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e2630b322c8ef5fc166dc638c4f7819c1594bfc5 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Firefights have been going on for 10 days, residents say .
One Mexico soldier among the dead .
Drug suspects ambushed military patrol .
U.S. closed nearby consulate on Thursday . | [
"Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Shootouts between drug suspects and the military in the Mexican northeastern border state of Tamaulipas have left seven dead and 11 wounded, the government reported. One of the dead and the 11 wounded were Mexican military who were ambushed while on patrol late Thursday night in the ci... |
88064b4075fbaff49816957eae89d8ed226a6848 | Summarize the following news article. | Commercial air service from U.S. to Haiti had been suspended since January 12 quake .
American Airlines says it plans three flights daily from Florida to Haiti .
Airline official: "Flights serve as major milestones toward helping the country rebuild" | [
"Miami, Florida (CNN) -- Commercial air service resumed Friday morning from the United States to Haiti. An American Airlines flight from Miami to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, left at 7:36 a.m. ET after about an hour's delay, according to the airline's Web site. The flight landed at 9:22 a.m. ET in Haiti, the company said... |
028bc1d9578aa056042245dda153fe326754ff92 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Talks still on for Monday in North Korean border town, South Korean official says .
North says firing of artillery shells is part of an annual training drill .
Inter-Korean talks still set for Monday, Yonhap cites S. Korean official as saying . | [
"(CNN) -- North Korea resumed firing near its sea border with South Korea on Thursday, South Korean media said, citing Seoul officials. Artillery shells were fired toward South Korean-controlled Yeonpyeong Island, Yonhap News Agency quoted the officials as saying, adding that the shells fell in waters north of the ... |
e3a2635d62827e96aad3552e024ededd974ab3e1 | Summarize the following news article. | Under DOT rules, airlines must disclose the full price of air travel to consumers .
United violated price advertising rules twice in five months .
Government taxes and fees per passenger are the only exception to the rules . | [
"(CNN) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation slapped United Airlines with a $30,000 fine Friday for violating price advertising rules, and the airline also will have to pay the balance for a previous infraction. Under DOT rules, airlines must disclose the full price of air travel to consumers. \"Our fare adverti... |
cd6f5180c0ba65dd3f0254e493a4cfa1a6c8368e | Summarize the following news article. | Tarkan has been Turkey's biggest pop star since the 1990s .
Singer was arrested in narcotics raid in Istanbul, Anatolian Agency says .
Others detained were "important figures from the art and magazine world" | [
"Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Police have arrested Tarkan, Turkey's most famous pop music star, in a narcotics raid, Turkey's semi-official Anatolian Agency reported Friday. Police, Tarkan's publicist and relatives could not be reached for comment on the reported arrest. According to Anatolian, Tarkan was detained al... |
5b1e64cd16b41d9986b41f1b790df8c9d1c913c8 | Summarize the following news article. | Fact Check: Is there any connection between the recent deadly earthquakes?
Earthquakes are sporadic, unpredictable in nature, says Georgia Tech expert .
CNN meteorologist: Great time intervals, distances indicate quakes aren't connected .
While quakes often trigger other seismic events, recent events are thought to be ... | [
"(CNN) -- On January 12, a magnitude-7.0 quake struck Haiti just southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince. On February 27, an 8.8-magnitude quake hit Chile near that nation's second largest city, Concepcion. That same day there was a 7.0 quake off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, and just this week a 6.4 quake hit sout... |
04fb35909f9611b19de4baec58c8e08bdd9d544d | Summarize the following news article. | North Koreans say U.S. citizen entered the country from China .
North Koreans also still holding American they say entered illegally on Christmas Eve .
Neither person has been identified; U.S. worried about missionary Robert Park . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The North Korean government informed the State Department on Friday that it is holding a second American citizen who the North Koreans say entered the country from China, a State Department spokesman said. The American, who has not been identified, was detained Monday for trespassing on North K... |
c8024dcf38178d62aa28c551be518b96ea70c451 | Summarize the following news article. | Pirates attack fishing vessels in Indian Ocean .
28 suspected pirates and "pirate paraphernalia" seized by EU naval force .
EU mission involved in trying to deter, stop piracy off Somalia .
EU spokesman: The pirates have been preparing. We are prepared as well. | [
"(CNN) -- Twenty-eight suspected pirates were taken into custody Friday by the European Union Naval Force after a handful of failed attacks on fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean, the EU mission said. In the first incident, the mission intercepted a mother ship and two skiffs early Friday in the southern Indian Oce... |
96002a9fe32d4ec9cf7a2e3917a92a6cc163129b | Summarize the following news article. | John Avlon says health care summit comes amid a period of bipartisan dysfunction in government .
Historically, frustrated independent voters increase in this climate, hold balance of power, he says .
Let down by bipartisan gridlock, stalled agenda, faltering economy, independents have broken with Obama .
Avlon: Health ... | [
"New York (CNN) -- Today's bipartisan health care meeting is being called a summit, a term that brings to mind diplomatic missions during wartime. That's a fitting description for the atmosphere in Washington. Political opponents are considered enemies. Health care is just the latest example of government dysfuncti... |
41d8b44ba523aa51954e7f70f26505fe0ebc45cc | Summarize the following news article. | Desiree Rogers came under scrutiny after White House state dinner .
She says her decision is unrelated to the fallout over the security breach.
"Headed back to private sector," she says in e-mail .
"We are enormously grateful ... for the terrific job she's done," Obamas say . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary, plans to step down, the Obama administration announced Friday. Her office came under scrutiny after a couple who lacked an invitation were allowed into President Obama's first state dinner. \"We are enormously grateful to Desiree Rogers for the... |
79f63d34107ff4ea867dcf5b53b9ad47c3935c24 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: U.S. handed al-Majeed over to Iraqi authorities shortly before execution, official says .
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed executed .
Al-Majeed had been sentenced to death in four separate trials .
Execution had been delayed by VP's refusal to OK another defendant's death sentence . | [
"Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed -- also known as Chemical Ali -- was executed Monday, an Iraqi government spokesman said. He was hanged after having been convicted on 13 counts of killings and genocide, Ali al-Dabagh said. Al-Majeed had been sentenced to death in four separate ... |
e8d35b8c40d1aa7d796bdaab97a57226e96fb7e2 | Summarize the following news article. | Brokaw not at fault, U.S. Postal Inspection Service spokesman says .
Accident occurs when SUV swerves to avoid spool of cable on the road, hits postal truck .
Brokaw, who was driving behind the postal truck, hit rear of that vehicle, spokesman says . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw and his wife were involved in a three-vehicle accident Friday in which one person died, a network spokeswoman said. The accident happened about 1 p.m. on New York's Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx, spokeswoman Jenny Tartikoff said in a statement. Brokaw and his ... |
6a97440c97abc20a1c0c3ffb4cb217974d93de2f | Summarize the following news article. | Ruben Navarrette Jr. lauds the health care summit, says leaders ought to hold more such events .
Navarrette: Let's hope it was real and not preparation for Democrats to pass unpopular health bill .
Navarrette: Democrats control levers of government in Washington .
Some Democrats up for re-election are terrified of pass... | [
"San Diego, California (CNN) -- There was a lot to appreciate in yesterday's bipartisan White House health care summit between President Obama and members of Congress. No really. This is the kind of thing that our leaders ought to do three or four times a year on a variety of issues -- from Social Security to educ... |
7516c590992fe812f3d4f591e7f5745ec4b64995 | Summarize the following news article. | Charlie Simpson has raised $240,000 for UNICEF's Haiti Earthquake Children's Appeal .
