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Arcade Comeaux Jr. was in wheelchair when he pulled gun on officers . Comeaux forced officers to drive him to Baytown, Texas, where he fled on foot . State senator calls for shakeup in state's penal system .
[ "(CNN) -- A Texas inmate in a wheelchair, who escaped on foot from two armed guards as he was being transferred between prisons, is now on the U.S. Marshals' list of the 15 most-wanted fugitives. Arcade Comeaux Jr., 49, \"produced a weapon and fired upon two correctional officers, took them hostage and forced them ...
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Fareed Zakaria: president's speech shows he's trying to balance idealism, world realities . He says he must ensure that moral case for war is matched by effective military mission . Nobel speech, Afghanistan speech are clearest statements of Obama's worldview, he says . More about the speech on "Fareed Zakaria GPS," S...
[ "New York (CNN) -- President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday by talking about war and the limits of nonviolence. But he also praised the peacemakers of the past and said the world can and should still strive for peace. \"Let us reach for the world that ought to be,\" he told the 1,000-member audien...
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Bail for Anthony Sowell set at $1 million on rape charges . Bail already set at $5 million on charges related to discovery of bodies at his home . Sowell, 50, is a registered sex offender .
[ "(CNN) -- The suspect in the September attack on a woman that led to the discovery of 11 bodies at his Ohio home pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he raped and choked the woman. Bail for registered sex offender Anthony Sowell was set at $1 million on the rape charges. Bail had already been set at $5 million...
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NEW: Grieving father, speaking to media, urges people not to ignore children in peril . Shaniya Davis, 5, was reported missing last week . Mother Antoinette Nicole Davis faces human trafficking, other charges . Davis was "prostituting her child," police spokeswoman says .
[ "(CNN) -- A body found Monday beside a North Carolina road is that of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, who was reported missing a week ago, police said Tuesday. The official cause of death was undetermined as of Tuesday afternoon, Fayetteville police said in written statement. An announced afternoon media briefing was res...
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Two fuel-efficient races to win: best car and best all-around automaker . Toyota Prius is No. 1 car -- hybrid technology gives 48 city miles on a gallon . "Exotic" cars like Lamborghini and Bugatti are worst fuel-economy automakers . Compact category has Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Corolla at top of ratings .
[ "(AOL Autos) -- With fuel prices still high enough to put a hole in your pocket, where does one turn? BMW's MINI division is the best average fuel-economy automaker. For some, it's a vehicle that's been engineered to sip, not guzzle. The question then: Which brand is more likely to ease you out of the gas station w...
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Monroe, New York, police say boy, 15, had bomb materials . Police: "He had a lot of hatred toward a lot of the kids" at his former school . Police say boy had bottles of gasoline, a torch, black trench coat, other items . Teen had been told he resembled Columbine shooter, police say .
[ "NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 15-year-old boy remained in a psychiatric facility Tuesday after Monroe, New York, police arrested him in connection with a plot to attack his former high school on the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, police said. Police say the boy targeted Monroe-Woodbury High School, ...
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80,000 hard partiers jam streets of Cape Town, South Africa on January 2 . 12 Icelandic bonfires dot Reykjavík and bars open a little AFTER midnight . Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, offers all-night whirlwind of beach dancing, live concerts . Vegas has Tribute-Palooza: bands imitate U2, Kiss, Elton John and others .
[ "(Budget Travel) -- It's every city's favorite excuse for a party. Here are ten spectacular ways to ring in 2009. Brilliant and colorful fireworks light up Australia's Sydney Harbour Bridge last New Year's Eve. Bangkok: A fresh tradition . If Times Square's light show doesn't cut it for you, head to the capital of ...
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The men were captured in Alliance, Nebraska, after a car chase . Kentucky State police say men assaulted three brothers, took guns, cash and clothes . The suspects broke out of Branchville Correctional Facility near Tell City, Indiana .
[ "(CNN) -- Three inmates who escaped from prison in Indiana last week then allegedly stole a truck, money and guns were captured Thursday in Nebraska after a high-speed car chase, authorities said. The three escapees, (from left) Jerry Sargent, Christopher Marshall and Bobby Cockerell, were captured in Nebraska. Ne...
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Chris Chelios, 48, is playing for the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers . His hockey career began before some of his teammates were born . The veteran of 26 NHL seasons has won the Stanley Cup three times . He says younger players are faster, but he plays smarter .
[ "Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- The only checks Chris Chelios should be concerned about are the ones he's writing for his children's college tuition, but instead he still has the next body check into the hockey boards on his mind. At 48 years old, Chelios is the oldest American and second oldest player ever to play prof...
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Lionel Messi tops annual list of world's best-piad footballers . Messi relegates David Beckham to second place with $44.1 million earnings . Inter Milan chief Jose Mourinho is richest manager in annual survey by France Football .
[ "(CNN) -- Lionel Messi has replaced David Beckham as the best-paid player in world football, according to France Football magazine's annual \"rich list\". Beckham has topped the list for the last two years, but World Player of the Year Messi is now the highest earner. The Barcelona star has estimated annual earnin...
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Jack Kirby helped create many famed superheroes . Kirby's energetic drawing style influenced generations of comic book artists . The incredibly prolific Kirby is now considered a towering figure in comic books .
[ "(CNN) -- The nickname was meant as a joke, a little needle from Marvel Comics mainstay Stan Lee to artist Jack Kirby. Jack Kirby drew himself surrounded by his creations, including Captain America and the Fantastic Four. But more than a decade after Kirby's death, the name still fits: He is \"The King.\" Consider ...
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The talk show host founded a girls leadership school in South Africa in 2007 . Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane was suspended, later fired after student complaints of abuse . Mzamane claimed in lawsuit that Oprah Winfrey has defamed her . The two women meet without their lawyers and agree to settle lawsuit .
[ "(CNN) -- A woman to woman talk between Oprah Winfrey and the former head of her South African girls school ended with the settlement of a defamation lawsuit against the talk show host, their lawyers said. Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane sued Winfrey, contending she defamed Mzamane when talking about an abuse scandal at the...
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A rebel group in Congo killed at least 321 civilians, Human Rights Watch said . The Lord's Resistance Army abducted 250 others including 80 children, the report said . LRA forces attacked at least 10 villages from December 14 to 17, the report claimed . United Nations said it was made aware of the attacks in December .
