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82d06b239f476a145f0e88fdff0d7ba1ed724946 | Summarize the following news article. | Demonstrators erect a banner near the Capitol Reflecting Pool .
They want a tax on billionaires to raise money to fight HIV/AIDS .
Taking down the structure they erected takes cooperation . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- About a dozen demonstrators used metal poles, wire cables, and rappelling gear to hoist a large banner high in the air within sight of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. It called for a tax on billionaires to help pay for funding to fight AIDS. Police arrested nine people, all charged with taking part... |
2453a0ffbca4b98198d7fe8c81513777b6d7265e | Summarize the following news article. | Police say Kennedy hit a tractor-trailer on Friday morning .
She says doctors say she suffered a "complex partial seizure"
Kennedy pleads not guilty to charge of driving while impaired . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy and ex-wife of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said a partial seizure is the cause of a Friday morning car crash. At a press conference on Tuesday, Kennedy also said the seizure might have been from a previous injury she suffered on the right ... |
9e52fe773e2cc53ffd9f259227424906928fc0bb | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Mother's death before she could find her son's body is "heartbreaking," lawyer says .
Winnie Johnson died the day after a new lead in her son's case was revealed .
12-year-old Keith Bennett was a victim of notorious killer Ian Brady in 1964 .
Brady admitted Keith's murder in 1987 but has not revealed the location ... | [
"London (CNN) -- The mother of a victim of one of Britain's most notorious killers died Saturday, a day after police said they were investigating a possible clue to where her child was buried nearly 50 years ago. Winnie Johnson, whose 12-year-old son Keith Bennett went missing in 1964 in northern England, had spent... |
72036d7a391fac8d507500ccbb39b523b8b839a2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: An international group warns such a quake can "generate local tsunamis"
The quake struck around 6 a.m. Sunday local time .
It hit about 37 kilometers from Taron in eastern Papua New Guinea . | [
"(CNN) -- A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck early Sunday in the western Pacific off Papua New Guinea, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The tremor did not immediately prompt any tsunami warnings by the U.S. National Weather Service's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center or the Japan Meteorological Agency. The Intergov... |
8f93bc248062ee750edd6cb91c881cf733f1788b | Summarize the following news article. | A severed hand and foot sent to Vancouver schools belonged to Montreal victim, police say .
Luka Rocco Magnotta, arrested Monday in Berlin, is believed to have mailed the body parts .
Magnotta's arrest ended a massive international manhunt .
Police accuse him of killing and dismembering university student Jun Lin . | [
"(CNN) -- A severed human hand and foot sent to two Vancouver schools are linked to a grisly killing and dismemberment in Montreal, police said Wednesday. Montreal police have taken over the investigation of the Vancouver incident because they believe the suspect in the case, porn actor Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, sen... |
f5e71c83b22620a30ee8fc17a8550b54324e9193 | Summarize the following news article. | All three soldiers were from the Army's 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade .
The suspected gunman is one of the injured and taken into custody .
Authorities don't know what prompted the shooting . | [
"(CNN) -- One U.S. Army soldier was killed Thursday and two others wounded when one soldier shot another, then turned the gun on himself at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, authorities said. All three soldiers were from the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, the installation said in a statement. The shooting occurr... |
88eca9e29a2bd68bc60e464ecd6fffdda4678567 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Imam says mosque has done nothing wrong .
Mosque faces at least 10 days of more work before it can get an occupancy permit .
Residents say the controversy has divided the community .
A fierce debate over expanding the mosque began in 2010 . | [
"(CNN) -- Worshippers at an Islamic center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, will have to wait at least a week before they can use their new mosque, officials said Thursday. The mosque -- subject of a two-year battle marked by legal wrangling, vandalism and anti-Muslim sentiment -- still needs to pass inspection and get ... |
c0229a0512547f86794a1ad67c5d19bf78fcc90b | Summarize the following news article. | Results from the vote by federal and state lawmakers in India are expected Sunday .
The presidency is a largely ceremonial post, but does have some power .
Pranab Mukherjee of the ruling United Party Alliance is expected to win election . | [
"New Delhi (CNN) -- Indian lawmakers cast ballots Thursday to elect a new president for the South Asian democracy, with the ruling party's candidate considered the almost-certain winner. That candidate, Pranab Mukherjee, is a veteran politician and a former finance minister. Mukherjee's rival is opposition-backed c... |
5ab9da7bcf9a77d49664b0c8befbd30dd3fff4c4 | Summarize the following news article. | Israel claims Iran is behind explosion on Bulgarian bus .
It also has blamed Tehran for attacks on diplomats .
Iran has pointed to Israel in scientist deaths . | [
"(CNN) -- Wednesday's explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria came on the 18th anniversary of the attack on a Jewish community center in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were killed. Argentina's top prosecutor last year blamed Iran for the 1994 attack. Israel also holds I... |
82fcbff78251722d7db03be26f3f90de752975e5 | Summarize the following news article. | Top editors of the University of Georgia's student paper quit and the staff walked out .
They said the paper's board hired staff with "veto power" over them on news content .
The board now says students have editorial control and makes student-backed changes .
A board vice chair says a "big misunderstanding" became "a ... | [
"Atlanta (CNN) -- After a student walk-out spurred a flood of support from alumni and others, the board of the University of Georgia's student newspaper backtracked Friday and vowed a staffer they had hired will not have final say on editorial decisions, the paper's former editor-in-chief said. The new policy was o... |
e110f5feabdf0e2f0721e9599e78ca3675bae577 | Summarize the following news article. | Julie Burton, Michelle Kinsey Bruns: Men, women seem to disagree on comic's rape joke .
They say many men don't seem to get the joke reflected extreme end of rape culture .
They say threat of rape used to define boundaries for women's behavior; joke did this, too .
Men see rape in jokes as an abstraction, but it's real... | [
"(CNN) -- When the comedian Daniel Tosh reportedly singled out a woman in his audience and suggested, according to a blog post that recounted the incident, it would be \"funny\" if she \"got raped by, like, five guys, right now,\" the online reaction was swift, heated and often split down gender lines. Many men wan... |
fe35ece765f255f094cf90348bf9c65343d583b4 | Summarize the following news article. | Sheen told Ryan Seacrest that talk of him as an "Idol" judge "kind of came out of nowhere"
The actor said he is genuinely interested in being on the show .
Seacrest promised to pass the news on to "Idol's" producer . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- With Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler both leaving the judges' table on American Idol, the search is on for their replacements -- and now, add Charlie Sheen to the list of interested candidates. Calling into On Air with Ryan Seacrest Tuesday, Sheen chatted with the Idol host about the judge job, ... |
23f811ca9fc0a0629bc615cfcb8fce63878d2759 | Summarize the following news article. | Early reviews for "The Dark Knight Rises" have arrived ahead of Friday's release .
The last movie in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is being praised by critics .
Reviewer: "Maybe the best, most troubling ... enthralling of all the superhero movies" | [
"(CNN) -- To call \"The Dark Knight Rises\" \"highly anticipated\" at this point would be an understatement. The fervor for Christopher Nolan's third Batman film has been so intense, tickets were selling out in select theaters back in January, months ahead of its July 20 U.S. opening. With this being the third and ... |
032449c915acc507cabf1e0a2ea64bf88397f332 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Gloria Allred denies recruiting plaintiffs from Okorocha .
