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Computer programs can discern personal details based on Facebook use . Cambridge university academics assessed data from 58,000 Facebook users . The techniques could easily be replicated by companies . Some unexpected correlations: people who liked 'curly fries' had higher IQs .
[ "(Financial Times) -- The increasing amount of personal information that can been gleaned by computer programs that track how people use Facebook has been revealed by an extensive academic study. Such programmes can discern undisclosed private information such as Facebook users' sexuality, drug-use habits and even ...
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NEW: Richard Anthony Franco, 27, enters a not guilty plea Wednesday . NEW: A restraining order bans Franco from getting near Berry . Franco carried "a book with nonsensical ramblings" written in it, Berry says . Off-duty police arrested Franco near Berry's home late Monday .
[ "Los Angeles (CNN) -- A man who allegedly jumped a fence at Halle Berry's home twice last weekend and was prowling around her Hollywood Hills neighborhood Monday pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a felony stalking charge. Richard Anthony Franco, 27, was arrested at Berry's home late Monday by off-duty police officers...
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Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka both continue winning runs at Indian Wells . World No. 1 Djokovic wins 15th straight match against Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov . Azarenka's winning streak now stands at 17 after victory over Urszula Radwanska . Sam Querrey will replace John Isner as the top-ranked American male tenni...
[ "(CNN) -- Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka continued their dominance of men's and women's tennis by registering straight-sets wins at the Indian Wells Masters in California. The respective Australian Open champions are unbeaten in 2013, with second-ranked Azarenka on a 17-match winning streak while world No. 1 ...
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SIM-LEI car has an electric motor in each of its four wheels . Makers say it can go from 0 to 60 mph in 4.8 seconds . Car featured at this week's Tokyo Motor Show .
[ "(CNN) -- There may have been more alluring electric cars on display at this year's Tokyo Motor Show, but the beauty of this prototype lies in its performance. The SIM-LEI can travel 333 kilometers (more than 200 miles) on a single charge, say its Japanese creators SIM Drive, and it also boasts supercar-like accele...
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Daniel Craig's tougher, darker Bond will star in an upcoming Heineken ad . "Skyfall" director Sam Mendes will direct the commercial as well . Wieden & Kennedy, the agency that brought us The Man Your Man Can Smell Like, is making the ad .
[ "(EW.com) -- Further proof that Daniel Craig is not your daddy's 007: In an upcoming ad campaign, the blond Bond is going to forgo his trademark cocktail for a swig of Dutch beer. Let's hope it doesn't arrive shaken. Ad Age reports that Craig's tougher, darker Bond will star in an upcoming Heineken ad, which will d...
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Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani faces a death sentence in Iran for adultery . She was sentenced to be stoned to death . Last month, an Iranian official said the government is reviewing her sentence . A human rights group says her final verdict now is expected on August 21 .
[ "Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- An Iranian court has delayed the final verdict of a 43-year-old woman sentenced to death by stoning, a human rights group said Sunday, two days after the country announced she will not be executed during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The International Committee Against Stoning did not say...
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Jay-Z will launch his new YouTube channel Saturday . The channel will debut with a live stream of his last Barclays Center concert . The channel will be called Life + Times, an offshoot of his website . The Life + Times channel is just Jay-Z's latest brand expansion .
[ "(RollingStone.com) -- Jay-Z will launch his new YouTube channel Saturday night with a live stream of the last concert of his eight-show run at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, USA Today reports. The rapper's Life + Times channel, an offshoot of his pop-culture site by the same name, comes as part of a push for origina...
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NEW: Salazar says ban is "needed" and "appropriate" Judge blocks government's temporary ban on deepwater drilling . White House says it will appeal decision . Louisiana governor, senator, urge administration not to appeal .
[ "New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday called a six-month halt on deepwater drilling \"needed, appropriate and within our authorities\" in announcing he will issue a new order on a moratorium just hours after a federal judge blocked such a mandate. \"We see clear evidence every d...
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Usher and Shakira will filling in for Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera . Rolling Stone sat in on some blind auditions . How long the pair will remain on the show is up in the air .
[ "(RollingStone.com) -- Season four of \"The Voice,\" featuring Usher and Shakira filling in for Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera, taped blind auditions recently, and Rolling Stone had a chance to watch the new judges in action. What we saw in our brief glimpse into the new season was that there will be no messin...
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Metropark Wanchai guest Hong Kong's first reported H1N1 case . First documented SARS case in 2003 was a guest at sister hotel in Kowloon . More than 300 guests and employees quarantined until Friday .
[ "HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- In the world of business -- where book titles like \"Only the Paranoid Survive\" thrive -- successful executives hope for the best but plan for the worst. Quarantined guests at Hong Kong's Metropark hotel wave to world press. But no amount of planning could have prevented the bad luck tha...
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James "Whitey" Bulger had been an FBI informant for years before being indicted . Testimony: Bulger tipped off about the indictment in mid-'90s by FBI handler John Connolly . Connolly has been convicted of being corrupted by Bulger . Bulger faces murder and racketeering charges after 16 years on the run .
[ "Boston (CNN) -- James \"Whitey\" Bulger was raised in a tight-knit world of Irish families in a community that protected its own. There were three boys in one room, six girls in another. As he grew up, authorities say, it wasn't long before he became one of Boston's most notorious gangsters. He learned to fight a...
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Qsymia, formerly known as Qnexa, is second diet drug approved since June . Drug's side effects in clinical trial included increased heart rate . Concerns have also been raised about the risk of birth defects .
[ "(CNN) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new prescription diet drug called Qsymia on Tuesday. The medication produced dramatic weight loss in clinical trials, but some are concerned over potential side effects, including increased heart rate, birth defects and other issues. Qsymia (pronounced kyoo...
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Authorities seize more than half a ton of methamphetamine in Sydney . Police arrest three men, including a Singaporean and a Hong Kong citizen . "Make no mistake, this is a hideous, insidious drug," a police official says .
[ "(CNN) -- It all started with a simple phone call. But the result, Australian police say, is by far their largest seizure of methamphetamine -- as much as $450 million (438 million Australian dollars) worth of the destructive drug, shipped from southern China and caught in Sydney. Police have arrested three men in ...
