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0ace80efe4a955202e24c83fc542c8f6e6fb18fc | Summarize the following news article. | Mitt Romney surrogate Chris Christie praises President Barack Obama's response to Sandy .
The superstorm focuses attention on the role of government in disaster relief .
Romney advocates a state-led approach, but his campaign promises enough funding .
Obama emphasizes federal, state and local cooperation . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- When Chris Christie praises President Barack Obama as \"outstanding\" and \"incredibly supportive,\" you know something extraordinary has occurred. Obama updated on Sandy; praised by Christie . In this case, it was once-in-a-lifetime Superstorm Sandy, which caused the outspoken Republican gover... |
cbee82732e9d8e9d2d59b8d6fefb0e08962bc06e | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: United States declines offer of aid from Hafiz Mohammad Saeed .
U.S. government had offered $10 million for information leading to his capture .
He is accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks in 2008 .
He denies the allegations and says the Pakistani courts have cleared him . | [
"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- As residents of the U.S. Northeast grapple with the destruction wrought by Superstorm Sandy, an offer of assistance has come from an unlikely quarter: the leader of a radical Muslim group in Pakistan that Washington has branded a terrorist group. \"We offer our unconditional support an... |
0ff4d44f42e1e0af5f8a485debdce8966fb4ae55 | Summarize the following news article. | Julia Bennett, 33, was shot once in the back and died .
The gun went off as the boy's father was trying to take it from his son, he says .
Investigators say they will talk to the toddler . | [
"(CNN) -- A toddler shot and killed his mother, the boy's father told South Florida police, who say they will talk to the 2-1/2-year-old. The father, who called 911, told police he was trying to take the firearm away from the child when it discharged. The boy's mother -- Julia Bennett, 33 -- was shot once in the ba... |
3c374b2a9318b36b432ade3d4c298d17c23a70cd | Summarize the following news article. | Samsung says it will "move immediately to file post-verdict motions to overturn" ruling .
Its statement comes after a jury recommends Samsung pay Apple in patent trial .
The jury did not recommend awarding Samsung any money in its counterclaims . | [
"(CNN) -- Samsung plans to challenge a U.S. court ruling that recommends more than $1 billion in damages to Apple over a patent dispute. A federal jury recommended Friday that Apple be awarded the damages after finding Samsung guilty of \"willful\" violations of a number of Apple's patents in the creation of its ow... |
658f0cbf2a0b2f1a62b1ccc241e8325ac0062b5e | Summarize the following news article. | Ben Orlove: Some people still look at hurricanes through an outdated perspective .
He says officials have been pro-active in preparing for the storm .
Climate change has raised sea level, he says, and storm surge endangers subways .
He asks: Why can't we take the threat of climate change as seriously as the storm? | [
"(CNN) -- I spent much of Sunday in touch with a group of fellow researchers. Like myself, they are college professors who are interested in understanding how people respond to weather and climate. When we recognized last week that Hurricane Sandy was likely to make landfall rather than turning out to sea, we decid... |
cc9a96f2daf75e728e2743790138202db6540e4b | Summarize the following news article. | For its upcoming fiftieth annivesary, the Rolling Stone have announced a not-quite-tour .
"We ain't doing all this for four gigs!" says Keith Richards .
The band's last of four shows, in Newark, will likely include a few famous guests . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- After half a century of hits, addictions, mayhem and enough bad blood to flood the Thames, the Rolling Stones have gotten it together just in time to celebrate their latest anniversary onstage. \"To keep a band together this long, let alone a rock 'n' roll band, is probably unique in musical his... |
a8c03b02b264e95937eaa2305f7df64c7713709a | Summarize the following news article. | Since she was 7, Taylor Crabtree has given teddy bears to children in hospitals .
Check out the YPWR blog to meet Zachary Peskin, founder of SpPho .
iReport.com: Do you know someone who rocks? Let us know . | [
"(CNN) -- If you've been in the hospital or had a family member or friend there, you know how lonely and scary it can be. Once visiting hours are over, the levity and the hugs stop. But, if it were up to Taylor Crabtree, the hugs would last all night. Taylor Crabtree hopes to send 30,000 teddy bears to children in ... |
27380afb5c07a36fa1c6f8aa9d0027fad075d1de | Summarize the following news article. | "The Mindy Project" was down 23 percent from last year's "Raising Hope" premiere in this slot .
Still, "Mindy Project" fended off its 9:30 p.m. comedy rival, NBC's "The New Normal"
Fox aired one episode of "New Girl" at 8 p.m., and another episode at 9 p.m. | [
"(EW.com) -- Mindy Kaling vs. Ellen Barkin! Zooey Deschanel vs. Matthew Perry! Tuesday night unleashed a trio of new shows into competitive time slots: Fox's \"Ben & Kate,\" CBS' \"Vegas\" and — probably the most buzzed-about of the bunch — Fox's \"The Mindy Project.\" Here's how they stacked up. First, Kaling's de... |
8b76a641d869b3ff35ac1f2818a783ad1f846cbd | Summarize the following news article. | Jimmy Savile was a hugely popular television and radio host in the UK .
Since his death in 2011, he has been accused of dozens of counts of child abuse .
Kevin Cook says he was abused by Savile when he appeared on his show in 1974 .
The allegations are the subject of investigations by the police and the BBC . | [
"London (CNN) -- There was a time in the 1960s and 70s when Jimmy Savile seemed to be everywhere in Britain. The BBC television personality with his trademark white-blonde hair was the face of \"Top of the Pops\" and \"Jim'll Fix It.\" Families would sit down with their children to watch Jimmy Savile in their homes... |
e6023a93651ff6ee6d605550e7a9e474e7547739 | Summarize the following news article. | At 13, Tara Suri founded an organization to help orphans attend school .
Check out the YPWR blog to meet the latest featured young person .
iReport.com: Do you know someone who rocks? Let us know . | [
"(CNN) -- Bake sales and recycling are common fundraising tactics in middle school. But Tara Suri wasn't baking cupcakes for just any common cause. Her cause was hope, literally. Tara Suri's organization helps orphans in Sudan and India attend school. When Tara was 13, she was more than saddened by a trip to India ... |
d75d02e487a24768222bf2125866e008bd4b735c | Summarize the following news article. | Self-described independent disappointed with Obama but not sold on Romney .
Democrat didn't vote for Obama in 2008 because she didn't think he could keep promises .
GOP pollster says transplants have turned traditionally red state into a purple state .
Democratic congressman says Romney image from primaries will come b... | [
"Dumfries, Virginia (CNN) -- Retiree Robert Stevens says he often turns off the television when the attack ads appear, and he hangs up the phone when it's a presidential campaign calling. \"I want to make my own independent decision,\" Stevens said in a lunchtime conversation this week at Harold and Cathy's Dumfrie... |
e14dc42b923303721af42440fc78c2d2e73e239e | Summarize the following news article. | Here are some of your spookiest snaps celebrating Halloween .
Images include pumpkin babies and demonic dogs .
iReports from around the world, from Germany to the Phillipines . | [
"(CNN) -- Over the next few months CNN will be exploring some of the biggest holidays and events with our iReporters across the world through a special series called CNN Celebrates. We're kicking things off with Halloween, where elaborate costumes, carved pumpkins and haunted houses all combine to make it one of th... |
f86421b1f46f9cb393f591176348008639e67d70 | Summarize the following news article. | The Big Island has a long-running volcanic eruption and Hawaii's tallest peaks .
