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606d7cc15cc7a2ba473f34b5234c115e235836ff | Summarize the following news article. | With 10 best picture nominees, it's easy to pick a great theme for an Oscar party .
Experts say not to wait until the last minute to prepare food or you'll miss the fun .
Set the mood with decorations, props and costumes, party hosts suggest . | [
"(CNN) -- Everything will glow -- the balloons, the table cloths, the blue martinis and the party favors. The red carpet will turn blue. Even the female impersonators will be painted -- you guessed it -- blue. The first 50 guests will be given bright blue boas. There will be seven high-definition projection screen... |
bb2a625179c90d90a128da8a109e50d730babe30 | Summarize the following news article. | Iraq to hire thousands of former soldiers who worked under Saddam Hussein .
Move comes days before national elections, seen by some as political ploy .
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq Baathist institutions were dissolved .
Many former Baath party members became marginalized and joined the insurgency . | [
"(CNN) -- Days ahead of national elections, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has announced plans to rehire 20,000 former Iraqi army officers who served under former leader Saddam Hussein. The officers will be reinstated into the new Iraqi army, said an official with the ministry of defense. The move garnered cri... |
108acf2c597f8a7854cfd061167b758a3097b9b0 | Summarize the following news article. | UK, Dutch governments bailed out their savers hit by collapse of Icelandic banks .
Under an EU directive, Iceland owes compensation to the UK, the Netherlands .
Some Icelanders say that the current repayment terms are unacceptable .
With around 90 percent of votes counted, just over 93 percent said no to deal . | [
"(CNN) -- Iceland's voters overwhelmingly rejected a deal to pay billions of dollars it owes to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday. With around 90 percent of votes counted, just over 93 percent said no and just under 2 percent said yes. Not enough votes remain to be counted to... |
5926ff983bd52cbcc5a4461fe87bb9f9e03fbbb2 | Summarize the following news article. | Spanish court convicts five men of Islamic terrorist activities that included aiding fugitives from Madrid train bombings .
Five men, including three Moroccans, an Algerian and a Turk, sentenced to between five and nine years in prison .
Madrid train bombings of 2004 killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 . | [
"Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- A Spanish court Wednesday convicted five men accused of Islamic terrorist activities that included aiding fugitives from the Madrid train bombings of 2004 and planning other attacks. The five men include three Moroccans, an Algerian and a Turk. Their sentences, on charges of collaborating or... |
7e6c6377b68afa2eddc2b981d9644af6ed536a8d | Summarize the following news article. | Kwame Kilpatrick spent 100 days in jail as part of a plea agreement .
Kilpatrick pleaded guilty in September to two counts of obstruction of justice .
The former Detroit mayor had tried to cover up extramarital affair .
He was expected to leave Michigan immediately for a job interview . | [
"(CNN) -- Embattled former Detroit, Michigan, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from jail early Tuesday. Kwame Kilpatrick appears for his sentencing October 28, 2008, in Detroit, Michigan. Kilpatrick, his beard overgrown and bushy, was escorted out of Michigan's Wayne County jail as he dodged a crowd of reporter... |
81aa9f9d09c423a93fc70b4be1cd2518d1e34a45 | Summarize the following news article. | Colombian tailor makes fashionable bulletproof clothing .
Rappers and politicians are among tailor Miguel Caballero's clients .
VBS reporter "volunteers" to test a jacket and gets shot in the gut with a .38 . | [
"Editor's Note: The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. VBS.TV is Vice's broadband television network. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where v... |
a59f3a8f89f2c5bbd3f40d1ac61ff1b5e641b8dd | Summarize the following news article. | Bob Greene saw an ad for a $27K suitcase and thought it was a joke .
Even in difficult economic times, extravagant luxury goods are for sale, he says .
He asks why people would pay so much for an item that gets jostled around and endures all weather . | [
"(CNN) -- Talk about a hefty baggage fee: . For months now I have not been able to get the $27,100 suitcase out of my mind. The economy is rocky. People are out of work. Yet the $27,100 suitcase exists. It's not a joke. At first I thought it was. Last fall I was traveling through Naples, Florida, and a cover line o... |
50447ba10b4255396e7800851930df1e9d104129 | Summarize the following news article. | Jason Bourque, Daniel McAllister charged with arson in connection with church fire .
Authorities think they are responsible for other church blazes in east Texas .
Gas station surveillance tape shows men close to church's at time of fire, court documents say .
Footprints also link suspect to churches . | [
"(CNN) -- Shoe prints left behind at the scene of several church fires in east Texas, as well as surveillance tapes and witness accounts, led police to two men now charged in one blaze and suspected in a string of others, according to court documents. Jason Robert Bourque, 19, and Daniel George McAllister, 21, are ... |
591b60f07d9c7b02044278d89fbac60ac5057016 | Summarize the following news article. | Turner will get 88 disease-free bison to use for breeding .
Yellowstone bison had been quarantined after concerns about brucellosis .
Turner has 50,000 bison, making it the largest private herd in the world . | [
"(CNN) -- Philanthropist and billionaire businessman Ted Turner will receive 88 disease-free bison from Yellowstone National Park, Montana's Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks confirmed Tuesday. The bison, which were facing slaughter, will be transferred for breeding to Turner's \"Green Ranch,\" west of Bozeman... |
892920696f0df930f350c792cf6898e7e81e3b21 | Summarize the following news article. | Corey Haim obtained 553 drugs in last year of his life, AG says .
Attorney General Jerry Brown calls Haim the 'poster child' for doctor-shopping .
Coroner has not yet ruled on what killed Haim, 38, who died last month .
Former child actor battled drug addiction for decades . | [
"Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Actor Corey Haim was the \"poster child\" for the problem of addicts \"doctor shopping\" for dangerous drugs, California's top law enforcement official said Tuesday. Investigators found that the former child actor was supplied with prescriptions for five controlled substances by se... |
992f48c5ed76131a12e7692844fe29095477cef3 | Summarize the following news article. | Another party claims rights to human skull and crossbones valued at up to $20,000 .
Yale University's secret Order of Skull and Bones used them as ballot box .
World Archaeological Congress calls sale of human remains "affront to human dignity"
Group suggests skull might be Native American, subject to legal protection ... | [
"New York (CNN) -- A human skull and crossbones, valued at up to $20,000, won't appear at a Christie's auction Friday after another party claimed rights to the remains, the auction house announced. Yale University's secret Order of Skull and Bones used the skull and crossbones as a ballot box, Christie's said in it... |
60111e4ee49a235e60d9ca1dbdb799c1a8f45f1b | Summarize the following news article. | Various Islamic groups issue a leaflet in Gaza claiming responsibility for sending devices .
In response, the IDF said, the Israeli Air Force attacked "two Hamas terrorist targets" in southern Gaza .
Hamas vowing retaliation against Israel since one of founding members of its military wing died last week in Dubai . | [
"Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli authorities discovered and disarmed an explosive barrel Wednesday, the third to wash up on an Israeli beach this week, the Israel Defense Forces said. The barrel was found Wednesday afternoon at Palmachim beach south of Tel Aviv. On Monday, Islamic Jihad, the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Briga... |
73e8f767c9cf0bb247c0bf0f7e5ec09145d38eba | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Former foreign minister says she is in charge of interim government .
NEW: Roza Otunbayeva says President Kurmanbek Bakiev has been driven from office .
NEW: No independent confirmation of the claim was immediately available.
