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c4db879a2c8f93fca652e12c5daf379855eb2e83 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Doc Watson is in critical condition and resting after a follow-up procedure, his rep says .
Watson, 89, is recovering from colon surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center .
Born in Deep Gap, North Carolina, Watson was blinded from an eye infection as a baby .
The multiple Grammy winner is known for his flatpic... | [
"(CNN) -- Bluegrass music legend Doc Watson, a Grammy winner known for his flatpicking and fingerstyle technique on the guitar, remained in critical condition at a hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, his representative said Saturday. Watson, 89, had colon surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, accord... |
6de87214ce4d595ebabed1a8e7125e7681c8a20c | Summarize the following news article. | Facebook confirms it's testing changes to Timeline .
Changes including user's profile info appearing on cover photo .
Screenshots of the design were posted on Talking Points Memo . | [
"(Mashable) -- Facebook is testing a series of cosmetic changes to the top of users' Timelines, the company has confirmed. Screenshots of the new design were posted on Talking Points Memo Tuesday morning. The images show a condensed version of Timeline, in which a user's details (name, occupation, education, locati... |
6b063ae87b0434a7774e67a0f77802df89685db0 | Summarize the following news article. | The Galaxy Nexus was born from a collaboration between Google and Samsung .
It's the first phone with the latest version of Android, called Ice Cream Sandwich .
The U.S. version for Verizon Wireless does not work with Google Wallet . | [
"(CNN) -- The Galaxy Nexus, a smartphone that arrived in Verizon Wireless stores on Thursday, is huge -- and not just because of its unusually large size. The new Android phone, which has been available in Britain for weeks, is the first to run Android 4.0, the latest version of the popular mobile operating system ... |
d1aed4e2a245f1c2090311ea5a8be130cff75e72 | Summarize the following news article. | Jose Mourinho extends his contract at Real Madrid until end of 2015-16 season .
Portuguese coach led Spanish club to La Liga title for the 32nd time .
He had been linked with a possible return to England's Premier League .
Real ended Barcelona's three-year Spanish reign in record-setting season . | [
"(CNN) -- Not long ago it seemed like Jose Mourinho might be parting company with Real Madrid, but now the \"Special One\" has committed to the newly-crowned Spanish champions until mid-2016. The club announced on Tuesday that the Portuguese coach had agreed terms on a new deal, having moved to the Santiago Bernabe... |
295e9403ceb5b6b3d69f55bd4ea937d0c699e44d | Summarize the following news article. | Nasdaq OMX's chief executive admitted he was "embarrassed" by the delay in the opening trade .
20-minute delay in Facebook trading had been caused by a millisecond systems blip . | [
"(Financial Times) -- Nasdaq OMX's chief executive admitted he was \"embarrassed\" by the delay in the opening trade of Facebook's initial public offering and revealed that the exchange was in talks with regulators over potentially millions of dollars of customer claims. Bob Greifeld said on Sunday that the 20-minu... |
9dec2693fdb97792860c15445ae2839de22fc602 | Summarize the following news article. | French journalist Romeo Langlois appears in a video broadcast by Telesur .
He was captured last month and is supposed to be released this week .
In the video, he receives medical treatment, talks about his reporting experience .
He's being held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia . | [
"(CNN) -- Sitting on a simple chair, shirtless except for a bandage covering a part of his arm, the man seems relaxed. Almost cool, he smiles at one point and cracks a joke. \"Go ahead, you can ask me questions if you want. It's strange. Normally, I'm the one asking questions. I'm the journalist,\" he says. \"But i... |
0650d43335d9a9bc6d6c3917c0737ed898dbbadc | Summarize the following news article. | Samsung, Apple begins two days of judge-ordered settlement talks in a San Francisco courthouse .
Attempt to find a resolution to their rival patent claims before a full-blown jury trial gets under way . | [
"(Financial Times) -- \"It's very important that Apple not become the developer for the world,\" Tim Cook, Apple chief executive, told analysts last month. \"We need people to invent their own stuff.\" On Monday, he is due to express those same feelings face-to-face with Choi Gee-Sung, chief executive of Samsung --... |
8655a6114977db5566b26bd13bf4562aca7a218e | Summarize the following news article. | The Duck Lake Fire is raging in Michigan's Upper Peninsula .
It has destroyed 34 homes, a hotel, a store and other structures, the state says .
The blaze has burned over 22,000 acres since starting last week . | [
"(CNN) -- A wildfire that has raged for days in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has destroyed 97 structures -- including a motel, a store and 34 homes. The Duck Lake Fire has burned more than 22,000 acres and is still going despite recent rains, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported on its website. The s... |
02a62f4045100d558801373211f5ad410f963340 | Summarize the following news article. | Dominique Strass-Kahn was head of the International Money Fund .
Criminal charges that he assaulted a New York hotel housekeeper were dropped .
But the housekeeper filed a civil suit .
His lawyers argue that he enjoyed diplomatic immunity, and the suit should be dismissed . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Lawyers for former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn urged a judge on Wednesday to dismiss a civil suit brought against him by the New York hotel housekeeper who accused him of assaulting her last year. The case \"must be dismissed,\" asserted lawyer Amit Mehta, because Str... |
bed7c17a7936b473adb2c44da03a0318dfa66826 | Summarize the following news article. | Gloria Estefan is finally making her first appearance in the "Glee" season finale .
She will plays Santana's mother Maribel Lopez .
"She's supportive of her daughter," Estefan told EW . | [
"(EW.com) -- It was last fall when EW originally broke the news that pop superstar Gloria Estefan would be appearing on \"Glee\" as Santana's mother, Maribel Lopez. Now, Estefan is finally making her first appearance in the season finale! Sadly, Gleeks, the singer won't be carrying a tune in the episode, fittingly ... |
8d0b4b404bd1f7cba7e377b84a1e9315230f3af6 | Summarize the following news article. | Canada will investigate midair collision of two small planes .
One plane was owned by an FAA employee and the other by an NTSB employee .
The pilot and passenger of the plane owned by NTSB employee were killed .
The pilot of the other plane is injured . | [
"(CNN) -- The midair collision of two small planes about 50 miles from Washington is under investigation by Canadian officials because one plane was owned by an FAA employee and the other by an NTSB employee, federal officials said Tuesday. On Monday afternoon, a Piper PA-28 registered to a Federal Aviation Adminis... |
5d3d737687ab1fb333707e36a6d32a4c51fb3028 | Summarize the following news article. | FIFA nominates Luis Moreno-Ocampo to lead its anti-corruption unit .
He is best known for war crimes charges against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi .
Allegations of corruption rocked FIFA's governing body last year. | [
"(CNN) -- World soccer's governing body FIFA has nominated the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, to be its lead anti-corruption investigator, FIFA said Tuesday. The Argentinian prosecutor is best known for pursuing war crimes charges against Libya's late Moammar Gadhafi and the pr... |
acfd7f4e1c9a3e53c7dc63b8edcbb1aa6d4a77c3 | Summarize the following news article. | Pedro Hernandez, 51, has been charged with second degree murder .
Etan Patz disappeared in 1979 after walking to a school bus in Lower Manhattan .
Hernandez was teenage stock clerk who left Manhattan for south Jersey in 1979 .