NEW: "John Doe 1 and John Doe 2 called me," Allred says .
"We believe that the lawsuit should be filed in another court," she says .
Travolta's lawyer called the charges by both men "ridiculous" | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- The remaining plaintiff in the sexual battery lawsuit against John Travolta fired his lawyer, but the case could continue with another lawyer and another court, two lawyers told CNN on Thursday. Gloria Allred confirmed Thursday that the plaintiff known as John Doe #2 has hired her to represent... |
72d7fd982b324da8335c36b8fbe2d5034402fff6 | Summarize the following news article. | A woman of dual Spanish-German citizenship accuses Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of rape .
After a lengthy process, a Spanish court dismisses the case for lack of evidence .
The ruling confirms the prince's long-standing account of innocence, his legal team says .
But the prince endures "a grave injustice" from the "... | [
"(CNN) -- A Spanish court on Wednesday dismissed an allegation that one of the world's richest men, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, raped a young woman on a yacht on the island of Ibiza in 2008. In its ruling, the Spanish court in Palma de Mallorca found there wasn't sufficient evidence to press charges. The princ... |
cd399d5deeef109507bc95a49d91345cc4c05e07 | Summarize the following news article. | In a special collaboration between CNN and SI, we meet the athletes of the Arab Spring .
Despite revolution sportsmen from Tunisia, Yemen and Egypt will be at London 2012 .
Egyptian sprinter Amr Seoud hopes to compete against Usian Bolt in the 100m .
Yemen's Ali Khousrof was shot in the stomach but will be in London to... | [
"(CNN) -- Before the light, the dark. Ali Khousrof's training facilities are spartan. The building in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, where the 23-year-old judo fighter is preparing for the London 2012 Olympics is small and gloomy. Electricity is intermittent; the elements rarely kept at bay by the potholed roof. Pov... |
88c07af9bd222867061b0f12e3b2b825c96d8757 | Summarize the following news article. | The answer is Hong Kong .
Check the MainSail page for future photo challenges . | [
"(CNN) -- Thank you to everyone who took part in our mystery photo challenge! Congratulations to everyone who answered Hong Kong. To recap, here are the clues we provided: . Hint one: More than seven million people live in the territory where this port is located. Hint two: It is one of the busiest container ports ... |
60de6ce86311b76087af0a1f06d9fab070b15d32 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: The victim is a 25-year-old woman from India .
The bus driver suffered nonlife-threatening injuries .
The Megabus coach crashed near Litchfield, Illinois .
The cause of the crash is under investigation, police say . | [
"(CNN) -- One person was killed and as many as two dozen were injured Thursday when a commercial bus crashed into an overpass pillar on a southern Illinois interstate, authorities said. The Megabus coach line said there was one fatality, a woman, among the 81 ticketed passengers aboard its Chicago-to-St. Louis bus.... |
f46cb730af67d16d3718d72d72d2971e61ed9688 | Summarize the following news article. | Regulators are focusing on at least four of Europe's biggest banks in the rate-fixing scandal .
Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Deutsche Bank and Société Générale are the subject of the probe .
The news comes in the wake of the clear-out of senior management at Barclays . | [
"(CNN) -- Regulators are focusing on at least four of Europe's biggest banks as they investigate the attempted manipulation of the region's benchmark interest rate, suspecting that Barclays' traders were the ringleaders of a circle that included Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Deutsche Bank and Société Générale. Evidence of... |
f885fe7c6c193ab95fb6855a083daaf5836af76c | Summarize the following news article. | The TSA completes an eight-month investigation into bribery allegations .
It says a training instructor accepted payment from test-takers to ensure they passed .
Ten employees were suspended; three of those have resigned . | [
"(CNN) -- Seven Transportation Security Administration employees at Philadelphia International Airport face losing their jobs after an eight-month internal investigation into an alleged bribery scandal, the agency announced Friday. The agency said it removed 10 employees from security duties last November pending t... |
a571bee1fd48a8b6992f1cc59e1acea36dd02bd7 | Summarize the following news article. | Thai politician accidentally shoots former wife and secretary over dinner, police say .
Senator Boonsong Kowawisrat was carrying an Uzi sub-machine gun .
He has been charged with causing death by negligence .
Parliamentary immunity means he cannot be arrested . | [
"(CNN) -- A Thai politician accidentally shot and killed his former wife and personal secretary with a submachine gun in a restaurant in northern Thailand, local police said Monday. Senator Boonsong Kowawisarat was dining with Chanakarn Detkard and four others on Sunday when he took out an Uzi 9mm sub-machine gun, ... |
0e85f054b39cdbcc7ba2dbeb6cc623838e2bb7f5 | Summarize the following news article. | Barclays says it is "truly sorry for what has happened and that you have been let down"
It pledges to work for its clients and customers and earn right to keep their business .
The bank has been rocked by a rate-rigging scandal that has forced out top executives .
Barclays was fined $450 million last month by British a... | [
"London (CNN) -- Barclays bank took out large UK newspaper ads Saturday to say sorry to \"all Barclays customers and clients\" in the wake of a rate-rigging scandal which has hammered its reputation. The public apology, printed in papers including the Financial Times and the Times of London and signed by outgoing c... |
a052e6696dbc1c9c989c9a93e9258ed15d02f26a | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Police confirm shots were fired as people were gathered at the store to fight .
Three of the injured were in critical condition, KVUE said; the fourth was treated and released .
No store employees or customers were wounded .
Police say they have a suspect in custody . | [
"(CNN) -- The four people shot outside a Cedar Park, Texas, Walmart over the weekend had gathered there to fight after an altercation at a party in a nearby city, police said Monday. No shoppers or employees of the store were harmed when Onwukaife Soloman, 18, allegedly opened fire around 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the pa... |
7eda891f1654956e5ef3aa11121b856deff4dcde | Summarize the following news article. | Charles Burns, 65, entered hospice care in September .
His dying wish was to see his son, Ryan, become a Marine .
Charles Burns made a 1,000-mile trek to see his son graduate on Friday . | [
"Parris Island, South Carolina (CNN) -- Charles Burns steadies himself, using the arms of his wheelchair, before pushing up into a standing position. His wife, Lisa, places a firm hand under his frail arm, helping him to his feet. Once upright, Charles places his hand across his heart as the band plays the national... |
9c38426a6b8b5c974abb25ade9eb6aaed4311415 | Summarize the following news article. | Aaron Miller predicts no war with Iran in 2012 .
Miller says no firm deal will emerge; Iran wants to be nuclear power too much .
Miller: The regime distrusts the U.S. and won't give up .
Israeli strike is still possible, he says. Only big breakthrough will stop Iran's quest . | [
"(CNN) -- The Baghdad talks over Iran's nuclear program concluded inconclusively with a decision to continue negotiating in Moscow next month. How could they have ended otherwise? Too much suspicion, mistrust and too many complex issues to imagine an early breakthrough. At the same time, the uncertainties reflect s... |
e2d1e92cc3d67acb5de8d009f73bcb971242c43a | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: More than 20 officers hurt, two people arrested after an Orange Order parade in Belfast .
NEW: "I am angry we have this annual madness," says police chief in Belfast .
Pro-Irish and pro-British groups hurled objects as they staged rival demonstrations, police say .
