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85716fc0ce68ba7eb8a6a49334b28ea879763708 | Summarize the following news article. | Julian Zelizer: Public unhappy with government partisanship, ties to special interests .
Zelizer: Political process flaws limit change in policies .
Obama, Democrats and Republicans must work together to restore trust, he writes .
Zelizer urges reforms in filibuster system, campaign financing, earmarks and tax law . | [
"(CNN) -- Responding to President Obama's State of the Union comments about the \"deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works,\" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that \"the American people don't care about process.\" Yet Americans have indicated that they are quite unhappy with how their government is work... |
4fd2e39393b228ec5fc0208c8f2fd978748fa39b | Summarize the following news article. | Artist Chris Jordan photographed albatross remains on Midway Atoll in Pacific .
Remains show that albatross chicks choke or are poisoned by being fed plastic .
Plastic waste found across thousands of miles in North Pacific gyre . | [
"(CNN) -- Midway Atoll, a small stretch of sand and coral in the middle of the north Pacific, is home to one of the world's largest populations of Laysan albatrosses. Until 1993, U.S. Navy aircraft thundered down the runway of the military base on the island, but now ocean going birds nest and embark on their own e... |
9030a7824ef66eca6aa330a8d593858e8e37de73 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: U.S. student Amanda Knox says questioners badgered, slapped, confused her .
Knox, ex-boyfriend on trial in death of Knox's British housemate, Meredith Kercher .
Knox contends she was at boyfriend's house the night Kercher was killed .
Ivory Coast native Rudy Guede sentenced to 30 years for Kercher's murder . | [
"PERUGIA, Italy (CNN) -- American student Amanda Knox, accused of killing her housemate two years ago, testified in her murder trial Saturday that she was intimidated by Italian police during questioning. American college student Amanda Knox, 21, testifies Friday at her murder trial in Perugia, Italy. Knox, 21, i... |
82e3419244e08ea5976e5adb51cbfea9f8b623f1 | Summarize the following news article. | Surveillance video shows man shooting another man outside a store in Naples, Italy .
Police released the video in hopes it would lead someone to come forward .
Release of the video provided clues, police say; source says killer is a man from Naples .
Third man in video was thought to be accomplice, but he tells newspap... | [
"(CNN) -- Police have identified the man whose shooting of another man outside a store in Naples, Italy, was captured by a surveillance camera, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Saturday. The announcement came two days after police released the video of the brazen daylight shooting in hopes it would lead someon... |
2354384a293ae4e895dcc4b4f4f4796c5f20ba7e | Summarize the following news article. | Sanford is accused of using tax money for personal travel .
Sanford announced affair with Argentine woman in June .
Ethics case involves civil charges that are punishable by fines .
Legislators already have filed an impeachment resolution against Sanford . | [
"(CNN) -- The South Carolina Ethics Commission has charged Gov. Mark Sanford with 37 counts of violating state ethics laws, according to a complaint released by the commission on Monday. The complaint follows a three-month investigation into Sanford's use of taxpayer money. Sanford is accused of using tax money to... |
e6a96c4c73c8396584ac67c8dec98853bc3e0d51 | Summarize the following news article. | Woman: I'm still in pain a week after attack .
The FBI is investigating to see whether "a civil rights violation occurred"
Police report says "West punched [Hill] in the left cheek, forehead"
Troy Dale West said Tashawnea Hill spit upon him; Hill denies it . | [
"(CNN) -- The FBI is investigating as a possible hate crime an incident in which a woman was beaten to the ground in front of her child at the entrance to a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Morrow, Georgia, south of Atlanta. Troy Dale West, of Poulan, Georgia, is facing battery and cruelty to children charges after the... |
95f06b1c7d5214de2e444cc8acd77de486f3cc46 | Summarize the following news article. | Jane Goodall says Michael Jackson loved chimpanzees .
Jackson wrote "Heal the World" to call attention to chimpanzees' problems .
Song became a call to peace for humanity .
Goodall said she found Jackson to be a "sad person" | [
"MAMONI VALLEY PRESERVE, Panama (CNN) -- A famed primatologist says the plight of chimpanzees helped inspire Michael Jackson to write the song \"Heal the World.\" Michael Jackson loved chimpanzees, said Jane Goodall: \"They made him smile.\" But the theme and the lyrics of the song turned out to be about a better w... |
9a533821da342c44ef1f3be4d91d621c669b84e6 | Summarize the following news article. | Four journalists, professor released on bail, Iran Labour News Agency reports .
Five held since arrests during a December 27 protest, ILNA reported .
Report: Prosecutor suggests detainees of 'recent unrest' will be released . | [
"(CNN) -- Iran on Sunday released on bail four journalists and a retired professor whom it had held for two months, the semiofficial Iran Labour News Agency reported. The five prisoners had been held since they were arrested during a December 27 protest, according to ILNA. The journalists are Abdolreza Tajik, Masha... |
66ce2f66ec507c1c6cb6b323ac77f480736c1f25 | Summarize the following news article. | Rajendra Singh has devoted his life to solving Rajasthan's water problems .
Rajasthan is India's largest state and also one of the driest .
Singh says rainwater is a resource we cannot afford to waste .
Ten thousand water harvesting structures have been made in the last 25 years . | [
"RAJASTHAN, India (CNN) -- Some call him the River Maker, others the Rainman of Rajasthan. His real name is Rajendra Singh. His nicknames come from his self-imposed mission to solve his state's water problems, one raindrop at a time. Rajendra Singh is trying to solve water issues in Rajasthan -- one of India's drie... |
9f6a28503731cf468ff08967f03d5645e866bf26 | Summarize the following news article. | Brazilian Ronaldo is back playing competitive football for Corinthians .
The 32-year-old has been out for 13 months after needing knee surgery .
CNN's Pedro Pinto predicts Ronaldo won't reach his former glory . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- The Phenomenon is back. You may not have recognized him when he came on as a substitute for Corinthians in a Brazilian Cup match, though. After all, he's a few kilos heavier than the Ronaldo we grew to know and love in the last decade. Comeback Brazilian: Ronaldo is playing competitive foo... |
9c4ebafd978f77482ddf6fb1d500b16adcedd95f | Summarize the following news article. | E-waste imported from the West is sold in local electronics stores in Nigeria .
Most of the imported hardware doesn't work and is abandoned at dumpsites .
Locals endanger their health by burning cables, dismantling old equipment .
Computer Aid distributes working computers to local villagers, businesses . | [
"BAUCHI, Nigeria (CNN) -- The truck driver kept his hand on the horn, but resorted to shifting into first gear and used the full weight of his container truck to force his way through the over-crowded and narrow market street. In Nigeria, men burn broken computer equipment to collect reusable metals like copper. Bu... |
3610b0951b7c6f5b8c848318b62703e85c982878 | Summarize the following news article. | William Shatner is host of "Shatner's Raw Nerve" on the Biography channel .
The actor has also written an autobiography, "Up Till Now"
Shatner on "Boston Legal:" "We laughed our way through five years of great joy"
Shatner: "I don't have anybody who ever mentored me" | [
"(CNN) -- From Captain Kirk on \"Star Trek\" to Denny Crane on \"Boston Legal,\" William Shatner has been a fixture on television for decades. William Shatner has a new talk show and has written an autobiography. Even as his latest series comes to an end, the actor is busier than ever. He has written an autobiograp... |
d173e3c13e109bd31c589baf28c9d730eccbfc47 | Summarize the following news article. | Vicks spray recalled after small amount of product found to contain bacteria .