The former stock clerk claims he lured the boy to the store's basement and choked him . | [
"New York (CNN) -- A teenage stock clerk who in 1979 left Manhattan for the solace of his mother's south Jersey home appeared shaken and then fell ill, says a relative of the man now charged in the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz. \"When he moved home, he was really nervous and shaking all the time,\" added the rela... |
e3b10a904a6ea153e43481ed74880da3999ddea5 | Summarize the following news article. | Eldar and Nikki of Azerbaijan win with sweet pop song "Running Scared"
Italy is second, Sweden third in contest viewed by fans across Europe .
Viewer votes and music industry jury combine to determine winner .
Last year's winner, Germany's Lena, came in 10th . | [
"(CNN) -- While several European countries have long had their own versions of \"American Idol,\" the longest running televised pop music competition where fans choose their favorite songs and singers is Europe's Eurovision Song Contest, now in its 56th year. Saturday evening, Azerbaijan won the 2011 running of the... |
89cbae1e0f7540a04fdc70adbe6ca5f82c6ceb66 | Summarize the following news article. | Matt Welch: GOPers sidling up to Ron Paul after years of shunning libertarianism .
He says Bush's policies drove libertarians from the Republican party .
He says Romney may get GOP nod, but Paul votes are way up from 2008 .
Welch: Like it or not, GOP may have to accommodate Paul . | [
"(CNN) -- To get a sense of how Ron Paul is tying the GOP establishment in knots, look no further than Sen. Jim DeMint, the powerful Republican from the site of the next major primary, South Carolina. Until November 2010, DeMint had a clear claim on being the most influential, populist-flavored fiscal conservative ... |
d885c899dd8ad78032b3fde4433b6f37df010632 | Summarize the following news article. | Rosemary Hernandez visited her pastor after her husband's arrest, the pastor says .
She was weeping and confused that Pedro Hernandez was accused of murder .
Police say her husband confessed to killing Etan Patz, 6, in 1979 .
The pastor asks church members to pray for the Patz and Hernandez families . | [
"Moorestown, New Jersey (CNN) -- Rosemary Hernandez was going through hard times, coping with financial woes after recently losing her job at an insurance company, all that coming years after an accident left her husband unable to work. Yet it was something else entirely on her mind when she and her daughter came w... |
018b3cfd79987414646870a077e5116e82fe088c | Summarize the following news article. | Adonis won German Goethe Prize and was described by judges as the "most important Arab poet of our time"
He has been exiled from Syria since 1956 .
Adonis calls for peaceful change in Syria without outside intervention . | [
"London (CNN) -- The Syrian poet, critic and artist Adonis has been described as the greatest living Arab poet. He was the first Arab to win the German Goethe Prize last year at the age of 81, whose judges described him as \"the most important Arab poet of our time,\" and he was one of the favorites to win last yea... |
e96a7c3d1b1d8477a400a6dacb50571960de6fc0 | Summarize the following news article. | Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst fails to get 50% of primary vote .
That forces a runoff with tea party favorite Ted Cruz .
SEC reports put spending in the hotly contended race at $31.6 million . | [
"(CNN) -- A boiling primary battle in Texas headed to a runoff early Wednesday as two Republicans running for U.S. Senate failed to reach the 50% threshold to clinch the GOP nomination. Though Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst led the crowded field of candidates, he narrowly failed to cross the 50% mark required to secure th... |
282434021da12e5fbe2332265e728dddaf8a6626 | Summarize the following news article. | Video shows Planned Parenthood staffer apparently counseling a woman on gender-selective abortion .
"Just continue and try again" if the fetus turns out to be female, the counselor says .
Planned Parenthood says the counselor is no longer working for the organization .
She "did not follow our protocol," says the group'... | [
"(CNN) -- The anti-abortion group Live Action released Tuesday its latest undercover video aimed at discrediting Planned Parenthood. The edited video shows a Planned Parenthood staff member apparently counseling a woman about gender-selective abortion. \"I see that you're saying that you want to terminate if it's a... |
1768b699bec95dd1d8da3f614a493c840cb2fd5e | Summarize the following news article. | Victims of fraud under former cable company Adelphia can now get restitution .
It is called the "largest single distribution to victims" in Justice Department history .
Adelphia's founder was convicted eight years ago for fraud and conspiracy . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Nearly eight years after Adelphia's founder was among those convicted for essentially looting the cable company, fraud victims can now get their share of a record $728 million fund, the top federal prosecutor in New York announced Monday. A news release from the office of Preet Bharara, U.S. atto... |
1e63531eafdb1307021ab3a3beeda4f10e16fe9b | Summarize the following news article. | The mother of a murder suspect is accused of helping him escape jail, a deputy says .
Quincy Stewart, Cortez Rashod Hooper were awaiting trial on murder charges .
They used hacksaw blades to bust out of their cell early Monday, authorities say . | [
"(CNN) -- Arkansas authorities have arrested a woman accused of helping two murder suspects escape jail by sneaking in hacksaw blades. Officials believe that Charlene Stewart, 55, of Texarkana, passed up to four hacksaw blades to her son, Quincy Vernard Stewart, 36, Chief Deputy Duke Schofield of the Miller County ... |
1770d6e2e17d973f9502fc3e87ee181585c28f15 | Summarize the following news article. | Chiranuch Premchaiporn found guilty for allowing comments deemed insulting to Thai monarchy .
Court cut the original one-year sentence because of her "useful" testimony to the court .
Thailand's "lese-majeste" law carries strict penalties for being critical of royal family .
Rights groups believe the law prevents peace... | [
"(CNN) -- A web editor in Thailand has been convicted of hosting posts on a website critical of the country's revered monarchy. Chiranuch Premchaiporn was found guilty for allowing content prohibited under Thailand's controversial \"lese-majeste\" law to stay on Prachatai, an independent online news site, for 20 da... |
9cb40ea571a0dcdd9b2853afc0f69b97384d3a52 | Summarize the following news article. | Investors are preparing to confront the management of UBS on Thursday .
A significant number plan to vote against the Swiss bank's 2011 pay award . | [
"(CNN) -- A significant number of investors are preparing to confront the management of UBS on Thursday by voting against the Swiss bank's 2011 pay award and denying executives formal approval of their actions. The bank's share price dropped 28 per cent last year and it lost $2.25bn in a rogue trade in London that ... |
03ccb0ea0d6f6312385b45e2c79739361fc2d1db | Summarize the following news article. | Officials say Romeo Langlois has been missing since an April 28 rebel attack .
Colombia's president calls on rebels to free the reporter "and simply tell us where he is"
Several statements surface online discussing his capture, purportedly from the rebels .
Reporters Without Borders says it is "cautiously confident tha... | [
"(CNN) -- Colombia's president renewed calls for rebels to release a French journalist \"as soon as possible\" Monday as online statements purportedly from leftist guerrillas provided details about his capture. \"I am very pleased to know that the French journalist is in good condition. Now that the (Revolutionary ... |
2c12c6e1a520cb94892667e6dd0d20f1b4ed727b | Summarize the following news article. | Michael Woodford, the whistleblowing ex-chief executive of Olympus, will seek up to $60M .
The British executive is claiming unfair dismissal and discrimination after he was sacked .
His allegations led to resignations and arrests of top Olympus officials . | [
"(Financial Times) -- Michael Woodford, the whistleblowing ex-chief executive of Olympus, will seek up to $60m of compensation from his former company at an employment tribunal hearing scheduled to start on Monday in east London. The hearing has been postponed until midday, however, which could allow time for the t... |
29a9493f25cf9189fad78b54b59ef039ac003ca3 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Former President Bush and his wife unveil their White House portraits .
