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7f50fc79bc6f91146b7198b974320d4b5da8364a | Summarize the following news article. | World Health Organization considers increasing pandemic alert level to phase 6 .
Designation does not reflect the severity of the disease, but how widespread it is .
Phase 6 is highest on pandemic alert system and means global pandemic . | [
"(CNN) -- The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it is still considering increasing its pandemic alert level to phase 6 because of growing worldwide cases of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu. WHO considers raising the pandemic alert level to 6 as cases of H1N1 increase worldwide. \"Globally, we are at phase ... |
b3934ffc5d6f93224c964159900fe826b867e947 | Summarize the following news article. | Australian cases of the H1N1 virus reach more than 1,200 .
Phase 6 is highest on pandemic alert system and means global pandemic .
Designation does not reflect the severity of the disease, but how widespread it is . | [
"(CNN) -- A sharp increase in the number of reported cases of the H1N1 virus in Australia may prompt the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the first global pandemic in over forty years. Australian rugby league star Karmichael Hunt is one of several players being tested for the H1N1 virus. The number of Aus... |
69cca577c3a6ab3a3f1f2cb167c5a54e1f2eff31 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Authorities did not identify Ampatuan as a suspect .
Datu Unsay mayor led group that initially stopped civilians, police cite reports as saying .
Ampatuans hold leadership positions in Mindanao .
Authorities disband paramilitary force in the southern Philippines . | [
"Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- The son of a Philippines provincial governor is voluntarily turning himself in for questioning in the massacre of at least 57 unarmed civilians, a CNN affiliate reported Thursday. Andal Ampatuan Jr. -- who is the mayor of Datu Unsay and the son of Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan --... |
8af8de2c6257fc337ebf8d84ce75cc852c28fbf0 | Summarize the following news article. | Dinner in honor of Indian premier will take place on White House South Lawn .
Floral arrangements intended to pay homage to the Indian peacock .
Dinner reflecting Indian and American flavors uses herbs from White House garden . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Tables set in apple green, ruby and gold with arrangements of roses, hydrangeas and sweet peas awaited guests to Tuesday's White House state dinner. The place settings in fine china from three previous administrations -- Eisenhower, Clinton and George W. Bush -- are flanked by crystal glasses a... |
22316b87f38deac4e1ef2c5820832b311f5dc188 | Summarize the following news article. | NFL star Nnamdi Asomugha decides to help homeless teen after CNN report .
Kenneth Chancey, 17, lived in homeless shelter, yet made all A's and is class president .
Asomugha will take Chancey and 19 other inner-city kids on college tour in spring . | [
"Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The high school honor student and the NFL's highest-paid defensive back stroll down the destitute streets of Skid Row. \"I can sell you something right quick,\" a drug dealer hisses. Another shouts, \"Gonna whoop your ass!\" More expletives are hurled. Seventeen-year-old Kenneth C... |
3635c86432e15381cc8fd3d4b9d6b68fcfeabf99 | Summarize the following news article. | Watch a LIVE webcast on CNN.com on November 30, at 1200 GMT .
Leading anti-aging experts will share their insights on the search for immortality .
Send them your questions via soundoff, ireport and twitter . | [
"(CNN) -- Could humans one day live to be 1,000, and would that be a good thing? CNN's global health show Vital Signs has teamed up with world renowned anti-aging experts to bring you an in-depth discussion on the search for immortality. Vital Signs host and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta will b... |
6f5d4ba84ff23b57608152ad5025e6ffc57abd34 | Summarize the following news article. | Four killed, 2 hurt in southern Florida on Thanksgiving night .
Police searching for victims' relative in connection with the shootings .
Paul Michael Merhige, 35, may have "had ongoing resentment" for relatives, police say . | [
"(CNN) -- Six-year-old Makayla Sitton didn't get to act in The Nutcracker Ballet. The night before she was to go on stage, she was shot to death with three others in a home in Jupiter, Florida. \"I do not know how we're ever going to recover from this, but we know where she is. She is in heaven,\" her father, Jim ... |
608318c46d94c2f656f12e2c82dcf17386ca51ac | Summarize the following news article. | Lee Eisenberg says a down economy has turned American spenders into scrimpers .
It's early to tell whether consumer habits have shifted permanently, he says .
Eisenberg: Consumers are placing a new importance on value when they buy . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Three years ago I began research on a book dedicated to the national pastimes: shopping and buying. The plan was to devote the first half of the story to what I called the \"sell side\": the retailers, marketers and consumer researchers who have their sights trained on us. The second half would b... |
0a3ad75d92c5bc2eccf2763df86afe5ddeffed75 | Summarize the following news article. | Amnesty International official calls situation in Honduras "alarming"
Honduras reportedly cuts utilities at Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa .
Brazil official calls Honduran action on its embassy a "serious" move .
Ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya inside embassy . | [
"TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) -- The de facto president of Honduras denied Wednesday that his government turned off the power at the embassy where deposed President Jose Manual Zelaya surprisingly reappeared this week, and said that the people inside were free to come and go. A soldier takes a picture Wednesday of ... |
f4098c35c80561d7e0f5c2494908ee1c61416323 | Summarize the following news article. | Bob Greene: Bill Sauer was a dedicated fan of his small-town football team .
He says Sauer had cerebral palsy and a challenging life .
Greene: Sauer wasn't a football star, a millionaire or a politician .
He says town paid him extraordinary tribute by naming stadium after him . | [
"Editor's note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose new book is \"Late Edition: A Love Story.\" Bob Greene says Logan, Ohio, paid an extraordinary tribute to its most dedicated football fan. (CNN) -- \"Yes, it's all gone now,\" Craig Dunn told me the other day. \"If you're not from around here... |
7f168bcfaf5c98dc6831a11ab8a25ca26b930e39 | Summarize the following news article. | An estimated 10 to 15 percent of people in North America have IBS .
The exact cause of IBS remains unknown, which has hampered treatment .
Study analysis: Peppermint oil, soluble fiber, and antispasmodic drugs all work . | [
"Peppermint oil, soluble fiber, and antispasmodic drugs can indeed help people with irritable bowel syndrome, according to an analysis of 25 years of research on the condition, which is characterized by bouts of diarrhea and constipation. \"It wasn't appreciated how much of an impact [IBS] can have on a patient's q... |
1e21876d53842ab1be226f320123610a44ac5d43 | Summarize the following news article. | White House official: Couple met Obama in reception line .
Secret Service 'embarrassed' it didn't prevent couple from entering event .
White House: Tareq and Michaele Salahi appeared at state dinner uninvited .
Secret Service looking for couple, manager says . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- A couple who allegedly crashed this week's state dinner at the White House met President Obama in a reception line at the event, a White House official told CNN on Friday. A White House photograph taken Tuesday evening shows Michaele Salahi, wearing a gold-accented red sari, clasping her hands ... |
738b73ab9d8b9c10fe4d62bd3ad6e5455469095a | Summarize the following news article. | Voyage to the North Pacific Gyre found plastic in the ocean over 3,500 miles .
Plastic vortex has large pieces of plastic and microscopic fragments .
Aim of voyage was to learn how to collect the waste and turn into fuel .
Project Kaisei will embark on another mission next year . | [
"(CNN) -- A salty soup of seawater, microscopic pieces of plastic and marine debris. Those are the ingredients in the North Pacific Gyre, an ocean vortex estimated by Greenpeace to be the size of Texas, contaminated with the floating detritus of our modern lives. The sheer size of the ocean area affected has been e... |
99f188ddcbf253b2c17c79aedb8384470450e309 | Summarize the following news article. | Israeli tennis player back in Tel Aviv after being denied entry for Dubai event .
