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ae7836c9f85adcf6ecd951013251183f0f831606 | Summarize the following news article. | Sámi herders using satellite-based maps of snow to judge best areas .
Climate change has made it harder to find foraging spots for reindeer herds .
Technology could also be used to monitor land-use change over time . | [
"(CNN) -- Arctic reindeer herders in northern Scandinavia are getting a view from space to help them look after their herds as the region copes with climate change. Snow worries: Satellite maps of snow coverage and melt can help reindeer herders. Using satellite-based snow melt maps supplied by the European Space A... |
b4f4c25b77e47ed6545a7f164cf345846ac3fd9b | Summarize the following news article. | Demi Moore was recipient of suicide threat on Twitter .
Moore helped put word out; police later took troubled texter into custody .
Moore: "The twitterverse is on the case" | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actress Demi Moore's frequent postings on Twitter put her in the middle of a life-and-death drama Friday when a woman sent her an online message threatening suicide. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are both active members of the Twitter social-networking site. Moore, who was in south... |
e256aa1224bfd9031e339962742730f8756d4304 | Summarize the following news article. | Certified pre-owned programs may save you money .
Manufacturers and dealers may also toss in perks .
Buying a CPO vehicle will cost 2 to 8 percent more . | [
"(AOL Autos) -- Big Al, the used car dealer with that small lot down on the corner, may be your mother's cousin, but that doesn't mean you'll get the best used car deal in town from him. He sells all brands of cars, has no visible shop or mechanical staff, and he is the only one that stands behind the quality of hi... |
84dba55ef449b9ab0383a9759154bafd681672ca | Summarize the following news article. | The 99-meter vessel Wally was designed by super-yacht designers Wally .
Wally Island is still in the design stage awaiting a buyer .
The deck contains a tropical garden, or can be converted to a tennis court . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- A 100 meter boat with a full tropical garden is not something you're likely to see very often. In fact, before now, you've probably never seen it. Wally Island: The vessel that has all the comforts of home . However, the giant mega-yacht 'Wally Island' offers exactly that. Designed by supe... |
1f4b0fc74030dc7176b71951f08b3a1f0920f612 | Summarize the following news article. | African Union official condemns attack that also wounded 24 .
Bomb went off before car reached African Union mission headquarters .
U.N. Security Council recently adopted resolution aimed at bringing in peacekeepers .
Violence, lawlessness have plagued Somalia since government overthrown in 1991 . | [
"(CNN) -- A car bomb exploded Saturday in Somalia's capital, killing 15 people and wounding 24, a government spokesman said. Gunfighting has plagued the streets of Somalia's capital in recent months, stalling efforts to restore order. The car was heading toward headquarters of the African Union Mission in Somalia i... |
22fb969f7c86161e133eb88c8e46cd2cd826eeb0 | Summarize the following news article. | Leah Bird and Ed Wright have have traded their Beverly Hills life for a trailer on a farm .
Wright, who once made $100,000 a year, was laid off from an insurance firm .
They feed animals, clean manure and fix the landscape .
"I feel like a fish out of water. I'm so out of my element," Bird says . | [
"This story is part of an ongoing series of profiles by CNN about economic survival in this time of financial crisis. Leah Bird and her husband Ed Wright stand in front of their new home: a 1974 Airstream trailer. (CNN) -- They bid farewell to their beloved trips to the opera and museum, the beach and Buddhist temp... |
8091f8e6cffc65e0f0a4dbd5994dc4820ef1bd71 | Summarize the following news article. | Tattoo parlors offering permanent memories of Barack Obama's inauguration .
Most popular tattoos: Obama logo, "hope," iconic red-and-blue Obama poster .
Owner: "A lot of people are feeling very inspired and taken by this moment"
Temporary options include Obama piercings, airbrush tattoos . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sometimes, a T-shirt just doesn't cut it. Allie Tompkins, 19, gets her first tattoo at Fatty's Tattooz on Monday. For those who want a more permanent way to showcase their support for Barack Obama, Washington's tattoo parlors are ready to help. \"There's nothing more memorable than a tattoo,\" ... |
2a93e61fd7f1dcb4450dd46730d14a9f40bda1da | Summarize the following news article. | Documents about reported UFO sightings released by UK defense officials .
Includes account by airliner captain who saw beige "missile-shaped object"
4,500 pages cover sightings that were reported from 1986 through 1992 . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Thousands of documents about reported UFO sightings -- ranging from calm accounts by professional pilots to unhinged rants about the extraterrestrial menace -- have been released by the British Ministry of Defence. Taiwan resident Lee Chun-hung took these pictures showing a ball of fire tr... |
f6ab014104858f8bcef436218232981f2d370197 | Summarize the following news article. | Video shot in Austin, Texas, shows meteor-like object in sky Sunday morning .
Fireball sightings, reports of sonic booms come days after satellite collision in space .
FAA told U.S. pilots to watch for "falling space debris" | [
"(CNN) -- Just like some U.S. officials looking into the mystery, the man who captured video of an apparent fireball plunging from the sky over Texas on Sunday is perplexed about what it was. Video captured in Austin, Texas, shows a meteor-like object in the sky Sunday morning. \"I don't know what I saw in the sky.... |
50194f58208f1498f980440feda5d066bf1d2426 | Summarize the following news article. | David Beckham presented to the media ahead of his loan spell with AC Milan .
The England midfielder revealed he missed playing football "at highest level"
33-year-old will be at Milan on loan for three months from Los Angeles Galaxy . | [
"(CNN) -- David Beckham revealed that he has missed playing football \"at the highest level\" after being presented as an AC Milan player ahead of his three-month loan deal from the Los Angeles Galaxy. David Beckham parades his new AC Milan kit after completing his three-month loan to the Italian club. Beckham, 33,... |
6b54ba62fa3a976b3839df3e8a73b454bfbc52bd | Summarize the following news article. | Concession is attempt to halt fighting between Somali forces, Islamic insurgents .
President Ahmed says he won't agree to a strict interpretation of Islamic law .
President also has asked African peacekeepers to stand down . | [
"(CNN) -- Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said Saturday he will give in to a rebel demand that he impose Islamic law, or sharia, in an effort to halt fighting between Somali forces and Islamic insurgents. President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed says sharia law in Somalia will not be strict. However, Ahmed... |
cfee25047af56c96372a9c0eb83fafbb8d74fa15 | Summarize the following news article. | President Robert Mugabe describes U.S. and West as "stupid and foolish"
Power-share deal is stalled because of dispute over control of ministries .
Zimbabwe faces cholera epidemic, economic crisis .
Mugabe has resisted international calls for him to step down . | [
"HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe described the U.S. government and Western nations as \"quite stupid and foolish\" Tuesday for trying to be involved in the African country's affairs. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has ignored international calls for him to step down. Mugabe made the com... |
75a2911c8d7e595b556ae2aa40ba2d1ad9c5f485 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Preacher says he found funeral for mom, four kids "difficult"
300 mourners attended service at Redlands Community College .
Bodies found January 12 in apartment in El Reno, Oklahoma .
Woman's boyfriend, Joshua Steven Durcho, admitted choking her, affidavit says . | [
"(CNN) -- Hundreds of people filled a college auditorium Wednesday to pay their last respects to an El Reno, Oklahoma, woman slain along with her four children last week. Summer Rust's children -- clockwise from top, Autumn, Kirsten, Evynn and Teagin -- carve pumpkins. About 300 people attended the service at Redla... |
7a2b4622ff3c65d31d23b692566dba4265263520 | Summarize the following news article. | Astronomers have new images of four likely planets outside Earth's solar system .