NEW: The Obamas thank the Bushes for helping smooth the transition .
NEW: Bush jokes that now Obama can ask: "What would George do?"
Obama has blamed George W. Bush's administration for failed economic policies . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- There were smiles, laughter and tears -- but little politics -- when former Presidents George W. Bush and his father, George H. W. Bush, joined current President Barack Obama at the White House for the unveiling Thursday of the younger Bush's official portrait. An emotional ceremony in the East... |
25e33aa6bbfd3adee57b6da5fe313245790f8b17 | Summarize the following news article. | Douglas Rushkoff : Occupy Wall Street not protest as much as protoype for new way of living .
He says Occupy's camps are hardworking congresses with consensus-building approach .
He says they can beta test ideas on issues such as a complementary currency .
Rushkoff: When we begin to considers Occupy's ideas, we become ... | [
"(CNN) -- The more familiar something looks, the less threatening it seems. This is why images of funny-looking college students marching up Broadway or shirtless boys banging on drums comprise the bulk of the imagery we see of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Stockbrokers look on, police man the barricades and wha... |
a0da8f156e1a0eee9f7e73d62c560c3fede64860 | Summarize the following news article. | Petra Kvitova and Tomas Berdych give Czech Republic victory in Hopman Cup teams event .
Women's No. 2 Kvitova ends the week in Australia unbeaten in four singles matches .
Czech players Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka win first doubles title of WTA Tour season .
Estonia's Kaia Kanepi claims her first title by winn... | [
"(CNN) -- World No. 2 Petra Kvitova continued her perfect start to 2012 by helping the Czech Republic win the Hopman Cup teams event for the second time, beating France 2-0 in Saturday's final. The Wimbledon champion ended the week undefeated after her 7-5 6-1 win over ninth-ranked Marion Bartoli in Perth, Australi... |
d6e65cdd11c9604c550ddd3da027952f0a883065 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Assange will appeal, his legal team says .
In a surprise move, the Supreme Court leaves open a possible avenue of appeal .
Two women in Sweden accuse Assange of sexual assault .
The case is not connected to his work at WikiLeaks . | [
"London (CNN) -- The British Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Julian Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden over sexual abuse allegations, but the judges left open a surprise avenue for the WikiLeaks founder to fight on. Assange will take it, his legal team said, arguing that the judges made their decision... |
5af56f1dd8677ab738d856a3f1c722556d59dde1 | Summarize the following news article. | Panetta plans to brief friends and allies on new defense strategy .
His first stop is Singapore, where he plans to deliver a major policy speech .
He also plans to meet with military leaders from the region . | [
"(CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta departed Thursday for a trip to Asia aimed at updating friends and allies about Washington's new Pacific-oriented defense strategy. It is the secretary's second trip to the region since taking office. He is expected to return late next week. Before boarding the 12-hour ... |
f6bf7223aceda399eb742d1a0c5947fc5df4d9ae | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: The warning system worked well, Indonesia says .
Nearly 230,000 people died in the 2004 tsunami .
Wednesday's quakes were different, CNN meteorologists say .
While warnings and responses have improved, there's still a long way to go in some areas . | [
"(CNN) -- Indonesia's response to a massive earthquake and a tsunami scare Wednesday highlights a critical reality: Warning systems and emergency responses have come a long way since the catastrophe of eight years ago. But there's still work to be done -- not just in Indonesia, but in some other countries throughou... |
5c4715f11fe4eb721b5fb3e83025127dad1ca6f9 | Summarize the following news article. | Memorial Day was a response to unprecedented carnage of the Civil War .
On May 5, 1868, Gen. Logan issued General Orders No. 11, for grave decoration .
President Grant presided over first Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington .
In 2000, Congress established a National Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. | [
"(Mental Floss) -- Memorial Day is more than just a three-day weekend and a chance to get the year's first sunburn. Here's a handy 10-pack of facts to give the holiday some perspective. The gravesite of Capt. Jesse Milton is seen in Arlington National Cemetery. 1. It started with the Civil War . Memorial Day was a ... |
2165fd490b9d14ce0cd3784beb2f4a1d10028a1d | Summarize the following news article. | 75% of the world's poor do not have a bank account, a World Bank report says.
Among the reasons are a lack of money and required documentation to open one and travel distance.
Financial services could boost economic growth and opportunity for the world's poor, says Zoellick. | [
"(CNN) -- Three quarters of the world's poor are living without a bank account, impeded by physical distance from banks and by bureaucratic roadblocks, according to a World Bank report. In a 2011 survey of 150,000 adults in 148 countries, it found that more than 75% of adults earning less than $2 per day are \"unba... |
bffb9d10d3435a94a4d73784beaa054058b27385 | Summarize the following news article. | Samsung's Galaxy S3 phone goes on sale today in 28 countries in Europe and the Middle East .
The Galaxy S3 is not yet available from U.S. carriers, but rumors say it's just a matter of weeks . | [
"(CNN) -- Samsung's new flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S3, today becomes available in 28 countries, including several European markets such as Germany and the UK. The Galaxy S3 is the cream of the crop of Android smartphones, with a 4.8-inch touchscreen, a 8-megapixel rear-facing and 1.9-megapixel forward-... |
8ce477dc02bf5fa72b83acf4f5496251b6f123ea | Summarize the following news article. | Tard Carter is Baltimore outreach worker who helps settle street disputes .
Daniel Webster says programs like "Safe Streets" are effective in cutting gun violence .
Such initiatives, including Chicago's "CeaseFire," complement policing, he says .
Webster: Recent federal cuts will hurt programs' ability to curb street v... | [
"(CNN) -- When most Americans think about heroic efforts that save lives and keep communities safe from gun violence, I suspect they picture someone with a badge, gun or bullet-proof vest who, with similarly equipped colleagues, busts down doors in pursuit of criminal thugs. I salute the fine officers who arrest vi... |
82b1585f415cb7c2fdae036751b58cf26c4db7e3 | Summarize the following news article. | Doc Watson switched gears to adapt to changing musical scene .
1960s put him in front of a new set of audiences .
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band brought him to an even broader audience . | [
"(CNN) -- If the one great book of American popular music is ever written, Doc Watson might not even need his own chapter. He has a solo -- or a harmony part, or a lead vocal, or a single perfect guitar lick -- in all the important chapters of the past 50 years. Watson, who died on Tuesday at age 89, is most closel... |
46652f62abf62659cc4e0b86309d9ae458b8c91e | Summarize the following news article. | Newly reopened American Wing at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York shows American history through art .
Collection includes iconic paintings of American Revolution and American Civil War until beginning of 20th century .
Preoccupation with protecting natural environment and use of European styles reflected in the c... | [
"London (CNN) -- With its early colonial portraits, depictions of grand historical battles, transcendentalist landscapes and intimate, turn-of-the-century paintings of the elite classes, the collection of American art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York ranks as one of the finest in the world. It also fun... |
a76c9f621f7312caa2269d86b33fd2df4ae3d117 | Summarize the following news article. | Quincy Vernard Stewart and Cortez Rashod Hooper are caught in a vacant house .
They are murder suspects who escaped from a jail in Arkansas .
The two men unsuccessfully tried to flee when officers entered the house .
