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a2c16997b0f312bed15a8e69b8197a5a768e5122 | Summarize the following news article. | Swiss-mediated deal would normalize relations between rival nations .
Accord also open the border, which has been closed since 1993 .
Animosity dates back to Ottoman Empire and massacre of ethnic Armenians .
Both countries still must ratify the protocols, and difficulties remain . | [
"ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- The governments of Armenia and Turkey will sign a peace agreement in Zurich on Saturday that would normalize relations after nearly a century of animosity between the neighboring nations, the Swiss government said Friday. The Swiss-mediated peace deal would also open the border between t... |
6c1c55fa8483532e361462c998095390f5dccef1 | Summarize the following news article. | Wendy Williams has made the transition from radio to daytime television .
Former radio personality now hosts "The Wendy Williams Show"
She says she hopes the audience gives the show a chance .
Williams: "I just want people to laugh and have a good time" | [
"(CNN) -- Wendy Williams knows that her syndicated television show often provides fodder for jokes on E!'s \"The Soup.\" She's more than all right with that. Wendy Williams is hoping to attract a broad audience for her daytime talk show. \"I love it,\" she said, letting out a throaty laugh. Williams is not at all b... |
ffebd88d31beea9486784f65f9947464562d6f3a | Summarize the following news article. | Flat World Knowledge offers free access to digital textbooks online .
The company charges $20 for downloadable PDF-format books .
Interest in the company is rising; the service will be at 400 colleges this year .
Still, the digital textbook business remains in its infancy, author says . | [
"(WIRED) -- What did you do this summer? Flat World Knowledge stayed busy on campus and now has 40 times as many students and more than 10 times the colleges using their freemium, open-source digital textbooks as they did spring semester. And they did it the old-fashioned way -- one professor at a time. A company i... |
083c4b341a77fecff47f2e0334a0368a5dc4048a | Summarize the following news article. | Police: 8 or 9 young girls, some under 18, were returned to their families .
Turkish television showed footage of gendarme officers raiding the villa .
Women were to take part in a Big Brother-style show on the Internet .
Report: Women signed contracts requiring them to pay fines if they left show . | [
"ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Were nine attractive young Turkish women duped and imprisoned in a villa by Internet soft-core porn peddlers? Or did they simply call in the police to help them break their contract with an Internet contest similar to the reality TV show \"Big Brother\"? A lawyer for the production compan... |
37a31ca6107578b8d7935eddbbe0898a051ea204 | Summarize the following news article. | Eric Braeden opted to leave the daytime soap instead of taking a pay cut .
The actor said he'd taken a pay cut two years ago when renewing his contract .
Braeden: "There's no appreciation that I've been an important part of the show"
Braeden's last episode will air November 2 . | [
"(Entertainment Weekly) -- In yet another blow to the already ailing soap opera world, Eric Braeden, the venerable star of CBS' \"The Young and the Restless,\" has exited the top-rated daytime drama after a nasty negotiation with Sony. Eric Braeden's last episode as Victor Newman will air on November 2. The product... |
957ba07ee08b39af6f493d26d7925a9825783146 | Summarize the following news article. | The U.S. Army is using interactive videos for soldiers' cultural sensitivity training .
The videos help recruits understand and adapt to Iraq and Afghanistan .
Soldiers watch DVDs that plunge them into a series of wartime scenarios .
Recruits face choices, click on options, then find out how they scored . | [
"(CNN) -- Just over a year ago, a U.S. staff sergeant in Iraq decided to practice his shooting skills. His target: the Quran, Islam's holiest book. Pvt. Nicole Wright, 20, learns cultural awareness by watching an interactive DVD. The military issued a formal apology, promptly dismissed the soldier from his regimen... |
fb9d1dade8a45375f63c60aa35d6b07f258ee3f5 | Summarize the following news article. | Cuba's economic hardship in early 1990's led to reorganization of agriculture .
Urban and organic farming implemented plus break up of inefficient large farms .
Some see Cuba's experience as way to cope with problems of future oil crises . | [
"(CNN) -- Since the revolution in 1959 Cuba has been many things to many people, but the collapse of the Soviet Union meant few have seen the island state as a vision of the future. But that could be changing -- at least in one aspect. Cuba experienced a reordering of its food production in the early 1990's. A boom... |
359c7306983ab5f9cffd7ccb982a1d27b725cd38 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Video shows Sandra Cantu skipping near her home the day she went missing .
NEW: Grainy, 8-second image of the 8-year-old was shown at a news conference .
Girl had on a pink Hello Kitty T-shirt and black leggings the day she disappeared .
Reward has increased to $26,000, and authorities are following more than 800 ... | [
"(CNN) -- A surveillance video of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, missing since March 27, shows the child in the mobile home park where she lives, skipping and happily swinging her arms on the day she disappeared in Tracy, California. A surveillance video shows Sandra Cantu skipping in the mobile home park where she lives... |
02510723978086825e670230d955102239f54547 | Summarize the following news article. | World leaders gather at the United Nations for special climate change summit .
Treaty based on finding that destroying tropical forests adds to global warming .
With proposed provision, stored carbon dioxide in forests could be bought and sold .
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation provision has critics... | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The world's tropical forests are disappearing, and one reason is simple economics: People, companies and governments earn more by logging, mining or farming places such as the Amazon jungle than by conserving them. Global climate change treaty, scheduled for completion in December, is designed ... |
3971f1b87ff0d6962934cd2d14a8a896400a2cd5 | Summarize the following news article. | Internet expert: Craigslist slaying suspect left a trail of clues behind in cyberspace .
Mark Rasch says he used a tracer program on e-mail sent to slaying victim .
Boston investigators even used a Google search to help track down suspect .
Philip Markoff, a medical student, pleaded not guilty in death of Julissa Brism... | [
"BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- They were crimes born of the Internet age -- romantic solicitations on popular Web site Craigslist that police say led to the fatal shooting of one woman and the robbery of another in Boston hotels this past spring. Internet forensic expert Mark Rasch used high-tech sleuthing to help... |
ed0c1728165a89521331c9415dae0f8ce4e45ab7 | Summarize the following news article. | Adapted golf carts are growing in popularity across Europe .
99% of sales are for individual use in the USA .
Modern carts built with leather seats, airbags and iPod players .
'Pimped' golf carts are seen as status symbol . | [
"(CNN) -- It seems the world of the golf cart is changing if certain industry manufacturers are to be believed. By shedding their normal surroundings, improving their dowdy image and hitting the streets -- \"pimped up\" carts may increasingly be seen away from the course. Celebrities have been queuing up to jump on... |
c4574c7f2b16bcb2612124aa5c7c98bef3e5eae1 | Summarize the following news article. | Wahid was a popular religious leader .
He contested the 1999 presidential race .
He was known for injecting humor into his religious sermons and political speeches . | [
"Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has died, his family told CNN. He was 69. Wahid, affectionately known as Gus Dur, died Wednesday evening as a result of heart problems, his family said. A news conference was planned later. Wahid, who was also a popular religious leader, had... |
b3fbfcdfe53d54fb8838bd8a11069c831a7d903e | Summarize the following news article. | Reese Witherspoon on divorce: "You have to keep it together for your kids"
Actress says she exercises for an hour a day .