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park has seen active lava since 1983 .
Most of Hawaii's giant valleys are inaccessible, but they can still be viewed via lookout . | [
"(Lonely Planet) -- The youngest of Hawaii's main islands -- and it's still growing, with over 500 acres of new land added over the last 30 years -- the Big Island of Hawai'i overflows with outdoor adventures. Here you can hike to the edge of the world's longest-running volcanic eruption, then climb Hawaii's two ta... |
a1ec27606dd282f4908aca22e0fccf8bd41890f4 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: "We've never seen anything like this," a hospital official says .
National Guard troops carried patients out of the hospital, he says .
After the storm, troops formed a "bucket brigade" to carry fuel to generators .
The hospital is near another hospital forced to evacuate patients after the storm . | [
"New York (CNN) -- They called them the \"human bucket brigade.\" National Guard troops lined up in stairwells at Bellevue Hospital, carrying oil for generators up 13 flights of stairs. Superstorm Sandy had knocked out the hospital's power, and flooding had wiped out basement fuel pumps designed to power its genera... |
942a946837a2cb6444742cab8163da6972a4bc4b | Summarize the following news article. | BBC reporter reveals details of private conversation with Queen Elizabeth II .
Britain's queen 'pretty upset' at the failure to arrest cleric Abu Hamza .
Hamza convicted on terror charges in UK in 2006, may be extradited to U.S. | [
"London (CNN) -- The BBC has apologized to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II after a reporter revealed the monarch was \"pretty upset\" that British officials had failed to arrest radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri. Usually private conversations with members of Britain's royal family remain private. But in an extr... |
f04276515680e6e4e6ba9165b856b6b620da73bb | Summarize the following news article. | Luciano Pavarotti widely considered the greatest tenor of his time .
The Italian's charisma and bravura style attracted a new audience to opera .
Singer retired from staged opera in 2004; diagnosed with cancer in 2006 . | [
"(CNN) -- Famed tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who died on Thursday at the age of 71, was one of opera's most adaptable and ebullient performers, appearing on stage with singers as varied as Dame Joan Sutherland, U2's Bono and Liza Minnelli. Much as the star power of Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov revived widespr... |
c868832d7ea9b1a6a620bf5343001801fa59b56b | Summarize the following news article. | Antonio Damasio asks: How do we become conscious of the things around us?
In a TED Talk, he describes scientific findings about the nature of consciousness .
Our minds make maps of all the things we see, hear and sense, he says .
Damasio: We need more than the maps; it takes a sense of self to be fully conscious . | [
"(CNN) -- How do living organisms become conscious of what is happening to them and around them? How is it that I as well as you, reader of these words, can be conscious of our respective existences and of what is going on in our minds — in my case, ideas about how the brain generates consciousness, about the fact ... |
6c2010cd4716d54e2ae9b7966706e89328a010fc | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: The quake is a reminder "We live in earthquake country," scientist says .
"We expect thousands of events (like this) over several days," seismologist Lucy Jones says .
Sunday's shaking in California's Imperial Valley is the most activity since the 1970s .
No injuries and only minor damage have been reported . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- \"A swarm\" of several hundred earthquakes, the strongest measuring a 5.5 magnitude, were centered east of San Diego near California's border with Mexico on Sunday afternoon but caused little damage, seismologists said. Sunday's shaking in Southern California's Imperial Valley was the most act... |
a818aab60ed3c47d759084e0b8d3887868102b2a | Summarize the following news article. | This weekend's closure of Interstate 405 is dubbed "Carmageddon II'
The 405 is a critical artery that will be closed for 10 miles through mountains .
L.A. officials are asking motorists to stay off the road this weekend .
The highway connects the San Fernando Valley with west L.A. and LAX . | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- The nation's second largest city is preparing for potential traffic paralysis with the closure this weekend of a major highway that passes through the mountains of Los Angeles. Last year's closure of Interstate 405 -- described by local officials as \"the nation's busiest freeway\" -- was expe... |
b18c651c2da80014a819d4f1c5b66fbbd5b99ebd | Summarize the following news article. | Higher chance of ADHD found in infants who had two surgeries .
Having a single surgical procedure did not appear to increase risk .
The longer a child was unconscious, the greater the ADHD risk . | [
"(Health.com) -- Infants who undergo surgical procedures requiring general anesthesia in their first two years of life may be at increased risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as they grow older. A new study of 5,357 children born in Rochester, Minnesota, between 1976 and 1982 found th... |
7a2aa1a61ec3e0357023a1c584aad44946bbc748 | Summarize the following news article. | Classmates pick teen as female representative of sophomore class royalty .
The 16-year-old later learns they picked her as a joke .
"I'm like, 'Wow, I feel like trash,'" Whitney Kropp says .
She decides to attend the homecoming anyway, prompting an outpouring of support . | [
"West Branch, Michigan (CNN) -- A Michigan teen is making the most of a homecoming prank that she says left her feeling suicidal. Whitney Kropp, a self-described outcast with just a handful of close friends at Ogemaw Heights High School, was picked to be the female representative of the sophomore class royalty. It ... |
db0db79b00867fe7619ef79d8e306759204f9dc6 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Boys were among a group sifting through trash looking for stuff to sell .
Guided rockets hit target of "known criminal elements," U.S. says .
Turkish military says it killed 150 Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq .
At least 28 people wounded in U.S. attack near hospital, Iraqi says . | [
"BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Three Iraq boys were killed in an airstrike in eastern Baghdad on Saturday as they were sifting through trash, looking for stuff to sell, said a 10-year-old boy wounded in the attack. Ambulances sit damaged after a U.S. attack Saturday near Baghdad's Al-Sadr Hospital. \"I was hit by an American h... |
b4b2a00697cb2a74e9872b13ab8d35b75bd867d7 | Summarize the following news article. | On Mother's Day, moms of children killed in gun violence go to St. Sabina Church .
As of Saturday, 127 people have been killed in Chicago this year .
Says one grieving woman: "I don't even get to hear anybody say 'Mama' anymore." | [
"(CNN) -- For one group of women in Chicago on Sunday, Mother's Day was marked not with flowers, but with a stark reminder of their loss. One by one, they filed toward a newly unveiled sculpture at the city's St. Sabina Church, placing small white cards emblazoned with names such as Blair Holt and Matthew Michael ... |
62d1facf239a34435ef445c06c5e67b387259136 | Summarize the following news article. | Hindu ritual of immersing idols in oceans, rivers and lakes is causing contamination .
Paints on idols often contain toxic metals, such as lead and mercury .
Pollutants contaminate plants, poison fish and irrigation and drinking water .
"Dry immersion" suggested as a solution -- idol is sprinkled symbolically with wate... | [
"PALLAVAKAM, India (CNN) -- South India's sun beats down on a long line of trucks wending to the Bay of Bengal. In the back of these trucks, giant, brightly painted statues of the Hindu god Ganesha are waiting to be dropped in the nearby ocean. Ganesha worshippers transport their Idol for an immersion ritual. All o... |
cb29b7b3f0594d7ac190618e698a62e61b9aafdd | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: At least 183 people were killed Monday, an opposition group says .
Iran's foreign minister says calls for al-Assad's ouster are an interference .
Iraq's foreign minister says Iran's planes bound for Syria will undergo random inspections .
