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(cnn) some off duty public safety workers ended up with an unusual catch when they went fishing off the coast of florida on saturday morning they found a man and woman splashing in the water 7 miles from shore who said they'd spent the last 14 hours treading water, the broward county sheriff's office said sean mcgovern, 50, and mellisa morris, 52, said they'd fallen off their boat in key largo about 6 pm friday the boat was in gear, and they watched it pull away from them, the sheriff's department said 'they are very lucky — they didn't have any signal device,' said us coast guard spokesman mark barney 'they were trying to signal people down with their t shirt to be located and recovered by off duty cops and a firefighter — that's a stroke of luck right there' about 8 am saturday, two broward sheriff's detectives, a broward firefighter and one of the officers' father in law noticed splashing in the water from their boat, the sheriff's department said 'we saw birds diving,' said adam white, a detective 'as we got closer, i saw fish jumping we saw a white male with his shirt flagging us down' the men pulled mcgovern and morris onto the boat they were exhausted after drifting 10 nautical miles and appeared to have mild hypothermia and jellyfish stings, the sheriff's department said 'we checked them out, made sure they were stable,' white said the fishermen passed them over to the coast guard, which carried them to the fort lauderdale coast guard station friends picked them up there 'a lot of people don't wear life jackets because they don't have intention of being in water,' barney said 'it was a miracle they were able to tread water that long and were safely recovered' white summed it up: 'they're pretty lucky' and what happened to the boat from which the swimmers fell? the coast guard said it washed up on the beach in fort lauderdale on saturday afternoon
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hong kong, china (cnn) 'the earth is just too small,' sighed south african adventurer mike horn, one of the few people on the planet who can get away with saying such a statement action man of climate change: horn is hoping to inspire a new generation of leaders during the past eight months the 43 year old has sailed around the world twice and during a life of exploration, often living on the edge of survival, he has trekked to both poles, sailed solo across oceans and walked across almost every continent the challenge for horn now is to find the challenge even his first trek to the south pole earlier this year, a dream he'd had childhood, left him underwhelmed 'i think it was just an overrated experience,' he told cnn 'you were walking to civilization, away from the edge of antarctica, which is completely wild, to the pole where there's an american base, airplanes landing everyday, red lights telling you if you can cross the runway or not if i can't satisfy myself walking to the pole and back, let's try and do something else' that something else is pursuing a different type of adventure: motivating a new generation to take action to conserve the planet in the face of climate change using a specially designed and made 35 meter exploration boat called pangaea, horn is showing a lucky few parts of the world unreachable to most nearly a year into the four year pangaea expedition, he's been more than encouraged by what he's seen in his 'young explorers' selected from across the world 'i haven't been disappointed by one of them they're not polluted by politics or money i'm not changing their lives, they're changing them themselves i'm just taking them to somewhere it's nearly impossible for them to go without the boat, infrastructure and my knowledge,' he said it's a knowledge he said he has gained through hard experience; he lost the tips of fingers to frost bite in the arctic and claims to have narrowly avoided execution at the hands of militia in dr congo his desire to preserve nature in a changing world stems from his respect for it 'to come back alive [from an expedition], you haven't conquered nature, you've just managed to live in harmony with it that is true competition to me there's no start or end to it adventure becomes a way of living, an inner search of your knowledge,' he said view the gallery of mike horn's adventures » spirit for adventure horn's adventurous spirit manifested itself early growing up in south africa he was given his first bike at age 8 and set off to visit his uncle, not the one 12 kilometers (75 miles) away, but the one nearly 300 kilometers away while his parents encouraged him to explore, a degree in human movement science and honors degree in marketing gave him a greater of a sense of the psychology of competition time with the south african military's special forces fighting in angola gave him a harsh lesson in survival and the difference between life and death and a wife and two children who live in switzerland remind him not to push it too far on his solo expeditions now when choosing the teenagers and young adults to join his expeditions he looks for things in them he saw in himself at that age; a curiosity and enthusiasm similar to his own and that continues to keep him motivated every day lecturers join pangaea's voyages to add some scientific knowledge to horn's first hand understanding of the world, and there are ongoing projects for the young explorers to pursue when their time on the boat is over yet it is action, not words, that defines horn 'i think it's time to act more than anything else why discuss global warming and what are we going to do, if we can basically go out and do it?' he said 'i don't believe in global warming as such, i believe more in the climate and seasons changing i'm not a specialist, i'm an adventurer, but maybe i've seen things that other people haven't seen that leads to what i think is a change in climate,' he said 'on the north pole where before there was three to four meters of ice, today the ice breaks up, seals come through and polar bears can hunt there when you see the big ice shelves break off around antarctica, you think that there is something happening i just talk about what i see' action, not words he's criticized the united nations as a talking shop and says he has rebuffed advances to become affiliated with them, but has some plans to work with environmental groups, such as the world wildlife fund in indonesia, in the near future 'politics slows down a lot everyone should have the freedom of speech and with organizations usually you have to keep to the protocol, but there's no protocol when it comes to the world and the future of the planet,' he said he's equally tired of adventures or projects that just raise awareness of climate change 'we have to have a different approach, not that the one i have is completely right, but an approach where you have to build a boat out of plastic bottles is that something we really must do? it's not enough to just take water samples and say the planet is warming up, or say there is plastic floating in the oceans,' he said 'pangaea' has some eco friendly elements as well as being able to go almost anywhere in the world's oceans, it is made from aluminum, since it is the most recyclable metal and is unpainted to reduce pollution from noxious paints usually found on ships part powered by solar, the crew is able to make its own water onboard and there is a plastic compactor for all the trash the boat trawls out of the oceans horn's single mindedness has also secured lucrative partnerships with some big name brands that bankroll his missions mercedes benz are contracted to change pangaea's engines every year with the most efficient model; next year they will get one with zero co2 emissions 'it gives them something to work on and me an opportunity to stay with my philosophy there are some [companies] that don't give a s**t; you mustn't preach to the converted that's why it's important to get companies involved that might change their mindset' horn is positive that he can make a difference through educating his young charges and the problems many fear are impossible to solve, can be dealt with 'i came back after the expedition around the arctic and the north pole and i saw 'an inconvenient truth' and i thought, 'it's not that bad' the world is still a beautiful place let's conserve that beauty and teach [the younger generation] how to conserve it'
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explorer mike horn aims to encourage new generation to take action on conservation . his pangaea expedition takes 'young explorers' around the world . horn has circumnavigated the world and been to both poles . 'i'm not a specialist, i'm an adventurer, but maybe i've seen things others haven't'
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(cnn) one of the jurors who convicted michael dunn of attempted murder after he fired into an suv during a fatal argument believes he should have been convicted of first degree murder 'i believed he was guilty,' valerie said in an interview with abc's 'nightline' early wednesday also known as juror no 4, she asked that her full name not be given in order to protect her identity a florida jury on saturday night convicted dunn of three charges of attempted second degree murder for shooting into an suv full of teenagers after arguing about their loud music he was also convicted of one count of shooting into the vehicle but a separate first degree murder charge in the death of 17 year old jordan davis resulted in a hung jury prosecutor angela corey said she would seek a new trial on the charge dunn faces 60 years or more in prison for the attempted murder charges when he's sentenced next month split over self defense on the murder charge, valerie said the jury split over the issue of self defense florida law says the use of deadly force is justifiable if someone reasonably believes that the force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm in his testimony, dunn insisted that davis threatened him and that he saw a gun police never recovered a weapon valerie said the jury's first vote was 10 2 in favor of a murder conviction over nearly 30 hours of deliberations, the vote became 9 3 attempted murder conviction ultimately, the jury convicted dunn on the charges of attempted murder valerie said all the jurors felt dunn crossed a line when he continued to fire at the suv as it fled the scene in jacksonville in their minds, any threat dunn may have felt before had passed 'we all believed that there was another way out, another option,' she said but for valerie, it never should have happened at all dunn could have chosen another path 'roll your window up, ignore the taunting, put your car in reverse move a parking spot over that's my feeling' ron davis, the victim's father, told abc's 'good morning america' he believed dunn should have been found guilty of first degree murder but the father said he thought jurors tried hard to render a just decision 'we believe absolutely with all of our hearts that they did everything that they could to come to what they believe was the most just decision,' said jordan davis' mother, lucia mcbath 'we do now know that they were torn' jailhouse phone calls the revelations from the juror come after prosecutors released recordings of nine phone calls dunn made while he awaited trial in a florida jail some of the conversations were mundane, while others revealed a man who calls himself the victim and the victor 'like, i'm the f***ing victim here,' dunn said 'i was the one who was victimized' 'i mean, i don't know how else to put it,' dunn continued 'they attacked me i'm the victim i'm the victor, but i was the victim too' other comments by dunn highlighted his negative perception of the teens 'when the police said that these guys didn't have a record i was like, you know, i wonder if they're just flying under the radar,' he told his fiancee, rhonda rouer 'because they were bad' gas station confrontation it was november 23, 2012, when dunn pulled into a gas station in jacksonville, parking next to a red dodge durango with four teenagers inside the teens had come in for gum and cigarettes; dunn, meanwhile, had just left his son's wedding with his fiancee, who'd gone inside the convenience store for wine and chips dunn didn't like the loud music 'rap crap,' he called it coming from the teens' suv so he asked them to turn it down what followed next depends on whom you believe dunn says davis threatened him, and he decided to take matters into his own hands upon seeing what he thought was the barrel of a gun sticking out of the durango but prosecutors say it was dunn who lost control, firing three volleys of shots 10 bullets total at the suv over music he didn't like after learning almost six hours later that he had killed davis, dunn testified that he became 'crazy with grief,' experiencing stomach problems for about four hours before taking a nap 'my intent was to stop the attack, not necessarily end a life,' he testified 'it just worked out that way' yet rouer testified that dunn had never mentioned any weapon to her be it a shotgun, a stick, a barrel or a lead pipe in fact, police found a basketball, basketball shoes, clothing, a camera tripod and cups inside the teenagers' durango there was no gun in the vehicle dunn himself never called police the first contact he had with them was at his home in satellite beach as he was being apprehended arguing that he wasn't in a rational state of mind, dunn admitted, 'it makes sense that i should have (contacted authorities) we didn't i can't tell you why' ron davis told abc he wants another trial 'i want michael dunn to be tried and found guilty of killing my son, letting him know that it was wrong to kill my unarmed 17 year old,' davis said 'all the other 17 year olds out there, they shouldn't have to fear the adults with the guns that are running around here shooting them at will' cnn's greg botelho, steve almasy and sunny hostin contributed to this report
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michael dunn was convicted on three counts of attempted second degree murder . mistrial declared on first degree murder charge; prosecutors say they'll seek a new trial . dunn faces at least 60 years in prison, possibly 15 more for another charge . 'we all believed that there was another way out, another option,' juror no 4 tells abc
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washington (cnn) ralph nader's presidential candidacy has received little media attention, but his latest critique of sen barack obama has come under fire for its seemingly racial overtones ralph nader is running for president as an independent speaking with colorado's rocky mountain news, nader accused obama of attempting to 'talk white' and appealing to 'white guilt' in his quest to win the white house 'there's only one thing different about barack obama when it comes to being a democratic presidential candidate he's half african american,' nader told the paper in comments published tuesday 'whether that will make any difference, i don't know i haven't heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead what's keeping him from doing that? is it because he wants to talk white? he doesn't want to appear like jesse jackson? we'll see all that play out in the next few months and if he gets elected afterwards,' nader added obama said wednesday in chicago, illinois, that nader was simply trying to 'get attention' 'what's clear is, ralph nader hasn't been paying attention to my speeches,' he said 'ralph nader's trying to get attention he's become a perennial political candidate i think it's a shame, because if you look at his legacy it's an extraordinary one at this point, he's somebody who's trying to get attention, whose campaign hasn't gotten any traction' watch panelists weigh in on nader's remarks » obama's presidential campaign earlier had called nader's comments disappointing, and his communication's director, robert gibbs, said tuesday that they were 'reprehensible and basically delusional' 'i don't think he's spent a lot of time looking at the record of barack obama,' gibbs said on msnbc nader is a longtime consumer advocate who was blamed by many democrats for al gore's loss in the 2000 presidential election; they said he claimed votes that would otherwise have gone to their candidate he said obama's top issue should be poverty in america, given his racial heritage watch nader describe whom the democrats should be 'going after' » 'i mean, first of all, the number one thing that a black american politician aspiring to the presidency should be is to candidly describe the plight of the poor, especially in the inner cities and the rural areas, and have a very detailed platform about how the poor is going to be defended by the law, is going to be protected by the law and is going to be liberated by the law,' he said 'haven't heard a thing' nader also said obama is making a concerted effort not to be 'another politically threatening african american politician' 'he wants to appeal to white guilt you appeal to white guilt not by coming on as black is beautiful, black is powerful basically, he's coming on as someone who is not going to threaten the white power structure, whether it's corporate or whether it's simply oligarchic and they love it whites just eat it up' nader formally entered the presidential race in the spring, expressing disappointment with both remaining democratic candidates at that time 'they are both enthralled to the corporate powers,' he said of both obama and sen hillary clinton 'they've completely ignored the presidential pattern of illegality and accountability; they've ignored the out of control waste fraud military expenditures; they hardly ever mention the diversion of hundreds of billions of dollars to corporate subsidies, handouts and giveaways; and they don't talk about a living wage' cnn political producer ed hornick contributed to this report
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(cnn) my every other month dinner and discussion group met the other night after a plentiful potluck meal, we got down to the topic designated for the evening: 'if you could solve any issue or problem in your lifetime, what would it be?' less than two weeks after the election, most of the issues raised were political, ranging from redistricting reform to civility in the political process when it was my turn, i offered up a different fare: ending childhood hunger in the united states (in truth, i'd like to see peace in the middle east, but thought i'd be reasonable) the government estimates that as many as 17 million children face 'food insecurity' (aka hunger) 'poverty does devastating things to children,' said andy mullins jr, co director of the mississippi teacher corps and associate professor of leadership and counselor education at the university of mississippi teachers will tell you that children who come to school hungry have more difficulty learning and if education is key to breaking out of poverty, these children are at a disadvantage around thanksgiving amid advertising images of tables laden with food you can expect the news media to focus attention on those for whom feeding themselves or their families is difficult in this economy one showing the barest hints of a recovery more and more people find themselves in this situation consider these examples from around the country: the community food pantry in merrill, wisconsin, has distributed 12 percent more food this year than last, according to denis mccarthy, pantry manager mary louise verkest, executive assistant for the hope pantry, said that as the group prepares for the winter it needs residents to come forward with food drives and donations 'we would not be able to provide the resources and support to the community without the community,' she said texas food banks distributed nearly 43 million pounds of food in the second quarter of 2010, 14 percent more than in the same period last year nearly 11 percent more texans lived in poverty last year than the year before, including more than one of every four under age 18 'if these numbers don't convey a sense of urgency, i don't know what will,' said jc dwyer, state policy director of the texas food bank network in libertyville, illinois, there are people who go to the township pantry on tuesdays and to the pantry at the st joseph's church formation center on mondays and thursdays 'it's very practical, because whatever food we give them won't last more than a few days,' said jim king at first presbyterian church, which operates a monthly pantry 'i think people are stretched,' social worker linda blatnik said 'their unemployment is running out more seniors aren't getting an increase in their social security' in gila county, arizona, 'just about everyone is out of money and out of food,' said su hubenthal, with the payson st vincent de paul food bank local food banks eked through last winter and an increase in poverty and families losing their health insurance has compounded the problems last year, demand at the food bank jumped by about 50 percent and it hasn't declined since, said hubenthal 'it just hasn't gone down' one in six people in the tampa bay area of florida received some form of emergency food assistance in 2009, up 27 percent from 2006 the 627 area nonprofits that provide food aid are feeling a strain 'it's been a real eye opener into how quickly we're losing ground,' said pat rogers, director of feeding america tampa bay, a food bank serving pantries and social service agencies in a survey conducted for the hormel foods corp by opinion research corp (which also is cnn's polling partner) more than one quarter of those responding said that in the past year they or someone they know had to choose between providing food for their family or paying their bills one in 10 said they personally went to bed hungry at least once in the past year 'it is disheartening to see most americans feel the hunger problem in the us will not be solved in the next 20 years,' jean kinsey, a professor emeritus of applied economics at the university of minnesota and director emeritus of the food industry center, said in a release accompanying the study that's not an encouraging outlook what can you do? volunteer at a local food bank or pantry personal involvement will help you understand the magnitude of the problem and you'll feel like you're doing your part to help donate money or food items individual contributions are as important as those from big charities and grocery chains and as you enjoy your thanksgiving meal, remember that not everyone will sit down to a table laden with food and give thanks for their good fortune the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of david schechter
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(cnn) manchester united returned to the top of english premier league with a 5 0 crushing of crisis club portsmouth on saturday, while liverpool kept their champions league bid on track with a 1 0 victory in the derby against everton united went one point clear of chelsea, who host third placed arsenal on sunday, and liverpool climbed into fourth despite having a man sent off sixth placed manchester city could have joined liverpool on 44 points but suffered a shock 2 1 defeat at hull city, who moved out of the relegation zone tottenham were unable to reclaim fourth place after being held 0 0 at home by fellow european hopefuls aston villa in the late match portsmouth's season went from bad to worse at old trafford to end a week that saw hong kong based businessman balram chainrai become the club's fourth owner in six months ahead of a winding up hearing due to tax debts next wednesday england striker wayne rooney put united ahead in the 40th minute with his 23rd league goal this season with a header from darren fletcher's cross, then nani's close range effort was deflected off anthony vanden borre, who was credited with an own goal, onto goalkeeper david james and into the net just before halftime it was 3 0 after 59 minutes as portsmouth's richard hughes deflected a shot by michael carrick past james, then united striker dimitar berbatov fired in a low effort three minutes later the visitors then conceded a third own goal in the 69th minute as mark wilson diverted patrice evra's cross into his own net to leave portsmouth six points adrift of second bottom wolverhampton wanderers, who play midlands rivals birmingham on sunday liverpool played for 55 minutes with 10 men against everton after greek defender sotirios kyrgiakos was sent off for a two footed tackle on marouane fellaini, but claimed a vital home victory thanks to dirk kuyt's 50th goal for the merseyside club the dutch striker headed home steven gerrard's corner from close range in the 55th minute, and everton struggled to break down their rivals' determined defense before also being reduced to 10 men when south africa midfielder steven pienaar received his second booking in time added on manchester city welcomed back england defender wayne bridge for his first outing in two months following injury and also since tabloid revelations which on friday saw chelsea's john terry stripped of the national captaincy due to an alleged affair he had with his ex teammate's former partner but it was hull, who drew 1 1 with chelsea on tuesday, who took the lead in the 31st minute when jozy altidore scored his first league goal the united states striker, whose relatives were affected by the haiti earthquake, curled in a fine shot after a layoff by fellow frontman jan vennegoor of hesselink, whose fellow dutchman george boateng made it 2 0 nine minutes after halftime with a 25 yard volley from half cleared corner roberto mancini's city pulled one back five minutes when emmanuel adebayor scored from close range after a corner by stephen ireland, but the visitors could not equalize despite bringing on new signing patrick vieira for his debut tottenham could not find a way past aston villa's veteran american goalkeeper brad friedel, who pulled off a string of fine saves the hosts appealed in vain for a late penalty when midweek hat trick hero jermain defoe was brought down by villa midfielder stiliyan petrov, then his strike partner peter crouch missed with a back heeled attempt from close range in time added on fulham consolidated 10th place with a 0 0 draw at bolton, who were left a point above the relegation zone after having a late header by captain kevin davies ruled out for a push on brede hangeland stoke leapfrogged blackburn into 11th place with a crushing 3 0 win over the visitors in manager tony pulis's 300th match in charge of the club goals from full back danny higginbotham and striker mamady sidibe made it 2 0 at halftime, then blackburn defender christopher samba was sent off for a second yellow card before matthew etherington wrapped up victory on 67 minutes the match was marred by the news that a man, reportedly a blackburn fan, was taken to hospital in a critical condition with a head injury after being found unconscious at the start of the second half police are investigating the matter sunderland remained 13th after coming from behind to draw 1 1 with wigan, who led through mohamed diame before kenywne jones headed home on 64 to give manager steve bruce a point against his former club sunderland, however, have not won in 11 games while wigan knocked out of the fa cup by fourth division notts county in midweek are just two points above the drop zone burnley moved out of the bottom three with a 2 1 win at home to fellow strugglers west ham to give manager brian laws his first victory since taking charge and the club's first in 13 league outings loan striker david nugent opened the scoring before debutant defender danny fox doubled the lead, while substitute ilan pulled one back for west ham late on after fellow new signing mido hit the post
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manchester united return to top of english premier league with 5 0 crushing of portsmouth . united go one point clear of chelsea, who host third placed arsenal on sunday . liverpool move into fourth place after beating everton 1 0 despite having man sent off . tottenham left in fifth place after drawing 0 0 at home to aston villa in late match
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(cnn) a big part of being president is making decisions, and one of the key decisions a would be president can make is who he or she marries cindy mccain has a master's degree in special education she is part owner of her father's business it's not like deciding whether to press the nuclear button, but first ladies in the united states can wield enormous influence in politics and in society they're not elected they're not paid there's no precise job description but whether it's an elegantly dressed jacqueline kennedy giving americans a tour of the white house, eleanor roosevelt speaking on civil rights or hillary clinton saying 'i suppose i could have stayed home and baked cookies,' first ladies are praised, criticized, adored and scorned but never ignored the two women poised for the job, 54 year old cindy mccain, wife of republican sen john mccain, and 44 year old michelle obama, wife of democratic sen barack obama, come from strikingly different backgrounds watch the different styles of potential first ladies » mccain is the only child of a wealthy arizona businessman, james hensley, founder of hensley & co, a major distributor of budweiser beer her stake in the business is estimated to be at least $100 million she refused to release her full tax returns, saying 'i am not the candidate,' but later provided summary pages of her 2006 taxes without details cindy mccain has a master's degree in special education she met john mccain in 1979 when he was the us navy's liaison to the senate he was 18 years older than she he divorced his wife and married cindy in 1980 the mccains have four children, including a daughter adopted from an orphanage in bangladesh a tall, striking blonde with blue eyes, cindy mccain has had health issues including a near fatal stroke in 2004 and a battle with prescription drugs that she says is behind her in an interview with cnn, mccain said her priority in life is charity 'i've been internationally involved in many, many things,' she said 'land mine removal, children's health care, poverty around the world and i will continue that' on the campaign trail, always dressed impeccably, she stays 'on message' but did take a swipe at michelle obama after her statement, 'for the first time in my adult lifetime, i'm really proud of my country' 'i don't know about you,' mccain said in february, 'i'm very proud of my country' michelle obama has a blunt style and a wry, quirky sense of humor that goes over well with supporters she doesn't mince words in an interview with cnn, she said, 'i think race is always still, in this country, it's always on the table' michelle obama was raised in a working class family in chicago, illinois, but educated at some of america's elite universities: princeton and harvard law school she was hired by a top flight law firm in chicago and met barack obama when she was assigned to mentor him they married in 1992 and have two young daughters michelle obama cuts an impressive figure tall, slim and dressed in jackie kennedy like sheath dresses if her husband is elected, she will make history as the first african american first lady she has given insights into her husband's domestic behavior: he doesn't pick up his socks cindy mccain praises her husband as a fighter who won't give up will we learn more of substance? their husbands offer starkly different views of what they would do in office and americans often look to their first ladies as a window into the thinking of the president we're all ears
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dongshigu village, china (cnn) the memories are still raw for 78 year old wang jinxiang in her own home, guards put her through the daily humiliation of body searches this is where guards repeatedly beat her youngest son, prominent blind human rights advocate chen guangcheng, and his wife wang's eyes well with tears when she described how officials refused to let her say goodbye to a different dying son for more than 18 months, wang was largely confined to house arrest along with her son unlike chen, she was still allowed to go out to buy groceries from time to time, accompanied by several guards 'the guards moved in, eating here, sleeping there and two usually sat right outside guangcheng's bedroom day and night,' said wang, pointing to different areas in her courtyard her chronic arthritis worsened during her son's captivity the dozens of burly plainclothes guards who blocked all entrances to this small village, turning away often violently would be visitors including cnn crews on three different occasions, are now gone they have left the farmer's house tucked away in the rural shandong province all that remains are the clucking chickens roaming free in wang's courtyard the lone reminder of that period seems to be a surveillance camera watching over a footpath where chen's arguably most famous supporter 'batman' star christian bale was roughed up and chased out last december her youngest son, the blind activist, is now thousands of miles away in new york his arrival in the united states on may 19 along with his wife and children brought an end to a diplomatic firestorm between beijing and washington that erupted after he fled from house arrest in late april and hid inside the us embassy in china's capital for a week 'they spent millions of dollars to keep me away from public view, but i still end up talking to you today,' chen, who turned 41 on monday , told cnn via skype 'they should realize the effect of suppression and persecution won't last' in 2006, the self taught legal activist was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for 'damaging property and organizing a mob to disturb traffic' his supporters have maintained that the charges were trumped up by local officials the same group that chen said was responsible for the grotesque abuses he and his family suffered after his release to punish his legal advocacy chen has fought for victims of what he called abusive practices of the country's draconian family planning policy, including forced abortions and sterilizations like him, a new breed of grassroots activists for a myriad of causes united by their goal for a freer and more just society is making its mark in china, posing a rising threat to the communist government obsessed with control and stability hu jia is an old friend of chen and among the first people he met after fleeing to beijing a champion of democracy and political freedom, hu, 39, was arrested and sentenced to three and a half years in prison on subversion charges before the beijing olympics in 2008 now technically a free man, hu says his continued effort in exposing corruption and injustice after release from prison has led to constant harassment from the authorities, including frequent house arrest in his apartment complex in eastern beijing ironically named freetown 'they try to destroy your dignity, your freedom, everything except your life and i think the root of such tyranny actually reveals their own insecurity,' hu told cnn in a recent interview, before officials forced him to leave town to ensure a trouble free 18th communist party national congress where a once in a decade leadership transition will take place at its conclusion 'i've always told the authorities, we're playing the game of cat and mouse but i am the cat,' he added inspired by the likes of hu and chen, analysts see a trend of more people in the younger generation armed with legal knowledge and internet skills joining the ranks of human rights activists at a time when mass discontent over problems like a widening income gap and rampant official corruption simmer beneath the surface former english teacher he peirong known by her online name pearl was so touched by chen's story that she became involved in the plan to rescue him from his village to beijing police in her hometown of nanjing detained her for a week after chen's escape in april, but she says she feels no regrets 'as we become more educated and better off, i think our political conscience will become stronger, as more people wake up to stand up for their rights,' she said, adding that police had warned her not to go to beijing during the party congress as the west relies more on china economically during a global slump, observers say the issue of human rights has taken a backseat in its interaction with the chinese leadership, noting that it was barely mentioned during the recent us presidential election campaign 'this is compensated greatly by the fact that beijing is more worried than ever about the domestic human rights movement, about the fact that its citizenry is increasingly framing their demands through legal rights and human rights language,' said nicholas bequelin, a hong kong based senior asia researcher for human rights watch 'the party sees the stakes as getting higher and higher, and therefore we are seeing an increase in unlawful tactics and means of suppression of dissent' chen and his family say they have borne the brunt of such tactics, and relatives left behind continue to face official retribution after the activist's escape his oldest brother, chen guangfu, hasn't seen his son for half a year authorities arrested the younger chen for attempted murder in late april and told his family that no one except police officers was allowed to see him during the investigation the chens have maintained that the activist's nephew injured a few officials with a kitchen knife in self defense when they broke into his house in the middle of the night and attacked his family after his uncle ran away an official with the local police department, who declined to give his name, told cnn that the younger chen's case is now 'in the judicial process' and would not comment further repeated phone calls to the local prosecutor's office went unanswered 'my family is ruined, but i don't regret helping guangcheng and we have done nothing illegal,' chen guangfu said 'he helped those in need with his knowledge and skill and at least we can answer to our conscience' with vice president xi jinping expected to be appointed the new communist party chief thursday, pearl says she feels more optimistic about the country's future direction while hu emphasizes he has lost all hope on the current regime chen, citing chinese history, views the leadership change as almost irrelevant when it comes to the inevitable fall of tyranny and move toward a constitutional democracy while activists seem divided on whether a new generation of leaders will improve china's human rights record, chen guangcheng's elderly mother says she has a more basic worry: will her youngest son ever be allowed back home to live freely and safely?