She and boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal cook and grow cucumbers and tomatoes . | [
"(InStyle.com) -- She refuses to dwell on the past and accepts that she can't control the future. Reese Witherspoon juggles her career, family and love life, yet still is able find time for herself . For Reese Witherspoon, it's all about living in the moment. And with a thriving career, two children, and a handsome... |
3f7010d365fcb9d2afb15457a0edc219e8a9f541 | Summarize the following news article. | Tiger Woods should lean on his famous friends, NBA legend and filmmaker say .
But Woods has changed his number and isn't talking, Charles Barkley says .
Barkley: "You need to talk to somebody else ... famous who [has] been through things"
Golf star, who acknowledged "infidelity," is taking a break from the sport . | [
"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Tiger Woods has changed his cell phone number and is not talking to some of his famous friends, NBA legend Charles Barkley said, following Woods' sex scandal that erupted last month. Barkley and filmmaker Spike Lee talked about their concern for the golfer during the taping of a one-hour ... |
92d2975058feb2b5b1b561ec912cbb1c670f0b19 | Summarize the following news article. | Real Madrid defender Christoph Metzelder fully expects to be leaving the Spanish giants next summer .
Metzelder, whose contract is up at the end of the season, has played just one match all season .
Real Madrid deny they have received an offer from Manchester City owner to buy them out . | [
"(CNN) -- Real Madrid defender Christoph Metzelder fully expects to be leaving the Spanish giants next summer. Metzelder, whose contract is up at the end of the season, has played just one Spanish Primera Liga match all campaign. And the 29-year-old admits the Bernabeu giants are unlikely to offer him a new deal. ... |
655ea5264031ea350298c7f7deab6c83ba23ccb7 | Summarize the following news article. | 8-year-old girl sexually assaulted by fellow Liberia natives, police say .
During Liberia's civil war, rape was used as a weapon by soldiers .
U.N. report: 60 to 70 percent of Liberian women were assault victims .
Johnson-Sirleaf, first elected female leader in Africa, makes stopping rape a priority . | [
"(CNN) -- The allegation is shocking: an 8-year-old girl lured to a storage shed with the promise of chewing gum, pinned down and sexually assaulted by four boys, none of them older than 14. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has made cracking down on sex crimes a top priority in Liberia. The response from the girl's ... |
6a0280adc3deb7c9ea9479aaaacc0f0d88d18dff | Summarize the following news article. | "The George Michael Sports Machine," a syndicated TV show, ran for 27 years .
He was a sports anchor for Washington's NBC affiliate for more than 25 years .
Station: "He was a gifted interviewer, a master storyteller"
Survivors include his wife, Pat, and daughter Michelle . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Veteran sports anchor George Michael died early Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer, according to his former TV station. Michael, 70, was known nationally for \"The George Michael Sports Machine,\" a syndicated TV show that ran nationwide for 27 years. He was a sports anchor on WRC-TV ... |
f174d234a430cb26be7d0ba8b301d69673d74d9f | Summarize the following news article. | Dr. Earl Bradley is charged with eight counts of first-degree rape .
One prosecutor estimates Bradley may have had as many as 100 victims .
The charges against Bradley will be presented to a grand jury .
Police believe abuse goes back "for several years," with victims as young as 2 . | [
"(CNN) -- A Delaware pediatrician is facing numerous charges in the alleged sexual abuse of his patients, authorities said Wednesday, and there may be \"multiple victims.\" Dr. Earl Bradley, 56, who has had a practice in Lewes, Delaware, for more than 10 years, is charged with eight counts of first-degree rape; fou... |
0a3f2400ba4e5cdf4b3638ae6fb60fdfa12a2680 | Summarize the following news article. | In a survey, many businesses said they would have to make large cuts in employee benefits .
Management should communicate these issues to help employees adjust said, Kevin Sheridan .
Darcy Eikenberg recommends for employees to dig deep and and find benefits still available .
Concentrate on actions today that will help ... | [
"(CareerBuilder.com) -- 2009 has given employers and employees a run for their money -- literally. Budgets have been cut, layoffs made and furloughs instituted, and benefits and perks have evaporated. At the beginning of the year, 38 percent of employers said the economy would force them to make administrative cuts... |
bf45af9c61f872b0b7940396d77595321e1ea0b6 | Summarize the following news article. | Hakimullah Mehsud met reporters Sunday in South Waziristan .
Mehsud also vowed to avenge recent death of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud .
U.S. the only country known to have ability to launch missiles from drones . | [
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The new leader of the Pakistani Taliban vowed revenge on Pakistan, the United States and NATO forces for drone attacks along the Afghan border, two local journalists who attended a meeting with him told CNN. File picture taken on November 26, 2008 of Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimul... |
407c5f6621bd0285f922a09b36914aaff0f999ca | Summarize the following news article. | Roger Federer hailed a shot against Novak Djokovic as the best of his career .
The Swiss world number one hit a stunning baseline winner through his legs .
Federer is going in search of his sixth U.S. Open title at Flushing Meadows .
Argentina's Juan Del Potro faces Federer in what will be a first grand slam final . | [
"(CNN) -- Roger Federer exclusively told CNN that the stunning shot he executed in his U.S. Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic was the best of his career. Roger Federer hailed his stunning shot against Novak Djokovic as the best of his career. The world number one produced a near-faultless performance to defeat ... |
9ea89d7694e89fa59613fdca8b6b165dc4d3f3ea | Summarize the following news article. | Rick Steves writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows .
His TV series, "Rick Steves' Europe," airs on PBS stations .
Steves' company, Europe Through the Back Door, conducts European tours . | [
"(Tribune Media Services) -- Fantastique France continues to make its heritage and culture easier for travelers to appreciate. Being up-to-date on changes for 2009 will help your visit go smoothly. The Eiffel Tower is planning to offer online reservations, allowing visitors to book an entry time and avoid a long wa... |
0032d07e91b8ce3d5f8ac313d799341df7556234 | Summarize the following news article. | Customer booked an international flight through Cheapoair.com .
Ticket for one leg of her flight was not accepted, and she had to buy a new one .
The online agency did not know why her ticket was rejected .
Troubleshooter contacted Cheapoair, and it refunded the customer's money . | [
"(Tribune Media Services) -- When Eileen Mather lands in Mexico City on her way to Tapachula, Mexico, she learns her airline ticket isn't valid. Her airline forces her to buy a new one. Mather asks her online agency, Cheapoair.com, for a refund, but more than six months later, she's still out $879. Is she also out ... |
9650355a55ce0838b08a9a62501168949d40ff74 | Summarize the following news article. | Surfing waves in Indonesia, India, Morocco inspired Sandow Birk's interest in Islam .
9/11 attacks led Birk to realize Americans knew very little about the Quran .
He embarked on a project to paint all 114 suras (chapters)
So far, he has completed 60 chapters of "American Quran" | [
"(CNN) -- Of all things, it was surfing that first led Sandow Birk to Islam. Illustration of Sura (chapter) 57 of the Quran is described by Sandow Birk as a triptych. The southern California artist rode the waves in Indonesia, India and Morocco, and on dry land, his curiosity piqued about the religion practiced the... |
54c0e752966996569cfd4a89926f6f43717032dd | Summarize the following news article. | The island of Cozumel, 11 miles off the Yucatán coast, is a diving hot spot .
Puerto Vallarta has attracted painters, sculptors and other artisans in recent years .
Los Cabos, on the tip of Baja California, has one of Mexico's most dramatic settings . | [
"(Budget Travel) -- When you have beach on the brain, who wants to bother with a layover? Budget Travel has prepared the ultimate insider's guide to seven resort towns south of the border that are just one quick flight away. The Pacific-coast resort of Puerto Vallarta has attracted artists in recent years with its ... |
d36c9e8657257a8e567ce10ae810d381939da8ff | Summarize the following news article. | Steve Clemons: Many Americans shocked that Obama won Peace Prize .