Bacteria poses little risk to healthy people, Proctor and Gamble says .
No reports of illness from the bacteria, it says . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Procter & Gamble is recalling Vicks Sinex nasal spray in the United States, Britain and Germany after finding it contained bacteria, the company said. Procter & Gamble said it announced the voluntary recall after finding the bacteria in a small amount of product made at a plant in Germany.... |
2563a7b2617b339bbd9692cd20b2c0fad15c4138 | Summarize the following news article. | "Inglourious Basterds" features Nazi propaganda film .
Film was made by Jewish director Eli Roth, who also stars in "Basterds"
"Basterds," the latest from Quentin Tarantino, opens August 21 . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Quentin Tarantino's new movie \"Inglourious Basterds\" comes with a film inside the film, a Nazi propaganda movie promoting the glory of Germany's Third Reich. Eli Roth and Brad Pitt star in \"Inglourious Basterds.\" Roth also directed a short film within the film. Tarantino said h... |
cbc39640032439729fc852608280d9b301bd77fb | Summarize the following news article. | Cancellation reflects improved conditions in Iraq, official said .
Iraqi elections won't delay scheduled withdrawals U.S. says, Ambassador Chris Hill .
"Our plan is to draw down the troops as we've said we're going [to] do," says Hill .
The United States plans to withdraw all its combat troops from Iraq by August . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- More than 3,000 U.S. troops scheduled to deploy to Iraq won't go after all, as the military tries to draw down troop levels in the war-torn country, a Pentagon spokesman said Saturday. U.S. troops speak to an Iraqi child in Baghdad on Monday. The 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain ... |
e82efa89684e806e6b76e864310349d976ae42a9 | Summarize the following news article. | Washington reviewing claims that money is being diverted to militant group .
U.N. estimates 60 percent of people who need aid live in militant-controlled areas .
Millions could run out of food in the next few weeks, U.N. says . | [
"GAALKACYO, Somalia (CNN) -- The U.S. government is delaying \"tens of millions\" of dollars in crucial humanitarian aid over concerns that the money is being diverted to a notorious militant group, a senior U.N. official said. Al-Shabaab militants ride through Mogadishu, Somalia, after a religious gathering in Se... |
f4238e599c1d35f439271e223ba70eaed1f176fa | Summarize the following news article. | United Nations fears 4,000 buried beneath rubble, current death toll 540 .
Rescue efforts hampered by heavy rain, power outages, impassable roads .
People use hammers, chisels, bare hands to dig through rubble for survivors . | [
"PADANG, Indonesia (CNN) -- As many as 4,000 people could be buried under the rubble in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in Indonesia, United Nations officials said Saturday. Indonesian soldiers crawl under the rubble of a collapsed building to search for victims. Local disaster management officials put... |
4c7194406223a0020f44aa0c63c3f5d47937c88b | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: "I never thought any of this was going to be easy," he says at university .
President not visiting other Gulf Coast areas damaged by Katrina in 2005 .
Some local Republicans have decried Obama's visit as too short .
But White House cites other visits by him, senior officials since storm . | [
"NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Before a cheering crowd at a town hall meeting in New Orleans, President Obama fired back at critics who accuse him of accomplishing little in his nine months in office, saying \"I'm just getting started.\" President Obama speaks at a town hall meeting at the University of New Orlea... |
e845dd89dd4837b1ae0fcc18b13e6b2f6285a270 | Summarize the following news article. | Doctors gathered sophisticated team and equipment for Haiti on private plane .
They found nobody in charge, chaos, hospitals had nothing, not even elementary equipment .
Plane sent with equipment; supplies hijacked; resupply plane not allowed in .
They say the "lack of support for our operation by the United States is ... | [
"New York City (CNN) -- Four years ago, the devastating Hurricane Katrina affected millions in the United States. The initial medical response was ill-equipped, understaffed, poorly coordinated and delayed. Criticism was fierce. The response to Haiti has been the same. The point no one seems to remember is this: M... |
b37a4599efbe788ce601a9a4ec4e6f8a6cb3d9e9 | Summarize the following news article. | Chansa Kabwela wanted to highlight conditions in which women were being forced to give birth during a hospital strike .
She mailed pictures to government ministers of a woman delivering a baby in a hospital parking lot .
Zambian President Rupiah Banda described the photos as pornographic and Kabwela was ordered arreste... | [
"(CNN) -- A court in Zambia has acquitted a newspaper editor who was tried on obscenity charges for mailing photographs of a woman giving birth. Chansa Kabwela, the editor of the Post, wanted to highlight the conditions in which women were being forced to give birth during a hospital strike last summer. She mailed ... |
0d0047deacd74ef50d81464ad73518ae0049a3a0 | Summarize the following news article. | Car bomb detonated near a government forensic office in central Baghdad .
Attack comes a day after three vehicle bomb attacks killed 36, injured 71 .
At least 18 dead, 80 injured in latest attack . | [
"Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 18 people have been killed and 80 injured in a car bomb blast in central Baghdad as deadly violence returned to the streets of the Iraqi capital for a second day. The blast was caused by a suicide bomber who drove through the checkpoint, toward a government forensic office, Iraq's m... |
8c7dda7bb26815d3581c5e1a776c32d022bbb41e | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Queues were large outside most Colombo polling booths, election officials say .
NEW: President Rajapaksa casts his vote in ancestral town of Medamulana .
He faces tough challenge from retired Gen. Fonseka .
Police: Contingent of 85,000 police officers deployed to maintain law and order . | [
"(CNN) -- Sri Lankans went to the polls on Tuesday in the island nation's first peacetime presidential election in 26 years, despite explosions and mortar fire in the capital of Northern Province hours before polls opened. Once a stronghold for the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Northern Province city ... |
c7d509baf5a15accf00507098e5418ab283beef1 | Summarize the following news article. | Judge: Army Corps of Engineers liable for catastrophic flooding during Katrina .
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says ruling may "open up the floodgates" for more suits .
Nagin calls decision "a surprise," says he expects feds to appeal .
Plaintiffs awarded damages from Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish . | [
"(CNN) -- Calling the ruling \"huge,\" New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Thursday reacted to a federal judge finding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' failure to maintain a shipping channel led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina. Nagin said he hopes the court decision will \"open up the floodgates\" fo... |
f3c387478b7a704f9938c453bff1b67e3a786910 | Summarize the following news article. | Man accused of surreptitiously taping Andrews nude, posting videos online .
Previously, most of the tapes were thought to have been shot in a Nashville hotel .
Court documents filed Wednesday claim videos also were made in Columbus, Ohio .
Stalking charge carries a potential five-year prison sentence . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A man charged with stalking sports reporter Erin Andrews is now accused of making nude videotapes of her in one more city than previously thought, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Michael David Barrett, 48, is accused of surreptitiously videotaping the ESPN reporter th... |
4bfe78c3d6016605a9c07d366b51979192aeae0d | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Auxiliary lock used to relieve blocked river traffic .
Lock broke Sunday morning; cause not known, Army Corps of Engineers says .
Break happened about 65 miles northeast of Louisville, Kentucky .