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NEW: Prosecutor: Authorities will request the suspect's transfer to New Jersey . Arthur Eugene Morgan III was arrested on Tuesday in San Diego . His daughter's body was found in a New Jersey stream on November 22 . Prosecutor: It appears the child and car seat were thrown from an overpass .
[ "(CNN) -- A fugitive task force in San Diego Tuesday captured a New Jersey man who is suspected in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, authorities said. The FBI had issued a nationwide manhunt for Arthur Eugene Morgan III, who was charged with homicide in Monmouth County, New Jersey. A tip from authorities in New...
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NEW: One suspect turns himself in to authorities in Florida . NEW: Another is arrested in Mississippi . NEW: Earlier, a third supect was arrested in Tennessee . NEW: All suspects are charged with capital murder with intent to sell a controlled substance .
[ "(CNN) -- Two more arrests were made in connection with the shooting death of a Mississippi State University student on campus, bringing the total number of suspects to three, officials said Tuesday. All three suspects are from the Jackson, Mississippi, metro area, and they are believed to be acquaintances of the v...
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NEW: Pair of robbers in Arkansas are likely not Arizona fugitives, local officials say . NEW: Shop owner in Arkansas says robbers don't fit description . Arizona fugitives "extremely unpredictable" in movements, Marshals Service says . McCluskey may now have black hair, beard; Welch may be blond .
[ "(CNN) -- Law enforcement officers in Arkansas on Wednesday night were conducting a manhunt for a pair of suspected robbers who they now believe are likely not fugitives from Arizona. Earlier Wednesday, a U.S. Marshals source said John McCluskey, who escaped from an Arizona prison late last month, and his alleged a...
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At least 20 people killed and 30 wounded in double suicide blast west of Mosul, Iraq . Many in town are part of Yazidi religious sect, mainly Kurdish minority . Attack at least second this week appearing to target ethnic minorities in northern Iraq . Thirty people killed earlier this week in village with Shiite Shabak ...
[ "BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded in a double suicide bombing Thursday in northern Iraq, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. Houses are left in ruins earlier this week after truck bombings in the northern Iraqi village of al-Khazna. Two suicide bombers with explosive vests...
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John Boulachanis, 37, was arrested in Miami, the U.S. Marshals Service says . Canadian authorities say he shot a man in the head in August 1997 . The hunt for him picked up this spring, two years after he was seen in New Jersey . Besides murder, he is wanted on fraud, arson, conspiracy and drug trafficking charges .
[ "(CNN) -- A Canadian fugitive is in police custody, nabbed 14 years after and more than 1,600 miles from where authorities say he gunned down a man in cold blood. John Boulachanis, 37, was arrested Thursday in Miami, according to a news release issued Saturday by the U.S. Marshals Service. According to a website ru...
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U.S. professors Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson win Nobel Prize for economics . Ostrom becomes the first woman to win the prize in its 40-year history . Nobel panel: Winners' work focuses on how community institutions can stop conflict .
[ "(CNN) -- Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel Prize for economics for work on how community institutions can prevent conflict, the Nobel Committee announced Monday. U.S. professors Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson are joint recipients of the Nobel Prize for economics. Ostrom becomes the f...
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U.S. Marshals: A man suspected of killing a 1-year-old ran from police . The child was strangled, beaten and bruised, U.S. Marshals say . Authorities are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to his arrest .
[ "(CNN) -- A man suspected of killing a 1-year-old child in Texas last year is among the U.S. Marshals' most wanted fugitives, the service announced Friday. The federal agency added Simon Lopez, 26, to its \"15 Most Wanted\" list and cautioned the public that he is \"considered armed and extremely violent.\" Authori...
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Three U.S. marshals were hit by a shotgun blast as they served an arrest warrant . Derek Hotsinpiller died from his injuries . One of the injured deputies is expected to leave the hospital Thursday . The other was treated and released Wednesday .
[ "(CNN) -- Two U.S. marshals who were shot while carrying out an arrest warrant in West Virginia are expected to make a full recovery, a spokesman said. A third marshal, Derek Hotsinpiller, was fatally wounded in the incident. Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Alex Neville, 42, was expected to be released from the hos...
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One deputy U.S. marshal was killed in the shooting . A second deputy "continues to recover from his injuries" The third officer has been treated at nearby hospital and released . Charles E. Smith and the officers exchanged fire, which left Smith dead .
[ "(CNN) -- A deputy U.S. marshal who had been with the service for just over a year was fatally shot while serving an arrest warrant Wednesday morning in West Virginia, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service. Deputy U.S. Marshal Derek Hotsinpiller, 24, of Bridgeport, W.Va., was one of three deputies ...
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Courthouse guards face possible punishment from their employer for accepting gifts . Roger Clemens' defense team sent autographed baseballs to guards . Clemens' federal case leads to mistrial; he may face a re-trial .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- A half-dozen contract security officers at the federal courthouse where baseball's Roger Clemens was put on trial last month are in trouble with their employer for accepting gifts from Clemens' defense team after the judge declared a mistrial, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday. Clemens, u...
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Joseph Elias George Ettima, 25, was arrested by authorities in Mexico . Ettima is accused of killing his 69-year-old grandmother and then burning her body . Two children witnessed the slaying in January in Los Alamitos, California . Los Alamitos Police Chief says the capture provides a "sense of security"
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A man suspected of killing his grandmother and setting her body on fire was returned to Los Angeles, California, after being arrested in Mexico, authorities said Wednesday. Joseph Ettima, 25, is suspected of murdering his grandmother and burning her body. Joseph Elias George Ettim...
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Rain, lightning prompt school cancellation in the Florida Keys . Damage is reported in several Florida towns . No serious injuries have been reported .
[ "Miami (CNN) -- Severe weather has damaged more than 50 homes in several Florida towns, officials said, and schools in the Florida Keys were canceled Wednesday because of heavy rain and frequent lightning. No serious injuries were reported. Damage assessments were under way in Plantation and Sunrise, Florida, after...
