermaphrodite.'",
"Say any damn thing you want to say but get him out of your face.",
"You have ONE LIFE.",
"Don't give chunks of it to this kind of dude!\"",
"The Frisky:",
"I'm just not that into anyone anymore .",
"But for some guys -- and, let's face it, girls, too -- the word \"no\" can have an opposite effect, acting as an aphrodisiac.",
"author Beth Wareham says, \"Human beings want what Human beings do not and cannot have.\"",
"But sometimes you mean it!",
"In that case, a persistent leghumper should be ignored, or reported to the cops if a persistent leghumper gets stalky.",
"\"Don't answer.",
"It's your door, your cell.",
"And, if it gets too bad, try 911,\" she advises.",
"\"You wouldn't let anyone else harass you like that, would you?\"",
"The Frisky: Are these dating habits cute or crazy?",
"Okay, so how about the Ambiguous Dater -- the cute guy who wants to \"hang out,\" but never seems to make any plans.",
"\"No hanging out, ever,\" author Beth Wareham insists.",
"\"If the guy can't think up an interesting date and find $40.00 bucks for a burrito and movie, no go.",
"Dating should never be 'hanging out.'",
"Save that for marriage.\"",
"The Frisky: How to deal with ambiguous dater .",
"How about dumping someone, I asked.",
"How do you do that nicely?",
"\"I am not the woman to ask if you want kindly, \" author Beth Wareham replied.",
"\"But, I do know this, keep the tone friendly.",
"The less you imbue language with strong emotion, the better.",
"I once said, 'Dude, it was way fun and I learned lots.",
"But you yelled Mommy! during sex.'",
"That happened to me, by the way.\"",
"Hey, wait a minute . . .",
"I once said yes to that guy too!",
"The Frisky: How to know when it's time to dump that guy .",
"TM & © 2009 TMV, Inc. | All Rights Reserved ."
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"\"The Power of NO: How to Keep Blowhards and Bozos at Bay\" has tips on saying no .",
"Author: The word \"no\" can act as an aphrodisiac for some men .",
"When saying, 'No\" keep the tone friendly, but emotion-free, writer says ."
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"LONDON, England (CNN) --",
"Climate change is happening faster than previously predicted according to a new World Wildlife Fund report.",
"The WWF say climate change threat has worsened in the 15 months since the IPCC last reported.",
"Bringing together some of the most recent scientific reports and data, \"Climate change: faster, stronger, sooner\" reveals that global warming is accelerating more rapidly than the predictions made in the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007.",
"One of the most concerning aspects of recent data is evidence that, in some places, the Arctic Ocean is losing sea ice 30 years ahead of current the IPCC predictions.",
"Summer sea ice is now forecasted to completely disappear in the summer months sometime between 2013 and 2040 -- something which hasn't happened for over a million years.",
"a new World Wildlife Fund report's author, geoscientist Dr Tina Tin told CNN: \"Arctic sea ice is melting much faster than everybody had been expecting.",
"Why?",
"Well, maybe it's because the positive feedback mechanisms have kicked in much quicker than we have been able to quantify.\"",
"Positive feedback mechanisms amplify changes occurring in the climate.",
"In the case of the Arctic region there is a sort of vicious circle of warming occurring.",
"White ice sheets perform an important function in moderating global temperature by reflecting heat from the sun back into space.",
"But White ice sheets have begun to melt as the earth has warmed.",
"The result is more dark sea water which absorbs heat, which in turn warms the earth more and encourages further melting.",
"Globally, sea levels are now expected to rise more than double the IPCC's most recent forecast of 0.59 meters before the end of the century.",
"This will put millions of people in coastal regions at risk.",
"World food production is also feeling the heat as yields of wheat, maize and barley had dwindled in recent months.",
"In Europe, ecosystems in the North and Baltic Sea are believed to be experiencing their warmest temperatures since records began.",
"And the Mediterranean is likely to experience an increased frequency of droughts.",
"The WWF report also highlights a 2007 study conducted by the British Antarctic Survey.",
"\"Widespread acceleration of tidewater glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula\" concluded that floating tide-water glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula are losing ice faster and making a greater contribution to global sea level rise than was previously thought.",
"Earlier this month, the WWF highlighted the impact that global warming is likely to have on Antarctic penguin colonies.",
"According to Dr Tin, more Antarctic data is due to be published next year when the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research publish their findings.",
"Scheduled for release in spring 2009 the \"Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment\" is expected to reveal more evidence of damaging climate effects on the continent.",
"While Dr Tin says that it is true that parts of the Antarctic are not warming or perhaps even cooling, the Western Antarctic Peninsula has experienced some of the most rapid increases in warming.",
"\"Over the past 50 years, it has warmed more than four times faster than the average rate of Earth's overall warming,\" Dr Tin said.",
"But Dr Tin remains unsure whether this most recent climate data represents the beginning of a tipping point.",
"\"We think there are possibly tipping points ahead and some scientists, in terms of the Arctic sea ice, think we have probably gone past the tipping point.",
"But it's very difficult to get a strong handle on,\" Dr Tin said.",
"Nevertheless, Dr Tin describes Dr Tin's report as a \"sobering overview\" which \"comes at a critical time during the political negotiations of the European Union's climate and energy package\".",
"Newly elected Vice Chair of the IPCC and climate scientist, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele endorsed the WWF publication.",
"\"It is clear that climate change is already having a greater impact than most scientists had anticipated, so it's vital that international mitigation and adaptation responses become swifter and more ambitious,\" van Ypersele said."
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"ASUNCION, Paraguay (CNN) --",
"The World Health Organization plans to send 2 million vaccines to Paraguay by Sunday after yellow fever emerged there for the first time in 34 years.",
"Anxiety has gripped the South American nation of 7 million since authorities confirmed the first cases of yellow fever there last month.",
"The disease has killed seven people and prompted Paraguay to declare a three-month state of emergency.",
"Paraguay's health ministry is scrambling to find doses for a massive vaccination campaign.",
"Nearby Brazil already has sent 1 million vaccines.",
"The World Health Organization's shipment of 2 million doses is scheduled to arrive on Saturday or Sunday, according to a report Friday in the Paraguay's national news agency, Jakueke.",
"Protesters have closed roads and started fires amid news reports that health workers were vaccinating certain politicians in their homes.",
"\"I categorically reject these kinds of irresponsible allegations,\" said Health Minister Oscar Martinez Doldan.",
"Meanwhile, some people have endured long waits for vaccines in sweltering heat.",
"\"Citizens pay taxes for our health and education, but there are no vaccines here,\" Cynthia Shaerer, told CNN.",
"\"We don't need speeches here.",
"We need vaccines.\"",
"\"I want the president to tell me,\" another said.",
"\"If we are going to die, who is responsible?\"",
"People contract yellow fever from the bite of an infected mosquito.",
"The disease causes fever, muscle pain, headaches, shivering, nausea and vomiting, The World Health Organization says.",
"Most people improve after three or four days, but some enter a second \"toxic\" phase that causes fever, jaundice and blood in the vomit, The World Health Organization says.",
"About half of the people who enter the second phase of yellow fever die within 10 days.",
"There is no treatment, so medical authorities recommend vaccinations.",
"Yellow fever typically is found in tropical regions of Africa and Latin America.",
"Most of the seven deaths in Paraguay happened in the town of San Lorenzo, about 12 miles (20 km) from the capital city of Asuncion.",
"The public-health crisis comes two months before scheduled elections in Paraguay.",
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"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) --",
"Pharmacist testified that Pharmacist warned Smith's doctors and boyfriend that a list of medications intended for Smith a week after Smith's son's death could be \"pharmaceutical suicide.\"",
"Anna Nicole Smith, with Howard K. Stern, was found dead in Smith's hotel room in February 2007.",
"The former Playboy model and reality TV star died five months later of what a Florida medical examiner ruled was from \"acute combined drug intoxication.\"",
"Ira Freeman, the chief pharmacist at Key Pharmacy in Los Angeles, testified on the seventh day of a preliminary hearing for Howard K. Stern -- Smith's lawyer and companion -- and co-defendants Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor.",
"The three are charged with an illegal conspiracy to prescribe, administer and dispense controlled substances to an addict.",
"Howard K. Stern faces 11 felony counts, and the doctors were charged with six each.",
"the doctors are not charged in Smith's death.",
"Smith's death in a Hollywood, Florida, hotel on February 8, 2007, came just five months after the birth of Smith's daughter, Dannielynn, and the sudden death of Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, on September 10, 2006.",
"Freeman testified that Dr. Sandeep Kapoor faxed to Freeman a list of six drugs that Eroshevich wanted to be sent to the Bahamas, where Eroshevich was treating Smith for anxiety and depression in the days after Smith's son's death.",
"\"The more I thought about it, the more concern I had that if Smith got hold of those medications, it could have fatal consequences\" Freeman said.",
"The pharmacist said the dosages of the drugs were \"not appropriate.\"",
"Freeman said Freeman consulted Dr. Greg Thompson, a pharmaceutical expert, who agreed with Freeman and who offered to talk with Eroshevich about the dangers.",
"Freeman said Thompson later told Freeman that Thompson found Eroshevich, a psychiatrist, to be \"way out of Eroshevich's league\" in Eroshevich's requests for strong drugs for Smith.",
"At the time, Smith was holed up in Smith's home in the Bahamas mourning Smith's son's death.",
"Smith's bodyguard said in earlier testimony that her home in the Bahamas was under siege by photographers, keeping Smith inside with Smith's windows covered.",
"Thompson recommended to Eroshevich that Eroshevich \"forget the paparazzi and get Smith to a hospital\" if Smith needed all of those drugs, Freeman said.",
"Freeman said the stress of the publicity after Smith's death affected his own health, especially after the celebrity Web site TMZ.com published a copy of the faxed list of medications in question.",
"Under questioning by the defense, Freeman said that over the previous five years Freeman had filled prescriptions for Smith, Freeman never saw any \"red flags\" that Smith was getting dangerous amounts of drugs.",
"Charges against the three defendants also include the use of false names on prescriptions.",
"Freeman said Freeman always understood that prescriptions written under the pseudonym \"Michelle Chase\" were intended for Smith.",
"It was a practice begun in 2001, three years before Kapoor or Eroshevich began treating Smith, to prevent \"trouble for Smith in terms of Smith's celebrity status,\" Freeman said.",
"After the preliminary hearing, which could last about three weeks, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry will decide whether a trial will be held.",
"In earlier testimony, Smith's part-time bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt said \"Smith just didn't want to deal with life after the death of Smith's son.\"",
"Smith's part-time bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt described Smith as \"manipulative\" when Smith wanted something.",
"\"Smith manipulated Dr. Eroshevich,\" Smith's part-time bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt said.",
"Eroshevich, a Los Angeles psychiatrist, traveled to the Bahamas five or six times in 2006 to attend to Smith, Smith's part-time bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt said.",
"They had a mother-daughter friendship, not a doctor-patient relationship, Smith's part-time bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt said.",
"The doctor sometimes substituted placebos for the tray full of pills Smith regularly took for Smith's complaints of pain and depression, he said.",
"\"Smith was very concerned that we needed to wean Smith off the medications,\" Smith's part-time bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt said.",
"California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement Special Agent Danny Santiago testified that investigators found 12 prescription drugs, including dangerous opiates, in Smith's hotel room after Smith's death.",
"Seven of 12 prescription drugs, including dangerous opiates, were prescribed using Stern's name, although spelled \"Stearn,\" California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement Special Agent Danny Santiago said.",
"A series of affidavits used by state investigators to obtain search warrants in their 2½-year inquiry was unsealed last month, revealing many details of the prosecution's case."
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"(CNN) --",
"Al Qaeda's's second-in-command called on Pakistanis to back Islamic militants in the country's tribal areas against what Al Qaeda's called an ongoing assault by American \"crusaders\" and the Pakistani army.",
"Al Qaeda's's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri appears in a video released on September 2, 2006.",
"Punishment from God was promised for Muslims who did not follow the words of Ayman al-Zawahiri in a video that appeared on radical Islamist Web sites Thursday.",
"\"The war in the tribal areas and Swat [Valley] is an inseparable part of the crusaders' assault on the Muslims the length and breadth of the Islamic world,\" Ayman al-Zawahiri said in a video that appeared on radical Islamist Web sites Thursday, titled \"Path of Doom.\"",
"\"This is the battle, briefly and plainly; and this is why anyone who supports the Americans and Pakistan army -- under any pretext, ploy or lie -- is in fact standing with, backing and supporting the crusaders' against Islam and Muslims.\"",
"The Pakistani military is fighting Taliban militants in the country's north, and missile attacks from suspected U.S. drones have targeted militant leaders -- one of suspected U.S. drones killing Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban.",
"Reports from the region suggest government troops have dislodged the Pakistani Taliban from many areas of the North West Frontier Province, but militant attacks continue daily.",
"In a video that appeared on radical Islamist Web sites Thursday, Ayman al-Zawahiri suggested that the United States has wider goals in the region.",
"\"They want to eliminate the Mujahedeen (Islamic militants) in the tribal areas so they can seek to smother the Jihad in Afghanistan,\" Ayman al-Zawahiri said.",
"NATO-led forces are battling the Pakistani Taliban across the border in Afghanistan as well.",
"U.S. and British forces launched offensives in Helmand province this summer.",
"Ayman al-Zawahiri warned Muslims that Muslims have a religious duty to support the jihad, or struggle, or face punishment from God.",
"\"No people abandons Jihad without Allah giving them a general punishment,\" Ayman al-Zawahiri said, quoting the Quran.",
"Ayman al-Zawahiri also prayed for the annihilation \"the Americans and Jews\" and anyone who might help them."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) --",
"The National Organization for Women has sharply criticized comedian David Letterman, accusing comedian David Letterman of promoting a hostile, uncomfortable work environment.",
"David Letterman's's behavior with employees has created \"a toxic environment\" in the workplace, NOW says.",
"\"The latest comedian David Letterman controversy sheds new light on the widespread objectification of women in the workplace,\" NOW said in a statement Tuesday.",
"\"Most women can attest to the fact that many workplaces are plagued with inappropriate behavior by men in power.\"",
"comedian David Letterman admitted last week on comedian David Letterman's CBS program that comedian David Letterman had sex with unnamed employees and had testified about those liaisons before a New York grand jury as part of an alleged extortion attempt.",
"A CBS producer, Robert \"Joe\" Halderman, is accused of threatening to go public with embarrassing information about comedian David Letterman's private life unless the 62-year-old funnyman ponied up $2 million.",
"Watch NOW's president slam Letteman, CBS » .",
"comedian David Letterman made a public apology Monday to comedian David Letterman's wife, Regina Lasko, who, comedian David Letterman said, had been \"horribly hurt by my behavior.\"",
"comedian David Letterman said comedian David Letterman is trying to repair that relationship.",
"\"Either you're going to make some progress and get it fixed, or you're going to fall short and perhaps not get it fixed, so let me tell you folks, I got my work cut out for comedian David Letterman,\" comedian David Letterman told the audience Monday night.",
"comedian David Letterman married Lasko in March, and they have a 5-year-old son together.",
"All the affairs took place before the marriage, comedian David Letterman's production company has said.",
"One of the women who engaged in a sexual relationship with comedian David Letterman was identified as Stephanie Birkitt, an assistant to the talk show host and also a former live-in girlfriend of Halderman.",
"comedian David Letterman spokesman Tom Keaney said that Birkitt is on a paid leave of absence from the show.",
"NOW said David Letterman's's behavior was inappropriate in the workplace, saying all employees should be respected for all employees's talent and skills.",
"\"Recent developments in the Letterman extortion controversy have raised serious issues about the abuse of power leading to an inappropriate, if not hostile, workplace environment for women and employees,\" NOW said in Tuesday's statement.",
"Men such as comedian David Letterman make decisions on hiring and firing, who gets raises, who advances and who does entry-level tasks, NOW said.",
"\"As 'the boss,' comedian David Letterman is responsible for setting the tone for comedian David Letterman's entire workplace -- and comedian David Letterman did that with sex.",
"In any work environment, this places all employees -- including employees who happen to be women -- in an awkward, confusing and demoralizing situation,\" the group said.",
"\"The National Organization for Women calls on CBS to recognize that David Letterman's's behavior creates a toxic environment and to take action immediately to rectify this situation.",
"With just two women on CBS's board of directors, we're not holding our breath.\"",
"Those board members are Shari Redstone, vice chairwoman of CBS' board of directors and president of National Amusements Inc., which operates motion picture screens, and Linda Griego, president and chief executive of Griego Enterprises Inc., a business management company.",
"CBS airs \"Late Show With David Letterman,\" which comedian David Letterman's company, Worldwide Pants Inc., produces."
