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NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A high court in northern India on Friday acquitted a wealthy businessman facing the death sentence for the killing of a teen in a case dubbed `` the house of horrors . '' Moninder Singh Pandher was sentenced to death by a lower court in February . The teen was one of 19 victims -- children and young women -- in one of the most gruesome serial killings in India in recent years . The Allahabad high court has acquitted Moninder Singh Pandher , his lawyer Sikandar B. Kochar told CNN . Pandher and his domestic employee Surinder Koli were sentenced to death in February by a lower court for the rape and murder of the 14-year-old . The high court upheld Koli 's death sentence , Kochar said . The two were arrested two years ago after body parts packed in plastic bags were found near their home in Noida , a New Delhi suburb . Their home was later dubbed a `` house of horrors '' by the Indian media . Pandher was not named a main suspect by investigators initially , but was summoned as co-accused during the trial , Kochar said . Kochar said his client was in Australia when the teen was raped and killed . Pandher faces trial in the remaining 18 killings and could remain in custody , the attorney said .

What was the amount of children murdered ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fighting in the volatile Sudanese region of Darfur has sparked another wave of refugees into Chad and left a Red Cross employee dead , according to international agencies . Refugee camps in eastern Chad house about 300,000 people who fled violence in the Darfur region of Sudan . The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said on Monday that more than 12,000 people have fled militia attacks over the last few days from Sudan 's Darfur region to neighboring Chad , still recovering from a recent attempt by rebels there to topple the government . `` Most of the new arrivals in Chad had already been displaced in Darfur in recent years . They are really tired of being attacked and having to move , '' said UNHCR 's Jorge Holly . `` All the new refugees we talked to said they did not want to go back to Darfur at this point , they wanted to be transferred to a refugee camp in eastern Chad . '' This latest influx of refugees in Chad aggravates an already deteriorating security situation across this politically unstable region of Africa . Before the latest flight into Chad , the UNHCR and its partner groups `` were taking care of 240,000 Sudanese refugees in 12 camps in eastern Chad and some 50,000 from Central African Republic in the south of the country . '' Up to 30,000 people in Chad fled the country for Cameroon during the rebel-government fighting . The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Monday that one of its employees was killed in western Darfur last week during fighting . The victim is a 45-year-old Sudanese national and father of six children . He was killed in the area of Seleia , one of the three towns where reported government-backed Janjaweed militia attacks on Friday left around 200 people dead . U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week deplored the acts , urged all parties to stop hostilities , and said `` all parties must adhere to international humanitarian law , which prohibits military attacks against civilians . '' The United Nations says `` more than 200,000 people have been killed and 2.2 million others forced to flee their homes since fighting began in 2003 among government forces , rebel groups and allied militia groups known as the Janjaweed . '' The recent fight between Chad 's government and rebels is seen as a proxy war over Darfur . Sudan 's government believes Chad is supporting rebels in Darfur . Chad 's government believes Sudan is supporting the rebels that moved on Chad 's capital of N'Djamena . E-mail to a friend

Where was one employee killed ?

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Johannesburg -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Miffed by a visa delay that led the Dalai Lama to cancel a trip to South Africa , Archbishop Desmond Tutu lashed out at his government Tuesday , saying it had acted worse than apartheid regimes and had forgotten all that the nation stood for . `` When we used to apply for passports under the apartheid government , we never knew until the last moment what their decision was , '' Tutu said at a news conference . `` Our government is worse than the apartheid government because at least you were expecting it from the apartheid government . `` I have to say that I ca n't believe this . I really ca n't believe this , '' Tutu said . `` You have to wake me up and tell me this is actually happening here . '' The Dalai Lama scrapped his planned trip to South Africa this week after the nation failed to issue him a visa in time , his spokesman said . Visa applications for him and his entourage were submitted to the South African High Commission in New Delhi , India , at the end of August , and original passports were submitted on September 20 , more than two weeks ago , a statement on his website said . However , South Africa 's foreign affairs office said it did not refuse a visa . `` South Africa will not comment on the decision , because it is not our decision , it is his decision , '' according to spokesman Clayson Monyela , who said the visa application was still under consideration . The Dalai Lama had been invited to the country to receive the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation and to speak at a number of events , including a lecture in honor of Tutu 's 80th birthday . Tutu and the Dalai Lama are recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize . Tutu said he would pray for the defeat of South Africa 's government , led by the African National Congress -LRB- ANC -RRB- , which is rooted in the fight against the system of apartheid , or legal racial separation , that was present in South Africa until 1994 . `` You are disgraceful , '' Tutu said about the government . `` You are behaving in a way that is totally at variance with the things for which we stood . '' The ANC plans to call on government officials to explain to South Africans why the visa process was delayed , spokesman Jackson Mtembu said . He said everyone was in the dark about this matter . But he also suggested that Tutu calm down . A comparison to apartheid regimes , he said , was unfair . This is not the first time the Dalai Lama has not been able to visit South Africa . In 2009 , South Africa refused the Tibetan spiritual leader a visa to attend an international peace conference , saying it was not in the country 's interest for him to attend . In refusing the 2009 application , South Africa said that if the Dalai Lama attended the conference , the focus would shift away from the 2010 World Cup , the global soccer championship it was hosting . `` We can not allow focus to shift to China and Tibet , '' presidential spokesman Thabo Masebe said , adding that South Africa had gained much from its trading relationship with China . The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule , and China pressures governments around the world to deny him any legitimacy . Speculation surfaced Tuesday that this year 's visit was also affected by South Africa 's relationship with China . South African Vice President Kgalema Motlanthe visited Beijing last week and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao to discuss bolstering bilateral ties . Motlanthe said South Africa was ready to boost the strategic partnership between the two countries to a new stage , according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua . But Monyela said the application had nothing to do with China . `` We are a sovereign nation which takes decisions in our domestic interest , '' Monyela said . The Dalai Lama posted a message on Twitter last week that said : `` Even if the Chinese leave nothing but ashes , Tibet will rise from these ashes as a free country even if it takes a long time to do so . '' Kim Norgaard , CNN 's Johannesburg bureau chief , contributed to this report .

who did say South Africa did not issue a visa on time ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- England international footballer Steven Gerrard was found not guilty of affray by a court in his home city on Friday . England international Steven Gerrard was cleared by a court in Liverpool of affray . The jury at Liverpool Crown Court took a little over an hour to clear Gerrard of charges relating to a fracas in a nightclub bar in the north-western of England city on December 29 of last year . They accepted the Liverpool captain 's version that he acted in self defense in punching businessman Marcus McGhee . The 29-year-old was the only one of the seven defendants in the case to be cleared after an incident which was described by judge Henry Globe as an `` explosion of violence . '' Gerrard spoke of his relief outside the court . `` Can I just say how pleased I am with today 's verdict , '' he said . `` I 'm glad to put this case behind me and I am really looking forward to the season ahead and concentrating on my football now . `` I would just like to say a big thank you to my legal team and to my friends and family and everyone at Liverpool football club for supporting me . '' His comments were met with a round of applause from a large group of fans of the Premier League club who had gathered outside the court , before he was ushered away . Gerrard was celebrating in the Lounge Inn in Southport , a suburb of Liverpool , after scoring twice his team 's 5-1 win at Newcastle which took them to the top of the Premier League . Video footage , which was available to the court , showed the moment around 2 . am in the morning when trouble flared . Gerrard apparently wanted to change the music on the CD player and the 34-year-old McGee said the football star had acted aggressively in trying to grab the device . In the fracas which followed , Gerrard admitted throwing three punches but said only one connected . He claimed , and his version was accepted by the jury , that he believed he was about to be attacked himself . `` You did not start the violence , it was started by the violent elbowing of Marcus McGee in the face by one of your friends , John Doran , '' Globe said . `` The victim 's consequential actions of reeling backwards and then forwards and your actions in response to that movement forward has to be seen against that background , '' he added . Five other men have already pleaded guilty to affray and another admitted a lesser charge of threatening behavior . They will be sentenced at a later date .

How many years old was the businessman ?

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BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At least 6,000 Christians have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in the past week because of killings and death threats , Iraq 's Ministry of Immigration and Displaced Persons said Thursday . A Christian family that fled Mosul found refuge in the Al-Sayida monastery about 30 miles north of the city . The number represents 1,424 families , at least 70 more families than were reported to be displaced on Wednesday . The ministry said it had set up an operation room to follow up sending urgent aid to the displaced Christian families as a result of attacks by what it called `` terrorist groups . '' Iraqi officials have said the families were frightened by a series of killings and threats by Muslim extremists ordering them to convert to Islam or face death . Fourteen Christians have been slain in the past two weeks in the city , which is about 260 miles -LRB- 420 kilometers -RRB- north of Baghdad . Mosul is one of the last Iraqi cities where al Qaeda in Iraq has a significant presence and routinely carries out attacks . The U.S. military said it killed the Sunni militant group 's No. 2 leader , Abu Qaswarah , in a raid in the northern city earlier this month . In response to the recent attacks on Christians , authorities have ordered more checkpoints in several of the city 's Christian neighborhoods . The attacks may have been prompted by Christian demonstrations ahead of provincial elections , which are to be held by January 31 , authorities said . Hundreds of Christians took to the streets in Mosul and surrounding villages and towns , demanding adequate representation on provincial councils , whose members will be chosen in the local elections . Thursday , Iraq 's minister of immigration and displaced persons discussed building housing complexes for Christian families in northern Iraq and allocating land to build the complexes . Abdel Samad Rahman Sultan brought up the issue when he met with a representative of Iraq 's Hammurabi Organization for Human Rights and with the head of the Kojina Organization for helping displaced persons . A curfew was declared Wednesday in several neighborhoods of eastern Mosul as authorities searched for militants behind the attacks . CNN 's Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report .

What frightened the families ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pope John Paul II used to beat himself with a belt and sleep on a bare floor to bring himself closer to Christ , a book published Wednesday says . The late pope had a particular belt for self-flagellation and brought it with him to his summer residence , according to the book , `` Why he is a Saint : The True story of John Paul II . '' `` As some members of his own entourage were able to hear with their own ears , both in Poland and in the Vatican , Karol Wojtyla flagellated himself , '' the book says , using the name the pope was given at birth . `` In the closet , among the cloaks , a particular pant-belt hung from a hook , which he utilized as a whip and one which he always had brought to Castel Gandolfo , '' the book says . The book was written by a Vatican insider , Slawomir Oder , with Italian journalist Saverio Gaeta of the Catholic weekly Christian Family . Oder is head of the Vatican committee investigating whether John Paul II should be declared a saint . John Paul died in 2005 . The evil albino monk in Dan Brown 's `` The Da Vinci Code '' may be the best-known example of self-flagellation these days , but the practice is not unusual in Catholicism -- or nearly as extreme as it is shown in the movie . `` When members or former members -LSB- of Opus Dei -RSB- see the monk go at it in the movie , they just burst out laughing , it 's so nutty , '' said the Rev. Michael Barrett , a priest of the Catholic Opus Dei sect . In actual Catholic self-flagellation , `` there is no blood , no injury , nothing to harm a person 's health , nothing traumatic . If it caused any harm , the Church would not allow it , '' he wrote on Opus Dei 's Web site when the movie came out in 2006 . `` This voluntarily accepted discomfort is a way of joining oneself to Jesus Christ and the sufferings he voluntarily accepted in order to redeem us from sin . ` The Da Vinci Code 's ' masochist monk , who loves pain for its own sake , has nothing to do with real Christian mortification , '' Barrett said . Mother Teresa is among famous Catholics who self-flagellated in some way , Barrett said . Catholics are not alone in choosing to inflict pain on themselves for religion reasons . Some Shiite Muslims lash themselves until they bleed when marking the mourning period of Ashura , while fasting is practiced by people in several religions , including Jews on Yom Kippur , the day of atonement . David Gibson , a journalist who worked for Vatican Radio when John Paul II was pope , pointed out that the pontiff wrote an apostolic letter -- essentially a papal position paper -- on suffering in 1984 . `` Christ did not conceal from his listeners the need for suffering . He said very clearly : ` If any man would come after me ... let him take up his cross daily , ' '' the pope wrote , quoting the Gospel of Luke . Jesus , the pope wrote , `` suffered in place of man and for man . Every man has his own share in the Redemption . Each one is also called to share in that suffering through which the Redemption was accomplished . `` In bringing about the Redemption through suffering , Christ has also raised human suffering to the level of the Redemption . Thus each man , in his suffering , can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ , '' says the letter , Salvifici Doloris , On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering . `` John Paul was a product of a very Old World Polish Catholicism , '' said Gibson , who now writes on religion for Politics Daily . `` He was a very disciplined man and a very rigorous man in his personal spirituality , '' he said . The authors of the new book clearly approve of any whipping the pope did of himself , he added . `` Even though it 's going to weird people out , it 's obviously seen by his postulators as a sign of his holiness , '' he said , using the technical term for the person who investigates a person 's qualifications for sainthood . He said the idea is not as bizarre as it might sound to contemporary ears . `` The idea of fasting , renouncing something , giving up your Starbucks latte so you can send money to Haiti -- you ca n't simply look down your nose at it without rejecting a lot of other ideas about self-sacrifice , '' he said . The authors of the book based it on interviews with 114 `` witnesses '' and access to unedited documents in the Vatican 's archives , according to the publisher , Rizzoli . The book is available only in Italian , but the publisher is having it translated into Polish and other languages .

what Pope used to beat himself ?

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CNN affiliates report on where job seekers are finding work across the country and how those looking for employment are coping with the situation . A census employee poses with the new handheld device field workers will use for the 2010 count . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The nation will take roll call in 2010 and the federal government is giving the states money to hire thousands of census workers . Officials in Colorado say they may hire as many as 8,000 workers for positions that last between 10 weeks and one year . Cathy Illian says the bureau has already hired 800 people in the Denver area . The organization will also post open positions in early April . Some jobs pay as much as $ 28.75 an hour . Read the story on KMGH In Idaho , Dave Mulvihill , manager of the state 's census bureau , said the organization will hire 1,200 workers . He has plenty of job searchers to choose from . `` We 've had applications from approximately 7,300 people across the state , '' he told CNN affiliate KIVI . Read the full report on census jobs The office is holding off on taking any more applications until fall . The Alabama census bureau is preparing to hire between 1,000 and 1,500 workers . `` We need workers so we can get good addresses -LSB- to -RSB- send the questionnaires out so we can get a good response , '' state census bureau official Darryl Lee told TV Alabama in Birmingham . Census officials point out that an accurate count of U.S. citizens helps the government figure out how much funding to give each state for federally sponsored programs . Read the ABC 33/40 story Northeast : Rhode Island strip club holding job fair Business is so good at the Foxy Lady in Providence , Rhode Island , that owners need to hire 25 to 30 more people . And not just dancers . Club co-owner Tom Tsoumas said he also needs managers , waitresses and other behind-the-scenes workers . Tsoumas said because of the poor economy he is expecting to be shocked by the quality of applicants on Saturday . The state 's unemployment rate is 10.3 percent . Read the story at WPRI 's Web site Southeast : Beauty schools see increase in applicants looking for career change Maria Gonzalez was a receptionist until she was laid off . Now she is training to cut hair . Gonzalez , 34 , attends Bradenton Beauty and Barber Academy . `` But right now with everything slowing down and being laid off , all the companies , you know , -LSB- are -RSB- not hiring at this time , so I decided to start coming to school here , '' she told Bay News 9 in Tampa , Florida . The CNN affiliate reports that The Florida Association of Beauty Professionals says beauty schools throughout the state are seeing a 5-15 percent increase in students . Read Bay News 9 report on beauty schools Liz Galdamez , director of the school , said her newly enrolled students were more likely to be looking for a career change than people in their 20s . `` We 're seeing more people in their early 30s and 40s coming into this industry , '' she said West : Man shows job hunters how to look for work on Twitter A man who was laid off from his real estate job a year ago now organizes events that bring job seekers together while teaching them skills to use social networking tools . Edwin Duterte runs Pink Slip Mixers and has put on 10 networking events in Southern California . Recently he held his first such event in Mountain View , California . Perrine Crampton , a program manager who is out of work , was impressed with the willingness of other job seekers to help each other . `` With people saying , ` Hey , I found this job ; I 'm not a good fit . Would you like this position ? ' she told CNN affiliate KGO . Watch the KGO report on the mixer `` That kind of thing is going on now . That is something I really hold onto , because it shows me that there is good in humanity . '' Duterte said the Web sites Twitter and LinkedIn are a great way to build an online network of contacts . `` If I get other eyes to look for you maybe you 'll find a job faster than if you just look for yourself . '' West : Navy hiring 1,000 civilians The naval facility in China Lake , California , is hiring people with experience in engineering , physics , chemistry and other sciences . Employees will work with explosives and other weapons systems . `` Let 's say you 're fresh out of college -- the average salary is somewhere around $ 50,000 a year , '' division commander Capt. Mark Storch told KABC of Los Angeles . `` Very experienced people that might be looking for a job , too , we need them as well , and those jobs would be more like $ 100,000 . '' Watch the report from KABC The Navy is also hiring machinists and clerical workers . `` We 're looking to bring on about a thousand people here , '' said Scott O'Neil , executive director of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division . Midwest : Agency ready to loan money to small businesses The Small Business Administration in Oklahoma is encouraging businesses to apply for loans backed by the federal government . The agency told KWTV in Oklahoma City that more than 40 banks were committed to the loan program . `` It 'll loosen up the credit crunch , '' said Fred Munden , lead business development specialist at the Small Business Administration . `` I think that the 90 percent guarantee , personally , was a good idea to help small business . '' Read the KWTV report on how businesses can get money One bakery owner said it will keep her in business and possibly give her a chance to hire more employees . `` It will give us some operating capital , '' said Cherry Duran of Sweet Cherry 's . `` Right now , I do n't have operating capital . As we get money in , we 're spending it . ''

Who is hiring ?