The opposition group puts the human toll in the 19-month crisis at around 28... | [
"(CNN) -- As Syria's foreign minister blasted international calls for President Bashar al-Assad to step down, Syrian forces were shelling civilian neighborhoods and battling rebel forces, opposition leaders said. Foreign Minister Walid Moallem told the U.N. General Assembly that the rhetoric against al-Assad amount... |
52117c5e0fa780908bedfbdcd710c89d57a095cb | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Bo Guagua said "it is hard for me to believe the allegations"
NEW: The 24-year-old is the son of disgraced politician Bo Xilai .
He posts a statement on Tumblr defending his father .
Bo Xilai is accused corruption, abuse of power and adultery . | [
"(CNN) -- The son of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai says the laundry list of allegations leveled against his father contradicts \"everything I have come to know about him throughout my life.\" Bo Xilai was once considered a top contender for the Politburo Standing Committee, the team of nine politicians who ... |
07ba82502331100935bbe4033d92e699508737b6 | Summarize the following news article. | The index measures how African-Americans fare relative to whites .
It is published by the National Urban League .
This year's index stands at 71.5%, down from 72.1% last year .
A number of social factors are behind the decline . | [
"(CNN) -- African-Americans are faring slightly worse relative to their white counterparts than they did last year, according to an index released Thursday by the National Urban League. The group's 2011 Equality Index stands at 71.5%, compared to a revised index last year of 72.1%, the league said as it released it... |
b82e312b4b671e5ae39b728e9aff3d6a3c6423f4 | Summarize the following news article. | Until very recently, nouveau riche Chinese would not have been caught dead buying cast-offs .
A new brand of luxury shopper is emerging: the kind that loves a bargain more than a logo. | [
"(Financial Times) -- Until very recently, nouveau riche Chinese would not have been caught dead buying someone else's cast-offs -- even if they were Hermès. But as the Chinese market, which many luxury goods companies have come to rely on for growth in recent years, matures, a new brand of luxury shopper is emergi... |
afc2e8ee8515b573ec04cc7e2d906409b9b18aa7 | Summarize the following news article. | At U.N., Obama stressed the need for diplomacy to solve international issues .
But he warned, regarding Iran, that time for talking "is not unlimited"
Obama: U.S. "will do what we must" to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon .
President describes expansive anti-human trafficking plan at Clinton Global Initiati... | [
"(CNN) -- Diplomacy and coalition building. Individuals working for the whole. President Obama on Tuesday stressed that's how the United States prefers to solve some of the world's most complicated issues, particularly those in the Arab world. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, and then at a Clinton G... |
7d08a851a731513e01877fc51bbbe51360812aea | Summarize the following news article. | Conservationists, park rangers concerned about water pollution .
Hindus say it's religious tradition to bring items to bodies of water .
Cloth will be recycled, volunteer says . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Volunteers toiled for hours on Friday cleaning mostly man-made debris from a New York coastline, the scattered religious offerings from a growing Hindu population in Queens. The group has drawn concern among local conservationists after leaving offerings -- clothing, statues, plastic flowers and ... |
ace106228be3f164b8aeffefd9277bd44d54fdb5 | Summarize the following news article. | Unlike dogs, cats don't slurp when they drink, team finds .
Cats show mastery of physical forces, balancing gravity and inertia, to drink .
Findings of four-member team were published in the online journal Science . | [
"(CNN) -- While dogs slurp to alleviate thirst, cats display a mastery of physical dynamics that leaves their whiskers, chin and the counter top free of liquid, researchers found. Researchers spent hours watching a feline consume liquids in order to understand the forces. They also made a robotic version of a cat's... |
ce17711ac941079b04033c54cde20b10f237a389 | Summarize the following news article. | Miles Levin, whose blog was read by thousands, died Sunday at 18 .
Had battled alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma since 2005 .
His witty, optimistic writing captured his enjoyment of life in the face of death . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Miles Levin was determined to have his say in life, even with cancer ravaging his young body. Miles Levin wrote that cancer and the fear of death could expand your heart and mind. So when he died Sunday, six days before his 19th birthday, he had blogged a lifetime of thoughts and dreams, words th... |
ef09a3fbf1169f1058c08e43c3c46dd877499164 | Summarize the following news article. | In 2014, blanket internet coverage will help us stay connected at all times .
Shopping, working and socializing will all be impacted by mobile, says Miles .
Kitchen surfaces will have the ability to charge electronic devices, he says .
Wi-Fi perimeters will better enable parents to keep track of children, he predicts . | [
"(CNN) -- The alarm in my phone fires into life at 6.30 a.m. and jolts me from my sleep. The year is 2014 and I'm recovering from jet lag after flying back to London from New York, and the time difference has got to me -- again. It's worse than usual because I didn't sleep on the plane. Too much work to do and as a... |
bcaf522f3ad57f78fd43f31a570f3302783fa2c0 | Summarize the following news article. | Davender Ghai, 70, argued the practice is already legal under British law .
Opponents say it is unsanitary and hazardous to health and the environment .
Officials: Cremations outside of crematoria are illegal under 1902 Cremation Act .
Hindus consider open-air cremations essential to the peace of the soul . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- A Hindu man in Britain lost his court battle Friday for the legal right to be cremated in a traditional Hindu open-air funeral pyre. Most Hindus believe open-air burning is the spiritually . appropriate way to release a soul from the body. Davender Ghai, 70, a world-renowned charity advoca... |
0610b1c6646fa307e2d86bd7bf75b5dc1bf9d197 | Summarize the following news article. | People who survived Katrina and the Joplin tornado share their experiences, wisdom .
Their advice: Stand in the ruins of your old life; it's fine to be sad .
Ask for help and give help, no matter how large or small, they say .
They say it will get better, but it will always stay with you . | [
"(CNN) -- Devastation is devastation, whether a hurricane rips up your home or a tornado takes the person you love most in the world. It's loss, shock and confusion. It's anger and sadness and resentment. It's being flustered like you've never been flustered before. But it's going to be OK: Take it from the people ... |
2cba0f87de6327f1e04c30a4a64895555be6774d | Summarize the following news article. | Children in U.S. custody denied rights, Human Rights Watch report says .
Young detainees don't have access to legal help, families, group says .
Military spokesman says all detainees treated in accordance with law .
Group, military disagree on number, status of detainees . | [
"(CNN) -- A humanitarian watchdog group on Wednesday raised concerns over the U.S. military's handling of juvenile detainees in Iraq, saying \"some children have been detained for more than a year without charge or trial.\" U.S. soldiers count juvenile detainees after a restroom break at Camp Cropper in Iraq in Sep... |
05cd57120ca413e4317526af8d469afd593cf767 | Summarize the following news article. | Hand-foot-mouth disease has sickened 24,934 children in China; 42 have died .
Illness is caused by virus; not related to foot-and-mouth disease in animals .
There is no vaccine and no treatment for severe cases, which can cause paralysis .
Adults with healthy immune systems can usually resist the disease . | [
"BEIJING, China (CNN) -- The death toll in China's outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 42 children, with the capital Beijing reporting its first case Wednesday, state media said. Parents sit with children being treated for the virus in Fuyang, China, last month. The child died on the way to a hospital ... |
552c2d3e56a25067a980c34a74a8a02d3b79e8f8 | Summarize the following news article. | Brown bear kills tourist on Russia's Bolshoi Shantar island, before being shot .