British loyalists and police clash in a Protestan... | [
"Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Violence continued early Friday in mainly Catholic districts of Northern Ireland after protests began on Thursday, the main day of the annual Protestant marching season. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said \"at least 10 gunshots\" were fired at police lines in the nationa... |
8a60508f08b1afaa6a2c4883c3152be7e57e8814 | Summarize the following news article. | Police want runner Pinki Pramanik to take a gender test .
She faces several accusations from a woman who says she was her live-in partner .
Police say that if the test concludes she is male, she could face rape charges .
Pramanik denies the accusations and refuses to take the gender test . | [
"New Delhi (CNN) -- A retired gold medal-winning athlete in India is under pressure to prove she is female after her partner accused of deception and sexual assault, police said Friday. Runner Pinki Pramanik has been detained on charges of fraud and cheating after allegations by Anamika Acharya, a woman claiming to... |
ddd17965849934e911a440b37e4ff32dbeabf192 | Summarize the following news article. | London 2012 organizers to begin another batch of ticket sales on Friday .
A group of 20,000 people will be eligible to apply for 900,000 seats in the first 31 hours .
Applicants who missed out on first round will get five-day window to buy four tickets .
Babies under 12 months old will now be allowed into some venues w... | [
"(CNN) -- British sports fans who struck out twice trying to land Olympic tickets will get a third chance starting Friday. Only 20,000 people will be eligible to apply for the 900,000 seats on offer in the first 31 hours. These hopefuls failed to get any tickets during the first two rounds of ticket selling for Lon... |
f5444b136fbff38ad287f208faf1c9d621936be9 | Summarize the following news article. | Barack Obama was a state legislator whose advancement was blocked in Illinois .
Bob Greene recalls Obama rejected idea of staying in place, sought national office .
Even Obama's critics must be impressed by how he chose to aim high, Greene says .
Greene: People can accomplish the "impossible," but only if they try . | [
"(CNN) -- The throaty, thumping churn of the military helicopter convoy is a sound like no other. It's a common sound in Washington, but less so in the skies over Chicago. Barack Obama doesn't get back to his old town much these days. He did last week; he returned to Illinois for slightly more than 24 hours to cele... |
41ecdc798c93c46057f640af1234e66572715be9 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Secretary of state arrives in Afghanistan .
Clinton's 13-day trip will involve key Middle Eastern and Asian issues .
She will visit Egypt, as well as meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders .
In Tokyo, she will attend a conference about Afghanistan's future . | [
"Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to Afghanistan early Saturday as part of a 13-day trip that will tackle some of the thorniest U.S. foreign policy issues. Clinton was in Kabul on a previously unannounced visit and will meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. During the trip... |
693548b066a55a728d14cda417059d653bc1cd3d | Summarize the following news article. | All Americans need to be vigilant to suspicious activity, officials say .
SWAT teams, bomb squads and K9 units are deployed in Washington .
Some toughened security will be out of the public eye, officials say .
"Continue your life as normal. Be vigilant," U.S. vice president says . | [
"(CNN) -- As the nation enters the weekend marking the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, law enforcement authorities are deploying additional security measures and urging all Americans to be vigilant for suspicious activity. Much of the beefed-up security has been in the planning well before Thursday's ... |
1eaeb3df7e2e5c9864233775c9170e80d48807fd | Summarize the following news article. | The film marks the final performance of singer Whitney Houston .
"Sparkle" mines some of the same territory as "Dreamgirls"
It uses some of the same music as the 1976 original along with R. Kelly compositions . | [
"(EW.com) -- \"Sparkle\" is a movie for anyone who thought that the pop melodrama of \"Dreamgirls\" wasn't over-the-top enough. Set in the late '60s, it tells the story of three sisters from middle-class Detroit who form a girl group sort of like the Supremes. They're astoundingly talented, they want to be famous, ... |
c9ed546345b76f71653062105b0afde11ef671b1 | Summarize the following news article. | Environmentalist says nuclear power is costly, dangerous .
But alternative energy not ready for prime time yet, he says .
U.S. government not in strong position to help, Turner says .
World needs to spend more on health care, U.N. funding, he says . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Ted Turner, the 72-year-old media mogul turned environmentalist and philanthropist, has decided that nuclear power may not be the answer to the world's energy woes, but it's still better than coal. \"I'd rather have nuclear power than coal,\" he told an audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York C... |
5320cb0582e7123a3821444f8fa6716f51e0c16a | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Carlos Figueroa-Fagot is charged with a series of felony and misdemeanor counts .
NEW: Police credit the little brother's screams for breaking up the abduction attempt .
Fagot turned himself in after police released surveillance video showing the attack .
The video shows a man fleeing after letting go of the 10-ye... | [
"(CNN) -- Philadelphia police arrested Carlos Figueroa-Fagot after he turned himself in to authorities who believe he is the man who tried to snatch a 10-year-old girl in Philadelphia, authorities said Thursday . The 33-year-old suspect gave himself up Wednesday evening after police released surveillance video show... |
a01f90f9a30487920b530c661ef4e05f76020a52 | Summarize the following news article. | The comments were posted on a Facebook group page last year called "No More West Indian Detail"
It was used by those protesting NYPD security at the West Indian Day Parade to vent their frustrations .
The parade is an annual event in Brooklyn that celebrates West Indian history and culture . | [
"New York (CNN) -- At least a dozen employees of the New York Police Department were reprimanded following an investigation into comments deemed racist that were posted online about the city's West Indian Day Parade, the NYPD reported Thursday. The comments were posted on a Facebook group page last year called \"No... |
a61f605da2cfb0decf9dab58fac0ab14767e32cf | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Jessica Ghawi's brother said victims deserve the attention .
Mother says her daughter had a "huge heart"
Aspiring sports reporter was among those gunned down at a movie theater .
She was at a Toronto mall last month just before a deadly shooting there . | [
"(CNN) -- An aspiring Colorado sports reporter and the others killed or wounded in a mass shooting at a movie theater in suburban Denver should be the focus of the public's attention, rather than the suspected killer, her brother said. \"The more air time these victims have the less time that man has his two second... |
89275be2a434addb83a29a275b63113f4500e328 | Summarize the following news article. | Investigators in Bulgaria are seeking clues to the identity of a suicide bomber .
Minister: "This is a cruel, deliberate and well-orchestrated wave of terror"
The man was a foreigner who entered Bulgaria with false papers, the interior minister says .
Israel has accused Iran and Hezbollah in the attack, a claim denied ... | [
"Burgas, Bulgaria (CNN) -- Investigators in Bulgaria are working around the clock to identify the man suspected of killing five Israeli tourists and their bus driver in an airport suicide bombing, the country's interior minister told reporters Friday. Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said police were t... |
97a7b99c39c50c8c4348766dc43c61a560400228 | Summarize the following news article. | Roland Martin: Penn State report reveals Joe Paterno as a coward .
He says coach's silence on Sandusky sex abuse to protect reputation makes him complicit .
He says while Paterno had eye on breaking coaching record, young boys were being raped .
Martin: Penn State should strip campus of markers of Paterno's reign. He w... | [
"(CNN) -- After years and years of over-the-top stories attesting to the character, honor, integrity and moral fiber of the late Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, we now know, after reading the 267-page Penn State internal report on child predator Jerry Sandusky, that Paterno was nothing more than a narci... |
6bac7971f0fe689de5520d047459412c3e1f7890 | Summarize the following news article. | The FIA tells Red Bull to change the hotly-disputed floor of the team's car .