One said, "It was easy getting out. I'll do it again," according to chief deputy . | [
"(CNN) -- Two murder suspects who escaped from an Arkansas jail have been captured in a vacant house just a couple of miles away, Miller County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Duke Schoefield said Friday. Quincy Vernard Stewart, 36, and Cortez Rashod Hooper, 23, escaped from jail Monday and were captured by law officers Thu... |
8ed73c4c4401c74b3d3ce94b5d53e66e159efc61 | Summarize the following news article. | Taylor Kitsch told The Los Angeles Times that he will not be playing Finnick Odair .
Kitsch is already committed to director Peter Berg's Navy SEAL drama "Lone Survivor"
That film will likely be shooting at the same time as "Catching Fire" | [
"(EW.com) -- When the report broke that Taylor Kitsch in the running to play the dashing, love-sick, oft-nearly-naked Finnick Odair in \"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,\" I was dubious. While starring in the sure-to-be-a-hit \"Catching Fire\" would help brighten Kitsch's tarnished star power thanks to the one-two ... |
6e7b9332cd7b65b9fc0a37e4339ff702f91d3145 | Summarize the following news article. | 12 dead, 50 are wounded in fighting in the coastal city of Tripoli, state news reports .
Lebanon's government says it will enforce an agreed-upon cease-fire in the area .
The clash was the latest pitting factions opposed to and supporting Syria's leaders . | [
"(CNN) -- Bloody clashes erupted Saturday between pro- and anti-Syrian regime fighters in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, the deadliest outburst of violence in recent weeks and further indication that Syria's turmoil is spilling across borders. Twelve people were killed and approximately 50 were wounded in the latest... |
551918a9c94c0e7b609383147a35acd8c6e51109 | Summarize the following news article. | The authorities say Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez is connected to 1,500 killings .
Among them is the murder of U.S. consulate employee Lesley Enriquez .
Enriquez and her husband were shot to death after leaving a birthday party in 2010 .
A judge in Texas sentences Acosta, a leader of La Linea, to life in prison . | [
"(CNN) -- A Texas judge sentenced a Mexican drug gang leader to life in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty to murder and weapons charges related to the killing of a U.S. consulate employee and her husband, officials said. Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, 34, also pleaded guilty to racketeering, drug trafficking ... |
bd49476804a56a9b8abe3c4d33a175bbefbcbd07 | Summarize the following news article. | Last week, Chinese workers at Foxconn threatened mass suicide in a labor dispute .
John Cary: Consumers must help workers who make products under tough conditions .
Consumers need to pressure Apple to improve its supply-side standards, he says .
He says this is CEO Tim Cook's moment to fix the labor injustices associat... | [
"(CNN) -- Last week, Apple released its sixth annual supplier responsibility report, which detailed violations made by its suppliers. In the same week, news surfaced that about 150 Chinese workers at a giant manufacturing plant that produces Microsoft's Xbox 360 had threatened mass suicide by throwing themselves of... |
cf2cde253fa3061a67cdd31b4a0eb7c621c6ff0e | Summarize the following news article. | "I was just taking it one word at a time," Snigdha Nandipati says .
The 14-year-old tied for 27th place in last year's spelling bee .
Her victory came moments after her final challenger stumbled over "schwarmerei" | [
"(CNN) -- Snigdha Nandipati, 14, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night by spelling \"guetapens,\" which means an ambush, snare or trap. \"I was just taking it one word at a time,\" the eighth-grader from San Diego told CNN on Friday morning. \"I just wanted to get each word right. I didn't really ... |
3e5a957362b429c7ff9f19b92a3bdd82abbf887f | Summarize the following news article. | The cause of the death of Derek Boogaard has not been determined .
Boogaard was found dead Friday in his Minneapolis apartment .
The 28-year-old hockey player joined the New York Rangers in July . | [
"(CNN) -- The parents of a New York Rangers player found dead in his apartment have decided to donate his brain to Boston University researchers studying the effects of concussion in athletes, a medical examiner's office said Sunday. New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard was found dead Friday in his Minneapolis ... |
d644ceac230e592f4e41eaf08120f63547241a05 | Summarize the following news article. | Some suspect that drug traffickers from Peru ran off an uncontacted tribe .
The area where the Indians live appears untouched, but no one is there .
Federal police made one arrest and are looking for armed men . | [
"(CNN) -- An isolated Indian tribe in Brazil seemingly has vanished like a morning mist in the Amazon jungle. Concerns are rising that the tribe, filmed this past year for the first time, may have been run off by drug traffickers. Aid group Survival International first reported this week that suspected traffickers ... |
a8c521a585d68770b88757ce59a26674e08c92ca | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: South Africa's president says civilian lives have been lost in NATO bombings .
NEW: AU: "Only a political solution will make it possible to...settle the current conflict"
Gadhafi will not be a part of talks, but it is unclear when they will occur, the AU says .
Libya says recent NATO strikes killed civilians, but ... | [
"(CNN) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will not be part of the African Union's next attempt to map out a peace deal in the war-torn nation, the organization said in a statement Sunday. \"The AU high-level ad hoc committee welcomes Colonel Gadhafi's acceptance of not being part of the negotiation process,\" the sta... |
4b7c95e32944b89110dd8b49ebcf42f3c5600f2e | Summarize the following news article. | Kan says his government refused the help of U.S. nuclear experts .
TEPCO wanted to evacuate its power plant during the meltdown, he says .
"The safest nuclear policy is not to have any nuclear plants," according to Kan .
Kan testified before a parliamentary panel Monday . | [
"Tokyo (CNN) -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he was overwhelmed and afraid during last year's nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, acknowledging that little has been done since then to ensure that another nuclear disaster will not occur. Sounding like a fiery anti-nuclear activist, Kan ... |
8b0a004a8ae67acf7aba3dd7b9628b9be3dfab5d | Summarize the following news article. | Journalist Lubna al-Hussein faced 40 lashes for wearing pants deemed too tight .
On Monday, she was spared lashing and ordered to pay fine or face imprisonment .
Al-Hussein was convicted in day-long trial in which she was unable to call witnesses .
She was arrested in July with 18 others in a police clothing-check at r... | [
"(CNN) -- A woman who was convicted at a trial for wearing pants -- clothing deemed indecent by Sudanese authorities -- was released from jail Tuesday after being imprisoned for a day, a United Nations spokesman said. Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein was facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers. Lubna al-Hus... |
ec8f7ed959c55d797a6e38985e337f58100643e6 | Summarize the following news article. | New Jersey college student faces 10-year prison sentence on hate crime conviction .
Charles Kaiser says some younger gays are questioning the wisdom of a harsh sentence .
He says there's some doubt whether Dharun Ravi is really guilty of a hate crime .
Kaiser: A better sentence would be for him to tell high school stud... | [
"(CNN) -- The mixed reaction to the conviction of a New Jersey college student of a hate crime, after he spied on his gay roommate while he was having sex, has revealed an interesting generational split in the gay community. Many people my age, who grew up in the '50s and the '60s, when nearly everyone felt they ha... |
2d050b5100d97b9c0c287f24db025bdd24e6eec9 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Asma al-Assad should "get her act together," Voss-Wittig says .
The video contrasts images of Asma al-Assad against pictures of dead and injured children .
It is the latest in a series of polished videos aimed at stirring people into action .
