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San Francisco-based inventor devises cheap haptic device to help visually impaired . "Tacit" uses sensors which measure distances from one inch to 10 feet . Rubber pads apply more pressure as a user gets closer to an object .
[ "(CNN) -- It started out life as a new video game concept but quickly morphed into a prototype with a far more practical vision -- a haptic device to help the blind and visually impaired. Tacit is a wrist-mounted device which informs the wearer about the proximity of objects in complex environments, according to it...
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South Koreans are growing worried at the increasingly hostile signs from the North . North Korea recently threatened "physical countermeasures" against Seoul . Comes after fresh U.N. sanctions against the regime following its satellite launch . Pyongyang has promised to resume underground nuclear tests, its third since...
[ "Near the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea (CNN) -- Kim Jin Young peered through powerful binoculars across the last frontier of the Cold War. He traveled from Seoul by bus, along with dozens of other curious day-trippers, many with their young children, to visit the Odu Mountain public observatory here, which overl...
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Google Science Fair is the first global online science competition . Fair open to full-time students ages 13 to 18 . Prizes include a trip to the Galapagos Islands and $120,000 in scholarships .
[ "(Fast Company) -- For years, employees at Google have suggested a project near and dear to their nerd hearts: a Google-led science fair. \"It's come up over and over and over again,\" says Cristin Frodella, a senior product marketing manager in education at Google. After all, many a Googler has fond childhood mem...
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Businesses are increasingly using games to train employees heading overseas . Games rely on simulated realities to give users a practical experience . Mr Travel is the first security travel game on the market. It guides users through a variety of potentially dangerous scenarios .
[ "(CNN) -- Video games are no longer viewed as the preserve of teenage timewasters but as useful tools for businesses to prepare employees headed overseas. \"Serious games\", as they're generally referred to (distinguishing them from those played for entertainment), often employ simulations of real-life scenarios, g...
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New hotels and lodging revamps are welcoming skiers this season . The Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado, reopens in mid-December . Stay in an old rail car at the Izaak Walton Inn near Glacier National Park .
[ "(CNN) -- Snowflakes are piling up at many major U.S. ski areas, and many of you are anxiously pulling your gear out of storage in preparation to hit the slopes. In anticipation of the march to the mountains, we thought you might like to know what's new at select lodgings in some of America's favorite ski destinati...
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Aaron Greene, 31, was arrested by police on December 29 . He was initially charged with possession of an explosive substance . Police say they have evidence that Greene allegedly planned to target a monument . He allegedly told people he wanted to blow up the Washington Square Arch, police said .
[ "New York (CNN) -- A man arrested on suspicion of possession of an explosive substance allegedly told people he planned to blow up the iconic arch in New York City's Washington Square Park, authorities say. Aaron Greene, 31, was arrested in December after police say they discovered the explosive substance and a saw...
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Croatia to play Serbia in 2014 World Cup qualifier on Friday . The match will be the first between the two teams since war ended in 1995 . Croatia are currently on 10 points, six points ahead of Serbia . The coaches of the two teams have called for calm ahead of the match .
[ "(CNN) -- When Serbia and Croatia take to the field at Zagreb's Maksimir Stadium on Friday, memories of a bloody, war-torn history between the neighboring countries will be brought sharply into focus. The 2014 World Cup qualifying tie will be the first time the two teams have played each other since the break up of...
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Tens of thousands protest at the opera house, calling the prime minister a dictator . He leaves by a back door to avoid the demonstration . Critics are upset about the new constitution, which they call anti-democratic . Amnesty International and Hillary Clinton have expressed concerns .
[ "Budapest, Hungary (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of people protested against Hungary's new constitution in Budapest Monday night, demanding that Prime Minister Viktor Orban resign. Crowds outside the city's opera house called the prime minister \"Viktator\" -- a pun on \"dictator\" -- as Orban and other dignitaries at...
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Ash cloud prompts cancellation of dozens of flights, . Authorities have raised safety threshold for flying in ash cloud . Scientists say ash particles produced by Grimsvotn volcano are less hazardous than those from Eyjafjallajokull .
[ "London (CNN) -- Icelandic volcano ash is affecting flights in European airspace, but authorities say it is unlikely to cause the same levels of disruption triggered by a similar eruption last year. So what are the main differences between the two volcanic ash clouds and to what extent will travel plans be hit? Who...
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Who will blink first in Washington's fiscal cliff showdown? Without a deal, everyone's taxes go up next year . Senate Republicans reject a tax plan already passed by Democrats . President Obama pushed his campaign stance on taxes .
[ "(CNN) -- Call it a bigger, bolder version of the deadline-driven congressional stalemates over taxes and spending that have come to define Washington dysfunction of the past two years. The latest edition of political \"blinksmanship\" pits President Barack Obama and Democrats against Speaker John Boehner and Repub...
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After plummeting for 11 weeks, gas prices are inching back up, a survey finds . Expect them to jump a bit more in the coming days, the publisher says . The highest average in the survey is in Long Island; the lowest is in Salt Lake City .
[ "(CNN) -- After plummeting for three months, gas prices are working their way back up, according to a survey published Sunday. The average price of a gallon of regular is $3.32, up more than 6 cents from three weeks earlier, the Lundberg Survey found. Over 11 weeks between October and late December, the average dro...
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"Designing 007: 50 years of Bond Style" opens at London gallery . Exhibition, with over 400 Bond archive items, explores design behind 007 films . Showcase includes bikini of first Bond Girl, the golden gun and Bond's 1964 Aston Martin .
[ "(CNN) -- For 50 years one spy has outfoxed, outgunned, and outdressed every villain thrown his way. His name? Bond ... James Bond. Now a new 007 exhibition in London is celebrating the half century since the world's most famous secret agent first appeared on screen. It was 1962 when Sean Connery's Bond defeated Dr...
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Feds seek forfeiture of Bernard Madoff's riches . Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to operating a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme . Document filed with court: Madoff values his business at $700 million . Some of the real estate listed is said to be bought by wife .
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- Federal prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of Bernard Madoff's four homes and other assets after Madoff's guilty plea to masterminding a massive investment fraud. Convicted investment swindler Bernard Madoff is shown in his federal mug shot. Madoff is in jail at the Metropolitan Correctional ...