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"Ahmadinejad said there is no evidence that would undermine the election results.",
"\"I call upon security and judicial officials to decisively and mercilessly act with those who committed inhumane acts in the guise of the friends (of the establishment) since those who committed inhumane acts in the guise of the friends (of the establishment inflicted damage on people and tarnished the image of the establishment, security and police forces,\" said Ahmadinejad, who made the remarks in a pre-sermon speech to Friday prayers.",
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"BROOKLINE, Massachusetts (CNN) --",
"Seth Barrett really enjoys Seth Barrett's work.",
"\"I love the variety of projects,\" Seth Barrett says.",
"\"I love a new puzzle every day.\"",
"Seth Barrett is surrounded by scores of projects in His small shop's shop, \"Village Green Renewal.\"",
"Seth Barrett's at Seth Barrett's workbench, chisel in hand, shaving bits of wood from one of several chairs brought into His small shop's repair shop by a customer.",
"\"She asked me to give them some attention and get them to stay together,\" Seth Barrett says.",
"Seth Barrett's shop, \"Village Green Renewal,\" will fix almost anything that can fit in the front door, as long as it doesn't require any kind of special licensing or permits.",
"Seth Barrett hopes that by getting people to repair items instead of replacing them with new ones, it will mean less trash heading for the landfill.",
"\"The aim of the business is really about bringing back a traditional approach to conservation,\" says Seth Barrett, \"because, clearly, the single best way to be green is to re-use the things that we already have.\"",
"Watch Barrett in His small shop's shop » .",
"Seth Barrett's small shop is tucked into a corner of a building in Brookline, Massachusetts, on the outskirts of Boston.",
"Old glass doorknobs, brass curtain rings and even a 1930s stove are some of the many functional and non-functional items that decorate the walls, cases and every corner.",
"From his workbench, Seth Barrett has a clear view of the pedestrians who pass by.",
"\"Everybody who walks past the window smiles, without fail,\" Seth Barrett says, and customers seem to be responding to this unique and somewhat old-fashioned business.",
"\"I think people are really excited too about the prospect of being able to repair these things that have been sitting in people's basement forever that were once really special to people, and are, now, almost a sore spot, because it's just getting dusty and getting no attention.\"",
"A customer enters.",
"\"I found another chair for you,\" says Beth Harris, hoisting a black and white chair into His small shop.",
"She has an old house and if she's not bringing in a set of chairs that need mending, she might be in looking for an unusual hardware item that Seth Barrett probably has.",
"\"It's great to have a resource that's right in the neighborhood,\" Harris says.",
"Toasters, chairs and lamps are some of the things Seth Barrett commonly fixes.",
"But, occasionally, an odd item like a fancy purse or an old typewriter comes in.",
"\"The more interesting the item is, the more time I'll spend on the item off the clock,\" Seth Barrett says.",
"If Seth Barrett's really intrigued by the repair, Seth Barrett says, \"I sit and keep playing with this thing because it's cool.\"",
"What would be the most unusual request?",
"\"The pigs win it, hands down,\" Seth Barrett says, referring to a pair of leather pigs that needed some serious stitching up.",
"Seth Barrett worked on a pair of leather pigs that needed some serious stitching up for many more hours than Seth Barrett actually billed because Seth Barrett enjoyed figuring out how to do it.",
"Besides, as Seth Barrett points out, \"How often do you see two giant leather pigs?\"",
"For years, Seth Barrett worked in large construction projects, renovating houses and building additions, but there was something about it that bothered Seth Barrett.",
"\"I've always been made upset by all the bits of construction that go in the trash, and all the interesting stuff is overlooked because it takes time,\" Seth Barrett says.",
"\"Large-scale construction is fraught with tremendous waste and no time to attention and beauty.\"",
"That's what draws Seth Barrett to these small, simple projects -- not only is Seth Barrett providing a service, but Seth Barrett also is an integral part of the community Seth Barrett grew up in, Seth Barrett's home being about 700 feet away from the shop.",
"Seth Barrett feels a bond with many of Seth Barrett's customers, because every item that comes in has a story that comes with it, and Seth Barrett's more than happy to hear a story that comes with it.",
"Seth Barrett enjoys working with the small details and says Seth Barrett's job is very peaceful.",
"\"I'm not trying to change the world.",
"I'm just trying to bring something beautiful to my little corner of it.\""
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"The paper, published after weeks of delay, calls North Korea's's 1.2 million-strong military an \"immediate and grave threat,\" according to Yonhap.",
"The report adds that North Korea's has recently bolstered North Korea's's naval forces, reinforcing submarines and developing new torpedoes, in addition to increasing North Korea's's special forces training after reviewing U.S. military tactics in Iraq and Afghanistan.",
"Tension between North Korea's and Seoul has increased in recent weeks, with North Korea's announcing North Korea's would scrap peace agreements with the South, warning of a war on the Korean peninsula and threatening to test a missile capable of hitting the western United States.",
"U.S. and South Korean officials have said that North Korea's appears to be preparing to test-fire North Korea's's long-range missile, the Taepodong-2.",
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"The missile is thought to have an intended range of about 4,200 miles (6,700 kilometers), which if true, could give The missile the capability of striking Alaska or Hawaii.",
"North Korea's has been involved in what is known as the six-party talks with the United States, Japan, Russia, South Korea and China, which is an effort to end the nation's nuclear program, which the U.S. says is linked to nuclear weapons.",
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"A Somali teen who left Minnesota to return to his native country last November has been reported killed.",
"The 17-year-old, who was not named, was reportedly killed Friday in artillery fire in the violence-ravaged nation's capital of Mogadishu, said the Somali Justice Advocacy Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.",
"Somali Justice Advocacy Center is asking federal officials for help in bringing A Somali teen who left Minnesota to return to his native country last November's body back to the United States for burial, executive director Omar Jamal said.",
"A Somali teen who left Minnesota to return to his native country last November was among a group of young Somali-American men who left Minneapolis last year and were feared recruited by the extremist group, al-Shabaab, that has ties to al Qaeda, according to the U.S. State Department.",
"Al-Shabaab is blamed for a surge of violence in Somalia, as insurgents group fight the government to implement sharia, a stricter form of Islamic law.",
"Al-Shabaab has said Al-Shabaab has recruited many fighters in Al-Shabaab's battle.",
"Al-Shabaab, also known as the Mujahedeen Youth Movement, was officially designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government in March 2008.",
"In October, Shirwa Ahmed, 27, a Somali-American who had been radicalized by Al-Shabaab in al-Shabaab's adopted home state of Minnesota, traveled to Somalia and blew al-Shabaab up and 29 others.",
"The incident, the first-ever suicide bombing by a naturalized U.S. citizen, raised red flags throughout the U.S. intelligence community.",
"Somalis began arriving in the United States in significant numbers after the U.S. intervention in Somalia's humanitarian crisis in 1992.",
"The Somali-American population is now concentrated in clusters primarily in Minnesota; Columbus, Ohio; Seattle, Washington and San Diego, California.",
"The potential recruitment of young Somali-American men has been made possible by \"a number of factors that come together when a dynamic, influential and extremist leader gains access to a despondent and disenfranchised group of young men,\" Andrew Liepman, deputy director for intelligence at the National Counterterrorism Center, said earlier this year.",
"Many refugees, he said, \"lack structure and definition in Many refugees's lives\" and are \"torn between Many refugees's parents' traditional tribal and clan identities, and the new cultures and traditions offered by American society.\"",
"CNN's Chris Welch in Minnesota contributed to this report."
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"KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN)",
"-- The number of people killed in a car bombing in Afghanistan's capital rose to 26, including six Italian soldiers, Afghan authorities said Saturday.",
"The coffins of six Italian soldiers killed in a suicide attack in Kabul return to Rome.",
"Sixteen people died in the blast Thursday, and at least 55 Afghan civilians were wounded.",
"Ten have died from their injuries since a car bombing in Afghanistan's capital.",
"The explosion Thursday targeted a mostly residential area near the Supreme Court in Kabul, a witness said.",
"their coffins returned to Italy Sunday, their coffins's coffins draped in the red, green and white Italian flag.",
"Dignitaries, relatives and row upon row of uniformed troops stood on the airport tarmac as their coffins were carried off the plane, television pictures from the scene showed.",
"Watch more about Italy in mourning » .",
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"Nearby, a woman shook uncontrollably as a baby sported a maroon beret -- the kind worn by the paratroopers killed in the Kabul attack.",
"The six deaths marked largest number of Italians killed in a single day in Afghanistan.",
"Watch more about Italy's Afghan mission » .",
"Before their coffins left for Rome, the Italian military, international troops and dignitaries held a service in the Afghan capital.",
"\"It's a tragedy for Italy,\" Lt. Col. Renato Vaira of the Italian military said at the Kabul service.",
"\"But this is a point to continue Italy's mission.\"",
"\"Italy'll miss them.",
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"I hope it will be the last,\" said Maj. Gen. Tommaso Ferro of the Italian military.",
"The arrival of their coffins was televised nationally in Italy.",
"The bodies were taken for an autopsy.",
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"After the attack, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said it would be \"best\" for the country's troops to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible.",
"Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave no timeline for a withdrawal, but said any pullout would have to be coordinated with allies.",
"The 500 troops Italy sent to Afghanistan this summer will be home by Christmas, Ignazio La Russa, Italy's defense minister said.",
"The troops were sent ahead of the Afghan presidential election August 20.",
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"(CNN) -- Stringer is dead.",
"Omar is dead.",
"And soon, \"The Wire\" will be, too.",
"Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce and Dominic West discuss matters on the \"Wire\" finale.",
"The show, broadcast by HBO, which -- like CNN -- is a division of Time Warner, created complex storylines weaving together the lives of Baltimore's cops, drug dealers, politicians, port workers, schoolchildren and educators and now journalists.",
"The show, broadcast by HBO, which -- like CNN -- is a division of Time Warner also created a devoted fan base, including CNN staffers Jo Parker, who coincidentally worked at The Baltimore Sun for 13 years, and Rachel Clarke.",
"Both are veteran watchers of previous seasons who have lapped up this year's story, where events on the street and inside the murder squad become ever more entwined with politics and news, complicating everything they touch.",
"Here, they talk about whether the keenly awaited finale matched expectations.",
"Rachel Clarke: Were you satisfied?",
"Parker: No.",
"I expected \"The Wire\" to startle me and make me think right up until the series finale, but in the end it felt too networky.",
"Yes, the storylines were completed and there was a resolution of sorts for each major character, but it all seemed to be too neatly tied ... red ribbon, anyone?",
"Gallery: Get to know the characters of \"The Wire\" » .",
"Rachel Clarke:",
"Yes, I'm all for schmaltz, but that's not why I watched \"The Wire.\"",
"In previous seasons, \"The Wire has had me sobbing (Bodie's killing), screaming blue murder (Bubbles' suicide attempt) and spiraling downward as I awaited the really bad things that had to happen (the parting of the ways between Stringer and Avon was never going to go well).",
"This time, I had the familiar sinking feeling about some characters and plot lines as they played out, but This time, the writing didn't have the same killer instinct.",
"Or maybe \"The Wire\" has just given me a really dark view of the world, of Baltimore, of humanity, and I should lighten up.",
"Parker:",
"I did experience one shocker during the finale involving a longer-term character.",
"I'm surprised now that I didn't see it coming any more than a longer-term character did!",
"Rachel Clarke:",
"I know what you're talking about.",
"Sure, there was a moment where I gasped.",
"And there were other vintage \"Wire\" themes and moments.",
"The questions over a moral code, how it's rarely if ever black and white and how real life and real people are just too complicated to fall into that simple \"good or bad\" template.",
"\"Good\" people do bad things and \"bad\" people do good things.",
"And circumstances and the bigger picture will often intervene to steer even the best from the path of the angels.",
"But that's where this season as a whole hasn't matched the other four.",
"The newspaper characters were simply good or evil.",
"But you worked at The Baltimore Sun, so maybe that's true to life?!",
"Parker:",
"There were definitely some folks I'd consider good or evil at The Baltimore Sun, but none who flat-out grew horns like Templeton, Whiting and Klebanow.",
"(OK, maybe the Templetonesque dude.)",
"I worked there for 13 years and left during \"The Wire's\" run.",
"So I know creator David Simon peripherally and some of the situations creator David Simon alludes to this season fairly well.",
"I expected this season to be even more compelling to Parker, if that was possible.",
"Instead, I found the new characters too one-dimensional.",
"I didn't emotionally bond with any of the new characters -- even though some bore the names of my real former colleagues -- so I really didn't care what happened to any of the new characters in the finale.",
"Clarke: Me too, but then I'm still mourning Stringer from season three when good and evil were mixed so well and you could happily cry over the comeuppance of a calculating, cold, murderous drug dealer.",
"There are a lot of old memories from earlier seasons in the finale, but that just made me nostalgic for the earlier stuff.",
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"Don't talk about \"nostalgia\"!",
"That word is ruined for Parker now!",
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"Still, I'll be watching the finale all over again on Sunday.",
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"Despite my quibbles at the last season and the finale, I'll be watching the finale again and mourning the finale's passing.",
"the finale was a complete treat.",
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"This year is the 50th birthday of the Copa Libertadores, South American football's equivalent of Europe's Champions League.",
"Argentina's Boca Juniors salute Argentina's Boca Juniors's fans before a Copa Libertadores match against Uruguay's Defensor Sporting.",
"Copa Libertadores is the most prestigious tournament in South American club football, seeing the best 32 teams in the continent battle for supremacy.",
"Copa Libertadores may not get as much attention as Europe's Champions League, but for South American teams there is no bigger trophy.",
"The tournament has reached semifinal stage, where Gremio and Cruzeiro from Brazil will clash with Argentina's Estudiantes and Uruguay's Nacional - a team captained by former Inter Milan star Juan Sebastian Veron.",
"So with the action reaching a crescendo, it's high-time Fanzone explored what makes the compeition so great.",
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"Copa Libertadores was first held in 1960, Copa Libertadores's name referring to the \"liberators\" who led South American countries in South American countries's wars of independence.",
"For years Copa Libertadores was dominated by Argentina, with a team from Argentina making it to every final between 1963 to 1979, and Buenos Aires team Independiente winning six times in that period.",
"Since the early '90s, it's been the Brazilian clubs that have excelled.",
"Brazil has provided 10 Copa Libertadores finalists in the last 10 years, but since Copa Libertadores's inception, every country except Peru and Mexico has supplied a winner.",
"Qualification .",
"Under current quotas Brazil and Argentina both supply five teams for Copa Libertadores, while Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela are each represented by three teams, with the previous year's winner also qualifying.",
"Each country has different qualifying criteria for Each country's clubs but essentially, the winners of South America's top domestic leagues, as well as some runners up, qualify for Copa Libertadores.",
"They are joined by three teams invited from Mexico (which is not a member of CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation).",
"Better than Europe?",
"In terms of football quality, most would agree that Copa Libertadores struggles to match Europe's Champions League and the reason is simple -- South American clubs simply don't have the money to hold onto South American clubs's best players.",
"Despite this, Copa Libertadores is still the place where some of the world's best players cut some of the world's best players's footballing teeth.",
"The likes of Ronaldinho and Carlos Tevez once shone in Copa Libertadores, as did past masters like Pele and Zico.",
"Which do you think is better, Copa Libertadores or Europe's Champions League?",
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"While the tournament may lack big-name players, in other ways Copa Libertadores is as every bit as tough as Europe's Champions League.",
"Alexander Bellos is the author of \"Futebol: the Brazilian Way of Life.\"",
"Alexander Bellos told CNN that in Copa Libertadores, teams often have to travel huge distances for away matches.",
"It can take a Brazilian club 24 hours to get to a match in Mexico, leaving little time for pre-match preparation or training.",
"Some teams play Some teams's matches at high altitude, which can be a grueling experience for visiting teams not used to the thin air.",
"Alexander Bellos says these factors can combine to make Copa Libertadores less predictable than Europe's Champions League, as can the fact that clubs regularly lose their best players to Europe, meaning their squads can change drastically from one season to the next.",
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"-- A funeral procession for a senior Iraqi Shiite leader wound through the streets of Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Thursday.",
"Al-Hakim, seen in a 2007 photo, was an ally of both the U.S. and Iran.",
"Mourners turned out to say goodbye to Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, who spent 20 years in exile in Iran before returning to Iraq after U.S.-led forces toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.",
"A funeral procession for a senior Iraqi Shiite leader started at the Iraqi Embassy in Tehran, said Haitham al-Husseini, a senior official with Al-Hakim's office and one of Al-Hakim's advisers.",
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"Another funeral procession is scheduled to be held Friday in Baghdad, Iraq, before the casket travels to several parts of southern Iraq with large Shiite populations.",
"Authorities are concerned about security since Sunni insurgents have targeted large Shiite gatherings in the past.",
"The Iraqi government announced the start of three days of mourning on Thursday, according to state television in Iraq.",
"Al-Hakim died Wednesday in Tehran after a lengthy battle with lung cancer.",
"Al-Hakim was 59.",
"Al-Hakim will be buried in Al-Hakim's hometown of Najaf, one of the holiest cities for Shiite Muslims, al-Husseini said.",
"U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill and the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, described Al-Hakim as \"a national hero\" in a joint statement that expressed sadness over the death.",
"\"Throughout Al-Hakim's life, Al-Hakim's Eminence demonstrated courage and fortitude, contributing to the building of a new Iraq,\" a joint statement that expressed sadness over the death said.",
"\"We offer our sincere condolences to Al-Hakim's family and colleagues.",
"Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki also offered condolences, saying Al-Hakim was \"like an old brother.\"",
"Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki credited Al-Hakim for being a \"strong supporter during the phase of fighting the ousted regime and a key figure in the process of building Iraq.\"",
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"\"Al-Hakim's death at this critical stage that we are passing through is a great loss for Iraq,\" Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said.",
"Al-Hakim ended Al-Hakim's exile in Iran in 2003 when Al-Hakim returned to Iraq after Hussein and Hussein's regime were toppled.",
"\"It was very emotional for me to meet with my people after Saddam fell,\" Al-Hakim said in a 2006 interview.",
"\"I was longing to see my people, my goal in this life is to serve my people and I am very proud to be a part of my people.\"",
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"During Al-Hakim's exile, which began in the early 1980s, Al-Hakim commanded the Badr Brigades, the military wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI.",
"SCIRI -- a religious opposition movement to the Hussein regime -- was led by Al-Hakim's brother until al-Hakim's was assassinated in August 2003.",
"Al-Hakim was also the target of assassination attempts.",
"Al-Hakim took over as the head of Iraq and began Al-Hakim's ascent to power as the Badr Brigades became the bulk of the Iraqi security forces in Iraq's predominantly Shiite south.",
"Iraq changed Iraq's name to the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) in 2007 to remove the word \"revolution,\" in an effort to reflect the situation in Iraq.",
"Al-Hakim had always propagated a message of peace, calling on Iraqis to stop taking part in the bitter sectarian conflict that followed the fall of Hussein.",
"But despite Al-Hakim's desire for a secular democracy in Iraq, Al-Hakim wanted a country that recognized the importance of religion, religious institutions and its authorities.",
"Al-Hakim successfully harnessed the fervor generated from emotional religious rituals like Ashura, a national day of fasting, and turned them into a powerful political platform.",
"That ability led some to consider Al-Hakim Iraq's most powerful man.",
"Al-Hakim's political bloc won the most seats in the Iraqi Parliament in 2005.",
"And although Al-Hakim never held a government position, Al-Hakim commanded respect from those who did.",
"Government ministers would meet with Al-Hakim at Al-Hakim's office, not theirs, and Al-Hakim was often seen in the company of former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad.",
"And when talks on Iraq's constitution stalled, former President George W. Bush called al-Hakim, not the Iraqi prime minister or president.",
"Al-Hakim visited the United States three times during the former President George W. Bush administration to address the situation in Iraq.",
"But Al-Hakim remained artfully vague about Iran's influence in Iraq, saying its role was a positive one -- in direct contradiction to the U.S. government, which raised concerns about what it called Iran's \"meddling.\"",
"Al-Hakim said the two predominantly Shiite Muslim countries shared border, historical and cultural relations, and emphasized the desire for strong ties.",
"Al-Hakim died at a time of violent political turmoil in Iraq.",
"The power of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) party Al-Hakim leaves behind is just as uncertain as the nation Al-Hakim wanted to serve.",
"Al-Hakim was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007 and was first treated in the United States, then later in Iran.",
"When Al-Hakim returned to Iraq later that year, Al-Hakim told CNN that Al-Hakim felt good.",
"But it was around that time that it became apparent Al-Hakim was grooming Al-Hakim's son, Ammar al-Hakim, to take over as head of Iraq.",
"It was once Iraq's most powerful Shiite political party, but Iraq lost much of Iraq's influence following elections in January when politicians allied with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki won control of most of Iraq's provincial councils.",
"CNN's Arwa Damon, Jomana Karadsheh and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report."