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(cnn) spain's small businesses are being warned they must 'export or die' as the country remains mired in recession spain the eurozone's fourth largest economy is suffering as the bloc's financial crisis drags into its fourth year now, small businesses are looking to overseas markets in an effort to kick start growth their efforts are showing up in official statistics: eurostat calculates exports will rise 41% this year, after a 21% increase in 2012 eurostar boss: 'state of the art' fleet set to grow european rail market antonio barroso, senior vice president at teneo intelligence, told cnn spain's small and medium sized businesses, known as smes, are being forced to look outward as domestic demand drops 'i think exports are crucial for the spanish recovery,' barroso said '[smes] can potentially become one of the main engines of the spanish economy' read more: royal delft: the netherland's true blue pottery makers antonio roldan, a european analyst at eurasia group, told cnn small businesses have no choice but to 'export or die' the country's exports are outpacing countries including germany, roldan noted, adding the country's lower labor costs have helped boost the industry the port of barcelona, in north east spain, is one spot where the export drive can be seen the port is the country's third largest container dock, behind valencia and algeciras, and handles imports and exports for nearly 3000 companies, representing a combined turnover of 300 billion euros [$393 billion] read more: model trains and planes motor their way back home roldan said the port, through which a fifth of all spanish external trade is channeled, has become a vital artery for the economy the port employs over 13,000 people and claims on its website that for every two jobs it creates, three additional jobs are generated in the economy as a whole 'together with el prat airport [the transport hubs] make the largest trade pole in the south of europe, roldan said '[the port's] economic relevance has been increasing since the crisis started' however, the smes remain only a small part of spain's economy, barrosso noted 'they are not enough: despite the significant increase in exports, they still only account for 33% of the spanish gdp'
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(cnn) a judge refused monday to reduce the bail for a ride operator who has been charged with three felony counts of assault after five people were hurt on a ride at the north carolina state fair an attorney for timothy dwayne tutterrow asked a wake county judge to reduce the bail set at $225,000 arguing his client was no flight risk judge keith gregory declined the motion, but said the issue could be discussed at a later date and scheduled tutterow's second court appearance for november 18 tutterow, a 46 year old from quitman, georgia, faces three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury tutterow's lawyer, roger smith jr, said his client is devastated by what happened 'tim would never intentionally harm anyone,' he said 'he's a good man he has a good heart' wake county sheriff donnie harrison said saturday investigators determined that the vortex ride had been tampered with and 'critical safety devices were compromised' witnesses said the ride had stopped thursday night and people were getting off when it restarted, resulting in five injuries cnn affiliate wral reported that three of those hurt were still hospitalized at wakemed hospital in raleigh as of sunday the two victims have been released a ride attendant not tutterrow was among the injured, though it wasn't clear whether he was among those still in the hospital this weekend the victims included family members between the ages of 14 and 39 according to the sheriff's office, tutterrow is an independent ride contractor for a company that only had one ride at the fair: the vortex wake county district attorney colon wiloughby said monday the investigation is ongoing and that it was unknown at this point if and when anyone else would be facing charges dolores quesenberry a spokeswoman for the state's department of labor, said operators are supposed to perform system checks three times a day during the fair and record the results in a logbook provided by the state
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bail was kept at $225,000 while next court date was set for november 18 . timothy dwayne tutterrow is charged with assault with a deadly weapon . tutterow is from georgia but attorney argued he wasn't a flight risk . five people were hurt in the incident
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(cnn) a string of car bombings in predominantly shiite neighborhoods across baghdad on monday killed 37 people and wounded 155, adding to rising concern about sectarian violence across iraq according to police officials, 11 bombs exploded in busy areas of the city and its suburban districts, including three bombings in the predominantly shiite al shaab suburb after several years of relative stability in iraq, violence has been on the upswing of late more than 5,000 civiilans have died and 12,000 have been wounded in terrorist attacks and other violence in iraq in 2013, the united nations mission in iraq reported this month the region around baghdad has been the hardest hit, the agency said the violence suggests that 'iraq may be moving back to a level of civil conflict that will amount to a serious civil war,' the center for strategic and international studies warned in a recent report 'there is also substantial reporting to show that iraq's violence is not simply the product of extremists and terrorist groups,' authors anthony cordesman and sam khazai said in the september 9 report 'iraq's growing violence is also the result of the fact that iraq is the scene of an ongoing struggle to establish a new national identity: one that can bridge across the deep sectarian divisions between its shi'ites and sunnis as well as the ethnic divisions between its arabs and its kurds and other minorities,' they wrote last week, the office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees said it was increasingly concerned that recent sectarian violence threatens to set off a new refugee crisis within the country about 5,000 people have been forced to flee the recent violence around baghdad, heading largely for anbar and salah al din governates, the agency siad the country is still struggling to deal with more than 13 million people who fled from one part of iraq to another to escape earlier sectarian violence, the un agency said funeral car bombings kill 53, wound dozens in eastern baghdad cnn's john defterios and journalist aqeel najam contributed to this report
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(cnn) 'number nine number nine number nine' 'the beatles: rock band,' to be released wednesday, lets players strum along with classics the repetitive refrain from one of the beatles' most mind bending journeys into psychedelia 'revolution 9,' the audio pastiche from 'the white album' is now serving as the backbeat of a big day for the biggest band in rock 'n' roll history on wednesday 9/9/09 remastered versions of the beatles catalogue will be released, giving listeners what the remaining members of 'the fab four' say is the closest reproduction ever of how their music sounded in the studio the same day, the video game 'the beatles: rock band' is set to be released by harmonix modeled after the already popular 'rock band' game, and closely supervised by the beatles and their estates, the game lets players sing and strum along on a huge list of beatles classics over scenes ranging from liverpool's cavern club to their final performance on a london rooftop and on top of that, there's rampant speculation that a planned 'music themed' announcement by apple inc, also scheduled on 9/9/09, could involve the supergroup the beatles are one of a handful of groups whose music has never been approved for sale by apple's itunes, and the timing of the announcement has fueled speculation that could finally change or even that specialized beatles ipods, like the ones sold in 2004 loaded with u2's music, could be in the works it's a remarkable amount of buzz for a band whose roots stretch back nearly five decades and it's a clear sign, observers say, that through time and a multitude of cultural shifts, the group's hold on the public's imagination has endured 'people are still looking at picasso people are still looking at artists who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original,' said robert greenfield, a former associate editor at rolling stone magazine who has written about the band 'in the form that they worked in, in the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive than the beatles were' research shows that more than 40 years after their last public performance, paul mccartney, john lennon, george harrison and ringo starr's music remains as interesting to young people now as it ever was a pew research survey released last month showed that 81 percent of respondents between ages 16 29 said they liked the beatles eleven percent said they dislike the band and only 4 percent said they have never heard of them by comparison, current rockers coldplay received 39 percent positive responses, with 45 percent saying they'd never heard of them forty two percent said they like hip hop star kanye west 'to put this in perspective: try imagining young adults back in the 1960s putting the big jazz bands of the roaring '20s at the top of their list of favorites,' the survey reads 'not very likely' walter everett, professor and chairman of music theory at the university of michigan, said his students know the beatles catalogue as well today as they would have 30 years ago he said the cultural phenomenon that was the beatles the frenzy inducing early concerts, the furor when john lennon said the group was 'more popular than jesus,' the pre internet obsession over 'paul is dead' rumors made them something more than just another rock group 'they were just idolized,' said everett, who has written several books on the band 'it was a musical revolution, but [also] the hair, the clothing, their attitude about the establishment, their support of everybody, young and old alike, to try to understand each other at a very difficult time 'some of that message endures' but at the heart of the phenomenon, experts agree, is the music from the charming, school boy bop of 'i want to hold your hand' to the blistering assault of 'helter skelter,' the songs, they say, were just that good 'the point is how great the music is,' greenfield said 'it isn't about the fact that the beatles were willing to practice and get better at what they did it was the fact that that band contained at least two and a half geniuses [lennon, mccartney and, at times, harrison]' wednesday's announcements and, in apple's case, possible announcement show that the minders of the beatles legacy are keeping up with how today's music consumers behave, said bruce burch, director of the university of georgia's music business program 'a lot of bands and artists have been slow to embrace the fact that technology is driving the industry,' burch said 'their music is not going away and this is a step for them for their music to come into the 21st century' emi, which will be releasing the remastered recordings, has been famously protective of the beatles brand and music digital reproductions like mp3s have lower sound quality than albums or compact discs one of the reasons they've been slow to embrace itunes but if an announcement on that front is coming, burch said, it would signal an acknowledgement that such quality control concerns may be obsolete for the majority of the music buying public 'it's just a different audience out there,' he said 'they're used to listening on ear buds the sound quality, in some cases, maybe isn't' as important to them' everett said that, even with all of the news expected wednesday, the beatles music will no doubt remain popular for decades to come meaning more new wrinkles are almost certain 'there's still more that can be done,' he said 'who knows where technology may be in another 10 years? we may have holographic images' and regardless of how it's delivered, no one's expecting another band to ever eclipse the four lads from liverpool who would go on to shape popular culture the world over 'there will probably be another artist that comes along and captures the imagination,' burch said 'but it will never be like the beatles'
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(cnn) irony is a part of life, the clichã© goes and right now, president barack obama is living the part, in a big way: he's the civil libertarian defending an activist drone program he's the liberal with a spy agency caught eavesdropping on the private conversations of friendly leaders and he's the high tech health care reformer whose website got stuck at go and so the ultimate irony may be this a president who extols the virtues of government has now been sucked into the big government vortex, experiencing (up close and personal, as they say) what it feels like to lose control to the bureaucrats the ones who are afraid to deliver bad news, not to mention those who don't deliver the news at all (as in, 'the website crashed') and the surveillance chiefs who, um, didn't initially volunteer that they're spying on the private phone lines of america's best friends maybe the president needs to figure out some new communications tools to make himself clear (as in, 'angela merkel's cell is not just another data point') obama, we're told, is frustrated and angered by the pathetic rollout of his signature legislative achievement he's also clearly re examining how the national security agency decides to target friendly leaders, what we get from it and why we need it at all a couple of ex intelligence officials tell me they're not shocked gambling was going on in casablanca ('our job is to know things,' says one) whether the president should have known about the monitoring of these specific heads of state is another matter entirely and best left to intelligence aficionados i've asked and gotten answers on both sides of the argument but here are the larger questions that play into both the website fiasco and the nsa issues: how can a president take control of his own government? how can he make sure he knows what he needs to know? and as the pro government cheerleader, doesn't he have a special responsibility to make sure it delivers, especially when his legacy hangs in the balance? the problem is it's never easy to untangle a bureaucratic mess 'so you're the president, you're angry and you want to know how all of this happened,' says a former senior administration official 'and the truth is, even you may not be able to figure it out you just won't have enough time left in office' stunning as that sounds, it's probably accurate presidents are often isolated, and always the first among equals so it seems to me that especially in the white house one of the principal jobs of an executive is to understand the incentive subordinates have to conceal information selectively people may report facts and then spin them bad news is not a good thing to deliver to presidents some are protective of the office and the president; giving the president plausible deniability of any problem is often the easiest and safest route or, as one former white house hand told me, 'people just don't want to upset the boss, or get him blamed for anything' all of which a president should know going into the oval office if the reason the president did not know about the epic website issues is because the problems were hidden from the ground up, how about this solution: establish an atmosphere, at all levels, in which truth telling is rewarded, not punished if obama was surprised at the rollout of the affordable care act, then on some level he failed one of the principal tests: get the truth out of people, even if they know you are not going to like it yes, this is government and humans are humans but obamacare has been the signature legislative achievement of this presidency everyone knew how complex this would be to get going, at every level so here's a question: why wasn't the a team led out of the white house, with a daily update to the president? obama the campaigner was incomparably good at establishing metrics and using information technology to assess the extent to which those metrics were being hit what happened here? what seems to have happened was what often happens: the work got delegated to the bureaucrats somewhere else hhs? cms? and, as a result, it got bogged down, delayed and muddled mistakes went either hidden or unrecognized if folks down the food chain knew, they were keeping it from their bosses after all, no reward in telling the truth the big question now is whether these problems are evidence of a huge management failure 'one of the things you find after working in government is that, under tremendous pressure, organizations that are supposed to produce accurate information, often don't,' says a former senior administration official (think benghazi) 'and you can only rely on what people are telling you' or not telling you, as in the case of merkel's cell phone if the president and senior officials were not told about the wide range of the program, who thought that secrecy was a good idea? does a president have to play a game of twenty questions with his own people to figure things out? or, conversely, as some intelligence officials claim, if the president did know something some giblet why not more? it's not as if obama is a passive examiner of intelligence; quite the contrary so what gives here? consider this: you're president obama you believe in the affirmative use of government you're trying to govern a country that has lost confidence in the ability of that government to execute anything and now you discover the website of your prized legislative achievement is a disaster and the spies were tapping a good ally's cell phone, for no immediately obvious reason the final irony may be this: four out of five americans have little or no trust in their government to do anything right and now obama probably feels the same way the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of gloria borger
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gloria borger says president barack obama has been a believer in high tech government . she says the obamacare website woes and nsa spy practices have to shake his faith . borger: shouldn't white house have taken control of the signature health care initiative?. president may now be among 80% of americans with little faith in government, she says
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(cnn) from the air, the namibian desert looks like it has a bad case of chicken pox spread across 1,100 miles of a narrow strip sit a smattering of barren polka dots, otherwise known as fairy circles these sizable craters measure 10 to 65 feet in diameter, and represent one of nature's greatest mysteries over the decades, a number of theories, from alien invasion to poisonous gasses have been put forth to explain the phenomenon last year, a study published in the journal science made headlines by claiming sand termites were the culprit none of these, however, have been fully proven 'the point is, fairy circles are still a mystery there's been lots of work done in the field and in labs, but none could solve the issue,' says stephan getzin, a scientist from the helmholtz centre for environmental research in leipzig, germany nature on repeat getzin, along with a team of israeli experts, recently put forth a theory of their own using aerial photography, they were able to study the spatial patterns of the fairy circles the consistency and breadth of their distribution put him in mind of other landscapes whose vegetation, from a distance, also resembles a textile designer's sketchpad 'if you go to wikipedia and type in 'tiger bush', you'll find aerial images of a county in niger where the vegetation forms in striped patterns in australia, you have [areas with grass circles known as] spinifex grass,' he notes 'a few days ago, a professor in california sent me an example of ring like patterns formed in the mojave desert' getzin hypothesizes namibia's fairy circles are formed through a similar phenomenon: self organization basically, in arid climates, where water is scarce and soil nutrient poor, plants face stiffer competition for resources as a result, they 'organize' themselves at a distance to maximize what limited resources are available ultimately forming strongly ordered patterns on the landscape debunking the termite the self organization theory comes about a year after biology professor norbert juergens argued in a paper published in science that fairy circles were the work of a species of sand termite, psammotermes allocerus juergens' argument went that they created an underground oasis for themselves by eating the grass roots and killing them, thereby causing a subterranean water trap (without vegetation, water doesn't evaporate and remains underground) getzin finds the explanation unlikely 'i don't want to overstate things,' he says 'but there is not a single study showing that social insects can cause such large scale homogenous distribution patterns, as revealed by our study,' adds getzin 'whereas all insect studies showed large scale clumping of nest locations, self organization in itself can cause homogenous spacing at those scales and even beyond to several kilometers' juergens based his findings on the fact that p allocerus were the only insect species found consistently across the full stretch of desert where the circles are present, and were especially abundant around the circles though a tempting explanation, some experts remain unconvinced 'there is a high correlation between fairy circles and these termites, and therefore juergens claimed that they're the cause but it's just a correlation, and one of the most fundamental mistakes a scientist can make is to confuse correlation with causation,' says walter tschinkel, a biology professor at florida state university who specializes in both social insect behavior and fairy circles 'the termite theory is very appealing to people, because it's relatively easy to understand, whereas self organization requires some knowledge or intuition for how plants work,' he adds more from inside africa
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(cnn) with their nation still absorbing the shock of sachin tendulkar's retirement, the next generation of indian stars showed their ability with a stunning run chase to beat australia in a one day international wednesday chasing an imposing 360 to win in jaipur, india went past the target for the loss of just one wicket and with six overs to spare it was the second highest score to win a 50 overs international, only beaten by the astonishing 436 runs by a south african side in johannesburg in 2006, with australia again the unfortunate opposition openers rohit sharma (141 not out) and shikhar dhawan (95) put india on their way before the more experienced virat kohli completed the task with a brutal innings kohli smashed 100 not out off just 52 balls, including seven sixes and eight fours it was the fastest century by an indian in one day internationals and the seventh quickest off all time india's score of 362 was the highest ever in this form of the game for the loss of just one wicket and it enabled them to level the series at 1 1 australia had looked strong favorites to take a 2 0 lead after amassing a formidable score on a superb batting wicket each of their top five batsmen scored a half century, with captain george bailey top scoring on 92 not out but the visiting bowling attack was powerless to prevent india racing to victory, with sharma at first leading the way india are the current world champions in 50 overs cricket, helped to victory on home soil in 2011 by national hero tendulkar he quit the shorter form of the game last year and announced his retirement from all cricket last week tendulkar will play his final test match on his home ground in mumbai next month against the west indies, completing 200 appearances at this level
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(cnn) the florida judge presiding over george zimmerman's murder trial ruled monday that jurors will be allowed to hear about marijuana found in trayvon martin's system the night he was fatally shot prosecutors argued the amount was so minimal that 'we just don't know' what effect it had on martin they also accused the defense of trying to 'backdoor some very negative character evidence' into the trial but the defense said the amount found in martin's system would have affected his judgment that night and is therefore relevant to the case judge debra nelson ruled she would allow the testimony about martin's toxicology results in front of the jury and told the prosecutors they would be able to cross examine the defense's witness and present rebuttal witnesses of their own zimmerman is charged with second degree murder for killing 17 year old martin in sanford, florida, on february 26, 2012 zimmerman told police he was pursuing the teenager because there had been a rash of crime in the area a confrontation ensued, and zimmerman said he was forced to kill martin protests were held around the country, calling for zimmerman's arrest in martin's death zimmerman was eventually charged with second degree murder in april 2012 the case has reinvigorated national conversations about race, racial profiling and self defense laws trayvon martin's father, tracy, took the stand on monday to describe what he heard in the background of a 911 call made by one of zimmerman's neighbor 'basically what i was listening to, i was listening to my son's last cry for help i was listening to his life being taken and i was trying to come to grips with that that trayvon was here no more it was just tough,' said martin earlier in the day, the defense called the former lead investigator from the sanford police department, chris serino, who said martin told him 'no,' under his breath, when asked if the voice belonged to his son another investigator, doris singleton, also said there was no doubt martin told them it wasn't his son screaming for help on that 911 call 'he was very upset, he was very sad, he hung his head, he cried,' said singleton 'i was choked up myself i had to stand back i could feel how he must feel because i have children i was choked up by it i felt horrible for him' but martin testified that he never said it wasn't his son he said that he pushed his chair away from the desk where he was listening to the call and told investigators he 'couldn't tell' the man who trained george zimmerman how to fight also testified on monday that the former neighborhood watch captain didn't know how to throw a punch after training for almost a year 'he was and i don't really like to use this terminology soft, just physically soft he was an overweight, large man and a very pleasant, nice man but physically soft,' said adam pollack zimmerman started taking grappling classes where pollack said trainers teach choke holds, arm locks and leg locks to students 'basically make the person say, 'uncle,'' according to pollack after his school schedule changed, zimmerman moved on to boxing training, where he didn't advance beyond learning how to jab, according to pollack when asked what level zimmerman was at right before the shooting, pollack said, 'he's still learning how to punch he didn't really know how to effectively punch' 'did he ever get to the point where he could box somebody else?' asked defense attorney mark o'mara 'absolutely not,' said pollack at one point during his testimony, pollack stepped down from the witness stand to mount defense attorney o'mara, who lay on the ground o'mara wanted pollack to show what the technique 'ground and pound' looks like a witness who saw the fight between zimmerman and martin testified earlier in the trial that it looked like a 'ground and pound' and that zimmerman was on the bottom pollack showed how the person on top usually has the advantage in this position, which is associated with mixed martial arts fighting pollack demonstrated how his knees would be placed above the person's waist and explained how gravity helps the person on top punch the person on the bottom in a continued effort to show zimmerman was not the aggressor in the altercation, the defense also called a slew of his friends on monday to identify the voice heard screaming in the background of the 911 call made by a neighbor john donnelly, a former vietnam war combat medic, grew emotional on the stand in the george zimmerman trial monday as he explained why he thought the screams for help heard on a 911 call made the night trayvon martin died were made by his friend, zimmerman donnelly was just one of a group of defense witnesses who testified on the trial's 10th day about the controversial 911 call, which has become a key point of contention in the case choking back tears, donnelly explained that the reason he could identify the screams is because of his experience with the fog of war during combat, donnelly had to recognize the screams of his fellow soldiers and run to them when they needed help he said he has heard a 250 pound man scream like a little girl 'in the midst of combat, there are a lot people yelling and screaming,' said donnelly 'sometimes they are screaming for help' donnelly told the court that he views zimmerman as a 'son,' but his close relationship with zimmerman would not affect his testimony donnelly donated almost $3,000 to zimmerman's defense fund and spent $1,700 on suits for zimmerman to wear during the trial donnelly's testimony monday was preceded by that of four of zimmerman's other friends, who all said that they also recognized the screams on the 911 call as zimmerman's voice during cross examination, prosecutors focused on potential bias due to their close relationships with the defendant on the part of the witnesses the defense team told nelson that it expects to introduce martin's toxicology reports sometime on tuesday testimony is expected to resume at 9 am et
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new: judge allows presentation of trayvon martin's toxicology test that shows thc was in his system . new: martin's father, tracy, testifies about hearing 911 call, says he couldn't tell who it was screaming . several defense witnesses testify it was george zimmerman calling for help . zimmerman is charged with second degree murder for killing 17 year old martin
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(cnn) pea soup that crucifix those stairs 'the exorcist' was released 40 years ago to great fanfare 'this film, when it came out, lived at the very center of popular culture,' film critic and author richard crouse told cnn 'it was the only thing that people talked about the speed of popular culture wasn't as fast as it is now even a big hit like 'gravity,' people are excited for a week, excited for two weeks, and then it fades away until awards season comes around but it wasn't like that in 1973 this movie, for a year, really inked out all available entertainment space' crouse, author of the book 'raising hell,' recalled 'stories about people throwing up at screenings someone sued warner bros because they were so overwhelmed by the movie they passed out, hit their head on the seat in front of them and broke their jaw and warner bros settled with them someone attacked the screen in san francisco because they thought there were evil spirits inside the screen those stories played themselves out over months and months and months and turned the movie into something we're still talking about 40 years later' based on william peter blatty's 1971 novel of the same name, 'the exorcist' was nominated for 10 academy awards and won oscars for best sound mixing and best adapted screenplay it remains one of the highest grossing films of all time, and is also the first horror film to be nominated for best picture director william friedkin (nominated for a best director academy award), however, never approached the project as a horror film he saw 'the exorcist' as a story about the mystery of faith set in georgetown, washington, dc, 'the exorcist' tells the story of 12 year old regan macneil (linda blair, who received a best supporting actress oscar nomination), whose disturbing behavior prompts her mother, chris macneil (ellen burstyn, nominated for best actress), to seek an exorcism after medical doctors are unable to help her daughter the story is loosely based on real events the book and the movie open during an archaeological dig in iraq friedkin recalled shooting in mosul 'it was very rare to be given permission to film in iraq,' said the director, 'let along to film on an archaeological dig iraq, at that time, was not run by saddam hussein, but it was governed by the ba'athist party, which is saddam hussein's party they allowed us to come over here and film on the condition that i would use iraqi people on the crew and train them in film techniques; and, strangely, that we would show them how to make film blood' the iraq sequence introduces the exorcist himself, father lankester merrin (max von sydow), who is also an archaeologist the jesuit priest comes to the realization that he will again fight a demon he has battled in the past friedkin recalled shooting in the northern iraq desert 'it would often be 130 degrees by 10:30 in the morning,' he said in a commentary on the film's blu ray, 'and we'd have to stop shooting and then go into our tents until 7:00 at night when we then had four more hours of daylight in which we could film' chris, a hollywood actress filming a movie in dc, approaches georgetown university psychiatrist father damien karras (jason miller, who received a best supporting actor oscar nomination), a jesuit who feels he's lost his faith he is riddled with guilt over not having been able to better care for his mother who died poor, scared and alone karras, initially skeptical, agrees to conduct the exorcism father merrin is summoned to help and the two work together to exorcise the demon pazuzu out of regan the scenes that made audiences the queasiest didn't involve green vomit people were reportedly sickened during the scenes that involved regan undergoing medical testing in real time namely, the arteriogram that scene was filmed at new york university medical center with a real radiologist and his assistant as they went through the step by step process of the invasive procedure some people in the audience fainted seeing the needle go in as the dye was injected and blood spurted the now famous spider walk scene, in which regan descends the stairs in the georgetown home, initially couldn't be used in the film in 1973 because wires were visible cgi was used to add the scene for a 2000 theatrical re release, which included a few other scenes totaling 12 minutes the film's other special effects, including the shaking bed and other moving furniture, were rather do it yourself for example, regan's bedroom set was refrigerated air conditioners wouldn't work because they take moisture out, and the point was to visually capture the actors' breath on film von sydow was only 44 when he played father merrin, so makeup artist dick smith (who also created marlon brando's look in 'the godfather') transformed the actor into the elderly jesuit who appears onscreen he also did blair's makeup, transforming her from cherubic to demonic during the shocking scene in which regan masturbates with a crucifix, a box containing a sponge with karo syrup and red food coloring was placed between blair's legs the child actress didn't comprehend the meaning of the scene until years later a mechanical dummy was used for the scenes in which the possessed regan spun her head 360 degrees the fake vomit was actually a mix of pea soup and oatmeal linda blair wore contact lenses in a variety of colors and sizes during her character's various stages of possession, including an all white pair for when her eyes rolled back into her head when the priests chanted that famous line 'the power of christ compels you!' blair's body had to be lifted mechanically the background was lit with shadows that helped mask the wires, which were painted as a dotted line to break up the color so they blended in armed with a crucifix, holy water, faith (which was slowly beginning to return to karras), and acting in the name of god, the two priests summon the power of jesus christ to drive out pazuzu weakened by guilt and the demon's hold over his psyche, karras takes a break upon returning to regan's bedroom, he sees that merrin has died enraged, he begs the demon to take him instead of the child the demon obliges karras throws himself out of regan's bedroom window, falls down a steep stairway, and is given last rites by father dyer (who was played by a real priest, father william o'malley), before dying the infamous flight of stairs leading down to m street nw in georgetown consists of 97 stone steps during filming, the special effects team lined each and every step with a half inch of rubber the stuntman filling in for father karras dove down them twice to this day, 'the exorcist' resonates with audiences 'i think 'the exorcist' holds up well because it is, first and foremost, a well crafted film, cannily designed to be upsetting,' michael calia, a professor of film at quinnipiac university, told cnn 'but clearly the narrative has a psychological depth and complexity that shakes us up on a number of levels' it's not just about a demon inhabiting a little girl, but 'it's also about the vulnerability of those around her and how badly they are damaged by their having to deal with the possession,' explained calia, who pointed out that father merrin best summed up the demon's modus operandi when the priest stated that 'the demon's target is not the possessed; it is us the observers every person in this house' 'the story can shake our understanding of the world and ourselves,' calia continued, 'and that's where the film functions on a level beyond mere entertainment' while the film contains unforgettable images and great scares, crouse said, 'what i think drew people to this movie is it takes you on such a journey where, in the end, good wins out' the takeaway is that good and evil battle one another out, within everyone, every day 'everyone who sees 'the exorcist' takes from it what they bring to it,' said friedkin 'if you believe in the mystery of faith, in the power of goodness over evil; that is what you will take from the film'
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'the exorcist' is about the demonic possession of a girl and the priests who save her . some of the film's scenes are considered just as shocking today as they were in 1973 . many people consider 'the exorcist' to be the scariest movie of all time . director william friedkin, however, did not treat it as a horror film
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new york (cnn) as several thousand muslim men and boys lay in mass graves in srebrenica, bosnia, a young boy maybe 12 wearing camouflage and clutching a kalashnikov received a hug from a grieving mother 'i wish i trained my son,' the woman said abu hamza al masri broke down in the tears on the stand thursday as he recounted the moment, which was pivotal for the radical cleric he left bosnia with the belief that training in physical jihad, even for children, is crucial to the defense of muslims when governments and outside forces fail to keep them safe he's seen it from afghanistan to chechnya, he said: 'the west will not do the job' the egyptian born cleric pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of terrorism related charges in 2012 he was extradited to the united states after a lengthy legal battle the charges against him involve giving aid to terrorist groups, including supporting efforts to establish an islamic jihad training camp in rural oregon; sending a young recruit from london to fight alongside al qaeda on the front lines in afghanistan; and helping kidnappers in yemen with the 1998 abduction of a tour group al masri, who may be the only defense witness, testified he came to london as a young man because loved the western lifestyle, wanted to make money and have fun 'american style,' he smiled he worked as a bouncer and strip club manager before bits of islamic teachings from friends began to penetrate his mind, he testified the hypocrisy of his lifestyle hit him like a slap in the face al masri would go on to become the high profile imam of a london mosque and allegedly inspired several notorious terrorists with his sermons, including failed shoe bomber richard reid and 9/11 hijacker mohammed atta he denied on the stand that he ever provided support to al qaeda or the taliban government he noted that he hasn't spoken before a crowd since his 2004 arrest and that a decade in solitary confinement has eroded his memory and grasp of language the trial has been reinvigorating, said al masri, and the preacher drew laughter from in the courtroom wednesday afternoon as he used examples of marital spats to illustrate the practical application of islamic truth the government's three week case against al masri was an effort to connect the dots between the defendant and events thousands of miles away from him, through key witnesses who often had never met him, and are testifying as government informants in exchange for leniency or protection 'he was a trainer, a terrorist, and he used the cover of religion so he could hide in plain sight in london,' said assistant us attorney edward kim in his opening statement weapons and gas masks were found at al masri's london mosque, the prosecutor said: 'tools of war stockpiled in a place of worship' defense lawyer joshua dratel told the jury in his opening statement that no evidence links the cleric to the alleged crimes 'not in yemen, not in oregon, not in afghanistan' dratel said his client 'never gave directions or orders to people' and served merely as a 'commenter on events and issues' when he lauded the late al qaeda leader osama bin laden and celebrated the september 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 'these are ideas, not acts,' he said 'these are expressions, not crimes' missing both hands, al masri wears an occasional writing prosthesis on his right forearm rather than the infamous hook like device he's often seen sporting in photographs during his testimony, he said colorful stories abound about how he lost the limbs it happened, he testified, when he worked as an engineer with the pakistani military during the rebuilding of war torn afghanistan, and a bottle bomb intended for a roadblock project exploded in his hands al masri, who faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted, will continue his testimony monday
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cleric abu hamza al masri weeps as he describes srebrenica massacre . after the event, he realized muslims must defend themselves, he testifies . al masri is on trial in federal court on 11 terrorism related charges . he allegedly influenced failed shoe bomber richard reid and 9/11 attacker mohammed atta
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(fast company) twitter for ballooning into a global phenomenon that, finally, has a business model in 2009, twitter boasted some 20 million users today? more than 200 million during that period of hockey stick like growth, twitter unveiled a sleek redesigned interface, played an integral role in recent revolutions in the middle east, and introduced promoted tweets and trends, a stream of tweet size ads that reportedly cost major companies at least $100,000 to purchase google for launching the most radical upgrade to search in years with google instant and still boasting a 98 percent adoption rate with some 2 million searches per second and 3 billion per day, google can't alter a pixel in its logo without the world knowing yet that didn't stop the internet giant from unveiling google instant, a results as you type search engine that has helped users save an average of 4 to 5 seconds on each query zynga for turning what most social media companies can't: a ($400 million) profit in january, social gaming company zynga introduced cityville, the follow up to their blockbuster (not to mention addictive) farmville game a little over a month later, cityville already boasted more than 100 million users, making it the most popular app on facebook no wonder zynga, which was recently valued at $7 billion to $9 billion, is worth more than electronic arts netflix for boldly cannibalizing its own dvd by mail business to defend against growing competition from hulu and amazon (blockbuster, who?), netflix launched streaming only services in the us and canada both of which became instant hits so in recent earnings reports, netflix ceo reed hastings hasn't highlighted the company's monstrous $22 billion 2010 revenues (up 29 percent year over year), or the huge uptick in members to some 20 million subscribers (more than stars and showtime) rather, he brought out the most astounding figure of all: nearly 70 percent of subscribers now stream content online, up from 41 percent last year foursquare for fending off copycats, goosing growth, and making check ins a must use marketing tool for major brands astronaut douglas wheelock earned the nasa explorer badge when he checked in while orbiting the earth a story that reflect foursquare's meteoric rise the company now boasts 75 million users, well more than double its total in september 2010 most significantly, the company has steamed ahead in the face of growing competition from gowalla, google latitude, loopt, and especially facebook places it launched a brand new version of the service in march, unveiled an innovative merchant platform that has brands reeling, and boasted some half billion check ins in the last year alone tumblr for turning stray thoughts into big business the new york based twitter that's not limited to 140 characters micro blogging service is drawing around 30,000 new members each day and more impressively, around 4 billion page views per month in november, it scored between $25 million and $30 million from investors, bringing its total past $40 million crimson hexagon for developing a revolutionary way to monitor and measure twitter chatter crimson hexagon began at harvard's institute for quantitative social science but has flourished into the prime analytics tool for hp, microsoft, and cnn, which use the tech to gauge public perception the company uses a 'statistical human assisted approach' to monitor the web, tracking and learning the specifics of what people are saying in social media in real time beyond the positive or negative analysis of keyword and semantic searches and with as much as 97 percent accuracy stocktwits for creating the cnbc of the digital age on this site, live streams are pulled from facebook and twitter; recently acquired service abnormal returns culls the best financial news stories from the internet; weekly webinars and video market recaps are offered; and stocktwitstv features original programming around the clock in other words, stocktwits has become an indispensible real time financial tool for the social media age not to mention that it boasts more than 300,000 monthly unique hits microsoft for reinvigorating search market competition with bing, the only formidable google challenger left thanks to strategic partnerships with kayak, yahoo, twitter, and facebook, bing has begun nipping away at google's market share and kept its mountain view based foe from becoming a monopoly earlier this month, bing became the second most popular search engine worldwide conaco productions for harnessing the power of social media to keep conan relevant long after he was yanked off the air even after his unfortunate departure from nbc, conan o'brien kept his brand red hot (er, orange hot?) thanks to a squad of 8 full time team coco digital staffers running his social media like pros cases in point: the millions of views on youtube, hundreds of thousands of fans on facebook, and millions of followers on twitter to hype his tbs show's november debut, conan's team also started a 24 hour live webcast of the production, built fan pages on flickr and tumblr and launched a bright orange conan blimp, which spotters could check into on foursquare browse our list of the world's most innovative companies 2011 copyright © 2010 fastcompanycom, a unit of mansueto ventures, llc all rights reserved
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in 2009, twitter boasted some 20 million users today? more than 200 million . bing has begun nipping away at google's market thanks to patnerships . netflix has boldly cannibalized its own dvd by mail business
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(cnn) in a stunning achievement for unionists and democrats, critics of the wisconsin governor scott walker marshaled over a million signatures for a petition that has made it possible for walker to lose his office in a recall election this spring if so, that would be the first successful gubernatorial recall in wisconsin history and only the third in that of the united states walker blundered last year by pushing through the state legislature a hugely unpopular law that cripples public sector collective bargaining and thereby suffocates most government unions coming on the heels of the november referendum in ohio, which overturned a similar republican sponsored law, it's clear that the american trade union movement is not yet dead indeed, the defense of these venerable institutions retains the capacity to put thousands in the streets and mobilize millions of voters, not all of whom are card carrying unionists by any means but those hostile to unionism are hardly backing off in indiana, where republicans control the legislature and governor's mansion, they are about to pass a state 'right to work' law similar to those anti union statutes long ago enacted in deep red states as south carolina and texas and in the nation's capital, republican legislators are on the warpath against the very existence of the national labor relations board, the 75 year old agency whose depression era mandate fosters the capacity of workers to form 'unions of their own choosing' why the fuss, when private sector trade unions enroll but one out of every 14 workers and public sector unions have hardly grown in more than 30 years? meanwhile the strike has practically vanished from the american landscape there were at least ten times more each year in the 1970s and the negotiation of a new union contract, in both the public and private sectors, is considered a labor victory if the workers escape without too many givebacks political rhetoric during this campaign season fails to capture what's at stake the republicans denounce the pensions long ago negotiated by public sector unions as too expensive and they keep up attacks on the contributions of 'washington union bosses' to the democrats for their part, most democrats, and this includes president barack obama, rarely offer a full throated defense of the labor movement itself instead they frame the republican anti union offensive in the midwestern states largely as an assault on the middle class, as if questions of power and ideology were not at stake but the fate of unionism is all about class power in american society and the ideologies that motivate those who either defend or defame these institutions the occupy wall street protests have moved issues of economic inequality closer to the top of the contemporary political agenda, but it's the unions in their sometimes plodding and prosaic fashion that have long ameliorated the stark disparities of wealth and income that an unfettered capitalism so naturally produces tax fairness is a big political issue this campaign season, but of far greater impact on the distribution of american wealth and power is the existence of a union movement and the prospect that it might one day grow again in the middle decades of the 20th century, when incomes were less unequal economists called this the era of the 'great compression' the trade unions were potent, both at the bargaining table and in politics conversely, there is much evidence to show that the sharp decline in private sector unionism since the late 1970s is connected to the rising inequality we have today when they are strong, unions can limit the prerogatives of individual businessmen, government officials and the untamed workings of the labor market contemporary free market conservatives find all this intolerable, which is why governors like scott walker and new jersey's chris christie so often seek to demonize the trade unions as corrupt and omnipotent fortunately, that rhetoric has found its limit, first in ohio and now in wisconsin where more than a million citizens put down their names endorsing the union idea follow cnn opinion on twitter for updates join the conversation with cnn opinion on facebook the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of nelson n lichtenstein