He says the rest of the world sees how Obama has changed international tone .
He says Obama's rhetoric has "reversed the collapse of hope" in the world . | [
"Editor's note: Steve Clemons directs the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and publishes The Washington Note, a popular political blog. Steve Clemons says the Nobel panel correctly decided Obama's approach to diplomacy holds great promise. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Cynics will say that Oslo was jea... |
88eb6be1c3ea758ba1eb375dec3b36775df1989e | Summarize the following news article. | Fire chief came across officer, told her she "needed to stay" for her daughter .
Chief says people were hollering all over the scene: "I had no idea"
Billy Rhoads began firefighting when he was a teen . | [
"Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- The call came over the radio. \"Shots fired.\" And then, even worse: \"Officer down.\" Billy Rhoads, chief of the Fort Hood Fire Department, grabbed a radio and donned his flak jacket. He jumped into his SUV and tore down the road. A dozen or so blocks away, at the Soldier Readiness Cente... |
d821af39d24c9b9cc340fa10609fe75e43ceffb5 | Summarize the following news article. | Incident has "broader implications for society," Sen. Joe Lieberman says .
Congressional committee opens inquiry into massacre at Fort Hood, Texas .
Lieberman: Feds' lack of response after uncovering e-mails will be examined .
Also to be investigated is whether task force information about suspect was shared . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- A key congressional committee opened its investigation Thursday into the November 5 Fort Hood shootings with a pledge to find out if authorities failed to \"connect the dots\" and could have prevented the attack. The head of the committee promised the inquiry would not interfere with a separate... |
a14018993a148b6c6f64f725eb1e5cbdb76c8ea5 | Summarize the following news article. | President Barack Obama is honorary chairman for the 2009 Presidents Cup .
Obama follows a tradition of recent U.S. presidents who are keen golfers .
Dwight Eisenhower had a putting green installed at the White House in 1954 .
George W. Bush and his father George H.W. are both enthusiastic golfers . | [
"(CNN) -- When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president he probably did not realize it would give him a chance to pick up tips on his backswing from the world's elite golfers. U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make use of the White House putting green. Obama is the honorary chairman for the 20... |
70fa4fca96ae3a302391c53d4ea515b07751079e | Summarize the following news article. | ICE! in the Gaslight Theater includes an ice sculpture of the Grinch .
The decorations began going up in July for A Country Christmas .
Opry Mills, the outlet mall just down the road, offers great shopping . | [
"(Southern Living) -- For a heady dose of holiday spirit, dive into Opryland. Fifteen miles of green garland and 10 miles of hand-tied red ribbon festoon the property. I've heard that you can see the Great Wall of China from outer space. At Christmastime, I bet you can also see Gaylord Opryland. It sparkles with me... |
ea80348887b737ff98968b85de3c6cc06e61c4fa | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. condemns deportation of 20 Uyghur asylum-seekers from Cambodia back to China .
Uyghurs fled to Cambodia to escape ethnic violence in China's northwestern region earlier this year .
The 20 refugees were held in handcuffs and leg shackles and not given food, said Uyghur American Association . | [
"(CNN) -- The U.S. State Department said Sunday it was \"deeply disturbed\" at the deportation of 20 Uyghur asylum seekers from Cambodia back to China. The deportation \"will affect Cambodia's relationship with the U.S. and its international standing,\" said acting State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid in a stat... |
207e204b58cf95f6a353ac3fd867f5234b154af6 | Summarize the following news article. | "Yiddish Policemen's Union" posits Alaskan Jewish homeland .
Author Michael Chabon won Pulitzer for earlier novel .
New book inspired by thoughts of Yiddish, love of genres . | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- It was one of the greatest humanitarian acts in history. Pondering an imaginary Yiddish-speaking place produced \"The Yiddish Policemen's Union,\" says Michael Chabon. At the beginning of World War II, as the Nazis tightened their grip on Europe, the U.S. government allowed millions of Je... |
bfb63355230ef2240d1d8f79cf5ddc9f137864de | Summarize the following news article. | Defence Minister Mukhtar is free to leave Pakistan after initally being denied .
Mukhtar was wrongly put on an exit control list which prevented him from leaving the country .
Confusion stems from a list that prevented officials facing corruption charges from leaving. | [
"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar is free to travel outside the country, Pakistan's government said Friday a day after blocking his departure and sparking a national incident. There are 53 Pakistani individuals reinstated to an Exit Control List this week which prevents... |
412c98ea21587396e9f30a45cbd2b20fc0fd3ccb | Summarize the following news article. | Poet and punk rocker Jim Carroll dies after heart attack at 60, ex-wife says .
Drug addiction as teen chronicled in "The Basketball Diaries"
Book made into 1995 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio .
Carroll's 1980 album "Catholic Boy" featured popular "People Who Died" track . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Poet and punk rocker Jim Carroll has died at age 60. Funeral arrangements are pending. Poet, punk rocker and author Jim Carroll performs at a 2002 benefit in New York. A respected poet and musician, Carroll also was the author of \"The Basketball Diaries,\" which was adapted into a 1995 movie sta... |
702ff9b9f315d4ebee61a00e27067bc7562cbfc8 | Summarize the following news article. | Dead included one of former Afghan VP's guards and an assistant .
Blast hit as Afghan President Hamid Karzai at nearby anti-corruption convention .
Former Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud not harmed in the attack .
Red Cross says it visited three captives of the Taliban in November . | [
"Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An explosion outside the home of Afghanistan's former vice president killed at least eight people Tuesday, government officials have said. The explosion was near the Kabul residence of former vice-president Ahmad Zia Massoud, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told reporters. Massoud was not... |
ca6d33c75659bcfeb52b654992937b27f7354747 | Summarize the following news article. | Lack of food causing deaths of children, refugees at Ugandan settlement say .
Protest began after three children died Monday, refugee leader says .
United Nations refugee agency denies any child has died of hunger at Nakivale .
But agency acknowledges supply problem, says food coming Wednesday . | [
"(CNN) -- Refugees at a settlement in southwestern Uganda have barricaded all roads into the camp to protest a food-aid disruption they say has caused the deaths of several children, refugee leaders said Tuesday. \"We have spent three months without any food supplies from government nor from any food relief or huma... |
d94139d83ce6155e6454492aa1fd56b34973c4ff | Summarize the following news article. | Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi killed in battle with Hamas forces, officials say .
Al-Maqdessi was leader of Islamist movement that rejects politics, government .
Al-Maqdessi had sought creation of Islamic emirate in Gaza . | [
"GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) -- A radical Muslim sheikh's call for the creation of an Islamic emirate in Gaza sparked clashes with Hamas forces that left 21 people dead and injured at least 121 others. Members of Jund Ansar Allah surround Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi in Rafah on Friday. Hamas forces blew up the home o... |
95cef2156b00f061adecb3407cb2984e755b4a84 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Attack on market in Dera Ghazi Khan leaves 25 dead, 60 wounded .
Attacker detonated car in front of Sardar Zulfiqar Muhammad Khosa's home .