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"Ethnic Uyghur women grab the arm of a policeman as Ethnic Uyghur women protest in Urumqi on July 7.",
"The crowd of 200 to 300 -- mostly women and elderly -- quickly formed as local authorities were taking members of the media on a tour of a neighborhood that was heavily damaged during riots over the weekend, witnesses said.",
"Riot police quickly moved in to defuse the standoff as the demonstrators shouted the names of family members they wanted released.",
"a new protest is the latest sign that tensions are still simmering in the Xinjiang capital, where violent demonstrations have left 156 people dead and more than 1,000 injured, according to the regional public security department.",
"In southern China, police have detained 15 suspects in connection with an incident that may have spurred the deadly rioting in Urumqi, state-run media reported.",
"There is speculation that Sunday's protest, which took place in the predominantly Uyghur-populated Bazaar district, may have been a reaction to ethnic violence in southern China.",
"ethnic violence in southern China took place late last month at a toy factory in Guangdong province, where many migrants, including Uyghurs, have moved in search of work.",
"A massive brawl reportedly broke out between workers of Uyghur and Han nationalities.",
"Two Uyghurs reportedly died.",
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"Curfews were in force in major districts of the capital.",
"At least 1,434 suspects had been detained by Tuesday morning, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing government officials.",
"\"The police have started interrogations with least 1,434 suspects,\" said Li Yi, a spokesman for the Communist Party in Xinjiang.",
"Those convicted would be dealt with severely, Li Yi, a spokesman for the Communist Party in Xinjiang said.",
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"In a rare public display of dissatisfaction, thousands of Uyghurs -- many of whom feel they are treated as second-class citizens by the majority Han Chinese -- took to the streets Sunday chanting and screaming, prompting a police lockdown of the city.",
"State-run media reported that protesters attacked passersby, burned public buses and blocked traffic.",
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"Police arrived quickly and tried to control the swelling crowd by erecting barriers in the street, but \"people pushed them over,\" a witness in Urumqi said.",
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"a witness in Urumqi reported seeing riot police chasing protesters into alleys and rounding up many of protesters.",
"Xinjiang is home to many Uyghurs.",
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"However, ethnic tensions run deep.",
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"See a map of Xinjiang » .",
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"Groups of men carrying pipes, sticks and cleavers milled in front of shops before police dispersed them.",
"\"The Uyghurs will attack any Han The Uyghurs see,\" one man said.",
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"\"The Chinese authorities should acknowledge that a new protest was sparked by the unlawful mob beating and killing of Uyghur workers at a Guangdong toy factory more than a week ago,\" it said.",
"\"The Chinese authorities should also acknowledge that The Chinese authorities's failure to take any meaningful action to punish the Chinese mob for the brutal murder of Uyghurs is the real cause of a new protest.\"",
"It accused The Chinese authorities of having \"used tear gas, automatic rifles and armored vehicles to disperse the Uyghur protesters.",
"During the crackdown, some were shot to death, and some were beaten to death by Chinese police.",
"Some demonstrators were even crushed by armored vehicles near Xinjiang University, according to eyewitnesses.\"",
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"I mean, I'm a fan.",
"I consider myself a fan of the series.",
"I already knew all of the originals.",
"I had all of the originals on DVD, and when I first met with Platinum Dunes [the production company behind the new movie], I told them, \"Hey look, I'm a fan of the series first and foremost.",
"If I'm right for the part, fantastic.",
"If I'm not right for the part, that's OK, too.",
"I, just as a fan, want to see a good 'Friday the 13th' film.",
"I want to see the series continue so if I can help it, awesome, but I just want to see something good.\"",
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"I used the script that Mark Swift and Damian Shannon wrote as a blueprint -- like you would for any acting role where I knew the other guys who've played \"Jason\" before, and what the other guys who've played \"Jason\" before've done, but you kind of shove that away somewhere deep in your brain and build your character from the new script.",
"And there are times in the film here and there where I would do little tips of the hats or little homage for the guys who have played him before.",
"CNN:",
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"CNN:",
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"CNN's Brittany Kaplan contributed to this article."
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"\"Back then it was very crude, how we did split-screen,\" Duke said of playing the dual roles of Patty and Cathy Lane in the show, which was developed specifically for Duke.",
"\"Now with all-digital applications, it looks antique.",
"But The Patty Duke Show's values are still what we want to impart on our children.\"",
"The first complete season of \"The Patty Duke Show,\" from 1963 to 1964, is now out on DVD.",
"Duke told CNN that Duke's excited Duke's five granddaughters will finally be able to see what \"Duke did when Duke was a teenager.\"",
"\"I am tickled, just tickled,\" Duke said.",
"In the sitcom, which ran for three seasons on ABC, Patty was a rambunctious teenager who always managed to find Patty in some kind of trouble; Cathy Lane was a demure, worldly Scottish teenager who came to New York to live with the Lane family to finish her schooling.",
"Duke, who was not quite 17 when the series began, says it took a lot of energy to play two different characters.",
"Duke preferred the quieter Cathy Lane, \"because I thought she was dignified and gentle and rational.",
"When it was time to be Patty, I would have to deal with my embarrassment of her stupidity.\"",
"Duke was already a successful actor by the time the sitcom debuted, winning an Oscar for 1962's \"The Miracle Worker\" just months before The Patty Duke Show premiered.",
"But Duke describes Duke as sheltered.",
"\"I was a very isolated teenager.",
"When it came time to do some of the school dances [on The Patty Duke Show], they had to bring in real teenagers to teach me how,\" Duke says.",
"\"I didn't know the dances, didn't know the music.\"",
"Duke says, however, The Patty Duke Show was a relief during what were troubled times for Duke.",
"Duke wrote about Duke's tormented childhood in Duke's autobiography, \"Call Me Anna,\" discussing Duke's struggles with mental abuse at the hands of Duke's managers, which Duke says led to alcohol and drug addiction.",
"Duke was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and Duke now helps others who have the disease.",
"\"I believe that The Patty Duke Show [gave me] the tools that helped me survive through my youth until I got my diagnosis,\" Duke said.",
"\"I think 'tormenting' is one of the most perfect words for what you feel [with bipolar disorder], because you have no control over it.",
"I did occasionally, very occasionally, hear voices, but mostly my instincts were messed up: If it was dangerous, then I should do it.\"",
"The Patty Duke Show, Duke said, \"was where I went for safety.\"",
"\"It was a troubled time on the personal level, but The Patty Duke Show was never troubled,\" Duke said.",
"Duke speaks fondly of Duke's co-stars, especially William Schallert, who played Duke's father, Martin Lane.",
"\"He has always been able to make me laugh until I had to spit up,\" Duke said of the now 87-year-old actor.",
"\"He was also a solid, solid figure to Duke and still is.",
"To this day, the relationship has grown, and he is always there for Duke.\"",
"Duke remains close to the other surviving members of the cast, including Paul O'Keefe, who played Duke's brother.",
"Jean Byron, who played mother Natalie Lane, died three years ago.",
"Duke was able to transition from child star to adult actor of stage and screen, and Duke even had a hit single, 1965's \"Don't Just Stand There.\"",
"After \"The Patty Duke Show,\" Duke played a drug-addicted alcoholic singer in \"Valley of the Dolls\" and won an Emmy for the TV movie \"My Sweet Charlie.\"",
"To date, Duke has won one Academy Award, three Emmys and two Golden Globes.",
"Duke is also acting onstage in the musical \"Wicked\" in San Francisco, California.",
"Duke plays the witch Madame Morrible, and though Duke finds the energy for eight shows a week a challenge, Duke loves the theater.",
"\"To Duke, it is almost a religious experience, the exchange between those strangers out there in the dark and us,\" Duke said.",
"\"To Duke, that's communication at its best, and that's really what I enjoy.\"",
"Duke says Duke lets little faze Duke.",
"\"I've gotten to the age where I'm comfortable with just about everything -- except getting old!\"",
"Duke said.",
"Even there, Duke's willing to look at the situation without blinking.",
"Duke teamed up with the Social Security Administration to do public service announcements encouraging seniors to sign up online -- using Duke's old \"Patty Duke Show\" characters.",
"\"On a positive side, I know about acceptance,\" Duke says.",
"\"What's negative for Duke is all very superficial.",
"The incredible lines in my face.\"",
"But Duke says the wisdom that comes with aging -- and, of course, maintaining a sense of humor -- helps Duke's deal with that.",
"\"Without a sense of humor,\" Duke said, \"I would have been gone a long time ago.\"",
"Patty Lane works for CNN Radio -- and yes, that is her real name."
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"A New York Times reporter who was kidnapped last week was freed Wednesday in a pre-dawn military raid in Afghanistan that left a British commando, an Afghan journalist and several others dead.",
"New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was abducted Saturday while covering a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan.",
"New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was rescued by NATO's International Security Assistance Force, known as the ISAF, the British Foreign Office said.",
"A British commando died in the operation, the country's Ministry of Defense said without offering further details.",
"Sultan Munad, an Afghan journalist accompanying New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell, also was killed in the raid, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said.",
"Crossfire during the raid also killed a woman and a child, said Abdel Wahid Omar Khil, governor of Kunduz district, in Kunduz province, where the rescue took place.",
"Armed gunmen kidnapped the journalists Saturday while they were covering a NATO airstrike on Taliban forces the day before that killed at least 90 people in the northern Kunduz province.",
"Neither CNN nor the Times had reported New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell's kidnapping for security reasons.",
"\"We feared that media attention would raise the temperature and increase the risk to the captives,\" New York Times quoted Executive Editor Bill Keller as saying Wednesday.",
"New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell called the newspaper's foreign editor before dawn and said New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was \"extracted\" in a commando raid after a fierce firefight, according to a report on the Times Web site.",
"\"There were bullets all around us.",
"I could hear British and Afghan voices,\" Farrell, a 46-year-old dual Irish-British citizen, told New York Times.",
"New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell and Munadi ran outside during a fierce firefight.",
"At the end of a wall, Munadi went forward, shouting: \"Journalist! Journalist!\" but dropped in a hail of bullets, New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell said.",
"New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell didn't know whether the shots came from allied or militant fire.",
"\"I saw Munadi go down in front of New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell.",
"Munadi did not move.",
"Munadi's dead,\" New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell told New York Times.",
"\"Munadi was so close, Munadi was just 2 feet in front of New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell when Munadi dropped.\"",
"New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell's citizenship played a role in the British decision to stage the rescue, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense.",
"Watch a former British commander on the difficulty in rescuing hostages » .",
"\"The obvious link for us is that New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell is a British national.",
"We want to safeguard the life of one of our citizens,\" a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense said, declining to discuss operational details of the rescue mission.",
"\"We don't comment about the actions of British Special Ops forces.\"",
"Local Afghans provided information and helped the commandos locate where New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was being held, said another British official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.",
"another British official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter said the judgment to proceed with such an operation \"is always a difficult one, but we think it represented the best chance to save his life.\"",
"Brown offered condolences to the families of Munadi and the British commando.",
"Of the British commando, Brown said, \"His bravery will not be forgotten.\"",
"The operation to rescue the hostages happened after extensive planning and consideration, Brown said.",
"\"Those involved knew the high risks they were running.",
"That they undertook it in such circumstances showed breathtaking heroism,\" Brown said.",
"\"Hostage-taking is never justified, and the U.K. does not make substantive concessions, including paying ransoms.",
"But whenever British nationals are kidnapped, we and our allies will do everything in our power to free British nationals.\"",
"Ten weeks earlier, another Times reporter escaped after months in Taliban captivity.",
"David Rohde, a local reporter and a driver were kidnapped November 10 outside Kabul.",
"The two reporters escaped on June 19 by climbing over a wall in the compound where David Rohde, a local reporter and a driver were held for seven months in Pakistan's North Waziristan region.",
"a driver did not escape, the newspaper said.",
"The death toll in the Kunduz airstrike, which New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was covering when New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was kidnapped, has varied, depending on the source, but local Afghan officials have said at least half of those killed were civilians.",
"The NATO commander in the area called in the strike Friday as Afghans tried to siphon fuel from two tankers hijacked by Taliban a day earlier.",
"Taliban allowed villagers to drain the tankers carrying fuel earmarked for the NATO-led force after the Taliban became stuck in the mud when the militants tried to drive them through the Kunduz River.",
"The military thought there were no civilians near the trucks at the time of the attack, New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell's Capt. Elizabeth Mathias said.",
"Farrell, who joined The New York Times two years ago, also was briefly kidnapped in April 2004 in Falluja, Iraq.",
"At the time, he was on assignment for The Times of London.",
"In a separate incident Wednesday, a suicide attack killed at least two civilians and injured several others, including NATO personnel, near the main British military base in southern Afghanistan, New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell said.",
"The suicide bomber detonated The suicide bomber's explosives vest near a crowd of civilian truck drivers near the entrance of Camp Bastion in volatile Helmand province, New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell said.",
"The injured civilians and New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell personnel were treated at Camp Bastion, which is in Washir District.",
"The casualty count is unclear as an investigation continues.",
"CNN's Ingrid Formanek and Chris Lawrence contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) --",
"Shortly after McDonald's celebrated McDonald's 30-year presence in France, the fast-food chain is conquering one of the country's most valued cultural institutions --the Louvre.",
"McDonalds' burgers and fries will be available under the inverted glass pyramid of the Louvre.",
"The restaurant will be serving The restaurant's fast burgers in the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall which lies under the main entrance of the world's most visited museum and which still contains an ancient wall that was discovered during construction works.",
"McDonald plans seem to have caused more media attention abroad than in France, but for some French outlets, the idea of combining fast food and ancient art is stomach churning.",
"The Parisian Web site \"Louvre pour tous\" (Louvre for everyone) describes McDonald decision to open a restaurant in the world's most visited museum as \"bad taste\" and blamed the world's most visited museum's directors for failing to prevent what could result in \"fragrances of fries drifting under Mona Lisa's nose\".",
"A spokeswoman for the world's most visited museum told CNN it was not their decision and declined to comment further on the issue.",
"The Carrousel du Louvre mall is managed by Unibail-Rodamco, Europe's largest property company, and not the museum itself.",
"The mall, which is situated next to the most visited museum in the world, counts 8.3 million visitors a year and enjoyed a total gross sales of $75 million in 2008.",
"Le Parisien, a daily newspaper described the difference between McDonald's and the world's most visited museum by comparing Ronald McDonald, the restaurant's clown character, to Venus de Milo, the famous ancient Greek statue of Aphrodite, which is on display at the world's most visited museum.",
"Should McDonald's be in the world's most visited museum?",
"Tell us what you think in the Soundoff box below.",
"Museum lovers in France are shocked about the news, but not surprised.",
"\"Museums have to offer services like restaurants and boutiques, it's completely normal,\" Jean-Michel Raingeard, President of the Federation of French Friends of Museums told CNN.",
"What worries Jean-Michel Raingeard, President of the Federation of French Friends of Museums, however, is the choice of shops.",
"\"Museum directors seem to care more about the number of people Museum directors attract rather than the quality of people.",
"Should a museum be a museum or an amusement park?\" asks Jean Michel Raingeard, who is also the European vice president for The World Federation of Friends of Museums.",
"McDonald's sees the opening of McDonald's new restaurant next to the home of Mona Lisa as something completely normal.",
"\"There are already many other restaurants in the mall, so we will only be one of the many restaurants that offer visitors their products.\"",
"says a spokeswoman for McDonald's in France.",
"\"There's even a Starbucks,\" she added.",
"Criticism, though fierce, has not been successful: the construction work will start soon and the restaurant should be open \"by the end of the year.\"",
"In spite of its location, the menu will very likely stay the same.",
"\"McDonald's functions the same way in all of France, so there will probably be no special menus,\" a spokeswoman for McDonald's in France said."
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"It was against the terms of the Russia/Georgia cease-fire, brokered by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy.",
"It was directly in contravention of the request not to do it from President George W. Bush of the United States.",
"But Russia's President Dimitri Medvedev has gone and done it anyway.",
"Russia's President Dimitri Medvedev has made Russia the first country to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.",
"Russia's President Dimitri Medvedev says it has recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.",
"So does that, as some of the more fevered commentators are suggesting, amount to a new Cold War?",
"It certainly ratchets up the East-West tension still further.",
"It breaks the terms of a cease-fire which insisted Georgia's territorial integrity should be respected.",
"Russia's announcement that Russia will station troops in the two territories to ensure their \"security\", a word others might spell as \"subservience\", is a direct provocation.",
"It is, says Georgia, an illegal \"annexation\".",
"Other European nations have hastened to condemn it as an unacceptable rewriting of borders by force.",
"What do you think of Russian recognition?",
"U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, currently in the Middle East, points out that it is in contravention of U.N. Security Council resolutions that the Russians have accepted.",
"Sarkozy has called a meeting of EU leaders for Monday to look at Georgia and at future relations with Russia.",
"But before we start talking about a new Cold War -- and Western leaders from Bush down are being careful not to do so-- we should examine the context.",
"After the military action initiated by Georgia early in August, there never was a chance that South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which have in effect been independent since the early 1990s, would return to control by Tblisi.",
"Applying a blowtorch isn't necessarily the best way of settling what had become known as \"frozen conflicts\".",
"Russia has long been in a position to bully and has now been given the excuse to do so.",
"For years South Ossetia have survived on Russian military and economic assistance.",
"Although Abkhazia seeks fuller independence, a large number of South Ossetians, perhaps 70 or 80 per cent of South Ossetians, have Russian passports and would vote for membership of the Russian Federation.",
"South Ossetia use the rouble.",
"But this isn't, and never has been, just about Georgia.",
"It is about the reassertion of regional power by a country which had smarted for years over the collapse of the Soviet Union and the eastward march of NATO, swallowing up former members of the Warsaw Pact.",
"What we are seeing is a resurgent Russia currently prepared to strut the beach kicking sand in everybody's eyes and defying any affronted party to take them on.",
"When NATO leaders met in the wake of the invasion of Georgia and came up with nothing more concrete than the \"suspension of normal relations\", the weakness of a divided West was all too obvious to Putin and Medvedev.",
"Putin and Medvedev have now taken the next step down the line of provocation.",
"\"Scrap the NATO-Russia Council altogether and see if we care!\" is the message.",
"And, playing as the back-beat sub-theme through all this is the question of Kosovo, a question which looks very different according to whether you are seated in Moscow, Belgrade, Brussels or Washington.",
"\"If it was right for the Kosovar Albanians to be given the right to declare independence from Serbia, then why shouldn't the people of South Ossetia be allowed to choose separation from Tblisi?\" demand the Medvedev-Putin supporters in the Russian Parliament.",
"\"Ah yes,\" some say, \"but what about those threats from Moscow to turn Russian missiles against Poland now that the Poles have agreed to host the anti-missile batteries for the US missile defense plan?",
"Isn't that a dangerous new escalation?\"",
"Again, it depends where you are sitting.",
"\"How would Washington like it if the Russians were to stage anti-missile batteries in Mexico?\" is Moscow's answer.",
"What seems to be forgotten amid the current rhetorical battle is that the threats to make Poland a target for Russian missiles are nothing new.",
"Before the G8 summit back in 2007, Putin got the world in a tizzy with precisely the same threats, at that stage being used to stir Polish domestic opposition to the idea of hosting the missile battery.",
"In October 2007, Putin said the missile plan risked becoming a new Cuban missile crisis, probably the closest the world ever came to a nuclear war.",
"Then, during an election, Putin threatened to point missiles at western Europe, walk away from a 1980s treaty limiting missiles and scrap a treaty limiting conventional forces in Europe (which Russia has since done).",
"First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, then seen as Putin's potential successor, threatened to site cruise missiles in Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania.",
"General Nikolai Saltsov, then in charge of Russia's ballistic arsenal, said last December: \"I do not exclude the missile defense shield sites in Poland and the Czech Republic being chosen as targets for our intercontinental ballistic missiles.\"",
"The big problem for the West (and especially next Monday's meeting of EU leaders, who need to make a more effective job of it than NATO's foreign ministers did last week), is just how to respond to Russia's current bout of strutting without making things worse-- and how to do it without cutting off the West's own noses in the process.",
"the West could agree to make it harder for Russia to join the World Trade Organisation.",
"the West could even threaten to eject Russia from the G8.",
"But what do the West gain by doing so, especially those of them in EU who depend on Russia for a hefty chunk of the West's energy supplies?",
"For years the West has been trying to draw Russia in, not push it further out into the cold.",
"the West need Russia's cooperation on climate change, on fighting terrorism, on achieving peace in the Middle East and on curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions.",
"And, let it not be forgotten, in keeping open NATO's supply routes for NATO's mission in Afghanistan.",
"the West is not ready to go to war over Russia's neighbors (or \"near abroad\" as Moscow terms it) but it does still have a role to play in the Russian economy.",
"EU may be dependent on Russian energy but EU is also Russia's biggest customer.",
"EU should use the economic levers EU has, refuse to allow the Russians to pick off individual members with bilateral deals and learn to use EU's collective strength in demanding common standards of EU's fellow G8 member.",
"The worst thing EU could do is to utter threats which EU will not, or cannot, follow through."