Donations pour in amid media coverage with many cheering Simpson on .
Funds raised will provide water, sanitation, education, nutrition and supporting child protection . | [
"London, England -- He's no Wyclef Jean or George Clooney, but that hasn't stopped seven-year-old Charlie Simpson from raising more than £150,000 ($240,000) for the Haiti earthquake. Simpson from Fulham, west London had hoped to raise just £500 for UNICEF's earthquake appeal by cycling eight kilometers (five miles)... |
29a701f861b459c945fbea68b009560babca9527 | Summarize the following news article. | Ena Zizi, in her 70s, lasted seven days in rubble near national cathedral .
Son, Maxim Janvier says he has no doubt that his mother's faith played a role in her survival .
Zizi was undergoing surgery aboard the USS Bataan, Janvier said .
Zizi was reported to have suffered a fractured femur in the quake . | [
"(CNN) -- Ena Zizi was participating in a prayer group at the national cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when the structure came down on her during the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit the island on January 12. In New York, meanwhile, her son, Maxim Janvier, had no way of knowing what befell her other than she w... |
1176c8a2013646bd50bd0cda0d564055dab724fd | Summarize the following news article. | The group, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, says man is Cicala Sergio .
It was unclear what the group's demands were .
In June the group executed a British man after UK refused to release Abu Qatada . | [
"(CNN) -- Al Qaeda's north African wing has released an audio message from an Italian man whom it says it has kidnapped and has set a 25-day deadline for the Italian government to meet its demands. The message was accompanied by a still photograph, posted on Islamist Web sites, showing a bearded man kneeling in fro... |
8efcf04411e3d69ffccfdf75dc79b76eb2dd66f6 | Summarize the following news article. | Philippine government convoy ambushed in same province as massacre .
Convoy was returning from raid on compound of former provincial governor .
57 people killed in Maguindanao in apparently politically-motivated attack .
Separately, 75 civilians kidnapped from a region in southern Philippines . | [
"(CNN) -- A Philippine government convoy was ambushed by gunmen Thursday in the same province that saw the bloody massacre of 57 people last month, a Philippine military spokesman said. The convoy was on its way back from a raid on the compound of former governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. in Maguindanao province, Maj. Ran... |
864d04395992295880eee01ce6325aa93d29bb6d | Summarize the following news article. | Toyota hearings were a major event on Capitol Hill .
Less visible were ties between Toyota and current, former members of Congress, co-authors say .
They say the public should be mindful of potential for abuses . | [
"(CNN) -- In a most public fashion, congressional lawmakers have been grilling Toyota officials this week about safety defects that have caused some of the automaker's vehicles to accelerate without warning. Accidents and deaths are being linked to these problems. This is prime political theater. Angry lawmakers ar... |
759935c257125af93f1b30c3ed8496d4339c2904 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Suspect Johnny Wicks had a lengthy rap sheet .
Wicks was shot and killed after opening fire in courthouse lobby .
Slain guard identified as former Vegas police officer .
FBI: Wicks pulled shotgun from underneath his jacket and began shooting . | [
"(CNN) -- Johnny Lee Wicks, 66, was carrying a 12-gauge shotgun when he walked Monday into the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse and started firing, shooting court security officer Stanley W. Cooper and a deputy U.S. marshal, said Kevin Favreau, special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas office. The two victim... |
3723cd864a4e1808c0435a2daa1fcb881dd5afba | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Search to continue "until there's absolutely no chance" of locating survivors .
NEW: People aboard chopper should be wearing survival suits, locator beacons .
One survivor in hospital, one man found dead, 16 still missing .
18 aboard were oil workers; copter ditched into waters off Newfoundland . | [
"(CNN) -- The search will continue until at least Friday night for 16 people missing since Thursday morning when a helicopter carrying them to an offshore oil platform ditched in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, Canadian officials said. A helicopter made an emergency crash landing off Newfoundland en route to H... |
44ae97b31eae16f4eae64f96d5ba978afdf4c1c1 | Summarize the following news article. | Anaika St. Louis dies after being rescued .
She had been trapped in the rubble for 48 hours days .
CNN crew meets girl while rescue was underway, gives her water, food .
Family buries girl known as the "little lawyer" on Friday . | [
"Liancourt, Haiti (CNN) -- She gingerly walked from the car and shuffled up the small hill, her eyes welled in tears. The first sight of her daughter's grave was too much for Beatrice Elan to bear. She began to scream and flail. \"Anna, Anna, Anna,\" Elan cried, while two family members struggled to restrain her. O... |
c77efeae1cefa1b9cc48b3c3a1a431c5a2ff17e4 | Summarize the following news article. | The earthquake devastated Haiti's families, social networks and economy, authors say .
They say it's difficult to conceive of the dimensions of the need .
The U.S. and others will have to supply essentials of life for a time, they say .
Authors: In some ways, the aid operation is equivalent to airlift that sustained Be... | [
"(CNN) -- It has become a commonplace that it is hard to comprehend the disaster in Haiti. If so, and if we hope to provide Haitians with anything like the help that they need, then we must understand where our minds fail us. One problem that we do not yet face is having our compassion numbed by the sheer magnitude... |
33c3ae9a032a854d96d3e1ab789292bfcca75f15 | Summarize the following news article. | Memo says conduct of control personnel in the past "has been exemplary"
Memo goes on to say the "lapse in judgment" slights the agency's credibility .
The FAA has suspended all unofficial visits to air traffic control operation areas . | [
"New York (CNN) -- \"Unauthorized and unprofessional\" is how an internal memo describes the conduct of an air traffic controller, who allegedly allowed his two young children to speak with pilots on an air traffic control frequency, and his supervisor, who allegedly allowed it to happen. The memo, dated February 2... |
9e9f494e34bab7f7e4d76b312333521cea18d914 | Summarize the following news article. | Airbus plane listed for sale "AS IS/WHERE IS" at a salvage yard in New Jersey .
The wings, included in the sale, have been separated from the body of the aircraft .
Plane, piloted by Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, safely landed in Hudson .
Auction set to end on March 27 at 4:30 p.m. ET and is open to the public . | [
"New York (CNN) -- Passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 could soon have a unique souvenir from their harrowing flight that ended in New York's Hudson River -- although it would be quite a large one. The plane famously landed with 155 people aboard in the frigid river waters by Capt. Chesley \"Sully\" Sullenberger l... |
bdf5569629d1627a5c56b06fbb5dabfba402e7e6 | Summarize the following news article. | Bertrand Piccard is a ballooning record-setter; wants to fly around the world in a solar plane .
He says he wants to demonstrate the potential of renewable energy to replace fossil fuel .
Piccard says in a TED Talk that thinking creatively requires the ability to jettison familiar ideas .
He says, "We have to get rid o... | [
"(CNN) -- When Bertrand Piccard came up with his audacious plan to fly around the world in an aircraft powered only by the sun, he found that airplane manufacturers were skeptical such a plane could be built. So who built the first model of \"Solar Impulse,\" Piccard's $72-million solar-powered craft? A company tha... |
272e13ef7a64d86ddd23d31042a89e95193a9989 | Summarize the following news article. | Two expatriate Iranians allege rapes in graphic detail .
Male, female Iranian dissidents give separate interviews to CNN .
Both are in Turkey, claiming they fled after threats from security services .
