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db2a1b96563f91c3017ada9474450f26f0f4718e | Summarize the following news article. | Poland set to hold June election to replace president killed in air crash .
Mourners line up for hours to pay respects to first couple .
Controversy breaks out over decision to bury Kaczynski alongside former monarchs . | [
"Warsaw, Poland (CNN) -- Polish legislators were planning Wednesday to hold a June election to choose a successor to President Lech Kaczynski, whose death in an air crash is generating unprecedented scenes of public grief. Mourners lined up through the night outside Warsaw's Presidential Palace to pay respects to K... |
6c0428060680caa6ef0a0a445f92cbc2688e8d62 | Summarize the following news article. | Kenzie Marie Houk's 4-year-old daughter found her shot to death in bed Friday .
Houk, 26, was eight months pregnant .
Boy charged as an adult with criminal homicide, homicide of an unborn child .
The 11-year-old is the son of Houk's boyfriend . | [
"(CNN) -- An 11-year-old boy is facing adult charges in the shooting death of his father's pregnant girlfriend, authorities said Saturday. Police say Kenzie Marie Houk's daughter found her shot to death in her bed on Friday. Police say the boy shot Kenzie Marie Houk, who was eight months pregnant, once at point-bla... |
57fa9cae8fbd1e41cf54f150ebfed9a8ac925603 | Summarize the following news article. | Google announces Google Voice, a phone service over the Internet .
The service offers "speech-to-text" transcriptions of voice messages .
Head of Google Voice: company plans to offer service for free .
Public users sign up for service starting in "a number of weeks" | [
"SAN FRANCISCO (CNET) -- Google plans to unveil a service called Google Voice on Thursday that indicates Google wants to do with your telephone communications what companies such as Yahoo have done with e-mail. Google unveils a phone service Thursday in which the search giant acts like a phone middleman. Google Voi... |
a9c623e9564fe0a7a52df7304a737017fe79ca97 | Summarize the following news article. | Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson unveils spacecraft .
Media and prospective space-ride tourists get a peek at SpaceShipTwo .
Virgin Galactic has deposits from 300 people toward $200,000 tickets .
Branson says the first flight into space will launch in 2011 in New Mexico . | [
"Mojave, California (CNN) -- Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson on Monday unveiled the winged rocket his company developed to give paying customers a brief taste of space. The 300 people who have given Branson's Virgin Galactic $20,000 deposits toward the $200,000 space-ride tickets were invited see SpaceShi... |
f6561b7937fec0a5965bcf53d3a3000205ad9d0d | Summarize the following news article. | Everyday fabrics are being used in ground-breaking medical research .
A material based on silk could help regrow damaged bone tissue .
Silk has six times the tensile strength of steel fiber of equal diameter .
A device made of Gore-Tex is being used to plug holes in the heart . | [
"What do Spiderman, Al Capone's silk boxer shorts and a waterproof hiking jacket have in common? Spider silk is being used in pioneering research to regrow damaged bones and teeth . Answer: they are all, in their own way, helping to push forward the boundaries of modern medical science. More specifically, two separ... |
52e417185598956d75dd5d9e5f643f892cfb6c9d | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Clinton leaves hospital Friday morning, former DNC chairman says .
Doctor: Graft installed during 2004 bypass surgery was blocked .
Thursday's stent procedure opened artery that graft was supposed to service .
Former president came to hospital after feeling chest discomfort over several days . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Former President Bill Clinton left the hospital Friday morning after doctors performed a procedure to restore blood flow in one of his coronary arteries, longtime friend Terry McAuliffe told CNN. Clinton, 63, was hospitalized at New York-Presbyterian Hospital's Columbia campus after experiencing ... |
b76116f6205e5977c550341bf16f7829d5c6a1d0 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Many Interstate highways closed in Pennsylvania .
Two main Washington airports aren't set to reopen until Thursday morning .
Washington area, New York, Philadelphia under blizzard warning .
This winter is snowiest on record for several cities, National Weather Service says . | [
"(CNN) -- Heavy snow pummeled much of the East Coast on Wednesday, battering states for the second time in a week and forcing many people to stay home from school and jobs. Several cities had record snowfalls. The storm canceled or delayed flights in several cities, kept federal workers home for a third straight da... |
ddafc57bf84a25c1ad167b6e0c3230627156d3d2 | Summarize the following news article. | Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada apologizes to S. Korea for Japan's rule over Korea .
He calls period from 1910 to 1945 when Japan ruled over Korea a "tragic incident"
Japan's military accused of using women, mainly from Korea and China, as sex slaves .
In 2001, then-PM Junichiro Koizumi acknowledged damage infli... | [
"(CNN) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Thursday apologized to South Korea for the more than three decades when Japan ruled over Korea, calling the time a \"tragic incident.\" Okada made the rare apology during a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan, Korean state-run m... |
98f84c99a5d20e369c24e7c59726d7eb141a2759 | Summarize the following news article. | Major storm hits California; severe weather bears down on Midwest .
All three fatalities happened in weather-related traffic accidents .
Parts of Midwest could see winds of 30 to 40 mph, visibilities near zero . | [
"(CNN) -- Much of the United States was braced for severe winter weather on Monday, as a major storm hit California while an unrelated first round of wintry conditions snarled commutes in the Midwest. The storm hitting California Monday afternoon was expected to affect weather across the country through Wednesday. ... |
16382bfa97b917dfa24ba92c8305fed7e98dfe76 | Summarize the following news article. | Bust at U.S.-Mexico border reveals marijuana stuffed into framed pictures of Jesus .
U.S. Customs says criminals sometimes use religious artifacts to hide illegal goods .
Cesar, a federal drug-sniffing dog, discovered the hidden marijuana .
22-year-old woman in a Jeep from Juarez, Mexico, arrested . | [
"(CNN) -- A marijuana bust along the U.S.-Mexico border revealed 30 pounds of the drug stuffed into framed pictures of Jesus Christ, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said Wednesday. \"This is not the first time we have seen smugglers attempt to use religious figures and articles of faith to further the... |
2865140ab0b51ba3678f71ffc5fc50719c40c431 | Summarize the following news article. | English Premier League leaders Chelsea move four points clear of Manchester United .
Striker Nicolas Anelka scores winner just before halftime against his former club .
Struggling Bolton angry not to be awarded a penalty for handball in each half .
Inter Milan earn place in final of Italian Cup with 2-0 aggregate win o... | [
"(CNN) -- Chelsea moved a step closer to breaking Manchester United's stranglehold on the English Premier League title with a controversial 1-0 victory at home to Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday night. Nicolas Anelka headed the only goal against his former club just before halftime to put the London side four points cl... |
f95b7db8cb32f9fb0f94ba3c868cca46a1bb286a | Summarize the following news article. | Police stopped truck on interstate, about 35 miles south of Tucson, Arizona .
That much pot would be worth more than $400,000 on the street, police say .
I-19, which runs directly into Mexico, is a major thoroughfare for drug and human trafficking .
Drug cartels will "go to any length to conceal their product," police ... | [
"(CNN) -- In a messy drug bust this week, investigators uncovered more than 700 pounds of marijuana stuffed in a septic tank truck full of human waste, Arizona police said Friday. And the search of the truck was as awful as it sounds. \"Yeah, that really does suck,\" Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman B... |
1491ad2ff6f47990932dcdea7287fed6d1adf617 | Summarize the following news article. | British couple kidnapped by Somalian pirates issue another plea for help .