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One of the Marines shown in a famous World War II photograph raising the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima was posthumously awarded a certificate of U.S. citizenship on Tuesday . The Marine Corps War Memorial in Virginia depicts Strank and five others raising a flag on Iwo Jima . Sgt. Michael Strank , who was born in Czechoslovakia and came to the United States when he was 3 , derived U.S. citizenship when his father was naturalized in 1935 . However , U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently discovered that Strank never was given citizenship papers . At a ceremony Tuesday at the Marine Corps Memorial -- which depicts the flag-raising -- in Arlington , Virginia , a certificate of citizenship was presented to Strank 's younger sister , Mary Pero . Strank and five other men became national icons when an Associated Press photographer captured the image of them planting an American flag on top of Mount Suribachi on February 23 , 1945 . Strank was killed in action on the island on March 1 , 1945 , less than a month before the battle between Japanese and U.S. forces there ended . Jonathan Scharfen , the acting director of CIS , presented the citizenship certificate Tuesday . He hailed Strank as `` a true American hero and a wonderful example of the remarkable contribution and sacrifices that immigrants have made to our great republic throughout its history . ''

What war was the Iwo Jima battle a part of ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jewish organizations called for a Romanian official to resign and face a criminal investigation after he wore a Nazi uniform during a fashion show over the weekend . Radu Mazare , the mayor of the town of Constanta , wore a Nazi uniform during a fashion show over the weekend . Radu Mazare , the mayor of the town of Constanta , and his 15-year-old son `` entered the stage marching the clearly identifiable Nazi ` goose step , ' '' the Center for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism in Romania said in a letter to the country 's prosecutor general . The organization 's director , Marco Katz , said Mazare had broken Romanian law and encouraged his son to do the same , `` educating him to treat the law with contempt . '' Katz said Mazare was sending a message `` that to wear Nazi uniforms and to march the Nazi steps is legal and ` in vogue ' in Romania . '' He urged the authorities and the head of Mazare 's Social Democrat party to show that message `` will be strongly countermanded . '' Mazare , 41 , said he had not noticed the Nazi swastika symbol on the uniform before he wore it , according to the Romanian Times newspaper . `` I checked it before I put it on but the swastika was very small and I did n't see it , '' he said . `` I really liked the look of the uniform after seeing it in the Tom Cruise film ` Valkyrie . ' I bought it from a costume hire shop in Germany . '' A top Nazi hunter said Mazare should quit . `` The proper thing for you to do is to admit your mistake , apologize for it and resign your position , '' Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem wrote to Mazare . Zuroff sent CNN a copy of the letter . He said it was no defense that the uniform was that of the Wehrmacht -- the army -- rather than the SS , the elite Nazi guard which took the lead in killing Jews during the Holocaust . `` The Wehrmacht played an active role in the mass murder of European Jewry and many other innocent victims . By dressing in a Wehrmacht uniform , you are expressing totally unwarranted support and nostalgia for an army which committed the most terrible war crimes and acts of genocide , '' the letter said . `` It would hard to adequately describe the depth of the pain that your appearance caused , not only to Jews and other victims of Nazism , but to any person of moral integrity who knows the history of World War II , '' Zuroff wrote . Zuroff told CNN he did not expect Mazare to resign , or even to respond to the letter . But he said he hoped the mayor might act on Zuroff 's suggestion that Mazare create a Romanian-language edition of an acclaimed exhibition on the crimes of the Wehrmacht . The Nazi uniform incident , which took place Sunday , was the first time Zuroff heard of Mazare , he said . `` He has a history of being outrageous , but his antics have never included something that I would deal with , '' Zuroff said . `` He 's a real character , apparently . He 's also very popular , which makes this much more difficult . '' CNN attempts to contact Mazare were unsuccessful . Romania was a Nazi ally from 1940 to 1944 , under the leadership of a right-wing military government led by General Ion Antonescu . At least 270,000 Romanian Jews were killed or died from mistreatment during the Holocaust , according to the Holocaust Encyclopedia . The 1930 Romanian census recorded 728,115 people who identified themselves as Jewish , comprising approximately 4 percent of the population , the reference work says . Antonescu was deposed in 1944 and Romania switched sides in World War II .

Who is Radu Mazare ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A phone hacking scandal may have cost Rupert Murdoch his biggest-selling newspaper in 2011 , but the billionaire media mogul managed to end the year with a modest addition to his empire -- an account on Twitter . Within 48 hours of debuting with tweets about family , work and politics , Murdoch had pulled in more than 45,000 followers and stirred internet debate over why the 80-year-old was now embracing a technology often used to attack him . The tweets also raised doubts that the notorious technophobe was writing the messages himself . Twitter creator Jack Dorsey -- one of only four people being followed by Murdoch -- however insisted that the media mogul was writing `` with his own voice , in his own way . '' Murdoch appears to have made his Twitter debut on New Year 's Eve with a couple of brief comments on books including the biography of late Apple boss Steve Jobs , which he called `` interesting but unfair . '' These were followed by praise for cinema releases `` We Bought a Zoo , '' and `` The Descendants , '' both produced by Murdoch 's Fox Movies . These fueled suspicions that Murdoch 's Twitter account was being used as a publicity tool to help improve his image after a damaging year . `` Could be brilliant News Corp PR operation , '' Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff tweeted after earlier commenting : `` Might be somebody who knows Murdoch , but it 's not Rupert -LRB- he does n't use a computer unassisted nor get his own email -RRB- . '' Others claimed that the voice of the tweets , as well as their faltering grammar and punctuation , were unmistakably Murdoch . `` You can tell by the tweets he 's doing it himself , '' wrote CNN 's Piers Morgan , a former editor of one of Murdoch 's newspapers . A spokesperson for Murdoch 's News Corp. confirmed to CNN the account is genuine . The account could offer new insight into a businessman whose life has been under intense scrutiny this year after revelations that journalists at News of the World , one of his most profitable newspapers , illegally accessed the voicemail messages of scores of celebrities and public figures . Twitter played a prominent role at the height of the scandal when it was used to pressure advertisers into boycotting the paper . Commentators said the loss of revenue was a key factor in Murdoch 's decision to shut the paper down . Murdoch 's subsequent appearance before a British parliamentary inquiry into phone hacking also caused a sensation on Twitter , particularly after his wife , Wendi Deng , pounced on a man who tried to attack him with a foam pie . There were echoes of Murdoch 's parliamentary appearance -- which he called the `` most humble day day of my life '' -- in New Year pledges which he tweeted in a January 1 message to Dorsey . `` My resolutions , try to maintain humility and always curiosity . And of course diet ! '' But there were also signs that the media mogul was still getting to grips with social media . Reports suggested he was forced to quickly delete one post -- possibly after Deng leapt to his aid once again . The Sydney Morning Herald -- a fierce rival of his Australian publications -- was among news outlets claiming that Murdoch was guilty of `` tweeting-before-thinking '' for suggesting that the British have too many holidays for a `` broke country . '' The message was apparently removed , but not before someone tweeting as Wendi Deng implored : `` RUPERT !!! delete tweet ! '' A further post on the unverified Deng account later added : `` EVERY1 @rupertmurdoch was only having a joke pROMSIE !!! '' -LSB- sic -RSB- Murdoch also follows an account that appears on the surface to be Google CEO Larry Page but is actually run by a man in Virginia . It 's not clear whether Murdoch realizes he 's not following the real Larry Page . Among other tweets by Murdoch , who also follows Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and Silcon Valley entrepreneur and British businessman Alan Sugar , were an expression of support for Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum .

How many followers does Rupert have ?

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ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jeremy Piven is the kind of guy who can make you laugh just by lifting an eyebrow . Jeremy Piven stars as a used car salesman in `` The Goods . '' He says '' Entourage '' would make a great film . Of course , the popular actor can do much more than that to captivate audiences . From drama to comedy , Piven has starred in more than 40 films on the big screen and has won critical acclaim for his role as super agent Ari Gold on HBO 's `` Entourage . '' -LRB- HBO , like CNN , is owned by Time Warner . -RRB- Piven stopped by the CNN.com newsroom to talk with CNN 's Nicole Lapin about his new film , `` The Goods : Live Hard , Sell Hard , '' in which he plays a used car salesman . The following is an edited version of the interview : CNN : -LSB- The movie -RSB- was hysterical , and my producer and I were sitting next to each other and we were trying to figure out -- is this like lowbrow , but it 's smart , so it 's medium-brow ? Highbrow comedy ? Jeremy Piven : It 's a hybrid-brow , or a unibrow . It 's from the people who brought you `` Talladega Nights '' and `` Step Brothers '' and `` Anchorman , '' so from the kings of guys who make really smart , low-brow comedies , and I 'm just insanely honored to be a part of it . It 's like a dream because my fear was that by the time Will -LSB- Ferrell -RSB- hit the screen that , worst-case scenario , the movie would n't be funny enough . So that when Will jumps out of the plane , he takes us to a whole other level -- it 's like , `` Oh my God , Will Ferrell is so brilliant . '' But the reality is , the movie was so funny up until that moment that it was really , it was kind of organic , and it sustained it and it was really fantastic . Watch why part of Piven 's interview had to be bleeped out '' James Brolin would go home to his wife , Barbra Streisand , at night , and I would say , `` James , is she OK with all this ? '' Because he has one of the most twisted roles you 've ever seen , as you know -- and I do n't want to give it away . He was like , `` Well , the wife is on the fence about this whole thing , '' and she came to a screening and I swear to God , Babs laughed the loudest . CNN : I think that 's a tease in itself . That would probably get people to see it . Piven : Yes , I think you 're right . The movie is OK 'd by Barbra Streisand ; she vetted the whole thing . If you would have told me , I would be doing a lead in a movie , and Will Ferrell would have a smaller role in it , I never would have believed you , but I 'm here to tell you anything is possible . CNN : Anything is possible , even in some 40 some movies in your career , but this is the first lead in a while , I mean did it take you a while to get into the used car salesman character ? Piven : There 's a great documentary called `` Slasher '' about car salesmen that I took a look at , and I went to a bunch of lots , and I 've also been sold a lot of cars , and I 'm what 's known as a sucker . As soon as they see me coming in , they know they 're going to take my money . So I kind of took that , and I reversed it and I 'm no longer a sucker . CNN : Are you going to stick with `` Entourage '' ? Piven : Well , I think `` Entourage '' ... this season is the sixth season , and it 's I think the most interesting of all of them , and I kind of have the best arc this year . The backstage life of Hollywood is such fertile stuff for our show that I think we could continue on for as long as it stays fresh . CNN : What about a movie ? Piven : I think a movie would be really , really fun of `` Entourage . '' I 'd love to open it up . I have a bunch of ideas , all that will be turned down , but I have some great ideas .

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Berlin , Germany -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A bomb scare that affected about 100 flights at Munich Airport in Germany on Wednesday may have been a false alarm , German police told CNN . Police launched a huge manhunt Wednesday after a passenger appeared to flee from security officers when his laptop computer bag tested positive for explosives , they said . Police originally said authorities wanted to take the man in for further testing after his bag set off suspicions , but he ran . They said a bomb squad was testing the bag to see if it really contained explosives . But authorities later said the man may simply have been in a hurry , grabbed his things and left the airport . They do not have the laptop case , they said . They are still trying to find the man , they said , but are no longer describing the search as a huge manhunt . Police earlier said they were reviewing airport security videos to try to figure out where the man went . It was not clear if that was what caused them to change their evaluation of the situation . Police did not know which flight the man was booked on . Part of the airport was shut down after the suspect fled , but was later reopened . All planes in the area of Terminal 2 , where the incident took place , were evacuated and all luggage was removed , police said . The passengers had to leave the secure area and be rescreened , an airport representative told CNN , adding that the airport was otherwise operating normally . About 100 flights were affected by the security measures . Some were canceled and others were delayed , the airport said , adding that activity has slowly begun to return to normal . The airport Web site was still showing some delays to flights leaving Terminal 2 several hours after the incident . The incident took place as a United States Senate committee debated the foiled Christmas Day attack aboard a plane bound from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Detroit , Michigan . The committee chairman , Sen. Joseph Lieberman , I-Connecticut , said it is `` infuriating '' that the December 25 suspect , Nigerian Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab , was able to board the plane in the Netherlands with a U.S. visa . Janet Napolitano , secretary of homeland security , said AbdulMutallab `` was not on the no-fly list , which would 've flagged him to be prevented from boarding , nor was he on the selectee list , which would 've flagged him for secondary screening . '' `` Furthermore , the physical screening performed by foreign authorities at airports in Nigeria and the Netherlands did not detect explosives on his body , '' Napolitano said . `` As this incident underscores , aviation security is increasingly an international responsibility . '' She said top Homeland Security Department officials are embarking on a multicontinent tour to meet with international counterparts about airline and airport security . She said she would leave Wednesday evening for Spain and a meeting with European Union officials . CNN 's Frederik Pleitgen contributed to this report .

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SAVANNAH , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- What does it really take to dress someone as fashion-forward and in the spotlight as Michelle Obama ? Designer Yigal Azrouël talks with students at the Savannah College of Art and Design . '' Bravery , '' says Isabel Toledo , designer of the first lady 's attention-grabbing lemongrass yellow wool and lace ensemble that she wore for the inauguration of her husband President Obama . But along with bravery about their fashion sense , new graduates at the Savannah College of Art and Design -LRB- SCAD -RRB- will need courage in the face of the current recession . `` Fashion is being hit particularly hard in the new job market . Fashion as a whole is feeling a greater level of lost revenues and in turn has lost opportunities for sustaining volume and even more so for growth , '' said Marshal Cohen , chief analyst and expert fashion analyst for the NPD market research group . `` The ironic thing is that new ideas and creations are just what the industry needs but is too cautious to react to it , '' he added . Full of new ideas , student designers say they are aware of the challenges as they head out into the work force , but they 're optimistic they can make it in these tough times . `` After I graduate , I 'm going to New York , I have an internship lined up with a trend forecasting company , Promostyl , '' said Shelby Simon whose designs made it into SCAD 's annual fashion show . See the runway fashions '' `` Everyone needs an assistant so hopefully I 'll be able to find something pretty easily , '' said Caitlin Clarke . She would like to land an internship in New York and has interviewed with New York & Co. and applied for positions at Oscar de la Renta , Calvin Klein and Zac Posen . Toledo , a world-renown designer , knows it can be tough to make it in fashion . She and her fashion illustrator husband Ruben Toledo did n't have much money when they arrived from Cuba in the late 60s as political refugees . She says she found inspiration in the little things . Experts ' advice on getting to top of fashion business '' `` Go out there and look at things , look at things well . Study them ; the smallest things can inspire you . That will make you able to do what you want on any level . Many times kids think you have to have all this backing coming into a big industry . I did n't do that , I started from the bottom and as a matter of fact you can only go up , '' said Isabel Toledo . Toledo was at the school last weekend to accept the 2009 André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award . But for six months , two other top designers , Yigal Azrouël and Lars Nilsson , have been mentoring and critiquing 23 students to help them develop their designs for the runway . Azrouël , a self-taught designer , says it 's a tough industry and students have to pay their dues . `` It 's not what people think it is or what it looks like from the outside . If you want to be a fashion designer you have to carry fabric on your back , you need to learn how to cut and sew . The fame is going to come later . '' More known for his expert draping techniques , Yigal Azrouël taught students more than how to incorporate intricate folds and pleats in their designs . `` If you love something , go ahead and do it , but , be very consistent with it , '' advised Azrouël . SCAD senior Caitlin Clarke says working with Nilsson really helped her create new silhouettes and structured angles with interesting seams . `` Lars was so helpful . I remember this one time when he came in and said ` Ah , there 's something not right with this dress ' and then he helped me cut it up and fix it , '' said Clarke . Nilsson enjoyed the process . `` I really tried to spend a lot of time seeing what they -LSB- the students -RSB- had to say , giving them advice and push them forward to express themselves , '' said Nilsson . `` It 's been a great collaboration , and I must say that I 've learned a lot myself , too . '' The visiting designers give the students an edge in their job search , says SCAD president Paula Wallace . `` It 's very important to bring in the top professionals because they inspire the students and they provide contacts and networking for the students after they graduate . '' Students are also using social media sites such as Twitter , Facebook and MySpace to reach out to their peers and other industry professionals . In order to succeed you have to have innovative approaches to market , sell and sustain your product lines , said retail analyst Hitha Prabhakar . Right now retailers are in `` survival of the fittest '' mode and a handful of designers including Mui Mui , Allessandro Del Acqua , Allegra Hicks and Krizia have had to shut their store doors on Madison Avenue , she said . SCAD senior Shelby Simon feels some students went into fashion because they like to shop , but she warns there is so much more to learn about the craft . . `` The truth is hard work , nose to the grind stone and learning . All the people I know who became great designers did n't do it over night , '' said Vogue magazine 's editor-at-large André Leon Talley , who has been involved with SCAD students over the years . `` Jason Wu , a wonderful designer , a young designer , was making doll clothes for years . He was saving his money then opened his own company and look where he is today , dressing Michelle Obama . ''