They were arrested after disputed June 12 presidential election . | [
"ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Two Iranians who were caught up in the waves of arrests that followed the disputed presidential elections in June have accused their captors of raping them. By telling his story, Ibrahim Sharifi says, he \"committed social suicide so this incident wouldn't happen to others.\" An Iranian m... |
c26d40f5f61886a747970b33beafaf0b225c915d | Summarize the following news article. | Brandon Huntley says he faced racial violence and discrimination in South Africa .
Canadian immigration board recently granted refugee status to Huntley .
South African government blasted decision as racist .
Canadian government asks courts to overturn independent board's decision . | [
"(CNN) -- The Canadian government hopes to overturn a decision granting refugee status to a white South African who says he would face persecution at home, a spokesman for Canada's immigration minister said Friday. The Immigration and Refugee Board recently granted refugee status to Brandon Huntley, 31, a South Afr... |
8bd06c985e2744d7725d64315ff8d2f08af9f217 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Martial law invoked to impose peace on the region after unrest .
Measure follows killings of 57 people last week in province of Maguindanao .
Security forces search the home of Andal Ampatuan Jr., mayor of Datu Unsay .
Authorities say Ampatuan Jr. directed the November 23 politically motivated killings . | [
"(CNN) -- Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared martial law beginning Friday night in the southern province of Maguindanao, where 57 people were killed last week, an army spokesman told CNN Saturday. Army spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr. said martial law -- under which police can make arrests w... |
00a39c134080b6f215a81c15d46c3ac7cc7bdcf3 | Summarize the following news article. | Designer Isaac Mizrahi moving from Target to creative director at Liz Claiborne .
Mizrahi says he believes "bad hair" is the most common style mistake Designer says he prefers no flowers to "bad" ones .
Mizrahi admits he has a "claustrophobic" personality . | [
"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Dressed head to toe in black, designer Isaac Mizrahi is wearing an outfit that seems to contradict his personality -- and his usual fashion flair. Isaac Mizrahi has earned four awards from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. \"I always start with color when I'm designing things.... |
fc1ed3cb551eecf906946f57d8262b427e81903f | Summarize the following news article. | $2 billion in stimulus funds set aside to clean up Washington's Hanford nuclear site .
Money has created jobs for about 1,400 people .
Critics say funds are being misdirected, wasted at Hanford .
Cleanup "has been plagued by massive cost and schedule problems," their report says . | [
"Hanford Nuclear Site, Washington (CNN) -- The federal government has set aside nearly $2 billion in stimulus funds to clean up Washington state's decommissioned Hanford nuclear site, once the center of the country's Cold War plutonium production. That is more stimulus funding than some entire states have received,... |
dee351470f101ae014d080898b60ba56b09ba841 | Summarize the following news article. | Read Twitter feeds to stay up to date on the latest in Haiti .
Read CNN.com's complete special coverage of the Haiti earthquake .
iReport: Looking for loved ones . | [
"(CNN) -- Tuesday, January 19 . 10:37 p.m. -- Two children were pulled alive Tuesday night from the rubble of a two-story building in Port-au-Prince. The 8-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl, rescued by a team from the New York City fire and police departments, were taken to an Israeli tent hospital. 10:31 p.m. -- R... |
7a50abd58fef24ba958997b34a4cf7cdc0f6717b | Summarize the following news article. | Restaurant chain says it served 2 million free breakfasts in eight hours .
Each of 1,500 eateries served about 130 Slams per hour, company says .
Cost of promotion, including Super Bowl ad, was $5 million, Denny's says .
Competitor IHOP to give away pancakes on February 24 . | [
"(CNN) -- Denny's restaurants served about 2 million free Grand Slam breakfasts during its eight-hour promotional giveaway on Tuesday, the company reported Wednesday. Cooks fill the pass-through window with Grand Slam breakfasts Tuesday at a Denny's in Emeryville, California. The company used a commercial during th... |
c159bd01c1455797a5ef85ccaf2517921ed795c0 | Summarize the following news article. | Iranian press agency reports Iranian government to screen e-mails, texts .
Government trying to discourage protests that erupted after disputed presidential election .
Organizers of illegal protests warned they will face hefty fines .
Authorities alleged to have tortured and abused prisoners arrested as a result of the... | [
"Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian authorities will observe and control text messages and e-mails that encourage protesters, an Iranian semi-official news agency reported Friday. Messages that encourage demonstrations will be screened, and organizers of illegal protests will face heavy penalties, the Iranian Labor News... |
5dcfff37a352922ab89541886a735b10708f6de4 | Summarize the following news article. | Ahmad Wais Afzali admits that he lied about alerting bomb suspect to investigation .
The Muslim cleric says he lied about warning Najibullah Zazi "to protect myself"
Plea deal recommends zero to six months, immediate deportation after time served .
Zazi has pleaded guilty in plot to detonate bombs on New York subways . | [
"New York (CNN) -- A New York man accused in an alleged terrorist plot pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to federal agents. Ahmad Wais Afzali, a Muslim cleric and funeral director from the New York borough of Queens, was one of the first people charged in what authorities have described as a plot to detonate bombs o... |
eda6bab13bf09148f83af5b476764e5bce4ebd6b | Summarize the following news article. | Two doctors in Port-au-Prince turn their home into a makeshift clinic after quake .
Doctors' relatives in U.S., including their Army daughter, arrive to help .
Food, medical supplies remain constantly low, they say .
Survivor on being trapped: "I heard footsteps overhead" -- searchers walking on rubble . | [
"(CNN) -- Hours after January 12's earthquake in Haiti, Drs. Claude and Yolene Surena were treating more than 100 wounded people -- not in a medical facility but outside their own Port-au-Prince home. City medical facilities were decimated or overwhelmed, and makeshift triage areas like the one in the Surenas' yard... |
99eb66b72cc434f8beafda5cd6dfd3e91938de49 | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. Coast Guard: Maritime traffic around Haiti normal .
Coast Guard says it hasn't intercepted Haitians trying illegal crossings into U.S. waters .
Florida has asked for federal funding to shelter 10,000 as a precaution .
U.S. Air Force plane broadcasts message: Don't try to reach U.S. on boats . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Fears that Haitian earthquake survivors would engage in a massive and deadly ocean migration to South Florida have thus far been unfounded, according to federal and local government officials, who say they continue to plan for such an exodus only as a precaution. The U.S. Coast Guard said it ha... |
7dba26fe1b7959ca64d62d309b9d71b8f1a0b0c4 | Summarize the following news article. | 6 people in prison for beating, sexual assault of Megan Williams .
Williams' lawyer says she made story up to hurt ex-boyfriend .
6 defendants pleaded guilty, were given terms of up to 40 years .
Williams alleged she was forced to eat feces and subjected to a racial slur . | [
"(CNN) -- A 22-year-old woman whose claims that she was abused in a trailer in rural West Virginia in 2007 helped send six people to prison now says she made up the story, her lawyer said Wednesday. Attorney Byron Potts says his client is not being pressured to recant her story. \"She is recanting her entire story,... |
6117acc3934ee85c9292664b6b9990be52a060ed | Summarize the following news article. | Gordon Brown served as Chancellor, or head of the Treasury, from 1997 until 2007 .