At least 40 dead, 400 wounded in fighting in capital city, health agency says . | [
"(CNN) -- A former foreign minister claimed to be in control of an interim government in Kyrgyzstan early Thursday after a wave of protests that left at least 40 dead and appeared to have driven President Kurmanbek Bakiev from office. \"We must restore a lot of things that have been wrongly ruled,\" said Roza Otunb... |
88f653c1c3e7916dc321916e982bb7980f975608 | Summarize the following news article. | Shuttle Discovery reaches international space station despite loss of shuttle's radar system .
Four women are aboard same spacecraft for first time .
13-day mission includes three spacewalks, replacement of ammonia tank assembly . | [
"(CNN) -- Space shuttle Discovery docked with the international space station early Wednesday despite a broken antenna that knocked out radar tracking aboard the shuttle. The shuttle docked with the space station at 3:44 a.m. ET. At the time of docking, both spacecraft were traveling 225 miles over the Caribbean se... |
b361914ddbeff3169ba545e226ba948a0a447e9f | Summarize the following news article. | Steve Rushin says UConn had to defend title, winning streak and dominance in sport .
UConn thwarts critics' complaints the team is just too good, Rushin says .
Women's teams, unlike men's, are required to carry flag for their entire gender, he says .
Rushin: The UConn women are one of sports history's most dominant tea... | [
"Hartford, Connecticut (CNN) -- Few defending champions in sport have had as much to defend as the University of Connecticut women's basketball team. On Tuesday night, the Huskies successfully defended their title (beating Stanford 53-47), their winning streak (78 games) and themselves (against the charge that they... |
81e72a59ce10d51aac2221f3488fc5efdb33e800 | Summarize the following news article. | White House Easter Egg Roll dates back to 1878 .
Families invited to visit White House garden and play football, basketball and tennis .
Obama read Dr. Seuss book "Green Eggs and Ham" to kids . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- President Obama and the rest of the first family teamed up with an extremely oversized rabbit Monday to the host the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, much to the delight of visiting children from across the country. The theme of this year's festivities was \"Ready, Set, Go!\" -- a reference ... |
2ff8adc731a2ef762085381ccffb58de98656ef9 | Summarize the following news article. | Brewers, beer lovers celebrate 75th anniversary of return of beer on Monday .
Change in law in 1933 made beer legal after 14 years of Prohibition .
"New Beer's Eve" provided instant economic boost during Depression .
Quickly brewed, weak beverage probably tasted bad, expert says . | [
"(CNN) -- At the stroke of midnight, American beer drinkers were no longer breaking the law when they broke open a beer. Brewers and beer lovers this weekend are toasting the return of legal brew 75 years ago. Breweries and beer lovers around the country are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the return of beer on... |
9532e280f0e2b643579635a36c897a55dd92d002 | Summarize the following news article. | Aaron Vargas was set to stand trial for first-degree murder next week in Darrell McNeill's death .
Vargas says McNeill molested him as a teen, emotionally tormented him as an adult .
Many in community support Vargas; other adult men say McNeill abused them as children .
Mendocino County District Attorney says there is ... | [
"(CNN) -- A California man pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter with the use of a gun Tuesday in the shooting death of a man who he claimed sexually abused him as a teen, a prosecutor said. The plea comes less than a week before Aaron Vargas' first-degree murder trial was supposed to start for the slaying o... |
04d1c33fa6019d97f216fd90c25f8534d4888b01 | Summarize the following news article. | "The Buried Life" follows four friends as they accomplish tasks on their bucket list .
The show has motivated many young adults to pursue their goals early on in life .
"What do you want to do before you die?" became the premise for the MTV series . | [
"(CNN) -- \"Don't close your eyes, don't close your eyes,\" a terrified Christopher Gamez chanted as he coasted 7,000 feet above South Padre Island, Texas, his heart racing. One by one, Gamez watched as three people were \"sucked\" out of the plane and whipped violently into the thrashing winds and mist. \"Just put... |
8d0c446b337e5b3f86a210fe8c9f9f0f8bcc0587 | Summarize the following news article. | Paraguay international Salvador Cabanas is in a critical condition after being shot in the head in Mexico City .
The 29-year-old Club America striker was taken to a hospital intensive care unit following the incident on Sunday .
He has scored more than 100 times in the Mexican top-flight and has netted 18 goals in 24 m... | [
"(CNN) -- Paraguay international Salvador Cabanas is in a critical condition after being shot in the head in Mexico City. The 29-year-old Club America striker was taken to a hospital intensive care unit following the incident on Sunday night. Mexico City attorney general Miguel Angel Mancera told TV station Televis... |
7cf5dec016c62b1ca6d154aeb86750d616905054 | Summarize the following news article. | The Ten Days of Dawn lead up to the February 11 anniversary of the Islamic Revolution .
In nationally televised interview, leader says U.S., UK trying to interfere in Iran's affairs .
Iran is holding three American hikers who have been detained since July 31 .
Ahmadinejad says negotiations for their release continue . | [
"(CNN) -- Ahead of the 31st anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country will show its support to the revolution on February 11. \"Our revolution has changed the patterns and the equations of the world,\" he said in a nationally televised interview. Ahmadinejad spoke... |
fa8b953233214d8b58181937f2e92f7496b82b32 | Summarize the following news article. | Jacques Kallis scores 34th Test century as South Africa reach 291-2 on opening day .
Hosts India took two early wickets before Kallis added 285 with Hashim Amla .
Kallis moves into joint third on all-time list with 159 while Amla contributes 115 .
India head the Test rankings, having overtaken second-placed South Afric... | [
"(CNN) -- Jacques Kallis moved into joint third place on cricket's all-time Test century list as he helped South Africa recover from a disastrous start to the opening match of the series against top-ranked India in Nagpur on Saturday. The all-rounder joined Brian Lara and Sunil Gavaskar in having scored 34 tons in ... |
119f5cc7cc55aae2e4069882648100c88b2915c2 | Summarize the following news article. | Actor testifies before House committee on newborn twins' brush with death .
The newborns were given 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood thinner .
Quaid says pharmaceutical companies must be held accountable through lawsuits .
Baxter Healthcare said the incident resulted from human error . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Actor Dennis Quaid told lawmakers Wednesday how his newborn twins came close to death after an overdose of blood-thinning medication, the fault of a drug company that did not recall easily confused bottles despite previous problems, he said. Actor Dennis Quaid says that what is happening in the... |
6c193dbc88bb0ac6f7d602dc485237bfde01dd10 | Summarize the following news article. | Upstate New York firefighters asked nearby Canadian units for help with blaze .
Firetruck that responded held up at U.S. border for eight minutes .
Government source says one firefighter's criminal record caused the delay .
U.S. firefighter calls it embarrassing, says it delayed relief for tired firefighters . | [
"(CNN) -- A Canadian firetruck responding with lights and sirens to a weekend fire in Rouses Point, New York, was stopped at the U.S. border for about eight minutes, U.S. border officials said Tuesday. The U.S.-Canadian border is more than 5,000 miles long. Fire officials battling the blaze called for help from fir... |
a9e55a6be2a8770acfbe803762d98fee17a9ccb7 | Summarize the following news article. | Vancouver-based brands turning out top-notch gear .
Proximity to outdoor venues part of success .