Former provincial governor claims he was intended target of attack . | [
"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The death toll from an explosion in the central Pakistani city of Dera Ghazi Khan climbed to at least 25 on Wednesday, a senior government official said. Another 56 people were wounded in Tuesday's attack, according to Hassan Iqbal Khan. The blast ripped through a market located near t... |
b494fc1ae7aa77392dfe5e7f395aeaa30d50c87e | Summarize the following news article. | Grandmother wanted to talk about dances, boys, silvery blue dress .
But Lisa Kogan had a party to got to and ran out the door .
Now she wants that chilly October evening back to talk with her grandmother .
So when daughter wants to talk funny stuff, Lisa knows enough to listen . | [
"(OPRAH.com) -- Mindy Perlmutter was having a birthday party, but this was not just your garden variety, chocolate cake, two kinds of ice cream, balloons, and a piñata type soiree. No, this would be an affair to remember. Lisa Kogan has learned the hard way about when it's important to listen to loved ones. This wo... |
2267a138782148734ffa02fa1f5f0b55084ba03d | Summarize the following news article. | Supreme Court kills an amnesty protecting politicians from corruption charges .
Pakistani court rules amnesty "seems to be against the national interest"
Nearly 280 government officials, including defense minister, are on the court's exit control list .
Defense minister taking official trip to China when he is stopped ... | [
"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar was blocked from leaving the country Thursday after Pakistan's Supreme Court struck down an amnesty that had protected politicians from corruption charges, state media reported. Nearly 280 government officials and ministers have been pl... |
a8de87166d246ccd0a5bd7b979ff17a8d5f55549 | Summarize the following news article. | Whoopi Goldberg, Al Roker among those asking for a compassionate sentence .
Tony Marshall convicted of bilking mom Brooke Astor of money before her death .
He faces a minimum 1 to 3 years, or as much as 8 to 25 years in state prison .
Friends cite Marshall's age of 85, deteriorating health, among reasons for light sent... | [
"(CNN) -- He was a cold, calculating, \"morally depraved\" man who spent the last years of his socialite and megaphilanthropist mother's life bilking her fortune to line his pockets. That's one way to see Anthony Marshall -- and it's the only way, according to the prosecutors who secured a conviction against him fo... |
75eb43ef2f7f7eff004e6fc1559f577cebb0fd02 | Summarize the following news article. | More than 20 people have received death sentences after being convicted following riots .
July riots prompted by long-simmering resentment between minority Uyghurs and majority Han .
Unrest continued in August when Uyghurs were accused of attacking Han with syringes . | [
"Beijing, China (CNN) -- Five more defendants were sentenced to death for their roles in summer riots that killed around 200 people in western China, officials said Thursday. The five sentenced to death were among 22 defendants that went on trial this week by the Intermediate People's Court of Urumqi, according to ... |
afec246f01ea28b877865c1dc4b001d5b3a902ae | Summarize the following news article. | Ivan and Jason Reitman are the father/son tandem behind award darling "Up in the Air"
The father, Ivan was the producer behind "Ghostbusters" and "Animal House"
The son, Jason grew up on sets and directed "Thank You for Smoking" and "Juno"
"Up in the Air" is the first movie the pair has worked on together . | [
"(The Frisky) -- There are certain families -- like, say, the Coppolas and the Gyllenhaals -- where coolness seems to be infused in the DNA. I'd like to add another to the list: the Reitmans. Papa Ivan is the producer behind flicks like \"Ghostbusters\" and \"Animal House,\" and son Jason grew up on his sets. \"I w... |
964c2cbd65b59ec927a6358cd86505b37da8fcf3 | Summarize the following news article. | Roberto Micheletti said he would repeal decree but not be immediately .
Decree clamps down on public gatherings, lets government close news media .
Jose Manuel Zelaya was ousted as president of Honduras three months ago .
Zelaya has returned to Tegucigalpa and is holed up in Brazilian Embassy . | [
"TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) -- The U.S. State Department is calling on Honduras' de facto president to immediately rescind an emergency decree that limits constitutional rights such as freedoms of expression, travel and public congregation. Robert Micheletti, de facto president of Honduras, says he'll repeal an e... |
b6a43e00f90319c30aaf4c7d688e986d626fed8b | Summarize the following news article. | Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic's capital, was the New World's first city .
Explore 16th-century buildings, colonial streets, romantic ruins and Dominican city life .
Cheap, comfortable buses connect to the city from beach areas . | [
"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNN) -- You've got your spot on a lounge chair angled into the hot Caribbean sun, with tall, slender palm trees jutting out over your head. As you gaze at the calm turquoise waters and sip that refreshing rum drink, you may ask yourself, \"What more could I possibly want?\" Visit... |
7c52867be2f99295337fe104d0464cf315217839 | Summarize the following news article. | Author Patricia Cornwell talks about Kay Scarpetta, fame and forensics .
In latest book, Scarpetta is CNN's chief forensic analyst .
Cornwell says she works hard to keep up with scientific advances .
She says she doesn't watch crime shows or scary movies . | [
"(CNN) -- It has been 20 years since best-selling crime writer Patricia Cornwell began work on her first novel in the series chronicling the cases of forensic analyst Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Now, both have found celebrity. Cornwell's latest novel, \"The Scarpetta Factor,\" places her enduring heroine in a role the autho... |
c8685e38369975669446656ee5819a6f0c39b5a2 | Summarize the following news article. | "Guiding Light" goes off the air Friday after 72 years on radio and TV .
Soaps in general are declining; other genres, such as reality shows, have taken over .
Some observers hopeful soaps will cross to the Web and have success . | [
"(CNN) -- On the last episode of reality ... \"Guiding Light,\" a mainstay of CBS' daytime schedule for decades, airs its final episode Friday. Jon left Kate and his eight children and took up with the party girl Hailey. Audrina got a restraining order against an alleged stalker. NeNe got into an argument with Kim ... |
02377b6c36b250e3d1ce666fc495f1066999e67d | Summarize the following news article. | Ban Ki-moon elected eighth U.N. Secretary-General in October 2006 .
Ban has pushed Sudan on peacekeepers in Darfur and focused on climate change .
Ban was Ban was South Korea's Foreign Minister from Jan. 2004 to Nov. 2006 .
He has long been actively involved in issues relating to inter-Korean relations . | [
"(CNN) -- Back in his native South Korea, the Korean Foreign Ministry nicknamed him \"Ban-chusa,\" meaning \"the Bureaucrat\" or \"the administrative clerk.\" U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has focused on global warming policy by world governments. While Ban Ki-moon was known for his attention to detail and adm... |
2c06d1d87b7995c7655bd2271669961794c0c1a0 | Summarize the following news article. | Melissa Harris-Lacewell: Eric Holder's speech was ultimately a failure .
She says it was courageous for the attorney general to talk about race .
Rather than seek racial dialogue, she says, Holder should have called for action .
Harris-Lacewell: Discrimination is rampant and needs to be addressed . | [
"Melissa Harris-Lacewell is associate professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University. She is the author of the award-winning book, \"Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought\" and writes a daily blog titled The Kitchen Table. Melissa Harris-Lacewell says Er... |
64ba26757a7da832195392dc965816207a5546cb | Summarize the following news article. | Karadzic says he is skipping the start of his war crimes and genocide trial .
Former Bosnian Serb leader accused over atrocities during Balkans conflict .
Thousands died during the bloody dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1990s . | [
"(CNN) -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic intends to skip the start of his war crimes trial because he says he has had too little time to prepare, a spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Thursday. Radovan Karadzic wrote to the court to say he would not attend... |
7cc93b9973ef34eded9db3b862120f516079a208 | Summarize the following news article. | Joint operation nets about $41 million in cash hidden in shipping containers .
