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3a9269d77eeda78655e9fc77f699e59356d115ec | Summarize the following news article. | CNN sits down with Ida Odinga wife of Kenya's prime minister, Raila Odinga .
A teacher by profession, she is known for her dedication to Kenya's women and children .
She says education is helping women take up positions of responsibility .
"The women must be powerful and they must remain strong," says Odinga . | [
"(CNN) -- It's often proclaimed that \"behind a strong man there is a strong woman\" -- and in the case of Kenya's prime minister and his wife, the saying seems to be true. Ida Odinga, the wife of Kenyan leader Raila Odinga, has been a champion for female rights in Kenya for more than two decades now. A teacher by ... |
a98b17232e0a07d8ed3b27118eb0053e7a3c91bb | Summarize the following news article. | Justin Dufner leads FedEx Cup standings after his second win in three weeks .
The 35-year-old hoping to qualify for U.S. Ryder Cup team in September .
In 22 days he has pocketed more than $2.2 million and got married .
Former U.S. Ryder Cup player Anthony Kim suffers injury setback . | [
"(CNN) -- In just over three weeks, Jason Dufner has won his first two PGA Tour titles and got married. As the new leader of the FedEx Cup series, the American has catapulted himself into the top-15 of the world rankings and is considered a real contender to win his first major at next month's U.S. Open. But what h... |
3f03e36dbafb9bf8e2469b19b463ea011c60f124 | Summarize the following news article. | "John Carter" earned an underwhelming $500,000 at midnight showings .
It's still way too early to tell, as midnight figures cannot be entirely trusted .
The movie will likely find a bit more love overseas . | [
"(EW.com) -- Disney's $250 million sci-fi epic \"John Carter\" earned an underwhelming $500,000 at midnight showings, the studio confirmed. According to Disney, that figure is in line with what 2010′s \"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time\" earned. That movie, also a costly adventure flick, wound up debuting to $... |
dc4bfdba93de469a2a4584032874659345ee9313 | Summarize the following news article. | The 12 Olympic and Paralympic posters which will be used in 2012 have been unveiled .
Art and design has been central to the planning of London 2012 .
Olympic posters can provide a snapshot of the political environment of the time .
Anish Kapoor's Orbit is a 115-meter high steel sculpture . | [
"(CNN) -- The 2012 Olympic Games in London will see world-class competitors display their skills across 39 disciplines, with the British capital also taking the opportunity to showcase itself as a vibrant, modern, cultural center. A series of 12 Olympic and Paralympic posters were commissioned to promote the Games ... |
b2c114b7af3a48a5ce03c377f909bdfb8c2313ca | Summarize the following news article. | Oscar Pistorius beats U.S. rivals by more than three seconds .
The win is his only individual gold medal of the Paralympic Games .
It was the final event at the 2012 Paralympics in London .
Pistorius earlier accused rivals of using "unbelievably long" blades . | [
"(CNN) -- South African \"blade runner\" Oscar Pistorius smashed a Paralympic record to win the men's 400m T44 in the final athletics event of the 2012 Games. Pistorius, who suffered a shock defeat in the 200m to Brazilian Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira, covered the 400m in the record time of 46.68 seconds. Oliveir... |
b88931c4e82d63fd5f553e8f9dc641a5449abf50 | Summarize the following news article. | Djimon Hounsou is a critically acclaimed film star from Benin, West Africa .
He first captured the world's attention with his performance in 1997's 'Amistad'
Before becoming an actor, Hounsou was a successful model in Paris .
Hounsou is also an outspoken campaigner in the fight against climate change . | [
"(CNN) -- From scavenging for food through garbage and sleeping in the streets, to becoming an international fashion model and a Hollywood A-lister, Djimon Hounsou's journey to stardom has been an astonishing one. The Benin-born actor, one of the most prominent film stars to come out of Africa, has appeared in bloc... |
e585606787a72a01d3f19f9092176079098e5df9 | Summarize the following news article. | Blackford: Tony Scott was a thrill-seeking adventurer and master craftsman .
Scott pioneered a new "glossy" approach to the action film, says the film writer .
The British director took his own life on Sunday, jumping off a bridge in Los Angeles . | [
"London (CNN) -- Yesterday brought the sad and perplexing news that Tony Scott, hugely successful British director of sleek, big-budget action films such as \"Crimson Tide\" and \"Enemy of the State\" had apparently taken his own life by jumping off Los Angeles' Vincent Thomas bridge. It was a tragic end to a trail... |
9fb7aaca792cfd1a169d9692b7047c8836afe7e0 | Summarize the following news article. | Four out of five say boundary-pushing visionaries make the best leaders .
One in seven think financial expertise is the best attribute .
75% of those who voted in the Facebook survey were male .
Less than one in 50 think a military commander makes the best leader . | [
"(CNN) -- What makes a leader? Is it economic know-how, or military might? Or is it a big thinker with a bold plan? The U.S. election is just two months away, but there's no reason Americans should be the only ones to get in on the fun. With that in mind, we asked viewers worldwide on our CNN International Facebook... |
031f65e3566d9c0696231482cb2d069888c578ea | Summarize the following news article. | Stakes for Obama's speech are higher after two prime-time performances .
Democratic pollster: "This convention is now a home run derby"
Targeting in Charlotte differs from the messaging in Denver four years ago .
Thursday night, Obama's challenge is to sell his road map . | [
"Charlotte (CNN) -- Four years later, consider the role reversal: As he closes his convention, Barack Obama's greatest challenge is to make the case against change. Yet he can't ask the American people to simply stay the course. The challenge, both daunting and delicate, is to make the case that his first-term poli... |
a7bc07e5cc9b60f67ee1a7728bd0936ad7d1ab41 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Fans give officials standing ovation before Thursday game at Baltimore .
Monday night mistake didn't force settlement, NFL commissioner says .
The NFL labor deal with referees locks in pay raises, protects pensions for five years .
It comes 48 hours after furor erupted over Monday night's game . | [
"(CNN) -- The touchdown catch that wasn't. The first touchdown interception. The inaccurate reception. Whatever you call it, don't call the controversial call by replacement refs in the Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahwaks game a catalyst for the tentative labor deal with National Football League referees, Commission... |
6cce35e8e253ce52e83cef54a12e3892aa9a0353 | Summarize the following news article. | There were a few surprises Sunday night at the Emmys .
"Homeland's" Damian Lewis was a dark horse favorite .
"American Horror Story" lost its bid for best miniseries . | [
"(EW.com) -- The Emmys were largely predictable yet again. \"The Daily Show,\" \"Amazing Race,\" Claire Danes — we all figured those and several others would win before the 64th Annual Primetime telecast started. Still, there were several wins in key categories that prompted gasps in the backstage press room and pr... |
27be082b1615a0037079b6a1d6d73c77e91beef8 | Summarize the following news article. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
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"(CNN Student News) -- March 9, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Iran . Japan . Mariana Trench . 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 published."
