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NEW: 19 dead, 150 wounded in 18 rocket attacks in the capital . Explosions heard near Gadhafi compound . A compound for pro-Gadhafi volunteers is targeted . Arrest warrants are issued for Gadhafi .
[ "Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- A barrage of at least 18 rockets struck Tripoli Tuesday, killing 19 people and wounding another 150 in the heaviest onslaught since NATO's aerial strikes began, a government official told CNN. Six thunderous explosions rocked the center of Tripoli late Tuesday. A hotel for international jou...
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Maxine Lee, 39, died in 2008 in Norfolk, Virginia . She was a roommate of Linda Weston, the alleged ringleader of a group of suspects . The group is charged with locking up four mentally disabled adults in an apartment's boiler room .
[ "(CNN) -- The family of a woman who died three years ago wants to know whether she is the victim of a suspect accused of locking up four people in a Philadelphia basement. Maxine Lee, who died in 2008 in Norfolk, Virginia. was a roommate of Linda Weston, the accused ringleader of a group charged with locking up fou...
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Troy Davis is set to die by lethal injection on Wednesday . The parole board will hear his argument he's not guilty of Mark MacPhail's murder . The Savannah police officer died after being shot three times in 1989 . Advocacy groups claim over 1 million have signed a petition in support of Davis .
[ "Atlanta (CNN) -- Georgia's parole board convened Monday morning to hear a last-minute appeal by Troy Davis, who is set to die by lethal injection for the murder 21 years ago of a Savannah police officer. A jury convicted Davis of murder in 1991, paving the way for his execution, which has been delayed three times...
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"It will be an unprecedented long-term repair job," one official says . With roads underwater, some residents are still using boats to travel . Nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated from flood-affected areas in Queensland state . Police say 10 people have died in flooding since November 30 .
[ "Rockhampton, Australia (CNN) -- River levels were slowly receding in eastern Australia on Friday, but officials warned residents to steer clear of roads damaged by devastating floods. In Rockhampton -- one of the hardest hit cities -- the fast-flowing Fitzroy River remained near its recent peak of 9.2 meters (abou...
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NEW: Gillard says $4 million has been allocated, but hundreds of millions more are needed . Flooding recedes in Rockhampton but could still peak in St. George . Parts of eastern Australia are forecast to get above-average rainfall until March . Queensland official: The repair could take months or years to complete .
[ "Rockhampton, Australia (CNN) -- While floodwaters in Australia have begun to recede in some areas, the worst could still be on the way for at least one city, the country's prime minister said Saturday. \"Today I've been in St. George, and they are still bracing for the peak of the flood,\" Julia Gillard told Austr...
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NEW: Qantas to resume flights to and from Adelaide on Wednesday . Numerous flights canceled in Australia and New Zealand because of ash cloud . Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano erupted last week .
[ "(CNN) -- Ash clouds from a Chilean volcano continued to cause numerous flight cancellations in Australia and New Zealand Tuesday for at least one airliner. Australia's national carrier Qantas said it had canceled flights to and from Adelaide and Tasmania but lifted its ban on flights to and from Melbourne. The air...
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Fitzroy River is expected to remain above the "major flood" level for another week. At least 10 people have died in flooding since November 30 . The floodwaters cover an area the size of France and Germany combined .
[ "Rockhampton, Australia (CNN) -- Major flooding across eastern Australia is putting a squeeze on the region's farmers, destroying crops and cutting off routes to market. \"Across the state ... agricultural and primary producers in particular are really feeling the impact of the flood waters,\" CNN's Phil Black repo...
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Australia take control on opening day of the third Test against India in Perth . Tourists collapse to 161 in first innings before Australia reach 149-0 at stumps . Opening batsman David Warner matches the fourth-fastest century in Test history . WACA ground curator defends his staff over pre-match drinking on pitch .
[ "(CNN) -- India's cricket tour of Australia lurched to new lows on Friday, which proved to be unlucky January 13. The visitors slumped to a disappointing 161 all out in Perth and then saw David Warner smash the fourth fastest century in Test history as Australia reached 149-0 at stumps on day one. Down 2-0 in the f...
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NEW: Five other militants killed in Helmand province, including three Taliban commanders . Paktika governor: at least 80 militants are killed in joint operations . NATO confirms 50 insurgents were killed . Separately, security handover ceremonies take place in Kabul and Panjshir province .
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least 80 militants were killed in a series of operations involving Afghan and NATO forces during a day-long firefight last week in the country's restive southeast, Paktika provincial governor Mukhlas Afghan said Sunday. NATO said it could only confirm 50 insurgents were killed in the...
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Todd Graham: Rick Perry forgot what he was going to say in the middle of a debate answer . He says as debate gaffes go, this one was a whopper that will be hard for voters to forget . He says for many, it confirmed low expectations about Perry's grasp of issues . Graham: Since voters have other GOP choices besides Perr...
[ "(CNN) -- One is the loneliest number. Two can be as bad as one. And three, well ... um ... what was three again? Three is hard. I'll start by quoting the silence heard around the political world during Wednesday night's CNBC Republican presidential debate. Here were Texas Gov. Rick Perry's words in the middle of o...
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Australia hold a slender advantage in the second Test in Johannesburg . They lead South Africa by 30 runs after scoring 296 in their first innings . The tourists lose all their wickets for 122 runs after an opening stand of 174 .
[ "(CNN) -- Australia hold a slender 30-run advantage over South Africa after the second day of the second Test in Johannesburg, despite another dramatic batting collapse on Friday. The visitors, who were skittled out for an embarrassing 47 on their way to losing the first Test in Cape Town by eight wickets, began th...
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Not sure where to start? Head to the tiny bars along Rue Vieille du Temple . A veritable temple to opulence, Hotel Costes was designed byJacques Garcia . In the evening head east into the slowly gentrifying neighborhood of Belleville .
[ "PARIS, France (CNN) -- When the day is done, the vibrant Marais boasts more than its fair share of drinking, dining and people-watching opportunities. Kick-start the evening with an aperitif or two at one of the tiny bars along Rue Vieille du Temple, such as the '50s-inspired Pick-clops, La Belle Hortense or Le P...