Paul and Rachel Chandler say they are being poorly treated and need urgent help .
Chandlers were taken from their yacht by pirates in October .
Pirates have demanded ransom of $7 million . | [
"(CNN) -- A British couple kidnapped by Somalian pirates in the Indian Ocean have issued another desperate plea, saying they are being badly treated and need urgent help. Paul and Rachel Chandler, from Kent in southern England, were taken by pirates from their yacht, the Lynn Rival, on October 23, just days after s... |
330955caaf66fde00563d313be13a0b25cdaf219 | Summarize the following news article. | AFL-CIO chief says threshold for taxing high-end health insurance plans will rise .
Dental, vision benefits won't be counted toward that amount after 2014, he says .
He says $150 billion expected to be raised over 10 years to be cut by $60 billion .
Obama challenges Republicans to run in 2010 against changes to health ... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Union leaders, the White House and congressional Democrats have agreed to limit the reach of a tax on high-end health insurance plans that would help pay for a proposed overhaul of the U.S. health care system, union leaders involved in the talks said Thursday. The proposed thresholds for taxing... |
bb764163d6a55fa37f449447e002160fe6bf9bf3 | Summarize the following news article. | Ex-minister Clare Short says attorney general withheld doubts over Iraq war .
Short said Tony Blair leant on Lord Goldsmith to support UK involvement .
Inquiry is Britain's fifth examination of role in Iraq conflict . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Britain's top legal official \"misled\" the government over the case for war in Iraq under pressure from then prime minister Tony Blair, a former Cabinet minister claimed Tuesday. Clare Short, who was Blair's international development secretary until she quit over the Iraq invasion, said A... |
7fc22b327fe69c3311fd59773fad7eedff256c15 | Summarize the following news article. | The West says it suspects Iran is trying to build nuclear bombs .
Earlier this week Washington called Iranian rocket test-launch a "provocative act"
Iran says that its program is for peaceful power generation .
Iranian FM said Friday a solution will be found over uranium enrichment issue . | [
"(CNN) -- Two new missile production plants opened in Iran on Saturday. The inauguration of the production lines for the anti-helicopter Qaem missile, and the anti-armor Toofan-5 (Hurricane) missile, came three days after Iran test-launched a rocket capable of carrying a satellite, a launch deemed a \"provocative a... |
e1711929d1a3bdb849f2ff82529747d4b6067942 | Summarize the following news article. | Senator calls for probe into background check system for nuclear plant workers .
Suspected al Qaeda member Sharif Mobley did routine labor at nuclear plants from 2002 to 2008 .
Mobley is accused of killing security agent while trying to flee a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen .
Background checks include criminal, employment hi... | [
"(CNN) -- A U.S. senator is calling for a federal probe into the system of background checks for employees at nuclear plants after learning that a suspected al Qaeda member from New Jersey worked at five such sites. \"We simply cannot tolerate at any time having someone with terrorist ties working at a nuclear plan... |
ed37b7d7969a3b1c9b1e30fbc954e5e91445abf2 | Summarize the following news article. | Defense says Phillip Garrido is mentally ill, hears angels' voices .
Court papers filed in response to allegation that he still is trying to manipulate victim .
Garrido is accused of abducting Jaycee Dugard, holding her for 18 years .
Dugard, abducted at age 11, was freed last summer . | [
"(CNN) -- A California sex offender suspected of abducting a girl in 1991 and keeping her captive for 18 years is suffering from \"serious mental illness,\" defense attorneys say in court papers. \"It appears that Phillip Garrido has been hearing [the] voices of angels for years,\" said documents filed Wednesday in... |
caf0a11a0f67f35d606b0ffdba511f2d413791d7 | Summarize the following news article. | 8.1 million vehicles worldwide have been recalled by Toyota .
Popular Mechanics expert says thousands of cars have had similar problems .
Fact Check investigates to see if that's true . | [
"(CNN) -- Toyota Motor Corp. has recently been in the hot seat after issuing massive recalls because of problems related to the accelerator pedal in several of its auto models. To date, 8.1 million vehicles worldwide have been recalled by the manufacturer, with the possibility of more to come after Thursday's anno... |
c9fe2bf7d8fd5454a32a0606889cb56bdf144fc2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: EU anti-piracy task force NAVFOR confirms ransom had been paid .
Pirates release Greek-owned bulk carrier MV Filitsa and 22 crew .
Ship was seized off coast of Somalia in November 2009 .
Company that owned ship paid undisclosed ransom . | [
"(CNN) -- Pirates have released a Greek-owned vessel and its crew of 22, months after hijacking it off Somalia, authorities said. The MV Filitsa was released Monday after the shipping company that owned it paid a ransom, said Michael Battzoglou, a security officer and spokesman for the owner, Order Shipping Co. He ... |
a7cf2d17d53ef2d74c793a68455f0eb0c619bfa5 | Summarize the following news article. | Olympic flame due to arrive in Vancouver, British Columbia, in February .
Vancouver Olympic Torch lit in ceremony in Greece's ancient Olympia .
Torchbearers will begin carrying flame through Canada next week on 106-day relay .
Vancouver Olympics official: "It will be the longest domestic relay in Olympic history" | [
"(CNN) -- The torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics was lit in a ceremony at the ancient Greek site of Olympia on Thursday, less than four months ahead of the games' opening ceremony. Actress Maria Nafpliotou, as a high priestess, lights the flame for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics on Thursday. The torch will be carr... |
004e6e14b9498ae85e92cbb81adf76ac8b21f472 | Summarize the following news article. | "As They See 'Em" is in-depth look at baseball umpires .
"The Complete Game," by Mets broadcaster Ron Darling, gets inside pitcher's head .
Two positions have similarities: necessary command, some disrespect . | [
"(CNN) -- No play can begin in a baseball game until the pitcher throws the ball. And no play can conclude until the umpire makes the call. \"We're not just robots they send out there,\" umpire Tim McClelland (2nd from L) told author Bruce Weber. Yet these figures -- the man on the mound and the men who stand in ju... |
d723aa4771e74e1518e74adefd10aa849ea35883 | Summarize the following news article. | Manny Pacquiao is the new WBO welterweight world champion .
Floyd Mayweather Jr. used to hold the WBC title in the division and is undefeated in 40 fights .
Mayweather's fight with Oscar De La Hoya gave a record $77 million payday for fighters .
A Pacquiao bout with Mayweather expected to eclipse this total . | [
"(CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said he is ready to make the big-money fight with newly crowned WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao happen. After victory in Las Vegas over Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto on Saturday, Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach said the \"whole world\" now wanted to see a fight with M... |
20e6af7f19af992da0180ff88302f258c40c6e83 | Summarize the following news article. | Boris Berezkovsky awarded £150,000 in damages after libel case .
Russian tycoon disputed RTR report claiming he was behind murder of Alexander Litvinenko .
Former Russian spy Litvinenko died in 2006 from a massive dose of polonium-210 .
Judgment was issued in London because RTR broadcasts to Britain . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Russian broadcaster in a London court, his spokeswoman told CNN Wednesday. The tycoon, who now lives in exile in Britain, was disputing a 2007 report by the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK... |
6e467809a2ee952a8af5de1e125276379a733fbd | Summarize the following news article. | Atlanta's Mei Lan, 3, and Washington's Tai Shan, 4, leave Thursday .
Animals will be entered into breeding program for endangered species .