"We want her to speak out for the end of violence," says Voss-Wittig . | [
"United Nations (CNN) -- The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the United Nations have taken on Syria's first lady in an online video, calling on Asma al-Assad to \"stop your husband\" and \"stop being a bystander.\" The roughly four-minute video, posted to YouTube, juxtaposes pictures of an elegant al... |
6d4e24123516c6e16226f3b7a87d693ce38f80d5 | Summarize the following news article. | Chip Saltsman sent out the CD to committee members for Christmas .
Saltsman: "I think most people recognize political satire when they see it"
Song to tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon" first played on Rush Limbaugh's show .
Saltsman said song is satire of a Los Angeles Times article . | [
"(CNN) -- A candidate for the Republican National Committee chairmanship said Friday the CD he sent committee members for Christmas -- which included a song titled \"Barack the Magic Negro\" -- was clearly intended as a joke. The title of the song about President-elect Barack Obama was drawn from a Los Angeles Time... |
17f5bb5b2d9cfe0d80c45deeb47511170be02329 | Summarize the following news article. | In 2002, a bombing at two night clubs on the island of Bali killed 202 people .
Bombing blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah, a terror group with ties to al Qaeda .
In 2003 , the same JW Marriott Hotel attacked Friday was bombed, killing 12 .
Presidential spokesman says Indonesia has made strides in addressing terrorism . | [
"JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesia is no stranger to bombings such as the one that rocked two luxury hotels in Jakarta on Friday. Indonesian counter-terrorist police commandos secure the damaged Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta. As authorities sift through the rubble of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, wh... |
a6aaaa9d03e07a48cd6bec123149447d91abe8f8 | Summarize the following news article. | The commission calls for less severe punishments for insulting the monarchy .
International organizations have criticized Thailand's lese-majeste law .
The commission is independent and does not have the power to change the law .
It addressed its letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra . | [
"(CNN) -- A Thai advisory panel has recommended an overhaul of the country's law that stipulates heavy sentences for insulting the royal family, according to a letter addressed to the prime minister seen Thursday by CNN. The independent Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand said in the letter that the pun... |
65602f051e17d889fabb1352f7c57ba7d4382dda | Summarize the following news article. | Solar power plant that can operate at night is first of its kind .
Uses molten salts to store energy captured during daylight .
Can run for 15 hours without need for sunshine .
Power plant in southern Spain can produce energy for 100,000 people . | [
"(CNN) -- Typical solar power plants stop working when the sun sets, but a new one in southern Spain, called Gemasolar, can stay awake all night. \"During the day we capture the energy of the sun and we store that energy into a tank,\" said Santiago Arias, a mechanical engineer who helped put Gemasolar into operati... |
e363511e5873b2407481192d0660663ad62023f9 | Summarize the following news article. | Massachusetts governor: Romney failed to deliver as governor .
He says state's economy suffered, and Romney didn't reform state government .
Patrick: His major achievement, health care law, is one he now shuns discussing .
He says Romney's record reflects a view that government is a problem, not a solution . | [
"Boston (CNN) -- Mitt Romney is a smooth salesman. When he was a candidate in 2002, his pitch to the people of Massachusetts was that he could fix all that ailed us. As the Bay State's top salesman, he said, he would \"bring great jobs here.\" He claimed he would at last be the governor to reform state government. ... |
c93eff06c093bf8e0762e49f75eff90638dc34f4 | Summarize the following news article. | Rene Perez and Eduardo Cabra, aka "Residente" and "Visitante" recall their names' origin .
Perez lived on 13th Street, or Calle 13, as a boy .
He says he's matured as an artist and curses less on records now .
Cabra says "we're going through a bad time, the worst time in music" | [
"(CNN) -- All big ideas start small, and Calle 13 -- a wildly popular alternative urban band from Puerto Rico -- is no exception. Its members, Rene Perez, who goes by \"Residente,\" and Eduardo Cabra, \"Visitante,\" are stepbrothers. When their parents divorced, Cabra would visit Perez at his father's house on 13th... |
03f2f66a160288d94c9d070d69623cc87d05eb38 | Summarize the following news article. | The attacks targeted 14 homes across Baghdad Thursday .
The strikes appeared to be coordinated .
Attacks like these have generated fear among Iraqi Christians . | [
"Baghdad (CNN) -- Some Christians in Iraq's capital were considering leaving, following a wave of bombings targeting members of their religion that left two dead and 16 others wounded. \"I am 60 years old and I gave a lot to this country, but this tough situation is like a message asking me to leave my country,\" s... |
094dfd4ad046444b7bf92e5bae92b599dea5f27a | Summarize the following news article. | "The Playboy Club" and "Pan Am" look back before women's liberation, says Laura Stepp .
Today's young women see the shows only as harmless period pieces, Stepp says .
But in the workplace, women have still not achieved equality, she says .
Even so, women are "coming out of the starting gate with more speed," says Stepp... | [
"(CNN) -- Washington Post critic Hank Stuever doesn't think much of the TV networks' new shows such as \"The Playboy Club,\" \"Pan Am\" and \"Charlie's Angels.\" \"If the only women you ever saw were those on these shows, you would have a hard time believing that a liberation movement had ever occurred,\" he wrote ... |
e3d5b711d13bbbb95fc88f279d1d204366c03930 | Summarize the following news article. | BioWare says "The Old Republic" is the biggest game it's ever built .
The "Star Wars" game has 260,000 lines of dialogue .
Studio heads are already mulling over which new items they'll add . | [
"New York (CNN) -- A long time ago, by technology standards, in this very galaxy, the founders of video game developer BioWare received a phone call. It was from Simon Jeffery, then the president of George Lucas' LucasArts. In the early 2000s, BioWare happened to be looking for its next big adventure when Jeffery p... |
d933b2a3f11814589e4603e1b94f04afafd14492 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: The violence occurs during Ramadan .
NEW: U.S. says the government needs to form now .
Dozens are dead and wounded . | [
"Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Just after the United States completed its drawdown of combat brigades in Iraq, militants Wednesday launched a wave of bombings across the country, mostly targeting security forces. At least 48 people died and at least 286 others were wounded in 13 cities. The locations included Baghdad, the... |
47a79eab282a50758fe55cec99887167f4925bf7 | Summarize the following news article. | Graff Diamonds s the third company in the past week to pull a Hong Kong IPO .
Highlights the challenges facing groups that hope to list in Asia in coming months . | [
"(Financial Times) -- The collapse of Graff Diamonds' $1bn initial public offering in Hong Kong highlights the challenges facing groups that hope to list in Asia in the coming months. The high-end jeweller is the third company in the past week to pull a Hong Kong IPO, after China -Nonferrous Mining Corp, a copper p... |
bf24e1b3d1d7f9dfdcfe86e5c0b72e046a0e5ebc | Summarize the following news article. | LG says TV screen's color is especially vibrant because of its four-color pixels .
Until now, it's been difficult to create OLED screens this big at a reasonable cost .
LG invested $226 million in mid-2010 to create a new production facility . | [
"(Mashable) -- Korean electronics company LG caused a worldwide stir when it announced its 55-inch OLED panel last week, and now the company has rolled out two more pictures that show you what kind of remarkable TV set this is going to be. How groundbreaking is this TV, anyway? If you've ever seen an OLED screen, a... |
c47d907ff62fb11dfc736aea003d52a476131621 | Summarize the following news article. | This year's top 10 CNN Heroes are tackling issues both domestic and international .