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aa98281abc927e25ad0b29606c7ac43434352738 | Summarize the following news article. | Qatar to invest millions of euros to help regenerate disadvantaged suburbs of Paris .
Plan has been approved by France's President Francois Hollande .
Scheme has come in for criticism from across the political spectrum . | [
"(CNN) -- France has been accused of passing the problems of its long-neglected suburbs off to others, after the country's Socialist president Francois Hollande agreed to a deal in which Qatar will invest millions of euros to help regenerate the disadvantaged \"banlieues\" of Paris. The plan, which has been met wit... |
7a8bc009e3c13930418819052ec881669640b2be | Summarize the following news article. | Artificial ways of enhancing performance is as old as organized sport itself .
Dick Pound: "They say drugs can make 1% of a difference, but 1% is huge!"
Drug company GlaxoSmithKline has provided logistics for London 2012 screening .
First five finishers in every event are taken immediately to give mandatory tests . | [
"Olympic Park, London (CNN) -- The Olympic ethos may be centered on the pursuit of athletic excellence, but performance-enhancing drugs offer a way for competitors to gain Games glory via unfair advantage. To the frustration of many, the use of illegal substances has marred all recent Olympic Games, and London 2012... |
6c43efaf7f71f223dffc67bc649a4329c89df08b | Summarize the following news article. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
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"(CNN Student News) -- April 6, 2012 . Download a PDF map related to today's show: . Colorado State University; Santa Cruz, California; Augusta, Georgia . 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 w... |
43d140981bc783a815f2f5444e28ff0d8a472e13 | Summarize the following news article. | Police say they arrested six gang members .
Former minister Fernando Londono survived a bombing that killed two in May .
Authorities suspect a minor threw the bomb at the vehicle Londono was riding in . | [
"Bogota, Colombia (CNN) -- Colombian police have arrested six gang members in connection with the May assassination attempt on a former minister, police said Tuesday. Fernando Londono, a former minister of the interior and justice, survived the May 15 bombing, which killed two of his security team and injured nearl... |
dfa347d2e2995b29eb58a5c72015e2291e2f5762 | Summarize the following news article. | Fit Nation Tri Challenge Team is in Hawaii this week to train .
"Lucky 7" will bike, run and swim to prepare for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon . | [
"(CNN) -- The 2012 Fit Nation Tri Challenge Team is made up of seven CNN viewers selected to train for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon with Dr. Sanjay Gupta in September. For updates, visit the Fit Nation page, follow the team on Twitter, or like our page on Facebook. Check back with us throughout the week for more ph... |
ff84a8d62dfc7d3cc92ff51e59c4dc61a07608f4 | Summarize the following news article. | Court finds Gu Kailai guilty of murdering Neil Heywood and gives her suspended death sentence .
Sentence likely commuted to life in prison if Gu does not commit crimes during two-year reprieve .
Family aide Zhang Xiaojun also found guilty and sentenced to nine years in prison .
British embassy welcomes suspended death ... | [
"(CNN) -- The downfall of senior Communist Party \"princeling\" Bo Xilai has become one of the most closely watched political scandals in China. Culminating in a suspended death sentence for a murder charge against his wife, Gu Kailai, the veritable soap opera offers a glimpse into the workings of the highest echel... |
993f570bb576d25a23c866ee4cbcfe7ee1631968 | Summarize the following news article. | Bayern Munich make it six wins from six games in Bundesliga .
2-0 win away to Werder Bremen extends lead over Frankfurt to five points .
Borussia Dortmund up to third after 5-0 rout of Moenchengladbach . | [
"(CNN) -- Bayern Munich maintained their perfect start to the Bundesliga season with a 2-0 win away to Werder Bremen on Saturday. Two late goals from Luiz Gustavo and Mario Mandzukic sealed a sixth straight win for Jupp Heynckes' side and stretch their lead over Frankfurt -- who play Freiburg on Sunday -- to five p... |
d86819b91e388c073062b5f7da1cd5f7b6a511e5 | Summarize the following news article. | Terence Moore: NFL's exhibition season was filled with gaffes, bloopers .
Replacement officials were hired because of NFL's ongoing lockout of regular officials .
One ref said "Arizona" instead of "Atlanta" multiple times during an Atlanta Falcons game .
After 1979 baseball strike, hired replacements were shunned by re... | [
"(CNN) -- Are you clamoring for the real NFL officials yet? If not, just wait and then prepare to issue an apology to one of the most unjustly crucified groups in society this side of baseball umpires. For starters, the NFL's exhibition season was filled with gaffes, bloopers and worse than that involving its colle... |
e277d462cd0b1647ed6b8880ba19f95aed08fde7 | Summarize the following news article. | Sony's PlayStation Vita gaming device hits U.S. stores Wednesday .
Vita allows for eight different applications to run simultaneously .
The front has a touchscreen and two analog joysticks, a first for a portable gaming device .
Our verdict: Vita is a promising device whose success will depend on quality of its games . | [
"(CNN) -- Sony's PlayStation Vita, which hits stores in the U.S. and Europe next Wednesday, is much more than just another portable gaming device. With the Vita, Sony is trying to combine the power of its PlayStation home console with the interface, portability and social media features of a smartphone. With its in... |
9ec26636034aecea8377f0bc1d99a32a471ba20a | Summarize the following news article. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
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"(CNN Student News) -- April 27, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Liberia & Sierra Leone . Netherlands . California . 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... |
66c07ec8f0fa65d4db8f31539413380e44e5e51f | Summarize the following news article. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
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"(CNN Student News) -- March 30, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Colorado & Rhode Island . Afghanistan . North Sea . 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... |
aa0fcf5e5074069e7cfec93292fa1f3b67260e15 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: At least 330 people are reported dead, including more than 200 bodies found in and around Damascus .
NEW: With one week left to go, August is already the deadliest month in Syria's 17-month crisis .
Syrian government: Armed forces "continue pursuing terrorists in Aleppo"
Turkish foreign minister: "No regime fighti... | [
"(CNN) -- At least 330 people were reported dead Saturday in Syria, marking the highest single-day death toll since the start of the uprising, according to opposition activists. With one week left to go, August is already the deadliest month. Here are some of the other key developments on the crisis that is spirali... |
518c66b3d2c226b4757119ed5371acd980e41332 | Summarize the following news article. | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .
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"(CNN Student News) -- April 27, 2012 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . How can you verify the findings of a scientific study or survey that appears in a news report? Why might it be important to do this? * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Stud... |
f3e6f73ed92bb73155dbb7d6a3c4a796ac04607c | Summarize the following news article. | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .
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"(CNN Student News) -- March 16, 2012 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . What is better for learning: print or electronic media? Why? What works best for you? * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News. Write your answers in the space provi... |
73093ede57cb5cb20e23dfd211bd405d9aa31898 | Summarize the following news article. | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .
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"(CNN Student News) -- April 13, 2012 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . What do you think is more compelling: hearing someone tell his own story or hearing a journalist tell it? Explain. * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News. Write yo... |
1eee7f24aaa426e10d5fba25f3505408a69fbed3 | Summarize the following news article. | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .
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"(CNN Student News) -- March 30, 2012 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . What is your response to hearing famous people quoted in the media? Do you find such quotes inspiring? Explain. * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News. Write your ... |
c3a614d7c9cafd98b888c6a1dba2318adc53e13f | Summarize the following news article. | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .
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"(CNN Student News) -- April 20, 2012 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . How does a viewer's age affect how the viewer responds to a media story about a historic anniversary? * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News. Write your answers in... |
09e68430afb555ad65bf0d3a864b207d06b5e5bb | Summarize the following news article. | "Kurt Sutter's Outlaw Empires" is a six-part series airing on the Discovery Channel .
Documentary series looks at people who have defined their existence outside the law .
Sutter is also the creator of "Sons of Anarchy," the FX show about a biker gang . | [
"(CNN) -- For years, Kurt Sutter has told stories of criminal activity -- first as a writer for \"The Shield\" and then as the creator of FX's wildly popular \"Sons of Anarchy,\" a dramatized version of an outlaw biker gang in California. Now he's branching out and focusing his lens on real-life criminal organizati... |
488d1a5a00410c9f9ba9957b3a0909465f9c175b | Summarize the following news article. | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .
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"(CNN Student News) -- March 23, 2012 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . To what extent should news organizations consider audience interest when selecting stories for broadcast? Explain. * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News. Write yo... |
ec099d5e7bae1f35b0ad2924a534c2b2abfbf1fe | Summarize the following news article. | Napoli beat visitors Lazio 3-0 to go joint top of Serie A with reigning champions Juventus .
Edinson Cavani strikes a hat-trick to take his season's league tally to five, one more than Fiorentina's Stevan Jovetic .
AC Milan relieve pressure on coach Massimiliano Allegri with a 2-0 win at home to Cagliari .
In Spain, At... | [
"(CNN) -- Napoli joined Juventus at the top of Italy's Serie A after an Edinson Cavani hat-trick blew away Lazio in a 3-0 victory at the Stadio San Paolo. The hosts' fourth win in five league games takes them to 13 points, with only a missed penalty from Cavani denying Walter Mazzarri's side from taking top spot ou... |
17995078ca522daccd5a022650347397430fbeb8 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: A U.N. officials calls the perpetrators "cowardly"
Journalists targeted in a "gratuitous and bloodthirsty" bombing, group says .
Two suicide bombers attacked a teahouse in Mogadishu, state radio says .
The dead include an anchor for Somalia's national television and the head of a radio service . | [
"Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- The United Nations condemned a suicide bombing in Somalia's capital that killed a number of people, including three journalists from state-run broadcasting services, as a \"cowardly attack.\" The U.N. special representative to Somalia made the comments following the attack Thursday that... |
e045841f1c3cf8e8d37cc8177782224a388bb1c2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Pakistani Taliban official confirms airstrike .
A senior Pakistani Taliban leader was killed in a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan, officials say .
Maulawi Dadullah was killed in a strike in the Kunar province, officials say .
The airstrike also killed Dadullah's deputy, ISAF officials say . | [
"(CNN) -- A senior Pakistani Taliban leader was killed in a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan's volatile northern Kunar province, the NATO-led coalition said Saturday. Maulawi Dadullah was one of several insurgents killed Friday in an airstrike in Kunar's Shigal wa Sheltan district, according to a statement released by... |
4f5c33657c620e0844e868d0fa985fa7c0b7aa3c | Summarize the following news article. | Publication of naked photos of Britain's Prince Harry leave UK media in a quandary .
Scandal-hit newspapers are wary of sailing too close to the wind after Leveson Inquiry .
"Unacceptable to photograph individuals in private places": Editor's code of conduct .
Pictures are widely available on the internet, but UK paper... | [
"London (CNN) -- From movie stars and business moguls to politicians and pop stars, the British press has never shied away from picturing famous figures in compromising positions. Until now, that is. Once upon a time, grainy shots of celebrities flashing their birthday suits or falling out of skimpy outfits were th... |
73b44ec461215a7c416966f13ef0c7d37b3c9e53 | Summarize the following news article. | English FA charge John Terry over his clash with Anton Ferdinand .
Court cleared Terry last month of racial abuse in the incident .
FA says it has taken independent legal advice .
Terry will appeal the charge and asks for personal hearing . | [
"(CNN) -- Chelsea captain John Terry was charged by the English Football Association (FA) Friday over his verbal clash with Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match last year. Terry was cleared by a London court last month of racially abusing Ferdinand in the incident, but the FA h... |
b8637a241d2a73a8d9b1df9cd13f62b023e38ac1 | Summarize the following news article. | Pilot Stewart Dunbar disappeared off Florida coast in 1996 .
Daughter newly found wreckage will bring closure in father's disappearance .
Dive planned for this weekend may confirm if wreckage is Dunbar's . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sixteen years is a long time, but \"it still feels just like yesterday\" to 39-year-old Penny Malphrus. Her father disappeared while flying home from Swainsboro, Georgia, to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, in February 1996. \"I honestly do not know where the time has gone,\" she said this w... |
91d575ea4824f9c06abde31cfbe9aaf33bc7d860 | Summarize the following news article. | Ali Noorani: Nation needs a compelling vision for a common-sense immigration process .
Poll after poll shows Americans want a rational immigration process, Noorani says .
He cites report that immigrants launched 28% of the country's new businesses in 2011 .
Noorani: We must create legal immigration opportunities that s... | [
"(CNN) -- Dear Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, . As much as America is looking forward to 10 more weeks of soothing campaign rhetoric (fingernails on the blackboard of America's psyche), I write to urge you to offer the nation a compelling vision for a common-sense immigration process. Your respective parties' conven... |
62f04da60e8d990ab4ce73be5ed8528f1ebc99be | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Court on Friday convicts 330 suspects of a plot to overthrow Turkey's government .
Dozens of military commanders, once considered untouchable, have been imprisoned .
Defense attorneys accuse government, prosecutors and judges of a political witch hunt .
They say the defendants could be sentenced to up to 20 years ... | [
"Istanbul (CNN) -- A criminal court in Turkey brought the hammer down hard on hundreds of acting and retired senior military commanders, found guilty of plotting to overthrow the government, state media reported Friday. Three-hundred-thirty of the 365 suspects were sentenced to up to two decades behind bars, in a t... |
484c5f4ad8e7ad3c428b6f570035dd1a14fe3b7c | Summarize the following news article. | 1984 - The first time a woman was named to a major party ticket .
1972- TV's 'Archie Bunker' receives a single vote for vice president .
1924 - The first time conventions were covered by radio; for television, it was 1948 .
