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9860046aa6d0a4395ff91e132eb147b1f4de62c7 | Summarize the following news article. | Rally navigator dies after crash in Italian race .
Gareth Roberts was a promising navigator from Wales .
His death at age of 24 brings tributes from rally world . | [
"(CNN) -- The rallying world has paid tribute to promising young co-driver Gareth Roberts, who was killed during a race in Sicily on Saturday. The 24-year-old from Wales was navigating for Irish driver Craig Breen at the Targa Florio Rally, and they were sixth overall when they crashed. Breen was unhurt in the acci... |
723b89d642646731cdc70e94546a41ab01bdfc0f | Summarize the following news article. | Spain's Rafael Nadal wins tough battle with compatriot David Ferrer to seize seventh Barcelona title .
World No.2 wins 7-6 7-5 to extend his winning streak in the tournament to 34 matches .
Win takes Nadal's career title tally to 48 . | [
"(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal claimed a seventh Barcelona Open title with a hard fought straight-set 7-6 (7-1) 7-5 victory over David Ferrer on Sunday. The world No.2 completed another convincing display on the clay to notch up a 34th consecutive win in the tournament, seven days after winning his eighth successive title ... |
ac9dd3f99cd18346fc651e8fbc813eb9197101f4 | Summarize the following news article. | Nicolas Almagro retains Nice Open title without dropping a set .
Almagro beats American qualifier Brian Baker in final .
Serbia win World Team Cup with 3-0 win over Czech Republic .
Francesca Schiavone wins WTA tournament in Strasbourg . | [
"(CNN) -- Spain's Nicolas Almagro dashed American qualifier Brian Baker's hopes of a fairytale ATP title triumph in Nice when he beat him in straight sets in the final Saturday. The third seed successfully defended his title on the French Riviera with a 6-3 6-2 victory in 70 minutes. \"I played my best tennis in tw... |
ff6e09e1e5b5223e9b1c2a13618b26777afa1ba7 | Summarize the following news article. | Ana Ivanovic through to second round of Italian Open in Rome .
Former No.1 Ivanovic beats Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets .
Foro Italico hosts star-studded joint ATP/WTA tournament .
Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka head the respective fields . | [
"(CNN) -- Ana Ivanovic won a battle of former French Open champions as she dispatched Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets at the WTA tournament in Rome Monday. Ivanovic claimed her only grand slam win at Roland Garros in 2008 and boosted her preparation for another tilt at the title in Paris later this mo... |
4fb42501644275afcbcaf94b0ee630ea74fb8a89 | Summarize the following news article. | Serena Williams beats world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3 .
Madrid win provides Williams with 41st WTA singles title of career .
Williams blasts 14 aces and 26 winners in Sunday's final .
American has not lost a clay-court match this season . | [
"(CNN) -- Serena Williams powered to her first Madrid Masters title, hitting 14 aces in a comfortable win over Victoria Azarenka in Sunday's final. Williams took just over an hour to take the 41st WTA singles title of her career in a 6-1 6-3 win over the world No. 1. The in-form Williams, who has won all 13 of her ... |
bdf57576ebad6ed5e9f14345acddca83bf6055e9 | Summarize the following news article. | Fourth seed Andy Murray is knocked out of the Rome Masters by Richard Gasquet .
Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal all reach quarterfinals .
World number one Victoria Azarenka pulls out injured in women's event .
Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova and Williams sisters all progress to last eight . | [
"(CNN) -- Andy Murray's poor form going into the French Open continued as he lost to Richard Gasquet in the third round of the Rome Masters. After some initial stiff resistance, taking the first set after a tie break, Murray lost the next two 6-3, 6-2. He later revealed he has been suffering with a back injury all ... |
d6d5aed16f7028529a69cda3e32dff9a445f4562 | Summarize the following news article. | Croatian third seed Marin Cilic beats wild-card Tommy Haas in Munich semis .
Cilic, the clay event's 2010 runner-up, will play Philipp Kohlschreiber in final .
German, the 2007 winner, goes through with win over second seed Feliciano Lopez .
Kaia Kanepi wins her second WTA Tour title with victory in Estoril Open final ... | [
"(CNN) -- It's been three years since Tommy Haas has reached an ATP Tour final, and the former world No. 2's wait for a 13th career title was extended on Saturday. The 34-year-old rolled back the years on home soil this week when he stunned top seed Jo Wilfried-Tsonga at the Munich Open, but his tournament has now ... |
3385e17cf9fc4631ea88383d78dbb2476125dea8 | Summarize the following news article. | Maria Sharapova powers past world No.1 Victoria Azarenka to win WTA clay-court tournament in Stuttgart .
Azarenka troubled by a wrist injury was no match for the Russian who claims her first title of 2012 . | [
"(CNN) -- Maria Sharapova produced a powerful performance to defeat world No.1 Victoria Azarenka in the final of the WTA clay-court event in Stuttgart on Sunday. The Russian took just 84 minutes to blow the Belarusian off court in straight sets 6-1 6-4 and claim her first title of 2012 and the 25th of her career. A... |
fe9daef169a2b45d64767998e9318ecaaaeeae05 | Summarize the following news article. | Former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters announces she is to retire in September .
The Belgian has won four grand slam titles during a 13-year career in tennis .
Clijsters won three times at the U.S Open, which will be her last tournament .
The 28-year-old quit in 2007 before returning to the game in 2009 . | [
"(CNN) -- It will be her second retirement from tennis, but this time former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters insists she is quitting the court for good. The Belgian has announced she will bow out in September after the U.S. Open, the setting for three of her four grand slam titles. Clijsters retired in 2007 to give birth... |
6f0ca3f133ef648135c47347fe95694fccc1277b | Summarize the following news article. | Roger Federer beats Tomas Berdych 3-6 7-5 7-5 in Madrid final on Sunday .
Federer equals Rafael Nadal's record of 20 Masters titles .
The 16-time grand slam champion will take Nadal's No. 2 ranking on Monday .
Clay court season shifts to Rome ahead of the French Open . | [
"(CNN) -- Roger Federer came from behind to beat Tomas Berdych to win his third Madrid title and equal Rafael Nadal's record of 20 Masters titles. Federer won 3-6 7-5 7-5 to continue a rich vein of form that has seen him lose just three times in 48 matches over the last eight months and ensure the Swiss will take N... |
0cd26d326c9295865d534b7cf5d064863103b86a | Summarize the following news article. | Novak Djokovic reaches semifinal of Rome Masters beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga .
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer also go through in straight sets .
Serena Williams into semifinals of accompanying WTA tournament .
Williams to play Li Na of China for a place in Sunday's final . | [
"(CNN) -- Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal stayed on course for another final showdown in Rome as they conjured up straights sets victories Friday to reach the last four of the Masters 1000 tournament. Defending champion Djokovic saw off fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5 6-1 in their quarterfinal match at the Foro I... |
a8e1b3453c11f3b998496246eb0ff9d8ec3d9307 | Summarize the following news article. | Memorial foundation "is focused on honoring the victims and their families in a way free of politics"
Victims' families told the reading of names will be the "exclusive focus" of the program .
Dignitaries from mayors to presidents have spoken at previous events .
Mayor Bloomberg had considered ending the recitation of ... | [
"New York (CNN) -- Politicians will be barred from speaking at this year's commemoration ceremony on the anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks, according to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. According to Joe Daniels, president of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, the foundation \"is focus... |
83d631739685437aee850d76b726178c6c3637b6 | Summarize the following news article. | Roger Federer beats Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 6-3 to reach Madrid Masters final .