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NEW: One NATO soldier is killed by a person dressed as Afghan police . 3 children are injured in the blast that kills Khan . The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack .
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A senior Afghan intelligence official was killed Thursday when a bomb exploded in the country's northern Kunduz province, according to a provincial council chief. Payenda Khan -- who headed up a district in Kunduz for the National Directorate of Security -- was killed, and three childre...
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Police seize 750 kilos of bomb-making materials from suspected ETA hideouts . This week, more than 1,600 kilos of explosives and components have been found . ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths in its campaign for Basque independence . Officials say ETA appears to be weaker than ever, but warn it the group is still ...
[ "Madrid (CNN) -- Spanish police seized a total of 1,600 kilos of bomb-making materials this week from suspected ETA hideouts -- the largest haul ever against the Basque separatist group in Spain. Authorities also arrested three ETA suspects this week -- including one during a seizure on Thursday -- in the latest ac...
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Phoenix police investigated 368 kidnappings in 2008, 357 in 2007 . Human smuggler was tortured for days because kidnappers suspected he had cash . Police say kidnappers cut, beat, shoot and electrocute victims to get their money . Men kidnapped innocent 13-year-old girl after neighbor stole marijuana, police say .
[ "PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) -- Jaime Andrade had just gotten out of the shower when the men came to snatch him. Jaime Andrade was kept in this closet for three days without food or water, police say. His wife, Araceli Valencia, was mopping the kitchen in their family home on a typical warm spring morning in Phoenix, A...
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NEW: An attack on Afghan and coalition forces in the Herat district is repelled . A shooter who kills an ISAF service member is part of the Afghan army, officials say . The incident is under investigation . Two ISAF service members die after an IED attack .
[ "(CNN) -- An Afghan soldier shot and killed a NATO soldier Monday in southern Afghanistan, high-ranking officials from the country's National Directorate for Security said. NATO's International Security Assistance Force said an \"individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon against\" an ISAF...
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Plane went down off Brazil on June 1, killing all 228 aboard . Voice, data recorders stop broadcasting after 30 days . Investigators planned to keep listening for 10 additional days . French oceanographic ship will conduct new searches .
[ "(CNN) -- The search for the data and voice recorders from the Air France plane that crashed more than a month ago off Brazil's coast is entering a new phase, according to France's accident investigation agency. Searchers have discovered hundreds of pieces of wreckage from Air France Flight 447. All 228 people aboa...
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Spain's interior minister says there is still work to do to prevent future terrorism . ETA has announced a "definitive cessation of its armed activity" Listed as a terror group by the U.S. and European Union, it is blamed for hundreds of deaths . It has been fighting for an independent Basque state in parts of Spain an...
[ "Madrid (CNN) -- Spanish Interior Minister Antonio Camacho warned Friday that although the Basque separatist group ETA has declared an end to violence, the most difficult task still lies ahead -- ensuring no Spaniards suffer the threat of terror attacks in the future. His remarks come a day after ETA announced a \"...
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The truck is set on fire near Quetta . Trucks carrying fuel and supplies to NATO forces are frequent targets .
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A truck carrying fuel for NATO forces was set ablaze Tuesday by suspected militants in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, police said. The truck was on its way to NATO forces in Afghanistan when unknown assailants ambushed it and set it on fire near Quetta, the provincial...
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NEW: All arriving flights diverted; no flights are taking off . President Ali Abdullah Saleh is a member of the powerful al-Hashid tribe . The United States is not moving to evacuate its embassy . Al-Hashid tribal members occupy government's news agency compound, Tourism Ministry .
[ "(CNN) -- Clashes between tribesmen and government forces near Yemen's Sanaa International Airport on Wednesday led to its closure. All arriving flights were diverted to Aden, and no flights were taking off from Sanaa, said a Ministry of Transportation official who asked not to be identified because he is not autho...
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In a television interview, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is pinpointing possible spending cuts . "I want to be very blunt with Australians. We have a lot of flood damage to repair," she says . Official damage estimates for flooding are still being calculated . Queensland state's premier has said rebuilding will...
[ "(CNN) -- Australia's government is considering spending cuts and a special tax to help offset the massive economic impact of recent widespread flooding, the country's prime minister said. \"There will certainly be spending cuts ... and there may also be a levy,\" Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the Australian Br...
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Qantas resumes most flights Wednesday . Ash cloud comes from the June 4 eruption of Chilean volcano . The cloud stranded Australian flights more than a week ago . New Zealand flights are cancelled indefinitely .
[ "(CNN) -- An ash cloud from a Chilean volcano thinned over Australia Wednesday, freeing commercial airliners to take to the skies after grounding them this week. Qantas resumed domestic flights to and from Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide and international service began again from Sydney and Melbourne. Howe...
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England seeking to retain Ashes urn in five-Test series starting in Brisbane . Australia captain Ricky Ponting still haunted by 2-1 defeat in England last year . Home team boosted by return to fitness of vice-captain Michael Clarke after back injury . England have not won a series in Australia since 1986-87 under Mike ...
[ "(CNN) -- Ricky Ponting hopes memories of last year's Ashes defeat to England will spur Australia on when the latest series begins in Brisbane on Thursday. Ponting suffered his second reverse as captain in cricket's oldest battle, both coming in the northern hemisphere. After the 2005 setback he was able to bounce ...
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Arrests came in northern Spain . Youth group considered "training ground" for ETA .
[ "Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Police early Friday arrested 13 people suspected of trying to rebuild a youth wing of the outlawed Basque separatist group ETA, which was dismantled a year ago with dozens of arrests, the Interior Ministry said. The youth organization, also outlawed and known as SEGI, is considered the \"tra...
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Australia shock Germany 2-1 in their friendly international in Moenchengladbach . David Carney and a Luke Wilkshire penalty give the Socceroos a famous win . Asamoah Gyan scores an injury time leveller to earn Ghana a 1-1 draw with England . England took the lead after Andy Carroll scored his first ever international g...