Culture of city contributes to creativity . | [
"(Skiing Magazine) -- When it comes to ski-equipment meccas, there's Park City, Utah; Boulder, Colorado; and, Vancouver, Canada. Home to Arc'teryx, Westcomb, and Prior, these Vancouver-based brands are leading the charge in innovative gear technology and design. Take Arc'teryx, a local company that got its start in... |
4fb2b7b8882e7f01e41547cc3a3600ad8408e605 | Summarize the following news article. | Rafiq Husseini accused of using power of his office to extract sex from female job seeker .
Report clears Husseini of corruption and sexual misconduct charges .
But Hussein fired at recommendation of committee created to look into allegations .
Controversy began after Israel's Channel 10 aired grainy surveillance foota... | [
"Jerusalem (CNN) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has fired his chief of staff despite an inquiry into a sex scandal that cleared the second-in-command of wrongdoing. Rafiq Husseini was accused of using the power of his office to extract sex from a female job seeker. The scandal erupted in February ... |
90da7154ddb51f04b7c718e2c596f8c12a241c2d | Summarize the following news article. | Projects and planning involving rail corridors will take place in 31 states, White House says .
Investment will be made through state grants funded by $862 billion stimulus package .
More than 30 rail manufacturers agree to establish or expand U.S. operations if hired . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- President Obama announced Thursday that the federal government will spend $8 billion developing a nationwide high-speed train system -- an investment the White House says is needed to help spur long-term economic growth. The investment, to be made through a series of state grants, will be funde... |
24bd92749dc850c4ee2547cda15830bfbcf45ac3 | Summarize the following news article. | In Leogane, Haiti, earthquake victims still need water, food and shelter .
People in outlying areas of Haiti worry they've been forgotten in relief plans .
More than 500 aid agencies operating; 15 met with Leogane officials Saturday . | [
"Leogane, Haiti (CNN) -- In a dirt field 20 minutes outside of Leogane's city center, desperation surfaces in the form of fear, anger, thanks. All at once. Relief trucks from CARE International have arrived, and the waiting wall of people pounces on the aid workers. The residents clutch paper tickets given out earl... |
aa8cb28020abd4939d89b6ca3764cfa0d05d975a | Summarize the following news article. | Toyota's handling of the recall crisis has elements of a culture clash .
Toyoda's long silence is a hallmark of the Japanese culture of consensus building .
Toyoda has little experience dealing with hostile questions from the public . | [
"(CNN) -- Akio Toyoda's appearance before U.S. legislators on Wednesday represents not just a fact-finding mission by committee members and a public relations move by Toyota, but a clash of cultures that in many ways created the recall controversy. \"They turned a rather ordinary recall into a brand-threatening cri... |
a64895ba64002bb3aac13b378c6fe82cc8136589 | Summarize the following news article. | Protesters angry about measures aimed at cutting Greece's massive deficit .
Strike began at midnight and caused all government-run institutions to shut .
Small clashes reported, two petrol bombs thrown at officers in central Athens .
Austerity measures amount to $6.5 billion of cuts and tax increases . | [
"Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Thousands of people marched through Athens Thursday as part of a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest further austerity measures by the embattled government. The strike began at midnight and caused all government-run institutions -- including schools, airports, trams, subways, and most buse... |
5bed18e12f3d0acf75f69b23993c906fad6a9ecf | Summarize the following news article. | Tzipi Livni, leader of Israeli opposition party, is willing to face war crimes charges .
Charges reportedly filed against her in a UK court; Details of the warrant were never made public .
Livni was Israel's foreign minister during military offensive against Hamas in Gaza .
U.N. has blamed Israel and Hamas for human ri... | [
"(CNN) -- Tzipi Livni, leader of a key Israeli opposition party, said Monday she would be willing to face arrest to challenge the validity of war crimes charges reportedly filed against her in a British court. \"For me, this is not a question,\" Livni told CNN's Christiane Amanpour, when asked whether she was willi... |
5cd8e44b6bbd46c05e3f8a185bdb60b83c5fb8c6 | Summarize the following news article. | 2000 to 2009 was the warmest decade since records began .
2005 was warmest year of all time, 2008 coolest in decade .
Global temperatures have risen 0.8 degrees Celsius since 1880 . | [
"(CNN) -- The first decade of the 21st century was the warmest ever on Earth according to data released by scientists at NASA. The U.S. space agency's data also revealed that 2009 was the second warmest year since temperature records began in 1880, and only narrowly cooler than 2005, the warmest year ever. 2008 was... |
21f687dce3f645c22d85bc474658bcced6987c38 | Summarize the following news article. | Solar sails are large solar-paneled wings which can harness sun or wind power .
Sydney-based company Solar Sailor is developing the technology .
The solar sails could be fixed to super-yachts to help reduce their fuel consumption . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- The super-yachts of the super-rich could soon become super-green. The solar sail: super-yachts could cut fuel consumption and emissions by using a sail similar to this. Sydney-based technology company Solar Sailor is working on a \"solar sail\" which could act as both a sail and a solar po... |
be879b674017762720e7dad3dbcae082594b99c7 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Wizards call charges and sentencing "another disappointing development"
Washington Wizards player Javaris Crittenton, 22, pleads to misdemeanor count .
While he will avoid jail time, Crittenton must perform community service .
Crittenton agreed incident stemmed from angry exchange with teammate Gilbert Arenas . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- Washington Wizards player Javaris Crittenton Monday became the second member of the NBA team to plead guilty to a weapons charge following a gun-toting locker-room incident. Crittenton, 22, pleaded guilty in Superior Court in the District of Columbia to a misdemeanor count of possession of an u... |
49f56798d01e4e2a4624613743a7c84cbdf3c1c8 | Summarize the following news article. | Author and photographer tweets in frustration and gets an artist as assistant .
Shreve Stockton is the creator of DailyCoyote.net Web site .
Kentucky artist Sarah Frary is headed to Wyoming to be her helper . | [
"(CNN) -- When an overwhelmed Shreve Stockton tweeted: \"I need an assistant!\" she considered it more of a joke than a serious request, because she couldn't pay a salary. \"I can't even offer room & board, only a camp trailer named the Psychedelic Jellybean & an unlimited supply of milk!\" she tweeted last month. ... |
7f7053b8d379f757b729f7baa816caff8be2f82f | Summarize the following news article. | Alvaro Castillo, 21, sentenced to life without parole .
Castillo shot father, opened fire at former high school on August 20, 2006 .
Trial featured disturbing videos, journal entries .
Castillo was obsessed with the Columbine shootings . | [
"HILLSBOROUGH, North Carolina (CNN) -- A man who was obsessed with the Columbine High School massacre was found guilty of murder Friday and sentenced to life without parole for gunning down his father before opening fire at a North Carolina high school three years ago. Alvaro Castillo was fixated with the Columbine... |
26b39b59c665beba5e274570d2cbb4510548343b | Summarize the following news article. | Board votes to discharge all teachers, other educators at Central Falls High School .
District, union fail to reach agreement for teachers to spend more time with students .
Union president says teachers scapegoated, union will fight to reinstate them .
Terminations will go into effect in the next school year . | [
"(CNN) -- A school board in Rhode Island has voted to fire all teachers at a struggling high school, a dramatic move aimed at shoring up education in a poverty-ridden school district. In a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, the board approved the plan by Frances Gallo, superintendent at Central Falls School District, to disch... |
bc07ad0f0bfef0c0eeec58943dd2150f1158426b | Summarize the following news article. | VBS.TV gains rare access to gun market in Pakistani tribal area .
Massive shop manufactures up to 1,000 guns a day, most by hand .