Federer is chasing a record-equaling 20th Masters title and the No. 2 ranking .
Tomas Berdych will play Federer after beating Juan Martin del Potro 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6)
Fastest serve record broken in South Korea by Australian journeyman . | [
"(CNN) -- While Rafael Nadal enjoys a fishing trip in his native Mallorca, Roger Federer is closing on his Spanish rival's No. 2 ranking and his Masters titles record after reaching the final in Madrid. Nadal, like Novak Djokovic, couldn't wait to get away from the controversial blue clay at the Caja Magica but Fed... |
38ccea6c0a95c6c57c1f018484003d9d45f9826c | Summarize the following news article. | Louis Freeh releases report showing failures by Penn State administrators .
Edward Queen: The report shows total lack of regard for innocent victims .
He says administrators and Penn State board didn't live up to their obligations .
Lesson is to focus on doing the right thing, not on covering up misdeeds, he says . | [
"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- The ongoing Penn State scandal reached if not its denouement Thursday at least its climax with the release of the report prepared under the auspices of former FBI Director Louis Freeh. The report answers numerous questions about who knew about Jerry Sandusky's abuse of children as well as... |
6f2d085f83b63e349d1c68d47b2ee44e502da640 | Summarize the following news article. | "Ice Age: Continental Drift" is the fourth movie in the series .
Reviewer says the formula is getting stale .
Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary voice the main characters . | [
"(CNN) -- It may not be conclusive proof of climate change, but every couple of years brings another \"Ice Age\" to air-conditioned multiplexes across the globe. Each of its predecessors made more money than the one that came before, so there's an inevitability about this fourth venture -- \"Ice Age: Continental Dr... |
9430ba474265b2ea8b7f0302de638bf331ba2c0e | Summarize the following news article. | Victoria Azarenka beats Agnieszka Radwanska for the sixth time this year .
The world No. 1 will face Serena Williams in Sunday's Madrid Masters final .
Williams beats Czech qualifier Lucie Hradecka in straight sets for her 12th clay-court win of the season .
The American will move up to at least No. 6 in the rankings o... | [
"(CNN) -- Agnieszka Radwanska has only lost to one player this season. It's just that she has now been beaten by Victoria Azarenka an incredible six times. World No. 1 Azarenka maintained her complete dominance over her Polish rival with a 6-2, 6-4 win at the Madrid Masters on Saturday. Azarenka will play former No... |
4caa72f1723324e7683e01de85ad5e5d6ebec0dc | Summarize the following news article. | "Political Animals" revolves around a fictional Secretary of State, her political and family life .
Sigourney Weaver on her lead role: "We need more women in politics"
"Political Animals" premieres July 15 at 10 p.m. ET on USA . | [
"(CNN) -- Elaine Barrish Hammond has a schedule that rivals none. In the morning she has an interview with a journalist who seems to have a vendetta against her to be followed by her son's engagement dinner, where she'll meet her ex-husband's buxom girlfriend. Oh, and she has to handle a diplomatic crisis involving... |
f747448821fba77d0a56fd78766b146f4aec314b | Summarize the following news article. | There has been speculation surrounding casting of "Cathcing Fire"
Jenna Malone has reportedly been offered the role of Johanna Mason .
She most recently starred in the A&E mini-series "Hatfields & McCoys." | [
"(CNN) -- One down, one more to go. The role of Johanna Mason — one of the most anticipated new characters in \"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire\" — may be taken. Lionsgate has reportedly already offered the part — a cunning, sarcastic Tribute from District 7 — to Malone, star of Saved!, Sucker Punch, and, most rece... |
204479b738efbdd4325de307c0f4332f203cf08d | Summarize the following news article. | Guide is among three people taken hostage from a tour bus in the Sinai region .
Security official says Bedouin kidnappers want release of a relative held on drug charges .
Kidnappings, robberies are up since longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year . | [
"(CNN) -- Two American tourists and their guide were kidnapped Friday in the Sinai region of Egypt, authorities said. Bedouin kidnappers want authorities to release a relative who is in detention in Alexandria on drug charges, said Gen. Ahmed Bakr, head of security in the North Sinai. Kidnappings and armed robberie... |
0a51bc43fb33d8da710e9969a73c23e031e4630d | Summarize the following news article. | Spain is telling the Libyan ambassador to leave .
Three other diplomats are also being expelled .
Spain is not breaking off diplomatic relations with Libya . | [
"Madrid (CNN) -- Spain is expelling the Libyan ambassador to Madrid and three other Libyan diplomats here, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said in a statement Thursday. \"The government of Spain has decided to put an end to the mission of the ambassador accredited in Madrid by the authorities in Tripoli (Libya), becau... |
c0b04d583016f16bb69089f37c42245533492d0b | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Britain acknowledges Kenyan authorities want to talk to its citizens, an official says .
"We believe that terrorists may be in the final stages of planning attacks," Britain says .
It says the attacks may target places where expatriates gather .
Kenyan police, by contrast, say, "We don't believe an attack is immin... | [
"Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- British officials Saturday warned of terror threats in Kenya as the east African nation battles Islamist militants in neighboring Somalia. \"Kenyan authorities have alerted the public to a heightened threat from terrorist attacks in Nairobi. We believe that terrorists may be in the final st... |
49b8a3aa22491327848dcfb578c8794052a5c6de | Summarize the following news article. | Funeral home in Easley, South Carolina, plans coffee shop .
It will sell Starbucks products to mourners, the public .
Service is a way to support families, funeral home executive says . | [
"(CNN) -- Chris Robinson's family is used to being a bit ahead of the curve. After selling caskets at a general store in Easley, South Carolina, an ancestor opened a funeral location in a separate building. Most other parlors in town operated in homes converted for the purpose. \"People thought he had overbuilt at ... |
d645aa7a1aa428af5b004fb1652166c13ddf8f96 | Summarize the following news article. | As many as 95 people have been killed, officials say .
The flooding has cut the region off from the rest of the country .
Runways are under water at the Shah Amanat International Airport . | [
"Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Rescue crews were frantically trying to find survivors possibly buried in debris Wednesday after heavy rain and floods washed through southeastern Bangladesh in the past few days, killing 95 people, police and local officials said. Most of the victims died in landslides caused by torrent... |
de907f8a4f8363ce3648144c3ccbc71befe339dc | Summarize the following news article. | Bruce Springsteen's "Wrecking Ball" a sometimes angry look at America today .
Springsteen knows impact rough times can have on home -- he's been there .
Singer generally known as inspiring and upbeat, but he has many sides .
At bottom of it all is a call to social justice, says biographer . | [
"(CNN) -- Ask Bruce Springsteen where he gets his ideas, and he's likely to take you back to a house in Freehold, New Jersey, torn by anger and disappointment. It's not the popular image the singer often projects. At various points in his career, he's been the savior of rock 'n' roll, an American hero, a working-cl... |
acec90909d0b7a2f36b1e8de02c7360f077ee551 | Summarize the following news article. | Customer purchased nonrefundable airline tickets through Cheapoair .
The agent told the customer a penalty would be charged for cancellation .
The penalty came to $535 per ticket, which the customer considered excessive .