[ "(CNN) -- Australia shocked Germany 2-1 in their friendly international in Moenchengladbach on Tuesday, a result that saw the Socceroos gain some revenge for their 4-0 defeat by the Germans in South Africa 2010. Germany coach Joachim Loew named a weakened side for the match -- and he was punished with the worse def...
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French police arrest suspected new military chief of ETA . ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths in its long fight for independence . ETA has traditionally used France as a base for logistics to carry out attacks .
[ "MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- French police arrested the suspected new military chief of the Basque separatist group ETA on Monday, just three weeks after his alleged predecessor was captured, CNN partner station CNN+ reported. Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu was captured last month. The suspect, Aitzol Iriondo Yarza, allegedly ...
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Australian cyclists win all three gold medals on offer in the sport on day two . The Australian team head the Commonwealth Games medals table in India . India's athletes shrug off problems in hosting the event by winning five golds to be second . But India's netballers humiliating record defeat against world champions ...
[ "(CNN) -- Australia remained top of the Commonwealth Games medals table after the second day of competition in India following a clean sweep of the three cycling events. Scott Sunderland won the men's 1km time trial, Jack Bobridge claimed victory in the 4,000m individual pursuit and Anna Meares retained the women's...
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Investigators still don't know what caused an Air France jet to crash . The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have never been found . Investigators are preparing to begin a new search for the recorders in February . Flight 447 went down in stormy weather in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009 .
[ "(CNN) -- Investigators probing the June crash of an Air France flight in the Atlantic Ocean still do not know what brought the plane down, who was at the controls when it crashed, or what the pilots did in the moments leading up to the disaster, according to a new report released Thursday. \"At this stage ... it i...
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Events at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi get underway . Nigerian weightlifter Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo wins the first gold medal . Australia dominate in the pool claiming four gold medals .
[ "(CNN) -- Teenage Nigerian weightlifter Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo claimed the first gold medal on day one of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The 17-year-old took top prize in the women's 48kg division and set a new Commonwealth record in the process by lifting 175kg as events finally began after weeks of controversy...
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Unauthorized migrants arriving in Australia is a political issue . Under the new plan, the next 800 illegal migrants will be sent to Malaysia . In Malaysia, they will make their claims for asylum . In exchange, Australia will accept 4,000 refugees from Malaysia .
[ "(CNN) -- The prime ministers of Australia and Malaysia on Saturday announced an agreement aimed at reducing human smuggling and illegal migration to Australia. Under the deal struck between the two countries, the next 800 asylum-seekers who arrive in Australia illegally will be transferred to Malaysia for refugee ...
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Francisco Javier Garcia Gaztelu has been in custody since 2001 . He is found guilty of ordering the assassination of a Basque Socialist politician . He is sentenced to 105 years, but can serve only 40 under Spanish law .
[ "Madrid (CNN) -- A former chief of the Basque terrorist group ETA has been sentenced to 105 years in prison for ordering the assassination of a politician, according to a copy of the court ruling, made public Monday. It is the first sentence in a case involving ETA from the National Court, which handles terrorism c...
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NEW: Two NATO service members die in IED attacks in southern Afghanistan . On Thursday, five Americans were killed in another attack in the region . NATO says two insurgents were killed in northern Baghlan province .
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Roadside bombs killed two service members in separate attacks Friday in southern Afghanistan, NATO said, marking the eighth death in the region in the past three days. On Thursday, five Americans were killed in an improvised explosive device attack. An additional service member died Th...
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Aaron Miller: Secretary of state to visit Egypt and Israel as U.S. clout in those nations wanes . In Egypt, Clinton will be stuck between Islamists and anti-democracy generals, he writes . Miller: In Israel, domestic issues and Iran are bigger issues than America's concerns . Miller: The U.S. can't stop Israel if it pl...
[ "(CNN) -- Poor Hillary Clinton. Later this week and next, she'll have the unenviable task of visiting Egypt and Israel at a time when America's capacity to influence the policies of both countries has fallen to new lows. And not even the secretary of state -- a veritable superstar of persuasion -- can charm America...
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Australian racehorse Black Caviar is a sensation in her homeland . The five-year-old mare has won all 18 races she has entered . Black Caviar's latest win came at the Orr Stakes in Melbourne on Saturday . This weekend she will try to make it 19 wins in the Lightning Stakes .
[ "(CNN) -- Unbeaten in 18 races, Black Caviar has already entered horse racing's history books and become a sprinting superstar in her native Australia. But will the mare be able to translate that to international success this year? Black Caviar's annihilation of the rest of the field in Saturday's Orr Stakes in Mel...
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Shrien Dewani is accused of hiring hitmen to kill his wife on their honeymoon . She was shot during a taxi ride in Cape Town, South Africa . Dewani denies any involvement in the killing .
[ "London (CNN) -- Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May has signed an order for British businessman Shrien Dewani's extradition to South Africa, the Home Office said in a statement on Wednesday. Dewani is accused of hiring a crew of hitmen to kill his wife, Anni Dewani, 28, during a taxi ride in Cape Town, South Afri...
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The president ordered the offensive, an official says . The fighting comes as Somalia is in the midst of famine . A police officer was killed in a bomb attack on the Kenyan border .
[ "Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Somali government forces launched an offensive on Islamist strongholds in Mogadishu Thursday morning, killing 15 members of the al Qaeda-inspired group Al-Shabaab, a military commander said. Speaking to state radio, Col. Abdullahi Ali Anod, commander of the presidential palace, said the pre...
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Thursday's health care ruling angers the political right . Recent poll says public thinks justices base rulings on personal views, rather than the law . Analyst: The Supreme Court gets dragged down by party politics in Washington . Bush v. Gore case increased the perception of a politicized high court, analyst says .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Most Americans think Supreme Court justices base their rulings on personal political views rather than legal interpretation, polls show, and Thursday's ruling on the politically charged health care reform law will probably reinforce that. By the narrowest of margins, the high court upheld almos...
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NEW: The council is expected to pick a president and executive committee soon . The group will be called the National Revolution Council . The president has been urged to step down in an orderly transition .