Mexican, Colombian authorities working with U.S. agents seize money in 2 ports .
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement calls ports key points in drug trade route . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Mexican and Colombian officials working with U.S. agents have seized about $41 million in cash hidden in shipping containers, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced Monday. Colombian authorities seized $11.2 million in U.S. currency in Buenaventura, Colombia, on Septembe... |
bd5cb61e90af79a8e3ac5140fe5a56c9b869302f | Summarize the following news article. | Pitbull has had some crossover success; his new album debuted in Top 10 .
Hip-hop artist has Cuban heritage, has balanced that with American upbringing .
He says he's not fazed by failure: negatives can lead to positives, he says . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- As the man in the Dodgers jersey walked quickly around the perimeter of the infield, fans poured down from the bleachers begging for autographs. Pitbull says he learns from setbacks: \"Usually the negatives turned out to be the most positive for me.\" No, it wasn't home run king Ma... |
241bd3c28c849baae34b4bd9917d31f06f8e9a00 | Summarize the following news article. | Mable Randon, a stage 4 cancer patient, got a cutoff notice after falling behind on bill .
She applied for critical care program, was told to buy battery-operated oxygen tank .
"I'm fighting for my life, and I thought people at the power company would help me"
Public Utility Commission of Texas reviewing Randon's case ... | [
"(CNN) -- The Public Utility Commission of Texas will review the case of a cancer patient fighting to keep her electricity on to power her oxygen machine, the commission told CNN on Wednesday. Mable Randon, who has stage 4 cancer, was denied help paying for electricity, which she needs to power her oxygen tank. CN... |
22bc5c4024249d0649ee8cd81818b75ec480aa44 | Summarize the following news article. | NTSB advises rule changes over Hudson River after August 8 crash .
Nine people were killed when helicopter, small plane collided .
One proposal: Make helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft fly at different altitudes over river .
NTSB makes recommendation before end of crash probe -- a rare move . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The rules governing air traffic over New York's Hudson River need to be rewritten to prevent another mishap like this month's fatal collision of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter, federal safety investigators said Thursday. The wreckage of a plane that collided with a helicopter is lif... |
811846da19bee354612d23499076d465f78c3391 | Summarize the following news article. | New study ranked 200 U.S. beaches according to water quality tests .
Delaware, New Hampshire and Virginia have the cleanest beach water .
Ocean City, Maryland, consistently ranks as one of the best for water quality .
Fairview Beach in Virginia consistently ranks as one of the worst . | [
"(CNN) -- Going to the beach has become a lot like looking for hotel accommodations: If it has a one-star ranking, you know you're in for nothing but trouble. A new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council ranked the water quality of 200 U.S. coastal beaches using a five-star guide, and the re... |
24e44440753094022b9e0bb0b5849f3b3f19a1bf | Summarize the following news article. | Ireland votes on treaty covering expansion of European Union .
Voters rejected treaty in 2008 but have new EU assurances this time .
A 'no' vote would delay, and possibly kill, implementation of the treaty EU-wide .
Opinion polls indicate the 'yes' campaign will succeed this time . | [
"DUBLIN, Ireland (CNN) -- Irish voters are going to the polls again Friday -- to vote on a treaty they rejected just over a year ago. Prime Minister Brian Cowen gets out the 'vote yes' message in Tullamore. But this time round, opinion polls indicate the \"yes\" campaign to adopt the Lisbon Treaty and its rules for... |
a28dac0f65d437701a18bb17cd997105d9ca9863 | Summarize the following news article. | Entertainment Weekly's top pick of the week: "Where the Wild Things Are"
Emmy-winning "30 Rock" returns Thursday with a poke at network execs .
Unusual music release: Bob Dylan's Christmas album . | [
"(Entertainment Weekly) -- When Max Records auditioned for the \"Where the Wild Things Are\" (out Friday) role of Max, the precocious boy in a dirty white wolf suit who sails to an island full of fearsome horned monsters and becomes their even more fearsome king, he arrived with one advantage -- and it wasn't his f... |
08378e23091638db1e704ac45d95ba18dfbd9e3f | Summarize the following news article. | Facebook and Google are finding new ways to translate the Web .
Facebook favors human translation; Google leans on its computers .
Google claims to be the largest translation service online, with 51 languages .
Facebook announces a new service to let Internet users help translate sites . | [
"(CNN) -- One of the Internet's great promises is that it's the ultimate democratizer. It's open to everyone and allows all people to communicate. Facebook and Google have added new translation tools, but they take different approaches. But, so far, there have been several hitches in that plan. Not everyone has acc... |
b38849a4198db972896a14d9e1608592dd7781c8 | Summarize the following news article. | FBI intelligence analyst speculated on photo in September 2008 e-mail .
"We do not report conclusions ... in cases like this," supervisor replied .
Casey Anthony is charged with murder in death of 3-year-old daughter .
Police believe that Caylee's body was in mother's car trunk . | [
"(CNN) -- What appears to be the outline of a child in a fetal position can be seen in a photograph of the trunk liner from the car driven by Casey Anthony, a Florida woman charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter, according to documents released in the case. Caylee Anthony's skeletal remains were found near he... |
7f09d75d0ac0d61057f42b517ad9e9150c6468fc | Summarize the following news article. | York, Pennsylvania, was the site of deadly race riots in 1969 .
Issue of race has touched the community, says local NAACP president .
Presidential loyalties in York don't fall neatly along racial lines .
Some skeptical the city has truly moved beyond its headline-grabbing past . | [
"YORK, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- The city of York is steeped in history. The central Pennsylvania town was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and it was even, briefly, the nation's capital. A week of race riots in York, Pennsylvania, left two dead 39 years ago. Sen. Hillary Clinton's rally here Saturday, on the corne... |
21085ce7100c790cc3cc8166048ac75b44c850e3 | Summarize the following news article. | Daughtry's "Leave This Town" tops chart with 269,000 copies sold .
In past weeks, Michael Jackson's "Number Ones" has been biggest-selling album .
Daughtry's first album sold 304,000 when it was released in 2006 .
Other top albums this week are from Dead Weather, Joe and Twista . | [
"(Entertainment Weekly) -- For the past three weeks in a row, Michael Jackson's \"Number Ones\" has been the biggest-selling album in the country. For the first time in a month, the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 is actually the No. 1 selling album. Each time, it's been disqualified from Billboard's flagship Bil... |
bc771c9621ce0f7aae5c7a8eb1cd7c46ce0f655b | Summarize the following news article. | Lebanese native Andree Bejjani, 44, found dead in condo Saturday .
Derrick Praileau, 29, faces second-degree murder charges .
Police commissioner tells newspaper that Praileau was housekeeping manager .
Authorities have not revealed suspected motive . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- An employee of a luxurious New York hotel has been arrested in connection with the slaying of a woman in one of the hotel's residential condominiums, police say. The Jumeirah Essex House is a landmark on Central Park South in New York. Derrick Praileau, 29, faces second-degree murder charges in ... |
d09640b9db0d74244fde85e7983ff1a3aa00591e | Summarize the following news article. | Eugene Bailey, 17, freed of charge in Derrion Albert's beating death .
Bailey says he was Albert's friend, approached police with offer of help .
Police say Albert was bystander who was caught in middle of gang fight .