2000 - The long smooch Al Gore gave his then-wife, Tipper . | [
"(CNN) -- Day Two of the Republican National Convention brings another round of trivia and more you may not know about women candidates, keynote ambitions, and celebrity vote getters. Convention firsts . • New York Rep. Geraldine Ferraro's nomination for vice president at the 1984 Democratic convention marked the f... |
80d6c97749106e38bc49847cfff821f051a89d2d | Summarize the following news article. | A school bus and a tractor-trailer collided near Blue Hill, Nebraska, the sheriff says .
Both drivers have been killed, he says .
Also killed were two passengers on the school bus, he says . | [
"(CNN) -- Four people died when a school bus collided with a tractor-trailer at an intersection in Nebraska's rural Webster County on Wednesday, the sheriff's department said. Both drivers were both killed as well as two passengers on the bus, Webster County Sheriff Troy R. Schmitz said. The sheriff's department di... |
f23e0aaf94e43463f422c5e4c3d22f6ab628d1cd | Summarize the following news article. | Olympic runner Meb Keflezighi escaped war-torn Eritrea as a child .
Keflezighi won silver in 2004, first marathon medal for U.S. since 1970s .
This year he became oldest marathoner to win U.S. Olympic trials .
He finished fourth in the marathon in London . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When Meb Keflezighi visited the White House this week, shaking hands with President Obama and milling around with the rest of the U.S. Olympic Team, he had no medal to show off. And yet, he is undeniably a champion. Just over five and a half feet tall and less than 130 pounds, he is a running m... |
16fb1298787bb260db79a2ec9d042c44709769b5 | Summarize the following news article. | 2 men are being questioned, a source in Mexico's attorney general's office says .
They were detained near the U.S. border with drugs and guns, says the source .
They are being questioned about the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent .
These two men are not currently considered suspects in the case . | [
"(CNN) -- Two men were being questioned Thursday by Mexican authorities about a shooting that killed a U.S. Border Patrol agent and wounded another near the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona, a source in the Mexican attorney general's office said. The Mexican army handed over to local authorities in Sonora two men the... |
3007eceeea78ea1018c4eb1309e3bf74809a8a6c | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Election workers counted ballots as the two main parties each said it would take power .
Constitutional changes mean the new parliament will have more influence .
Georgia politics are highly polarized, analysts say .
The U.S. and Europe has praised reforms under President Mikheil Saakashvili . | [
"(CNN) -- The two major parties in Georgia each claimed victory in the nation's historic parliamentary elections as officials worked through the night to count the ballots. The ruling United National Movement and the Georgian Dream Coalition both said it would win a majority of seats in the new 150-member body. Bil... |
798b131da84e717ac0b66366138d24fcc8091e04 | Summarize the following news article. | Manchester United's Ryan Giggs is named the best player in the EPL's 20-year history .
United's legendary boss Alex Ferguson receives the best manager award .
Wayne Rooney's overhead kick for United against City in February 2011 is named best goal .
Arsenal's "Invincibles" of the 2003-04 season named the league's best ... | [
"(CNN) -- Since its inception in 1992, the English Premier League has grown into one of football's most compelling and commercially successful domestic competitions. To celebrate two decades of top-level soccer, the finest players and managers to have graced the competition have been honored at this week's \"20 Sea... |
23bb2db6f87a6f1c54778061d9d189c3c885fe8e | Summarize the following news article. | Several former NHL players are believed to have been killed in the crash .
Brad McCrimmon, a Canadian coach and former NHLer, was on the plane .
The crash is a "catastrophic loss for the hockey world," the NHL commissioner says . | [
"(CNN) -- In the increasingly globalized world of professional hockey, a plane crash Wednesday in Russia caused loss and grief halfway around the world in North America. All members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of the Kontinental Hockey League -- including a Canadian coach and some players with extensive Nationa... |
d9ed384f6563188b2ef5d26ddbfc0033612a4fc3 | Summarize the following news article. | Nearly a month of heavy rain has destroyed homes, crops and barns, killed livestock .
The death toll is expected to grow as bodies are collected in the country's Far North Region .
A dam fracture has caused a river to flood villages .
Government response criticized as aid trickles in to flood victims . | [
"Maroua, Cameroon (CNN) -- Flooding in Cameroon's Far North Region has killed nearly 30 people and affected more than 26,000 others, officials said Monday. More than 4,000 people in the Logone and Shari division were displaced, and more than 22,000 people in the region of Maga, Mayo-Danay division, also have been a... |
42b7e616b200c72ffbe7cb5f90ef81215a860867 | Summarize the following news article. | Foxconn has denied allegations that it forced students to work on its assembly lines .
A worker rights group claims that some schools force students into paid internships .
Group: English and finance majors were among those required to do internships .
Apple is expected to announce its new iPhone 5 at an event Wednesda... | [
"Hong Kong (CNN) -- The Chinese manufacturer of many of Apple's products has denied allegations that it forced students to work on its assembly lines in a last-minute push to ready the iPhone 5, expected to be unveiled Wednesday. In a statement, Foxconn Technology Group denied it was forcing anyone to work and said... |
836e33ca35b709a2caa60c51b41dd8bdf140904f | Summarize the following news article. | Tributes are being paid to the members of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club who died .
Among them were 11 international players, and a number who had ties to the NHL .
Only two of the 45 people aboard the plane survived Wednesday's crash .
The plane crashed on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for Minsk, Belarus . | [
"Moscow (CNN) -- A day after a plane crash outside the Russian city of Yaroslavl killed dozens of Russian and international hockey players, hundreds of residents and supporters gathered Thursday at the arena where the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv hockey club played to commemorate those lost. Russian TV showed mountains of f... |
488853e1990eac701da962f280315ec9346984b7 | Summarize the following news article. | "Hotel Transylvania" led the way at this weekend's box office .
Time travel film "Looper" came in second .
Playing in only 335 theaters, "Pitch Perfect" grossed $5.2 million . | [
"(EW.com) -- Right about now, some intern at Sony is probably carting a few crates of champagne into the boardroom. Or at the very least least a couple buckets of Halloween candy. The studio had a terrific weekend, breaking the September box office slump with the top two hits in the country. \"Hotel Transylvania\" ... |
944278437cc18b571d701d91939a4e5a867d6627 | Summarize the following news article. | Topless photo scandal threatened to cast a pall over royals' Southeast Asia tour .
Duchess of Cambridge appears determined to keep calm and carry on -- with a smile .
Foster: Kate is fast becoming 'anchor' for royal family, offering strength and stability . | [
"Tuvalu (CNN) -- \"Keep calm and carry on\" is a catchphrase that Britain first adopted during World War II -- and while the country may not be at war anymore, it's become a motto as we continue to fight our own personal battles. The Duchess of Cambridge redefined the spirit of the phrase in the past week -- her ne... |
5f4f1c207e78195cd35477283bdeaa3e0adac61d | Summarize the following news article. | Chinese roadways were jammed Sunday with 85 million travelers .
Boost of traffic attributed to toll-free expressways on holidays .