[ "(CNN) -- A December rampage that killed hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo went largely unreported because of lack of communications in the remote area, a United Nations official said Sunday. The Lord's Resistance Army carried out the brutal campaign in northeastern Congo over four days, killing at least...
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UK warns citizens who travel to Israel passports could be copied for "improper uses" Miliband: Passports used by Hamas leader's killers were copied by Israel . Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, founding member of Hamas' military wing, found dead Jan. 20 in Dubai . Dubai Police believe he was killed by secretive Israeli foreign intel...
[ "London, England (CNN) -- British citizens who travel to Israel should be aware that their passport details could be captured for \"improper uses,\" Britain's Foreign Office warned Tuesday. It follows Britain's expulsion of an Israeli diplomat and its accusation that the Israeli government was responsible for forg...
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Dr. Earl Bradley faces 471 felony counts, a state justice department spokeswoman said . Bradley, 56, is accused of victimizing 103 children . Delaware AG said charges are based on seized "video and digital evidence"
[ "(CNN) -- A Delaware pediatrician pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 471 felony counts in the alleged child abuse of his patients, according to a spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice. Dr. Earl Bradley, 56, was arrested in December on charges that include rape, sexual exploitation of a child, endangering ch...
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A rebel group in Congo killed at least 321 civilians, Human Rights Watch said . The Lord's Resistance Army abducted 250 others including 80 children, the report said . LRA forces attacked at least 10 villages from December 14 to 17, the report claimed . CNN could not independently confirm reports of the massacre .
[ "(CNN) -- A rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 321 civilians and abducted 250 others -- including at least 80 children -- in a previously unreported rampage late last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Saturday. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) carried out the brutal cam...
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Change is reflection of "common sense" and "common decency," Gates says . President Obama and Adm. Mike Mullen, support legislative repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" Policy forbidding gays to serve open in the military enacted in 1993 .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Thursday that the Pentagon will start to ease its enforcement of the \"don't ask, don't tell\" policy prohibiting homosexuals from serving openly in the military. Among other things, Gates said the Pentagon is raising the threshold for what constitutes ...
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Dorothy Height, 98, remains hospitalized; no information available on her condition . Wikipedia reported Saturday that she was dead; rumors appeared on social networking site Twitter . Height has been active in civil rights since the New Deal era .
[ "(CNN) -- Civil rights activist Dorothy Height, 98, remained in \"very serious, but stable condition\" Saturday, her friend and spokeswoman said. A flurry of rumors about Height's death appeared Saturday on the Internet, particularly on the social networking site Twitter, where her name was a trending topic. Wikipe...
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NEW: Sarah Palin addresses crowd . Tea Party activists to hold rally Saturday in Harry Reid's Nevada hometown . Polls suggest Senate majority leader faces tough re-election battle . Former GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin to headline "Showdown in Searchlight" event .
[ "Searchlight, Nevada (CNN) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin kicked off a Tea Party rally Saturday in Sen. Harry Reid's hometown, encouraging disgruntled Americans to \"take back our country\" while attacking what she called the \"Obama-Pelosi-Reid spending spree.\" \"There's no better place to kick off the Tea Par...
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World No. 2 Novak Djokovic loses opening match at Sony Ericsson Open in Miami . Serbian upset by Belgium's Olivier Rochus, but Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick go through . Former No. 1s Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin cruise through in the women's tournament . Second seed Caroline Wozniacki comes from behind to seal thir...
[ "(CNN) -- World No. 2 Novak Djokovic stumbled at the opening hurdle at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, but Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick cruised into the third round. Second seed Djokovic, who had a first-round bye, was surprisingly beaten 6-2 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 by Belgian Olivier Rochus on Friday. The world No. 59 cou...
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"Everybody here ... we are all part of that Tea Party movement," Palin says . Sarah Palin, John McCain make first joint appearance since conceding 2008 election . McCain faces primary challenge from former Rep. J.D. Hayworth . Hayworth calls Palin appearance "very understandable level of gratitude"
[ "(CNN) -- Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin spoke Friday at a rally for her former running mate, Sen. John McCain, urging voters to support the senator in his re-election bid in Arizona. The rally, in Tucson, Arizona, was their first joint public appearance since McCain conceded the 2008 presidential ...
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Tiger Woods' popularity has plummeted since media frenzy about his extramarital affairs . But a national poll suggests most Americans still want him to win Masters title . The world's top golfer will make his first appearance this season at Augusta in April . Three-quarters of people polled thought it was the right tim...
[ "(CNN) -- Tiger Woods' popularity has plummeted -- but most Americans will still be rooting for him to win when he tees up at the Masters tournament in April, a new national poll suggests. Nearly 60 percent of those who answered a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey said they wanted the embattled golfer to win ...
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NEW: Prominent attorney, an atheist, said prospects are dim, but he plans to appeal . Appeals court: Pledge does not represent a government endorsement of religion . Ruling covers only the 11 Western states and territories covered by the 9th Circuit . Dissenting justice in 2-1 ruling said the pledge is an overtly relig...
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Public schools in Western states can continue teacher-led reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance, after a federal court ruled against a group of atheist parents. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, California, ruled 2-1 Thursday that the pledge does not represent a gove...
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Soul Food Farm is highly prized by customers, including fine restaurants . Chickens raised there feed in vast fields and live a relatively stress-free existence . A fire in September 2009 killed more than 1,200 chicks at the farm . Friends got together to raise more than $30,000 to help save the farm .
[ "Vacaville, California (CNN) -- You might think green eggs are only found in a Dr. Seuss classic. But at a small, family-run and highly regarded chicken farm on the outskirts of the San Francisco, they're a relatively common sight. \"Isn't that beautiful?\" said Soul Food Farm owner Alexis Koefed as she held one of...
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British pensioner Ethel Kendall left the UK in 1986 to be closer to her family in Canada . 24 years later, she is still receiving the same pension of just over £38 ($58) a week . After a European Court of Human Rights ruling she is not likely to receive any more . Over half a million British expatriates' pensions are n...
[ "London, England (CNN) -- British pensioner Ethel Kendall was \"only 72\" when she left the United Kingdom in 1986 to be closer to her family in Canada. At the time, she was receiving the full British pension of just over £38 ($58) a week. Twenty-four years later, she is still receiving the same amount, and after ...