Area has been home base for the Taliban since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan . | [
"Editor's Note: The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. VBS.TV is Vice's broadband television network. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where v... |
bec816107219a0bb854ad9932e2cbb71219315f4 | Summarize the following news article. | Wayne Rooney's injury time header gives Manchester United a 3-1 victory over Manchester City .
The result sees United edge through to the English League Cup final 4-3 on aggregate .
United will now face Aston Villa at Wembley in a repeat of the 1994 final which Villa won 3-1. | [
"(CNN) -- Wayne Rooney's injury time header gave Manchester United a 3-1 victory over city rivals Manchester City to put them through to the English League Cup final 4-3 on aggregate. City won last week's first leg 2-1, courtesy of a double by former United striker Carlos Tevez, but the English champions brought th... |
7a5e0cc4ad64f56e1598253197f8e4d5505e33f8 | Summarize the following news article. | The Game records "Better on the Other Side" as tribute to Michael Jackson .
Rapper greatly admired star; Jackson tried to mediate between Game and 50 Cent .
Game: "He's iconic to me, and his untimely demise is felt around the world" | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Many fans will always remember where they were when they heard the \"King of Pop\" had died. The rapper The Game will always remember what he did afterward. The Game created a tribute to Michael Jackson -- video and all -- within a day of Jackson's death. That same day, Thursday, J... |
9680e2c00ee388eb4e11c14b7eaa2182f9361e22 | Summarize the following news article. | Fossilized footprints of 395-million-year-old four-legged creature found in Poland .
Discovery pushes the evolutionary scale back by nearly 20 million years .
Compared in significance to discovery of the first miocene hominoids . | [
"(CNN) -- Scientists have found the oldest fossilized footprints made by a four-legged creature, forcing a rethink on when fish first crawled out of water and onto land. The discovery of the footprints in a former quarry in the Holy Cross Mountains in southeastern Poland are thought to be 395 million years old -- 1... |
17baed26f1e5e9f4b878b5b99e4cbbd3bcb6f141 | Summarize the following news article. | Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud: Leadership of organization is safe .
Group plans January offensive "since we are stronger during the snowing season," he says .
He neither denied nor confirmed responsibility for Monday's blast in Peshawar that killed 11 . | [
"Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani Taliban are waiting the weather out and will take on the military when winter arrives in Pakistan's tribal region, said Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud in a phone call with CNN. \"We will wait till January for our offensive since we are stronger during the snowing seaso... |
c55722455a7e7db18774004699f2e1faf2142c15 | Summarize the following news article. | Nigeria joined Group C rivals Egypt in the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations after they completed a 3-0 victory over Mozambique.
Osaze Odemwingie struck either side of halftime break for Nigeria before Obafemi Martins scored five minute from time.
Defending champions Egypt cruised into the knockout stages with... | [
"(CNN) -- Nigeria joined Group C rivals Egypt in the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations after they completed a 3-0 victory over Mozambique on Wednesday. Osaze Odemwingie struck either side of halftime break for Nigeria at the Tundavala Stadium in Lubango before substitute Obafemi Martins sealed victory for ... |
d996e84ff287ce477b46e95c118abdbda123f90e | Summarize the following news article. | Watch Anderson Cooper live from Haiti at 10 p.m. ET tonight.
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) -- Thursday, January 21 . 8:44 p.m. -- Haitian police shot and killed a man they suspected of stealing rice in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, leaving his body on the sidewalk for hours as his family mourned. Witnesses said no one was looting at the time. A nearby shop owner said the five bags of rice the men we... |
0a26adcf099adbe06eb1443b2ff8a4138e0ec8e3 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Amber Alert issued as authorities extend search into Texas .
7-year-old was reported missing after mother was found dead Sunday night .
Authorities seek mother's estranged husband, say she, girl visited man at his sister's home .
Man, girl believed to be traveling in a white 1992 Toyota Paseo . | [
"(CNN) -- Investigators expanded their search into Texas Monday for a 7-year-old girl who was reported missing after her mother was found dead in Oklahoma Sunday night. Authorities also are trying to find the dead woman's estranged husband, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. The girl --... |
f34d9b7508c8d6aa6701d10a86481075af50f9c7 | Summarize the following news article. | Violent argument and struggle between father and son results in elder Kerrigan falling .
Mark Kerrigan, who denies responsibility in his father's death, is "quite distraught"
Police find Mark Kerrigan in the basement "clearly intoxicated" and "extremely combative"
Judge orders Mark Kerrigan held on $10,000 cash bail; c... | [
"(CNN) -- The father of American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is dead and her brother is behind bars, accused of assault and battery against 70-year old Daniel Kerrigan, according to Massachusetts authorities. Daniel Kerrigan died Sunday after being taken by emergency personnel from his family home in Stoneham, Mas... |
e7b374ae1eb0590d86bbcb5091f5c9eee33e98a3 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Judge rules jury cannot consider manslaughter charge for abortion provider's shooter .
Scott Roeder says he has no regrets over killing Dr. George Tiller at church in May 2009 .
Tiller ran a women's clinic where he performed abortions in Wichita, Kansas .
Roeder testified he thought of various ways to kill Tiller ... | [
"(CNN) -- A man on trial for gunning down a Kansas abortion provider in church said he had no regrets because \"abortion is murder.\" Scott Roeder, 51, said he shot and killed Dr. George Tiller as services began on May 31 to save the lives of the unborn. \"There was nothing being done and the legal process had been... |
827c21531d11fbc25c9ac223f22c13d22369b59b | Summarize the following news article. | In '50s and '60s, landmark bills were passed through secret deals, David Frum says .
Reforms of the 1970s resulted in much more transparency, he says .
Frum says the result has been that very little major legislation can get accomplished . | [
"Washington (CNN) -- At the end of his career, former House Speaker Tip O'Neill was asked how Congress had changed between the 1950s and 1980s. O'Neill answered: \"The people are better. The results are worse.\" Watching last week's health summit, you see what O'Neill meant. The conversation was intelligent, civil,... |
6e462e9331eef52c1e106236bab5d48a6a048845 | Summarize the following news article. | In Haiti crisis, children are most vulnerable and orphans most of all .
Authors are in the process of adopting Alexander, a 17-month-old orphan in Port-au-Prince .
Children in Haitian orphanages need to be evacuated, according to staff of institution .
Priority is saving the life of Alexander and his fellow orphans, th... | [
"Wichita, Kansas (CNN) -- In situations like the dire humanitarian crisis that has followed Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti, we all are forced to witness what is the sometimes painful truth behind the cliché about it taking a village to raise a child. In the tragedy unfolding before us now, it will take a global vill... |
3593798438099ec3f8aac417a79a0b2e8b07a490 | Summarize the following news article. | 11 restaurants that marry heavenly views with multi-starred menus .
Diners at Eagle's Eye Restaurant in British Columbia survey snow-capped peaks .
At Ambrosia, Santorini's sea-filled volcanic crater provides a rocky perch . | [
"(Travel + Leisure) -- Warm beige tones, rich graphic accents, and futuristic chairs give Le Jules Verne a contemporary elegance, while dishes from superstar chef Alain Ducasse create a joie de vivre in diners' mouths. But the real showstopper at this restaurant -- set more than 400 feet above Paris in the Eiffel T... |
e21cec4d51eaca6fef39f717a12355853c8e25a8 | Summarize the following news article. | System detects heat-seeking missiles, then emits a laser to divert the missile .