Chinese authorities anticipate 740 million trips over 8-day holiday . | [
"(CNN) -- The first day of China's autumn holiday came to a snarling halt for motorists. Chinese officials estimate more than 85 million travelers hit the road Sunday, the first day of an eight-day holiday week, according to China's state-run media. Many drivers were trying to take advantage of a new policy that wa... |
32c22a63c8e972372ce27d2ec0d46972fc77d48d | Summarize the following news article. | Adam Hanft: These are four GOP conventions in one, playing to different groups .
He says the party is aiming at the base, undecideds, the media and everyone else .
He says GOP has fragmented message with too many masters .
Hanft: Can politics win anyway? So far it doesn't look good . | [
"(CNN) -- There isn't just one Republican national convention that started on Tuesday; there are four of them going on. There's the convention for the base, which is why Rick Santorum and Ted Cruz were up there, and why the day was suffused with religion. Then there's the convention for the undecided -- or as they ... |
4578d36dbb18e17a8e17bf76fe4442e469e180ce | Summarize the following news article. | Some Latinos in hard-hit Nevada are considering voting for Mitt Romney .
But for many, immigration is a deciding issue .
One GOP activist says his party has not done enough to connect with Latinos .
He says President Barack Obama's appearance with Mexican band Mana was great strategy . | [
"(CNN) -- Marlene Monteolivo was a Democrat for many years, then a Republican. Now she's registered as a nonpartisan voter in Nevada who wants to support a candidate who will make the economy better. The Colombia native, who works for a Las Vegas social services agency, says she's leaning toward GOP challenger Mitt... |
ff6fdcf4b5375991863c83b443dd82ca797da436 | Summarize the following news article. | 'No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate,' Romney said in his native Michigan .
Quip another distraction for Romney campaign preparing for RNC convention .
Was Romney trying to appeal to conservative base or was it just an awkward comment?
Romney campaign said that candidate believes Obama was born in the Uni... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney threw his campaign another curve ball when he revived the sensitive \"birther\" issue while campaigning in his native Michigan on Friday. Speaking before a friendly crowd in the Detroit suburb of Commerce, Romney noted that he and his wife, Ann, were ... |
223ec941d817e3cf0d09805cc0fb69bcf239b12f | Summarize the following news article. | Amateur video shows Officer Jesse Zilge kicking Eric Hightower in his chest .
Two officers are on leave pending results of an investigation .
St. Paul Police Federation urges people not to rush to judgment . | [
"(CNN) -- A second St. Paul, Minnesota, police officer was on leave Friday in the wake of an arrest video that showed an officer kicking a suspect who was lying on the ground. The officer who kicked the suspect, identified by police as Jesse Zilge, had been put on leave earlier in the week. The name of the second o... |
c9a68a36b561becd3a6821eb82628e30a19b051f | Summarize the following news article. | Deal would keep government running for two more weeks while cutting $4 billion .
Cantor says cuts would come from terminating some programs from Obama's budget, eliminating earmarks .
Democrats have accused Republicans of wanting indiscriminate budget cuts .
Boehner expects the measure will pass the House early next we... | [
"(CNN) -- One week before a potential government shutdown, Senate Democrats for the first time reacted positively to an offer from House Republicans that would keep the government running for two more weeks while cutting $4 billion. \"The plan the Republicans are floating today sounds like a modified version of wha... |
40b71fd8a692c5afe7fd73e60846baa18ee41f0a | Summarize the following news article. | Christian leaders say churches are "fast losing confidence" in the government .
They say Muslim leaders' responses to the Christmas attacks are "unacceptable"
Nigeria's president calls for unity and pledges to find those responsible .
His government has blamed the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram for the attacks . | [
"Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Nigeria's Christians are losing faith that the government will protect them from attacks by Islamic extremists and will \"respond appropriately\" to future killings, the country's leading church group warned Wednesday. In a public message to President Goodluck Jonathan, the Christian Associ... |
fe15e2355c7b5fe2b345c64adcdfa566142aa9cb | Summarize the following news article. | Two weeks in a Syrian prison isn't keeping Pathik Root from traveling abroad .
A tour operator is keeping a close eye on political instability in North Africa .
Morocco often sees a drop in tourism when there's violence in neighboring countries .
Daily life in Mali continues, despite political instability . | [
"(CNN) -- Cautious American travelers have long avoided travel to North Africa and the Middle East, and the recent attacks on U.S. consulates aren't likely to make the risk-averse reconsider. Yet seasoned travelers say a lack of familiarity with those regions creates generalization and confusion among travelers tha... |
7b8ea83f819706b31d55c1bacb3967da885127be | Summarize the following news article. | TLC's "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" is gaining in popularity .
The third week premiere on Wednesday had 2.3 million viewers .
That episode's ratings were the highest of the season . | [
"(EW.com) -- First thing's first: TLC's new ratings release for \"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo\" is now calling the Thompson clan \"America's favorite family.\" Did we all agree to this? Was there a vote I missed? The reality show is getting more popular, however. The Georgia pageant brood's third week premiere on Wedn... |
53a7cd85155949e83f850333a400fc7e3d9542cc | Summarize the following news article. | McCain and Rice took to stage to underscore GOP foreign policy .
Mike Huckabee, who once questioned Romney's Mormon faith, sang his praises .
Condoleezza Rice's speech won raves both in the forum and on Twitter . | [
"Tampa (CNN) -- On the night vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan made his debut on the national stage, the GOP turned its attention to America's influence abroad and what the party sees as President Barack Obama's failed economic policies. The roster of speakers at the Republican National Convention boasted two o... |
45b276bbb0916856187acadc0c0bd63eb8dd84b6 | Summarize the following news article. | Robert Russell's 1967 Austin-Healey was stolen in 1970 in Philadelphia .
He tracked it to a dealership in East Los Angeles .
Authorities in Philadelphia and Los Angeles helped to return the car to its rightful owner . | [
"(CNN) -- It was a reunion more than four decades in the making. Almost 42 years after Robert Russell' s prized 1967 Austin-Healey sports car was stolen, he has it back, thanks largely to his own detective work. Off and on for years, Russell, who lives in Texas, trolled the Internet looking for his vehicle, which w... |
2478e82fa5fe417058588e8a16eb8215c73738bd | Summarize the following news article. | Pat Summitt announced her retirement Wednesday .
On Thursday, she passed the reins to Holly Warlick .
President Obama will award Summitt the Presidential Medal of Freedom . | [
"(CNN) -- Former University of Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt got some unexpected news just before meeting with the media to discuss her retirement Thursday. President Barack Obama announced that she will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award handed out by the gove... |
ff3c810e7af8d4e4d8f7c5d0a050e4f12e180c7e | Summarize the following news article. | Manchester United and Arsenal agree fee for striker Robin Van Persie .
Van Persie was voted Premier League player of the year last season .
Manchester United missed out on 2011/12 title on goal difference .
dutch striker due in Manchwester for a medical on Thursday . | [
"(CNN) -- Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie, the club announced on Wednesday night. \"Manchester United is pleased to announce it has reached agreement with Arsenal Football Club for the transfer of Robin Van Persie,\" said a statement on the club's website. \"The deal is... |
53bdf3a80e068306552836f1234cf6c61aaca594 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Napolitano will go to Arizona to talk with fellow officials about the investigation .