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Wayne LaPierre: Effort under way to reinstate Clinton-era gun ban . He says claims that 95% of Mexico drug guns come from U.S. aren't backed up . LaPierre: Our gun freedoms aren't responsible for fueling the drug war . He says U.S. should seal the border and enforce existing gun laws .
[ "Editor's note: Wayne LaPierre has served as the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association of America since 1991. His latest book is \"The Global War on Your Guns: Inside the U.N. Plan to Destroy the Bill of Rights.\" Wayne LaPierre says the Mexican drug war isn't a reas...
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The largely Sunni and secular Iraqiya bloc is boycotting parliament . It could unravel Iraq's fragile power-sharing government . Critics of Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki say is amassing power . The political chaos raises fears of sectarian strife .
[ "Baghdad (CNN) -- As the last U.S. soldiers exited Iraq Sunday and debate was raging about the nation's future, political crisis erupted in Baghdad that raised fears of more sectarian strife to come. Iraqiya, a powerful political bloc that draws support largely from Sunni and more secular Iraqis, said it was boycot...
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City put up $1 million reward in Dorner case . Question is whether anyone met wording of offer . Dorner died in mountain cabin east of Los Angeles .
[ "(CNN) -- It's the million-dollar reward that's raising a million-dollar question: Who, if anyone, is entitled to the money offered in the hunt for Christopher Dorner? The catch is that Dorner, the rogue former Los Angeles police officer who sparked a massive manhunt, was never captured. He died after a shootout an...
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Aaron David Miller: Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu have a tense relationship . Miller: It's smart for Obama to visit Israel now since there are less expectations . He says the trip will give Obama a chance to show empathy for Israelis and help create a bond . Miller: One trip won't be transformational, but it's a ...
[ "(CNN) -- It's pretty rare for sitting presidents to visit Israel. Only four have done so since the state of Israel was created (Nixon, Carter, Clinton and George W. Bush). So why is Barack Obama going? And why is this president -- so early in his second term -- reaching out to an Israeli prime minister with whom h...
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"Israel will not return to the indefensible boundaries of 1967," he says . The Israeli prime minister addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress . Palestinians refuse to accept the Jewish state, Netanyahu says . A protester screams, "Equal rights for Palestine" before police escort her out .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress Tuesday that he is prepared to make \"painful compromises\" for a peace deal with Palestinians, but reiterated his insistence that Israel will never return to the boundaries that existed before the 1967 Middle E...
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Former prison guards are charged with racketeering for allegedly smuggling cell phones . Officials say prison inmates used the phones to plot serious crimes, including killings . The arrests of 17 former corrections officers were part of Operation Prison Cell .
[ "(CNN) -- How were inmates inside a Texas prison allegedly able to make cell phone calls, plot crimes and acquire drugs? With the help of 17 former corrections officers who once worked at the prison, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed this week. Now the former officers and 12 others have been arr...
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It is not known which mood disorder Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. may have . Many with mood disorders only have depressions, which is called "unipolar depression" Others have "bipolar depression," which includes manic episodes .
[ "(CNN) -- Judging by the 5 a.m. call I got yesterday from a national news network, and from the barrage of in-print, online and televised discussion I saw as the day wore on, it is clear that the revelation that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is being treated at a \"residential treatment facility\" for a mood disorder has ...
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Celebs have flocked to Twitter to voice their excitement about the ruling . @oliviawilde: Woohoo!! Die Prop 8 Die!!!! @TheEllenShow: Today we took another step towards equality .
[ "(EW.com) -- A federal appeals court has ruled California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional in a decision announced earlier today, likely sending the case to the Supreme Court. \"Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gay men and lesbians in Califo...
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Champions League draw being made in Monaco on Thursday . 32 sides have qualified for the group stages led by title holders Inter Milan . The teams are split into eight groups of four teams with the top two going through .
[ "(CNN) -- Inter Milan will learn their early group opponents as they begin their defense of the Champions League crown when the draw is made in Monaco on Thursday. Milan, who beat Bayern Munich in last May's final, are in the same top-seeded pot with the Germans. They are joined by British trio Manchester United, ...
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The massive system sweeping the U.S. wraps up with a wet finale . The far Northeast should see snow . Slushy snow or rain should fall from Boston on down .
[ "(CNN) -- It will be a messy weekend in the Northeast and the Deep South as the massive weather system that walloped 20 states with a snowstorm rolls off toward the Atlantic Ocean. A winter storm is expected to deposit up to 10 inches of snow in isolated pockets of western Massachusetts, and 6 inches to a foot in p...
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Rony Delgarde reprocesses donated paint and ships it to organizations in developing countries . Delgarde founded the nonprofit Global Paint for Charity in Atlanta . His goal is to rehabilitate and beautify struggling communities and protect the environment . Global Paint is raising money for a machine to process large ...
[ "(CNN) -- Rony Delgarde immigrated to the United States from Haiti with only $5 and a Bible. The first thing he saw when he landed at Miami International Airport were all the colorfully painted buildings. \"People paint their house yellow, white, red, blue and I said, 'Wow, there's so much paint in this country!'\"...
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Dean Obeidallah would love an Oscar, but thinks they mostly don't matter in long run . He says telecast not the draw it once was, and winning doesn't mean bigger box office . He says for stars win often doesn't mean work; award season makes Oscars anticlimatic . Obeidallah: Why not give Oscar awards first, then follow ...
[ "(CNN) -- If I won an Oscar, I'd carry it around it with me everywhere. I'd start every conversation with, \"Well, as an Oscar winner...\" I'd wear a pin that says, \"Ask me about my Oscar.\" I might even get a tattoo on my neck of the golden figurine. But that's just me. Because beyond the personal thrill of winni...
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NEW: PG&E president stresses that city of San Bruno nor residents were at fault . "We are affirming our commitment to do the right thing," Chris Johns says . Eight died and dozens of homes were destroyed when pipeline ruptured in 2010 .
[ "(CNN) -- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Tuesday that it is liable for the San Bruno, California, pipeline rupture, which killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes in September 2010, and will compensate the victims. \"We are taking on financial responsibility so that everyone injured in the accident will b...