In locks, vessels are raised or lowered to match elevation ahead . | [
"(CNN) -- A lock break occurred on the Ohio River near Warsaw, Kentucky, on Sunday, stopping barge traffic for several hours as the Army Corps of Engineers investigated. The lock break stopped traffic on the Ohio River about 65 miles northeast of Louisville, Kentucky. The incident involved structures, and there wer... |
14178c325228ff25afcd325500a6f1f01313f5d8 | Summarize the following news article. | Abe Pollin was 85 years old .
Pollin and his wife have owned the Wizards, formerly known as the Bullets, for 45 years .
Pollin also once owned Washington Capitals hockey team .
Survived by wife, two sons and two granddaughters, according to Web site . | [
"(CNN) -- Abe Pollin, the longtime owner of the Washington Wizards professional basketball franchise, has died, the Wizards said Tuesday. He was 85. No further details were immediately available. The Wizards said information would be released as it became available. The Pollin family asked that their privacy be res... |
29a7ec67253cca779fee3bfe9e2fc4c50049f885 | Summarize the following news article. | Iraqi Olympic Committee stands by decision to disband Iraqi football association .
FIFA banned Iraq from international competition following move .
Iraq won Asian championship in 2007 but failed to reach next year's World Cup . | [
"Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi Olympic Committee said Saturday it stands by its decision to disband the country's soccer association -- a move that led to the association's suspension from international football. World governing body FIFA said Friday it had decided to suspend the Iraqi Football Association (IFA)... |
b66d18969555bde5bb76cd399d2345ef8176ed87 | Summarize the following news article. | Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra arrives in Cambodia to work as economic adviser .
Thai officials say they will issue extradition request for Thaksin .
Thailand suspends cooperation with Cambodia, withdraws ambassador .
Thaksin fled Thailand last year while awaiting trial on corruption charges . | [
"Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Relations between Cambodia and Thailand took a further turn for the worse Tuesday, after ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Phnom Penh to begin his new job there. Thaksin arrived in Cambodia Tuesday to begin his first day as an economic adviser, a move that has infu... |
00fa48a209242751af7814a89fd893895387a81d | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Republic of Ireland officials lodge official complaint with world ruling body FIFA .
NEW: FAI also writes to French counterparts asking for World Cup play-off to be replayed .
Cameras showed France's Thierry Henry guiding ball with his hand twice, before William Gallas scored .
Ex-France player David Ginola said H... | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Irish football officials have lodged an official complaint with world ruling body FIFA after Thierry Henry confessed that he handled the ball in the build-up to the goal which sent France to next summer's World Cup. Television cameras showed Henry guiding the ball with his hand twice, befo... |
d739265e3b49bd120330c2d6b5e0d7d7c8e691db | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. has committed $100 million in aid to Haiti, with more to come, Clinton says .
Ten years of hard work needed to rebuild Haiti, Canadian PM tells meeting .
Top officials from more than a dozen countries meet in Montreal on Monday .
Families of the missing fight Haiti's effort to shift from rescue to recovery mode . | [
"(CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and foreign ministers from more than a dozen countries met Monday to discuss how to rebuild Haiti after the devastating January 12 earthquake. Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive also attended the one-day meeting of the Friends of Haiti group of nations in Mon... |
be73b911b28d8df5cd5c0638d6f0b81af9e08404 | Summarize the following news article. | Novak Djokovic leads Mikhail Youzhny 7-5 2-0 in Dubai Tennis Championship final .
World No. 2 must wait until Sunday to complete successful defense of his title .
Russian seventh seed Youzhny beat Serbian in Rotterdam semifinals two weeks ago .
Elena Dementieva will face fellow Russian Alisa Kleybanova in Sunday's Mala... | [
"(CNN) -- World No. 2 Novak Djokovic was on track to defend his Dubai Tennis Championship title when torrential rain, thunder and lightning halted play in Saturday's final against Mikhail Youzhny. The Serbian led 7-5 2-0 when the heavens opened on the desert emirate and flooded the court, and after a long delay it ... |
e52ef5b9fe51942316a0e2e366f4e8035955e758 | Summarize the following news article. | Iran says it won't send partially enriched uranium abroad for medical research .
Proposal was key part of deal brokered by U.N. nuclear watchdog .
U.S. says proposal "was accepted in principle by all parties including Iran"
U.S., EU nations concerned Iran intends to develop nuclear weapons . | [
"(CNN) -- Iran will not send its partially enriched uranium abroad to be turned into material for medical research, its foreign minister said Wednesday, rejecting a key plank of a deal designed to ease international fears that Tehran aims to build nuclear weapons. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran might... |
c8e4173555768685d9fede07f14cb85a1d64059c | Summarize the following news article. | Airship concept all-but abandoned after 1937's Hindenburg disaster .
New-style airships will be heavier-than-air and use helium, not hydrogen .
Aeros hopes to have a prototype of its "floating boardroom" flying in 2010 . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- \"Oh, the humanity.\" When these three words were uttered by aghast radio journalist Herbert Morrison -- as the LZ129 Hindenburg airship crashed and burst into flames in New Jersey in 1937 -- it was seen as the end of airships. The other remaining Zeppelin-class dirigible, the Graf Zeppeli... |
926180d165d0457a3aff258ccdcd10aff64cc938 | Summarize the following news article. | Mazen Abdul Jawad, divorced father of 4, spoke openly about sex escapades .
Saudi authorities shut down LBC offices in Jeddah and Riyadh over broadcast .
Episode caused an uproar in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia . | [
"(CNN) -- A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced a man who caused uproar by bragging about his sex life on television to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes, according to Ministry of Information officials. Mazen Abdul Jawad talked openly about his sex life on the controversial show. Mazen Abdul Jawad, a 32-year-old... |
fd75a5e8062aad223d7e0106c04a8dfa1e254efa | Summarize the following news article. | Park Ji-Sung given two-year extension to his contract at Manchester United .
South Korea star was first player from Asia to play in Champions League final .
Park has made 127 appearances for United since joining from PSV in 2005 . | [
"(CNN) -- South Korean star Park Ji-sung has signed a two-year contract extension at English Premier League champions Manchester United. The 28-year-old Park has been handed a contract extension at Manchester United. The attacking midfielder is now tied to Old Trafford until 2012 as reward for his dogged displays ... |
e4a0251d31c43fb970fb992feed8a9a46e99b41b | Summarize the following news article. | Former Gen. Reynaldo Benito Bignone is accused of torturing 56 people .
More than 100 people have testified at his trial .
Trial is expected to last until March . | [
"(CNN) -- Prosecutors asked Wednesday for a 25-year sentence for Argentina's last dictator, who is on trial on charges that he violated human rights during his 17-month rule in the early 1980s. Former Gen. Reynaldo Benito Bignone is accused of torturing 56 people and depriving them of their liberty, as well as comm... |
de8382117ea54a069fe3b2bff14ce75801726322 | Summarize the following news article. | Programs across the country educate inmates about meditation and yoga .
Meditation has helped reduce violence in Alabama prison, official says .
"They don't feel so close to exploding," documentary director says .
Buddhism is third most popular religion in United States . | [
"RIVERDALE, Georgia (CNN) -- In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacation home on Cape Cod all vanished when he was sent to prison for an arson in 1996. Kenneth Brown, a former inmate, learned to meditate during his nine years in prison. Trapped in his gloo... |
03e95b5f785d408566b2d46d53cd8d793418ff63 | Summarize the following news article. | Garth Brooks coming out of retirement to play special Las Vegas engagement .