2 men are being questioned, a source in Mexico's attorney general's office says .
They were detained near the U.S. border with drugs and guns, says the source .
They are being questioned about the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border ... | [
"(CNN) -- The head of Homeland Security travels to Arizona Friday, a day after Mexican authorities questioned two men in a shooting that killed a U.S. Border Patrol agent and wounded another near the U.S.-Mexican border. The Mexican army handed the two over to local authorities in Sonora, having detained them near ... |
0433f8baf8980a9471180388ea2d27bafc093459 | Summarize the following news article. | David Gergen: Debate may represent Romney's last big chance to turn around the race .
He says the stakes are also sky-high for Obama, even if he wins election .
Obama needs a big victory to claim broad support for his plans for second term, Gergen says . | [
"(CNN) -- It is widely agreed that Wednesday night's presidential debate is crucial for Mitt Romney: This is almost assuredly his last chance to turn around the election. What is less obvious is that the stakes are sky-high for Barack Obama, too: This debate could have a powerful impact upon his ability to govern i... |
cdab19f2d4503636ffd787d3ea6aa07f5024847e | Summarize the following news article. | Murdoch's full-page ad, run in every national newspaper, says: "We are sorry"
He apologizes in person to the family of a murdered girl whose phone was allegedly hacked .
Two senior News Corp. executives resign Friday over the phone hacking scandal .
Reporters are alleged to have hacked people's voice mails and bribed p... | [
"London (CNN) -- Rupert Murdoch apologized to the British public with full-page advertisements in seven national newspapers Saturday, a day after two senior executives resigned over a phone hacking scandal that has engulfed his media empire. \"We are sorry,\" Murdoch says in Saturday's ad, which will also run in ne... |
53103ae81e67cc54714e376d55d5382a480d1c1f | Summarize the following news article. | Superman, Batman, others born during Great Depression, early World War II years .
New exhibit shows "golden age" of superhero characters .
Artist Jerry Robinson, who created The Joker: "We're looking for heroes" | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- America faces an economic calamity. Trouble brews in faraway lands. Superman #14, cover art. Artist: Fred Ray. (c) 1941 DC Comics. All rights reserved. Sound familiar? More than 70 years ago, the very first superheroes debuted in the dire times of the Great Depression and the early... |
f10bc017234b95d25099188695dff4d73eed33d0 | Summarize the following news article. | Mike Downey: Olympics compel us to watch sports we'd never follow .
He says the rules and even language of sports such as judo aren't familiar to many in U.S.
At St. Louis games in 1904, tug of war was an entry -- at least the rules were plain, he says .
Downey: I've attended 11 Olympics and still don't know what moder... | [
"(CNN) -- The best/worst (take your pick) part of any Olympic Games is the way millions of us end up watching a sport that millions of us wouldn't be caught dead watching under any normal circumstances. I love this stuff. Why, just a little while ago, I found myself reading a story that began: \"Slovenia judoka Urs... |
23c0b5a90aeb23eb6c8e858dda93107784ebc632 | Summarize the following news article. | Hugo Chavez is running on his 13-year record as Venezuela's president .
But Chavez is acknowledging that there's room for improvement, analysts say .
Henrique Capriles is the opposition candidate who also favors a social agenda .
Capriles is also seeking government efficiencies and infrastructure improvements . | [
"(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will appeal to voters Sunday with his track record on education, housing, health and living standards the past 13 years -- with an admission he needs to do more on bureaucracy and crime. His opponent, Henrique Capriles Radonski, also is advancing social programs, but as th... |
2e48e50a558adeec0675357b2c6359a7676f339f | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Several states have laws requiring photo IDs to vote .
Some argue the laws aim to suppress traditionally Democratic minority vote .
Tuesday's ruling only applies to next month's presidential election .
Supporters say the law prevents fraud; detractors say it disenfranchises voters . | [
"Philadelphia (CNN) -- A Pennsylvania judge ruled Tuesday that state officials cannot enforce a new voter identification law in next month's presidential election. The ruling by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson is expected to be appealed, but amounted to good news for Democrats who contend the voter ID law i... |
e5d73aae82b0819052771e1fa2a59712468b2541 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: ATF whistleblower calls botched probe "egregious"
Inspector general's report refers 14 for discipline; 2 already out .
ATF will "get off the mat again and keep swinging," acting chief says .
Firearms traced to the probe were at the site of the killing of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- More than a dozen Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officials faced punishment Wednesday after a long-awaited report on the botched gun probe known as \"Operation Fast and Furious.\" That probe and a previous investigation were marked by \"a series of mi... |
eac17075af3bb4afb84e6e7c973f42e6db6200cf | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Abu Laith al-Libi was killed by a missile from an airplane, officials say .
Al-Libi plotted attacks against U.S. and coalition forces, officials say .
Source: Libyan behind 2007 February bombing of Bagram Air Base .
Official: Al-Libi "not far below the importance" of Osama bin Laden, his top aide . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Abu Laith al-Libi, a wanted al Qaeda terrorist, was killed in Pakistan by a CIA airstrike, three U.S. officials told CNN Thursday. Abu Laith al-Libi in April 2007 during a videotaped interview by al Qaeda's media wing. Al-Libi was described as a senior al Qaeda leader believed to have plotted ... |
60475ed454a58710a979251df7c328429fa3510e | Summarize the following news article. | In question is whether USADA can strip Armstrong of his 7 Tour de France titles .
Armstrong says they can't; global cycling governing body wants more info .
Armstrong has announced he will not contest USADA charges that he doped .
The 40-year-old legendary cyclist still maintains he's innocent . | [
"(CNN) -- Lance Armstrong, seven-time winner of the Tour de France, on Thursday announced he would no longer contest charges that he doped his way to victory. The 40-year-old legendary cyclist still maintains he's innocent. Here are five key questions and answers to help you better understand the complicated develo... |
ec7037fc2c1e390cfb1593ca34550e0d6d054095 | Summarize the following news article. | Safari's hold on 62.17% of mobile traffic has reduced IE's overall share .
Microsoft browser's diminishing share (49.6%) reflects mobile absence .
As of October, Firefox is the second most popular web browser . | [
"(Mashable) -- Internet Explorer can no longer claim more than half of the web's traffic, as of October, ending more than a decade of the default Microsoft browser's reign. Safari's hold on 62.17% of mobile traffic has reduced IE's overall share of web browsing, despite still claiming 52.63% of desktop traffic, acc... |
0b88560fbce4f5c4580263f86e2028379a53369d | Summarize the following news article. | Punjab police department has ordered tens of thousands of officers to shape up .
Department's 175,000 officers ordered to shrink their waists to maximum of 40 inches .