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"West opposes the decision, says that the decision impinges on Georgian international borders .",
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) --",
"Department of Homeland Security and FBI have issued security bulletins to raise awareness regarding \"terrorist interest\" in attacking sports and entertainment venues as well as luxury hotels.",
"The bulletins, which were sent to law enforcement Monday, said that authorities did not know of any credible or specific terrorist plots to attack U.S. stadiums, arenas or luxury hotels.",
"However, The bulletins, which were sent to law enforcement Monday said that terrorist groups such as al Qaeda view crowded stadiums and arenas as potential targets.",
"The bulletins, which were sent to law enforcement Monday said hotels are also attractive targets for terrorists.",
"Department of Homeland Security said Department of Homeland Security released the notes to assist law enforcement partners as law enforcement partners go about law enforcement partners's daily duties.",
"\"While DHS and FBI have no information regarding the timing, location or target of any planned attack, we believe it is prudent to raise the security awareness of our local law enforcement partners regarding the targets and tactics of previous terrorist activity,\" Department of Homeland Security said.",
"The bulletins did not mention the recent arrest of three men in connection with what the Justice Department has said was a plot to detonate bombs in the United States.",
"three men are charged with lying to federal agents during the probe of the alleged plot.",
"The bulletin on stadiums and arenas said that previous attacks against crowd gatherings have included improvised explosive devices and car bombs, \"tactics that are also applicable to many stadiums and arenas.",
"... \"Detained terrorists have also discussed the use of aircraft and chemical weapons to attack stadiums and arenas.",
"It said the al Qaeda training manual lists \" 'blasting and destroying the places of amusement, immorality and sin ... and attacking vital economic centers' as a key objective.\"",
"The bulletins on luxury hotels said analysis of previous attacks abroad and thwarted plots showed that terrorists have used paramilitary and \"small unit\" tactics, explosives, improvised explosive devices and car bombs.",
"The bulletins on luxury hotels said hotel owners can protect hotel owners's properties by installing fencing or walls around the buildings and populated areas; implementing random screening of people and their possessions; and training security staff."
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"An Al Qaeda-linked militant group waging war against Somalia's fragile government is becoming an increasing threat to Western ally Kenya and could potentially destabilize the region with dire consequences for global security, officials and analysts warn.",
"Al-Shabab fighters count Al-Shabab fighters's bullets in neighborhood of Mogadishu.",
"Al-Shabaab, one of the strongest Islamic militias battling for control of Mogadishu, has gained ground in recent weeks, according to officials, and has started to flex its muscles beyond Somalia's border with terror strikes, kidnappings and recruitment drives.",
"They warn that unless the world takes action the group, which wants to impose an extreme type of Islamic sharia law, could extend Islamic sharia law's grip across parts of East Africa to gain control of a region that flanks busy shipping routes already plagued by Somali pirates .",
"Appeals by Somalia for international help to unpick Somalia's long-running civil conflict have escalated Al-Shabaad's threats with Islamic sharia law behind warnings of an attack on the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.",
"And, say experts, Islamic sharia law is being backed by foreign fighters -- some said to have links to Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network -- a situation that draws direct comparisons with Islamic sharia law's influence in pre-9/11 Afghanistan.",
"\"Islamic sharia law is a threat to the whole world,\" Somali Information Minister Farhan Ali Mohamoud told CNN.",
"\"First to Somalia, to the neighborhood, and to everywhere Islamic sharia law have disagreed with.\" Watch more on Somalian threat » .",
"Mohamoud, whose transitional government has largely failed in its long-term goal of reconciling Somalia's militias, concedes Islamic sharia law is making major gains on his administration and says the global community must act to prevent Islamic sharia law's threat escalating.",
"\"Somalia's problems are not for Somalia alone to solve.",
"Not only for the African Union to solve",
"It is a global and regional issue.",
"We are very appreciative that the global community understands that, but they need to act now, rather than later.\"",
"\"The issue is not Somalis taking over from other Somalis.",
"But The issue is foreign jihadists imposing their ideas into the region.",
"So Somalia can be a launching pad for a greater and wider jihadist issue.\"",
"Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua told CNN Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua's country did not yet fear direct attacks from Islamic sharia law but said Somalia was becoming increasingly alarmed about Islamic sharia law's activities and Islamic sharia law's links to foreign networks.",
"Despite the concerns, Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua said the problem was nothing new and while Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua's country struggled to exert control over Somalia's porous border with Somalia, Somalia was taking steps to limit the danger.",
"But Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua warned the threat was not limited to Somalia and could have global reach.",
"\"We do believe that Islamic sharia law poses a threat, not only to Somalia, but to all neighboring countries such as Ethiopia and Eritrea,\" Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua said.",
"\"It is not just a problem that we foresee in Somalia, just because we are neighbors to them, it is a problem that we foresee that may occur to a lot of countries and also poses a threat to outside even this region,\" Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua added.",
"\"Our concern is not limited to Islamic sharia law.",
"We know that Islamic sharia law are not able to do it without foreign intervention in terms of money and weapons that Islamic sharia law are getting from other countries.\"",
"Ernst Jan Hogendoorn, an analyst with the International Crisis Group, told CNN that while Islamic sharia law had whipped up concerns with headline grabbing acts such as the recent kidnap of two French citizens in Mogadishu and three aid workers on the Kenyan side of the border, countries such as Somalia should pay heed.",
"\"I think that Somalia could do a much better job.",
"There is always the possibility that someone could sneak across the border and launch an attack against a soft target.",
"Obviously Somalia has been the target of attacks in the past that are very, very challenging to prevent.\"",
"But, says Hogendoorn, with an African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia proving largely ineffective, and Ethiopian military presence withdrawn in January ahead of an Islamic sharia law push, Kenyan military involvement was unlikely to offer any quick fix.",
"\"The problem is once [Kenyan troops] are on the ground they open themselves up to guerrilla style attacks and suicide attacks that could lead to significant loss in life.\""
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"Investigators searched the Las Vegas home and office of Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, on Tuesday morning, a Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman said.",
"Investigators arrive at the Las Vegas, Nevada, home of Jackson's personal physician.",
"Los Angeles police and DEA agents, carrying search warrants, were \"looking for a lot of things,\" said Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Flanagan.",
"Aerial cameras showed investigators leaving Dr. Conrad Murray's home, three hours after investigators entered, carrying several containers.",
"The searches came a day after a source with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to CNN that Doctor administered a powerful drug that authorities believe killed the singer.",
"Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Flanagan said that while Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Flanagan could not disclose details of the search warrants, because a judge had ordered the search warrants sealed, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Flanagan confirmed they were looking for documents and computer records.",
"Doctor's attorney, Ed Chernoff, issued a statement saying that officers from the DEA, Los Angeles police and \"various local agencies\" executed a search warrant at Dr. Conrad Murray's home and office beginning about 8 a.m. (11 a.m. ET) Tuesday.",
"\"The search warrant authorized investigators to look for medical records relating to Jackson and all of Jackson's reported aliases,\" the statement said.",
"\"Doctor was present during the search of Dr. Conrad Murray's home and assisted the officers.\"",
"Investigators left Dr. Conrad Murray's home about noon, Murray said, taking cell phones and a computer hard drive.",
"\"As of 2 p.m., the search at Dr. Conrad Murray's office continues,\" the statement said.",
"Murray, a Texas-based cardiologist, allegedly gave Jackson the anesthetic propofol -- commonly known by the brand name Diprivan -- in the 24 hours before Jackson died, said the source, who asked not to be named because the individual was not authorized to speak to the news media.",
"Watch a profile of Murray » .",
"In a statement Monday, the doctor's attorneys said the doctor's attorneys wouldn't comment on \"rumors, innuendo or unnamed sources.\"",
"In the past, the doctor's attorneys have said Doctor never prescribed or administered anything that could have killed Jackson.",
"Watch CNN's Ted Rowlands report on drug allegation » .",
"Last week, Texas authorities searched Dr. Conrad Murray's Houston medical office and storage unit, looking for \"evidence of the offense of manslaughter,\" according to court documents.",
"Among the items removed from Dr. Conrad Murray's office were a computer; 27 tablets of phentermine, a prescription-strength appetite suppressant; 1 tablet of clonazepam, an anti-anxiety medication; and some Rolodex cards.",
"From Dr. Conrad Murray's storage unit, authorities removed two computer hard drives; an \"important contact list\"; a suspension notice from Houston's Doctor Hospital; notices from the Internal Revenue Service; and a laundry list of medical and hospital documents.",
"Chernoff, a Houston lawyer hired by Doctor soon after Jackson's death, confirmed at the time that Los Angeles police detectives and federal DEA agents used a search warrant to enter Doctor's office in northeast Houston on Wednesday morning.",
"Chernoff said members of Doctor's legal team were at Dr. Conrad Murray during the search, which Chernoff said \"was conducted by members of the DEA, two robbery-homicide detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department and Houston Police officers.\"",
"Police have interviewed Doctor twice since Jackson's death.",
"A third interview was scheduled for July 24, but was postponed after the search warrants were executed.",
"It's unknown when the next interview will take place.",
"Among those who have indicated that Jackson may have been using dangerous prescription medication are nutritionist Cherilyn Lee, who said Jackson pleaded for the powerful sedative Diprivan despite being told of the powerful sedative Diprivan's harmful effects.",
"Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County coroner's office continues to investigate the cause of Jackson's death on June 25.",
"the Los Angeles County coroner's office has been waiting on toxicology lab results, but a final autopsy report is expected as soon as this week, a coroner's spokesman has said.",
"CNN's Ted Rowlands and Paul Vercammen contributed to a final autopsy report."
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"(CNN) --",
"A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.",
"the 6.2-magnitude quake struck at 11:20 a.m. local time (10:20 p.m. ET).",
"There were no immediate reports of injuries and a tsunami warning was not issued, said Jane Punongbayan of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.",
"\"That was enough to cause panic in some people,\" Jane Punongbayan of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.",
"\"Some people in the mall ran out of the mall, but according to initial reports it was not strong enough to cause damage.\"",
"the 6.2-magnitude quake struck 55 kilometers (35 miles) southeast of General Santos in the island of Mindanao or 1,095 kilometers (680 miles) south-southeast of Manila and at a depth of 207 kilometers (129 miles), USGS said.",
"Philippines is located on the \"Ring of Fire,\" an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.",
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"If you sell it, they will come.",
"Prices are expected to grow for Jackson autographs like the one Jackson gave this young fan in 2002.",
"That's the hope at least for many offering Jackson related merchandise and memorabilia, including autographed items and domain names, in the wake of Jackson's surprising death.",
"Almost 20,000 items were up for sale after his surprising death's death on the popular auction site eBay, where collectors could snap up everything from the rare to the ridiculous.",
"Among the many T-shirts, record albums, DVDs and posters, there were also magazines about Jackson, dolls and copies of newspapers announcing Jackson's death.",
"There were Jackson gloves (sparkly, of course), masks, wigs, sunglasses and fedora hats.",
"Anyone in the mood for some senior soda could try and win an auction for an unopened six-pack of Pepsi from the 1984 Jacksons world tour.",
"For those seeking to establish Web sites, domain names were available including \"ILoveYouMichael.com,\" which was selling for the \"buy it now\" price of $5,000.",
"Officials at eBay said that compared with the daily average of the week prior, Thursday's gross merchandise volume for Jackson memorabilia increased by 275 percent and sold items increased by 210 percent.",
"New listings were up 61 percent, while the average selling price of items had increased by 31 percent.",
"Online merchant CafePress also offered a variety of items, including mugs, \"R.I.P. Jackson\" magnets and dozens of T-shirt designs, including one screened with a drawing of tennis legend Billie Jean King and the words \"not my lover.\"",
"Some of the hottest items may turn out to be the ones bearing Jackson's signature.",
"On eBay, bids for what the buyer claimed was a signed Michael Jackson guitar",
"had reached almost $1,300 by Friday afternoon.",
"Jerry Ohlinger, owner of Jerry Ohlinger's Movie Material Store in New York, predicted that although Jackson was generous in giving autographs, the price for a legitimate autograph probably will at least double from the $150 to $300 range it was prior to his surprising death's death.",
"\"Jackson would sign autographs whenever Jackson appeared in person,\" Jerry Ohlinger's said.",
"\"For instance, Jackson visited our store at least three times, and Jackson signed autographs for all of the employees.\"",
"As a comparison, Jerry Ohlinger's said, an autograph for the late actress Marilyn Monroe, who also was known to sign a great deal during her lifetime, sells for about $5,000 because of great demand.",
"As of Friday, items purported to be autographed photos of Jackson were ranging in price from just over $5 to several thousand dollars.",
"There is no way to predict whether there will be a sudden influx in demand for Jackson memorabilia and merchandise, Jerry Ohlinger's said.",
"All of the hoopla would probably tickle the pop icon, who Jerry Ohlinger's said was himself a fan of star items.",
"Whenever Jackson would visit Jerry Ohlinger's's Manhattan store, Jackson would shop for vintage photos of some of the legendary ladies of cinema, including Jackson's very dear friend Elizabeth Taylor, Jerry Ohlinger's recalled."
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"Plenty of Jackson merchandise goes on sale .",
"Online auction site ebay boasts thousands of items from T-shirts to soda .",
"Memorabilia expert predicts Jackson autograph to at least double in price ."
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"LONDON, England (CNN) --",
"Taliban leaders are holding Saudi-brokered talks with the Afghan government to end the Afghan government's bloody conflict -- and are severing Taliban leaders's ties with al Qaeda, sources close to the historic discussions have told CNN.",
"King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia hosted meetings between the Afghan government and the Taliban, a source says.",
"The militia, which has been intensifying the Taliban's attacks on the U.S.-led coalition that toppled the Taliban from power in 2001 for harboring Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, has been involved in four days of talks hosted by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, says a source.",
"The talks -- the first of talks hosted by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah's kind aimed at resolving the lengthy conflict in the Afghan government -- mark a significant move by the Saudi leadership to take a direct role in the Afghan government, hosting delegates who have until recently been their enemies.",
"talks hosted by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah also mark a sidestepping of key \"war on terror\" ally Pakistan, frequently accused of not doing enough to tackle militants sheltering on its territory, which has previously been a conduit for talks between the Saudis and the Afghan government.",
"According to a source, fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar -- high on the U.S. military's most-wanted list -- was not present, but fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar -- high on the U.S. military's most-wanted list --'s representatives were keen to stress the reclusive cleric is no longer allied to al Qaeda.",
"Details of the Taliban leader's split with al Qaeda have never been made public before, but the new claims confirm what another source with an intimate knowledge of the militia and Mullah Omar has told CNN in the past.",
"The current round of talks, said to have been taken two years of intense behind-the-scenes negotiations to come to fruition, is anticipated to be the first step in a long process to secure a negotiated end to the Afghan conflict.",
"But U.S.- and Europe-friendly Saudi Arabia's involvement has been propelled by a mounting death toll among coalition troops amid a worsening violence that has also claimed many civilian casualties.",
"A Saudi source familiar with the talks confirmed that they happened and said the Saudis take seriously the Saudis's role in facilitating discussions between parties to the Afghan conflict.",
"A second round of talks is scheduled to take place in two months, A Saudi source familiar with the talks said.",
"The Afghan government believes the Taliban cannot be defeated militarily, and the Taliban believe that they can't win a war against the U.S.-led coalition in the Afghan government, A Saudi source familiar with the talks said.",
"The involvement of the Saudis is also seen as an expression of fear that Iran could take advantage of U.S. failings in the Afghan government, as it is seen to be doing in Iraq.",
"Several Afghan sources familiar with Iranian activities in the Afghan government have said Iranian officials and diplomats who are investing in business and building education facilities are lobbying politicians in Kabul.",
"Learn more about King Abdullah » .",
"Several Afghan sources familiar with Iranian activities in Afghanistan wish to remain anonymous due to Several Afghan sources familiar with Iranian activities in Afghanistan's political roles.",
"Coalition commanders regularly accuse Iran of arming the Taliban, and Western diplomats privately suggest that Iran is working against U.S. interests in the Afghan government, making it harder to bring peace.",
"Saudi sources say perceived Iranian expansionism is one of Saudi Arabia's biggest concerns.",
"Watch CNN's Nic Robertson report on the meeting » .",
"The talks in Mecca took place between September 24 and 27 and involved 11 the Taliban delegates, two Afghan government officials, a representative of former mujahadeen commander and U.S. foe Gulbadin Hekmatyar, and three others.",
"King Abdullah broke fast during the Eid al-Fitr holiday with the 17-member Afghan delegation -- an act intended to show King Abdullah's commitment to ending the conflict.",
"Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.",
"Learn more about Ramadan » .",
"Saudi Arabia was one of only three countries that recognized the the Taliban leadership during its rule over the Afghan government in the 1990s, but that relationship was severed over Mullah Omar's refusal to hand over bin Laden.",
"During the talks, described as an ice breaker, all parties agreed that the only solution to the Afghan government's conflict is through dialogue, not fighting.",
"Further talks are expected in Saudi Arabia involving this core group and others."