Shahar Peer told night before tournament she would not be granted visa by UAE .
WTA chief Larry Scott warned Dubai tournament could lose place on calendar .
Scott: "This runs counter to everything we were promised and is a setback" | [
"(CNN) -- Dubai could lose its place on the Women's Tennis Association Tour calendar after Israeli Shahar Peer was denied entry to compete at this week's event, the WTA supremo warned Monday. Shahar Peer told CNN she learned of her visa ban Saturday, just before her scheduled flight to Dubai. Peer was scheduled to ... |
bd9c1487538e097384a7a538fcea05878be1458b | Summarize the following news article. | NHTSA: Nearly 5,000 pedestrians killed, 70,000 injured non-fatally in 2007 .
Children at risk because of size, immature judgment, lack of experience .
Drivers should slow down in pedestrian areas; walkers should hang up cell phone . | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- On February 2, 7-year-old Cameron Dunmore crossed a street to get to his elementary school in Lithonia, Georgia. This scenario takes place thousands of times uneventfully each school day in our country. But this time Cameron did not make it to school. A crossing guard was halting traffic ... |
4a3fe7b1c8fb8571b8c629293fe9d19d3b534059 | Summarize the following news article. | Daniel Mitchell: Bailing out the Big Three would reward shoddy management .
A bailout would be unfair to other auto companies making cars in the U.S., he says .
Mitchell says auto execs, workers and unions are overpaid .
Bankruptcy would let the companies streamline their operations, Mitchell says . | [
"Editor's Note: Daniel J. Mitchell is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian public policy research foundation. He formerly worked at The Heritage Foundation and as an economist for Republican Sen. Bob Packwood and the Senate Finance Committee. He also served on the 1988 Bush-Quayle transition team. D... |
2d4125c6162f9b4924a262a55bd8fe3faad0b3c7 | Summarize the following news article. | Goverment constructed three new massive pillars, five-story bridge for Hajj ritual .
Jamarat re-enacts Abraham's stoning the devil, according to Muslim tradition .
Ritual was scene of deadly stampedes as pilgrims crammed through bottleneck .
The air-conditioned bridge is 950 meters long, 80 meters wide; each floor is 1... | [
"Mecca, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- Chanting \"Allahu Akbar\" -- God is Greater than any -- more than 2 million pilgrims crossed new pedestrian bridges Saturday to perform one of the last rituals of the Hajj season. Jamarat is a re-enactment of an event when Prophet Abraham stoned the devil and rejected his temptations, ... |
c0fc794c2deb468d465dc15bd55932f680d2334c | Summarize the following news article. | Proposal calls for using maximum-security prison in struggling northern Illinois .
On Monday, federal officials to visit facility in Thomson, about 150 miles west of Chicago .
"It's good for our economy, it's good for public safety," Illinois governor says .
But Rep. Mark Kirk says plan could make Chicago "ground zero"... | [
"(CNN) -- A proposal to house federal prisoners, including some detainees from Guantanamo Bay, in a largely vacant maximum-security prison would be an economic boost to struggling northern Illinois, state officials said Sunday. \"This is something that is very good for our state, it's good for our economy, it's goo... |
83600703ee9ef8db3cc9550f0191960da7cb5da9 | Summarize the following news article. | This year around 20,000 migrants have been apprehended on European shores .
Malta is a hub for immigrants from Africa trying to reach Europe .
Thousands of Africans have died trying to cross Mediterranean and Adriatic . | [
"(CNN) -- EU border patrol missions are scouring the Italian shore in search of yet another missing vessel carrying North Africans attempting to reach Europe, a Maltese commander told CNN Thursday. Many immigrants from Africa attempt to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean in overcrowded boats. On Fri... |
b0d9034f80769fd0cf61ef01463c9cc5ab3a2a02 | Summarize the following news article. | The Cheyenne Diner, opened in 1940, moves to its new home by Birmingham .
Preservationist hooked up with Alabama businessman to save diner .
Businessman: Cheyenne will be the first free-standing diner in Alabama .
Celebrities from Jerry Lewis to David Letterman were seen in New York diner . | [
"NEW YORK -- There's no shortage of diners in New York City, but one of its most beloved will soon be taking up residence in Alabama. The Cheyenne Diner, which opened in 1940 in New York City, shut its doors in April 2008. The Cheyenne Diner, which first opened in 1940, was split in two Monday night to begin its mo... |
b82244d001d46df66d26bb7aef432235606128ff | Summarize the following news article. | A man dubbed "the Field Marshal" allegedly tried to get F-5 engine parts for Iran .
F-5 built by Northrop; used by U.S. military for training; used overseas for combat .
Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched investigation .
Arrest part efforts to stop improper export of sensitive military equipment . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A man dubbed \"the Field Marshal\" by one advocacy group for alleged third-world arms dealing has been arrested on charges that he conspired to illegally export U.S. F-5 fighter jet engines and parts to Iran. An Iranian F-5 fighter jet lands in southern Iran during a military exercise on June 2... |
cf4bd1781530fca8d14d726f47c45ad2d64c2d92 | Summarize the following news article. | Explosion, fire rip through fuel storage complex .
One person injured, 350 evacuated near San Juan, Puerto Rico .
Caribbean Petroleum Corp. tanks held jet, diesel fuels plus gasoline .
iReport.com: Are you there? Send photos, videos of the flames . | [
"(CNN) -- A mushroom cloud of thick dark smoke hovered over the Puerto Rican capital after a blast ripped through a fuel storage complex near San Juan early Friday and caused a massive fire. At least one injury occurred and at least 350 people have been evacuated as about 100 firefighters worked through the night t... |
62aea8449db6d641ee9870278d3c56e888fbcfd2 | Summarize the following news article. | President Obama arrives in the West African nation Friday night .
Obama says he picked Ghana partly because of the "democratic commitments"
Group of local singers, rap artists write a welcome song for U.S. president .
Kenyan media wondered why Obama didn't choose to visit his ancestral nation first . | [
"(CNN) -- A street vendor in Ghana's capital sells small American flags with an image of President Obama on them, in front of a billboard that proclaims \"Akwaaba\" -- or \"Welcome\" -- next to a smiling image of the U.S. leader. President Obama says he chose Ghana partly because of the \"democratic commitments\" b... |
9b39b4f53636a898c70daf36e0a3bc6990d39964 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Former first lady touts husband's "commitment to freedom"
California donated figure for Capitol Rotunda to honor former president .
Pelosi says statue contains pieces of Berlin Wall .
Commission planning events to mark 100th birthday in 2011 . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An emotional Nancy Reagan helped unveil a statue of her late husband, President Reagan, on Wednesday, calling the 7-foot figure \"a wonderful likeness.\" Nancy Reagan, with House Minority Leader John Boehner, wipes away tears at Wednesday's event. \"I know Ronnie would be deeply honored to see... |
533e8e8f326b27d27989d17b0c3fb82ef52dfcee | Summarize the following news article. | Outbreak of flu at Washington State University shows few signs of slowing down .
No one suspected of having swine flu has been hospitalized so far, school says .
Some of the people stricken say illness feels milder than regular case of flu .