Brown: "Financial concerns played no part in military planning for the Iraq"
Brown: "I made it clear we would support whatever option the military decided upon"
The decision to go to war in Iraq was made for the right reasons, he said . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Britain's involvement in the invasion of Iraq \"was the right decision and it was for the right reasons,\" Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday in his first response at an inquiry into country's role in the March 2003 conflict. Brown was answering a question from the chairman of the inq... |
5dc74c8c851aa033d9f826192782b038994eef93 | Summarize the following news article. | Today is Britney Gengel's 20th birthday; she remains missing in Haiti .
"Think of the worst day of your life and then times that by 1,000," father says .
Britney was among 12 college students in Haiti on humanitarian trip .
Her family was initially told Britney was rescued . | [
"(CNN) -- Len Gengel cries between sentences. \"It's my daughter's birthday today,\" he says, choking back tears. \"We should be celebrating,\" he says. \"Instead, I'm talking to people all day long, making sure they continue on the search and rescue. That's my objective today: to keep that search and rescue going.... |
934064a195d1771d536c130e9e2fb93dfe5aef67 | Summarize the following news article. | People in Haiti using social media to help tell of earthquake, aftershocks .
Online entertainment channel in Haiti becomes vital communications tool .
People use text messages to contact relatives, friends in earthquake zone . | [
"(CNN) -- The faithful prayed -- for relief, for mercy, for safety -- as aftershocks rumbled across Haiti on Tuesday evening. \"It's 8:44 p.m. and we're still getting aftershocks! Can hear people gathered in the distance singing prayers,\" wrote Richard Morse, hotel manager at the Oloffson Hotel in the capital, Por... |
a7ede2906ca082d66c4dd4bb88e3dfcecd3074c9 | Summarize the following news article. | American Atheists group meets Easter weekend .
Group seeks to debunk stereotypes about atheists .
Leader says atheists are becoming more accepted .
"I haven't danced naked under the stars," he says . | [
"(CNN) -- While millions of Christians worldwide will celebrate Easter this weekend, David Silverman has other plans. Silverman will join about 300 atheists in a Newark, New Jersey, hotel ballroom to proclaim another message: The atheist movement in America is growing. Silverman will participate in the 36th annual ... |
c0b7324bb09f62c27c2bf886f9b41a8e39d63682 | Summarize the following news article. | VSS Enterprise remained attached to carrier aircraft for duration of near 3-hour flight .
Test-flight program is expected to continue through 2011 before commercial flights start .
Virgin Galactic has envisioned one flight a week, with six tourists aboard .
Each will pay $200,000 for the ride and train for at least thr... | [
"(CNN) -- British billionaire Richard Branson's dream of space travel that thousands of people can afford took a leap toward reality with the maiden flight of the world's first commercial spacecraft over California's Mojave Desert. Branson's company Virgin Galactic announced Monday that the VSS Enterprise had succe... |
c6e05fc1d842a23a050f1fb424a01970657108bf | Summarize the following news article. | Charles Bowden: 5,000 killed in Juarez in 27 months, one of most violent cities on Earth .
Bowden: Innocents die in crossfire among cartels, army, police .
He says drug trade is a source of money for the Mexican economy .
Bowden: U.S. must face NAFTA's failures and the lethal results of "war on drugs" | [
"Tucson, Arizona (CNN) -- Last week during the day, some kids in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, were playing soccer in a park when a car slowed down, guys got out and executed a 13-year-old boy. And then they drove away, unmolested in a city with 11,000 army and police officers. The Mexican government repeatedly states th... |
ac729a96c43166d00bf66b4f61e934ae40c0f07d | Summarize the following news article. | Press group notes more than 60 government restrictions on media in 2009 .
Report: Press was told not to organize questions for public to ask Obama during visit .
Chinese media barred from reporting on elections for chief executive in Macau, report says .
CNN's calls to Chinese Foreign Ministry, Embassy in Washington no... | [
"(CNN) -- \"Media must cease reporting on the discovery of a body at a psychiatric hospital in Dongguan.\" \"Media must not report on corruption allegations relating to the eldest son of President Hu Jintao.\" \"Media must not report on a lawsuit against China Eastern Airlines by victims of a plane crash in 2004 in... |
9f7a2f8cc8f15231a85bafd0498c4f50d9e46a4d | Summarize the following news article. | Andy Roddick reaches final in Miami, coming from behind to beat fourth seed Rafael Nadal .
American sixth seed triumphs 4-6 6-3 6-3 as he seeks to follow up title from 2004 .
He will face Tomas Berdych in Sunday's final after Czech upset fifth seed Robin Soderling .
The 16th seed followed up his fourth-round triumph ov... | [
"(CNN) -- American sixth seed Andy Roddick denied Rafael Nadal a third final appearance at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami after another sensational serving performance on Friday. Roddick, the tournament's 2004 champion, will face Tomas Berdych in Sunday's title match after coming from behind to defeat Spanish four... |
2fa992e47e6ce0519169eda7a440668683103a33 | Summarize the following news article. | Assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security announces decision to resign .
Richard Griffin gave no specific reason for resignation or offered timetable .
Blackwater issues appeal to supporters to stand up for company .
NEW: Blackwater shooting survivor says U.S. Embassy offered victims money . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The State Department's chief of diplomatic security has resigned amid scrutiny of the use of private military contractors to guard the department's staff in Iraq, a spokesman said Wednesday. Richard Griffin testifies before a House committee looking into private security contractors earlier th... |
cb4dbc3417313ea99d0e6326bf83644d3f04097b | Summarize the following news article. | Nationals President Stan Kasten encourages political operatives to hold fundraisers at ballpark .
Spending on fundraisers skyrocketed once gates opened at Nationals Park in 2008 .
Ballpark is much more appealing "than just coming to some hotel ballroom," Kasten said .
One Republican says ballpark isn't a good fundraisi... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- When President Obama threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals' season opener on Monday, he kicked off not only a new baseball season but also a new round of fundraisers at Nationals Park. Though Obama wasn't raising any cash himself on game day, his appearance was the backdrop for ... |
d4b7f4cda17aa110f409609f2f40f394268f3361 | Summarize the following news article. | 7-month-old Florida girl reported missing, found in small box under baby sitter's bed .
Police say mom gave baby to sitter, who is baby's paternal aunt .
Mom, aunt both charged in case; baby in state custody .
Mother "seems to be very confused," baby's grandmother says . | [
"(CNN) -- The maternal grandmother of a 7-month-old Florida girl found hidden in a small cedar box under her baby sitter's bed says her daughter, who was charged in the case, is troubled and needs help. Police think Chrystina Lynn Mercer gave Shannon Lee Dedrick to the sitter -- who is the baby's paternal aunt, Sus... |
bc8d351ba47b4f1beff971b8877527a14d404a30 | Summarize the following news article. | Authorities dispose of two barrels filled with explosives; no injuries reported .
Islamic Jihad among groups claiming responsibility for barrels in Ashkelon, Ashdod .
Police close the beach, nearby areas to the public . | [
"Jerusalem (CNN) -- Two barrels filled with explosives washed up on beaches in Israel on Monday, according to Israeli authorities. Authorities disposed of both without injury. Islamic Jihad, the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and the Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades issued a leaflet in Gaza claiming responsibility for s... |
3a69d03479a8c2ee80fa2cc49ede7e8b8c794e14 | Summarize the following news article. | Real Madrid defeat Racing Santander 2-0 to return to the top of Spanish table .
Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain score the goals that lift Real above Barcelona .