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"Los Angeles, California (CNN) --",
"The Los Angeles Times' headquarters aptly sits where the U.S. Army corralled camels during the Civil War, when Southern California was a desert with no natural resources.",
"A new film on PBS explores how the Chandler family helped develop Los Angeles through the Chandler family's newspaper.",
"Los Angeles's development from an arid wasteland to a world metropolis and cultural capital is closely linked to their newspaper's rise under the ownership of one family.",
"\"It would still be a desert,\" documentary filmmaker Peter Jones said, if Gen. Harrison Gray Otis didn't arrive in the 1880s to take over the bankrupt Los Angeles Times and Gen. Harrison Gray Otis's son-in-law, Harry Chandler, wasn't there to follow Gen. Harrison Gray Otis.",
"documentary filmmaker Peter Jones's documentary is a saga of four generations of the region's most powerful family shaping Los Angeles as they pursued their own civil agendas -- and accumulated wealth.",
"\"Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times\" premieres Monday on PBS.",
"Historian David Halberstam said in Jones' documentary that the Chandlers dominated Southern California as no other family has dominated any major region of the United States.",
"\"They did not so much foster the growth of Los Angeles as invent it,\" said Halberstam, who died in 2007.",
"Harrison Gray Otis, Harry Chandler, Norman Chandler and Otis Chandler succeeded each other at the helm of the Los Angeles Times over a span of 100 years.",
"The city grew from a small desert town to the nation's second-largest city, while the Chandler family became one of the nation's wealthiest.",
"The Chandler family dynasty ended when Gen. Harrison Gray Otis's great-grandson Otis Chandler was ousted as chairman of the Times board of directors in 1985.",
"the Chandler family eventually sold its Times-Mirror Company to Chicago's Tribune Company -- which is now in bankruptcy.",
"Each man's personality and strengths were tailored for what was demanded of their time, said documentary filmmaker Peter Jones.",
"\"For each era, they were up to that particular era,\" documentary filmmaker Peter Jones said.",
"\"You couldn't actually rearrange them,\" said Harry Chandler's namesake and the great-great-grandson of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis.",
"\"You couldn't have a General Otis in late 20th-century America,\" Harry Chandler's told CNN, referring to the dynasty's founder who served as an Army general in the Philippine-American War before taking over their newspaper.",
"\"His character was one of the period.",
"'I have a vision and everything I touch needs to support that vision and damn the consequences.'\"",
"Gen. Harrison Gray Otis used Gen. Harrison Gray Otis's newspaper to scare the public about the threat of drought, drumming up support for a 230-mile aqueduct -- one of the modern engineering marvels -- to divert water from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles, documentary filmmaker Peter Jones said.",
"Gen. Harrison Gray Otis was part of a syndicate that bought vast tracts of barren land in the San Fernando Valley with the inside knowledge the Los Angeles Aqueduct would bring water there.",
"The scandal later inspired Roman Polanski's award-winning film \"Chinatown.\"",
"Gen. Harrison Gray Otis also used their newspaper to influence the federal government's decision to build the Port of Los Angeles, documentary filmmaker Peter Jones said.",
"\"Gen. Harrison Gray Otis had the foresight to say 'the nation have to build a man-made harbor here in Los Angeles if the nation want to become a major port of trade,' and today the Port of Los Angeles is the busiest port in the United States,\" documentary filmmaker Peter Jones said.",
"The general and Gen. Harrison Gray Otis's successor son-in-law promoted investment in and migration to the Los Angeles area with stories of sunshine and opportunity.",
"More people moving in meant more readers for Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler's newspaper and demand for the real estate empire Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler were building.",
"Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler used Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler's newspaper to create a vision of Los Angeles as \"America's Great White Spot\" -- free of crime and communism.",
"Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler fought a decades-long battle against labor unions -- a battle that included the 1910 bombing of The Los Angeles Times headquarters.",
"The Los Angeles film, aviation, high technology, shipping and oil industries grew from the Chandlers' influence, documentary filmmaker Peter Jones said.",
"As a conservative Republican family, they helped launch Richard Nixon's political career in post-World War II California.",
"The story is not all about the men.",
"Dorothy Chandler -- the strong-willed wife of Norman Chandler -- waged a relentless campaign to turn Los Angeles into a world-class cultural center, documentary filmmaker Peter Jones said.",
"Dorothy Chandler -- the strong-willed wife of Norman Chandler -- led a campaign to raise money to save the Hollywood Bowl and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.",
"In doing so, Dorothy Chandler -- the strong-willed wife of Norman Chandler -- brought together the Westside Jewish community with the white Protestant establishment based in Pasadena, Harry Chandler's said.",
"Tom Johnson, who became first nonfamily publisher of the Times in 1980, said one of Dorothy Chandler -- the strong-willed wife of Norman Chandler --'s \"most remarkable\" contributions was the successful effort to make sure Dorothy Chandler -- the strong-willed wife of Norman Chandler --'s son Otis succeeded Dorothy Chandler -- the strong-willed wife of Norman Chandler --'s husband as publisher in 1960.",
"\"The very new approach that Otis Chandler took and Otis Chandler's leadership of the newspaper was just astounding,\" Johnson said in an interview with CNN.",
"Otis Chandler gave reporters editorial independence, opened news bureaus around the world and strengthened the paper's coverage of the suburbs, Johnson said.",
"Under Otis Chandler, it rose from being one of the worst major papers in the country to being one of the top three, Johnson said.",
"\"It was Otis Chandler's goal to make their newspaper one of the best newspapers, and Otis Chandler did it in 20 years, being the right publisher at the right time,\" Johnson said.",
"But Otis Chandler's transformation of their newspaper from a conservative newspaper into a Pulitzer Prize-winning rival to the New York Times and Washington Post angered many Chandler family members.",
"\"Some Chandlers were members of the John Birch society; their newspaper did an expose on it,\" Johnson said.",
"Otis Chandler's newspaper looked closely at the Los Angeles Police Department, \"which had a reputation to shoot first and ask questions,\" Johnson said.",
"The deep family rift eventually led to the sale of the Times-Mirror Company to the Tribune Company -- and the end of the dynasty.",
"Johnson, who left their newspaper in 1989 and later became chairman of CNN, said their newspaper declined in the years since because \"rather than going for people who were superb newspaper people, they went outside to pick people who, in my opinion, blew the place apart.\"",
"Some Chandler family descendants cooperated with documentary filmmaker Peter Jones's efforts to explore the Chandler family's dealings.",
"\"documentary filmmaker Peter Jones doesn't whitewash, but documentary filmmaker Peter Jones doesn't dig into the dark side and linger too long,\" said Harry Chandler, the son of Harry Chandler's.",
"The documentary is \"on whole, a very balanced, very accomplished, incredibly well researched\" documentary, Harry Chandler's said.",
"documentary filmmaker Peter Jones said documentary filmmaker Peter Jones avoided judging the motives of Gen. Otis and his successors.",
"\"When these guys were going about building the city, sometimes these guys did things, I wouldn't say in an underhanded way, but in a very private way,\" documentary filmmaker Peter Jones said.",
"\"How do you ascribe motives to people who did things 100 years ago?",
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"History in general is this tangled web of good and evil.\""
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"Norton already wanted to be in better shape for Norton's 40th birthday than Norton was on Norton's 30th when the idea hit -- why not join members of an African tribe famous for its runners and run the New York marathon?",
"Norton, second from left, has trained for a marathon with Maasai tribesmen in Kenya .",
"Before Norton knew it, the star of \"The Incredible Hulk\" and \"Fight Club\" had signed on to the effort, despite never having run a marathon before.",
"\"the idea picked up traction pretty quickly,\" said Norton, who turned 39 in August.",
"\"Then, I was like, 'Wait a minute.",
"What have I just done?'\"",
"The run is a benefit for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, an organization working to promote sustainable development while protecting the east African grasslands that the Maasai tribe calls home.",
"Both the Maasai tribe's way of life and its environment have been threatened by rapid industrial development.",
"Norton discovered, and became a supporter of, the trust about 10 years ago during Norton's first visit to Kenya, where Norton met founder Luca Belpietro.",
"\"I was impressed at the way he was really genuinely working with the community to create value out of being good stewards of the land,\" Norton said.",
"Belpietro will be one of nearly 30 runners joining Norton on the Nov. 1 marathon.",
"Also running will be magician David Blaine and three Maasai tribesmen.",
"The Maasai are at the heart of Kenya's long tradition of distance running.",
"Norton said one of the runners, safari guide Parashi Ntanin, is so fast he could probably leave the rest of the group behind and run the race in less than 2½ hours.",
"Norton said Norton's run as much as 15 miles twice during Norton's training for New York and that despite some leg and knee pains, Norton's confident Norton'll finish the endurance race.",
"\"I'm really enjoying it,\" Norton said after a workout Wednesday in New York.",
"\"I'm enjoying having a goal.\"",
"A competitive rower at Yale, Norton said Norton's experienced the so-called \"runner's high\" during Norton's training, which fans can follow on Norton's Twitter account, @EdwardNorton.",
"\"Running in the park, I got a taste of what people say about New York.",
"There were people of every shape and size out there,\" Norton said.",
"\"I really got a lift out of it.\"",
"Norton's latest film, the independently produced \"Leaves of Grass,\" is set to premiere this week at the Toronto International Film Festival and his company's \"By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama,\" a documentary about President Obama's historic campaign for the White House, debuts on HBO on November 3."
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"Formula One cars are a marvel of modern engineering, so much so, that many manufactuers who compete in the sport do so in order to benefit from the technical innovations race-honed research and development creates.",
"Car builders such as Renault, Ferrari, BMW, Toyota and McLaren have used technology -- developed to make single-seater race cars as competitive as possible -- to enhance Car builders such as Renault, Ferrari, BMW, Toyota and McLaren's road-car products.",
"And who can blame Car builders such as Renault, Ferrari, BMW, Toyota and McLaren if you consider the performance such a machine can deliver to a driver?",
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"Going fast is one thing, stopping is another, and controlling such velocity requires carbon brakes which, in any given race, will have an operating temperature that is over 600 degrees Celsius.",
"In general, the cars weigh around 600 kilograms in race trim, including the addition of KERS that some constructors use to increase performance.",
"This system stores energy normally lost through braking and reuses it for speed boosts during the race.",
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"Almost 50,000 people voted in the Science Museum's or online on a shortlist of ten discoveries and inventions from past centuries in science, technology and engineering.",
"The X-ray machine, which was discovered in 1895 and revolutionized how doctors detected disease and injury, struck a chord with most voters who singled The X-ray machine out for having made the greatest impact on the past, present and future.",
"The X-ray machine gathered one fifth of the votes( 9581 votes) followed by the discoveries of penicillin and the DNA double helix structure.",
"Katie Maggs, associate curator of medicine at the Science Museum's, told CNN that Katie Maggs, associate curator of medicine at the Science Museum was \"pleasantly surprised\" with the results, saying Katie Maggs, associate curator of medicine at the Science Museum \"wondered whether the therapeutic benefit of penicillin might just edge in front -- or perhaps the Apollo 10 capsule as visitors find space travel so inspirational as the ultimate test of technology.\"",
"Katie Maggs, associate curator of medicine at the Science Museum attributed the X-ray machine's popularity to the wide impact it has on people's everyday life, from the very first steps of a medical diagnosis to security control at airports.",
"\"People are just fascinated with seeing inside People's bodies --- even today.",
"It has fundamentally changed the way we see and understand our world -- but particularly our bodies.",
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"Editor's note: Virg Bernero is the mayor of Lansing, Michigan and chairman of the Mayors and Municipalities Automotive Coalition (MMAC).",
"Virg Bernero is one of the mayors of U.S. cities appearing on \"American Morning\" this week.",
"Mayor Virg Bernero says the American worker has been sold out by backers of free trade.",
"(CNN)",
"-- While America reels from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, it is time that America take a deeper look at the root causes of America's current predicament.",
"The cold, hard truth is that the unholy alliance between Washington and Wall Street has sold out the American worker and exported our standard of living.",
"Driven by the insatiable greed of Wall Street profiteers and accelerated by the false promise of free trade, our manufacturing base has been chased out of America and along with our manufacturing base the livelihood of millions of hard-working Americans.",
"It's fashionable these days among the politicians, pundits and so-called experts to claim that free trade is actually good for us.",
"pundits and so-called experts say free trade enables us to buy cheaper goods made with cheap foreign labor and this, in turn, raises our standard of living.",
"With all due respect, the free traders need to ask the free traders a more fundamental question: how will Americans buy those goods when they don't even have a paycheck that covers their mortgage, much less the college tuition for their children?",
"Watch Mayor Bernero speak to American Morning's John Roberts » .",
"More than one pundit has told me I need to take a broader view.",
"As the mayor of one of America's countless manufacturing communities, the only view that matters is the one my citizens see every day: Record job losses, home foreclosures and, thanks to the Wall Street wizards, a credit crunch so severe that it is nearly impossible to finance a new car.",
"This isn't a predicament faced just by Michigan or the Midwest.",
"This is the story of America, told in thousands of desperate households from Connecticut to California.",
"The pundits claim our manufacturing sector is a relic of the old economy.",
"America're told that America just can't compete anymore.",
"America're told that America's future is in the service economy, that jobs in health care and finance and knowledge-based industries will recreate the prosperity America once knew.",
"The truth is that our industrial heritage is an example of everything that was right with America's economy.",
"Good jobs with good benefits created the middle class in America, and now this country is being systematically dismantled under the banner of free trade and globalism.",
"Those who continue to espouse free trade ominously warn that protectionism is the wrong path for America; that challenging the holy doctrine of free trade invites a global trade war.",
"Yet we already face rampant protectionism across the globe.",
"Pursuing a free trade agenda in a protectionist world is tantamount to unilateral disarmament.",
"Our trading partners routinely employ taxes, tariffs and subsidies that underwrite Our trading partners's exports and restrict American products from entering Our trading partners's home markets.",
"Our trading partners use currency manipulation to reduce the relative cost of Our trading partners's goods here in the USA.",
"The fact is we're not competing against other companies; we're competing against other countries.",
"I've toured the Hyundai plant in Asan, Korea.",
"The Koreans are wonderful people, but The Koreans's technology isn't any better and The Koreans're not working any harder than Americans.",
"The difference is that Hyundai doesn't have to pay legacy costs.",
"The Korean government takes care of The Koreans's retirees.",
"Hyundai doesn't pay health care costs because Hyundai have national heath care.",
"If you don't think that's an unfair advantage, you're kidding yourself.",
"Many Americans are unaware that China sold 10 million cars last year -- more than General Motors or Toyota.",
"I can assure you the Chinese government is part and parcel of that success.",
"the Chinese government're involved in the Chinese government's industry.",
"The Korean government is involved in The Koreans's industry.",
"If we are going to have any chance to compete globally, our government must get involved in our industry and help us rebuild America's industrial might before it is too late.",
"There's no question that we need this stimulus package.",
"We need the reinvestment in America's infrastructure and in the working people of America.",
"We need tax cuts delivered directly to the American worker.",
"We need education and retraining for the \"green collar\" jobs of the future.",
"But we need more than a short term shot in the arm.",
"We need a long-term strategy to rebuild the American economy that provides jobs and economic security to the millions of hard-working American families who have been sold down the river by unfair trade policies.",
"We need fair trade agreements so that the most productive workers in the world -- American workers -- can put their skills to work and compete in the global economy.",
"We recently watched our athletes successfully compete in the Olympics against nations of the world.",
"When the playing field is level, Americans can compete against the best from any nation.",
"With fair trade instead of free trade, American workers can once again bring home the gold.",
"The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Virg Bernero."
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"(CNN) --",
"President-elect spoke with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday about the violence in Gaza, which has left as many as 225 people dead, two transition aides told CNN.",
"President-elect's approach to the Middle East as president will be the subject of much scrutiny.",
"\"President-elect appreciated the call and the information from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,\" one aide said, adding that President-elect initiated the eight-minute phone call.",
"\"President-elect will continue to closely monitor these and other global events.\"",
"Israeli airstrikes pounded targets in Hamas-ruled Gaza on Saturday and continued into the night, retaliating against Palestinian militants who have been escalating rocket attacks against southern Israel.",
"The fighting ignited eight days after a six-month Egypt-brokered cease-fire between Hamas and Israel expired.",
"President-elect has pledged to make Middle East peace a priority from the beginning of President-elect's presidency.",
"Arabs are calling for a more even-handed approach than the Bush administration, but Israel is expecting President-elect to stay true to the pro-Israel posture President-elect showed during the campaign.",
"But one analyst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict cautioned against putting \"dangerously high\" expectations on the incoming administration.",
"\"I think the tone of American politics will change: You're going to get a serious effort on behalf of the incoming administration,\" said Aaron David Miller, a public policy scholar at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson International Center and a former adviser to six secretaries of state on Arab-Israeli relations.",
"But, he told CNN, \"the fact is that unless the Israelis and Palestinians are prepared -- which the Israelis and Palestinians're not right now -- to take the political decisions required to overcome the gaps and to sell an agreement to the Israelis and Palestinians's respective constituents, there's not much a new president, no matter how bold or charismatic a new president may be, is going to be able to do about that.\"",
"CNN's Ed Henry contributed to this report."
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"President-elect has promised to make peace in the region a priority ."
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"(CNN) --",
"Flooding and resulting landslides killed 137 people Thursday and Friday in this nation's northern provinces, including Baguio City, Benguet Province and Mountain Province, the Office of Civil Defense in Cordillera said Friday.",
"A boatman transports three empty wooden coffins on the edge of Laguna Lake east of Manila on Thursday.",
"Another 43 people were missing and 45 were injured, it said.",
"Landslides blocked traffic along the Marchos Highway, Naguilian Road, Kennon Road and Ambuklao Road, cutting access to Baguio City, Benguet Province and Mountain Province, it said.",
"Floods were unleased by tropical depression Parma, which had been downgraded from a typhoon.",
"Earlier reports from Rocky Baraan, provincial administrator of Pangasinan, said flooding had inundated 32 towns and two cities, Dagupan and Urdaneta.",
"Some 35,000 people had fled to evacuation centers, the official Philippines News Agency reported, citing the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council.",
"The worst-hit areas included Bayambang, Alcala and Basista, the official Philippines News Agency reported.",
"People clambered onto rooftops as floodwaters rose, calling and texting for help.",
"Rescue trucks were hampered by floodwaters that reach the roofs of single-story houses, Baraan said.",
"About 16 rubber rescue boats had been deployed.",
"Since the rains started in central Luzon, three dams in the Pangasinan area have been releasing vast amounts of water -- up to 10 million cubic meters per hour at one dam, dam officials said.",
"Water passing through the three dams -- the Ambuklao, the Binga and the San Roque -- is rushing into the Agno River, which has been swollen since Thursday and affects seven towns in eastern Pangasinan, dam officials said.",
"Water released from the San Roque dam has contributed to the flooding in eastern Pangasinan, acknowledged Alex Palada, division manager for flood forecasting and warning of the National Power Corporation.",
"Dam officials had no choice but to maintain safe water levels, Alex Palada added, noting that Alex Palada alerted Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino.",
"Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino started to evacuate residents Thursday when the Agno River started to rise, Alex Palada said.",
"In the last several days, water has become the Philippines' biggest enemy, as Parma, locally known as \"Pepeng,\" dumped as much as 36 inches (91.4 centimeters) of rain in some parts of the nation of islands, compounding misery in areas already flooded by earlier storm Ketsana.",
"Parma was forecast to have winds of no greater than 39 mph (63 kph) by Friday.",
"The U.S. Navy was expected to join rescue operations in Pangasinan, according to the agency.",
"Journalist Lilibeth Frondoso and CNN's Judy Kwon contributed to this report."