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NEW: Death toll in suicide car bombing rises to 16; 55 injured . Six Italian soldiers, ten Afghan civilians killed by car bomb, authorities say . Suicide car bomber targeted soldiers, defense minister says . Blast occurred in residential area near Afghan Supreme Court .
[ "KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least 16 people were killed, including international soldiers, and 55 were wounded when a car bomb rocked parts of Afghanistan's capital Thursday, authorities said. Italian soldiers stand near their vehicle, destroyed by a car bomb in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. At least six Ita...
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Florida is purging of its voting rolls in an effort to keep U.S. noncitizens from voting . Martin: Gov. Rick Scott created another mess that could have been avoided . According to Scott, potentially 182,000 voters on the rolls are noncitizens . Justice Department weighs in, asks why change comes 90 days before election...
[ "(CNN) -- It wouldn't be an election year without Florida exhibiting its usual despicable efforts to keep residents from voting. After the 2000 debacle where the nation had to contend with hanging chads, ballots not being counted, more lawyering than anyone ever needs to deal with, and finally a U.S. Supreme Court ...
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Keith Hasson, 45, was arrested Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service said . He was placed on the Marshals Service's "15 Most Wanted" fugitives list on June 6 . He is reputed to be the leader of a drug ring that brought in more than $20 million . Hasson was wanted on a 2005 open indictment from New Mexico .
[ "(CNN) -- A suspected drug kingpin on the \"15 Most Wanted\" fugitives list has been arrested in Los Angeles, the U.S. Marshals Service announced Thursday. Keith Hasson, 45, was arrested without incident Wednesday at an apartment northwest of downtown Los Angeles, between Burbank and Thousand Oaks, according to a s...
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Demonstrators are mostly students, farm workers, immigrant families and advocates . Bills would force employers to verify proper documentation, senator says . The bills come as Arizona's immigration law is stuck in a federal appeals court .
[ "(CNN) -- With less than two weeks before the scheduled last day of the Florida legislative session, demonstrators against the state's proposed immigration bills are putting on a full court press. On Monday an estimated 600 people, mostly Hispanic students, farm workers, immigrant families and advocates, boarded bu...
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Auction proceeds will go toward compensating victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme . Items from the Madoffs' residences in New York and Florida were auctioned . Marshals Service: More than $100 million in assets have been recovered from the Madoffs .
[ "(CNN) -- The last remaining personal property belonging to Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff and his wife, Ruth, netted nearly $500,000 in an auction in Miami Beach, Florida, the U.S. Marshals Service said Tuesday. Proceeds from the June 4 auction go to the U.S. Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture fund and will be u...
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Jason Erkes, a spokesman for Illinois Sen. Roland Burris, steps down . New questions arising over Burris' appointment to Senate . Allegations Burris not honest about requests to raise cash for Blagojevich . Erkes doesn't mention probe, says he must focus on his new business .
[ "(CNN) -- A spokesman for Illinois Sen. Roland Burris resigned Thursday in the wake of new disclosures about requests that Burris raise money for disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich while seeking a U.S. Senate appointment. Sen. Roland Burris, who is under fire to resign, arrives at a Chicago City Club luncheon ...
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Security measures are weak, Polk County sheriff says . 22 men from at least 4 states arrested in Florida . Men believed they were about to have sex with minor .
[ "Miami (CNN) -- A Florida sheriff who just arrested 22 men caught in an online undercover operation blames the policies of the Internet sites used by sexual predators. The investigation, dubbed Operation Last House Call, conducted by the Polk County Sheriff's Office, netted 22 men, including a Navy sailor, a softwa...
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Brazelton escaped on February 11 . He is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in Los Angeles . Brazelton is being held on $325,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court next week .
[ "(CNN) -- A U.S. soldier who escaped Army custody while facing a rape charge in California has been returned to Los Angeles County, authorities said Monday. Pvt. Daniel Brazelton, 20, who is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in Los Angeles, was captured at a motel in Daytona Beach, Florida, late Friday. He was r...
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Mother, three children died from gunshot wounds to the head . Authorities believe mother Amanda Bennett set fire to the home . Bennett was believed to have written an online post blaming her husband .
[ "(CNN) -- An Indiana woman shot her three children and set the family's house on fire before turning the gun on herself, police said. The bodies of the four were discovered Friday, when police in Austin, Indiana, responded to the home to conduct a welfare check. \"Upon arriving, the officer had to make a forced ent...
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Officer Kevin Widner was shot at by the three siblings . He was not hurt . The fugitives were captured Wednesday in Colorado .
[ "(CNN) -- A Florida police officer who was shot at by three fugitive siblings said Thursday he was glad the trio was apprehended without any civilian or police casualties. Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21; his sister Lee Grace Dougherty, 29; and half-brother Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26, were arrested Wednesday on a rural ...
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Florida's Department of Children and Families says it had "prior involvement" with the family . No investigation was open at the time of their deaths, it says . The two dead children have been identified as brother and sister, ages 6 and 10 . A suspect is in federal custody on unrelated charges, police say .
[ "(CNN) -- Child protective investigators in Florida had \"prior involvement\" with the family of the two children found dead in a canal this month, an official said Tuesday. But the department had not had an open investigation involving the children since 2005, said Elisa Cramer, director of communications for the ...
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Indiana's state government finds $320 million that it didn't know it had . The state cut roughly that amount in K-12 education funding, a Democrat notes . Gov. Daniels makes light of the finding, saying, "Christmas came early" Several Democrats have demanded an "independent audit" into what happened .
[ "(CNN) -- Indiana's state government has discovered $320 million in funds it didn't know it had, money that officials stumbled across while enacting statewide belt-tightening measures. \"Christmas came early,\" Gov. Mitch Daniels said. During a press conference Tuesday, Daniels cited a \"programming omission\" and ...
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Cigar aficionados can enjoy a smoke and a Cuban coffee in Tampa Bay's historic Ybor City . Tampa's residents love its miles of white sandy beaches and gorgeous sunsets . Charlotte's NoDa neighborhood features restaurants, a lively music scene and art galleries . Charlotte has the U.S. National Whitewater Center and the...