[ "Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Yemen's opposition groups announced the formation of the National Revolution Council Wednesday, the first significant move toward forming a new government in Yemen. The move comes amid efforts to replace President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his embattled government. The council will have 143 memb...
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The offer is in hopes of reaching a long-term cease-fire . Al Qaeda currently controls large areas of two Yemeni provinces . The group has not yet responded to the offer .
[ "Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Yemen'shighest military authority Sunday announced its willingness to open channels of dialogue with al Qaeda in hopes of reaching a long-term cease-fire agreement. The military committee was formed as part of the power transfer deal in November. Spokesman Ali Saeed Obaid told CNN that the ne...
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Lourdes Batista says of perplexing motive, "This is why I can't sleep at night" Felix Batista was kidnapped December 10 outside a restaurant in Saltillo, Mexico . Felix Batista is skilled crisis responder who helped families of kidnapping victims . Violence, kidnappings plague Mexico; many abductions go unreported .
[ "(CNN) -- Lourdes Batista wishes she had super powers so she could use them to find her husband, she said Wednesday, 105 days after authorities said he was kidnapped in Mexico. Lourdes Batista says she has no idea why someone would kidnap her husband, Felix. Felix Batista, a renowned kidnapping consultant, disappea...
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Video shows seven Estonian men pleading for international community's help . They were abducted while bicycling into Lebanon from Syria on March 23 . Estonian foreign minister says they were taken by local criminals, then handed off . The video makes it clear kidnappers "want to keep contact," minister says .
[ "(CNN) -- A video showing seven Estonians pleading for help in gaining their release -- a month after they were abducted while bicycling in Lebanon -- makes it clear their kidnappers \"want to keep contact,\" Estonia's foreign minister said Wednesday. Meanwhile, a Lebanese internal security spokesman told CNN on We...
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Tax provisions in health care law are no surprise, author says . GOP seizes on Supreme Court ruling to attack Obama for raising taxes . In 2009, President Obama had denied the individual mandate was a tax .
[ "(CNN) -- Taxes took center stage in renewed Republican attacks on the Obama administration's sweeping health care legislation Thursday after the Supreme Court rebuffed attempts to derail it based on its constitutionality. Using the court's finding that the centerpiece of the law -- the individual mandate -- amount...
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The liability trial in the 2010 BP oil spill is moved to January, a judge orders . The trial had been scheduled for November . BP had asked for a delay as the court reviews a class-action settlement . 11 workers died and oil spewed for almost three months in the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion .
[ "(CNN) -- A federal judge in Louisiana on Thursday rescheduled the liability trial in the BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico and postponed it to early next year from later this year. BP earlier asked the court to delay the liability trial until it decides whether to grant final approval to a class-action settlement tha...
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Ignacio Leal Garcia was extradited to the United States last year . He is one of five alleged FARC leaders convicted in the U.S. Prosecutors say he oversaw "thousands of tons of cocaine" intended for the U.S.
[ "New York (CNN) -- A Colombian man who federal authorities say was a leader of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was convicted in U.S. federal court Thursday of conspiring to import thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States, according to prosecutors. Ignacio Leal Garcia, who w...
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Decontaminating towns around Fukushima Daiichi is a largely low-tech affair . The work has focused on areas with a "realistic prospect" of people returning . Japan has pledged about $12 billion to the effort over the next two years . Radioactive "hot spots" linger beyond the exclusion zone .
[ "(CNN) -- In the empty towns surrounding the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant, piles of radioactive dirt serve as monuments to the difficulty of cleaning up the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. While the physics and engineering that go into a nuclear power plant may be sophisticated, undoing the damage ...
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Ceremony honors 25 who died in bomb attack in Nigeria . Victim's 12-year-old son among speakers at memorial . Suicide bomber thought to have been part of extremist group Boko Haram .
[ "(CNN) -- The 25 victims of the August 26 terrorist bombing of the United Nations House in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, were honored in a memorial ceremony on Thursday. Omabegho Edward-Dede, the 12-year-old surviving son of Dr. Edward Dede, a national professional officer with the World Health Organization, told th...
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Manning's defense calls only two witnesses . A witness tells the hearing about a Manning outburst . The hearing is part of a process of determining whether Manning should face court martial .
[ "Fort Meade, Maryland (CNN) -- Closing arguments are scheduled Thursday in the hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning, the man accused of committing the biggest intelligence leak in U.S. history. On Wednesday, Manning's defense attorney spent a brief 35 minutes questioning two witnesses before resting his case. Manning's...
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NEW: A Taliban spokesman claims all those captured are police . The officers are unarmed and on leave, a police chief says . Police are working with province elders to negotiate the group's release . Their capture is in Kunar province's Chapa Dara district .
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Taliban fighters kidnapped 50 people -- including police officers -- in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, police said. The officers were among a group of people in four vehicles traveling in the Chapa Dara district, said Kunar province Police Chief Khalilullah Zaiyee. The captured wer...
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League says it "doesn't understand" the players' call to strike . Players spokesman says 22 Spanish football clubs have had serious money problems . Spokesman says 300 players have filed complaints that they are owed back wages .
[ "Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Football players from Spain's top two divisions vowed to go on strike at the start of the season if the team owners don't provide \"guarantees\" that hundreds of players who are owed back wages are actually paid, the players association announced on Thursday. \"We're not asking for more mone...
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Clinton visits Ivory Coast as part of a four-country tour of West Africa . She praises the progress made but urges greater efforts toward reconciliation . Ivory Coast was torn by post-election violence from December 2010 to April 2011 . Former President Laurent Gbagbo now faces four counts of crimes against humanity .
[ "Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the leader of Ivory Coast for progress made toward peace Tuesday but urged greater dialogue with the opposition to heal the wounds of a deadly political crisis. It's a \"historic moment\" for the Ivory Coast, Clinton said during a press ...
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NEW:Clashes erupt in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz . White House: "A transition in Yemen should begin immediately" Yemeni state television shows Saleh and Brennan meeting . Saleh has been recovering in Saudi Arabia since he was wounded in a June 3 attack .