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over a million signatures have been submitted to recall gov scott walker of wisconsin . nelson lichtenstein: it's clear that the american trade union movement is not yet dead . he says that the fate of unionism is all about class power and income distribution . he says that people are realizing the importance of unions and are fighting on their behalf
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(cnn) a navy helicopter whipped the waves as the us coast guard closed in on the suspected drug traffickers abandoning their homemade submarine off the coast of ecuador us navy and coast guard personnel approach a sinking drug sub about 200 miles off the coast of ecuador the men didn't go down with the ship, but any evidence did when authorities confront 'drug subs' on the high seas, trafficking busts turn into rescue operations, the coast guard says in the past, no evidence meant no case but a new law aims to change that the drug trafficking vessel interdiction act of 2008 was signed into law in september the statute makes it a felony, punishable by up to 20 years in prison, to travel through international waters in the vessels, technically known as self propelled semisubmersibles drug subs come in several forms and are built of fiberglass, wood and steel in the swamps along the west coast of colombia, under the cover of heavy foliage, coast guard officials say despite costing upwards of $2 million, the vessels are generally abandoned at sea after delivering their cargo, according to the coast guard but with cargo values estimated to range from $200 million to $400 million, the investment pays big dividends they are hard to see, rising less than 2 feet (little more than a half meter) above the waterline, and can be 80 feet (24 meters) long, large enough to move 10 to 15 tons (about 9,000 to 14,000 kilograms) of cocaine at a time federal officials estimate drug subs now transport about one third of all cocaine that moves by sea from south america to the united states detecting the vessels is nearly impossible for law enforcement even with advancements in sonar, radar and infrared technology catching them involves a combination of good intelligence and luck, and often relies on the use of helicopters once caught, suspected smugglers often 'scuttle,' or sink, the subs, sending both vessel and cocaine to the bottom of the sea though maritime law requires drug trafficking crews in distress to be rescued, the crews are usually released without prosecution, because of a lack of physical evidence but under the new law, no physical evidence is necessary just being on board a drug sub is proof enough a dozen suspected cocaine smugglers taken into custody between december 31 and january 8 could be among the first prosecuted under the new law the cases are expected to develop over the next several weeks, according to a spokesman for the us attorney's office besides a stiff prison sentence, suspects could be fined up to $1 million if convicted the suspects were taken in three separate drug sub incidents in which alleged traffickers sank the vessels and cargo the first came december 31, some 200 miles (322 kilometers) off the coast of ecuador another vessel was stopped january 7 about 550 miles off the coast of ecuador the most recent arrests were made january 8, about 150 miles offshore from the ecuador colombia border 'as we go through the first prosecutions associated with this, we are actually kind of paving new ground here on how it is we have to prepare cases,' said adm thad allen, commandant of the us coast guard 'i think you can see where the planned operation of one of these vehicles on the high seas is a crime in and of itself significantly, significantly simplifies the prosecution for us,' he said the new law, while untested, appears likely to pass constitutional muster 'this is a unique statue probably born out of the frustration of federal officials trying to prove criminal activity on part of the drug traffickers,' said robert silbering, former special narcotics prosecutor for new york 'this just throws another obstacle in the way of traffickers' 'the idea here is we don't have to catch you with the drugs; if we catch you with the vessel, we are going to prosecute you for that,' said david a moran, a professor at the university of michigan law school but as the law evolves, so do the traffickers' tactics, allen said 'the latest adaptation,' he noted, 'is the introduction of liquid cocaine and smaller loads on faster boats hugging the coastline and trying to avoid us by staying in the territorial sea of another nation'
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three 'drug subs' intercepted in past two weeks, coast guard says . crew members sank all three, along with cargo, officials say . lack of physical evidence often prevents drug prosecutions . new law makes it a felony to travel through international waters in the vessels
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vatican city (cnn) call him pope francis, the pontiff of firsts when jorge bergoglio stepped onto the balcony at the vatican on wednesday to reveal himself as the new leader of the world's 12 billion catholics, he made history as the first non european pope of the modern era, the first from latin america, the first jesuit and the first to assume the name francis what do you think about the new pope? tell us the new pope then quickly made another kind of history, breaking with tradition in his first public act before the 150,000 people packed into st peter's square rather than bless the crowd first, he asked them to pray for him 'let us say this prayer, your prayer for me, in silence,' he told the cheering crowd the willingness by francis to dispense with tradition was interpreted by a vatican spokesman as a sign he will be willing to chart his own path in other ways pope's name choice 'precedent shattering' 'we have a pope who probably upset some people tonight by not following the formula,' the rev tom rosica said the pontiff also broke with another tradition by refusing to use a platform to elevate himself above the cardinals standing with him as he was introduced to the world as pope francis 'he said i'll stay down here,' cardinal timothy dolan, archbishop of new york and the president of the us conference of catholic bishops 'he met each of us on our own level' francis, wearing white papal robes, appeared on a rain soaked night to the throngs shortly after being elected by cardinals in what apparently was the fifth round of voting on the second day of the conclave 'as you know, the duty of the conclave was to appoint a new bishop of rome,' he said 'it seems to me that my brother cardinals have chosen one who is from faraway but here i am i would like to thank you for your embrace' as pope, bergoglio takes the helm of a catholic church that has been rocked in recent years by sex abuse by priests and claims of corruption and infighting among the church hierarchy first latin american pope 'very exciting' conservative reformer the 76 year old bergoglio, who served as the archbishop of buenos aires, is the first pope to take the name in honor of st francis of assisi, revered among catholics for his work with the poor st francis is viewed as a reformer of the church, answering god's call to 'repair my church in ruins' the pontiff is considered a straight shooter who calls things as he sees them, and a follower of the church's most social conservative wing as a cardinal, he clashed with the government of argentine president cristina fernandez de kirchner over his opposition to gay marriage and free distribution of contraceptives latin america is home to 480 million catholics by choosing bergoglio, the cardinals sent a strong message about where the future of the church may lie according to a profile by cnn vatican analyst john allen and published by the national catholic reporter, francis was born in buenos aires to an italian immigrant father 5 things to know about the new pope he is known for his simplicity he chose to live in an apartment rather that the archbishop's palace, passed on a chauffeured limousine, took the bus to work and cooked his own meals, allen wrote francis has a reputation for being a voice for the poor world reacts word of the election of pope francis, who was not considered a front runner among analysts, quickly spread around the globe, with everyone from un secretary general ban ki moon to us president barack obama offering congratulations 'as the first pope from the americas, his selection also speaks to the strength and vitality of a region that is increasingly shaping our world, and alongside millions of hispanic americans, those of us in the united states share the joy of this historic day,' obama said world reacts to new pope ban said the new pope shares common goals with the united nations, from the promotion of peace to social justice 'we also share the conviction that we can only resolve the interconnected challenges of today's world through dialogue,' he said nowhere was the reaction to bergoglio's selection as pope more surprising than in latin america 'i am truly still very surprised not just that a latino pope came out, but that he is an argentinian from buenos aires,' the rev eduardo mangiarotti told cnn en espanol calling benedict the new pope called his predecessor, benedict xvi, after he was elected, rosica said francis plans to visit with benedict on thursday ahead of an evening mass with the cardinals in the sistine chapel, according to the vatican francis participated in the conclave that elected benedict in april 2005 he was widely reported to be a runner up to benedict in the election the new pontiff will deliver the traditional angelus blessing from the vatican on sunday, rosica said francis will be formally installed as pope at a mass on tuesday, according to the vatican what's in a name? bergoglio's selection of the name of pope francis is 'the most stunning' choice and 'precedent shattering,' allen said 'the new pope is sending a signal that this will not be business as usual' the name symbolizes 'poverty, humility, simplicity and rebuilding the catholic church,' allen said st francis of assisi was born in 1181 or 1182 the son of a rich italian cloth merchant, according to the vatican website after 'a carefree adolescence and youth,' francis joined the military and was taken prisoner he was freed after becoming ill, and when he returned to assisi, italy, a spiritual conversion began, and he abandoned his worldly lifestyle in a famous episode, christ on the cross came to life three times in the small church of st damian and told him: 'go, francis, and repair my church in ruins,' pope benedict xvi said, according to vatican's website cnn's richard allen greene and hada messia reported from vatican city, and chelsea j carter wrote and reported from atlanta cnn's dana ford, catherine e shoichet, mariano castillo and greg botelho contributed to this report
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pope francis refused to stand on an elevated platform, a cardinal says . francis will meet with his predecessor on thursday, vatican says . jorge bergoglio, breaks with tradition, asks crowd to pray for him . request is a break with tradition, the vatican says
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(cnn) at least three people died on a dust covered stretch of highway monday when at least 19 vehicles collided in a series of accidents because of poor visibility, a spokesman for the arizona department of public safety said bart graves said 12 other people were injured many of them seriously during the dust storm induced series of pileups that were flagged to cnn by twitter six tractor trailers, one motor home and a dozen cars and trucks were involved in one of the wrecks on interstate 10 near picacho peak that included one semi with its nose smashed back to the windshield another trailer appeared to have a car wedged underneath a pickup truck lay on its side ahead of the main entanglement of crashed commercial trucks and cars at least two helicopter crews were summoned to deal with the injured, authorities said westbound traffic bewteen mile posts 214 and 216 was being rerouted from the three lane wide stretch to an adjacent side road other drivers were warned to avoid the area, because the highway will be closed for some time
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three dead, 12 injured in series of crashes . some people are airlifted from the scene . accident happens on interstate 10 between mile posts 214 and 216
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woodland, washington (cnn) alan northrop was playing pool in 1993 when his life changed forever he was lining up a bank shot when he felt something on his wrist: a handcuff northrop was arrested for the rape and kidnapping of a housekeeper 'i instantly said, 'no, you've got the wrong guy,'' northrop recalls telling detectives but detectives believed the victim's testimony, although she was blindfolded for most of the attack a jury agreed, sentencing northrop, a father of three children under age 6, to 23 years in prison from behind bars, northrop tried to prove police had the wrong guy in 2000, he contacted the innocence project northwest at the university of washington school of law in seattle for years, prosecutors denied the project's requests to use more advanced dna testing on the evidence in northrop's case in 2005, a new state law gave judges the power to order additional testing but it took five more years for northrop's testing to be completed and for a court to consider the results that conclusively showed another man's dna was on the victim in 2010, northrop, still sitting in prison, got a letter with news he thought he might never get 'i was jumping around the day room saying, 'i'm out of here! i'm out of here!'' northrop said he walked out of prison a few months later, an experience he could barely describe it was like every emotion you've ever had, it was so overwhelming, he said but because he was convicted in washington, northrop got little more than that feeling when he was released like 23 other states across the country, washington provides no compensation for those who have been wrongfully convicted northrop left prison with less than $2,500, money he had been sent while in prison and wages from his 42 cent an hour prison job had he been wrongfully convicted in one of the 27 states that do provide compensation, northrop could have received hundreds of thousands of dollars for his 17 years behind bars state standards vary according to an innocence project study, northrop is among the 40% of exonerated prisoners nationwide who received nothing from authorities for their time behind bars the report calls for all states to pass laws providing the same compensation that the federal government offers for federal crimes: $50,000 per year of wrongful incarceration with an additional $50,000 for each year spent on death row today, five states have the same standard money would give northrop a chance to 'just get started over again and have a normal life again,' he said he works full time but lives in a small room in a friend's house because he can't afford his own apartment even in the states that do offer compensation to the innocent, standards vary wildly some pay $50,000 per year two pay more (texas and vermont), but others less wisconsin pays $5,000 per year while missouri pays $50 per day new hampshire sets an award cap of $20,000 while other states set a maximum of $500,000, $1 million or no limit does your state compensate the wrongly convicted? according to the innocence project, exonerated prisoners who are eligible for compensation wait an average three years to receive their money most states tax the money, according to the innocence project report exonerees denied right to benefits 'there's sort of a gut reaction that this is a horrible injustice,' said innocence project northwest attorney lara zarowsky, who helped free northrop she is lobbying for a law in washington state that would provide not only compensation for exonerated prisoners but also counseling, job training and other benefits that are currently available only to guilty former prisoners, not exonerees like northrop some tasks, like learning new technology or finding transportation, can be difficult for someone who has been out of society for a decade or more zarowsky is also pushing for mental and physical health care benefits for exonerees washington state agencies 'just say flat out they're not eligible because they weren't actually guilty so they don't qualify, they don't fit our criteria,' zarowsky said nationwide, 10 states provide social services to help the innocent recover from their time in prison 'it's not all about the money,' northrop said 'it's about possible counseling for certain individuals people have no idea what effect stress has on a person in there what that does to a mindset is just devastating terrible'
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after 17 years behind bars, alan northrop released with funds from prison job, gifts . almost half of all states fail to compensate people wrongly imprisoned . other states pay ranges from $5,000 a year to nearly $100,000 a year . innocence project is lobbying for increased compensation, job training, counseling
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(cnn) oberlin college in ohio suspended classes monday after a student reported seeing a person resembling a ku klux klan member near the college's afrikan heritage house the sighting of the person wearing a white hood and robe was reported early monday morning and follows a string of recent hate incidents on oberlin's campus that have ignited shock and confusion among the student body 'since the beginning, there's been anger, frustration, sadness and fear, but we've been working toward a concentrated effort toward change,' said eliza diop, 20, a politics and africana studies major who serves on the college student senate and is a resident of the afrikan heritage house, which offers programs focused on the african diaspora, according to the college's website oberlin college is a small liberal arts college in oberlin, ohio, with almost 3,000 students an emergency meeting among the college's officials was immediately called after the report in lieu of classes, college administrators asked students, faculty and staff to 'gather for a series of discussions of the challenging issues that have faced our community in recent weeks,' a statement on oberlin's website said 'we hope today will allow the entire community — students, faculty, and staff —to make a strong statement about the values that we cherish here at oberlin: inclusion, respect for others, and a strong and abiding faith in the worth of every individual,' the statement said the programming included a campuswide teach in led by meredith gadsby, an associate professor and chairwoman of the africana studies department; a collective demonstration of solidarity, including musical performances by campus groups and speeches by campus leaders; and a community convocation entitled 'we stand together' gadsby has been teaching at oberlin since 2000 and was notified of the incident at 3 am, just hours after the sighting was reported 'i am worried about the students who have been made to feel incredibly unsafe and still feel targeted,' gadsby told cnn monday the reported sighting of kkk regalia is the latest in a spate of incidents on oberlin's campus according to an incident report provided by the oberlin police department, 15 hate related events have been reported in the last month alone police have not yet been able to substantiate the reports of the alleged kkk regalia sighting 'we're looking into it and we're trying to talk to other students to see if we can verify the incident,' said oberlin police sgt david jasinski the other incidents have included several posters containing multiple racial slurs and other derogatory statements targeting various student communities placed around campus other reports include various fliers placed around campus containing racist, anti semitic and homophobic language and swastika graffiti 'the frequency of these reports is astounding,' gadsby said 'over the past four weeks, there has been a concentration of bias incidents in such a short period of time i have no idea why this happened, no idea who the culprits are, no idea where this is coming from students are saying this is not what they came to oberlin to experience' shimon brand, hillel director at oberlin for more than 30 years, noted that these types of incidents were 'exceedingly out of the ordinary' but that students have worked together to address the incident 'instead of students acting as victims, they reacted through understanding and engagement there's a real sense of sadness and anger, but solidarity that there's work to be done,' he said chris landers, 21, an english major and co editor in chief of the college's newspaper, the oberlin review, said the paper has welcomed letters to the editor and has asked people to contact the staff with any incident reports to encourage dialogue from all groups on campus 'we value every member of oberlin we know we're not the perfect place, but we strive to be an inclusive place we want oberlin to be a place where every member of every community feels valued and feels that they have a legitimate voice,' he said these incidents are being investigated by both oberlin college security and the oberlin police department scott wargo, director of media relations for the college, said, 'no official disciplinary action has been taken' no official charges have been filed but jasinski said that two students had been removed 'it's an ongoing investigation at this time, college security caught a couple of students two students have been removed from campus,' jasinski said vicki anderson, special agent for the fbi's cleveland division, said, 'we have been made aware of the incidents and we have been in contact with the oberlin police department and will continue to assess the situation accordingly' gadsby still feels that oberlin can be a model for other campuses that have dealt with hate related incidents she hopes students will continue to mobilize and share information with law enforcement 'it's good to be made uncomfortable; it strengthens our resolve,' she said 'these incidents don't just happen at small liberal arts colleges these moments are important for students to engage in the theories that we teach and put them into practice' for students, it's a reminder that they need to remain vigilant in their fight against hate on their campus 'racism is still here it may not be as visible as it was 50 years ago, but it's still visible we still need to fight it, even in 2013,' diop said 'i want us to remember that hate is unproductive love reigns supreme'
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a reported ku klux klan sighting at oberlin college prompts cancellation of classes . report is the latest in a spate of racial incidents at the ohio college in the last month . students, staff and faculty rally for understanding monday
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washington (cnn) for years, jeff ragsdale was in and out of jail, high on drugs and alcohol, and homeless 'i've had so many chances, but this time it's really working out i'm a little more focused than i was in the past,' he said this weekend, he was part of a team of chefs from dc central kitchen who are busy boiling 6,000 eggs for the annual white house easter egg roll after many failed attempts to get clean and hold a steady job, ragsdale applied to dc central kitchen's culinary job training program he's one of hundreds of chefs who have graduated from the program, which is geared toward helping formerly incarcerated and homeless adults get back on their feet 'it makes you feel good to know that you're a part of an organization that does so many good things for the community and to be recognized by the white house, you know it doesn't get much better than that it makes me feel good that i can be a part of something of this magnitude' this is third year that students and graduates of dc central kitchen's job training program have helped to prepare the white house easter egg roll, which is hosted by president obama and the first lady the kitchen serves about 5,000 meals a day, 365 days a year to those in need in the dc area but the 16 week job training program has been at its core for nearly 20 years, spokesman bryan macnair said graduates of the program, which boasted an 80% job placement rate in 2009, move on to work at restaurants, hotels and convention centers the program equips students with culinary and sanitation skills, but 'really, 40 or 50 percent are life skills,' macnair said 'there's a camaraderie, a community of men and women working next to each other and really feeling that their lives are changing,' he said 'men and women come here and leave as different people' dwain arrington is another chef who is thriving in the program it's the first job he has held after spending 12 years in prison for weapons possession here, he feels like people understand him, and he takes pride in their collective accomplishments 'a lot of folks went through my similar situation and perhaps worse they told me their stories and how they overcame their adversity i just stuck with it they saw something in me that i didn't see they offered me the position and i stuck with it, grew like a family, things worked out good,' he said ragsdale says the best feeling for him is to give back to a community he took so much from in troubled times 'this organization is different because it works on giving back to the community, and it largely works with those of us who in the past have taken so much from the community, so just to be able to give back is a blessing' cnn's emanuella grinberg contributed to this report
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graduates of dc central kitchen job training program prep eggs for white house easter egg roll . 'it makes me feel good that i can be a part of something of this magnitude,' chef says . kitchen provides training in foodservice industry to released convicts and the homeless . 'this is a life changing program it's not just a culinary job training program,' spokesman says
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washington (cnn) debates are a campaign's restart button voters try to erase their preconceptions and examine the candidates face to face, equal and unscripted which is why a challenger, particularly one who's running behind, is eager to have as many debates as possible voters said john kerry won the debates in 2004 but they liked george w bush better and he won a second term 'let's meet every week from now until the election and talk about the real issues facing americans'' that was john kerry to us president george w bush in august 2004 republican john mccain issued the same challenge to democratic barack obama this summer, when obama was the frontrunner in the polls this year there's three debates between the presidential candidates september 26 in mississippi; october 7 in tennessee and october 15 in new york state debates are valuable because they provide most of the spontaneous moments in the campaign everything else is staged the rallies, the television ads, the conventions but debates, which are organized by the bipartisan commission on presidential debates, are unscripted the candidates do not know the questions in advance how do they prepare? debate coaches grill them they ask them tough questions on every subject likely to come up they even coach the candidates on 'body language,'' such as how to invade an opponent's space in order to appear dominant watch a preview of the upcoming presidential debate » in every election since 1952 until this year either the president has run for re election (like george w bush in 2004) or the vice president has run to succeed him (like al gore in 2000) debates give the challenger a chance to close the stature gap with the president or the vice president and to make the election a referendum on the incumbent president in 1960, john f kennedy, who was challenging vice president richard nixon, played to concerns that the us was losing its competitive edge against the soviet union 'are our strength and prestige rising?' kennedy asked in a debate 'do people want to be identified with us?' the 1980 race was very much in doubt when challenger ronald reagan went into his one and only debate with president jimmy carter one week before election day reagan's hard line image frightened many voters he used the debate to reassure them that he wasn't a dangerous man and to frame the election as a referendum on his opponent 'ask yourself, are you better off than you were four years ago?'' reagan said in his closing statement 'is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago? do you feel that our security is as safe, that we're as strong as we were four years ago?'' debates often provide revealing moments like when president gerald ford prematurely liberated eastern europe at a 1976 debate 'the united states does not concede that these countries are under the domination of the soviet union,'' the president said, making specific reference to poland, yugoslavia and romania in 1988, michael dukakis gave a dispassionate response when asked whether he would favor the death penalty for someone who raped and murdered his wife 'i've opposed the death penalty all of my life,'' dukakis replied 'i don't see any evidence that it's a deterrent'' in 1992, the first president bush was criticized for being out of touch with ordinary americans that perception was reinforced during a debate when the camera caught the president looking at his watch as he took questions from voters one voter asked about the consequences of the national debt 'i'm not sure i get it,'' president bush responded the challenger got it 'tell me how [the debt] has affected you?'' bill clinton responded 'do you know people who have lost their jobs and lost their homes?'' in 2000, al gore may have won more debating points but the camera caught gore theatrically sighing while george w bush answered questions voters liked bush better and that's what counted similarly in 2004, when cnn polled viewers after each debate, the prevailing view was that kerry won voters concluded kerry was a better debater than bush but that didn't get kerry many votes voters decide how to vote based on many qualities, not just debating skills the prize for winning a debate is not winning the election what debates really do is keep the race open many voters say: 'i'm going to hit the restart button, clear the screen and watch the debates with an open mind then i'll decide how to vote''
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republican john mccain and democrat barack obama are having three debates . debates provide spontaneous moments and often provide revealing moments . they give voters the chance to examine the candidates face to face and equal . but winning the debate does not necessarily mean winning the white house
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tampa, florida (cnn) a campaign aide to florida gubernatorial candidate alex sink has been removed after the democratic nominee was sent a text message during a televised debate in violation of the rules that the candidates agreed to sink's campaign did not name the advisor but a campaign spokesman confirmed it was brian may, who signed the rules agreement before the monday evening debate the incident took place at the cnn/st petersburg times florida gubernatorial debate when sink's make up artist delivered a two sentence message on a cell phone during a break republican nominee rick scott, who was sitting next to sink in the nationally televised debate, noticed the violation and notified a cnn official the cnn official approached the make up artist and sink, and confiscated the cell phone the message read: 'the attorney who [w]on the sykes suit said alex sink did nothing wrong tell not to let him keep talking about her' after the debate, the sink campaign released a statement from the candidate announcing that the advisor who sent the message has been removed from the campaign 'after the debate tonight, one of my campaign advisors admitted he tried to communicate with me during one of the breaks,' sink said 'while he told me it was out of anger with rick scott's repeated distortion of facts, it was a foolish thing to do it violated a debate agreement and i immediately removed him from the campaign ' earlier in the day, officials with both campaigns signed a statement that agreed, among other things, that no notes would be allowed 'there will be no opening and closing statements, no notes and no props on stage,' read the statement 'candidates will be provided water, notepad and pen' cnn did not allow campaign aides to accompany the candidates backstage, but sink and scott were permitted to use their own make up artists during the debate on the air after the commercial break, scott pointed out the breach 'first alex, you say you always follow the rules,' he said 'the rule was no one was supposed to give us messages during the break, and your campaign did with an ipad or an ipod' for the record, the device sink read from was neither an ipad nor an iphone but a droid smartphone
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(cnn) glass onion catering has recalled more than 180,000 pounds of ready to eat salads and sandwich wrap products with fully cooked chicken and ham that may be contaminated with e coli, the us department of agriculture said the richmond, california, company products, which were shipped to distribution centers in arizona, california, nevada, new mexico, oregon, texas, utah and washington, may be contaminated with e coli o157:h7, according to the usda they were produced between september 23 and november 6, and have 'p 34221' inside the usda inspection mark e coli o157:h7 is a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause dehydration, bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps 2 8 days after exposure to the organism while most people recover within a week, some develop a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome this condition can occur among persons of any age but is most common in children under 5 years old and older adults at least 26 people have been sickened in three states by e coli o157:h7 in recent weeks of those, 15 ate products included in the recall here's a full listing of the products involved in the recall: • 12 oz packages of 'delish pan pacific chop salad' • 134 oz packages of 'delish california style grilled chicken salad' • 99 oz packages of 'delish uncured applewood smoked ham & cheese wrap' • 105 oz packages of 'delish grilled chicken caesar wrap' • 109 oz packages of 'delish southwestern chicken wrap' • 115 oz packages of 'delish greek brand low calorie grilled chicken wrap' • 99 oz packages of 'delish white chicken club wrap' • 112 oz packages of 'delish asian style chicken wrap' • 134 oz packages of 'atherstone fine foods southwestern style white chicken wrap with chimichurri sauce' • 105 oz packages of 'atherstone fine foods asian style white chicken wrap with mango vinaigrette' • 99 oz packages of 'atherstone fine foods grilled white chicken caesar wrap with caesar dressing' • 107 oz packages of 'super fresh foods california grilled chicken salad, low fat mendocino mustard dressing' • 107 oz packages of 'lunch spot southwestern style chicken wrap, chile & lime dressing' • 92 oz packages of 'super fresh foods pan pacific chopped chicken salad, ginger soy dressing' • 107 oz plastic containers of 'trader joe's field fresh chopped salad with grilled chicken' • 11 oz plastic containers of 'trader josé's mexicali salad with chili lime chicken'
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glass onion catering recalls more than 181,000 pounds of ready to eat salads and sandwich wrap products . there have been reports of 26 people sickened . 15 have been tied to recalled products . e coli o157:h7 is a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause dehydration, bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps
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(cnn) a disastrous blunder by england goalkeeper robert green cost his side victory as they drew 1 1 with the united states in their group c opener in rustenburg on saturday night england were leading 1 0 through a fourth minute steven gerrard goal approaching halftime when clint dempsey sent in a weak shot from just outside the penalty area maradona's argentina beat nigeria it appeared to be a routine save for green but astonishingly he let the ball slip through his grasp and despite a despairing dive saw it trickle into the net england captain gerrard gave his side a dream start after he latched on to a neat pass from emile heskey to beat tim howard in the us goal with ease fabio capello's men were holding onto their lead comfortably enough, aside from a scare when jozy altidore connected with a landon donovan cross to send his header wide, until the fortunate 40th minute equalizer the second half saw england press for the winner and heskey was sent clear by aaron lennon but shot straight at howard wayne rooney also sent a shot narrowly wide and cleverly set up substitute shaun wright phillips for a chance from the left side of the penalty area which he sent straight at howard but english hearts were in their mouths as altidore outpaced jamie carragher, who came on for the injured ledley king at halftime, and bore down on goal this time green came to the rescue, parrying his effort against the post to partially redeem himself for an error which will live long in the memory there was no masking the disappointment in the england camp at the final whistle catch up with cnn's twitterbuzz 'the idea tonight was to win the game, but unfortunately we have let a poor goal in and we couldn't go on and get the winner,' gerrard told itv sport 'the target now has got to be seven points' england's next game is against algeria in cape town on friday with the united states taking on slovenia in johannesburg capello would not confirm if he will stand by green for a game which now takes on added significance 'sometimes a forward misses a goal and sometimes the keeper makes a mistake, this is football the second half he played very well,' said the italian
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england and united states draw 1 1 in their group c opener in rustenburg . steven gerrard gives england the lead after only four minutes . a goalkeeping error by robert green allows clint dempsey to equalize for us
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(cnn) in the black market of prison life, cell phones have become perhaps the hottest commodity now, texas is among a growing number of state governments going after them hundreds of contraband cell phones were found behind bars or in transit to texas inmates in 2008 tiny, easy to hide and an unmonitored link for convicts to the outside world, cell phones are valuable contraband, fetching a greater asking price from convicts than some shipments of illegal drugs john moriarty, inspector general for the texas department of criminal justice, said that one phone can fetch as much as $2,000 'it takes one crooked prison worker to populate a whole prison unit with them,' he said more than 1,200 wireless phones sit in law enforcement evidence rooms, all found behind bars or in transit to texas inmates in 2008 moriarty is the investigator and bloodhound the state of texas uses to trail the illegal traffic 'these are not stupid people,' he said of the coordinated efforts to slip phones into the prison and hide them 'there are a lot of hands in between and they all want a piece of the action' accomplices on the outside vary from family members, to friends to fellow criminals who buy or steal the phones and charge them with minutes the contraband is then moved through an elaborate series of drop points and usually ferried into the walls of a prison by a guard or trustee an escape engineered in reverse finding the dirty prison employee is often the key 'some of these guys make next to nothing, so you can see how easy it could be to corrupt them,' moriarty said state sen john whitmire, a houston democrat and the chair of the state senate's criminal justice committee, became an ally of moriarty's after one phone call in october he picked up a phone slip from his secretary and called the number on it only to realize he had returned a call to a death row inmate's cell phone the inmate, he said, was richard tabler a convicted double murderer who was sharing a wireless phone with nine other inmates 'at first i thought it was a hoax,' said whitmire, who said he called the state justice board and 'read them the riot act' whitmire is one of the sponsors of a bill in the texas legislature that would crack down on convicts caught with phones and allow prison systems to monitor and detect cell signals it's en route to gov rick perry's desk after clearing both houses of the legislature this week other efforts are under way at both the state and federal level in january, us rep kevin brady, a texas republican, introduced legislation that would let prisons jam cell phone signals within their walls last month, maryland gov martin o'malley asked the federal government for permission to do so in his state prison officials in arizona are training dogs to sniff out cell phones
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texas is among a growing number of states going after contraband cell phones . savvy inmates, outside accomplices, corrupt guards make problem a thorny one . bill cracking down on contraband phones clears texas legislature . other states training dogs to sniff out phones, seeking feds' help in jamming signals
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(cnn) an american relief worker jailed in haiti under suspicion of kidnapping a 15 month old boy has been released, the man told cnn wednesday 'as soon as they said i was being released i was at first shocked and couldn't believe it because it was already dark and normally nothing happens after sun goes down around there,' paul waggoner, who had been held since mid december in port au prince, said in an interview waggoner was being transported wednesday to a safe location to receive medical attention, according to a statement from materials management relief corps, a group that he co founded 'waggoner spent 18 harrowing days incarcerated in haiti, accused of kidnapping a child despite undeniable evidence that the child in question had died at haitian community hospital last february,' the group said in a statement 'no charges were brought against waggoner even though he was held in the notoriously dangerous penitentiary for two weeks,' the statement said waggoner had been held in the national penitentiary in port au prince interviewed by phone from an undisclosed location on wednesday, waggoner said a judge had found 'contradictions' in statements from the boy's father waggoner said the boy's parents had been trying to extort him and that 'it was a matter of a father and a mother trying to make a dime off of their kid' a haitian judge had concluded that sufficient evidence existed to hold waggoner while investigators evaluated the father's complaint that the american kidnapped his critically ill son from a hospital, according to jon piechowski, a spokesman for the us embassy in haiti the materials management relief corps is a humanitarian organization that seeks to provide logistical support to medical workers in haiti, where a major earthquake caused extensive damage in january according to the group's website, waggoner lives in nantucket, massachusetts waggoner was working at the haitian community hospital in petionville in february when a haitian man sought treatment for his 15 month old son accounts differ as to what happened next, but the father believes the child survived and that waggoner kidnapped him, according to piechowski waggoner's supporters, including two physicians, have said the child died, and that his body was cremated because the father would not claim the remains dr kenneth adams, a volunteer physician on staff at the haitian community hospital, said he was present when the child's father returned to see his son and 'witnessed as the father looked at the baby for several minutes, waiting for the baby to breathe' the man took pictures with the deceased baby before he left, adams said the father filed a complaint against waggoner in march piechowski said waggoner left haiti without answering the accusations and was arrested december 12 after returning to the country one account provided by supporters says the father handed waggoner the child at the hospital another says waggoner may have transported the child to the hospital regardless, waggoner had nothing to do with the child's care, according to his supporters 'i was there through the whole thing, and what kills me is that paul basically had nothing to do with the whole situation,' said jeff quinlan, who said he was working as director of security at the hospital when the child arrived quinlan said he told the father that the boy had died and instructed him to return within 24 hours to take the body but he said the father instead returned with a 'witch doctor' claiming the child was still alive quinlan and waggoner's organization said a doctor who treated the boy has signed an affidavit confirming that the child died, saying that the father had viewed the body and that he had declined to claim the remains because he did not have resources to bury the child quinlan said earlier that he believed haitian authorities were trying to extort money from waggoner a friend of waggoner's recently expressed concern that the relief worker would face danger upon being released 'i think the biggest concern i've got for his safety once he's out of prison,' said paul sebring, a fellow aid worker, 'is that, you know, people surrounding this case may not be happy with the ruling that's happened and may come after him in some sense' but waggoner said wednesday that he hopes to do more aid work in haiti 'i wouldn't say that anybody needs to have second thoughts about coming down here,' he said 'if any aid workers want to do work in haiti they should absolutely do it the people here absolutely need it' the united states was keeping close watch on the case, the state department has said, but it was unclear whether officials were working for waggoner's release 'we have monitored his court appearances and continue to track the case closely,' said pj crowley, a spokesman for the state department, said earlier this week
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paul waggoner had been held for 18 days in port au prince . he was jailed on suspicion of kidnapping a 15 month old boy . waggoner says boy's parents were trying to extort him . he says he wants to do more aid work in haiti
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(cnn) about 50 central american immigrants were kidnapped by gunmen earlier this month from a train crossing through mexico, a salvadoran official told cnn en español wednesday the government of mexico has not confirmed or denied the incident the incident has been mired in mystery since a priest who runs a shelter for immigrants first reported the story this week he came forward after a group of immigrants who escaped from their would be captors arrived and said that the incident took place december 16 in the town of chahuites, in the state of oaxaca near the border with guatemala juan jose garcia, el salvador's vice minister for salvadorans abroad, said his government can confirm that the mass kidnapping happened as the survivors state he said about 12 men armed with assault rifles and machetes forced the migrants off the train and divided them into two groups of about 25 each then they were taken to an unknown location, he said but the mexican government has not officially confirmed the incident happened mexican officials said that the country's national migration institute carried out an operation in the same area on the same night and noted that the train company did not report its train being delayed or stopped in the area 'we cannot confirm it or deny it we are acting on the complaint we received,' irma pineiro, oaxaca state's cabinet chief, told cnn en español the priest who made the story public, rev alejandro solalinde, said the immigrants he spoke with believed the kidnappers were the zetas drug cartel the cartel is also believed behind the killings of 72 migrants in northern mexico in august
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el salvador says it has evidence that 50 migrants were kidnapped in mexico . mexico has not confirmed the incident, which allegedly occurred in oaxaca state . a priest who runs a shelter for immigrants first reported the story this week . priest says immigrants believe kidnappers were with the zetas drug cartel
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(cnn) cyprus, the tiny mediterranean island bailed out a year ago, remains 'in difficultybut not as bad as one would have expected,' its finance minister harris georgiades told cnn during an interview in the capital city nicosia the country, which was given a 10 billion euro ($137 billion) injection by the european union and imf ago after its banking system collapsed, was the smallest of the euro economies to get help during the bloc's financial crisis unlike the greek economy which has seen more than a quarter of its gdp wiped out during the past five years, the finance minister said that cyprus will lose about half that the european commission is now forecasting growth in 2015 after a steep contraction of 48% this year and 6% percent last year according to georgiades, the situation is 'bad and i have never tried to paint a rosy picture' the country has been 'dealing with shortcomings and there were significant shortcomings, we have to admit' cypriot banks were big buyers of greek bonds during the pre crisis boom, before the 2004 athens olympics and until the bottom fell out of economy in 2008 cyprus, crippled by losses on greek debt, set a precedent in the euro crisis by imposing losses on bank depositors it was a move which infuriated savers, worried investors and pushed the euro crisis back into the headlines but georgiades said the country's main mistake was letting the crisis escalate 'we should have seen action both on behalf of the cypriot authorities and the eu two years ago,' he said one of the key challenges during the rebuilding effort is dealing with an estimated $40 billion of non performing loans which are holding back fresh lending when asked if a 'bad bank' could be set up to absorb those loans, georgiades said the banking sector and supervisory authorities 'need to work in a coordinated effort to deal with this problem,' but added, 'i would say that all the possibilities should be left on the table' meanwhile, cyprus' relationship with russia is under pressure as the west increases economic pressure on vladimir putin's government and his allies relations with the west fractured after russia's military intervention in crimea and its amassing of troops on ukraine's border russians are strategic investors in cyprus, and wealthy individuals have long been drawn to the island and its low tax rates a total of $30 billion has been invested by russian companies over the past two decades, according to the russian statistical agency rosstat, putting cyprus just behind the netherlands as the top eu recipients georgiades said cyprus along with its eu partners was supporting a 'clear coherent common stance' and was not pushing toward a 'new cold war' the country's stance is based on principles of 'sovereign and human rights,' georgiades said 'we believe these principles are best served with well thought cool headed action and reaction and not a rushed move into a cold war mentality,' he added read more: us investors and the cyprus mess watch more: could cyprus be the next luxury yacht marina?