The RB8 has an isolated hole on its floor, which is against F1 regulations .
Red Bull lead the Formula One constructors' championship after six races .
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are joint second in drivers' standings . | [
"(CNN) -- Motorsport's governing body the FIA has told Red Bull to modify the floor of its controversial Formula One car ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix. Australian Mark Webber drove the RB8 to victory at last month's Monaco Grand Prix, but rival teams questioned the legality of a hole in the car's floo... |
cf65eabee3e301487c6bc7eb7b8dd38299050bf0 | Summarize the following news article. | A dozen people packed into a GMC Envoy were on a family outing .
The driver lost control when the right rear tire exploded on Interstate 20, trooper says .
None of the children who died was wearing a seat belt, police say .
The driver, who was wearing his seat belt, was uninjured . | [
"(CNN) -- Five children, ages 2 to 13, died when an SUV they were riding in blew a tire and crashed on a Texas highway, police said. A dozen people were packed into the 2003 GMC Envoy on Monday, on the way to a family outing at Splash Kingdom water park in Canton, Texas, according to Trooper Jean Dark of the Texas ... |
e68a6b6f1cba5227837d7401bba389fb2ceb3224 | Summarize the following news article. | Maldonado and Button fastest in two practice sessions .
Mercedes driver Schumacher struggles on wet track and crashes into wall .
Australian Mark Webber describes conditions as "unreal"
Championship leader Fernando Alonso "pleased" with the day . | [
"(CNN) -- Venezuelan Pastor Maldonaldo was fastest in a rain hit second practice session at the German grand prix. In Friday's dryer first session, McLaren's Jenson Button led teammate Lewis Hamilton at the top of the time sheets. Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher had a day to forget at Hockenheim, crashing hi... |
b7c6572c4eb982bb4a06086053ec23c2303c761c | Summarize the following news article. | Owner of South African mine says it won't fire workers who fail to show up .
Lonmin had threated to discipline workers if they didn't report for duty .
34 miners were shot last week, but the situation is now calm, company says .
A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday . | [
"(CNN) -- The owner of the South African mine where 34 people died in a clash with police said Tuesday that it will not discipline workers who fail to return this week, reversing an ultimatum to return to duty or face being fired. The announcement came a day after a government committee looking into humanitarian as... |
29360feed8604ae796d94f77f8d082a548da2e55 | Summarize the following news article. | Aviation company Bombardier is investing around $3.5 billion in 100 to 150-seater aircraft .
Canadian group will compete with well-established rivals Boeing and Airbus .
Ambitious plan comes against the backdrop of eurozone financial crisis .
Bombardier CEO Guy Hachey says it is a "major bet for the corporation" | [
"(CNN) -- Canadian aviation company Bombardier is taking a \"major bet\" on the notoriously cut-throat passenger plane market, spending around $3.5 billion to compete with well-established rivals Boeing and Airbus, its chief executive Guy Hachey says. The money will be invested in Bombardier's new C Series aircraft... |
23719ac277e4cf8fd88bee973c9ca221a68dcd94 | Summarize the following news article. | Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff has launched a R$133bn ($65.6bn) stimulus package .
Aims to spur investment in the country's creaking infrastructure and shore up investor confidence . | [
"(Financial Times) -- Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff has launched a R$133bn ($65.6bn) stimulus package to spur investment in the country's creaking infrastructure and shore up ailing investor confidence in the world's second-largest emerging market economy. In the first of what are expected to be a series of ann... |
3d27c0c7caa0e6270e79985175cf402ca8912b7c | Summarize the following news article. | Manchester City beat Southampton 3-2 in their EPL season opener .
Samir Nasri grabs crucial goal in the 80th minute .
Chelsea make winning start with 2-0 win at Wigan .
New signing Eden Hazard set up both goals for the Blues . | [
"(CNN) -- Manchester City shrugged off a penalty miss, an injury to striker Sergio Aguero and falling 2-1 behind in the second half, to register a thrilling 3-2 opening win over Southampton Sunday in their defense of the English Premier League title. Samir Nasri scored the clinching goal with 10 minutes left at the... |
037e5fbed2d1960ff5954a82aaa64c10ea4be1ad | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Although CNN has confirmed the SEAL's name, the network agreed not to publish his identity .
The book is due to come out September 11 .
The Navy SEAL author uses a pen name, the publisher says .
Controversial movie about the raid due out in December . | [
"(CNN) -- A book company said Wednesday that it will release on September 11 a firsthand account of the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Christine Ball, director of marketing and publicity for Dutton, a subsidiary of Penguin Group USA, said the book was written by a Navy SEAL under a pen name. Alth... |
0663460222ffbecae532b23f309d462a8a7fcdb7 | Summarize the following news article. | Candidate's wife has broken barriers by appearing on campaign trail .
She vows that women's vote will count if her husband wins .
Most Iranian university students are women, but they are second-class citizens .
Cleric running for president has also promised to boost women's rights . | [
"TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- There's no doubt that Iran's election will be a major test for incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But many Iranian women hope the results will also shake the current status of women in the Islamic republic. Zahra Rahnavard, wife of Iranian candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi, has taken a vi... |
b3aeff10f6c65c546e633800278032ac3108d5fc | Summarize the following news article. | Aubrey "Lee" Price is suspected of defrauding more than 100 investors of at least $17 million .
Price, 46, was last spotted in Key West, Florida, in mid-June .
Federal investigators believe Price, who owns property abroad, may be on the run .
He purportedly said in a letter he planned to commit suicide by "jumping off ... | [
"Atlanta (CNN) -- A Georgia banker who went missing last month is being sought by federal authorities for allegedly embezzling millions of dollars from a south Georgia bank. Aubrey \"Lee\" Price, 46, is charged with wire fraud, and is suspected of defrauding more than 100 investors of at least $17 million over the ... |
cb05c077b3f883a2fdc59b24d7389ee98ea8fe51 | Summarize the following news article. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . | [
"(CNN Student News) -- May 25, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Mexico . Alaska; Japan . Waterloo, New York . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is publ... |
ce9ad98058bf6765e2d3cf6cf3e0eebeaba7560f | Summarize the following news article. | Judge says TVA failed to follow its own mandatory policies, procedures and practices .
Plaintiffs have three weeks to say why they should be compensated .
TVA says it remains committed to cleaning up the spill, protecting public health .
The catastrophic event occurred in December 2008 . | [
"(CNN) -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Tennessee Valley Authority is liable for a coal ash spill in eastern Tennessee in which a massive mixture of toxic ash and water blanketed approximately 300 acres. \"... had TVA followed its own mandatory policies, procedures, and practices, the subsurface issues un... |
07f388a7cc70c658e7b954984dfed448cfd80524 | Summarize the following news article. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . | [
"(CNN Student News) -- May 18, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Greece . Russia & Kazakhstan . New York City; Washington, D.C. Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the t... |
70dd659ba6fff566432e01e8934de1939b567cc9 | Summarize the following news article. | Penn State officials failed to report a 2001 incident involving Jerry Sandusky .
E-mails suggest Joe Paterno may have played a role in that decision .
Paterno died in January; the family attorney says Paterno never interfered with probe .