Fees were in line with company policy, but the company agreed to a full refund . | [
"(Tribune Media Services) -- The airline tickets Marianne Ellis buys for a family vacation to Tanzania are refundable with a change fee, but her online travel agent fails to tell her that the fee is about a quarter of the cost of the ticket. Now that she has to cancel, will she lose thousands of dollars? Q: We rece... |
72b26fed933fcf8b2ba5563530e4af403a579659 | Summarize the following news article. | Ilya Shapiro: High Court rejected notion that mandate justified under Commerce Clause .
But it justified it instead under taxation power; this is constitutional excess, he says .
He says in doing this, the court illegitimately rewrote the health reform act to save it .
Shapiro: Justices should be applying the Constitut... | [
"(CNN) -- Today's heart-wrenching, baby-splitting Supreme Court decision illegitimately rewrote the Affordable Care Act in order to save it. It's certainly gratifying that a majority on the court rejected the government's dangerous assertion of power to require people to engage in economic activity in order to then... |
568387f4b0e1fe81833b5b87ff73f0740f399a98 | Summarize the following news article. | South Korea is the first major Asian consumer of Iranian oil to stop imports .
Seoul's decision follows an insurance ban by the EU on tankers carrying Iran's crude .
Tehran says it may respond by deciding to "fully stop importing Korean goods"
Western powers are using sanctions to pressure Tehran over its nuclear progr... | [
"Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Iran threatened Wednesday to halt all imports of goods from South Korea in response to Seoul's announcement a day earlier that it would stop accepting Iranian oil. South Korea said Tuesday that it would suspend all Iranian oil imports from the start of July in response to a European Uni... |
43852d0c6acbe668530853c3dbc2eb8b15b29b78 | Summarize the following news article. | The idea of showing public emotion is a very un-British thing to do, says Richard Quest .
But this is no usual time as nation rallies behind queen as she celebrates her diamond jubilee.
British people may not go gaga very often but when we do, we do it full throttle, he says .
Quest: You may just hear me joining in as ... | [
"London (CNN) -- A stiff upper lip. Show no emotion. Master of the understatement. The stereotypes about the British have been around since our ships first set sail to collect an empire. Certainly the idea of showing public emotion is a very un-British thing to do. We keep our feelings to ourselves ... or at least ... |
f33b5a310a9bda2d702b673f12bfa80d6d23bd79 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Top official says repair work complicated because damage is so high .
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake damaged the 555-foot-tall structure in August .
National Park Service confirms repairs will take 12 to 18 months .
Crews will begin work this fall . | [
"(CNN) -- The Washington Monument will remain closed for repairs for at least another year and possibly into 2014, National Park Service officials said Monday. The 555-foot-tall monument has been closed since an earthquake struck the mid-Atlantic region near Richmond, Virginia, in August 2011. Repairs are expected ... |
51b4f12a8431df32d5ba86d14f6a26c32670f1c3 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Pratt & Whitney says it's "cooperating fully with investigating authorities"
David Chukwunonso Allison's wife, Joy, died in the plane crash Sunday in Nigeria .
His lawsuit alleges the plane and its engines were defective .
Before the crash, the pilot had issued a mayday saying both engines had failed . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- A Nigerian man whose wife was among 153 people killed Sunday when an MD-83 aircraft crashed in Lagos, Nigeria, has filed suit against the manufacturer of the plane and its engines, and against the estate of the American who was piloting the aircraft. In a 56-page lawsuit, David Chukwunonso Alli... |
851e1d218cc38c78e9be56e1965277eb80ad79c2 | Summarize the following news article. | University plans to renovate locker room .
"The university hired their own executioner when they hired Louie Freeh," legal analyst says .
Trustee Kenneth Frazier says the school's board of trustees is "deeply ashamed"
Scott Paterno says he wishes his father had been more aggressive in following up . | [
"(CNN) -- The release of a scathing report on how Penn State University dealt with a sexual predator who for years abused young boys on and off campus is far from the end of the school's troubles. The university is still under scrutiny by the Department of Education and the National Collegiate Athletic Association ... |
930ce0d21491a6eb1a5c39f9e8215d8f1a9a8d4d | Summarize the following news article. | Connor Boss, 18, is the first legally blind contestant to compete in Miss Florida USA .
She was diagnosed with a hereditary eye disease at age 8 .
Boss, a college freshman, says winning the pageant isn't why she's competing .
'If I can inspire one person, I feel like I've won already,' she says . | [
"Hollywood, Florida (CNN) -- Connor Boss appears to be just like any other contestant waiting to sign into the Miss Florida USA pageant until it is her turn to fill out the registration sheet. Boss, with her nose almost touching the paper, has trouble reading the form. Boss, 18, is the first legally blind contestan... |
15a3b1a7f928c8c7377a95aad1c9004cd243e853 | Summarize the following news article. | Dani Pedrosa of Spain on pole for Italian MotoGP .
Fastest time of one minute 47.284 seconds at Mugello .
Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo second fastest .
Defending title holder Casey Stoner fifth best . | [
"(CNN) -- Spain's Dani Pedrosa continued his hot streak by claiming pole for the Italian MotoGP Saturday on his Repsol Honda. Pedrosa, who won last weekend's German round of the championship, clocked one minute 47.284 seconds on the Mugello circuit to edge out compatriot Jorge Lorenzo on his Yamaha. It was the 26-y... |
6e12706da0d43ffe2a4cfebf6b424376865e4c05 | Summarize the following news article. | Connor Boss, 18, makes the top five, but loses to Michelle Aguirre .
Boss is the first legally blind contestant to compete in Miss Florida USA .
She was diagnosed with a hereditary eye disease at age 8 .
"I hope that I could inspire others that anything is possible," she says . | [
"Hollywood, Florida (CNN) -- Connor Boss, the first legally blind contestant to compete for Miss Florida USA, was a top five finalist at the pageant Saturday but fell short of the title. The crown went to Michelle Aguirre, Miss Broward County Fair USA. But Boss, 18, who was diagnosed 10 year ago with a hereditary e... |
6f34b5b2108bf55385c90e4fbeb11b5f09a1bd0c | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: She was charged with operating a motor vehicle while her ability was impaired by drugs .
Her spokesman says tests showed no substances in her system .
She is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday .
New York State Police she was driving under the influence of drugs . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy and ex-wife to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was involved in a hit-and-run incident Friday morning while under the influence of drugs, according to the New York State Police. \"911 calls reported a white vehicle operating in an erratic manne... |
8d35ca1bae505945c6b42aea19934596014056a6 | Summarize the following news article. | Despite improvements in clean water supply, U.N. says sanitation still "lagging far behind"
One child dies every 20 seconds because of poor water sanitation according to the U.N.
New water monitoring techniques using mobile phones can speed up maintenance and save lives . | [
"(CNN) -- The recent announcement by the United Nations that 89% of the world's population (6.1 billion people) now has \"sustainable access to safe drinking water\" was described by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as a \"great achievement for the people of the world.\" Meeting part of the target of one of the U.N.'s... |
62667f14c30ae3e29f855cbf7d8e5f9536d05510 | Summarize the following news article. | A Boeing 747's wing clips the tail of a much smaller Embraer-140 .
The smaller plane carried 18 passengers; the larger one was a cargo jet .
No one was injured . | [
"(CNN) -- Passengers on an American Eagle flight arriving at Chicago's O'Hare airport got an unexpected jolt Wednesday when the right wing of a Boeing 747 cargo plane taxiing for departure clipped the tail of the commuter plane. None of the 18 passengers and three crew members was injured, an American Eagle spokesw... |
b9d08f0eef15d4fa45156f466bd93a351852ccdb | Summarize the following news article. | A "cardboard cathedral" has been given the go-ahead for construction in Christchurch, New Zealand .