Pakistan's police officers are often on the front line in fight against violent extremists . | [
"Lahore, Pakistan (CNN) -- Police officer Muhammad Azad spends an hour a day running laps because he is running out of time. If he doesn't trim two inches off his 42-inch waist soon, the police department in the northern Pakistani state of Punjab could demote or even fire him. That's something Azad can't afford bec... |
f3e5d750be6e283c27e13e04065eb978e95718e2 | Summarize the following news article. | Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up about the affair with his family's housekeeper .
The former governor says he still loves Maria Shriver and wants to win her back .
He describes her as "the most perfect wife" | [
"(CNN) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger said he blames no one but himself for the breakup of his 25-year marriage to Maria Shriver, whom he described as the only true love of his life. \"It's my fault. There's no one else to blame,\" the former California governor told CNN's \"Piers Morgan Tonight\" in an interview that ai... |
253815c796d55578a352c887c6065d8eb1e6a1cb | Summarize the following news article. | Gambian authorities take 9 inmates from their cells and execute them, Amnesty says .
President Yahya Jammeh has said death row will be cleared by September .
An Amnesty spokesman says the executions mark "a step back" for Gambia . | [
"(CNN) -- A top human rights advocacy group on Friday denounced what it claimed were the overnight executions of nine prisoners in Gambia, calling President Yahya Jammeh's stated intent to clear death row after a decades-long moratorium \"a step back.\" The reports of the executions were the first since the Gambian... |
8e47274928801e0d218795879c4a561253d2686e | Summarize the following news article. | A man tells police he was shot in the leg in a town north of Seattle .
A SWAT team responding to the scene comes under fire, and its vehicle is hit .
"There was someone in the woods shooting at either vehicles or people," police say .
Roads have been closed as authorities hunt for the suspect . | [
"(CNN) -- A shooter who fired at vehicles and individuals Sunday from woods in northern Washington state remains at large, as law enforcement ordered residents to stay in their homes and others to stay away as they hunted for the suspect. Authorities got a call shortly after 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) Sunday from ... |
d9527dd9efda51f0633a8ad95ef4ce7b53d8c49c | Summarize the following news article. | Tiffany Burke is carrying twins for her brother and sister-in-law .
Burke began striving for natural living while pregnant with her first child .
She's a careful shopper, but sometimes gets caught off guard . | [
"(CNN) -- \"No poo\" sounds like a swimming pool rule, but to some it also means washing hair with baking soda and vinegar instead of shampoo. Tiffany Burke, 31, says she might try it soon, with a goal of becoming as natural and organic as possible. \"I'm, like, 60% there,\" she says about her use of organic produc... |
af9032f89bb78768cb7af8c6b06dcfa8a426d6c0 | Summarize the following news article. | For the first time, power is set to be transferred by free and fair elections instead of revolution .
Prime minister-elect Bidzina Ivanishvili made his fortune in Russia during the 1990s .
During a bitter election campaign, government officials accused him of wanting to return Georgia to Russia's sphere of influence .
... | [
"(CNN) -- It is a momentous day for Georgian democracy -- but a painful one for the man who has led the former Soviet republic for nearly a decade. For the first time in the strategically important former Soviet state, power is set to be transferred by free and fair elections instead of revolution. As the results b... |
57a3d503df8a67aad5e531e80b5e2fec6b957b19 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Six appear in federal court Thursday, a day after they were arrested in raids .
Alleged group leader was fatally shot Wednesday after firing at law enforcement agents .
FBI says men were members of Ummah, led by former H. Rap Brown .
Law enforcement sources say Ummah seeks to set up Islamic state in U.S. | [
"Detroit, Michigan (CNN) -- Six men appeared in federal court Thursday, a day after they were arrested in raids targeting an African-American Muslim group that the FBI said sought to establish an Islamic state in the United States. Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the alleged leader of the African-American Muslim converts, w... |
54e162a84528098d5b43e3578db6dcd5347ca214 | Summarize the following news article. | First test for both candidates is who looks like a president .
Obama could have vulnerability on Libya attack, but agenda is domestic .
Whose narrative on how to get the economy going will play best to voters? | [
"Denver (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney face off on Wednesday in the first of three presidential debates. While Obama holds a lead in several key battleground states, the race nationally has been locked in a dead heat for months. The debate offers an opportunity for Obama or Romney to... |
7d7304f54e5643be1148944c47c3917b49c9ce5f | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: The man faces trespassing charges .
He remains hospitalized in stable condition .
The man jumped from a monorail car into the Tiger Mountain exhibit Friday . | [
"New York (CNN) -- A 25-year-old man was charged with trespassing for jumping out of a monorail car into the Bronx Zoo's tiger den because he wanted \"to be one\" with the animal, police said Saturday. David Villalobos, who is hospitalized in stable condition, said \"his leap was definitely not a suicide attempt, b... |
bdbcc6071267f10cb7615d1fb06a6bd0766ff758 | Summarize the following news article. | Father who posted video on YouTube says Army is responding .
Video shows moldy, rusty building with paint chipping; broken drain pipe .
General called father to assure him of Army's support . | [
"(CNN) -- A man who posted a video online showing deplorable conditions in his son's barracks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said Tuesday that \"good things are happening\" regarding repairs. A soldier battles overflowing sewage in the Fort Bragg barracks shortly after coming home from Afghanistan. \"I had been in ... |
2a88db580ee27469a32a715c46f78180ad8e59d6 | Summarize the following news article. | Jose Maria Olazabal will not continue as Europe's Ryder Cup captain .
The Spaniard led Europe to a 14½ - 13½ victory over the U.S. in Illinois .
Paul McGinley, one of Olazabal's vice captains, is the early favorite for the role in 2014 .
Olazabal received a congratulatory phone call from the King of Spain . | [
"(CNN) -- Jose Maria Olazabal has confirmed he will not continue in his role as Europe's Ryder Cup captain after the weekend's memorable win over the United States. Europe retained the prestigious trophy by beating Davis Love III's team 14½ - 13½ at the Medinah Country Club, despite having trailed by four points he... |
e5049227a04a25f2a905f8262cd7e11c2f04dd58 | Summarize the following news article. | When you gotta go, these are the toilets you're looking for across the country .
The Field Museum in Chicago was named winner last year .
A clean bathroom can influence a customer's opinion of a business . | [
"(CNN) -- Will the Hollywood Bowl take the throne? Or will the fans of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis turn out to worship their porcelain gods? Or perhaps the Vanity Nightclub in Las Vegas will win for its fancified facilities. When you gotta go, these are the restrooms you're looking for. These locales are a... |
e437f1371b78548bd22923d46753a097770ca574 | Summarize the following news article. | Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, shut down .
Station aired interview with Saudi man who bragged about his sex life .
Abdul Jawad shown in his bedroom holding sexual aids up to the camera .
Episode causes uproar in Saudi Arabia . | [
"(CNN) -- The Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, office of a Lebanese television station was shut down after the station aired an interview with a Saudi man who bragged about his sex life, authorities said. Saudi authorities closed the office of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corp., or LBC for two reasons, Abdul-Rahman Al-Hazza, spo... |
8e024936457d801a8b57b8279db6aad5e0cd0d95 | Summarize the following news article. | Parliamentarian Mustafa Haji Maalim dies after being shot, the government says .
He was the father-in-law of a man who, until recently, was Somalia's president .
Witnesses tell media that masked men shot Maalim, then fled before security forces arrived . | [
"(CNN) -- A member of Somalia's newly formed parliament was gunned down Saturday in front of his house, later succumbing to his injuries at a nearby hospital, according to government and U.N. reports. Unidentified armed men shot Mustafa Haji Maalim in Mogadishu, and he later died at a hospital, the U.N. special rep... |
c59c744200b4cb7bb6544202f8b6bde1b679b821 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in stable condition, sources say .
Analyst: Crash could exacerbate fragile unity government with President Mugabe .
Head-on collision bound to raise suspicion of foul play, analysts say .
Ex-U.S. diplomat says other Mugabe foes have died in car crashes . | [
"HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was in stable condition and recovering from head injuries Friday night after a car wreck that killed his wife, Susan, medical sources told CNN. Tsvangirai and his wife, Susan, were en route to the prime minister's hometown of Buhera. The crash, o... |
674cc0ecfb854619f3e50df0e4baecc67c73724a | Summarize the following news article. | In a CNN/ORC survey, 57% said they oppose mountaintop removal mining.
In the same poll, 36% said they support the process.
Recent studies show "multiple illnesses" found in mining areas. | [
"Sharples, West Virginia (CNN) -- Charles Bella is a retired coal miner who now opposes the type of mining he used to do: mountaintop removal. \"I believe that if they stop mountaintop removal now, it might be too late, but it would help. So much of southern West Virginia is already destroyed,\" Bella said. A new p... |
77c876bf34e835b59de9560a44845f9238bd2d01 | Summarize the following news article. | Obamas will spend 20th wedding anniversary with the Romneys ... at debate .
"Barack doesn't have a big ego," Michelle Obama says .
Family, she said, is "at the core of this country"
Election "couldn't be more important for women" regarding decisions for "our bodies" | [
"Denver (CNN) -- To the political world, October 3 is a high-stakes night in the presidential election. But for first lady Michelle Obama, it's the date night that wasn't. \"I told Barack, 'This, you know, attending a presidential debate on my 20th anniversary is probably the worst way for me to spend (it).' ... I ... |
92fdfcd4759813c10f521ca29ec4018102999369 | Summarize the following news article. | The leak of private papers is "immoral" and "despicable," a top archbishop says .
Factions inside the Vatican are jockeying over who will be the next pope, observers say .
The pope's butler has been arrested and the head of his bank has been fired .
The scandals both undermine Benedict XVI's second-in-command, experts ... | [
"(CNN) -- The Vatican expressed rare public anger Wednesday in blasting the leaking of private papers from the pope's apartment, a scandal that observers say lifts the lid on a secret power struggle going on behind the closed doors of the Catholic Church. A top Roman Catholic Church official called the theft of the... |
b069f62feabbaa241d96d5e04002f1ad86044ac5 | Summarize the following news article. | It was "more business than usual" for India's shopkeepers this week, says Anjana Menon .
This was despite political parties forcing some shops to close in protest at retail reforms .
The government plans to allow international supermarkets greater access to India .
But Menon says it is hard to imagine big retailers wip... | [
"(CNN) -- This week India staged another phony protest. Political parties forced shops to shutter nationwide to object to a government policy allowing international retail giants greater participation in the world's second most populous country. They were outraged on behalf of small shopkeepers. Indian shopkeepers ... |
3fb2f8727b5570f66db23c32d0c90a5ca2e6f14f | Summarize the following news article. | Production has been suspended on Mondays and Fridays .
It will run at 50% on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday .
Production in U.S., Canada to be suspended in May . | [
"(CNN) -- Toyota Motor Corporation on Tuesday announced dramatic production cuts in North America because of difficulty in supplying parts following the massive 9.0-magnitude March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. Previously, Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), had s... |
5c6e3dcce38dfe0bd49eddb1ebc32d44b8668794 | Summarize the following news article. | Gay rights activists are planning to hold a "national same-sex kiss day at Chick-fil-A"
Crowds jam restaurants in support of Chick-fil-A on Wednesday .
One Chick-fil-A patron tells iReport he went Wednesday "in support of free speech" | [
"(CNN) -- Gay rights activists are planning to hold on Friday a \"national same-sex kiss day at Chick-fil-A,\" the restaurant chain whose president's opposition to same-sex marriage sparked a media frenzy. \"Let's show Chick-fil-A thanks for their support of Love, Equality, and the Real Definition of Marriage!\" or... |
465671790ac9cb75e7b3288596fb5c2bfe30c26e | Summarize the following news article. | Real Madrid top "Group of Death" after 4-1 win at Ajax .
Cristiano Ronaldo scores a hat-trick in Amsterdam .
Manchester City salvage home point against Borussia Dortmund .
Malaga continue impressive debut in Group C . | [
"(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid took control of the Champions League \"Group of Death\" with a 4-1 rout of Ajax in Amsterdam Wednesday. It was their second successive win in Group D to lead the way from Borussia Dortmund, who have four points after they drew 1-1 at Manchester City. Ron... |
698ee79fc43c76b229840c8266730bc60670fe83 | Summarize the following news article. | Chelsea beat Norwich 4-1 at Stamford Bridge .
Win leaves Chelsea four points clear at top of EPL .
John Terry and Ashley Cole both play .
Manchester City beat Sunderland 3-0 to go second . | [
"(CNN) -- Chelsea continued to set the pace in the English Premier League with a comfortable 4-1 win over Norwich City at Stamford Bridge Saturday. Norwich took an unlikely 11th minute lead through their star striker Grant Holt, but it was to prove short lived once the west London side got into their stride. Goals ... |
07ddef0c4930bebc49628a2399913d0eb5e6270f | Summarize the following news article. | "I'm totally cured," says Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos .
He says the tumor had not metastasized, thanks his supporters .
Doctors have diagnosed several current and former South American leaders with cancer . | [
"(CNN) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was at home Saturday after leaving a hospital where he underwent surgery for prostate cancer this week. \"A million thanks to everyone for their support and solidarity,\" the president wrote on his official Twitter page. On Monday, Santos announced that he had prosta... |
0ea7fc6adfb0b8c7d1814a29999bace73d9f3248 | Summarize the following news article. | Fresh attention is focused on New York program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy .
High school girls can get the "morning-after" pill without their parent's direct consent .
A parent leader blasts the program and say most parents never got a form to opt out .
But the mayor and others say such approaches are needed and... | [
"New York (CNN) -- A 15-year-old girl goes to the clinic in her New York high school -- perhaps confused, perhaps unprepared, perhaps scared that she may become pregnant. There she might get not only answers but the \"morning-after,\" or Plan B, pill -- and not necessarily with her parent's direct consent. That can... |
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