Images were recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope and a telescope in Hawaii .
The planets are probably too faint to detect with the human eye .
Research findings published Thursday in the journal Science Express . | [
"(CNN) -- The first-ever pictures of planets outside the solar system have been released in two studies. The box shows a planet orbiting the star Fomalhaut. The dot shows the star's location. Using the latest techniques in space technology, astronomers at NASA and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory used di... |
8778e1c05fcb0af7164bf0e108731c7507b38b05 | Summarize the following news article. | Leslie Steiner: I was victim of domestic violence many years ago .
She says such abuse is prevalent and cuts across all demographic groups .
Our culture encourages women to nurture even abusive men, she says .
Steiner: Exposing children to such violence perpetuates cycle in next generation . | [
"Editor's note: Leslie Morgan Steiner is the author of \"Crazy Love,\" a new memoir about domestic violence, and the anthology \"Mommy Wars,\" which explores the polarization between stay-at-home and career moms. Leslie Morgan Steiner says domestic violence afflicts the well-to-do as well as the poor. (CNN) -- For ... |
ea399aea85d66cf944fc8884c8196fdfe4246dd3 | Summarize the following news article. | Law officials says they still don't know location of family .
Man's father says he spoke to all four family members .
Family's car found abandoned in South Dakota on Tuesday .
Sheriff says family went missing after deputy check on domestic abuse complaint . | [
"(CNN) -- Authorities in South Dakota and Nebraska on Friday suspended a search for a missing Nebraska family after a relative told authorities he spoke to his kin and said they are doing well. The Schade family of Creighton, Nebraska, is not missing, a relative says. Law officers still don't exactly know the locat... |
bc3f96a46b6c8441d04547b6acd79689122724b5 | Summarize the following news article. | Hustler, "Girls Gone Wild" owners seek $5 billion bailout .
Larry Flynt and Joe Francis say porn industry isn't suffering, but why take chances?
Brown says this doesn't require commentary or condemnation . | [
"Editor's note: Campbell Brown anchors CNN's \"Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull\" at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays. She delivered this commentary during the \"Cutting through the Bull\" segment of Wednesday night's broadcast. CNN's Campbell Brown says Flynt and Francis have brought some absurdity to the financi... |
69d224af808b5a92af6352209448fe1de62b7571 | Summarize the following news article. | Israel-Palestinians flared up again during the presidential transition period .
Iraq and Afghanistan and their role in the war on terror .
Obama will need international help to battle the global financial meltdown .
How Obama reacts to crises will define his presidency . | [
"(CNN) -- After his inauguration, if President Barack Obama needs real-time intelligence on crises around the world, he is likely to do it in the Situation Room, the ultra-secure conference room in the White House. It's a place this new president may be seeing a lot of. Interconnected crises: Afghan children hold t... |
d128ea1eeca18c92fad8467d380c19bcd74c8323 | Summarize the following news article. | Peter Cincotti had hit jazz album, now has album of pop songs .
Native New Yorker insisted Angeleno David Foster come to N.Y. to produce .
Cincotti started playing piano when he was 3; an early influence was Jerry Lee Lewis . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- When singer-pianist Peter Cincotti showed up to speak to CNN in 2004, he was fresh-faced and impeccably dressed in a suit and shiny shoes. Peter Cincotti rose to fame as a jazz pianist. His new album features pop songs. Seated at a piano, and under the watchful eye of his very sweet mother Cynthi... |
cc9722663f76c0e2c449c3587a656c1790c1946b | Summarize the following news article. | Villagers in Broughton summoned police after Google car arrived .
Residents say the Street View service will help burglars scout targets .
Google says it isn't breaking any laws . | [
"(CNN) -- Google's ambitious plan to offer a 3-D street level view of communities across three continents hit a snag when angry residents of a UK village blocked the search engine's camera car from photographing their homes. Broughton, can be seen from the air on Google Earth, but not from the ground. Fearing the a... |
55228e3ccafd1dd142c193f6b1e1f7357beea056 | Summarize the following news article. | As many as 77 North Carolina inmates are scheduled to be released .
Obama administration claims many of them remain "sexually dangerous"
The men must remain in jail for now . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has blocked the imminent release of dozens of sex offenders who have served their federal sentences after the Obama administration claimed many of them remain \"sexually dangerous.\" The Supreme Court has blocked the release of sex offenders after claims they remain dangerous... |
11985544e10ab6e31b85fa88afc85df7c67afde6 | Summarize the following news article. | Afghan forces investigating death of woman caught in crossfire of gunbattle .
NATO says 12 militants also died in the battle in Logar province .
NATO said initial indications are the woman was killed by militants . | [
"KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- NATO-led troops killed 12 insurgents in a firefight Friday in Afghanistan, and a civilian caught in the crossfire was apparently killed by militants, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said. U.S. Marines fire 120mm mortars on Taliban positions on April 3 in Now Zad in Helman... |
ac2343bdbe34dd041241d936b20caf43f6bf42eb | Summarize the following news article. | President Obama says being away from family biggest sacrifice of campaign .
Obama says his lack of privacy is "frustrating"
Obama says today's challenges are opportunities for youth to make a difference .
Question about regrets leads to Obama's lengthy response at French town hall . | [
"(CNN) -- Following this week's tough talks on the global financial crisis, President Obama on Friday shifted his tone to reflect upon his regrets, his frustrations and his hopes for the younger generation. \"There's nothing more noble than public service,\" President Obama says. Obama's remarks came after a woman ... |
43f880129a48751b9d857e6f0f4a79aba4d7e06a | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Farrah Fawcett not unconscious, unresponsive or comatose, says producer .
Actress in Los Angeles hospital battling cancer .
Actress diagnosed with disease in 2006; after remission, cancer recurred in 2007 .
Fawcett best known for 1970s pinup poster, role in "Charlie's Angels" TV series . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Farrah Fawcett has been hospitalized in the latest stage of her battle against cancer, a producer working with the actress said Monday. Farrah Fawcett, shown here in 2004, was first diagnosed with cancer in 2006. \"She is not unconscious, she is not unresponsive, and she is not com... |
f3c9452b863cc555fb49ad91726b8106851d9d21 | Summarize the following news article. | Malawian judge rejects Madonna's request to adopt a 4-year-old girl .
Move reignites debate about the ethics of international adoption .
Some aid groups say children are best left in their home countries .
A mother of 5 adopted kids says adoption can be a "brilliant solution" for some . | [
"(CNN) -- Malawi's decision to reject pop star Madonna's adoption of a local child has reignited global debate about the ethics of international adoption. Author Melissa Fay Greene poses with her family, which includes biological and adopted children. Some international aid groups have praised the decision as best ... |
081e728adb742dc87aa6d9a2d25b6d7199a0e617 | Summarize the following news article. | A large Antarctic ice shelf is cracking and may break away .
Scientists are investigating whether or not climate change is to blame .
Satellite photos show cracks in the Wilkins Ice Shelf .