University "treating all patients with influenza-like symptoms as if they have... | [
"SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) -- An outbreak of flu at Washington State University showed few signs of slowing down as more students continued to report symptoms suspected of being from the H1N1 virus, school officials said Wednesday. WSU Web page gives information, advice to students who suspect they may have H1N1 vi... |
4b735fcbc459efc9f9d472766da2ef97a4b82140 | Summarize the following news article. | Groups of white, black students argued on Gallaudet University campus .
Police: White students and one black student later assaulted black student .
Teens could face criminal charges, including hate crimes, police said .
None have been charged yet, said police . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A weekend incident with racial overtones at a high school for deaf students could result in criminal charges with \"enhanced penalties for a hate crime,\" Metro Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Wednesday. A black student was held against his will and then released with \"KKK\" and swastikas drawn... |
511fa443bdaabb7845aba2cb69737c96d7efd757 | Summarize the following news article. | Submit your space-related questions for Stephen Hawking .
We will put the best questions to arguably the world's greatest living scientist .
His responses will be aired on "The Spirit of Space" in October . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Cosmologist, theoretical physicist and author, Stephen Hawking is possibly the world's greatest living scientist. Submit a question for scientist Stephen Hawking and we will put the best to him on \"The Spirit of Space\" in October. Certainly, he is a preeminent authority on all things spa... |
9870450c3b792c1cc9023867396849e6d4d53043 | Summarize the following news article. | "Benjamin Button" scores 13 Oscar nominations, including best picture, actor .
"Slumdog Millionaire," nominated for best picture, considered Oscar front-runner .
Heath Ledger, who died exactly one year ago, up for best supporting actor .
"The Reader" does surprisingly well; "Revolutionary Road" mostly snubbed . | [
"(CNN) -- \"Benjamin Button\" received more life, but Batman ended up in the dark. \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" scored a best actor nomination for Brad Pitt, here with Cate Blanchett. The nominations for the 81st annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and to nobody's surprise, \"The Curio... |
8fa85f448d2715564c530c243d59ae4b57c4ae4e | Summarize the following news article. | Third-grader disappeared in February 1985 .
Police looked for, but never found van with mural of skier .
Cherrie Mahan's missing person flyer was one of first sent by direct mail .
Know something? Call the Pennsylvania State Police at (724) 284-8100 . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- With the weekend arriving and a long day finally over, 8-year-old Cherrie Mahan stepped off her yellow school bus on a chilly Friday around 4 p.m. Cherrie Mahan's third-grade school photo was used on her missing child flyers. The bus stop was about 100 yards from her home in rural Winfield Townsh... |
92af98f512e0cbea87fd851954ff3c0b45693300 | Summarize the following news article. | Tia Mowry and Cory Hardrict got engaged on the set of a slasher movie .
Backstreet Boy Howard "Howie" Dorough proposed on New Year's Eve .
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell first met in Las Vegas, Nevada .
Jason Priestley proposed on the street corner where he and Naomi Lowde met . | [
"(InStyle.com) -- So you're finally ready to settle down and make that marriage proposal? There's no better time to do it than engagement season, which, lucky for you, is now! Get inspired by these uber-romantic celebrity proposals. Brandon Routh popped the question to Courtney Ford while on a picnic. Tia Mowry and... |
0ec024bb01d6afa8a9492e9749947838adc2b983 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: FBI opens civil rights investigation .
19-year-old held in connection with death of police officer .
Ronnie White died of strangulation .
White was in solitary confinement at Prince George's County Corrections Center . | [
"(CNN) -- A prisoner killed in a Maryland county jail on Sunday was a victim of \"vigilante justice,\" Prince George's County Chief Executive Jack Johnson said. Ronnie White, 19, died of strangulation and asphyxiation and had two broken bones in his neck, an autopsy showed. An attorney for White's family said that ... |
f7224fb03fe025d0d1382ad4a7f15bbb1f569f53 | Summarize the following news article. | Electricity returns to central and southern Brazil after power from major hydroelectric dam was lost .
Neighboring Paraguay, Uruguay report related blackouts .
Hydroelectric dam provides over 20 percent of Brazil's energy . | [
"Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CNN) -- Electricity returned early Wednesday to a large swath of central and southern Brazil that was plunged into darkness when power from a major hydroelectric dam was lost. Up to 18 of Brazil's 26 states were left without power when electricity from the Itaipu dam was interrupted around ... |
29e1abac6ff67c65e94e6e60e00d333576ac64fb | Summarize the following news article. | Tillakaratne Dilshan scores sixth Test century of 2009 for Sri Lanka .
Opener helps his side to 366 for eight on first day against India in Mumbai .
Harbhajan Singh takes four wickets to lead Indian attack on helpful wicket . | [
"(CNN) -- Tillakaratne Dilshan scored his sixth Test century of a remarkable year to give Sri Lanka a fine start to the third match of their series against India in Mumbai on Wednesday. Dilshan made 109 as Sri Lanka, seeking a win to level the series at 1-1, closed on 366 for eight wickets on the opening day. All-... |
1486bf735a2b6259aa2c511985d1235865281f41 | Summarize the following news article. | The auto magnate set up a plantation in the Amazon rain forest to produce rubber .
He didn't research the land and found out to late it wasn't suitable for growing rubber .
Brazilian workers rioted against U.S.-style mess hall, ban on alcohol .
Ford ultimately sold the plantation at a $20 million loss . | [
"(Mental Floss) -- We remember Henry Ford as the automotive magnate who perfected assembly line technology, but he also dabbled in ambitious social programs, including one in which he hired ex-convicts straight out of Sing Sing to staff his factories. Henry Ford, pictured in 1942, unsuccessfully attempted to increa... |
4556c500c19e1bd1324c800e85f0932d8c89b867 | Summarize the following news article. | Opel workers in Germany strike Thursday over GM's decision to abandon sale of automaker .
GM's Opel restructuring plan could eliminate as many as 10,000 jobs .
U.S. parent company says improving business environment behind its decision not to sell Opel .
GM said in March it wanted to sell Opel after reporting losses of... | [
"(CNN) -- Thousands of Opel workers went on strike in Germany on Thursday in protest at the decision by U.S. parent General Motors to abandon the sale of the automaker. GM shocked German public officials when it announced earlier this week its decision to keep its European Opel and Vauxhall units and cancel a plann... |
20691249195f1d6da10ec724e9674f5a96644313 | Summarize the following news article. | Ed Rollins: Jack Kemp helped guide Republican Party in 1980s and 1990s .
He says Kemp was a strong source of ideas the party put to use .
Rollins: Kemp believed in a GOP "big tent" and encouraged minority participation . | [
"Editor's note: Ed Rollins, a senior political contributor for CNN, was political director for President Reagan and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Ed Rollins says Jack Kemp's intellect and force of personality helped guide the Republican party. NEW YORK (CNN) -- The world of politics h... |
6eb09c9b1cf19f73e7f847e932a24b6d5096ec7c | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: PM Putin: Much agreement in "well-intentioned, substantial" talks .
Obama cites respect for Russian people, shared history that transcends competition .
Obama is in Moscow for two-day summit with President Medvedev, Putin .
Obama, Medvedev sign "joint understanding" on cutting nuclear arsenals . | [
"MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A strong Russia is good for the United States, President Obama said in a speech in Moscow, where he is visiting in an effort to \"reset\" the countries' relations. President Obama meets with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday before heading to the G-8 in Italy. Obama delivered a comm... |
2ed85b0c6b3de5bd83aec07273a148897cc2c1dd | Summarize the following news article. | Ship-based system shoots down dummy missile from hundreds of miles away .