Beating was videotaped and police thought Bailey was in video . | [
"CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- A 17-year-old said Tuesday he is \"blessed\" that prosecutors dropped a murder charge against him in the beating death last month of a Chicago honors student. Derrion Albert, 16, was beaten to death September 24. His death was captured on video. \"I'm just happy to be out,\" Eugene Baile... |
647e820b3ef154fa0cd83584f178e9b197917326 | Summarize the following news article. | Woman tried for wearing clothing deemed indecent jailed for refusing to pay fine .
Sudanese court spared female journalist lashing for wearing tight trousers .
She faced up to 40 lashes for wearing pants considered too tight .
Resigned U.N. position to avoid immunity afforded international workers . | [
"(CNN) -- A woman put on trial for wearing clothing deemed indecent by Sudanese authorities was jailed Monday for refusing to pay a court-ordered fine, her lawyer said. Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein was facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers. Lubna al-Hussein had faced 40 lashes for wearing pants deemed... |
f353844408236550da154b6b173965ed659280e0 | Summarize the following news article. | New postage stamps will commemorate "Golden Age of TV"
"The Honeymooners," "I Love Lucy" among 20 classic TV shows honored .
Retro-style stamps were designed by artist Carl Herrman . | [
"(CNN) -- The U.S. Postal Service has just entered \"The Twilight Zone.\" \"The Honeymooners\" is one of 20 classic TV stamps that will soon find its way on the corner of envelopes. The classic show appears on one of 20 stamps released this week, featuring 1950s hit television shows. The first-class stamps include ... |
baf1865dcec0ec55235d8f1a5eeeb888b7b76791 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Residents say water has damaged vehicles, homes and left sewage smell .
72-inch main shut down after about two hours, county official says .
CNN affiliate video shows collapsed roadway, massive amounts of water .
Nearly 1,000 were without power, according to Baltimore Gas and Electric . | [
"(CNN) -- A huge water main burst under a road in the suburban Baltimore community of Dundalk, Maryland, Friday, sending muddy water erupting over neighborhood streets and down highway ramps, officials said. Muddy water envelops the community of Dundalk, Maryland, on Friday. Many were left without power. The 72-in... |
fa469d977b9d0ccea99b565cc93977421824a9fd | Summarize the following news article. | Lula da Silva calls announcement "the greatest gift that a president could have"
Brazil's president rose from metalworker to union organizer to politician .
His election to the presidency in 2001 came after three unsuccessful tries .
Rio's hosting the Pan-American Games was seen as a trial run for the Olympics . | [
"(CNN) -- The 63-year-old bearded fireplug of a man erupted in tears, pulled a white handkerchief from his back pocket, carefully unfolded it and pressed it into his eyes, pulled it away, pressed it again to his eyes, this time with more force, pulled it away again just long enough to take a sip of water, then rubb... |
66eacc6e17c3a85e882bd2b6933857dfff4f242a | Summarize the following news article. | Arrests averted attacks on Karachi, police chief says .
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi linked to Bhutto assassination, attack on Sri Lanka cricket team .
Police: Three suspected Pakistan Taliban members also arrested with suicide vests . | [
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani authorities have launched a massive crackdown on terror groups that they say were planning numerous suicide attacks, including in the country's largest city of Karachi. Pakistan security officials show seized weapons and ammunition in Karachi on Sunday after the arrest of sev... |
cc6e921ba683b6e3daa576c40f747c583c59cbcb | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Work "well under way," Northwest parent company spokeswoman says .
FAA orders U.S. airlines to replace part under suspicion in Air France crash .
The devices could be giving false airspeed indications .
Northwest and US Airways are only U.S. carriers that fly affected planes . | [
"(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Aviation Administration ordered U.S. airlines Thursday to replace a part that has come under suspicion in the crash of Air France Flight 447. U.S. air safety authorities have ordered the replacement of a part on A330 planes following the crash of Air France Flight 447. The FAA gave airl... |
8f436aa76856ff1ad2c43e3d73a1ea099f2adeee | Summarize the following news article. | Pilot horrified after seeing disabled jet crash into California home .
Crash killed four people in home, including two children .
Relative of four killed says he doesn't blame pilot for crash . | [
"(CNN) -- A pilot who parachuted from his disabled Marine Corps jet last year said he was horrified to see it smash into a California home, newly released documents say. A firefighter walks past as flames rise from the wreckage of a military jet crash in California. Marine Corps Lt. Dan Neubauer's statements, descr... |
2e47c39b1373b476fefddd7ec7dd621f6656e936 | Summarize the following news article. | More than 1,200 Italian carabinieri arrest 89 suspects in Palermo, Italy .
Charges include association with the mafia, extortion, arms and drug trafficking .
Police: With these arrests we decapitated the top brass of the Palermo mafia .
Arrest warrants were also issued against several suspects in Tuscany . | [
"ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Italian paramilitary police carried out massive arrests Tuesday against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, \"decapitating\" the organization's leadership structure, the head of the city's carabinieri said. Members of the caribinieri outside their Palermo HQ Tuesday following raids against Sicilian... |
dd8fa70beea111a0f501210db219a482d900ffc8 | Summarize the following news article. | The giant Tempelhof Airport, once a symbol of Nazi power, is to close .
Airport was also used by British and Americans to break Soviet blockade .
Pilots flew in millions of tons of food, fuel and medication for ailing population . | [
"(CNN) -- It has been a piece of Berlin history for 80 years, a symbol of Nazi power but also of Germans' desire for freedom after World War II. The giant Tempelhof Airport in Berlin will shut it doors for good on Friday. Friday, Berlin's Tempelhof Airport will shut its doors for good. Tempelhof was where American ... |
6390895126471a970b9eeb099f1c1a0c2930a2fa | Summarize the following news article. | There are signs Hamas is taking new stance on Israel, Fawaz A. Gerges says .
He says pro-Hamas clerics are preparing people for coexistence .
Hamas is fighting groups inspired by al Qaeda, Gerges says .
He urges West to test Hamas' willingness to engage in Mideast peace process . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Something is stirring within the Hamas body politic, a moderating trend that, if nourished and engaged, could transform Palestinian politics and the Arab-Israeli peace process. There are unmistakable signs that the religiously based radical movement has subtly changed its uncompromising po... |
b0046d3a7d9d60efb95d8dfd9c7228336cdc74a3 | Summarize the following news article. | U.N. report claims U.S. troops damaged city of Babylon during Iraq invasion .
Camp Alpha was built on site of Iraq's historic Hanging Gardens .
Report cites extensive damage to Ishtar's Gate, Processional Way .
United States to pay $800,000 to clean Babylon site . | [
"(CNN) -- The U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report. An U.S. soldier looks over the ancient city of Babylon in Iraq in 2004. The site of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon was converted into Camp Alp... |
70c5e32c433c37a38bef174bf18df59b42b2e24f | Summarize the following news article. | Italy's Valentino Rossi qualifies in pole position for the Malaysian Moto GP .
The 30-year-old's fastest time smashed the lap record at the Sepang circuit .
Rossi currently leads the world championship by 38 points with two races left .
The defending champion can clinch his seventh title with a top-four finish . | [
"(CNN) -- Italy's Valentino Rossi gave his bid to seal a seventh Moto GP world title at the Malaysian Grand Prix a boost after qualifying for the race in pole position. The defending champion set a name lap-record time of 2 minutes 00.518 seconds despite sweltering conditions on Saturday. The time smashed Casey Sto... |
a6f70f23b716e1cc705ccd766d1ba057b54b8cb1 | Summarize the following news article. | 7-year-old Asa Hill had asked his parents over and over to get married .