The ice sheet formed over thousands of years by accumulated snow . | [
"(CNN) -- A large ice shelf is \"imminently\" close to breaking away from part of the Antarctic Peninsula, scientists said Friday. Scientists are investigating whether the ice breakup is caused by global climate change. Satellite images released by the European Space Agency on Friday show new cracks in the Wilkins ... |
45f082a9280d94f7426a7d5b8736df38c4d03f88 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Johanna Sigurdardottir sworn in Sunday .
Sigurdardottir was social affairs minister in outgoing Cabinet .
Predecessor Haarde resigned after the collapse of Iceland's main banks .
She has been a member of Iceland's Parliament for 30 years . | [
"(CNN) -- Johanna Sigurdardottir was sworn in as Iceland's prime minister on Sunday, becoming the world's first openly gay premier and the first woman to take the post in Iceland. Johanna Sigurdardottir is a former flight attendant and union leader. Sigurdardottir, 66, took office less than a week after the Cabinet... |
6bddf2cd9b8ffcc366e907bcd84fbe87d0ba7613 | Summarize the following news article. | Sri Lankan hospital hit by artillery shells .
Children young as 4 months treated in local hospitals for shrapnel injuries .
Aid workers rescue 50 critically injured children and 105 adults .
Sri Lankan President has promised to allow safe passage to trapped civilians . | [
"(CNN) -- Artillery shells slammed into a hospital Sunday in the northern Sri Lankan district of Mullaittivu, where civilians -- including a growing number of children -- are being treated as government forces and Tamil rebels continue to clash. A Sri Lankan soldier walks through Mullaittivu, the former military he... |
81141c4bfa8647836c0941d3661d3ee129044853 | Summarize the following news article. | George Obama says he's out of jail, that charges against him have been dropped .
Kenyan police won't confirm George Obama's statements .
George Obama was arrested in Kenya on suspicion of marijuana possession .
Man is half-brother of U.S. President Barack Obama . | [
"NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- George Obama, the half brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, told CNN on Sunday that he was released from a Kenyan jail hours after his arrest on suspicion of marijuana possession. George Obama was arrested in Kenya on suspicion of marijuana possession, according to police. Kenyan police ... |
b49e4009008598848211b8108c649f8b18f858ad | Summarize the following news article. | Heidi Newfield is up for five Academy of Country Music Awards .
Newfield pursuing solo career after being lead singer of Trick Pony .
Singer doesn't want to be a diva but takes advice about not being so nice . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Heidi Newfield goes into Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards with five nominations. It's more than any other female, but she still considers herself the dark horse -- and in many ways, she is, especially since she's up for top female vocalist against such heavyweights as Carri... |
9fa3b932140bb7d4275c5093a24242fc6ee69e21 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Wind-driven fire had grown to 8,000 acres Saturday night .
Two homes and one business destroyed, hundreds threatened in Wheeler .
Wind gusts up to 60 mph hampered helicopters and other firefighting vehicles . | [
"(CNN) -- Parts of the Texas town of Wheeler were evacuated Saturday as strong, shifting winds fanned wildfires that had already destroyed three buildings, law enforcement officials said. Wildfires in the Texas panhandle are being fed by sustained winds of about 40 mph. Two homes and one business had been burned d... |
920f852c08f4fad73ac66079c5d61d2d2026e7a9 | Summarize the following news article. | Protesters carrying Tibetan flags chanted "China Murderers"
Police say five activists arrested .
Wen Jiabao on three day visit to UK . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Pro-Tibet activists jumped security barriers and scuffled with police outside the Chinese embassy in London Sunday as hundreds of demonstrators gathered to protest a visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. A pro-Tibet protester runs past a police cordon outside the Chinese Embassy in London. ... |
339b8095b3f0f8cf73da88c4bd52a66142d421ec | Summarize the following news article. | William Balfour has been at Illinois' Stateville Correctional Center since December .
Judge orders Balfour moved to county jail to make attorney visits easier .
Suspect charged in killings of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew .
Hudson is set to sing national anthem at the Super Bowl . | [
"(CNN) -- A judge ordered Tuesday that the man accused of killing singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew be moved from a state prison to the Cook County jail to make it easier for his lawyer to meet with him. Jennifer Hudson, at the October premiere of \"The Secret Life of Bees,\" hasn't pe... |
fda8bc70b80bba64403fedee42c1bd993de476fe | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Judge reopens deportation hearings on accused former death camp guard .
NEW: John Demjanjuk's attorney says client's health "has seriously deteriorated."
Demjanjuk, 89, has been fighting charges of war crimes for more than two decades .
Germany accuses him of being accessory to 29,000 murders at Sobibor . | [
"(CNN) -- An immigration judge with the U.S. Justice Department has granted a stay to John Demjanjuk, the Nazi war crimes suspect who had been ordered deported to Germany, his lawyer said Friday. John Demjanjuk appears in court in Jerusalem in 1987 on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. John Broadley... |
246fee6f3582fbd73b3abd3ea1b4af76e7d8cfba | Summarize the following news article. | Family of Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers consents to coverage of his casket's return .
Body of Myers brought to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Sunday night .
This is first time that media coverage has been allowed since ban in 1991 .
In February, President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates overturned policy . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- For the first time since media coverage was banned in 1991, the return of the body of a fallen member of the U.S. armed forces was opened to news outlets late Sunday. A transport plane carries caskets of U.S. servicemen in this photo the Pentagon released in 2005. The U.S. Air Force informed me... |
27616d370c21befb5334174c2417a160e016317d | Summarize the following news article. | Charla Nash, 55, transferred from Connecticut by airplane .
Friend's chimp mauled and bit her on Monday .
Woman received extensive injuries to face, hands, doctors have said .
Connecticut's attorney general wants primates banned as pets in that state . | [
"(CNN) -- A Connecticut woman attacked Monday by her friend's pet chimpanzee was taken Thursday from a Connecticut hospital to the famed Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, a hospital spokeswoman said. She would not divulge the victim's condition nor the reason for the move. Travis, seen here as a younger chimp, was fatally ... |
277cdaf576b2d186cf423a85dfca92862a2b0aa5 | Summarize the following news article. | Popular "Stuff White People Like" blog now a book .
Blog and book have its fans and detractors .
Author says, "It's playing off stereotypes" | [
"(CNN) -- The blog \"Stuff White People Like\" is wildly popular with fans who've embraced the hilarious, satirical sendup of the white middle class that -- according to the list -- have an ongoing love affair with things such as coffee (No. 1), organic food (No. 6), yoga (15) and the Toyota Prius (60). Blogger-tur... |
96617c3972f17395cdc748dfb264ff1994ef19cf | Summarize the following news article. | Condoleezza Rice says Bush's policies will "stand the test of time"
Rice says she's not bothered by criticism; says she's "here to make tough choices"
Secretary of state says historians criticizing Bush "aren't very good historians"
Rice says she plans to write a book about foreign policy . | [
"(CNN) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite President Bush's low approval ratings, people will soon \"start to thank this president for what he's done.\" Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says \"there is no greater honor than to serve this country,\" \"So we can sit here and talk about the lon... |
fa8ef4345125004038109c06b1a3bf30ac006718 | Summarize the following news article. | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for limits on tourism in Antarctica .
U.S. is proposing new limits on the number of landings from tourist vessels .
Clinton addressed Arctic Council and Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting .
Twelve nations signed the Antarctic Treaty in 1959; 47 nations abide by it today . | [
"(CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for tighter controls over tourism and other forms of pollution in Antarctica Monday, arguing for greater global cooperation to help preserve the continent's environmental and scientific research value. The Dry Valley region of Antarctica has seen an increase in vi... |
8f05c204b988bb631c575aceac971244df630b60 | Summarize the following news article. | Clarence Jones: Martin Luther King cured U.S. of addiction to racial segregation .
He says King's work helped make Barack Obama's victory possible .
Jones: Leaders assumed only white Southern presidents could make progress .
He says they never anticipated election of an African-American president . | [
"Editor's note: Clarence B. Jones, author of \"What Would Martin Say?\" is Scholar in Residence at the Stanford University Martin Luther King Jr. Research & Education Institute. He was a lawyer and speechwriter for Dr. King. Clarence Jones says America is indebted to Martin Luther King Jr. for breaking its addictio... |
2345f4ae6ee224bea065cc0ef268a954860510f2 | Summarize the following news article. | Federico Macheda scores stoppage time winner for Manchester United .
The 3-2 win for Red Devils is crucial in context of Premier League season .
Macheda, a product of Lazio's youth programme, is just 17 years old .
"This is the best day of my life," Macheda said after the victory . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Deep into injury time in one of Manchester United's most important games of the English Premier League season a 17-year-old Italian on debut hit a stunning winner and lifted himself to instant stardom. Man of the moment: Seventeen-year-old Federico Macheda is now a legend at Manchester Uni... |
58f6a7c436c5ef9760014630a0671bba6897e95d | Summarize the following news article. | Abraham Lincoln of Washington state is a 23-year-old paralegal .
Nation's 16th president was a distant ancestor .
Abraham's mother says she knew it was the perfect name .
Modern-day Abraham Lincoln hopes for career in public service or politics . | [
"EVERETT, Washington (CNN) -- Meet Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln with his parents, Dean and Kryssia Lincoln, at their home in Everett, Washington. Abraham, 23, may not look like America's 16th president, but he is a distant relative -- and he uses \"mrprez16\" in his e-mail address. \"I've always joked [that] De... |
cf47e12f21467d004a46b744115314ad8f915248 | Summarize the following news article. | Julian E. Zelizer: The Obama presidency resembles that of Lyndon B. Johnson .
Zelizer says both aimed high and worked skillfully with congressional leaders .
A president can shape legislation without dictating the details, professor says .
Zelizer: Obama has gotten big results from Congress by keeping leaders on his si... | [
"Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. His new book, \"Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security -- From World War II to the War on Terrorism,\" will be published this fall by Basic Books. Zelizer writes widely on... |
2dfdcae5329624556ee722563ae69ae63dacbcbe | Summarize the following news article. | Robert Pires believes Villarreal can upset Arsenal's Champions League dream .
Pires' final game for Arsenal came in 2006 Champions final loss to Barcelona .
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie misses the trip to Spain with a groin injury . | [
"(CNN) -- Robert Pires is confident Villarreal -- nickname 'the Yellow Submarine' -- can torpedo the Champions League dreams of former club Arsenal in Tuesday's quarterfinal first leg clash in Spain. Robert Pires made his final apearance for Arsenal in the 2006 Champions League final defeat against Barcelona. \"We ... |
733e66bb63927f78091b5877fc6a9c589d45268c | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: U.S. Secretary of State Clinton says U.S. has no plans to shoot rocket down .
N. Korea positions what analyst is believes is long-range missile for launch .
Taepodong 2 rocket could launch either a warhead or a satellite .
North Koreans have said they intend to launch a communications satellite . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- North Korea has positioned what is thought to be a long-range missile on its launch pad, a U.S. counter-proliferation official said on Wednesday. A North Korean soldier stands guard in the border village of Panmunjom on December 1, 2004 in South Korea. The official confirmed a Japanese media re... |
ecfebf767f211d75f76bb755bd146d1dc5156637 | Summarize the following news article. | Michael Lamar strikes an Obama-like figure in ads for a bank in Turkey .
Lamar worked for JP Morgan Chase for 18 years before being laid off .
President Obama will be in Turkey soon on presidential visit .
U.S. approval ratings in turkey have plunged in recent years . | [
"ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Regular programming has just been interrupted by a news conference. A slender black man in a suit steps up to a podium, flanked by American flags and a White House logo. Michael Lamar was laid off in January but has a new job as a Barack Obama look-alike. \"I wish I could announce such an... |
dd445f03d1e413cd1e9417c857fef4c2553d8010 | Summarize the following news article. | Norwegian Tony Andre Hansen is stripped of his Olympic showjumping gold .
Hansen's horse horse tested positive for banned substance at Beijing Games .
The fourth-placed Switzerland team have now been promoted to third position . | [
"(CNN) -- Norwegian Tony Andre Hansen has been stripped of his Olympic showjumping bronze medal -- and banned for our-and-a-half months by the International Equestrian Federation -- after his horse tested positive for a banned substance at the Beijing Games. Hansen was Norway's highest-scoring rider as the nation f... |
44f0c8c7c19b94858959a3b95f8490b5f3345705 | Summarize the following news article. | President Obama has promised to sign Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act .
Act would alter time limit for pay-discrimination suits, makes them easier to file .
Limit would be based on date of most recent unfair paycheck, not the first .
Act named for woman whose discrimination victory was overturned in 2007 . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would make suing for pay discrimination easier by altering a time limit on such suits. The act is named for Lilly Ledbetter, seen here in 2008. Her discrimination lawsuit victory was overturned in 2007. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act... |
0fce8167ab54100aa39029fd96d49bbd2ff62982 | Summarize the following news article. | Thomas Murray: The case of the birth of octuplets in California raises questions .
He says doctors typically cater to the wishes of their patients, the parents .
In IVF cases, the doctors also have responsibility for children's welfare, he says .
He says doctors shouldn't use a loophole to evade their responsibility . | [
"Editor's note: Dr. Thomas H. Murray is chief executive of The Hastings Center, a nonprofit research institute on bioethics in Garrison, New York. Murray was formerly director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Case Western Reserve University and president of the Society for Health and Human Values. Thomas Murr... |
a1706a9e4b39e4233e70b396cb6855db06651e14 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Police imply person or persons involved in Sandra Cantu's death from area .
Police plan to church near mobile park home where Sandra's family lived .
Sandra was found in suitcase in a dairy-farm pond near her California home .
Sandra had been missing since March 27 from her home in Tracy, California . | [
"(CNN) -- Police said they are pursuing leads in the death of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, whose body was found Monday stuffed into a suitcase in a dairy-farm pond near her Tracy, California, home. Sandra Cantu, 8, disappeared March 27. Her body was found at a dairy-farm pond near her Calilfornia home. \"We are headin... |
ce2b3c2ff6e2ba93ea4d490c0573e8f03012b957 | Summarize the following news article. | 2 ex-federal officials say U.S. electrical grid, other infrastructure targeted .
Homeland Security doesn't confirm a breach, says no damage caused by one .
Expert says this kind of code could be difficult to detect . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Computer hackers have embedded software in the United States' electricity grid and other infrastructure that could potentially disrupt service or damage equipment, two former federal officials told CNN. The ex-officials say code also has been found in computer systems of oil and gas distributor... |
cc1ce0035a99e495a7c4d0395a09376ff9cf0afe | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: FBI identifies pilot as Adam Leon of Turkey, who is now a Canadian citizen .