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Vatican accepts Bishop John Magee's resignation amid abuse scandal . Magee apologized for abuse commited by priests in his diocese . Magee, 73, had been bishop of Cloyne since March 1987 . Five Irish bishops have tendered their resignations since December .
[ "(CNN) -- An Irish bishop resigned amid a Catholic church sex abuse scandal, apologizing in a statement Wednesday for any abuse that occurred in his diocese. Bishop John Magee of the diocese of Cloyne said he tendered his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI on March 9. \"I have been informed today that it has been acc...
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Zheng Jie on Sunday becomes first Chinese woman to make it to quarters . Venus Williams cruises to quarters . Only Serena Williams remains in play of top five seeds . Li next faces Venus Williams .
[ "(CNN) -- China's Li Na took down the No. 4 seed Caroline Wozniacki at the Australian Open on Monday in Melbourne, following compatriot Zheng Jie into the quarterfinals -- the first time Chinese women have made it this far in the season's first Grand Slam. Though Li, the No. 16 seed, had 34 unforced errors compared...
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Science Museum, London hosting a exhibition of innovations inspired by F1 design . Monocoque wheelchair uses lightweight and robust carbon fiber seat . Ferrari and McLaren pit stop expertise help hospital speed up transfer of critically ill .
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The high speed, high-rolling world of Formula One is not a sport you would associate with something as mundane as the boiler tucked away in a dusty cupboard in your house. The Fast Forward exhibiton shows how F1 technology can improve all our lives. If you thought that motor racing and the...
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Woman visiting Metropolitan Museum of Art falls onto painting, tears the canvas . Six-inch tear is on the lower right-hand corner of the painting . Painting should be ready in time for the late April exhibition of 250 works by Picasso .
[ "New York (CNN) -- The Pablo Picasso painting \"The Actor\" will undergo repair work, after a woman visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art fell onto the painting and tore the canvas, according to the museum. The museum said the Picasso work was damaged Friday when a visitor lost her balance and fell onto the unusu...
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Large groups of people are creating collaborative art projects online . One site wants to re-film "Star Wars" in 15-second clips, submitted by viewers . Another has a customizable tapestry of 20 musicians, each playing their own tune . Experts say the art comments on digital society and online connections .
[ "(CNN) -- One of the Web's basic tenets is that small contributions from lots of people can amount to something powerful in the aggregate. Fans of the Japanese band Sour contributed images to a music video. Now, a growing group of writers, musicians, visual artists and videographers is turning this Wikipedia-era ph...
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NEW: No fatalities reported, injuries were minor after severe weather Sunday . Tornado touched down Monday morning in Oakland Park, Florida; no injuries reported . Eight unconfirmed tornadoes spotted along North Carolina's Interstate 85 corridor . Roofing ripped off building west of Charlotte; 3 hurt, homes damaged out...
[ "(CNN) -- Severe storms hammered North Carolina on Sunday evening, but no fatalities had been reported as of Monday morning, and injuries were minor, officials said. Residents reported as many as eight tornadoes touching down -- overturning mobile homes, ripping out trees and plunging neighborhoods into darkness. S...
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Two men charged in disappearances of five teens in New Jersey . Witness told police 18 months ago that case was linked to arson . One suspect had been arrested in 1978 but passed lie detector test . Victim's aunt says she never lost suspicions .
[ "(CNN) -- Two men charged in the 1978 disappearance of five teenagers in Newark, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty to five counts of murder Wednesday morning as about 40 family members of the victims looked on. Lee Anthony Evans, 56, and Philander Hampton, 53, were arrested Monday night. That was about 18 months after...
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Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway says he wouldn't ask Marines to live with gays . He says "overwhelming number of people" don't want to share quarters . He says Marines only branch of the armed services that houses two to a room .
[ "(CNN) -- The Marine Corps' top officer says he would want to avoid housing gay and heterosexual Marines in the same rooms on base if the ban on gays openly serving in the military is lifted. \"I would not ask our Marines to live with someone that's homosexual if we can possibly avoid it,\" Marine Commandant Gen. ...
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We're told to eat fish, but some varieties contain high levels of mercury . The bigger and older the fish, the more mercury can accumulate . Mercury is released into air by industrial pollution: contaminates water and soil . New rules near Chesapeake Bay limit emissions from coal-fired power plants .
[ "(CNN) -- Every week, Jackie Kaminer of Roswell, Georgia, buys fish for dinner at the local market. Although she knows it's full of nutrients -- including good-for-your-heart omega-3 fatty acids -- she's careful of the types of fish she brings home. Jackie Kaminer contemplates fish choices; she buys only \"safe\" ...
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The new State Department travel alert is in effect until August 20 . U.S. citizens are urged to delay unnecessary travel to parts of Mexico . Violent attacks have occurred in parts of Michoacan, Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The United States has renewed a travel alert to Mexico, citing increased violence in the country. The alert, issued Sunday by the State Department, is in effect until August 20 and supersedes an alert issued August 20, 2009. \"Recent violent attacks have caused the U.S. Embassy to urge U.S. ci...
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Dubai stuns global investors by calling for a debt "standstill" on Dubai World and Nakheel debts . Market reactions restrained by public holidays in the Middle East and the U.S. Nakheel is Dubai World's real estate arm, owns "The Palm Islands," and "The World" Dubai World said to account for $59 billion of Dubia's $80 ...
[ "(CNN) -- Dubai sent investors reeling Thursday after asking creditors to freeze the debt repayments of one of its biggest holding companies, Dubai World. The announcement came after the market close on the eve of the Eid holiday and Thanksgiving in the U.S., leaving traders' hands tied over their exposure to inves...
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Mining firm executive on charges of bribery and theft of commercial secrets . Three other Rio Tinto employees tried on the same charges . Case has raised fears of Chinese government crackdown on foreign companies .
[ "Beijing, China (CNN) -- The Shanghai court trying an Australian Rio Tinto executive on charges of bribery and theft of commercial secrets will deliver its verdict on Monday. Australian consular officials will be in court when it renders its decision on the fate of Stern Hu, the Australian Department of Foreign Aff...
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Children stolen for adoption in the U.S., Sweden, Italy and France, report says . Some parents were killed, others were unharmed when soldiers came calling . Investigators examined period between 1977 and 1989, 'peak' adoption period . Reports says many more could have been taken, investigation underway .