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Les Paul never stopped tinkering , said Henry Juszkiewicz . Les Paul was constantly making recommendations on how to improve guitars , says the CEO of Gibson . Juszkiewicz , the chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitars , remembers getting calls from his company 's partner -LRB- and famed client -RRB- , offering recommendations on how to change or market his eponymous Gibson guitars . Sometimes , Juszkiewicz recalls , the two would go out for Chinese food . Paul was very particular , desiring a dish called Chicken Subgum . The two would have to search Chinatown for a restaurant that knew how to cook it , he says with a chuckle . Les Paul died Thursday of pneumonia . He was 94 . Juszkiewicz talked about his friend and colleague Thursday afternoon . The following is an edited version of the interview . Watch how Les Paul helped invent modern music '' CNN : Tell me about working with Les Paul . Henry Juszkiewicz : I 've been with Gibson about 25 years and known Les pretty much through that entire period . ... Les was a very kind person . He was a visionary . In the early days , Gibson was doing very poorly as a company , and I got involved essentially to turn the company around . ... We had many , many conversations about the guitar business and what to do . ... A lot of the things we talked about and implemented were very successful . CNN : What was distinctive about the Gibson Les Paul when it came out , and what remains distinctive about it ? Gallery : Guitarists pay tribute to Les Paul '' Juszkiewicz : When it first came out , it was extremely controversial , and it was not really successful . It took years for Gibson to actually come to terms with Les . He had been pitching the head of what was Gibson 's parent company , CMI , for three or four years until they finally decided to give it a try -- and only then when he became very famous and a television personality . And they were right , actually , because a solid-body guitar was considered silly . ... It really was n't until 1965 , '66 that the guitar took off and became popular . In fact , in the early '60s , the guitar was discontinued for several years . One of the -LSB- prized -RSB- Les Pauls was the 1959 Les Paul -- that 's sort of the holy grail of Les Pauls -- and one of the reasons is there were only 300 units made in 1959 . And 300 units was not really that successful for Gibson ; it was a powerhouse guitar builder in 1959 . So Les was always ahead of his time . He was someone who could see what was going to happen 50 years in advance , and very often , he was able to bring his vision to reality and share it with the entire musical community . ... The -LSB- Les Paul -RSB- guitar shines in modern music . ... In the '50s and before the '50s , the -LSB- standard -RSB- guitar was amplified , but it was just louder . In other words , it still sounded just like an acoustic guitar , but you could turn it up . What Les did was turn it into a whole new instrument . When he was playing ... you will hear this rich context that 's kind of normal today . ... CNN : Les Paul being Les Paul , I assumed he continue to play with things over the years . Juszkiewicz : Yeah , he would call me all the time and give me suggestions . It 's really hard to answer your original question , what makes it -LSB- distinctive -RSB- . ... As a guitar player , when I pick it up , I know it 's a Les Paul . I can feel the sustain . It 's got a certain feeling . ... There 's a lot of things in it . But it 's the package that 's kind of magic . In the modern world , working with modern equipment , it 's incomparable . CNN : How many Les Pauls do you sell nowadays ? Juszkiewicz : A lot . Many , many thousands . I 'll share with you : We had a big debate when we first got involved in the business . When I was a young guitar player , Les Pauls were always very expensive ... and they 're very expensive today . -LSB- Paul -RSB- said , `` You know , Henry , you really have to make a less expensive Les Paul . '' ... We argued about it for a year and a half , and finally I gave in . I said , `` OK , Les , it 's your guitar . '' ... And it was an instant success . And all of a sudden , people that could n't touch that magic got a shot at it , and he was pleased as punch , and we were as well . He was a renaissance man . ... What a life . And what a wonderful , warm gentleman .

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United Nations -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Confronted with the prospect of a Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership , U.S. President Barack Obama issued a sharp rebuke Wednesday to those pressing for statehood -- a rebuke likely to bring criticism from the Arab world . `` Peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the U.N. , '' Obama said , addressing delegates at the 66th annual session of U.N. General Assembly . `` If it were that easy , it would have been accomplished by now . '' The United States has vowed to block a Palestinian membership application should it reach the Security Council , but is likely eager to head off a scenario that would involve an American veto -- a move widely seen as unpopular across the Middle East . A formal request for full U.N. membership is expected to be submitted Friday . `` One year ago , I stood at this podium and called for an independent Palestine , '' Obama added . `` I believed then -- and I believe now -- that the Palestinian people deserve a state of their own . But what I also said is that genuine peace can only be realized between Israelis and Palestinians themselves . '' A year later , despite extensive U.S. efforts , `` the parties have not bridged their differences , '' Obama said . The American president met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and declared the bonds between their two countries `` unbreakable , '' a move likely to play well at home in an increasingly volatile U.S. political landscape . Though Netanyahu was not in attendance at the General Assembly during Obama 's speech , he called the U.S. position a `` badge of honor , '' and has pushed for a resumption of talks , beginning in New York and continuing in Ramallah and Jerusalem . Peace negotiations broke down last year . Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Obama later Wednesday , part of a whirlwind of diplomatic wrangling that has accompanied his proposed move . Obama reiterated his stance on the need for a two-state solution , officials said . Abbas met earlier with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , who promised the request would be taken `` very seriously , '' according to Nabeel Shaath , a senior negotiator for the Palestine Liberation Organization . Shaath told CNN it had not been decided if the formal application would be submitted the U.N. secretary-general before or after Abbas addresses the General Assembly early Friday afternoon . Ban said it will `` not take long '' to get Security Council consideration . Shaath added that settling for a lesser status -- such as being recognized as a non-member state -- is one option under consideration if the push for full membership is blocked . But the Palestinians do not want `` anybody to suspect a lack of seriousness , '' he said . Palestinians ' current status at the United Nations is as an observer `` entity . '' Observers can speak in the General Assembly but not vote . While a veto by the United States in the Security Council would block any effort to gain full U.N. membership , a `` yes '' vote in the General Assembly -- where only a majority would be needed -- would raise Palestinians to the status of permanent observer `` state , '' the status the Vatican currently holds . Abbas ' effort to gain U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state is opposed by Hamas , the Palestinian organization that controls Gaza . It has warned Abbas against making the request , saying it would show a willingness to acknowledge and negotiate with Israel , which would `` deprive the Palestinian people from their right to come back to their homeland . '' As national leaders took to rostrum Wednesday to spell out their visions for global peace and security , attention at the U.N. General Assembly seemed to center on the potential membership bid . French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged the body to recognize Palestine as a non-member state , calling for a more definitive timetable for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks . But he also warned that a U.S. veto of the bid for full membership in the Security Council could be dangerous and might spark violence . Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner seemed to agree , adding that `` non-inclusion of Palestine -LRB- at the United Nations -RRB- this year will create greater insecurity . '' The Palestinian leader said he will personally deliver the application to the U.N. Security Council , but does not expect the body to act immediately , according to Palestinian officials . They say Abbas is expected to deliver the letter before he leaves New York on Friday , but added that he will give both the United Nations and American leadership several weeks to respond to the letter -- temporarily averting a diplomatic showdown . Abbas will wait for a response from the diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East , the officials said , and then return to the U.N. General Assembly to negotiate statehood recognition , working through the U.N. Security Council . Abbas ' goal , according to the officials , is to legitimize Palestinian statehood by eventually forcing a vote . Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff , who kicked off the opening round of speeches at the assembly 's 66th session , joined the chorus of voices on Wednesday calling on the council to approve the Palestinian bid . Her speech marked the first time a woman has commenced the annual proceeding , reflecting a moment of equality at the start of what she described as `` the century of women . '' Also Wednesday , Obama pressed Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- an increasingly vocal critic of Israel -- to continue work toward patching up their strained relationship , officials said . The U.N. chief , meanwhile , also focused on a series of other issues highlighted during the annual session , particularly the spread of noncommunicable diseases , empowering women , food security and climate change . `` Saving our planet , lifting people out of poverty , advancing economic growth -- these are one and the same fight , '' said Ban . `` Today , I call on you to reach a binding climate change agreement -- an agreement with more ambitious national and global emissions targets . '' Thirty-one of the world body 's 193 delegates are expected to address the assembly this week . Brazil has traditionally opened the session since the days of former American president Harry Truman , when the U.N. was in its infancy . It was founded in 1945 after World War II . CNN 's Elise Labott , Richard Roth , Alan Silverleib and Joe Sterling contributed to this report .

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BOSTON , Massachusetts -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 23-year-old medical student pleaded not guilty Monday to an indictment alleging first-degree murder charge in a killing tied to Craigslist . Philip Markoff is charged with killing a woman and robbing another in Boston hotels in April . Philip Markoff is accused in the the fatal shooting of one woman and the robbery another in Boston hotels earlier this year . A Massachusetts grand jury late last week indicted him on seven counts , including first-degree murder . Markoff is charged with the April 14 fatal shooting and attempted robbery of Julissa Brisman , 25 , and the armed robbery of a 29-year-old Las Vegas woman on April 10 . Investigators have linked both crimes to ads on the popular Web site Craigslist . He is also charged with `` the armed and forcible confinement '' of the two women , as well as two counts of unlawful firearm possession , the Suffolk County District Attorney 's Office said . Watch Markoff in court '' The grand jury returned the indictment late Thursday , and it moves the case from Boston Municipal Court to Suffolk Superior Court , where Markoff entered his not guilty plea on Monday . He previously had pleaded not guilty in the city court and is being held without bail . Markoff 's attorney , John Salzberg , had no comment on the new indictment . Prosecutors said Brisman , a model from New York who advertised as a masseuse on Craigslist , was shot three times at close range and suffered blunt head trauma at the Marriott Copley Place hotel . The Las Vegas woman was robbed of $ 800 in cash and $ 250 in American Express gift cards at the Westin Copley Place hotel , police reports said . Markoff , a second-year medical student at Boston University 's School of Medicine , also has been charged in a nonfatal hotel assault in Rhode Island . He has been charged with assault with the intent to rob , assault with a dangerous weapon , possession of a handgun and use of a firearm while committing a crime of violence , stemming from an April 16 robbery attempt at a Holiday Inn Express in Warwick , Rhode Island .

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-LRB- CNN Student News -RRB- -- 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 the individuals who have contributed to black history ? 3 . How does black history help to tell the story of what it means to be an American ? How have African-Americans enriched that story ? What lessons can be learned from the experiences of black history makers ? Learning Activities Use these activities to encourage your students to learn about and appreciate the history , culture and achievements of African-Americans . 1 . A Milestone in U.S. History Remind students that they have witnessed a truly historical event in their lifetime : the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president . What will they remember about this milestone ? What do they want future generations to know about it ? Challenge students to write letters to students who will be in their place 100 years from now , describing the event and its significance for all Americans . Combine the letters into a book or a Web site , or create a video of students reading their letters . Present the finished product to your school 's historian or media specialist for archiving . 2 . Covering Black History Ask students : What if CNN correspondents had been on the scene to record key moments in black history for the entire world to see ? Organize students into small teams of reporters , and have each team select a time period in American history and a key figure or event that helped to define that time period for African-Americans . Then , have students imagine that CNN was there to cover the historical figure or event . Ask : How do you think that CNN reporters might have covered these stories ? Encourage the teams to write scripts for news stories on their historical figures and events . After students have presented their scripts , have them compare their reports to eyewitness accounts and local newspaper reports that were written at the time . 3 . Harlem Renaissance Inform students that during the 1920s and 1930s , an African-American cultural movement occurred in the United States that was known as the Harlem Renaissance . It was a literary , musical and artistic explosion that was born in Harlem , New York , and it had a profound impact on African-American culture and on the U.S. as a whole . Have your class host a Harlem Renaissance cultural fair . Direct students to online resources to learn about some of the great artists , writers and musicians who were part of the renaissance and their contribution to this cultural movement . Have each student select one of these African-American artists and design a display that tells about the life and times of the artist and the importance of his or her work . Invite guests from your school and community to attend the exhibit . Have students serve as `` roaming curators '' to instruct and interest guests in the Harlem Renaissance and the creative works of these great African-Americans . 4 . Profiles in Black History Do your students show a personal interest in science , music , politics , theater , sports or education ? Inspire them to celebrate the contributions of African-Americans by having them write profiles of African-Americans in the categories that interest them . For example , a budding young scientist might choose to profile the inventor of the ironing board , the lawn mower or the space shuttle retrieval arm , all of whom were/are African-Americans . Direct your students to online and print resources and have them conduct research on their chosen individuals . Then , encourage students to write proposals to have their selected persons commemorated in new postage stamps . Students should accompany their proposals with designs for the stamps . In their presentations , students should try to convince classmates why their profiled persons should have a stamp created in their name . Post the designs around the classroom . 5 . Local African-American History Valuable lessons in black history may be found just a few steps away in the stories and documents that can be found in local libraries , historical organizations , universities or colleges , and online . Encourage students to venture out into the community to investigate the history and contributions of black Americans in their city or town . Students might choose to use milestones in black history as a way to organize their research , gathering information on how those events impacted the community and its residents . They may also decide to profile influential black community members . Have students invite community members to a celebration of local black history . 6 . Black History Museum Celebrate black history by creating plans for a local Black History Museum . First , have students decide where the museum should be housed . Suggestions might include a school or local library , an exhibit in an existing history museum , or perhaps a virtual online museum . Next , discuss how the museum should be organized . Students may choose to categorize the content by theme , by specific time periods , by specific dates , by people or by local landmarks . Encourage students to include interactive elements and multimedia in their plans . Then , challenge students to consider what people , events or contributions to include in their Black History Museum . Ask : What messages or lessons do you want visitors to take away from the exhibits ? 7 . Not Just for February Inform students that , while Dr. Carter G. Woodson chose the month of February to recognize the accomplishments of African-Americans , black history can be celebrated all year long . Challenge students to create year-long calendars or timelines that highlight the contributions of African-American newsmakers , illustrate key events in black history , and encourage an ongoing celebration of black culture . Standards Social Studies II . Time , Continuity , and Change Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ways human beings view themselves in and over time . V. Individuals , Groups and Institutions Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals , groups , and institutions . The Curriculum Standards for Social Studies -LRB- http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/strands/ are published by the National Council for Social Studies -LRB- http://www.socialstudies.org/ -RRB- . Resources CNN : Black in America 2 : http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/black.in.america/ U.S. Census Bureau : Black -LRB- African-American -RRB- History Month : February 2010 : http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/014487.html

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UNITED NATIONS -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday delivered a lengthy , rambling address in his first appearance before the United Nations -- slamming both the U.N. Security Council and the United States . Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday . He broached conspiracy theories , urged probes into U.S. military activities , and took aim at the structure and the actions of the Security Council , in a one-hour and 36-minute speech at the U.N. General Assembly 's annual session . Gadhafi called for world unity in confronting various world crises , such as climate change and food shortages , but he aimed his ire at the world body and the United States . Dressed in a traditional Libyan cap and robe , he elaborated on what he believes is the unfairness of the structure of the U.N. Security Council , which has five permanent members -- the United States , Russia , China , France and Britain , each with veto power . In his One hour and 36 minute ramble , Gadhafi :

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Barcelona midfielder Alexander Hleb has turned down a move to Inter Milan in favor of returning to Bundesliga club Stuttgart on loan for the season . Alexander Hleb is presented to the media after completing his loan move to former club Stuttgart . Hleb had been expected to be part of the swap deal that saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o switch clubs earlier this week . But the 28-year-old Belarus international has opted against joining Cameroon striker Eto'o at the San Siro due to the limited prospects of regular football under Jose Mourinho , and instead decided to return to Germany . Hleb left Stuttgart four years ago to move to English Premier League side Arsenal , where he spent three seasons -- including reaching the Champions League final in 2006 , which the Gunners lost to Barcelona . Top 20 summer transfer targets Hleb eventually ended up moving to the Nou Camp last summer , but struggled to claim a place in the side and was omitted from the 18-man squad that beat Manchester United in this year 's Champions League final . Hleb told Stuttgart 's official Web site he had moved to Markus Babbel 's side because of their prospects for the coming season . `` I have opted for Stuttgart because the team has great potential and I am convinced that we can achieve a lot together , '' the 28-year-old said . Stuttgart general manager Horst Heldt added : `` We have signed a world class player with Alexander Hleb . He will increase the quality of our squad even further . '' Stuttgart had seen moves for both Real Madrid 's Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Vagner Love of CSKA Moscow break down in recent weeks .