The boy died last week after being injured in traffic accident .
As parents dealt with his death, they decided to marry at the end of his funeral .
Wedding came as a joyous surprise to mourners who filled the church . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Asa Hill was 7 years old when he died. Although the boy was pulled out of a burning car alive in a horrific accident on the Niagara Thruway on Thursday, his injuries proved critical, and he passed away the following night. Amilcar Hill and Rahwa Ghirmatzion hug at their son's funeral, which ended... |
a11dfb5d813bdf69fb4af4422b7b40f19f46fde0 | Summarize the following news article. | CNN Chief International Correspondent, Christiane Amanpour presents "Amanpour."
See her award-winning documentaries and exclusive web footage here .
In "Scream Bloody Murder" Christiane reports from the world's killing fields .
"Revolutionary Journey" sees Christiane return to Iran to explore her birth country . | [
"(CNN) -- CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour has broadcast from some of the world's most challenging locations. Here, we bring together links to her documentaries and exclusive web-only footage. Generation Islam (2009) Christiane gives viewers a look inside the battle for the hearts and minds... |
0971ad16e3d219391a0691623e80d2abf1c4cfae | Summarize the following news article. | Official statistics show referee add more time when Man Utd trailing at home .
Study conducted over the last three seasons shows disparity of over a minute .
Man City manager Mark Hughes furious over amount of added time in 4-3 loss . | [
"(CNN) -- Manchester United are given more injury-time at the end of matches to equalize or score winning goals than their English Premier League rivals, a study has revealed. Owen's 96th minute winner at Old Trafford left Manchester City livid. As the row over the near seven minutes of added time accorded to Unit... |
64fcbca6ab2d0b7525ed98174508ef76dce8f09f | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Police think mom, son may be headed toward Mexico .
Dad says he called where he thinks they could be, won't say if it's Canada .
"Come back and be safe and be a family," Anthony Hauser urges wife and son .
13-year-old needs chemotherapy, doctors and court say . | [
"SLEEPY EYE, Minnesota (CNN) -- A 13-year-old Minnesota boy whose family has rejected chemotherapy to treat his cancer is with his mother near Los Angeles, California, and they may be planning to travel to Mexico, authorities said Wednesday. Doctors say Daniel Hauser's lymphoma responded well to a first round of ch... |
dce41205657433f9929b7e2b21cfe55e780c28eb | Summarize the following news article. | Bob Greene: Discussion about Ted Williams' remains is distasteful .
He recalls superstar player as a man who always strove to do his best .
Williams was baseball's last .400 hitter and a veteran of two wars . | [
"Editor's note: CNN contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose new book is \"Late Edition: A Love Story.\" Bob Greene says discussion of ballplayer Ted Williams' corpse is a shameful way to remember the superstar. (CNN) -- \"I was scared,\" Ted Williams said. He was talking about his lifelong fear of not... |
087580dde25db95baafbff9b308a8a994f028d23 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, other offices will be closed additional day .
U.S. State Department spokesman calls temporary closings a precaution .
Americans in South Africa told to remain "vigilant" | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States temporarily closed its government facilities in South Africa on Tuesday after a \"possible threat\" to its embassy, the U.S. State Department said. The U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, is among the American facilities closed Tuesday. The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria ... |
79dcbc39d83ea0464210d1471376c8f3224d0bbf | Summarize the following news article. | Renault commence legal action against Nelson Piquet Jr over race-fixing claim .
Team boss Flavio Briatore also accuses driver of "blackmailing" Renault .
Allegations refer to Fernando Alonso's 2008 Singapore Grand Prix victory .
Renault to face findings of FIA investigation into incident on September 21 . | [
"(CNN) -- The Renault Formula One team have commenced legal proceedings against former driver Nelson Piquet Junior over allegations made by the Brazilian that he was asked by the team to deliberately crash his car in last year's Singapore Grand Prix. Renault boss Flavio Briatore has issued a statement confirming le... |
3fa9418555b17c9338a6d3f0d5e00e7ae64c7359 | Summarize the following news article. | California voters appear to have approved a ban on same-sex marriage .
At least three court challenges have been filed against ban .
CNN legal analyst says opinions on ban's legality are "all over the place"
Analyst says U.S. Supreme Court will likely be called upon to decide issue . | [
"(CNN) -- California voters on Tuesday appear to have approved Proposition 8, a measure banning same-sex marriage in the state. CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin says the U.S. Supreme Court may have to rule on the issue of same-sex marriage. California's secretary of state late Tuesday released semi-official results s... |
99a567b3bf9f177971dd95600ea1effa60f0bcb7 | Summarize the following news article. | Chancellor Angela Merkel defeats her foreign minister, exit polls indicate .
"This is a bitter defeat," says challenger Frank-Walter Steinmeier .
Merkel's center-right Christian Democratic Union got 33.7% of vote, TV reports .
Steinmeier's center-left Social Democrats received 23.4 percent, network says . | [
"BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel defeated her foreign minister Sunday to win another four-year term, according to exit polls reported by German television network NTV. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband, Joachim Sauer, vote Sunday in Berlin. NTV reported Merkel's center-right C... |
22c8ea1be06e6791b27f43b2059c6149a8dcf7a0 | Summarize the following news article. | Video played at preliminary hearing on reality star Smith's death .
3 charged with conspiracy to prescribe, administer and dispense drugs .
Howard Stern, Khristine Eroshevich, Sandeep Kapoor have pleaded not guilty . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Anna Nicole Smith's bizarre introduction of rapper Kanye West at the 2004 American Music Awards took center stage on the first day of a preliminary hearing for three people facing charges stemming from her death. Anna Nicole Smith's death on February 8, 2007, was ruled to be from \... |
89b91c07752726e41e63ee8b6c5b3094f046be24 | Summarize the following news article. | Jasmine Fiore, 28, was found choked to death and stuffed in a suitcase .
Her husband, reality star Ryan Alexander Jenkins now a murder suspect in the case .
Jenkins reported Fiore missing last Saturday night . | [
"Click here for video . Thursday, August 20, 2009 . 8:13 PM ET - Gruesome details emerging from Buena Park police in the brutal death of 28 year old Jasmine Fiore. Not only was Fiore stuffed in a suitcase and thrown away in a dumpster, but we learn Fiore's teeth and fingers were removed. Authorities believe the mur... |
f34e064288a13b96831c7d390fb24071daae3800 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Affidavit says suspect kept a magazine photo of Chandra Levy in prison cell .
NEW: Witnesses say suspect known as "Chuckie," like demonic movie doll .
An arrest warrant for Ingmar Guandique was signed Tuesday .
Levy disappeared in May 2001; her body was found a year later . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Salvadoran immigrant suspected in the 2001 slaying of Washington intern Chandra Levy told at least two people he killed her, according to an affidavit filed in the case. Ingmar Guandique is serving a 10-year sentence for two assaults in the park where Chandra Levy's body was found. Ingmar G... |
751ff631c751e20472f057d7b904feb0d4c0c42a | Summarize the following news article. | Woman shot inside one of the toll booths; another victim shot inside his vehicle .
Nathaniel Burris of Richmond, California, accused of rush-hour slayings .