[ "(CNN) -- Why wait for the election in November? The political convention host cities are already going head-to-head as part of our Destination USA project pitting rival cities against each other. Tampa, Florida, will host the Republican National Convention August 27-30, while Charlotte, North Carolina, will host t...
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Ten members of a white supremacist group are facing charges in Florida . Authorities arrested members of American Front last week . Police documents say they were plotting disruptions in an effort to attract new members . They were also preparing for a race war, police documents say .
[ "(CNN) -- Railroad ties, cement pilings and other debris reportedly mark the entrance to Marcus and Partricia Faella's rural Florida compound, situated on the edge of a wildlife management area marketed by tourism officials as a good spot for hikers, campers and bird watchers. Look closer and, according to police d...
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NEW: Florida Gov. Rick Scott declares a state of emergency . 526 firefighters are working to protect the Okefenokee swamp . 90% of a public boardwalk is burned .
[ "(CNN) -- Two fires have merged, coming dangerously close to protected areas in Florida's Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The so-called Honey Prairie fire, which has been burning since late April, united with another blaze called the Paxton Road fire Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service said. Working around the cl...
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Northern Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina are hit Tuesday night . A U.S. low-pressure record may have been broken . Up to 200,000 customers lose power, many of them in Indiana, northern Illinois, Ohio . Emergency official: "We're having to batten down the hatches"
[ "(CNN) -- Spawning at least 24 possible tornadoes, mostly in the Midwest, a giant storm system stretched Tuesday night from Alabama to Maryland, bringing new watches and warnings. The system unleashed its wrath on several communities in northern Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina on Tuesday night. At one time, i...
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U.S. colleges warn students to not comment on, post links to WikiLeaks on social media sites . Doing so calls into question "ability to deal with confidential information," memo says . Experts: Statements may affect chances of getting security clearance for government jobs . Some say schools are overreacting; others sa...
[ "(CNN) -- U.S. agencies have warned some employees that reading the classified State Department documents released by WikiLeaks puts them at risk of losing their jobs. But what about students considering jobs with the federal government? Do they jeopardize their chances by reading WikiLeaks? It's a gray area, said ...
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James Jones: "I did it the wrong way" He says his daughter will not be returning to the same school . He wants to draw attention to anti-bullying organizations .
[ "(CNN) -- A Florida man apologized Tuesday for boarding his daughter's school bus earlier this month and threatening the other children and the driver, saying he acted out of frustration over students bullying his daughter. \"I handled it the wrong way when I went on the bus,\" James Jones said. He said he does not...
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Rick Lazio says the Imam behind the planned Islamic Center refused to call Hamas terrorist . Lazio: Other associations also make him wary of center's funding sources . He says New Yorkers have a right to know where money is coming from to feel safe . Lazio: The state attorney general should request Cordoba Initiative o...
[ "(CNN) -- In June, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the proposed ground zero mosque, was asked on live radio if he believed Hamas is a terrorist organization. This isn't a difficult question: Hamas employs suicide bombers and fires incendiary rockets at civilian targets within Israel. It calls for the destruc...
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Japanese architect has popularized sensitive Japanese traditions in buildings . Has works across the world including museums and private residences . "Architecture is like sushi: balance of material and skill is very important"
[ "(CNN) -- \"For architects, perfection is necessary,\" said Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. \"It is my mission to use the kindness and delicateness that old architecture had. I believe that this mission is not easy to complete. So I am planning to work until I fall down.\" With nearly 60 projects on the go across th...
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Woods Hole research says poor nations would suffer first . But damage would ripple worldwide, study says . First effects could be seen in 10 to 50 years, scientist says . Acidification comes from carbon dioxide .
[ "(CNN) -- Massive global greenhouse gas pollution is changing the chemistry of the world's oceans so much that scientists now predict it could severely damage shellfish populations and the nations that depend on the harvests if significant action isn't taken. A new study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutio...
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After international protests, Iran issued a statement saying a woman would not be stoned to death . Mehrangiz Kar, Azadeh Pourzand say others have suffered the horrific punishment . They say Islamic Republic leaders defend practice as a divine verdict . Co-authors: World should give priority to opposing human rights ab...
[ "(CNN) -- Imagine a woman dying under a rain of stones while buried in the ground to the top of her breasts. Imagine faceless figures throwing stones at her. Imagine her last thoughts, wishes and dreams. Imagine her hoping to magically survive this brutal punishment. Imagine her children watching her bleed and moan...
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After repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" policy, cadets are reaching out, forming alliances . Norwich University has Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Allies Club . In December, U.S. Coast Guard cadets formed a gay-straight alliance group at the academy . At the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, ca...
[ "(CNN) -- In the six months since the repeal of the U.S. military's \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy, many of the most prestigious military institutions in the country are adding a student group to their club rosters that they had never seen before: gay pride groups. For nearly 17 years, gay and lesbian soldiers we...
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Renée Zellweger brings down the jailhouse in "Chicago" John Travolta went from sitcom star to big-screen sensation in "Saturday Night Fever" The off-the-shoulder style worn by actress Jennifer Beals in "Flashdance" is still popular .
[ "This summer, as \"Grease\" returns to theaters in sing-a-long form (it's being billed as \"the original high school musical\"), and the surprisingly unstoppable \"Step Up\" series releases its third installment (in 3-D, no less), it's clear: Films that feature dance are bigger than ever. Accordingly, we've compile...
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NEW: Three people died of single gunshots, a deputy medical examiner says . On Tuesday, a man killed two people and then himself, authorities say . Wounded teenager is still in serious condition . Shooting was "out of character" for Roberts, the woman who raised him says .
[ "Happy Valley, Oregon (CNN) -- For three days, Clackamas Town Center has been a crime scene. On Friday, it will be a shopping mall, once again. Yet the Oregon shopping center's scheduled 9 a.m. reopening -- announced on its Facebook page -- does not close the books on the many questions tied to Tuesday's fatal shoo...