The temporary A-framed structure will be finished by the end of 2012 .
The old Anglican cathedral was badly damaged by the 2011 earthquake which struck the city .
Bishop of Christchurch, Victoria Mathews announced in Mar... | [
"(CNN) -- Fourteen months to the day after an earthquake devastated Christchurch's 19th century cathedral, work is starting on a new center of worship reflecting the spirit of 21st century design. The \"cardboard\" cathedral designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is a temporary structure which will accommodate ... |
958fc98c5c72381ac9167640907a5b5f84306da5 | Summarize the following news article. | CNN's iReport Boot Camp challenges iReporters to improve their storytelling chops .
This week, we're sharing mistakes we made in our careers and what we learned .
Read about CNN producers' ridiculous headlines, on-air mishaps and other slip-ups .
Find other journalism and storytelling tips on our Boot Camp homepage . | [
"(CNN) -- Journalism can be an unforgiving profession. Mistakes are easy to make, and they're usually made publicly, which means red faces and awkward apologies all around. The only comfort is that everybody -- EVERYBODY -- makes them at some point. We'll prove it to you. Here are nine CNN journalists -- including ... |
c7a0bd6d06fbc9f24b4268c29ff13bd7ad4df1b6 | Summarize the following news article. | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is South Africa's home affairs minister .
She is also the ex-wife of South African President Jacob Zuma .
She had to claim a two-thirds majority to win the election . | [
"(CNN) -- The African Union has elected Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to lead the 54-nation bloc after a hotly contested election. The 63-year-old South African home affairs minister is the first woman to hold the post and is the ex-wife of South African President Jacob Zuma. Sunday's election, which took place in Addis A... |
08c0bd9039efa18c1d3c98ca92e2ae64214a916c | Summarize the following news article. | Aimee Copeland is now listed in serious condition .
Copeland, 24, is battling necrotizing fasciitis caused by flesh-devouring bacteria .
She has been hospitalized for more than a month . | [
"(CNN) -- Aimee Copeland on Tuesday reached another milestone by being upgraded from critical to serious condition at the Georgia hospital where she has valiantly fought a condition caused by flesh-eating bacteria. According to Doctors Hospital of Augusta, both critical and serious conditions include a patient havi... |
3e8681e0e111d72a1d83c717fcf969cdbe9c0cee | Summarize the following news article. | Livia Firth's Green Carpet Challenge puts ethical fashion in the spotlight .
Wife of Oscar-winning actor Colin, Firth founded the project in 2009 .
Firth has encouraged Hollywood's biggest stars to wear recycled clothes on the red carpet . | [
"London (CNN) -- The red carpet is fashion's grandest stage where stars line up to see and be seen. But who you are wearing is as important as who you are. If Livia Firth, wife of Academy Award-winning actor Colin, gets her way, the kind of fabric you are wearing will be just as essential. Now in its third year, th... |
104b58180268fdde348f1dcfc51f00409be481d0 | Summarize the following news article. | The 65-year-old comic is listed in stable condition in a Texas hospital, his manager says .
Gallagher's shows are postponed through next week, she says .
"His family is with him," the manager says . | [
"(CNN) -- The comic Gallagher, known for smashing watermelons, is \"slowly recovering\" from a heart attack suffered just before he was to perform at a Texas club, his promotional manager said Thursday. \"We will not know the outcome until sometime tomorrow,\" Christine Scherrer said. Gallagher, 65, is in stable co... |
ecd76272f9cb4a33e789028b9ff226b87f6a7730 | Summarize the following news article. | Dutch club PSV Eindhoven agree to sell winger Ibrahim Afellay to Barcelona .
The 24-year-old will settle personal terms ahead of January transfer window .
He has played 30 times for the Netherlands and went to the 2010 World Cup . | [
"(CNN) -- Spanish champions Barcelona have lined up their first signing of the January transfer window after agreeing a deal to sign Ibrahim Afellay from Dutch club PSV Eindhoven. The Catalan club's website reported on Monday that personal terms for the 24-year-old will be settled \"over the next few weeks.\" \"The... |
31edc99dca77221ea20815f329a354728afd0f50 | Summarize the following news article. | Families are flocking to see the latest Dr. Seuss movie .
Critics say the Lorax would not have approved of car or pancake deals .
The movie has helped sell more Dr. Seuss books .
One person can make a difference, even if acting alone . | [
"(CNN) -- And in that very moment, we heard a loud whack! From outside in the fields came a sickening smack . Of an axe on a tree. Then we heard the tree fall. The very last Truffula Tree of them all! A community where the last tree is cut down to make a \"Thneed\" that no one needs. Where real trees have been repl... |
9f626a2d9ef51b8990993abe1545420ddf1bec0f | Summarize the following news article. | A patent shows how Apple could add a speaker to the clip on the iPod shuffle or iPod nano .
Apple CEO Tim Cook said iPod is a "large and important product" for the company .
NPD analyst Ross Rubin says future nanos could be worn on wrists with social media updates . | [
"(WIRED) -- Passing earwax-tainted earbuds between friends is nobody's favorite way to share iPod tunes. An integrated speaker in the smaller iPod nano and iPod shuffle models could end that practice for good, and provide opportunity for a host of new iPod possibilities. A newly published Apple patent describes how... |
a37009289e0fc1effc19a67eeae03e01e65b8c77 | Summarize the following news article. | Jerry Lawson passed away after suffering a heart attack .
He was an engineer for Channel F .
Channel F was the first videogame machine that used interchangeable game cartridges . | [
"(WIRED) -- Gerald \"Jerry\" Lawson, creator of the first cartridge-based videogame console, died Saturday morning in a Mountain View, California, hospital, WIRED.com has learned. Lawson was 70. As an engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor, Lawson designed the electronics of the Fairchild Video Entertainment System, l... |
9a34265f0baa1321d66109b7ad1201f9fff50511 | Summarize the following news article. | Tammy Frisby: Republicans, Democrats argue if the individual mandate is a tax or penalty .
Frisby: Debate over the tax status has little effect on who wins the White House .
She says the health care law includes tax increases much higher than the mandate .
Frisby: Conservatives have already won on the mandate issue, as... | [
"(CNN) -- For the past week, the political fireworks surrounding the landmark decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act rivaled the excitement of Independence Day pyrotechnics. President Obama is facing heavy criticism from Republicans that he has raised taxes on working- and middle-class Amer... |
fe52dd6ec889b4caedd95f8adbb372d62f6c2169 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: "Damage is limited to the backlot facade," Tyler Perry Studios says .
NEW: Perry uses the facade to shoot city scenes for his movies, including the "Madea" franchise .
NEW: Perry thanks Atlanta firefighters for their "quick response and limiting the damage"
Officials do not know what started the fire . | [
"Atlanta (CNN) -- A large fire at the southwest Atlanta film studio of Tyler Perry on Tuesday night damaged the backlot facade of one of Perry's sound stages, according to a statement from the studio Wednesday. \"We are grateful that there were no injuries and that 99% of the damage is limited to the backlot facade... |
58a572f1ed01855c0e3fc48f6f7692a846f73eae | Summarize the following news article. | Front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich spar in the final Florida debate .
Romney forcefully defends his personal wealth as good for America .
Rick Santorum attacks Romney on his Massachusetts health care reform plan .