Brooks describes himself as "an average guy"
To go back and forth from Oklahoma to Vegas, he's been given a jet .
Wife Trisha Yearwood: She and Brooks like being at home for kids . | [
"LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- The theater was packed as Garth Brooks shared stories about why he decided to officially step out of retirement after nine years. Garth Brooks played two secret concerts in Vegas earlier this summer. Now he's signed on for an engagement. Camera crews and journalists filled the front sect... |
37161ce92f26f89e673948a7f7ca5c6201b340b3 | Summarize the following news article. | Feds will seek death penalty for 22-year-old Demario James Atwater .
Feds cannot seek death for Lawrence Alvin Lovette because of his age .
Atwater and Lovette are accused of abducting Carson, shooting her .
Carson was honor student, student body president at UNC-Chapel Hill . | [
"(CNN) -- Federal prosecutors said Friday that they will seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old man accused in the shooting death last year of Eve Carson, student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Police said UNC student body President Eve Carson was taken from her home and kille... |
69b2f995eab2334aba25d3f004042ca1a00cde2c | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Soldier wounded in Fort Hood attack: It's difficult to believe this could happen .
Obama: Massacre and response showed worst and best of human nature .
Thirteen dead, 42 wounded, according to the Fort Hood's public information office .
Suspect and 17 others still hospitalized, spokesman says . | [
"Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- Army investigators on Sunday asked troops and civilians for help in the probe of a deadly mass shooting at Fort Hood last week, saying some who fled the gunfire might have evidence. \"The Fort Hood office of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command is seeking any military or civilian ... |
fd0731e9fd7ad71ee59b95d6b2e9020e2e231a42 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Visit comes after Iran says it needs more time to mull deal over uranium production .
Tehran has revealed the existence of a second nuclear enrichment facility .
Iran says its nuclear program is intended solely for peaceful purposes .
Many in the West believe Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities . | [
"Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- International officials arrived in Iran on Sunday to inspect a newly disclosed nuclear facility near the city of Qom, state media reported. Inspectors from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog -- the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -- will visit the installation to make sure it is b... |
fe4b425b77b87f2030fe8efbf8f30619b51e5ce4 | Summarize the following news article. | The plan: Laurens County sheriff would execute search warrant on home .
The claim: dogs at private residence allegedly bred to fight .
Authorities find: Almost 100 dogs chained, some malnourished, others scarred . | [
"Editor's note: Watch \"The Situation Room\" at 5 p.m. ET Tuesday for more from CNN's Brooke Baldwin about the dog rescue. Authorities raided a residence in Laurens County, Georgia, and found dogs scarred and malnourished. LAURENS COUNTY, Georgia (CNN) -- It was 8 a.m. October 15. Our CNN crew had been up for a whi... |
64cd2bac26ff371e30d1120ea8cffcb611173169 | Summarize the following news article. | Most debt-settlement firms require you to pay an upfront fee, plus a monthly retainer .
Complaints about these companies have increased in many states .
"Call to Action" aims to help consumers with credit card debt avoid bankruptcy . | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Have you seen those ads being run by the debt-settlement outfits on bad late-night TV? Their promise is always the same -- to reduce your credit card debt to just pennies on the dollar without making you file for bankruptcy! Clark Howard says debt-settlement firms promise to help consumer... |
3d508d4845160289425e1cfed1696c50918d7052 | Summarize the following news article. | Horia Cretan became a hero for carrying boy from burning building .
The other hero is firefighter Jimmy Senk, who went into the building .
Senk saw boy disappear back into the smoke, so "I masked up and went in"
"I didn't think he was going to make it," Senk said . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- He's the other hero. After pulling child to safety, firefighter Jimmy Senk went back into burning building in case another was inside. Jimmy Senk is a Bronx, New York, firefighter who went inside a burning apartment with black smoke billowing out of the windows on Wednesday, pulled out a 4-year-o... |
f6e7829f5cfdecdf890f39dcb2e76116c1d02c85 | Summarize the following news article. | For fourth year, Iraqis top list of people seeking asylum in an industrialized nation .
They are just ahead of people fleeing wars in Afghanistan and Somalia .
The U.N. refugee agency said 13,200 Iraqis applied for asylum .
185,000 people applied in first half of 2009, a 10 percent increase over last year . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- For the fourth year in a row, Iraqis top a growing roster of people seeking asylum in an industrialized nation. They are just ahead of people fleeing wars in Afghanistan and Somalia, said a report published by the U.N. refugee agency Wednesday. Iraqi refugees leave the plane after arriving at the... |
c27a068a88a9f282acab4130c04ad10fb1f91ba7 | Summarize the following news article. | UK to hold public inquiry into allegations Iraqis were killed and abused after firefight five years ago .
Allegations center around aftermath of firefight in 2004 at checkpoint in Maysan Province, southern Iraq .
Former detainees and family of a slain Iraqi say at least 20 people were killed and others were abused .
UK... | [
"London, England (CNN) -- British Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth announced a public inquiry Wednesday into allegations that Iraqis were killed and abused after a firefight more than five years ago in the southern part of the country. The allegations center around the aftermath of a fight in May 2004 at the so-call... |
71aec24c16c708c086cf10e925cce6cec22baf04 | Summarize the following news article. | Theron says women must make their own success behind the camera .
In her 15 years working in Hollywood, she has produced four films .
She produced "Monster," for which she was awarded a Best Actress Oscar .
Theron on being a woman working in Hollywood: "I try not to bitch and complain" | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- When it comes to bagging the best jobs behind the camera, Hollywood A-lister Charlize Theron says that women have to make their own luck. Charlize Theron in \"The Burning Plain,\" which she both stars in and executive produces. Indeed, the 33 year-old's career could be seen as a template f... |
6686cc26eeec067b3f17be8215da7fc9cdad4aef | Summarize the following news article. | Pakistan's cricket team has been accused of deliberately losing two games .
Government official alleges Pakistan lost to Australia to knock out rivals India .
Pakistan progressed to Champions Trophy semifinals after last-ball defeat .
Jamshed Ahmed Dasti also claims Pakistan lost semi to NZ on purpose . | [
"(CNN) -- Pakistan cricket is embroiled in a new controversy after the national team were accused of deliberately losing two games at the Champions Trophy by a government official. Younis Khan's future as Pakistan captain is in doubt following accusations of match-fixing. The chairman of the National Assembly's sta... |
83b1263ca2e0624bb0aa135a3f8925bb6c485c37 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Truce deal still intact, a Yemeni government official says .
NEW: Official cites revenge, truce info not yet reaching militia fighters as reasons .
Yemeni Interior official tells newspaper that Houthi rebels fired on his car .
Troops and rebels exchange fire, killing one, state-run media reported . | [
"(CNN) -- The same day a cease-fire agreement was to go into effect, a high-ranking Yemeni official accused rebels of trying to assassinate him. Deputy Interior Minister Gen. Mohammed Bin Abdullah al-Qawsi told Almotamar, the newspaper of the ruling party, Friday that \"his car came under intensive fire shots in a... |
abb52af31c85fd803b0ec3f5fd808f8ceaa177fc | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Father speaks about 1100 km train journey to save his son .
Newborn baby with heart protruding from his chest faces complex surgery Thursday .
The baby has severe infection and hole in his heart .