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense has 19 successful tests in 23 tries, agency says .
More than 80 U.S. Navy ships eventually will be equipped with system . | [
"(CNN) -- The United States successfully tested a sea-based component of its missile defense shield Thursday evening, intercepting a ballistic missile with a dummy warhead over the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said. A dummy missile is launched from a ship during a 2008 test of the Aegis Ballistic ... |
af584726e90a34375e6a60a5d50128a188580356 | Summarize the following news article. | Official: Let Muslims be conscientious objectors, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan said .
Former classmate says Hasan opposed war on terror .
Hasan remains in intensive care, has reportedly retained lawyer . | [
"Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- The suspect in last week's deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood urged in 2007 that Muslims in the U.S. Army be allowed to claim conscientious objector status when it comes to fighting other Muslims in war, a defense official said Tuesday. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan also discussed religious aspe... |
fa8a544225876008355a66c4e276e223f1d5ed39 | Summarize the following news article. | Recession has boosted spending at dollar stores .
Cotton rounds, gift wrap, birthday candles among the best deals .
Not all dollar stores are equal; some have more expensive items .
Some knockoff products from dollar stores failed tests against brand names . | [
"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Want to boost your spending power? Try giving your wallet a break by shopping at a dollar store. Americans have embraced the four leading chains -- Dollar General, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree and the 99¢ Only store -- in droves during the recession. This year, Dollar General's sales were u... |
890f167b2f32160294a06d70f1d4631f9474dfbf | Summarize the following news article. | Thierry Henry face disciplinary action over his handball in World Cup playoff match .
FIFA president Sepp Blatter says their disciplinary committee will investigate .
FIFA rules out use of extra officials or video technology at the finals .
Blatter apologizes to Irish officials for comments made over their request to b... | [
"(CNN) -- Thierry Henry could face FIFA disciplinary action over his handball which helped France to qualify for the finals of the 2010 World Cup at the expense of Ireland. FIFA president Sepp Blatter told reporters in Cape Town that the Barcelona striker's \"blatant unfair play\" could land him in hot water. \"Th... |
d5220a0993178aeb8a37e0023d82b7d3e3a0a5b1 | Summarize the following news article. | iReporters remember the fall of the Berlin Wall, 20 years later .
The Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Ida .
'Sesame Street' celebrates 40 years .
Tell your stories at CNN iReport . | [
"This week in iReport we're celebrating a couple anniversaries. It's been 20 years since the world watched the Berlin Wall fall. And, that children's television favorite \"Sesame Street\" turned the big 4-0. Meanwhile, Hurricane Ida stormed ashore, slamming the Gulf Coast. We've got all this and more in this week's... |
1a90119450a0fe8b91ad2c3afa2a73caf89e5c11 | Summarize the following news article. | Curnow first met Mandela in 1990 and has encountered him several times .
Meetings usually ended less than graciously for Curnow .
Last encounter saw Mandela trying placate Curnow's upset daughter . | [
"JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- What do you say when you meet one of the most iconic statesmen in the world? Mandela holds baby Freya as Robyn Curnow and her husband Kim look on. For someone who makes a living out of communications, I have consistently been tongue-tied around Nelson Mandela. The funny thing is... |
461aa6c463d8ed8a3485519f8347d3e8fd30d5f7 | Summarize the following news article. | 10 percent to 25 percent of the U.S. population experiences the phobia of flying .
Fear can be exacerbated by watching reports of other crashes .
Average age of onset of such phobias is 27 .
Relaxation, meditation, breathing skills can improve the chances of beating fear . | [
"(CNN) -- When she heard news of the Continental Airlines plane that plunged into a house in suburban Buffalo, New York, on Thursday night, killing 50 people, Jenny Gomez experienced a familiar feeling creep deep within her psyche. \"It definitely sparked those old feelings of anxiety,\" she said. The risk of dying... |
a344f8a963b5fa9255e83c395c58a53ec6a1b16e | Summarize the following news article. | Spc. Logan Burnette's original day at Fort Hood turned to nightmare .
Burnette says he threw table at accused shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan .
Burnette is being transferred to same hospital that houses Hasan . | [
"KILLEEN, Texas (CNN) -- Spc. Logan Burnette arrived at Fort Hood, Texas, a week ago Wednesday to prepare for an upcoming tour of Iraq. The following day, he, like all deploying soldiers, reported to the \"ready room\" on post to fill out final paperwork. However, what was to be another day of the mundane erupted ... |
b1e998cd481253945d4f174d3686ea165c8396b4 | Summarize the following news article. | Hundreds of U.S. and Afghan soldiers embark on major operation in Tora Bora .
They are using air, ground strikes to target al Qaeda, Taliban .
Osama bin Laden was once thought to be hiding in remote mountain region .
U.S. Army: No substantiated reports of civilian casualties . | [
"(CNN) -- Hundreds of U.S. and Afghan soldiers have embarked on a major operation against militants in the eastern Afghan region of Tora Bora, near the border with Pakistan, officials have told CNN. File photo of the remote mountain Tora Bora region on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Air and ground strikes... |
dd5dc457ba9fdf2212a7d8f5bc2ebbe799a405e2 | Summarize the following news article. | Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn had been married 11 years .
Pair met while making 1990's "State of Grace"
Couple has two children; has made three films together, with fourth due out . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Another Hollywood marriage is ending -- but this one was no flash in the pan. Robin Wright Penn and Sean Penn had been married 11 years. Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn are divorcing, according to their representative, Mara Buxbaum. People magazine first reported the split Thursday... |
be8b13de5bf59cbf3d64eeae780110cc99e20382 | Summarize the following news article. | Applied behavior analysis is a rigorous empirical method to teach behaviors .
Autism Speaks has endorsed bills in 25 states to make insurance cover ABA .
Research: 60 percent of high-functioning kids can lose autism diagnosis with ABA .
Five-year medical costs for children with autism, on average, about $35,000 . | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- For 8-year-old Ryan Mohar, an elevator isn't just an elevator. He spends hours pressing the buttons and riding up and down, preferring this to the slew of alternatives that his teachers offer -- even candy. Ryan Mohar, who has autism, gets treated with ABA approaches at the Marcus Autism ... |
4deaf91045739d30f9dbf12a56d7f6b5321b2988 | Summarize the following news article. | Kevin Pho: It's important to extend coverage to the uninsured .
He says reform can't work if there aren't enough doctors to care for all .
Pho says Massachusetts is finding it can't provide care to those newly covered .
Pho: Adding tens of millions of patients could strain system . | [
"Editor's note: Kevin Pho, a primary care physician in Nashua, N.H., blogs at KevinMD.com . Dr. Kevin Pho says health reform can't succeed as long as there's a shortage of primary care doctors. (CNN) -- When President Obama recently cited the number of Americans without health insurance, he declared that, \"We are ... |
0576133f6c2201f8f319375ce5a6e5a37d424c29 | Summarize the following news article. | Suspect pleads not guilty by reason of insanity .
Anthony Sowell accused in deaths of 11 women .
Remains of African-American women found at Cleveland, Ohio, house .