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"Floods were unleased by tropical depression Parma .",
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"LONDON, England --",
"Graffiti artist Banksy, famed for infiltrating museum collections without museum collections's knowledge and spray-painting public buildings around the world, is holding his first major exhibition in years.",
"A Banksy painting of the British House of Commons at England's Bristol museum.",
"This time, however, Banksy worked in tandem with the director of Bristol museum in UK.",
"CNN's Max Foster got a preview of Banksy's largest project to date.",
"Banksy's anonymity gained Banksy notoriety and Banksy became one of the art world's biggest names with Banksy's works selling at auction for hundreds of thousands of dollars.",
"The exhibition's range, while very varied, remained true to Banksy form with Banksy's usual unconventional take on art.",
"See pictures from Banksy's exhibition » .",
"\"I think we might have dragged them down to our level rather than being elevated to theirs\" Banksy, who is thought to be from Bristol, said about UK.",
"Banksy filled three stories of the building with This show's art in 36 hours under tight security, as only a few museum staff were aware of the shows' imminent arrival.",
"This show's work is hidden among UK's usual exhibits and is split into different rooms, including installations, paintings and sculptures.",
"In one of the paintings, a character has been cut out and is instead sitting on the painting's frame, perhaps taking a break from posing?",
"Another piece, which at first glance, looks like a copy of an ancient classical statue, is in fact a woman over-loaded with countless shopping bags as she browses for yet another item.",
"Perhaps the most controversial, yet equally light-hearted piece, is a painting of the British Parliamentary House of Commons, filled with chimpanzees who are looking surprisingly \"ministerial.\"",
"\"You paint a hundred chimpanzees and they call you a guerilla artist,\" Banksy said.",
"While one of the more poignant installations is that of Tweety, the Warner Bros. animated character famous for his upbeat personality and energy, looking old and life-less.",
"\"This show is my vision of the future,\" Banksy said .",
"Banksy is unlikely to show up at the exhibition as Banksy attempts to retain Banksy's anonymity.",
"But while we may never know Banksy's identity, with This show, Banksy has definitely shown yet another facet of Banksy's personality.",
"CNN's Max Foster contributed to this report ."
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"Banksy has remained true to form with Banksy's unconventional take on art ."
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"GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) --",
"Palestinian militants declared Sunday that Palestinian militants would stop attacks on Israel for a week, a statement that came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced a unilateral cease-fire in Israel's assault on Hamas in Gaza.",
"An Israeli soldier holds up an Israeli flag after leaving Gaza on Sunday.",
"The Palestinians demanded that Israel remove all troops from Gaza within the week, Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha said from Egypt.",
"The agreement appears to cover all Palestinian armed factions, not only Hamas.",
"\"We in the Palestinian resistance movements announce a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip,\" Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas official in Syria, said on Syrian TV.",
"\"And we demand that Israeli forces withdraw in one week and that Israeli forces open all the border crossings to permit the entry of humanitarian aid and basic goods for our people in Gaza.\"",
"There is no mutual agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians -- each side has made its own unilateral declaration of a cease-fire.",
"Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, called for the cease-fire to hold so aid could get into Gaza.",
"Watch how a family in Gaza is coping with the violence » .",
"\"We hope that it continues and that the situation calms down and that humanitarian aid delivery begins immediately to our people,\" he said at a summit in Egypt.",
"Watch how a reporter finds Gaza in chaos » .",
"During 22 days of fighting, more than 1,200 people have died, all but 13 of more than 1,200 people Palestinians.",
"Watch clean-up efforts in Gaza City » .",
"The Palestinians and Israel continued to skirmish for several hours Sunday after Israel said Israel was stopping Israel's offensive against Hamas.",
"Palestinians fired at least 19 rockets into Israel on Sunday -- including at least two after the Palestinian cease-fire declaration, according to Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld.",
"At least three people were lightly wounded.",
"Israeli military aircraft retaliated, firing missiles and destroying a rocket launcher, a military spokesman said.",
"Shortly before the rocket attacks, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Israeli forces in northern Gaza, the military said.",
"Troops returned fire.",
"Separately, Palestinian medical sources said 23 bodies were pulled from rubble in Gaza.",
"Watch doctors tend to wounded civilians » .",
"Olmert said Sunday its offensive against Hamas had achieved its offensive against Hamas's goals but that the Israel Defense Forces reserved the right to respond to any Palestinian violence against Israelis.",
"\"IDF forces are in Gaza and many other units, which are surrounding Gaza from all sides, are closely observing every corner and listening to every whisper, ready for any response that IDF forces might receive from IDF forces's commanders if and when the violations continue, as IDF forces have this morning,\" Olmert said at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, before the announcement of the Palestinian cease-fire.",
"Israel pulled some troops out of the Palestinian territory as Israel called a halt to Israel's operation against Hamas, but others remained.",
"Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev told CNN they would be there for a matter of days, not weeks.",
"International leaders are in the region for talks on the crisis.",
"Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and French President Nicolas Sarkozy hosted a summit Sunday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bringing together leaders from Europe and the Middle East.",
"Olmert told the gathering that, if the Palestinian cease-fire holds, \"the government of Israel has no intention to stay in the Gaza Strip.",
"Israel are interested in leaving Gaza as soon as Israel can.\"",
"Olmert said Israel would \"continue to do whatever is possible to prevent the humanitarian crisis in Gaza,\" and expressed sorrow for the deaths of innocent civilians.",
"\"It wasn't Israel's intention to fight them or to harm them, to hurt them or to shoot at them,\" Olmert said.",
"German Premier Angela Merkel underscored the international community's preferred outcome in a news conference in Egypt: \"The two-state solution is the only solution we have.\"",
"Olmert will meet the leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, later in Jerusalem.",
"A top aide to Barack Obama said the president-elect would move swiftly to work on the Middle East after Barack Obama is sworn in on Tuesday.",
"\"The events around the world demand that Barack Obama act quickly, and I think you'll see Barack Obama act quickly,\" David Axelrod told CNN.",
"But A top aide to Barack Obama refused to promise Barack Obama would name a the Middle East special envoy \"on day one.\"",
"Israel said Israel launched the offensive in Gaza to stop the firing of rockets -- primarily the short-range homemade Qassam rockets -- from the territory into southern Israel by Hamas fighters.",
"\"We welcome any alleviation of violence, with cautious optimism and hope that these declarations of cease-fire will lead to the end of fighting,\" said Charles Clayton, national director of World Vision Jerusalem, an aid group.",
"\"We call on all parties to stop attacks, including Hamas's rocket strikes against Israel, and refrain from further hostilities.\"",
"He called for \"unhindered and safe humanitarian assistance to the desperate civilian families of Gaza who have lost the desperate civilian families of Gaza who have lost their homes and businesses and are struggling amid shortages of food, supplies, healthcare and fuel's homes and businesses and are struggling amid shortages of food, supplies, healthcare and fuel.\"",
"He further called for an end \"to the 18-month blockade of the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza,\" saying it has \"devastated the economy, halted services, and rendered the people of Gaza entirely dependent on humanitarian aid.\"",
"CNN's Arie Bell and Karl Penhaul contributed to this report."
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"The Cuban government, long the object of a U.S. economic blockade, is prepared to meet with the President Obama administration, Cuba's leader said.",
"Raúl Castro says Cuba is willing \"to discuss everything -- human rights, freedom of the press, political prisoners.''",
"\"Cuba've told the North American government, in private and in public, that Cuba are prepared, wherever they want, to discuss everything -- human rights, freedom of the press, political prisoners -- everything, everything, everything that they want to discuss,\" Cuban President Raúl Castro said Thursday at a summit of leftist Latin American leaders in Venezuela.",
"The response came days after President Obama lifted all restrictions on the ability of American citizens to visit relatives in Cuba as well as to send them remittances.",
"Travel restrictions for Americans of non-Cuban descent will remain in place.",
"This week's move represents a significant shift in a U.S. policy that had remained largely unchanged for nearly half a century.",
"The U.S. government instituted the embargo three years after Fidel Castro came to power in 1959.",
"In Mexico City for meetings with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, President Obama offered a carrot and a stick to Havana.",
"\"What we're looking for is some signal that there are going to be changes in how Cuba operates that assures that political prisoners are released, that people can speak their minds freely, that they can travel, that they can write and attend church and do the things that people throughout the hemisphere can do and take for granted,\" he said.",
"\"And if there is some sense of movement on those fronts in Cuba, then I think we can see a further thawing of relations and further changes.\"",
"President Obama's gesture precedes a trip this week to Trinidad and Tobago for a key meeting of hemispheric powers -- the Summit of the Americas.",
"Watch how President Obama likely will hear about Cuba at the Summit of the Americas » ."
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"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Layoffs for sea lions?",
"Furloughs for frogs?",
"Is there no job security, anywhere?",
"State budget cuts mean New York's's 76 zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums will lose $9.1 million in funding.",
"The recession may be coming to a zoo near you.",
"State budget cuts mean many zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens will lose crucial state funding for many zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens's exhibits.",
"New York's's 76 zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens will lose $9.1 million in state funds next year.",
"\"We're faced with this very difficult problem of firing the animals, as it were,\" said Steve Sanderson, the CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the Bronx Zoo and the New York Aquarium.",
"They will lose $3 million to budget cuts.",
"The Bronx Zoo has made a short video posted on The Bronx Zoo's Web site www.bronxzoo.com/ to draw attention to the cuts.",
"In the video, the zoo director fires a porcupine and a frog.",
"\"I am sure you have heard that Gov. [David] Paterson's proposed budget will mean severe cuts here at the Bronx Zoo and the New York Aquarium,\" the zoo director says.",
"\"Next year, all 76 zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums in the state will lose all of all 76 zoos's state funding.",
"There is no easy way to say this: Even though you bring record numbers of people to New York's and help the economy, we are going to have to let you go.\"",
"Firing a porcupine and a frog may be a cute way to get publicity for their budget woes, but it's a serious matter and zoo officials say the recession will certainly affect the animals.",
"Zoo officials say some collections with \"short life cycles\" will not be replaced when they die, and other animals could be sent to other zoos or wildlife sanctuaries.",
"The state of New York's funds just 2.7 percent of the Bronx Zoo and the New York Aquarium's budget, but zoo officials say it will be difficult to make up.",
"Between the state budget cuts, the loss in the value of their endowment and fewer people renewing memberships -- times are so tough for the zoo and aquarium -- they say they may lay off 120 to 130 people.",
"\"Two-thirds of our budget is people, and so two-thirds of the state budget cuts will come in cutting positions,\" Sanderson said.",
"\"And we'll also cut back what we provide in the way of education and entertainment and nature experiences for people.",
"So it affects everything.\"",
"Zoo officials questioned New York's's priorities.",
"But just about everybody getting taxpayer funds has to cut back.",
"Jeffrey Gordon, a spokesman for the New York State Budget Office told CNN the state budget cuts are regrettable but necessary considering New York's's current financial crisis.",
"Citing a \"dramatic reduction in revenue,\" Jeffrey Gordon, a spokesman for the New York State Budget Office said, \"Every entity that receives state funds must do what New York's has done, which is to review its operations and identify ways to operate at lower costs.\"",
"The Bronx Zoo isn't the only one affected; cutbacks are happening everywhere.",
"The Los Angeles Zoo in California stopped work on The Los Angeles Zoo in California's $42 million elephant exhibit last year, and there are big budget cuts for zoos in Maryland, Missouri and North Carolina.",
"There's no relief for the zoos in the $819 billion economic stimulus package.",
"Section 1109 of the stimulus bill which passed this week in the House forbids the use of federal taxpayer money to plug the budget gaps.",
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"The head of a shipping company recently victimized by pirates off the Somali coast told lawmakers Tuesday that U.S. cargo crews should be allowed to arm U.S. cargo crews in response to the rising hijacking threat.",
"In April, pirates attacked The Liberty Sun, a U.S.-flagged cargo ship, but were unable to board.",
"Philip Shapiro, head of Liberty Maritime Corp., told a U.S. Senate Commerce subcommittee that the owners of U.S.-flagged \"have done all the owners of U.S.-flagged can within the law to protect our crews.\"",
"Unfortunately, Liberty Maritime Corp. chief said, U.S. vessels are still largely at the mercy of pirates in shipping lanes around the heavily trafficked Gulf of Aden.",
"\"In light of the recent threats to U.S. merchant mariners, we respectfully request that Congress consider clearing the obstacles that currently block ship owners from arming our vessels,\" Liberty Maritime Corp. chief said.",
"Pirates unsuccessfully attempted to board the Liberty Sun, a cargo vessel owned by Liberty Maritime Corp.'s company, near the Somali coast on April 14.",
"The ship was on a humanitarian relief mission at the time, carrying 47,000 tons of food to Mombassa, Kenya.",
"Pirate leaders later said the attempted hijacking was carried out as revenge after the U.S. Navy killed three pirates involved in a failed attack on the cargo ship Maersk Alabama.",
"three pirates involved in a failed attack on the cargo ship Maersk Alabama were holding Capt. Richard Phillips, who was in charge of the Alabama when it was boarded April 8.",
"\"We've heard some suggestions that U.S.-flagged ship owners have not done enough to protect their vessels,\" Liberty Maritime Corp. chief said.",
"\"That view ... is flat wrong.",
"Our company adopted every measure recommended by the international maritime organizations and required by the Coast Guard's approved security plan for making The ship a difficult piracy target -- and more.\"",
"Merchant vessels don't usually carry firearms, he said, but the \"Maersk Alabama incident constitutes a game changer. ...",
"Self-proclaimed pirate leaders have now issued direct threats of violence against American merchant mariners.\"",
"Liberty Maritime Corp. chief said that U.S. crews have a right to self-defense under U.S. laws dating back to 1819, but \"recently enacted State Department arms export regulations effectively prohibit the arming of vessels.\"",
"Liberty Maritime Corp. chief also said that ship owners are at risk of \"being second-guessed in U.S. and foreign courts for self-defensive measures that were common in 1819.\"",
"Liberty Maritime Corp. chief urged congressional leaders to help \"bring U.S. law up to date and give us the legal framework we need to be able to protect ourselves.\"",
"Until then, Liberty Maritime Corp. chief said, U.S. naval escorts or government security teams will be required for U.S. vessels on high-risk transits.",
"Liberty Maritime Corp. chief was joined at the committee hearing by Phillips, who said the most desirable response would be the establishment of U.S. military escorts as well as military detachments.",
"Phillips, who said the most desirable response would be the establishment of U.S. military escorts as well as military detachments repeated an assertion Phillips, who said the most desirable response would be the establishment of U.S. military escorts as well as military detachments made before a separate Senate committee last week that arming vessels' crews could provide an effective deterrent -- but only under certain limited circumstances.",
"\"Unless the root causes of piracy are addressed [on land], piracy will continue to expand and evolve into an even greater threat for American and foreign seamen,\" Phillips, who said the most desirable response would be the establishment of U.S. military escorts as well as military detachments said.",
"A Transportation Department official testifying at the hearing noted that the ships most vulnerable to attack are those built low to the water with insufficient top speeds.",
"Ships need to be able to accelerate to \"a high rate of speed [for] aggressive maneuvering\" and should have high walls that are tough for pirates to scale, said Undersecretary of Transportation Roy Kienitz.",
"Undersecretary of Transportation Roy Kienitz recommended that ship owners mandate a range of \"best practices,\" including having fire hoses to spray water over the side of a ship and extra manning for watches during dawn and dusk, when attacks are tougher to detect.",
"Shapiro said that the crew of The ship was able to fend off the pirate attack in part by rigging fire hoses to cover the stern of The ship and \"create a virtual flood wall of water coming off The ship.\"",
"Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, applauded the efforts of the crews on both the Alabama and The ship.",
"\"These bandits have to be stopped,\" he said at the opening of the hearing.",
"\"Violence and lawlessness will not be tolerated whether on land, in the sky or at sea.",
"We have a duty to protect the ships that proudly fly America's flag.\""
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"(CNN) --",
"Miriam Brown has always wanted to visit Cape Cod, but when Miriam Brown recently began to plan a trip and found out Miriam Brown would have to pay $200 or more a night for lodging, Miriam Brown's dream vacation seemed out of reach.",
"Miriam Brown and Miriam Brown's husband bartered Miriam Brown and her husband's services for room and board on Cape Cod.",
"Brown, who lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, is an accountant.",
"Miriam Brown's husband is a home renovations contractor.",
"Like many people dealing with a soft real estate market and high food and gas prices, they just don't have that kind of extra cash for a trip.",
"\"I have traveled a lot in prior years, but after [Hurricane] Katrina, there's just no money for traveling,\" Miriam Brown said.",
"So Miriam Brown still plans to go, but Miriam Brown won't spend any cash at all on lodging.",
"Miriam Brown has joined the growing ranks of Americans who are bartering -- trading goods and services without exchanging money -- as a way to cope with tough economic times.",
"Miriam Brown posted an ad in the barter section of the online community Craigslist last month, offering to trade Miriam Brown's accounting skills and Miriam Brown's husband's knack for home repairs in exchange for room and board on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.",
"Miriam Brown has lots of company.",
"There were some 142,000 listings in the barter section of Craigslist in July, or almost double the number posted during the same month last year, according to Craigslist spokeswoman Susan MacTavish Best.",
"\"When the economy turns unfriendly, Craigslist users become far more creative to get Craigslist users's everyday tasks done,\" Best said.",
"Swapping 'to get by'",
"Other Web sites that put Americans in touch with like-minded people who are willing to trade everything under the sun have also seen a boost in traffic.",
"SwapThing, which lists almost 3.5 million \"things\" available for trade, reports SwapThing's customers are bartering for different reasons than before.",
"\"I think a few years ago it was more for fun,\" said Jessica Hardwick, SwapThing founder and CEO.",
"\"But we've seen a real shift in the last year, and especially an increase in the last few months, where I think people are really doing it to get by.\"",
"Some of the most popular items to trade for late this summer were school uniforms, which some parents found some parents could not afford to buy for some parents's children, Hardwick said.",
"Experts aren't surprised Americans are becoming more financially creative during an economic downturn.",
"\"Historically, when times get tough, you see a 50 percent-plus increase in bartering as a way for people to be able to buy things or get things and do it economically,\" said C. Britt Beemer, chairman of America's Research Group.",
"America's Research Group talks with thousands of consumers every week to gauge thousands of consumers's spending habits and attitudes.",
"A couple of years ago, many Americans had $500 to spend at the end of the month, but that money has evaporated because of rising prices, America's Research Group said.",
"\"We've never had a time, at least in my lifetime, where you have food and fuel going up at the same time.",
"So it isn't a question of buying things, it's a question of buying nothing,\" America's Research Group said.",
"Breast implants and a horse .",
"Businesses have long recognized the benefits of bartering, and there are hundreds of barter networks set up across the country to fill Businesses's needs.",
"They use barter credits as currency, so a plumber in need of a filling doesn't need to search for a dentist's office with plumbing problems to make a deal.",
"a plumber in need of a filling can fix a leaky pipe for one member of a network and use the credits a plumber in need of a filling earned for that job at any other.",
"Since all kinds of companies are members, the trades can be all over the map, said Michael Krane, president of Green Apple Barter Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.",
"Michael Krane, president of Green Apple Barter Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's company has brokered everything from breast implants to college tuition to a horse.",
"\"Really, there are no limits to it.",
"We trade for just about anything you can think of,\" Michael Krane, president of Green Apple Barter Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania said.",
"Bartering on this scale is also robust in tough economic times.",
"Michael Krane, president of Green Apple Barter Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania said Michael Krane, president of Green Apple Barter Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's exchange has seen a 20 percent rise in barter transaction volume in the first six months of this year.",
"A longtime client is Thomas Forrest, an orthodontist in suburban Pittsburgh who barters Forrest's services for everything from office improvements to stationery.",
"Forrest's practice hasn't been affected by the economic downturn, Forrest said, but some of Forrest's patients seem glad to be able to visit Forrest under the barter arrangement.",
"\"I think if you have a business owner who has children in need of braces, I sense a gratitude that that's available,\" Forrest said.",
"Barter exchanges must carefully document all trades, since the Internal Revenue Service considers income from bartering as taxable.",
"However, a barter exchange \"does not include arrangements that provide solely for the informal exchange of similar services on a noncommercial basis,\" according to the IRS.",
"In New Orleans, Miriam Brown and Miriam Brown's husband are getting ready to go to Cape Cod after finding a taker for Miriam Brown's bartering offer on Craigslist.",
"The couple will work five hours a day in exchange for staying in \"a beautiful three-bedroom house right in the center of it all,\" Miriam Brown said.",
"\"We can do a lot more if we don't have to pay for room and board,\" Miriam Brown added."