American Airlines flight becomes first passenger plane to test out "JetEye" system .
JetEye will be installed on at least two more American Airlines flights .
Goal is to have an effective response to terrorist threats . | [
"(CNN) -- The first passenger plane equipped with a system to repel shoulder-fired missiles successfully completed its flight, a British defense and aerospace company announced Wednesday. The system aims to protect against fire from missile launchers like these, which were used to fire at an Israeli plane. The JetE... |
a9ffab56869db5866de2d0ffe739ba624e55ce63 | Summarize the following news article. | Some say abortion provider's death marks end of Wichita's reputation as "abortion capital"
Scott Roeder was convicted Friday of killing abortion provider Dr. George Tiller .
The shooting stirred emotions among residents who had wearied of the abortion debate . | [
"Wichita, Kansas (CNN) -- Major King remembers a time before the abortion debate came to his hometown, a time when Wichita, Kansas, was known as the air capital of the world. Manufacturers such as Learjet, Cessna and Beechcraft were the backbone of a tight-knit community where God-fearing folks like King would cano... |
33a1f2d479e0324d8cc82b1db6741b818cfd0fdb | Summarize the following news article. | Cody Ray Smith pleads not guilty to charges of rape with a foreign object and rape by force .
Juveniles Ari Abdallah Morales and Marcelles James Peter do not enter pleas .
Manuel Ortega, 19, appears separately without an attorney, does not enter plea .
Four are accused of taking part in a 2½-hour gang rape at the schoo... | [
"Richmond, California (CNN) -- Four teenagers were arraigned Thursday on charges connected to the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on a high school campus after a homecoming dance. Cody Ray Smith, described by the court as over 14 years old, pleaded not guilty to charges of rape with a foreign object and rap... |
51a11d5fdf18a8a648bd353ea22a1cb23b689a0f | Summarize the following news article. | Miss California USA Carrie Prejean says she posed for one semi-nude photo .
A Web site says it has more photos of Prejean, and plans to slowly roll them out .
Prejean is in the news for her response to question about same-sex marriage . | [
"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Miss California USA Carrie Prejean has assured pageant officials that a lingerie modeling photo published online this week is the only one she posed for, the state pageant director said. Miss California USA Carrie Prejean may lose her crown because of some semi-nude photos she appe... |
183d5aa118a022d3ad61c26cfc41d5ecc09e3478 | Summarize the following news article. | John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph star as a couple expecting a baby .
Their onscreen relationship feels touchingly true .
Director Sam Mendes brings out a great performance from Rudolph .
Movie's loose-limbed, spontaneous quality is a good part of its appeal . | [
"(CNN) -- Maybe marriage to Kate Winslet isn't all that bad. Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski star as a couple on the road in the comedy \"Away We Go.\" After cruelly dissecting marital malaise in \"American Beauty\" and again, just six months ago, in \"Revolutionary Road,\" Winslet's husband Sam Mendes takes a slig... |
1ee5e91f40c5e5b5b11024cf3bf0cb9ed9a011ba | Summarize the following news article. | Mexican superstars Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna star together .
Film has gone down in Mexican history as fourth most popular box office hit ever .
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro behind film .
Directed by Carlos Cuaron and produced by production company, Cha Cha Cha . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Eight years ago, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna became global pin-ups for the resurgence in Mexican filmmaking after their memorable breakthrough in coming-of-age road movie \"Y tu Mama Tambien.\" \"Rudo y Cursi\" reunites Luna and Bernal, who became pin-ups for the resurgence in Mexica... |
489418105eac4dbf2142fec4977b43ae994195a5 | Summarize the following news article. | Official: Zimbabwe's president makes power-share deal with splinter group .
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai not part of deal, official says .
Tsvangirai denies he's out of power-sharing discussions . | [
"(CNN) -- Embattled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe signed a power-sharing deal with the opposition party's breakaway faction, his party said Tuesday, though Mugabe's opponents denied the claim. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe leaves a hotel where negotiations had been taking place Tuesday. Mugabe's party said ... |
e926c86e74a6d1622528cfe715ef73a63cf1f1f3 | Summarize the following news article. | The number of LGBT characters on scripted programs has doubled since 2005 .
LGBT characters represent more than 3 percent of characters on broadcast networks .
It doesn't matter if an LGBT actor plays an LGBT role, said GLAAD's Jarrett Barrios . | [
"(CNN) -- Whether they're raising their adopted baby girl, dodging homophobic quips from their fraternity brothers or teaching the \"Single Ladies\" dance to the football team after glee club, it seems gay characters are becoming a vital part of prime time TV. With characters like \"Modern Family's\" Mitchell and C... |
91fcab5bdd9793003af251ca9dd1cb5963f9b705 | Summarize the following news article. | Kimberley Lyn Cudanin told son and his friends to attack Malaki Malloy, police say .
Teen stabbed after assault against Cudanin's 14-year-old son .
Cudanin, son Andre, 4 teens face first- and second-degree assault charges .
Whoever stabbed Malloy will face attempted murder charge, spokesman says . | [
"(CNN) -- A Maryland mother faces assault charges for allegedly ordering a group of teens to beat up a 14-year-old who was stabbed in the ensuing melee, Baltimore County police said Friday. Kimberley Lyn Cudanin, 34, told her 16-year-old son and at least four of his friends to attack Malaki Malloy as retaliation fo... |
1e40b5a0503d0575c11611285490c6149298295c | Summarize the following news article. | Police: Nurudeen was engineering student when he met the woman online in 2007 .
Nurudeen pretended to be a British engineer working in Nigeria .
Authorities do not say how he was caught . | [
"(CNN) -- A college student in Nigeria has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for scamming an Australian woman out of $47,000 online by pretending to be a widowed white businessman desperately in love with her. A court in Ikeja in southwest Nigeria ruled that Lawal Adekunie Nurudeen will also have to pay back the... |
46442febd8940fd817d7128568b5a80c6819f6f1 | Summarize the following news article. | Video-share Web sites specifically targeting travelers are springing up .
Travelistic gives an embed code for most postings, so others can post the clip .
Revver pays users half the revenue it makes from ads on their submissions . | [
"(Budget Travel) -- Hard as it may be for anyone under 30 to imagine, there was a time when people used to shoot eight-millimeter films while on vacation and then show them to friends and family gathered around a projector in the living room. Nowadays, capturing video is far easier (whether you use a video camera, ... |
c1de37760538b828557b677b094e65daa5915003 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Barkley says he's disappointed in himself, police were "fantastic"
Police: Sobriety test "revealed there was probable cause to make an arrest"
Outspoken commentator took field, blood tests, but not breath test, police say .
NBA Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medalist known for entertaining remarks . | [
"(CNN) -- Basketball commentator and former hoops star Charles Barkley was arrested Wednesday in Scottsdale, Arizona, on suspicion of drunken driving, a police spokesman said. Charles Barkley was driving an Infiniti SUV through a trendy area of Scottsdale on Wednesday, police say. Barkley issued a brief statement, ... |
f2bda43b846dd7a472bebe083584a5defb20e0b4 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Solis bows out with 23.3 percent of the vote so far .
NEW: Polls show Chinchilla with 47.3 percent of vote, with a quarter of sites reporting .
Chinchilla represents ruling National Liberation Party .