Cadaver dogs also search Sowell's childhood home . | [
"(CNN) -- A man charged with murder in the deaths of 11 women pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday, said Ryan Miday, a spokesman for the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, prosecutor. A grand jury has indicted Anthony Sowell on 85 counts, following the discovery of 11 sets of human remains at his Cleveland, Ohio, ... |
cd07258a299afd97aa73fb55bee550a98924245a | Summarize the following news article. | The International Animated Film Festival in Annecy is the Cannes of animation .
Festival highlights the best in animation, from student work to studio shorts .
Experts say the future of animation is on mobile devices . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- From bedroom creators to big studios, hand-drawn to CGI, animation has charmed and entertained children -- and, increasingly, adults -- for many years. The Screening Room went to Annecy in France to discover the secrets of success in animated films... Annecy has hailed animators like direc... |
a63e7a312dc69c319ff430a0aa49429425d66b9e | Summarize the following news article. | With minister picks, king appears to have put Saudi Arabia on a new course .
Woman at education post is kingdom's first female minister .
Conservative justice minister, head of religious police have been replaced . | [
"(CNN) -- What could be bigger than the appointment of the first female minister in Saudi Arabia? Saudi King Abdullah made more than one noteable appointment to his council of ministers. Possibly the appointment of a new minister of justice who may actually help her get equal rights with her male counterpart. Right... |
6eafe46ff607a3271a197293ef3eb213347e7c7e | Summarize the following news article. | Maggie and Andy Sorrells once had a combined weight of nearly 1,000 pounds .
Doctors warned Maggie that she wouldn't live to the age of 30 .
A faith-based program and portion control helped them shed 580 pounds . | [
"(CNN) -- When Maggie Sorrells looks at her husband, Andy, she doesn't see the man she married. In fact, most days, she doesn't even recognize herself. Maggie and Andy Sorrells weighed 440 pounds and 505 pounds, respectively, at their heaviest. Before the Franklin, Tennessee, couple met online, both had endured lif... |
918313f341aec1096238fdfb720b8b61d8d32167 | Summarize the following news article. | Lottery winner reportedly convicted in 1993 and 2000 for sexual abuse of a minor .
Proceeds of the lottery help Standing Together Against Rape in Anchorage .
FBI: Alaska has the highest per capita number of rape cases in the United States . | [
"(CNN) -- An Alaska lottery held to raise money for a group that helps sexual abuse victims had a surprise winner: a convicted sex offender. Alec Ahsoak in an undated photograph. Alec Ahsoak, who according to the state sex offender registry was convicted in 1993 and 2000 for sexual abuse of a minor, came forward Sa... |
c9b74a15d2b040c86e74bfc9c199a8e8d921f9e3 | Summarize the following news article. | Jay Leno concludes 17 years as "Tonight Show" host Friday .
Leno has been criticized for dumbing down the show, but he's been No. 1 for years .
He'll be succeeded by Conan O'Brien; in fall, he'll launch prime-time show . | [
"(CNN) -- You'd think someone who lasted 17 years as host of a television program in this day and age -- particularly a show as venerable as NBC's \"Tonight Show\" -- would be receiving praise and honor. Jay Leno has rarely impressed critics, but he's been the No. 1 late-night host for almost 15 years. Not so Jay L... |
3860346e9ce4292dd16332cc817172643e5a0865 | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. government started cracking down on Muslim charities after 9/11 attacks .
Donation checks to shelters, community centers started to dry up .
Charities hope accreditation will overcome perceptions of wrongdoing . | [
"(CNN) -- Akil Vohra quit a lucrative job in international trade litigation to take up something he strongly believes in -- as a legal expert, a Muslim and, most importantly, he says, as an American. He wanted to make sure that Muslims could fulfill zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam that mandates the giving o... |
cbfe003c367c328150c26e926d6020d5f336b23b | Summarize the following news article. | Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality in the world .
A woman dies in childbirth every 29 minutes, one in four children die before age 5 .
In Kabul, dozens of women are now studying to become midwives to help save lives . | [
"KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The war in Afghanistan may no longer be forgotten but the true victims always are. Having been denied healthcare and education under the Taliban, Afghan women are now training as midwives . Women and children in the landlocked Asian country have continuously paid the ultimate price thro... |
f2c3b50fc341391c60cd3a0cb40a6e85294d22a3 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Attorney General calls Howard K. Stern the "principal enabler" in conspiracy .
Ex-playmate drugged "almost to the point of stupefaction," California AG says .
Howard K. Stern, Sandeep Kapoor, Khristine Eroshevich charged with eight felonies .
The three are accused of conspiring to furnish drugs before her death . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Dangerous cocktails of prescription drugs were pumped into Anna Nicole Smith \"almost to the point of stupefaction\" and eventually led to her death, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Friday. Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern was among those charged Thursday.... |
6eda84d80d9c9d9f2fb9024eb0765131436d6c12 | Summarize the following news article. | Savage: Here to see if I could find any evidence of George W. Bush at the convention .
Savage: I found very little of Bush or Cheney .
Savage: "I think Palin has been the clown car of the vice presidential nominee"
Savage: "You never know what's going to pop out of Palin next" | [
"ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Sex columnist Dan Savage and author of the popular syndicated sex advice column \"Savage Love,\" made his way to St. Paul, Minnesota, to attend the Republican National Convention where he is filming a piece for HBO's \"Real Time with Bill Maher.\" Sex columnist Dan Savage is reporting ... |
a97a8ff4bfaf7757041cba8fb92b8aa9be570947 | Summarize the following news article. | Club accused of barring black Washington University students from entering .
Senior class president says bar will participate in rally .
Managers will be sent to diversity training .
Students want to "turn this negative into a positive," president says . | [
"(CNN) -- A Chicago, Illinois, nightclub accused of barring six African-American students last week will participate in a rally against discrimination late next month, the senior class president of Missouri's Washington University said Wednesday. Fernando Cutz, 21, said the group and Original Mother's in Chicago's ... |
137797fd34ea672ca506d1c8848d0da355baf7d9 | Summarize the following news article. | Shoeless Tiger Woods snored on neighbor's lawn as his wife stood by after car crash .
Neighbor said she was alerted to accident by headlights shining into home from vehicle on lawn .
"She was actually very quiet. Just kind of in shock," neighbor said of Woods' wife .
Neighbors didn't smell alcohol on Woods as they cove... | [
"(CNN) -- A shoeless Tiger Woods snored on their lawn while the golfer's wife stood silently by in the minutes after his SUV crashed into a tree, neighbors told Florida investigators. The Florida Highway Patrol on Thursday released the audio recording of their interview of Wood's longtime neighbors who rushed out o... |
ba77882cda6aeddcd21c56b9fea85f8e2af93fae | Summarize the following news article. | Biologist wants to end deaths of turtles on highway near Tallahassee, Florida .
$3.4 million in federal money sought to build walls, tunnels to protect creatures .
Report says the road work is among 100 worst projects in stimulus bill .
But project supporters say jobs will be created, creatures and drivers will be safe... | [
"(CNN) -- Biologist Matt Aresco has been carrying a big burden for years. A biologist says that wherever he can get it, he'll take money to protect turtles from a killer stretch of road. He's made it his mission to save thousands of turtles from near-certain death on one of the worst turtle-killing highways in Ame... |
7ccb7534e11be6f28219a26e5586a3dfc595dea5 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Ohio State Fire Marshal: "Investigators have ruled out criminal intent"
Death toll comes down from earlier reports of 65 .
Two men who died are still unidentified; autopsies will be conducted Sunday .