If you'd like to help, you can donate to their organizations through Google . | [
"(CNN) -- Inspired by a CNN Hero and want to help? You can make a tax-deductible donation to any of the top 10 Heroes through Google. The Heroes' nonprofits will receive 100% of the funds, and all transaction fees will be waived. To learn more about each nonprofit and their causes, here are the top 10 Heroes in alp... |
96a6cf432e4bd9704098d15fc15cc489a85e5160 | Summarize the following news article. | How much would $700 billion help climate change mitigation and adaptation?
Greenpeace spokesman says $700 billion would "give us a good head start"
U.S. economist says gains would be "extraordinary" compared to doing nothing . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Governments around the world continue to pump billions of dollars into financial markets, but there is still no telling whether the \"injections of liquidity\" will be enough to prevent \"this sucker\" -- to quote the President of the United States -- from going down. Could 700 billion gre... |
e84022a2422d8df26be9a757f45994869b845e2d | Summarize the following news article. | Hong Kong running out of space for burials and even places to store cremated remains .
Private columbaria - places where ashes are stored - have sprung up but many are illegal .
The government is seeking to control the unregulated, but highly lucrative, industry .
A Chinese culture of ancestor veneration means few are ... | [
"(CNN) -- Yu Ying Ho sits on the floor of his funeral goods shop surrounded by everything you could possibly want when you're dead. There are paper versions of mobile telephones, suburban villas, even iPads and seafood platters -- all of them designed to be burned as funeral offerings. The ritual, a mixture of Conf... |
1c76e8a1a37304c55a544dcd677672c5b6c7d9de | Summarize the following news article. | Syria searching for members of 'armed group'
At least 11 people were killed on Friday .
Around 20 arrests made in Daraa and Homs . | [
"(CNN) -- The anti-regime demonstrations pulsating across Syria have resulted in a security hunt for snipers and a wave of arrests Saturday. Syrian security forces are searching for members of an \"armed group\" that killed \"a number of citizens and security forces\" in the Damascus suburb of Douma on Friday, the ... |
3e2e2383046bc90e2f0622e58c79870fef73dbab | Summarize the following news article. | Ex-Alabama Gov. Siegelman and HealthSouth founder Scrushy sought exoneration .
The Supreme Court in an unsigned order lets their convictions stand .
Scrushy made $500,000 in campaign donations and got a post on a state board . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The public corruption and bribery convictions of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and HealthSouth CEO and founder Richard Scrushy will stand after the Supreme Court rejected their separate appeals Monday. The men were convicted in a political payback scheme. A jury found the governor had named... |
a3a891fdfd8455a7f9705cd1687ebc308ce3bbe0 | Summarize the following news article. | Michael Jackson's "Bad" will be reissued in a deluxe edition on September 18 .
The set, titled "Bad 25," will features three CDs, a DVD and two booklets .
It is the record's 25th anniversary . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- Michael Jackson's blockbuster album \"Bad\" will be reissued in a deluxe edition on September 18 to mark the record's 25th anniversary. The set, titled \"Bad 25,\" will features three CDs, a DVD and two booklets. The DVD will include Jackson's personal video recording of his performance at Wembl... |
eb7bfb7668b34bb749413bae8f7d5d1cec08f629 | Summarize the following news article. | During Sierra Leone fighting, limbs were hacked off as punishment .
Brima Sheriff says survivors still struggle with mental and physical scars .
He says Taylor's conviction sends signal authorities moving to end impunity .
Moves to hold perpetrators to account must be transparent and fair, he says . | [
"Freetown, Sierra Leone (CNN) -- Millions of people will breathe a sigh of relief that Charles Taylor has finally been held to account for the years of violence, misery and suffering that he brought to the people of West Africa. Taylor, a former president of Liberia, was found guilty after a lengthy trial by a spec... |
57b428bc5ede8052ba13b4bbb2c2df2ff61a8ac9 | Summarize the following news article. | Egyptian official: The army is protecting sites and museums .
Experts believe Egyptians' national pride will help protect valuable artifacts .
But Egyptologists don't know what the future will hold .
Citizens helped apprehend looters at the Cairo Museum . | [
"(CNN) -- Egypt's major archaeological sites, monuments and museums were under the protection of the country's army on Monday, according to the nation's Supreme Council of Antiquities. However, unease persisted among Egyptologists and archaeologists, who fear some of the nation's priceless treasures may fall victim... |
49ee9552938b9c4b624c72f1974f60e51705bc2d | Summarize the following news article. | Javier Colon was the inaugural winner of NBC's hit talent contest "The Voice"
His pure-toned tenor voice sets him apart .
"Come Through For You" features guest vocals from his "Voice" mentor Adam Levine . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- The Voice, indeed. Javier Colon, the inaugural winner of NBC's hit talent contest \"The Voice,\" has several pop star assets-pretty face, megawatt smile, rakishly-angled trilby. But it's his pure-toned tenor voice, sitting cozily between an old-fashioned soul croon and a Mayer-Mraz-style sensiti... |
6d50d1133681d1a17baa6ca7122a1ceaeb732c0d | Summarize the following news article. | Mubarak and two sons are being held for questioning in the killing of protesters .
The questioning of Mubarak on corruption allegations already had begun, the military says .
Egyptian state television reports Mubarak had a heart attack .
Mubarak stepped down on February 11 . | [
"Cairo (CNN) -- Egyptians exulted Wednesday over the detention of their ailing former president and his two sons in a probe exploring the killing of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the center of the country's dramatic uprising earlier this year. Former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons, Gamal and Alaa, were... |
4e9661d0b1a0c3658c0287a4fac8f4ff0dad8dd8 | Summarize the following news article. | "General Hospital" is averaging a 1.1 rating among adults, down 21 percent from last year .
A primetime episode of "GH" is still a lot cheaper to make rather than an original .
But lifestyle shows, unlike soaps, are more relevant and profitable . | [
"(EW.com) -- Though \"All My Children\" and \"One Life to Live\" are history, \"General Hospital\" -- for now -- is firmly ensconced in ABC's daytime lineup. But since ratings aren't as strong as they used to be -- the show's averaging a 1.1 rating among adults women 18-49, down 21 percent from last year -- and giv... |
e56ac932d360f7197fc802a8559ddc22e588696a | Summarize the following news article. | Oil tanker was seized Sunday on its way to Yemeni port of Aden .
Three Yemeni marines were wounded, two pirates killed in the operation .
Piracy is a major problem in the waters off Somalia .
Somalia has not had a stable government in place since 1991 . | [
"(CNN) -- A Yemeni oil tanker hijacked in the Gulf of Aden was freed Monday and 11 Somali pirates were arrested, Yemen's official news agency said. 11 pirates were arrested by Yemeni security forces in an operation to free the oil tanker. Three marines were wounded in the operation conducted by Yemeni forces, accor... |
010446098e67c9f93a5916646df3c3fe76c6da79 | Summarize the following news article. | Islamic prosecutors draft indictment against Israeli leaders over Gaza offensive .
Iranian President Ahmadinejad says "Zionist criminals" should face justice .
Human Rights Watch says evidence Israel committed war crimes .
Israeli spokesman says claims are "hysterical, hostile... not based on solid facts . | [
"(CNN) -- A conference of Islamic prosecutors in Iran worked Wednesday to draft an indictment against Israeli leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza. Palestinian women walk past a building destroyed during Israel's campaign in Gaza. The charges stem from Israel's late-December offe... |
74232ab593fd4c635cc1fbd810c2297c5e0b9eac | Summarize the following news article. | "Take Care" is what Drake does best: Collapsing many moods onto one vast emotion .