The candidates also argue over immigration and going to the moon . | [
"Jacksonville, Florida (CNN) -- Republican presidential hopefuls headed into the homestretch of the critical Florida primary campaign Friday after a riveting debate that analysts believe gave Mitt Romney a boost over fellow front-runner Newt Gingrich. Florida voters will decide Tuesday who gets the biggest delegate... |
ffe4cbbee6917ec602ad3a46870d055fc6e216e2 | Summarize the following news article. | Independent senator's stance on health care has angered some Democrats .
"All options are open," former Democrat says of re-election race .
Lieberman still sits with Democratic caucus in Senate . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, a former Democrat who sits with Democratic caucus, said Tuesday that he would not rule out running for re-election in 2012 as a Republican. Lieberman angered his colleagues in the Democratic caucus this week by threatening to torpedo health care legislation if i... |
2be068d656785bd3b43046985264321863ac74ac | Summarize the following news article. | Sources say Bravo will air a special that addresses the suicide of Russell Armstrong .
The special includes Vanderpump, Grammer, Maloof and Kyle and Kim Richards .
The second season premiere of "Beverly Hills" is still on track for September 5 . | [
"(EW.com) -- Bravo will air a special that addresses the suicide of Russell Armstrong, sources tell EW. The network has shot a special that included several cast members of \"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\" -- Lisa Vanderpump, Camille Grammer, Kyle and Kim Richards, and Adrienne Maloof. Taylor Armstrong appa... |
9fc4372b3bd04b2847a3ec7aff799c98fb3debf5 | Summarize the following news article. | Lugar delivers a statement that is part defense and part warning .
Mourdock's stand-your-ground approach is not conducive to problem-solving, Lugar says .
He says he stands by his votes "without regrets" | [
"Indianapolis (CNN) -- As soon as 36-year Senate veteran Richard Lugar finished his concession speech Tuesday, he walked off the stage, out the back door and into his car. But he left behind something unusual and -- in the annals of politics -- somewhat extraordinary. Lugar had his aides distribute a prepared state... |
5fcc78062fd7d0f77d5977b6677b9e41e85cb40b | Summarize the following news article. | Jurors for Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse trial won't be sequestered .
Sequestered juries are protected from media reports but face stress of being away .
Cost can run into hundreds of thousands to house, feed, and protect jurors during trials .
CNN legal analyst: "Much more difficult for jurors to stay away from the 24... | [
"(CNN) -- During the weeks Jerry Sandusky's trial unfolds in Centre County, Pennsylvania, 12 jurors and four alternates will be able to eat dinners with their families and sleep in their own beds. While they won't be isolated and watched by law enforcement, they also won't be able to lurk on Twitter, casually watch... |
a3eab235e3dec155e5bb642cffb1e965fbbaa6f6 | Summarize the following news article. | The man is charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure .
"As a citizen one of my ways of expressing myself is being naked," Brennan says .
TSA: When a passenger chooses to be purposefully disruptive, we notify police . | [
"(CNN) -- John Brennan says he did not go to the Portland International Airport intending to get naked. But after feeling harassed by airport screeners Tuesday, the 50-year-old Portland, Oregon, man stripped off his clothes in a protest that brought him even more attention from airport authorities, national headlin... |
9d6c8bd30f2954bc76edfd61d45ec53e59dd2515 | Summarize the following news article. | Actress Nicollette Sheridan sued the show's creator and ABC for wrongful termination .
She claims her firing was in retaliation for complaining she was struck by show's creator .
First trial ended with the jury was deadlocked at 8-4, in favor of the actress .
Juror says she questioned credibility of ABC's witnesses . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actress Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination lawsuit against the studio that produces \"Desperate Housewives\" will be retried in September, a Los Angeles judge ordered this week. The first trial ended without a verdict as jurors deadlocked 8 to 4 in favor of the actress after three days... |
3c23df164ebf10fe57e778c9cbae3404f0b1c20c | Summarize the following news article. | British luxury retailer Asprey was founded in 1781by William Asprey .
The company has nine stores worldwide, its flagship store is on New Bond Street in London .
In 1862 Asprey recieved its first Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria . | [
"(CNN) -- As millions prepare to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, her official jeweler has created a three dimensional artwork inspired by her long reign -- and many diamonds. Asprey teamed up with acclaimed light artist Chris Levine to create \"The Diamond Queen,\" an evocative portrait of the monarch which ... |
b214efedb47e26609b7e940026d90f30c168a62e | Summarize the following news article. | Spokesman: Grave moved because first plot offered no room for other family plots .
A medical examiner ruled Mary Kennedy died of asphyxiation due to hanging .
Kennedy family members purchased some 50 plots surrounding the grave . | [
"(CNN) -- The body of Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was moved to \"a sunny hillside\" in a separate section of the Cape Cod, Massachusetts, cemetery where she was originally interred two months ago, her family said. Kennedy, who had been battling depression, was found dead May 16 in Bed... |
f7366e9e58234f6d88049101f4c7285878916e0f | Summarize the following news article. | A van crashes on North Island in New Zealand .
Students were on a weekend trip to see where "The Lord of the Rings" movies were filmed .
Three were killed and five injured in the crash, the university says . | [
"(CNN) -- Boston University mourned three study-abroad students killed in New Zealand while visiting locations where \"The Lord of the Rings\" movies were filmed. A van in which the students were traveling swerved off a road and rolled over about 7:30 a.m. Saturday near the resort town of Taupo in the center of Nor... |
9fb205f96f044e62f73e90b127c23e8716d67d99 | Summarize the following news article. | James Carville: Democrats are expressing confidence they will beat Romney easily .
He says the polls show the race is extremely close; incumbents losing around world .
Touting accomplishments such as killing bin Laden, saving GM won't do the trick, he says .
Carville: Democrats must connect with voters' worries about t... | [
"(CNN) -- A long time ago a great three-time governor of Louisiana, Earl Long, said about Jimmie Davis, the two-time not very good governor of Louisiana, \"You couldn't wake up Jimmie Davis with an earthquake.\" As I go around the country and see various Democrats and talk to them on the phone, honestly I'm beginni... |
aff2c9b784aacf6b228694594cc9c1a0a43f95ce | Summarize the following news article. | Aleksandr Suvorov, 28, had entered guilty pleas in two separate schemes .
One involved stealing credit card numbers of 81,000 Dave & Buster's customers .
He then attempted to sell more than 160,000 stolen numbers to an undercover agent .
Estonian "reached across an ocean to victimize thousands of Americans," U.S. attor... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- An Estonian man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for his role in stealing more than 240,000 credit card numbers. Aleksandr Suvorov, 28, had previously entered guilty pleas in two separate schemes. One involved hacking into a computer system belonging to the Dave & Buster's res... |
285c668d92aa83583cec1bd524390805475154f6 | Summarize the following news article. | Manny Pacquiao loses his WBO welterweight crown to American Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas .
Two judges rule the fight 115-113 for American, while the other judge backs the Filipino champion .
The decision is greeted with a chorus of boos by fans who thought Pacquiao had dominated .
The two fighters may return to the rin... | [
"(CNN) -- Philippines boxing icon Manny Pacquiao's fellow countrymen were left reeling Monday after their hero's controversial defeat to American boxer Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas at the weekend. It was his first loss in seven years, and a contentious one as well, especially compared with Pacquiao's previous defea... |
82dcc005bc16d000033cba818520cf2fca8e5d4a | Summarize the following news article. | Airlines and caterers have shared few details about food inspection on planes .