Pandas will have to learn commands in Chinese language . | [
"(CNN) -- Two beloved giant pandas left the United States for their new homes in China on Thursday. Three-year-old Mei Lan left Zoo Atlanta in Georgia early Thursday morning and was flown to Washington aboard a FedEx 777 christened the \"Panda Express.\" In Washington, the plane picked up Mei Lan's 4-year-old cousi... |
c6e70dc1c6ea89ad0d83feee641105f8ab4ec242 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: British Airways posts lists on its Web site of flights it plans to operate .
Besides three-day strike, Unite to strike for four more days beginning March 27 .
Unite: Plans call for longer working hours, cut staff .
BA chief: Contingency plan will try to get customers to destinations . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- British Airways cabin crew members went on strike Saturday, leaving thousands of would-be passengers' travel plans during the next two weeks in disarray. The strike came after British Airways Chief Executive Willie Walsh and the joint general secretary of the Unite union, Tony Woodley, eme... |
6d5f7fa2062d3e5ca89760dc09b13a16199d1359 | Summarize the following news article. | About 30 people drive for Virginia Hospital Center during inclement weather .
Hospital transport coordinator: Volunteer drivers are "unbelievable saviors for us"
One volunteer, Scott Long, got up at 6 a.m. to begin shuttling hospital workers .
Long: "I get to play in the snow and nobody can yell at me for being out dri... | [
"Arlington, Virginia (CNN) -- The mantra in Washington during the current winter storm is \"stay home,\" but some doctors and nurses really do need to get to hospitals to take care of the sick. So, many of them rely on a group of hardy volunteer drivers for transport. Adrian Stanton was running Virginia Hospital Ce... |
e6df303f8414574b7e297bf65e96ee3479ef3fc7 | Summarize the following news article. | 20 years ago today, Nelson Mandela was released from prison .
Iran's supreme leader says a "punch" will be delivered during revolution anniversary .
Jaimee Grubbs says she didn't think through releasing Tiger Woods' voice mail . | [
"(CNN) -- Nelson Mandela: Two decades before he became the first president of a democratic South Africa, Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1974. Jailed on charges of treason and sabotage -- but fundamentally for his anti-apartheid activities -- he spent nearly 27 years in various prisons. During th... |
48c87b53771031d147f0dafcfeac22a2f3929da3 | Summarize the following news article. | John Stremlau: 20 years ago today, Nelson Mandela was released from Cape Town jail .
Stremlau: After 27 years, Mandela emerged "without bitterness, his humanity intact"
Mandela maintains commitment to democracy, freedom and rule of law, he writes .
Mandela is inspiration in troubled nation that desperately needs it, St... | [
"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Freedom lovers everywhere over a certain age recall the thrilling news 20 years ago that Nelson Mandela had been released from a Cape Town, South Africa, jail. After 27 years of isolation and hard labor, the world's most famous political prisoner emerged without bitterness, his humanity i... |
4b68c5aed617b5737be7e922cdbbca7f6900bad1 | Summarize the following news article. | Amy Wilkinson says Obama's new focus on small businesses and jobs is on track .
She says small businesses, the engines for U.S. job recovery, took hit in recession .
Obama's plan for lending, tax breaks, incentives could go even further, she says .
Wilkinson: Give SBA a role in loans; reform immigration to bring job-cr... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- As the new evangelist for entrepreneurship, President Obama is finally on the right track. Mentioning \"small business\" 14 times in his State of the Union address last week, he pledged to increase small business lending and provide tax incentives to jump-start new jobs. And pivoting from propp... |
ca892f1ea773a51a406dc3bdc37e3f8f0777aab9 | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. official: Man had been used by U.S., Jordan for intelligence services .
Source says man had given "very detailed good information that was of high interest"
Former official: Bomber was met off-base by U.S. officials who failed to search him .
Man killed seven CIA officials and a Jordanian military officer last wee... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officials and a Jordanian military officer last week in Afghanistan was a Jordanian double-agent, a former U.S. intelligence official told CNN Monday. The bomber was a source who came to the base camp in Khost near the Pakistan border for a meeting on Dec... |
4595c85f7cb8c96f8b9647cfd7ecb6560ed39054 | Summarize the following news article. | Police report: Anderson, then 19, and her mother claimed brother's '86 death was accidental .
Anderson charged with killing three faculty members at Alabama university Friday .
Anderson was never charged in her brother's 1986 death .
Police chief says argument preceded '86 shooting; state police report says accidental ... | [
"(CNN) -- A biology professor charged with killing three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville fatally shot her brother more than 23 years ago, but she and her mother claimed the shooting was accidental, according to documents released Sunday. Amy Bishop Anderson was 19 when she fatally shot he... |
4ce693db43a925717615a05fa778c3b687807d04 | Summarize the following news article. | Israeli report justifies military actions in 2009 Gaza offensive .
U.N. report accused Israel and Hamas of "actions amounting to war crimes"
U.N. called for both sides to set up independent panels to look into charges . | [
"Jerusalem (CNN) -- As a deadline neared, Israel handed the United Nations Friday a report justifying its actions during last year's Gaza campaign and rebutting the so-called \"Goldstone Report\" as biased. At a tree-planting ceremony southern Israel Friday, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, \"This report s... |
ef63297b414b3fab5e95bfdcd4ef2b0258b3897b | Summarize the following news article. | Male said on PA system that black people should leave store .
"Some people just left their carts in disgust," one customer said .
Wal-Mart "just as appalled by this as anyone," spokesman says .
Local police are investigating incident . | [
"(CNN) -- Victoria Arter was outraged when she heard the announcement over the Wal-Mart loudspeaker. \"Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers,\" she said a male voice announced. \"All blacks need to leave the store.\" \"We waited and waited. Some people just left their carts in disgust and said they couldn't believe it,\" Ar... |
8afbf82cfb0b951e10c8a296d0bf09f52694738b | Summarize the following news article. | Among those honored: Actor Robert de Niro, singer Bruce Springsteen .
Writer/actor/director Mel Brooks, jazz great Dave Brubeck, opera singer Grace Bumbry also on list .
President Obama, TV personality Jon Stewart among those saluting honorees . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Legendary performers mingled with Washington heavyweights as the 32nd annual Kennedy Center Honors paid tribute to five people on Sunday night. \"On a day like this, I remember, I'm the president, but he's 'The Boss,'\" President Obama said as he saluted Bruce Springsteen. The singer and songwr... |
e4ade7027c861d81b6f6fc1212addc9180c21e55 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Obama to get top-secret intelligence briefing on Thursday .
Bush promises "complete cooperation" during transition .
Watching Obama enter White House will be "stirring sight," Bush says .
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praises Obama . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Wednesday hailed the election of Barack Obama as \"a triumph of the American story.\" \"Americans can be proud of the history that was made yesterday,\" President Bush said Wednesday. Obama's rise to become the nation's first black president is \"a testament to hard work, opti... |
e9bb2a7d6fc4bde720bcef79f6eab9087d8a0292 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: iReporters in areas unaccustomed to heavy snowfall enjoy the novelty .
Asheville, North Carolina, gets 11 inches of snow .
Cary, North Carolina, cancels winter festival because of winter storm .
Ice and sleet cover roads in Tennessee, Carolinas . | [
"(CNN) -- A storm has barreled into the Southeast and sections of the Northeast, coating power lines and roads with ice and leaving thousands without power. More heavy snow was predicted for Mid-Atlantic cities, some of which already have record amounts, the National Weather Service said Saturday. Asheville, North ... |
5268818b97f4019524a0aca053ed2f45801828bd | Summarize the following news article. | 20 men attacked Maison de Lumiere, an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, aid workers say .