[ "(CNN) -- The Guatemalan army stole at least 333 children and sold them for adoption in other countries during the Central American nation's 36-year civil war, a government report has concluded. Around 45,000 people are believed to have disappeared during Guatemala's civil war, 5,000 of them children. Many of those...
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A doctor inserts a needle into the back of the hip bone to retrieve the marrow . Cells can alternatively be collected through peripheral blood stem cell donation . 11 million Americans have volunteered to be marrow donors . Anyone over the age of 18 who meets the criteria can join the donation registry .
[ "ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Steve Karas and Matthew Welling share a special bond. Matthew Welling, left, received a bone marrow transplant from Steve Karas, right. They aren't related. In fact, they had never even met until 3-year-old Matthew needed a life-saving bone marrow transplant two years ago. It turned out t...
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Pennsylvania man fails to resuscitate "road-killed" opossum . Man will be charged with public drunkenness, police say . It's unclear what man did to try to revive the opossum .
[ "(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania man attempted to resuscitate \"a road-killed opossum,\" state police say. But this was one possum who wasn't playing possum -- the ugly creature remained dead. Troopers responding to the scene in Oliver Township on Thursday determined that Donald J. Wolfe, 55, of Brookville, was drunk, acco...
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John Phillips' reputation taking hit with claims of incest by daughter Mackenzie . John Phillips, who died in 2001, lived life of excess . Mamas & Papas were leading California group of '60s, with tangled romantic links . John Phillips was heavy drug user, once convicted of drug trafficking .
[ "(CNN) -- In 1967, the Mamas & the Papas had a hit with a song that detailed, with bittersweet harmonies, the checkered history of the band. The song, written by the group's John Phillips and his wife, Michelle, was called \"Creeque Alley.\" Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty and John Phillips, here in 1998, were mem...
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Panamanian-flagged ship sinks about 12 miles off the coast of Tripoli . Lebanese navy says it found 42 survivors and four bodies . The navy says there were 83 people aboard the ship . Authorities say people on board were wearing life jackets .
[ "Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- A U.N. maritime task force was scouring the stormy waters off the coast of northern Lebanon Friday, searching for survivors from a livestock carrier that sank the night before. \"The operation that commenced last evening continued through the night in difficult weather conditions,\" said a...
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Celebrity Cruises ship departed South Carolina on February 15 and headed for the Caribbean . Passengers and crew aboard come down with gastrointestinal illness . They have been given over-the-counter medicine and are responding well, cruise line says .
[ "(CNN) -- The outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness has spread to more passengers on a U.S. cruise ship, with nearly 450 falling sick while at sea, the cruise company said Tuesday. The Celebrity Cruises ship Mercury departed Charleston, South Carolina, February 15 and headed for the eastern Caribbean, according to...
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NEW: Suspect lived at the Appomattox home where seven of the eight victims were found . Christopher Speight, 39, wearing bulletproof vest when he turned himself in, sheriff says . Police say suspect shot and hit helicopter, which made emergency landing .
[ "(CNN) -- Three teenagers and a 4-year-old were among the eight deaths in a Virginia shooting, state police said Wednesday. Christopher Speight, 39, is being held without bond at the Blue Ridge Regional Jail in Lynchburg, Virginia, after being charged with a single count of first degree murder, police said, adding...
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U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Singapore for APEC summit . U.S. leader expected to individually meet with leaders of Russia, Indonesia, Singapore . In Saturday speech, Obama renews U.S. ties with Japan, reaches out to China . Obama: Rise "of a strong, prosperous China can be a source of strength .
[ "Singapore (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, on his first Asia trip since taking office in January, arrived Saturday in Singapore to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum. In addition to the meetings with the APEC heads of state, Obama planned to hold three bilateral meetings -- with the leaders of...
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Singer Ricky Martin declared publicly that he is gay . Martin says, "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man" His song "Livin' La Vida Loca" rose to top of music charts in 1999 .
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Pop singer Ricky Martin declared publicly this week what he avoided discussing for years: He is gay. \"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man,\" Martin wrote on his official Web site. \"I am very blessed to be who I am.\" A decade ago, when ABC's Barbara Walters pre...
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Policeman had tried to move two tourists out of the way of Andrew's car . Police spokesman as saying the officer's injuries were "minor" Andrew is Queen's second son after Prince Charles and is also called the Duke of York .
[ "London, England (CNN) -- London police said Friday they are investigating a car accident in which Prince Andrew reportedly struck a police officer while driving into Buckingham Palace. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police did not name anyone involved in the incident, but Buckingham Palace confirmed Prince Andre...
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Rents for offices in Washington could soon be more expensive than in New York . David Frum says it's a sign of Washington's dominance as the new financial capital of U.S. He says long tradition of separating business, government centers has ended .
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that office rents in Washington are poised to overtake rents in New York City. Washington now boasts the lowest office vacancy rate in the nation. New York City is bleeding jobs, unemployment is over 10 percent. Washington is booming as government agenci...
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NEW: Trainers won't get into the water with the whales, CEO says . NEW: He says charitable foundation being formed in trainer's name . OSHA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service looking into death . Dawn Brancheau, 40, died Wednesday after whale pulled her underwater .
[ "(CNN) -- SeaWorld will resume killer whale shows while the company and two federal agencies investigate the death of a whale trainer at SeaWorld Orlando, company and federal officials announced Friday. The shows, which were suspended at all SeaWorld locations after the death Wednesday at SeaWorld Orlando, will res...
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About 1,000 of Lufthansa's usual 1,800 flights to fly Tuesday . Union, airline: Getting back to normal will take time . Both sides in pilots strike against Lufthansa agree to suspend standoff . Union: Strike focuses on pay, conditions. Company: Union interfering in management .
[ "Frankfurt, Germany (CNN) -- Lufthansa airline will fly a bit over half of its normal flight schedule Tuesday, a day after pilots suspended their strike. \"It will obviously take a few days until we are back to normal,\" spokeswoman Claudia Lange said. The airline is planning to fly about 1,000 of its normal comple...
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The future of social networking was the talk of the Le Web conference as it opened in Paris . Twitter, Facebook and MySpace all unveiled innovations designed to capture more users . Twitter's Ryan Sarver: Site now has 50,000 dedicated applications . YouTube's Chad Hurley: There's no secret formula for creating a viral ...