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Barcelona confirms it spent $4 million on "espionage" from 2008-2010 . Money went to two detective agencies in Spain . Barca launch internal investigation to determine "who was spied on and why" Since coach Tito Vilanova underwent cancer treatment results have been indifferent .
[ "(CNN) -- Barcelona announced an internal investigation Tuesday after reports in Spain claimed that the club had commissioned detective agencies to spy on a number of their star players. The Catalan giants confirmed on their official website that the club spent a total of 3.1 million euros ($4.04 million) on \"espi...
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New eco-surfboard made with over 50 percent renewable materials . Developed by Eden Project in England in tandem with local companies . Manufacturers hope it will appeal to surfers who are traditionally eco-conscious .
[ "(CNN) -- An environmentally-friendly surfboard has taken to the waves after five years in development. Surf's up: Mark Harris tries out the Eden eco-surfboard. British profession surfer Mark \"Egor\" Harris was one of the first to try the British-made board at Fistral beach in Cornwall, England, giving its perform...
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The Internet is changing the way musicians use charities . Musicians say massive benefit concerts are losing their appeal . Music stars such as Madonna and John Legend are leading change .
[ "(CNN) -- Psychedelic album covers. Break-dancing music videos. Rockers with mullet haircuts. George Harrison in 1971 during one of two concerts he staged at Madison Square Garden in New York to bring attention to the plight of the Bangladeshi people. Now there soon may be another entry added to the list of obsolet...
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NEW: Andy Coulson is taking legal action against News Corp., his lawyer says . Lawyer Mark Lewis says an initial hearing may take place in New York this fall . News Corp is the parent company of the publishers of News of the World . Outrage over claims of phone hacking by the newspaper's journalists led to its closure ...
[ "London (CNN) -- A lawyer for numerous alleged victims of phone hacking by journalists has confirmed that he plans to launch legal action in the United States against media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Mark Lewis told CNN Friday he expects an initial hearing to be held in New York in about two to three months,...
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NEW: Peter Lanza has claimed Adam Lanza's body, a family spokesman says . NEW: The spokesman says the body was claimed Thursday . Police say Lanza, 20, killed his mother and then opened fire in a Connecticut elementary school . He killed 20 children and six staff members at the school before killing himself, police say...
[ "(CNN) -- The father of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza claimed his body last week, a family spokesman said. Peter Lanza claimed the body Thursday, spokesman Errol Cockfield said. He declined to specify where the body would be buried. On December 14, Adam Lanza, 20, took guns belonging to his mother...
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NEW: Kate McCann says a tabloid showed no respect for her "as a mother or human" NEW: James Murdoch resigns from the boards of some News Corp. subsidiaries . British government-backed inquiry was set up in response to revelations of phone hacking . Attention focuses on Murdoch papers, but Hugh Grant accuses another pap...
[ "London (CNN) -- The mother of missing British girl Madeleine McCann felt \"totally violated\" when she saw her diary had been published in the News of the World newspaper, she told an inquiry into British press practices and ethics Wednesday. \"I'd written these words at a most desperate time of my life,\" Kate Mc...
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NEW: Those arrested have been bailed and the searches are over, police say . Four current and former Sun employees had been arrested, News Corp. says . A 29-year-old police officer has also been arrested, London police say . The arrests were made as part of an investigation into corruption allegations .
[ "London (CNN) -- Four current and former employees of Britain's Sun newspaper were arrested by authorities investigating claims of inappropriate payments to police, News Corp. and police said Saturday. Police searched the men's homes as well as the East London offices of News International, the News Corp. subsidiar...
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NEW: LAPD board found Dorner was facing a bad review . Chris Dorner filed a complaint against his training officer in 2007 . The LAPD cleared the officer and recommended that Dorner be dismissed . "The attacks will stop when the department states the truth about my innocence," he wrote .
[ "(CNN) -- What authorities are calling Chris Dorner's campaign of guerrilla warfare against his former comrades in the Los Angeles Police Department has its roots in a hotel lobby in San Pedro, the city's port district. In July 2007, the former Navy officer was an LAPD probationary officer, riding patrol with a vet...
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World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka wins Australian Open title for the second year in a row . Belorussian beats crowd favorite and 2011 runner-up Li Na 4-6 6-4 6-3 in Melbourne . Li needs two medical breaks while final also disrupted by Australia Day fireworks . Azarenka holds onto the No. 1 ranking, denying Serena Williams ...
[ "(CNN) -- A tearful Victoria Azarenka retained her Australian Open title and world No. 1 ranking after overcoming crowd favorite Li Na in a dramatic women's final on Saturday. The 23-year-old broke down as she celebrated her second grand slam title, denying her Chinese opponent her second after coming from behind t...
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Larry Norman was Christian rock musician before genre existed . His first solo album, "Upon This Rock," came out in late 1969 . Norman's fans include U2, Guns N' Roses and Bob Dylan . More than 300 versions of Norman's songs have been recorded by other artists .
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Long before U2 and Bono blazed their own paths, and decades before the Christian music industry became a half-billion-dollar annual business, a hippie musician with long blond locks paved the way. Larry Norman sang about drugs, politics, racism, sex and Jesus -- sometimes in the same song...
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Nate Phelps says the actions of his father, the anti-gay Kansas pastor, are "evil" Fred Phelps heads Westboro Baptist Church, the congregation that pickets military funerals . Nate Phelps says his father beat him and his siblings with the handle of a digging tool .
[ "(CNN) -- An estranged son of anti-gay Kansas pastor Fred Phelps said Wednesday that the spiritual leader of Westboro Baptist Church hit his wife and beat his children with a mattock handle until they bled. \"I think what he does out there is evil,\" said Nathan \"Nate\" Phelps, during an appearance on HLN's \"Issu...
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Evidence given by ex-News International executive Rebekah Brooks at media inquiry highlighted relations with politicians . Cathcart: Through her evidence Brooks strove to appear warm, helpful and honorable . It seemed to Cathcart that some of her comments and evidence were greeted with skepticism by legal counsel .