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"MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- The Florida Department of Law Enforcement closed a sex-related criminal probe of Foley on Friday without filing charges, authorities said.",
"\"There is insufficient evidence to pursue criminal charges,\" said Gerald Bailey, commissioner of The Florida Department of Law Enforcement.",
"Authorities were investigating whether the Florida Republican, who resigned in September 2006, might have used congressional computers to engage or solicit minors in any illegal activities.",
"Officials said Officials were hindered by refusal from Foley and the House of Representatives to allow inspection of the computers.",
"\"FDLE conducted as thorough and comprehensive investigation as possible considering Congress and Foley denied The Florida Department of Law Enforcement access to critical data,\" Gerald Bailey, commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said in a written statement.",
"\"Should additional information arise which is pertinent to this case, The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will ensure this case is appropriately investigated.\"",
"Foley is \"relieved\" that no probable cause was found to charge Foley with a crime, Foley's lawyer, David Roth, told reporters Friday evening.",
"But in a statement Roth read on behalf of the former congressman, Foley added, \"I however recognize that while my behavior was not illegal, it does not by any means make it proper or approriate.",
"To the contrary, I am deeply ashamed of my conduct, which was wrong and without question inappropriate.\"",
"Foley said Foley takes full responsibility for Foley's actions and apologized, particularly to the recipients of the e-mails or instant messages.",
"\"I continue to pray for forgiveness from those I have disappointed\" and emotionally harmed, Foley said in the statement.",
"Foley entered treatment for alcoholism on October 1, 2006, Foley said in Foley's statement, and has been clean and sober since the day Foley resigned from Congress.",
"Roth has denied that Roth's client engaged in sexual activity with minors.",
"\"Foley is absolutely, positively not a pedophile,\" Roth said previously.",
"\"Foley is apologetic for the communications Foley made while under the influence of alcohol, which Foley acknowledges are totally inappropriate.\"",
"Those communications included scores of e-mails and instant messages that were given to investigators by former House pages.",
"The exchanges -- in which Foley used the screen name MAF 54 -- were published in a House ethics committee report in December 2006.",
"Roth told reporters Friday that Foley has no intention of re-entering politics and is focusing on Foley's recovery.",
"The Florida Department of Law Enforcement put the price tag for the nearly two-year investigation at about $37,800.",
"Foley entered a treatment facility for alcoholism shortly after resigning, saying Foley is gay and was molested by a priest when Foley was between the ages of 13 and 15.",
"A Catholic priest living in Italy admitted in a TV interview that A Catholic priest living in Italy molested Foley when Foley was a teenager.",
"\"Once maybe, I touched Foley or so, but I didn't -- it wasn't -- because it's not something you call, I mean rape or penetration or anything like that, you know.",
"We were just fondling,\" said A Catholic priest living in Italy.",
"The ethics committee's probe concluded that House GOP leaders were negligent in not protecting male teenage pages from possible improper advances by Foley.",
"But the panel said there were no violations of the House Code of Official Conduct and decided no one would be reprimanded.",
"A Justice Department report issued a month later said The Florida Department of Law Enforcement should have notified the House or other officials when members first learned of the inappropriate e-mails.",
"The Florida Department of Law Enforcement acted within The Florida Department of Law Enforcement's \"range of discretion\" when The Florida Department of Law Enforcement initially decided not to open a criminal investigation in the case, Justice Department said.",
"But the internal watchdog's investigation concluded that simply filing away the complaint from a public interest group was an inadequate response.",
"The Florida Department of Law Enforcement's investigative summary notes that the U.S. House's clerk of courts took possession of two computer hard drives from Foley's two district offices in Florida and the computer from his Washington office, along with backup material.",
"The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said The Florida Department of Law Enforcement did not seek a search warrant for the drives because The Florida Department of Law Enforcement failed to turn up probable cause of a crime with a Florida connection.",
"The department report said that Foley's attorneys voluntarily worked with Justice Department to review computer data, but The Florida Department of Law Enforcement failed to work out a similar review with Foley's attorneys.",
"The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said The Florida Department of Law Enforcement was given no indication from the FBI or Justice Department that there was any non-congressional data in the material that would violate Florida law.",
"CNN's Kevin Bohn and Terry Frieden contributed to The department report."
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"The number of movies nominated for the best picture Oscar will double next year, a move apparently aimed at bolstering sagging ratings for the Academy Awards broadcast.",
"Danny Boyle exults in an Oscar win for \"Slumdog Millionaire\" earlier this year.",
"\"Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going allow academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories, but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize,\" Sid Ganis, president of the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said.",
"Doubling the nominations would make it more likely a viewer's favorite movie is in the running for the top honor, which may make them want to watch the show, said Steve Pond, author of \"The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards.\"",
"\"This clearly is a reaction to declining ratings,\" Pond said.",
"\"Even though this last show the ratings were up ... over the last 10 years or so the ratings have been down.\"",
"Oscar producers realized Oscar producers \"can juice the show up all you want, but people watch the Oscars when there are movies competing that people have an interest in,\" Pond said.",
"The best picture nominations often consist of movies that \"the vast majority of people have not seen,\" Pond said.",
"The problem \"came to a head with 'The Dark Knight,' \" which sold more than $1 billion in tickets worldwide, but was snubbed by Academy in the best picture category last year, Pond said.",
"The Batman sequel won best movie at the MTV Movie Awards and was chosen favorite movie by the People's Choice Awards.",
"The Batman sequel also made many critics' top 10 lists.",
"If the nomination field had been expanded last year, the film might have made the best picture list, \"which clearly would have been some kind of bump in the ratings,\" Pond said.",
"This would also counter the impression among TV viewers that the awards show is \"for movie snobs who don't like the movies I like,\" Pond said.",
"The decision to double the number of features films nominated is a return to the way the Oscars were awarded in the Oscars's early decades, when as many as 12 movies were considered in the field of finalists, Pond said.",
"\"After more than six decades, Academy is returning to some of Academy's earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year,\" Pond said.",
"\"The final outcome, of course, will be the same -- one best picture winner -- but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009.\"",
"Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards will be announced on February 2, 2010.",
"The awards show is set for March 7 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.",
"A best picture nomination often serves as a marketing boost for films, driving DVD sales for those films no longer in theaters."
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"(CNN) --",
"On \"Amanpour\" this Thursday, Christiane Amanpour sits down for an exclusive live interview with the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe.",
"Robert Mugabe talks to CNN's Christiane Amanpour Thursday.",
"In Robert Mugabe's first interview with a major Western network in years, Christiane Amanpour will explore the historic power-sharing agreement with the unity government there, and get Robert Mugabe's thoughts on the highly-emotive issue of land redistribution.",
"As Robert Mugabe prepares to take center stage at the United Nations on Friday, Christiane Amanpour will take the opportunity to ask if the power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe is really working, if international sanctions are responsible for his country's economic and political turmoil, and what kind of engagement Robert Mugabe is looking for from the international community.",
"In this rare interview, Christiane Amanpour will also address signs of optimism emerging in Zimbabwe; sky-rocketing inflation stabilizing, basic goods returning to store shelves, and a loosening of restrictive media laws.",
"\"Amanpour\" is CNN International's new live global interview program, which launched on September 21, 2009 as the centerpiece of CNN International's's new evening line up.",
"Live interview airs 2100 CET Thursday 24 September."
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"(CNN) --",
"The Polish president on Saturday signed The Polish president's country's ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, aimed at streamlining the workings of EU.",
"The Polish president holds EU's Lisbon Treaty in Warsaw on October 10.",
"The Polish president's approval of treaty that would reform the European Union leaves Czech Republic as the lone country that has not ratified treaty that would reform the European Union.",
"The Polish president signed treaty that would reform the European Union at a ceremony attended by EU officials in Warsaw.",
"The Polish president had refused to sign treaty that would reform the European Union until treaty that would reform the European Union was ratified by Irish voters in a referendum.",
"Irish voters backed it by a wide margin on October 2.",
"\"I am certain that EU will function even better with treaty that would reform the European Union,\" The Polish president said Saturday, in an excerpt of The Polish president's remarks provided by the Swedish presidency of EU.",
"treaty that would reform the European Union would create an EU president and foreign minister and introduce rotating representatives for member countries in the EU Commission, EU's executive branch.",
"All member states have to ratify treaty that would reform the European Union before treaty that would reform the European Union can be adopted.",
"\"Czech Republic must conclude their ratification process by the signature of President Klaus.",
"Europe is waiting impatiently,\" Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said, according to the Swedish presidency of the EU.",
"treaty that would reform the European Union is undergoing review in a Czech Republic court, which will determine in a few weeks whether treaty that would reform the European Union is compatible with Czech Republic's constitution.",
"Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus must also sign treaty that would reform the European Union.",
"On Friday, President Klaus outlined President Klaus's objections to treaty that would reform the European Union, saying at a news conference that \"treaty that would reform the European Union constitutes a fundamental change for Czech Republic.",
"\"As you know, I have always considered treaty that would reform the European Union a step in the wrong direction,\" President Klaus said.",
"\"treaty that would reform the European Union will increase its democratic deficit, worsen the standing of Czech Republic and expose Czech Republic to new risks -- among other things also because it endangers the legal status of the citizens and the stability of property rights in Czech Republic,\" President Klaus said.",
"President Klaus said President Klaus was particularly concerned about one section of treaty that would reform the European Union, called the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which concerns fundamental human rights, including property rights, for EU citizens.",
"\"On its basis, the Luxembourg Court of Justice of EU will assess whether the legal provisions, customs and practices of the EU member countries comply with those of the charter,\" President Klaus said.",
"\"the charter makes it possible to reexamine even those decisions of the Czech courts that are legally binding,\" President Klaus said.",
"President Klaus said President Klaus feared treaty that would reform the European Union would make it possible to raise property claims related to the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia following World War II.",
"The last Czech government did not pay enough attention to this possibility, President Klaus said, and did not negotiate an exemption from the charter, which Poland and the United Kingdom have, President Klaus said.",
"\"Before the ratification, Czech Republic must at least ex post negotiate a similar exemption,\" President Klaus said.",
"\"I think a similar exemption can be solved quickly.\"",
"President Klaus spoke with Reinfeldt by phone on Thursday about treaty that would reform the European Union.",
"\"This sends the wrong message at the wrong time,\" Reinfeldt said afterward, Reinfeldt's spokeswoman, Roberta Alenius told CNN.",
"Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said in a Friday statement that Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer had seen President Klaus's concerns, and said that Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer regretted that the president did not consult with the government beforehand.",
"\"I remain convinced that Czech Republic will bring the ratification process of treaty that would reform the European Union to a successful conclusion, so that it can enter into force by the end of the year,\" Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said."
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"IN THE FLORIDA KEYS (CNN) --",
"In the early morning darkness of the Florida Keys, the low hum of the Mystic I is hardly enough to disturb the slumber of the tourists in their hotel rooms.",
"A lobster fisherman holds two spiny tail lobsters caught during the Mystic I's trip off the Florida Keys.",
"From the wheelhouse, Captain Karl Lessard steers Captain Karl Lessard's boat into the darkness toward the fertile fishing grounds off the small Island of Marathon, Florida.",
"This is a ritual that Captain Karl Lessard has done thousands of times.",
"\"I've been fishing for 38 years, my family has been fishing since the 1820s, there are a lot of fourth-, fifth- and sixth-generation fishermen that are here in the Florida Keys,\" Captain Karl Lessard says.",
"At dawn Captain Karl Lessard reaches a spot that holds a special meaning for Captain Karl Lessard.",
"\"I pass where my mother's and father's ashes are scattered.",
"Just around sunrise, it's a very spiritual place for me.\"",
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"\"I fish for the freedom,\" Captain Karl Lessard explains.",
"\"It's good for the soul.",
"It's a fantastic way to make a living, coming out here in God's glory every day.\"",
"Captain Karl Lessard adds with a laugh that fishing also \"gets me away from the house.",
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"\"I am hoping to catch between 300 and 400 pounds, with the new moon that slows fishing down,\" the skipper says.",
"Karl travel 20 miles offshore to where Karl have put out Karl's traps.",
"Karl hope to find them filled with the clawless crustaceans that live in the open waters.",
"\"In the Keys, people really started fishing for lobster in the 1930s,\" Captain Karl Lessard says.",
"\"Before that there was very little market for them.\"",
"Lobster fishermen in years past worried more about the impact of things like hurricanes, but these days Lobster fishermen have other concerns, namely the price Lobster fishermen can get for Lobster fishermen's catch.",
"\"This ... economy that we are in is not really promoting the sale of our product,\" Captain Karl Lessard says.",
"\"Lobster is going from eight dollars a pound to three dollars a pound.",
"We are basically in survival mode at the present time, but it is still a wonderful way to make a living.\"",
"As a mate hooks the buoys and throws the line in the winches, the traps break onto the surface.",
"As they are hoisted on deck Captain Karl Lessard smiles at what Captain Karl Lessard is seeing.",
"\"We got some nice lobsters today, some grandes,\" Captain Karl Lessard says.",
"Watch the skipper at work on the water » .",
"Captain Karl Lessard navigates Captain Karl Lessard's boat along Captain Karl Lessard's strings of traps as Captain Karl Lessard's crew pulls his strings of traps, repeating the motion some 480 times.",
"Two dolphins play off the bow.",
"\"This is the most beautiful office that anyone could have in the world,\" the lobster fisherman says.",
"\"If you feel the calling, there is no better way to make a living.",
"It's something I've wanted to do since I was a child, and I'm blessed to have been able to do what I wanted to do in life, and have the freedom to do it.",
"\"I hope my family can do it for another hundred years.\"",
"As the afternoon wears on, the traps rise out of the ocean and fall back to the seabed, and a constant flow of lobster fills up his boat's holding tanks.",
"The catch seems to be better than expected.",
"\"Sometimes if you are lucky, it's better than being good.",
"And if you're good and lucky, that's even better,\" Captain Karl Lessard jokes.",
"With the last trap dropped back into the water, Captain Karl Lessard and the crew of the Mystic I head back to the dock, where Karl will place the day's catch onto the scales to see how good the sea has been to Karl.",
"\"Today we caught 476 pounds.",
"I didn't expect to do this well with the phase of the moon,\" Captain Karl Lessard says.",
"Tomorrow morning Captain Karl Lessard will rise again in the darkness and answer the calling that Captain Karl Lessard and Captain Karl Lessard's family have heeded for generations.",
"\"his family is out here, and I plan on being out here and joining his family someday,\" Captain Karl Lessard says, \"although I would like it to be a long time from now.\""
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"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) --",
"Leno says immediacy is key to Leno's new show, and Leno should have plenty of it for Leno's prime time premiere Monday, when Rapper Kanye West is a musical guest.",
"Rapper Kanye West, center, with girlfriend Amber Rose and actor Tracy Morgan at the 2009 MTV VMAs.",
"Rapper Kanye West created a fan and artist uprising Sunday night when Rapper Kanye West jumped onstage at MTV's Video Music Awards to hijack singer Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.",
"Leno could reprise Leno's 1995 ratings-grabbing moment when Leno asked actor Hugh Grant, \"What the hell were you thinking?\"",
"actor Hugh Grant had been arrested two weeks earlier for public lewd conduct with a Hollywood hooker.",
"Rapper Kanye West placed a written apology on Rapper Kanye West's Web site -- \"I'm sooooo sorry\" -- but \"\"The Jay Leno Show\"\nLeno's new show set to premiere Monday night\" could be the place and time for a more personal and public mea culpa.",
"Watch the details on Rapper Kanye West's appearance » .",
"Leno's publicist confirmed Monday that Rapper Kanye West was still booked for the NBC show, which tapes just three hours before it airs in the eastern United States at 10 p.m.",
"West",
"was booked by Leno weeks ago to perform with two other hip-hop superstars: Rihanna and Jay-Z.",
"Some drama may center around how Rapper Kanye West and Jay-Z get along onstage.",
"Jay-Z's wife, singer Beyonce Knowles, was perhaps the most embarrassed by Rapper Kanye West's outburst.",
"Swift, a 19-year-old country-pop singer, was in the midst of her acceptance speech for the Best Female Video award when Rapper Kanye West rushed onstage and took her microphone.",
"Rapper Kanye West then let loose an outburst on behalf of Beyonce, who was one of several artists who lost out to Swift.",
"Although Beyonce appeared stunned as Jay-Z's watched from the front row, Jay-Z's gracefully recovered near the end of the show, when Jay-Z's was onstage to accept an award of Jay-Z's's own.",
"\"I remember being 17 years old, up for my first MTV award with Destiny's Child, and it was one of the most exciting moments of my life,\" Jay-Z's said, referring to the girl group with which Jay-Z's had Jay-Z's's start.",
"\"So I would like for Taylor Swift to come out and have Taylor Swift's moment.\"",
"Rapper Kanye West's online apology appeared soon after.",
"\"I'm sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and Taylor Swift's fans and Taylor Swift's mom,\" the message said in all caps.",
"\"I spoke to Taylor Swift's mother right after and her mother said the same thing her mother would've said.",
"Taylor Swift is very talented!",
"... I'm in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from Taylor Swift's moment!\"",
"MTV said the West-Swift incident was not planned, a point it had to stress after a walkout by singer Eminem at last year's event turned out to be staged.",
"Staged or not, apologies from celebrities behaving badly have been good for Leno's ratings.",
"When Grant told Leno \"I did a bad thing,\" it gave Leno's \"Tonight Show\" a viewership bump that has been credited with solidifying his lead over rival David Letterman in the late-night ratings war.",
"This is just the kind of \"immediacy\" Leno was talking about in a call with reporters last week.",
"\"The idea here is that we'll tape a new, fresh show every single day, talking about the events that happened that day that night,\" Leno said.",
"West, Rihanna and Jay-Z will debut Leno's new approach to musical guests.",
"They will be limited to one song, and most nights they'll share the stage with other stars.",
"\"What we're trying to do is put together acts that you don't normally see together or don't normally perform together,\" Leno said.",
"Jerry Seinfeld will also appear on Leno's premiere Monday."