Doctors in New Delhi say only five to eight cases of this kind in one million live births . | [
"NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- The father of a baby born with his heart protruding from his chest has told CNN about the 1100 km train journey he made to save his son's life. Chander Majhi's son was born with his heart outside his chest and faces complex surgery. Chander Majhi, 24, became a father last week but he had... |
27cf294a32f592d37a329318379954bcd54b17e3 | Summarize the following news article. | Turkey mediated indirect talks between Israel and Syria, neighboring countries that have been adversaries for years .
Syrian President Bashar Assad: We need Israel partnership in order to renew peace talks and obtain results .
Assad traveled to France for talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy, where he blamed Israel for... | [
"Paris, France (CNN) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad says peace talks with Israel could resume if the Jewish state showed willingness to fully engage in the process. \"This peace process cannot only be relaunched by one party. Syria wants peace and we have a mediator, Turkey, which is ready to use its mediation r... |
4776859089a777c567f574bc2145e8af2305fdf8 | Summarize the following news article. | Security Cabinet voted 11-2 in favor of the measure which calls for a 10-month freeze .
Israel under pressure -- particularly from United States -- to halt settlement construction .
Continued construction a key stumbling block in restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks .
Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad said proposed fre... | [
"Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli government ministers Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a temporary freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank in an effort to restart peace talks with the Palestinians. The Security Cabinet voted 11-2 in favor of the measure which calls for a 10-month freeze on new building permi... |
b39226e755234e692fe4bce75e6287ac4ca1aa2d | Summarize the following news article. | Consumers get constant pitches for herbal supplements as remedies .
David Frum says a 1994 law exempted supplements from scientific review .
He says people who try to be their own doctor take on unnecessary risk .
Frum: Government should regulate supplements as it does drugs . | [
"(CNN) -- Did you know that there exists an all-natural remedy for memory loss? Weight gain? Macular degeneration? Prostate enlargement? These products are so successful that clinical testing has already begun! Just listen to the following testimonial from an unidentified person ... As these ads blare at you from y... |
4d4ea58f0771c94c9c3ba8c2f844a15ef44e5937 | Summarize the following news article. | Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia responds to State of the Union speech .
Americans don't want to turn health care over to government, he says .
McDonnell: GOP has serious concerns about Obama's terrorist policy . | [
"(CNN) -- Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia delivered the Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday night. Here is a transcript of the speech. McDonnell: Thank you very much. Thank you. Good evening. I'm Bob McDonnell. Eleven days ago, I was honored to be sworn in as the 71st gov... |
661364d2e6abeb0f88539565f38ce93d086dffd6 | Summarize the following news article. | AAA attributes slight increase to improved consumer confidence .
Number of travelers still well down from two years ago .
AAA predicts 38.4 million Americans will travel over the holiday weekend .
Those traveling by air is expected to decline to 2.3 million, from 2.5 million last year . | [
"(CNN) -- A slightly higher number of Americans will travel Thanksgiving holiday weekend compared with last year, but those traveling by air is expected to decline, AAA said. The association, which surveyed 1,350 American households, projects that 38.4 million Americans will travel over the holiday weekend, up from... |
717f56ba8f8d6ef9525ca7ef82bb504fb1538e84 | Summarize the following news article. | Tottenham Hotspur beat Wigan Athletic 9-1 to go back into the Champions League places .
Jermain Defoe scored five goals, with Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, David Bently and Niko Krancjar also scoring .
Defoe and Tottenham's goal feats equal Premier League records .
Blackburn Rovers and Stoke secure wins over Bolton and P... | [
"Tottenham Hotspur humiliated Wigan 9-1 with England striker Jermain Defoe scoring five to move into the Champions League spots in the English Premier League. The incredible rout sees them draw level on points with North London rivals Arsenal and into fourth place ahead of Aston Villa, who they visit next weekend. ... |
7d409d74050ede5fa125a9e006eb5ce34308a873 | Summarize the following news article. | President Obama to announce $8 billion in stimulus funds for high-speed train plan .
Proposed rail system would span across 31 states .
Work is expected to be finished by 2014, according to White House . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- President Obama mentioned an $8 billion investment in high-speed train systems across the country in his State of the Union speech on Wednesday. Details released Thursday said the investment would be grants from the government's $862 billion economic stimulus package to begin the planning and i... |
e1edbfddadbc00baec4ccd2132f9809db7a54d67 | Summarize the following news article. | Twitter, Facebook users react to Obama's Peace Prize win .
Opinion largely divided but most wonder if it prize came too soon .
Others state they believe the President does not deserve the award .
News of the award was half of all trending topics on microblogging site Twitter . | [
"(CNN) -- News that U.S. President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize has been as polarizing as his embattled healthcare reform plans. After Obama's win, Spanish newspaper El Pais published a cartoon showing the president as a black peace dove. Minutes after the news broke, social networking sites such as Twitt... |
b3ff9525f3843092e9f2379852685596d43567b9 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: White House makes no statement after meeting ended .
Obama will not announce decision until at least next week .
Meeting included Biden, Gates, Mullen, McChrystal, Eikenberry, White House says .
Obama wanted clarification on how, when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met Monday night with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the White House announced. It was the ninth meeting of the president's war council to consider whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, as requested by the U.S. commander on the ground t... |
0f81711c5e859d5473c41a0b988549ce4007eb03 | Summarize the following news article. | Pastor Daniel Henderson: "Most Christians pray out of crisis or pray a grocery list"
His 14-city "Creative Prayer Tour" seeks to transform how Americans pray .
Henderson cites The Lord's Prayer as the blueprint for Christians .
Remember the four R's: Reverence, Response, Requests, Readiness . | [
"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- After 2,000 years of Christian prayer, many faithful still don't know how to pray effectively, pastor Daniel Henderson says. \"Most Christians pray out of crisis or pray a grocery list,\" he said, making \"God a lifeline of last resort.\" Henderson teaches that prayer should be about wor... |
dcdfffe71cb5d3cb72e3ef42316dd980b9620be2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Dalai Lama lauds U.S. founding principles, decries gap between rich and poor .
Pelosi calls Dalai Lama "one of the most highly honored peacemakers of our time"
Dalai Lama is in Washington for conference and to meet U.S. officials .
He won't meet with President Obama, who plans to visit him next month in Asia . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Dalai Lama, accepting a human rights prize from a U.S. foundation Tuesday, chastised the United States for not fully addressing the economic divide between its poorest and richest citizens. The Dalai Lama sits with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the awards ceremony on Tuesday. \"Huge gap, ri... |
fb0fdc14aa0316bca2aea4579322010c9f56be4f | Summarize the following news article. | FIFA turn down a request from the Irish Football Association (FAI) to replay their deciding World Cup play-off game against France .
FIFA: "The result of the match cannot be changed and the match cannot be replayed"
French president Nicolas Sarkozy said: "I was sorry for [Ireland] but do not ask me to stand in for the ... | [
"London, England (CNN) -- The governing body of world football, FIFA, has turned down the request from the Irish Football Association (FAI) to replay their deciding World Cup play-off game against France. The controversial match, that was played on Wednesday, has caused a diplomatic storm after French forward Thier... |
8474541f2de5bcc8808353409af156b61b902d60 | Summarize the following news article. | Uga VII was in his second season as University of Georgia mascot .
Purebred English bulldog died of heart-related causes .