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Hong Kong's highest court rejects final appeal of Filipino workers to gain residency . Case had implications for the future independence of the Hong Kong judiciary . Chief Justice: domestic helpers "told from the outset that admission is not for the purposes of settlement" Lawyers argued immigration rules excluding for...
[ "Hong Kong (CNN) -- Hong Kong's highest court on Monday rejected the final appeal of two Filipino workers to gain permanent residency in Hong Kong, dealing a blow to thousands of foreign domestic helpers seeking to make the Chinese territory their permanent home. The Court of Final Appeal also rejected a request fr...
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Former U.S. national soccer coach Bob Bradley accepts offer from Egyptian FA . Its president Sameer Zahir says the 53-year-old is due in Cairo to sign contract . Bradley was sacked by U.S. Soccer in June after five years in the role . He guided the U.S. to the last 16 of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa .
[ "(CNN) -- The Egyptian Football Association says it has reached an agreement with Bob Bradley for the former U.S. coach to take control of the north African country's soccer team. The 53-year-old will take over from Hassan Shahatah, who left the position after Egypt failed to qualify for the 2012 African Cup of Nat...
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Federal investigators recently learned of 1988 leak . Utility said it came across record during search of documents . Pipeline rupture last year near San Francisco killed 8 . National Transportation Safety Board issues new recommendations .
[ "(CNN) -- Investigators only recently were told that a natural gas pipeline that ruptured last year in San Bruno, California, killing eight people, had a leak more than 20 years before, federal officials said Wednesday. Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, made the disclosure dur...
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Four climbers thought to be missing are found alive and well, police say . Police: Three of the dead are British, three German, two Spanish and one Swiss . 28 climbers were caught by falling snow high in the Mont Blanc range, police say . French climbers were also involved in the accident .
[ "(CNN) -- A summer climbing expedition in the French Alps turned to tragedy early Thursday when a six-foot wall of snow came crashing down on two groups of climbers, leaving nine dead, French police said. Two people caught in the avalanche on the Mont Blanc massif were found alive in the snow afterward. Four others...
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7 women die after a fire breaks out inside a garment factory in Dhaka, police say . The building did not have a fire alarm and its exit door was locked, a witness says . In November, 112 people died after a fire at another factory in Bangladesh .
[ "Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Seven female workers were killed Saturday afternoon in yet another fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh's capital, police said. \"We have found seven bodies of workers who died either in a stampede or (after) jumping from the second floor of the factory as a fire broke out,\" Chowdhu...
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NEW: "North Korea will achieve nothing by threats," President Obama says . NEW: Obama says North Korea's "bad behavior" will not be rewarded . NEW: Obama makes his first trip to the Korean Demilitarized Zone . The president is in South Korea for an international nuclear summit .
[ "Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- President Barack Obama warned North Korea Sunday that if it moves forward with a planned test-firing of a long-range missile, it will further deepen its isolation, damage relations with its neighbors and face additional sanctions that have already strangled the country. \"North Korea wi...
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Oscar Pistorius is running in the 2012 Olympics on prosthetic legs . Paul Wolpe: Is it fair for amputee athletes to compete with able-bodied athletes? He asks what would happen when prosthetic technology becomes even more advanced . Wolpe: Decision to let Pistorius participate in the Olympics raises many ethical issues...
[ "(CNN) -- Oscar Pistorius, the South African amputee who is running in the 2012 Olympics on prosthetic legs, might be surprised to learn he is part of a history that traces back 3,500 years. Many ancient civilizations used prosthetic limbs made of wood and metal to get soldiers back into battle. They were also used...
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Egypt fans allowed to attend World Cup qualifier against Zimbabwe in Alexandria . Previous home match was played behind closed doors due to security fears . "Pharaohs" seeking to qualify for World Cup finals for first time since 1990 . Guinea's 0-0 draw with Mozambique gives Bob Bradley's team to extend lead .
[ "(CNN) -- A few thousand Egyptian fans will watch their national soccer team continue its bid to end a long World Cup wait on Tuesday, but coach Bob Bradley says that a population of 85 million are praying for victory. His \"Pharaohs\" will take on Zimbabwe knowing that a win will put the side five points clear of ...
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A new rule mandates that ads maintain the same volume as TV shows . It stems from the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation, or CALM, Act . Political ads must comply .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Say goodbye to one of the greatest irritants of modern life: television commercials that are MUCH LOUDER THAN THE SHOW YOU ARE WATCHING! Beginning Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission is barring broadcasters and pay TV providers from airing excessively loud commercials, saying ads mu...
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Six-time champion Roger Federer could face Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon semifinals . Federer ended world No. 2's long unbeaten run at the French Open two weeks ago . Swiss star had lost his previous two grand slam semis against the Serbian . The 16-time major winner says he can beat Djokovic "on any surface"
[ "(CNN) -- Roger Federer is confident he can beat Novak Djokovic again if he meets the world No. 2 in the semifinals of a grand slam for the fourth time in a row at Wimbledon. The third seed ended Djokovic's 43-match winning run at the French Open two weeks ago, but failed to add to his record 16 major titles as he ...
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Serena and Venus Williams are the players their female rivals hope to avoid at Wimbledon . American sisters have won the grass-court grand slam nine times between them . World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki is drawn to potentially meet Serena in semifinals . Maria Sharapova, the 2004 champion, is in the same half of the wome...
[ "(CNN) -- World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki is looking to win her first grand slam crown. Maria Sharapova, one of her predecessors as the top women's tennis player, is returning to the scene of her breakthrough title. Both players are adamant that their biggest obstacles to success at Wimbledon this year will be the W...
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NEW: The man is a Norwegian citizen with a foreign background, police say . NEW: The man suffered severe injuries and will have surgery Wednesday, police say . NEW: Police say the man's motives for setting himself afire remain unclear . Anders Behring Breivik is on trial on charges of committing acts of terror and volu...
[ "(CNN) -- A man set himself on fire Tuesday outside the court in Norway's capital, Oslo, where Anders Behring Breivik is on trial over terrorist attacks last summer that killed 77 people. \"We don't know much about his motives, but he set himself alight outside the courthouse. Police were quick to put the fire out,...