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cyprus is starting to rebuild after its banking collapse a year ago, and 10 billion euro bailout . the island nation's finance minister harris georgiades says the situation 'is bad'. as the country tries to recover, it is also dealing with its relationship with russia . russia, now being ostracized by the west, is a significant investors in cyprus
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london, england (cnn) britain's queen elizabeth celebrates her 82nd birthday saturday with a parade and military ceremony known as 'trooping the color' britain's queen elizabeth attends the derby festival at epson downs horse race course on june 7 the queen's birthday is actually april 21, but she officially celebrates it every year on a saturday in june when good weather is more likely, according to buckingham palace during the ceremony, which is open to the public, the queen inspects the troops they then march past the queen, who rides in a carriage back to the palace the royal air force then conducts a colorful fly past over buckingham palace while the queen and her family watch from the balcony the queen has attended trooping the color every year of her reign except for one 1955, when a national rail strike canceled the event, the palace says the ceremony gets its name from a tradition where colors of the battalion were carried, or 'trooped,' down the ranks so they could be seen and recognized by the soldiers, buckingham palace says
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(cnn) michael vick, the comeback story like no other the nation's largest ongoing rehabilitation project not named sheen makes his postseason splash sunday night a bigger audience means more fans than ever face this question: can i embrace the philadelphia quarterback's singular talents without getting the blood of past sins on me? it's been more than 19 months since vick's release from federal prison in leavenworth, kansas, on his dogfighting conviction and still the debate over his crime and his place back at the forefront of the nfl achieves spectacular extremes within two days in late december, the president of the united states congratulated philadelphia eagles owner jeffrey lurie for giving vick a second chance while a fox news analyst suggested that vick should have been executed for his crime but this process of redemption also works itself out quietly, modestly, one oil change at a time a nissan dealer in woodbury, new jersey, has a played a small role in reintroducing vick to the segment of society that doesn't kill dogs for sport thomas mcmenamin, executive manager of the dealership, was the first businessman to sign the ex con qb to an endorsement deal before the feds started digging around vick's bad newz kennels in virginia, he was the hottest property in the league, making a reported $7 million a year in endorsements afterward, he was an untouchable now, for a series of promotional appearances and one television spot, he reportedly is receiving the free use of a $50,000 nissan armada 'when we first met, he wasn't ashamed to admit that he did wrong and was wrong,' mcmenamin said would you buy a car from michael vick? mcmenamin said the response has been mostly positive 'we have gotten some phone calls from people saying, 'we'll never buy a car from you again,' but a lot of those came from out of town, from people who wouldn't buy here anyway' to help ease the expected criticism, the dealership struck a promotional arrangement in which it would donate to the local humane society for every car sold until the end of january mcmenamin estimates the total should amount to $10,000 one episode last month struck the manager as telling a customer came to him irate over how long it had taken the service department to perform a simple oil change he left dramatically, vowing never to return the next day, mcmenamin's phone rang it was the same disaffected customer he had seen the vick commercial that night 'you gave michael vick a second chance, and i'm willing to give your store a second chance' are the words mcmenamin remembers sport has always had its gamblers and rogues, its cheats and addicts in one super bowl night in atlanta, baltimore linebacker ray lewis became part of a double murder case (he eventually pleaded to misdemeanor obstruction of justice) the following year, 2001, he was the super bowl mvp there'd be none of the usual failings for vick, though like his skill set of speed, elusiveness and arm strength, his downfall had to be so out of the norm as to challenge belief he'd bankroll a dog fighting ring the cruelty of vick's crime was spelled out in unsettling detail in the indictment against him, in passages such as: 'in or about april 2007 (purnell) peace, (quanis) phillips and vick executed approximately eight dogs that did not perform well in 'testing' sessions by various methods including hanging, drowning and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground' and the price he paid for his crime was steep: 23 months in prison, three years probation, bankruptcy and great heapings of public scorn but fans love a good comeback story, and they are quick to grant forgiveness to those who lead them back to the top of the standings now, with vick, they are being asked to process an entirely foreign kind of crime along with a startling kind of ability it's like trying to read a greek tragedy in greek after serving as a backup with the eagles in 2009, vick took over the starting role early this season the team had shed its longtime marquee quarterback, donovan mcnabb, with plans of plugging in kevin kolb as his successor but kolb suffered a concussion, and vick rediscovered his vickness at 30, he appeared to be a star at peak brightness against washington in november, he put on such a show passing for four touchdowns and rushing for two others that the hall of fame requested his jersey he threw for more than 300 yards three times in a month (during six seasons in atlanta, he had done that only twice) throwing for a career high 21 touchdowns, with only six interceptions, he was 8 3 as an eagles starter and led them to a division title on sunday, versus green bay, vick returns to the site of his last playoff appearance, this time leading the home team at philadelphia's lincoln financial field it has been seven eventful years since he last played the postseason and that was a largely forgettable performance, the atlanta falcons losing in the 2003 nfc championship by 17 and their quarterback rendered practically invisible he enters this game with an injured leg, and his last start, a loss to minnesota, was his least productive of the season but it's so much more than the numbers with vick; it's how he amasses them dan reeves, vick's first coach in atlanta and an unabashed supporter, is an old school, understated football lifer but on the subject of vick, he raves: '(vick's) just exciting i love what peyton manning and drew brees and tom brady do but it's different they are great at what they do; i love to watch them, but mike takes your breath away 'you watch him and you say, 'how did he get away from that guy; how did he make that deep throw; how did he throw across his body like that?' ' by all accounts, vick has dedicated himself to the craft of his position as never before in interviews now, he sounds markedly more clear headed than during his atlanta days he has struck all the right notes thus far this season, including dedicating himself to regular appearances on behalf of the anti dog fighting campaign of the humane society of the united states that cause has benefited even from those wishing vick ill a pair of green bay fans this season pledged $10 to the humane society for every time the quarterback was sacked the total currently stands at $340 nfl commissioner roger goodell told the philadelphia inquirer, 'this young man has turned his life around, and he's going to contribute' while vick never can outrun his past, there are signs that he has begun to at least give it a good race nowhere has the vick conversation been more divisive than in atlanta, where he was the franchise's no 1 overall draft pick in 2001 his rise lifted the falcons profile nationally and titillated the fan base like no other player, including deion sanders and his fall absolutely laid waste to the franchise for two seasons chris dimino, co host of morning sports talk on atlanta's 790 the fan, has found himself moderating the debate over vick's standing among falcons fans it often swings between vitriol and blind adoration, seeming to break down frequently along racial lines 'i never thought i'd see the light at the end of that tunnel but i do sense that there is a turn (in the tone of the conversation),' dimino said 'most people now are playing the good for him, give him a second chance card,' he added 'he was stupidity personified he paid the price; now let's move on people like a redemption story 'of course, if the falcons weren't 13 3 now, there might be a heck of a lot more venom than there is now' vick's past and present teams may be on a collision course for an nfc championship game meeting in atlanta, at which time the old scab will be ripped clean off deciding on how to deal with vick here at center stage would be so much easier if only there were a porthole to his soul, allowing a peek at what's really in there how can any fan know? vick's road to fan acceptance is the same one that will take him to a new contract; his two year deal (which with bonuses and incentives have earned him a reported $7 million) runs out this season he seems to realize the practical truth that what he does is going to amount to much more than what he utters he recently told sports illustrated, 'i don't think me saying the right thing is going to get me a new deal it's all about my play it's all about how you conduct yourself as you play well i don't have to put on a front around anybody' the idea that people can change that's the notion wayne pacelle's life is built around 'if it was my belief that people were static, i don't think i could come to work every day,' says the president and ceo of the humane society of the united states vick is just one of a number of former dog fighters and animal abusers that pacelle's group has enlisted as spokesmen against cruelty vick has made a dozen appearances in major cities in the east, attempting to reach youngsters who could be lured into the practice of pitting dogs against each other in back alleys and abandoned buildings, so called 'street fighting' pacelle said he has been asked a thousand times whether he believes vick is sincere asked for the 1,001st time, he said, 'i don't get into that' all he knows for sure is that he has seen vick speak to hundreds of youngsters who, because of the quarterback's status, 'sit and listen in rapt attention' will the head of the humane society be rooting for the one time dog fighter this weekend? pacelle is one of the very few who remain mute on that subject
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philadelphia eagles quarterback makes his nfl postseason splash sunday . it's been 19 months since his release from prison on dog fighting conviction . fans love a good comeback story, often forgive those who lead them back to top
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(cnn) manchester united finally lost patience with manager david moyes tuesday after a disastrous first season in charge of the english premier league champions 'manchester united announces that david moyes has left the club,' said the english premier league team in a statement on the club's official twitter feed 'the club would like to place on record its thanks for the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role' moyes succeeded alex ferguson last may but has overseen a lackluster campaign, with the club lying seventh in the table having amassed 57 points from 34 games united slipped to an 11th league defeat this season against the scot's former club everton at goodison park on sunday a result that finally ended any mathematical chance of participating in next season's champions league the three time winner of the european club football's biggest prize is now 13 points behind fourth placed arsenal with four games remaining the last time united failed to qualify was in 1995 and their chances of even playing in the europa league next season are slim 'the football and the results have been poor,' former manchester united defender gary neville told sky sports news 'the performances have got worse and worse' soon after moyes' departure was confirmed, united appointed current player coach ryan giggs as caretaker manager 'ryan giggs, the club's most decorated player, will assume responsibility for the first team until a permanent appointment can be made,' said united in a statement 'the club will make no further comment on this process until it is concluded' moyes, who turns 51 on friday, signed a six year deal with english football's most successful club last may, when the outgoing ferguson personally endorsed his appointment 'david is a man of great integrity with a strong work ethic there is no question he has all the qualities we expect of a manager at this club,' ferguson said of his compatriot ferguson also implored united fans to stand by moyes when he addressed them following his last game in charge at old trafford last season, which ended with his 13th league title in a trophy laden 27 year reign but united's owners, the american glazer family, have clearly had second thoughts following a persistently stuttering campaign which has led to the club falling down football's rich list in january it was reported that united's share price had fallen 16% since moyes took over, while deloitte's annual football money table placed the old trafford team outside of the world's top three richest clubs for the first time in 17 years moyes opened his account with a 2 0 win against wigan in the fa charity shield match at wembley in august and followed it with a convincing 4 1 win at swansea in the opening game of the league season but pressure soon started piling up in september with league defeats against arch rivals liverpool, manchester city and, embarrassingly, west bromwich albion at old trafford the midlands' club first win at the 'theater of dreams' for 34 years united also endured embarrassing exits from both domestic knockout competitions, losing at home to swansea in the third round of the fa cup and going down on penalties against another struggling premier league team sunderland in the league cup semifinals hopes of champions league glory were ended by bayern munich in the quarterfinals earlier this month, with the reigning european champion winning 4 2 on aggregate netherlands louis van gaal has been installed as the favorite to succeed moyes on a permanent basis by british bookmaker current player coach ryan giggs and his former united team mate nicky butt are reportedly set to be placed in caretaker charge for saturday's home game with norwich city
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david moyes is dismissed after less than a year in charge of english league titleholder . the scot was personally endorsed by outgoing manager alex ferguson . moyes' united slipped to 11th league defeat against his former club everton on sunday . united will not feature in european champions league for first time since 1995
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(cnn) with only 100 days before the kick off of the first world cup to be staged in africa, the host country's officials are confident that the footballing showpiece will be a success south africa's deputy president kgalema motlanthe told guests at a 100 day banquet in durban to begin the countdown that his nation is ready to welcome the 32 competing teams and their supporters sepp blatter, the president of world soccer's ruling body fifa, was also present at the gala dinner 'as we mark 100 days to the start of the 2010 fifa world cup, we do so with immense pride,' motlanthe said in a speech quoted on fifa's web site on tuesday have your say on the world cup click here to become a cnn super fan 'we are proud because, in many respects, we are able to pronounce ourselves ready to welcome the world three months ahead of schedule 'we have gathered here to begin a countdown to the greatest football tournament on earth 'on behalf of the republic of south africa, i wish to extend our gratitude to all the men and women who have worked on the world cup project and those who are still working on the last phase of our preparations' when the tournament was handed to south africa in 2004, many critics expressed doubts that sufficient infrastructure would be put in place to make such a huge undertaking possible fifa was quick to deny rumors that there was a back up plan should south africa not be ready for 2010, but a strike by construction workers in 2009 over pay led to more fears that the stadia would not be completed in time for this year's june 11 kick off however, the chairman of the 2010 fifa world cup organizing committee south africa, dr irvin khoza, said that the tournament was now almost a reality 'when the countdown started there were 2,218 days we did not count in years and months but when you arrive at 100 days it is the last three digit number on the countdown,' he said on fifa's web site 'it is within this time period when people start applying for their leave, plan for their travel and even pay people no longer say they are going to south africa they say 'i am flying to durban, on this airline and staying in this hotel' 'i would like to thank our people together, as south africans and africans, we have faced doubters and skeptics, we have faced critics and opponents 'we have heard people say we cannot finish stadiums we have heard people say we cannot provide safety and security we have heard people say we cannot host the fifa world cup 'today, 100 days before the opening match, i ask you to recall the words of us president, barack obama can we stage an outstanding world cup in africa? yes we can, we are waiting and we are ready'
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only 100 days before the kick off of the first world cup to be staged in africa . officials of host country south africa are confident that the tournament will be a success . a banquet in durban kicked off the countdown to the start of the showpiece on june 11 . south africa's deputy president insists the nation is ready to welcome the soccer world
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jerusalem (cnn) israel is denying palestinians access to adequate water supplies by controlling shared water resources, the human rights group amnesty international said in a report released tuesday in the 100 page report, titled 'troubled waters: palestinians denied fair access to water,' amnesty says israel restricts palestinian access to water through various means while making it readily available to its own citizens the group accuses israel of ignoring humanitarian and human rights laws, in violation of its obligations as the occupying power the report says water from the shared israeli palestinian mountain aquifer is inequitably distributed, with israel using more than 80 percent of it the aquifer is the sole source of water for the approximately 25 million palestinians in the west bank the israeli military has denied palestinians access to palestinian lands where water from the jordan river could be accessed, the head of the palestinian water authority told cnn 'since (1967) the israeli authorities did not allow us to drill in the western aquifer, which is the most important shared aquifer in the west bank,' dr shaddad attili said amnesty argues that israel also limits access to water supplies by placing restrictions on the movement of people and goods, and by enacting 'a complex system of permits which palestinians must obtain from the israeli army and other authorities in order to carry out water related projects' which effectively prevent the creation of needed water and sanitation projects the israeli government rejects many of the conclusions of the amnesty report mark regev, a spokesman for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, called the idea that israel was taking water away from the palestinians 'simply false' he said that israeli consumption of water from the mountain aquifer had gone down in absolute terms from 1967 to today, despite the fact that israel's population had more than doubled in that time to its current level of approximately 7 million people a statement from the israeli foreign ministry charges that the authors of the amnesty international report 'chose to ignore israeli data, papers and reports, although they contain verifiable facts presented with total transparency' 'israel has fulfilled all its obligations under the water agreement regarding the supply of additional quantities of water to the palestinians, and has even extensively surpassed the obligatory quantity,' the foreign ministry statement said 'the palestinians, on the other hand, have significantly violated their commitments under the water agreement, specifically regarding important issues such as illegal drilling (they have drilled over 250 wells without the authorization of the joint water commission) and handling of sewage (the palestinians are not constructing sewage treatment plants, despite their obligation to do so and the important foreign funding earmarked for this purpose),' the statement added amnesty's report notes the stark discrepancy in water use between israelis and palestinians, claiming that water consumption per capita for palestinians in the west bank and gaza is about 70 liters (about 18 gallons) per day, while israeli per capita use is 300 liters (79 gallons) per day in an interview with cnn, amnesty researcher donatella rovera said a drive through the palestinian west bank shows the striking disparity in water use, with 'israeli settlements with vast, green, well irrigated farms and swimming pools and right next to them, palestinian villages which are absolutely parched' in gaza, which is home to approximately 15 million palestinians, rovera said the water situation has reached a 'crisis point' she said water from the coastal aquifer, which supplies most of gaza, is 90 percent to 95 percent polluted and unfit for human consumption rovera said immediate and long term solutions were not workable under the current israeli and egyptian blockade of gaza, which is meant to isolate the hamas movement, which took over gaza in 2007 gaza's water system, which was in a state of decay when hamas took power, was further damaged in the three week war between israel and hamas in january regev argued that israel has provided more water to the palestinian authority than it is obligated to under the oslo accords and that more than a third of the water transferred from israel to the west bank was lost to theft and lack of infrastructure maintenance by palestinians watch what happened to gaza water infrastructure in war he said the palestinians have received 'billions in aid' over the past decade and a half and invested little in their water systems, and termed 'ridiculous' the notion that the mountain aquifer was only for palestinian use 'israel has every right to take water from that source,' regev said of the mountain aquifer the palestinian authority was quick to seize on the findings of the amnesty report in a statement released tuesday 'what is emerging today is a growing consensus over how the discriminatory water laws and practices israel employs to deny palestinians access to clean and adequate water supplies are emblematic of what amounts to a system of apartheid that underpins the entire structure of israel's illegal settlement enterprise in the west bank, and collective punishment in the gaza strip,' said palestinian water authority chief attili amnesty's report made no conclusions about what amount or percentage of water should be made available to the palestinians, but called on israel to allow palestinians 'to access and extract an equitable share of water from the shared aquifers and surface water resources in the west bank and gaza'
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palestinians denied same water access as israelis, amnesty international says . israel takes 80 percent of mountain aquifer, amnesty report says . israel says its water use declines while population jumps . israel says palestinians lose water to theft, poor infrastructure
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(cnn) thirteen galveston, texas, police officers have been disciplined in connection with a brawl last year between officers and wedding guests houston astros pitcher brandon backe was among the wedding guests arrested in the brawl the fracas led to the arrest of 13 people, including houston astros pitcher brandon backe nine officers will be suspended, with the lengths of time ranging from two to seven days, and four will receive written reprimands in connection with the october 5 disturbance the disciplinary actions stem from the violation of galveston police administrative procedures, which stymied investigators trying to determine whether rules about the use of force had been violated in the end, police said, the officers heeded the department's rules on the use of force but not on recording details of what happened the incident centered around the drunk and disorderly behavior of daniel cole o'balle, 19, who had been attending his sister's wedding at a convention center, police said during the wedding reception, o'balle became inebriated and at the end of the reception, 'instigated a confrontation' with a security guard when he tried to take beer from the center, police said the guard later spotted o'balle with a beer at the san luis hotel bar h2o and called police, authorities said o'balle 'was, in violation of texas law, permitted to consume alcoholic beverages to the point of becoming highly intoxicated,' police said o'balle's attempts to take beer from the convention center was also in violation of the law, authorities said 'this comprehensive review has revealed that this incident, and the resulting arrests, was instigated by the actions of a single individual this individual exercised extremely poor judgment and, if he had been properly supervised by his parents and not allowed to violate the law, this incident likely could have been avoided in its entirety,' police said in a news release announcing the disciplinary action under texas law, a minor can consume alcohol 'if they are in the visible presence of, and have the consent of their adult parent, legal guardian or spouse' police said o'balle became 'belligerent' when an officer confronted him and that he became 'aggressive toward and noncompliant with' the officer more officers showed up and others with the wedding party interfered to keep officers from arresting o'balle, who threw punches at the officers, police said about 30 police officers responded, and a large crowd eventually gathered cnn affiliate khou tv in houston said police used pepper spray and electrical shock tasers to detain and arrest 13 people, including backe khou said backe was charged with interfering with a police officer a mug shot of the astros pitcher shows bruises on his face police gave the following account of what happened, based on an internal investigation: 'when lt joel caldwell arrived, he determined that the crowd was so out of control that it was necessary to clear the bar to re establish order accordingly, lt caldwell ordered a tactical crowd control line was formed to clear the bar 'as officers instructed people to leave the bar, more individuals, some of whom were intoxicated, became belligerent and refused to leave when asked to do so,' the account continued 'those individuals who refused to leave peaceably or were otherwise disorderly, and those who appeared to officers to be intoxicated, were taken into custody for their violations' khou said police charged o'balle with three counts of assault on a public servant and one charge of retaliation police said arrests were 'based on probable cause' and that any force they used was a proper reaction to confront 'resistance or interference' 'no officer was found to have violated any departmental policies related to any arrest or any use of force,' police said the disciplinary actions are the result of an internal investigation in which 70 witnesses, suspects and officers were interviewed, documentation was examined and video was produced police investigators said 'insufficient and inadequate reporting' by officers complicated their review of the case there were failures by some officers and supervisors 'to properly file affidavits, supplemental reports, booking reports, use of force reports and arrest warrants' the 13 disciplined officers also will be getting remedial training in documentation and reporting 'the investigators also determined that these paperwork failures, all of which occurred after the incident and related arrests, did not cause or contribute to the events in question or lead to any improper conduct by any officer in their responses to the situation presented by o'balle and the others who were arrested,' according to police cnn's melanie whitley contributed to this report
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nine police officers face suspension for response to wedding brawl . four others will receive written reprimands . police in galveston, texas, announced findings of internal investigation . houston astros pitcher brandon backe among 13 arrested
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tokyo, japan (cnn) given the magnitude of japan's recession, it should perhaps come as little surprise that the fantasy obsessed animation industry has received a hard dose of reality nobuki mitani is an 'in between' animator one of the lowest paid positions in animation yasuo yamaguchi, executive director of the association of japanese animators, said the industry has been rocked by the country's deepest recession since world war ii 'the spread of free internet downloading is having a deadly effect,' he said japanese animation is roughly a $2 billion a year industry revenues peaked in 2006 but have since fallen off, as lower advertising revenues lead to fewer new programs yamaguchi said the animation industry is important to japan's economy and that the government should be helping it through these tough times with subsidies watch cnn's morgan neill report on anime » unlike some big screen animated features from the united states that rely almost completely on computer animation, in japan, almost all features are drawn by hand a labor intensive craft practiced by thousands of young artists each year for the last six years, nobuki mitani, has been working as an 'in between' animator filling in the cells between 'key' animations it is one of the lowest paid positions in the animation hierarchy many of these entry level jobs have been outsourced to the philippines and south korea in recent years mitani, 27, said the hours are long, and the pay is low about $800 a month 'every day i work about 10 to 12 hours,' he said 'often, we work on saturday, and if it's busy, we work sunday, too' in tokyo, the world's most expensive city, that means living in cramped conditions mitani lives in a tiny one room apartment with no air conditioning in summer, the room is sweltering 'i try not to drink water,' he said, 'to control the sweating' he has a shared sink at the end of the hall where he can wash his hands and face, but to bathe he has to go to a public bath at the tokyo animation institute, the classrooms are filled with students honing the craft, faces close to their sheets of paper, the only sound a hum from the electric pencil sharpener the school's director, yosuke shimizu, said he knows many of his graduates will quit their first jobs after just months 'within half a year, some will take freelance jobs, some will take a key drawing job, and some will become sketch directors those who are good enough never complain about how hard the job is,' he said at toei animation studios, conditions are better for the animators than in smaller studios toei has produced countless successes over the years, including the 'dragonball' series and the ongoing favorite 'one piece' but even here animation is an intense, demanding job naotoshi shida has been working at toei for 25 years he said it takes much more than just a love of drawing to succeed 'if someone is thinking of doing this just because they love drawing, that's called a hobby they'd better think of doing something else'
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association of japanese animators says industry rocked by recession . group also says free internet downloading is having a deadly effect . japanese animation is roughly a $2 billion a year industry . revenues peaked in 2006; lower advertising revenues lead to fewer new programs
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(rollingstonecom) bob dylan has signed a six book deal with simon & schuster, according to crain's new york business, encompassing two sequels to his acclaimed 2004 book 'chronicles: volume one' as well as another book based on dialogue from his sirius/xm radio show 'theme time radio hour' it's unclear what the other three books are going to be according to the crain's, dylan's literary agent andrew wylie was seeking an eight figure deal for the books (dylan has not responded to rolling stone's request for comment) rollingstonecom: classic bob dylan photos from the 1960s in 2006 dylan told rolling stone that he was stunned by the overwhelmingly positive response to the first volume of chronicles 'the reviews of this book, some of 'em almost made me cry in a good way,' he told writer jonathan lethem 'i'd never felt that from a music critic, evermost people who write about music, they have no idea what it feels like to play it but with the book i wrote, i thought, 'the people who are writing reviews of this book, man, they know what the hell they're talking about' it spoils you' rollingstonecom: the artwork of bob dylan in that same article, he discussed his possible plans for 'chronicles: volume 2' 'i think i can go back to the 'blonde on blonde' album that's probably about as far back as i can go on the next book,' he said 'then i'll probably go forward i thought of an interesting time 'i made this record, 'under the red sky,' with don was, but at the same time i was also doing the [second] wilburys record i don't know how it happened that i got into both albums at the same time 'i worked with george [harrison] and jeff [lynne] during the day everything had to be done in one day, the track and the song had to be written in one day, and then i'd go down and see don was, and i felt like i was walking into a wall he'd have a different band for me to play with every day, a lot of all stars, for no particular purpose 'back then i wasn't bringing anything at all into the studio, i was completely disillusioned' copyright © 2010 rolling stone
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bob dylan has signed a six book deal with simon & schuster . deal will include two sequels to his acclaimed 2004 book 'chronicles: volume one'. another book will be based on his sirius/xm radio show 'theme time radio hour'
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belfast, northern ireland (cnn) someone must be held responsible for a 'shambolic' response to a water crisis that has left thousands without running water, one of northern ireland's top politicians said thursday speaking after an emergency meeting of power sharing ministers in belfast, first minister peter robinson said the government water company's efforts to restore water supplies to tens of thousands of homes was 'shambolic' and 'ineffective' he said a review would now be carried out by ministers and hinted at action against northern ireland water's top executives 'people must assess their own position, and of course if people don't assess their own position the review will look at where responsibility lies and decisions will be taken on the foot of that,' said robinson deputy first minister martin mcguinness was also highly critical of the response, calling it 'totally unacceptable behaviour by an arm's length body' 'we are not prepared to accept this treatment on behalf of citizens,' he said ' under no circumstances are we going to stand here and make excuses for a body that has failed so miserably' northern ireland water said thursday it could be early next week before all customers are reconnected up to 60,000 homes and businesses are experiencing water disruption, the company said in a written statement thursday of those, 6,000 have lacked running water since monday however, on tuesday some residents reported they had not had water for nine days 'the numbers on a curtailed supply will vary from between 3,500 to 60,000 at any given time,' the statement said 'ni water will continue to rotate supplies so figures will increase and decrease as this process is continued in order to protect reservoir levels' northern ireland water has said the 'unprecedented problems' were caused by a rapid thaw, with a huge number of pipes bursting after a dramatic change in temperature from minus 16 to 10 degrees celsius (3 to 50 degrees fahrenheit) 'within a matter of hours' company officials have also complained about a lack of investment in the water infrastructure over the years the company said it had increased the supply of water to its highest level ever from 600 million liters per day to 850 million liters per day (158 million gallons to 224 million gallons) 'this increase in demand is to a great degree as a result of leakage from bursts on private properties,' the statement said doctors are warning of an increasing public health risk if the water shortages continue two hospitals have experienced supply problems emergency supplies were being made available at locations across the province, including recreation centers where those without running water were being offered free showers the scottish government has sent 160,000 liters (42,000 gallons) of bottled water to northern ireland after supplies ran out ahead of the meeting of ministers on thursday, ulster unionist party deputy leader john mccallister described the situation as 'third world and horrendous' he added: 'if the executive at stormont (the belfast government) isn't able to deal with this, the uk government will have to take over that's how bad things are' in the republic of ireland, hundreds of thousands had supplies cut off or restricted, again as a result of burst pipes after the thaw repair crews worked to fix leaks, and mobile water supplies were being sent to the worst hit areas the irish government said thursday night most parts of the country would see a resumption of normal water supply within the next two days, but in the capital, dublin, restrictions were expected to remain in place until january 10 irish minister for the environment john gormley said significant progress was being made across the country to deal with water leaks and stoppages it was also announced restrictions on water supplies were to be eased in most areas friday night to facilitate new year's eve celebrations
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government officials say the government water company failed 'miserably'. northern ireland water says up to 60,000 customers affected . some have not had running water since before christmas . it could be next week before crisis is resolved
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(cnn) while most children stella ehrhart's age are thinking about what they're going to be for halloween, this 8 year old from nebraska is thinking about who she's going to be each day of the week but don't misinterpret what she's doing as 'dressing in costume,' her mother said stella is dressing 'in character' based on what she has in her closet and where her imagination takes her all it takes is a black dress and a red tissue paper flower in her hair and she's jazz singer billie holiday or, she's jane goodall with a flannel shirt and stuffed chimp tucked under her arm with a khaki shirt emblazoned with a police badge she's her aunt pam, a police officer 'she's definitely drawn to characters that have overcome a lot, with a lot of inner strength,' her mother, stephanie anderson, said her ideas come from books, people she learns about or even friends and relatives, she said the list goes on and on because she hasn't repeated a single costume since she started last year at the beginning of second grade, stella and her mother say stella was reading laura ingalls wilder's 'little house' series about a pioneer family's life and wondered what the author wore the next day she showed up to school in a dress with leggings, stella said, starting a tradition that lasted the entire school year she resurrected it this year as she began third grade it's important to not repeat characters, stella said in a phone interview, because doing so would mean fewer opportunities to try something new 'i think it's better to focus on as much as we can,' she said 'if i repeat an outfit five times that's five times we don't have for a new character' not all of the characters are obvious or distracting, which minimizes their potential to disturb the classroom, her mother said to the contrary, teachers and students love it because they tend to learn something new about the person stella is emulating 'i think its just in her genes,' said anderson, who worked in local theater in omaha before she had kids stella's father is the director of omaha's rose theater 'she does this all on her own,' anderson said in a phone interview 'i don't costume her or buy anything special for this, we shop at target and goodwill for clothes' stella shared insights into her five favorite costumes and what she has learned from them harriet tubman: 'i like her because she led people on the underground railroad, she was a slave i like how she helped 26 people and risked her life for them' helen keller: 'i like how she never gave up on learning and she kept trying until she learned how to read braille' rosa parks: 'she said she had enough of it she stayed on her seat on the bus that was her way of saying, 'no way, this is not fair and i don't like it!' ' anne frank: 'people just think she's the person who hid behind the door but she had to move three times you've got to do what you have to do' jane adams (activist): 'it's good to do what you have to do to help people, especially those in need' so, what is she going to do for halloween? 'i'm not sure yet,' stella said 'i haven't really thought about it yet as a special day, so probably whatever i had planned'
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(cnn) as human rights advocates around the world celebrate the 64th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights this week, their counterparts in the united states are mourning the senate's rejection last week of the international convention for disability rights appalling in its own right, the senate republicans' defeat of the 21st century's first human rights treaty is a sad but sharp reminder that misinformation and fear can still override fundamental principles of human decency and common sense more importantly, it is yet another blow to the united states' ability to play a leading role in promoting freedoms and human dignity in the world the international bill of rights adopted by the united nations on december 10, 1948, still stands as the gold standard in the daily fight for basic human rights today as our societies democratize, mature and progress, human rights defenders are winning longstanding battles to expand the frontiers of rights to include women, children, indigenous peoples, lgbt communities and migrants economic and social rights are ascendant as well, as people make claims for the essentials of human life: water, food, health, jobs and education the united states has a long and generally bipartisan tradition of concern for human rights, a pillar of its founding principles americans also have been at the forefront of the global human rights movement for generations and consider ourselves a leading example for others of a rights respecting society, even if we still have much work to do to improve our record indeed, it was congress' passage of the americans with disabilities act in 1990 that paved the way for the international campaign for disability rights and which served as the standard for the treaty the senate rejected when it comes to international law, however, some americans get confused the image of the united nations as a supranational body with powers to insert itself into our living rooms persists even though there is no evidence to support it this myth making, and its inherent contradictions, are in full display in rick santorum's bizarre opinion essay published last week in the daily beast in it, the leader of the conservative movement, to defeat the treaty, claims that unelected un bureaucrats could take away a parent's power to demand special education services for a disabled child he then asserts that there is no point in ratifying the treaty because it 'would do nothing to force any foreign government to change their laws or to spend resources on the disabled that is for those governments to decide' precisely the hallmark of the un human rights system is its success in elaborating international standards for protecting a comprehensive set of human rights, monitoring states' respect for those rights and making recommendations for improving their records in exceptional cases involving gross violations, such as war crimes and mass atrocities, governments (though not the united states) have agreed to a more robust set of mechanisms, like the international criminal court, to hold individuals accountable the emerging doctrine of responsibility to protect civilians has even been applied to prevent the slaughter of civilians in libya but these measures are a far cry from any alleged interference of un lawyers in our schools and homes at the end of the day, however, national sovereignty trumps these efforts, leaving any state free to follow its own path for governing its people for better or worse, that's the way it works there is a broader and more disheartening message that the world hears from washington on this year's international human rights day: the united states is losing its moral voice on human rights because it is not leading by example as one human rights defender remarked to me recently, his government routinely cites us treatment of detainees at guantanamo as justification for its own violations of human rights when the exceptional case, like the 'necessary' measures adopted to wage battle against terrorists, becomes the norm, we have lost a major source of credibility to promote basic principles of due process and 'innocent until proven guilty' unfortunately, the conservative movement's victory in defeating the disability rights treaty is just the latest example of our political leaders' failure to convert high sounding rhetoric into meaningful action when it comes to human rights if a war hero republican like bob dole, who uses a wheelchair, cannot persuade his colleagues to do the right thing, then we are all the losers in the battle for human rights the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of ted piccone
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last week, senate republicans defeated the international convention for disability rights . misinformation and fear overrode decency and common sense, says ted piccone . opponents argued that the un could deny parents their rights to raise children as they see fit . us is losing its moral voice on human rights because it is not leading by example, he says