[ "(CNN) -- Yemen's embattled president, still recovering from a violent attack last month, met with a top U.S. counterterrorism official in Saudi Arabia Sunday. Yemeni state television broadcast footage of the president's meeting with John Brennan, U.S. President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser. The two ...
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Suspected militant Hajer Sailani was captured last week in Cotabato City . Authorities in the Philippines say he's a member of terrorist group Abu Sayyaf . Abu Sayyaf has been implicated in the kidnapping of aid workers this year . Informant was paid $7,100 for information leading to Sailani's arrest .
[ "(CNN) -- Police in the Philippines have paid an informant in the arrest of a militant tied to the kidnapping of four Americans and dozens of Filipinos. Police escort Hajer Sailani at the Philippine National Police headquarters on September 1, 2009 . Hajer Adjuan Sailani, who also goes by the name Abu Ajair, was ca...
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Teams will install platforms that will allow closer inspection, NASA says . The agency says no obvious problems have been found with the shuttle . A launch dress rehearsal Friday prevented close inspection in the launch pad area . Endeavour is scheduled to launch on its final mission April 19 .
[ "(CNN) -- NASA engineers will begin detailed inspections of space shuttle Endeavour Saturday, two days after thunderstorms, hail and a lightning strike near the launch pad caused minor damage to the spacecraft. Teams began an initial launch pad survey Friday, NASA said in a statement. But investigators weren't able...
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The Taliban says they will target enemies' weddings, funerals . Thursday's explosion killed 40 people and injured 67 others .
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani Taliban declared Friday they will target the weddings and funerals of anyone involved in pro-government activity against them. The threat came as the Taliban claimed responsibility for Thursday's suicide blast targeting a funeral procession for a member of an anti-Taliban...
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Rodney Alcala's alleged victims include two 23-year-old New York women . He is to be arraigned Thursday . The slayings occurred in the 1970s . "Cold cases are not forgotten cases," district attorney says .
[ "New York (CNN) -- The \"Dating Game Killer\" was extradited Wednesday to New York to face murder charges in connection with the deaths of two women during the 1970s, the Manhattan District Attorney's office said. Rodney Alcala, 68, was escorted by U.S. Marshals to New York from California, where he had been on dea...
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Roberto Mancini signs a new five-year contract with Manchester City . Italian manager led City to their first English Premier League title last season . Mancini joined the club in December 2009 after Mark Hughes' sacking .
[ "(CNN) -- Roberto Mancini has signed a new five-year contract with Manchester City after guiding the club to their first English title for 44 years. The Italian oversaw a gripping finale to the Premier League season when two injury time goals in City's last match of the campaign saw them pip rivals Manchester Unite...
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Attraction re-creates locations, scenes, other elements from book and movie series . Park-within-a-park is at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida . Final movie in the series finished filming Saturday . With Potter nearly behind him, Radcliffe says he'll continue acting, be selective about roles .
[ "(CNN) -- Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said Friday he is already enjoying the new Harry Potter attraction at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park in Florida -- and he's already ridden the thrilling dragon roller coaster five times. The star spoke to CNN on the opening of the park-within-a-park in Orlan...
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NEW: NASA spokesman: "Nothing major, no hazardous operation (was) taking place" Swing-arm engineer was found on another level of launch pad, his employer says . The contract worker fell while preparing space shuttle Endeavour for its final flight . Counseling and assistance are being provided to workers, NASA says .
[ "(CNN) -- A space shuttle contract worker fell to his death Monday morning while working at the launch pad, preparing the space shuttle Endeavour for its final flight, according to a NASA official. United Space Alliance, the prime contractor for the U.S. space shuttle program, said in a press release that the victi...
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China monitoring developments, planning next move after ship hijacking . Bulk carrier De Xin Hai hijacked 550 nautical miles northeast of Seychelles . There are 25 crew members on board the ship, are all Chinese nationals . EU force aircraft monitoring the ship reported seeing four pirates on deck .
[ "(CNN) -- China plans to make \"every effort to rescue\" a merchant ship and crew hijacked in the Indian Ocean, the country's state news agency reported on Tuesday. The Chinese-owned bulk carrier De Xin Hai was hijacked on October 19 with 25 crew members on board. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, speaking to r...
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Defense strategy in Sandusky case was to tear down accusers, families, cops . Character witnesses portrayed former Penn State coach as role model, do-gooder . Defense calls 16-minute tape between accuser's attorney and investigator a smoking gun .
[ "Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- For the first week of Jerry Sandusky's child sex trial, eight young men held jurors spellbound with testimony about a sports hero they say groped them in the car, soaped them in the shower and sexually assaulted them on a basement waterbed. How do you come back from something like...
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The Spanish players strike has been called off ahead of this weekend's matches . The dispute has ended after the league agreed to pay money owed to players . Italian players are set to strike over planned changes to the players collective agreement .
[ "(CNN) -- The Spanish football season is set to get under way this weekend, after strike action by players which forced the opening round of fixtures to be postponed was ended on Thursday. Players from Spain's top two divisions went on strike earlier this month, in a bid to force the league to increase the fund whi...
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Scientists say the electronic tongue can tell how much sugar is in a cava . It can pick out three of seven types of cava classifications usually used . Sensors and mathematical processes are used to reproduce human senses . Researchers in Barcelona say the device could help in the production process .
[ "(CNN) -- Scientists in Spain say they have developed an electronic \"tongue\" that can identify different types of the Spanish sparkling wine cava -- a task more usually left to the skilled palate of the sommelier. Using sensor systems and mathematical processes, the electronic tongue can currently distinguish bet...
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The scandal took the U.S. from unpopular to despised in the Arab world, Nasr says . Many had not believed stories of abuse in Arab media before the photos came out . Now, many think the worst of the U.S.; new photos would not change that, Nasr says .
[ "(CNN) -- There is hardly anything in U.S.-Arab relations that screams scandal louder than the torture pictures of Abu Ghraib: . The abuse that went on behind these gates hardened Arab opinion against the United States. Naked hooded male bodies in the fetal position, piled up on top of each other in a pyramid shape...