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BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Iraqi Security Forces captured 66 people believed to be connected to al Qaeda in Iraq terror cells , the U.S. military said Thursday . Members of the Iraqi Security Forces are working in Iraq to capture terrorists and insurgents . The suspects were captured during separate operations in northern Iraq this week , according to a military news release . The suspects included 45 men from al Qaeda in Iraq and 21 suspected terrorists from an umbrella group of al Qaeda in Iraq known as The Islamic State of Iraq , the statement said . The suspects are believed to be part of terror cells responsible for bombings , torturing of civilians , conducting attacks and warning insurgents about upcoming Iraqi and U.S. military operations , the military said . One of the suspects is believed to have conducted more than 12 attacks since July . `` These operations show the ability of Iraqi Security Forces to repeatedly capture criminals who undermine the security of Iraq , '' said Lt. Col. Neil Harper , a U.S. military spokesman .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two goals in five minutes at the start of extra-time helped defending champions Egypt book their place in the African Nations Cup semifinals with a battling 3-1 victory over Cameroon . The game , though , was marred by a controversial third goal by midfielder Ahmed Hassan which was allowed to stand by referee Jerome Damon despite replays showing the ball had clearly not crossed the line . By that time the Pharaohs ' captain , who was winning a record 170th cap for his country , had already scored an own goal to put the Indomitable Lions ahead after 26 minutes . Hassan scored again at the other end to pull his side level with a powerful long-range strike before half-time which eventually forced the game into an additional 30 minutes in Benguela . Substitute Mohamed Gedo then capitalized on an error from Geremi Njitap to put Egypt ahead in extra-time , before Hassan 's controversial strike handed them a two-goal cushion . To make matters worse for Paul Le Guen 's Cameroon , Aurelien Chedjou was sent off late on as the north Africans set up a tantalising last-four clash with old foes Algeria . Cameroon took the lead following a spell of intense pressure . A succession of Achille Emana corners had the Egyptian defence wobbling -- and the seventh one resulted in Hassan 's weak-header on the line dropping into his own net . Cameroon pressed for a second goal but were taken by surprise when Hassan unleashed a fierce 35-yard strike in the 37th minute that deceived goalkeeper Carlos Kameni before finding its way in . Emad Moteab could have won the game for Egypt right at the death after he was picked out at the back post by a sweeping pass from Hassan , but the Al-Ahly forward could only find the side netting as the game entered extra-time . However , Hassan Shehata 's side wasted no time in killing off the tie going 3-1 up after 95 minutes -- after being gifted both goals . The first came when Geremi 's poor back-pass from the right was intercepted by Gedo , who and tucked away with ease through the legs of Kameni two minutes after the resumption . The second seems certain to land South African referee Damon in the spotlight after Hassan 's free-kick from the left was pushed onto the underside of the crossbar by the Espanyol goalkeeper and did not cross the line when it hit the ground . However , it was still allowed to stand much to the dismay of the Cameroon players . It also seemed to knock the stuffing out of Le Guen 's men as they failed to create any major openings in the closing 25 minutes . To add insult to injury , Chedjou was shown a straight red for hauling down last-man Gedo midway through the second period of extra-time with Egypt going on to seal a memorable win . Meanwhile , Nigeria became the fourth team to reach the semifinals after defeating Zambia in a dull final quarterfinal showdown in Lubango . Neither side could find the net after 90 minutes and 30 minutes of extra time , but Nigeria progressed 5-4 on penalties and will now face near-neighbors Ghana in the last four on Thursday . Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama scored the decisive penalty for Nigeria after Thomas Nyirenda had missed for Zambia . Enyeama dived to his right to stop Nyirenda 's penalty after Sikombe Chivhuta and Christopher Katongo and Emmanuel Mayuka had all scored for Zambia . Obefemi Martins , Victor Nsofor , Peter Odemwingie , and John Obi Mikel all scored for Nigeria .

what did nigeria become

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A soldier who reported for duty with her children in tow has been granted her request for a discharge , her lawyer said Monday . Lisa Pagan was recalled to the Army after being honorably discharged four years ago . Lisa Pagan , of Davidson , North Carolina , reported for duty Monday morning at Fort Benning , Georgia , with her two preschool children . She had been honorably discharged from active duty at the rank of specialist nearly four years ago but was recalled as part of the Individual Ready Reserve program . The former Army truck driver asked for a reprieve from deployment because her husband travels for business and they would have no one to care for their children if she was sent overseas . Until Monday , her request had been denied . Late Monday afternoon , Pagan 's lawyer told CNN the Army would grant her request and begin the process of discharge again , this time for good . `` We are definitely heading in the right direction for Lisa and her family and her children , '' said Mark Waple , Pagan 's attorney . `` She has been told by her chain of command they plan on doing everything they can within reason to do this as expeditiously as possible . '' Pagan enlisted in 2002 and was honorably discharged from active duty in June 2005 . She was never deployed . Before she left for Fort Benning , Pagan , 27 , told CNN affiliate WCNC that her relatives were n't able to care for her children for various reasons , including her relatives ' health . She said her family could n't afford having her husband give up his job . They would lose their house , she told the Charlotte , North Carolina-TV station . `` I 'm a human being . I need to take care of my children . They do n't have anybody else , '' Pagan told WCNC . Since September 11 , 2001 , the Army has recalled about 25,000 soldiers . Nearly half requested a delay or a full exemption . Some just wanted to finish their school semester before reporting . Others had financial or medical problems that made it difficult to report for duty . The Army says it granted nearly nine out of 10 delay requests and six out of 10 requests for exemption .

What did she argue ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Kellogg 's dumped its endorsement of Michael Phelps after a photograph surfaced of the Olympic gold medalist using a bong , the company was stuck with thousands of boxes of cereal featuring the swimmer 's image . Kellogg 's ended its Michael Phelps endorsement , so it sent two tons of cereal with his face on it to a food bank . No problem . The company , based in Battle Creek , Michigan , made short order of the already-printed and filled boxes , donating two tons of cereal to the San Francisco Food Bank late last month . With food banks across the country reporting shortages of food , the donation was a welcome one , said the food bank 's director of development , Christopher Wiley . It took only two weeks for about 3,000 boxes to move through warehouse . '' Thousands of families benefited from the donation '' Wiley said . `` It was a surprise to us . We were lacking a lot of cereal . It is a great product many low-income families really need . '' `` The real story for us was not the box but what 's inside the box . The food is so valuable for the community . It 's making good from bad , '' Wiley said . The food bank has seen a 6 percent increase in its customer base since the beginning of the year , he said . Phelps , 23 , won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , China . He admitted `` regrettable behavior '' after a British newspaper published the controversial photograph in early February . The tabloid News of the World showed Phelps using the bong during what it said was a November party at the University of South Carolina in Columbia . A bong is a device commonly used to smoke marijuana . The Phelps box attracted considerable attention to the food bank . Administrators received several calls from people wanting to get the box as a novelty item . But , said Wiley , all the cereal went to food bank customers . Kellogg 's was the only one of Phelps sponsors to drop the athlete , although U.S.A. Swimming , the nation 's governing body for competitive swimming , suspended him for three months , withdrew financial support and barred him from competition during the period of his `` reprimand . '' CNN 's Jackie Castillo and Mayra Cuevas contributed to this report .

How many boxes were donated ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kyrgyzstan 's president signed a bill Friday to close an air base that the U.S. military uses as a route for troops and supplies heading into Afghanistan , the president announced on his Web site . Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan serves as a U.S. supply route for troops and supplies into Afghanistan . The news came as two other central Asian nations -- Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- reportedly agreed to let U.S. cargo pass through their countries on the way to Afghanistan . Such deals , if confirmed , could help fill the void left by the closing of the Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan . The Kyrgyz order became effective on Friday when President Kurmanbek Bakiyev reportedly signed legislation that the parliament in Bishkek backed on Thursday , the Pentagon said . Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry on Friday officially notified the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek that a 180-day withdrawal process is under way . Embassy spokeswoman Michelle Yerkin told CNN the United States hopes to retain the base . Officials in Washington and Bishkek signed a deal three years ago allowing the United States to renew the arrangement annually through July 2011 . `` We do remain in contact with the government of Kyrgyzstan , '' Yerkin said . `` The Manas Air Base continues to operate under existing agreements , as per the coalition 's efforts in Afghanistan . '' U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday the United States will continue to work with Kyrgyzstan on keeping the base open . Watch why Kyrgyzstan wants to close the base  '' `` I continue to believe that this is not a closed issue and that there remains the potential at least to reopen this issue with the Kyrgyz and perhaps reach a new agreement , '' Gates said at a NATO meeting in Krakow , Poland . `` If we are unable to do that on reasonable terms then , as I have suggested , we are developing alternative methods to get resupply and people into Afghanistan . '' The Manas Air Base outside Bishkek is the only U.S. base in Central Asia and is a major resupply hub for the war in Afghanistan . Its closing could deal a significant blow to the U.S. military effort there , especially following President Barack Obama 's announcement of additional troops to halt a resurgence of the country 's former Taliban rulers . The United States pays $ 17.4 million a year to use Manas , a major logistical and refueling center that supports troops in Afghanistan , the Pentagon said . About 15,000 troops and 500 tons of cargo reportedly move through Manas monthly , it said . The air base currently employs more than 1,000 servicemen , 95 percent of whom are Americans , Russia 's Interfax news agency reported . `` This is an important facility , it has been an important facility , but it 's not irreplaceable and , if necessary , we will find other options , '' Whitman said . How far is Manas from Afghanistan ? View our map  '' Tajikistan and Uzbekistan , two other Central Asian nations that border Afghanistan , have agreed to allow U.S. cargo to be transported to Afghanistan through their countries , the Russian news agency Interfax reported Friday . The agency said Rear Adm. Mark Harnitchek , U.S. transportation command director for strategy , policy , programs and logistics , held a meeting with Tajik Foreign Minister Kharokhon Zarifi , after which he said he had also secured Uzbekistan 's consent . A Tajik government statement said only that the two sides discussed the issue , but a spokesman for the Tajik foreign ministry told CNN that `` practically all issues '' to allow U.S. cargo transit through the country have been resolved . If confirmed , success would still depend on how much access the United States would have to those countries for flights and cargo , and even then , it may not totally replace the capacity lost in Kyrgyzstan . U.S. General David Petraeus , who oversees the war in Afghanistan , was in Uzbekistan this week for talks on Afghanistan and other regional issues . A Pentagon spokesman told CNN that his discussions included the regional supply network into Afghanistan . The U.S. military leased a base in Uzbekistan after the September 11 , 2001 , attacks on the United States . But after Uzbek troops were accused of killing at least 150 people during a demonstration in 2005 , the autocratic government of President Islam Karimov came under criticism from Washington and severed most of its military ties with the United States .

Who is the President of Kyrgyzstan ?

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Cleveland , Ohio -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The niece of the mayor of Cleveland , Ohio , once lived with murder suspect Anthony Sowell , a registered sex offender charged with murder after the remains of 11 victims were found at his home , a spokeswoman for the mayor said Monday . Lori Frazier , niece of Mayor Frank Jackson , had a relationship with Sowell that ended two years ago , said Andrea Taylor , a spokeswoman for Jackson 's office . Taylor said it is unclear whether the relationship was romantic . `` I just want to know why , why he would do this , '' Frazier told CNN affiliate WOIO on Friday . `` He took care of me , good care of me . I never would have thought there were some bodies in the house . '' `` I lived with him from 2005 to 2007 and he did n't kill me , but he killed all these girls , '' she said . Sowell , 50 , is facing five counts of aggravated murder , rape , felonious assault and kidnapping in connection with the deaths . All the victims were African-American women . All that remains of one of them is a skull , wrapped in a paper bag and stuffed into a bucket in the basement . Sowell served 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted rape in 1989 . He was released in 2005 . So far , nine of the 11 victims found at Sowell 's home have been identified . The latest two were identified Monday by the Cuyahoga County Coroner 's Office , police said . They are Janice Webb , 49 , and Kim Yvette Smith , who was 43 when last seen . Both women were from Cleveland . Webb was last seen on June 3 and was reported missing on August 2 , police said . Smith was last seen January 1 , but was not reported missing until November 2 . A grand jury on Monday returned an indictment against Sowell in connection with an alleged assault and rape of a 36-year-old woman September 22 , Cuyahoga County prosecutors said in a news release . The investigation into that incident was what led police , armed with a search warrant , to Sowell 's home , where they discovered the bodies late last month . The alleged victim encountered Sowell while walking in the neighborhood , and he took her back to his home , where he became violent and raped her , prosecutors said . `` While raping her , he strangled her with a cord until she lost consciousness , '' the statement said . `` When she regained consciousness , he led her out of the house . '' Sowell faces a charge of attempted murder in the incident , along with two counts of rape , two counts of kidnapping and two counts of felonious assault , authorities said . Sowell will be arraigned on the new charges Friday , authorities said . The charges are first-degree felonies except for the assault charges , which are second-degree felonies , prosecutors said . If convicted , he would face a sentence of up to life in prison . The investigation into the homicides continues , prosecutor Bill Mason said in the news release . `` Upon completion of the investigation , the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor 's Office working with the Cleveland Police Department will present evidence to the grand jury seeking the death penalty for these heinous murders committed by Sowell . '' Residents of the area near the home said they had noted a smell in the neighborhood , but assumed it was from nearby Ray 's Sausage Company . Asked whether she had noticed a foul odor , Frazier told WOIO , `` Yeah , I smelled stuff , but he always told me that -- at first he said it was his stepmother downstairs . And then I guess after she left , he told me that it was Ray 's Sausage . '' Frazier said Sowell brought other women to the home when she was not there . '' I love my niece very much and while she has made some decisions that have not been in her best interest , she has my full support , '' Jackson said in a written statement . `` As a family , we are extremely fortunate that she was not a victim in this case as she did have a prior relationship with the suspect that ended approximately two years ago . My focus continues to be on making sure the loved ones of the victims get the attention , closure and justice they deserve and it is my hope that everyone remains committed to that goal . '' Hundreds of Cleveland residents gathered outside the house Sunday night to remember the victims . `` It 's hard , because I want to burn it down , '' said Inez Fortson , whose daughter Telacia , 31 and a mother of three children , is among the dead . Sowell has been placed on a suicide watch at the request of his attorney , according to Sowell 's public defender , Kathleen DeMetz . A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered but it 's unlikely to happen until after the case goes before a grand jury , the next expected step . Police recovered the first bodies after they went to Sowell 's home to follow up on a rape accusation . In a separate incident , neighbors on October 20 reported seeing a naked woman fall from the second floor . Firefighters and paramedics responded , and later notified police . But the woman told officers that she was at the home `` partying , '' when she fell off the roof , and no charges were filed . Agents from the FBI 's Behavioral Science Unit are assisting Cleveland police , Cleveland FBI spokesman Scott Wilson has said . The agents are preparing a profile of Sowell for police , tracing his life and habits , and his DNA will be entered into a national database to see whether it can be linked to any unsolved crimes . `` Our experts tell us it 's likely he 's done this before , '' said Frank Figliuzzi , special agent in charge of the FBI 's Cleveland office . `` He 's probably done it elsewhere , and so we need to determine whether or not he 's responsible for other unsolved murders and rapes around the country . '' In addition , the FBI is investigating whether Sowell might be linked to crimes abroad , Figliuzzi said . `` We know , for example , he was a Marine , he was assigned to California , he served in Okinawa , Japan , and we 'll be matching all the facts from these crimes here in Cleveland with the crimes that remain unsolved in our database , and we 'll specifically be looking at those locations where he 's previously lived . '' Allen Sowell , the suspect 's half-brother , told CNN he last saw his brother more than 20 years ago . Their stepmother , who lived in the house after Anthony Sowell got out of prison , said she knew of nothing odd going on at the time , Allen Sowell said . The stepmother tried to get Anthony Sowell evicted from the house in 2007 because he was n't paying rent , Allen Sowell said . Anthony Sowell said he should n't have to pay rent on a house that belonged to his father , who died in 2004 . Anthony Sowell remained in the house when his stepmother had to be hospitalized in 2007 , his half-brother said . Allen Sowell said he was aware of his half-brother 's prison record , but `` just could n't fathom '' the accusations now facing him . `` I did n't think he was in that bad of a mental state , '' Allen Sowell said . `` You never think it would happen to your family . It 's a horrible feeling . '' At 66 , Allen Sowell is 16 years older than his half-brother , and the two did n't meet until Anthony Sowell was 9 . He added , `` He deserves whatever he gets from the justice system . '' CNN 's Susan Candiotti , Edmund Demarche and Ross Levitt and CNN Radio 's Brendan Gage contributed to this report .

What did Frank Jackson say ?