A U.S. advocacy organization is tracking attacks on Haiti's orphanages .
Getting food, medical supplies and security top challenges faced by orphanages .
"If people think you have food then they will come after it," one official says . | [
"(CNN) -- Haiti's orphanages have become targets for people desperate for food, water and medical supplies in the aftermath of the devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake. On Wednesday night, Maison de Lumiere, an orphanage caring for 50 orphans, came under attack from a group of 20 armed men, aid workers told the Joi... |
a271610189009d964bfaeca41e17faf8be144db5 | Summarize the following news article. | Former British PM Tony Blair tells BBC it was right to remove Saddam Hussein, sons from Iraq .
Blair faces a British inquiry into the country's role in the 2003 conflict .
Britain based its decision to go to war on evidence Saddam had weapons of mass destruction .
Critics argue Blair government had exaggerated evidence... | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he would have taken the decision to remove Saddam Hussein even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In an excerpt from a BBC interview to be aired Sunday, Blair said: \"I would still have thought it right to remove him. I me... |
81deade2a66c7a573de7389a078a7c05554cd8fd | Summarize the following news article. | Up to 40 ships trapped in iced Baltic Sea off Sweden .
Rescue center sending extra icebreakers to help free the ships .
Spokesman expects most of the ships will be freed by Friday . | [
"(CNN) -- Thirty to 40 ships -- including several passenger ships -- were stuck Thursday in ice off the coast of Sweden, said a spokesman for the Maritime Search and Rescue Center in Gothenburg, Sweden. The area of the Baltic Sea worst hit by the ice were the waters bounded by mainland Sweden, the Stockholm archipe... |
56526176ab95b2d1f3685cd77346fd97b29a67e0 | Summarize the following news article. | Guinness beer plant in Nigeria expanding facilities as business thrives .
Guinness success story highlights potential for foreign investment in Africa .
But other foreign companies have pulled out of Nigeria, citing rising production costs .
Problems with infrastructure, government make some hesitate to invest in Niger... | [
"LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- Kashi Shodeinde turned the ignition and his battered truck convulsed as black fumes poured from the exhaust. His precious cargo of bottled Guinness beer rattled as he set off into the gauntlet of Lagos' potholed roads and traffic. Nigeria consumes more Guinness beer than Ireland, the compan... |
3d1214019550d80cb7a39c724779ad3fc6af4e47 | Summarize the following news article. | White House spokesman: Flights had been temporarily suspended because of logistical issues .
Spokesman says there were "concerns about the strain on domestic health capacity"
Evacuated patients are those whose medical needs couldn't be met in Haiti after quake .
White House has "received assurances that additional capa... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Flights transporting critically injured Haitians into the United States will resume within a few hours, the White House announced Sunday afternoon. The flights were temporarily suspended because of logistical issues including space to care for the injured, White House spokesman Tommy Vietor sai... |
e3f50cc51a44c422e4bcf33b13b236225db33fbb | Summarize the following news article. | Chimpanzee mauled and blinded a Connecticut woman earlier this year .
Owner was not aware of the risk the chimpanzee posed, state's attorney says .
Criminal prosecution would have had to determine that owner acted recklessly .
In March, Charla Nash filed a lawsuit seeking $50 million in damages from the owner . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Criminal charges will not be filed against the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a Connecticut woman earlier this year, according to Connecticut State's Attorney David Cohen. At a news conference Monday, Cohen explained that criminal prosecution against Sandra Herold, 77, was not warr... |
b81d187dbd3aaf75e4ffb099d87081c4fdf325d1 | Summarize the following news article. | Roland Martin's old high school has nation's best basketball team .
Rick Reilly of ESPN wrote a column blasting coach for running up the score .
Roland Martin says there's nothing wrong with the way team plays . | [
"Editor's note: Roland S. Martin, a CNN political analyst, is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of \"Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith,\" and the forthcoming book, \"The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House.\" He is a commentator for TV One Cable Network and host... |
a245ada6d3e792444dd288ef8befa1f1391c4636 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Newly sworn-in senator stresses opposition to President Obama's fiscal policies .
NEW: Brown noncommittal on prospect of filibustering over some Obama nominees .
Scott Brown is sworn into office Thursday, becoming crucial 41st GOP vote .
Brown won a special election to fill the remainder of the late Sen. Ted Kenne... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Republican Scott Brown was sworn in Thursday as the new U.S. senator from Massachusetts to fill the seat formerly held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, and immediately signaled opposition to President Obama's spending plans. Brown's new Senate colleagues applauded after the ceremony on the floor o... |
ff4b846c598669e0cbb5a6877ce4d9f309468c82 | Summarize the following news article. | Incumbent Rick Perry defeats Kay Bailey Hutchinson in Texas gubernatorial GOP primary .
Perry will face ex-Houston Mayor Bill White in general election .
Perry is longest-serving governor in Texas history . | [
"Driftwood, Texas (CNN) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry won his state's Republican gubernatorial primary outright on Tuesday, avoiding a potentially costly runoff election against Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Hutchison called Perry to concede the race after returns indicated that the governor was cruising toward a resoundin... |
1d4c5d4adc2831fb779ecdef3c88aaea62afd1b7 | Summarize the following news article. | Vernon Smith, 37, put to death with large dose of sodium thiopental .
Three-drug method was halted after botched execution of another man .
One-drug method commonly used to euthanize animals .
Smith was convicted of killing convenience store clerk in 1993 . | [
"(CNN) -- Ohio has executed its second inmate using a new one-drug method, officials said Thursday. Vernon Smith, 37, was pronounced dead at 10:28 a.m., according to a statement from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Smith was convicted of killing Toledo, Ohio, store owner Sohail Darwish during... |
6daa0deff42e4155d1d6894a780a760de07ec904 | Summarize the following news article. | Winter Olympics end Sunday with Canada claiming most gold, U.S. most total medals .
These Olympics needed saving after death of Georgian luger in training accident .
No gold medal was as inspiring as bronze won by figure skater Joannie Rochette . | [
"Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- With a wink of its eye, Canada brought to close the Winter Olympics by making fun of one the glitches that plagued the first week of the games. As the closing ceremonies began, a mime with a tool belt came out to the caldron, where one of the legs was still in the floor of BC P... |
947c49c1661d5626831676907afd7c6768673d4d | Summarize the following news article. | Collapsed roof at fire station punctures a natural gas line, igniting the blaze .
Snow expected to hit swath South .
Children going back to school in New York after three snow days .
Snow blamed for the collapse of at least 22 roofs in Washington . | [
"(CNN) -- The living quarters of a fire station in Maryland exploded and burned Thursday after its snow-laden roof collapsed in the wake of the pair of record-setting snowstorms that howled through the mid-Atlantic region in the past week, state police said. Crushed roofs were not uncommon in the region -- authorit... |
d0795b0db41e4055a80f62f041c61e71aa9e526e | Summarize the following news article. | Ten Americans "have been looking at other lawyers," mother of one detainee says .
Edwin Coq was trying to get Americans released, blamed group leader for legal troubles .
Americans charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti .
Leader knew she didn't have legal document to let her take children o... | [
"Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- A Haitian attorney representing 10 Americans charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti told CNN Sunday he has resigned. Edwin Coq said he had quit as a lawyer for the Americans. It wasn't immediately clear who would replace him. \"I know that they have been ... |
7e3ff86334f50e758411041aa121f47c33319c8f | Summarize the following news article. | Ayatollah Khamenei urges demonstrators to maintain self-restraint .
He criticizes protests, says those who caused violence would be held accountable .
He also criticizes international media for how they have portrayed the election .
Khamenei says candidates can make appeals through legal avenues . | [
"TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's supreme leader is warning the thousands of people who have been protesting last week's presidential vote to maintain self-restraint or face a stiff reaction from authorities. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to a crowd in Tehran during Friday prayers. Members of the opposition -- who hav... |
79ebbcd38f68e422cd8e5be169a6a1a4be9e8e0c | Summarize the following news article. | Brandon Joshua-Frederick Hayes, 24, arraigned on nine charges .
They include first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree child abuse, torture .
Police chief on 4-year-old Dominick Calhoun: "In all respects, he was tortured"
Police still looking into role of Dominick's mother, Corrine Baker . | [
"(CNN) -- A Michigan man could face life in prison after he allegedly tortured and ultimately killed his girlfriend's 4-year-old son last week for wetting his pants, prosecutors say. Brandon Joshua-Frederick Hayes, 24, \"systematically beat\" Dominick Calhoun, 4, \"pummeling [him] with fists and kicking him\" on hi... |
d99218ec58481729c987cff1c00d4d3b17c0ee11 | Summarize the following news article. | Democrats Tom Harkin and Robert Byrd were co-winners of The Narcissist Award .
Three Kansas Republicans were cited for $3.5 million in pork for an aviation research .
$4.8 million went to wood utilization research in 11 states, requested by 23 lawmakers .
Potato research in four states, requested by 10 lawmakers, cost ... | [
"(CNN) -- Here are so-called \"Oinkers\" of the year, listed in the \"2010 Congressional Pig Book Summary,\" which was released on Wednesday by the nonpartisan group Citizens Against Government Waste. • The Dunder-head Mifflin Award (from the fictional paper company of the sitcom \"The Office\") -- Sen. Arlen Spect... |
1685d1cf8edf75fe2a853b41daef4ad4811b2259 | Summarize the following news article. | Joan E. Darrah says she lived two lives in the Navy, wondering if each day was the last .
Darrah says she pretended her partner didn't exist, that she was straight, avoided people .
She says a close brush with death on 9/11 caused her to reassess life under policy .
Darrah: "I know we can do better than 'don't ask, don... | [
"(CNN) -- When I first joined the Navy, I had no idea that I was gay. I was well into my career when I realized this fact, but I was doing well as evidenced by the awards and promotions I was receiving. In addition, I really enjoyed what I was doing and felt I was making a difference. So I opted to continue to ser... |
4337221f6d888f6f5cf4e279294cf6b38dfb428d | Summarize the following news article. | Conficker, a feared computer worm, hasn't caused much damage yet .
Security experts disagree about whether Conficker threat has passed .
Worm made news because of an supposed April Fool's Day attack .
Some infected computers have received malicious anti-virus software . | [
"(CNN) -- Remember Conficker? About 5 million computers still are believed to be infected with the Conficker worm. The hugely talked-about computer worm seemed poised to wreak havoc on the world's machines on April Fool's Day. And then ... nothing much happened. But while the doom and gloom forecast for the massive... |
64616e1747af9eba01fef433e1929c440a37ceea | Summarize the following news article. | Plane crashed over Atlantic Ocean off Virginia-North Carolina coast .
Search under way for three missing crew members .
Command and control plane flew off carrier USS Truman . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Three U.S. Navy aviators are missing at sea after a command and control plane crashed over the Atlantic on Wednesday night, Navy officials said Thursday. The E-2C Hawkeye is a command and control aircraft. The E-2C Hawkeye was conducting exercises off the Virginia-North Carolina coast. The pla... |
46f8b3662e0468f94bdc0d277f51195c1c32566b | Summarize the following news article. | Investigators say African-American pipe factory workers endured racial slurs, harassment .
Workers say managers targeted them when they complained, denied them promotions .
White employees who opposed harassment were disciplined, they say .
Agency wants problems resolved; company denies any "conduct that violates the l... | [
"Dallas, Texas (CNN) -- African-American workers at a Texas pipe factory endured a string of racial slurs and harassment and were targeted by their managers when they complained, federal investigators have determined. Black employees at the Turner Industries plant in Paris, Texas, regularly \"were subjected to unwe... |
968718765ff5d3347921a44c8deaeab3ab193943 | Summarize the following news article. | In exchange for plea, Barzee's state charges in Smart's abduction have been dropped .
Prosecutors: Barzee, husband tried to kidnap Smart's cousin month after taking Smart .
Barzee, husband kidnapped Smart -- then 14 -- in Utah in 2002, prosecutors say .
Barzee already has pleaded guilty to federal charges in Smart's ab... | [
"(CNN) -- A woman convicted in the 2002 kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty in the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin a month later, court officials said Monday. In exchange for Wanda Barzee's plea of guilty but mentally ill to one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping, pros... |
19d1ba9fb7698f635d465d0fc404c151c55b279d | Summarize the following news article. | Amitai Etzioni: President Obama should set one clear position on treatment of terrorists .
Etzioni: Terrorists can't be treated as criminals; prevention, not prosecution, needed .
They aren't soldiers, he says, since uniforms set troops apart from civilians, show nationality .
Terrorists deserve rights but aren't enti... | [
"(CNN) -- President Obama should end the legal seminar on the rights of terrorists. He should instruct the lawyers at the State and Justice departments and Pentagon that the debate is over. The time has come for all to accept that terrorists cannot be treated as criminals. The main reason is that security requires ... |
c670738fc4224fbb64d07c81c038d07981e2cadb | Summarize the following news article. | Lisa Alexander is an IRS revenue officer in Austin, Texas .
She was one of nearly 200 employees in IRS offices when a plane struck the building .
Authorities say Joe Stack, angry at the government, flew his plane into the multistory building . | [
"Austin, Texas (CNN) -- Lisa Alexander woke up early on February 18, the same way she does every morning. \"My alarm usually goes off at 4:30, 4:45,\" she said. \"I lay in the bed and kind of plan out my day.\" She had no idea that her life was about to be targeted by a man with a vendetta against the government. S... |
ea4dde9985b20a655a9a816816b3a02066deff60 | Summarize the following news article. | Official: Federal agencies fail to set limits on potentially harmful chemical residues .
In U.S., there are no set limits for some heavy metals, like copper, in beef .
Study focused on contamination by chemical residues, rather than bacteria . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. government is not fully guarding against the contamination of meat by traces of antibiotics, pesticides or heavy metals, a new report warns. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's inspector general said federal agencies have failed to set limits on many potentially harmful chemical resid... |
33fa87efbb8d389d3ed17833353ccf73d7eb0e97 | Summarize the following news article. | Apple ruled that Fiore's lampooning public figures violated its terms of service .
Fiore won a Pulitzer Monday for animations he made for the SFGate .
The rejection comes shortly after Apple purged its app store of content with nudity . | [
"(Wired.com) -- Editorial cartoonist Mark Fiore may be good enough to win this year's Pulitzer Prize, but he's evidently too biting to get past the auditors who run Apple's iPhone app store, who ruled that lampooning public figures violated its terms of service. Fiore irked Apple's censorious staffers with his cart... |
07423291d9cb9e9ed236de70b1eb8b1b21a1f295 | Summarize the following news article. | Chinese ship officers to appear in court after veering onto Great Barrier Reef .
Ship was over 17 miles off course when it ended up in Reef area .
Ship's chief officer faces maxiumum 3-year jail term . | [
"(CNN) -- The captain and chief officer of a Chinese-registered ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef will appear in an Australian court Thursday, charged with damaging the reef. The Shen Neng 1 veered more than 27 kilometers (17 miles) off course and ended up on a shoal in the Reef on April 3, prompting ... |
713ba68bb801e7f3c4532bb2a622b8e7fdca99ef | Summarize the following news article. | Work on Fort Jefferson, 70 miles past Key West, began in 1846 .
Because of advances in artillery, the fort became obsolete before it was even finished .
Though never attacked in wars, hurricanes and salt air have taken their toll .
An estimated 100 jobs have been generated by $7 million worth of stimulus funds . | [
"Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida (CNN) -- Weather and time have inflicted more damage to Fort Jefferson than hostile cannon fire ever did. The crumbling citadel rises 40 feet from the turquoise water of the Gulf of Mexico, an outpost of a bygone era. Built on an island in Florida's Dry Tortugas, 70 miles past K... |
618a5f6a0cb5ac85062ff404629e702b5bda78a7 | Summarize the following news article. | CNN's Jeremy Harlan talks about his favorite places to eat in Philadelphia .
Reading Terminal Market is the "Las Vegas of food," Harlan says .
Franklin Fountain is a cool escape back to early 20th-century soda fountain . | [
"Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- I wore a path between Washington and Philly for interviews and shoots for our recent \"Cheating Death\" special with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. In the field: Jeremy Harlan . My job as a photojournalist is to shoot and edit stories for CNN and make sure my news team eats well on the road... |
0cb75b30a65ee53257896fb11d36af941b1cf274 | Summarize the following news article. | S. Waite Rawls: Understanding the Confederacy key to knowing how the U.S. has evolved .
Today's Confederate studies cover slavery and many other questions, he says .
Millions want to learn more about the Confederacy, he says . | [
"Richmond, Virginia (CNN) -- \"I'm a big history buff,\" President Obama said in an interview with ABC News\" George Stephanopoulos. \"And I think that understanding the history of the Confederacy and understanding the history of the Civil War is something that every American and every young American should be part... |
4eaf16ebeb13116780dee8f7924d81f078da4fc9 | Summarize the following news article. | VBS journalist meets pioneers of "most peculiar" experimental film movement .
Genre born of freedom that came with collapse of Soviet Union .
Unique film tradition may not exist much longer given Russia's present volatility . | [
"Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. VBS.TV is the broadband television network of VICE. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a transparent approach to journalism, where v... |
63b4caa20c1043f564a6b32ee9ed6106efc83dbe | Summarize the following news article. | Memorial for four Lakewood, Washington, police officers held in Tacoma .
Nearly 20,000 people -- many of them police officers -- attend, KIRO reports .
Slain officers would say, "I was doing my duty," mayor says .
Officers fatally shot in coffee shop on November 29 . | [
"(CNN) -- Four police officers fatally shot in a Washington coffee shop last month were \"the best of who we can be,\" Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire told thousands of people gathered at the officers' memorial service on Tuesday. Nearly 20,000 people -- mostly police officers from across the United States and C... |
5818e10d52d543d3f7bc85315c77f76966b40f20 | Summarize the following news article. | Homeland security chief to announce deployment of 150 machines .
Acting TSA head questioned about their ability to detect concealed explosives .
Agency hopes to deploy 500 such imagers by end of year . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration gingerly answered questions Thursday about whether new full-body imaging machines will detect concealed explosives like that allegedly placed in the underwear of the Christmas Day bomber. The deployment of 150 of those machines in fr... |
78c890c1774ae9bc62dbd7b0a0b6074212e22954 | Summarize the following news article. | About 3,000 American families are in the process of adopting from Russia .
Actions of Tennessee mom, who returned adopted son to Russia, has them worried .
Moscow officials threaten to suspend adoptions; hopeful parents move forward .
Advocate: "100,000 people adopt every year. I don't know of another case like this" | [
"(CNN) -- Valera remembered being left in the Russian snow. How he lost his lower arms and some of his toes, he wasn't always sure. At times, he said he was in a fire. The truth of what the 14-year-old experienced in his early years, no one will ever know. The orphanage where he lives said Valera was abandoned as a... |
acacd616fbdc9755f1348cfb14d73ce6b330686f | Summarize the following news article. | Flood waters in parts of England at 60-year highs .
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledges more funds to tackle floods .
Tens of thousands of people without water and electricity .
Environment Agency issues nine severe flood warnings . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Nearly 150,000 homes were without drinking water Monday after the worst floodwaters in 60 years swamped large areas of western England. Flooding has caused widespread disruption across the country with further regions braced for more floods. British military and rescue workers battled to ... |
6dec749cca2cfd315583c6fb4fd1927863afc2fb | Summarize the following news article. | Projections: House Dems take at least 21 GOP seats; Republicans snatch four .
Reps. Chris Shays, Steve Chabot among Republicans losing seats .
House Speaker: Democrats will increase numbers .
Democrats gained control of House in 2006 elections after 12 years as minority . | [
"(CNN) -- Democrats increased their 36-seat majority in the U.S. House, according to CNN projections, by defeating established Republicans and winning open seats as they capitalized on an unpopular GOP president. Rep. Chris Shays, R-Connecticut, failed to win his 11th full term. Democrats clinched a majority and to... |
c7725bba48a24f76d5052d8ed2399540572e05c7 | Summarize the following news article. | Store security photo shows Lester and Tonya Hobbs before her death .
Tonya Hobbs found dead inside parked RV; Lester Hobbs sought for questioning .
Girl, 7, has been missing since her mother's body was found .
Sheriff's Office said girl has a medical condition that requires medication . | [
"(CNN) -- Investigators released photographs Wednesday showing a man wanted in the case of a slain woman and her missing 7-year-old daughter. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation released images taken by a security camera of 37-year-old Tonya Hobbs and her estranged husband, Lester Williams Hobbs, as they sho... |
3f3940a998b49a1a9143a229d19bce74d85de21d | Summarize the following news article. | Search efforts turned into a recovery operation Monday after T-34 crashed Saturday night .
Missing pilot identified as Lt. Clinton Wermers, 33, of Mitchell, South Dakota .
The T-34 is a single-engine, single-prop plane used for primary training for student pilots .
Second unidentified man, a flight student, survived th... | [
"(CNN) -- Search efforts turned into a recovery operation Monday for a U.S. Navy instructor pilot presumed dead after his plane crashed into Lake Pontchartrain, just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana, during a routine training mission, a Navy spokesman said. The student pilot on the plane was rescued about two hour... |
30b7688563d789a6447da3977607dc92209c1f70 | Summarize the following news article. | Gay and lesbian groups call the decision "discrimination on the back of a child"
Archdiocese says decision "respects the integrity of the Catholic school's philosophy"
About 30 opponents of the move protested Sunday outside the church during Mass . | [
"(CNN) -- Gay and lesbian groups are attacking a decision by the archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, not to re-enroll a child in a Catholic school in Boulder, Colorado, next year because the child's parents are lesbians. The issue centers on the Sacred Heart of Jesus School, where the pre-schooler is currently enrolle... |
aabfda7d9f665e2fb375e46bd2b1d9b4092ed6b0 | Summarize the following news article. | CNN monitored Tweets, Facebook posts by Americans, politicians during speech .
Users divided over whether Obama's words will amount to action or remain just rhetoric .
Some questioned talk of curbing spending while announcing new initiatives .
Others wondered if Obama spent too much time insinuating blame on past admin... | [
"(CNN) -- The tone of tweets on Twitter and posts on Facebook in reaction to President Obama's State of the Union speech Wednesday night were in contrast to the optimistic comments on his speeches to Congress in September and during his inauguration. Social media users showed more frustration compared with the more... |
6021dd4030daecff50afc4545afcdaa58f42e6ea | Summarize the following news article. | Attack occurs Thursday in the nation's capital, Conakry, official says .
Camara seized power in a coup in December 2008 .
In September an opposition demonstration was marred by violence .
At least 157 people were killed, women raped, human rights groups say . | [
"(CNN) -- Moussa Dadis Camara, the military leader of the West African nation of Guinea, was shot and wounded in an attack on his presidential convoy, an official said. His \"life is not in any danger,\" said the regime's minister of state for presidential affairs, Maj. Keletigui Faro. \"The situation is under cont... |
4bf02ce0a07ab6b5dc4f17a4d18f1adf7a6d3a46 | Summarize the following news article. | Marin Cilic beats Igor Andreev in second round of Monte Carlo Rolex Masters .
Cilic defeats the Russian 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 6-4 in just under three hours .
Spanish sixth seed Fernando Verdasco beats Frenchman Julien Benneteau 6-2 6-1 .
French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beats Nicolas Almagro of Spain 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 . | [
"(CNN) -- Marin Cilic sealed his place in the third round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters after a hard-fought win over Igor Andreev of Russia on Tuesday. The fourth seed eventually dispatched Andreev 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 6-4 but it took the Croatian nearly three hours to do so. Cilic, appearing in his first clay-court ma... |
f269a252f1b2c64709e3dc435513bc9b4c863ab5 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Dr. Conrad Murray, lawyer cancel press conference about case in Los Angeles park .
Murray's lawyers say they don't want to see client arrested publicly .
Murray says he gave Jackson anti-anxiety drugs, anesthetic to help him sleep . | [
"Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Charges relating to Michael Jackson's death will be filed Monday, prosecutors said. Friday's announcement by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office did not say what the charges would be or who would be charged . Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal physician when he die... |
b5913616b98678316d0e54eb3f331951bc7e590f | Summarize the following news article. | Carly Fiorina released the "demon sheep" ad in California race for U.S. Senate .
David Frum says it may be the strangest campaign ad ever .
He says she's unfairly targeting Tom Campbell as a fiscal conservative in name only .
Frum says Campbell acted responsibly to try to head off the fiscal crisis California is now in... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The weirdest campaign ad of this season -- maybe any season -- debuted on the Internet this past week. The ad has been nicknamed, \"Demon Sheep,\" and can be viewed here. The ad is an opening salvo in what will could prove the most expensive Senate race in U.S. history. The incumbent, Barbara B... |
c80a2d3cc109d5b6faec4234ebf89969f2173eac | Summarize the following news article. | By 2020, experts believe virtual worlds will be widespread .
Online worlds could replace Facebook as most popular Internet phenomenon .
Experts say young users could lead spartan lives offline, luxurious lives online .
But Star Trek-style fully-interactive holodecks still some way off . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- It's 2020. You get home from work, kick off your shoes and relax -- on your very own tropical island. That night, your friends teleport over with other glamorous guests, all nipped, tucked and primped to perfection, for a hedonistic cocktail party at your five-star beach house, decked out ... |
34b07ba6052ea7f26acdd17a2005bf41f8288a2c | Summarize the following news article. | J.R. Martinez was injured by land mine in Iraq in 2003 .
He was trapped in Humvee as more than 40 percent of his body was burned .
As Martinez went through difficult recovery, he became motivational speaker .
He landed role on "All My Children" soap opera playing a wounded veteran . | [
"(CNN) -- When J.R. Martinez returned from serving in Iraq, he never thought he'd see his name on the marquee at the local restaurant -- but there it was, a welcome-home banner at the Applebee's in Dalton, Georgia. More than 40 percent of J.R. Martinez's body was burned in a land mine explosion in Iraq. He certainl... |
659bb7c923ecbccadf43730f6edd092a1149d130 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: FBI says special agent, U.S. Embassy officials have spoken with some of the men .
State Department says it's determining how men made it to Pakistan, why they're there .
Pakistani officials: 5 arrested Wednesday, sixth man -- father of one of the 5 -- arrested later .
Pakistani police confident men were planning t... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Five men missing from the Washington area are in Pakistani police custody, the FBI said Thursday, a day after Pakistani authorities arrested several men whom they described as Americans and accused them of plotting terrorist attacks. In a statement, the FBI said Pakistani authorities detained ... |
a8a01f3ae83ebea45493dfa764be294591c496f6 | Summarize the following news article. | South Korean and American warships stop a suspected Somali pirate attack .
They launched helicopters in response to a distress call from the MV Amira .
American search-and-seizure team board dhow and detain 17 people . | [
"(CNN) -- South Korean and American warships stopped a suspected pirate attack on an Egyptian ship in the Gulf of Aden, capturing 17 suspected pirates, the U.S. Navy announced Thursday. The USS Gettyburg helped stopped a suspected pirate attack, detaining 17 people. The South Korean destroyer ROKS Munmu the Great a... |
31d1bd2af5aa01b3b43453a45c0de84f1c434949 | Summarize the following news article. | In 2006 report, Cato Institute said rice is heavily supported commodity in U.S.
Report: Countries including Haiti "could all plausibly claim" U.S. rice program harmful to citizens .
Many Haitian rice farmers were driven out of business . | [
"(CNN) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson says U.S policies are partially responsible for Haiti's economic problems. In a CNN \"Newsroom\" interview with Ali Velshi, Jackson declared: \"Our agricultural policy ... allowed the Riceland Rice company to drop rice on Haiti, drive Haiti farmers out of business, and then raise th... |
9b237716a3775010bb0a7d8a89b60ad80818984d | Summarize the following news article. | Test missile fired from Pacific atoll .
Interceptor fired from California base .
Problem with sea-based radar led to test failure, defense department says . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- A U.S. missile defense test failed Sunday when a long-range missile missed its target because of radar problems. The Defense Department said a target missile was launched from an Army test site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands at 7:40 p.m. Six minutes later, a second missile was launc... |
389bbfe12e6d7320f7a7fcba93d86c32d25e4252 | Summarize the following news article. | The Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez is one of the world's most dangerous .
Hundreds of young women and children disappear each year in Mexico .
Maria told her story to U.S. authorities who are now working on her case . | [
"(CNN) -- Even before her 18th birthday, Maria had already been enslaved by a gang of human traffickers and held in captivity for four months in her homeland of Mexico. While a prisoner, Maria witnessed a sickening trade in human life and recalls how young girls were drugged, forced into prostitution and then murde... |
0393e690e730bb872cf866a5e1489dbc49ed2bb0 | Summarize the following news article. | We take a look at some common types of cancers and the facts behind them .
7.9 million people died from cancer in 2007, according to the WHO .
Projections say cancer could overcome heart disease as the leading cause of death . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- There are around 200 known types of cancers. Some are far more widespread than others. Australian Professor Ian Frazer has developed a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer and is working on a vaccine for skin cancer. Cancer researchers are making significant breakthroughs in unlocking the co... |
950dd88194e369d3566b3a877b74ebd3322edb8d | Summarize the following news article. | Man, 32, accused of shooting two students February 23 at middle school in Littleton .
Charges against Bruco Strongeagle Eastwood include attempted murder .
The two wounded students have been released from hospitals .
Shooting took place two miles from Columbine High School, scene of 1999 rampage . | [
"(CNN) -- A man accused of shooting two students at a Littleton, Colorado, middle school last week was formally charged Tuesday in the incident, according to a spokeswoman for the Jefferson County district attorney's office. Bruco Strongeagle Eastwood, 32, appeared via video link before Judge Thomas Vance to hear ... |
c485d23fa21e87b08a7705149aed249a13b4100b | Summarize the following news article. | Watch continuing earthquake coverage on CNN .
Read Twitter feeds to stay up to date on the latest in Haiti .
Read CNN.com's complete special coverage of the latest developments in Haiti . | [
"(CNN) -- 10:44 p.m. -- The family of Anaika St. Louis lays the 11-year-old to rest in a tearful ceremony. The girl spent 48 hours trapped under rubble that killed more than two dozen friends and neighbors, her leg crushed by a steel beam. She died after she was unable to receive proper medical treatment. Watch her... |
e2fd25b3e53b4b86ac872e09c21de27d77b76209 | Summarize the following news article. | Amphibian Survival Alliance aims to save threatened frogs, toads, salamanders .
One in three of 6,000 recognized amphibian species at risk of extinction, group says .
122 amphibian species have gone extinct since 1980, group says .
Amphibian species could help in development of medicines, scientist says . | [
"(CNN) -- The world has a new alliance to save vanishing frogs, toads and salamanders. A frog swims in a pond in Munich, Germany, in June. A coalition of organizations established the Amphibian Survival Alliance this month to conserve species threatened by deadly fungus, habitat loss, pollution, pesticides and clim... |
42d08bcc96ff519c283022b18ae258f578b0ffeb | Summarize the following news article. | 79-year-old Jannie Burgess died in New Orleans hospital .
Newspaper quoted doctor as saying patients given morphine after storm .
"This patient was extremely sick," coroner says .
He said he doesn't think received enough morphine to kill her . | [
"(CNN) -- After reviewing the case of a woman who died at New Orleans, Louisiana's Memorial Hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina, coroner Frank Minyard said Thursday that he cannot classify her death as a homicide. Minyard said he hopes his findings on the death of Jannie Burgess, 79, will mark \"the end of... |
82a8267332419fa254632187286d12be4f544aa1 | Summarize the following news article. | Roland Martin cites case of NBA ex Jayson Williams .
Williams has been sentenced to five years for killing a man .
Martin says his fall from grace, not Tiger Woods', is example to examine .
Both men morally wrong, only one legally wrong, Martin says . | [
"(CNN) -- A little over a week ago nearly every media outlet was fixated on Tiger Woods and his apology news conference. We saw pundits, columnists, journalists, radio talk show hosts, psychologists, body language experts, entertainers and anyone with an opinion weigh in on the sincerity of Tiger: Was he really sor... |
54c9692a522877e3e652cddd831e6658cba2b8ca | Summarize the following news article. | Actress Frances Reid died Wednesday at the age of 95 .
She was best known for her decades-long role as Alice Horton on "Days of Our Lives"
Reid won a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement award in 2004 . | [
"(CNN) -- Frances Reid, best known for her decades-long portrayal of Alice Horton on the soap opera \"Days of our Lives,\" died Wednesday at the age of 95. Reid played the role of the martriarch since the long-running soap series' first episode in 1965, and made her last appearance in 2007. Reid was nominated twice... |
7b96da612c71da177853c056b656254b1e4e871f | Summarize the following news article. | Retired fighter pilot Jerry Yellin returns to Iwo Jima with son, grandson for "Reunion of Honor"
Reunion brings together veterans, officials from Japan, the United States .
Return represents closure for Yellin, whose son married the daughter of Japanese pilot .
"It's reliving something that happened so long ago," Marin... | [
"(CNN) -- Jerry Yellin has spent most of his life trying to forget about the stench of death on the island of Iwo Jima 65 years ago. Yellin was a P-51 fighter pilot who had turned 22 a few weeks before he touched down on the island March 7, 1945, amid some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II's Pacific campaig... |
facf4b23d5ddcc683e2dcc4c69971a2fded3fb0d | Summarize the following news article. | Makeshift rocket sled stunt goes awry for Michigan man, authorities say .
Authorities: Man was sledding downhill when homemade rocket exploded .
Victim had reputation for doing "crazy things" at his parties, authorities say . | [
"(CNN) -- A 62-year-old Michigan man was severely burned when a homemade rocket strapped on his back exploded while he slid down a snowy hill on a sled, authorities said this week. The rocket stunt was the grand finale on Saturday during the man's annual sledding party at his Oakland County, Michigan, home, the she... |
87a3a018f825a19c1c16398e80d713f7039ee40a | Summarize the following news article. | Massive aid flowing into Haiti could hobble country's recovery, some say .
Aid weakens ability of Haitian government to develop, sociologist says .
"We're not a country anymore," one Haitian says .
Powerful outsiders can use crisis for land grabs, professor says . | [
"(CNN) -- The same hands that are helping Haiti recover from a massive earthquake could cripple its long-term recovery. That's the concern voiced by some Haitian scholars, natives and relief workers. The world has rallied to Haiti's side since the January 12 earthquake killed at least 217,000 people and displaced a... |
9541e31748e9caf9b86d57a827a250a6594b6416 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Death toll rises; dead include at least 12 journalists .
Governor candidate's wife, sister among those killed, family members say .
Watchdog organization blames "frenzied violence of thugs" for deaths .
Kidnappings occurred in Philippines' Maguindanao province . | [
"Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- The Philippines government has increased security in the southern region of Maguindanao after gunmen kidnapped and killed at least 22 people, according to military officials and the country's national news agency. Some of the bodies were beheaded, according to Filipino media. The detai... |
4dc216fd9f127aacc874e43967c08e10ebb60f62 | Summarize the following news article. | Jose Reyes Ferriz, mayor of Juarez, says police action can only go so far .
President Calderon expected to visit Juarez Thursday for major announcement .
Drug violence has killed close to 1,000 people in Mexico in 2010 .
Reyes, experts say children from broken homes make easy recruits for drug cartels . | [
"(CNN) -- Jose Reyes Ferriz, the mayor of violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, said the drug cartel war gripping his city is rooted in social decomposition such as broken homes. The president of Mexico is expected to make a major announcement on social intervention in response to the drug violence, which in 2010 has kil... |
ddb8ce2e0bf0e39a9b2ecf9c6f7bd786d41a493f | Summarize the following news article. | Washington's National Zoo will lose panda in 2010 .
Tai Shan was born to pandas who were also on loan from China .
Tai Shan is being sent to a breeding base in southwest China .
China nearing goal of having 300 pandas in captivity . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- A beloved giant panda will leave for China early next year to the disappointment of millions of fans in the United States. Washington's National Zoo will say goodbye to 4-year-old Tai Shan as he makes his way to a breeding base in southwestern China. He'll leave during the first quarter of 2010... |
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