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Man says he was held naked in Abu Ghraib prison during 2003 abuse of inmates . He says he saw guards stack naked prisoners in a pile and take photos . The man also says he was held in an Iraqi jail where he was beaten, tortured . He has never been charged with a crime .
[ "BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Abu Ahmed says he was there: An Iraqi held prisoner at Abu Ghraib by the American military when inmates were abused. Abu Ahmed says he and other inmates were held naked and forced to stand in their cells. He says he was kept naked and saw other naked inmates stacked onto a pile while photos ...
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NEW: 37 wounded in Sunday's attack, officials said . NEW: Attack leaves 25 people, including six militants, dead, officials say . NEW: An ISAF spokesman condemns the attack .
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least six militants -- strapped with explosives-laden vests -- stormed a provincial governor's compound in central eastern Afghanistan Sunday, killing at least 19 other people, officials said. The six militants also died, bringing the death toll to 25. As many as 37 others were wound...
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Bergen: Dick Cheney says coercive interrogations saved lives and stopped attacks . Bergen says evidence shows the most valuable information came without coercion . He says information gained through coercion was of dubious value . Bergen: History will show coercive techniques did more harm than good .
[ "Editor's note: Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst, is a fellow at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think tank that promotes innovative thought from across the ideological spectrum, and at New York University's Center on Law and Security. He's the author of \"The Osama bin Laden I Know: An ...
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Group favors African Union deploying more troops in Somalia . Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama rallies in capital of Mogadishu . Al-Shabaab follows strict Islamic rules, has ties to al Qaeda .
[ "Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- A Somali militant group wanting to rid the war-torn country of an al Qaeda-linked movement welcomed Saturday the African Union's decision last week to expand its peacekeeping presence in the country. Members of the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama militia -- showing off their power by brandishing a ...
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"Food insecurity" rates in the U.S. changed little from 2008 to 2009, a report says . Levels of fighting hunger are as high as they've been since record-keeping began . Participation in federal food assistance programs increased over the past year .
[ "(CNN) -- The number of Americans fighting off hunger stayed level last year, though food insecurity rates remain the highest they have been since the federal government began keeping track 15 years ago, a Department of Agriculture report released Monday found. About 14.7 percent of U.S. households were \"food inse...
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The Department of Homeland Security wants tighter control of ammonium nitrate . The material "can be used for legitimate purposes or exploited by terrorists," Napolitano says . The rule would require those who want to buy or sell more than 25 pounds to register .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration is proposing rules to govern the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate, a potentially explosive substance that was used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and reportedly was a component in the July bomb attack on a government building in Oslo, Norway. The Department of H...
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NEW: Deputy policeman arrested in shootings . Incident occurred Tuesday evening on a train south of Cairo . Family was en route to Cairo to buy an engagement ring . Relations between the Christian minority and Muslim majority within Egypt are tense .
[ "Samalut, Egypt (CNN) -- A policeman fatally shot a Christian man and wounded five other Christians Tuesday in an attack on a train in Egypt, officials said. The incident occurred at about 5 p.m. when a man walked onto the train, which was stopped in the station at Samalut, about 200 kilometers south of Cairo, said...
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He's a sociopath, but "not crazy," a criminologist says . "Mass murderers rarely are psychotic," another criminologist says . Experts disagree over whether he was primarily motivated by ideology or a desire for infamy . Some see comparisons to Unabomber, Virginia Tech shooter, Oklahoma City bomber .
[ "(CNN) -- Norwegian massacre suspect Anders Behring Breivik's purported 1,500-page manifesto paints a picture of a deliberative, driven killer -- not a rambling crazy person, criminologists said Tuesday. Speaking to CNN after Breivik's attorney said his client \"may be\" insane, Brian Levin, a criminologist with Ca...
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Three Pakistanis were arrested in connection with helping the suspect in the Times Square plot . The three confessed to their involvement, police say . They took Faisal Shahzad to meet and train with Pakistani Taliban leaders, police say . They were arrested Tuesday .
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Three Pakistani men linked to Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American who has pleaded guilty to the botched Times Square terror attack, were arrested and have confessed before a judge, authorities said Wednesday. This was not the first time that Shoaib Mughal, Humbal Akhtar ...
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171 prisoners are now held at Guantanamo, including some from the first batch 10 years ago . Many detainees have been released or transferred to third countries over the past decade . "Gitmo" has been a focal point of debates about habeas corpus and alleged abuse . Human rights lawyers dub a detention facility in Afgha...
[ "(CNN) -- Exactly 10 years ago Wednesday, the first batch of terrorist suspects seized in Pakistan and Afghanistan arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on board a C-141 transport plane. From freezing nights in the depths of the Afghan winter, the 20 detainees stepped into a tropical breeze looking dazed and bedraggled....
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NEW: U.N. Security Council expresses "grave concern" about situation in Yemen . Four soldiers and a civilian were killed at an Aden checkpoint, official says . Doctors say they think Saleh needs a bit more time to heal . Yemeni officials continue to say they hope he'll return "within days"
[ "(CNN) -- The health of Yemen's wounded president is improving, but doctors are recommending that he stay in Saudi Arabia for a \"longer time\" to recover, an adviser said Friday. This came as thousands of anti-government protesters demonstrated across Yemen and five people died in an explosion at a military checkp...
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Italy become the second country to qualify for the finals of Euro 2012 . They defeat Slovenia 1-0 in Florence thanks to Giampaolo Pazzini's goal . England and Netherlands also both win to edge close to finals next year . NEW World champions Spain defeat Liechtenstein 6-0 to also book their place .
[ "(CNN) -- Italy and Spain have become the second and third nations to secure qualification for the Euro 2012 finals after wins over Slovenia and Liechtenstein respectively on Tuesday evening. Germany were the first country to book their tickets for the finals in Poland and Ukraine on Friday. And they have now been ...