Like most hopeless romantics, he favors the illusion of infinite promise over the reality .
The Canadian singer-rapper introduced his melancholy-player persona on 2010's platinum "Thank Me Later" | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- Hip-hop has never produced anything quite like Drake -- a guy with a Jay-Z ego and a Charlie Brown soul. The Canadian singer-rapper introduced his melancholy-player persona on 2010's platinum \"Thank Me Later,\" spooling out alarmingly mellow confessional brags over synth-streaked tracks that su... |
268c7ae24bf89ae5cf162cbb69365ffdb4d863d0 | Summarize the following news article. | Darren Pettie played the son of a cigarette mogul who was secretly gay on "Mad Men"
In "Pan Am" he will play a heroic former WWII pilot named Vince Broyles .
Expect Pettie to struggle for Alpha Male status with Capt. Dean Lowrey . | [
"(EW.com) -- A \"Mad Men\" actor is going to ABC's \"Pan Am\" -- he doesn't even need to change decades! Darren Pettie has had a recurring role on the AMC drama as the son of a cigarette mogul who was secretly gay (and recently had an arc on The CW's \"Ringer\"). Now Pettie has signed up for a recurring part on \"P... |
86873c04f431c7f5a093351bf60033268181dd25 | Summarize the following news article. | Christina Perri's ''A Thousand Years'' sets the tone for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1"
Don't let the inclusion of a Bruno Mars song fool you into thinking "Dawn" is a leap into pop-crossover diversity .
These weepy tunes about eternity and erotic mythical beasts grow wearisome . | [
"(EW.com) -- By now, the \"Twilight\" movies' soundtracks are their own micro-environments, nurturing new acts and extending the lives of old ones in an indie-centric bio-dome. Though artists as sonically diverse as Death Cab for Cutie, Bon Iver, and Muse have all gotten powerful boosts after feeding off \"Twilight... |
9b56fc79a2807303dd7a700c72e6ad2d04b7de85 | Summarize the following news article. | Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi writes letter calling for release of jailed journalist .
Filmmaker says fiancee Roxana Saberi is caught in a "game of politics"
Journalist "is without guilt or reproach," filmmaker's letter says .
"Shame on me! Shame on us!" the letter concludes . | [
"TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- A well-known Iranian filmmaker has written an open letter calling for the release of journalist Roxana Saberi. In a letter, Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi blames himself for urging Roxana Saberi to stay in Iran. Bahman Ghobadi said he kept quiet about the arrest and conviction of the Irania... |
92e8ed0b747401477adb55a56d2e1b18f37c0f4b | Summarize the following news article. | The show is set to debut on the Sky Living channel in Britain .
It will be hosted by Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts .
It will include appearances by Rihanna herself, though it is unclear how frequently . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- Rihanna has signed on to be the executive producer of a new fashion competition show being developed for British television. The show, which does not yet have a title, is set to debut on the Sky Living channel in Britain. It will be hosted by Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts and include appeara... |
e9dfb752dbb31f44859d4fcaa92da39ecbb16236 | Summarize the following news article. | "The decision was absolutely not influenced by any one group," said Lowe's VP of marketing .
The company met with North Carolina clergy members who delivered a petition .
Negative feedback about the TLC show had appeared on the company's social media sites . | [
"(EW.com) -- A North Carolina newspaper is reporting that Lowe's will not back down from its decision to pull commercials from TLC's \"All-American Muslim,\" a reality show that offers a positive portrayal of Muslim life. Its initial move to yank the spots came after a Christian group in Florida encouraged members ... |
bf7b9f4eb393e2692b890dab5446e37ac0a0842a | Summarize the following news article. | "It's a record with a global focus," Tom Morello says of his new solo album .
Morello was No. 26 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Tiame" list .
He talks about the racism he faced growing up in a small Illinois town . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- \"Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine\" is the first single off Tom Morello's new solo album, and it's an ode to his guitar. That's not surprising for the Rage Against the Machine axeman, who was once No. 26 on Rolling Stone's list of the \"100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.\" \"I got this ... |
5e1dc072c4f55fcd21e4ec53f3cab54bc6ca3efb | Summarize the following news article. | Lana Del Rey lands high on this week's chart .
Her debut album "Born to Die" debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, selling a solid 77,000 copies .
Impressively, Del Rey accomplished this feat without a single bona fide "hit" | [
"(EW.com) -- People constantly debate whether the phrase, \"All publicity is good publicity,\" actually has any credence, but in the case of Lana Del Rey, the saying has proven itself true. After nearly six months of feverish online debate -- her name! her lips! her backstory! -- the divisive songstress, whose poor... |
519accd12f770f9f90be187215a62233118f99ec | Summarize the following news article. | This month Business Traveller reports on the latest innovation in video conferencing .
Telepresence from Cisco creates lifelike, in-person teleconference experiences . | [
"(CNN) -- I've seen the future and it's amazing. What I'm about to describe has to be seen to be believed. No more tiny monitors and jerky pictures. Telepresence is designed to capture the gestures and expressions of human communication. I'd gone to the UK offices of Cisco to report on the latest innovation in the ... |
7aad4eebdb573fbc0ad484761f4ae939acb32d9b | Summarize the following news article. | British Airways has bought French all-business carrier L'Avion for £54 million .
The airline will be integrated into its E.U.-U.S. OpenSkies subsidiary .
If approved, full integration is expected in early 2009 . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- British Airways has agreed to buy L'Avion, the French all-business class carrier and plans to integrate the airline into its recently launched subsidiary, OpenSkies. L'Avion was launched in January 2009 and employs 77 staff in Paris. The $108 million (£54 million) deal marks the departure ... |
d6b1670edeed8794b2fefbbfa4e52a1bf08f7e09 | Summarize the following news article. | Covering Dylan seems so hard: The only man who's really the ''new Dylan'' is Dylan himself .
On Ke$ha's stripped-down ''Don't Think Twice, It's All Right,'' she gets the song's heartbreak right .
Carly Simon smartly plays ''Just Like a Woman'' as a feminist ballad .
The savviest musicians here flip Dylan's messages for... | [
"(EW.com) -- Bob Dylan never wrote any songs about body glitter or throwing up in the closet. So one may wonder why Ke$ha appears on Amnesty International's new benefit disc \"Chimes of Freedom,\" a 76-track collection of Dylan covers that also features Adele (''Make You Feel My Love''), Maroon 5 (''I Shall Be Rele... |
12715ccec34b0a36ddf3808e8d843907b32ce8d4 | Summarize the following news article. | Radiologists at NY hospital analyze Egyptian mummies .
CT testing allow radiologists to study mummies without doing damaging procedures .
Recent CT scan reveals Egyptian mummy named Lady Hor was actually a man . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- A long line of hospital staff wraps around the corridor outside a small conference room in New York to catch a glimpse of the precious cargo. A worker looks at the mummified skull of King Tut in November 2007. Inside are the three frail bodies in open wooden crates causing all the commotion. Anot... |
809569be17e88fcd9e5c8c3cd75834fec66255e3 | Summarize the following news article. | "CNN Business Traveller" wants to know if you still send postcards .
Or is it just easier and faster to send and email or write a blog entry?