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(cnn) derreck kayongo's global soap project collects used hotel soap bars, reprocessing it to save lives in impoverished countries since 2009, the atlanta based nonprofit has provided about 150,000 bars of soap for communities in 10 countries, including haiti, kenya and afghanistan kayongo, a uganda native, considers the soap he provides for poverty stricken children 'a first line of defense' to help fight disease cnn asked him for his thoughts on being chosen as one of the top 10 cnn heroes of 2011 cnn: where were you when you got the call that you'd been selected as a top 10 cnn hero? derreck kayongo: i was in my office at work, and i was really taken by surprise by this generous compliment it's very humbling and at the same time very rewarding to know that there are folk out there who think that we are doing something so important to human survival that it warrants recognition of this magnitude on behalf of all the poor that live on a dollar a day, we receive this recognition with immense joy someone does really care! cnn: what do you hope this recognition will mean to the global soap project? kayongo: this will symbolize a firm acknowledgment by the american public that a new culture of good stewardship as it relates to recycling soap to help fight disease is long overdue from this day forth, gone is the day that one will travel and stay in a hotel and wonder what will happen to that bar of soap left behind with this new recognition, (we hope) the global soap project will be a formidable force in the fight against poor sanitation around the world cnn: what do you want people to know most about your work? kayongo: before global soap project, the hotel industry at no fault of their own threw away 8 million bars of soap every year because of our work, this world is going to be a better place than we found it with no soap being thrown away and with no child or woman in a refugee camp or orphan or any vulnerable populous left without a bar of soap to fend off disease read the full story on cnn hero derreck kayongo: recycling hotel soap to save lives
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derreck kayongo was named one of the top 10 cnn heroes of 2011 . his global soap project recycles used hotel soap for people in need . kayongo: 'this world is going to be a better place than we found it'
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(cnn) for her long and impressive résumé of independent films like 'dazed and confused,' 'party girl,' and 'best in show,' parker posey is often referred to as the 'queen of the indies' though much of her work in recent years has focused on memorable television roles, the mississippi native returns to the big screen in michael walker's 'price check' in the film, which debuts in select theaters on november 16 and is available for rental on itunes posey plays 'susan,' a powerful marketing executive overseeing a chain of grocery stores for fans who have grown to love posey's trademark dry wit and pitch perfect edginess, susan lands squarely in the wheelhouse in her war to take over corporate america, susan faces off with a man at every turn part genius, part sociopath, part seductress, susan uses her full arsenal of god given weapons from sexual manipulation to full blown tempter tantrums to get what she wants during a recent conversation with cnn, posey discussed her new role, explained her take on the public's misconceptions about working in hollywood and confessed the whoops moment that just may have cost her angelina jolie's oscar cnn: my first impression of you is that you're fearless are you fearless? parker posey: you know, i don't really see myself that way i've been doing this now professionally for 20 years isn't that wild? i think the perception is when you're famous you pick and choose your own material, but, honestly the material comes to me and i don't feel like i don't have much of a choice at all so, when something is good, i end up doing it but, i do like to show things that maybe most people wouldn't want to show of themselves, where people can judge you and you're not perfect so, maybe that's where you're getting that kind of fearlessness cnn: the character you play in 'price check' certainly falls in this category posey: there are things about 'susan' that i think are very of this time right now i've certainly seen women like this that are very entitled and powerful and manipulative and seductive cnn: she's a woman dominating a man's world but with what most would consider typically masculine traits posey: those characteristics excited me! i don't read parts like that that have those levels someone who's powerful and also someone who's a loose canon she has a really strong appetite, even more than these men that are around her and she's hungry for more! one of the first ideas or images i had for her was faye dunaway from 'network' her female powers aren't female, they are totally male and she doesn't have those things that make a woman powerful like vulnerability and sensitivity and intuition she takes and she demands cnn: she even demands fun i love the halloween party scene when she keeps saying everyone is going to have fun, but clearly has no idea what fun is posey: i didn't even think about that that's so true she's all about planned fun it's not like that in other countries doesn't that seem like a very american thing to do? cnn: i have heard that before, yes we're a very type a culture but, you seem like a woman who knows how to have a good time what brings you the most joy these days? posey: it's a really laid back thing like cooking or having friends over and just talking i like a one on one with a friend, really deep conversations cnn: are you and your friends talking about the election at all? posey: well, it's all kind of unsettling what we're seeing right now being played out this drama! that it becomes entertainment, that it becomes a game i can't really watch it, i just get too, there's so much that needs to be done, i get kind of down about politics i don't have the stomach to usually watch it cnn: there's a lot of attention being paid to women's health posey: yeah, yeah, i think we're in the '50s i think we're at very conservative times as women, as individuals it's strange times cnn: i wonder what susan's reaction would be to all the men talking about women's issues posey: i think she'd be really mad then, she would run for president cnn: (laughter) susan is just the latest of many roles you've made famous, but was there ever a part you passed on and then regretted later? posey: what i did pass on that may surprise you is 'girl interrupted' the angelina jolie role and she won the academy award! isn't that funny? cnn: oh, i could definitely see you in that role why did you pass? posey: i just didn't care enough about it i don't know there was something about it they probably wanted me to audition and i didn't feel like doing it, or maybe they wanted me to jump through hoops and i didn't feel like doing it honestly, i just didn't care about it enough to be grounded in it
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'queen of the indies' parker posey is tackling a new role . the actress portrays a powerful marketing executive in 'price check'. posey says she passed on a role in 'girl interrupted'
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(cnn) sean penn and gus van sant have a proposition for us: a biopic dedicated to the memory of san francisco activist and city supervisor harvey milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in california, who was murdered by a fellow supervisor in 1978 sean penn plays san francisco city supervisor harvey milk in 'milk,' directed by gus van sant the subject may be a tricky sell, but the timing feels right a few weeks late to save californians' same sex marriage rights, admittedly, but the need to keep on fighting through adversity may be milk's most important legacy and 'milk' is a powerful movie that will stir more than a few hearts and minds an audiotape milk records 'just in case' is screenwriter dustin lance black's convenient structuring device, foregrounding the story's tragic outcome and allowing milk to narrate his own life story in this telling, it's a life that begins at 40 when he picks up scott (james franco), falls in love, comes out and drops out the year is 1970, and san francisco beckons their castro street camera store soon becomes a focal point for the booming gay community, and it's not long before milk makes the first of several unsuccessful runs for district supervisor civic elections might seem like small beer, but the persecution that compelled milk to run for office is no trivial matter the gay rights movement's most critical accomplishment, the film suggests, is how it liberated gays to be themselves as milk tries to explain to his heterosexual colleague dan white (josh brolin), this isn't about principles, it's about people's lives three of his lovers had threatened suicide one of them, jack lira (diego luna), goes through with it the political can't get more personal than that ironically, the devoutly 'normal' white is the one who is truly messed up here's another irony: to earn the recognition and validation of the voters, milk has to shed his reborn hippie uniform and ponytail, put on a suit and get a haircut making the same calculation, director gus van sant has axed the long takes and experimentalism that made 'elephant' and 'paranoid park' arresting but decidedly marginal experiences and turned in his most conventional movie since 'finding forrester' in other words, he's playing it straight this time the strategy is sound; the execution, nearly flawless van sant captures the time and the place with unobtrusive precision, seamlessly mixing in reams of archival news reports (she may not know it, but anita bryant has a co starring role in this movie) ireportcom: share your reviews of 'milk' penn is studied and thoughtful, impassioned and immediately sympathetic as milk it's easy to see how he attracts so much support and how his drive and commitment don't leave enough time for a 'real' life when penn smiles, there's always pain there it's almost a wince and he smiles a lot here 'milk' may be a little too homogenized for some tastes like 'philadelphia' and 'brokeback mountain,' it's careful how it advances its agenda (and it does have one) but it's not just a single issue movie in its conviction that 'change' isn't effected through rhetoric alone, but through the hard slog of campaign work, persuasion, inspiration, inclusion and good old, bad old politicking, 'milk' says something about how progress is achieved in america in that respect, it evokes the best aspirations of the country and, for that matter, of filmmaking
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(cnn) only two republican presidential candidates will appear on the ballot in virginia next year, regardless of how many are in the race mitt romney and ron paul will have the dominion state all to themselves supporters of newt gingrich, rick perry, rick santorum, jon huntsman and michele bachmann will have to be content with yard signs or donations as ways of cheering on their favorite would be nominee that's because their campaigns failed to gain the requisite 10,000 signatures it is, to be sure, a self inflicted wound, a measure of some organizational chaos but it is also a function of illogically restrictive local laws they not only impede ballot access but end up denying open representative democracy to operate on the road to the oval office the united states is the only nation in the world, save switzerland, that does not have uniform federal ballot access laws, according to ballot access news, a website run by richard winger that is dedicated to the issue this may reflect the country's closely held federalism, but it can create chaos in a presidential year in many cases, the rules are imposed by state party bosses who are less interested in democracy than in rigging the system to benefit their favored candidates take, for example, my home state of new york it votes reliably democratic in presidential years, at least since ronald reagan thrashed walter mondale in 1984 but the state's primary delegates can still be a prize in a protracted republican nomination fight in 1999, john mccain had to sue to even have his name appear on the ballot alongside george w bush because the republican state party chair and his committee essentially decided that bush would be their nominee without the inconvenience of putting it to a vote local laws allowed them to restrict ballot access until public pressure and a court injunction overruled their attempted end run around democracy each presidential cycle, the corrupt kabuki continues in this election season, virginia's ballot isn't the only one with high barriers to entry indiana requires 4,500 signatures and illinois 3,000 in rhode island, some republican officials are warning that not a single republican candidate could qualify for the state's primary ballot changes to ballot laws last spring now give candidates about two weeks after they declare on january 19 to collect 1,000 signatures from registered republicans for a ballot spot a difficult task during the cold season because our primary system focuses intensely on the first few states notably january's gantlet of iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and florida dark horse candidates logically focus their efforts and limited resources on crucial early contests but if they are able to build enough support in those states, they can find themselves cut off at the knees in later primary states with high hurdle filing deadlines or signature requirements this adds to the advantage of establishment candidates with enough big money behind them to build national organizations before the early states have even voted republican primary voters have watched their candidates debate more than a dozen times this year alone they have informed opinions by the time january is over, the current field of seven candidates will probably be cut to three or four certainly, at that crucial stage of the nomination, every registered republican should have a chance to vote for his or her preferred nominee one of the major problems in american politics today is that the parties have forgotten that they are not the purpose of our democracy independent voters like me now nearly 40% of the electorate and on the rise across the nation are effectively disenfranchised in the crucial closed partisan primaries where most elections are effectively decided open primaries, such as in new hampshire, where independents are allowed to vote, often have the additional benefit of selecting the best general election candidate, the one best able to appeal to centrists as well as conservatives look, i'd like to see more open primaries across the nation as a means of achieving a more representative democracy, less disproportionately dominated by partisan activists but surely, registered republicans should have the ability to vote for the candidate of their choice, regardless of ridiculously restrictive local election laws 'it's very disappointing watching people on tv act like its only newt gingrich or rick perry who are being affected,' said winger, who runs ballot access news 'it's the voters who are being injured' gingrich, perry and the other leading republicans deserve to have their names appear on the ballot as long as their campaigns continue their supporters should have the right to vote for their favored candidate anything less is hiding behind legalisms, with other candidates defending the status quo because it suits their short term self interest, not because it is right or just it is a coward's way to win a primary, and it demeans our democracy by denying voters the full range of choice at a pivotal point in the race for the presidency the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of john avlon
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john avlon: rules on collecting signatures have left only 2 gop candidates on virginia ballot . lack of uniform federal ballot access laws disenfranchises some primary voters, he says . he says state party machines can set arbitrary rules that favor establishment candidates . avlon: gingrich, perry, other gop candidates deserve names on the ballot if they're running
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(cnn) for mike chinoy, cnn's beijing bureau chief at the time, one of the most significant moments in that heady spring of 1989 in china happened at 2:30 am beijing time on the morning of june 4, as the crackdown was taking place mike chinoy: 'i described the gunfire and the bodies' chinoy was on the balcony at 'tokyo base' the network's nickname for its makeshift bureau at the beijing hotel down the avenue from tiananmen square watching soldiers march into the square with guns firing he was also constantly on the phone with cnn atlanta, giving the network live 'beeper' updates on what was happening there cnn's live video capability had long been pulled by the chinese authorities and cnn's first pictures from the square had already been confiscated but chinoy, a long time china watcher in the midst of the biggest story he had ever covered, was keeping the network and its viewers updated by phone watch mike chinoy reporting from tiananmen square » 'the assault on tiananmen square was under way,' chinoy recalls 'i could see a lot, but not everything i was just describing what i was seeing, and passing on what colleagues were sending i had a telephone line that could be kept open' and then at 2:30 am, ralph begleiter, cnn's state department correspondent at the time, started his talk show, which was featuring us secretary of state james baker as its previously scheduled guest before begleiter began interviewing baker, though, he went to chinoy in china for the latest on what was happening in beijing see photos of the cnn team in tiananmen square in 1989 » 'i described the gunfire and the bodies,' said chinoy watch mike chinoy reporting on the crackdown in tiananmen square » 'and then begleiter asked baker what america's policy on the crackdown was' 'baker was flustered,' chinoy recalls 'he didn't know what was happening yet the us embassy hadn't submitted any reports he hadn't had time to think it through' it was in that moment that chinoy realized that television news and the 24 hour news cycle cnn had pioneered was going to alter everything 'it showed the way this live, real time news on television was going to change the dynamics of how major players responded to dramatic events and crises,' said chinoy 'it was a watershed in the information revolution' no time for even a thought that june 4, 1989, was also his 37th birthday mike chinoy is now an author and senior fellow at the pacific council on international policy, based in los angeles daniela deane was a chief sub editor at the reuters news agency in hong kong during the tiananmen crisis
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washington (cnn) a mississippi man was indicted monday in the mailing of ricin laced letters to president barack obama and two other officials the five count indictment charges james everett dutschke, 41, with producing and using the deadly toxin as a weapon, using the mail to threaten obama, republican sen roger wicker of mississippi and lee county judge sadie holland the indictment alleges dutschke tried to implicate someone else for the crimes that other man, an elvis impersonator named paul kevin curtis, was arrested on april 17 he claimed he'd been framed, and the charges against him were dropped less than a week later dutschke was then arrested april 27 and charged with producing the ricin curtis had said the two men knew each other and had a falling out new poison letters put ricin under microscope an affidavit released earlier said investigators conducted searches of dutschke's home and former place of business and found incriminating items including latex gloves and a dust mask the mask tested positive for ricin according to court papers, each letter contained the same message, saying in part, 'maybe i have your attention now even if that means someone must die this must stop to see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance' what is ricin? the letters all ended with the words 'i am kc and i approve this message' that was a phrase commonly used by paul kevin curtis in online postings the indictment claims dutschke used such language in the messages 'to make it appear that paul kevin curtis was responsible' for the letters if convicted dutschke could face up to life in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines he is scheduled to be arraigned in oxford, mississippi, on thursday cnn's message to dutschke's lawyer was not immediately returned ricin: almost never deadly
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the indictment says the defendant tried to blame another man . the other man was arrested, then later released . the 5 count indictment charges james everett dutschke with using ricin as a weapon . letters were sent to obama and two others
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cedar rapids, iowa (cnn) floodwaters inundated iowa city and the university of iowa arts campus on sunday despite what one official called a 'herculean effort' to hold back the water with sandbags residents surround lt tobey harrison at a cedar rapids checkpoint as they wait to see their homes sunday 'we've had the [national guard] working next to prisoner inmates, sandbagging,' said david jackson, the university's facilities manager 'students, faculty and staff, leaders of the university, the president of the university out sandbagging' some 500 to 600 homes were ordered to evacuate and others faced a voluntary evacuation order through the morning, said iowa city mayor regenia bailey the iowa river in iowa city crested at 315 feet and was expected to remain at that level until monday, city and state officials said sunday classes at the university have been suspended until next sunday, according to its web site 'all of our theaters, our music building, clapp recital hall, our fine arts building [the] new art building west designed by stephen holl, has taken on significant water as well,' said sally mason, president of the university 'fortunately we were able to save all the art,' she said the art was placed in crates shipped out of state last week 'we anticipated the worst a week ago' at least 8 feet of water rushed through the campus, officials said among the school's 30,000 students, ann barber told cnn she has been sandbagging for nearly seven days 'it's very hard to watch the devastation of our university,' she said this month's severe weather has trampled towns from north dakota to indiana the federal emergency management agency says more than 11 million midwesterners will be affected by flooding and tornadoes meanwhile, in cedar rapids, iowa, some of nearly 20,000 displaced residents began to return home sunday as water there receded people lined up for about a block in one part of the city waiting for a special wristband to allow them access to their homes the flooding there caught many people by surprise 'we didn't think it would get this high,' said tina fleischacker, whose cedar rapids home was soaked 'we moved everything upstairs and it's gone it's gone we left with the clothes on our backs' about 36,000 iowans, most in cedar rapids, evacuated their homes due to the state wide flooding at least 472 people spent saturday night in 18 shelters set up across the state, according to dave miller, the administrator of iowa homeland security and emergency management in iowa city, the water is expected to drop no more than 3 feet by saturday, said john benson, spokesman for iowa homeland security and emergency management 'there's that moment of 'phew,' but then there's that realization that the water will be going down very slowly,' bailey told reporters she urged residents to be careful when returning to their homes and businesses, and asked them to abide by a 8 pm to 6 am curfew 'water flows are still dangerous,' she said 'we need people to be patient we will get them into those homes and businesses as soon as possible' iowa has been inundated with heavy rains in recent weeks that have caused several major rivers that feed into the mississippi including the cedar, des moines and iowa rivers to flood their banks the flooding in the midwest is 'some of the worst' to hit the united states since hurricane katrina inundated the gulf coast nearly three years ago, fema administrator david paulison said sunday on cnn the scenarios are much different, but 'the aftermath is similar,' he said 'the fact [is] that we have a lot of people whose homes have been destroyed' the agency has received more than 12,000 disaster assistance applications from the hardest hit states iowa, indiana and wisconsin starting tuesday, the american red cross will set up kitchens in iowa to serve up about 100,000 meals to residents each day the agency, which is housing 720 flood victims in 30 shelters, plans to spend about $15 million on midwest relief efforts iowans are very concerned about how they will afford to rebuild 'most of the people here do not have flood insurance,' said steve doser, director of a shelter in cedar rapids 'a couple people told us that they were told they didn't need flood insurance, 'don't worry about it, you're in a 500 year [plain],' ' he said 'now they don't have anything' iowa gov chet culver estimates agricultural damage could reach $1 billion, exceeding the costs of the big flood in 1993 he praised the strength and resilience of the people of iowa and vowed to rebuild the state, noting that 'will take a long time' there have been 16 storm related deaths since may 25 in iowa, 12 of them from recent tornadoes, culver said sunday four boy scouts were killed last week when a twister touched down at a camp in iowa culver has declared 83 of the state's 99 counties disaster areas more than 3,300 iowa national guard troops have been deployed to help primarily with sandbagging and staging resources, maj gen ron dardis of the iowa national guard said sunday that number is expected to rise to 4,000 by monday, he said of those troops, 750 are stationed in des moines helping to shore up levees with sandbags along the des moines river amid fears that the historic flooding that has hit other parts of the state could soon take its toll on the iowa capital early saturday, rising waters breached a levee on the des moines river, prompting emergency officials to evacuate 270 homes in des moines' birdland park neighborhood, a state emergency official said a high school in the neighborhood was also flooded cnn's jim acosta and julian cummings contributed to this report
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mexico city, mexico (cnn) helicopters were bringing 2,000 mexican troops into the us mexican border city of juarez on friday to quell a wave of drug related violence blamed for 200 deaths since january, the city's mayor said mexico has ordered troops to move near juarez, shown here with el paso, texas, in the distance 'two rival drug cartels tried to push each other out of the city,' jose reyes ferriz told cnn among those killed were about 20 police officers representing the state, the military and the federal and city governments, he said 'many [people] say the drug cartels targeted specifically the heads of the police departments,' he said 'the violence got extremely bad in the city' he said no uninvolved civilians have been injured 'the two rival drug cartels in mexico, one's from the gulf, one's from the pacific and juarez being right down the middle, they tried to push the other one out of the area,' he said watch police clash with suspected drug smugglers » juarez sits across the rio grande from el paso, texas the majority of the troops will be based in the city defense secretary guillermo galvan said thursday 2,026 soldiers, 180 military tactical vehicles, three airplanes and more than a dozen drug detection devices would be used in the military operation mexican attorney general medina mora stressed that the violence that goes along with drug trafficking is 'not in any way a sign of strength, but a sign of weakness, deterioration and decomposition' e mail to a friend cnn's ariel crespo contributed to this report
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the majority of the troops will be based in juarez, mexico . juarez sits across the rio grande from el paso, texas . drug related violence has claimed some 200 lives since the beginning of the year . mayor: two rival drug cartels tried to push each other out of the city
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washington (cnn) the director of federal emergency management agency on sunday defended giving away an estimated $85 million in hurricane relief supplies, blaming louisiana officials for turning down the stockpiles a new orleans charity keeps goods in trash bags in an empty church fema never told it about the free items 'we still have quite a few left if louisiana needs those,' david paulison said 'but we did find out, we did ask louisiana, 'do you want these?' they said, 'no, we don't need them' so we offered them to the other states' a cnn investigation revealed last week that fema gave away 121 truckloads of material the agency amassed after 2005's hurricane katrina the material was declared surplus property and offered to federal and state agencies including louisiana, where groups working to resettle hurricane victims say the supplies are still needed paulison told cnn's 'late edition with wolf blitzer' his agency distributed more than 90,000 'living kits' to people in louisiana whose homes were destroyed or damaged by katrina the kits included cleaning supplies, mops, brooms, pots and pans after cnn reported on the giveaway, louisiana officials asked that the supplies be redirected to the state, which originally passed on them john medica, director of the louisiana's federal property assistance agency, told cnn he was unaware katrina victims still needed the items because no agency had contacted his office sen mary landrieu of louisiana, an outspoken critic of fema's response to the hurricane, told cnn the supply giveaway was 'just a shame' 'it's just another example of the failings of the federal bureaucracy,' said landrieu, who wrote homeland security secretary michael chertoff last week to request an explanation 'we're still trying to fix it it's going to take a lot more work' paulison said much of the stockpile included 'things we don't normally store refrigerators, stoves, coolers, diapers, things like that' states, meanwhile, were requesting those items, he said 'it didn't make any sense for fema to sit on this much stuff and supplies we normally don't even keep we have plenty of supplies in place if we have another disaster we can duplicate that type of commodities and get them for people in need,' he said the agency's chief spokesman, james mcintyre, had declined a request for an on camera interview and told cnn the giveaway was 'not news' paulison said the story 'just really missed the mark' that the supplies given away were not exclusively for katrina victims, but were 'donated from disasters all around the entire country' but e mails from mcintyre and from the general services administration, which manages federal property, contradict paulison's account in an e mail sent in april, mcintyre told cnn 'in many cases, items were purchased in the field by fema' and in a phone interview with cnn, mcintyre said, 'that is property that was purchased in response to katrina we purchased most of that equipment because of the catastrophic nature of that disaster' general services administration spokeswoman viki reath wrote the supplies given away were 'surplus from the katrina and [hurricane] rita disasters some purchased by fema, some donated by foreign countries and federal government agencies' mcintyre said fema's storage costs were running more than $1 million a year, and that gsa officials wanted to tear down the fort worth, texas, warehouses in which the stockpiles were being kept cnn's abbie boudreau and scott zamost contributed to this report
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washington (cnn) former terrorist suspects detained by the united states were tortured, according to medical examinations detailed in a report released wednesday by a human rights group a us serviceman with his dog watches a detainee at abu ghraib prison in iraq in 2003 the massachusetts based physicians for human rights reached that conclusion after two day clinical evaluations of 11 former detainees, who had been held at the abu ghraib prison in iraq, at guantanamo bay, cuba, and in afghanistan the detainees were never charged with crimes 'we found clear physical and psychological evidence of torture and abuse, often causing lasting suffering,' said dr allen keller, a medical evaluator for the study in a 121 page report, the doctors' group said that it uncovered medical evidence of torture, including beatings, electric shock, sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation, sodomy and scores of other abuses the report is prefaced by retired us major gen antonio taguba, who led the army's investigation into the abu ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in 2003 watch why a rights group says there's evidence of torture » 'there is no longer any doubt that the current administration committed war crimes,' taguba says 'the only question is whether those who ordered torture will be held to account' over the years, reports of abuses at abu ghraib and allegations of torture at guantanamo prompted the bush administration to deny that the us military tortures detainees since only 11 detainees were examined 'the findings of this assessment cannot be generalized to the treatment of all detainees in us custody,' the report says however, the incidents documented are consistent with findings of other investigations into government treatment, 'making it reasonable to conclude that these detainees were not the only ones abused, but are representative of a much larger number of detainees subjected to torture and ill treatment while in us custody' four of the men evaluated were arrested in or taken to afghanistan between late 2001 and early 2003 and later were sent to guantanamo bay, where they were held for an average of three years before being released without charge, the report says the other seven were detained in iraq in 2003 and released within a year, the report says all the subjects told examiners that they were subjected to multiple forms of torture or ill treatment that 'often occurred in combination over a long period of time,' the report says while the report presents synopses of the detainees' backgrounds based on interviews with them, the authors did not have access to the detainees' medical histories therefore, there's no way to know whether any of the inmates may have had medical or mental problems before being detained among the ex detainees was an iraqi in his mid 40s, identified only as laith, whom us soldiers took into custody in october 2003 and who was released from abu ghraib in june 2004 according to the report, laith was subjected to sleep deprivation, electric shocks and threats of sexual abuse to himself and his family 'they took off even my underwear they asked me to do some movements that make me look in a very bad way so they can take photographs they were trying to make me look like an animal,' laith told examiners, according to the report according to the report, laith said the most 'painful' experiences involved threats to his family: 'and they asked me, 'have you ever heard voices of women in this prison?' i answered, 'yes' they were saying, 'then you will hear your mothers and sisters when we are raping them' ' the examiners concluded in the report that 'laith appears to have suffered severe and lasting physical and psychological injuries as a result of his arrest and incarceration at abu ghraib prison' another detainee, youssef, was detained by us soldiers nearly seven years ago when he tried to enter afghanistan from neighboring pakistan without a passport, the report says he initially was held in an afghan prison, where he describes 'being stripped naked, being intimidated by dogs, being hooded and being thrown against the wall on repeated occasions,' the report says a few months later, he was taken to the guantanamo bay facility, where he was subjected to interrogators who would enter his cell and force him to lie on the floor with his hands tied behind his back to his feet, the report says youssef said the interrogators wanted him to confess of involvement with the taliban, the report says based on its investigation, the report calls on the us government to issue a formal apology to detainees subject to torture and ill treatment by the military since fall 2001 in afghanistan, iraq, guantanamo bay and elsewhere the rights group also demands that the bush administration: • 'repudiate all forms of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment'; • establish an independent commission to investigate and report publicly the circumstances of detention and interrogation at us run prisons in afghanistan, iraq and guantanamo bay; • hold individuals involved in torturing detainees accountable through criminal and civil processes; and • monitor thoroughly the conditions at us run prisons all over the world cnn radio contributed to this report
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gaza city, gaza (cnn) a truce between israel and gaza's hamas leaders will take effect thursday and last for six months, hamas officials said tuesday palestinian hamas security men stand to attention at a training academy in gaza city last week israeli officials, however, stopped short of confirming that a cease fire agreement has been reached 'it's still early to announce an agreement of calm,' israeli defense minister ehud barak said in a statement 'when it starts, if it starts, it's hard to say how long it will last the test will be how it's implemented' hamas senior official mahmoud zahar and hamas negotiator khalil al hayya announced the egyptian brokered agreement at a news conference in gaza they said it will begin at 6 am thursday (11 pm wednesday et) on sunday, israel gradually will start to open its border crossing terminals, the hamas officials said asked about initial reports of a cease fire, one israeli official would not confirm whether an agreement had been finalized but said any truce would involve a sequential process watch what truce may mean in gaza » the official said israel would reopen some of its terminals along the gaza border after calm had been established he said israel is still calling for the release of cpl gilad shalit as part of a broader cease fire gaza militants kidnapped shalit in june 2006 egypt has been trying to broker a truce between hamas and israel for months militants in hamas controlled gaza have pummeled israel with thousands of rocket and mortar attacks, prompting israeli military operations in the palestinian territory referring to the egyptian mediation efforts, barak said, 'it's important to exhaust the possibility 'the idf [israel defense forces] is prepared for any developments, but it is important to attempt to achieve a period of calm to bring back the peace and quiet for the [israeli] people who live around gaza in sderot and ashkelon and to try and renew negotiations for the release of gilad shalit' militants in gaza have launched more than 2,300 mortars and rockets since the start of 2008, more than the 2,000 launched in all of last year, according to israeli military figures while most of the attacks do not result in casualties, three israelis have been killed in rocket and mortar strikes in recent weeks the israeli military responds to the attacks by carrying out airstrikes and ground operations in gaza that target militants, but many times lead to civilian casualties further inflaming the palestinian leadership israel also has restricted supplies of gasoline, diesel and electricity to gaza, limited the amount of food and other goods entering the strip and made it virtually impossible for manufacturers and farmers in gaza to export anything to the outside world hamas seized control of gaza last year after routing palestinian security agencies under the control of palestinian president mahmoud abbas and his fatah movement the ouster forced abbas to dissolve the fatah hamas unity government, but fatah still controls the west bank representatives from the rival factions met recently in senegal for talks aimed at restoring the political and territorial split earlier this month, abbas called for 'national unity' talks with hamas with the goal of producing new elections for the palestinians, who elected a hamas led palestinian authority government in a us backed vote in 2006 meanwhile, abbas' western backed government is working toward a peace agreement with israel the bush administration has said it wants the two sides to reach an agreement by the end of the year cnn's shira medding contributed to this report
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(cnn) at least one member of the jury that sentenced cameron todd willingham to death in the arson homicides of his three children says she is struggling with the idea that she might have convicted an innocent man a family photo shows cameron todd willingham with his wife, stacy, and daughters kameron, amber and karmon it has been 17 years since willingham was convicted in texas of setting a house fire that killed his children, a crime willingham vehemently denied right up until his execution in 2004 since that time, three investigations have concluded arson was not the likely cause of the 1991 fire, including one that arrived in texas gov rick perry's office 88 minutes before the scheduled execution perry replaced four of nine members of the texas forensics sciences commission in recent weeks, just before the commission was to receive a report from the latest of the three investigations the controversy has led juror dorenda brokofsky to think twice about the decision she made in a jury room in 1992 'i don't sleep at night because of a lot of this,' brokofsky said 'i have gone back and forth in my mind trying to think of anything that we missed i don't like the fact that years later someone is saying maybe we made a mistake, that the facts aren't what they could've been' brokofsky spoke with cnn by phone from her midwest home she has long since moved away from tiny corsicana, texas, where the fire took place 'i do have doubts now,' she said 'i mean, we can only go with what we knew at the time, but i don't like the fact now that maybe this man was executed by our word because of evidence that is not true it may not be true now and i don't like the fact that i may have to face my god and explain what i did' 'when you're sitting there with all those facts, there was nothing else we could see,' she said 'now i don't know i can't tell you he's innocent, i can't say 100 percent he's guilty' brokofsky had another revelation she said she thought she would be excluded from the jury because of her family's close relationship with key witness and then corsicana assistant fire chief douglas fogg her father was also a fire marshal for eight years before the willingham fire 'i was raised with my father being a fire marshal,' she said 'he went around proving that stuff, so he wasn't here at that time but i knew doug fogg, who was one of the witnesses it was no secret, but i didn't think they would pick me as a juror because of it' critics say perry's recent actions to shake up the commission were politically motivated, a charge he denies perry's office said it received a five page fax on the day of the execution that contained an arson expert's findings that the fire was not deliberately set it is unclear whether perry read the fax 'given the brevity of the report and the general counsel's familiarity with all the other facts in the case, there was ample time for the general counsel to read and analyze the report and to brief the governor on its contents,' perry spokeswoman allison castle said willingham was executed less than two hours later death penalty opponents say an impartial review of willingham's case could lead to an unprecedented admission that the state executed an innocent man the latest report concluded that the arson ruling at the heart of willingham's conviction 'could not be sustained' by modern science or the standards of the time perry said he remains confident willingham was guilty, as do authorities in corsicana, south of dallas, who prosecuted willingham willingham's wife's brother, ronnie kuykendall, said in a signed affidavit that stacy willingham told her family that todd willingham confessed to killing the children during her visit to him on death row a few days before the execution but stacy willingham testified for her husband during his trial, while her family argued he was guilty cnn could not reach her for comment even willingham's defense attorney, david martin, remains confident his client committed the crime 'there was no question whatsoever that he was guilty,' martin said on cnn's 'ac360' thursday night watch defense attorney say client was guilty » martin slammed the most recent report on the willing ham case, by maryland arson expert craig beyler, as 'one of the least objective reports i've ever read' on thursday, perry also lambasted the beyler report as having 'a very politically driven agenda' and being propaganda for the anti death penalty movement beyler, asked about perry's statements, said they were 'strange and clueless'