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Italian prosecutors find links to Asia, South America and other parts of Europe . Former international Cristiano Doni among 17 people arrested on Monday . Atalanta veteran had already been banned from football in August after first probe . Italian journalist says it is likely clubs are involved in the scandal as well a...
[ "(CNN) -- Football's latest match-fixing scandal could have implications far wider than Italy, where 17 people were arrested on Monday including former World Cup player Cristiano Doni. Doni had already been banned until 2014 by the Italian Football Federation in the first part of the \"Last Bet\" investigation earl...
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The motive behind the shooting remains unclear, police chief says . A newspaper reports that Lane's father was arrested for violent crimes . Witnesses say T.J. Lane shot 5 people, 3 fatally . "He never would go into detail. He just said he had family trouble," a friend says .
[ "(CNN) -- T.J. Lane didn't belong to any particular clique in the schools he attended, fellow students said. Those who knew him described him as quiet, someone who was guarded and rarely spoke about his tumultuous family life. But they never would have thought that he'd be described as a killer -- until Monday, whe...
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The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong holds Guinness Record for world's highest hotel suite . Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago can give views to Lake Michigan on a good day . Q1 Resort and Spa is tallest building in Southern Hemisphere .
[ "(CNN) -- Around the world, city-defining skyscrapers are pushing the limits of technology and engineering. The best part -- many of them are home to luxury hotels, giving travelers the chance to check in, look down and soak up the cities below. The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong . Sitting atop the 488-meter International...
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Napoli beat Juventus 2-0 win win Italian Cup for first time since 1987 . Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamsik score second-half goals to seal the win . Alessandro del Piero ends 19-year Juventus career with defeat . In France, Montpellier wins title for first time, leaving PSG second .
[ "(CNN) -- Napoli won the Italian Cup final 2-0 on Sunday to shatter Juventus' hopes of a domestic double and ruin Alessandro del Piero's final game for the Old Lady. Second-half goals by Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamsik gave Napoli their first Italian Cup win since 1987 when Diego Maradona led the team in an unprece...
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U.S. magistrate judge rules city had not shown enough reason to trump press freedoms . City asked for the footage to use to defend itself against a federal lawsuit . "The Central Park five" were convicted of raping 28-year-old woman in 1989 . The men have since been exonerated and have filed the lawsuit .
[ "New York (CNN) -- A federal judge has blocked New York City from acquiring footage produced by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about a 1989 rape case concerning five wrongfully convicted men. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis ruled Tuesday that the city had not shown enough reason to trump press freedoms when ...
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International sites take wagers on who will win the election . It is illegal, however, to make such bets in the U.S. Obama is getting better odds than Romney right now .
[ "(CNN) -- In the winter of 2011, Chris, a 23-year old professional poker player, was confident that his candidate, President Barack Obama, would keep control of the White House in November of 2012. But instead of ordering a few lawn signs or volunteering to go door-to-door for the campaign, he put his money where h...
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Ne Quittez Pas' special menu features dishes made with dirt . Soil is heated to kill bacteria . Menu is anything but dirt cheap .
[ "Tokyo (CNN) -- It reads like a palate-pleasing menu. You start out with a truffle soup, followed by oysters and then a main course of flounder with risotto and vegetables. There's a side of potatoes and you finish it off with a scoop of ice cream. Here's the twist -- this all comes with a generous helping of dirt....
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Next America's Cup to be decided between Alinghi and Oracle in February . Regatta will be contested in multi-hull boats -- trimarans or catamarans . U.S. team Oracle revealed its design of a 90 ft boat last year . CNN's MainSail tries to get a sneak preview of the as yet unseen Alinghi boat .
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The court battle may finally be over, but there is still a great mystery hanging over the next America's Cup event: What will the holders use to defend the trophy? America's Cup team Oracle has trialed a trimaran which it revealed in September 2008 . Established in 1851, the America's Cup ...
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U.N. finds gang-rape rampant; men forced to rape daughters, mothers, sisters . Victims shot or stabbed in genital area, survivors forced to eat excrement, flesh . Army, police, non-state militias involved, protected by senior authorities . Justice system does nothing to protect women and girls from atrocities .
[ "GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) -- Extreme sexual violence against women is pervasive in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and local authorities do little to stop it or prosecute those responsible, a U.N. investigator said on Monday. A woman struggles to describe her rape by military members. Health workers ca...
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Albany-area woman is accused of hiring strippers for her son's 16th birthday . Judy Viger, 33, is charged with five counts of endangering the welfare of a child . Photos posted on Facebook alerted the parents of teens who attended .
[ "(CNN) -- An upstate New York mother is accused of hiring strippers for her son's 16th birthday party late last year, according to the Saratoga County District Attorney. Judy Viger, 33, of Gansevoort is charged with five counts of endangering the welfare of a child, District Attorney James Murphy said in a statemen...
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Video filmed in multiple New Orleans locations . Song is allusion to The Meters' Mardi Gras . Song recorded in emotional aftermath of Katrina .
[ "(CNN) -- Like you, a lot of us are bummed about not making it (once again) to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. That's why we got New Orleans native Judd Harris and his band Visible From Space to send us a little Fat Tuesday love, courtesy of the band's new music video, \"If You Axe Me (A Love Letter to New Orleans).\" ...
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Boeing's entire fleet of 787 Dreamliners has been grounded over a battery fire risk . Grounding stalls the Dreamliner programme, which has a backlog of about 800 orders . Murdo Morrison says the grounding demonstrates the rigor of aviation regulation . Best case scenario is that the battery problem is isolated, Morriso...
[ "(CNN) -- Could it get any worse for Boeing? Its entire fleet of 787 Dreamliners - the most technologically advanced airliner in the world - has been grounded over the risk of a battery catching fire in flight. That followed a series of incidents in the last few weeks affecting high-profile early customers of its g...
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Lithium-ion batteries at center of Boeing Dreamliner grounding . Safety board chair Deborah Hersman says any new technology has inherent risks . Likely role for battery technology in aviation with safeguards, Hersman says . Lithium-ion battery failures very rare during use, expert says .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Lithium-ion batteries, under global scrutiny following Boeing 787 Dreamliner fires, likely have a future in aviation provided there are adequate safeguards, a top U.S. safety advocate said on Wednesday. \"I would not want to categorically say that these batteries are not safe. Any new technolog...