Valencia consolidate third place in the table with a comfortable 3-0 win over Osasuna. | [
"(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain scored the goals that gave Real Madrid a 2-0 win at Racing Santander on Sunday -- a result that sees Manuel Pelegrini's side return to the top of the Spanish Primera Liga. Real's 12 consecutive league victory ensured that Real will face title rivals Barcelona in next ... |
a471b2244d88078eb8636ad47a264034a4f35b7a | Summarize the following news article. | Hummer came to define machismo in America .
"You should be very ashamed of yourself," sticky note left on Hummer said .
Hummer owners rally behind their beloved behemoths . | [
"Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Love it or hate it, the Hummer came to symbolize American might over the years -- tires the size of Texas, a chrome grill that looked primed to eat up wimpy cars in its path, and its drivers with egos to match their mammoth-mobiles. But the iconic vehicle -- a symbol for macho men like Ar... |
c709b4339b656adfc998762a5fb5cc71927461f9 | Summarize the following news article. | Christiane Amanpour traveled to India to meet with the exiled Dalai Lama .
In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Tibet on horseback to evade China's communist forces .
Amanpour says the Dalai Lama's connection to his adoring flock is "mesmerizing"
Dalai Lama says what the Chinese are doing in Tibet amounts to "cultural genocide... | [
"In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. CNN's Christiane Amanpour meets the Dalai Lama and some of his unruly flock in \"Buddha's Warriors\" airing Saturday and Sunday, 8 and 11 p.m. ET . The Dalai Lama cracked jokes an... |
47ded04ec7c4aa1d835c503808c9f5a91b207f61 | Summarize the following news article. | Ex-Sen. John Edwards admitted last week to fathering child with videographer .
Source close to Elizabeth Edwards says ex-senator and wife have separated .
Sister tells magazine that Elizabeth Edwards said, "I've had it. I can't do this" | [
"(CNN) -- Former 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards, who admitted last week that he fathered a child with a videographer who worked on his campaign, has legally separated from his wife, Elizabeth, a source close to her said Wednesday. The source would not say when the separation occurred, only t... |
0393028fab3a9279ab75eae482b25b70d8b7a849 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Republicans plan to call for Rep. Charlie Rangel to step aside permanently .
Rangel investigated for failing to pay taxes on Dominican Republic home .
House ethics committee admonished him for violating rules on receiving gifts .
House Ways and Means Committee responsible for drafting nation's tax policies . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Rep. Charlie Rangel temporarily stepped down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday, a decision forced by a growing storm of ethics controversies threatening the longtime congressman. The 20-term New York Democrat told reporters he had submitted a letter to House Speaker... |
699458093181635ed8195a86cb82ae60898f2a39 | Summarize the following news article. | Jessica Simpson has been silent about the gossip surrounding her weight and relationships .
On Wednesday, she told Oprah Winfrey how difficult the criticism has been .
The negative attention to her weight inspired her to do a show about global beauty .
Now, Simpson has found self-acceptance, she told Winfrey . | [
"(CNN) -- Jessica Simpson's name dominated headlines for months in 2009 as critics picked apart everything from her weight to her romantic relationships. The onslaught of attention was so extreme, Simpson said on Wednesday's \"The Oprah Winfrey Show,\" she couldn't escape it. \"The judgment of people. ... Those voi... |
1d8839bfc17ad1342dba69492ad93e5bd5430113 | Summarize the following news article. | Underage girls are selling sex in free Internet classifieds, police say .
Sacramento police have nabbed nearly 70 underage girls since 2005 .
"I wanted to feel loved ... important," says girl who began posting ads at age 11 .
Craigslist posts disclaimers warning against child exploitation, human trafficking . | [
"SACRAMENTO, California (CNN) -- For more than two years, undercover cops on the Sacramento Police Department's vice squad have been working one of the most draining beats: trying to crack down on online child prostitution. Sacramento police have nabbed nearly 70 underage girls for child prostitution since 2005. Po... |
f3551c96fc8e928c5f84cf855fb5311342ab562c | Summarize the following news article. | Lil Wayne was arrested in July 2007 on weapons charge .
Hip-hop artist pleaded guilty to reduced charge Thursday; sentencing due in February .
Lil Wayne launched solo career at age 16 with release of "Tha Block is Hot" in 1999 .
He won two BET Awards in 2007 and four Grammy Awards in 2009 . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hip-hop artist Lil Wayne pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted criminal possession of a weapon, the Manhattan district attorney's office said. Lil Wayne is expected to receive a one-year jail sentence for his guilty plea. He is expected to receive a one-year jail sentence, the office said. The Gra... |
e17d4b554f7b10b537c9ace0cc2c6e11c5435da1 | Summarize the following news article. | Joannie Rochette earns bronze medal in women's figure skating .
She skated four days after mother had heart attack and died .
"It feels good for me to talk about her," Rochette says of her mother .
Kim Yu-Na of South Korea won the gold medal with best free skate score ever . | [
"Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- Holding the Olympic medal she and her mom always wanted, Joannie Rochette finally smiled and talked about when she was a young skater and desperately wanted to make her mother proud. Her mom, Therese, was her biggest supporter and sometimes her biggest critic, she said. She wa... |
0f4b521ea8984f50b3fbdd306f7dddac332a7620 | Summarize the following news article. | NFL all-star Emmett Smith felt like a detective as he hunted for his family history .
He learned his great-great-grandmother, Victoria, had unusual maiden name: Puryear .
Traced her grandmother to a notorious slave trading family of same name .
Smith on his ancestor: "They treated my people like animals...but worse tha... | [
"(OPRAH.com) -- Some know Emmitt Smith as the National Football League's all-time leading rusher. Others recognize him as a three-time Super Bowl champion or a Dancing with the Stars winner. But do you really know who Emmitt is? Until he traced his genealogy for the NBC reality series \"Who Do You Think You Are?\",... |
9d3d5efa73ded4d8fe533db980d307811dd9cb14 | Summarize the following news article. | Attackers who planted bomb in N. Ireland gave only 17 minutes warning before explosion .
British PM Gordon Brown condemned car bombing outside court in Newry .
No one was killed or injured in the blast .
About 3,000 people died in decades of violence before 1998 peace agreement . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- The attackers who planted a car bomb outside a courthouse in Northern Ireland Monday night gave only 17 minutes warning before the explosion, the Police Service of Northern Ireland told CNN Tuesday. \"It is a miracle that no one was killed or seriously injured,\" PSNI Chief Constable Matt ... |
4a740f7b357eef9bbdf6f1782458ce3cb48ca57c | Summarize the following news article. | Fred DeNegri and wife found matter resembling "pink linguini" in Pepsi can in July .
FDA concludes blob is toad or frog "lacking internal organs," not sure how it got there .
FDA examined bottling plant in Orlando, did not find anything connected to incident .
Pepsi says FDA's finding affirms its confidence in integrit... | [
"(CNN) -- The \"disgusting\" blob in Fred DeNegri's Diet Pepsi can was probably a frog or toad, the Food and Drug Administration said. Amy DeNegri took pictures of the can in question right after her husband gagged on its contents. DeNegri was grilling in his backyard tiki bar in Ormond Beach, Florida, when he popp... |
107860c87816d358700f54df1ca119d0d682e4db | Summarize the following news article. | U.S. source: Nine militants involved in building roadside bombs were killed .
Provincial governor says panel found 10 civilians were killed in coalition operation .
The U.S.-led operation took place in the Narang district of Kunar province on Saturday . | [
"Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Nine people killed in a military action targeting militants in eastern Afghanistan apparently were members of an insurgent network, a U.S. military official told CNN on Tuesday. \"The operation was against a network of folks, who had been tracked for a while, involved in producing IEDs ... |
7489e5508a244a471df039cd719212848f721be9 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Dental records confirm remains are Morgan Harrington, police say .