Source: Penn State was researching its legal obligation to report incident . | [
"(CNN) -- Former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno may have played a greater role than previously known in a decision made by university officials not to report a 2001 incident involving former coach Jerry Sandusky and a boy in a locker room shower, according to e-mails written by university officials. CNN... |
9aae7f3f636fb62c4074b3925d553481c9c00fc8 | Summarize the following news article. | Bryan Clay looking to win successive Olympic decathlon titles in London .
Clay took gold in Beijing and also won the 2005 world championships .
The 32-year-old American is a devout Christian and family man .
Clay led a troubled life as a teenager in Hawaii . | [
"(CNN) -- When Bryan Clay was growing up, it seemed very unlikely he would one day assume the mantle of \"the greatest athlete in the world.\" The reigning Olympic decathlon champion spent his troubled teenage years in Hawaii \"getting into fights\" and it was only the intervention of his mother which set him on th... |
fa4c03e414fff632357f9dd93dd128bf66d183da | Summarize the following news article. | General Services Administration under fire for previous spending revelations .
Review says GSA spent thousands on 2010 awards ceremony .
Source: Bill includes $20,000 on drumsticks for interactive drumming experience .
Agency's new management says such spending is now banned . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- A \"top-to-bottom\" review by the General Services Administration, the federal agency that was found to have spent lavishly on an October 2010 conference in Las Vegas, has revealed that the agency also spent more than a quarter-million dollars for a one-day awards ceremony just outside Washingt... |
59030971dd787d023fbe17a7b4d2498699abc7f3 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Couple who took two children to movie give emotional account of what happened .
Dozens of people were treated in five Denver-area hospitals after the shootings .
At least three service members also were hurt, the Pentagon says . | [
"(CNN) -- Hospitals across the Denver metropolitan area treated dozens of people, many of them critically wounded, in the aftermath of Friday's mass shooting at a movie theater. The youngest of the injured, a 4-month-old boy, was treated and released from a hospital. Ten people died at the theater in Aurora and two... |
6983688e3a9c4762a668e119c5f4659107646d7c | Summarize the following news article. | A gunman went on a killing spree at a movie theater showing "The Dark Knight Rises"
Gene Seymour: The movie absorbs attention while we feel pain for the real-life victims .
We can't really prosecute popular culture for capital crimes, he says .
Seymour: Ultimately, movies cannot free or save us from the ills in society... | [
"(CNN) -- There were no long lines waiting to see \"The Dark Knight Rises\" at the urban multiplex closest to where I live in Washington, D.C. A mild surprise, since this wasn't, after all, just any movie's opening Friday. This was, as we kept being told, a Major Summer Event, the biggest, darkest and most eagerly ... |
136e65cf57b52e16c2dcc004b7c82f192d551581 | Summarize the following news article. | Minivan involved was operated by group aimed at helping disabled people .
Chrysler PT Cruiser evidently went into wrong lane, officials say .
Northbound lanes of highway were closed . | [
"(CNN) -- Four people were killed Wednesday in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 63 near Bay, Arkansas, said Craighead County Deputy Coroner Kurt Beeson. Video from the scene showed the minibus resting on its roof alongside the road. The incident involved a Chrysler PT Cruiser and a minibus that Beeson said was o... |
478607e4e5f56d2696f1abe9dce704a858c39b76 | Summarize the following news article. | Pilot Stewart Dunbar disappeared off Florida coast in 1996 .
Daughter had hoped wreckage would bring closure in father's disappearance .
The recovered evidence suggests the sunken plane was not Dunbar's . | [
"(CNN) -- Penny Malphrus got her long-awaited answer in the form of a one sentence text message: \"We had a productive day and determined the engine contained a two bladed propeller.\" It was not what Malphrus wanted to hear; nevertheless, she was prepared for it. Malphrus had been hoping to learn if plane wreckage... |
3638f4e0dbf37b5a79bc39baa8e0d7595496f93c | Summarize the following news article. | Todd Akin's comments on "legitimate" rape have reverberated worldwide .
Playwright Eve Ensler penned a piece from the City of Joy in the Congo .
British columnist drew parallels with Akin's comments and those made by George Galloway .
One writer said his comments merely tell you "Akins is an idiot" | [
"Hong Kong (CNN) -- In just a few days, a politician largely unknown outside the U.S. has earned the dubious reputation on the world stage as the \"rape-gaffe congressman.\" It's not an enviable title but one that has inspired column-writers worldwide to pick apart Todd Akin's comments -- their possible implication... |
856e84363c00dea76c151e55107cfee07f06bfbb | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: "Procedures were excellent," says one middle-aged Palestinian on his first visit to Egypt .
More than 600 Palestinians made the crossing Saturday .
Egypt reopens its border with Gaza, opening access to Palestinians .
The border crossing was closed by Israel and Egypt in 2007 to cut off Hamas . | [
"Jerusalem (CNN) -- In a highly symbolic break with previous policy, Egypt reopened its border crossing into Gaza on Saturday, opening the door for Palestinians to the outside world and raising fears among some Israelis that militant attacks will increase. \"Procedures were excellent,\" said Younes Ahmed, who descr... |
ad4e1496385bb1a52f82a59eeb77ea0c8b75c7c2 | Summarize the following news article. | Kevin Pietersen left out of England's World Twenty20 squad .
Pietersen starred in their triumph in the Caribbean two years ago .
South African born batsman at odds with England team management .
Australian legend Shane Warne says omission is a 'tragedy' | [
"(CNN) -- England will make their defense of the World Twenty20 title without gifted batsman Kevin Pietersen, who was omitted from their 15-man squad Tuesday. Pietersen was man of the tournament in their triumph in the Caribbean two years ago, but is at odds with teammates and the England management for \"provocati... |
8d64ca1aaa798511250a2e3efd18da0de3e9a278 | Summarize the following news article. | The final season of "The Office" will offer "an artistic ending," producer Greg Daniels says .
It will "do justice to the existing characters in the most creative and explosive way," Daniels adds .
Ratings are healthy, but cast contracts are expiring .
"We couldn't count on getting that many people back for season 10,"... | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- The upcoming ninth season of NBC's \"The Office\" will be the sitcom's last, executive producer Greg Daniels said Tuesday. Though the show's ratings are healthy -- it is NBC's highest-rated scripted series -- contracts are expiring for most of the original cast, making it \"the last chance for... |
34ac0b1d3c538e76a2460a8a5a7636c6ae763689 | Summarize the following news article. | The modest Ecuador Embassy has become the site of a media circus .
Julian Assange supporters scuffle with police and pump revolutionary anthems .
Perplexed shoppers from nearby Harrods side-step the gathered TV crews .
Twitter lights up with support, government lines, and gags . | [
"London (CNN) -- Outside a modest redbrick block behind the Harrods department store in west London, a media circus is taking place. Well-to-do shoppers laden with bags side-step the TV crews clogging the pavement, asking what all the fuss is about. This is no ordinary apartment block but the Ecuadorian Embassy whe... |
c41b3c34d97365d28f54664abb68ae4f4980ff80 | Summarize the following news article. | Politicians usually take a joke - but some can make them, too .
John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan were known for their humor .
Bob Dole's wit could be particularly sharp . | [
"(CNN) -- Politicians have always been a fat target for humorists. \"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress,\" Mark Twain once observed. \"But I repeat myself.\" And Will Rogers once remarked, \"I'm not a member of any organized political party -- I am a Democrat.\" Mark Katz: The guy ... |
2d8a975de3a87db5bc56c64f26b8aad09cc02486 | Summarize the following news article. | France striker Olivier Giroud to play in English Premier League for Arsenal .