[ "Paris, France (CNN) -- The future of social networking, the real-time Web and a host of apps and gadgets were the talk of the annual Le Web conference as it opened here Wednesday. The phenomenal success of microblogging site Twitter and its plans for the future dominated the two-day event's opening sessions for b...
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NEW: Woman finds out through cousin that her 83-year-old mother is alive . Families are using social media and the Internet to find people affected by the earthquake . Psychologists say the panic and frustration experienced by families is similar to 9/11 . "Everyone grieves differently," said Kristi Cooper, a family li...
[ "(CNN) -- Is she hurt? Is she getting help? Is she even alive? Those were the jumbled thoughts that raced through Sereth Hosty's mind in her Long Island, New York, home as she tirelessly scoured the news and Web for clues to the whereabouts of her elderly mother in Haiti. Since an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0...
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Just over 500 Los Angeles County residents also were evacuated . Mudslides a serious threat to areas near hills stripped of vegetation by wildfires . Snow closes roads in mountain areas of Southern California .
[ "Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Rain pounded water-logged Los Angeles on Thursday, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said more than 300 city residents were ordered to evacuate because of the threat of mudslides. \"We continue to urge the public who live in these areas to evacuate, to heed the warnings of our police ...
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Family in Arizona escapes to higher ground in flood, but 6-year-old boy didn't make it . Authorities classifying the Arizona operation as a recovery . In Los Angeles, 2,000 residents who were evacuated can return home .
[ "(CNN) -- As floodwater raged around their pickup, the family of a 6-year-old Arizona boy escaped to higher ground. The boy, however, was swept away. Teams were looking for his body on Friday, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said. Meanwhile, an evacuation order for some Los Angeles, California, residents was li...
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Nigeria aims to make huge oil deals with China and peace with militants . Government brokers peace with bandits whose attacks cost oil industry millions . Chinese oil company negotiating with Nigeria over $30 billion oil deal, reports say .
[ "LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- Nigeria has set its sights on making multibillion-dollar oil deals with China amid peace moves with militants. Hundreds of militants have laid down their weapons in exchange for a pardon and a job. Lawmakers in the west African country -- one of the world's top producers of oil -- are craft...
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Ferrari unveil their new car, the F10, for the 2010 Formula One season . The Italian manufacturer hopes the car will see them return to the front of the grid . Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso partners Felipe Massa this season .
[ "(CNN) -- Ferrari have unveiled their new car, the F10, which the Italian manufacturer hopes will see them return to the front of the Formula One grid. Last season saw Ferrari struggle to keep up with Brawn GP, McLaren and Red Bull and team boss Stefano Domenicali told the BBC that he believes the new car will be f...
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Supreme Court ruling doesn't represent a step backward, says Matt Welch . He says the ruling stops government from inhibiting free speech about politics . Welch says people aren't sheep; can make decisions about campaign advertising . He says ruling will allow wide variety of advocacy groups to air points of view .
[ "(CNN) -- For everyone licking their wounds after Thursday's landmark 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, worried that the evil corporations are now poised to ruin American democracy once and for all, in the bogus name of free speech, here's a word of potential hope: I ...
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Bomber was invited to base to share information on al Qaeda's second in command . He detonated explosives as he left car, former intelligence official says . Official: Bomber should've been searched before he got into car; bringing him on base was right . Attack shows CIA expansion in Afghanistan, risk to officials, co...
[ "Washington (CNN) -- The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and contractors and a Jordanian intelligence official in Afghanistan was within seconds of being searched by two security contractors when he detonated his explosives, a former intelligence official with knowledge of the incident told CNN on Tues...
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Nielsen Media Research: "Millionaire Matchmaker" season 3 ratings show up season 2's . Matchmaker Janis Spindel's business up 41 percent since matchmaking shows hit TV . About half of the 20,000 who applied to be on "Tough Love Couples" were younger than 21 .
[ "(CNN) -- Thanks to a crop of how-to dating shows, such as Bravo's \"The Millionaire Matchmaker\" and VH1's \"Tough Love,\" more people are reaching out to matchmakers, making an age-old art fashionable again. Back in 19th-century Russia -- around the time of \"Fiddler on the Roof\" -- women dreaded visits from the...
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NEW: PM Kevin Rudd apologizes to thousands of Aborigines . NEW: Rudd: "For the indignity and degradation ... on a proud people ... we say sorry" NEW: Apology envisions future where gaps among "all Australians" are closed .
[ "(CNN) -- The Australian government apologized Wednesday for years of \"mistreatment\" that inflicted \"profound grief, suffering and loss\" on the country's Aboriginal people. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes the apology on Wednesday from inside Parliament. New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd read the apology Wednesday t...
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Doctor from Utah looks for way home after 5 days of volunteering . Another volunteer frustrated by lack of cooperation from another country's doctors . Both have been too busy seeing patients to cry over what they've seen .
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Like many people who have done their time in Haiti, Gary Garner needs a good cry. In the past five days, the Salt Lake City, Utah, physician has held a dying man in his arms and amputated more fingers and toes than he can remember. Now, he needs a rest. Friday found him on the tarmac...
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World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has not given up on fighting Floyd Mayweather later this year . The Filipino is still keen to fight the American despite talks breaking down on a big-money contest in March . Pacquiao will first fight Ghana's Joshua Clottey in Dallas on March 13 .
[ "(CNN) -- Manny Pacquiao has not given up on fighting Floyd Mayweather later this year, despite talks breaking down on a big-money contest in March. World welterweight champion Pacquiao will now fight Ghana's Joshua Clottey in Dallas on March 13, following a breakdown in talks with Mayweather's camp ause of a row o...
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With his troop decision, Obama becomes a wartime president, says Julian Zelizer . He says other presidents have seen wars swallow up their domestic plans . Zelizer says Truman, LBJ, George W. Bush were weakened by war .
[ "Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. His new book, \"Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security -- From World War II to the War on Terrorism,\" will be published in December by Basic Books. Zelizer writes widely ...
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NEW: State Department line for those seeking information about loved ones: 1-888-407-4747 . With phone lines down, Haitians in U.S. fret about loved ones on island . "We're watching the news unfold, and I just don't know what to think," woman says . Haiti is most impoverished country in Western Hemisphere, plagued by v...