Officials expected to decide next year who will replace the white bulldog . | [
"(CNN) -- Uga VII, the University of Georgia mascot whose deeply furrowed face was a fixture at the school for more than a year, died early Thursday, the university said. He was 4 years old. The purebred English bulldog died of heart-related causes in Savannah, Georgia, according to its owner, Frank \"Sonny\" Seile... |
ddff3cea65945ff8021319f3401c5339affda3cf | Summarize the following news article. | Akbar Ganji: World leaders gathering for U.N. General Assembly .
He says Iranians reject Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim to represent them .
He says the U.S., other nations, should avoid any recognition of Ahmadinejad .
Ganji: Charges should be brought against regime in international court . | [
"Editor's note: Akbar Ganji is a leading Iranian dissident and pro-democracy activist. He served a six-year sentence in Tehran's Evin prison for his reporting on human rights abuses in Iran. The London-based human rights organization, Article 19, has described Ganji as the \"Iranian Vaclav Havel\" and he has receiv... |
4612f792250e9a7d18290c1236c1e969cda72afe | Summarize the following news article. | Inside Africa catches up with a World Cup legend spreading football excitement in South Africa.
David McKenzie discovers the passion of the Angolan football squad and.
Alina Cho speaks to Madonna about her efforts to help other Malawi's orphans. | [
"(CNN) -- This week on Inside Africa -- . A photographer's powerful pictures cover the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then, Nkepile Mabuse catches up with a World Cup legend spreading football excitement in South Africa. And David McKenzie introduces us to a modest Angolan football squad and looks at... |
9e15060460a6725fc9742aa2310ad005441421f8 | Summarize the following news article. | Dutch court rules 14-year-old Laura Dekker cannot embark upon solo sailing trip .
Plans to ensure Dekker's safety during planned trip insufficient Judge said .
Dutch authorities placed Dekker under state care in August . | [
"(CNN) -- A Dutch court Friday ruled against letting a 14-year-old girl sail solo around the world, saying she is not experienced enough to make the trip on her own. Laura Dekker would be allowed to travel from July 1 of next year if she fulfills certain requirements the court established for her to sail. In August... |
83cf64b439d88324c6a809af8698ef743060a2ed | Summarize the following news article. | Shin Fujiyama's Students Helping Honduras aids children and families in need .
The campaign has grown to 25 campuses and raised more than $750,000 .
Group members are helping to rebuild a village devastated by a 1998 hurricane .
Do you know a hero? Nominations are open at CNN.com/Heroes . | [
"FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- Shin Fujiyama's life has been highlighted by second chances. Shin Fujiyama's organization, Students Helping Honduras, has raised more than $750,000. Born in a fishing village in Japan, Fujiyama, 25, recalls a childhood dominated by health concerns. Doctors told his parents that he... |
8fed8925a9dd30f749647988c107dca3bb5fa9bf | Summarize the following news article. | New black Barbies have fuller lips, curlier hair, more African-American features .
Some have cheered the dolls; others have criticized them for being unrealistic .
"I love the black Barbie. It's about time," said CNN iReporter Jua Simpson .
iReport.com: Share your thoughts on the new black Barbie . | [
"(CNN) -- Grace, Kara and Trichelle were created to fill a void for young black girls who for so long have been playing with dolls that don't look like them. Stacy McBride-Irby, creator of the new Barbie, poses with the dolls. The new black Barbies released by Mattel have fuller lips, curlier hair and other feature... |
84c61d6281925406a282bc0407bddd89a07a4904 | Summarize the following news article. | Temple Grandin is a professor at Colorado State University who is autistic .
She sees autism as a gift, not a disability .
Grandin: My mind works "like Google for images"
Grandin is the subject of an HBO film starring Claire Danes . | [
"(CNN) -- Temple Grandin sees her autism as a gift, not a disability. The professor at Colorado State University, who has become a prominent animal rights activist, spoke at the recent TED Conference in California about how people's brains work in different ways -- and how that's something that should be appreciate... |
dbd0f4e3acbd58b298b83c93ef6b5bcf4100c0a1 | Summarize the following news article. | Soldier stationed in Iraq convicted in court-martial .
Private solicited sexual contact with girl, 12, military says .
Soldier gets two years in military prison, bad-conduct discharge . | [
"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An American soldier in Iraq has been sentenced to two years in military prison on child pornography charges, the U.S. military said Tuesday. At a general court-martial Monday at Baghdad's Camp Victory, Army Pvt. James R. Bickerstaff pleaded guilty to attempted possession of child pornography... |
8d03d31442450b5f063f31bd2d89a1cc21ac11c3 | Summarize the following news article. | Commentators focused on why students didn't report alleged rape, Astor says .
Studies of school violence show ways it can be prevented, he says .
Astor: Training can prepare students to alert police and avert violence . | [
"(CNN) -- The alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on the campus of Richmond High School in Northern California while 10 or more witnesses, most of them students, looked on has sparked familiar questions: \"Why are our kids so messed up?\" \"Why didn't these students try to stop the crime?\" \"What's happening i... |
ba7df697f03cc017f5235c3b580ac6bb6ed33cbd | Summarize the following news article. | Michelle Kehoe slashed sons' throats, left them for dead, tried to kill herself, prosecutor says .
Iowa jury hears tape of surviving boy telling police his mother cut him, hurt brother .
Prosecutors say Kehoe hatched plan month before to blame attacks on stranger .
Kehoe's lawyers have filed a notice of intent to prese... | [
"(CNN) -- A mother's plot to blame a stranger for killing her sons went awry when one of the boys survived and told police how Michelle Kehoe cut his throat, then moved on to his younger brother, an Iowa prosecutor said Thursday. Police found the 7-year-old covered in dried blood in the family van the morning of Oc... |
8acd594ae3007b6fc2b2a4bb6206b9d62a96a0e6 | Summarize the following news article. | Four of five people shot are dead; fifth victim underwent surgery late Thursday .
Suspect Richard Ringold heard police sought him and returned to crime scene .
Ringold faces four counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault . | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Just as police were starting a manhunt in the killing of four people, the suspect drove back to the crime scene in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. Richard Ringold is accused of shooting five people in the home he lived in. \"He was in the Dodge Intrepid that we told the media to look out for,\... |
b40197dd7f7de124c892b34bc03700f71b3da749 | Summarize the following news article. | Jumpers die when parachutes tangle during a formation .
Parachutists were part of an 8-person team practicing for competition .
FAA will investigate how parachutes were packed, possible role of weather . | [
"(CNN) -- Life goes on for people who jump out of airplanes, even a day after two fellow parachutists died when their canopies apparently became entangled. Jumps continue at the Parachute Center, where two parachutists died Sunday. On Monday, the Parachute Center near Lodi, California, was open, just like it is any... |
fd25cb60c2575ff14c7cf08a0f25918d43c655f7 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Zone not hit, military says; ambassador says projectile landed near embassy .
VP Joe Biden, on a surprise visit, not injured, according to pool report .
It's not clear what arms were fired or if Biden was near location where round hit .
Rocket, mortar fire aimed at area was common in past, but has become much rare... | [
"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The highly fortified International Zone in Baghdad came under fire the same day that Vice President Joe Biden paid a surprise visit, an Interior Ministry official told CNN. Vice President Joe Biden talks to the media Tuesday in Baghdad's fortified International Zone. Biden was not injured, a... |
8388ef8430907f4332fd08fe1825e37c430993a3 | Summarize the following news article. | Attorney: Man suspected in 2009 recruiting center shooting writes to judge, pleads guilty .