Airline catering usually spot tested, expert says .
Expert: Isolated, one-off incidents such as recent Delta episode are difficult to prevent . | [
"(CNN) -- What rules must a turkey sandwich follow in order to board an airplane? With the six needles found in sandwiches on four international Delta Air Lines flights from the Netherlands to the United States, it's a question already stressed travelers are starting to ask. Assuming you get any food on your flight... |
04042d90d1d5fbdfdbdacc36de71509b0e575508 | Summarize the following news article. | "No-permission" Android apps can access potentially sensitive data on your phone .
The bigger problem isn't malicious exploitation, but rather that app developers are "sloppy"
Don't install apps that require too many permissions, and report any suspicious activity . | [
"(CNN) -- Savvy Android users tend to be wary of installing apps that request seemingly unnecessary permissions. When an app wants access to data or functions on your phone, such as your contacts list or the ability to send text messages, it can signal potential security or malware risks. But Android apps that requ... |
8ea99319f3b26388f34c6cd1013b0398c4b6c0e9 | Summarize the following news article. | The pilot did not make a distress call, an NTSB official says .
Aircraft en route from Oklahoma to Iowa crashes in Kansas .
Four people on board are killed, one seriously injured .
The plane landed on a field, skidded and hit trees, Kansas authorities say . | [
"(CNN) -- A recent Oral Roberts University graduate was the only one of five people en route to a Christian youth conference to survive a plane crash in southeastern Kansas, officials said Saturday. The twin-engine Cessna 401 went down Friday afternoon about nine miles west of Chanute, the Kansas Highway Patrol sai... |
f91b40610ade7c7b7e1e96b5682b30aa3391dd5d | Summarize the following news article. | Gov. Jan Brewer signs the bill into law .
She says the "common sense law ... closes loopholes"
Planned Parenthood says the measure will put the health of thousands at risk . | [
"(CNN) -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed off on a bill that will prevent abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving public funds in most cases, her office said. \"This is a common sense law that tightens existing state regulations and closes loopholes in order to ensure that taxpayer dollars are ... |
18657c33f1a7cfb6fea2b31b2f31bb93046cb224 | Summarize the following news article. | The design of Red Bull's RB8 car has been questioned by other teams .
The RB8 has a slot in front of the rear while which increases downforce .
Ferrari and Sauber also have design modifications aimed at tackling the problem .
Formula One's official website confirms no rival teams have reported Red Bull . | [
"(CNN) -- Formula One is a sport where tiny margins can be the difference between success and failure, so it is no surprise a small hole in Red Bull's Monaco Grand Prix winning car has got rival teams reexamining the sport's regulations. Mark Webber clinched the Austrian-owned manufacturer's third consecutive win i... |
b9c09171773e4976818884e858d0973502017a07 | Summarize the following news article. | The Dodgers have new owners and are in first place .
Last year at this time the owners were in divorce court .
The team suffered on the field and at the box office . | [
"(CNN) -- \"When you and I went to dinner in Arizona in the spring of 2011,\" I say to Ned Colletti, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, \"you thought your team might be a lot better than it turned out to be.\" \"It tells you that I don't know what I'm doing,\" he jumps in, finishing my thought. \"And when ... |
8cb70addb7aec29ff6c6443fb3c17f58c4d2ca11 | Summarize the following news article. | This will be Rep. Ron Paul's third presidential run .
Paul ran as the Libertarian Party's candidate in 1988 and for the GOP nomination in 2008 .
Paul is serving his 11th term in the House of Representatives . | [
"(CNN) -- Texas Rep. Ron Paul is making his third bid for the White House armed with the same libertarian-leaning stances that cultivated a dedicated following during his 11 terms in the House of Representatives. Those positions -- calls for limited government, reduced federal spending and less U.S. involvement ove... |
832b1e6d0f515386dc4a5cb7bdf102439d794842 | Summarize the following news article. | Rock stars KISS have joined forces with animated hit "Family Guy"
Fox will develop the products with Live Nation Merchandise .
KISS has previously made three cameos on the show . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- Rock stars and merchandising extraordinaires KISS have joined forces with Fox's animated hit \"Family Guy\" for a co-branded product line that will hit stores in fall, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Fox will develop the products with KISS' licensing agent, Live Nation Merchandise, and will... |
8ced9e2fc2eb39d0b0e72fa4129c5cfb633d572a | Summarize the following news article. | Showdog.com allows you to enter a virtual simulation dog show league .
Web-based E-wrestling federations allow you to draft a stable of grapplers .
Krystal Square Off offers fantasy eating leagues for four to seven teams . | [
"(Mental Floss) -- Fantasy football drafts are firing up, and workplace productivity will soon grind to a halt as half the office spends half the day managing their rosters in an attempt to get the next Steve Slaton off the waiver wire. Just because you're not a football fan doesn't mean you have to be left out of ... |
d9fdf46f80808cb5680e975965d4c8051298a2fe | Summarize the following news article. | Get tips on how to win fantasy football competitions .
Former winner of Fantasy Premier League suggests luck is involved .
A balance of cheaper players and superstars is important, winner says . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- \"Incredible\" is how John Frisina remembers the moment he logged on to Fantasy Premier League and discovered he was beating nearly two million other competitors. Tough task: Managing a fantasy football team can be hard when you want to get ahead of the rest. It's the stuff dreams are made... |
95e25487664002159088b6eb33a63136b270e8ed | Summarize the following news article. | Eddie Murphy had the unenviable fate of taking second place .
Nicolas Cage's "Trespass" co-star Nicole Kidman also didn't fare well .
Reese Witherspoon and Denzel Washington rounded out the pack in fourth and fifth place . | [
"(EW.com) -- When she gets a look at the latest list on Forbes.com, Drew Barrymore won't be smiling anymore. The magazine ranked her first on its list of \"Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actors,\" reporting that her films only bring in 40 cents for every dollar she is paid as an actress -- and that's without taking into... |
f58bdbca13f2ecab7f106824c1ec53347cf1524a | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. lands at No. 25 on the annual State of the World's Mothers report .
U.S. has made strides with respect to better care for teen moms .
Lack of support from governmental and other programs pushes U.S. down . | [
"(CNN) -- There is a little good news for mothers in the United States. The U.S. has moved up six places -- from 31st to 25th -- in the annual Save The Children State of the World's Mothers report. That puts the U.S. right between Belarus and the Czech Republic. Norway is No. 1, just ahead of Iceland and Sweden. Th... |
e56d09be788e9b28bfb81336a47f8b0a40829d9d | Summarize the following news article. | Phoenix's Raffi Torres injured Chicago's Marian Hossa during a playoff game Tuesday .
Torres went airborned to hit a defenseless Hossa on his head .
The NHL suspended Torres for 25 games, saying the hit violated 3 league rules . | [
"(CNN) -- The NHL on Saturday suspended Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres for 25 games for launching himself into an opponent during a playoff game earlier this week. That means Torres -- who already sat out the fourth game of the Coyotes best-of-seven first round series with the Chicago Blackhawks -- will be ou... |
568a3ae523f6a67be265dda6a49f9183659c4006 | Summarize the following news article. | Football collision left Rutgers player Eric LeGrand paralyzed .
13 months later, LeGrand can move his head and shoulders somewhat .
He maintains a positive outlook and believes he will walk again .