[ "(CNN) -- With phone lines down and communication cut, Haitians living in America are \"sick with worry\" and scrambling for information about Tuesday's earthquake, while fretting about their troubled homeland and their loved ones. \"Well, we're watching the news unfold, and I just don't know what to think,\" said ...
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Authorities recover 54 bodies after overcrowded ferry capsizes . Boat had capacity of 1,500, but 2,000 people onboard . They were traveling homes for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha .
[ "(CNN) -- Authorities have recovered 54 bodies after a ferry crammed with people capsized in southern Bangladesh, police said Sunday. Among the victims were 22 children and 15 women, said Nazrul Islam, the police chief of Bhola district where the accident occurred Friday. Thirty more passengers are believed missing...
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Man from northern Germany charged with 58 counts of killing Jewish laborers . Killings took place just weeks from the end of World War II . Man is accused of being part of an SS group that carried out executions .
[ "Berlin, Germany (CNN) -- A 90-year-old man from northern Germany has been charged with 58 counts of murder for the killings of Jewish forced laborers in the final days of World War Two. The man, who was not named, was a member of the feared SS serving in what is now Austria when he allegedly carried out the crimes...
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Queen Elizabeth II to address U.N. General Assembly in July . Queen last addressed U.N. in 1957 . Queen is head of state of 16 U.N. member states .
[ "United Nations (CNN) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will address the U.N. General Assembly in July, the British Mission to the United Nations announced Friday. Queen Elizabeth last addressed the General Assembly in 1957, it said. The queen's July 6 speech will come at the conclusion of a nine-day trip to Canada w...
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British man convicted of having sex on a beach in Dubai denies sex took place . 34-year-old admits he was "extremely naive" about Muslim law . Couple were both convicted of public indecency, sex outside marriage . Three-month jail terms suspended on appeal; they returned to UK last week .
[ "LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British businessman jailed in Dubai after being convicted with a female companion for having sex on a beach said he had acted naively as he spoke publicly Monday for the first time since returning to the UK. Vince Acors said he had been \"extremely naive\" about Muslim law. Vince Acors, ...
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China expresses its "strong dissatisfaction" over Dalai Lama meeting to U.S. ambassador . Dalai Lama met with U.S. President Barack Obama a day earlier at the White House . China appealed for U.S. to "stop conniving and supporting anti-China separatist forces" Beijing regards the Dalai Lama as a separatist who wishes t...
[ "Beijing, China (CNN) -- China summoned the U.S. ambassador on Friday to express its \"strong dissatisfaction\" over the Dalai Lama's meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama a day earlier. China didn't disclose what was discussed during the session with Ambassador Jon Huntsman at the Foreign Ministry. But Beijing ...
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NEW: State Department line for those seeking information about loved ones: 1-888-407-4747 . With phone lines down, Haitians in U.S. fret about loved ones on island . "It looks like it's worse than we all imagined," Haitian in Miami says . Haiti is most impoverished country in Western Hemisphere, plagued by violence .
[ "(CNN) -- With phone lines down and communication cut, Haitians living in America are \"sick with worry\" and scrambling for information about loved ones who experienced Tuesday's 7.0 earthquake on the island nation. \"At this point it looks like it's worse than we all imagined and we still don't know specifics bec...
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NEW: Eight unconfirmed tornadoes spotted along North Carolina's I-85 corridor . Metal roofing ripped off an industrial building west of Charlotte . Tornado damaged 20 homes near High Point, North Carolina . Tornado in Mecklenburg County damaged a mobile home, toppled trees .
[ "(CNN) -- A broad band of severe thunderstorms Sunday sparked heavy rain and hail and prompted tornado warnings from Florida to Virginia, with multiple twisters reported in North Carolina, according to the National Weather Service. At least eight unconfirmed tornadoes were spotted along North Carolina's I-85 corrid...
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NEW: Medical personnel exit makeshift hospital on U.N. officials' orders . Bottleneck at Port-au-Prince airport among problems relief agencies face in Haiti . USS Carl Vinson brings helicopters, hospital beds and operating rooms . Defense chief rejects criticism that U.S. responded too slowly to crisis .
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- As huge numbers of desperate Haitians struggled Friday in what could be their last hours of life, the supplies many needed remained stuck in planes, ships, and cargo holds, unable to get to them. Adding to the desperation, medical personnel were seen leaving in droves Friday night fr...
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Brazilian helicopter returns Pablo Emilio Moncayo to freedom . Colombian soldier had been held by FARC guerrillas since December 1997 . Moncayo's father walked 700 miles in campaign to win his release . FARC say from now on, it will demand prisoner swap to release captives .
[ "(CNN) -- Colombian Sgt. Pablo Emilio Moncayo, held by Colombian FARC rebels as a hostage for more than 12 years, was reunited with his family after being released by his captors. The young soldier arrived in the city of Florencia in a Brazilian military helicopter that transported him from the jungle, and he walke...
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Global population to reach 7 billion in two years, research institute projects . Most growth is occurring in developing and poor nations, study finds . Uganda's population expected to almost triple by 2050 . India projected to overtake China as most populous country .
[ "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The world's population is forecast to hit 7 billion in 2011, the vast majority of its growth coming in developing and, in many cases, the poorest nations, a report released Wednesday said. Riders cram into a train last month in New Delhi, India. India's population is expected to be 1.7 billion ...
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Lester Williams Hobbs suspected in death of wife and kidnapping of her daughter . Hobbs and 7-year-old Aja Daniell Johnson missing since January . Two bodies found in car in Norman, Oklahoma, on Monday . Car thought to be the one used in suspected kidnapping .
[ "(CNN) -- Oklahoma authorities are determining whether two bodies found Monday are those of a murder suspect and his wife's missing 7-year-old daughter, a spokeswoman for investigators said. The bodies and a car authorities said was used in the kidnapping of the girl were found in a heavily wooded area in Norman, o...
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NEW: Suspect, Ricardo Valles de la Rosa, 42, also sought in connection with another slaying . Federal spokesman says Mexican military arrested suspect Friday . Suspect called member of Aztecas street gang, which is affiliated with Juarez drug cartel .
[ "(CNN) -- The Mexican military has arrested a suspect in the killings this month of three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, police and federal spokesmen said Monday. The arrested man is Ricardo Valles de la Rosa, municipal police spokesman Jacinto Seguro said. According to Juarez news...