Attacks on humans have become more frequent in remote regions of Russia . | [
"YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia (Reuters) -- A brown bear killed a tourist camping on an island off Russia's Far East coast on Thursday and was then shot by fellow campers, local police said. Bears have come into increasing conflict with humans in remote regions of Russia as their natural habitat has faced growing encro... |
a6c13d41865d297e6cce68758ce8cd100e083546 | Summarize the following news article. | Cristiano scores hat-trick in Real's 5-1 win over Deportivo .
Napoli move level with Juventus at top of Serie A .
Marseille's six-match winning streak comes to an end .
Aston Villa held at home by West Bromwich Albion . | [
"(CNN) -- It's arguably the biggest game in world football -- and Real Madrid warmed up for next Sunday's El Clasico with a five-star showing led by their talisman Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo fired his 17th career hat-trick to signal his intentions ahead of next weekend's clash with arch-rivals and league leaders Ba... |
1ad511e64bcc8f92329a539fc9ccb24d519c13f1 | Summarize the following news article. | Office of Administration not subject to the Freedom of Information Act, judge rules .
Watchdog group wants records possibly related to millions of missing e-mail .
Some White House e-mails missing from period when CIA operative's identity leaked . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House Office of Administration is not required to turn over records about a trove of possibly missing e-mails, a federal judge ruled Monday. The White House Office of Administration is not bound by the Freedom of Information Act, a judge says. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Colleen... |
385dde43d7335247d5c7e2958e425b4425cdbd1a | Summarize the following news article. | Since Tuesday, engineers have been inside the One57 building on West 57th .
High winds toppled a crane boom some 90 stories above New York City .
Bloomberg said engineers will be "tying the boom to the building so that they can then work around the top of it"
The whole process could take weeks, the mayor said . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Engineers have determined a storm-battered crane that is dangling over Midtown Manhattan is securely fastened to a high-rise building under construction, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday. Crews will \"have to construct another crane on top of it in order to take down this one,\" the mayor t... |
d708fed7584a4c1739a9cd04c3a7571891bc7d43 | Summarize the following news article. | Mitchell Moss: Disaster reminds us how much we rely on our local governments .
Moss: Hurricane Sandy has put President Obama and Mitt Romney on the sidelines .
He says the storm also teaches us that we can't ignore essential infrastructures .
Moss: We have to invest in the future by taking steps now to minimize similar... | [
"(CNN) -- It takes a disaster to remind us how much we depend on our local and state governments. In the middle of a presidential campaign, Hurricane Sandy has put Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on the sidelines, reminding us how much we count on mayors and governors to protect us, to rescue us and to keep our street... |
417149a388b9f65b7658facbadddfbcec339796e | Summarize the following news article. | Cargo jet crashes Sunday just west of Monterrey, Mexico, killing the pilot .
Both pilot and co-pilot were American; co-pilot was severely burned .
NTSB has sent investigators to Mexico to help with crash investigation . | [
"(CNN) -- A cargo jet crashed Sunday just west of Monterrey, Mexico, killing the pilot and injuring the co-pilot, a company representative said. The crash occurred at 2:15 a.m. as the McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-15 freighter approached the airport in Saltillo, Mexico, carrying a load of auto parts, said Donald McNeff, v... |
1b74f7e2fde142be62b00e5bff120c62af567bb7 | Summarize the following news article. | Appeals court faults government argument in case of Chinese Muslim held at Gitmo .
Just because claim is repeated doesn't make it true, court says, citing Lewis Carroll .
Suspect has been detained for six years, accused of attending terrorist training .
Court says he must be released, transferred, or get new hearing qu... | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A federal appeals court has slammed the reliability of U.S. government intelligence documents, saying just because officials keep repeating their assertions does not make them true. A guard looks over the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in this file photo. A three-judg... |
8db29cd6ec710392fe8b43fc74a0899cf5fa0d5c | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Nigeria's military denies abuses, says rights group allegations are unfounded .
Rights group: Nigeria's security forces are committing abuses as they combat militants .
Amnesty International says the government must do more to protect the public .
Boko Haram militants have killed hundreds in attacks on civilian ta... | [
"(CNN) -- Nigeria's security forces have been guilty of serious human rights abuses in their efforts to crack down on the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said Thursday in a new report. The report paints an ugly picture of spiraling violence, where brutal attacks carried out by Boko Haram, ... |
89812492f5635323aa802e50ccc5253987e431c2 | Summarize the following news article. | Lifetime is not just about made-for-TV movies aimed at women anymore .
The network is gravitating towards original programming and reality shows .
Shows like "Dance Moms" and "Russian Dolls" trade on existing reality formats . | [
"(CNN) -- Lately, Lifetime has been looking a little different. No, the network hasn't traded in the made-for-TV love stories that first charmed the network's loyal female viewers. It has, however, adopted a new slew of original programming designed to help Lifetime stay competitive in the age of reality TV. To tha... |
58ea7760097fc91f0af07f3abe2326fc84e8d5a8 | Summarize the following news article. | Douglas Rushkoff : Smartphone patent wars seem about human behavior, not just phones .
He says Apple defending its home button makes sense; it's so distinctive .
But things like pinch and zoom technology may have made leap into collective consciousness .
Rushkoff: When Apple's innovations become our learned behavior, t... | [
"(CNN) -- Imagine that we were just developing spoken language for the first time. And someone came up with a new word to describe an action, thought or feeling -- like \"magnify\" or \"dreadful.\" But in this strange world, the person who came up with the word demanded that anyone else who used it pay him a dollar... |
5e61df5d260320726fce4ab4d705d095e26679cc | Summarize the following news article. | Fabregas scores brace as Barcelona come back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Sevilla .
Malaga move up to second with a thumping 4-0 win over Real Betis; Valencia beat Zaragoza 2-0 .
In Serie A, Juventus extend lead at top of table with a 4-1 win over Roma; AC Milan draw 1-1 at Parma . | [
"(CNN) -- Barcelona maintained their 100% record in La Liga on Saturday night with a memorable 3-2 win against Sevilla at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. An injury-time strike from substitute David Villa preserved Tito Vilanova's side perfect start to the season after Sevilla had built a 2-0 lead. Winger Piotr T... |
4f03cb8467064140e061ebf3a39da6eb2b4a4594 | Summarize the following news article. | Three state ministers resign after video surfaces .
It shows them watching what appears to be video of a sex act on a cell phone .
The three deny the allegation but said they resigned to protect their party, the BJP . | [
"New Delhi (CNN) -- It isn't everyday that video from inside a routine legislative session causes an uproar big enough to force three politicians to resign all at once but that is just what happened in South India after video surfaced of Indian ministers watching what appeared to be video of a sex act on a cell pho... |
a68078b46067d4568954d1a3c2d5c8c70e886041 | Summarize the following news article. | Police will investigate allegations of racial abuse by Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg .
Clattenburg was in charge of Chelsea's 3-2 home defeat by Manchester United on Sunday .
Society of Black Lawyers referred complaint to the police .
Separate Football Association inquiry will run concurrently . | [
"(CNN) -- The racism row involving a Premier League referee could dominate English football headlines for some months, after police announced on Tuesday that they had launched an investigation into the incident. Mark Clattenburg, who took charge of Chelsea's controversial 3-2 home defeat by Manchester United on Sun... |
50b87ed4e65dc4223cfd2ccd6e6413ba8e33bbdc | Summarize the following news article. | Nathan Sawaya makes his living as a LEGO artist .