If no one takes 40 percent of the vote, a runoff election will be necessary . | [
"(CNN) -- Costa Rica's first female candidate held a two-to-one lead in the country's presidential election, as the second-place candidate, Otton Solis of the Citizen's Action Party, conceded defeat. If the PLN -- the Spanish acronym for the ruling National Liberation Party party -- wins, Laura Chinchilla would bec... |
11a602248c09e09f4ac3cf460e0feecd8b61e26d | Summarize the following news article. | Pentagon: Chinese military expanding its Navy, investing in weapons .
Officials worry China is trying to hack into U.S. military computers .
"Intrusions" have already happened, officials say, though info was not classified .
Pentagon: China's lack of transparency makes it hard to know the extent of activity . | [
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Chinese military continues to increase spending on efforts to break into U.S. military computer systems, expand its Navy, and invest in intercontinental nuclear missiles and weapons to destroy satellites, according to the latest U.S report on China's military power. Chinese military officer... |
03664a1da7caaa9f20ee272bc1fde618c7b4d2c5 | Summarize the following news article. | "Please do not respond to this tragic event by promoting hatred," victim's parents say .
Family's statement read during community event at campus where attack took place .
Police say 10 people may have been involved in rape outside Richmond High School .
Five arrested in connection with attack, which occurred during ho... | [
"(CNN) -- The parents of a 15-year-old girl who was gang-raped on a California high school campus urged the community Saturday to channel its anger over the event \"through positive action,\" according to a pastor. At a Saturday community event at the campus where the attack took place, the Rev. Jim Wheeler, who sa... |
a03f7b660aafda8d872fa436ab06d358e7227b8a | Summarize the following news article. | Obama: "Most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly two decades"
President will also have dinner with heads of government from 11 countries during trip .
Treaty limits both nations to "significantly fewer strategic arms" | [
"(CNN) -- President Barack Obama headed to the Czech Republic on Wednesday night to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and sign an arms control agreement that reduces the nuclear stockpiles of both nations. The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) to be signed Thursday by the two leaders builds on a... |
15293215343aa5b1941a635365495ad2082c863a | Summarize the following news article. | Airliner dropped sharply at least twice, sending people and objects flying .
Several people's heads hit ceiling, breaking plastic and glass .
"I thought I was going to die," Houston man tells TV station . | [
"(CNN) -- People were \"thrown to the roof as if they were dolls\" and some feared for their lives when a Continental Airlines flight ran into turbulence, shaken passengers said. Oxygen masks hang from a damaged part of the plane Monday, in a photo by passenger Camila Machado. The turbulence struck without warning ... |
396b48cb24586132464497afc49eec10c027c807 | Summarize the following news article. | Members of Sigma Gamma Rho at Rutgers charged with aggravated hazing .
One woman sought medical attention for non-life-threatening injuries, police say .
Sorority chapter is suspended by university and by its national headquarters .
Alleged hazing occurred at university student apartment building, police say . | [
"(CNN) -- Rutgers University has suspended a sorority after police charged six of its members in a hazing investigation. The North Carolina-based headquarters of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority also suspended the chapter at Rutgers, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. That means the sorority has ceased to be officially reco... |
44ec86364a3a2cb84f23893bea1e778d588f4a03 | Summarize the following news article. | Death toll climbs to more than 150; thousands left homeless .
Mayor: Record-breaking 11.3 inches (288 millimeters) of rain fell in Rio Tuesday .
200 could be trapped following another mudslide, Brazilian media reports . | [
"Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CNN) -- The death toll from flooding and mudslides in Brazil continued to climb Thursday, with official reports of at least 154 fatalities. Thousands of people have been left homeless, said the government-run Agencia Brasil news service. The Rio de Janeiro mayor's office placed that figure ... |
ef857d332dfa1c146b6a82e42250958684ac6af8 | Summarize the following news article. | "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is breaking records at the box office .
Film contains plenty of sexual tension but no sex scenes .
Twilight Saga concentrates on matters of the heart and spirit says director Chris Weitz . | [
"(CNN) -- \"New Moon,\" the latest film in \"The Twilight Saga\" is doing record business at the box office. In its opening weekend the film grossed $140.7 million -- more than any other film with an autumn release in history. The tales of teenage vampire love based on the best-selling books by Stephanie Meyer have... |
85dd74a13513e4d9bafb4899ad3f82c5b0c9cd44 | Summarize the following news article. | Golf legend Tom Watson says Tiger Woods needs to clean up his act .
Watson compares Woods unfavorably with other greats such as Jack Nicklaus .
Watson is making a guest appearance at this week's Dubai Desert Classic .
Rory McIlroy defends his title which boasts a first prize of $416,000 . | [
"(CNN) -- Golf legend Tom Watson says Tiger Woods needs to \"clean up his act\" and show some humility in public when he returns to the circuit after sorting out his tangled personal life. World number one Woods is taking an \"indefinite break\" from the circuit after a car crash outside his Florida home on Novemb... |
8d474254e28e83a2f9f2beafc0bbf13d674f0674 | Summarize the following news article. | Man told police he watched his father kill 27-year-old Lysandra Marie Turpin in 1988 .
He said his father forced him to dispose of the body in a ditch near their home .
Forensic odontologist positively identified Turpin's remains on Wednesday .
The suspected killer, Ernest Samuel Christie Jr., died in 2006 . | [
"(CNN) -- The remains of a woman who disappeared 22 years ago in northern California have been found after the son of the woman's purported killer guided police to the site where her body was dumped, investigators announced Thursday. The alleged killer's son told authorities that he watched his father kill 27-year-... |
2f94b28a4c6adeb0260d2c49f3a91daed63097a6 | Summarize the following news article. | Malcolm McLaren was the onetime manager of the British punk band the Sex Pistols .
He died of cancer at age 64, his girlfriend said Thursday .
Band broke up in 1978 after feud between McLaren and singer Johnny Rotten . | [
"(CNN) -- Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and members of the Sex Pistols have led tributes to the band's former manager Malcolm McLaren who died of cancer on Thursday aged 64. As manager of the Sex Pistols and owner, with his then-lover Westwood, of the Sex boutique in London during the mid-1970s, McLaren was co... |
7fb5f53e09871ffa955f8145d835630422ed73fe | Summarize the following news article. | Italian champions Inter Milan through to the semifinals of the Champions League .
Wesley Sneijder scores the only goal as Inter defeat CSKA Moscow 1-0 .
The 2-0 aggregate victory means Inter reach the last four for first time since 2003 . | [
"(CNN) -- Inter Milan are through to the semifinals of the Champions League after Wesley Sneijder's first-half free-kick gave them a 1-0 victory at CSKA Moscow, for a 2-0 aggregate win. Dutchman Sneidjer scored the only goal of the game in the sixth minute when his low-free-kick deceived goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev af... |
275e7748207a842e822621d02c41405a5e15c2e4 | Summarize the following news article. | David Strohecker is technically a white, male, heterosexual, Christian Ph.D. student .
Strohecker: My tattoos and piercings lead to assumptions about my character .
Sociopolitical views are a large part of identity, and tattoos tell story, he says .
"I hope to teach others ... it's important to see past appearances" | [
"(CNN) -- We are often asked to declare our identity for documents, applications, bank loans and even social networking sites. But how much of our identity is lost when we select \"female,\" \"African-American\" or \"Muslim?\" I think much of my own identity is lost when I fill in those boxes. I am technically a w... |
83e5a1ed1004ccc88dc623dbb4a6436835fdf904 | Summarize the following news article. | No response from Clarence House, Prince William's official residence .