NEW: Pilot, formerly known as Yavuz Berke, captured after landing plane, fleeing .
Cessna aircraft was reported stolen from Canadian flight school .
F-16 fighter jets intercepted plane, but pilot didn't respond . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The pilot of a small Cessna 172 aircraft reported stolen from a Canadian flight school has been captured, authorities said. The pilot was flying a plane similar to this one -- a Cessna 172 -- before he landed in Missouri. The pilot reportedly stole a small Cessna 172 aircraft from a Canadian fl... |
899df0fd859b4c43b75d25482bcd471d93911b0c | Summarize the following news article. | Megan Joy dropped from "American Idol" on Wednesday night .
She had dismissed judge Simon Cowell's criticism; Cowell dismissed her .
Joy says "Idol" has opened up new worlds for her . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- It's no secret that \"American Idol\" judge Simon Cowell often shows no mercy toward aspiring singers. Quirky, tattooed contestant Megan Joy Corkrey discovered that Wednesday night during the elimination round on the popular singing competition. Megan Joy said she and Simon Cowell ... |
021ea5c8d96f0466c810ec304059095437886dab | Summarize the following news article. | Fargo spokeswoman says city has goal of filling 1 million more sandbags .
"I don't think people are as worried" as they were in late March, she says .
National Weather Service issued flood warning due to precipitation forecast . | [
"(CNN) -- In anticipation of more flooding next week, residents of Fargo, North Dakota, began stacking sandbags Wednesday for the second time in just over two weeks along the banks of the Red River. A trucker relaxes April 1 on sandbag pallets in Fargo, North Dakota, which is preparing for more flooding. They hope... |
888365079140455f4a27131b91c2ae7b2baed766 | Summarize the following news article. | Liberty Foundation begins tour of World War II-era B-17 in Atlanta this weekend .
"Our role is to fly this aircraft as a flying museum," foundation volunteer says .
Public gets chance to meet airmen, fly 30-minute missions on Liberty Belle . | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Wendell Lawing's eyes light up as the 88-year-old man talks about his last flight in a B-17 bomber. Wendell Lawing, 88, recently flew on a B-17 for the first time since World War II. \"We were going to Berlin, and we were flying around 20,000 feet. Suddenly, Me 109s headed out of the clou... |
c69110c2fd220bff1e1b4c5aba310422a0e48bb4 | Summarize the following news article. | Cuba's homegrown rap scene is known for its socially conscious lyrics .
Rap groups "Doble Filo" and "Los Aldeanos" speak out about life in Cuba .
They say hip hop lets them talk about issues ordinary Cubans cannot . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Hip hop is one U.S. commodity that has made it past the trade embargo to Cuba. Cuban rap duo \"Doble Filo\" say hip hop allows them to embrace social issues. Cuba has developed a homegrown rap movement, inspired by the sounds and fashions of U.S. hip hop. But what makes Cuban rappers diffe... |
c75537f6bc16f4932453256c03930b993daa16cb | Summarize the following news article. | Martin Schur, 93, froze to death in his home last month; leaves estate to hospital .
Attorney won't disclose amount; relative says it's likely in excess of $500,000 .
"Hopefully his death is not in vain and we can learn from this," nephew says .
The death has prompted a state investigation into the manner in which he d... | [
"(CNN) -- A 93-year-old World War II medic who froze to death last month in his Bay City, Michigan, home left his entire estate to a local hospital, an estate attorney told CNN Wednesday. Martin Schur poses with his wife, Marian, in 1976. Local and state officials agree that Schur's death was avoidable. The attorne... |
63801a4c2b2de965bf534cb382c530edf9d7c518 | Summarize the following news article. | Student Ty'Sheoma Bethea joins Michelle Obama for president's speech .
Bethea wrote a letter to lawmakers appealing for help rebuilding her school .
President Obama has referenced school as example of needy infrastructure project .
South Carolina's poorly maintained schools have been a recurring issue . | [
"(CNN) -- Her school has become a symbol of the kind of crumbling infrastructure that President Obama hopes his stimulus bill will improve. South Carolina student Ty'Sheoma Bethea was invited to the speech after she wrote a letter to lawmakers. But on Tuesday, Ty'Sheoma Bethea became the face of the issue, when she... |
023fac38fb00b209162b0cbd4bf7c2d9f0430620 | Summarize the following news article. | Solar-panel company has high interest in stimulus bill .
Creation of "green" energy jobs is among hallmarks of stimulus bill .
AVA Solar of Colorado says it needs seed money to expand, hire more employees .
Obtaining customers in the United States is a priority for the company . | [
"LONGMONT, Colorado (CNN) -- A Colorado solar-energy company has high hopes for the economic stimulus bill that President Barack Obama will sign Tuesday in Denver. AVA Solar CEO Pascal Noronha holds one of the solar panels his company produces. Obama touts that the stimulus bill will help create up to a half a mill... |
89962faad9e856aeabc1a402d80544ba962d55e6 | Summarize the following news article. | Marisella Molinar, a secretary, was killed nearly a mile from her U.S. home .
Husband: "She wasn't involved, she didn't have anything to do with this!"
More than 1,600 deaths in Juarez last year, 400 already this year .
Cartels have killed cops, forced police chief to resign, threatened public officials . | [
"JUAREZ, Mexico (CNN) -- Jose Molinar knew something wasn't right. He hadn't heard from his wife for a few hours, which was not sitting well with him. Marisella Molinar was killed while driving her boss, a target of cartels, across the border into El Paso, Texas. Marisella Molinar worked as a secretary for a top pr... |
2009042c49da8b92c1a40f29cb9ff483d13c7ccd | Summarize the following news article. | Noe Ramirez Mandujano arrested, suspected of taking $450,000 a month in bribes .
About 30 officials arrested in massive operation investigating collusion with cartels .
Report: 4,300 dead this year in war between authorities and narcotics traffickers .
Drug cartels pay some officials bribes of $150,000 to $450,000 a mo... | [
"MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities have detained the country's former drug czar on suspicion that he may have accepted $450,000 a month in bribes from drug traffickers, Mexico's attorney general said Friday. Noe Ramirez Mandujano was in charge from 2006 through August of fighting organized crime in ... |
142d81f46c852980162ca3cb93c37e3b8f34f04c | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Two Boeing employees -- among four on flight -- were killed, company says .
NEW: Their identities have not been released .
63 people remained in the hospital, six in critical condition, mayor says .
Plane crashed near Amsterdam's main airport, splitting into three parts . | [
"AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (CNN) -- The nationalities of the people killed in the Turkish Airlines plane crash near Amsterdam's main airport have been identified as five Turks and four U.S. citizens. Masked investigators work at the crash site Thursday. Among the dead were two Boeing employees, among four onboard the ... |
d05e99a62f7629764fc0122bb798b4d91f6c7077 | Summarize the following news article. | Hundreds of thousands of job seekers are applying for FBI positions .
Average starting salary at the FBI is about $35,000 per year .
FBI no longer has same level of competition from private sector .
FBI has openings for agents, but also for those in various support roles . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- With thousands of Americans looking for jobs, many businesses are saying: Sorry, we're not hiring. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is sending out another message: Come right this way. Donna Gill Lumpkin is one of more than 270,000 people to apply for about 2,950 jobs at the FBI. After years... |
d587168f3e9152154a97822c37c72dbeecf760ba | Summarize the following news article. | White House says Web message shows bin Laden's isolation .