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Tuesday's 7.0 earthquake severely damaged Port-au-Prince's harbor . Workers say sea shipments are vital for Haitians' survival . Without the port, "We'll just starve to death," trucker warns .
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Raymond Thomas is a jolly man who laughs easily and likes to say \"Forget it\" a lot. He'd like to forget the devastation wrought at the Port-au-Prince harbor where his fleet of trucks used to pick up cargo. Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake sent a quarter-mile pier crumbling into t...
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Lawmakers back in their districts for two-week spring recess . Republicans, Democrats trying to sell their points of view to their constituents . Republicans want to "repeal and replace" health care legislation . Polls show support for legislation up slightly since before last week's vote .
[ "(CNN) -- President Obama is expected to sign the final health care legislation into law this week, but while the action wraps up on Capitol Hill, the heated debate over reform shows no sign of cooling down. With lawmakers back in their districts for the spring work period, the conversation just moves to a differen...
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Dan Woolley, a Colorado aid worker, was trapped in Haiti hotel after earthquake . Woolley used cell phone application to learn how to control bleeding, survive . iPhone application, called "Pocket First Aid & CPR," is from Jive Media . "That gave me confidence to treat my wounds properly," Woolley says .
[ "(CNN) -- Alone in the darkness beneath layers of rubble, Dan Woolley felt blood streaming from his head and leg. Then he remembered -- he had an app for that. Woolley, an aid worker, husband, and father of two boys, followed instructions on his cell phone to survive the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. \"I had an a...
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Once a thriving community of 6,000, about 30 Jews are left in Kolkata, India . Jews began arriving in India in the 18th century from Syria, Iran and Iraq . Some 12,000 Jews began leaving when India gained independence in 1947 .
[ "Kolkata, India (CNN) -- At 65, Ian Zachariah is one of the youngest ones left. \"Can you believe it?\" he says, adjusting a borrowed yarmulke in a now-empty synagogue. His eyes scan the glittering stained glass, the blue-domed ceiling and the rows of dark wood and wicker benches, still arranged the way they were w...
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Dressed in black clothes and black ski masks, ten men raided Grand Casino Basel . Part of group failed to break into casino vault on the lower level . Gunmen made off into France which is only about 100 meters from the casino . One woman was beaten by robbers after unknowingly blocking their vehicles with car .
[ "(CNN) -- About 10 men armed with pistols and small machine guns raided a casino in Switzerland and made off into France with several hundred thousand Swiss francs in the early hours of Sunday morning, police said. The men, dressed in black clothes and black ski masks, split into two groups during the raid on the G...
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Constance McMillen in news after school cancels prom; she wanted to bring girlfriend . Support nationally shows in TV visits, prom offers, Facebook fans and scholarship . At home, Mississippi high school senior deals with tensions, anxiety, "hostility" Her and ACLU's fight inspires others, making her poster child for L...
[ "(CNN) -- Walking into school Wednesday morning was not easy for Constance McMillen. The last time she'd been there was March 11, the day after her Fulton, Mississippi, high school canceled prom rather than allow her to wear a tuxedo and attend with her girlfriend. She didn't assume last week's spring break would c...
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Officials say soldiers were chasing drug criminals who had fired on an army patrol . They said some criminals had fled to Technological Institute of Higher Learning of Monterrey . Initially, officials said mechanical engineering graduate students were drug gang members . Interior Ministry apologizes for deaths, pledges...
[ "Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- The Mexican government has apologized to the families of two students killed early Friday who officials initially said were drug gang members. Jorge Antonio Mercado Alonso, 23, and Javier Francisco Arredondo Verdugo, 24, were mechanical engineering graduate students at the Technologica...
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Basket weaver's husband, five children were hacked and clubbed to death . One of killers was neighbor, caught up in hatred of Rwanda's genocide . But now, victim and perpetrator share lunch, forgiveness and a future . President Paul Kagame says Rwanda is healing, moving beyond 1994 genocide .
[ "GITARAMA, Rwanda (CNN) -- What does Macy's have to do with healing from genocide? Nothing and everything. Iphigenia Mukantabana sits with Jean-Bosco Bizimana, her family's killer, at her home after church. Fourteen years after Hutu extremists killed between 800,000 and 1 million people -- mostly Tutsis -- in a dev...
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Valerie Hunter is accusing Sheryl Stack of negligence . Hunter's husband died when Andrew Joseph "Joe Stack III flew a plane into a building . Lawsuit: Sheryl Stack "owed a duty to exercise reasonable care" for others' safety . Sheryl Stack had issued statement offering sympathy to victim's family .
[ "(CNN) -- The widow of an Internal Revenue Service employee killed when a disgruntled taxpayer flew his plane into a seven-story building in Austin, Texas, last week is suing the pilot's wife, according to court documents. Valerie Hunter, the wife of Vernon Hunter, is accusing Sheryl Stack, wife of Andrew Joseph \...
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Top U.S. snowboarder injured during training . World's tallest tower opens in Dubai . Fourth-largest U.S. city swears in its first openly gay mayor .
[ "(CNN) -- Kevin Pearce One of the country's top snowboarders, who was considered a favorite to make the U.S. Olympic team, was in critical but stable condition Sunday after an accident while training last week at Park City, Utah. The Los Angeles Times reports that the 22-year-old from Norwich, Vermont, was wearing ...
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Mexican international striker Antonio de Nigris has died at the age of 31 . De Nigris suffered a suspected heart attack, his Greek club Larissa revealed . De Nigris was capped 16 times for Mexico and appeared in the 2001 Copa America tournament .
[ "(CNN) -- Mexico international striker Antonio de Nigris has died at the age of 31 from a suspected heart attack. The former Villarreal player, who was capped 16 times by his country, was rushed to hospital in the early hours of Monday morning but was pronounced dead on arrival, his Greek club Larissa confirmed in ...
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NEW: David Carradine's family orders autopsy when body returns to United States . Actor's family, manager dispute suicide theory . Carradine found hanging by rope in Bangkok hotel closet, police say . He was the star of "Kung Fu" TV series; also known as "Bill" in "Kill Bill" films .