Couple have been dating since 2003, when both were students in Scotland .
Prince is currently training to be a search-and-rescue pilot with the Royal Air Force . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- British newspapers were filled with speculation Wednesday that Prince William may soon propose to his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, after an influential blog reported on a possible date. In an entry on her Web site, The Daily Beast, former magazine editor Tina Brown wrote that a \"high-plac... |
3a0b7f791a7f0bb8d6b235497fe6ec498156b40a | Summarize the following news article. | Lourdes Batista says of perplexing motive, "This is why I can't sleep at night"
Felix Batista was kidnapped December 10 outside a restaurant in Saltillo, Mexico .
Felix Batista is skilled crisis responder who helped families of kidnapping victims .
Violence, kidnappings plague Mexico; many abductions go unreported . | [
"(CNN) -- Lourdes Batista wishes she had super powers so she could use them to find her husband, she said Wednesday, 105 days after authorities said he was kidnapped in Mexico. Lourdes Batista says she has no idea why someone would kidnap her husband, Felix. Felix Batista, a renowned kidnapping consultant, disappea... |
7881f43f74c8c2442dd0cc1037a65cc625b245ce | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Gates: "Missile tests only undermine Iran's claims of peaceful intentions"
Missile's range puts parts of Israel, U.S. bases, parts of Europe within range .
West fears Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons; Iran denies claim . | [
"Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran tested an upgraded version of a surface-to-surface missile with a range that makes it capable of reaching parts of Europe, state-run television reported Wednesday. Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said on Press-TV that the solid-fuel, high-speed Sajil-2 missile has \"great mane... |
0c8976351e70c6ed35db0cfe5a89962821734cd5 | Summarize the following news article. | LZ Granderson: Is grocery shopping, getting my son off to school the "gay lifestyle"?
Granderson: Nonexistent gay lifestyle keeps up an "us against them" tension .
Gay rights foes drum up the fear of a link between gay men and pedophilia, he says .
He writes: Being judged by the content of one's character is a constitu... | [
"(CNN) -- On most mornings, my better half wakes up around 5:30, throws on some sweats and heads to the gym before work. About a half hour later, I wake up my 13-year-old son, go downstairs to the kitchen to make his breakfast and pack his lunch. Once he's out the door, I brew some coffee and get to work. Ladies an... |
9123db98919815405daf28ea69b6b84478a98c69 | Summarize the following news article. | Chinese businessman hopes to buy 15 percent stake in Cleveland Cavaliers .
Kenny Huang is heading the deal, estimated to be worth more than $70 million .
Chinese people fanatical about basketball and national sports hero Yao Ming .
Further Chinese investment in the NBA is expected in the future . | [
"BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Chinese investors want to cash in on the country's NBA fever with a bid to buy a 15 percent stake in the Cleveland Cavaliers. Chinese superstar Yao Ming has been linked with a switch to Cleveland if Huang's deal goes through. Chinese-born businessman Kenny Huang is heading the deal, estimat... |
c991b05527688086d17275b0c13ebe98fd508eda | Summarize the following news article. | Actress Dixie Carter dead at 70, agent tells CNN .
Carter was best known for role as Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women"
Carter was married to fellow actor Hal Holbrook . | [
"(CNN) -- Actress Dixie Carter, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker on the TV show \"Designing Women,\" has died, her agent said Saturday. She was 70. She was 70. Carter died from complications arising from cancer, her publicist, Steve Rohr, said Sunday. Carter was drawn to roles portraying steely Southern ... |
c83f373499df28d7198533aacf30735f0e808cca | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Burundi, Gabon, Tanzania ban import of suspect milk products from China .
NEW: Singapore, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei impose bans .
Head of China's quality watchdog resigns over tainted baby formula scandal .
Four infants in China dead, over 52,000 reported ill from tainted milk powder . | [
"BEIJING, China (CNN) -- African governments have stopped importing Chinese dairy products as the crisis which has seen more than 52,000 Chinese children poisoned by melamine-tainted goods spreads. Burundi, Gabon and Tanzania have joined governments closer to China -- including Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore a... |
241c43d68ba62330f6877df71579645fb0be144a | Summarize the following news article. | Sean Mulveyhill, Kayla Narey and Austin Renaud enter pleas through their lawyers .
Phoebe Prince's body was found hanging the stairway leading to her family's apartment .
Schools superintendent defends administrators' handling of the matter .
Superintendent Gus Sayer: "She didn't reveal to people what she was being sub... | [
"Northampton, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Three teens accused in the bullying of a Massachusetts high school student who committed suicide pleaded not guilty to related charges Tuesday. Sean Mulveyhill, 17, Kayla Narey, 17, and Austin Renaud, 18, were not present at Hampshire Superior Court. They entered their pleas th... |
168da7811a0408b62eeac65b0351ea4b52ea0b28 | Summarize the following news article. | Central Asian nation is home to a military base that's vital to U.S. in Afghanistan war .
Kyrgyzstan initially showed great promise after the break-up of the Soviet Union .
Its rulers eventually fell into repressive rule; some residents say U.S. turned blind eye .
China is beginning to make economic inroads with the la... | [
"(CNN) -- Before this week, most Americans had likely never heard of Kyrgyzstan and even fewer could place it on a map. But the central Asian nation, which is about the size of South Dakota, is important to U.S. foreign policy for one simple reason: a vital military base through which tens of thousands of troops pa... |
72a2bf81bbceb8f4346733a55682439ec5ff5357 | Summarize the following news article. | Some in Tea Party movement have an Obama blind spot, John Avlon observers .
If Tea Party movement is to last, Avlon says the Obama bashers must be repudiated .
Sarah Palin was the most cautious speaker at Nashville convention, he says .
Avlon: Movement must focus its anger at fiscal irresponsibility into policy proposa... | [
"(CNN) -- As the National Tea Party Convention concluded this weekend, it's clear that the Tea Partiers are propelled by two competing claims -- a principled commitment to fiscal conservatism and a serious case of Obama Derangement Syndrome. The first group remains true to the roots of the movement as it emerged a... |
39ac69b587b71bcb0f67d5a8a2ff6cfb70f6a899 | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Crews to pump nitrogen in West Virginia coal mine to flush out toxic gas .
Rescuers hold onto hope of finding four miners trapped in blast .
Cause of Monday's explosion unknown; state and federal officials plan full investigation . | [
"Naoma, West Virginia (CNN) -- Crews planned to pump nitrogen into a West Virginia coal mine as the search resumed early Friday for four miners who may be trapped after a deadly explosion earlier in the week. Kevin Stricklin of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) said crews would neutralize poten... |
5c3e169b5742ed764d83242b38f4f9188cdae1dd | Summarize the following news article. | Obama: Democratic leaders in House, Senate working out differences in two bills .
After that, president wants Republicans to present their ideas .
It's first clear signal from Democrats how they want to proceed after Senate seat loss .
Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts gives GOP 41 senators, enough to filibuster Senate... | [
"Washington (CNN) -- President Obama called Thursday for high-level talks with Republicans to work out a compromise on health care legislation, then putting the resulting bill to a vote in Congress. \"If Congress decides we're not going to do it, even after all the facts are laid out, after all the options are clea... |
81ac2d9ddb3d44be3484658fbf02e038a46ebf15 | Summarize the following news article. | Illness forces Whitney Houston to postpone first four shows of European tour .
Doctors says Houston is suffering from an upper respiratory infection .