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NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities are seeking the public 's assistance in identifying a teenage girl who mysteriously turned up in Manhattan two weeks ago , claiming to have no memory of her family , her home -- or even her own name . The teen has recalled an excerpt from the fantasy novel `` Fool 's Fate '' by Robin Hobb . `` I just want to know who I am , '' the girl says in a statement released by the New York City Administration for Children 's Services . The teen , who is being referred to as Jane Doe , continues , `` I want to know who I am and what happened to me . '' The Caucasian young woman , described by New York ACS as `` very soft-spoken , '' is 5 feet , 6 inches tall , light-skinned , with short , straight , cropped blond hair and blue eyes . Doctors are estimating her age to be between 14 and 17 . ACS Commissioner John B. Mattingly appealed to the public in a statement , `` asking anyone who may know this young woman to help us locate her family as quickly as possible , so we can safely reunite her with those who love her . '' The girl was found in midtown Manhattan around 12:30 a.m. October 9 outside the Covenant House youth shelter , although the organization tells CNN that she was not a resident at the time and did not appear as if she intended to seek refuge at the facility . According to its Web site , with nearly 7,000 youths seeking shelter per year , `` Covenant House New York is the nation 's largest adolescent care agency serving homeless , runaway and at-risk youth . '' A security guard for the shelter noticed the girl walking around on the sidewalk near Covenant House and approached her . Finding her unresponsive , he called the New York City Police Department . Police officers interviewed the young woman , but it became clear that she could n't provide authorities with any information about herself . The NYPD said she was wearing military green camouflage pants , a black shirt and a pair of black sneakers when she was discovered . Children 's Services said the girl recently wrote down the name '' Amber '' and has responded to it on one occasion , but she has no idea whether it is her true name . On another occasion she is said to have recalled certain words , which turned out to be an excerpt from the fantasy novel `` Fool 's Fate '' by Robin Hobb . The girl is also apparently writing a fantasy story of her own that features a heroine named Rian , `` who 's been raised by the commander of the guard post on the edge of a fantasy kingdom , '' says the young woman . The girl has a 2 - to 4-inch scar on her lower left back and had a black , handwritten birthday message on her arm , addressed to a name of Japanese origin , when she was found , police said Friday . Judging from poor dental hygiene , said Lt. Christopher Zimmerman , she appears to have been living on the streets for some time . `` This case has been going on since October 9 , '' Zimmerman said . `` Today is the 23rd , and we 're vey concerned . It 's been a very long time now . That 's a long time frame to not identify somebody . Especially someone who we believe is a juvenile . Usually juveniles we get a lot of inquiries about . '' While the girl is confused and her story remains vague , Mattingly said , `` she is safe with us , and we are doing all we can to help her , but she needs to find her family . '' She is apparently reviewing materials for a high school GED exam , saying that she is able to do the math but has no recollection of studying the history and science portions . However , according to the Children 's Services statement , the young woman `` can easily retain the information . '' New York City Administration for Children 's Services and police are asking anyone with information about the young woman or her family to contact the NYPD Missing Persons Squad at 212-694-7781 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS .

What name does the girl respond to ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former government contract employee was indicted on charges of stealing restricted nuclear energy-related materials and putting the United States at risk , the Department of Justice announced Thursday . Sources say the classified materials were taken from the East Tennessee Technology Park . Roy Lynn Oakley , 67 , of Roane County , Tennessee , appeared in federal court in Knoxville on Thursday . Oakley was briefly detained for questioning in the case in January , when authorities first learned of the alleged plot to divulge the materials , government sources told CNN . He voluntarily surrendered Thursday at an FBI field office in Knoxville , the sources said . Oakley is a former employee of Bechtel Jacobs , the Department of Energy 's prime environmental management contractor at the East Tennessee Technology Park , prosecutors said . The indictment states that Oakley , `` having possession of , access to and having been entrusted with sections of ` barriers ' and associated hardware used for uranium enrichment through the process of gaseous diffusion ... having reason to believe that such data would be utilized to injure the United States and secure an advantage to a foreign nation , did communicate , transmit and disclose such data to another person . '' The transfer took place January 26 , the indictment alleges . Oakley is also charged with converting the material and `` restricted data '' to his own use . He began doing so on about October 17 , 2006 , and continued through January , prosecutors said . Prosecutors said the materials involved have been examined by scientists and posed no threat to people who may have come into contact with them . Oakley 's attorney , Herb Moncier , said outside court Thursday that Oakley 's job was to break rods `` into little pieces '' and throw them away . Moncier said Oakley had a security clearance , but Moncier did not believe it was a high-level clearance . The government alleges that in January , Oakley attempted to sell the `` pieces of scrap '' to someone he thought was a French agent -- but in reality was an undercover FBI agent , Moncier said . He said he questions whether those broken pieces would be considered an `` appliance '' under the law . `` Mr. Oakley has cooperated fully for the last six months , '' said Moncier , who added that he had traveled to Washington for work on the case . Each count carries a possible sentence upon conviction of up to 10 years in prison and a $ 250,000 fine . `` While none of the stolen equipment was ever transmitted to a foreign government or terrorist organization , the facts of this case demonstrate the importance of safeguarding our nuclear technology and pursuing aggressive prosecution against those who attempt to breach the safeguards and put that technology in the wrong hands , '' Kenneth Wainstein , assistant attorney general for national security , said in the Justice Department statement . One government source said the materials involved are not the `` crown jewels , '' but they should not have been taken from the facility . A `` barrier '' is used to filter uranium during the enrichment process , according to nuclear energy officials , but a significant number of barriers are needed to do that job . Sources told CNN that federal authorities have been following Oakley and investigating the case for at least six months , after he allegedly tried to sell the classified material . Oakley , described as a low-level employee , apparently did not make contact with any foreign government and is not a foreign agent of any kind , an official familiar with the case said . A government official with with knowledge of the case said that when authorities learned of Oakley 's alleged intentions six months ago , the FBI and Department of Energy launched a joint investigation . The FBI then developed a sting operation , government officials familiar with the case said , and authorities intervened before there could be any involvement of a foreign country . East Tennessee Technology Park is an area of the DOE 's Oak Ridge reservation `` where we are currently decontaminating and decommissioning buildings that were last used in 1985 , '' Gerald Boyd , manager of the DOE 's Oak Ridge site office , said Thursday . `` When they were in use , now over 20 years ago , some of the buildings at ETTP housed facilities used for the enrichment of uranium . '' Boyd said the technology park and the reservation `` are protected by multiple layers of security systems and detection programs , both visible and unseen , meant to identify rogue employees attempting to abuse their access and position . '' In this case , a review of security procedures showed that the system worked and `` successfully identified the individual in question , '' he said . E-mail to a friend CNN 's Terry Frieden and Kelli Arena contributed to this report .

Who is appearing in court ?

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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Web designer in London was amazed to discover that Iranian election protesters are attacking the Iranian president 's Web site using software he developed in his spare time , he told CNN Wednesday . Ryan Kelly : `` I suppose I am taking sides but I have no problems with it being used in this way . '' With anti-government activists in Iran sidestepping official attempts to silence them on the Internet by posting photos , videos and blogs on sites like Facebook and Twitter , others are using a site that automatically refreshes a Web page every few seconds , potentially overloading the host server . The page reboot software means that dissidents can `` attack '' sites with a barrage of hits -- known as a denial of service attack -- causing them to appear to users as `` unobtainable . '' Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 's Web sites was one of those displaying this message on Monday , according to Britain 's Channel 4 News , although on Tuesday it was loading correctly . The freely available page refresh site was partly developed by Ryan Kelly for use with sports results sites and eBay . He said he was unaware it was being used by Iranian protesters to stop the government from getting out its message until Tuesday when he received an email from an unknown source asking him to take the site down . `` Can you please shout -LRB- sic -RRB- down the website for few weeks . Currently they are using that website to attack other websites , '' stated the anonymous e-mail seen by CNN . Kelly , who works for contract publisher Wardour , then discovered that hits on his own site had risen from 700 on a normal day to 41,000 on Monday . `` I was shocked when I heard my site was being used in this way , '' the 25-year-old told CNN . `` This exemplifies the power of the Internet that something happening in London can affect events thousands of miles away in Tehran . It 's great it 's being used in this way . '' The heavy traffic forced Kelly to temporarily suspend his site , but only because it was exceeding the volume of traffic on his server . He said he later received dozens of e-mails requesting him to restore the site , and he did so . One message seen by CNN said : `` Please bring your site back up as fast as you can . We need your help in Iran against Ahmadinejad . '' Kelly said he supported the protesters in their battle to have the results of the disputed presidential election overturned . `` I suppose I am taking sides because I 've put the site back up , but I have no problems with it being used in this way . ''

Who is responsible for developing the software that Iranian protesters used to refresh web page to hack official sites ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Top Republican lawmakers Sunday called on President Obama to change his political strategy , arguing that the passage of a massive stimulus bill on a party-line vote showed he has failed to deliver the `` change '' he promised . Sen. John McCain says the Obama administration is off to a `` bad beginning . '' `` If this is going to be bipartisanship , the country 's screwed , '' Sen. Lindsey Graham , R-South Carolina , told ABC 's `` This Week . '' `` I know bipartisanship when I see it . '' Sen. John McCain , R-Arizona , said Obama was off to `` a bad beginning , '' out of step with the vow of bipartisanship both men made after Obama beat out the Republican presidential nominee for the White House in November . `` It was a bad beginning because it was n't what we promised the American people , what President Obama promised the American people , that we would sit down together , '' McCain told CNN 's `` State of the Union With John King . '' The $ 787 billion bill made it through Congress with the support of three Republicans -- Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania . Obama is expected to sign the bill Tuesday in Denver , Colorado . Watch Democratic and GOP analysts debate bipartisanship  '' `` This is not ` change we can believe in , ' '' Graham , a member of the Senate Banking Committee , told ABC . He said Democrats `` rammed it through the House '' after starting out `` with the idea , ` We won -- we write the bill . ' '' But Obama 's spokesman insisted the stimulus is a bipartisan success . Speaking to CBS ' `` Face the Nation , '' White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said , `` We 're happy that Congress , in a bipartisan way , took steps to make whatever happens in this recession easier to take for the American people . '' iReport.com : Share your thoughts on the stimulus plan And on CNN 's `` State of the Union , '' Gibbs said , `` I think what you saw from this president was an unprecedented effort to reach out to Republicans . Not just in meetings at the White House , but you had the president drive up to Capitol Hill to meet with Republicans where they work . '' McCain fired back . `` Look , I appreciate the fact that the president came over and talked to Republicans , '' he said . `` That 's not how you negotiate a result . You sit down together in a room with competing proposals . Almost all of our proposals went down on a party-line vote . '' When the next major piece of legislation aimed at helping the economy recover reaches Congress , McCain said that he hopes `` we will sit down together and conduct truly bipartisan negotiations . This was not a bipartisan bill . '' iReport.com : McCain 's actions `` totally reprehensible '' McCain added , `` Republicans were guilty of this kind of behavior . I 'm not saying that we did things different . But Americans want us to do things differently , and they want us to work together . '' Gibbs described things differently . `` This president has always worked in a bipartisan fashion , '' he told King . `` He will continue to reach out to Republicans . John , we hope that Republicans will decide they want to reach back . ''

What did the spokesman say about the President ?

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former ABC News chief national security correspondent John McWethy died from injuries in a Colorado skiing accident , a coroner said Thursday . John McWethy , right , shares a laugh in 2002 with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Washington . A witness said McWethy , 61 , was skiing fast on an intermediate trail Wednesday at Keystone Ski Resort when he lost control and slammed into a tree , said Joanne L. Richardson , the Summit County , Colorado , coroner . McWethy died while being treated for blunt-force injuries at Summit Medical Center , Richardson said . `` He just missed a turn and slid sideways is what we 're surmising , '' she told CNN . McWethy was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident , she said . With his wife , Laurie , McWethy recently had moved to Boulder after nearly 30 years as an ABC News correspondent , so he could enjoy Colorado 's ski trails , according to a statement from ABC News President David Westin . `` He was doing something that he truly loved , '' Weston said . `` But he deserved many more years doing it than he was given . '' Friends and former colleagues described McWethy as an outstanding reporter who also cherished life outside work . `` He always knew without exception what so many in the powerful business of TV news fail to learn until it 's too late : In the end , all we have is our families and our friends and our self-respect as news reporters , '' said CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr , who worked as a producer with McWethy for three years . Both Starr and former CNN producer Chris Plante admired McWethy 's coolheaded reporting from the Pentagon on September 11 , 2001 , when a hijacked airliner punched a huge , fiery hole in the building 's massive facade . `` He was unflappable even in the most extreme situations because he was always centered by his love for his family and the knowledge that the television news business and all of this Washington hoo-ha was not ` real life , ' '' Plante said . `` Unlike so many , he really did have a handle on what life was for . And the last moments of his life are proof of that . '' College classmate Bob Steele wrote about McWethy 's `` mighty '' skepticism of authority in an article published online for the Poynter Institute . While they attended Depauw University in Greencastle , Indiana , Steele said McWethy `` challenged the University President and his policies . He protested against the Vietnam War . '' Steele wrote that McWethy considered `` why '' to be `` the most powerful word in the English language . '' Len Ackland of the University of Colorado 's Center for Environmental Journalism told The Denver Post that his longtime friend `` was a very humble guy . '' Ackland told the paper that McWethy `` did n't talk about himself much . He was the kind of journalist who did n't want to be out front . It was always about the story , not about him . He was the kind of guy you enjoyed sitting down to have a beer with . '' McWethy left behind two sons , Adam , 28 , and Ian , 24 , according to the Post . His wife , who was with McWethy at the time of the accident , told the Post her husband was a good skier who enjoyed living in Colorado . `` He loved it here , '' she told the paper . `` I think he loved the beauty of its nature , the open spaces , the wildlife , everything . '' In his statement , Westin said , `` He was one of those very rare reporters who knew his beat better than anyone , and had developed more sources than anyone , and yet , kept his objectivity . '' After working as a reporter for U.S. News & World Report , McWethy joined ABC News in 1979 , going on to cover conflicts in Bosnia , Kosovo and Liberia , according to the ABC News Web site . McWethy was the network 's primary reporter assigned to Secretaries of State James Baker , George Shultz , Warren Christopher and Lawrence Eagleburger , ABC said , and he had traveled to more than 50 countries . McWethy was honored with at least five national Emmys during his time at ABC and also received an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and an Overseas Press Club Award , according to ABC News ' Web site . `` For three years I watched one of the finest news reporters do what so many in television still can not do to this day : be a reporter first , foremost and always , '' Starr said . Colleagues said he 'll be missed . `` Everyone that knew Jack is trading stories today , '' Plante said . `` There is nothing but a sense of unambiguous loss on the part of all of his friends , colleagues , competitors and even the uniformed military officers that he covered as a reporter . '' E-mail to a friend

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LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fans wishing to attend singer Michael Jackson 's memorial service next week will have to register for the 11,000 free tickets , organizers said Thursday . Michael Jackson is shown rehearsing at the Staples Center on June 23 , two days before his death . Details on how to register for the 10 a.m. -LRB- 1 p.m. ET -RRB- service at the 20,000-seat Staples Center in Los Angeles , California , Tuesday are to be announced Friday . Jackson 's family will hold a private ceremony before the public memorial service , his brother said Thursday . Speaking to CNN 's Larry King , Jermaine Jackson said the ceremony will be held Tuesday morning , but he did not say where . Jackson rehearsed at Staples Center two nights before he died , and he appeared healthy in a video clip of the rehearsal obtained by CNN . Jackson died June 25 after collapsing at his rented home in Los Angeles . AEG , promoter of Jackson 's planned London , England , shows , released the short video of Jackson rehearsing in the arena on June 23 . Jackson sang `` They Do n't Care About Us , '' a song from his `` HIStory '' album , as he danced along with eight male dancers . Watch Jackson rehearse '' Jackson did not specify where he wished to be buried in a 2002 will , which was filed in court Wednesday . Watch CNN 's Anderson Cooper talk about his interview with AEG '' More information emerged Thursday about how Jackson 's estate will be shared , which his will estimated in 2002 as being worth $ 500 million . The family trust created by Jackson to receive all of his assets includes his mother , his children and a list of charities , according to a person with direct knowledge of the contents of the trust . Mother Katherine Jackson 's 40 percent share would go to Michael Jackson 's three children after her death , the source said . The children -- ages 7 , 11 and 12 -- also will share 40 percent of the estate 's assets , and the remaining 20 percent will benefit charities designated by the executors of the will , the source said . A judge has delayed for a week , until July 13 , a hearing to decide whether Katherine Jackson will remain the temporary guardian of Jackson 's children . At a brief talk with reporters Thursday , an attorney for Jackson 's ex-wife Debbie Rowe said she `` has not reached a final decision '' on whether she will challenge Jackson 's mother for custody of Jackson 's two oldest children , according to her lawyer . A Los Angeles TV station quoted Rowe on Thursday morning saying , `` I want my children . '' Except for the statement to the radio station , she has not publicly indicated whether she would seek custody now that Jackson is dead . Rowe was left out of the will . `` I have intentionally omitted to provide for my former wife , Deborah Rowe Jackson , '' the will said . The will nominated Katherine Jackson , now 79 , as the guardian of his children . If Katherine Jackson were to die , `` I nominate Diana Ross as guardian , '' Jackson said in the will , written July 7 , 2002 . Singer Ross , 65 , was a lifelong friend of Jackson 's . Watch how the two had a close relationship '' There 's also a question on when the will 's executors should take over control of the late entertainer 's assets , which Judge Mitchell Beckloff temporarily placed under Katherine Jackson 's control . One man named as executor is John Branca , who represented Jackson from 1980 until 2006 and was hired again before the singer 's death . He helped acquire Jackson 's music catalog , which is worth millions . The other is music industry executive John McClain , a longtime Jackson friend who has worked with him and his sister Janet . DEA reportedly joins investigation The Drug Enforcement Administration has joined the investigation into Jackson 's death , a federal law enforcement official said Wednesday night . And the California State Attorney General 's office said Thursday that it is helping the Los Angeles Police Department in its investigation . The attorney general 's office said it will assist police in sifting through information in a state database that monitors controlled medication . Two law enforcement officials separately confirmed the DEA inquiry , saying agents would look at doctors involved with Jackson , their practices and their possible sources of medicine supply . Neither official wanted to be identified because they could not comment publicly on the matter . Officially , a DEA spokeswoman referred questions to the Los Angeles Police Department , which would not confirm the involvement . `` We routinely offer assistance to any agency regarding the Federal Controlled Substance Act , '' said Sarah Pullen of the DEA . `` However , at this time , we have nothing further to comment about the death of Michael Jackson . '' Speculation about the role of drugs has been swirling since Jackson died June 25 at his rented estate in Holmby Hills . The cause of his death , at age 50 , was pending toxicology results . On Wednesday , police released a car belonging to Jackson 's cardiologist , Dr. Conrad Murray . They had impounded the vehicle Friday , saying it might contain evidence -- possibly prescription medications . Police did not say whether they found anything . Murray 's attorneys issued a statement , asking the public to reserve judgment about the cause of death until the coroner 's tests are complete . `` Based on our agreement with Los Angeles investigators , we are waiting on real information to come from viable sources like the Los Angeles medical examiner 's office about the death of Michael Jackson , '' the statement said . `` We will not be responding to rumors and innuendo . '' No public showing planned for Neverland Logistical and financial challenges derailed earlier plans for a public viewing and private memorial at Neverland Ranch . Planning had been under way for a motorcade to carry Jackson 's body from Los Angeles to the Santa Barbara County ranch , which state and local officials suggested would be difficult and costly . Law enforcement sources had said a public viewing at the ranch was under consideration for Friday , but a spokesman for the family said that it would not happen . `` Plans are under way regarding a public memorial for Michael Jackson , and we will announce those plans shortly , '' said Ken Sunshine , whose public relations firm had been hired by the Jackson family . Despite the announcement , more than two dozen TV satellite trucks lined the narrow two-lane road leading to the ranch . For a time , the California Highway Patrol closed the road to clear up a small bottleneck of cars created by Jackson fans and the media . CNN 's Drew Griffin , Kathleen Johnston , Michael Carey , Paul Vercammen , Carol Cratty and Kara Finnstrom contributed to this report .