[ "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- David Carradine's wife and his manager disputed suggestions that the actor's death was a suicide, while rescue workers and police in Bangkok, Thailand, said the actor's neck and genitals were found bound with rope. David Carradine was the star of the 1970s TV series, \"Kung Fu,\" a...
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People and their pets can be laid to rest together at cemetery in England . Owner: More than 30 people already buried with pets; 100 more plots reserved . Future customer: "I'm so sick of people saying that 'it was just a dog or a cat'" Anthropologist: Very old practice fell out when Christianity became institutionaliz...
[ "London, England (CNN) -- Like many people, widow Penny Lally plans to be buried alongside her family. But in her case, that includes a menagerie of family pets. Her husband, John, who died of cancer three years ago at the age of 64, is already buried with their horse Super Sam, Blot the cat, Muppet the dog, and ev...
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The Solomon Islands are struck by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake . Earthquakes rattled the same area the day before . No tsunamis were expected, according to Pacific Tsunami Warning Center . There were no reports of damage from Tuesday's quake .
[ "(CNN) -- A 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific Ocean near the Solomon Islands Tuesday night, one day after a string of earthquakes rattled the same area and another quake hit the Philippines, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, considered strong in terms of earthquake magnitude, hit near sparsely po...
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Officials say Haiti could not "absorb" the additional four U.S. teams mobilized to help Haiti . Columbia University expert says teams should have been sent within first 72 hours . U.S. ambassador to Haiti says he's unaware that search teams mobilized but stayed in the U.S. There are more than 1,700 rescuers, 161 canine...
[ "Washington (CNN) -- Four of the 10 American rescue teams mobilized in the hours following the earthquake in Haiti are returning home Tuesday -- having never traveled farther than their local airports. Federal government officials said the four -- including teams in Texas, Ohio and two in California -- were not fl...
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Alexis Hutchinson refused to deploy, saying there was no one to care for her infant . Army contended she had been given plenty of time to sort out family issues . Hutchinson could have faced court-martial .
[ "(CNN) -- A single mother who chose taking care of her infant over deploying to Afghanistan has been discharged, the Army said in a statement. When her unit deployed to Afghanistan in November, Alexis Hutchinson was missing from the plane. Her lawyer said she refused to go because there was no one to take care of ...
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Government of quake-hit Haiti must become more visible, Brazil's foreign minister says . Celso Amorim: "We cannot lose sight of the central role of the elected leaders of Haiti" Amorim was among over a dozen foreign ministers, leaders attending conference on Haiti . Conference in Montreal aims to develop a strategy for...
[ "(CNN) -- The government of earthquake-ravaged Haiti must become more visible now, even amid a global outpouring of aid as the impoverished island nation struggles to recover, Brazil's foreign minister said Monday. \"The government, in spite of all the difficulties, should appear more to the people,\" Brazilian For...
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Tila "Tequila" Nguyen says NFL's Shawne Merriman choked her . San Diego Chargers player says she was intoxicated . "I'm allergic to alcohol. ... I can't drink," Nguyen says on Twitter . Merriman says he looks forward to clearing his name .
[ "(CNN) -- The reality television show personality who accused football player Shawne Merriman of choking her over the weekend has denied that she was drunk during the incident, her Twitter page said Monday. Shawne Merriman is accused of restraining reality TV star Tila Tequlia as she tried to leave his home, police...
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NEW: Rescue teams from U.S., Israel, Turkey find people alive in quake rubble . NEW: Nearly 30 teams from around the world continue to comb debris for survivors . U.N. secretary-general visits Haiti, site of U.N.'s worst loss of life ever . Port-au-Prince airport remains overwhelmed by planes bringing supplies .
[ "Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Survivors still emerged from collapsed buildings in Haiti's devastated capital Sunday, nearly five days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished island nation. U.S. and Turkish rescuers plucked three people, including an American woman, from the rubble of a supermarke...
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In speech, Obama renews U.S. ties with Japan, reaches out to China . Obama: Rise "of a strong, prosperous China can be a source of strength" U.S. president urges North Korea to return to Six-Party denuclearization talks . Obama's Asia tour includes Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea .
[ "Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- Touting himself as America's \"first Pacific president,\" Barack Obama called on his own connections with Asia Saturday as he pledged a renewed engagement with Asia Pacific nations based on \"an enduring and revitalized alliance between the United States and Japan.\" The U.S. president, in hi...
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Snow tires really are better than all-season tires in snowy areas . All-wheel drive can give SUV owners false sense of security . Get snow tires for all four wheels, even if car is two-wheel drive .
[ "(AOL AUTOS) -- I remember driving in eastern Pennsylvania one winter following my brother home on an hour-long trip. It had snowed earlier that morning, and by the time we got on the road the plows still hadn't reached the back roads we were on. I was driving a front-wheel drive Acura Integra with all-season tires...
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English Premier League club Portsmouth went into administration Friday . They are the first club to go into administration in Premier League history . Portsmouth's estimated debts estimated to total around $90 million . South coast club won the English FA Cup in 2008 .
[ "London, England (CNN) -- The future of English Premier League club Portsmouth was in doubt Friday after it was forced to go into administration with debts of around $90 million. The south coast side are the first Premier League side to call in administrators since the division was formed 18 years ago, fueling a fi...
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John Daly advises Tiger Woods to go on television with his wife Elin to end controversy . Daly believes it is best for world's top golfer to "get this thing aired out, tell the truth" Publicist Max Clifford believes the sport needs Woods more than he needs it . Former European No. 1 Colin Montgomerie says the American ...
[ "(CNN) -- Tiger Woods has been told to go on television to try to finally end the controversy that has forced the world's No. 1 golfer to take an \"indefinite break\" from the sport. The American superstar announced on his Web site on Friday that he was taking time out to resolve the issues caused by his \"infideli...
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Peggy Wallace Kennedy: My dad, George Wallace, might have backed Barack Obama . Ex-segregationist Wallace sought absolution for his earlier views, daughter says . She says Obama will help heal the nation after wounds of Katrina and Iraq war .
[ "Editor's note: Peggy Wallace Kennedy is the daughter of George C. Wallace and Lurleen Wallace, who both were governors of Alabama. She lives in Montgomery, Alabama, with her husband, Mark Kennedy, a retired state Supreme Court justice. They have two sons, Leigh, a decorated veteran of the Iraq war, and Burns, a co...