Leave a comment to tell us what you think, and we will publish the best . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- \"The email of the species is deadlier than the mail.\" So wrote the British actor and novelist Stephen Fry. Is the electronic age throwing sand in the face of the traditional postcard? Tell CNN Business Traveller what you think in the Sound Off box below. Yet, we book our holidays online,... |
b83d529fbe4bf49bfc7b4307e8c8fb64b1b22f9c | Summarize the following news article. | "Songs of Anarchy," explores "Sons of Anarchy's" use of up-and-coming artists .
Forest Rangers, who play on the majority of "Songs of Anarchy," have appeared in episodes .
"SoA" fan Alison Mosshart joins the Forest Rangers on a cover of "What a Wonderful World" | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- The FX television series \"Sons of Anarchy\" is known for its brutal depiction of biker life in the fictional town of Charming, California, but another hallmark of the series is its clever use of independent music. Its new soundtrack, \"Songs of Anarchy,\" explores the program's use of up-and-co... |
4ddc0644f0b2a40b5f992a71b1dbfbaaf2ae8042 | Summarize the following news article. | Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" video has hit more than 12.4 million views .
Justin Bieber's "Under the Mistletoe" dropped from Number One to Number Six .
Michael Bublé's "Christmas" surged from Number Eight to Number Two . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- Winner of the week: The big chart story this week is rapper Mac Miller, whose independent debut \"Blue Slide Park\" sold 144,000 copies and hit Number One on the Billboard album charts. But we're more intrigued by the latest single action from Katy Perry -- last Friday, she put out the video for... |
180dcc2974bca10f3bbaee24a51419bad1a7161c | Summarize the following news article. | Michael B. Jordan is headed back to the small screen for a guest spot in "House"
Jordan spilled the news earlier today via Twitter .
He will be playing a blind patient, the studio says . | [
"(EW.com) -- Talk about touchdown casting! After closing out his guest spot on \"Parenthood\" in the fall, Michael B. Jordan is headed back to the small screen for a guest spot in \"House's\" 14th episode, playing a blind patient, the studio confirms to EW. Jordan spilled the news earlier today via Twitter, but it ... |
dfdd339199e628775c0b7556f920ec8487919d52 | Summarize the following news article. | Tommy Lee told Rolling Stone that Mötley Crüe is still working out the logistics of the Vegas residency .
The band has decided to push their creativity and musicality .
The Joint shows run through February 19, but Lee hopes the band can take lessons from the residency . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- When Mötley Crüe announced late last year they'd be taking up temporary residency in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel's Joint, it was one of those ideas that seemed so perfect the only question was, \"What took so long?\" This was, after all, a band whose celebration of the rock & roll lifestyle... |
4a6f77de907a5b164cbfc3dc2d66a347bfd7e11a | Summarize the following news article. | On "Mylo Xyloto," the choruses are bigger, the optimism more optimistic .
Cascading choral vocals augment Martin's soaring refrain on "Paradise"
"Mylo Xyloto" was inspired by 1970s New York graffiti . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- In the three years since Coldplay's last album, the world's problems have gotten a little more urgent. A cratering economy, riots from Tahrir to Tottenham, the prolonged ubiquity of the Kardashians -- these are things that can't be solved with a lullaby, even from the biggest band to emerge in t... |
db32b66d7f0bbd3473ac7a2bb3fe67c5dee3f359 | Summarize the following news article. | Gloria Estefan is currently in negotiations with the show producers .
Gleeks should expect to see Gloria in the same episode as Ricky Martin .
The plan is for the episode is to feature some of Estefan's own music . | [
"(EW.com) -- News already broke this week that Ricky Martin was going to appear on \"Glee\" this winter as McKinley High's new Spanish teacher. But now EW has even more exciting news for Latin music fans: A source exclusively tells EW that pop superstar Gloria Estefan is currently in negotiations to play [SPOILER A... |
4cc6357471bd8026f1a1c65bea7219c70c06836f | Summarize the following news article. | Jason Derulo swings hard, but often misses .
It's when he scales back on the synths, as on ''That's My Shhh,'' that he thrills .
Perhaps his biggest problem is that he's not rooted in any genre outside of people-pleasing pop . | [
"(CNN) -- On his latest, Future History, Derulo makes several attempts at home-run club records and huge ballads. He swings hard, but often misses -- perhaps his biggest problem is that he's not rooted in any genre outside of people-pleasing pop; lead single ''Don't Wanna Go Home,'' built heavily on multiple sample... |
7b78d0cd8f598a141723fb6ed25b2ddaa7cdd734 | Summarize the following news article. | Panetta: By 2020, about 60% of the U.S. Navy's warships will be in the Pacific Ocean .
The so-called U.S. 'tilt' to Asia includes beefing up the capabilities of regional allies .
South China Sea is a point of friction among Asian countries; a crisis there could affect the U.S.
Panetta is on an eight-day trip to Asia, g... | [
"Singapore (CNN) -- As part of a \"rebalancing\" with Asia, the United States will enhance military-to-military cooperation with China while also boosting the capabilities of its allies in the region, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday. Panetta detailed the new defense strategy to a gathering of Asia... |
deafe97c16ebb918511ee79421bb2f395914a6a4 | Summarize the following news article. | This set has a smoking cover of Little Richard's "Hey Hey Hey Hey"
Nothing sounds as glorious as the live "Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser" medley .
An insane amount of material still remains locked up . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- No rock icon has sealed his vault as tightly as Bob Seger. Six early albums have been out of print for decades, he has no box set, and the words \"bonus track\" seem to be anathema to him. He held back on a two-disc hits collection for years, but he's finally relented. Good thing. Previous sets ... |
4f2f77140863fc7530ab3a42111bebada9466434 | Summarize the following news article. | Rapper J Cole among the first signed to Jay-Z's label, Roc Nation .
The artist can most recently be seen rapping in the video for Beyonce's "Party"
J Cole is headlining his own tour . | [
"(CNN) -- Get ready to hear a lot more from J Cole. The rapper, born Jermaine Cole, has been making waves lately -- from rumors of an alleged sex tape with touring buddy Rihanna that the singer has dismissed as nonsense to a guest verse on the video for Beyonce's latest single, \"Party.\" Not too shabby for a guy w... |
a98786df16b30330ad7ea9e9500d1f35cab22e78 | Summarize the following news article. | Steve DeAngelo stars in the Discovery Channel reality series "Weed Wars"
The show is about Harborside Health Center, the world's largest medicinal-cannabis dispensary .
DeAngelo says he and his show have had a positive effects on the views about cannabis . | [
"(CNN) -- When he co-founded Harborside Health Center, the world's largest medicinal-cannabis dispensary, located in Oakland, California, five years ago, Steve DeAngelo's goal was to provide a safe, comfortable, organized alternative to what he saw as a broken system in the state, professional thugs on one side, ir... |
eb0f7d17bb7d05e8076c03506a34c0da98c15087 | Summarize the following news article. | "The Vow" broke midweek records with its $11.6 million Valentine's Day haul .
More than any other film, "Journey 2" will benefit from the holiday weekend .
On a busy weekend, "This Means War" could still find a decent crowd . | [
"(EW.com) -- After last weekend's record-breaking pre-Valentine's Day frame, Hollywood is feeling hopeful about box office prospects during the upcoming holiday weekend, which will include four days of box office receipts. We're likely headed another frame of four $20+ million grosses -- possibly even five! Three n... |
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