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editor's note: douglas w blayney, md, is president of the american society of clinical oncology and professor of internal medicine at the university of michigan he specializes in the treatment of breast cancer and lymphoma and was in private practice for 17 years in california brenda nevidjon, rn, is president of the oncology nursing society and clinical professor of nursing at duke university school of nursing she was the first nurse and first woman to be chief operating officer of duke university hospital douglas blayney says a health care bill provision on end of life care has been completely misconstrued (cnn) the heated national debate on health care reform has taken an unusual turn, with many eyes focused on a minor provision regarding end of life care embedded in the house bill the measure provides coverage for medicare beneficiaries who elect to meet with their medical team once every five years to discuss options for treatment if they become seriously ill it's called end of life care or advance care planning some opponents of the house bill have expended great energy and resources in recent weeks to convince seniors that this provision will somehow result in government sponsored euthanasia we have seen the volatile response to these allegations at town hall meetings across the country this argument is completely false this provision simply provides for medicare to pay for voluntary conversations between patients and their health care practitioners on the difficult but important subject of planning for care at the end of life the provision is purely optional, and patients would be able to choose whether to discuss the issue with their practitioners for those who decide to do so, there would be clear benefits these discussions can include where a person wants to receive care and how physical needs, including pain, are to be managed the merits of broader health care reform legislation aside, there should be no controversy about the benefits of end of life care planning discussions according to a 2008 study in the journal of the american medical association, these discussions have been proven to improve patient care and quality of life confronting the prospect of death isn't easy for anyone so perhaps it's no surprise that few people talk with their doctors, nurses or loved ones about their wishes for end of life care surveys show that only 13 percent of americans have established a living will laying out their desires for treatment near death, and shared it with their medical teams we discuss end of life care with patients to fulfill our commitment to them throughout the course of their care when a disease cannot be cured, we can assure our patients that we can make them comfortable in their last days when these conversations are done in advance and done well, everyone benefits patients, families and all members of our care teams as practitioners, we know from experience that discussions with patients in the end stages of their cancers and with their family members may be long and emotional, but ultimately lead to end of life care centered on the patient's wishes we have seen many patients who were well cared for by their families, with professional help, and were comfortable in their surroundings we know, through research and through our own experience, that patients who have discussed end of life care make better informed treatment decisions, experience less pain and depression, and fare better overall ireportcom: share your hopes for health care reform at some point, we all will need to make decisions about care at the end of life whether ill or not, every american should think ahead about the kind of treatment they want, discuss their desires with their loved ones and their doctors and nurses, and develop living wills to document their wishes a new medicare benefit that acknowledges the value of end of life conversations between health care practitioners and patients is long overdue and should be included in any health care reform bill it is good medicine and improves the lives of patients exactly what policymakers say they are looking for in health care reform more importantly, it would help all americans live their final days with dignity and in accord with their own wishes the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of douglas w blayney and brenda nevidjon
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business insider is contributing a series of columns to cnncom that challenge commonly held beliefs about the tech world (business insider) google loves to talk about how 'open' android, its operating system for mobile devices, is especially when it comes to comparisons between android and apple's iphone, openness is google's favorite talking point but what, exactly, does it even mean that android is 'open?' google would point to a number of broadly related facts about the os, but here's the essential point: android is 'open' in that google distributes its source code under something called the apache license code distributed under an apache license is free for anyone to use as they wish importantly, unlike some open source licenses, the apache license lets anyone use the code in question as part of proprietary software that is, if you write something and distribute it for free under the apache license, i'm free to tack on some modifications, keep the added code a secret, and charge customers for the whole package so, while google likes to say that android's openness is about giving the consumer freedom, the real freedom here has nothing to do with consumers consumers don't buy operating systems they buy phones phone manufacturers and the mobile carriers with whom they form partnerships are free to add code to android as they see fit before loading it on to their handsets and selling them to you they're also free to throw up all sorts of hurdles to make it difficult for you to get rid of their software and install a 'clean' version of google's os the changes that handset makers and carriers make to android are generally bad news for the consumer many pre install shoddy, proprietary software 'bloatware' which can't be removed, to drive users to their own services they also cripple phone features the latest version of android, for instance, lets you use your phone as a mobile hotspot, allowing you to access the internet wirelessly from your nearby computer, using the phone's data connection unfortunately, on most phones, that feature is broken by default, and can only be enabled by paying your carrier an extra monthly fee google's response to this is that because many different manufacturers are competing to sell android phones, consumers will always win out in the end if consumers didn't like the bloatware that came with their phones, other manufacturers wouldn't include it, the bad actors would lose customers, and everyone would have to adjust as eric schmidt put it: 'that's how markets work' that is how markets work in textbooks it's also more or less how unrestricted markets for undifferentiated products with large numbers of sellers work in practice unfortunately, it's not how the market for cell phones works there are just a handful of corporations in the world that make quality, high end phones and, in any given area, there are only a few carriers to provide service to those phones there are two oligopolies in between you and android, and they're working together with all due respect to eric schmidt, that sort of market generally doesn't work very efficiently at all to be fair, there are lots of great ways in which android really does give users more freedom than the iphone for one thing, google doesn't try to prevent you from downloading apps of which it doesn't approve and, for the most part, opening up the os to competition between different hardware manufacturers is terrific these aspects of 'openness' are a big part of why i switched to android, and have no plans to go back but letting handset makers and, especially, carriers make the android experience worse is a bad move, and one the hurts google's customers and, contrary to what the company claims, it wouldn't have to betray any principles of open source to fix this google can go ahead and give away its source under the apache license, and let people run wild with it but it shouldn't give away the 'android' brand to any company that cripples the product google is spending lots of money hyping that brand, and it is staking its reputation on it these companies are taking full advantage of that google can be open without letting companies release inferior products with google's name on them that kind of openness is bad news for the consumer, and ultimately bad news for google copyright © 2010 business insider
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belfast, northern ireland (cnn) northern ireland's water supply is in a 'precarious position' after several major water pipes burst, allowing 10 million liters of water to drain from belfast reservoirs each day, the northern ireland water interim chairman said friday the state funded water company's response to the 'unprecedented situation' was 'unacceptable,' padraic white said tens of thousands of homes and businesses have lost their supply after frozen pipes burst in a rapid thaw that followed record low temperatures last week many customers have been without running water since monday, but some say they haven't had supplies for 10 days pipes at the country's top hospital, the royal victoria hospital in belfast, were among those that failed, white said water service might not be fully restored until the middle of next week, but even then hundreds of rural homes could still be without water, he said the water company's emergency call center was not prepared to handle 'a disaster of this magnitude,' but communication with customers will be improved, white said he recommended a full investigation into the company's problems northern ireland water has been heavily criticized for its response to the crisis, with some politicians calling for top officials to resign chairman white said company executives were not considering resignations, since their focus at the moment is restoring water service the company said friday that there had been an improvement in the situation in the past 24 hours and that the number of customers without water was down to around 5,000 it added, however, that as many as 24,000 customers could experience intermittent disruption to supplies as repairs continue northern ireland water has blamed the problems on a rapid thaw, with a huge number of pipes bursting after a dramatic change in temperature from minus 16 to 10 degrees celsius (3 to 50 degrees fahrenheit) 'within a matter of hours' company officials have also complained about a lack of investment in the water infrastructure over the years the republic of ireland has also experienced problems with its water supplies the government said thursday night that most parts of the country would see a resumption of service within two days, but restrictions in the capital, dublin, were expected to remain in place until january 10
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(cnn) one evening, when i was 24 years old, i heard dr muhammad yunus speak to a small classroom of stanford university students i was not a student at the time, so i crashed the lecture and sat quietly on the steps in the back of the room what i heard that night changed my life dr yunus spoke of his journey in creating the grameen bank, which provides small loans to the poor he told us about the incredible success many of grameen's clients had achieved, breaking the cycle of poverty in their lives with only a few borrowed dollars and an entrepreneurial spirit but beyond sharing his story, and beyond explaining the power of microfinance to change people's lives, yunus spoke about the poor in a way i'd never before heard he described them as hardworking, motivated, intelligent entrepreneurs who had the power to improve their own lives not hopeless, desperate, devastated individuals waiting for a donor to make everything better watch an interview with jessica jackley many of my assumptions about poverty, and about my role in helping to alleviate it, were turned upside down (a few years after that evening lecture, yunus and his grameen bank won the 2006 nobel peace prize, honoring their work pioneering modern microfinance) listening to yunus speak that night, i was inspired to do something i wanted to meet hardworking entrepreneurs like the ones he'd talked about, and to truly understand their stories a few weeks later, i quit my job at stanford and boarded a plane to nairobi, kenya, to try to do just that tedcom: paul collier on 'the bottom billion' over the next few months, i interviewed over a hundred entrepreneurs throughout east africa who had received $100 to start or grow their microenterprises i formed powerful connections with many of those entrepreneurs, all of whom were working hard every day to lift themselves and others out of poverty a seamstress in kenya who used her business profits to send her daughters to school; a goat herder in uganda who could finally afford mosquito nets for his family; a farmer in tanzania who explained proudly how she could now, for the first time, feed her children three meals a day these dignified individuals showed me how even a simple endeavor could be run with incredible acumen, creativity, and wisdom it was through their stories of perseverance and optimism that my beliefs about poverty, about empowerment, about entrepreneurship, and about my own path began to shift i wondered how the world might be different if more people could hear their stories, in detail, one at a time and i wondered what it would be like to participate in the next chapter of their stories in a way that dignified them, not pitied them what if a community of people could gather together to lend the next few hundred dollars they needed for their businesses to grow? my desire to answer these questions inspired the creation of kiva (http://wwwkivaorg/), the world's first peer to peer microlending website on kiva, people can lend as little as $25 to specific entrepreneurs and get their money back when the entrepreneur repays in a little over five years since its founding, kiva has been one of the fastest growing social benefit websites in history, facilitating more than $170 million in loans across 208 countries building on lessons learned at kiva, i've now turned my attention back home to focus on serving small business here in the us as co founder and ceo of profounder (http://wwwprofoundercom/) profounder is a crowd funding platform for american entrepreneurs to raise investments from their friends, families and communities an unlimited number of unaccredited investors can invest and choose either to receive a share of the business's revenues as cash, or redirect them to a nonprofit tedcom: andrew mwenda takes a new look at africa entrepreneurs can create a simple fundraising website including legally compliant investment terms, raise seed capital online, manage their community of supporters, pay investors dividends over time, provide regular updates on their business's progress, and much more it is my hope that profounder can change the way we support small businesses and start ups in america i believe in entrepreneurs i believe in their ability to make positive change in the world i want to see a world in which every entrepreneur has access to the resources he or she needs to succeed, and where through the power of supportive communities that means you and me every resource can be made available whether you are a goat herder in the great rift valley, a tech start up guru in silicon valley, or someone simply eager to see an entrepreneur succeed, i invite you to join me invest in an entrepreneur become an entrepreneur there is a new story to be written together the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of jessica jackley
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jessica jackley was inspired by the example of muhammad yunus . she says microlending enables people to break free of the cycle of poverty . jackley: entrepreneurs have the power to improve their own lives
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(mashable) sony has unveiled its newest line of internet enabled tvs, complete with the highly anticipated google tv software sony's new internet hdtvs, unveiled earlier today at a press event in new york city, sport 1080p edge lit led screens, with the exception of the 24? model they come with four usb ports, four hdmi inputs and wi fi capabilities they are available in four sizes: 24?, 32?, 40? and 46? the 24? model rings in at $599 while the 46? will cost you a hefty $1,399 the big selling point of the new tvs is their inclusion of google tv the internet tv software brings hulu, twitter, netflix, youtube and pandora to your living room screen, not to mention search capabilities and a myriad of android apps web surfing is powered by google chrome, while apps are powered by the android os it integrates the web with your existing cable or satellite tv by making it simple to search your tv shows and your favorite websites at the same time the service was revealed earlier this year at google i/o one of the more controversial parts of sony's new google tv enabled devices is the remote, though it looks like a combination of a playstation 3 controller and a qwerty keyboard, complete with dozens and dozens of buttons in fact, sony says some of the remote's design elements are borrowed from the ps3 some people may love the extra functionality, but others might be turned off by all of the buttons the new tvs become available this saturday on sonystylecom and in best buy stores nationwide this sunday, making this weekend the first indicator of whether consumers are demanding tvs that can also surf the web google desperately wants to dominate the living room screen and get people to use the web even more than they already do whether consumers will pony up the extra cash for google tv devices is a question we'll soon be able to answer © 2010 mashablecom all rights reserved
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sony's new internet hdtvs sport 1080p edge lit led screens . the tvs come with four usb ports, four hdmi inputs and wi fi capabilities . web surfing is powered by google chrome and apps are powered by android os
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(cnn) perfumes are typically named for flowers, jewels, seasons or feelings not long range missiles but residents of gaza can now buy a fragrance inspired by the rockets used in hamas' recent conflict with israel gaza company stay stylish is behind the perfume, called m75 'we have a marketing slogan which is 'whoever loves victory, happiness and dignity, loves the m75 perfume,'' the company's marketing director, who wished to be identified only as shadi, told cnn at the stay stylish store in gaza city's rimal neighborhood 'm75 in gaza means a period of happiness, or the feeling of victory, and the use of the perfume is an expression of happiness as well' the m75 was one of the long range missiles militants in gaza fired at tel aviv and jerusalem during the conflict last month, which ended after eight days with a cease fire on november 21 although the conflict resulted in the deaths of many more palestinians than israelis, hamas' leader khaled meshaal claimed victory for his organization, saying hamas had forced israel to accept their terms many gazans took to the streets to celebrate what they saw as a victory over the israeli military shadi told cnn the 'victory' provided an ideal marketing opportunity he said the rocket was a local symbol of pride, used in much the same way a parisian company might use an image of the eiffel tower to market their perfume 'in our case, it was the victory of the palestinians that will make a profit for our company,' he said charles lister, an analyst at ihs jane's terrorism and insurgency center, told cnn the m75 was named for one of hamas' founders, ibrahim al maqadma, and its designed range of 75 kilometers although the rocket was essentially a reproduction of iranian technology, hamas had branded the rocket a palestinian achievement to project an image of self dependence and military strength 'by claiming to have produced the m75 itself, hamas is arguably trying to present itself as a force capable of producing its own weapons and not relying only on foreign powers as suppliers,' he said the commander of iran's elite revolutionary guards has publicly acknowledged supplying hamas with the knowledge to develop the m75, a version of iran's fajr missiles shadi said the perfume came in male and female versions, with the male scent containing notes of citrus, vanilla and sandalwood, and the women's version smelling of rose, basil and jasmine both were selling well, he said 'thank god the palestinian people are proud of the number 75' m75 is not the first fragrance to have been inspired by a conflict with israel following the 2006 israel lebanon conflict, lebanon's daily star reported bottles of a scent called 'resistance' were being sold in southern beirut, packaged with an image of hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah and a representation of a damaged israeli warship
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tokyo, japan (cnn) japan apologized once again to south korea on tuesday for colonizing the korean peninsula for more than three decades in the early 1900s while the apology is not the first from japan, it coincides with the 100th anniversary this month of the annexation of the korean peninsula in his statement, prime minister naoto kan expressed 'deep regret over the suffering inflicted' during japan's rule cabinet members endorsed the statement, japan's kyodo news agency reported kan also said japan will hand over precious cultural artifacts that south korea has been demanding among them are records of an ancient korean royal dynasty japan controlled korea from 1910 to 1945 during that time, japan's military is accused of forcing about 200,000 women, mainly from korea and china, to serve as sex slaves they were known as 'comfort women' for soldiers in japan's imperial army in the past, there have been street protests and lawsuits in south korea over the sufferings of the comfort women south korea's ruling grand national party said the statement was 'a step forward' from past statements, but 'not enough to allay' korean anger, the country's yonhap news agency said the statement 'has no mention of illegitimacy of the forced annexation and koreans forced to work as sex slaves or manual laborers by the japanese army,' ahn hyoung hwan, a spokesman of the party, said, according to yonhap
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flint, michigan (cnn) sen barack obama monday proposed spending billions to revitalize the nation's economy, a plan the campaign of his likely republican opponent said would slow economic growth with higher taxes sen barack obama wants to spend $60 billion on america's infrastructure during an economic speech in flint, michigan, obama promised to spend billions to improve america's education, infrastructure, energy and health care systems to improve america's competitiveness, the senator from illinois said he wants to spend $10 billion on childhood education, $150 billion over 10 years on developing alternative energy and $60 billion over 10 years to build '21st century infrastructure' obama said he would pay for these programs by ending the war in iraq, reducing government waste, charging polluters for greenhouse gas emissions and ending the bush tax cuts for wealthy individuals during his speech in michigan, a state hard hit by the decline of the american automobile industry, obama also rejected protectionist trade polices that many unions say would help protect american jobs, saying 'it is impossible to turn back the tide of globalization' watch obama call for america to compete in the global economy » obama said he disagreed with those who want to 'build a fortress around america; to stop trading with other countries, shut down immigration, and rely on old industries' 'not only is it impossible to turn back the tide of globalization, but efforts to do so can make us worse off,' obama said 'rather than fear the future, we must embrace it i have no doubt that america can compete and succeed in the 21st century' a mccain spokesman attacked obama's plan, saying the democrat's 'agenda to raise taxes and isolate america from foreign markets will not get our economy back on track or create new jobs' 'to help create jobs in america, we need to lower taxes and open up foreign markets to american goods,' said mccain spokesman tucker bounds 'americans cannot afford barack obama's 'change' that takes us back to the failed policies of the past' but obama said now was the time to commit to long term investments in america's future and blasted mccain for wanting to continue president bush's economic policies, saying 'there is a clear choice in this election instead of reaching for new horizons, george bush has put us in a hole, and john mccain's policies will keep us there i want to take us in a new and better direction 'i reject the belief that we should either shrink from the challenge of globalization or fall back on the same tired and failed approaches of the last eight years,' he said 'it's time for new policies that create the jobs and opportunities of the future a competitiveness agenda built upon education and energy, innovation and infrastructure, fair trade and reform' the two campaigns have been sparring over who would be a better steward of america's ailing economy, and both candidates have been reaching out to blue collar voters, many of whom backed republican president ronald reagan over the democrats, in part, because of cultural issues 'i believe that there are stark differences between myself and sen obama and i believe that the same appeals that president reagan made to the so called reagan democrats will succeed there,' mccain said during a campaign stop in arlington, virginia watch mccain vow to win reagan democrats » a cnn/opinion research corp poll released thursday suggested voters favor obama over mccain to handle the economy 50 percent to 44 percent the poll, conducted june 4 5, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points
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moscow, russia uefa have confirmed that slovakian referee lubos michel will take charge of wednesday's champions league final between manchester united and chelsea in moscow michel refereed the 2003 uefa cup final when jose mourinho's porto beat celtic michel, 40 last week,is remembered by chelsea fans for controversially awarding a goal to liverpool against the londoners in the semifinals of the 2005 competition chelsea's manager at the time jose mourinho always insisted that luis garcia's shot did not cross the line michel is regarded as one of the top referees in the world and officiated at euro 2004 and the 2006 world cup, including the tense germany v argentina game in the first knock out round he also refereed the 2003 uefa cup final when mourinho's porto triumphed over celtic michel speaks english, russian, german and polish as well as his native language michel will be supported at the luzhniki stadium by the assistant referees who have partnered him at major tournaments roman slysko (34) and martin balko (36) the fourth official will be vladimir hrinak (44), also from slovakia meanwhile, senior police officers from manchester traveled to moscow on monday to help prevent fan violence from marring the final manchester police will serve in an advisory role as russian authorities prepare for wednesday's match 'a number of my officers and i have flown out to moscow to meet local police and help draw up arrangements to police the fixture,' said chief superintendent janette mccormick 'although gmp officers have no powers of arrest abroad and ultimate responsibility for policing the game lies with the russian authorities, we have been gathering intelligence on potential and known troublemakers and gmp officers will be in moscow in an advisory role,' mccormick added as manchester united flew out on monday, plain clothed intelligence officers were stationed at manchester airport to target known or potential troublemakers from heading to the russian capital ban orders imposed on fans with soccer related convictions will be rigorously enforced in the next two days to prevent them from flying to moscow 'as with all operations like this, we are sending out a clear message to people intending to travel to commit violence to think again,' said police chief inspector robert tinsley, who is based at the airport the airport is expecting 20,000 more passengers than usual to be flying to moscow the british embassy in moscow have announced that their consular section will stay open on may 21 and 22 to help english fans arriving for the final 'the consular department will extend their working hours on wednesday and thursday to support english citizens coming here to watch the champions' league final,' the embassy press service said the press service report added that a 24 hour telephone 'hot line' would be organized by the embassy
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lubos michel will referee wednesday's champions league final in moscow . fellow slovakians roman slysko and martin balko will be his two assistants . vladimir hrinak will be fourth official at the manchester utd v chelsea clash
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(cnn) living near wrigley field has always felt magical to diehard chicago cubs fan deb gordils, who was born and raised in wrigleyville, just blocks away from the famed ballpark the 53 year old said her life has been intertwined with the ballpark she spent most of her youth daydreaming that she'd become the next shortstop for the chicago cubs, and she was devastated when she was told she couldn't play little league baseball because she was a girl but that didn't lessen her undying love for the friendly confines 'i remember racing to the park after school to catch the last part of a game,' gordils said when she was much younger, she would watch some of those games from a friend's apartment window that had a view of the field similar apartments still exist today gordils is one of many chicagoans, baseball fans and historians who shared their memories and photos of the renowned ballpark with cnn ireport in honor of wrigley field turning 100 years old on april 23 the second oldest major league ballpark, wrigley field has become a cultural and historical institution in the windy city since its opening in 1914 from its outfield walls covered in ivy which was planted in the 1930s and has occasionally thwarted outfielders in their quest for the ball to its manual scoreboard, which no batted ball has ever hit, wrigley field retains much of its original charm 25 years on the 'dead stadium' tour in an age when newer baseball stadiums are the norm, what's the secret to wrigley's longevity? gary gillette, co chair of the society for american baseball research ballparks committee and a baseball writer, said the ballpark's assimilation into the community is part of the secret he said it's the same for boston's fenway park, which celebrated 100 years in 2012 'there's a reason the neighborhood around wrigley field is called wrigleyville wrigley field is integrated into the neighborhood,' he said one of the park's features that he attributes to its neighborliness is its lack of parking spaces that's right, no cars 'wrigley and fenway, they're very tight knit there's very little parking, most people take mass transit or walk and that helps preserve them,' he said loving chicago, despite it all the cubs' lack of success may have actually helped preserve the park as well, said wrigley expert stuart shea 'after world war ii, the cubs were a bad team for 20 years and they didn't have a lot of attendance during that time,' said shea, who recently published an updated version of his book, 'wrigley field: the long life and contentious times of the friendly confines' 'the fact that the cubs weren't that good means there wasn't pressure to move somewhere modern or bigger' howard katz, a boston based psychologist said going to a ballpark evokes feelings of camaraderie, which can also explain why wrigley field has lasted 'i think that gathering with large groups of people in spaces where we celebrate something larger than ourselves is very meaningful for us there is a kind of admiration for being all we can be in terms of human achievement' that communal experience transcends generations herschel pollard said he felt like he had 'traveled through time' when he visited wrigley in 2012 to see the cubs play the astros 15 of nature's most spectacular shows 'i loved knowing i was seeing the same sights, smelling the same smells, hearing the same sounds as every person who's attended a game at wrigley over the last 100 years,' he said 'wrigley fulfilled every ballpark fantasy i had as a kid this is how baseball should be seen' at 100 years old, how much longer does it have left? according to shea, another 30 to 40 years before it will need some major upgrades 'the one thing i worry about is that if new scoreboards were added, then that will reduce the city view, and you will lose the feel that makes it special that open view of the city is the one of the most important parts of the park,' he said it adds to a sense of community that gordils, now mother of two girls, said makes wrigley field irreplaceable 'i was born and raised around the ballpark i attended school blocks away from the ballpark, and today my kids go to school blocks from the ballpark and my office is near wrigley,' she said 'it was really magical living around wrigley field it was and is always home' 10 things you don't know about 100 years of wrigley cnn's daphne sashin contributed to this story
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(cnn) a bear believed to be involved in this week's attack on a 54 year old florida woman has been caught and euthanized, a florida fish and wildlife conservation commission spokeswoman said thursday the trapped bear closely fits the description of the animal involved in the attack, according to a statement from the commission the 200 pound female bear was caught by commission biologists in the longwood neighborhood where susan chalfant was mauled monday night because the bear was caught within 48 hours in the vicinity of the attack, the decision was made to euthanize her a female yearling bear was trapped tuesday night, but it did not fit the description of the bear involved in the incident chalfant, who was walking her dogs at the time of the attack, was hospitalized for her injuries as of tuesday, the hospital declined to provide updates on chalfant's condition the woman's face was severely injured, according to a neighbor who told a 911 dispatcher she was 'so bloodied' that the neighbor couldn't determine her age neighbors in longwood, north of orlando, say bears often roam through the area, especially when looking for food thrown out by humans 'there's an actual walkway of the bears between my home and the immediate neighbor,' said one resident, who identified himself only as richard 'we see them on a regular basis, especially the nights before garbage pickups' wildlife officials say that if homeowners aren't careful with their trash, the bears will keep showing up 'unless we get the full cooperation with everybody in every neighborhood around here, the bears are going to come in for a free lunch,' florida fish and wildlife spokeswoman karen parker said unprovoked black bear attacks in florida are extremely rare the first one documented by the florida fish and wildlife conservation commission was last year the problem, biologists say, is that people are now living in areas that bears once called home and bears like to roam 12 year old bear attack survivor: 'i just thought i was going to die' alaska hunter mauled by bear survives 36 hours in wilderness cnn's holly yan, john zarrella and john couwels contributed to this report
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nova friburgo, brazil (cnn) the death toll from devastating flooding in brazil continued to rise sunday, surpassing 600, the government said at least 631 deaths were reported in a mountainous region of rio de janeiro state, northeast of the city of rio other states in the south american country have also seen heavy rainfall are you there? share your photos, videos and stories last week, authorities in neighboring sao paulo state said 24 people had been killed by flooding forecasters there said late sunday that an approaching cold front could bring more flooding and landslides most of the deaths in rio de janeiro state were reported in the cities of nova friburgo and teresopolis, with 287 and 269 fatalities, respectively the state's health and civil defense department reported 56 fatalities in the town of petropolis and 19 in sumidouro officials in that office also warned residents of the risk of waterborne diseases several thousand vaccines against tetanus and diphtheria have been distributed, they said rescuers have not been able to reach some hard hit areas, and many more people are feared dead the rain is predicted to continue for several days in areas already submerged in water or slathered with mud members of the army entered parts of teresopolis and were able to rescue 110 families thousands of families are still living on mountain slopes or on riverbanks and face extreme risk of being washed away one resident described the disaster as a tsunami that fell from the sky in a statement, rio gov sergio cabral said he had a panic attack when he was traveling to nova friburgo and saw a devastated mountainside outside a makeshift morgue in teresopolis, a crowd of people waited for their turn to identify loved ones marco antonio siqueira costa said the last time he saw his brother, sister in law and niece was a few days ago, before mud buried their house 'i think that last meeting was god's way of granting us a farewell,' he said residents in the city donned masks and helped clean streets or deliver first aid others combed the city, searching desperately for missing loved ones red cross volunteer maria helena de jesus was helping with first aid 'you have to almost have a heart of stone,' she said 'it was very difficult' teresopolis mayor jorge mario sedlacek declared his city a natural disaster area president dilma rousseff flew over flood affected areas last week and landed in friburgo, the agency said the floods are her first test as president she trudged through mud to talk to residents in a neighborhood where four of seven firefighters trying to rescue people had been buried under mud the other three were pulled out alive 'we are going to take firm action' to help the devastated areas, said rousseff brazilian authorities have been criticized for a lack of disaster planning and allowing people to build homes in areas known to become treacherous in the rainy season they are under increasing pressure to show a strong response brazil is scheduled to host the world cup in 2014 and the 2016 olympics journalist fabiana frayssinet contributed to this report
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(cnn) manchester united returned to the top of the premier league on sunday after a 0 0 draw against tottenham hotspur at white hart lane a close fought affair which marked the 600th league appearance of ryan giggs ended with honors even despite united defender rafael da silva being sent off for two bookable offences in the 74th minute his second yellow for a trip on assou ekotto was adjudged to be deliberate, but a clearly incensed rafael thought otherwise as he remonstrated with referee mike dean about the decision spurs had the better chances to win the match with rafael van der vaart missing a glorious opportunity to claim three points in the 80th minute after a mistake in the united defence gave him a unopposed shot on goal but the dutch international could only curl his shot narrowly over the bar kenny dalglish earned the first point of his second spell in charge of liverpool as the merseyside derby against everton ended in a 2 2 draw at anfield raul meireles' first goal for liverpool gave the reds a deserved lead after 30 minutes in a half in which they dominated but everton hit back after the break with two goals in six minutes to take the lead sylvain distin headed home after 46 minutes and jermaine beckford stunned the home supporters as he drilled home past jose reina to hand the toffees the lead but when tim howard brought down maxi rodriguez following a corner in the 66th minute, dirk kuyt made no mistake from the penalty spot liverpool and everton both have 26 points, with everton one place above their rivals thanks to a superior goal difference in the other two matches played sunday, the tyneside derby ended in a 1 1 draw as sunderland's asamoah gyan scored four minutes into injury time to deny newcastle the three points and a season double over their arch rivals a neat backheel by kevin nolan had given the magpies the lead seven minutes into the second half newcastle looked destined to win the match until the ghanaian striker put the ball in the net after a shot from phil bardsley shot had been saved by steve harper sunderland stay in sixth place, while newcastle are ninth aston villa have moved out of the relegation zone after salvaging a 1 1 draw with local rivals birmingham at st andrews roger johnson volleyed home early in the second half to give the home side the lead but james collins squared things up after 73 minutes when he drove a shot home after gabriel agbonlahor had flicked the ball onto him birmingham remain in 16th place with 23 points on points, one place and one point ahead of villa
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(cnn) beth bartley clutched anything she could as she sat on the floor of her shuddering manhattan building the superstorm knocked power out east 96th street below was a river and she was trapped on the fifth floor in darkness as the usually sturdy building trembled 'the winds were so strong that the building heaved it was eerie,' said bartley, an actress 'it was really scary we were just bracing as the building shook and creaked' this is one of the many harrowing stories that are being told about sandy, a storm that has even veteran weather watchers scratching their heads, marveling at its power 'this is the most unusual storm i've ever chased we'll probably never see anything like it again in our lifetime,' said reed trimmer, a xxx storm chaser 'this is a nor'easter on steroids' trevor mann was one of the few people in his area of ocean city, new jersey who did not heed emergency evacuation orders and by monday evening he may have wished he had he watched as the eye of storm the passed over his coastal city and the flood waters rushed like a relentless linebacker patio furniture was thrown into homes rushing waters made seem to make beach houses disappear the destruction was breathtaking 'i am not going outside,' said mann 'but when people do go outside the clean up is going to be tremendous and there is going to be a lot of damage' shahir daud was watching the lights go out in his upper east side new york neighborhood, hoping that his place would not be next he saw manhole covers blown out of the street and wondered if there was a fire nearby he watched as dark waters from the east river submerged parts of franklin d roosevelt east river drive but by late monday evening it seemed that the worst of the storm had passed his neighborhood and the 33 year old filmmaker wondered when he would be able to get back to his job at mtv 'i work in lower manhattan, i don't know when the (the trains) are going to run again,' said daud ' we are just going to hunker down here we are lucky the lights are still on' millions were not that lucky and were still in the dark, officials said another danger was the more than 60 mph wind gusts that were predicted to batter a large number of northeastern states cnn ireporter earl bateman, a stock broker, who has lived in new york for 30 years said he saw something he never saw before monday 'we just looked out the window and there's this river flowing through the middle of manhattan,' bateman said the power was still on in his building but the elevators had stopped working not a good thing for a man that lives on the 18th floor brooklyn was hard hit also said borough president mark markowitz, with many without power 'we have many more hours and many more days of restoring this great city it is going to take the effort of a all of us collectively to restore this great city,' markowitz said in sothern vermont, ireporter caleb clark said he felt the howling winds and his town was also battered by rain on monday, most in his neighborhood in the town of brattleboro had taken shelter and less than 500 had lost power, clark said it was was his son's shaw's 6 month birthday and the family spent it listening to weather reports about downed trees and closed roads 'shaw what do you think about this storm?' the father asked 'ba ba baaa,' the baby said and then burst into a wide, toothless smile little shaw may have been one of the few smiling as sandy continues to bear down cnn's tom watkins, josh levs, jareen imam, sarah brown and chelsea carter contributed to this report
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(financial times) a diet of drudgery in a takeaway might seem wholesome but it does open the eye to better things one evening last week i was in the kitchen fixing myself a cup of tea when my son put his head around the door i have hardly seen him since he left school last summer as he spends his days working in a sandwich shop and nights taking orders in a fast food takeaway how's it going, i asked good, he replied these jobs of yours, i said have they taught you anything interesting yet about or work, or life or anything? yeah, he said they've taught me i like getting paid see also: what can ceos can learn from football managers? my question was prompted by a recent harvard business review blog arguing that humble jobs teach young people more about work than any amount of poncing around as an unpaid intern in a film production company the author, who is now a law school professor, was once a busboy and a cleaner jobs which he says taught him lessons that have come in handy ever since already i was seeing the sense in his general argument my son's first key takeaway from the takeaway restaurant was spot on: ● getting paid really is nice it is a pity most of us get so used to it that we forget to be pleased when payday comes around so what else had it taught him? he said he'd think about it and tell me later: he had to go or he'd be late for his evening shift this led to the second revelation: ● if you are earning £7 an hour you need to work longer than an investment banker to make any money at all and that, in turn, led to the third: ● earning the minimum wage makes you grateful to live at home where there is a warm bed and full(ish) fridge for everyone else, it is a game of survival and he doesn't understand how they manage later that evening i got a text from him saying the restaurant was quiet and that we could talk so i went over to find the place entirely empty apart from my son, who was loafing around by the till this led to his fourth revelation: ● doing nothing sucks it's the worst thing there is it makes you so lethargic that when things get busier you can hardly bring yourself to budge see also: five ways to resign in style isn't he also learning how to be professional, i asked leading the witness outrageously obvs, he replied and then came lesson number five: ● you have to be punctual and reliable you mustn't swear, or turn your back on customers, or answer them back if you have a hangover you still have to get to work on time, and you have to pretend that you feel fine listening to him recite this list led me to contribute an insight of my own: ● a fast food restaurant is an excellent finishing school it has succeeded in areas where 18 years of liberal parenting and seven years of hugely expensive private education have made little impression yet even though he has learnt how to be civil to customers, he has not learnt to like it in fact what he has discovered is that: ● dealing with customers can suck some of them are friendly, but there are lots who don't even look at you that gets to you after a while my son looked anxiously at his watch and said his boss would be in soon but i thought you told me you liked him, i protested he shrugged 'he's ok in the beginning we went for a drink after the shift, but he decides how many hours i work, and he blames me for stuff like not ordering new menus, when that's not even my job so drinking with him feels weird' in other words he has learnt invaluable lesson number eight: ● being friends with your manager is never a good idea before i left him, i told him that his lessons bore no resemblance to the ones drawn by the hbr blogger, whose stint doing humble jobs taught him great truths about humanity: that most people want to take pride in their work, and that everyone has big dreams what did he think of that? he pointed out it was hard to take pride in your work when the restaurant is doing badly and the manager doesn't care see also: how millennials can score the perfect job but even with good management, some people are still useless moaners, which led him to lesson nine ● working with whingers is rubbish so what should be done about them, i asked he looked at me as if i were an idiot 'f ing fire them,' he said, momentarily forgetting lesson #5 and what about dreams? 'yeah,' he said 'everyone here has dreams' slightly dreading the answer, i asked what were his to my relief he replied: 'to get into university and to get a skilled job' © the financial times limited 2013