LeGrand: "I believe I've been called upon to help other people out" | [
"(CNN) -- In this dark and dismal year for college sports, when each scandal seems worse than the next, inspiration arrives in a motorized wheelchair. In a month when Penn State is dealing with child sex abuse charges against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, the fallout bringing down longtime head coach Joe P... |
36710ec26c7bb92699572a6b25ca175649d52e1b | Summarize the following news article. | Obama announced proposal to increase surveillance of oil futures markets .
Lutz Kilian: Rise in oil prices -- and gas prices -- is not caused by market manipulation .
Kilian: Obama's premise is wrong; swings in oil prices caused by global business cycle .
Kilian: Unpleasant truth is that high prices at the pump are not... | [
"(CNN) -- This week, President Obama announced policy measures to enhance the surveillance of oil futures markets. The president stressed that the new measures would not bring down gasoline prices overnight, but implied that they would lower gas prices in the long run because more oversight would deter market manip... |
c6edebed5132722b69c1709efdd04b65de130555 | Summarize the following news article. | The medication Aimee Copeland is given leads her to forget what has happened .
She may lose her fingers .
Doctors have already amputated one of her legs and part of her abdomen .
Her father promises they will one day celebrate her ability to breathe on her own . | [
"(CNN) -- A 24-year-old woman in a hospital bed fighting off flesh-eating bacteria has to be told repeatedly -- each time she wakes up -- what has happened, her parents told CNN on Monday. The medication Aimee Copeland is given leads her to forget each time she falls asleep. \"It's scary to her,\" said her mother, ... |
8fed5dcaedbf884d96253cf2b71798c3d60407f0 | Summarize the following news article. | "Limbo" was to premiere Friday in New York as part of the 2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards .
The short film by Eliot Rausch chronicles the lives of three young illegal immigrants .
A previous Rausch film, "Last Minutes with Oden," has been viewed 2.5 million times .
Thirteen films were selected for top Vimeo awards out of ... | [
"(CNN) -- A young woman, her face wet with tears, stares into the lens of a video camera. \"Believe me when I tell you,\" she says, her voice breaking, \"that if this wasn't necessary, that if my dad knew that he could make us survive in Mexico, he would have never brought us here.\" She and two other young people,... |
9ba030efa44c7720a6b3134b82fdc5380a76374c | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Sassoon once said his goal was to create "a cutting art form"
He went from London orphanage to celebrity stylist and beauty mogul .
Sassoon developed a hair care line, hair care tools and chain of salons .
He is credited with revolutionizing women's hair in the 1960s . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Legendary hairstylist Vidal Sassoon died of \"apparent natural causes\" at his Los Angeles home Wednesday morning, a Los Angeles police spokesman said. He was 84. Police were called to Sassoon's Bel Air home on Mulholland Drive at 10:30 a.m., spokesman Kevin Maiberger said. \"When officers arr... |
d6f1fc6dc06cdc8789d5316b267e3556293c29de | Summarize the following news article. | Texas sheriff says a man finds a man sexually abusing his 5-year-old daughter .
The father beats the man to death, then calls 911, the sheriff's office says .
Neighbors say they believe the actions of the father were justified .
The father has not been charged . | [
"Shiner, Texas (CNN) -- Shiner is a place you can raise your cattle and chickens under the hot Texas sun, cool off with a bottle from the Lone Star State's oldest independent brewery, then go to bed knowing all your neighbors and believing that you'll be safe. But a few days ago, one of its trademark ranches turned... |
7856850ed104beae81b965b7d279cb5ca874f8e1 | Summarize the following news article. | Janet Evans, one of the greatest distance freestyle swimmers, has won four gold medals .
She competed in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics .
She is known for her "unorthodox windmill" stroke .
In late June, she will seek a spot on U.S. team to swim in London Games this summer . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- She was remembered in her last Olympics 16 years ago -- a near lifetime in an athlete's career -- as a diminutive figure whose size belied her big ambitions and ability to win Olympic gold. Janet Evans, at 5-foot-6 and 108 pounds, is now 40 years old, and just as Dara Torres made an extraordin... |
0d3a6d4c1ce8574f6a9df736950f3201f8329419 | Summarize the following news article. | Stuart Chaifetz said he placed a recording device in the pocket of his son, Akian .
The 10-year-old boy has been diagnosed with autism .
Six hours of recordings revealed teachers apparently talking about alcohol and sex, he says .
Schools officials say they "responded swiftly and appropriately" after investigating . | [
"(CNN) -- A New Jersey man has launched a website to publicize what he calls \"a culture of bullying\" by teachers in his son's Cherry Hill classroom after sending the boy -- who has been diagnosed with autism -- to school with a covert recording device. Stuart Chaifetz said he placed the recorder in the pocket of ... |
9391a02e69813490fe48a779109bd049c27e0494 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Border Patrol saw the SUV at 4:30 a.m., then it fled off road, a sheriff says .
NEW: The victims "were clearly deceased" when agents approached, he adds .
4 of them were found "laying down flat" in the cargo section of the vehicle .
The SUV was found in an area known as a hotbed for drug activity . | [
"(CNN) -- Five bodies were found Saturday in a burned-out vehicle in the southern Arizona desert, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said. Border Patrol officers originally spotted the white Ford Excursion around 4:30 a.m. off the side of Interstate 8 in western Pinal County, about 60 miles south of Phoenix. When the ... |
ece509c45a7e074f005f43fc4f0ff73f6b54922e | Summarize the following news article. | Patrick Chappatte is the first non-American to win Overseas Press Club international cartoonist award .
Chappatte a pioneer of cartoon reportage, or graphic journalism .
Swiss-Lebanese cartoonist has also produced an animated film about cluster bombs . | [
"(CNN) -- With frizzy hair still standing to attention, North Korea's Kim Jong-Il drops dead, narrowly missing the nuke button as he slumps face-down onto his desk. Welcome to the world of Patrick Chappatte -- a cartoonist whose knack for summing up major global events in a few simple brush strokes this week saw hi... |
db3803d2f40781bc1d13a1438300f509be306c52 | Summarize the following news article. | Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark died in Afghanistan while Skyping his wife .
Susan Orellana-Clark says her husband was "suddenly knocked forward"
She says she spotted a bullet hole in a closet behind her husband .
A military official says there are no wounds on the body . | [
"(CNN) -- The wife of a U.S. Army captain in Afghanistan watched a live link for two hours of her husband slumped over a computer keyboard with a bullet hole in a closet behind him as she tried to summon help for him, she said. The account by Susan Orellana-Clark offers new details about what she saw happen some 7,... |
512972f8cbcc396eab43704879aa99446dc396ca | Summarize the following news article. | Rose Arce was lost when her regular baby-sitter, Rosanna, took a vacation .
Arce's daughter, Luna, chased away the women an agency sent to watch her .
Rosanna arranged an army of Latina sitters to sit in for her, which seemed to work . | [
"(CNN) -- We began breakfast one recent morning delivering this news to Luna: Rosanna, her caregiver, was going on a two-week vacation. \"Who is going to take care of me?\" she asked. And then she gave me \"the look.\" I call it pouty face. Her dime-sized brown eyes squeeze together, the lower lip rolls out, the ha... |
247fdadbfb03e1e3503a8325bb60f9cf2b7b8683 | Summarize the following news article. | Ilyse Hogue: Mitt Romney says he's attacked for being successful. Not so, she says .
She says Americans do celebrate others' success, but don't need to be taunted with it .
She says Romney's gaffes -- and tax policy -- show candidate who doesn't "get" poor people .