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ANA: 787's main battery failed to start normally on three occasions last year . Batteries have become a focus of the Boeing Dreamliner 787 safety investigation . An inspection of the Japan firm that makes the batteries found no serious problems . Authorities worldwide continue to ground the aircraft amid safety concern...
[ "(CNN) -- A Japanese carrier has revealed that it replaced faulty batteries on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet last year, as aviation authorities worldwide continue to ground the aircraft amid safety concerns over the devices. In an interview with the New York Times, All Nippon Airways (ANA) said the aircraft's mai...
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Alberto Morales, 42, was shot early Saturday . He escaped from custody Monday, after allegedly stabbing a detective . Authorities tracked Morales to a wooded area near where a home was burglarized .
[ "(CNN) -- Authorities in Texas shot and killed an escaped prisoner early Saturday, several days after they say he stabbed a detective tasked with taking him across the country. Alberto Morales, 42, was killed shortly after he was located in a wooded area in Grapevine, near Dallas, said Grapevine Police Department s...
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Jay Jennings: Jerry Sandusky was coddled by the culture of college football . Jennings: Big-time college sports feed us fantasy that coaches are moral leaders . He says winning games gives coaches a cloak of invincibility . Jennings: Sandusky escaped scrutiny because we put him on a pedestal .
[ "(CNN) -- A few days ago, a sportswriter friend of mine posted on his Facebook page a picture of a child-sized athletic T-shirt with the words \"Destined to Be Drafted\" printed on front. He commented, \"Just in case anybody thought youth sports culture ISN'T getting outta hand.\" Sandusky's child sex abuse allegat...
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He was one of Brazil's geniuses, the nation's president says . He was 104 . The mayor of Rio de Janeiro called for three days of mourning .
[ "(CNN) -- Brazil's most influential modern architect Oscar Niemeyer, whose resume includes the United Nations building in New York, passed away on Wednesday. He was 104. Niemeyer spent the last month in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro in frail health, according to his doctor Fernando Gjorup. Neimeyer died after suffer...
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Production on the long-awaited big-screen version of "24" has been pushed back to 2013 . Keifer Sutherland recently told Jay Leno the script was all systems go . "24" writer Howard Gordon said they were still working to bring Jack Bauer to the big screen .
[ "(EW.com) -- Despite star Kiefer Sutherland's hopes that the \"24\" movie would begin shooting next month, no amount of Jack Bauer beatdowns can get the seemingly cursed production off the ground, according to TheWrap. Production on the long-awaited big-screen version of the addictive TV show has been pushed back t...
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Police say the six suspects have appeared in court . Protesters say state authorities haven't done enough . Four men are suspected of raping and robbing a Swiss woman, police say . The woman and her husband are recovering at the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi .
[ "New Delhi (CNN) -- As the men accused of raping and robbing a Swiss tourist in central India appeared in court Monday, protesters said the case is a troubling example of the growing problem of violence against women. Opposition lawmakers organized protests throughout India's Madhya Pradesh state Monday and called ...
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Ellison, 77, has been writing for 55 years . Writer was influential in "new wave" that was character-driven . He is a best-seller who is unknown by many readers, experts say . Ellison has several new projects about to be released .
[ "New York (CNN) -- Renowned speculative fiction writer Harlan Ellison is about to be inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, recognizing a career that has spanned more than five decades in which he's made contributions to literature, television and film. Called one of the \"great living American short story...
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A Facebook page is set up to help locate missing graduate Will Norton . He was one of about 450 seniors to graduate from Joplin High School Sunday . The high school principal says the school looks like "it's been bombed from the outside in" Joplin's public school district has canceled classes for the rest of the year .
[ "Joplin, Missouri (CNN) -- Like nearly every high school senior who has donned a cap and gown, Scott Lauridsen was excited. Finally, after four years at Joplin High School, it was time to go. Graduate. Celebrate. Step up to the next stage of his young life. \"I was excited -- ready to start things new and move onto...
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Smithfield Packing Company recalls 38,000 pounds of sausage . It may contain small pieces of plastic, likely from gloves . There are no reports of injuries . The sausage was sold in 11 states and the District of Columbia .
[ "(CNN) -- Packaged meat company Smithfield Packing Company is recalling some 38,000 pounds of pork sausage because it may contain small pieces of plastic, likely from gloves, the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Thursday. The sausages were sold in 11 states and the District of Columbia. The recalle...
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Christof Innerhofer becomes second Italian skier to win three races in a World Cup season . He bounces back after winning no medals at this month's world championships in Austria . Georg Streitberger's second place makes Austria first nation to reach 500 World Cup podiums . Carolina Ruiz Castillo becomes first Spanish ...
[ "(CNN) -- Less is proving to be more for Christof Innerhofer, who equaled an Italian skiing record by claiming his third World Cup victory this season on Saturday. The 28-year-old's pre-season preparations were hampered by a back problem, but he is enjoying his best campaign following his downhill win at Garmisch-P...
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NEW: Gadhafi's son: Libyan diplomats who turn their backs on Gadhafi are "hypocrites" Armed civilians take defensive positions in a town they control near Tripoli . Gadhafi's nurse goes home to Ukraine . People race to banks to claim a $400 government handout .
[ "Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi seemed increasingly cornered Sunday as security forces defected to the opposition in a town near the capital and the United Nations Security Council voted for tough restrictions on and possible war crimes charges against the Libyan regime. Former secu...
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NEW: Larry Hagman reveled in the role of J.R. Ewing, his co-stars say . NEW: Hagman died of complications from cancer, his family said . The statement was posted on Hagman's official web site . Hagman was best known as iconic villain J.R. Ewing of "Dallas"
[ "(CNN) -- Actor Larry Hagman, who created one of television's iconic villains with the treacherous J.R. Ewing of \"Dallas,\" died Friday, according to a family statement. He was 81. Hagman died at a Dallas hospital of complications from cancer, said the statement posted on Hagman's official web site early Saturday....
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Some 50% of the world's total languages may die out by the year 2100 . Google on Thursday launched a website devoted to language preservation . The interactive site allows users to hear and 'read' endangered languages . Uniting smaller preservation efforts under Google may speed up preservation .