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london, england (cnn) kimi raikkonen has lambasted mclaren's lewis hamilton for the pit lane accident that ended both of their races at the canadian grand prix ferrari's kimi raikkonen is far from happy after lewis hamilton pushed him out of the canadian grand prix hamilton's mclaren rammed into the back of world champion raikkonen's ferrari as the finn and robert kubica, the race's eventual winner, were waiting at a red light after the safety car was forced into action on lap 17 raikkonen, while claiming not to be angry, was clearly far from impressed 'there's not much i can say my race was ruined by hamilton's mistake 'obviously, anyone can make mistakes, as i did two weeks ago in monaco, but it's one thing to make a mistake at 200 hundred [miles] per hour but another to hit a car stopped at a red light 'i'm not angry because that doesn't achieve anything and does not change my result i am unhappy because i had a great chance of winning' raikkonen, who has failed to score points in the previous two races, said he had to start winning again 'there is still a long way to go in the championship and it is still very close and we have everything we need to regain the ground we have lost' ferrari team sporting director stefano domenicali said hamilton had made a 'serious mistake' 'i think the penalty imposed by the fia [hamilton was given a 10 place grid penalty for the french grand prix at magny cours] is in line with it, even if it does not restore what was a lost opportunity for us 'kimi was in an excellent position to fight for the win' hamilton, for his part, was apologetic 'i don't know what happened to be honest,' hamilton said 'i was comfortably in the lead, it was looking like an easy win then i went in for the pit stop it was not a good stop and i saw the two guys in front of me battling in the pit lane 'i saw the red light but by that time it was a bit late it was not exactly a racing incident as such, it was unfortunate it was one of those things it is different to if you crash into the wall and you are angry it is not like that i apologize to kimi for ruining his race'
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(cnn) in an unprecedented action, the ncaa is restoring scholarships to the penn state university football team that were originally lost last year when the school was sanctioned for its handling of the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal sandusky, 69, a former defensive coordinator, was convicted last year of sexually abusing 10 boys he met through his charity he is serving a 30 to 60 year prison term but the sanctions against penn state mostly revolved around an alleged cover up by the university's former president, vice president and athletic director all three men are facing trial in the spring on charges they lied to authorities and never reported an incident of sexual abuse witnessed in 2001 in the penn state locker room facilities the gradual restoration of scholarships was recommended to the ncaa board by former sen george mitchell, the athletics integrity monitor for the university, for the school's 'groundbreaking work' and 'strong commitment to restore integrity' in the last year mitchell said tuesday that the school has consistently cooperated with the ncaa since the sanctions were imposed mitchell said more than 120 reforms have been implemented, and penn state has become a model for reform at other schools other sanctions levied last year, including a post season ban, a $60 million fine and 13 years of vacated wins of legendary coach joe paterno, remain in place mitchell said he recommended a post season ban stay in place, for now, to give the university a continued incentive to work toward reform the ncaa has never before rescinded sanctions imposed against a university the restoration will mean that penn state's football team, under coach bill o'brien, will get five more scholarships next year, and 10 more each of the following three seasons by the start of the 2016 season, penn state will again have the full amount of scholarships penn state president rodney erickson said the change represents 'significant efforts over the past year to make penn state a safer, stronger institution' ncaa president mark emmert, who has been widely criticized for relying on the university's independent report instead of launching his own ncaa investigation at penn state, said the board was 'pleased' to make this decision in making his recommendation to the ncaa board, mitchell said he considered the sanctions that most affect student athletes he also noted a great divide among the penn state community over how the sandusky scandal has been handled the university recently settled lawsuits with several men who said sandusky abused them the role of paterno, who died in january 2012, in the cover up has been widely debated in an internal investigation done for the university, fbi director louis freeh concluded that paterno played a role, but former state prosecutors handling the case said they found no evidence of that
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sanctions against penn state mostly revolved around alleged cover up by officials . school was sanctioned over its handling of jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. athletics integrity monitor recommended gradual restoration of scholarships . other sanctions remain, including a post season ban and a $60 million fine
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(cnn) a host of republicans is calling for the head of health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius over the troubled health care website rollout thirty three republican members of congress signed rep john fleming's letter to president barack obama demanding that sebelius be fired but whether to sack her is not one of the questions we should be asking the secretary spent 3 â½ hours testifying before a congressional committee on wednesday about the awful mess that was the launch of the federal website intended to allow millions of americans to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act punctuated by moments of contrition and obvious frustration, her performance was intended both to signal resolve to the american people that getting the website fully operational was her principal priority and to shield the president from the slings and arrows of the many critics of obamacare, who gleefully saw this as an opportunity to embarrass him and re energize their efforts to derail the law the news wednesday was replete with stories of obama's sagging popularity, and one can't help but tie this drop, at least in part, to the problems with the rollout so what is he, as our nation's chief executive, to do? should he heed those calls to demonstrate forceful leadership in a time of seriously flawed performance and fire sebelius? after all, the argument goes, something like this would not be tolerated in the business world the consequences would be swift the person responsible for the mess would be fired and didn't she admit in her testimony that she was responsible? yes, she did but here's why the question of whether she should be fired is not the right one obama needs to keep his eye on the big picture the issue is not sebelius' future, it's what needs to be done to fix the mess she has accepted responsibility and has specified a time frame within which she has said the dysfunction will be repaired obama should support the secretary fully in her efforts it is much more important for the president in the long run to make sure that people can sign up for insurance coverage under the aca than to finger a scapegoat and orchestrate a public beheading the difference between forceful leadership and nuanced leadership is significant, and the context and circumstances should determine which or what blend of the two is appropriate whatever momentary boost a 'forceful' action might give the president in the polls would not justify the potential long term consequences of firing a cabinet member who arguably has served well in turbulent times obama said wednesday that he would take ultimate responsibility, acknowledging that the buck stops at his desk two very tough questions, however, lie ahead: first, what should he do about sebelius if the mess isn't a whole lot less messy by the end of november? and second, what about his own political capital? let's reserve judgment on the first one until the end of november comes around at this point, my guess is that if implementation of the website hasn't improved very much, sebelius will resign regarding the second, it's clear that obama has a lot riding on getting the system to work 'well enough' it might not happen by the end of november, but it will happen it's not yet clear where the problem with rolling out the health care website really lies why such a shambles? early indications point in two directions: diffuse authority (no one was really in charge of the whole initiative) and poor execution (the contractors simply dropped the ball) as we learn more about how the website was designed and tested, we will be in a better position to figure out what went wrong and where but for the time being, we don't know so why drop the guillotine blade and run the risk of beheading the wrong person? the problem is real, and so are the politics precisely because the aca is so important to the president, its detractors see a golden opportunity to inflict possibly serious damage on its future this is political hardball on steroids, and the grandstanding that we see in front of the cameras helps us understand as if we didn't already why 74% of americans polled are unhappy with the behavior of congress calls to fire the secretary are intended to put obama in the position of seeming weak if he does not so he needs to respond in a way that is seen as decisive yet supportive of the secretary the rearview mirror on the health information exchange mess isn't quite in focus yet, because we're still in the middle of it but it's true that little changes tend to have small ripple effects, and big changes, like the health care act, have huge ripple effects and no change, little or big, is ever without a glitch life in washington is a circus there are many rings with different events going on in each, and all are vying for the audience's attention if the circus is to continue, the most important job is to know where the tent poles are and guard them zealously stay tuned the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of john kimberly
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many republicans want obama to fire kathleen sebelius over website dysfunction . john kimberly: the issue is not her future, it's what needs to be done to fix the mess . he asks: is short term boost in polls for obama worth firing a cabinet member?. kimberly: we are seeing political hardball and grandstanding on steroids
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(cnn) it took only hours after the identities of the two suspects in the boston marathon bombing were revealed for some politicians and commentators to suggest that the tragedy was somehow the fault of a broken immigration system ever since september 11, there has been a strong and understandable desire for a perfect screening system for would be immigrants if only the united states could put that system into place, bad people would never be admitted to the country but such perfection is unachievable, and would not have prevented the boston attacks it would be a further tragedy to allow sensible overhaul of the us immigration system to be derailed by such misperceptions here's what we know so far the two brothers suspected in the bombings, dzhokhar tsarnaev, 19, and tamerlan tsarnaev, 26, were brought to the united states by their parents in 2002, likely from the former soviet republic of kyrgyzstan that means one was a child and the other in his early teens when they moved to boston the younger brother became a us citizen last year and the older brother held a green card the family was originally from chechnya, a region that has long resisted russian rule, and where the mostly muslim chechens have been fighting for independence from the russian government of vladimir putin, and have carried out attacks again russian civilians could the two have been stopped by immigration controls? the immigrant and visitor screening systems created by the us government after 9/11 are designed to identify people whose history gives cause for concern consular officers and department of homeland security officials check names against long terrorist watch lists and search for criminal records those with suspicious travel histories to places such as afghanistan or yemen are subject to extra scrutiny secure passports and the fingerprints taken from all new arrivals help prevent fraud the database also includes records of fingerprints lifted by the us military and intelligence from battlefields and safe houses in afghanistan, iraq and other terrorist hot spots all these systems make the united states far more secure than it was a decade ago against those with terrorist or criminal histories they do nothing, however, to protect us against the children of immigrants who might later become radicalized like britain after the 2005 london subway bombings, which were committed largely by young, second generation immigrants, the united states can no longer think this is only a foreign problem radicalism can find fertile ground at home as well as overseas does that mean the boston attacks have nothing at all to do with immigration? that would not be a reasonable conclusion either a country that opens itself to immigrants, as the united states has for many decades, invites in both the goods and ills of the world boston, for instance, is a city teeming with bright foreign students, many of whom will go on to make great contributions to the united states indeed, one of the victims of monday's bombing was lingzi lu, a boston university math and statistics graduate student from shenyang, china, who often told her friends how much she loved boston but immigration also brings with it the disputes of other cultures in 1985, when i was living in vancouver, british columbia, canada a city that abounds with asian immigrants an air india flight from montreal to delhi was blown up over the atlantic ocean, killing 268 canadians, 27 britons and 24 indians the architects were sikh extremists who had emigrated from india to canada and were fighting for causes of which few canadians had ever heard the two decade long investigation that followed was traumatic for canadians and for the many indian immigrants with no ties to or cause with the radicals but canada moved on and remains a vibrant society that is largely welcoming of immigrants it is not yet clear what motivated the tsarnaev brothers to allegedly detonate a pressure cooker filled with explosives, nails and ball bearings at the finish line of one of the greatest foot races in the world both could well have become caught up in the extremism that has roiled too much of the islamic world and caused others to carry out horrifying, senseless attacks against the innocent or they may have had other dark reasons but what is certain is that the united states cannot shield itself by closing its doors to immigrants, or even by coming up with still better screening tools this country needs and deserves a far better immigration system, which is the goal of the immigration effort under way but we should be realistic about what it can and cannot do to protect us the opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of edward alden
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(cnn) she hit the big time in the 1980's with eurythmics and found huge success as a solo artist with her 1992 album 'diva', but for singer annie lennox, being able to express her passion has always been the motivating factor in whatever she's done annie lennox will continue to sing with her aids awareness charity as a result her musical career has taken a back seat to her political activism and charity work in recent years; most notably with sing her aids awareness in africa charity, as well as working with amnesty, save the children and as a unicef ambassador yet the 54 year old maintains that she'll always keep singing as well as working on the other things that she feels passionate about 'i'm a multi tasker i have to do a lot of things at once i love music and i want to keep making music i hope that i'll always be a music maker and i'll always be an activist,' she told cnn in hong kong growing up in aberdeen, scotland, lennox found enormous success with eurythmics and the 1983 album 'sweet dreams' and single of the same name it catapulted her to international success and stardom, something she had always wanted, but at first found difficult to adjust to 'we were really on a whole kind of roller coaster with [eurythmics], which on the one hand i was very grateful for, and on the other hand, it sort of sucked out your life, any sort of privacy,' she said 'just the ability to be anonymous which i absolutely really value i love to just to be mixing with people and not have to be the one person in the room with the spotlight and the heads all turning so that was a little bit hard to adapt toi might as well have a neon light for a head' she's sold over 80 million records during a career that has spanned four decades, which she credits to hard graft fueled by an unending passion for music 'the glamour side to it is what we see as the end result but all the rest of it is hard work and dedication and it's not easy always, you have to be very focused and you have to be really, really motivated to do it you have to have a kind of yearning, a passion for that 'i was never thinking, 'oh, i'm in this for the long haul' i just think as i'm still thinking, i want to have a life where i'm able to do the thing that makes me feel alive' aware of the downsides of a career in music, lennox also has a greater sense of the perils and pitfall in life, something she has often expressed in her music 'i have encountered individuals and i've encountered things in the industry that were vile bad things happen everywhere and the music industry and all that surrounds it, is no exception' having experienced unscrupulous people in the music industry and been through her own personal upheaval through two failed marriages, lennox remain passionate, energetic and sanguine ultimately, she says, 'its all part of life's rich tapestry'
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(cnn) liverpool striker ryan babel has been fined £10,000 ($15,890) by the english football association (fa) for posting doctored photos of referee howard webb on his twitter blog babel was found guilty of improper conduct monday by an fa regulatory commission and warned about his future conduct he is the first premier league footballer to be charged and fined for 'inappropriate' tweeting the dutch international used his twitter account to criticize webb, who took charge of liverpool's fa cup third round match against manchester united world cup final referee webb awarded united a disputed penalty and then sent off liverpool captain steven gerrard as they slipped to a 1 0 defeat in kenny dalglish's first match at the anfield helm babel later posted a mocked up picture of webb wearing a manchester united shirt and also wrote: 'and they call him one of the best referees? that's a joke' he later apologized and said it was meant to be light hearted, but the fa took a dim view dalglish makes losing start as liverpool go out commission chariman roger burden said: 'social network sites must be regarded as being in the public domain 'all participants need to be aware, in the same way as if making a public statement in other forms of media, that any comments would be transmitted to a wider audience 'it is their responsibility to ensure only appropriate comments are used' babel had run into trouble on twitter before, being forced to apologize to former liverpool manager rafael benitez for comments he published after being dropped meanwhile, manchester united full back rafael has been charged with improper conduct by the fa for his outburst at referee mike dean after being sent off in sunday's goalless draw at tottenham rafael was sent off for a second yellow card for a foul on benoit assou ekotto in the second half
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new: manchester united's rafael charged with improper conduct . ryan babel is the first footballer to be charged by fa over a twitter posting . babel used a mock up picture of referee howard webb and made derogatory comments . the dutch international could face a ban if found guilty of charges
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london, england (cnn) the group poised to launch a takeover bid for english premier league side manchester united has signaled its intent by appointing a major international bank to act as its financial adviser the 'red knights' consortium, made up of wealthy businessmen, has employed japanese investment bank nomura to help with its $1 billion move for the club, currently owned by the american glazer family the knights say nomura will now work closely with the manchester united supporters' trust (must) and other potential investors to 'coordinate and formulate the proposal to be put to the glazer family,' according to a statement the bank's team will be led by guy dawson and andrew mcnaught, both of whom advised manchester united's board when the club was sold to the glazers in 2005 their first job will be to firm up offers of financial support pledged to the red knights' cause, and help on any proposal that is eventually put to the club the glazers have been criticized for the levels of debt at the current english champions, with the latest accounts showing that united are more than $1 billion in the red the owners recently launched a bond issue to raise $750 million to reduce the debt they also own nfl side tampa bay buccaneers the red knights' announcement comes just hours after the most vocal protest yet from manchester united supporters against the glazer family, during wednesday's european champions league last 16 victory over ac milan fans unveiled banners that read: 'love united hate glazer' the green and gold scarves that have become a symbol of their disquiet were also prevalent at old trafford the club's chief executive, david gill, told a football conference last week that the glazers were not interested in selling the club nevertheless the red knights are pressing ahead in a statement confirming the appointment of nomura, the group said: 'the red knights are pleased to confirm that nomura, the global investment bank, has agreed to advise on a possible acquisition of manchester united 'nomura will work closely with the red knights, must and other potential investors to co ordinate and formulate the proposal to be put to the glazer family 'nomura is beginning its role by contacting the many expressions of financial support the red knights have received to date'
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group eyeing takeover for manchester united appoints leading bank as adviser . japanese bank nomura will help 'red knights' consortium on bid . manchester united fans protested against current owners at last game . united are currently $1 billion in debt, according to accounts
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washington (cnn) iran said it took 'decisive' action after a us drone entered iranian airspace in the persian gulf last week, a commander said 'iran will use all its capabilities, including the relevant international agencies, to follow up on this case,' maj gen ahmad vahidi said friday, according to iran's semi official news agency isna the pentagon said two iranian jets fired on an unmanned us air force drone last week but the united states said the firing happened over international waters on november 1 the iranian action triggered a formal warning by the united states to iran through diplomatic channels iranian jets fire on us drone the warning came after two iranian su 25 fighter jets fired on an unarmed predator drone conducting routine surveillance in international airspace east of kuwait, 16 miles off the coast of iran, pentagon press secretary george little told reporters thursday following cnn's report read more: us targets iranian human rights violators the drone was not hit, and it returned under its own power to its base, he said little stopped short of calling the incident an act of war 'i'm not going to get into legal labels the reality is that we have a wide range of options, as i said before, to protect our assets and our forces in the region, and we'll do so when necessary,' he said 'the united states has communicated to the iranians that we will continue to conduct surveillance flights over international waters, over the arabian gulf, consistent with longstanding practices and our commitment to the security of the region' little said the warning was delivered through swiss diplomats who have acted on behalf of us interests in iran since washington and tehran cut ties in 1980 read more: unclear whether iran shot down drone, a us official says 'our aircraft was never in iranian airspace it was always flying in international airspace the recognized limit is 12 nautical miles off the coast, and we never entered the 12 nautical mile limit,' he said the obama administration did not disclose the incident before the presidential election three senior officials confirmed the details to cnn on thursday the three spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive intelligence nature of the matter two of the officials said the fighter jets belonged to iran's revolutionary guard corps force, which has been more confrontational than regular iranian military forces at least two bursts of gunfire came from the su 25s' cannons, they said the drone started to move away, but the iranian aircraft chased it, doing aerial loops around it before breaking away and returning to iran the drone's still and video cameras captured the incident, showing the two su 25s approaching and firing their onboard guns, the officials said the iranian pilots continued to fire shots that went beneath the predator but never hit it, according to the officials us military intelligence analysts are still not sure if the iranian pilots simply were unable to hit the drone because of a lack of combat skill, or if they deliberately missed and didn't intend to bring it down but as one of the officials said, 'it doesn't matter; they fired on us' little said the united states has to assume that iran was trying to bring down the predator before vahidi confirmed the action, another iranian commander, maj gen seyed masoud jazaeri, commented on the reports of the incident 'the armed forces will respond decisively to any act of transgression,' he said, according to the semi official fars news agency 'if any foreign planes try to enter our country's space, our armed forces will confront it,' he was quoted as saying 'the defenders of the islamic republic will give a decisive response to navy air, land or naval attacks' cnn's chelsea j carter contributed to this report
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(cnn) an american citizen has been detained in north korea for more than a month, us officials said tuesday the us government does not believe that kenneth bae, who has traveled to north korea several times before, is being mistreated, a us official told cnn bae has been involved with a protestant religious movement, the official said the swedish government, which acts as the protecting power for the us in north korea, is working to get consular access and trying to get him released, the official said bae's detention was first reported by south korean newspapers, which said that bae, a tour operator, entered north korea at the port city of rajin accompanied by five other tourists bae and the group were on a five day trip to the country, according to south korea's yonhap news one of the tour members was carrying a computer hard disk 'that apparently contained sensitive information,' yonhap news reported, citing a korean language paper us state department spokeswoman victoria nuland would only say that the united states was aware of the reports of bae's detention, but because of privacy considerations, it would not discuss the issue further 'we obviously have no higher priority than the welfare of our citizens as you may know we have no representation in pyongyang the embassy of sweden acts as our protecting power for issues involving us citizens in north korea,' nuland said tuesday
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(cnn) an arizona charity may have come out ahead by turning down a gift from the nation's largest retailer a snub that grabbed headlines and renewed interest in the labor practices of big business casa maria free kitchen, a tucson based food bank, rejected a $1,000 donation from wal mart, joining a chorus of voices demanding better pay, fairer work schedules and affordable health care the retailer had made $15,000 in donations to several charities as part of its typical outreach to community groups after opening a new store but the arizona charity said tuesday that their snub netted much more than what wal mart had offered after an outpouring of local donations came from those concerned about the store's effect on union jobs and small businesses and yet, it may have all stemmed from a simple mistake on october 26, wal mart opened a new outlet in tucson, boasting 300 new jobs and pledging thousands to charities identified by local political leaders 'we had expected casa maria to be at the grand opening,' said delia garcia, a wal mart spokeswoman but the food bank, which says it bags about 500 daily lunches for low and no income residents, never planned to attend 'we had a big meeting about it and decided not to take the money,' said charity organizer brian flagg but wal mart still included the group in its news release, which it later called a miscommunication 'at that point, we had to do something,' said flagg, who wrote a letter entitled 'correction' to the editorial board of his local newspaper from there, the attention snowballed as news outlets reported on the defiant local charity that had rebuffed the retail giant 'at the very least, it got us talking about the 'walmartization' of america, and whether that's a good thing,' said flagg and those concerned about the discount stores' effects have continued opening their checkbooks, he added 'i don't have a set dollar amount that we've received, but i'm sure it was substantially more than wal mart offered us,' flagg said 'when people sent us checks, they also wrote 'thank for your stance on wal mart'' the retailer responded tuesday with a statement detailing its 'long history of supporting tucson nonprofits' 'since 2009, wal mart has donated more than $345,000 to local tucson organizations that are supporting the community's needs,' it said 'our pay and benefits typically meet or exceed what's offered by the majority of our competitors; we promote from within, our turnover rate is below the industry average and our associates' satisfaction scores have trended higher over the past few years' the average wage of a full time wal mart employee in arizona is $1252 per hour, with the company reporting that it picks up about 75% of premium health care costs but part time employees who work fewer than an average of 30 hours per week do not qualify for those benefits as a capital versus labor debate again flares up across the country, flagg's rebuff drew a heady response 'i have never given to casa maria before but when i read about them rejecting a donation from wal mart i sent them a check,' tucson resident kim crooks posted on facebook 'i have never been in a wal mart and never will they have come into to many communities and put the small locally run businesses out of business' but the move also sparked criticism about whether the group had shirked its main responsibility to feed the hungry 'i think that these people are horrible,' jen switalski posted on the site 'as a charity they should take what they can get' the local spate coincided with black friday demonstrations at wal mart stores over pay, schedules and health care critics also say the stores' low prices squeeze out mom and pop competitors, depress wages and encourage foreign based manufacturing while discouraging unionized labor supporters argue that wal mart instead offers competitive wages and that its bargain prices foster consumer spending critical to a beleaguered economy wal mart and firms like it, they say, also give low income households a chance to purchase otherwise unaffordable luxury products such as large screen televisions and other electronics so who's right? according to a 2008 study by west virginia university economics professor russell sobel, wal mart has had no real impact on the number of small businesses in the united states and while mom and pop stores that are forced to compete with the retail giant are often put out of business, other businesses have taken their place, the study found others such as robert reich, a professor of public policy at the university of california at berkeley and a former us secretary of labor, argue that jobs filling those voids often offer low wage, no benefit occupations, limiting the purchasing power of america's middle class and poor read more about this story from cnn affiliate kgun
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a tucson based food bank rejected a $1,000 donation from wal mart last month . the food bank joins demands for better pay, work schedules and affordable health care . wal mart routinely offers donations in communities where it opens new stores
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(financial times) the philippines would strongly support a rearmed japan shorn of its pacifist constitution as a counterweight to the growing military assertiveness of china, according to the philippine foreign minister 'we would welcome that very much,' albert del rosario told the financial times in an interview 'we are looking for balancing factors in the region and japan could be a significant balancing factor' the unusual statement, which risks upsetting beijing, reflects alarm in manila at what it sees as chinese provocation over the south china sea, virtually all of which is claimed by beijing it also comes days before an election in japan that could see the return as prime minister of shinzo abe, who is committed to revising japan's pacifist constitution and to beefing up its military a constitutional revision that upgraded japan's self defence forces to a fully fledged military would allow it far more freedom to operate and could change the military balance in asia in spite of its official pacifism, japan's armed forces do not lack for hardware its navy has about 50 large surface ships, compared with china's 70 odd support from other asian nations for a rearmed japan could embolden mr abe to change the constitution beijing has long raised the spectre of a return of japanese militarism the attitude towards japanese rearmament in the philippines, itself colonised by japan, suggests regional fears of an assertive china may be beginning to trump memories of japan's aggressive wartime actions this month, the philippines objected strongly to an announcement that maritime police from china's hainan province would intercept ships entering what it considered its territorial waters beijing has started issuing passports that include a map of its 'nine dash' claim to almost the entire south china sea, parts of which are also claimed by vietnam, the philippines, brunei, taiwan and indonesia the philippines has refused to stamp the new passports in protest 'the philippines has contended all along that the nine dash claim is an excessive claim that violates international law,' mr del rosario said southeast asian countries concerned about what they see as an abrupt change in china's 'peaceful rise' diplomacy have welcomed the renewed commitment to the region by the us in the form of its 'pivot' mr del rosario said manila had agreed to more us ship visits and more joint training exercises the region is also closely watching beijing's stand off with tokyo over the japanese controlled senkaku islands, known as the diaoyu in china regional countries have struggled to present a united front against china, which prefers to deal with each capital bilaterally last june, the association of southeast asian nations failed to issue a final communiquã© after cambodia refused to endorse language referring to recent naval stand offs with china in july, japan and the philippines signed a five year agreement to strengthen military co operation though exchanges of personnel and technology japan is providing 12 new patrol ships for the philippine coast guard, financed with a combination of soft loans and foreign aid grants © the financial times limited 2012
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the philippines support a rearmed japan to counterweight china's military power . china has territorial disputes in the south china sea with the philippines and others . japan has a pacifist constitution, but this might change after the upcoming presidential election . in july, the philippines and japan signed an agreement to strengthen military co operation
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(cnn) he became the first man in olympic history to defend both his 100 meter and 200 meter crowns and usain bolt's gold plated 2012 could be about to get a little better the fastest man on the planet was untouchable during the games in london, completing his unprecedented sprint double and also picking up gold with jamaica's 4x100m men's relay team it is no surprise then that bolt leads the nominations for the international association of athletics federations (iaaf) male athelete of the year award bolt is joined on the list by two other male stars that enjoyed a successful summer in the english capital olympic hero bolt to play for manchester united? the second athlete chosen is american aries merritt, who took the men's 110m hurdles crown in london, before breaking the world record at a meet in belgium shortly after merritt took seven hundredths of a second off the previous mark, held by dayron robles, which had stood for four years the 27 year old also took gold over the 60m distance at the world indoor championships held in the turkish city of istanbul in march the third nominee is david rushida, who holds one landmark bolt will never gets his hands on after the kenyan became the first man to break a world record on the track in london's olympic stadium the 23 year old was the first person to run under one minute and 41 seconds in the 800m as he broke his own world record storming to gold his performances drew praise for the chairman of the london organizing committee, sebastian coe, who called rushida 'the most impressive track and field athlete at these games' but there is no place for britain's mo farah, who joined an elite list of distance runners by taking olympic gold in both the 5,000m and 10,000m bolt will be favorite to take the award after dominating the sprint category in london just as he did in beijing four years previously the 26 year old held off the challenge of compatriot yohan blake to secure his 100m and 200m double, labeling himself the 'greatest athlete' to have lived after his triumph bolt's holds the world record in both disciplines and holds six olympic gold medals, after also winning the men's 4x100m relay in 2008 the winner will be crowned on 24 november during the iaaf's centenary celebrations in the spanish city of barcelona
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jamaican sprinter usain bolt leads nominations for iaaf male athlete of 2012 . bolt became the first man to retain his 100m and 200m olympic titles in london . kenya's olympic 800m champion and wr holder david rushida also included . america's 110m hurdles olympic champion aries merritt completes list
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(cnn) americans are forgoing medical attention in the face of high health care costs, a new consumer health survey has found the high cost of medical care and treatment has some sick people opting out of treatment, a survey finds specifically, 24 percent of people polled in the 2009 deloitte survey of health care consumers decided not to seek medical care when they were sick or injured the largest subgroups were those who were uninsured (36 percent), and those between ages 28 and 44, referred to as 'gen y' respondents in the survey (37 percent) two fifths of the people who didn't see a doctor when they needed one did so because of the high cost of care they either didn't have medical insurance coverage or they perceived the cost of such care to be excessive, according to the survey, which was released early tuesday to cnn by the deloitte center for health solutions, a nonpartisan, independent research center 'costs are impacting the system, and it's changing how we respond to our health care,' said paul keckley, executive director of the center in addition to data about how many americans fail to seek necessary medical care because of high costs, another theme that emerged in the survey focused on consumers' dissatisfaction with the nation's health care system: • 94 percent of respondents said they believe health care costs threaten their own financial security • more than half said they think 50 percent or more of the money spent by americans on health care is a waste • only 6 percent indicated their own family is totally prepared to shoulder the financial burden they expect to face not only are americans putting off health care and facing increasing dissatisfaction, they are also shopping around for better deals on doctors' fees, prescription medication prices or health insurance plans to cut costs, according to the survey there has been a lot of perceived loyalty and commitment in health care, keckley said, and many providers think patients will stay with them 'this study suggests that people really don't [stay],' keckley added 'and that's surprising' despite the desire to shop around and gather more information to make improved decisions about their health care choices, the abundance of options also can be baffling, says kathleen stoll, deputy director of families usa the group is a nonprofit, nonpartisan health care advocacy organization that regularly advises consumers on choosing insurance coverage plans 'people weigh the costs of deductibles versus premiums, and these options can be confusing they are asking themselves, 'what is it that i can afford in the family budget?' i sense a lot of people feeling unnerved by having to choose less [insurance] coverage because that's all they can afford,' stoll told cnn the survey also underscored americans' receptiveness to innovations that potentially lower costs and offer greater convenience, pointing toward growing preferences for options such as retail walk in primary care clinics in drug stores, medical tourism (high quality, relatively inexpensive medical procedures obtained abroad) and web based medical services (often referred to as e visits) sampling a nationally representative group of more than 4,000 adults using a web based questionnaire, the survey was funded by the center's parent company, deloitte llp, which has a wide range of clients in the health care industry the center released its first version of the annual survey results in 2008 last month, the nonprofit kaiser family foundation released its own health care survey findings, with even greater numbers reflecting cutbacks in spending on medical services and treatments according to the report, more than half of american households scaled back health care spending in the previous 12 months before the survey, which was conducted in early february families relied on home remedies and over the counter medications instead of going to the doctor about 35 percent of the time, and they skipped visits to the dentist 34 percent of the time
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survey finds 24% of respondents skip medical care when they're sick or injured . largest groups affected by high prices: uninsured and people between 28 and 44 . deloitte survey also finds people shopping around for best prices . other trends: walk in clinics in drug stores and medical tourism in cheaper nations
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(cnn) florida a&m university, under fire in the hazing death of a drum major and over its finances, was put on probation for one year by an accrediting agency, officials said tuesday famu expects more details of the sanction within the next week, the tallahassee institution said in a statement administrators learned from the southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges that famu's accreditation is in jeopardy the loss of accreditation would put thousands of students at risk of not being eligible for federal financial aid the regional accrediting agency has expressed concerns about academic policies, student rights, the control of finances and the institutional environment, according to famu it asked the university to provide information about policies that protect students when they participate in university sanctioned events the florida department of law enforcement separately investigated alleged 'financial irregularities' involving the marching band 'it is important to emphasize that famu remains an accredited institution, even while under the probation sanction from sacscoc,' interim university president larry robinson in a statement 'we are committed to addressing the areas of concern, and ensuring that famu is compliant with all sacscoc accreditation standards' the probation comes as a florida circuit court judge weighs whether to dismiss a civil lawsuit brought by the family of drum major robert champion jr, 26 champion died in november 2011 after being beaten on a bus in orlando, florida, after a football game at which the school's famed marching band performed the hazing was part of a ritual known as crossing the bus, in which pledges attempt to run down the center aisle from the front door of the bus to the back while being punched, kicked and assaulted by senior members, band members have said in september, famu responded to the lawsuit by filing court documents saying that the institution was not responsible for champion's death the school asserted that champion broke the law and school policies when he willingly took part in the hazing that killed him 'my reaction is that the school did not take the responsibility to keep my son safe,' robert champion sr said
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florida a&m university put on probation for one year by accrediting agency . agency looking at finances, policies; university expects more detail soon . robert champion, drum major in famu band, died in 2011 hazing incident