Message says global economic crisis is reducing U.S. power in the world .
Audio message posted on radical Islamist Web urges jihad in Gaza's defense .
Speaker's voice was similar to recordings that bin Laden has made in the past . | [
"(CNN) -- Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has apparently released a new audio message calling for a jihad, or holy war, against Israel for its Gaza campaign. Osama bin Laden, in an undated photo, apparently taped a message calling for jihad against Israel. The 22-minute message contains \"an invitation\" from bin L... |
3a8a6d9b9cfa2e53e3916d723488226d7dc8b28c | Summarize the following news article. | Barack Obama merchandise is a big hit among new president's supporters .
T-shirts, earrings, champagne and cookies are popular items .
Obama face masks and Spiderman comic featuring Obama fly off shelves . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- The global economy is in the doldrums but the market for merchandise featuring the world's new mega-star shows no sign of tailing off. Obama T-shirts and merchandise are flying off the shelves at the moment. At the inauguration ceremony for U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Tues... |
edfd5023aaca8b6570286cfb31b2e61d9d3d8476 | Summarize the following news article. | New book about publisher is "Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream"
Now 82, publisher-playboy says he still has no plans to "grow up"
"You know, we remain essentially a puritan people," Hefner says .
Hefner's latest girlfriends are a pair of 19-year-old twins . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hugh Hefner founded Playboy magazine 55 years ago and turned the adult-oriented publication into a multimillion-dollar empire. CNN anchor John Roberts recently sat down with Hefner, now 82, and talked about Steven Watts' new book, \"Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream.\" Hugh Hefner, ... |
57fe1401e97cda271a7c61eb5f99a3490ccc8d6b | Summarize the following news article. | Two new Arab investors look to buy Liverpool and Chelsea .
They're the latest businessmen to look at buying a Premier League club .
The region has pumped millions of dollars into the game in recent years .
UEFA boss Platini is wary of foreign owners. What do you think? Have your say . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Mega-rich Middle Eastern investors are the latest wave of businessmen being linked with some of the biggest clubs in English soccer. Sulaiman Al Fahim eyes Chelsea, while Liverpool's fans also see a change of ownership looming. They follow an influx of 'foreign' owners led by Russian billi... |
d43fb2b8f2a2c85e4cce3e32c94cf81aeba8c9be | Summarize the following news article. | Couple won auction to clone family dog, biotech company says .
Lancey is world's first commercially cloned dog, company says .
DNA of deceased dog sent to S. Korea, and cloned puppy born November 18 .
Humane Society says it's against commercial cloning of animals . | [
"(CNN) -- Every dog has his day, but Sir Lancelot -- or at least his carbon copy -- has a second one. Edgar and Nina Otto show off 10-week-old Lancey, a clone of \"the most human of any dog we've ever had.\" A Boca Raton, Florida, couple paid a California firm $155,000 to clone their beloved Labrador retriever, who... |
095847ff43bfc2c06e4bac2e12f0336d3628b110 | Summarize the following news article. | Los Angeles police investigating leak of photo of a battered woman .
TMZ Web site says photo is of R&B singer Rihanna .
Rihanna allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, on February 8 .
The two were scheduled to perform at the Grammys . | [
"(CNN) -- Los Angeles police have launched an internal investigation to determine who leaked a picture that appears to show a bruised and battered Rihanna. Rihanna was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, before the Grammys on February 8. The close-up photo -- showing a woman with contusions on ... |
f5aae446dc4aa909082b7292676704a0b5d8af7f | Summarize the following news article. | Documents shed light on Clinton's schedule during affair and resulting scandal .
Papers also document her involvement in policy, specifically health care reform .
More than 11,000 documents cover nearly 2,900 days . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton was in the White House on multiple occasions when her husband had sexual encounters with Monica Lewinsky, according to newly released documents. The National Archives released 11,000 pages of Hillary Clinton's schedule as first lady. The National Archives on Wednesday relea... |
1d4420b379c8e2a6918cd1443cacb28b81165417 | Summarize the following news article. | Harry Nicolaides, 41, was arrested last August over his 2005 book .
The book includes a paragraph about the king and crown prince .
Authorities deemed it a violation of a law that makes it illegal to insult the crown .
Man's lawyer says he was relieved and left for Australia at about midnight . | [
"BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- An Australian author imprisoned last month for insulting the king and crown prince of Thailand was on his way home Saturday after receiving a pardon from the king. Harry Nicolaides behind the bars of a Thai holding cell. Harry Nicolaides, 41, was arrested last August over his 2005 book t... |
bc928cf8714e0a3f2d0d3774e76dae64ef84c203 | Summarize the following news article. | EW: Singer achieves hooky dance-pop greatness .
Robyn had early success in the 1990s with hits such as "Show Me Love"
Her look and style has been compared to singer Pink . | [
"(Entertainment Weekly) -- If there were any justice, the divas who've been trading off the No. 1 slot -- Mariah, Madonna, and newcomer Leona Lewis -- would also be slugging it out with a platinum-blond dark horse from Scandinavia. Swedish singer Robyn performs in London on April 19. Enter Sweden's Robyn, who arriv... |
e48522648be20bb709bff82ff7e042e2499c8a8b | Summarize the following news article. | The Marines' Toys for Tots program has distributed donated toys for 60 years .
Bad economy has resulted in more requests for toys and fewer donations .
Marines will fall short of 16.6 million toys distributed last year .
In Atlanta and San Francisco areas, donations down 30 percent . | [
"(CNN) -- The Marines have been making children's Christmas dreams come true for nearly 60 years, but the corps may be seeing fewer smiles this year. Volunteer Betty Whelan sorts donated toys in a Toys for Tots center in Boston, Massachusetts. With demand up due to the poor economy and toy donations down, Toys for ... |
86d3cf2c66e22123687e239e5b2734f54ef14268 | Summarize the following news article. | Shoe with what appears to be human foot found on riverbank, Canadian police say .
If it is a human foot, it would be the sixth found in British Columbia since 2007 .
All of the separated feet were found washed ashore in running shoes .
Authorities investigating multiple possibilities, including foul play and a plane cr... | [
"(CNN) -- What appears to be a separated human foot inside a shoe -- possibly the sixth discovered in Canada's British Columbia in the past 15 months -- has been found on a riverbank, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Wednesday. Some of the feet found this year washed up on Westham Island, south of Vancouver, Brit... |
f90e6e64c3862a562b81057b898fd24fc362cf4a | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Ruth Madoff made withdrawals in November and December .
Money taken from Massachusetts company "intertwined" with New York company .
Madoff faces one charge of securities fraud and could face up to 20 years in prison . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- The wife of accused swindler Bernard Madoff pulled $15.5 million out of a Madoff-related brokerage firm in Massachusetts in the weeks before his arrest, authorities there disclosed Wednesday. Bernard Madoff is under 24-hour house arrest in his Upper East Side luxury apartment. The withdrawals by... |
6374622dc8d44ade1b2d395288d6b587eba595d4 | Summarize the following news article. | Photographer Peter Turnley covered President Barack Obama's inauguration .
He traveled by bus with 40 African-Americans from Brooklyn, New York .