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NEW: Kagan hearings could wrap up by early August, GOP senator says . Republicans promise close look at Kagan's record; one says filibuster unlikely . Kagan has argued several high-profile cases before the Supreme Court . Conservative critics say she is too inexperienced to serve on the high court .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- President Obama took a key step in cementing his judicial legacy Monday, nominating Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, the 50-year-old Kagan will become the 112th Supreme Court justice. She would be the third woman on ...
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NEW: John Terry says he was angry because he thought Ferdinand had called him a racist . Ferdinand says he did not hear Terry's alleged racist abuse, but would have been hurt . Terry, one of England's biggest stars, faces a potential fine of about $3,900 if convicted . English soccer officials are trying to stamp racis...
[ "London (CNN) -- John Terry, one of England's biggest soccer stars, testified as his trial entered its second day Tuesday that he was upset and angry when he thought he had been accused of racial abuse by another player. The normally staid chambers of Westminster Magistrates' Court got an earful of shockingly foul ...
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The Russian-language Wikipedia site shuts down in protest of a law . Wikipedia says proposed changes in that country would lead to censorship . The site's shutdown is temporary . In January, Wikipedia jumped into U.S. politics with a similar act .
[ "(CNN) -- Wikipedia once again is diving into Internet politics. The free encyclopedia on Tuesday temporarily shut down access to most of its Russian-language site in protest of proposed legal action in Russia that it says would result in Internet censorship. Visitors to ru.wikipedia.org on Tuesday saw a black cens...
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Euro ministers agree 30 billion euro (US$36.9 billion) bailout package for Spain's banks . Aimed at preventing Spain, eurozone's fourth largest economy, from needing bailout itself . Madrid was also given an extra year to meet its steep budget deficit target . Spain's banks suffering with bad debts mainly due to nation...
[ "(CNN) -- Spain is to be offered an initial 30 billion euros (US$36.9 billion) to bail out its troubled banks following an emergency meeting of Eurozone finance ministers. The agreement followed nine hours of talks in Brussels that concluded early Tuesday. It was aimed at preventing Spain, the eurozone's fourth lar...
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NEW: Windsor police reopening "fully inspected" tunnel . The call came from the Canadian side, officials say . An anonymous caller reported a bomb in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel . The tunnel was evacuated; no bomb has been found, an official tells HLN .
[ "(CNN) -- The major tunnel between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit was scheduled to reopen at 5 p.m. ET Thursday following a shutdown because of a bomb threat, Windsor police said. Police \"fully inspected\" the tunnel before reopening it, Windsor authorities said. The bomb threat led to traffic backups as drivers on...
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The Bab al-Aziziya compound includes Gadhafi's home and government offices . Also inside are a building hit in a 1986 U.S. airstrike and Gadhafi's Bedouin tent . Rebel fighters overran the site on Tuesday after six months of fighting .
[ "(CNN) -- Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound is the heart of his nearly 42-year rule, a symbol of his defiance of the West. The sprawling complex houses modern government offices, the Bedouin tent in which Gadhafi received visitors and stands of palm trees. A bombed-out building remains as a monument to a 19...
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Grameen Bank founder refuses to step down . Yunus, a Nobel laureate, is recent target of lawsuits . State official says Yunus is too old to remain managing director .
[ "(CNN) -- The Bangladeshi government has called on Nobel laureate and microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus to retire from the bank he founded nearly three decades ago to help the poor, but he has said no. \"It's not possible, and if I withdraw myself from Grameen Bank, it'll collapse,\" Yunus said, according to Bangl...
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UK judge rules Galaxy Tabs "not cool" enough to be mistaken for iPads . Apple claimed three models were too similar to its iPad design . Apple has 21 days to appeal against the UK ruling . Rivals access Apple of using its patents aggressively to disrupt sales .
[ "London (Financial Times) -- Samsung successfully fended off a legal move by Apple to block the sale of its tablet computers in the UK but only after suffering the indignity of a judge ruling that its Galaxy Tabs were \"not cool\" enough to be mistaken for iPads. Apple had claimed three models of the Galaxy Tab too...
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Video appears to show an employee kicking, whipping and dragging a resident by her hair . Video given anonymously to Connecticut authorities, home operator, WFSB . Options Unlimited, the home operators, has released a statement of regret .
[ "(CNN) -- A Connecticut group home employee has been put on administrative leave without pay after a video that appears to show her abusing a woman resident with an intellectual disorder was sent to the operators of the group home, the state and CNN affiliate WFSB. The video appears to show the caretaker at the gro...
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Reports show David Souter may be the wealthiest member of Supreme Court . Samuel Alito, the busiest traveler, made 33 expense-paid trips in 2007 . Chief Justice John Roberts recorded 63 investments and trusts .
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Most of the Supreme Court justices piled up a lot frequent flyer miles in 2007, jetting to such exotic locales as Austria, India and Hawaii, according to financial disclosure reports released Friday. The U.S. Supreme Court justices at a shoot for their 2006 \"class photo.\" And they generally h...
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To save a man, Lopez went outside the area that is under his company's protection zone . On Monday Lopez shook hands with the man . Company Lopez worked for will no longer provide lifeguard service for city .
[ "(CNN) -- Fired Florida lifeguard Tomas Lopez was honored with the key to the city Monday and got a chance to meet the man whose life he saved. Lopez made national news last week when he was fired for leaving his post so he could save a swimmer outside his coverage zone at Hallandale Beach. \"It is a big honor. I d...
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NEW: The SAVE database contains alien registration numbers . Florida election officials sued to gain access to a federal law enforcement database . Florida wants to purge non-citizens from its voter rolls . Florida officials want to use the database to challenge voter eligibility .
[ "(CNN) -- Florida election officials will have access to a federal law enforcement database to challenge the eligibility of a person to vote as part of its effort to purge non-citizens from its voting rolls, state officials said. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will allow state officials access to the SAVE...
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Flight from Houston to New York struck by severe turbulence . Five on board were injured . Flight was diverted to Lake Charles Regional Airport in Louisiana .