Sawaya has two exhibitions of his sculptures, did piece for Donald Trump .
"I have more ideas than I have time," the artist says . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Who said LEGO is just child's play? The New Orleans Public Library asked Nathan Sawaya to build this sculpture to celebrate the city's rebirth. Since CNN spoke with LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya a year ago, his popularity has skyrocketed. Just check out his clientele. Donald Trump recently asked Sawa... |
8545c2b0e7b063d155799f6ce80127b8b43a0845 | Summarize the following news article. | Divisions are appearing among key players responsible for the eurozone's austerity program .
International Monetary Fund and the European Commission at odds over best way forward .
IMF wants to give Greece more time after a new study suggest austerity is hurting growth .
Rehn: "The findings can be disputed and I am loo... | [
"Tokyo (CNN) -- Big divisions are appearing among the key players responsible for the eurozone's tough austerity program. The International Monetary Fund and the European Commission are at odds over which is the best way forward. As millions of Europeans feel the biting impact of austerity measures, IMF boss Christ... |
e888f5986d9cb5f8a217d910d3209318e120bdb5 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: North Korea calls the Korean Peninsula the "world's most dangerous hotspot"
NEW: A spark could set off nuclear war, the head of the delegation warns .
NEW: Syria's foreign minister responds to criticism of his country's 19-month crisis .
He blames Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Libya and others for supporting terror... | [
"New York (CNN) -- Monday marked the end of debate at the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly, where some of the most-controversial speakers spoke last. Here are a few things we learned: . 1. The Syrian government is not backing down. Foreign Minister Walid Moallem took to the lectern to defend his country's ... |
9df4b8a650ceee4df9f26a43fb0e7d1d02bb72be | Summarize the following news article. | New Tongan king, George Tupou V, to give up most of near-absolute powers .
King to let prime minister guide South Pacific nation's day-to-day affairs .
Decision to pave way for parliamentary elections in 2010 .
Tonga, population 119,000, is the only monarchy in the Pacific region . | [
"(CNN) -- Tonga's king is giving up most of the near-absolute power that his family has held for centuries in the South Pacific nation, the country's news agency reported Monday. The royal dynasty currently headed by King George Tupou V was founded in 1845. King George Tupou V will let the prime minister guide the ... |
e326ea606dd825a30a425bda2e10d12b72c71a6c | Summarize the following news article. | Drug smuggling through the Dominican Republic, Haiti is on the rise .
Officials say they are ill-equipped to stem the flow of drugs .
U.S. officials say the drugs are increasingly coming through Venezuela .
DEA is trying to help the Dominican Republic fight the drug trade . | [
"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNN) -- The Dominican Republic is a tourist paradise, and a drug runner's haven. More than 800 miles of stunning turquoise coastline used for snorkeling -- and smuggling. What's smuggled mostly is cocaine from South America, bound for the United States. And in recent years, it's ... |
b7c59fc4066d67cd88106540e5822f4464efea9a | Summarize the following news article. | The albino humpback's nickname is "Migaloo"
Researchers are tracking his movements .
Migaloo was first seen in 1991 as a juvenile, expert says . | [
"(CNN) -- It may seem straight out of Moby Dick, but a rare white whale is thrilling Australians off the eastern coast. The albino humpback has been nicknamed \"Migaloo\" by researchers who track his movements. Albino whales are rare and Migaloo is the only documented all-white humpback adult, according to Peter Ha... |
95584cc6af033babda5cef157b0751ce4d789442 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Ex-aide's lawyers reject congressman's suggestion that she may have lied .
NEW: Current attorney general calls report "disturbing"
Report: Ex-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was unaware of politicized hirings .
Violations were civil in nature, not criminal, according to report . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Aides to then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales improperly considered political affiliations and ideologies in hiring, but Gonzales was unaware of those actions, according to results of an investigation released Monday by the Justice Department internal watchdog. The report cited White House li... |
af7712ae31413356d83d5fd52ef7a23f70d78560 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Total radiation leaked less than that found in a smoke detector, Navy says .
Navy had earlier said USS Houston leaked radioactive water for months .
Leak existed since June 2006, Navy says .
USS Houston visited several Japanese ports, plus Malaysia and Singapore . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A U.S. Navy submarine leaked trace amounts of radioactive water for two years as it made port calls in Japan and other Asian nations, the Navy said Thursday. The USS Houston arrives in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for routine maintenance, during which the leak was found. Last week, Navy officials told... |
6f100e58d51a50864b715ab8f7d83f11ef12567a | Summarize the following news article. | World has done "literally nothing" to stop carnage, says Turkish official .
U.N. extends mandate of Commission of Inquiry .
Chemical weapons moved for security reasons, U.S. defense secretary says .
Clinton announces $45 million in aid to the opposition . | [
"(CNN) -- Diplomats attending the U.N. General Assembly used the spotlight and worked the sidelines in an attempt to make headway toward resolving the Syrian crisis as a graphic video emerged Friday that underscored the consequences of failure to do so. \"What has the international community done to stop this carna... |
40e3a6c2645a2e3a17599b37720ed1ad808937b1 | Summarize the following news article. | Nearly 58 percent, or 6 out of 10, Jefferson High School students will drop out .
Ana Rosa Gutierrez, 13, doesn't like school; her brother quit to support the family .
Some students must devise strategic routes through gang territory to get to school .
School holds parents accountable through city's truancy, gang preve... | [
"In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. CNN's Chris Lawrence uncovers the challenges facing high school students in Los Angeles, as part of the weeklong \"Broken Schools\" series airing this week on CNN's American Morni... |
2b39f7aef029399ebdb3f5c4c113a5ba4078b2e5 | Summarize the following news article. | George Strait is to tour for the last time in 2013 and 2014 .
Strait has had more U.S. platinum records than The Rolling Stones .
He stressed repeatedly that he is not retiring from the music business .
The country icon was inducted in to the hall of fame in 2006 . | [
"(CNN) -- Country music icon George Strait has announced his final concert go-round but stressed that he does not plan to ride into the sunset after his two-year \"The Cowboy Rides Away Tour\" ends in 2014. \"Don't think I'm retiring, because I'm not,\" Strait, who turned 60 this year, said at a press conference We... |
ab7c12407d6082626ec70036a6fd9dab4147ab31 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: AP: Senate passes bill to give billions to Amtrak .
Crash killed 25 people, including train engineer Robert Sanchez -- the texter .
NTSB: Text sent at 4:22:01 p.m. on September 12; crash happened at 4:22:23 .
After crash, California Public Utilities Commission banned texting on the job . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Metrolink engineer driving a commuter train sent a text message about 22 seconds before the train collided with a Union Pacific freight train last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The crash killed 25 people, including the engineer, Robert Sanchez, ... |
fe5a27646d1f852042980a5d67e1085d7d122b86 | Summarize the following news article. | Jagger's Super Heavy features Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian Marley and A.R. Rahman .
The group got its start two years ago when Dave Stewart called Jagger from Jamaica .