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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The stars were out Sunday night as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts bestowed its prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on actor and comedian Will Ferrell . The award , which was established in 1998 , honors comedians who have shaped American society with their work , as Mark Twain once did . Ferrell himself commented on the importance of the prize , telling CNN it 's `` the only legitimate award that recognizes comedy , '' and he was honored to receive it . Fellow comedians Jack Black , Tim Meadows , Ed Asner , Paul Rudd , Andy Samberg , Conan O'Brien and Molly Shannon showered Ferrell with praise at the ceremony . `` When you see Will Ferrell on a marquis , he 's going to give you 90 minutes to two hours of fascinating entertainment , '' said Asner , who worked with Ferrell in the movie `` Elf . '' In the movie , Will `` was so steeped in his character that I had to believe in mine , '' Asner said . `` He 's a blast . I mean , he 's always coming up with new stuff , '' said actor Rudd , who co-stared with Ferrell in `` Anchorman : The Legend of Ron Burgundy '' He 's , `` just fun to watch , and he 's very good at keeping it together . '' O'Brien took a different approach -- the backhanded compliment . `` None of us are here for Will , '' he said . `` We 're here because Will 's very powerful . We fear Will . Let 's get that straight , okay ? I 'm angry . And afraid . I 'm here out of fear . '' Also in attendance were senior administration officials , including White House Chief of Staff William Daley , Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood , Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius , and Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew . Past winners include Tina Fey , as well as Richard Pryor , Bob Newhart , Lorne Michaels , and Steve Martin .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Henry Joseph Madden was a good student and track team member in high school , but he had a secret : He sometimes wore his mother 's pantyhose and underwear under his clothes . Dr. Jennifer Madden , a family physician , began her transition to being female at age 48 . `` I really wanted to be a girl so bad , and that was one way for me to satisfy those feelings , '' Madden said . `` I always felt like someone was looking over my shoulder . '' The desire to be female never went away . At age 48 , Madden confessed these feelings to a doctor , and started seeing a gender therapist who suggested Madden was transgendered . Through reconstructive surgeries , electrolysis , laser procedures and voice lessons , Henry Joseph became Jennifer Elizabeth , known as Jenny . She is a practicing family physician in Nashua , New Hampshire . Watch Jenny 's story '' Chastity Bono , child of performer Cher and the late entertainer and politician Sonny Bono , announced Thursday the beginning of a transition from female to a male . While still relatively rare -- one advocate estimates that 0.25 to 0.5 percent of the American population is transgendered -- the idea of changing gender identity has become more widespread in recent years . The term `` LGBT '' -LRB- Lesbian , Gay , Bisexual , Transgender -RRB- is more commonly recognized , and transgendered people have been portrayed in the 1999 film `` Boys Do n't Cry '' as well as the 2002 book `` Middlesex '' by Jeffrey Eugenides . Many people who have transitioned , including Madden , say they knew they had been born into the wrong gender from childhood . As early as age 3 , Dr. Julie Praus , born male , did n't understand why her father wanted to play catch . As a boy , Praus learned how to fish and hunt , but enjoyed collecting Depression-era glassware vases . Praus , 48 , a psychiatrist in Brattleboro , Vermont , started living as a woman in March 2008 . `` I get up every morning and say , ` Wow , I can actually look at myself in the mirror , ' because I 've never been able to do that in my life , because what would stare back at me was not me , '' Praus said . iReport.com : Share your story of gender change Doctors speculate that there is a biological foundation to gender identity , but no one has determined what in the biological makeup determines that gender . The interactions between personality and culture also contribute to identity , said Chris Kraft , clinical director at the Johns Hopkins Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit . The process of changing genders For people who want a gender change on a biological level , the first step is therapy , experts say . Dr. Gary Alter , a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills , California , said patients do n't come to him until they 've been in therapy , a process that can take as much as a year . A therapist then gives a physician approval to start the patient on hormone treatment . At that point , the patient may or may not start living as the chosen sex , Alter said . Females seeking to transition into males may elect to have their breasts removed via surgery . With testosterone , they will grow hair on their face and chest after about two years . Read one man 's female-to-male advice to Chaz Bono A higher percentage of males transitioning to females will go forward with genital surgery than females going to males , Alter said . Surgical methods for creating a penis -- which range from making one out of the clitoris to using the skin from the forearms -- are `` not perfect , '' and many patients are happy with just chest surgery , he said . Genital surgeries for creating female genitalia are better , he said . Alter 's method is to make a clitoris out of the head of the penis , and make space for a vagina . Facing the rest of the world It is rare for people to undergo a gender transition and then want to reverse it , especially when surgery is involved , experts say . Some say changing genders is one of the best things they 've done , like Jamison Green , 60 , author of `` Becoming a Visible Man , '' who went through chest reconstruction and genital surgery . `` I do n't have too hard of a time telling people about it , '' Green said . `` I worried about that a lot in the beginning , before there was any kind of community and support about this condition , but one of the things I learned early on was that living in fear and shame is not very healthy . '' Green , who started his transition at age 40 , is now happily married to a woman whom he did not know before his change . Praus is also married to a woman , who knew her before her transition . Madden has a boyfriend . `` For the longest time , I really felt like I had a mental illness , and I do n't feel that way anymore , '' Madden said . But all three have experienced shock and dismay from others around them . Green said his mother took five years to adjust . One of Praus ' sons does n't speak to her . Madden 's marriage to a woman ended in divorce during her transition , and her children have struggled . Yet these three transgendered individuals say they feel better in many ways in their chosen gender roles . `` My patients say I 'm a better doctor , '' Praus said . `` Some of it is that I 'm not exerting so much energy hiding myself . '' Psychologists recommend that people who change genders adopt a `` transgendered identity , '' and not keep their history of transition a secret . But some who `` pass '' as their new genders do n't want to risk stigma , and tell only people closest to them , Kraft said . Often , males who transition to females face more problems than females who become males , Kraft said . Transgendered individuals who start as men tend to face more stigma , particularly if they are more noticeably transgendered . Transgendered individuals do face some legal quandaries . Some states require people to show proof of a medical procedure before changing gender on documents such as driver 's licenses , while others require that the person has taken hormones , Kraft said . People may also elect to change their birth certificates to reflect chosen gender . Chastity Bono , who now goes by `` Chaz , '' has been a prominent gay-rights activist . `` You could speculate that that could make it more complicated -- when you 're a public figure -- to take on something stigmatizing '' such as a gender transition , Kraft said .

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BOGOTA , Colombia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A key rebel commander and fugitive from a U.S. drug trafficking indictment was killed over the weekend in an air attack on a guerrilla encampment , the Colombian military said Monday . Alleged cocaine trafficker and FARC rebel Tomas Medina Caracas in an Interpol photo . Tomas Medina Caracas , known popularly as `` El Negro Acacio , '' was a member of the high command of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia and , according to Colombian and U.S. officials , helped manage the group 's extensive cocaine trafficking network . He had been in the cross-hairs of the U.S. Justice Department since 2002 . He was charged with conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States and manufacturing and distributing cocaine within Colombia to fund the FARC 's 42-year insurgency against the government . U.S. officials alleged Medina Caracas managed the rebel group 's sales of cocaine to international drug traffickers , who in turn smuggled it into the United States . He was also indicted in the United States along with two other FARC commanders in November 2002 on charges of conspiring to kidnap two U.S. oil workers from neighboring Venezuela in 1997 and holding one of them for nine months until a $ 1 million ransom was paid . Officials said the army 's Rapid Response Force , backed by elements of the Colombian Air Force , tracked Medina Caracas down at a FARC camp in the jungle in the south of the country . `` After a bombardment , the troops occupied the camp , and they 've found 14 dead rebels so far , along with rifles , pistols , communications equipment and ... four GPS systems , '' Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said at a news conference . `` The death of ` El Negro Acacio ' was confirmed by various sources , including members of FARC itself . '' Medina Caracas commanded FARC 's 16th Front in the southern departments of Vichada and Guainia . Established in 1964 as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party , FARC is Colombia 's oldest , largest , most capable and best-equipped Marxist rebel group , according to the U.S. Department of State . E-mail to a friend Journalist Fernando Ramos contributed to this report .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities Tuesday recovered the body of an eighth missing snowmobiler buried in avalanches in southern British Columbia , a spokesman for the the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said . Authorities found seven bodies a day after avalanches in British Columbia , Canada . Sgt. Tim Shields said the body was recovered around 11:38 a.m. . The seven other bodies were recovered Monday . Their identities were not immediately released . David Wilks , mayor of Sparwood , the small town where the snowmobilers lived , said all were men in their 20s . The eight men , and three others who escaped , faced two avalanches Sunday about 20 kilometers -LRB- 12 miles -RRB- east of Fernie , a town in the Canadian Rockies about 300 kilometers -LRB- 190 miles -RRB- southwest of Calgary , Alberta . The three survivors suffered minor injuries , and one was hospitalized overnight . The men had been in an area called Harvey Pass , which police called `` a popular backcountry snowmobile destination . '' Police said an avalanche buried part of the group and , as others came to help them , a second avalanche buried them . '' Two of the buried riders managed to self-rescue within about 20 minutes . These two used their avalanche beacons to locate a third buried victim who they rescued after an additional 20 minutes of digging , '' police said . The mayor described the snowmobilers as upstanding citizens , most of them working in coal mines or as businessmen . `` All were well aware of the dangers involved in snowmobiling . All are very cautious with what was going on , '' Wilks said . The mayor said temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit in recent weeks had warmed up in the last two or three days to 25 degrees Fahrenheit .

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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Scientists in the United States are developing a `` synthetic tree '' capable of collecting carbon around 1,000 times faster than the real thing . A conceptual design of how the `` synthetic tree '' might look should they ever reach the stage of production . As the wind blows though plastic `` leaves , '' the carbon is trapped in a chamber , compressed and stored as liquid carbon dioxide . The technology is similar to that used to capture carbon from flue stacks at coal-fired power plants , but the difference is that the `` synthetic tree '' can catch carbon anytime , anywhere . `` Half of your emissions come from small , distributed sources where collection at the site is either impossible or impractical , '' said Professor Klaus Lackner , Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University . `` We aim for applications like gasoline in cars or jet fuel in airplanes . We are going after CO2 that otherwise is nearly impossible to collect , '' he told CNN . While the idea of carbon-catchers may sound far-fetched , an early model has been built and Lackner is in the process of writing a proposal for consideration by the U.S. Department of Energy . He personally explained the concept in a 45-minute meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu last month at a three-day symposium on climate change in London . `` He was there and I was there and he showed interest , '' Lackner told CNN . `` That 's exciting , but I do n't particularly want to discuss this in a public forum because I think this gives me a little bit of an opportunity to tailor my proposals to the Department of Energy in a way that makes them more palatable . '' Lackner started working on the concept of an ambient carbon catcher in 1998 . `` I argued back then and I still argue that the reason this can be done , from a theoretical point of view , is that the CO2 in the air is actually surprisingly concentrated , therefore the device you need to collect CO2 is quite small . '' The `` synthetic tree '' looks more like a public convenience block than a hi-tech method of reducing carbon emissions , but Lackner told CNN it is highly efficient for its size when compared , for example , to a modern power-generating wind turbine . `` If you give me one of those big windmills which have those big areas through which the rotor moves -- how much CO2 can I avoid ? And if I had an equally sized CO2 collector -- how much CO2 can I collect ? It turns out the collector is several hundred times better than the windmill . '' Is the `` synthetic tree '' an interesting alternative , or a scientific flight of fancy that 's unlikely to happen ? Sound Off below . Lackner told CNN that initial concerns over the cost of the technology were focused on the `` front-end '' carbon collector , including the sorbent used to catch the carbon dioxide in the air . But after years of research , Lackner told CNN he and his colleagues have developed a sorbent that is `` close to the ideal , '' in that it uses a relatively small amount of energy to release the CO2 and is not prohibitively expensive . `` By the time we make liquid CO2 we have spent approximately 50 kilojoules -LSB- of electricity -RSB- per mole of CO2 . '' Compare that , Lackner said , to the average power plant in the U.S. which produces one mole of CO2 with every 230 kilojoules of electricity . `` In other words , if we simply plugged our device in to the power grid to satisfy its energy needs , for every roughly 1000 kilograms -LSB- of carbon dioxide -RSB- we collected we would re-emit 200 , so 800 we can chalk up as having been successful , '' he said . Lackner told CNN the biggest cost was at the `` back-end '' of the collector , primarily the technology used to release the CO2 from the sorbent . He said for that reason , on a cost-basis , the `` synthetic tree '' could not compete with modern coal-fired power plants that are designed to release fewer carbon emissions than their older predecessors . But he said when compared to the cost of retro-fitting an existing coal plant , the `` synthetic tree '' becomes more viable . `` The bottom line is we have in this way the ability to deal with the problem at a cost which is somewhat higher than on a coal-fired power plant retro-fit , but not much higher . '' Besides , he said , the technology is not being developed as an alternative to the carbon capture and storage methods currently being tested for large-scale use on coal-fired power stations . He 's targeting carbon that 's already in the air . The concept of the `` synethic tree '' has caught the imagination of one of the first scientists to warn the world about global warming , Lackner 's colleague at Columbia University , Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences , Professor Wally Broecker . `` I 'm extremely excited about this . I think this is something that the world 's going to have to have , unfortunately , '' Broecker told CNN from Madrid where he received a BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for his work on the issue of climate change . Broecker told CNN most people still do n't recognize the magnitude of the task the world faces in reducing global carbon emissions , and it was likely that one day urgent action would need to be taken , above and beyond the current measures being discussed . `` We 're probably not going to stop CO2 rising until it 's double what it was near-1800 and maybe even more than that , '' he said . `` I think we will find that the planet is too warm , ice is melting too fast ... and we 'll want to bring the CO2 back down again . The only way we can do that on a short timescale would be to pull it back out of the atmosphere . '' Broecker told CNN the units could stand in the middle of Australia , for example , and their presence would n't significantly disrupt the atmospheric distribution . `` Each unit would take out a ton of CO2 a day -- which would be the amount of CO2 produced by 20 average automobiles in the U.S.A. And the cost of each unit would be about the cost of a Toyota . So that would mean if you added a five percent surcharge on automobile purchases that money could go to building units to remove the CO2 those vehicles are going to create . ''

What does the tree do ?