Hogue: Many rich men have been president, but while pr... | [
"(CNN) -- Every time I hear Mitt Romney protest that he's being attacked for his success, my head goes to that Pantene shampoo commercial from the early '80s where the actress opens with, \"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.\" Even as a kid, I remember being confused by this opening line when everything I saw aro... |
5d0ea19ec862d619409ebe1b92bb3d1380c8b34d | Summarize the following news article. | The three slain soldiers were from British units, the defense ministry says .
The attack takes place in southern Afghanistan .
It was unclear whether the attacker was a police officer or an infiltrator . | [
"(CNN) -- Three British troops were shot and killed by a man wearing the uniform of an Afghan national police officer in violence-plagued southern Afghanistan, the British Ministry of Defence said Monday. They were serving with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force when they were killed Sunday. The a... |
2a74e34b03d3a940450aab35bcec7ee076db02b7 | Summarize the following news article. | Gibb is fully conscious and lucid, his doctor says .
3 days ago, the doctor told Gibb's family he feared the worst .
The road ahead is uncertain for Gibb, the doctor says .
The Bee Gees were one of the most successful British music groups . | [
"London (CNN) -- Singer Robin Gibb has \"confounded\" his doctors by emerging from a coma just days after they thought he might not survive it, his physician said Sunday. Days ago, Bee Gees star Gibb was in a coma and battling pneumonia, the latest turn in health issues that include a recent battle with colon and l... |
7151612a5d0fb2aaa3eabf39d0234037f6967ec3 | Summarize the following news article. | John Doe #1 "is still legally entitled" to sue John Travolta if he wants, she says .
"We are in the process of conferring with him regarding the next steps," Allred says .
Travolta's lawyer called the charges from both men ridiculous .
A federal lawsuit accuses Travolta of groping a male massage therapist in Atlanta . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- A massage therapist who accused John Travolta of sexually assaulting him at the Beverly Hills Hotel hired high-profile attorney Gloria Allred to represent him a day after he withdrew from a lawsuit filed by another lawyer. \"We are in the process of conferring with him regarding the next steps... |
e5aecc424b6b30143f100bc4fad5966f18a6d99f | Summarize the following news article. | Jon Alterman says Israel has strong security system, but its political structure is fragile .
Ex-security chiefs lambasted Netanyahu on his hawkish Iran stance, causing an uproar .
Alterman: Israelis are in a funk, with dissension high among citizens and political figures .
Coalitions getting weaker, unable to deal wit... | [
"(CNN) -- Israel, by necessity, has developed one of the most able security and intelligence apparatus in the world. There has been no necessity to develop a world-class political apparatus, however, and it shows. In a single week, the Israeli army's chief of staff, the former head of internal security and the form... |
0aa577e33ead7f859e537050c3276ea02cb94af0 | Summarize the following news article. | Randa Slim: The peace plan for Syria proposed by Kofi Annan is doomed to fail .
Slim: After more than a year of uprisings, Syria is still stuck in a violent stalemate .
She says one possible game changer is if the protests in Syria become more widespread .
Slim: Members in local councils are Syria's best hope for futur... | [
"(CNN) -- The six-point peace plan for Syria proposed by Kofi Annan is doomed to fail for one simple reason: Neither President Bashar al-Assad nor the government opposition is interested in making it work. For al-Assad, full implementation of the plan, which includes a political settlement through dialogue and resp... |
55177ebdfa9efc2b0b2a17ebb5a9a5071fd49298 | Summarize the following news article. | Prosecutors wrapped up their case in the John Edwards corruption trial .
They detailed hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses used by ex-mistress .
Edwards faces six felony courts, including conspiracy and making false statements . | [
"Greensboro, North Carolina (CNN) -- Prosecutors wrapped up their case in the John Edwards corruption trial Thursday, detailing hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses used by his former mistress, whose concealment during Edwards' failed presidential run remains at the heart of the scandal. They say the expens... |
e67de7159a1de81ab65b9f1b4e0e6669571b0493 | Summarize the following news article. | London's premier contemporary art fair, Frieze, clocks million dollar sales .
Fair will expand to create new fair next year dedicated to art from antiquity to year 2000 .
Work by established artists still seen as safer bet for investors in art .
Dealers buoyed by early sales . | [
"London (CNN) -- After rumblings across the financial markets in the last few months, art dealers from around the world have gathered in London for the city's premier contemporary art fair Frieze in hopes of shifting an estimated $350 million USD (according to art insurers Hiscox) worth of art. Some impressive sale... |
0ce89ccdf39d3fdb8bae817fa94ac7eded8ecfed | Summarize the following news article. | Man who shot Florida teen met authorities in a parking lot, sheriff says .
He'd been in a "secure, undisclosed location" amid "significant threats against his life"
A Florida judge set a Sunday afternoon deadline for George Zimmerman to surrender .
The judge revoked bail after a ruling that Zimmerman misled the court . | [
"Sanford, Florida (CNN) -- George Zimmerman was booked into jail Sunday after surrendering to authorities before an afternoon deadline, the Seminole County sheriff said. Zimmerman met two members of the sheriff's office in a business parking lot about 1:25 p.m. Sunday and was taken into custody, Sheriff Donald Esli... |
83c3da3405d5df918e122e586c4f17bae2bae77a | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: No evidence of human remains has been found, says a law enforcement source .
An FBI spokesman says the search was suspended for "operational reasons"
Official: Possible blood stain discovered in basement search .
The 6-year-old boy disappeared in 1979 on his way to a bus stop in New York . | [
"New York (CNN) -- The search for Etan Patz, a 6-year-old New York boy who disappeared more than three decades ago, is expected to resume on Monday after being suspended for \"operational reasons,\" an FBI spokesman said. A law enforcement source briefed on the investigation said no evidence of human remains has be... |
2c3d1b2323e40e79f9a1224acfb9e39b1b790ad0 | Summarize the following news article. | Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova awarded title of ITF world champions for 2011 .
World No. 1 Djokovic claimed three grand slam titles during an incredible year .
Kvitova claimed a first grand slam title and also won the WTA Championships .
Bryan brothers won men's doubles award, Kveta Pschke and Kata Srebotnik the wome... | [
"(CNN) -- The International Tennis Federation honored Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova for breakthrough years on Tuesday, as the duo were named the governing body's men's and women's world champions for 2011. World number one Djokovic began the season with a 43-match winning streak before claiming three of four gra... |
a3c70fc72cf93c25251a739d8900f4a7a1e07e7d | Summarize the following news article. | Lauren Weisberger is working on "Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns"
It will be a sequel to her debut novel "The Devil Wears Prada"
Simon & Schuster will be publishing the follow-up in April 2013 . | [
"(EW.com) -- If trends come in cycles, maybe it's time to bring Miranda Priestly, Andrea Sachs, and the \"clackers\" at Runway magazine out of the fashion closet. EW has learned exclusively that author Lauren Weisberger is working on \"Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns,\" a sequel to her debut novel \"The Devi... |
769c53dc3b3903376b3bc204f4509b3d566827fa | Summarize the following news article. | Protesters have set up a tent city in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral in London .
Demonstration inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States .
Activists are calling for a completely new financial and political system .
Demonstrators say they will stay at the site until their demands are met . | [
"London (CNN) -- On the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, tourists gaze out over a tent city within the City, an impromptu encampment in the shadow of one of London's most enduring landmarks. Below, the colorful canvas of more than 150 temporary shelters fills the gray sidewalk, and bright posters and banners festoon t... |
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