[ "(CNN) -- There had to be something special about Rebekah Brooks. Here was a woman, after all, who managed to be a close friend of Tony and Cherie Blair, then a friend (perhaps less close and more briefly) of Gordon and Sarah Brown, and then a very close (\"lots of love\") friend of David and Samantha Cameron. Give...
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David J. Renz is accused of killing a librarian and raping her 10-year-old daughter . He abducted the pair as they left a gymnastics class in upstate New York, police say . Authorities say he managed to take off an electronic tracking device before the attack . Probation office was not alerted because he reconnected th...
[ "(CNN) -- A man accused of killing a school district librarian and raping her 10-year-old daughter in upstate New York had removed an electronic tracking anklet before carrying out the attack, police said. David J. Renz, 29, of Cicero, is accused of abducting the 47-year-old mother and her daughter shortly before 9...
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Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown allegedly "declared war" on Rupert Murdoch . David Cameron is called to testify next Thursday . He has faced questions about his ties to media baron Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks .
[ "London (CNN) -- A former British prime minister who has been a harsh critic of media baron Rupert Murdoch is due to testify Monday at an enquiry spawned by phone-hacking at Murdoch's News of the World tabloid. Gordon Brown is due to take the stand at the Leveson Inquiry, a wide-ranging probe set up by the British ...
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NEW: Police chief expresses regret for raid . Mayor's two dogs were shot and killed during raid . Wife of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, mayor sent package containing marijuana . Scheme designed to intercept packages sent to unsuspecting recipients, police say .
[ "(CNN) -- Federal officials have opened a civil rights investigation into a police narcotics raid on the home of a Maryland mayor in which police burst in without knocking and shot the mayor's two dogs to death. Mayor Cheye Calvo of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, and his mother-in-law were handcuffed and forced to knee...
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NEW: Slain agent's family filed a $25 million wrongful death claim . Attorney General Eric Holder says consequences for the operation are near . Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is demanding documents from the Justice Department . Issa has threatened Holder with contempt if a deadline for the documents is not met .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Firings and charges against Justice Department officials who oversaw the agency's flawed gun-running operation are likely to come in the next six months, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday. Holder was speaking before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the controversi...
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Chef, school nutrition chief Ann Cooper hopes to change the way America's kids eat . Her Berkeley, California, schools serve fruit, salad bar daily . Her "meal wheel" helps kids understand what should be on their plates daily .
[ "(CNN) -- Ann Cooper is on a one-woman whirlwind campaign to change the way kids eat in schools. \"We're killing our kids with food,\" she says. Ann Cooper sees her work transforming school lunch programs as a way to leave a lasting impact. Half of all the Hispanic and African-American kids born in 2000 and one-th...
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The two-CD set collects 34 examples of Art Garfunkel's best work . Two previously unreleased songs, "Lena" and "Long Way Home," stand up well in this impressive company . Garfunkel's "The Singer" is a masterpiece of subtlety .
[ "(Rolling Stone) -- A rare combination of angelic delicacy and extraordinary power, Art Garfunkel's voice has lent reverie and wonder to songs for nearly 50 years. This two-CD set, lovingly curated by Garfunkel himself, collects 34 examples of his best work, beginning with Simon and Garfunkel classics such as \"The...
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CNNU's correspondents come from across the country . They report on news and trends from their campuses . Here is the CNNU class of 2007-2008 .
[ "CNNU is a feature that provides student perspectives on news and trends from colleges across the United States. This year's student journalists are: . Alyson Weiss from University of Florida . Amanda Giger from Syracuse University . April Daley from Northwestern University . Brandon Gates from University of South ...
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California court upheld the termination of an employee who flunked drug test . Although California allows medical marijuana, could still lead to firing . Company said its work across state borders could make it subject to federal law . State law protection for medical marijuana only goes so far, high court says .
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Workers who are legally prescribed marijuana to treat illness can still be fired from their jobs, following a ruling Thursday from the California Supreme Court. Medical marijuana user Angel Raich, 41, had her pot confiscated while her case was appealed. The 5-2 decision upheld the job terminati...
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Sometimes a dude needs a fresh, crisp, crunchy salad instead of "man food" "Man food" is what you'd imagine a lumberjack or a cowboy or a Viking would eat . On a salad-centric diet, this writer lost weight, saved money and gained energy .
[ "(CNN) -- Real men eat salads. I know this because I am a dude. Right now, in my fridge, I have five bottles of hot sauce, a jar of Cheez Whiz and half a pack of hot dogs. But recently I went to lunch with a couple of buds, and I ordered a salad. I ordered it hard. It was a basic frissée salad with bacon, shallots...
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The Dead -- surviving members of the Grateful Dead -- will start a tour in April . Band did a special concert for Barack Obama last year . Phil Lesh on group's jam influence: "If we didn't do it, someone else would have" iReport.com: Share photos from your "Dead Head" days .
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Phil Lesh is on the phone. Bob Weir and Phil Lesh will be taking part in The Dead's April-May tour. \"I wish I could say I once quit my job to follow the Grateful Dead in my VW bus,\" I tell him. \"But honestly, I'm just not that cool.\" The bass player chuckles. \"It's mostly trus...
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Carlos Tevez scores twice against his former club as Manchester City beat rivals United . City take 2-1 lead into second leg of English League Cup semifinal next week . Ryan Giggs put United ahead in 17th minute but Tevez leveled from penalty spot . Tevez, who left United at the end of last season, heads winner in the ...
[ "(CNN) -- Carlos Tevez scored twice against his former club as Manchester City claimed a 2-1 derby triumph over bitter rivals Manchester United in the first leg of the English League Cup semifinal on Tuesday night. The Argentina forward, who left United in acrimonious circumstances after rejecting a new contract a...
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British PM traveling by helicopter in Helmand Province on Thursday . Area is a Taliban stronghold . Cameron was never under threat, source says . Changes "not unusual," military spokesman says .
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron changed his schedule at the last minute during his visit to Afghanistan on Thursday due to a possible threat, military sources said. Cameron was traveling by helicopter in Helmand province, a stronghold of the Taliban, one British military source sai...