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COLOMBO , Sri Lanka -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sri Lankan soldiers have seized a key rebel stronghold after launching a surprise attack early Sunday morning , the head of Sri Lanka 's army announced . Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka says a key Tamil town has been taken in a national TV broadcast Sunday . Troops crossed a lagoon and entered the town of Mullaittivu before encountering heavy resistance from Tamil fighters , according to the government-run news agency . `` Our troops fought their way through a 40 km -LRB- 25 mile -RRB- thick jungle track , '' Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka said in a televised address on Sunday . `` This is the long awaited victory and I am happy to say that our heroic forces today captured the Mullaittivu town after 12 years , '' the Sri Lanka Army chief said . There is no confirmation from the rebels that the strategic garrison has been overtaken . The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam -LRB- LTTE -RRB- -- commonly known as the Tamil Tigers -- have fought for an independent homeland for the country 's ethnic Tamil minority since 1983 . The civil war has left more than 70,000 people dead . The rebels gained control over Mullaittivu in 1996 and established a military garrison there , according to the government . In recent days , the military has made significant progress in its campaign to recapture rebel strongholds . Earlier this month , troops regained control of the northern town of Elephant Pass , the point at which mainland Sri Lanka links to the northern Jaffna peninsula . It had been in rebel hands for more than nine years . The re-capture enabled the government to use a highway linking the mainland to the peninsula to move troops and supplies . Previously , it was done by air and sea . `` The area that the LTTE has dominated has shrank phenomenally , '' Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India , C.R Jayasinghe , told CNN . `` They lost ... about 90 percent of what they had . '' Despite major government gains , critics point to ongoing civilian casualties resultant from the conflict . `` This is an important strategic success for the army , but literally tens of thousands of people , children , are in the line of fire , '' United Nations spokesman James Elder said in a phone conversation Sunday . `` Some Sri Lankan U.N. staff are trapped there , '' he added . `` Convoys are going to the area , delivering emergency supplies , but these are not sufficient for the number of people in need . '' Sri Lankan authorities are barring journalists and humanitarian aid workers from areas where heavy fighting is taking place . Amnesty International spokesman Shuransu Mishra estimated that `` over a quarter of a million of the population , mostly Tamils , are trapped between the two sides . '' The organization says greater access and protection for aid workers and journalists are needed as news agencies struggle to report an accurate picture of the conflict . `` The Sri Lankan authorities are doing little to ensure the safety of the country 's media , or to prosecute those responsible for murdering or attacking them , '' Amnesty International spokeswoman Yolanda Foster said in a written statement on Friday . `` They -LRB- Sri Lankan authorities -RRB- are also directly responsible for subjecting journalists to harassment and interrogation , '' she said . At least 14 journalists have been killed since the start of 2006 , according to the statement . Others have been driven from the country by death threats , or in fear of detention and torture by government authorities , it said .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- 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 considered one of the pioneers of the punk movement . `` When we were young and I fell in love with Malcolm , I thought he was beautiful and I still do , '' Vivienne Westwood said in a written statement . Westwood 's son with McLaren , Joe Corre , her other son , Ben Westwood , and McLaren 's girlfriend , Young Kim , were with him when he died in Switzerland after a battle with mesothelioma . `` I thought he is a very charismatic , special and talented person . The thought of him dead is really something very sad , '' said Westwood . The lead singer of the Sex Pistols , John Lydon , better known as Johnny Rotten , also paid tribute to the band 's former manager . `` For me , Malc was always entertaining , and I hope you remember that , '' Lydon said . `` Above all else , he was an entertainer , and I will miss him , and so should you . '' McLaren and the Sex Pistols had a turbulent relationship during the band 's brief , spectacular and controversial career . Originally known as the Strand , McLaren drafted in Lydon as lead singer and renamed the band the Sex Pistols . Lydon had been spotted wearing a Pink Floyd T-shirt with the words `` I hate '' added to it . The Sex Pistols ' raucous public appearances and raging lyrics on songs like `` Anarchy in the UK '' and the sneering `` God Save the Queen '' -- which became a hit despite the BBC 's refusal to play it -- made the band notorious on both sides of the Atlantic by 1977 . The Sex Pistols broke up in 1978 after one studio album , in large part because of a feud between McLaren and Rotten , who walked off stage at the end of the band 's last show declaring , `` Ever get the feeling you 've been cheated ? '' The band 's surviving members have regrouped for periodic tours since 1996 , but its official Web site still refers to McLaren as its '' -LRB- mis -RRB- manager . '' McLaren went on to assemble the pop act Bow Wow Wow and record several albums of his own in the 1980s and '90s . CNN 's Stephanie Halasz and Todd Leopold contributed to this report .

Who died of cancer at age 64 ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A thin girl with caramel skin and a yellow silk blouse walks alone through a barren landscape of rubble . Nway prepares for her new job , selling vegetables from her aunt 's garden . Her legs are marked by cuts . Her face is smeared with white streaks of powder . And her eyes are blank as she sifts through the debris of what used to be her home before Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar one night and swept her parents away . Her name is Nway , and that 's how she looked when aid workers found her after Nargis destroyed her isolated village . She refused to talk about the cyclone , pretending it never took place . She became , according to a CNN story , the '' girl who refuses to remember . '' A year later , an aid worker returned to the village to see how Nway was doing . She found Nway living in a tidy , bamboo house flanked by palm trees . The 8-year-old greeted her visitor with a big smile . Then she asked whether she could play with her visitor 's hair . Pam Sitko , the aid worker , said Nway -- like thousands of people in Myanmar -- is slowly recovering one year after Nargis demolished their country . `` After all of her pain and loss , she really is a spunky girl , '' said Sitko , who works with World Vision International , a humanitarian group . `` She was n't shy about reaching out to touch my blonde hair . '' The night everything changed Nway 's resilience is shared by many in Myanmar , aid workers say . Last year 's cyclone was catastrophic . It killed at least 140,000 people and left at least 2 million people without homes , according to the United Nations World Food Programme . The brunt of the storm hit Myanmar 's delta region , the country 's bread basket . It wiped out crops , shrimp farms and fish ponds . A year later , many fields remain unplanted ; supplies are short , and the lack of drinking water complicates recovery efforts , World Food Programme officials say . Yet some sense of normal life is returning , said Mia Marina , a program support manager for World Vision 's Nargis response efforts . World Vision is building cyclone-resistant schools and providing supplies to cyclone survivors . `` Most of the people are going back to their livelihoods , '' Marina said . `` Kids are going to school . The markets are open . '' The people of Myanmar are also buying planting tools and seed in preparation for the monsoon rains that typically come in May , Sitko said . `` Everyone is hoping that this is the moment that it turns around , '' Sitko said . `` It 's an exciting time , a time of hope . '' That hope appears to have spread to Nway . She is fortunate to be alive . The cyclone killed her mother and father . The winds were so powerful that they blew away the village buffalo . In Nway 's village , 120 people out of a population of 430 people lost their lives . Nway survived because she was staying with her aunt . The pair joined a group squeezed in to the village headman 's house to survive , Sitko said . Nway would n't talk about the cyclone after aid workers found her a month later . She would walk away whenever she was asked about that night . Now , according to Sitko , who wrote about her meeting for World Vision , Nway can talk a little about her loss . Sitko said Nway shared one memory from the morning after the cyclone while sitting in her aunt 's house : `` When I walked to my aunt 's house that day , my legs were scratched , and I passed lots of dead bodies , '' Nway said . `` I wanted to help , because everyone was working , but I was too scared , so I only helped clean up my auntie 's yard . '' Nway dreams of her future Nway prefers to talk about other subjects . One is her new job . She helps her aunt sell vegetables from their garden . On most mornings , she smears white powder made from tree bark on her cheeks -LRB- it 's used as a skin beautifier by women and children in Myanmar -RRB- . Then she balances a tray of vegetables on her head and walks to a village road to call out to potential customers . Nway told Sitko that she 's made `` four new best friends . '' They like to memorize new words and play hide and seek after school . `` I 'm always the fastest runner , '' she told Sitko . Nway is starting to become aware of life outside her village . `` She was very proud , '' Sitko said . `` She explained that she had recently taken a trip to another village with her aunties , and she was n't afraid . '' Nway does n't know , though , where she would attend school as she gets older , Sitko said . She 'll have to pay to attend school away from her village one day , but her aunt and uncle ca n't afford the costs . `` She wanted to study and said that she was smart , '' Sitko said . `` She said she would be willing to travel to a school outside of her village if she had to . '' Nway has already taken a more difficult journey . The shocked girl who aid workers met a year ago has changed , Sitko said . Now Nway can remember -- and smile again . `` I was expecting a very different girl , '' Sitko said . `` The little girl I met was very confident . I think she 's been really transformed by our experience . ''

what did the survivor come to be known as ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police have arrested a man in the killing of Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk , who died this week , according to the Auburn , Alabama , assistant police chief . Courtney Larrell Lockhart , 23 , of Smiths , Alabama , is charged with capital murder during a kidnapping , capital murder during a robbery , and capital murder during an attempted rape , Tommy Dawson said Saturday . The Phenix City Police Department took Lockhart into custody on Friday , police said . Phenix City is about 35 miles southeast of Auburn . Burk , 18 , from Marietta , Georgia , was found shot on North College Street , a few miles north of campus , on Tuesday night . She died later at a hospital . Minutes after police responded to the call reporting an injured person and found Burk , they found a car -- which turned out to be Burk 's -- on fire in a campus parking lot . Dawson told reporters Friday that authorities think gasoline or another accelerant was used to ignite Burk 's car , and police were investigating whether a gas can found in downtown Auburn was connected . Police want to investigate every possible lead , Dawson said . Authorities were still on patrol in the east Alabama campus , he said . The university 's Web site said a campus-wide memorial service will be held Monday . The site carried a message from Burk 's father , James , which said : `` The Burk family was so proud to have Lauren as an Auburn University student . We want to extend our deepest gratitude and appreciation for Auburn University , the city of Auburn and the Auburn Police Department . We feel very close to your community . We appreciate what everyone is doing for us and Lauren . '' Also on Friday , police released pictures of a 2001 Honda Civic similar to Burk 's car . Authorities asked anyone who thinks they might have seen the car on Tuesday to contact them . Police are continuing to interview people , Dawson said . A student at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill -- Eve Carson , 22 , of Athens , Georgia -- was also shot to death this week , on early Wednesday . Authorities in Chapel Hill said Friday they had been in contact with Auburn police but did not believe the two cases were connected . Watch CNN 's Nancy Grace discuss the two killings of college women from Georgia '' Burk 's family , in a statement read Friday to reporters by family friend Kathy Singleton , expressed their gratitude for the thoughts and prayers offered , but asked for privacy `` so that they may grieve for their loss as well as celebrate Lauren 's life . '' Those wishing to honor Burk could do so by donating to her favorite charities , Singleton said -- The Invisible Child and the American Kidney Foundation . Donations can be made at any Wachovia Bank to the Lauren Burk Memorial Fund . E-mail to a friend

whose car was found

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Insurgents locked in a standoff with U.S. Marines tricked them by dressing up as women to escape , a task force spokesman said Monday . U.S. Marines scan the site of a blast that hit a U.S. vehicle in southern Afghanistan . Women and children had been caught in the standoff between the armed groups , but some of the women were not what they seemed , according to task force spokesman Capt. William Pelletier . After the Marines began taking fire from insurgents in the town of Khan Neshin , in south Afghanistan near the Helmand River , the militants ran into a multiple-room compound , the U.S. military said . Unsure of whether civilians were inside the compound , the Marines had an interpreter talk to the insurgents , said an official who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly . After some time , a number of women and children left the compound , the military official said . The released hostages told the Marines that there were no more civilians inside the compound , Pelletier said . But the Marines held their fire anyway , the official said . About 4 p.m. -LRB- 7:30 a.m. ET -RRB- , in the midst of the standoff , another group of women and children emerged from the compound , the official said . The Marines continued to hold their fire and wait out the insurgents , the official said . Finally , a screaming woman emerged from the compound with a bullet wound to her hand , Pelletier said . Then , another group of women came out , covered from head to toe according to custom , he said , with a couple of children in tow . The Marines attended to the wounded woman while the others walked away . When the Marines went into the compound , they discovered that it empty , Pelletier said . That 's when they realized the fighters had dressed up as women to escape , he said . `` Apparently these were tall , rather broad-shouldered women with hairy feet , '' Pelletier said . The Marines ' restrained approach differs from previous hits on compounds when airstrikes were readily called in , the official said . Under a new tactical directive for forces in Afghanistan , some of which was unclassified Monday , forces must protect civilians soldiers and must be sensitive to Afghan cultural norms regarding women . Pelletier said that during the standoff , `` the Marines did n't have any female forces to do any searches , and they were n't going to violate cultural norms by patting down these women . '' The standoff in the town of Khan Neshin was especially significant because it has been a Taliban stronghold for several years , and the U.S. military reported that the Afghan government regained control of the town Monday . Coalition forces began talks with local leaders several days ago and have moved about 500 Marines into Khan Neshin , a U.S. military news release said . The government takeover of Khan Neshin marks the first time coalition forces have had a sustained presence so far south in the Helmand River valley , the release said . The mission to secure Khan Neshin coincides with `` establishing secure conditions '' for August elections in Afghanistan , according to the release . Elsewhere in Afghanistan , a six U.S. soldiers were killed Monday by two roadside bombs , a representative for NATO forces said . Four were killed in Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan , the U.S. military said . The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack . Two soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan , NATO 's International Security Assistance Forces said . CNN 's Barbara Starr contributed to this report .

Against whom did Marines face off against in Khan Neshin ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir of the center-left Social Democratic Alliance has claimed victory in general elections triggered by the collapse of the Nordic nation 's economy . Sigurdardottir celebrates victory on Saturday night . Sigurdardottir 's party , which has headed an interim government since February 1 , was on course to win around 30 percent of the vote or 20 parliamentary seats , according to state broadcaster RUV . The Left-Green Movement , the Social Democratic Alliance 's coalition ally , was expected to win 14 seats , giving the coalition a controlling 34-seat block in the 63-member Icelandic parliament , the Althing . `` I believe this will be our big victory , '' Sigurdardottir told supporters , according to Reuters.com . `` I am touched , proud and humble at this moment when we are experiencing this great , historic victory of the social democratic movement . '' Sigurdardottir 's electoral success marks a change of direction for Iceland , a nation 300,000 people , which has traditionally leaned to the right on political matters . Sigurdardottir , the world 's first openly gay leader and Iceland 's first female premier , has pledged to take the Atlantic island into the European Union and to join the euro common currency as a viable way to rescue Iceland 's suffering economy . But that ambition could bring Sigurdardottir into conflict with the Left-Green Movement which favors a currency union with Norway as an alternative to EU membership . Iceland has been in political turmoil since October , when its currency , stock market and leading banks crashed amid the global financial crisis . The country 's Nordic neighbors sent billions of dollars to prop up the economy , as did the International Monetary Fund in its first intervention to support a Western European democracy in decades . But weekly demonstrations -- some verging on riots -- finally forced Prime Minister Geir Haarde and his Independence Party-led center-right coalition to resign en masse on January 26 . The Independence Party was projected to win 16 seats in Saturday 's vote , according to RUV .

When did the financial crisis occur ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Verizon has been touted as having the biggest , baddest , fastest 4G around . It 's been this way since the carrier debuted its LTE network in late 2010 . But now that AT&T has joined the LTE game , consumers looking for top speeds might consider turning their focus to AT&T instead . If only for a while . Metrico Wireless , a firm that does network and mobile device analytics , took a look at 4G LTE service in the U.S. , focusing on two of the nation 's largest carriers , Verizon and AT&T . The company 's latest report shows that AT&T 's average LTE speeds are better than Verizon 's -LRB- for now at least -RRB- , and that LTE provides more than five times the performance of the carriers ' respective 3G offerings . Metrico used five 4G LTE handsets for its tests : two on AT&T , three on Verizon . On AT&T , the HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket were measured . The HTC Thunderbolt , Samsung Droid Charge and Motorola Droid Bionic were tested on Verizon 's network . In stationary download speeds , AT&T 's 4G LTE handsets outperformed those on Verizon , but Metrico believes this disparity is likely due to the fact that Verizon 's LTE service is more established and has significantly more subscribers using data on it . Indeed , as of April , Verizon had over half a million LTE subscribers . AT&T , meanwhile , just launched its LTE network in five markets this summer . But while AT&T 's data speeds were better , web pages actually loaded faster on the three Verizon smartphones tested . `` In general , the subscriber experience is not simply driven by the network or the device , but by the combination of the two , '' the report states . `` Even devices with similar specifications connected to similar network technologies still demonstrate variation in performance . '' This was especially true with regards to video performance . Of the smartphones tested , the Samsung Droid Charge -LRB- on Verizon -RRB- consistently yielded the highest frame delivery rate , while the Motorola Droid Bionic -LRB- also on Verizon -RRB- had the lowest . Also , if you 're really concerned about web page load times , consider this : All carrier-to-carrier comparisons notwithstanding , both AT&T and Verizon handsets delivered web page load times that were 80 to 85 percent shorter on LTE relative to 3G . What about battery life on an LTE device , notoriously reported as being poor ? Well , depending on how you use your device , you may be able to squeeze out a few more hours , as the report found that battery life was heavily related to app use . On the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket , you 're going to get 300 to 350 minutes of use out of your device , whether you 're a power user or someone who 's making calls all day long . On the Verizon Droid Bionic , though , those who primarily use their phones for voice calling will gain about 150 minutes of usage over those who spend most of their time on Twitter and Facebook . Verizon 's LTE network is currently the largest in terms of nationwide coverage , but AT&T 's is set to rival it as it expands . And , indeed , we 're finally beginning to see LTE infrastructure build-outs , industry-wide . Joining Metro PCS , Verizon and AT&T in the LTE game is Cricket Wireless , perhaps best known for its budget mobile phone and prepaid plan options . Cricket will offer speeds up to 6 Mbps with a 5 GB data cap . Sprint will begin rolling out its 4G LTE network in mid to late 2012 . Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $ 1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT ! Click here !

What network is set to rival Verizon ?