[ "(CNN) -- Turbulence forced a United Airlines flight bound for New York's LaGuardia Airport to land shortly after takeoff Tuesday night and sent five people to the hospital, a United spokeswoman confirmed. Shortly after United Airlines Flight 1632 took off from Houston's Intercontinental Airport at 8:08 p.m., the f...
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N. Korea: "Outer space is not a monopoly of a few specified powers" North Koreans have said they intend to launch a communications satellite . U.S. Secretary of State Clinton says U.S. has no plans to shoot rocket down . Taepodong 2 rocket could launch either a warhead or a satellite .
[ "(CNN) -- North Korea defended Thursday its right to explore outer space after reports that a rocket, believed by the United States to be a long-range missile, had been positioned on its launch pad. Replicas of South and North Korean missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial in Seoul. North Korea recently in...
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NEW: The Cofidis cycling team says the rest of its riders should not be penalized . Remy Di Gregorio is suspected of doping offenses, the cycling team says . Gregorio has been suspended from the team midway through the Tour de France . The Tour de France is the world's best-known cycle race .
[ "Paris (CNN) -- A French cyclist taking part in the prestigious Tour de France race has been arrested, a national police official said Tuesday, leading his team to suspend him while claims of doping are investigated. Cofidis, a professional cycling team, said its cyclist Remy di Gregorio \"had allegedly attempted t...
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"This is not a football scandal," Paterno writes in the letter . It was intended to be published as a guest editorial, his family says . Paterno was fired amid the sex scandal involving his former assistant coach . He died in January .
[ "(CNN) -- Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno wrote a letter before his death saying the sex abuse scandal involving his assistant coach was \"not a football scandal.\" Read the full text of the letter . His family authenticated the letter, written late last year, after it emerged Wednesday. \"This is not ...
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CNN national security contributor talks about police presence at G-20 summit . Overwhelming presence of police is key, Frances Townsend says . Police aim to protect dignitaries, keep streets open, allow peaceful protests .
[ "(CNN) -- Security at the G-20 summit in London, England, is tight as protesters fill the streets. CNN anchor Kiran Chetry spoke Wednesday with Frances Townsend, who was Homeland Security adviser under the Bush administration, about the security. Townsend now is a national security contributor on CNN. CNN national ...
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Navarrette: Presidential candidates typically move to the center after primaries . He says this year, Romney is staying on the right, and Obama continues to take centrist stands . He says president has governed as if this was the third term of George W. Bush .
[ "San Diego, California (CNN) -- It was a Republican, Richard Nixon, who laid out the blueprint for getting elected president: In the primary, you court the extremes to please the party's base; in the general election, you race to the center to get as many votes as possible. But nowadays, candidates in both parties ...
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Wayne LaPierre: Effort under way to reinstate Clinton-era gun ban . He says claims that 95% of Mexico drug guns come from U.S. aren't backed up . LaPierre: Our gun freedoms aren't responsible for fueling the drug war . He says U.S. should seal the border and enforce existing gun laws .
[ "Editor's note: Wayne LaPierre has served as the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association of America since 1991. His latest book is \"The Global War on Your Guns: Inside the U.N. Plan to Destroy the Bill of Rights.\" Wayne LaPierre says the Mexican drug war isn't a reas...
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Fran Townsend: White House's top goal must be protecting American people . She says Obama's reorganization might expand National Security Council . Homeland security concerns must not be downplayed in the process, she says . Townsend: Homeland adviser needs direct access to the president .
[ "Editor's note: Frances Fragos Townsend, a CNN contributor on national security issues, served as President George W. Bush's chief anti-terrorism and homeland security adviser. Townsend has spent more than two decades in the fields of intelligence and criminal justice and has served during the past three administra...
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NEW: Investigation opened into Chinese dissident Li's death, report says . Outrage over the circumstances of Li's death provoke protests in Hong Kong . Dissident's death came two days after the anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre . Amnesty International calls for investigation, protection of Li's family, friends .
[ "Hong Kong (CNN) -- Chinese authorities have bowed to pressure to investigate the death of a high-profile dissident who had spent more than 20 years in jail for his support of the Tiananmen Square protests, Hong Kong media reported. Hunan's provincial public security bureau has asked forensic investigators from out...
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Tech Check is CNN.com's weekly technology podcast . This week Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg discuss car technology . Google privacy is the topic of our Reader Comments of the Week .
[ "(CNN) -- On this week's Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg discuss some pretty big advances in car technology that could be just a few years away from becoming a reality. Consumer Reports has endorsed what's called vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology. The tech, which is bein...
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Former Sheffield United chief executive Charles Green agrees Rangers takeover deal . His consortium is made up of investors from the Middle East, Asia and the Far East . Takeover consortium wants to exit administration by Company Voluntary Arrangement . Green promises no investor will owns more than 15% in the Scottish...
[ "(CNN) -- British businessman Charles Green has agreed a deal to take over Scottish Premier League side Glasgow Rangers, the club's administrators said on Sunday. The former Sheffield United chief executive is leading a global consortium made up of 20 investors from the Middle East, Asia and the Far East. \"We are ...
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Juan Martin del Potro wins the Estoril Open . Beats Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-2 . Philipp Kohlschreiber wins in Munich . Focus shifts to Madrid, where blue clay will be used for first time .
[ "(CNN) -- Juan Martin del Potro became the third man in the history of the Estoril Open to successfully defend his title after beating France's Richard Gasquet in the final 6-4, 6-2 Sunday. The Argentine started strongly, breaking Gasquet's serve to love in the very first game before capitalizing on the Frenchman's...
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Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in same half of French Open draw . Scene set for repeat of 2011 Roland Garros classic semifinal won by Federer . Rafael Nadal opens against Simone Bolelli of Italy in title defense . Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova in same section of the draw .
[ "(CNN) -- World No.1 Novak Djokovic and 16-time grand slam champion Roger Federer have been drawn to meet in the semifinals of the French Open -- setting up the likely prospect of a repeat of their classic 2011 clash at Roland Garros. An inspired Federer ended Djokovic's unbeaten streak and dashed the Serbian's cha...