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New Turkish movie highlights homophobia in the country . In part the film is based in the slaying of Ahmet Yildiz, which is known as Turkey's first honor killing . Directors, who were friends with the student, say Turkey has entrenched institutional homophobia . One of them told CNN minority communities "want to be abl...
[ "Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- In colloquial Turkish, the word zenne means male belly dancer. It is also the title of a new film that explores sexual identity while also highlighting a deadly case of homophobia in modern-day Turkey. \"The starting point was a dear friend of ours who was murdered in 2008 for being gay b...
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Wesley Sneijder leaves Inter Milan to join Turkish club Galatasaray . Dutch midfielder last played a competitive game for Italian giants in September . Fee for the losing 2010 World Cup finalist is believed to be around $10 million .
[ "(CNN) -- He was once a prized asset chased by a host of Europe's top clubs but after months in the wilderness at Italian giants Inter Milan, Wesley Sneijder has opted to join Turkish club Galatasaray. The midfielder, who was part of the Netherlands' side that lost the 2010 World Cup final to Spain, has joined the ...
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This is the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president in more than 30 years . Prosecutor's office: Four men are out on bail after allegedly throwing the shoes . Officials say the men are Salafis, who have accused Iran of financing Shiites .
[ "Cairo (CNN) -- During a historic trip to Egypt, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was greeted by a group of men who hurled shoes at him -- a major insult in the Muslim world. A video posted by the Anadolu news agency shows a smiling Ahmadinejad shaking hands with a crowd of supporters in Cairo late Tuesday whe...
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Marquise L. Foster turns himself in without incident . A second man remains at large . The two are suspects in the killing of a transgender woman .
[ "(CNN) -- A suspect in the death of a transgender woman in New Jersey has turned himself in, authorities said, and a second suspect remains at large. Marquise L. Foster, 25, surrendered to Essex County officials Saturday night. Authorities are searching for Alrashim N. Chambers, 23, of Newark. The two are suspects ...
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NEW: Bus company says its employees responded after incident . The family of Robert Champion must wait six months to sue FAMU, attorney says . Friends of Champion report he was gay, an attorney says . He was beaten in an alleged hazing incident on a bus in November .
[ "Orlando (CNN) -- The family of Robert Champion, who died in November after he was beaten on a bus, allegedly as part of a Florida A&M University band hazing ritual, will sue the bus company, their attorney said Tuesday. The bus and its air conditioning system is believed to have been running at the time Champion w...
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Police release video footage of two officers hit by car during London riots . Police arrest a seventh man in connection with three hit-and-run deaths in Birmingham . The number of arrests in London rises to 1,593 . The British prime minister vows to "mend our broken society"
[ "London (CNN) -- Prime Minister David Cameron blames the riots that shook Britain over the past 10 days on a \"slow-motion moral collapse ... in parts of our country,\" he said Monday, as police arrested a new suspect linked with one of the deadliest incidents in the violence. Cameron listed problems including \"Ir...
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British prime minister has been critical of Pakistan's handling of terrorism . Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has said he will visit the United Kingdom this week . Pakistan says Cameron doesn't understand the facts .
[ "Islamabad, Pakistan(CNN) -- Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Britain's high commissioner for talks Monday, less than a week after British Prime Minister David Cameron criticized the country's handing of terrorism. \"We can confirm that the British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mr. Adam Thomson, is ...
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Large British delegation visits China to talk trade . Visit is Cameron's first to China as prime minister . Topics of the visit will include trade, finance, energy and education.
[ "(CNN) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron and a contingent of ministers and business leaders arrived in Beijing Tuesday as part of a tour to boost bilateral trade with the world's second-largest economy. \"This week I am leading one of the biggest and most high-powered British delegations ever to visit China,\...
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David and Samantha Cameron announced the birth Tuesday . The girl weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce . The baby had been expected in September .
[ "London, England (CNN) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, announced Tuesday the birth of their fourth child, a baby girl. The baby was born by Caesarean section at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, southwestern England, at midday. She had been due next month. The baby weighed 2.75 k...
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NEW: Pakistan says it too is a victim of terrorism . Cameron makes remarks in the aftermath of the Wikileaks . He says India and Britain must work closer on security . He points finger at Lashkar e-Tayyiba .
[ "New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Britain's prime minister delivered a sober message Wednesday to Pakistan: Don't export terror. \"We want to see a strong and a stable and a democratic Pakistan,\" David Cameron said in Bangalore, India, \"but we cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country is allowed to look bo...
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Prime Minister David Cameron said the troop level will drop to 9,000 . The announcement comes as Canada ends its combat role . The United States is planning on a troop drawdown .
[ "London (CNN) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday announced a reduction in the British troop level in Afghanistan, removing 500 service members by the end of next year. In remarks to the House of Commons, Cameron said the move will bring the troop level to 9,000, and more reductions will be carried ou...
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NEW: Cameron says a WikiLeaks reference to a lack of troops in the past is trueAfghan president Hamid Karzai expresses his gratitude for Britain's support . British troops could start heading home by the end of 2011 . NATO's goal is to turn over security operations in Afghanistan before 2015 .
[ "Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- NATO's goal of ending combat operations in Afghanistan and leaving security in local hands by the end of 2014 is realistic, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday on his second visit to the nation in 2010. \"It's challenging, but it is achievable,\" Cameron said. \"What I see...
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NEW: "The Egyptian people said their word ... this is an ousted president," analyst says . Mubarak is accused of corruption and ordering protesters killed . He has denied the charges . Last week, the lawyer called for Mubarak to be tried in a military court .
[ "Cairo (CNN) -- Hosni Mubarak should be tried by a special tribunal because he is still president of Egypt and did not sign an official resignation, his lawyer said Sunday. \"He gave up the presidency orally to former vice-president Omar Suleiman without signing any official document, which is not legal by the cons...
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Protests involving Aborigines last week prompt introspection and alarm in Australia . Many commentators say protests don't represent views of Aborigine community . Aborigines lag behind the overall population in terms of health, wealth and education . Some say indigenous Australians shouldn't be treated as disadvantage...