11 departments respond to fire just before 5 a.m. | [
"(CNN) -- A barn fire that killed two men and dozens of horses in Ohio on Saturday shows no sign of criminal intent, authorities said. The Ohio State Fire Marshal said the cause of the fire, at the Lebanon Raceway near Cincinnati in southwestern Ohio, is undetermined. \"However, investigators have ruled out crimina... |
0346149ea27954b0dc90121f99fd109692dd77f5 | Summarize the following news article. | Manny Pacquiao returns home to Philippines after Las Vegas triumph .
Pacman won world title at sixth different weight after beating Miguel Cotto .
Cash-rich fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the offing in the United States . | [
"(CNN) -- Manny Pacquiao returned home to a hero's welcome in his native Philippines on Friday after wresting the WBO welterweight title from Miguel Cotto on a 12th round technical knockout in Las Vegas. 'Pacman' has a fanatical following in the Philippines which has been further enhanced by his record breaking vi... |
6570180535f4a5a28e6f5d43f46c8f635a509cda | Summarize the following news article. | Annual Catholic Mass in Washington celebrates the legal profession .
It began in 1952; several Supreme Court justices regularly attend .
It is touted as a chance for those involved in law to pray for wisdom .
Critic says Mass set up to "lecture and give information to the justices" | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The beautifully ornate Catholic church in the nation's capital has seen its share of history and controversy. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and Chief Justice John Roberts attend Red Mass in 2005. In 1963, the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle was the site of John F. Kennedy's funeral. After th... |
8aff83049d0d5087510cdfe0de75cb834b5e9c91 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Next terror attack on U.S. likely to originate in Pakistan tribal areas, report says .
Terrorists with biological weapons could kill millions, panel's chairman says .
Biological attack more likely than nuclear attack, report says .
Number of nations with nuclear weapons also growing, panel says . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years, a blue-ribbon panel assembled by Congress has concluded. Police watch over travelers at New York's Grand Central Terminal before Thanksgiving. They are more likely to use a biological weapo... |
97e2e630f06bc347ab9153d8c9b7bdc46bd79819 | Summarize the following news article. | Two Uyghurs relocated from Guantanamo spoke Friday with CNN's Don Lemon .
Both denied having been terrorists and expressed gratitude toward U.S. president .
Four of the Chinese Muslims were relocated to Bermuda; 13 remain at Gitmo .
Incident has had international repercussions centering on where to relocate men . | [
"HAMILTON, Bermuda (CNN) -- Two of four Uyghurs relocated to Bermuda after seven years of detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, denied Friday that they had ever been terrorists and expressed gratitude toward U.S. President Barack Obama for working to free them. Salahidin Abdalahut and Kheleel Mamut were two of four Uy... |
cef876d93c4fd3add89ba5fa6bff2a0ab72b7959 | Summarize the following news article. | Blaze hits karaoke bar and discotheque in Medan, in North Sumatra province .
Medan hospital official says at least two people survived .
Fire official: Fire started around 10 p.m., was extinguished within half-hour; cause isn't known . | [
"(CNN) -- A fire at a karaoke bar and discotheque in Medan, in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, killed at least 20 people Friday night, according to a hospital. At least two people survived, according to Aida Sofiati of the Pringadi Hospital in Medan. Sofiati said 20 people were killed. Mohammad Zein, a fire o... |
67552fd4f2590db53ab1ce5446aa947dd1080924 | Summarize the following news article. | Some say his deputies' raids were unconstitutional roundups of Latinos .
Sheriff: Federal agency wants to limit him to checking inmates' immigration status .
Sheriff rejects allegations that he abused power, violated civil rights .
Homeland Security chief says he's reacting prematurely to decisions yet to be made . | [
"(CNN) -- Federal authorities are moving to rein in the man dubbed \"America's Toughest Sheriff\" after complaints that immigration raids by his deputies amounted to unconstitutional roundups of Latinos. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio supervises an inmate relocation in Phoenix, Arizona. Sheriff Joe Arpaio and t... |
5a5e1ddf81223e8321ec17d0eb18e24c11207961 | Summarize the following news article. | Murder trial makes American student notorious in Italy .
Amanda Knox, 21, is accused with former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito .
British student Meredith Kercher found dead in house shared with Knox .
Italian media portrays Knox as seductive femme fatale . | [
"ROME, Italy (CNN) -- The Italian media call her \"Foxy Knoxy,\" portray her as a \"devil with an angel's face,\" and there are 11 Facebook pages dedicated to her, all in Italian. Both Raffaele Sollecito (left) and Amanda Knox deny charges of murder and sexual assault. Amanda Knox, 21, is an American college stude... |
7c9d5fa3c6dd8683542c1a8ff909f3f98b18a5ab | Summarize the following news article. | Project would build bridge between Microsoft's two campuses .
Microsoft paying for about half of the $36 million project .
Mayor backs plan, says bridge will benefit entire community .
Taxpayer watchdog group says project a good example of waste . | [
"REDMOND, Washington (CNN) -- Should a bridge that would connect two campuses at Microsoft's headquarters be funded with $11 million from the federal stimulus package? An artist's rendering shows how the proposed bridge would be constructed over a busy highway. Critics of using stimulus money for the bridge say it ... |
6a67eac18f26ec4873bdca1128efbc8a481c1960 | Summarize the following news article. | Immigration and Customs sweep part of initiative started in 2005 .
Arrests took place over three-month period in 23 cities .
Of those arrested, 374 face criminal charges; the rest will be deported . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal agents have arrested more than 1,300 suspected gang members, including 343 with violent criminal histories, in the past three months, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said Tuesday. Gang weapons and paraphernalia are displayed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2006.... |
e44592e132621516f48e79a53fc6bd0d4d945610 | Summarize the following news article. | Cristiano Ronaldo sent off after inspiring Real Madrid to 4-2 victory at home to Almeria .
World's most expensive player scores goal, sets one up and misses a penalty .
Real trail Spanish leaders Barcelona by five points after the Catalans beat Deportivo 3-1 .
Ball d'Or winner Lionel Messi scores twice and Zlatan Ibrah... | [
"(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off after inspiring Real Madrid to an incident-packed 4-2 victory at home to Almeria on Saturday night, in which he created a goal, scored one and also missed a penalty. The world's most expensive player helped Real bounce back from last weekend's 1-0 \"El Clasico\" defeat to Ba... |
086977dad90c35858d511066f62bcab319ec9d15 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Sentence makes no sense, co-defendant's lawyer says .
Knox, her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito sentenced for Meredith Kercher's murder .
Appeals mean convictions not final, Italian prosecutor says .
Meredith Kercher's sister: "It's not ever going to be the same" | [
"Perugia, Italy (CNN) -- Family members of Meredith Kercher said Saturday they were satisfied with the verdict that found American Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, guilty of the fatal knifing of the British student. \"Ultimately we are pleased with the decision,\" said Lyle Kercher, Mer... |
6a8f5c0dd2455117be364dae8dc99778b46ff91c | Summarize the following news article. | Arroyo outlines reasons for martial law declaration in 20-page letter .
Report: House, Senate might jointly convene Tuesday, House Speaker says .
At least six members of Ampatuan family arrested, ABS-CBN reports .
Authorities raid at least one warehouse and ranch belonging to family . | [
"(CNN) -- The Philippine House of Representatives and Senate were meeting Monday to debate the imposition of martial law in the country's south by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the aftermath of last month's massacre of 57 civilians. As required by law, the president issued a report Sunday explaining her reas... |
5247ebc33be1ff7cbe27a2f00e5a8f21dd254e60 | Summarize the following news article. | CDC: 99,000 people die annually from hospital-acquired infections .