Moment was like no other "in terms of its historic magnitude," Turnley says . | [
"Editor's Note: For more than two decades, world-renowned photojournalist Peter Turnley has covered nearly every significant news event and world conflict in Bosnia, Rwanda, Chechnya, Haiti, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Iraq. His photographs have graced the covers of Newsweek, National Geographic, Le Monde, L... |
b6331b978d2bb29c403341084ed7d8955d95be71 | Summarize the following news article. | Psychologist Dr. Josh Klapow gives tips for couples on decision-making .
Be specific about what you want, Dr. Klapow says .
Klapow: Stay on track while you are discussing your goals .
Collective decisions require a compromise, Dr. Klapow says . | [
"(OPRAH.com) -- Decision-making can be challenging for anyone, but when a couple needs to make a collective decision, the challenge becomes greater, psychologist Dr. Josh Klapow says. Remind your partner that you are a team and collaboration is needed when facing differing opinions. The key is to recognize that the... |
c3be141cb44a6e8eba17aa24ce8447f36e32619f | Summarize the following news article. | Family of Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers consents to coverage of his casket's return .
Body of Myers brought to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Sunday night .
This is first time that media coverage has been allowed since ban in 1991 .
In February, President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates overturned policy . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- For the first time since media coverage was banned in 1991, the return of the body of a fallen member of the U.S. armed forces was opened to news outlets late Sunday. A transport plane carries caskets of U.S. servicemen in this photo the Pentagon released in 2005. The U.S. Air Force informed me... |
fb8417237edc7481db45286494d1561ab308de29 | Summarize the following news article. | 32,000-tonne Malaspina Castle was taken early on Monday .
Crew of 24, from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia and the Philippines .
EU's maritime security center believes crew is safe .
Attack took place despite increased international naval patrols in Gulf of Aden . | [
"(CNN) -- A British-owned cargo ship on Monday became the latest vessel to be seized by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. International naval patrols have been stepped up in the Gulf of Aden following increased pirate attacks. The 32,000-tonne Malaspina Castle was taken early on Monday and was believed to be head... |
b569afa19f98e60543ffdbe6b6e47f65565844d1 | Summarize the following news article. | Researchers uncover evidence of Malaysian iron industry dating to 3rd Century .
Proves ancient civilizations in Southeast Asia more advanced than thought .
Discovery was made after a month of excavation at Lembah Bujang . | [
"(CNN) -- Researchers with a Malaysian university said they have uncovered evidence of an iron industry that dates to the 3rd Century, A.D., and proves that ancient civilizations in Southeast Asia were more advanced than once thought. The archaeologists from the Universiti Sains Malaysia found the remains of an iro... |
960ee66a90b153dfae33ac7e7397f2aaa0bc4dfd | Summarize the following news article. | Eric Kelly, Stephen Mayhle and Paul Sciullo III were shot to death on Saturday .
They were responding to 911 call about an argument at a Pittsburgh home .
Suspect Richard Poplawski is in custody; his whereabouts unclear on Monday .
Mayor describes plans for procession for fallen officers, lying in repose . | [
"(CNN) -- Three police officers -- shot to death after responding to a domestic argument call -- will lie in repose at Pittsburgh's city-county building later this week, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl told reporters Monday. A statue at Pittsburgh's police memorial is decorated with a bouquet after the deaths of t... |
ffe7ffa24182279146f74e352ac8a1f04f201610 | Summarize the following news article. | Writer Walter Mosley is best known for his Easy Rawlins mystery series .
His new book, "The Long Fall," introduces the character of Leonid McGill .
Unlike past books, the new novel is set in modern-day New York .
Mosley says he enjoyed first time writing a "hard-boiled detective" novel . | [
"(CNN) -- Fans of the character Easy Rawlins don't want to hear it, but author Walter Mosley says he has officially moved on. Author Walter Mosley found fame with his Easy Rawlins mysteries and has debuted a new series. The prolific writer seemingly wrapped up his beloved series -- which spawned the 1995 film \"Dev... |
b214f49060baaf032ad14c2f9f24407254040f6a | Summarize the following news article. | Paying ransom encourages more kidnappings for money, Juan Carlos Zarate says .
Standoff in high seas difficult because "we have limited levers to play," he says .
Attempts to free American captain off Somalia "going to take a while," he says .
"The good guys will win... but it's difficult," former Bush security adviser... | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Despite a hardline U.S. policy, there is no reason why federal officials can't negotiate directly with pirates who are holding a U.S. captain hostage off Somalia, a counterterrorism expert said Thursday. Pirates have been plaguing commercial shipping vessels in the waters off the coast of east ... |
99f2dedae35b2606a1f48a08cdc624dd84fb3a5b | Summarize the following news article. | Adenhart, 22, pitched six scoreless innings in Wednesday's game .
Three people killed in crash early Thursday in Fullerton, California .
One man arrested, will face charges in wreck, police say . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was among three people killed in a crash in Fullerton, California, early Thursday, according to the team and a hospital spokesman. Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed Thursday, hours after his fourth MLB start. Adenhart, 22,... |
f752684b4f024594c6f885d95fecc3927507a4c9 | Summarize the following news article. | Research: 18.4 percent of 4-year-olds in the United States are obese.
Native Americans, Hispanics, blacks at most risk; whites and Asians at lowest risk .
Socioeconomic and lifestyle factors play a role in likelihood for obesity . | [
"(CNN) -- Nearly one-fifth of American 4-year-olds are obese, and children of color are at higher risk, according to new research. Obese children are at risk for early onset of diabetes, fatty liver and musculoskeletal problems. Researchers calculated the body mass index from a sample of 8,550 Hispanic, black, whit... |
e6b25fcddf4b2d7f882c91c8588c2bf8ee7c6fc2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Backup heading to scene of standoff, Gen. David Petraeus says .
Maersk Alabama leaves scene with armed detail as negotiations for captain continue .
FBI assists in negotiations with pirates holding Capt. Richard Phillips in lifeboat .
U.S. Navy warned that pirates increasing range of operations . | [
"NORFOLK, Virginia (CNN) -- Negotiators aboard a U.S. Navy warship are trying to secure the release of an American freighter captain who is being held by pirates on a lifeboat off the coast of Somalia, according to Maersk Line Ltd. Capt. Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama is being held by pirates on a lifeboat ... |
d61de590315d686ef1c43f12f478116264431aa9 | Summarize the following news article. | Military will train an elite group of troops with versatile new rifles .
Mark 16, Mark 17 rifles designed for their unique and dangerous missions .
Usually secretive Special Operation Command gave CNN an exclusive look .
The new rifles are designed to handle the greater rate of use and last twice as long . | [
"MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida (CNN) -- No piece of equipment is more crucial to a soldier in the field than his rifle. And America's most elite troops are about to get a new series of rifles designed for their unique and dangerous missions. CNN was given an exclusive look at two new rifles for an elite group of ... |
02513f615bdb7eed39e407edda28dc7e88d1c8e3 | Summarize the following news article. | José Miguel Vivanco: Peruvian court verdict in Fujimori case sends strong message .
Fujimori was convicted for allowing death squads to murder innocents .
Since Pinochet case, Vivanco says, courts have been holding leaders accountable .