In letter, Abdul Hakim Muhammad claims to have ties to al Qaeda in Yemen .
Muhammad accused of killing soldier, wounding another on June 1 in Little Rock, Arkansas . | [
"(CNN) -- A Tennessee man -- accused in a fatal attack at a military recruiting center in Arkansas in June -- wants to plead guilty and claims to have ties to al Qaeda in Yemen in a letter he wrote to the judge presiding over his case. In the handwritten letter dated January 12, Abdul Hakim Muhammad said he did not... |
5b81187fdefa59a9dcac4a2848b23825be72dab9 | Summarize the following news article. | 11 of 12 people on helicopter were killed, including Chile's national police chief .
Incident occurred during the afternoon in a commercial zone of Panama City .
Witnesses said a blade of the rotor hit a three-story building .
No cause of the crash was immediately identified . | [
"PANAMA CITY, Panama (CNN) -- A helicopter crashed into a building in Panama City on Thursday, killing 11 of the 12 people aboard, including Chile's federal police chief, a Panamanian government official said. The incident occurred during the afternoon in a commercial zone of the city as the Panamanian helicopter w... |
2d09753456e494c0c1eb474d232aaccf7161619d | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Longtime friend says Raymond Clark III "outgoing, happy, athletic, fun"
Another friend says she remembers him "as a jokester, kind of a class clown"
Clark charged with murder of Annie Le, who was found dead on her wedding day .
Girlfriend reportedly defended Clark on MySpace after "rumor of a fling" last year . | [
"NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (CNN) -- Raymond J. Clark III, charged with murder in the death of Yale graduate student Annie Le, was smart, amiable and loved his dog, say those who knew him. Raymond Clark III was arrested Thursday and charged with murder in the death of Annie Le. One researcher said he often went by the ... |
941637011843300963c1626945f5fd1cb20fb6c2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Raul Xazziel Ramirez was just three weeks shy of his eighth birthday, records show .
Ramirez was killed Friday along with his father in Ciudad Juarez.
The boy managed to escape the vehicle but was shot in the back, police say .
More than 2,200 slain this year in Juarez; Ramirez was not the youngest . | [
"(CNN) -- A 7-year-old boy from El Paso, Texas, was gunned down across the border in the violent city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general's office told CNN Tuesday. Raul Xazziel Ramirez had been visiting his father in Juarez on Friday evening when unknown gunmen fired on ... |
01b7ed864e966ca34db640a774a8288988f84ba3 | Summarize the following news article. | John Nightingale says death of whale trainer raises questions about displaying captive animals .
Urbanization make zoos, aquariums vital to education, understanding, he says .
Such institutions show why preserving environments is important, he says .
Nightingale: Seeing creatures up close makes people more inclined to ... | [
"Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- The tragic death of a trainer at Sea World last week revived a number of long simmering questions. While we still grapple with \"how did this happen?\" the central question for many revolves around the role of large mammals -- like Tilikum the killer whale -- in zoos and aquari... |
1a022047c638cdc1a9530d2c382e5efa845d4a86 | Summarize the following news article. | LHC restarted more than a year after being shut down by electrical fault .
The full scientific program for the LHC wil probably last more than 20 years .
The LHC will look for the Higgs boson, quarks, gluons and other small particles .
Restarting $10B research tool described as "herculean effort" | [
"(CNN) -- \"The LHC is back,\" the European Organization for Nuclear Research announced triumphantly Friday, as the world's largest particle accelerator resumed operation more than a year after an electrical failure shut it down. Restarting the Large Hadron Collider -- the $10 billion research tool's full name -- h... |
3287f99a23e55ec8da787e73c17cf2f55b719e35 | Summarize the following news article. | 43 states have widespread flu activity compared with 48 at beginning of month .
Prevalence still higher than the peak activity in recent years, CDC says .
So far, states have been able to order 54.1 million doses, 11 million more than a week ago .
CDC cautions against traveling if you're sick; suggests getting vaccine,... | [
"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Health officials on Friday reported a slight decrease in H1N1 flu activity nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 43 states now have widespread flu activity, compared with 46 states last week and 48 states at the beginning of November. \"It's still much greater th... |
2f20ab6706aa5e082d0f987a887357544fe8605f | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Hundreds of tourists are stranded by days of heavy rain in southeastern Peru .
NEW: Some 10,000 people have been affected and 2,000 homes ruined, authorities say .
NEW: "Weather's help" needed to speed evacuations, Peruvian official quoted as saying .
Mudslides cut train line to ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picch... | [
"(CNN) -- Judith Boutelle plopped herself down on Wednesday and prayed for a helicopter -- the only way out of town. She's one of the hundreds of tourists stranded by days of heavy rain near the majestic Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, in the mountains of southern Peru. The rain triggered mudslides that blocked a rail... |
d42cfab7081f5d5c32a93464d4c1d59b684e5036 | Summarize the following news article. | Former Hewlett-Packard CEO was first woman to lead Fortune 500 company .
She will face off with conservative assemblyman for GOP nomination .
Recent poll found 60 percent of state's Republican voters undecided .
Winner will face incumbent Barbara Boxer in November . | [
"(CNN) -- Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina finally made it official Wednesday: She's running for Senate in California. The first woman to lead a Fortune 500 company made the announcement at an event in conservative Orange County, pledging that her focus will be on \"economic recovery and fiscal accountabili... |
1f7662cbb43b169a409b7cb4bd2313df79951acd | Summarize the following news article. | Prosecutors recommend 27- to 33-month sentence for Bernard Kerik .
Former NYPD commissioner to be sentenced on February 18 .
Kerik had been scheduled to go on trial next week on several corruption charges .
He also indicated he would admit tax violations as part of a plea deal . | [
"White Plains, New York (CNN) -- Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of lying to Bush administration officials who vetted his unsuccessful 2004 nomination to be homeland security secretary. Kerik admitted to eight counts as part of a plea agreement with federal pr... |
f70b1f6fd03f2feaace9d474c10dd7b31dd47db8 | Summarize the following news article. | Dozens in Northeast report seeing cone-shaped lights in sky .
NASA says lights came from exhaust particles of research rocket .
Black Brant XII rocket will study highest clouds in Earth's atmosphere . | [
"(CNN) -- A series of spooky lights above parts of the northeastern United States Saturday sparked a flurry of phone calls to authorities and television news stations. NASA said strange lights seen in the Northeast on Saturday were caused by an experimental rocket. CNN affiliate stations from New Jersey to Massachu... |
cb0ce455073f3254424fe3222fd1786bf5db7c10 | Summarize the following news article. | Air samples from 41 homes containing drywall made in China are analyzed .
"Strong association" found between high hydrogen sulfide levels, corrosion in the homes .
Nearly 2,100 reports detail smell, sickness, failed appliances, corrosion in homes .
Drywall in question was imported during U.S. housing boom, from 2005 th... | [
"(CNN) -- The suspected link between Chinese drywall and toxic effects reported by thousands of U.S. homeowners was strengthened Monday by three preliminary reports issued by the federal government. The strongest link came from an analysis of air sampled inside dozens of homes containing drywall made in China. \"Wh... |
fa8d41eacd49716df89d2c94430e0eecbb4db139 | 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... |
8435150be66ea9792999dfc233cc690f9c2fe2d0 | Summarize the following news article. | Borlaug died at the age of 95 from complications caused by cancer .