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(cnn) al ahly's incredible journey continued on sunday as the egyptian soccer side reached the semifinals of the club world cup in japan while back home protesters demonstrated against president mohamed morsy's planned constitutional referendum, al ahly set up a clash with south american champions corinthians on thursday 'ahly fans can now dream of reaching the final we, too, dream of this, and we'll do our best to clinch the title,' coach hossam el badry told the club's television channel after a 2 1 victory over j league winners sanfrecce hiroshima with the egyptian league suspended since the deaths of more than 70 fans at ahly's match in port said in february, it is a miracle the cairo team has got this far ahly qualified for the tournament by winning the african title for a record extending seventh time last month, when the second leg in tunisia was played the same day that more than 50 children died in a train accident in egypt most of its home games in the african champions league were played behind closed doors due to security fears, while the first leg of the final was held at a military facility near alexandria '#ahly is the only entity that can unite millions behind it on one opinion, hope, and dream,' one fan wrote on twitter after sunday's game in toyota veteran mohamed aboutrika scored a second half winner in a match marred by a serious injury to the man he replaced ahly's captain and key playmaker hossam ghaly battling snowy, cold conditions ahly took the lead after 15 minutes when hiroshima's replacement goalkeeper takuya masuda was given no chance by elsayed hamdi masuda had been forced into the fray in just the fifth minute when regular no 1 shusaku nishikawa was carried off with a facial injury after colliding with ahly striker gedo the home side equalized after ahly captain ghaly went off with a suspected ruptured knee ligament, as the j league's leading scorer hisato sato netted in the 32nd minute aboutrika, playing at the tournament for the fourth time, scored his fourth goal to go level with record holders lionel messi of argentina and former brazil international denilson ahly also reached the semifinals in 2006, losing to brazilian side internacional before winning the third place playoff against mexico's club america 'the corinthians are a great team we'll do our best to get a positive result and dedicate the title to the victims of the port said stadium disaster,' said the 34 year old aboutrika, who was also in the 2006 team 'playing with brazilian opponents is always interesting for me also, brazil is a great thing for me, especially since i dream of reaching the world cup there with the national team' mexican team monterrey also qualified for the semifinals, setting up a clash with european champions chelsea on thursday by beating asian titleholders ulsan hyundai 3 1 monterrey, winners of the concacaf champions league last season, took the lead in the ninth minute through 19 year old winger jesus corona while former argentina international cesar delgado added two late goals the korean side scored an 88th minute consolation through 2012 asian player of the year lee keunho, whose long range shot eluded keeper jonathan orozco
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dubai, united arab emirates (cnn) the british foreign office has warned its nationals traveling to or living in the united arab emirates about the increased threat of a terrorist attack in 2006 over one million britons visited the united arab emirates, according to the uk foreign office the alert, posted on its web site, urged britons in the oil rich gulf kingdom to be vigilant especially in public places because of a 'high threat of terrorism' the uae is among the most moderate gulf states and is home to thousands of expatriates 'we believe terrorists may be planning to carry out attacks in the uae,' the foreign office statement read 'attacks could be indiscriminate and could happen at any time, including in places frequented by expatriates and foreign travelers such as residential compounds, military, oil, transport and aviation interests' by monday, the us state department had not issued any warnings about the uae the uae, slightly smaller than the us state of maine, is in the midst of a building boom to position itself as one of the world's premier tourist destinations it is already home to the world's largest mall, the world's largest tower, and despite being in the middle east boasts the largest indoor snow park in the world according to the british foreign office, more than a million british visitors traveled to the uae in 2006, while over 100,000 british nationals live there the country is an ally in the united states' 'war on terror,' and its ports host more us navy ships than any port outside the us, according to the us state department two of the attackers who took part in the september 11, 2001 attacks on new york and washington came from the uae and it was among a handful of countries that recognized the fundamentalist taliban regime before the september 11 attacks
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(cnn) rescue workers are searching for more than 300 filipino fishermen who have gone missing after a devastating typhoon that tore across the philippines last week, killing more than 600 people, authorities said monday typhoon bopha, the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the philippines this year, set off flash floods and landslides that engulfed people sheltering in their rickety houses in remote, unprepared regions on the southern island of mindanao read more: rescuers struggle to aid philippines storm victims the number of people still unaccounted for climbed sharply during the weekend as officials learned of the disappearance of boatloads of fishermen who set off before typhoon bopha slammed into the east coast of mindanao on tuesday rescue efforts are under way to try to find the missing fishermen, many of whom left from the port city of general santos on the south coast of mindanao, said maj reynaldo balido, military assistant for operations at the philippine office of civil defense a total 780 people are missing in the philippines as a whole, the national disaster risk reduction and management council, the country's emergency management agency, said monday read more: devastation in a philippine valley where typhoons aren't expected that includes the fishermen and more than 400 people in new bataan, a town in southeastern mindanao where flash floods triggered by bopha's heavy rain buried large areas under mud, rocks and trees the overwhelming majority of the 647 people killed by the typhoon are from the regions of davao oriental and compostela valley, where new bataan is situated many people in those areas failed to anticipate bopha, known locally as pablo, the strongest storm to hit mindanao in decades the island experiences fewer tropical cyclones than the regions of the philippines further north survivors are now struggling to find enough water, food and shelter relief agencies are scrambling to provide help to the worst hit areas, but damage to infrastructure like roads and communications networks is complicating their task the scale of the challenge facing them is huge: nearly 1,500 people have been injured and more than 300,000 have been forced to seek shelter in evacuation centers or elsewhere philippine president benigno aquino iii, who visited new bataan and other severely affected areas friday, has declared a state of national calamity, which releases emergency funds and puts price controls on basic goods
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typhoon bopha has so far killed 647 people in the philippines . a another 780 people are missing, including hundreds of fishermen . relief agencies are trying to help the thousands of people left homeless by the storm
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(cnn) al qaeda leader osama bin laden will address the west in a new message, according to a banner ad from the group's production wing posted on islamist web sites known to carry messages from al qaeda and bin laden this image accompanied a message from osama bin laden in november 'to the western nations, soon, god willing, a new speech by the lion of islam sheikh osama bin laden, the reasons of the struggle in the 60th anniversary of the israeli occupation,' the banner reads it was not known whether the message would be audio or video or when it might be posted in the past, messages were available from an hour to two days after the initial posting bin laden's last message came march 20, when in an audiotape he called iraq 'the perfect base to set up the jihad to liberate palestine' in an audiotape released the previous day, bin laden condemned european countries for siding with the united states in afghanistan and for allowing the publication of cartoons considered insulting to islam's prophet, mohammed
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banner ad on islamist web sites says al qaeda leader will release message soon . it is not known exactly when the message will come . bin laden's last communication was an audiotape released march 20
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(cnn) utah multimillionaire jon huntsman sr said friday the salt lake city cancer center that bears his name will get a $100 million addition, half of which is coming from his family the 220,000 square foot addition will be used to find cures for childhood cancers, and will double the huntsman cancer institute's research space, said the 76 year old businessman and philanthropist, father of former republican presidential candidate jon huntsman jr patients who are treated at the cancer center are teamed up with cancer specialists as well as researchers who are trying to find better ways to treat and, hopefully, cure them the new laboratories will be used to further study genetic childhood cancers and cancers that affect families, including the three leading causes of disease death in children: leukemia, sarcoma and brain cancer 'the only way to make progress on cancer is to keep delving deeper and deeper in the research technology' says huntsman cancer claims about 550,000 lives a year, something americans have accepted as a way of life but they would not accept losing 550,000 soldiers on the battlefield each year, he adds 'the private sector should do more; the government should do more,' says huntsman huntsman says he wants to die broke because 'you can't spend money after you die' his family 'has put about $400 million into the cancer center, and we've raised about a billion dollars for cancer research (overall),' he says for the latest expansion, 'the family is putting about half of it up,' he says he raised the rest of the funds from donors like the church of jesus christ of latter day saints the utah legislature and other major hospital groups in the area also contributed four time cancer survivor gives back huntsman's riches grew out of a small plastics company he founded in the early 1970s 'a small team that worked with me we invented the big mac hamburger container,' he says after selling that company, he founded huntsman chemical corp but long before he became a billionaire, huntsman believed in spreading his wealth 'there's just a certain joy in your heart to be able to help somebody else even when you're struggling,' he says 'when my wife and i made only $300 a month as a naval officer right out of college and i had debts to pay, we always gave $50 a month away to charity in addition to our tithing,' he says 'it was just something that in my heart i've always believed, that if you are generous and help others, you'll be blessed in your own life and more importantly, it's just the right thing to do' huntsman spent more than a decade on the forbes billionaire list, but he's fallen off it due to his many contributions something he's fine with so far, he and his family have donated more than $12 billion to thousands of charities and individuals in the united states and abroad, and he's dedicated his life and fortune to curing cancer that dedication goes back decades huntsman's mother, who taught him about the importance of giving, died from cancer, as did his father and stepmother huntsman himself has also battled cancer, and has survived prostate cancer, mouth cancer and two types of skin cancer according to the national cancer institute, one or two children develop cancer for every 10,000 children in the united states while progress has been made in treating and curing children with cancer, it's still the leading cause of death by disease among us children ages 1 to 14
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(cnn) ipads will soon be ubiquitous in american airlines cockpits, but don't expect pilots to be playing 'angry birds' instead of paying attention to the flight path aa is striving to go all digital by the end of 2012, replacing pilots' bulky 35 pound bags full of navigational charts, log books and other flight reference materials with the 15 pound apple tablets it's a move that the airline says will save at least $12 million a year, based on current fuel prices 'that's even on the low end,' said capt david clark, an active aa pilot and spokesman for the company 'really, we know what each aircraft burns in terms of weight per hour, so for every pound, you can measure the fuel burn' ipads aren't new on the scene the federal aviation administration approved the use of the tablets in 2011, but american is the first commercial carrier to receive the agency's approval to use them in the cockpit during all phases of flight from gate to gate, including during landing and takeoff many airlines are using flight apps, which don't require wi fi once installed on the tablets clark says the initiative is designed to not only save american money but, since each flight bag is made up of thousands of pages that must be updated constantly, to be a valuable time saver as well 'it takes me anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, an hour and a half, for revisions to take out the old page and put new pages in that's at least three to four times a month,' he said user error in misplacing a page here or there will be eliminated, improving the navigational charts' accuracy 'we've got all of our charts into a digital format,' clark said 'every two weeks, we get revisions it pushes updates, we touch the icon, and it updates' eliminating the need for the reams of paper each kitbag requires is another consideration, as well as preventing personal injuries 'each kitbag can weigh 35 to 45 pounds,' clark said 'it's a quality of life thing we have a lot of pilots in these very small cockpits that are trying to gingerly place kitbags in very small (areas) we've seen pulled muscles and injuries on duty' united airlines has been paperless since last year, distributing 11,000 ipads to all united and continental pilots for use in the cockpit it's unclear if or how soon united will match american in getting the faa's approval for ipad use during all phases of flight delta says that although it has been experimenting with moving to an electronic flight bag program, no formal decision has been made to go to tablets just yet while the ipad is the only tablet currently approved by the faa to replace current flight kits, other tablets could be authorized as well 'it's a game changer,' clark said 'i'm in my 23rd year (with american airlines) if you just fly one trip with me, you could see the amazing difference all that weight, and all the monotony of doing all those revisions, can make' he understands that consumers may have concerns about playing games or being distracted by other entertaining ipad apps 'we are professionals, we have rules that we follow, and our licenses and crew depend on our being professional and following the rules and our pilots are good at that we self police, so we will be keeping an eye out'
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washington (cnn) you can describe it as a political convention or a carnival, but either way, all eyes are on the conservative political action conference this week the three day event better known by its initials, cpac kicks off thursday at national harbor, a major convention center just outside of the nation's capital the conference is the largest annual gathering of conservative leaders and activists, and when there's no republican in the white house, it's a must attend cattle call for gop presidential hopefuls looking to pass the conference's conservative litmus test cpac will close saturday with the much watched results of the confab's gop presidential nomination straw poll 'after the super bowl and the two parties' national conventions, cpac is the most covered event in the country,' al cardenas, chairman of the american conservative union, the organization that puts on the conference, told cnn latest developments 'it's the only venue where thousands of activists get to see, back to back during our three day conference, the likely 2016 leading gop presidential candidates and begin to create perceptions which last through election day' among those addressing the crowd this year are nearly all the major names among the potential 2016 republican white house contenders they include sens rand paul of kentucky, marco rubio of florida, ted cruz of texas, and rep paul ryan of wisconsin, the 2012 gop vice presidential nominee also speaking are govs rick perry of texas, who ran for the republican nomination in 2012, bobby jindal of louisiana and chris christie of new jersey, who wasn't invited last year because he wasn't considered conservative enough inside politics: will cpac be launch of cruz 2016? former sen rick santorum of pennsylvania, who also ran for the white house in 2012, and former arkansas gov mike huckabee, who made a bid for the nomination in 2008, are addressing the audience and don't forget about former alaska gov and 2008 gop vice presidential nominee sarah palin and donald trump, who seem to be flirting with 2016 bids 'the reason so many presidential hopefuls come to cpac is because they get to take a measure of themselves before an activist audience, and that audience gets to take its measure of the potential candidates,' republican communications strategist keith appell told cnn 'cpac still provides both the contenders and the pretenders these opportunities,' added appell, a senior vice president at crc public relations, a washington, dc, pr firm that has had many conservative clients republican strategist ana navarro says this year's colder and snowier than normal winter in the washington area won't keep conservatives away 'thousands of people trek to snow and ice covered washington for three days to listen to republican leaders preach the gospel to the faithful i'd call that relevant it's a good platform to keep the republican base, and many young people, energized and charged up,' said navarro, a cnn contributor cpac changes mind, won't allow atheist group at conference cpac has its critics some conservatives say that cpac has become too mainstream 'i think cpac is really rpac these days and is as much, if not more, lobbyist oriented than grass roots oriented it is like church homecoming for the republican party, wrote erick erickson, co founder of redstatecom and a leading voice on the right and rep steve king, an outspoken conservative from iowa, said in a prepared statement that he 'will neither speak at nor attend the conservative political action conference' instead, king will join other conservatives in addressing a national security action summit being held just a few blocks away from cpac spotlight on christie while most of the major potential 2016 contenders will address cpac, two will be absent: former florida gov jeb bush had previous business commitments, and gov scott walker of wisconsin has events to attend in his home state both spoke at cpac last year while the spotlight's on the speeches in the main ballroom, for the possible white house hopefuls, some of the real action is away from the cameras, in private meetings with top activists, strategists and rainmakers one of those possible presidential contenders is christie the pragmatic garden state governor, never popular with many in the party's conservative base, was not invited to last year's conference cpac organizers said christie was snubbed because some of his positions were not conservative enough are controversies helping christie with conservatives? christie is currently awash in allegations that some of his aides closed access lanes to the george washington bridge last september to punish the mayor of fort lee, new jersey, for not endorsing christie's re election the governor has denied knowing anything about the gridlock until after it occurred and has said he knew nothing about any political mischief by members of his administration while one tea party leader told cnn he was 'stunned' that christie was invited this year, cardenas, the american conservative union chairman, said the national media coverage of the controversies in new jersey might help christie with the party's base, which doesn't like to see republicans attacked by the media, adding that the episode's made conservatives 'kindred spirits with gov christie' while many conservatives may not be christie fans, they like the mainstream media even less 'i think christie is going to get a good reception, maybe even better than he would have before the bridge thing he's a good, engaging, energetic speaker he's been under attack by mainstream media and democrats everywhere the enemy of my enemy is my friend,' added navarro, the gop strategist straw poll scrutiny the results of the cpac straw poll are analyzed and scrutinized on tv and online but the idea that the results are any kind of barometer of what will actually happen in the battle for the gop nomination are extremely debatable but the straw poll is useful 'the straw poll is still more of a scrimmage of expectations beat the expectations, and you can generate a lot of buzz among the media and activists,' said kevin madden, a republican strategist, cnn contributor and senior adviser to mitt romney in the former massachusetts governor's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns in 2007, romney, considered in tune with conservative activists at the time, made winning at cpac a priority and he met expectations with a straw poll victory he won again in 2008, narrowly edging out eventual gop presidential nominee sen john mccain of arizona, who was not a favorite of the conservative base romney won even though he ended his bid for the republican nomination on the first day of the conference then rep ron paul of texas won the straw poll in 2010 and 2011, in between his two bids for the gop nomination his victories were proof of the strong libertarian influence on the cpac straw poll romney won in 2012, as he was battling two more conservative candidates: santorum and former house speaker newt gingrich romney's 2012 appearance is less remembered for his straw poll victory than for his description of himself as 'severely conservative' in his speech to the audience last year's contest ended up being a two person race, with rand paul winning the straw poll with 25% of the vote, one percentage point ahead of rubio the 21 other people on the ballot were far behind, registering in single digits this year, 26 names are on the straw poll ballot
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london, england (cnn) irish football officials have lodged an official complaint with world ruling body fifa after thierry henry confessed that he handled the ball in the build up to the goal which sent france to next summer's world cup television cameras showed henry guiding the ball with his hand twice, before william gallas scored from his resulting cross to give 'les bleus' a narrow win in the two legged world cup play off against the republic of ireland 'i will be honest it was a handball but i am not the referee,' the barcelona striker told reporters after the match in paris the irish justice ministry confirmed to cnn that dermot ahern had asked the football association of ireland (fai) to demand a replay in the interests of fair play 'thierry henry has admitted handling the ball, claims he told the ref he handled it millions of people worldwide saw it was a blatant double handball not to mention a double offside and we should put the powers that be in the cozy world of fifa on the spot and demand a replay,' ahern said in a statement sent to cnn 'they probably won't grant it as we are minnows in world football but let's put them on the spot it's the least we owe the thousands of devastated young fans around the country otherwise if that result remains it reinforces the view that if you cheat you will win' the fai later confirmed that it had taken the matter to fifa 'i really believe the integrity of the game has been questioned last night,' chief executive john delaney told reporters 'the governing body of world football have to step up to the plate and accede to our call for a replay' delaney said the fai had also written to the french football federation 'they need to look at themselves in this situation henry is their captain and a wonderful footballer, but does he want to be like diego maradona and his legacy to be this handball, this goal that got them to the world cup in an unjust manner? if we had qualified in this manner, i wouldn't be happy,' he said 'it is up to the people who govern the game now every time i go to a fifa congress i hear about fair play and integrity this was a defining game with the whole world watching, and if fifa believe in fair play and integrity, this is their opportunity to step forward' the fai has argued that there is a precedent for the result to be struck out, following fifa's ruling that uzbekistan had to replay a play off against bahrain for the 2006 world cup in germany after the referee made a mistake in awarding a penalty 'the football association of ireland is hoping that fifa and its disciplinary committee will, on behalf of football fans worldwide, act in a similar fashion so that the standards of fair play and integrity can be protected,' the fai said fifa confirmed it had received the irish request for a replay, but gave no timescale on a decision however, it said that under its regulations the referee's decision cannot be changed 'law 5 states that the decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play, including whether or not a goal is scored and the result of the match, are final,' it said 'the referee may only change a decision on realising that it is incorrect or, at his discretion, on the advice of an assistant referee or the fourth official, provided that he has not restarted play or terminated the match' irish captain richard dunne, who spoke to henry on the final whistle, said he felt cheated by the goal 'he admitted he handled it, but it doesn't make me feel any better because we are not going to the world cup finals,' the defender said 'fifa will probably be happy yet again the big decisions have gone for the bigger team' football's international governing body had faced criticism from several irish players that the seeding system for the play off draw favored more powerful nations such as france blog: when will fifa see what's staring them in the face? dunne's teammate robbie keane admitted it was 'hard to speak,' as he struggled to come to terms with the result 'with the way we played, we certainly deserved to win the game and it killed us near the end with that handball,' he was quoted by the fai web site as saying 'i've seen the replay but we knew anyway (it was handball) you could see by the reaction of the players, especially shay (given) who was two yards away from it you don't get a reaction like that it was a clear handball 'he (henry) almost caught the ball and actually ran into the net with it we're devastated' ireland team manager giovanni trapattoni told reporters that the referee had time to ask the linesman and then henry 'it would not have been the first time a player would have asked and it would not have been out of turn 'we are angry,' the italian continued 'it is a bitter evening for me i would prefer to have gone out on penalties' fanzone: five of football's most famous injustices but former france international david ginola was emphatic that henry should not have 'owned up' 'you don't do that,' he told cnn 'henry was doing his job you can't blame him for doing everything he could for his team and country to get them to south africa 'but it was a shame to finish the game like that as ireland had played very well 'referees need more help on the pitch, so as not to allow things like that obviously the referee was not well positioned and couldn't see' english referees union chief alan leighton told cnn that swedish official martin hansson had clearly missed a huge decision 'i think the incident was more of instinct than deliberately attempting to cheat but it does seem that the ball hit his hand twice and therefore there is an issue' but on the wider issue of cheating, leighton said: 'it is all very well to blame the referees for not spotting it but fundamentally it starts with the players 'i think the players have to think about the game, think about the reputation of the game and their own reputations and say look actually there is a line that we will not cross'
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(cnn) police and the mother of a 4 year old california boy clung to hope thursday for the child's safety, days after a man allegedly snatched the pre schooler from his grandmother's arms then took off an amber alert was issued for juliani cardenas, who authorities say was abducted by jose esteban rodriguez in the northern california town of patterson 'he (rodriguez) wanted to be with my son,' tabitha cardenas told reporters thursday, adding that she had broken up with rodriguez four or five months ago 'he wanted to be with my son so bad that he took it to the extreme' yet authorities feared the worst, after a witness reported seeing a car matching that of the alleged kidnapper plunge into the delta mendota canal but they were not able to locate the vehicle during searches thursday 'we believe the suspect drove the car into the canal, with little juliani inside,' stanislaus county sheriff adam christianson told hln's nancy grace 'but so far, we haven't been able to locate the car' christianson said that the search will resume friday, with help from the neighboring merced county sheriff's department, using side scanning sonar the sheriff, though, also held out hope that the witness may have been mistaken and juliani, in fact, never went underwater 'there's still hope that we're going to be able to find juliani alive,' he said in an emotional press conference thursday, the boy's mother said she believes rodriguez is troubled claiming he told her that he sometimes 'hears voices' and that he had been abusive when they were dating but she did not think he would drown her son or consciously put him in danger rodriguez is not the boy's biological father 'he's scared, jose's scared i know he is,' said cardenas 'he probably doesn't know what to do' the suspect had come to cardenas' house early tuesday morning, according to the boy's mother, leaving after she told him to leave because juliani was asleep and had a cold the boy's school later called tabitha cardenas after rodriguez had gone there asking to spend time with the boy in the late afternoon, cardenas got a call from her frantic mother, who claimed that the rodriguez had again come by and, despite her struggle, had taken the boy from the grandmother's arms cardenas said that her mother told her that the suspect then flashed an obscene gesture, laughed and got into his 2003 silver toyota corolla, which he had left running the boy, juliani, is 3 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 40 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair, according to the amber alert he was wearing dark pants and a light blue shirt at the time of his abduction rodriguez, 27, is described in the same alert as being a hispanic male, about 180 pounds and 5 feet, 9 inches tall tabitha cardenas, who broke down several times while addressing reporters, said she especially was worried that her son was not getting enough water or food she issued an urgent plea to rodriguez, who she said took their break up hard but stayed in contact, to drop off her son at a hospital or fire department 'please, i need him home,' she said 'i know he's telling you that he's missing me you need to bring him home'
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an amber alert has been issued for juliani cardenas, 4, of patterson, california . police say he was abducted by jose rodriguez, the ex boyfriend of the boy's mother . the boy's grandmother says the man took the boy from her arms then fled . police are searching a canal after a tip that the kidnapper drove his car into it
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(cnn) ashes hero alastair cook has all but given up hope of playing for england in the world cup in the sub continent next month despite his run scoring feats in the recent 3 1 test series win against australia, the opener has not featured recently in the england squad for the shorter forms of cricket, including the 50 over per side format used in the world cup cook told cnn that he is in direct competition for an opening slot with captain andrew strauss and does not rate his chances of inclusion very highly when the final 15 man line up is announced on wednesday 'myself and straussy do quite a similar role at the top of the order, our styles are very similar possibly as he's captain he's going to take a lot to shift,' he said the 26 year old amassed 766 runs in the five test ashes series, the second best ever by an england player, and clearly wants to keep up the momentum injured tendulkar gets world cup call 'it's a little bit frustrating, especially when you're in a little bit of form, but the selectors have been building towards this for a while now and they're plans and unfortunately i've not been in it,' he admitted 'but cricket's a strange game, sport's a strange game, and you never know,' he added whether he gains a place for the world cup, or gets a call up later during the tournament as a replacement, cook's place in cricket history is assured after a hitting double century and two other centuries as england emphatically retained the ashes down under 'to achieve that, and the manner in which we achieved it, was very special,' he said 'the support we've had from everyone in australia and back here has just been fantastic,' added cook, who has been awarded the freedom of the city of london in honor of his exploits yet, ironically, the essex opener's place was under threat for the tour after a sorry run of form in england's summer tests which left him low on confidence and self belief 'it was very low, confidence is only bred by success 'that was quite a defining moment for me in my career when i really, really needed a score personally and under pressure from the media and probably thinking i shouldn't play, to be able to deliver, i think that really helped me in australia' cook has scored 16 test hundreds and 24 other scores of 50 or above in his 65 test match career and also captained his country for the 2010 series in bangladesh as strauss was rested
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alastair cook not hopeful of winning place in england's world cup squad . cook scored 766 runs as england beat australia 3 1 in ashes test series . tells cnn that 'it's a little bit frustrating' to be left out of england one day squads . world cup in 50 over per side format starts next month on sub continent
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(cnn) the trans alaska pipeline is expected to return to full service this week after a leak near prudhoe bay brought the flow of oil to a stop this month, a company spokeswoman said 'we are in the final stages of the bypass line,' said alyeska pipeline service co spokeswoman megan egan the 800 mile line was shut down january 8 when a leak was found during an inspection of a pump house the pipeline then was reopened from tuesday through saturday to flush remaining oil from the line when the pumping resumes, the flow will start at about 500,000 barrels of oil a day about three quarters of normal flow and then move to its full capacity, egan said the pipeline's daily average output is about 642,000 barrels, according to the company website
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gladstone, illinois (cnn) residents of this small town in illinois, like many others who live along the banks of the surging mississippi river, raced against the clock tuesday to erect a makeshift levee as rising floodwaters threatened residents of gladstone, illinois, work with the national guard to create a makeshift levee 'i'm not moving, not moving my business,' said byron sebastian, a longtime resident of gladstone, illinois, who also serves on the city council 'we've got a lot of good people here helping to try to save this part of town' gladstone is one of many towns under threat tuesday after rising waters breached a 300 foot area of a levee near gulf port, illinois, before 5 am levees all along the mid mississippi were being topped with sandbags tuesday as the river, fed by its flooded tributaries, continued to rise illinois gov rod blagojevich called up 1,100 national guard members to assist in sandbagging efforts, said patti thompson of the illinois emergency management agency she also said inmates are helping on the levees and others are bagging sand in correctional institutions 'we were very, very disappointed that this levee broke today,' said thompson 'it's a very powerful river, and it can be hard to harness' with the help of the national guard, sebastian and his fellow residents hustled tuesday to build a barrier between gladstone and the encroaching floodwaters even though gladstone is about four miles from the banks of the mississippi, the rising floodwaters have submerged homes and created rivers where crop fields once stood the muddy townspeople worked with anxious resolve, cracking the occasional joke, as they filled bags with sand and dirt and loaded them onto atvs on the receiving end were members of the illinois national guard, who piled up the sandbags as the tops of cornstalks rose above the waters behind them 'threats can happen in all shapes and forms, so we are trying to help out,' said national guardsman capt lanny finn, whose unit previously served in iraq 'we'll be here for as long as we're needed' sebastian, who lived through floods in 1993, said he never thought he'd have to experience them again 'we thought that was bad, but this is a lot worse than it was in '93,' said sebastian 'now we got some lakefront property' elsewhere in illinois, authorities closed the great river bridge on us 34, which connects illinois to iowa over the swollen mississippi, as authorities evacuated about 400 people in henderson county the sheriff of henderson county, where the mississippi river borders the entire western edge of the county, said authorities are still concerned about the communities of gulf port, carman, lomax and dallas city watch aerial views of the rising mississippi » 'it's been an uphill battle from the start, and the levee just broke loose,' he said sheriff john jefferson of hancock county, illinois, said water was 'very, very close' to the top of some areas of the county's two levees 'we've had to evacuate some areas already, but the areas that have not been evacuated yet, we're just keeping our fingers crossed and hoping that the levee will hold,' he said in two of the county's communities, rio vista and pontoosuc, power has been shut off in all but 20 residences, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office said missouri also began to feel the force of the surging mississippi tuesday, as water began to top multiple levees east of highway 79, forcing authorities to suspend sandbagging efforts at a levee near foley, officials said tuesday in northwest missouri, towns and cities along the mississippi river were bracing for flooding later this week as swollen waters head downriver communities at high risk of record flooding include quincy, illinois, and hannibal, missouri, according to national weather service modeling moderate flooding is possible later in the week in alton, illinois, and st louis, missouri the floods began heading downriver monday to illinois and missouri, relieving iowa somewhat after two weeks of natural disasters that killed 17 people, displaced 38,000 and caused more than $1 billion in crop damages 'the good news is the floodwater is receding in much of the state,' said david miller, administrator for the iowa homeland security and emergency management division 'the bad news is we're still in a flood fight' president bush said he and a team will travel to iowa this week state and federal officials also plan to meet there this week to decide the best way to house displaced residents, said bill vogel, a federal coordinator with the federal emergency management agency in washington, sen tom harkin of iowa said the flooding has devastated his state's corn crop floods prompted farm equipment manufacturer john deere to idle two plants in waterloo, iowa, he said watch a farmer boat through his fields » 'across eastern iowa, the flooding rivers have washed out railroad lines; mississippi barge traffic has come to a halt and [flooding has] closed major roadways,' said harkin, the democratic chairman of the senate agriculture committee 'thousands of iowa businesses, large and small, have been impacted' harkin said iowans 'are a resilient and resourceful people,' but will need 'generous federal assistance' to recover fema has set up six disaster recovery centers in iowa and has provided nearly $4 million in assistance, state and federal officials reported so far, 24 counties are under federal disaster declarations, making residents eligible for individual aid, lt gov patty judge reported by tuesday afternoon, residents of cedar rapids, iowa, where the cedar river inundated more than 400 city blocks, were beginning to return home as the rivers lessened, said lu barron, a linn county supervisor 'we're doing pretty good,' she said 'people are getting into their businesses, and getting into their homes' she said she estimated that thousands of people had returned to their homes after authorities inspected them to make sure they were safe the death of one woman whose body was found in her car monday was determined unrelated to the floods, said courtney greene, a spokeswoman for the governor's office and the state emergency operations center amtrak service from chicago, illinois, to st paul, minnesota, and to kansas city, missouri, was disrupted by the flooding cnn's paul vercammen contributed to this report
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(cnn) just one day after the federal aviation administration announced that airline travelers would soon be able to keep their personal electronic devices on throughout their flights, two airlines made changes on friday, a jetblue flight from new york to buffalo became the first commercial flight to allow 'gate to gate' use of such devices, the airline said delta air lines also announced that it modified its rules regarding electronic devices as soon as it could until now, passengers in the united states were prohibited from using the devices until their plane rose above 10,000 feet a ban on using cell phones for voice communication remains in effect the faa announcement came thursday, and that same day, jetblue asked to be allowed to implement the new rules the faa gave its approval friday, and the airline implemented the rules immediately delta confirmed through its twitter account that the faa approved its plans, too the faa refused to say which airlines had applied for permission and which were granted permission, saying the agency prefers that the airlines release that information when it announced the changes, the faa predicted that airlines would apply the new rules by the end of the year the faa, following months of study by a group of aviation experts, said that airlines can allow passengers to use portable electronic devices such as tablets, laptop computers, e readers and cell phones in airplane mode throughout the flight, with some circumstantial restrictions the faa had long said that using electronic devices during takeoff and landing posed a safety issue and that radio signals from the devices could interfere with an aircraft's communications, navigation and other systems but a panel the faa established last year to study the issue concluded that most commercial airplanes can tolerate radio interference signals cnn's jason hanna and katia hetter contributed to this report
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(ewcom) broadway is about to get a little extra sparkle in those famous neon lights it was recently announced the 'twilight' musical is officially happening before you book your tickets to nyc (or, conversely, get the heck out of times square) you should know it's not expected to have a very long run 'twilight: the musical' will make its off broadway debut as a one night only staged reading on january 16, and the proceeds will benefit the charity blessings in a backpack the most exciting thing about this announcement may be the cast, and the plot teases their characters' names give us in addition to bella and edward, (who already sings a lullaby—why shouldn't he also belt out a broadway tune?) the name that gets me onboard is the totally awesome lauren lopez (alice), who played draco malfoy opposite darren criss' harry potter in the spectacular 'a very potter musical' other teases that make me cautiously optimistic this could be a lot of fun: characters named both harry potter and hermione granger will be showing up perhaps leading up to that epic vampire vs wizard war that we all know is coming according to the website the show, 'examines our culture of obsession through the story of teenage outsider bella swan who risks everything when she embarks on a star crossed romance with vampire edward cullen' the musical, which you can watch blurry clips of on youtube, originally premiered and was workshopped last year in new york with opening lyrics like 'nothing ever happens in forks' and (of course) 'i wish i had a boyfriend,' the show seems to be in the same vein as 'a very potter musical' in that it's a fun loving parody by people who clearly enjoyed the source material it will be interesting to see how far the production is able to get, as the show has no stated affiliation with stephenie meyer or summit parodies are typically ok, copyright law wise, but a show has to play up the 'unofficial' and 'spoof' aspects the fact that the character names don't appear to be changed surprises me that this one night only reading is for charity (aka no one involved is making money) probably helps ew reached out to dreamcatcher entertainment (one of the producers) and they did not return requests for comment love it, hate it, or some strange combination of both, i'm surprised a 'twilight' show hasn't happened sooner think of the musical possibilities for a show with the tagline 'death never sounded so good' (please resist the obvious joke in the comments) a teenage girl is in love with a guy vampire from the wrong side of the tracks living are vampires and werewolves really that different from sharks and jets? and try to tell me the werewolf chases in the woods aren't just waiting to be a shirtless staged ballet if you were in new york would you check it out? what scenes from the films are begging for a musical interpretation? see the full article at ewcom click here to try 2 risk free issues of entertainment weekly © 2011 entertainment weekly and time inc all rights reserved
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