Skeletal remains found Monday morning in hay frield on 700-acre farm .
Student was separated from friends at Metallica concert on October 17 .
Harrington's purse, cell phone found next day in overflow parking lot near arena . | [
"(CNN) -- Skeletal remains found in a hayfield are those of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, a spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police said Wednesday. The remains were identified based on dental records provided by the victim's family, spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old educ... |
6f823b3828e8526477973014b1f08b1433274b7f | Summarize the following news article. | DHS planned to spend $31 million to upgrade remote border crossings .
The crossings are 12 miles apart and get little to no traffic .
Laredo, Texas, by comparison, gets 66,000 crossings a day .
Laredo will not receive any of the $400 million in DHS border stimulus funds . | [
"Editor's Note: This story details how two members of the CNN Special Investigations Unit reported a story about controversial plans to spend $31 million to enhance two remote crossings on the border between the United States and Canada. The road to the border was so quiet it was safe for Drew Griffin to sit in the... |
8e357df231f90cd5f1151330a72b2e7a797841b0 | Summarize the following news article. | Julian Zelizer: Michael Steele and RNC spending spree is alienating conservative wing .
Zelizer: Spending on booze, bondage club comes when GOP hoping to win 2010 midterms .
He thinks scandals reveal same arrogance that brought down GOP in 2005 and 2006 .
They must change or it appears they can't be trusted with power,... | [
"(CNN) -- Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele might be reminding conservative activists of a past Republican leadership turned arrogant with power. Under Michael Steele's leadership, the RNC has been accused of spending campaign funds on private jets, booze, limousines, five-star hotels, overseas... |
820f46bec50bc49b2ccfa0349f0400c6f01a49e3 | Summarize the following news article. | Authorities prepare for gatherings that could turn into demonstrations against elections .
Students Day marks anniversary of 1953 killing of three students by shah's security forces .
Day is also a "symbol of Iran's struggle against tyranny," says ILNA news agency . | [
"Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Demonstrators shouting \"Death to the dictator\" clashed with police in Iran on Monday as students took to the streets to mark a key national anniversary, witnesses said. At least two clashes occurred at Revolution Square, where police attacked demonstrators with batons and chased them onto s... |
2094944b21b02a1c4c23afb5eb7e18d0f7a57cd0 | Summarize the following news article. | Aftershocks in Haiti "will continue for months, if not years," scientists say .
4.4-magnitude quake shakes Haiti on Friday, 10 days after monster 7.0 quake .
Aftershocks becoming routine to Haitians, but can be dangerous, experts warn .
Relief efforts in Haiti advancing as pier, airport gradually improve . | [
"Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Another aftershock rocked Haiti on Friday. Buildings shook. People looked around to see what else might fall. Then they returned to what they had been doing. At a park in the capital that has become a tent city, a group of kids resumed their soccer game. Aftershocks have become a way... |
9377464ca3e5307301aa6ce3b8e5680f153db88d | Summarize the following news article. | Justice Department Inspector General cites wide-ranging costs and dangers of ID theft .
Effort to fight problem has lagged since task force formed in 2007, report says .
Costs thought to be substantially higher than the $15.6 billion documented in 2005 . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Ten million Americans a year are victims of identity theft. It's a growing problem in the United States, but fighting it doesn't appear to be a priority, a new report says. A report by the Justice Department Inspector General released Tuesday cites the wide-ranging costs and dangers of ID thef... |
e2dd2c323d9119c8b5271f040a9c9d0e003eb7f8 | Summarize the following news article. | NATO: Acknowledges killing 5 civilians in nighttime February raid .
At time, NATO said deaths had earmarks of honor killing .
Three women, two men were found killed in compound in village of Khatabeh .
Civilian casualties have strained Afghan relations with Western nations . | [
"Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Conflicting accounts of a botched NATO raid that killed five Afghans in February have led to a new investigation ordered by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, a NATO military spokesman said Monday. Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, a NATO spokesman, said Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who oversee... |
5f1844568101397bd8004af582a01950363726f4 | Summarize the following news article. | Paolo Guerrero hit with record fine for throwing a water bottle into the face of a fan .
His German club Hamburg acted after incident at end of Sunday's 0-0 draw with Hannover .
Peruvian striker apologizes for reaction after claiming he abused by supporter .
Guerrero may face further disciplinary action from German Foo... | [
"(CNN) -- Peruvian soccer star Paolo Guerrero has been punished with a record fine by his German club Hamburg for throwing a water bottle into the face of a fan who he claimed had insulted him. The striker made a public apology on Monday, but could face further disciplinary action from the German Football Associati... |
a3e20d3d0606fdb0e9755cbf333ff9768118c1fc | Summarize the following news article. | Discovery launches on mission to international space station .
Shuttle is carrying supplies, equipment to the space station .
Three spacewalks planned during 13-day mission .
Marks first time four women have been in space at one time . | [
"(CNN) -- Space shuttle Discovery launched early Monday to deliver spare parts and science experiments to the international space station. Discovery launched at 6:21 a.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida . Discovery, with its crew of seven astronauts, is carrying supplies and science equipment for the in... |
880ad424433f445c47de609caf5f40a24b78dd6c | Summarize the following news article. | Priest accused of abusing two teenage girls, misappropriating money .
Bishop sent letters to Rome, but no disciplinary action was taken .
Vatican requested that "priestly life" be monitored . | [
"(CNN) -- Vatican officials failed to take action against a priest accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls in Minnesota despite repeated warnings from a local bishop starting in 2005, attorneys for one of the alleged victims said Monday. The Vatican's failure occurred despite the establishment of safeguards e... |
346eb3105e0ed7b8ea73c8324b07234d280b9550 | Summarize the following news article. | Powerful storm waves uncommon in the Mediterranean .
Wind, ocean current, and shape and depth of sea floor can contribute .
Storm waves not connected to recent tsunamis caused by Chile quake . | [
"(CNN) -- Two people were killed when unusually large and powerful waves crashed into a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea this week. Here CNN Senior Meteorologist Brandon Miller explains the science behind the deadly squall that hit the Louis Majesty as it traveled from Barcelona, Spain to Genoa, Italy. What cau... |
bfd66c2945aa34b387720862f1c0f6eebef61cf6 | Summarize the following news article. | Valerie Jarrett: Obama has made "dramatic difference" in U.S. image around the world .
White House senior adviser also credits Obama with pulling back economy from disaster .
Republican leader says Obama went "hard left" and lost bipartisan support .
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticizes deficit, health car... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- The White House rejected criticism Sunday that President Obama has not delivered on his promise of \"change\" during his first year in office. White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said the president has brought about \"enormous change.\" \"I think what we've seen is a dramatic difference ... |
69ef2c8a5b793ff94d4442aad0e39e1d609f64f2 | Summarize the following news article. | Rumors spread on Twitter on Thursday about airlines flying doctors to Haiti free of charge .
American Airlines spokesman calls the rumors a hoax .
Rumors also spread that JetBlue is offering free flights and UPS is shipping packages for free .