In 1970, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to science .
Helped develop disease-resistant wheat, worked to ease world food shortages .
Borlaug: "There has been great progress.. but famine appears all too often" | [
"(CNN) -- Nobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug, an agricultural scientist who helped develop disease-resistant wheat used to fight famine in poor countries, died Saturday. He was 95. Norman Borlaug received a Congressional Gold Medal from then President George W. Bush on July 17, 2007. Borlaug died from cancer complica... |
8f72fbd618a1d7f73cf1b5f5e556440ac7bd5a25 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Man sentenced to 30 years jail for murder of British student Meredith Kercher .
Judge orders two others, one American, one Italian to stand trial for alleged roles .
Kercher was found dead in Italian villa last November .
Prosecutors say the three killed her after sexual assault . | [
"PERUGIA, Italy (CNN) -- A judge Tuesday convicted Rudy Guede, a native of the Ivory Coast, in last year's murder of a British woman in Italy and sentenced him to 30 years in prison. Briton Meredith Kercher was found dead in her Perugia apartment last November. Judge Paolo Micheli also ruled that adequate evidence ... |
8f405638de5e5fc0d322bbb144af313c0b123c61 | Summarize the following news article. | Suspected terrorist plotters were moved to a more secure location in Lahore, police said .
The 5 U.S. citizens were arrested Wednesday in the town of Sargodha .
Interrogation report focused on online postings and contacts of Virginia-born suspect .
According to report, suspects planned with a contact to go from Pakista... | [
"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The five Americans arrested in Pakistan amid suspicion that they were plotting terrorist attacks were transferred on Saturday from the small town where they were seized to a more secure location in a larger city, police said. The U.S. citizens were taken from the town of Sargodha, whe... |
22d0b66840421e4ce7dbe3121cb967e0a37f2b6c | Summarize the following news article. | UK police reach settlement with family of Jean Charles de Menezes, whom police shot dead in 2005 .
Officers mistook de Menezes for suicide bomber .
He was killed on Tube train weeks after four suicide bombers struck on London transport system . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Police in London have reached a settlement with the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, whom officers shot dead in 2005, mistaking him for a suicide bomber. The police offered \"a further unreserved apology\" for the death of de Menezes in 2005, plus an undisclosed compensation package, the... |
557fd3f6fc104f27dc6071bd80dc7c0b2c19cafa | Summarize the following news article. | Abby Miller sings, plays guitar to help 4-year-old friend with cancer .
Abby collects donations, has people write notes of support for Taylor Love .
Taylor has neuroblastoma, a cancer that affects the nervous system . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- People in big cities walk past them every day -- street performers, or buskers. Some are talented, some are not, and most aren't performing for a cause greater than themselves. But on Monday, 12-year-old Abby Miller was. Abby Miller sings for her friend Taylor Love outside Washington's Union St... |
c601114f55cf470a012afece9ed26518ea695fe4 | Summarize the following news article. | Drew Olanoff has placed his Twitter username up for auction to benefit charity .
Drew Carey said he'd donate $1 million if he gets 1 million followers by Dec. 31 .
Olanoff never expected his auction to get attention from other Drews like Carey .
The L.A.-based blogger is also behind the @BlameDrew'sCancer username . | [
"(CNN) -- It's a good thing he didn't go with \"@andrew.\" Drew Olanoff wants to benefit the LiveStrong charity because of the support the foundation has given him. Drew Olanoff, cancer-fighter and blogger, is auctioning off his enviable Twitter username \"@drew\" to benefit the LiveStrong foundation. Since Tuesday... |
947edc335e1614c8bb0cb3fa7d38d0558164fbad | Summarize the following news article. | $80M research project launched aimed at giving people 50 active years after 50 .
Half of babies born in Western countries today will live until 100 years old .
Leeds University projects aims to ensure people remain active into old age .
Scientists believe many body parts that flounder with age could be upgraded . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- An $80 million research project aimed at giving people 50 active years after the age of 50 was launched by scientists at the University of Leeds in northern England Tuesday. The challenge is to ensure old people stay as fit as Brisbane centenarian Ruth Frith, seen competing at shot put dur... |
54eb9326a1bdf2b80d093d18e45bb640f59d3479 | Summarize the following news article. | Jordan Belfi plays acting agent Adam Davies on the HBO show "Entourage"
Belfi has played Ari Gold's nemesis on the show since the first season .
"I think he's the kind of agent that I'd certainly like to have," Belfi says of Davies .
A little something about coming story lines: Belfi says Adam might get Lloyd . | [
"(CNN) -- Jordan Belfi has a great job: He plays Adam Davies on the HBO show \"Entourage,\" a comedy series that takes a look at the life of a young actor, Vincent Chase, and the old friends who surround him in Hollywood. Jordan Belfi arrives at the premiere of \"Entourage\" season six in Los Angeles, California. ... |
8999d61663ef55af7d58fa8d9a2adab2b09e35c3 | Summarize the following news article. | Dunn says she got Mao quote from GOP strategist Lee Atwater .
Fox News host Glenn Beck showed video of Dunn quoting Mao .
Beck: "It's insanity. This is her hero's work"
Other Republicans have quoted Mao in the past . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- White House communications director Anita Dunn fired back at criticism from TV commentator Glenn Beck on Friday, saying that a Mao Tse-tung quote Beck took issue with was picked up from legendary GOP strategist Lee Atwater. White House communications director Anita Dunn she picked up Mao Tse-tu... |
151179b38bee1c6c3f356db396b5c9a9c47d31dc | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Police said all of the victims died from "blunt force trauma"
The $25,000 award from suit was under appeal .
Warrant lists eight counts of first-degree murder for Guy Heinze Jr.
Heinze is the son of the man who won the lawsuit . | [
"(CNN) -- One of eight people killed in a southeast Georgia mobile home last month recently had been awarded $25,000 in a civil lawsuit, officials said. Guy Heinze Jr. faces eight counts of first-degree murder in last month's killings in a Georgia mobile home. Guy Heinze Sr., 46, was granted the award by the McInt... |
e843c10b7d6023d8de2b001ba027541c9bd379b9 | Summarize the following news article. | DNA found on bodies of nine women matched to Walter E. Ellis, police say .
Ellis charged in two killings and more charges likely, police say .
Police chief hails arrest: "This case was solved with shoe leather and science"
The women were killed between 1986 and 2007 . | [
"(CNN) -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, police have arrested a man whose DNA linked him to the bodies of nine women killed over 21 years, officials said at a news conference Monday night. Walter E. Ellis, 49, was arrested after police matched a DNA swab taken from him last week to the victims. Walter E. Ellis, 49, was arre... |
fcf45dfa92c23ca104f81efb95d0c02aaec2dce2 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: British government says it won't pay ransom .
Pirates move kidnapped British couple to hijacked Spanish ship .
Pirate source says ship has more men and weapons on board .
British couple left Seychelles for Tanzania on October 21 . | [
"(CNN) -- Somali pirates demanded a $7 million ransom for a British couple kidnapped aboard their yacht last week, a British agency said Friday. The British government says it won't pay. \"The government will not make substantive concessions for hostage takers, including the payments of ransom,\" the British Foreig... |
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