Chambery-born forward scored 21 goals in 36 league games for Montpellier last season .
Giroud came on as a substitute three times for France during Euro 2012 .
Frenchman's previous clubs include Grenoble, Istres and Tours . | [
"(CNN) -- Montpellier's France international striker Olivier Giroud has agreed to join English Premier League club Arsenal. Giroud, who passed a medical at Arsenal's training ground on Monday, was a key player for Montpellier last season as the French club won Ligue 1 for the first time in their history, scoring 21... |
4f18e9a12595239f954297307ebed4185c17c989 | Summarize the following news article. | Real Madrid held to 1-1 draw by Valencia in La Liga opener .
Jonas Goncalves equalizer denies champions winning start .
Barcelona rout Real Sociedad 5-1 in Camp Nou .
Lionel Messi scores first half double . | [
"(CNN) -- Real Madrid made a stumbling start to their La Liga title defense, as they were held 1-1 by Valencia Sunday in the Santiago Bernabeu. It was two costly points dropped as arch rivals Barcelona later thumped Real Sociedad 5-1 in the Camp Nou. Barca's new coach Tito Vilanova saw them dominate the first half ... |
55b4da594d10844193784f44329218b927e35c51 | Summarize the following news article. | Judge dismisses charges against Andrew McCormick, 56 .
McCormick charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual assault .
Alleged victim was 10-year-old boy in 1997 . | [
"Philadelphia (CNN) -- A judge Thursday dismissed felony sexual assault charges against a Roman Catholic priest arrested in July on allegations of sexually abusing a 10-year-old boy in 1997. At Thursday's preliminary hearing, Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Karen Yvette Simmons dismissed felony involuntary devia... |
ea88015b373b47877ec07c5ee8d82980ec201ce5 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: A doctor examined Katherine Jackson "under false pretenses," her lawyer says .
"i haven't spoken with her in a week i want her home now," Paris tweets .
"Mother is fine but is resting up in AZ," Jermaine Jackson tweets .
She has not called Michael Jackson's three children in a week, the lawyer says . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Paris Jackson waited at home Sunday, hoping for a phone call from her grandmother, the woman who has cared for her since her father, Michael Jackson, died three years ago. \"yes, my grandmother is missing,\" Paris Jackson, 14, tweeted Sunday morning. \"i haven't spoken with her in a week i wan... |
8c1bc959d22d7763d5c5f2f5f8bb6913ddbc8e34 | Summarize the following news article. | A gun debate figures into the storyline of "The Dark Knight Rises" itelf .
Friday's shooting rampage took place while the movie was showing at a Colorado theater .
Warner Brothers studios says it will not cancel any screenings of the film . | [
"(CNN) -- Editor's note: This story may contain spoilers . Warner Brothers studios confirmed Friday that it will not cancel any screenings of \"The Dark Knight Rises,\" squashing any rumors that it might dial back the release following the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colorado, theater. The shooting rampage that lef... |
b11c99119e82fd3fcb566f7d4e88df9d0a90565e | Summarize the following news article. | Steve Prefontaine set the 5,000 meter record at the U.S. Olympic trials in 1972 .
The meet record is one of the most elusive in track and field .
Galen Rupp broke the record by less than two-tenths of a second .
"To hear I got the record, that's unreal," Rupp says . | [
"(CNN) -- The buzz began hours before the start of the race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials: Would one of the most-elusive records in long distance running set by a legend long dead finally fall? It's a question that has been asked at nearly every Olympic track trials since the brash Steve Prefontaine se... |
533b8afa2eaad870a9d33471f0f602b5444f81da | Summarize the following news article. | World Heritage status has been given to the Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin in northern France .
UNESCO says the mining region is a "remarkable cultural landscape"
The Calais basin is one of three mining sites that made the list this year .
The Lakes of Ounianga in Chad were among 26 additions to the heritage list in 2... | [
"London (CNN) -- Coal slag heaps up to 450-feet high may not seem the obvious candidates to join a list that includes the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, and Yellowstone National Park. But the remnants of a once-thriving mining industry in northern France have now been included in a roll call of the wor... |
9cb8b7930ba27c987b5e6c41e260590c06988e7b | Summarize the following news article. | Singer Frank Ocean has gone public with his love for a man .
Co-founder of Ocean's hip hop collective has been accused of homophobia .
The singer is enjoying some high-profile support . | [
"(CNN) -- \"Today is a big day for hip hop.\" When music impresario Russell Simmons penned those words and posted them Wednesday, he was not referring to a new album dropping or the debut of an exciting artist. He was talking about a male artist's admission that his first love was a man. \"I am profoundly moved by ... |
5622812eb032feb05894c3c629d71e13e537f6ee | Summarize the following news article. | Egypt's economy is badly suffering after a year and a half of unrest .
It's now up to Mohamed Morsi and the new government to turn things around .
Obstacles include widespread corruption, growing national deficit . | [
"(CNN) -- Amid all the furor about the seemingly omnipotent military in Egypt, the disbanded Islamist-dominated parliament and the debate over whether the Muslim Brotherhood will ban beer and bikinis, it's tempting to mutter, \"It's the economy, stupid.\" In 18 months of upheaval, all Egypt's economic indicators ha... |
526f69b888b49f1f0a8dfc4670b19e21926202a2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: 230 people were killed Tuesday, an opposition group says .
A nonprofit group says at least 20 journalists have died in Syria during the conflict .
New U.N. envoy to Syria will visit New York for meetings this week, U.N. spokesman says .
Al-Assad's resignation can't be a condition for talks, Syria's deputy PM says ... | [
"(CNN) -- The gruesome civil war in Syria that pits government forces against rebels is now in its 18th month. Here are the latest key developments: . Deputy PM: Al-Assad's resignation not an acceptable condition for dialogue . Any suggestions of President Bashar al-Assad resigning could be discussed only after a d... |
9563c96a72e1f8604bcfec03b068fe03a8ba3b9b | Summarize the following news article. | FBI spokeswoman Sandy Breault says not all family and close friends are fully cooperating .
She urges anyone with information on the girls' whereabouts to come forward .
"We believe these girls are alive and we are not discouraged by the passage of time," she says .
Lyric Cook, 10, and her cousin Elizabeth Collins, 8, ... | [
"(CNN) -- Authorities investigating the disappearance of two young girls in Iowa said Saturday that they believe them to still be alive. Lyric Cook, 10, and her cousin Elizabeth Collins, 8, were last seen by their grandmother more than a week ago when they left on a bike ride. \"We believe these girls are alive and... |
682a0739eb4bfdc6ae46c9699a7f9481a6a8c73b | Summarize the following news article. | Senators outraged to learn that uniforms for U.S. Olympians made in China .
Phasing out of quota arrangements has led to loss of millions of textile jobs in U.S.
Jyrki Raina says textile companies must pay prices so suppliers can pay living wage .
He says consumers must make clear they will pay price for decent conditi... | [
"Geneva (CNN) -- Last week United States senators expressed dismay and outrage to learn that the uniforms for American Olympians were produced in China. But this is not new. For years unrestrained globalization has seen textile and clothing multinationals race to the bottom in the search for cheaper and cheaper pro... |
7f88c163e7a3033113c752dbc96a134f9f3a35c9 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: There are conflicting reports on the nationalities of the injured .