Both airlines say they are working with relief agencies to fly in supplies a... | [
"(CNN) -- Twitter was buzzing Thursday morning with news that several airlines are flying doctors and nurses to Haiti free of charge to help with relief efforts there in the wake of Tuesday's devastating earthquake. The only problem: The rumors are false, an American Airlines spokesman says. \"Last night's hoax on ... |
23f74fe04ca7e77ed3ccb6ee26cdc7dfd48a43ee | Summarize the following news article. | EPOC headset by Emotiv allows users to 'think' and video characters will 'do'
Experts predict concepts from The Matrix and Star Trek could become reality .
Games will become more social and have advanced storylines in the future . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Be excited, but be scared. A world of mind-blowing possibilities is suddenly being thrust upon the world of video gaming. Detecting your thoughts: the EPOC headset is a breakthrough in brain - computer interfaces. The era of thought controlled games has arrived, and soon you could be requi... |
b0e3514a8b6859bbf897f09721e93fc9afea248a | Summarize the following news article. | February is Black History Month .
These questions and activities help students learn about the history, culture and achievements of African-Americans .
These questions and activities can be adapted to accommodate students of different grade levels and learning styles . | [
"(CNN Student News) -- Discussion Questions . 1. When is Black History Month observed? When did Black History Month get its start? Who was Dr. Carter G. Woodson? What was his role in the establishment of Black History Month? 2. What are some significant events and milestones in U.S. black history? Who are some of ... |
2185d9ae812b3855ab192649fbcab20846c48849 | Summarize the following news article. | Franck Ribery goal gives Bayern Munich 1-0 home win over Hamburg to top Bundesliga .
Rangers take giant stride towards Scottish title with 1-0 win over arch-rivals Celtic .
Nine-man Valencia thrashed 4-1 by Atletico Madrid in Spanish La Liga .
Inter Milan and AC Milan record victories in Serie A title countdown . | [
"(CNN) -- French star Franck Ribery scored the only goal of Sunday's match as Bayern Munich went to the top of the Bundesliga with a home win over fourth-placed SV Hamburg. It ended a long wait for the Bavarian giants who have not headed the German standings since winning the title in 2008. Their poor form last se... |
9335c8932d0b7db84b773b5873ce309e37285e54 | Summarize the following news article. | Bisphenol-A, known as BPA, is found in many products including baby bottles .
FDA stops short of saying there is a definite health risk from the chemical .
Industry says FDA goes to far; consumer groups say BPA should be banned . | [
"(CNN) -- Parents should take precautions to minimize infants' exposure to the chemical Bisphenol-A, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday in an announcement that stopped short of saying there is a definite health risk from the chemical. In guidelines published on its Web site, the FDA said it has \"some con... |
bc07df818913c20ba0ba295e82f7e7c0dfb7891f | Summarize the following news article. | After vigil, ministers walk to Anthony Sowell home, where 11 bodies were found .
Sowell is on suicide watch in jail; charged with murder, rape, other felonies .
Seven of 11 bodies have been identified; all were African-American women . | [
"Cleveland, Ohio (CNN) -- Candles in hand and singing hymns, hundreds of Cleveland residents stunned by the discovery of 11 bodies in a local home gathered outside the house Sunday night to remember the victims. But Inez Fortson, whose daughter Telacia was among the dead, said she could barely stand to look at the ... |
a4a9831145071b95a22d906039614e08faca00e2 | Summarize the following news article. | Dismembered remains found Monday in a pair of trash bags, officials said .
Linden, New Jersey, officials launched a homicide investigation after the discovery .
Autopsies were scheduled for Monday afternoon, according to the prosecutor's office . | [
"(CNN) -- Authorities in Linden, New Jersey, have launched a homicide investigation after the discovery Monday of a pair of trash bags containing the dismembered remains of two people, officials said. The medical examiner has confirmed the body parts are \"indeed human,\" the Union County Prosecutor's Office said i... |
71c3ab5a7a24e02c51d82a920070011c28a8cbd2 | Summarize the following news article. | In one case, court rules that hiding money not same as money laundering .
In another, justices say prosecutors have to prove gambling ring laundered "profits"
Cases involved cash hidden in car, illegal Indiana lottery . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court dealt federal prosecutors dual setbacks Monday in efforts to prosecute the laundering of drug ring and organized crime profits. The Supreme Court considered a pair of cases involving hidden money and an illegal gambling ring. The justices ruled that merely hiding money headed ... |
356d8ac53604bc3f0f680e10a0110bcfc954a7ea | Summarize the following news article. | Case involved case of Sara Weir, stabbed to death in California .
Victim's mother, a lawyer, put together moving video scrapbook .
Defendant Douglas Oliver Kelly contended video was prejudicial .
Justices rejected Kelly's appeal, indirectly endorsing victim impact videos . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Taken alone, a California woman's 20-minute video \"scrapbook\" is basically a collection of photographic memories spanning her 19-year-old daughter's all-too-brief life. Birthday parties, picnics, graduations -- all set to evocative music and narrated matter-of-factly by the mother. John Paul... |
0bec222e30302b8f0e34e8f90ed56197f26eb3a2 | Summarize the following news article. | Brown accused of "abusive behavior", "volcanic eruptions of foul temper"
Journalist claims Brown's behavior was investigated by a top civil servant .
Brown "ordered to change his behavior," Andrew Rawnsley's book claims .
Brown spokesman: "Malicious allegations are totally without foundation" | [
"London, England (CNN) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is denying allegations of \"abusive behavior\" and \"volcanic eruptions of foul temper\" ahead of the publication of a new book by a top British political journalist. The claims come in a book by Andrew Rawnsley of the Observer newspaper, which will be r... |
445ec3cf33a03b6a3abb2625c376bdfb50efaf22 | Summarize the following news article. | Highest price ever paid for a letter penned by America's first president .
Four-page letter sold for $3.2 million at auction by Christie's on Friday .
Letter was written to his nephew Bushrod Washington in November 1787 .
Last year, a 1864 letter by President Abraham Lincoln sold for $3.4 million . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- A letter penned by George Washington praising the new Constitution sold for $3.2 million at an auction, the highest price for a letter by America's first president. The four-page letter in Washington's slanting penmanship was written to his nephew Bushrod Washington in November 1787, according to... |
2ffd3746d2f21464ff32a684957beeb8df7590f5 | Summarize the following news article. | Women share stories on Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints .
Flora Jessop says she escaped abusive community, now helps others do same .
Woman who cared for escapees: "You literally have to take them, deprogram them" Expert says women often stay, fearing "terrible forces outside" | [
"(CNN) -- Long after she escaped a polygamist Colorado City, Arizona, community in 1986, Flora Jessop found another way to escape: cocaine. Flora Jessop says she ran away from a polygamist sect in 1986 after being married to her cousin. \"It killed the pain. It killed the hurt,\" she said. \"I didn't have to hurt s... |
f501df8a3dbb1ebc0b17168966fe1af04a2e579b | Summarize the following news article. | Maryland should recognize same-sex marriages from other states, according to state AG .
State representative says Douglas F. Gansler's opinion "muddles the waters"
Five states currently allow same-sex marriages . | [
"Maryland's attorney general said Wednesday that the state may legally recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. The 45-page opinion from Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler was addressed to state Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. \"You have asked whether those marriages may be recognized under state law. ... |
e2db40c3a40b209e4b621112886cd87570c2dc3f | Summarize the following news article. | Major sponsors have distanced themselves from Tiger Woods after his recent scandal .
Expert says Tiger's "transgressions" will impact on sponsorship but may open up new avenues .