Jagger is confident that Stones fans will embrace the new group . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- For the first time since the Rolling Stones formed nearly 50 years ago, Mick Jagger is part of a new band: Super Heavy -- featuring Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian Marley and Indian film composer A.R. Rahman. The band has quietly been recording together over the past 18 months, with their debut... |
889fac1a168797d5cd6cb81ee7846d34e9dacd2d | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta talks to reporters en route to Asia .
He says recent events reinforce the need for a strong military presence in the Mideast .
U.S. military capabilities in the region have been "enhanced" in recent days, he says .
Panetta praises Libyan officials' "strong effort" in response to a de... | [
"(CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday that American forces can \"deal with any potential contingencies\" in the Middle East, especially after the military's capabilities were recently \"enhanced\" after attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions. Speaking to reporters en route to Tokyo, Panetta said re... |
8c09bd8327796a68855e122f85c2c069018a2d20 | Summarize the following news article. | Einstein 3.0 would "shoot down" attempts to tamper with government computers .
Michael Chertoff says terrorists could wreak havoc on U.S. systems .
He urges investment now, before 'there's a huge catastrophe'
Chertoff: Security project moving slowly to mollify private sector . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- First, there was \"Einstein,\" the federal government's effort to protect itself from cyber attacks by limiting the number of portals to government computer systems and searching for signs of cyber tampering. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff wants better protection for government c... |
b6624e97252b406536a0ec26b10af079dc7a6fd8 | Summarize the following news article. | Campaign events were largely suspended Monday as Sandy approached the East Coast .
Obama: "I'm worried about the impact on families and I'm worried about the impact on our first responders"
Romney: " A lot of people are enduring some very difficult times, and our hearts and our prayers go to them"
The storm could also ... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- While the presidential election has topped the news much of the year, it has been pushed aside by Sandy as the storm crashed into the East Coast. Both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, their running mates, and backers have pretty much curtailed campaigning, some fundraising and advertisin... |
48d6122ba9560a49adf29996f5946bbde3bd29b5 | Summarize the following news article. | Records: Official said detainee Yaser Hamdi's sanity was faltering .
Military officer requested help keeping prisoner from "whacking out" on him .
Pentagon statement stresses that all detainees are treated "humanely" | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Newly released documents show that military personnel watching over at least two American citizens held in U.S. Navy brigs feared that the isolation and austere conditions were threatening detainees' sanity. Records show that military personnel feared for the sanity of detainees in U.S. Navy br... |
302233a2690a98b5a59868104a17a59f1f7b3cb3 | Summarize the following news article. | Jarrel Gray's uncle tells local media: "I lost my best friend"
Witness: Fight broke out after yelling match at apartment complex .
Deputy who allegedly used Taser on Gray is on paid administrative leave .
Amnesty International cites 150 deaths in asking police to suspend use of Tasers . | [
"(CNN) -- Friends and family identified the 20-year-old Frederick, Maryland, man who died after police used a Taser stun gun on him Sunday morning, according to a local television station. Jarrel Gray, 20, died after police used a Taser gun on him Sunday morning, family and friends say. The man, who friends and fam... |
161834a92ca9c2df36eeca99165c5499594bdfc7 | Summarize the following news article. | Eintracht Frankfurt held to a 1-1 draw by Greuther Fürth .
Alexander Meier's fifth goal in past games gave home side the advantage after just 20 seconds .
Zoltan Stieber grabbed an equalizer for Greuther Fürth after the interval .
Frankfurt sit third in Bundesliga with four point advantage over Borussia Dortmund . | [
"(CNN) -- Eintracht Frankfurt's fairy tale return to the Bundesliga has had the old romantics yearning for yesteryear. Once a feared and respected name in German and European football, the club has been in the shadow ever since it reached the European Cup final some 52 years ago. Back in the big time, Frankfurt has... |
10b86f46aa29a576c5d31e8814e2824da25a9b21 | Summarize the following news article. | Richard Cooey executed as scheduled Tuesday morning .
Inmate who said health could affect execution ate steak, eggs, fries for last dinner .
Supreme Court declined to issue stay, or tackle broader case .
Cooey was convicted of raping, torturing and beating two women to death . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An Ohio death row inmate was executed Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too overweight to be put to death. Richard Cooey, 41, and an accomplice were convicted of the 1986 murders of two college students. Richard Cooey was pronounced dead at 10:28 a.m. ET,... |
ca8f5cc849a5cbc22649d8a55ace3158f260e602 | Summarize the following news article. | Peace Corps cites "growing instability" in Bolivia for decision .
Bolivian leader Evo Morales battling autonomy movement in country's eastern part .
Morales has accused U.S. of inciting violence in Bolivia .
U.S. envoy thrown out; U.S. has expelled Bolivian ambassador . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Peace Corps temporarily has suspended operations in Bolivia because of \"growing instability,\" the organization said. Riot police line up to block the passage of activists Monday in the Bolivian capital of La Paz. All Peace Corps volunteers who were working there have been moved to Peru, ... |
209b724935a3ff8dfd2b7d7f0842f8005e549665 | Summarize the following news article. | John McCain campaign ads appeared on Web sites that are strongly anti-Obama .
McCain aide says the ads are placed by Google and campaign doesn't choose sites .
He says the offending sites have been added to list of blocked URLs .
The 3 sites involved attack Barack Obama's character; one compares him to Hitler . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- John McCain's campaign will stop advertising on several Web sites that have vilified Barack Obama as unpatriotic and, in one case, compared the Democratic nominee-in-waiting to Adolf Hitler. John McCain's campaign says it's getting its ads off Web sites that vilify Barack Obama. A spokesman for... |
8f445012794f2b7b71f21500886277f22090cf14 | Summarize the following news article. | Rafael Prieto was a 20-year veteran of the Secret Service .
He was assigned to President Obama's protective detail .
Authorities were looking into a suspected long-term relationship with a foreign national .
A law enforcement source says his death last Saturday was an apparent suicide . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- A Secret Service agent suspected of having a romantic relationship with a Mexican woman is dead of an apparent suicide, a law enforcement official told CNN Thursday. The source said Rafael Prieto, 48, was assigned to President Obama's protective detail. The Secret Service confirmed Thursday tha... |
93eb51e5216a834373c1af195ea68020bdfb8a39 | Summarize the following news article. | Police have cordoned off the area around the base of the One57 building on West 57th street .
The arm is swaying atop the building, which remains under construction .
As gusts of up to 60 mph barreled through New York, the crane was damaged Monday . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Affixed to a high-rise apartment building in one of midtown Manhattan's more coveted locations, the arm of a construction crane damaged by Superstorm Sandy continued to dangle perilously 90 stories above New York City. Police have cordoned off the area around the base of the One57 building on Wes... |
dcb4d10a87c28f02cb2d3980f63992cca9ca3049 | Summarize the following news article. | Sarkozy cites more sources of possible financial help for Egypt and Tunisia .
G8 leaders express solidarity with pro-democracy activists in the Middle East and North Africa .
They say multilateral lenders could provide more than $20 billion to help Egypt and Tunisia .
The leaders compared sweeping changes to the fall o... | [
"(CNN) -- Leaders at the Group of Eight summit in France expressed their support for democracy activists in the Middle East and North Africa on Friday but stopped short of pledging money to support them. The G8 leaders raised the possibility that multilateral development banks could provide more than $20 billion to... |
b542255aba4cf869cf513e08a84b429b8bc0abf2 | Summarize the following news article. | China executed at least 470 people in the last year, says human rights group .
Iran had second-highest level of executions in 2007, Amnesty says .
United States recorded fifth-highest number of executions, report finds . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- China executed at least 470 people last year -- more than any other country in the world, according to an annual report on the death penalty by the human rights group Amnesty International. A woman is shown being taken to her execution in Beijing, China, in 2001. The group said that five c... |
75e53dfe6ec33b612fe296c27bd02a96e328f29c | Summarize the following news article. | Chinese golfer Andy Zhang gains spot in the U.S. Open after two players injured .
At 14, Zhang will be the youngest player ever to play in the major tournament .
Tiger Woods praises the young golfer and says Zhang earned the spot .
Zhang has no expectations, wants the week to be a "learning experience" | [
"(CNN) -- At 14 years old, most teenagers think the stress of entering high school is enough. But Chinese golfer Andy Zhang, who enters high school next year, wasn't satisfied vying for girls and grades. He would rather take on the likes of Bubba Watson, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Zhang has earned a spot as th... |
1820a919c4cd56b5e07b37ece7e8752ffbd02863 | Summarize the following news article. | Del Martin fought for equal rights for gays and lesbians since the 1950s .
She and her partner founded first national lesbian organization .
Martin and Phyllis Lyon, 84, wed in June when California legalized gay marriage .
The two women dated since 1950. Lyon: 'I am devastated' by Martin's death . | [
"SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Lesbian activist Del Martin, at the forefront of the battle for same-sex marriage in California, died Wednesday in San Francisco. She was 87. Martin's partner of 55 years, Phyllis Lyon, was by her side at the UCSF hospice, the National Center for Lesbian Rights said. Martin and L... |
b5d186b23258afd5f730af6cefd2992e9fc55366 | Summarize the following news article. | The Boy Scouts of America commissioned the "independent review" of its "perversion files"
A sex abuse support group calls it "an unsubstantiated, self-serving claim"
A newspaper study of files said Scouts "failed to report hundreds of alleged child molesters"
"These claims of abuse were not swept under the carpet and i... | [
"Los Angeles (CNN) -- The Boy Scouts of America released a study Wednesday that claims children were safer from sex abuse in the Scouts than when at home or school. The report was prepared by a psychiatric expert hired by the Scouts to review so-called \"perversion files\" kept by the organization from 1970 to 1991... |
d579a8c8b036ff266194fad3f43a7e6d0530f18c | Summarize the following news article. | Allen Raymond went to prison for jamming phones of N.H's Democratic Party .
Operation also prevented local firefighters from helping senior citizens get to polls .
Raymond called scheme ingenious in an "evil genius sort of way"
Democrats insist phone jamming operation had national implications . | [
"MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Allen Raymond is living proof that political dirty tricksters do exist. \"I had a responsibility to my family,\" says Allen Raymond about his decision cooperate with investigators. The former Republican political operative went to federal prison after he pleaded guilty to charge... |
07380a8aa966d2b23f32ed5cd47ce0d7cdcc25ba | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Captain returned to vessel to move ship from docks, source says .
U.S. official says incident is about paperwork for rifles they had aboard for protection .
The crew's scheduled depositions are pushed back to Monday, a crew member says .
A manager of the ship's customs brokerage firm identifies the captain as Jeff... | [
"(CNN) -- Crew members on a U.S.-flagged ship learned Friday that their questioning by Venezuelan investigators in an arms trafficking probe has been delayed until Monday. Venezuelan authorities have held the ship in Maracaibo since August 29, and took its captain into custody on Wednesday. The shipping vessel's cr... |
e455facaedb06fa188dea122e4c36c52bf77c70f | Summarize the following news article. | Arsenal stage stunning rally as they come from 4-0 down to beat Reading 7-5 in League Cup .
Milan trail 2-0 at Palermo before drawing 2-2 as coach Allegri continues to feel pressure .
Stephan El Shaarawy's late strike takes him to top of Serie A scoring charts with 7 goals .
Barcelona and Dortmund win opening matches o... | [
"(CNN) -- Two of Europe's biggest clubs staged dramatic comebacks on Tuesday as Arsenal rallied from 4-0 down to beat Reading 7-5 in the English League Cup while struggling Italian heavyweights AC Milan drew 2-2 at Palermo in Serie A. The results will have different impacts for both coaches, with manager Arsene Wen... |
b07440a90c74acb7a2ec58b9403ff4eaef6d8c86 | Summarize the following news article. | Error on verdict form casts doubt on jurors' intent, Ohio appeals court rules .
Decision means Calvin Wells must serve just one year, not 10 .
Legal issue elsewhere may have him transferred to New Jersey . | [
"(CNN) -- A three-letter typo has slashed years off a prison sentence for a repeat drug offender in Ohio. Calvin Eugene Wells discovered a discrepancy on the verdict form for his conviction. Calvin Eugene Wells of Akron was sentenced in October 2005 to 10 years in prison after being convicted of possessing more th... |
5bdb7a804588818394a2895fc7cbaf523a3c3ca5 | Summarize the following news article. | Iran's president declines to guarantee safety of defeated rival Mir Hossein Moussavi .
Disputed election results spark mass protests throughout Tehran .
Conflicting reports on whether Moussavi is under house arrest . | [
"TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declined Sunday to guarantee the safety of his defeated rival Mir Hossein Moussavi in response to a question from CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour. President Ahmadinejad said he could not guarantee the safety of his rival, Mir Hos... |
d71bc01289b60fd3c69cfab9cd52f976f0798ccf | Summarize the following news article. | Makiko Tanaka is appointed to the post of education minister .
Her father oversaw the normalization of relations with China 40 years ago .
Tokyo and Beijing are locked in a dispute over a group of remote islands . | [
"Tokyo (CNN) -- Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan reorganized his cabinet ministers on Monday, bringing in a woman with strong links to China amid a smoldering dispute between the two nations over a group of remote islands. Noda named Makiko Tanaka, whose father oversaw the normalization of relations with Chin... |
d6da101bd812da4c29b0d048a3917e29bed5b870 | Summarize the following news article. | Attorney: There is no evidence Strauss-Kahn knew women at sex parties were paid .
Other suspects say the former IMF chief did not know, Henri Leclerc says .
Strauss-Kahn is warned he is being investigated for "aggravated pimping"
French police are investigating a high-profile prostitution ring in Lille . | [
"Paris (CNN) -- Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn pushed back Tuesday against allegations that he facilitated prostitution in France, saying there was \"no significant evidence\" the former International Monetary Fund chief knew young women at parties he attended were being paid for sex. Other suspects held over a... |
1f506f1a615e3940b81b1cd7acfa786f01186301 | Summarize the following news article. | What happens when an agressive mother-in-law turns out to be generous, too?
Writer Jessica Gottlieb was surprised and encouraged by her MIL's parenting advice .
The woman who started off critical turned out to be Gottlieb's partner in crime . | [
"(Parenting) -- When we first met, I was relieved when my future mother-in-law told me that I was pretty and smart. \"His last girlfriend had the face of a rat,\" she said. Oh boy. My husband adores his mother—he calls her Big Red for her auburn hair—so after our wedding I took up post as dutiful daughter-in-law. I... |
b889581bf137596d3f84ec6a2d381a20ef234b85 | Summarize the following news article. | The film 'Contagion' is chock-full of big-name actors .
Director Steven Soderbergh presents a disaster movie of epic proportion .
Reviewer says the movie is "a model of lucidity and clean, crisp storytelling" | [
"(CNN) -- Forget the butterfly effect. In a globalized century, it's a totally different effect you have to be worried about. Steven Soderbergh's new movie, \"Contagion,\" is a star-powered thriller that hops from Chicago to Hong Kong, London, Minneapolis, Geneva and beyond. Each port of call brings another familia... |
ee3ed04d53a5c7d1f60a5fc4d7c6832a7f32d3bf | Summarize the following news article. | An FCC plan will update the technology that powers 911 emergency response system .
This will enable the transmission of texts, voice calls, videos, photos and location information.
The official project name is Next Generation 911 -- NG911 . | [
"(Mashable) -- FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a five-step plan on Wednesday to update the technology that powers the 911 emergency response system. The plan will enable the transmission of text messages, voice calls, videos and photos, as well as automatic location information. The FCC hopes that such a ... |
dbab11f33d6e5b776a106c2c8f1a88057559bbf4 | Summarize the following news article. | Superstorm Sandy deaths reach 157 overall, including at least 88 in the U.S.
Nearly a half-million New York City customers are still without power .
The New York City Marathon is still scheduled for Sunday .
Despite hobbled transit, commuters go to work . | [
"(CNN) -- The death toll mounted Thursday as survivors struggled to regain a semblance of the normalcy that Superstorm Sandy swept away this week when it struck the Northeast. In some cases, tempers grew short. \"We're gonna die down here!\" wailed Donna Solli to Sen. Chuck Schumer as he toured her waterlogged neig... |
24f55a093616dd4304881eb2c7c2b19795600396 | Summarize the following news article. | Toshiba says it will no longer make or market HD DVD players and recorders .
Move delivers victory to rival Sony's Blu-ray disc technology for next-generation video .
Toshiba lost because it lacks retail presence in many key markets, analysts say . | [
"TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer manufacture HD DVDs, effectively ending the long-running battle with the rival Blu-ray for a dominant high-definition format. People watch a demonstration of HD DVD at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Toshiba said it made th... |
1625675b0f7f51ed494a679af37ef3b8c8c42e14 | Summarize the following news article. | Peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo is already U.N.'s largest .
Britain, France call for 3,000 more U.N. troops in Congo .
Human rights groups in Congo also have been calling for more troops there .
Fighting in Congo has caused about 250,000 people to flee homes since August . | [
"(CNN) -- Britain and France are calling for an additional 3,000 United Nations troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the U.N. already has its biggest peacekeeping mission, a senior British diplomat said Wednesday. A U.N. peacekeeper rides atop an armored vehicle last week in Goma, Democratic Republic o... |
2dc24bbe290e3af1e2584e7c005f3c7880a8ced0 | Summarize the following news article. | There is no food, water or sanitation in the refugee camps .
Aid groups expected to travel into rebel-held territory in DR Congo .
British PM warns world cannot allow Congo to become "another Rwanda"
Four-day old cease-fire announced by the rebels seems to be holding . | [
"(CNN) -- Thousands of people who fled fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are crossing back into rebel-held territory because they say conditions at refugee camps are intolerable. A crowd of refugees gathers at the entrance to a USAID center near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With no f... |
d4c2a04bf74f3a91e6df2e8542f9b31c84b75027 | Summarize the following news article. | Rebel offensive threatens rare gorillas in Congo national park .
200 of 700 known mountain gorillas live in park controlled by rebels .
Spokeswoman: It's the chaos of war and they are right in the middle of it .
Rangers who normally monitor and treat gorillas have been forced to flee area . | [
"(CNN) -- The survival of several hundred rare gorillas is threatened by rebel fighters who have taken over the animals' sanctuary, a spokeswoman for the Virunga National Park said Tuesday. File photo: Young gorillas play in Congo's Virunga Park. The gorilla sector of the park \"has been swallowed up in this confli... |
0f5803a3cd3fceef531c8a184fabfa5153d9d5d2 | Summarize the following news article. | Jack White ended the show at Radio City Music Hall after only playing for about 55 minutes .
White stuck mostly to his new material with a high-energy take on "Sixteen Saltines"
He made an announcement before leaving; some wondered if it was intermission . | [
"(Rolling Stone) -- Jack White left his Radio City Music Hall audience confused and angry on Saturday night when he abruptly left the stage and ended the show after only playing for about 55 minutes. Over the short course of a 12-song set backed by his all-male band, White stuck mostly to his new material with high... |
cc26af63e701e73b492158255cca3e629fa7c706 | Summarize the following news article. | Harvey Sapolsky, Benjamin Friedman: Our annual military budget is large .
Sapolsky, Friedman: Mitt Romney should suggest less military spending on our allies .
They say our allies are rich enough to defend themselves instead of relying on the U.S.
Sapolsky, Friedman: Lower military costs will mean more savings for U.S.... | [
"(CNN) -- A fixture of the presidential race has been Mitt Romney's 47% problem: Those Americans who don't pay federal income tax that Romney has described as freeloaders. Of course, Romney has retracted his remark. But if he still wants to attack those who freeload off of U.S. taxpayers, there is a better target: ... |
90bf2d3ba9f8e7755031b44aec5e881a45a79902 | Summarize the following news article. | Newspapers report China's richest man being investigated by police .
Trading in his company, Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd, is halted .
Investigation involves allegations of stock market manipulation .
Wong Kwong Yu topped China Rich List in three of last five years . | [
"BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Trading in a Chinese electrical appliances company was halted Monday after reports that its chairman -- the richest man in mainland China -- is under investigation on charges of stock market manipulation, the company said. The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong indefinitely halted trading in Gome ... |
155283bad2eee7b2a83531166064b4e18150b2fd | Summarize the following news article. | In "Apparently This Matters," CNN's Jarrett Bellini looks at trending topics online .
This week, a story claiming "morning people" are happier .
Jarrett, and his dog, beg to differ . | [
"(CNN) -- It was Tuesday afternoon when I found a trending article through Digg that seemed to explain why I'm not reaching my full potential for joy. And mind you, it had nothing to do with Pippa Middleton not returning my calls. Because that would be a very strange article for somebody to write. Dateline: Atlanta... |
b71252d33d11b7852eca3944cdaa8270d78b8643 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Prince Philip is responding well to treatment for a bladder infection, palace officials say .
NEW: He is likely to remain in the hospital for a few more days, the palace says .
The 91-year-old previously contracted a bladder infection in June .
He was hospitalized over Christmas for treatment of a blocked coronary... | [
"London (CNN) -- Britain's Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is \"responding well\" to hospital treatment for a recurrence of a bladder infection, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. It is unclear when he will be discharged, but he is likely to remain in the hospital for a few more days, the palace sai... |
1376d22917a0c57df2e3e43bcd2c4331ce59a813 | Summarize the following news article. | Inspectors find second cracked General Electric engine on new 787 airliners .
First engine cracks found in July during taxi test, NTSB says .
A similar engine lost power aboard a Boeing 747 in China earlier this month .
High-tech Dreamliner set to begin U.S. domestic routes in November . | [
"(CNN) -- Just two months after an engine cracked and failed during test aboard a Boeing 787, federal plane inspectors have found a second engine problem on a different Dreamliner, the National Transportation Safety Board announced. The NTSB identified the problem as a cracked fan midshaft on a Dreamliner General E... |
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