Police say deaths appeared to stem from a domestic dispute . | [
"SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- A man police believe shot and killed two people at a California toll plaza during the height of evening rush hour Tuesday was taken into custody early Wednesday, authorities told CNN affiliate KTVU. Police say Nathaniel Burris, 46, was arrested just after 3 a.m. on Interstate 80 ... |
de81650d45e3854f3069076350745fd784c1f864 | Summarize the following news article. | Indian authorities file complaint against Continental for frisking former president .
Former president APJ Abdul Kalam was exempt from body checks, officials say .
Continental, however, insists it followed standard U.S. air-safety procedures . | [
"NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Indian authorities Tuesday filed a police complaint against Continental Airlines for frisking a former president of the country as he was to travel to New York in April. Former president APJ Abdul Kalam was exempt from body checks, officials said. Civil aviation officials in New Delhi acc... |
545befab509b2fc12bfc309bd19e2ffd6171a2d5 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: National Guard medic testifies about exposure in Iraq .
Man tells Senate panel that his family was stationed at base when he was born .
He was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago at age 39 .
Family was exposed to chemicals in tap water during mother's pregnancy, he says . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A man who was raised at Camp Lejeune told lawmakers Thursday that he blames contaminated water at the U.S. Marines training base for his breast cancer. Government records show decades of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Michael Partain, who was diagnosed two years ago at the... |
4943a7e26f8525bd179b5f33d2371dd5ae0b7a1c | Summarize the following news article. | Heidi Klum and Seal have confirmed their daughter was born Friday .
The couple named her Lou Sulola Samuel .
She has three siblings: Henri, Johan and Leni .
Seal said when Lou Sulola was born, it was "endless love at first sight." | [
"(CNN) -- After a weekend of rumors, it's finally official: Heidi Klum and Seal are now the proud parents of a baby girl, Klum's representative confirmed. Heidi Klum met Seal in 2004, and the couple married a year later. The \"Project Runway\" host gave birth Friday night. Klum and Seal named their new bundle Lou S... |
b972885703d53745148d8ce847ce3267fe66f834 | Summarize the following news article. | Comoros Islands lie between east African and the island nation of Madagascar .
Recorder could contain information to help determine what caused the crash .
Thirteen-year-old French girl was the only person to survive plane crash . | [
"(CNN) -- Search teams have found the flight data recorder from the Yemenia Airways plane that crashed off the Comoros Islands in June, killing 152 people, the chief investigator said Friday. Search parties continue their operation to locate the Yemenia Airbus A310 off the Comoros Islands in July. An operation to r... |
432986f7670e5fa46f4c2d46e696f8957d0fb8de | Summarize the following news article. | CNN has asked businesses to explain their concept of "Going Green"
Jeweler Salina Khan Fuchigami uses cubic zirconia instead of diamonds .
Khan Fuchigami: "Diamond mining practices have huge ecological impacts"
Blog series is part of CNN's "Going Green" coverage from June 15 to July 10 . | [
"During CNN's \"Going Green: Green Light for Business\" coverage, we've asked businesses to tell us how they balance the imperative for profit with environmental concerns. First up is the co-founder of Hong Kong-based DIAZ Fine Jewelry, Salina Khan Fuchigami, whose business packages cubic zirconia diamonds in an en... |
ffbd623d043e1aedd1d2602d642f22ae497fb907 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Parole officer may have seen "false backyard," suspected nothing, official says .
NEW: Spokesman: Deputy didn't call parole officer after 911 calls about Garrido .
Garrido was released from prison early after saying he had drug use under control .
Garrido likely became lower priority as time since his crimes passe... | [
"(CNN) -- Phillip Garrido was registered as a sex offender, regularly visited by parole officers and fitted with an ankle bracelet to track his movements -- but nothing prevented him from being around children, according to a victims' advocacy group. Phillip Garrido, a registered sex offender, was arraigned in Cali... |
56a1d687af9fda0ea9403b9b5670ced4e1ca10ee | Summarize the following news article. | EW: Dan Brown's new novel, "The Lost Symbol," doesn't equal "Da Vinci Code"
Book concerns the death of a Freemason that puts Robert Langdon back in action .
Brown offers plenty of minutiae, but not all of it's interesting . | [
"(Entertainment Weekly) -- Dan Brown's \"The Da Vinci Code\" has spawned a raft of imitators, most of which pale in comparison; the latest, \"The Lost Symbol,\" is by Brown himself. Dan Brown's \"The Lost Symbol\" is his first novel since the blockbuster \"The Da Vinci Code\" in 2003. Once again, Harvard symbologis... |
a209d869530f2044ee041b5cd29b2afb9a2a91be | Summarize the following news article. | Man enters flood to rescue woman, 30 years after father drowned saving others .
Woman's car washes off I-20 in Georgia, 'in a blink of an eye,' she says .
Co-workers hold rope while he goes in, trying to keep everyone calm .
Thoughts of his father and the 'what ifs' stay with him . | [
"LITHIA SPRINGS, Georgia (CNN) -- As Zack Stephney stepped into the floodwaters last week, history washed over him. Thirty years after his father drowned in a rescue attempt, Zack Stephney helped save a woman whose car sank. The youngest of five children, he was only 8 when his father died. For three decades, he'd ... |
904f238bab1156fb0f6aa43d0e224fc5bfcf4d5b | Summarize the following news article. | Karadzic says he has not had sufficient time to prepare his defense .
Court cannot compel Karadzic to attend bur could put video link in cell .
Court has simplified case against Karadzic to avoid repeat of Milosevic trial .
Still, trial will last at least two -- and possibly three -- years . | [
"The Hague, Netherlands (CNN) -- After Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic's failure to appear at the start of his trial on genocide and war crimes charges CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson explains what happens next. Q: How does the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugosla... |
26d1f5003fad83713666368af9f0380e442ab350 | Summarize the following news article. | Scuffle allegedly took place on flight from United Arab Emirates to New Delhi .
24-year-old flight attendant alleged a molestation attempt, which pilots refute .
Air India has struggled with financial and image crises . | [
"NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Air India took two pilots and two cabin crew off-duty over allegations that they had a fist fight during an international flight with 106 passengers aboard, the state-run airline said Monday. Faced with tough competition from private carriers, Air India has struggled with financial and im... |
f563a13982783d4cbf87ea5966acf433990374e4 | Summarize the following news article. | Researchers have unveiled a 4.4 million-year-old skeleton of a hominid female .
The fossil, nicknamed Ardi, may be the oldest hominid skeleton ever found .
It replaces Lucy, a much-publicized skeleton that dates back about 3 million years .
Scientists: Ardi suggests humans and chimps evolved from a common ancestor . | [
"(CNN) -- The oldest-known hominid skeleton was a 4-foot-tall female who walked upright more than 4 million years ago and offers new clues to how humans may have evolved, scientists say. This sketch shows what a 4 million-year-old hominid, nicknamed Ardi, may have looked like. Scientists believe that the fossilized... |
8237a8edb29ed0d894aaf41e372eb5e403d4f6c0 | Summarize the following news article. | Fighting broke out as Muslims torched 40 to 50 houses in Christian enclave .
Muslims enraged over an alleged desecration of Quran at a Christian wedding .
Muslims burned 15 Christian homes on Thursday .
Pakistan predominantly Muslim, but has a small Christian community . | [
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Security forces patrolled the streets of the eastern Pakistan city of Gojra on Sunday, one day after seven people were killed and 20 injured when Muslim demonstrators set fire to houses in a Christian enclave and fighting broke out, authorities said. Pakistani human rights activists in... |
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