[ "(CNN) -- Images beamed around the world last week of unruly and provocative protests by indigenous Australians projected a portrait of an angry and disenfranchised group. The protesters thumped on the windows of a restaurant where Prime Minister Julia Gillard had been attending a ceremony, prompting security offic...
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NEW: The elections will take place in three stages across different districts, the Supreme Council says . NEW: The January 25 revolution movement threatened a sit-in if no election date and plan were announced . The elections will be the first since Hosni Mubarak's ouster . Mubarak faces charges of corruption and order...
[ "Cairo (CNN) -- Voting in Egypt's first elections since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak will begin in late November, a week later than previously announced, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said Tuesday. Egypt's military rulers said the first phase of parliamentary elections will begin No...
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Republicans say they need time to examine record of Obama's high court nominee . Conservative group calls Sonia Sotomayor "liberal judicial activist" Sotomayor's confirmation virtually certain in Democratic-majority Senate, analysts say . Obama has said he wants Sotomayor confirmed before August congressional break .
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When Sonia Sotomayor won Senate confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1998, all 29 \"no\" votes were cast by Republicans. Sonia Sotomayor is virtually sure to be confirmed by the Democratic-dominated Senate, analysts say. That may happen again when the Senate votes in coming months on So...
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If Omar Suleiman wins, Egyptians will protest, Khairat el-Shater says . Elections are scheduled to begin on May 23 . El-Shater says his group's priority is to ease sectarian tensions .
[ "Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- A Muslim Brotherhood candidate for next month's presidential elections here lashed out Monday at the eleventh-hour entrance into the race by Omar Suleiman, the former spy chief to deposed strongman Hosni Mubarak. \"We are not against the concept of anyone running as long as he has the right l...
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U.S. Special Forces planned and carried out the failed rescue operation, official says . Troops did not initially say they had thrown a grenade during the operation, the military says . U.S. forces tried to rescue Linda Norgrove from captors in Afghanistan on Friday . NATO and British officials said earlier she was kil...
[ "London, England (CNN) -- A British aid worker who died during an operation to rescue her from kidnappers in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade thrown by American forces trying to free her, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday. Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, will ...
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Some anti-Mubarak activists welcome the banning of cameras, but others are angry . Judges combine the cases against Egypt's former president and interior minister . The former president is charged with corruption and ordering killings . Amnesty International says more than 800 people died during the revolution against ...
[ "Cairo (CNN) -- The trial of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak will take place behind closed doors, Judge Ahmed Refaat announced Monday, citing \"the public interest\" as he barred television cameras from the court. Judges also combined the case against Mubarak with that of former Interior Minister Habib al-Ad...
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The Muslim Brotherhood's political arm won more than 40% of parliamentary seats . The man nominated as speaker is described as moderate . The new parliament convenes a year after the Egyptian protests began . Some liberals fear a more restrictive state with Islamists in power .
[ "Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's top political parties have agreed to nominate a member of the Muslim Brotherhood as the nation's next parliament speaker, the first time in decades that an Islamist would hold that post. The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party won more than 40% of the seats in recent elections and...
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NEW: some 4,000 cell phones and 5,000 land lines may have been affected . Lawmakers pass a symbolic motion after debating Murdoch's BSkyB ambitions . Sen. Jay Rockefeller writes to US authorities urging an investigation into News Corp. PM Cameron says News Corp. has made "the right decision" in dropping its bid .
[ "London (CNN) -- Rupert Murdoch's media empire suffered a double blow Wednesday as Prime Minister David Cameron launched a wide-ranging investigation into the British press and Murdoch's News Corp. withdrew its bid to take over British satellite broadcaster BSkyB. The moves came in the wake of public and political ...
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NEW: The hacker group LulzSec hacks the website of the Sun, another Murdoch paper . NEW: The FBI says it is "aware" of reports related to News Corp. hacking in the U.S. A special parliamentary session is planned for Wednesday to delve into the scandal . A man reported to be a critical News of the World whistleblower is...
[ "London (CNN) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron will cut short his trip to South Africa to deal with the nation's phone-hacking scandal, his office confirmed Monday -- another day of dizzying developments that also saw a second top police official resign and the announcement of a broader police corruption pro...
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NEW: A lawyer for the rabbi says his client will be cleared . An FBI affidavit describes an elaborate plot . The victim was threatened with being buried alive, the FBI says . "Do you want a funeral or a divorce?" agents say the victim's father was asked .
[ "New York (CNN) -- A New Jersey rabbi beat and kidnapped an Israeli man and threatened to bury him alive unless he agreed to a divorce and his family paid off his ex-wife, federal prosecutors say. David Wax and his wife Judy, surrendered to FBI agents in Red Bank, New Jersey, on Monday to face kidnapping charges da...
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The fungus has been found in 45 patients, CDC says . Agency says one more person has died from a noncontagious form of meningitis . Number of cases grows to 271 in 16 states .
[ "(CNN) -- Investigators said Thursday they found the fungus Exserohilum in one medicine lot from the compounding pharmacy at the center of a meningitis outbreak that has killed 21 people, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced. The presence of Exserohilum was found in \"unopened medication vials,\" which w...
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North Korean propaganda video pulled off YouTube website . Game maker Activision says video used scenes from Call of Duty game . Video appeared as experts say North Korea nuclear test imminent . Walt Disney Company denounced North Korea's use of Mickey Mouse in 2012 .
[ "Hong Kong (CNN) -- A bizarre three-and-a-half minute North Korean propaganda video -- depicting a city resembling New York but with its skyscrapers on fire -- was pulled from YouTube this week after videogame maker Activision said those scenes were lifted from its top-selling game \"Call of Duty.\" Clicking on the...
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Angela Merkel's CDU are favorites to win the election . But they will need a coalition partner to rule . Merkel has publicly named the Liberal Democrats as her preferred choice . But the current partner, the Social Democrats, may be the end result .
[ "BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- As voting was taking place in the German general election Sunday, attention was already turning to what coalition will rule the country. Social Democrats handing out flowers hope their party will stay in the ruling coalition. Few doubt that Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, CDU, ...