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BUENOS AIRES , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Cristina Fernandez on Tuesday defended an increase in export taxes on grains that has riled many farmers , and she called on them to respect the law in protesting her policies . President Cristina Fernandez : Calls on rally Wednesday to support her policies . `` All my life I have soldiered in this party , which always believed in social justice , in the redistribution of income , which caused us to win and lose elections , '' she said in a nationally televised address from the presidential palace . `` But we were always respectful of the popular will . '' Fernandez , of the center-left Peronist movement , made her plea for comity a day after massive demonstrations in various cities blocked traffic and paralyzed much of the country . In a concession to her critics , Fernandez said the increase in taxes on exports of grains that she instituted in March by decree will be debated by Congress . But there is little likelihood that the Congress will order major changes , since her party controls both houses . But Hilda Duhalde , an opponent of Fernandez , was not persuaded . `` It 's true that they have a majority in both houses , but we have to put white on black and watch out for the small - and medium-sized producers , who are the ones suffering , '' she said . Argentina raised export taxes in March by more than 10 percent . Fernandez has said growers have benefited from rising world prices and the profits should be spread to help the poor . Farmers have countered that they need to reinvest the profits and that the higher taxes make it difficult for them to make a living . Fernandez said she was open to dialogue , but a dialogue that does not countenance the blocking of roads or other disruptions to the lives of Argentines . `` Democracy for the people , not the corporations , '' she said . She called on Argentines to take to the Plaza de Mayo Wednesday in a show of support for her policies . `` It does n't matter what party , place or sector you 're from , '' she said . `` What is important is not where you 're from , but where you are going -- what kind of country do we want ? '' To those who do not agree with her policies , she had other advice . `` If they want to change the economic model , what they should do is organize a political party , participate in elections and win them , '' she said . CNN 's Carolina Cayazzo contributed to this report .

Who complains about the high taxes ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo expects the Italian team to improve on their record of just one grand prix win in 2011 when the Formula One season resumes later this month . Montezemolo watched his charges struggle in the opening rounds of this year 's championship , with Fernando Alonso 's victory at the British Grand Prix in July giving Ferrari their only maximum-points haul of the campaign so far . But the Maranello-based outfit have experienced an upturn in form of late , with two-time world champion Alonso finishing on the podium at each of the last four races -- including a third-place finish at Sunday 's Hungarian Grand Prix . Despite recent results Spaniard Alonso , 30 , still trails current standings leader and reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull by 89 points and sits fourth in the drivers ' championship . Button : `` Red Bull should be worried '' `` I can see the right spirit in the team after a very difficult start to the season , '' Montezemolo , 63 , told the team 's official web site . '' -LSB- Team principal Stefano -RSB- Domenicali and his crew seem very determined , concentrating fully on their tasks for the second part of the year which I am sure will feature Ferrari in the role of a key player . `` I expect we will pick up wins to add to the important and historically very significant victory achieved at Silverstone , '' he added . Latest F1 standings after the Hungarian Grand Prix Formula One is at the start of a three-week mid-season break , with teams required to cease work on their cars for part of that time . The 2011 season will resume with the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa on August 28 .

The Formula One season resumes with the Belgian Grand Prix when ?

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ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of Pakistani residents have taken up arms and are battling local Taliban militants in the wake of a deadly mosque attack last week . A Pakistani police stands guard at a checkpoint in Peshawar , Pakistan on June 8 . It is the first major battle between the residents of northwest Pakistan and Taliban militants near the Afghanistan border . The residents are outraged over a suicide attack on a local mosque during Friday prayers that killed at least 40 people and wounded some 80 others . Starting on Saturday morning , some 400 villagers in the Upper Dir district formed a `` lashkar '' -- or militia -- to fight the Taliban , killing 14 of the militants as of Sunday evening , according to local administrator Atiq Ur Rehman . Four of the villagers have been injured in the battle , Rehman said . The militia have burned a number of houses thought to be sheltering the militants , according to Upper Dir police chief Ijaz Kahn . Both the residents and Taliban fighters are using heavy weapons , including rocket launchers and anti-aircraft weapons , Rehman said . There is a long history of Taliban presence in the area , including foreign fighters in leadership roles , local officials said . Authorities said Taliban fighters were driven out of Shot Ghas and Ghazigay -- two villages where the Taliban have support . The villagers took up arms against the Taliban after Friday 's suicide attack at a mosque in Hayagay Sharqi -- a village in Upper Dir located about 35 km -LRB- 22 miles -RRB- from the Afghan border and known for being against the Taliban . Upper Dir is a part of the Swat Valley , where the Pakistani military has waged a month-long operation against Taliban militants , but the district has not been part of the ongoing military offensive . The United Nations has said an estimated 2 million Pakistanis have been displaced by fighting between the Pakistani military and Taliban militants . The militants threatened to continue attacking cities in Pakistan until the military ends its operations against Taliban militants . As a result , Pakistani authorities have increased security in Islamabad , Pakistan 's capital city . CNN 's Ingrid Formanek and journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report

What did the official say about the weapons being used ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Coming back this weekend after a stay in Europe , I had that distinct sensation -- last felt when Lehman Brothers capsized , setting off the Great Recession -- that we once again find ourselves at the mercy of events and people just beyond our control . Here at home , one hears that by Wednesday dawn , we will know whether BP 's latest big try to stop the oil spill will work . If it does , we can begin to feel that we are moving in the right direction , but if it does n't -- well , no one is quite sure what Plan D looks like . Is this really where we have come : that the fate of our precious coastlines and the waters off our coasts are in the hands of a single foreign-based company ? A month ago , it looked like the White House was on top of this problem , as Cabinet officers scurried here and there , the Coast Guard and others swung into action , there were talks with BP , and the president paid a personal visit . But increasingly , it has become apparent that the federal government may be present but is not in charge . It keeps saying that BP bears ultimate responsibility . It is keeping the press away . No wonder James Carville , Chris Matthews and Donna Brazile exploded late last week . They are right on a basic point : Ultimately it is not the responsibility of BP or any other company to protect American interests but the responsibility of the federal government . Some Obama supporters have argued that the 1990 Oil Pollution Act limits the president 's capacity to take action . Others disagree . Either way , in an emergency , laws can be changed . Although this disaster is not an existential threat , it could be argued that if the U.S. government had fought World War II in the same way it has fought the oil spill , we might well be speaking German now . Faced with a growing danger to our well-being , a WWII-type government would at minimum have : • Brought in the CEOs of all the major oil companies and charged them with the duty of an all-hands collaborative effort to stop the spill and help ward off the damage . • Brought in the best minds in the country , from universities and technology , for emergency efforts to find solutions . • Moved quickly to mobilize the National Guard and other military forces , if necessary , ensuring that they received the resources needed to protect our beaches . • Made a clear call to citizen volunteers to help where necessary . • Given Cabinet officers an ultimatum : Get this under control in the next 30 days , or else . There will be ample time after this disaster for finger-pointing and blame-laying . The key now is to get this spill under control before it does far more damage . Meanwhile , the Washington Post had it exactly right Monday morning when it argued that with the European crisis spreading now beyond Greece , `` the knife-edge psychology currently governing global markets has put the future of the U.S. economic recovery in the hands of politicians in an assortment of European capitals . '' Across Europe , one finds people stunned at the rapidity with which this crisis has grown , threatening not only their weak economies but also their dreams of a European utopia with people living a honeyed existence . All that could go smash now . Indeed , it is ironic that Europe may now be forced to give up its strong welfare state even as the U.S. is moving toward it . But the immediate point is that the U.S. finds itself too much at the mercy of whether European politicians and publics now make the right moves . It may take a while , but Americans are going to start feeling a lot happier about our country when we once again believe we have strong control of own destiny . Leadership , anyone ? The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Gergen .

David Gergen saying about the government ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After meeting a number black couples in crisis , Nisa Muhammad and Dr. Rozario Slack were inspired to create Basic Training for Couples . Nisa Muhammad , who founded National Black Marriage Day , co-created the Basic Training for Couples program . The eight-week program educates dating , engaged or married couples about the value of commitment , responsibility to the black community , psychological differences between the sexes , sexual intimacy and conflict resolution . Slack created the male-friendly portion while Muhammad , who founded National Black Marriage Day and the Wedded Bliss Foundation , created the female-friendly portion . In the program , couples also learn about the history of the African-American marriage and many for the first time plot their own family tree to trace marriage and divorces . The following is rundown of the eight-week course : Class No. 1 : Why marriage ? This class teaches the benefits of marriage for men , women , children and the community . It gives the history of marriage in the black community from slavery when marriage was illegal to today 's trends . Icebreaker : Q & A : How couples met ? Homework : 1 . Choose songs to reflect their love for each other 2 . Marriage family tree Class No. 2 : From I to we ; the sweetness of surrender This class helps couples transition from `` I thinking '' to `` we thinking . '' It helps them understand the value of making their marriage a priority in their lives . Class No. 3 : Communication ; getting your message understood This class helps couples take responsibility for their communication and teaches skills to improve their communication techniques . Main lessons : • Respecting differences between men and women • Learning to talk to each other and not at each other • Format : Teaching session with dialogue . • Activity : The talking stick , during conversation only the individual holding the stick can speak . Class No. 4 : Conflict management This class helps couples understand that conflict needs to be managed , or it will manage you . It helps to normalize some conflict that couples experience with the understanding that some conflict can not be resolved and can only be managed . Lessons : • This class targets biases . When there 's a difference of opinions , generally the stronger spouse wants his or her way . • How to bring closure to old issues instead of combining them into new issues/conflict . • Agree to disagree and not degrade your spouse for having a difference of opinion . Activity : Break up into gender groups to discuss current conflicts . The group works out ways to solve the issue Class No. 5 : Let 's make love When the sex is good in a marriage , it 's only about 20 percent of what 's going on . When it 's bad , it 's a significant problem . This class helps to solve some of those problems . The approach was from a physiological and biological perspective of the differences between the male 's and female 's body . Discussion included chemical bonding effect in women and men . Class No. 6 : From yours and mine to ours Many couples in the black community bring children from other relationships to their marriage . This class helps to blend the family into one cohesive unit . It also talks about preventing in-laws from becoming outlaws . Class No. 7 : Keeping the FIRE burning FIRE is an acronym for Faithful , Intimacy , Responsibility and Excitement . This class helps couples maintain the FIRE in their relationship . Class No. 8 : From this day forward This class helps couples understand the value of commitment in their marriage and never to make divorce an option . They create their own place for success . Recap of all the lessons together : • Remembering people gravitate to the applause • Ways to appreciate and affirm your spouse • Setting time for just the two of you • Learning to communicate , getting your message heard and understood Bonus class : Hot monogamy Gets couples comfortable to discuss sex with their spouse . Graduation A ceremony of new beginnings , couples testify what the class brought to their marriage over the eight-week period . Lots of emotions and bonding during this time between husbands and wives . Graduating couples are encouraged to bring a couple from their community or family who needs help .

where is it held ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Panama City Beach , Florida , police are looking for a hotel security guard accused of raping an Alabama student and throwing her off a sixth-floor hotel balcony , a police spokesman told CNN . Police released this photo of Shawn Wuertly , who worked as a hotel security guard in Panama City Beach , Florida . The 18-year-old woman from Tuscaloosa , Alabama , remains hospitalized , but her injuries are not life-threatening , Lt. Dave Humphreys said . The incident happened early Monday at the Sandpiper Beacon Beach Resort in Panama City Beach during spring break . Police have issued an arrest warrant for Shawn Wuertly , 29 , who worked as a security guard at the resort , Humphreys said . He is wanted for attempted felony murder , sexual battery and false imprisonment . Wuertly had been questioned by police regarding the attack , but they lacked the evidence to hold him , the spokesman said . The police investigation has found that the suspect had seen the girl `` several times '' at the hotel and had `` taken a liking to her at some point , '' Humphreys said . Around 1 a.m. on Monday , the suspect grabbed the woman and pulled her into an unoccupied room on the sixth floor , using his key to get in , Humphreys said . She said he sexually assaulted her and , after a brief altercation , threw her over the balcony , the police spokesman said . She hit two smaller roofs on her way down , which likely saved her from more serious injuries , before she came to rest in a second floor stairwell , Humphreys said . After his initial questioning , Wuertly told police he was leaving for Tennessee and would return on Wednesday . Wuertly has an outstanding arrest warrant , something that police did not discover until after he was released . `` Obviously no one checked his warrants because he has an outstanding warrant in Indiana , '' Humphrey said , noting that police are `` not happy and will address that . '' CNN 's calls to the hotel 's manager regarding Wuertly 's outstanding warrant were not returned . E-mail to a friend

Have police located Shawn Wuertly ?

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SAN MIGUEL DEL MONTE , Argentina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a small farming town 105 kilometers -LRB- 65 miles -RRB- southwest of Buenos Aires , farmers are struggling to nourish their crops and feed their animals . The worst drought in half a century has turned Argentina 's once-fertile soil to dust and pushed the country into a state of emergency . Argentine farmers profited in years past from selling beef to the world , but some now struggle to feed their cattle . Cow carcasses litter the prairie fields and sun-scorched soy plants wither under the South American summer sun . Farmers are concerned about their livelihoods . `` I 'm losing money . I ca n't afford to lose money all the time , '' said Juan Cahen D'Anvers , whose family has been farming in Argentina since the late 1700s . He owns 700 hectares -LRB- 1,730 acres -RRB- in San Miguel del Monte , where he grows sunflowers and barley . He says this year is one of the hardest he 's ever had . Watch farmer explain how hard he 's been hit '' `` Production is going to go down a minimum of 50 percent , maybe more . I do n't know yet , '' he said . Argentina is one of the world 's breadbaskets , providing commodities such as soy , wheat , corn and beef to countries around the globe . In recent years , record-high prices for these products reaped millions of dollars for Argentine farmers , but since the global economic crisis hit , demand and profits have dropped . Now the drought is making matters even worse . Cesar Gioia , another San Miguel del Monte farmer , said time is growing short . `` If it does n't rain in the next 10 days , I will have to wipe out my entire corn crop , 90 hectares -LRB- 220 acres -RRB- , '' he said . `` The best I can do with it is feed it to my cows . '' Facing pressure from farmers , Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced emergency measures this week that will exempt the worst-hit farmers from paying most taxes for one year . `` This is a big boost of patriotism , and a sign of support from all Argentines , '' Kirchner said on January 26 . `` All other sectors of the economy will continue to contribute , so we can help the farmers who have been affected by this drought . '' Kirchner has had a contentious relationship with farmers , who staged noisy protests and strikes last year over an increase in export taxes . Those taxes eventually were reduced , but farming leaders still contend that the government is out of touch with their needs . They say the measures announced this week fall short , and are demanding a cohesive , long-term plan for dealing with emergencies such as the current drought . If not , they say , they may strike again . Watch how farmers reacted to Kirchner 's move '' `` Sure , this plan is approved now , and it helps , but we need money to feed cows , to go back to planting crops , because this drought is impacting life in every sector of society , '' said Eduardo Buzzi of the Argentine Agrarian Federation . As she yanks dead soy plant vines from a dusty field in San Miguel del Monte , Lorena del Rios of the Argentina Rural Society says she expects the drought to affect both Argentine and overseas consumers , especially when it comes to Argentina 's world-famous beef . `` We will see less meat available , which means rising prices , '' she said . `` There is even the possibility that in a few years Argentina will have to import beef , which is almost unthinkable for people here . ''

Where is the drought hitting ?

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-LRB- Entertainment Weekly -RRB- -- How are the elements of the charming , traditional romantic comedy `` The Proposal '' like the checklist of a charming , traditional bride ? Let me count the ways ... Ryan Reynolds wonders if marrying his boss , Sandra Bullock , is a good thing in `` The Proposal . '' Something old : The story of a haughty woman and an exasperated man who hate each other -- until they realize they love each other -- is proudly square , in the tradition of rom-coms from the 1940s and '50s . Or is it straight out of Shakespeare 's 1590s ? Sandra Bullock is the shrew , Margaret , a pitiless , high-powered New York book editor first seen multitasking in the midst of her aerobic workout -LRB- thus you know she needs to get ... loved -RRB- . Ryan Reynolds is Andrew , her put-upon foil of an executive assistant , a younger man who accepts abuse as a media-industry hazing ritual . And there the two would remain , locked in mutual disdain , except for Margaret 's fatal flaw -- she 's Canadian . -LRB- So is `` X-Men 's '' Wolverine ; I thought our neighbors to the north were supposed to be nice . -RRB- Margaret , with her visa expired , faces deportation and makes the snap executive decision to marry Andrew in a green-card wedding . It 's an offer the underling ca n't refuse if he wants to keep his job . -LRB- A sexual-harassment lawsuit would ruin the movie 's mood . -RRB- OK , he says . But first comes a visit to the groom-to-be 's family in Alaska . Amusing complications ensue . Something new : The chemical energy between Bullock and Reynolds is fresh and irresistible . In her mid-40s , Bullock has finessed her dewy America 's Sweetheart comedy skills to a mature , pearly texture ; she 's lovable both as an uptight careerist in a pencil skirt and stilettos , and as a lonely lady in a flapping plaid bathrobe . Reynolds , meanwhile , is just refining his dry comedy thing , learning to get the most from his deceptive cute-face looks . Who knew these two would , hmmm , complete each other ? Working together , both are surer and more disciplined in delivering their comedy goods . iReport.com : `` Proposal '' has `` plenty of laughs '' