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Kim Yu-Na wins by large margin over competitors . Kim: "I have been dreaming about this moment" Japan's Mao Asada takes second, Canada's Joannie Rochette wins bronze . Kim coach: "She embraced the entire Olympic experience"
[ "(CNN) -- South Korea's Kim Yu-Na performed a flawless free skate on Thursday to handily claim Olympic gold in the women's figure skating finals and earn the first figure skating medal for her country. Kim, who led after the short program earlier this week, defeated Japan's Mao Asada, who won silver. Canada's Joann...
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Lindsey Vonn completes superb hat-trick of wins in three days on World Cup circuit . American skier wins super-G in Austria to follow successive victories in downhill . Vonn extends her overall lead to 192 points over Maria Riesch of Germany . Julien Lizeroux of France wins men's World Cup slalom in Switzerland .
[ "(CNN) -- Lindsey Vonn completed a hat-trick of World Cup victories in the space of three days at Haus Im Ennstal in Austria as she claimed Sunday's super-G in fine style. The American skier powered down the Krummholz course in one minute 26.69 seconds to beat Swede Anja Paerson by over half a second. Nadia Fanchin...
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Roger Federer begins the Swiss Indoors tournament with victory over Potito Starace . Federer is seeded three in Basel behind Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray . Eighth-seeded Serb Viktor Troicki is beaten in three sets by Marcos Baghdatis .
[ "(CNN) -- Home favorite Roger Federer is through to the second round of the Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel after a straight sets victory over Italian Potito Starace on Monday. Third seed Federer, a four-time winner of the tournament, will now face either Brazilian Thomas Bellucci or Jarkko Nieminen of Finland af...
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A funeral is held in Philadelphia for famed boxer "Smokin' Joe" Frazier . Muhammad Ali, Bernard Hopkins and Jesse Jackson are among those attending . Frazier died a week earlier, a month after being diagnosed with liver cancer . He staged several epic bouts with Ali and George Foreman .
[ "(CNN) -- Boxing great Joe Frazier was laid to rest Monday in Philadelphia, one week after dying of liver cancer and four decades after capturing the world's attention in an epic showdown with Muhammad Ali. Ali was among those at Frazier's private funeral at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, along with other boxing l...
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Top seed Caroline Wozniacki loses to Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open . Wozniacki will lose world No. 1 spot and is still searching for a first grand slam title . Defending champion Clijsters to face third seed Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals . Belarus' Azarenka came from one set down to beat eighth seed Agnies...
[ "(CNN) -- Caroline Wozniacki's quest for a first grand slam title and her reign as world No. 1 both ended on Tuesday after a quarterfinal defeat by defending champion Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open. Four-time grand slam winner Clijsters showed little sign of being hampered by the ankle injury she sustained du...
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Former world No. 1 Roger Federer beats Novak Djokovic in French Open semifinals . Swiss third seed ends the Serbian's unbeaten start to 2011 in four-set epic . Federer won through to Sunday's final, where he faces Rafael Nadal of Spain . Defending champion beat Andy Murray to move within a win of equaling Bjorn Borg's ...
[ "(CNN) -- Roger Federer ended Novak Djokovic's 43-match unbeaten run on Friday to set up another French Open final showdown with longtime tennis rival Rafael Nadal. Second seed Djokovic had been seeking to equal John McEnroe's 1984 record of 42 successive wins at the start of a season, but was denied his first fina...
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Los Angeles Dodgers have filed for bankruptcy at a court in Delaware . MLB commissioner rejected a TV deal which would have provided financial boost . MLB have been controlling the day-to-day running of the franchise since April . Financial problems at the Dodgers have been exposed during their owners' divorce .
[ "(CNN) -- Six-time World Series winners and one of Major League Baseball's (MLB) most successful franchises, the Los Angeles Dodgers, filed for bankruptcy in an American court on Monday . The move comes after the MLB -- who took charge of the team in April to ensure they \"will be guided appropriately in the future...
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Germany international footballer Robert Enke has died at the age of 32 at a rail crossing . Police say that the Hannover goalkeeper's death was apparent suicide . He won eight caps for Germany and was expected to be in squad for the 2010 World Cup finals .
[ "(CNN) -- Hundred's of fans and former teammates of Robert Enke gathered to lay flowers and light candles outside of Hannover 96's Niedersachsen Stadion after the club's German goalkeeper was struck and killed by a train on Tuesday, in what police called an apparent suicide. Enke, 32, died around 6:25 p.m. (12:25 p...
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A Chinese immigrant and his 9-month-old daughter die in a robbery . The Chinese Embassy says it is "shocked and alarmed" Report: Italian authorities vow to deploy more officers to combat wave of slayings .
[ "Rome (CNN) -- Saying it was \"shocked and alarmed\" after a Chinese man and infant were killed in a botched robbery in Rome, the Chinese Embassy urged Italian authorities to protect Chinese citizens in Italy. Zhou Zheng, 31, and his 9-month-old daughter were killed Wednesday, according to Italy's ANSA news agency....
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Kodak, longtime photography giant, filed for bankruptcy Thursday . Company made photography commonplace, which helped lead to its demise . Digital has taken over; Kodak hasn't been able to compete . Company was pioneer in advertising, particularly in evoking nostalgia .
[ "(CNN) -- \"You press the button, we do the rest.\" So Kodak promised back in 1888 when founder George Eastman introduced the company's first camera. But that's the problem, isn't it? We don't need anybody to do \"the rest\" nowadays. We don't need film processing. We don't need film, for that matter. We don't even...
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World No. 1 Luke Donald six shots off the pace at the Madrid Masters . Defending champion tied for 10th place going into Sunday's final round . Fellow Englishman Lee Slattery leads by two strokes seeking first title . Rory McIlroy falls behind in Korea as Rickie Fowler equals course record .
[ "(CNN) -- Luke Donald's hopes of defending his Madrid Masters title were dented in Saturday's third round as the world No. 1 bogeyed three of his last five holes. The Race To Dubai leader was left six shots behind world No. 328 Lee Slattery, who held a two-stroke lead as he seeks his first European Tour title. Dona...
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Nigerian magnate Aliko Dangote is the continent's richest man . Dangote made his fortune, estimated at $10.1 billion, at Dangote Cement Plc . Second is Nicky Oppenheimer, a former member of South Africa's diamond dynasty .
[ "(CNN) -- Forbes magazine has announced its inaugural list of Africa's top 40 richest people, highlighting Nigerian magnate Aliko Dangote as the continent's richest man. Forbes said its decision to launch the 40 Richest People in Africa is a \"testament to the growing global importance of the continent.\" \"Fortune...
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Crowds line streets for funeral procession . No more tickets left for Thursday memorial service, Penn State says . Joe Paterno died Sunday at age 85 . Administrators are aware of a petition to add Paterno's name to the football stadium .
[ "University Park, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- The funeral procession carrying the remains of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno traveled Wednesday past Beaver Stadium, where he paced the sidelines for more than five decades. People along the procession, some dressed in Penn State colors, shouted out, \"We love ...
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Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, dies after suffering a cardiac arrest . The former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president was admitted to hospital on Tuesday . Spaniard Samaranch was head of the IOC from 1980 to 2001, until retiring .
[ "MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch has died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 89. He was with his family when he died, a spokesman at the Hospital Quiron Barcelona told CNN. Samaranch was admitted to the hospital suffering from a serious heart condi...
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Jupp Heynckes is confirmed as Bayern Munich's new coach from July 1 . Heynckes will take over from Louis van Gaal, who will leave at the end of the season . Heynckes has led Bayer Leverkusen to second place in the Bundesliga . The 65-year-old has previously had two spells in charge of the Bavarian giants .
[ "(CNN) -- German Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have confirmed that Jupp Heynckes will return as coach for a third time from next season. The 65-year-old Heynckes was widely expected to take over from Louis van Gaal after recently confirming that he was leaving Bayer Leverkusen at the end of this season, but Ba...
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John Chadima resigned after the allegations surfaced . Chadima was the senior associate athletic director at the University of Wisconsin . After the sexual advance, Chadima threatened to have the student fired, the report says . "I make no excuses and accept full responsibility," Chadima said in a written statement .
[ "(CNN) -- A University of Wisconsin senior official resigned after making unwanted sexual advances to a male student employee of the school's athletic department, according to a report released this week. John Chadima resigned his post as senior associate athletic director at UW-Madison earlier in January after the...
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Rick Santorum calls Barack Obama "the worst president this country has ever seen" Three of the four Republican presidential candidates campaign Tuesday . They take jabs at Obama ahead of the State of the Union address . Mitt Romney releases his 2010 tax return .
[ "(CNN) -- As President Barack Obama was about to deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday, his prospective Republican challengers were busy laying the groundwork for their efforts to challenge the incumbent. Three of the four Republican candidates held events in Florida on Tuesday, a week before the state'...
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Tom Zoellner: We have put a narrative of national recovery on Giffords' ability to run again . By stepping down, Giffords shows a respect for principles of democracy, he says . Her moral authority and influence may be better used outside Congress, Zoellner says . Zoellner: Her driving motivation is to make a positive d...
[ "(CNN) -- Gabrielle Giffords submitted her resignation as a U.S. representative from Arizona before Congress on Wednesday, and an initial reaction might be a sense of despair about her decision to step aside. Many have imposed a narrative of national recovery on Giffords' ability to run for her office again and tak...
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German medical groups back the removal of breast implants made by a French company . England's National Health Service agrees to pay to remove some implants . But the NHS says routine removal is not necessary . Implants made by PIP may rupture, causing problems like inflammation, health groups say .
[ "(CNN) -- German medical groups joined the French health ministry Friday in recommending that women seek removal of breast implants made by a French company, saying they need not hurry but the devices could pose eventual health problems. England's National Health Service also weighed in Friday, stopping short of re...
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The original iPhone launched on AT&T with a handful of Apple-created apps . Apple's second generation iPhone debuted in the summer of 2008 . The iPhone 3GS was primarily an incremental improvement over the 3G .
[ "(WIRED) -- Gadget fans may be focused on the CES trade show this week, but there's something else notable going on today: It's the iPhone's fifth birthday. Five years ago today, Apple unveiled the original iPhone to the world. It wasn't a tightly kept secret, shrouded in mystery and speculation like more recent Ap...
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Camille Pissarro's "Le Marche aux Poissons" is given to the French ambassador . It was stolen from Faure Museum in Aix-les-Bains in southeastern France in 1981 . It was sold to a Texas gallery, but wasn't identified as stolen until it wanted to auction it .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- More than 30 years after it was stolen from a French museum, an impressionist painting is on its way home. Camille Pissarro's \"Le Marche aux Poissons\" (\"The Fish Market\" in English) was handed over to the French ambassador by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday. \"I love d...
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Yonathan Melaku pleads guilty to charges including damaging U.S. property . He was accused of shooting at the Pentagon and other military-related buildings . He agrees to a sentence of 25 years in prison; sentencing will be in April .
[ "Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) -- A former Marine Corps reservist pleaded guilty Thursday to shooting at the Pentagon and other military-related buildings and to trying to desecrate graves at Arlington National Cemetery containing the remains of veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yonathan Melaku entered a gu...
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Captain told a friend managers pressured him to steer toward the island, newspapers say . He told court officials he was helping with lifeboats and realized he was off the ship . But in a taped conversation, he tells the friend he left after the ship began listing, paper says . Sixteen people are dead and 16 others mis...
[ "Giglio, Italy (CNN) -- In his answers to prosecutors, defense attorneys and a judge, the captain of the ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia admitted he made a \"mistake\" in colliding with rocks off the Italian island of Giglio. However, in statements made during a phone conversation with a friend earlier this m...
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NEW: Ex-husband Jim Bakker: "She lived her life like the song she sang" Televangelist famed for heavy makeup, frequent tears dead at 65 . She made a final appearance Thursday on "Larry King Live" Former singer survived PTL scandal, drug addiction .
[ "(CNN) -- Tammy Faye Messner, the former televangelist and Christian singer who battled drug addiction and later inoperable cancer, died Friday morning, CNN's Larry King said Saturday night. He said the family had asked him to make the delayed announcement. She was 65. Messner was a guest on \"Larry King Live\" on ...
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Two shootouts in two cities near U.S. border in Mexican state of Nuevo Leon . San Nicolas de los Garza and Escobedo are cities . Shootouts leave 4 dead, 3 wounded .
[ "MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- One small slice Monday of Mexican President Felipe Calderon's war on drug cartels: two shootouts on the streets of two cities; a man and a woman ambushed in their car; at least four people dead; three soldiers wounded, one of them gravely. Suspected members of Los Zetas drug cartel are...
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U.S. authorities charged that a terror plot was planned by Iranian officials . Authors say hardliners in Iran may achieve their aim of scuttling talks with the U.S. Revolutionary Guard has played a role in earlier international terror plots, authors say . Authors: Plot targeted Saudi ambassador; Saudis have been in con...
[ "Bloomington, Indiana (CNN) -- Those fundamentalist members of the Iranian government who have long sought to blow up any possibility for the normalization of relations between Tehran and Washington may just have succeeded. At the very least they are likely to have put any negotiations with Iran on issues ranging f...
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Singer-songwriter and music entrepreneur dies at 76 . She was most known for single "Pillow Talk" Sylvia Robinson helped start Sugar Hill Records .
[ "(CNN) -- Sylvia Robinson, a singer-songwriter who went on to become a pioneer in the hip-hop music business, introducing the seminal \"Rapper's Delight,\" died Thursday in New Jersey of congestive heart failure. She was 76. Best known as an artist for 1973's sultry \"Pillow Talk,\" Robinson was a \"trendsetter\" i...
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Thailand has been hit the hardest with 315 people killed . Also hard-hit is Cambodia which has reported 247 dead .
[ "(CNN) -- At least 745 people have died in flooding in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines since July, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific said. Thailand has been hit the hardest, with 315 people killed in that time frame, officials said. Monsoon rains across Thailand have affected millio...
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Mark Whitaker set out to tell the story of his family, a year after his father died . His parents were an interracial couple who braved prejudice and faced many struggles . To tell your family's story, act like a reporter, interview your older relatives, Whitaker says . Search for any documents that could help and expl...
[ "(CNN) -- If you are like a lot of people, you've probably thought about trying to find out more about your family history some day. How did your parents first meet? Where did your grandparents come from? What were the family secrets that no one ever discussed? Two years ago, I set out to do just that. Mine was a s...
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Ohioans will vote Tuesday on whether to repeal Senate Bill 5 . Paul Sracic says the battle over the repeal could be first skirmish in 2012 election . He says unions and Democrats mobilized to repeal law restricting collective bargaining . Sracic: If the law is repealed, it may embolden and strengthen Obama's allies .
[ "(CNN) -- On Tuesday, there will be a vote in Ohio that may turn out to be the first major skirmish in the 2012 battle for the White House. At issue is a law known as Senate Bill 5. The law, passed by the Ohio legislature at the end of March, restricts the ability of public employees to engage in collective bargain...
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Apple admits iPhone 4S battery-drain problems . Company says "a small number of customers" reported poor battery life . A software fix is coming "in a few weeks," Apple says .
[ "(CNN) -- Apple has acknowledged a problem with battery life on the iPhone 4S and other devices running its new operating system. The company says a software update coming \"in a few weeks\" will address the problem. The company previously had not publicly acknowledged complaints about battery life on the phone, wh...
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NEW: Rick Perry says Mitt Romney's health plan in Massachusetts mirrors Obama's . NEW: Romney turns attack on Perry, citing number of uninsured in Texas . Candidates pounce on Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan for eradicating tax code . Cain defends plan as "bold solution"
[ "Hanover, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Herman Cain, the latest Republican presidential candidate to surge in the polls, found himself in the hot seat Tuesday night at a debate in New Hampshire centered on economic matters. The linchpin of Cain's campaign, his cleverly titled 9-9-9 plan to restructure the U.S. Tax Code, c...
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NEW: There is no immediate health hazard, experts tell local officials . Local government cordons off an area in the Setagaya ward . Radiation there is higher than around Fukushima . The damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant may not be the source, officials say .
[ "Tokyo (CNN) -- An extraordinarily high level of radiation was detected in one spot in a central Tokyo residential district Thursday, prompting the local government to cordon off the small area, local officials said. Radiation levels were higher in Tokyo's Setagaya ward than in the evacuation area around the badly ...
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New research at UK university demonstrates how graphene-based computer chip might look . "Miracle material" discovered at Manchester University in 2004 . Russian physicists who discovered graphene awarded Nobel physics prize in 2010 . Strongest, most conductive material in the world will revolutionize a range of produc...
[ "London (CNN) -- A breakthrough in graphene research which could pave the way for new smaller, faster, more powerful computer chips has be made by UK researchers. Scientists at the UK's University of Manchester say they have demonstrated how graphene -- a two-dimensional material made from a single layer of carbon ...
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Glenn Lowry says Steve Jobs, like Bob Dylan, is icon who helps generation define itself . He says it's hard to imagine working on computer without production values of an Apple . He says Jobs insisted on products that worked and looked good; made personal statement . Lowry: Apple a nearly universal sign of belonging to...
[ "(CNN) -- Last night my youngest son, fresh out of college, and I got into a heated debate over who affected our culture more: Bob Dylan or Steve Jobs. On the surface this was the kind of crazy, even absurd, argument that families often get into. But dig deeper, and it was about how generations define themselves: t...
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The mission aims to recover the remains of missing U.S. veterans of the Korean War . It is expected to be conducted this spring . Such missions have been on hold since 2005 due to tensions between the U.S., North Korea .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The United States will send a team to North Korea this year to search for the remains of missing U.S. veterans of the Korean War, the Defense Department announced Friday. The search -- the first such mission in seven years -- will be conducted sometime this spring by members of the Joint Prison...
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The film stars Henry Cavill who will also be the "Man of Steel" John Hurt and Luke Evans share the role of Zeus, king of the gods . The movie offers the usual special effects, but reviewer says it's "visually blah"
[ "(CNN) -- Greece may be in an economic mess these days, but the ancient gods are back in vogue, at least in Hollywood, where the success of \"300\" and \"Percy Jackson\" novelist Rick Riordan has not gone unnoticed. Combine that with today's computer-generated visuals, which allow you to conjure up armies of extras...
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Ryan Brunn tells an agent in Georgia that he had nothing to do with the killing of Jorelys Rivera . The agent confronts him about some responses . Later, Brunn pleaded guilty and described in court how he killed the little girl . Brunn committed suicide after his sentencing .
[ "Atlanta (CNN) -- The day after little Jorelys Rivera's mangled body was found in a suburban Atlanta trash compactor, Ryan Brunn sat in a stark room for a police interview. He began with confidence, but ended with trouble. Keith Sitton, a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, hooked up the jeans-c...
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NEW: Another five killed in attacks around the Iraqi capital . Two women, three children, two police are among 10 dead in a bombing south of Baghdad . A motorcycle rigged with explosives kills two civilians in northern city of Kirkuk .
[ "Baghdad (CNN) -- At least 17 people were killed Thursday in bomb attacks in a city near Baghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police officials said. Police in Baghdad said 10 people were killed, including two women and three children, when insurgents placed bombs around a house in Musayyeb, a city about 4...
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Steve Jobs and Mona Simpson did not meet until they were adults . Jobs' birth parents gave him up for adoption at birth; his sister was born later . Simpson: "He said he was going to make something that was going to be insanely beautiful" Jobs last words: "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow. "
[ "(CNN) -- The last minutes in the life of Steve Jobs were still filled by the epiphanies and moments of inspiration that fed his inventor's mind, according to an intimate portrait provided by Jobs' sister in a eulogy published Sunday in The New York Times. Mona Simpson's eulogy -- originally read during Jobs' memor...
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Group says medical costs and prison facilities are not equipped for older prisoners . The number of older prisoners in the U.S. is growing, it says . It calls for changes to harsh sentencing rules and care behind bars .
[ "(CNN) -- The number of aging men and women in U.S. prisons is growing rapidly, Human Rights Watch said Friday, and it expressed concern for their care behind bars. Because of their age, older prisoners incur medical costs that are three to nine times as high as those for younger prisoners, the campaign group said ...
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A Kurdish activist, a member of the opposition Syria National Council, is slain . At least eight other deaths are reported in violence in Syria Friday . Violence is reported in the Damascus suburbs and Homs . Russia's Medvedev says the Syrian regime must make reforms .
[ "(CNN) -- A prominent Kurdish opposition leader was shot dead Friday in a brazen assault that came as protesters across the country demonstrated for his fledgling anti-regime movement, activists said. Mashaal Tammo, spokesman for the Kurdish Future Party and a member of the newly formed Syria National Council, was ...
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Singer performs tune about the Occupy movement at the APEC dinner . Doctors administer free flu shots in New York park . Oakland police issue a third notice for demonstrators to vacate city parks . Portland police make more than 50 arrests .
[ "(CNN) -- What started as the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York in September has spread across major cities worldwide as a call to action against unequal distribution of wealth. Here is a roundup of some of the movement's recent developments. DENVER . Police in Denver arrested three protesters Sunday, a day a...
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John Kiriakou was a CIA intelligence officer from 1990 to 2004 . He is charged with several counts related to illegally disclosing information . Feds say he identified a CIA employee involved in capturing a top terror suspect . That suspect was subjected to waterboarding 83 times, a government memo says .
[ "(CNN) -- Investigators charged a former CIA officer Monday with disclosing classified information to journalists on several occasions. John Kiriakou, a CIA intelligence officer from 1990 to 2004, illegally divulged information about two CIA employees and their involvement in classified operations between 2007 and ...
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Youssou N'Dour has announced his candidacy for president . He is a Grammy-winning musician . But some wonder if his candidacy will hurt his career .
[ "(CNN) -- One of Senegal's most popular musicians Youssou N'Dour has announced his candidacy in February's presidential elections. Speaking on his television network TFM, N'Dour said his motivation to run for president was influenced by what he called \"a supreme patriotic duty to do more for my country.\" Indeed, ...
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An angry mob of Aboriginal protesters surrounded a Canberra restaurant . Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott were escorted out . Aboriginal people remain disadvantaged socially and economically .
[ "Sydney (CNN) -- Security officers dragged Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of a Canberra restaurant Thursday after an angry mob of protesters surrounded the building during a luncheon ceremony, police said. Gillard and federal opposition leader Tony Abbott were taken out of the building after a group of...
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Air shows, which may include races, generate $110 million annually in the U.S., Canada . The first air race was in 1909, and today millions attend such competitions worldwide . There have been 13 air show deaths in U.S. this year, an official says . An official predicts that air racing "will be the world's predominant ...
[ "(CNN) -- Crashes had whittled the expected field from 22 to five, with wreckage from at least a dozen aircraft at one point strewn about the French airfield. But it did not deter between 300,000 to 500,000 from flocking to the Betheny Plain outside Reims for the final event, drawn by the rush of seeing planes turn...
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You will have seven days to preview your Timeline before it appears . Users could enable the new look starting in December 2011 . Facebook's Introducing Timeline page walks new users through the new features .
[ "(Mashable) -- Facebook announced in a blog post Tuesday that Timeline will be coming to all users in the next few weeks. According to a Facebook blog post Tuesday -- or rather, an update to the post published when Timeline became available to all users -- you will have seven days to preview your Timeline and hide ...
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NEW: Expert says "a very large environmental problem" remains beyond the plant . IAEA chief says "cold shutdown" can be achieved by the end of 2011 . Government officials say the removal of nuclear fuel should begin by 2021 . The panel predicts it will take more than 10 years to remove nuclear fuel .
[ "Tokyo (CNN) -- The decommissioning of four reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will likely take more than 30 years to complete, according to a report by Japanese officials. The draft report, released by Japan's Atomic Energy Commission of the Cabinet Office on Friday, said the removal of...
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NEW: An Arab League official said Malek had health issues during his stint . Malek said he saw 'shameful scenes' in Homs . Prisoners were in 'deplorable' states, Malek said .
[ "Damascus, Syria (CNN) -- A former member of the Arab League monitoring team in Syria said he resigned from the mission because it is \"providing the regime cover for more killing\" and \"shameful\" brutality. \"I quit because I found myself serving the regime and not part of an independent monitoring body,\" Anwar...
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FBI agents are being trained to search for terrorism clues underwater . The FBI Technical Dive Team's training will be complete next year . They wear special dive suits to work in contaminated water . Recently, they found 15,000 pounds of cocaine in a sunken cargo hold .
[ "Key West, Florida (CNN) -- They search the ocean depths hunting for evidence left by predators deadlier than great white sharks. They are members of the FBI's Technical Dive Team, an elite group of special agents tracking terrorism underwater. Starting next year, this 10-member team could be called on to search fo...
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Mark Zuckerberg: "Timeline is a completely new aesthetic for Facebook" New Timeline pages look more like blogs than a social-networking site . Another change will let Facebook users share activities with friends "in real time" Zuckerberg announces new features at a Facebook conference Thursday .
[ "San Francisco (CNN) -- Facebook wants to hear your life story. Not satisfied with just being a repository for recent vacation photos, the company is revamping the profile pages on its website to better highlight the milestones in a person's life, executives announced at its annual conference for software developer...
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Lindsay Lohan must now do community service in L.A. County morgue two days a week . Lohan is free on bail and hopes to have her probation reinstated, her publicist says . Her father says she needs "very, very intensive" rehabilitation . A judge rovokes the actress' probation, and she is led away in handcuffs .
[ "Los Angeles (CNN) -- A Los Angeles County judge revoked probation for Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday after reprimanding the actress and her attorney in court for Lohan's failure to comply with her community service. Lohan was removed from the courtroom in handcuffs. She later posted a $100,000 bail and was freed early...
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Thomas Wathen: The Year of the Forest is winding down, but preservation must not . Forests not only nurture native animals, he says, but are crucial for migratory species . Wathen: Caribou, salmon and countless birds' lives depend on preserving wild places .
[ "(CNN) -- As the forests of the East changed this fall into their seasonal reds and oranges, a remarkable migration of birds headed south. About 30 million ducks, cranes and other species cross the U.S.-Canadian border each autumn day. This fall's great migration in the Northern Hemisphere takes place during the wa...
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Bill to introduce carbon tax on country's biggest polluters passed by Australian Senate . Carbon price fixed at AUS$23 from July 1 2012 before moving to flexible pricing in 2015 . Prime Minsiter Julia Gillard decribes vote as "history making" Opposition leader Tony Abbot says tax will threaten jobs and raise taxes .
[ "(CNN) -- Australia has passed a controversial new law which will see the country's 500 most-polluting companies pay tax on their carbon emissions. The Clean Energy Act was passed by 36 votes to 32 in the Australian Senate on Tuesday and will come into force on July 1 next year. The legislation sees carbon taxed at...
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NEW: A doctor demonstrates IV drips he believes killed Michael Jackson . NEW: Murray could've saved Jackson if he was watching him, prosecution expert says . "It's just a crazy scenario," doctor says of defense theory Jackson gave himself propofol . Murray's lawyers should start their defense Friday .
[ "Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson died because Dr. Conrad Murray failed to notice that his patient had stopped breathing while he was hooked up to an IV drip of the surgical anesthetic propofol, an expert anesthesiologist testified Thursday. Dr. Steven Shafer, probably the last witness before the prosecution re...
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Facebook, Twitter, other sites flooded with tributes . Chatter on social networks provided a rare glimpse behind Apple's walls . Jobs' 2005 commencement speech to Stanford was a popular video . Google added "Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011" to its search page .
[ "San Francisco (CNN) -- Steve Jobs has consistently managed to capture the world's attention with his stage events. On Wednesday evening, the world took to the Web to express their condolences about the news of his death. Facebook news feeds filled with links and anecdotes about the impact that technology -- and mo...
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Medical charity evacuates parts of its team in two camps in Kenya . It says it is working to ensure release of two workers . Two missing women from Spain were in a pickup truck; the driver was shot . Dadaab is overflowing with refugees fleeing war and famine .
[ "Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- The medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres -- also known as Doctors without Borders -- said Friday the abduction of two of its workers is jeopardizing assistance to refugees in Kenya. The Spanish women were part of the MSF's international staff, officials said. MSF identified the victims ...
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Modern day "Count of Monte Cristo" reels audiences in with love/hate characters . Amanda Clarke, disguised as Emily Thorne, returns to the Hamptons to take revenge . ABC was lucky to find a new female-driven drama that resonates with viewers .
[ "(CNN) -- Most of us haven't partied with the bunnies at \"The Playboy Club,\" or fought crime like \"Charlie's Angels.\" And with the NBC and ABC programs canceled after just a few episodes, we'll never have the chance. But in the time it took for one alphabet network drama to get the axe, another garnered 8 milli...
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Bernard Hopkins is the oldest world champion in boxing's history . The 46-year-old puts his WBC light heavyweight title on the line against Chad Dawson Saturday . Also on the card in 52-year-old Dewey Bozella in his first professional bout . Bozella spent 26 years on a murder conviction which was overturned two years a...
[ "(CNN) -- Bernard Hopkins first became a world champion 16 years ago and, aged 46, the American boxer made history in May when he was awarded a points victory over Canadian Jean Pascal to become the sport's oldest-ever holder of a global belt. The World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion surpassed the ...
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New changes to Gmail allow users more control over look of the service . Heavy Gmail users will be pleased to learn that there's a new search function . Conversations have been condensed and profile pictures added .
[ "(Mashable) -- The new-look Gmail that Google accidentally told us about last week is now rolling out to all users. The changes, officially announced in a blog post Tuesday, allow Gmail users much more control over the look of the service. You can drag sidebars around to your preferred size and width, choose from a...
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"Baby Lisa" is reported missing on October 4 . A reported sighting turns out to be a false alarm . Police get a warrant to search the home where the baby lived . The baby is 30 inches tall, has blonde hair and blue eyes .
[ "(CNN) -- Authorities have obtained a search warrant for the home where a missing 11-month-old Missouri girl was reportedly last seen, Kansas City police said Tuesday. The warrant allows investigators to comb the house in the coming days and also bars the family of Lisa Irwin from returning home. A patrol car has b...
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Euro crisis has hit German Chancellor Angela Merkel's popularity ratings . Recent polls suggest she may struggle to secure third term. Germany has played lead role in bailouts of economically weaker neighbors . But this week Germany announced weak economic growth .
[ "(CNN) -- For years, Germany has been feted as the strong man of Europe: While those around it battled years of boom-and-bust, Germany, stable and consistent, thrived. Its economy -- and the economic management of its leaders -- was frequently cited as an example to the rest of the world. But in recent years, that ...
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David Daniel, coach of the visiting team, suffered severe facial injuries in the fight . The fight broke out Friday night after Warren County defeated Hancock Central . "All of Warrenton is just real upset," the Warren County superintendent says .
[ "(CNN) -- A preliminary investigation is under way into an altercation that left a high school football coach hospitalized with severe facial injuries after a Georgia football game, a sheriff's investigator told CNN on Tuesday. Inspector Ricky Brown of the Hancock County Sheriff's Department said initial interviews...
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NEW: Gadhafi "destroyed every institution in the country," a former British envoy says . NEW: The Libyan strongman was "completely out of touch" when the Arab Spring erupted, an ex-adviser says . NEW: He spent his final days "hiding and running for his life," a former aide tells CNN . The self-styled revolutionary soug...
[ "Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Over four decades in power in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi portrayed himself as a revolutionary battling Western colonialism, the leader of a united Africa and the \"king of kings\" of his oil-rich desert nation and beyond. He died a fugitive in his hometown, hunted down Thursday by the forces th...
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NEW: Both parents of the missing boy are cooperating, police say . Belleveue, Washington, police: Mother said she ran out of gas and went to get help . She left the boy, 2, in the car and when she came back, he was gone . Missing child, Sky Metalwala, has brown eyes and dark, closely cut hair .
[ "(CNN) -- The search continued Monday in suburban Seattle for a 2-year-old boy who police said went missing after being left alone in a car by his mother the previous day. The Bellevue (Washington) Police Department acknowledged Monday, in a statement, that \"there are still many unanswered questions.\" It said tha...
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Human Rights Watch calls for investigations of apparent reprisal killings . "The aftermath of a very brutal dictatorship is usually very ugly," an analyst says . "A revolution is not a tea party," China's Mao Tse-tung said . Like Gadhafi, other dictators also have met inglorious ends .
[ "(CNN) -- After months of grinding civil war, with supporters of Moammar Gadhafi slowly yielding territory to anti-Gadhafi rebels, the final battle for Libya's liberation unleashed an apparent bloodbath. Gadhafi was killed after being captured last week, and the circumstances of his death remain unclear. Human Righ...
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Nigerian footballer is European Cup and English Premier League winner . Age 19, told he could never play football again after hole was found in his heart . A UNICEF ambassador has also set up two charitable foundations .
[ "(CNN) -- One of Africa's most successful footballers, Nwankwo Kanu, has had a glittering career on the pitch. The 6 ft 5 in Nigerian footballer has used his sizable stature in the game to help many others. Winning a gold medal with Nigeria in the 1996 Olympic Games he has also won the European Cup with Ajax; the E...
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AC Milan move one point above Juventus with 2-0 win in Sardinia on Tuesday . Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic joins German Denis at the top of the scoring charts . Real Madrid cruise into last 16 of Spain's Copa del Rey with 5-1 victory . Borussia Dortmund battle into quarterfinals of German Cup after penalty shootout .
[ "(CNN) -- Zlatan Ibrahimovic was again on target as AC Milan returned to the top of Italy's Serie A with a 2-0 victory at Cagliari on Tuesday. Francesco Pisano's early own-goal and a second-half strike from the in-form Ibrahimovic put the defending champions one point clear of unbeaten Juventus, who visit third-pla...
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AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper is sent off after fighting back against a pitch invader . Dutch Cup game at Amsterdam Arena is called off after only 37 minutes . Alkmaar coach takes his players off the field due to safety concerns . Ajax official says the 19-year-old supporter has been handed to police .
[ "(CNN) -- A football fan has been arrested after a bizarre attack on a team's goalkeeper which forced Wednesday's Dutch Cup match between Ajax and AZ Alkmaar to be called off before halftime. Costa Rica international Esteban Alvarado fought back against a pitch invader in the 37th minute of the match, and was sent ...
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French striker Thierry Henry scores the winning goal on his return for Arsenal . Henry comes off the bench to settle Arsenal's third round FA Cup tie with Leeds . The 34-year-old has signed a two-month loan deal from the New York Red Bulls . Henry says he is speechless at scoring in his first appearance for the club in...
[ "(CNN) -- Thierry Henry made a sensational scoring return for English club Arsenal as his goal sealed a 1-0 win over Leeds United in the third round of the FA Cup. The French striker came on as a substitute and sealed the match with a trademark finish after less than ten minutes on the pitch to enhance his legend a...
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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini rules out Carlos Tevez leaving on loan . City will discuss the transfer of Argentina striker with Italy's AC Milan on Thursday . Tevez has not played for English Premier League leaders since September . French World Cup winner David Trezeguet has passed a medical at River Plate .
[ "(CNN) -- Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has ruled out the possibility of Carlos Tevez departing on loan, hours after AC Milan announced plans to discuss a possible move for the Argentina striker. Milan want an initial loan deal with a view to a post-season transfer, but Mancini warned the Italian champion...
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Diego Milito scores twice as Inter Milan beat Parma 5-0 at the San Siro on Saturday . Win puts Inter within a point of fourth-placed Lazio, who crashed 4-0 at Siena . Inter won for the fifth successive match in Serie A to keep European hopes alive . Title hopefuls Lazio face the prospect of dropping eight points off th...
[ "(CNN) -- Inter Milan moved closer to a Champions League place after crushing Parma 5-0 on Saturday following fourth-placed Lazio's shock 4-0 defeat by Siena. Claudio Ranieri's team closed to within a point of the Rome side after 17 games as Italy's Serie A program resumed following a winter break. The win left Int...
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Alex Ferguson gives himself three more years at Manchester United . Legendary manager recently celebrated 25 years in charge . Ferguson turned 70 as his team beaten 3-2 by Blackburn . Shock defeat leaves United level with Man City on points .
[ "(CNN) -- Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson signaled his intention to stay at the English Premier League champions for at least three more years but struggling Blackburn wrecked his 70th birthday celebrations with a stunning 3-2 win at Old Trafford Saturday. Ferguson marked 25 years in charge of the English P...
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QPR sack manager Neil Warnock Sunday . Warnock led QPR back to the English Premier League last season . QPR owner Tony Fernandes blames poor recent results . Mark Hughes early favorite to succeed Warnock .
[ "(CNN) -- Neil Warnock became the second English Premier League manager to be sacked this season when Queens Park Rangers announced his departure Sunday. The promoted side have managed just four league wins this season and are hovering a point above the relegation zone. Only a last-minute goal prevented them from c...
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John Terry made his Chelsea debut against Aston Villa in 1998 . Terry led the club to a first English championship in 50 years in 2005 . He became the first Chelsea captain to win a league and FA Cup double in 2006 . Terry is the current England captain, having been stripped of the role in 2010 .
[ "(CNN) -- Chelsea captain John Terry is an iconic figure with the English football club's fans as a result of his on-field achievements in more than 15 years at Stamford Bridge. The center-back is the most successful skipper in Chelsea's history, having led the London side to three Premier League titles, three FA C...
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Veteran striker Thierry Henry signs two-month loan deal with his former club Arsenal . Henry aims to return to New York Red Bulls for start of MLS season in March . He is Arsenal's record goal scorer during an eight-year spell in London until 2007 . Henry says he does not expect to be given a regular starting role by A...
[ "(CNN) -- Thierry Henry has assured New York Red Bulls fans that his return to English soccer club Arsenal will not interfere with his American commitments. The former France international signed his long-awaited two-month loan deal with the London side on Friday, but plans to be back for the start of the Major Lea...
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Thierry Henry is on the verge of a return to Arsenal in a two-month loan deal . Arsene Wenger confirms terms for the temporary switch are nearly complete . The 34-year-old New York Red Bulls striker is Arsenal's record all-time scorer .
[ "(CNN) -- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Thierry Henry is on the verge of a return to the club on a two-month loan deal from MLS side New York Red Bulls. French striker Henry is Arsenal's all-time top scorer with 226 goals for the club from 1999 to 2007, before his move to Barcelona. And compatrio...
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Cameroon's football federation reduces Samuel Eto'o's suspension to eight months . The national captain had been banned for 15 matches for his role in a player strike . But now the 30-year-old will sit out four international games and can return in September . Vice-captain Enoh Eyong had a two-match suspension halved b...
[ "(CNN) -- Samuel Eto'o can return to international action in September after the Cameroon Football Federation decided to reduce the four-time African player of the year's 15-match suspension to eight months. The 30-year-old national captain, who has represented his country more than 100 times, was punished last mon...
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Manchester United beat FA Cup holders Manchester City 3-2 in the third round . United veteran Paul Scholes comes out of retirement to play in the second half . City captain Vincent Kompany sent off after only 12 minutes, which the club will appeal . Wayne Rooney scores twice in first half as United set up fourth-round ...
[ "(CNN) -- Paul Scholes came out of retirement for a shock return as Manchester United beat FA Cup holders Manchester City 3-2 in Sunday's dramatic third-round tie between England's top two teams. The 37-year-old former England international quit at the end of last season, but was named as a substitute by manager Al...
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Brazil beat Uruguay 4-0 in Montevideo to top South American qualifying group . Previous leaders Paraguay lost 2-0 at home to Chile and are down to second . Argentina complete the top four in the table after a 1-0 success over Colombia .
[ "(CNN) -- Brazil have moved to the top of South American qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals after thrashing Uruguay 4-0 in Montevideo, their first victory in the country for 33 years. Brazil players celebrate Juan's second goal in their 4-0 thrashing of Uruguay. Barcelona full-back Daniel Alves gave them an 1...
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NEW: Kaka signs deal with Real Madrid, Spanish club announces . Transfer from A.C. Milan worth a reported $100 million, according to media reports . Chief executive Galliani says that Milan must sell Kaka for economic reasons . Kaka currently in Brazil with the national team for World Cup qualifying double .
[ "(CNN) -- Brazil playmaker Kaka confirmed his transfer from Italian side AC Milan to Spanish club Real Madrid, in a move worth a reported $100 million. Kaka announces to the world that he will play for Real Madrid next season. \"Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, Kaka, now plays for Real Madrid following the deal re...
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Chinese child prodigy Lang Lang started playing piano at the age of three . He has performed at the Beijing Games and China's 60th anniversary . Watch Lang Lang collaborate with jazz legend Herbie Hancock .
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Lang Lang Revealed - narrated by Jazz Legend Herbie Hancock. Heralded as the \"hottest artist on the classical music planet\" by The New York Times, 27-year-old Lang Lang has played sold out recitals and concerts in every major city in the world. The Chinese child prodigy started playing p...
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Kaka converts penalty to give holders Brazil a 4-3 Confed Cup win over Egypt . Substitute Ahmed al-Muhamadi was red-carded after handling on the goalline . Egypt lodged complaint with FIFA claiming 4th official influenced ref's verdict . World champions Italy recover to defeat 10-man United States 3-1 in Pretoria .
[ "(CNN) -- Kaka converted a penalty in time added on to give holders Brazil a dramatic 4-3 win over Egypt who filed an official complaint after their Confederations Cup opener at Bloemfontein on Monday. Kaka celebrates after his last-gasp penalty gives holders Brazil an opening win in their Confed Cup victory. Subst...
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In November, CNN's Revealed explores the life of Diane von Furstenberg . The Belgian designer wowed the fashion world with her simple wrap dress . DVF became familiar initials used to sell anything from homeware to lipstick . CNN's Revealed follows the designer backstage at a fashion show in Florence .
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- \"No matter what I do in life I think I will always be remembered as the wrap dress\" -- (Diane von Furstenberg, CNN 2008) Calling the shots: Diane von Furstenberg oversees a meeting to discuss handbags in New York. Belgian-born, New York-living, ex-member of the German royal family, daugh...
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British composer Roxanna Panufnik tells CNN about her latest world premiere . "Three Paths to Peace" was first performed by the World Orchestra for Peace . The piece was commissioned for a special concert in Jerusalem, October 19 . Panufnik took inspiration from the music of Christianity, Judaism and Islam .
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Very few people who attended the performance of the World Orchestra for Peace in Jerusalem this October would have noticed she was there. But there she was, a petite woman with long brown hair, sitting in the middle of the audience on \"nervous autopilot.\" Roxanna Panufnik's \"Three Paths...
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Wonder Woman inspired Diane von Furstenberg's latest fashion collection . The 1940s comic book character is considered one of America's most patriotic . Diane Von Furstenberg: "There's a Wonder Woman inside every one of us" Proceeds will go to Vital Voices, a group that empowers women worldwide .
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- On the surface, the similarities are striking; they were both princesses born in the 1940s in a foreign land. Young and beautiful, the long-haired brunettes soon fell in love and followed their men to the United States where they built a reputation for steely determination and strength. Di...
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Profile changes will be part of a wider launch that will include a music and media platform . Platform will display the media content a user is watching or listening to on their profile . We've heard whispers that Facebook intends to give Facebook Credits more prominence .
[ "(Mashable) -- Facebook plans to roll out a major redesign of user profiles at its f8 developer conference this week, Mashable has learned. Details about the redesign are sparse, but two sources familiar with Facebook's plans (who have asked to remain anonymous) have told us that the redesign is \"major\" and will ...
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Charles Garcia: Western nations need to grow in population to maintain power . Garcia says more and more Muslims are in Europe and will fuel growth . Garcia: In U.S., Hispanic and other immigrants are an economic growth engine . Immigrants work hard, form strong families, pay taxes and are patriotic, he writes .
[ "(CNN) -- For the last 20 years, what name is always in the top 100 most popular baby names given to boys in the United States? Jesus (pronounced hey-seus). And among 4,500 boys names in England in 2009, what was the No. 1 most popular baby name? Mohammed. In Brussels? Mohammed. Oslo? Mohammed. Amsterdam? Mohammed....
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Actor Robert Duvall first worked with Francis Ford Coppola 40 years ago . He starred in Oscar-winners "The Godfather," and "The Godfather: Part II" Immortalized "I love the smell of napalm in the morning in "Apocalypse Now" Duvall on Coppola: "A talented maniac. No, not a maniac, a talented, driven guy"
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- He immortalized the \"smell of napalm in the morning\" in \"Apocalypse Now,\" but Robert Duvall's first meeting with director Francis Ford Coppola was no indication of the fruitful relationship to come. Duvall starred in Francis Ford Coppola's \"The Godfather,\" \"The Godfather: Part II\" ...
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Heavy metal icons Iron Maiden announce new tour dates for South America . Concerts in four extra countries to be announced soon, including two debuts . Extra dates follow string of sell-out concerts earlier in 2008 in Latin America .
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Somewhere in South America right now a head-banger is getting very excited. The crowd went wild when Iron Maiden took to the stage in Colombia earlier this year. They're going back in March, 2009. Veteran hell-raisers Iron Maiden have announced five new tour dates in Brazil, within months ...
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NEW: A prosecutor calls the case of a woman allegedly killing her twin babies "horrific" NEW: Her lawyer says she is "extremely distraught" and on suicide watch . Lindsey Lowe, 25, hid her pregnancy from family members, police say . She confessed to killing the twin brothers and hiding their bodies in a laundry basket ...
[ "(CNN) -- A Tennessee woman secretly gave birth to twin boys in a toilet in the home she shares with her parents and then smothered the infants and hid their bodies in a bedroom laundry basket, police said Friday. Lindsey Lowe's father discovered one of the bodies Wednesday morning and called police, Hendersonville...
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NEW: Dozens of escaped aniamls are shot dead . Ohio owner of exotic animals found dead . Bears, lions, tigers, cheetahs and wolves escape . Area residents warned to stay indoors .
[ "(CNN) -- Officials in Muskingham County closed schools as sheriff's deputies equipped with night vision attempted to hunt down dozens of exotic animals, including bears, lions, tigers, cheetahs, wolves, giraffes and camels, who are on the prowl in eastern Ohio following the death of the man at the farm where they ...
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Man earns nickname "Jack" for his affinity for the whiskey Jack Daniels . Friend says Manssor Arbabsiar is too disorganized to take part in a killing plot . He is accused of plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States . Arbabsiar has had prior brushes with the law for minor infractions .
[ "(CNN) -- A man accused of an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States was too disorganized to have been a part of the scheme, a friend said. Manssor Arbabsiar is accused of conspiracy to murder a foreign official, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and consp...
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Monday marks 100th anniversary of revolution against China's imperial system . David Frum says the Chinese leaders aren't confronting truth of that event . He says China's regime spurns ideals of democracy and liberty .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- On this day 100 years ago, troops in the city of Wuchang, in China's Hubei province, launched a coup against local authorities. The coup ignited a civil war that ended in the collapse of China's 2,200-year-old imperial system. When a republican government established itself in 1912, it designat...
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Master movie-maker Francis Ford Coppola on his other love: Winemaking . How his "day job" has helped to revitalize his film career, plus latest film "Tetro" Coppola is still writing and directing at 70: "I'm in an extremely interesting place" CNN's Revealed talks exclusively to the director at his Napa Valley winery .
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- Making great wine is like making a great film, according to director Francis Ford Coppola -- it's defying the impossible. During his 70 years, he has done both. Francis Ford Coppola is the movie-making talent behind some of the greatest films ever made -- he is also a successful winemaker....
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Major hub cities are bottleneck for air traffic, Brookings Institution study says . Frequent flier advises connecting through smaller cities when possible . Aviation expert says there's plenty of room for streamlining existing system . Study's authors advocate using high-speed rail to alleviate runway congestion .
[ "(CNN) -- Percy von Lipinski figures he flies about 100,000 miles a year. He knows he's going to see a healthy share of flight delays regardless of where he goes. A new study says delays will continue to frustrate fliers like this man at Washington's Dulles International Airport. But he especially anticipates them ...
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Mandela's sister, 81, dies over the weekend . Her death comes the same weekend Mandela returns to Johannesburg . Despite his rare appearances, Mandela retains his popularity .
[ "(CNN) -- South Africa sent condolences to Nelson Mandela on Monday following the death of his youngest sister and last surviving sibling out of 31 others. Nokuthamba Mandela, 81, died Saturday, South African President Jacob Zuma said. The cause of death was unclear. \"On behalf of myself, the people and government...
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NEW: Mississippi AG Jim Hood slams then-Gov. Haley Barbour . Joseph Ozment pleaded guilty to the 1992 murder of Rick Montgomery . He was released from prison after a pardon from Barbour . Ozment was served with papers at a Laramie, Wyoming, hotel .
[ "(CNN) -- A convicted murderer who was pardoned this month in a controversial move by outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, has been found in Wyoming, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Monday. Joseph Ozment was served with papers at a hotel in Laramie, Wyoming, where he had been staying under anoth...
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Pilot program looks at effect of new protocols on immigrants in two cities . Of 11,682 immigration cases reviewed, officials recommend closing 1,667 cases . Department of Homeland Security says pilot program's results are preliminary .
[ "(CNN) -- U.S. immigration officials, testing controversial new protocols that give them discretion to \"administratively close\" immigration cases instead of taking them to court, have recommended that about 14% of the nearly 12,000 cases reviewed thus far be closed, allowing those people to remain in the United S...