[ "(CNN) -- Will you be any worse off the moment humans cease to speak in Aragonese? How about Navajo, or Ojibwa? Or Koro, a language only just discovered in a tiny corner of northeast India? No, you probably wouldn't, not in that moment. But humanity would be. Science, art and culture would be. If, as the phrase goe...
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An anonymous donor drops off a framed piece of art at a Goodwill in Washington state . Goodwill staff thinks it's "ugly" and declares: "Why would anybody want that?" But it's a Salvador Dali etching, signed by the master surrealist . Goodwill is auctioning the Dali on its website until Monday: bidding is now $10k+ .
[ "(CNN) -- When an anonymous donor gave art to the Goodwill as an early holiday gift this month, the staff thought it was junk. \"Across the board they thought it was ugly,\" said Shea Munroe, who sorts the art and collectibles donated at Goodwill Industries in Federal Way, Washington. Co-workers told her: \"What is...
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North Korea has threatened more missile and nuclear tests . Patrick Cronin says the threats came in response to reasonable sanctions imposed on N. Korea . He says it may be prudent to show N. Korea that such provocations won't succeed .
[ "(CNN) -- \"Even if you know the way,\" an ancient Korean proverb advises, \"ask one more time.\" If North Korea's latest cycle of misdeeds, followed by international censure, followed by menacing words out of Pyongyang has a familiar ring to it, it is because this behavior has become a fixture of the accordion-lik...
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The CW is officially developing a spinoff for "Vampire Diaries" The story centers around the original family of vampires and stars Joseph Morgan (Klaus) Phoebe Tonkin, who plays sexy werewolf Hayley on "TVD," is also set to star .
[ "(EW.com) -- Huge \"Vampire Diaries\" news: The CW is officially developing a spinoff for the Thursday hit and you're going to have a chance to see the pilot. After years of rumors about extending the supernatural franchise, The CW has decided to launch a backdoor pilot for a spinoff within the show's current fourt...
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South Korean government is training some of the brightest code-breaking minds . "Best of the Best" program designed to train computer experts to defend against cyber attacks . Seoul has accused North Korea of being behind many of these cyber attacks .
[ "Seoul (CNN) -- Picture the scene: dozens of computer hackers poring over their keyboards in a room filled with powerful computers, feverishly typing in code most of us could never comprehend. Their mission? To \"break in\" to virtual servers in a simulated world. Yet these particular hackers are not breaking the l...
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Chris Kyle was gunned down February 2, alongside a friend . A veteran faces murder charges in their deaths . Kyle's widow remembers her husband as a "warrior both on and off the battlefield"
[ "(CNN) -- Friends and family of a slain ex-Navy SEAL sniper gathered Monday at a football stadium in north Texas to say their final goodbyes. Chris Kyle, America's self-proclaimed most deadly military sniper, was shot and killed February 2 at a gun range, alongside his friend, Chad Littlefield. Another veteran, Edd...
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Australia is first football team to arrive in South Africa ahead of the World Cup . The Socceroos were the first team to qualify and will play Germany in their first match . Five-time winners Brazil also arrived in South Africa on Thursday . 90,000 extra World Cup tickets will go on sale on Friday morning .
[ "(CNN) -- World Cup CEO Danny Jordaan has said South Africa is ready for the start of the 2010 World Cup which begins on 11 June, as the Australian national team became the first participating side to arrive in the host country. The Socceroos landed in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, where they will train for th...
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Sergio Peña, 19, graduated from NASCAR's diversity program . NASCAR has been criticized for lack of diversity . Peña's father spent more than $1 million funding his son's dream .
[ "(CNN) -- Nineteen-year-old Sergio Peña is living his dream. \"You know, to be a race car driver -- it almost doesn't seem real,\" he said. \"It doesn't seem like a job at all. It's more like play to me.\" Peña may say it feels like play, but his work ethic says otherwise. \"He is a very methodical, very calculated...
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Sen. Rand Paul says Obama administration added to national debt . $6 trillion added "in just one term," Paul says . Spending has gone up during current administration .
[ "(CNN) -- Sen. Rand Paul, the son of libertarian-leaning Republican Ron Paul, threw some red meat to the Republican National Convention crowd Wednesday night by counting up the increase in the debt under the Obama administration. \"President Obama's administration will add nearly $6 trillion to our national debt in...
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Miller: Filmmakers must have known "Tropic Thunder" would be controversial . Demands made by activist groups are over the top, Miller says . The film is a satire aimed at Hollywood, not at disabled people, he says . Miller: The R-rating means film will be seen by adults who can understand it .
[ "Editor's Note: Neil Miller, executive editor of the film Web site FilmSchoolRejects.com, is an online film critic based in Columbus, Ohio. For another view, read here. Neil Miller says activists are making outlandish demands of a film that parodies Hollywood. COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) -- It is hard to imagine that Drea...
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Pros and coaches offer "StarCraft II" training tips . In South Korea, video games are a professional sport . Mental and physical toughness are important for pro gamers, coaches say . "E-sport athletes" also watch tape of their opponents' previous matches .
[ "(CNN) -- If you know much about the real-time strategy game \"StarCraft II,\" you may have heard a term that will sound completely bizarre to people outside the video game world: A.P.M. It stands for Actions Per Minute, and it refers to the number of keyboard and mouse clicks a person can make during 60 seconds of...
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Atlanta opera inspires visually impaired kids to "do anything" "I am so proud of myself," young girl says after performance . Program was formed in 1985 to help blind, visually impaired kids adjust from birth .
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- As little Tatyana Larbi, aka Little Miss Muffett, sings about selling her cotton and twigs to the \"sister pigs,\" you can tell the young girl is enjoying her moment in the limelight, even if she can't see the audience's response. The mother of Brooke Stegall, 5, says opera gave her visu...
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NEW: Army developing new physical tests to implement the policy . NEW: Veteran says the military will be pressured to lower standards . Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman says female gunner changed his perspective . Panetta says American women are already fighting and dying overseas .
[ "(CNN) -- For Gen. Martin Dempsey, Thursday's move to open combat units in the U.S. military to women had its roots nearly a decade ago, on the streets of Baghdad. Dempsey took command of the Army's 1st Armored Division in June 2003, when Iraqi insurgents were starting to target American troops with sniper fire, gr...