Vivanco: Leaders who deny human rights may suffer for it years later . | [
"Editor's note: José Miguel Vivanco is executive director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch, a nonprofit organization that seeks to protect people's rights. A lawyer from Chile, he was educated there, in Spain and at Harvard Law School. José Miguel Vivanco says conviction of Peru's ex-president is a wa... |
82b0e2f94c6c12c92bb9c4bead648fca5c747bbf | Summarize the following news article. | Three rebels in Sierra Leone sentenced for crimes against humanity .
U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone found the men guilty in February .
Men convicted of crimes such as murder, rape, sexual slavery, forced marriages .
Charges stem from civil war that lasted from March 1991 to January 2002 . | [
"(CNN) -- Three former guerrilla leaders -- who helped command what one activist called \"one of the most brutal rebel movements in modern days\" -- were sentenced Wednesday in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for crimes against humanity. Amputee victims of Sierra Leone's civil war take part in football training at a beach ... |
9bc6734ed55d75382fbbd6fafec91b16c313ef23 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Police search church near mobile park home where Sandra Cantu lived .
Police would not say what evidence led to search of church .
Cantu was found in suitcase in a pond near her California home .
Cantu had been missing since March 27 . | [
"(CNN) -- Authorities searched a church near where an 8-year-old California girl was found dead Monday in the hopes of finding clues that would lead to her killer. Mourners leave condolences for Sandra Cantu, who was found dead on April 6 in Tracy, California. The body of Sandra Cantu of Tracy, California, was fou... |
ab7b0a046836c640dcb1d270abedc8eb92da3d25 | Summarize the following news article. | Greenbird, driven by Richard Jenkins, claims the land sailing speed record .
The land yacht reaches 202 km/hour (126.1 miles/hour) on a dry lake in California .
Makers describe craft as "part airplane, part sailboat and part Formula One car"
Jenkins is now aiming to better the speed in Montana in his ice-sailing craft ... | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British man who has just claimed the world land sailing speed record is now planning to better his speed -- on ice. Greenbird, driven by Briton Richard Jenkins has claimed the land sailing speed record . Using just wind power, Richard Jenkins drove his vehicle, the Greenbird, to 202 km/h... |
43ffa238a41ea4409fae77dc00373918ea7873dd | Summarize the following news article. | Obama: World's fate no longer decided by Roosevelt and Churchill sitting over brandy .
Europeans respond favorably to president's message that it's a new era .
Obama meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; relations start to thaw .
Lots of heavy lifting to be done to make lofty goals reality, CNN's Ed Henry cautions . | [
"Editor's note: CNN's Ed Henry traveled with Barack Obama to Europe on the his first overseas trip as president. President Obama speaks during a news conference after the G-20 summit in London, England, on April 2. ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- One of the most revealing moments of President Obama's European tour came ... |
4d6ad7b3de18a9f5cddac3a601ff9a2160134dac | Summarize the following news article. | Clash over Obama's budget centers on America's future, and past .
Reagan aides say Obama forgets lessons of Reaganomics .
Author says Reagan raised taxes and increased size of government .
LBJ's senior aide says Johnson's Great Society was a success . | [
"(CNN) -- \"Who controls the past controls the future.\" President Reagan's former aides say Obama's budget repudiates Reaganomics. It's a line from George Orwell's novel \"1984.\" But it could also serve as the rallying cry for two groups battling over President Obama's ambitious domestic agenda -- and the legacy ... |
bcb6d3b92f0a711247b8ae3f55651cad47d251c9 | Summarize the following news article. | Authorities defend police response; two funerals held Sunday .
Guns found at scene registered to suspected shooter, authorities say .
Suspect was taking English classes, also upset at losing job, police say .
Gunman kills 13 people, then self at Binghamton, New York, immigration center . | [
"BINGHAMTON, New York (CNN) -- Authorities defended the timeliness of police response to Friday's massacre at an upstate New York immigration services center as funerals were set to begin Sunday for two of the 13 slain. Jiverly Wong, 41, has been identified by police as the gunman in the Binghamton, New York, rampa... |
241bc2e13224f8ad79cd58d09ac23ab6fd2f45e1 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Black Caucus Chairwoman responds to GOP criticism on Thursday .
Members of the CBC recently visited Cuba, met with Fidel and Raul Castro .
GOP reps blast trip, citing Havana's "myriad gross human rights violations"
N.J. congressman: Travel, trade restrictions should continue until Cuba reforms . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A pair of Republican congressmen ripped Congressional Black Caucus members for ignoring Cuba's \"myriad gross human rights abuses\" Thursday, saying this week's caucus trip to the island nation ignored the plight of political prisoners under the Castro regime. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, bl... |
e2916a3e3101e7fa16f479b14ea6d846c61ed3ee | Summarize the following news article. | Members of Congressional Black Caucus met with Cuba's Castro brothers .
Lawmaker says "it's time to talk with Cuba" and ease travel, trade restrictions .
President Obama has said he is in favor of changing the relationship with Cuba .
But some members of Congress are against relations opening . | [
"(CNN) -- \"It's time to talk to Cuba.\" Fidel Castro is not in power, but he's still a big part of Cuba. He welcomed the U.S. delegation. That frank assessment from Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, has resonated loud and clear from the island of Cuba -- 90 miles from the southernmost point of Florida -- to the hall... |
b3995561405141185ab01e410eb751318324e97a | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Maersk Alabama eluded pirates for more than three hours .
Crew says hijacker released in hopes of freeing captain, but hijackers reneged .
4 hijackers boarded Maersk Alabama off coast of Africa .
Crew member details story in quick phone calls to wife, father in U.S. | [
"BUZZARDS BAY, Massachusetts (CNN) -- A crew member aboard a freighter seized by pirates off east Africa said Wednesday that the crew had captured one of four pirates who hijacked their vessel, but they released him in a failed hostage trade. Shane Murphy is one of the crew members on board the U.S. ship that was... |
47588b2c1a4142c5d01d405b58ef63fd2a013ad7 | Summarize the following news article. | The P-I abandons print format in transformation to online-only news outlet .
News comes two months after Hearst Corp. said it would sell the paper or close it .
Staff of 20 to 25 will remain at seattlepi.com; more than 140 others lose jobs .
One Seattleite doesn't read papers: "I get to work and pull up my Google news" | [
"SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) -- Reporters, editors and photographers at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer prepared their final contributions to the paper, toasted one another with shots of Wild Turkey and packed up their desks in an \"eerily clean\" newsroom as the final edition of the paper went to the presses Monday n... |
b98cf71c2e8de12acd04b94f089b69838b5f498d | Summarize the following news article. | Three-year study of 13-16 year olds playing online game Runescape .
Virtual environments are important new leisure spaces for young people .
Online games give leaders the freedom to fail and to experiment . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- It is news that will be greeted with despair and joy in equal measure in family homes across the globe -- Computer games might be good for children. According to scientists at Brunel University in West London, \"young people can experience huge benefits from participating in multi player o... |
97795922bcd3739b9e8b18ad14d28ee79e729431 | Summarize the following news article. | Japan announces ¥15 trillion ($150 billion) in extra spending Friday .
The stimulus plan is meant to keep Japan's economy from cracking open .
¥1.9 trillion allocated for unemployment benefits and the promotion of job-sharing . | [
"TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso announced a historic ¥15 trillion ($150 billion) stimulus package Friday aimed to turn around the recession in the world's second largest economy. Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso has announced a $150 billion stimulus package. Steeped in a recession, with a surg... |
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