Don't forget the basics: Make people wash their hands before touching you .
Staying warm before, during surgery can help fight infection; ask for extra blankets .
Before surgery, if shaving is required, request clippers, not a razor, which can nick . | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Like many young men, Josh Nahum loved a thrill. That's why he took up skydiving. But on Labor Day weekend in 2006, he had an accident while skydiving in Colorado, fracturing his femur and skull. Josh Nahum, right, died at 27 from a bacterial infection he got while being treated for skydiv... |
426c45837b6fa942b1e6b7789b5583659b6628b2 | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. will stop publishing number of Taliban and insurgents killed in Afghanistan .
Change is part of a new military strategy that focuses on protecting Afghans .
Issue of publishing enemy body counts has been sensitive to military since Vietnam . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military will stop publishing the number of Taliban and insurgents it kills in Afghanistan under orders from the senior U.S. military spokesman for the American-led coalition. A French soldier mans a gun Sunday during maneuvers in Afghanistan's Kapisa province. Rear Adm. Gregory Smith... |
90122043cb6d769a58dbf8ef25a83ad09c62d2a0 | Summarize the following news article. | 36 dead, dozens hurt following two explosions at market in Lahore .
Explosions could have been bombs detonated by remote control, police say .
Ten killed, including two police officers, in suicide attack in Peshawar . | [
"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Thirty-six people were killed and dozens were injured in explosions at a market in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday, an official said. Rizwan Naseer, chief of Lahore's rescue service, also said 109 people were wounded. The explosions did not appear to be a suicide attack but could instead h... |
be4516225a8cdcd7d1beca452d803d87b997fa33 | Summarize the following news article. | Solange Magnano, 37, died Sunday following elective surgery on buttocks .
Magnano ran her own modeling agency, had 7-year-old twins .
Argentina has become popular destination for plastic surgery .
Around 1 in 30 Argentines estimated to have gone under the knife . | [
"Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- A former Miss Argentina died Sunday after complications arising from plastic surgery, the official Telam news agency said. Solange Magnano, 37, died in a hospital after being transferred from a clinic where she underwent an elective surgery on her buttocks on Wednesday, the agency ... |
2d4abaa21f2ba296b0df57b888d43b6682ce7228 | Summarize the following news article. | Suspects range in age from 15 to 18 years of age .
They are accused of stringing a rope between poles across a road .
A restaurant employee, 23, received a severe head injury .
Incident occurred in August, follows other crimes connected to U.S. military personnel . | [
"Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- Four American teenagers, all children of U.S. military personnel, have been arrested on charges of attempted murder after a woman was knocked off her motorbike with rope strung across two poles, Japanese police said. The four suspects -- two 15-year-old boys, a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year... |
7edd0c904e67e05413f5d4217637365ecc728623 | Summarize the following news article. | Residents flock to banks after limits on cash withdrawals lifted; troops patrol streets .
Central bank caps maximum daily withdrawals at 500,000 Zimbabwean dollars .
Bank last week raise that limit to 100 million dollars ($50 U.S.) per week .
Zimbabwe's inflation rate of 231 million percent is the world's highest . | [
"(CNN) -- Armored cars patrolled the streets of Zimbabwe's capital and residents flocked to banks Thursday after limits on cash withdrawals were lifted in the inflation-ravaged African nation. With prices rising even more than once a day, shopping is a mathematical proficiency test for Zimbabweans. The Reserve Bank... |
11a195e87fccbff2720f0abeabfaf87458ba644b | Summarize the following news article. | Arroyo outlines reasons for martial law declaration in 20-page letter .
Report: House, Senate might jointly convene Tuesday, House Speaker says .
At least six members of Ampatuan family arrested, ABS-CBN reports .
Authorities raid at least one warehouse and ranch belonging to family . | [
"(CNN) -- The Philippine House of Representatives and Senate were meeting Monday to debate the imposition of martial law in the country's south by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the aftermath of last month's massacre of 57 civilians. As required by law, the president issued a report Sunday explaining her reas... |
33c85f3267add71ad519467f0389ffbfe5b6c449 | Summarize the following news article. | Pakistani government now says Bhutto died after hitting head on sunroof lever .
Reports early Friday said Bhutto died from a gunshot wound to the neck .
Reports later Friday said flying shrapnel from a suicide bomb killed Bhutto . | [
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- There have been conflicting accounts of how former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto died Thursday. Here is a timeline of the accounts reported by CNN. Late Thursday, Pakistan time: . • Pakistani police say that a suicide bomber killed 14 people at a rally in Rawalpindi organized... |
425b7e623fe2901f05cb374f65bf4a9c336f7f10 | Summarize the following news article. | Seiji Ozawa was musical director of Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years .
Successful career has seen Ozawa conduct some of world's greatest orchestras .
Had to deal with prejudice and expectation as Asian in Western dominated art form . | [
"(CNN) -- Seiji Ozawa is Asia's most successful conductor, a maestro in a quintessentially Western art form, and a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan. But the affable 74-year-old is used to crossing cultural boundaries. Born in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation - his father a Buddhist, his mother a Presbyterian - h... |
fe4714cbac974088fe26e702cb35a1117cb36070 | Summarize the following news article. | High unemployment rates can handicap job seekers .
Michigan, Mississippi and South Carolina have highest rates .
Alaska's top industry is government . | [
"Editor's note: CNN.com has a business partnership with CareerBuilder.com, which serves as the exclusive provider of job listings and services to CNN.com. If you've rewritten that résumé several times and sent out dozens of applications but your job search still shows no promise, you might not be the problem. One f... |
e92ccd7fca8e9a1209b2e0ef9d95a7091637db53 | Summarize the following news article. | New election law will ensure that national elections take place January 16 .
Biggest roadblock is how balloting should unfold in Kirkuk, where Kurds stake claim to land .
Kurds regard Kirkuk as part of Kurdistan; Arabs and Turkmen also lay claim to it . | [
"Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi parliament members adjourned on Saturday without reaching an accord on a controversial new elections law, and the lawmakers could make another try to forge and pass legislation tomorrow. Abdul Bari al-Zebari and Mahmoud Othman, Kurdish members of the Council of Representatives, told CN... |
d3491d04a32a3587d52ee32ef3dda9852f57a14e | Summarize the following news article. | Consider why a proposal for unused bailout money is causing controversy .
Learn about some security challenges facing U.S. troops in Afghanistan .
Hear how a program helps young people prepare for green-collar jobs .
Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories . | [
"(CNN Student News) -- December 9, 2009 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • Baghdad, Iraq • Kabul, Afghanistan • New Orleans, Louisiana . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. You've lan... |
d826a7716d4c3f98ef7b6660f91ed87c1692d6fc | Summarize the following news article. | Yemen battles with Shiite rebels in its northwest .
Iran foreign minister expressed concern for Yemen's territorial integrity .
Saudis launched airstrikes against rebels . | [
"(CNN) -- Yemen told outside powers Wednesday to stay out of its battle with a Shiite rebel group in its northwest amid concerns that Iran and Saudi Arabia are being drawn into the conflict. The statement, carried by the state news agency Saba and attributed to a Foreign Ministry source, followed a statement of con... |
e7c1f9a06c5c9cfc541d404b0d1a38abe6f85084 | Summarize the following news article. | A Holiday Inn agreed to give a guest a refund due to an approaching hurricane .