Unknown gunmen attacked the U.S. vehicle on a highway near Cuernavaca .
The U.S. State Department is aware of the reports, but has no immediate comment . | [
"(CNN) -- Unknown gunmen attacked an American diplomatic vehicle south of Mexico City, injuring three people, a Mexican military official told CNN Mexico. The motive behind the attack on the U.S. vehicle, which was on a diplomatic mission, was not immediately known. Gunmen inside what was described as a Mexican fed... |
79fa84159f099ad6fd0e637b11b566067f2c8714 | Summarize the following news article. | "Naked News" says it interviewed Luka Rocco Magnotta in 2007 .
He talks about his work as an escort and how he responds to aggressive clients .
Magnotta is the prime suspect in a grisly Montreal murder .
He was arrested in Germany on Monday . | [
"(CNN) -- He sits, relaxed, one arm propped casually on top of a couch, describing his work as a stripper and adult escort. He talks about the difficulty drawing a line between his personal and professional lives and how he responds to aggressive clients. \"Some clients, mostly the ones that are on drugs or drinkin... |
bef661265eb85206cfc20758ec89acc53a5b9285 | Summarize the following news article. | Actor Ralph Macchio now wears an executive producer hat .
The former "Karate Kid" star produces the new show "American Gypsies"
The series, which airs on National Geographic, follows a Romany family in New York .
Macchio says the show peels back the curtain on a unique family and its culture . | [
"(CNN) -- With an acting career that spans three decades, Ralph Macchio is right at home in front of the camera. But with the new National Geographic reality show \"American Gypsies\" premiering at 9 ET Tuesday night, the 50-year-old actor is going behind the lens as an executive producer. With \"American Gypsies,\... |
80905377687d24f225f53525b23423c263a5da66 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Great Britain wins 48th medal, one more than it did in Beijing .
Team USA's Aly Raisman wins gold in gymnastics floor exercise, bronze on beam .
Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria pulls away in men's 1,500 meters .
Seven Cameroon athletes are missing, the country's Olympic head of mission says . | [
"London (CNN) -- U.S. hopes for gymnast Gabby Douglas to repeat her gold-winning form Tuesday were dashed as she took a tumble from the balance beam -- but it was a day of joy for her teammate Aly Raisman, as Raisman claimed bronze in that event followed by a gold in the floor exercise. Raisman, who just missed out... |
38b5f34177b272806fd8c430cb3f6f8cf979c995 | Summarize the following news article. | Aaron E. Carroll: Idea that GOP wants to cut, Democrats want to spend is a myth .
Carroll says the Affordable Care Act cuts future costs of health care significantly, if not enough .
Cuts in Medicare spending and oversight of abuses mean substantial savings, he says .
Carroll: Parts of the act save money and some cost,... | [
"(CNN) -- Unless you've been living under a rock, you know people are concerned about the deficit. Or at least they say they are. You'd also have to be willfully ignoring everything around you not to know that health care spending is a significant cause, if not the cause, of our long-term fiscal problems. The narra... |
b63a2547820c696c0c8b8d7aa59028809ccd9ee9 | Summarize the following news article. | "The Expendables 2" debuted well this weekend .
"The Bourne Legacy" came in second place .
The remake "Sparkle made $12.0 million . | [
"(EW.com) -- Four weeks after the shootings in Aurora, Colo., the box office remains in a relative slump — despite performing over 20 percent better than the same weekends in 2011 and 2010. According to industry consulting firm Screen Engine, 17 percent of moviegoers are still reluctant to head to the theater follo... |
a68ac5843b0250c4e926ead3c2b60919e4fd8239 | Summarize the following news article. | Leftist government files a motion with parliament to suspend the president .
The motion marks the latest in a series of attacks between Basescu and Prime Minister Ponta .
The vote, scheduled for Friday, is expected to pass . | [
"Bucharest, Romania (CNN) -- Romania's leftist government began impeachment proceedings Wednesday to suspend President Traian Basescu. In a motion filed in parliament, the ruling coalition accused the president of violating the country's constitution and overstepping his authority. The motion is the latest in a ser... |
64161db48b80a8ca6af617bc90c9f5a0ff3d3c24 | Summarize the following news article. | A girl, 11, is arrested for allegedly burning pages of a Quran .
Media reports say the girl has Down syndrome, but a police official denies it .
Fearing a backlash, local Christian families have fled .
The president says the blasphemy law must not be misused . | [
"(CNN) -- An 11-year-old Christian girl has been arrested after being accused of blasphemy by burning pages of the Quran in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. According to a statement released by the president's office Sunday, the girl, identified as Ramsha, was accused by a local resident of burning pages of the Musli... |
f1feae52895b8e6cb0628b41b217f816116681bd | Summarize the following news article. | Director Tony Scott died Sunday, an apparent suicide .
Scott was behind many box-office hits, including "Top Gun" and "Enemy of the State"
Though known as an action director, he never forgot about characters .
Scott was well-regarded by colleagues, was a thoughtful interview . | [
"(CNN) -- Tony Scott made movies, in the best sense of the word. Some of them got poor reviews. Some of them were burdened with sketchy scripts. But almost all of them -- from his first big hit, \"Top Gun\" (1986) to his most recent major release, \"Unstoppable\" (2010) -- were entertaining, well-acted and smoothly... |
ff72fe08323321745f7b0a9560d120c01ec32f4b | Summarize the following news article. | Several CNN.com commenters say they volunteered for secret Army drug tests .
Classified program used soldiers to test dangerous drugs and chemicals .
One veteran says he wanted to do his "patriotic duty"
Ex-Edgewood researcher: "No one was forced to participate" in the program . | [
"(CNN) -- \"My MEDVOL number is 6856. I was at Edgewood Arsenal from January 1975 to April 1975.\" With those words, Stephen Coffman reached out to CNN last week after seeing its stories about Edgewood Arsenal, where the Army conducted top-secret drug and chemical tests on soldier volunteers. Coffman was just 22 ye... |
aa91d17b129aea7a458bba09af20ae192d139c14 | Summarize the following news article. | Roger Federer beats Juan Martin Del Potro in longest Olympic tennis match .
Swiss star wins deciding set 19-17 after four hours 26 minutes .
Home hope Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic in second semifinal .
Serena Williams faces Maria Sharapova in women's final . | [
"(CNN) -- Roger Federer kept his gold medal dream alive after a marathon semifinal battle with Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro at Wimbledon Friday. Federer had to dig deep to beat the former U.S. Open champion 3-6 7-6 19-17 in four hours 26 minutes, the longest match in Olympic tennis history. He will play home h... |
1d685160243673bfbbf7ccf3fd11e6fbf30100bc | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Attorney for Arizona says authorities are "trying to deal with illegal immigrants"
A civil rights attorney says the law "is infected with racial discrimination"
A lawyer representing Arizona says the law does not discriminate .
Opponents point to e-mails from the law's author . | [
"(CNN) -- A federal judge is once again weighing arguments over the \"show me your papers\" provision in Arizona's controversial immigration law. The provision was the only one of four major parts of the law upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. But opponents argued in U.S. District Court on Tuesday that new ev... |
4e9a959be45fd0142892d72d161099e4cd78cc2e | Summarize the following news article. | An Air Force instructor has been convicted of rape and aggravated sexual assault .