Golfers such as John Daly and Nick Faldo have bounced back from PR nightmares . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Tiger Woods' marital \"transgressions\" may have cast doubt on the future of his corporate associations, but history shows that a dose of bad publicity does not always mean an end to the earning power of sport stars. The world's No. 1 golfer has not been seen in advertisements on American ... |
d74f309863077ae9f3c21f78b312c2e450b9fced | Summarize the following news article. | Steven Hayes, defendant in Connecticut home invasion case, reportedly in coma .
Jury selection at murder trial has been postponed .
Hayes and another man are accused of killing doctor's wife, two daughters .
Codefendant's trial is also scheduled for this year . | [
"(CNN) -- Jury selection in the case of a deadly 2007 Connecticut home invasion was postponed Monday because the suspect was hospitalized, his defense attorney said. Steven Hayes was in intensive care, attorney Thomas Ullmann said. Jury selection in Hayes' murder trial was delayed. A status conference was scheduled... |
3d23886c7ce08fe7749ac87a4df6d5f3d0080a3b | Summarize the following news article. | Largest hospital in Port-au-Prince has too many doctors; coordination is a problem .
Patients have dressings opened three, four times in close succession by different medics .
Volunteer nurses and physical therapists are in short supply .
Nursing school on grounds of general hospital was crushed in earthquake . | [
"Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- So many doctors are answering Haiti's call for medical aid that the largest hospital in Port-au-Prince has a new problem: organizing and finding good use for them all. \"I think there is a lot of confusion,\" said Marivittoria Rava, a longtime volunteer with the charity Friends of th... |
3db6f23cec081747df7953ba5f021697eeb091bc | Summarize the following news article. | Former South African rugby World Cup winner Ruben Kruger passes away .
The flanker dies aged 39 following a long battle with brain cancer .
Kruger was named Player of the Year in 1995, the year the Springboks won the World Cup . | [
"(CNN) -- Former South African rugby World Cup winner Ruben Kruger has passed away following a long battle with brain cancer. The ex-Cheetahs and Bulls flanker was first diagnosed with the illness during the early 2000s at the end of a successful career that saw him earn 36 Springboks caps. Kruger, who was just two... |
e5dedf6c37d4f953e4197ed9d7869e96bdfa7d88 | Summarize the following news article. | Demonstrations on Thursday caused administrators to close the northern California campus .
Students, educators, supporters hit the streets to challenge cuts, tuition hikes .
Funding cuts spur tuition and fee hikes, program cuts, bigger classes . | [
"(CNN) -- Universities nationwide were recovering Friday, a day after protests over education budget cuts hit campuses from coast to coast. Though many of the demonstrations were peaceful, some turned chaotic. On the West Coast, the University of California, Santa Cruz, was scheduled to reopen Friday. The crush of ... |
91ec8391c0293f294383a2c005147870052d93f3 | Summarize the following news article. | Sentence handed down Wednesday after drug kingpin's earlier guilty plea .
FBI: Cardenas Guillen in 1999 threatened to kill an undercover sheriff's deputy .
He also threatened the lives of two U.S. agents . | [
"(CNN) -- Osiel Cardenas Guillen, the former head of a powerful Mexican drug cartel, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and will forfeit to the United States $50 million in illegal proceeds, a judge ruled. Cardenas Guillen, 42, was the leader of the Matamoros, Mexico-based Gulf cartel until his capture in 2003. He... |
2ba21b7eea5e64481e7daf90df114fa5894fdcdf | Summarize the following news article. | Three killed were faculty members at University of Alabama in Huntsville .
Police leave open the possibility that more than one person has been detained .
Shooting occurred about 4 p.m. in Shelby Hall, which is named for senator . | [
"(CNN) -- Three faculty members were killed and three other school employees were wounded Friday in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a school spokesman said. A female shooting suspect was in custody and a second person was detained, \"not arrested,\" spokesman Ray Garner told reporters. Huntsv... |
16d9b8dd98677c425bd75fe30586aada8ce86890 | Summarize the following news article. | Ozzy Osbourne says he is lucky to be alive after years of drug and alcohol abuse .
During a CNN interview, Osbourne says he played Russian roulette with sex .
Osbourne has a new autobiography out called "I am Ozzy"
Osbourne was the former front man for Black Sabbath . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Ozzy Osbourne, the former front man of rock group Black Sabbath, says that after decades of living a life of drugs and sex, he's lucky to be alive today. Speaking to CNN's Max Foster, Osbourne described in detail how he often played a dangerous game when it came to using drugs and having p... |
d96811a6badace9f9985fe9a32bec79fb93b6f05 | Summarize the following news article. | Commission says it is "disappointed at the resignation of an important member"
Commission head says Barakzai "was involved in our major decisions"
Barakzai reported as saying commission is unduly influenced by foreigners .
Top U.N. official in Afghanistan admits on Sunday vote was marred by fraud . | [
"KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- One of five members of the Electoral Complaints Commission in Afghanistan has resigned amid the group's probe of allegations of voting fraud during the presidential election. An Afghan woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Kabul on August 20. Mustafa Barakzai, a Supreme Court j... |
7921752534bcd9058694954745a396040de00928 | Summarize the following news article. | Ed Rollins says President Obama should have explained that health bill will cost taxpayers dearly .
He says health care consumes 17 percent of the nation's economy .
He says costs are rising at a rapid rate, and consumers are footing the bill .
Obama's attempt to add some GOP ideas doesn't go nearly far enough, Rollins... | [
"New York (CNN) -- If President Obama had been forthright last week at the health care summit, he would have opened the meeting by stating: \"If you have health coverage, under our reform bills you are going to pay more and get less. If you are one of the 45 million elderly or disabled people on Medicare, you are g... |
540fc8d7108c64fd5679d6f492db04c85f4e6a66 | Summarize the following news article. | United Nations game in Lisbon raises over $750,000 for Haiti earthquake appeal .
French star Thierry Henry plays and personally donated over $90,000 .
Other leading stars such as Kaka, Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane take part .
CNN's Pedro Pinto reports Henry was shocked by the tragedy . | [
"Lisbon, Portugal (CNN) -- Let's face it, footballers have a bad rep. They are labelled by many as overpaid selfish prima donnas who could not care less about the world around them. This may in reality apply to some players, but definitely not all of them. In Lisbon I recently met many who truly enjoy being role m... |
7c7007f9822a549add77642cde1d7d2684ab8c1e | Summarize the following news article. | Israel's Shahar Peer reaches the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championship .
Peer defeats eighth seed Li Na of China who is forced to quit in the second set .
Peer has played all her matches on a restricted access outside court amid security fears .
NEW: Defending champion Venus Williams into semifinals where she wil... | [
"(CNN) -- Israel's Shahar Peer continued her superb run at the Dubai Open by beating Li Na of China to reach the semifinals of the WTA Tier One tournament on Thursday. Peer progressed to a match-up with Venus Williams as Li, who reached the semifinals of the Australian Open, retired with a back injury when trailing... |
204837ee95190fcaf277ccdac70ff11b0848b29f | Summarize the following news article. | Hitler wrote the letter 16 months before he became chancellor and seized power in 1933 .
Andrew Roberts: "Appeasement was his central message until the outbreak of war."
Delmer was the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express . | [
"London, England (CNN) -- A letter written by Adolf Hitler in 1931 hoping for a \"truly cordial relationship\" between Britain and Germany goes on sale Tuesday and is estimated to fetch up to £12,000 at auction. The one-page letter was addressed to Sefton Delmer, a British journalist, in which Hitler expressed hope... |
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