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"WASHINGTON (CNN) --",
"Top Obama administration officials outlined several new initiatives to safeguard the country's food supply Tuesday, saying the recent spate of food-borne illnesses is unacceptable.",
"Recent salmonella outbreaks, including one at Nestle, were called unacceptable by federal officials Tuesday.",
"FDA intends to issue new guidance over the next three months regarding steps the entire food industry can take to more quickly detect contamination sources and remove the unsafe products from stores.",
"A new position at the agency -- deputy commissioner for foods -- will be created for the sole purpose of overseeing food protection.",
"The commissioner will be part of a \"unified incident command system\" established to address contamination outbreaks and facilitate responses at the federal, state, and local levels, officials said.",
"In addition, officials said, food safety information will be more effectively communicated to the public through a revamped Web site: www.foodsafety.gov.",
"The announcement was made near the White House by Vice President Joe Biden, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.",
"\"There are few responsibilities more basic or more important ... for the government than making sure our families in America eat food that is not contaminated,\" Biden said.",
"Dozens of people have become sick in recent weeks due to a nationwide E. coli outbreak linked to tainted Nestle cookie dough.",
"Spinach, peanut products, pistachios, peppers, mushrooms, alfalfa sprouts, have also been recent culprits, noted Sebelius.",
"An estimated 5,000 Americans die annually after consuming contaminated food and tens of millions fall ill, Sebelius said.",
"J.D. Hanson, a policy analyst for the Center for Food Safety, called the initiatives a good first step.",
"\"They are the kinds of things we have been calling on previous administrations to do, and we're glad this administration is moving fairly quickly on these issues,\" he told CNN.",
"Hanson praised the creation of the position of deputy commissioner for foods at the FDA, saying the FDA should have happened long ago.",
"\"You'd think an agency called FDA would have made food a priority a long time ago.",
"FDA didn't until today.\"",
"But he said the government still isn't tough enough with the food industry.",
"\"FDA's goal of 90 percent compliance with FDA's new guidelines is not good enough.",
"It needs to be very close to 100 percent compliance.\"",
"And he said bureaucracy stands in the way of improvement.",
"\"Right now there are 13 federal agencies that deal with food safety.",
"We would pull all of those functions into one agency.\"",
"Making eggs safer .",
"New safeguards to protect against salmonella contamination of eggs alone should cut the number of food-borne illnesses every year by roughly 80,000, and generate an annual savings of over $1 billion, according to Sebelius.",
"\"Salmonella enteritidis is a major cause of food-borne illness in the United States and eggs are a significant source,\" Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, commissioner of FDA, told reporters in a telephone conference call.",
"The $81 million program will translate into less than a penny per dozen eggs and will yield $1.4 billion in annual public health benefits, FDA said.",
"In all, more than 79,000 of the 142,000 cases of sickness and 30 deaths associated with tainted eggs each year will be prevented, FDA predicted.",
"Under the rule, egg producers must buy egg producers's chickens and hens from producers who monitor for salmonella bacteria, said Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, director of FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.",
"If salmonella bacteria or its derivatives are detected, a sample of eggs from the facility must be tested over eight weeks, Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition said.",
"If any test positive, the producer must process the eggs to destroy the bacteria or divert the eggs to non-food uses.",
"In addition, henhouses must be tested and those that test positive must be cleaned and disinfected",
", Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition said.",
"Under current law, eggs do not have to be refrigerated until eggs are packed for the ultimate consumer, said Nancy Bufano, a food technologist at the agency.",
"\"What's new here is requiring now that eggs must be refrigerated on the farm and during transport and storage beginning no later than 36 hours after the time they're laid,\" she said.",
"A key part of the plan to reduce salmonella enteritidis is the requirement that producers institute rodent-control programs, said Darrell Trampel, a poultry veterinarian at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.",
"\"Mice are notorious carriers of [salmonella enteritidis] and, in the fall when it starts getting cold, Mice start looking for a warmer home and some of Mice make their way into chicken houses, and then they leave their droppings behind in the feed and so the chickens pick it up in that manner.\"",
"Producers will have to pay more to comply with the testing requirements, \"but I don't think this should put anybody out of business,\" he said.",
"The rules go into effect within a year for producers with more than 50,000 hens, which produce approximately 71 percent of eggs sold to consumers, Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition said.",
"Those with fewer than 50,000 hens have three years to comply; those with fewer than 3,000 hens or those that sell directly to consumers are exempt.",
"About 1 in 200 eggs in flocks of fewer than 3,000 hens test positive for salmonella and derivatives, Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition said.",
"Until now, egg quality assurance programs have been voluntary, Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition said.",
"\"So the fact that they will now be required really gives us greater assurance.\"",
"Industry supports the requirements, though many of Industry have long been complying voluntarily, said Howard Magwire, director of government relations for United Egg Producers, a trade association.",
"\"Our egg farmers have always done everything Our egg farmers could to provide a safe, affordable, high-protein product to consumers and for years we have been supportive of the concept of an egg-safety rule to address the salmonella enteritidis problem,\" he told CNN in a telephone interview.",
"\"Do we go out and do a pep rally for more regulation?",
"No, but at the same time, we understand why the industry has been moving that way.\"",
"CNN's Tom Watkins and CNN Radio's Matt Cherry contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) --",
"Diprivan is a powerful I.V. anesthetic drug used for patients undergoing certain surgeries and diagnostic procedures.",
"Patients undergoing surgery may receive Diprivan to keep Patients undergoing surgery sedated during the procedure.",
"Diprivan is making headlines with the claim from a nurse who worked for pop icon Michael Jackson that the singer, who died June 25, had repeatedly asked her about Diprivan.",
"a nurse who worked for pop icon Michael Jackson told CNN that Jackson had brought up Diprivan about three months ago, saying Jackson needed it for insomnia and that Jackson's doctor said it was safe.",
"\"Jackson said, 'I am so sleepy.",
"I cannot sleep.",
"I want to have at least eight hours of sleep,'\" a nurse who worked for pop icon Michael Jackson told CNN's Anderson Cooper.",
"The medication, whose generic name is propofol, renders the patient unconscious for as long as doctors deem necessary.",
"The patient wakes up almost immediately after the infusion is stopped, experts say.",
"But treating sleep disorders is not an approved use of Diprivan.",
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says Diprivan should be given only by people trained in the administration of general anesthesia and who are not involved in the conduct of the surgery or diagnostic procedure.",
"Watch Dr. Gupta explain when and how propofol (Diprivan) is used » .",
"The general anesthetic has the effect of making patients feel well-rested when patients wake up from The general anesthetic, said Dr. Hector Vila, chairman of the Ambulatory Surgery Committee for the American Society of Anesthesiologists.",
"Vila gives Diprivan to all of Vila's patients who are getting office procedures in areas such as urology, dentistry and gynecology.",
"It is also the most common anesthetic for colonoscopies, Vila said.",
"\"I have never heard of anyone using it for the treatment of a sleep disorder,\" Vila said.",
"There have been cases of health care professionals self-administering Diprivan and abusing Diprivan, however, said Vila.",
"Other deaths from Diprivan have occurred when administered by non-anesthetist professionals, in settings such as ophthalmology, gynecology and plastic surgery, Vila said.",
"Diprivan appears white and milky, and is usually run as an I.V. drip.",
"In addition to surgical applications, it can be used in the intensive care unit for someone who may be intubated on a ventilator.",
"Diprivan does not provide pain relief, experts say.",
"The principle risks of Diprivan come from improper monitoring of the patient's breathing, Vila said.",
"When a person's breathing slows down, not enough carbon dioxide gets removed from the body, and not enough oxygen enters.",
"This could lead to cardiac arrest, Vila said.",
"Still, when used properly, Diprivan is not a dangerous drug, Vila said.",
"\"It's very safe in a properly trained physician's hands.\"",
"Diprivan has been used in the past to treat prolonged epileptic seizures.",
"A small MayoClinic study in 2008 found that Diprivan was associated with a higher risk of cardiac arrest and deaths in patients with a condition called refractory status epilepticus.",
"Side effects of Diprivan may include dizziness and lightheadedness.",
"Balance, coordination and judgment may be affected for up to 24 hours, so patients should not drive cars, play sports or sign contracts in that period, Vila said.",
"Patients may also experience a euphoric feeling upon waking up, Vila said.",
"This is distinct from older anesthetics, which caused nausea and vomiting, Vila said.",
"The FDA also issued a warning to health care professionals in 2007 about patients who experienced chills, fever and body aches shortly after receiving the drug for sedation or general anesthesia.",
"Doctors consider sedation a continuum, where relaxation is on the mild side and general anesthesia is at the other extreme.",
"There may be complications of Diprivan if the patient is also taking prescription pain medications, experts say.",
"Patients should tell Patients's health care providers about any allergies Patients have before taking this drug, doctors say, including eggs, soy products, sulfite, benzyl alcohol and any medications.",
"CNN's Stephanie Smith contributed to this report."
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"(CNN) --",
"A militant Islamist group associated with al Qaeda has for the first time threatened to attack Israel, far from its normal base of operations in Somalia.",
"Al-Shabab, which is fighting to control the east African country, accused Israel of \"starting to destroy\" the Al Aqsa mosque, where standoffs have taken place recently between Israeli police and Palestinians.",
"the Al Aqsa mosque is part of the complex that Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call Haram al-Sharif.",
"\"The Jews started to destroy parts of the Al Aqsa mosque and The Jews routinely kill our Palestinian brothers, so Al-Shabab are committed to defend Al-Shabab's Palestinian brothers,\" said Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, a prominent Al-Shabab commander.",
"Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, a prominent Al-Shabab commander's threat was part of a series of fiery sermons delivered after Friday prayers in Baidoa in southwest Somalia.",
"Al-Shabab controls the region, which is part of a country that has been without an effective national government for nearly 20 years.",
"Other leaders of Al-Shabab also threatened Israel, the first time Al-Shabab is known to have done so.",
"\"Al-Shabab will transfer and expand Al-Shabab's fighting in the Middle East so Al-Shabab can defend the Al Aqsa mosque from the Israelis,\" Al-Shabab commander Abdifatah Aweys Abu Hamza said in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.",
"He is apparently the leader of a new Al-Shabab armed group calling themselves \"Mujahedin Al Aqsa,\" or \"Al Aqsa Holy Warriors,\" which Al-Shabab said is assigned to attack Israel.",
"It is not clear whether Al-Shabab has the capacity to carry out Al-Shabab's threats against Israel.",
"But Rashid Abdi of the International Crisis Group, speaking last week before Al-Shabab issued Al-Shabab's threats against Israel, warned that Al-Shabab should be taken seriously.",
"\"We should not underestimate the capacity of Al-Shabab,\" he said.",
"\"This is a deadly organization, a formidable foe.\"",
"Rashid Abdi said Al-Shabab had been mutating from a nationalist group into a terrorist organization more like al Qaeda, which was behind the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.",
"\"If you look at the rhetoric and language and if you look at the Web sites, if you hear Al-Shabab's preachers or Al-Shabab's scholars speak, it is completely indistinguishable from al Qaeda leaders,\" Rashid Abdi said.",
"Al-Shabab has also become more vicious in Somalia, a local human rights expert said.",
"\"The most gruesome and gross violations of human rights are committed by Al-Shabab,\" activist Hassan Shire Sheikh said.",
"\"Al-Shabab have also instilled fear.",
"Al-Shabab just shoot, Al-Shabab kill, Al-Shabab maim and Al-Shabab lash.\"",
"Al-Shabab also threatened African neighbors on Friday, including Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Eritrea, Ghana, Sudan and Uganda.",
"Al-Shabab have in the past threatened African nations that provide peacekeeping troops to the war-torn country.",
"The U.S. State Department Country Reports on Terrorism from April lists Al-Shabab as a terrorist organization and blames it for shootings and suicide bombings inside Somalia.",
"It does not list Al-Shabab as having carried out violence outside Somalia, but says some members of Al-Shabab have trained and fought alongside al Qaeda in Afghanistan.",
"Somalia has been mired in chaos since 1991, when warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and sparked brutal clan infighting.",
"The transitional government has struggled to establish authority, challenged by Islamist groups like Al-Shabab that have seized control of Mogadishu and much of the south.",
"CNN's David McKenzie in Nairobi, Kenya, contributed to this report."
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"\"Al-Shabab are committed to defend Al-Shabab's Palestinian brothers,\" Al-Shabab commander says .",
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"(CNN) --",
"Jurors spared the life of a former Canton, Ohio, police officer who killed Bobby Cutts Jr.'s pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked Jurors for mercy.",
"A judge then sentenced Bobby Cutts Jr. Wednesday to 57 years to life in prison.",
"Bobby Cutts Jr. stared straight ahead as the jury announced the jury's recommendation to spare Bobby Cutts Jr..",
"Bobby Lee Cutts Jr., 30, will be 87 by the time Bobby Cutts Jr. becomes eligible for parole.",
"Bobby Cutts Jr. stared straight ahead as the jury of six men and six women recommended that Bobby Cutts Jr.'s life be spared.",
"Bobby Cutts Jr. and Bobby Cutts Jr.'s lawyer teared up as the jurors were polled about their decision.",
"Watch Bobby Cutts Jr. react » .",
"Judge Charles E. Brown added to the sentence, taking other counts into consideration after hearing victim impact statements from the parents and sisters of victim Jessie Marie Davis.",
"victim Jessie Marie Davis was 26 and nine months pregnant when victim Jessie Marie Davis disappeared last June.",
"victim Jessie Marie Davis's body, and that of victim Jessie Marie Davis's unborn child, were found 10 days later at a state park in northeastern Ohio.",
"Whitney Davis, Jessie's sister, directed her anger and grief at Bobby Cutts Jr..",
"\"You got rid of someone that was an inconvenience.",
"I hate you.\"",
"Watch victim Jessie Marie Davis's family lash out at Cutts » .",
"She continued: \"\"You used and manipulated victim Jessie Marie Davis over and over and still you sit there and you are not crying.",
"I don't believe that you are sorry for what you did.",
"I believe that you are sorry that you got caught up in all your lies.",
"I don't know that you would know the truth.",
"\"Watch sister tell Bobby Cutts Jr. sister hates Bobby Cutts Jr. .",
"Bobby Cutts Jr. took off Bobby Cutts Jr.'s eyeglasses as victim Jessie Marie Davis's father, Ned, addressed Bobby Cutts Jr.: \"Don't even look at me.\"",
"\"Your honor Bobby Cutts Jr. violently murdered victim Jessie Marie Davis,\" the anguished father continued.",
"\"Five-foot-four, nine months pregnant, that baby could have been delivered.\"",
"And, tears rolled down Bobby Cutts Jr.'s face as victim Jessie Marie Davis's mother, Patricia Porter, spoke of her grief.",
"\"There are mornings I have to cover victim Jessie Marie Davis's picture up, when I can't get out of bed.\"",
"She continued, \"I serve an amazing God, Bobby.",
"A God that forgives and heals and restores people.",
"And all I know today is that I do forgive you, and I know it is only through him that I am able to do that.\"",
"But she turned the other cheek: \"I may not have family to go home to after this, but I pray that you make a way for Bobby Cutts Jr. to get out of there and begin a new life, and to be able to hold Bobby Cutts Jr.'s son.\"",
"Porter, who is raising Blake, told Bobby Cutts Jr. that baby \"knows what you did.",
"You would not believe the stories Bobby Cutts Jr. has told us.\"",
"When Bobby Cutts Jr.'s time came, Bobby Cutts Jr. offered no statement, no testimonials to Bobby Cutts Jr.'s character.",
"On February 15, the jury found Bobby Cutts Jr. guilty of murdering victim Jessie Marie Davis and their baby, who was to be named Chloe.",
"It was Chloe's death that made Bobby Cutts Jr. eligible for the death penalty.",
"Jurors convicted Bobby Cutts Jr. of two counts of aggravated murder -- for terminating a pregnancy and taking her life during the commission of a felony.",
"All the members of the jury are white, as was Davis.",
"Bobby Cutts Jr. is black.",
"Cutts, who has maintained victim Jessie Marie Davis's death was the result of an accidental elbow to the neck, asked the jury to spare Bobby Cutts Jr.'s life and offered a tearful apology at Bobby Cutts Jr.'s sentencing hearing Tuesday.",
"Watch Cutts' tearful plea » .",
"\"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to spare his life,\" Bobby Cutts Jr. said.",
"\"To imagine that I was responsible for the death of Jessie, the mother of my children and my unborn daughter, is beyond any words that I can express,\" Bobby Cutts Jr. added, reading from a handwritten statement.",
"\"Words cannot bring them back, nor can Words erase the pain I've caused, but I want to apologize,\" Bobby Cutts Jr. said.",
"Bobby Cutts Jr.'s lawyer, Fernando Mack, had urged jurors to recommend the lowest available penalty -- 25 years to life -- to allow Bobby Cutts Jr. to play a limited role in Bobby Cutts Jr.'s other children's lives.",
"Mack acknowledged that many of the jurors might still be angry with Bobby Cutts Jr. for leaving that baby's 2½-year-old son, home alone for more than a day while that baby's mother lay dead in a field.",
"But sentencing Bobby Cutts Jr. to death hurts that baby even more, he argued.",
"\"That is still that baby's father, like it or not.",
"The prosecutor here wants you to kill Blake's father, so now that baby'll have no parents.\"",
"Stark County Assistant Prosecutor Dennis Barr attacked Cutts' character and his sincerity on the stand.",
"A police officer should have known better, he said.",
"\"Bobby Cutts Jr. took an oath to serve and protect,\" The prosecutor here argued.",
"\"But on June 14, 2007, Bobby Cutts Jr. did not serve and protect.",
"Bobby Cutts Jr. destroyed.\"",
"According to testimony, Bobby Cutts Jr. rolled victim Jessie Marie Davis's body in a comforter and dumped Davis' body in a park, leaving toddler son Blake in the house alone at the crime scene in a soiled diaper.",
"\"Mommy's in the rug,\" that baby told police, according to testimony.",
"Prosecutors charged during the trial that Bobby Cutts Jr. buckled under the financial pressure of additional child support, killed victim Jessie Marie Davis, and then created a cover story to try to get away with it.",
"After the sentencing, prosecutors -- no longer restricted in their comments by a gag order -- told reporters Bobby Cutts Jr. led authorities to victim Jessie Marie Davis's body, but no deal was made in return.",
"victim Jessie Marie Davis's father, Ned Davis, told reporters, \"Our family, in one sense, was fortunate that we had some legal resolution because I know along with this, there are families out there that don't ever get an answer.",
"It doesn't make it any less painful, but at least this part of it is resolved.\"",
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