He was implicated in a sex abuse scandal involving 10 female recruits .
Walker is among 12 instructors investigated for sexual misconduct .
Six face charges in the scandal . | [
"(CNN) -- An Air Force instructor convicted of rape, aggravated sexual assault and other charges against 10 female recruits was handed a 20-year prison sentence Saturday in a military scandal that spurred investigators to examine the extent of the abuse. Staff Sgt. Luis Walker was convicted Friday after being inves... |
427eb71e828cc9d67f739a243af3ac0aeb87f729 | Summarize the following news article. | Area off New Zealand 's east coast a haven for rare dolphins .
No-fish zone has helped survival rate of Hector's dolphins .
Study was conducted over 21 years . | [
"(CNN) -- Coastal areas that ban fishing can provide havens for endangered wildlife, according to a new report. Findings from a research project conducted over 21 years and published in the \"Journal of Applied Ecology\" revealed that a marine sanctuary off the coast of Christchurch, New Zealand has significantly i... |
0ae5da9af11553bcfcda0ecedc1666d45f0767bc | Summarize the following news article. | World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka survives huge scare in French Open first round .
Azarenka goes one set and 4-0 down before fighting back to beat Alberta Brianti .
Defending champion Li Na enjoys smooth passage through to round two .
Vera Zvonareva, the number 11 seed, pulls out of tournament through injury . | [
"(CNN) -- World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka rallied from a set and 4-0 down to unseeded Italian Alberta Brianti as she eventually emerged into the second round of the French Open on Monday. The 22-year-old looked like she would achieve the unwanted feat of becoming the first top-seeded player to lose in the opening rou... |
177157c56fbf11627d116094e7f88b1c88bf37e3 | Summarize the following news article. | Serena Williams knocked out in first round of French Open by Virginie Razzano .
It is the first time Williams has ever lost in the first round at a major championship .
Maria Sharapova beats Romanian Alexandra Cadantu 6-0 6-0 in just 48 minutes .
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beats Australia's Ashleigh Barty 6-1 6-2... | [
"(CNN) -- Serena Williams suffered the embarrassment of being knocked out in the opening round of a grand slam tournament for the first time in her illustrious career after defeat to Virginie Razzano at the French Open. The 13-time major champion lost an epic three-hour duel 4-6 7-6 6-3 to her unseeded French oppon... |
7da9ff812f66728bda1a2083166c1ef96ea4b0d0 | Summarize the following news article. | A New York Police officer and his wife tried to arrange the killing, prosecutors say .
"We're very shocked" at the charges, Officer Jose Ramos' attorney says .
Ramos has been in jail since October after being accused of involvement with drug dealers . | [
"New York (CNN) -- A veteran New York policeman, jailed since October after being accused of involvement with drug dealers, is now charged with plotting to kill a witness who was to testify against him. Officer Jose Ramos, from the NYPD's 40th Precinct in the Bronx, was charged Thursday along with his wife, Wanda A... |
f56bf6084ac30d0ff79c17fa998f62e2da988628 | Summarize the following news article. | Michael McCann: NCAA's strict penalities will devastate Penn State football for years to come .
McCann questions whether the NCAA overstepped its legal bounds by ruling so quickly .
McCann: NCAA usually gives schools 90 days to respond, a trial, chance to appeal .
Penn State could legally challenge the scope of NCAA au... | [
"(CNN) -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association's sanctions will devastate Penn State football for years to come. They will also harm the university as a whole, with consequences felt not only in the athletic and budget departments, but probably in the development and admissions offices, too. The severe pena... |
a0a3b312451a1fcf5e01753cbe0a1150502eca68 | Summarize the following news article. | Sunday marks the 200th anniversary of the ship's victory over a British frigate .
"Old Ironsides" sails under her own power for 17 minutes .
The sail marks only the second such trip since 1881 . | [
"(CNN) -- The USS Constitution, or \"Old Ironsides,\" sailed under her own power Sunday for just the second time in some 130 years. The Constitution set out on Boston Harbor in Massachusetts to commemorate the 200th anniversary of her victory over a British frigate during the War of 1812. The battle earned Constitu... |
720f109e503730766026d9b7da67fc2a22bd435b | Summarize the following news article. | Katherine Grainger wins first gold after claiming silver in previous three Olympics .
Eric Murray and Hamish Bond power to victory in men's pairs for New Zealand .
Fellow Kiwi Mahe Drysdale clinches gold in men's single sculls .
Germany ease to victory in men's quadruple sculls from Croatia and Australia . | [
"(CNN) -- British rower Katherine Grainger ended her 12-year wait for Olympic glory after winning gold in the women's double sculls on Friday. The 36-year-old Scot, partnered by Anna Watkins, punched the air in delight after exorcising the demons of Sydney, Athens and Beijing. Grainger, who had suffered the agony o... |
c8ff5543fefbed0a13b7f49da723d5ed66fd5585 | Summarize the following news article. | Shimon Peres blames Iran and Hezbollah for an attack that killed 5 Israelis .
The president won't confirm Israel has been killing Iranian nuclear scientists .
Israel will act on its own to secure Syria's chemical weapons if necessary, he vows .
The country will not allow Syrian refugees to flood in amid the violence th... | [
"Jerusalem (CNN) -- Iran is in an \"open war\" with Israel, President Shimon Peres said Monday, as he pointed the finger at Iran and Hezbollah for last week's bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Peres said Israel would act to prevent further attacks. Peres said Israel ... |
4d59c2e8fb2c8e04a624e3a3baa13eb145a6d026 | Summarize the following news article. | Police are asking hotels for surveillance video .
The suspect was also seen at a car rental agency .
Five Israelis were killed in a suicide bombing last week .
Authorities don't rule out the possibility of a second suspect . | [
"(CNN) -- Bulgarian police have widened their investigation into last week's bombing attack on Israeli tourists to towns near the border with Romania, asking hotels for surveillance video that might have captured the suspected bomber. Hotels in the Black Sea coastal city of Varna say police have been asking for vid... |
ba4253b7d17552590636ee12c4ba6e0d40cdd30e | Summarize the following news article. | British Ministry of Defence plans to place missiles on top of east London apartment block .
Former match factory chosen because of proximity to, and view over, Olympic Park .
Residents angry at lack of consultation, fear missiles will make homes a terrorist target .
Historian says those angry at plans could take inspir... | [
"London (CNN) -- For the past week, members of Britain's armed forces have been taking part in major exercises to prepare for the Olympics in London later this summer. Alongside the emergency drills and simulated alarms, designed to ready the city for potential terror threats to the 2012 Games, soldiers have also p... |
c94f38dea1447c1b4b741b0f6e67f77b0ccecd2d | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: A "scuffle" broke out at the Jackson family home Monday, sheriff spokesman says .
NEW: Janet, Jermaine and Randy Jackson were on the scene, a source says .
NEW: Paris tweets: "gotta love fam"
NEW: "8 days and counting . something is really off," Paris says on Twitter . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Feuding among Michael Jackson's family reached a new level Monday when a \"scuffle\" erupted at Katherine Jackson's home in Calabasas, California, according a sheriff's spokesman. Paris Jackson, the 14-year-old daughter of the late pop icon, posted a Twitter message about the time the incident... |
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