The hotel said via email it would make an exception to its nonrefundable rate .
The guest tried for months to get her money back .
The Troubleshooter contacted the hotel and it promised to deliver the refund . | [
"(Tribune Media Services) -- Kristin Budden's hotel promises her a refund for her nonrefundable hotel room after a hurricane strikes. But months later, there's no sign of the money and the hotel has gone into radio silence. Should she kiss the money goodbye? A guest's hotel promised her a refund, but she hasn't rec... |
0bfe3806958dbb89e46ad9fe849ae86ed0e73060 | Summarize the following news article. | Sheep Fire is about 7,500 acres with 20 percent containment, Forest Service says .
About 4,000 people in San Bernardino County forced from their homes .
Despite more cooperative weather, people not let back into homes yet . | [
"(CNN) -- A wildfire continued its rampage through the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California on Monday, but the U.S. Forest Service said fire crews were gaining ground. The Sheep Fire in Southern California has burned thousands of acres and left this bus a charred ruin. \"Firefighters have made ver... |
3f928c972d46c94bc75e9ea4b7402c7d0c147d93 | Summarize the following news article. | New Zealand All Blacks beat Italy 20-6 in rugby union international .
A massive crowd of 80,000 watched the game in San Siro stadium .
England and Scotland register wins over Argentina and Fiji .
France score superb win over world champions South Africa . | [
"(CNN) -- The New Zealand All Blacks gave their nation double reason for cheer with a 20-6 win Italy before a massive crowd at the San Siro in Milan. With their football counterparts qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals with a win over Bahrain earlier on Saturday, it was left to Graham Henry's men to complete ... |
fd5acd641e7ba9510214a706d9726a790f9660f4 | Summarize the following news article. | Amy M. Wilkinson says Obama's summit had mostly CEOs, union reps, academics .
But, she says, most job creation in the U.S. since 1980 has been from start-up firms .
Wilkinson: Government funds and policies should target entrepreneurs . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- It's the oldest trick in the political playbook: Call together a \"summit\" of fancy people so you'll appear to be focused on work that must get done. Thursday, the White House convened CEOs from companies such as Boeing, AT&T, Comcast and Dow Corning, top leaders of the United Steelworkers, U... |
58695d7743fa4c5657a82aeddb9cf482c88e42d3 | Summarize the following news article. | ALS, a progressive disease, attacks brain neurons leading to total paralysis .
It affects 20,000 to 30,000 Americans at any one time but vets have twice the risk .
The VA listed ALS as a service-connected disease on September 23, 2008 .
Retired vet Thomas Cuddy navigates VA bureaucracy as his disease progresses . | [
"SILVER SPRING, Maryland (CNN) -- Thomas Cuddy enlisted in the U.S. Army 28 years ago, but he's facing his greatest battle now that he's out. Retired veteran Thomas Cuddy is so weakened by ALS that he often can't catch himself when he slips. Cuddy spends most of his days in his small apartment in Silver Spring, Ma... |
da88c8df5aaf8b98e9653b255719e30496f6a447 | Summarize the following news article. | Johnny Depp plays charismatic bank robber John Dillinger in "Public Enemies"
Depression-era tale of first Public Enemy No. 1, idolized as modern-day Robin Hood .
Dillinger's gang killed 10 men, wounded seven during a spree of less than one year .
Depp on Dillinger: "I always kind of admired him, oddly" | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- He's been a homicidal singing barber in \"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street\" and a drunken swashbuckler in \"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.\" Depp is back as bank robber John Dillinger, revered in the Depression as a modern-day Robin Hood. Now, Hollywood shape-shif... |
2fc4ead5acc3e68793bf767e706ca46e60fc81b8 | Summarize the following news article. | The school in southern England made a feature-length film starring pupils .
130 pupils spent a year filming Hardy's "Far From the Madding Crowd"
Film cost $11,000 and includes a fire scene, animal-wrangling and crowd scenes .
Some pupils involved hope to go on to work in film industry . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- A schoolteacher from southern England with no previous filmmaking experience has given amateurism a good name by directing her pupils in a feature film fit for Hollywood. Alice Ralph, 18, stars in \"Far From the Madding Crowd\" as Bathsheba Everdene. It has taken a year of hard work using ... |
0d26d1cfc723e91a81dec6be4f5fc6aaa2b6552b | Summarize the following news article. | When she heard her baby's heartbeat, Felicia Anderson vowed to give up drugs .
She could afford 3 weeks in residential treatment, then moved to outpatient .
Three times as many Americans choose outpatient treatment as residential rehab .
Anderson, now clean 12 years, says program "helped me turn my life around" | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Crack-addicted Felicia Anderson was pregnant with her third child when an ultrasound changed the direction of her life. After inpatient rehab, Felicia Anderson sought help from Mothers Making a Change to help beat her addiction. \"You could hear that baby's heartbeat strong and steady. Re... |
787c59b415529093f2157bf3ee02c08ca4597160 | Summarize the following news article. | Researchers turn to the tongue for new ways to help people with disabilities .
Spanish doctors performed face transplant including tongue this summer .
Engineers are testing a wheelchair that can be steered by the tongue . | [
"(CNN) -- It's not just for French kissing or for showing your dissatisfaction. Besides showing off at concerts, licking lollipops, and teasing, the tongue could help people gain mobility. Aside from everyday functions of chewing, swallowing, talking and tasting, the tongue has new uses such as steering wheelchairs... |
0e7ad86e13fa56a92d7950a33f6f5968751c5236 | Summarize the following news article. | In the most recent attack, two men were killed Thursday in Sadr City area of Baghdad .
Witnesses tell CNN a Sadr City cafe, also popular with gay men, was set on fire .
Shootings came after tribal meeting when members decided to go after the victims . | [
"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Six gay men were shot dead by members of their tribe in two separate incidents in the past 10 days, an official with Iraq's Interior ministry said. In the most recent attack, two men were killed Thursday in Sadr City area of Baghdad after they were disowned by relatives, the official said. T... |
e2a93ed1e1a926e35fe488ac02318d6c8117c7ff | Summarize the following news article. | Coach Henk Ten Cate sacked by Greek giants Panathinaikos .
Panathinaikos second in Greek league to arch rivals Olympiakos .
Ten Cate was formerly assistant coach at Chelsea and Barcelona .
Catania appoint Sinisia Mihajlovic as coach in place of Gianluca Atzori . | [
"(CNN) -- Panathinaikos sacked Dutch coach Henk Ten Cate on Tuesday after the Greek side lost the league leadership to arch rivals Olympiakos. Ten Cate took over at the Athens-based side last season as Panathinaikos looked to end the dominance of Olympiakos, who have won every Greek championship bar one since 1997... |
c87982351da7f05b176ecc7941d0c3b252e173a6 | Summarize the following news article. | Fewer than 10 percent of legally blind individuals in the U.S. read Braille .
BrainPort allows the user to have spatial orientation through vibrations on the tongue .
Stem cells may also hold promise for age-related macular degeneration .
Another avenue of research is the retinal implant . | [
"(CNN) -- When George Pinon thinks of colors, he associates them with what other people have described. George Pinon leads tour groups through Dialog in the Dark, an exhibit that simulates the blind experience. \"They say that red is supposed to be a warm color, a hot color. I heard that apples are red and roses ar... |
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