Glasgow, Scotland concert has been shifted from this Sunday to May 1 . | [
"(CNN) -- Illness forced Whitney Houston to postpone the first four shows of the European leg of her \"Nothing But Love\" comeback tour, her publicist said Wednesday. \"Doctors visited Whitney late last night in Paris and confirmed that she was suffering from an upper respiratory infection,\" a statement issued We... |
f46c456630baee11e7cc3a5b80ebab4046347a3e | Summarize the following news article. | Britain's Prince William begins two-month attachment with Royal Navy on Monday .
William has completed attachment with the Royal Air Force .
The future king is a second lieutenant in the British Army .
Experience will prepare him for when he becomes head of armed forces as king . | [
"LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Prince William is starting a two-month attachment with the Royal Navy on Monday, part of the future king's continued experience with various branches of the military, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday. Prince William and his father, Prince Charles, at his graduation from the ... |
4deb26030058ce31d8b28f2ab8d491a78866d9ee | Summarize the following news article. | Irish immigrant Phoebe Prince, 15, hanged herself in January in Massachusetts .
South Hadley superintendent says Prince didn't let school officials know of her troubles .
Gus Sayer says first knowledge of bullying campaign came just one week earlier .
He says he's received hundreds of ugly messages, threats . | [
"South Hadley, Massachusetts (CNN) -- The 15-year-old girl who hanged herself last January after enduring months of bullying from schoolmates failed to alert others to her plight, the superintendent of South Hadley Schools said Thursday. The girl, Phoebe Prince, \"was apparently a very private person; she bore a lo... |
3e39b57d12c21cfdd745c0efae03858d2a35cbbb | Summarize the following news article. | Jamie Paulin-Ramirez accused of conspiring to support terrorists .
Paulin-Ramirez voluntarily flew back from abroad with 6-year-old son .
She was arrested in Ireland in March, reportedly during investigation into murder plot . | [
"(CNN) -- A Colorado woman indicted on terror charges pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Wednesday in federal court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, faces federal charges that she conspired to support terrorists overseas. She was mostly expressionless at the hearing and nodded her head to... |
93914ced212d44edf2e3ad51f2bcf7d1743a4603 | Summarize the following news article. | After eight months in hibernation, ABC's "Lost" returns to television Tuesday for its final season .
David Bianculli: "Lost" may be last opportunity for mass cultural experience on broadcast TV .
Shared TV experiences like "Lost," are fewer because of DVRs, DVDs, he says . | [
"(CNN) -- After eight months in hibernation, ABC's \"Lost\" returns to television tonight to finally explain, among other things, the dazzling white light that ended the 2009 season not with a whimper, but with a bang. Was it a nuclear blast? A quantum-leaping time shift? A reboot to the story's preflight origins? ... |
9518d245de5e66f2aaaae7c13ff19ed26720d6b7 | Summarize the following news article. | Boston's Logan International Airport expected to get scanners on Friday .
Chicago and Los Angeles airports also among facilities receiving scanners .
Government plans to deploy 450 units by the end of 2010 . | [
"(CNN) -- The federal government is starting to deploy full-body scanning machines to 11 airports across the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday. Forty body-imaging machines already have been put into use at 19 airports nationwide as part of a field test, according the Depar... |
2c83d6dcb3ab1a3bd32ae0674378c8c7cab5d8cd | Summarize the following news article. | Rafael Nadal quits the Australian Open injured to see Andy Murray progress to semis .
American Andy Roddick is beaten by Marin Cilic of Croatia after four-hour battle .
Murray to face Cilic in the semis while Roger Federer takes on Nikolay Davydenko . | [
"(CNN) -- Reigning Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal was forced to retire hurt from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray in Melbourne on Tuesday. The Spaniard, who suffered injury trouble for much of last season, was 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 3-0 down to the 22-year-old Scot when he pulled out of the match after str... |
6686b76923650920c5304c206e7d578e2d4a093b | Summarize the following news article. | NEW: Officials condemn attack, fatal stabbing of Ecuadoran in Long Island .
Marcello Lucero, 37, and a friend were attacked late Saturday night .
Jeffrey Conroy, 17, was charged with manslaughter as a hate crime .
Six other teenagers charged with gang assault; all seven plead not guilty . | [
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- A Latino group Tuesday expressed outrage over the slaying of an Ecuadoran man, allegedly at the hands of seven teenagers in what police are calling a hate crime. Marcello Lucero, 37, was stabbed to death in an attack that police say was a hate crime. The teens' parents bear some of the blame, alo... |
d2e701c0b47041058b03fcfc644b09e07c5266f5 | Summarize the following news article. | MV Andinet, part of the Ethiopian Shipping Line, was approached by two pirate skiffs Monday .
Crew used anti-piracy measures -- including firing flares and evasive maneuvering -- to repel pirates .
Warships from international anti-piracy task force gave chase but only found empty skiff . | [
"(CNN) -- An Ethiopian-flagged vessel fought off a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week, the multi-national anti-piracy task force said Thursday. The MV Andinet, part of the Ethiopian Shipping Line, was approached by two pirate skiffs Monday, with one of them coming close enough to fire automatic wea... |
ca04b02d1ac46d8d03b08614c4979168e4bc1e40 | Summarize the following news article. | Radovan Karadzic faces 11 counts of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity .
Charges stem partly from 1995 mass killing of Muslim men in Bosnian town of Srebrenica .
Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb president at the time, accused of responsibility for the massacre .
He told international tribunal at The Hague that the... | [
"London, England (CNN) -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic finally took the stand Monday at the U.N.'s international tribunal at The Hague to defend himself against genocide charges stemming from the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. For CNN's Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson, the 64 year-old w... |
f252d0840c5ab78e909e13e799537b97d179d1c6 | Summarize the following news article. | Tymoshenko refuses to concede defeat in Ukraine's presidential election .
Former PM Victor Yanukovich tells CNN it is time for her to give up .
With 98 percent of ballots processed, Yanukovich had 48.94 percent .
Current Ukraine PM Yulia Tymoshenko has 45.48 percent . | [
"Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede defeat in Ukraine's presidential election and plans to demand a recount in some districts, officials from her party, Bloc Tymoshenko, said Tuesday. Meanwhile, her rival, former Ukrainian prime minister Victor Yanukovich told CNN it is time f... |
2ec8ee3b00c4e5dcbc7ddca859411fa3a2ebf5b7 | Summarize the following news article. | The president of Toyota said he takes full responsibility for safety issues .
Toyoda: 'I ... the one on the very top, should be responsible for this'
On hearing: 'Not confident to what degree our sincerity was conveyed' | [
"(CNN) -- The president of Toyota said he takes full responsibility for safety issues in the company's cars and vowed to regain the trust of customers in his first interview after appearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. \"It is I, the chief executive officer, the one on the very top, should be responsible for this,... |
4eca07bf35c9e280586cd6929a2836e886b97be1 | Summarize the following news article. | Abbey Road Studios given Grade II listed building status for "outstanding cultural interest"
The studios' owner, music label EMI says it's holding talks to revitalize them .
Speculation was rife that the studios made famous by Beatles would be sold .
Much of Britain's best known music of 20 century has been recorded th... | [
"London, England (CNN) -- The iconic Abbey Road Studios made famous by the Beatles are being declared a national historic landmark, British Culture Minister Margaret Hodge announced Tuesday. \"My favorite song of all time, 'If I fell' by the Beatles, was recorded there in 1964, and to have played a part in preservi... |
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