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Palestinian terrorist group claims responsibility for Israel attack, official says . Concerns growing about extremist activities in Sinai, officials say . A rocket is launched from Gaza, but no injuries are reported, Israeli police say . Attack will not deter border fence project, Israel's prime minister says .
[ "(CNN) -- A Palestinian terrorist group claimed responsibility Monday for the attack on an Israeli border fence construction site that left one worker and three attackers dead, according to a North Sinai intelligence officer. The attack on Israel's southern border with Egypt was the work of Palestinian Islamic Jiha...
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Silly horse names are a traditional part of the horse racing experience . But naming a thoroughbred is also fine art subject to strict international rules . A horse's name can influence betting among inexperienced punters . Important horse names, such as Frankel, are put on a protected register .
[ "(CNN) -- Say these names as fast as you can: Hoof Hearted, Whykickamoocow, Oh no it's my mother-in-law, Maythehorsebewithyou. It's not a playground tongue twister, but a legitimate list of horse names, announced at speed by racing commentators adept at wrapping their lips around some of the most difficult -- and r...
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NEW: Federal agency explains general policy . "Propaganda that they show the Palestinians as terrorists" is "not real," filmmaker says . Emad Burnat is nominated for "5 Broken Cameras," a documentary about West Bank . He and his family are eventually released, the publicist says .
[ "Los Angeles (CNN) -- The Palestinian maker of a film nominated for an Oscar was briefly detained by U.S. officials who questioned the validity of his Academy Awards invitation as he and his family arrived in Los Angeles for this weekend's event, his publicist told CNN on Wednesday. The brief detention of Emad Burn...
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has a new memoir, "My Beloved World" She is the first Latina to sit on the high court . The 58-year-old was named to the court in 2009 after 17 years as a federal judge .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- With \"candor comes a measure of vulnerability.\" Sonia Sotomayor wants readers to know in the first pages of her new memoir that this will be different from other books by members of the Supreme Court. The dynamic story of the first Latina to sit as a justice seeks to inspire by revealing ofte...
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A grand jury indicted Elias Abuelazam on charges of attempted murder and assault . He is suspected of stabbing 18 people, five fatally, in three states . The Friday indictment pertains to an August 7 attack in Toledo .
[ "(CNN) -- A grand jury in Ohio has indicted suspected serial stabber Elias Abuelazam on charges of attempted murder and assault in an attack on a church janitor in Toledo. Abuelazam is suspected of stabbing 18 victims in Michigan, Virginia and Ohio. Five people were killed in the attacks, which took place from May ...
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Powerful storm damages Ohio State University satellite campus . Buildings, residences damaged in Wooster .
[ "(CNN) -- A possible tornado damaged several buildings Thursday at the Ohio State University satellite campus in Wooster, Ohio, the National Weather Service and local fire officials said. The storm destroyed greenhouses and outer structures at the Agricultural Research and Developmental Center, said Capt. Rody Walt...
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NEW: Troy Davis's sister says she is disappointed and will keep fighting . The evidence Davis presented is "not credible" or "smoke and mirrors," court finds . Davis faces execution for killing an off-duty police officer in 1989 but says he is innocent . He was convicted in 1991 but witnesses have since recanted their ...
[ "(CNN) -- A death row prisoner in Georgia has not proven his innocence, a federal court ruled, according to papers released Tuesday. Troy Davis faces execution for the killing of a Savannah, Georgia, police officer in 1989. He has always said he did not kill Officer Mark MacPhail. The Supreme Court granted a stay o...
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NEW: Taylor is "fine and even better, comfortable," her publicist says . The actress checked into Cedars-Sinai this week . Doctors are monitoring an "ongoing condition," her rep says . Her leaky heart valve was fixed in October 2009 .
[ "Los Angeles (CNN) -- Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor is being treated in a Los Angeles hospital for \"symptoms caused by congestive heart failure,\" her representative said Friday. Taylor, 78, checked into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center this week for the \"ongoing condition,\" Taylor representative Jamie Cadwell s...
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NEW: Clinton suggests how countries can help . He says lack of money will cause a calamity . The former president is attending the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria . Reports from vaccine tests are two to three months away, he says .
[ "(CNN) -- With the promise of coming AIDS vaccines, former President Bill Clinton urged the world's nations Monday not to give up on funding to prevent a calamity. Overall support for global AIDS efforts from donor nations flattened amid last year's global economic crisis, according to a recent analysis of 2009 fun...
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Appeals court in Germany rules the Galaxy Tab 7.7 infringes on Apple's iPad patent . The tablet is now banned from sale across the European Union . The Galaxy Tab 10.1N is allowed to be sold, however . The original Galaxy Tab 10.1 had been banned, so Samsung changed its look .
[ "(Ars Technica) -- Samsung has taken another hit from Apple in Europe, thanks to an appeals court in Germany. The court ruled on Tuesday morning that the Galaxy Tab 7.7 indeed infringes upon Apple's design patent for the iPad, and banned it from sale across the EU. The Galaxy Tab 10.1N, however, managed to make its...
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Xi is expected to sign co-operation agreements with Tanzania, including a $10bn port project . The port, which is located north of Dar es Salaam, will be linked to a special industrial zone . The Tanzania-Zambia railroad, built in the 1970s, was one of China's first major infrastructure projects in Africa .
[ "(Financial Times) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to unveil a big port project in Tanzania during his first visit to Africa as head of state, highlighting China's growing infrastructure investments in the resource-rich continent. Chinese investment in and trade with Africa have soared over the past dec...
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After living together for months, couple marries to get him health insurance . They were denied a domestic partnership by state of Illinois . He was student, but university insurance was too costly . Bride now feels like member of some coveted club, a higher-class citizen .
[ "(The Frisky) -- I'd never been one of those girls who'd dreamt about her perfect wedding. The white wedding dress, the exorbitant costs, the fuss over a big, shiny rock -- none of it ever appealed to me. I wanted to find a lifelong partner, and a family sounded nice, too, but honestly? I never cared much about tha...
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NEW: Lockdown is lifted, classes will be back in session Saturday, school website says . A letter to a college administrator threatened violence Friday, a spokeswoman says . There have been no reports of violence or injuries, Betheny Herr adds .
[ "(CNN) -- A lockdown at an Ohio college was lifted Friday evening, hours after school officials received a \"threat of violence,\" the college's website said. The alert began around 11:30 a.m. Friday, after a letter sent to a College of Mount St. Joseph administrator threatened violence at the Cincinnati school, ac...
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Democrat Van Jones: "I think [Barack Obama] did not expect [Mitt] Romney to be able to throw that kind of heat." Democrat James Carville: "I just got the sense that the president would have preferred to be somewhere else." CNN Poll: 67% of registered voters who watched the debate said Romney won. In the same poll, 25% ...
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The split screen told the story -- when Mitt Romney was speaking, President Barack Obama was looking down; when Obama was speaking, Romney was looking at the president. \"It has killed jobs,\" Romney said during Wednesday's debate about the politically charged health care law pushed by Obama. \...
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Michigan bans race- and sex-based discrimination in university admissions . A federal appeals court last year concluded the 2006 ban violates the U.S. Constitution . Attorney: "This is a tremendous day for black and Latino students in the entire country" State: The ban embodies the fundamental premise of what America i...
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to confront another high-profile challenge to affirmative action in college admissions. The justices will decide the constitutionality of a voter referendum in Michigan banning race- and sex-based discrimination or preferential treatment in public university admi...
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NEW: Stark State College cleared for normal operations, school's website says . NEW: White powder found in letter received by Ohio State University professor . NEW: Hazmat teams sent to OSU detected no harmful readings from powder . Fine arts building closed at Kent State University at Stark, that school's website says...
[ "(CNN) -- Students and staff will be allowed to return to a northeast Ohio college campus Monday evening, following a bomb threat that had forced its evacuation earlier in the day, according to the school's website. The bomb threat had forced the evacuation of Stark State College in North Canton, Ohio. Some class...
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Jury split 9-3 in favor of death, but decision must be unanimous . Judge will sentence him to life with or without parole Saturday . Brian Nichols faced death penalty for killing four people in 2005 shooting rampage .
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Atlanta courthouse shooter Brian Nichols was spared a death sentence Friday after the jury deliberating his fate announced that it could not agree on a sentence. Brian Nichols was spared a death sentence after the jury in his trial announced it was deadlocked. Jurors told Superior Court J...
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Sandy has been the year's second most-talked-about topic on Facebook . As of 10 a.m. ET Tuesday, the most-shared term by U.S. users was "We are OK" Connecticut had the highest rate of chatter about the storm .
[ "(CNN) -- Superstorm Sandy has been the year's second most-talked-about topic on Facebook, after the Super Bowl, according to data provided to CNN by the social network. At its peak on Monday, Sandy scored an 8.34 on Facebook's \"Talk Meter,\" which measures chatter about a news event on a scale of 1 to 10 when com...
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The USS Guardian ran aground on a reef off the Philippines on January 17 . The U.S. Navy plans to cut the ship into pieces, then haul them away . The Navy is awaiting the arrival of a crane ship . The U.S. has assured the Philippines of "appropriate compensation" for reef damage .
[ "(CNN) -- Removing a stranded U.S. minesweeper from an environmentally delicate reef off the Philippines may take until April, the state-run Philippines News Agency reported Wednesday, citing the Philippines Coast Guard. The U.S. Navy is preparing to extract the USS Guardian from the Tubbataha Reef, a Philippine na...
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Dan Gorman had been at the University of Mount Union since 1985 . Officials said the bus collided with a state snow plow . All others on the bus requiring medical attention were treated and released .
[ "(CNN) -- The director of athletic training at an Ohio university died Tuesday night when a bus carrying the wrestling team and others crashed, the school said Wednesday. Dan Gorman, 52, director of athletic training and associate professor of human performance and sport business at the University of Mount Union, d...
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India's top court sentences Sanjay Dutt to five years in prison . It upheld his conviction on weapons charges related to bombings in Mumbai in 1993 . In 2006, Dutt was convicted of illegally possessing an AK-56 rifle and a 9 mm pistol . In his defense, the actor has said the weapons were meant to protect his family .
[ "New Delhi (CNN) -- India's top court Thursday sentenced a leading Bollywood star, Sanjay Dutt, to five years in prison in connection with bomb attacks in Mumbai in 1993. The supreme court in New Delhi upheld his conviction on charges of possessing illegal weapons tied to the bombings, which killed 257 people and w...
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Red River was 17 feet above its flood stage in Fargo, North Dakota, on Friday afternoon . River expected to crest this weekend, but not as high as last year's record 40.8 feet . More than 1 million sandbags have been filled in Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota . Despite flooding, Fargo mayor says, "we're in good shape toda...
[ "(CNN) -- Seven hundred thousand sandbags guarded the city of Fargo, North Dakota, Friday, lumpy and forlorn sentinels against the rising waters of the Red River. With the river at 17 feet above its flood stage, residents hoped they had done enough to protect themselves. \"The river is definitely well over its bank...
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Feinberg has handled 9/11, Sandusky, BP oil spill and VT massacre compensations . Donors provided the charitable fund with over $5 million for Aurora's victims . Families of the deceased and victims with debilitating damage will receive $220,000 . The shooter allegedly killed 12 and injured 58 on July 20 during a Batma...
[ "(CNN) -- No amount of money can make up for the loss of a loved one. But it does more for the survivors than just kind words, said the attorney handling compensation to victims after the Aurora, Colorado massacre. Families of those killed and some of the victims wounded in a shooting spree at a movie theater in Au...
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NEW: U.S. official says DEA was at the scene and helped with intelligence . Alfredo Guzman Salazar is the son of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman . He was arrested Thursday in Jalisco state, Mexican navy says . Father and son were indicted in Illinois on drug trafficking charges in 2009 .
[ "(CNN) -- The son of Mexico drug lord Joaquin \"El Chapo\" Guzman was arrested in western Mexico on Thursday, officials said. Alfredo Guzman Salazar was arrested in Jalisco state, the Mexican navy said in a statement. Just this month, Guzman Salazar was added to the U.S. Treasury Department's kingpin list. The depa...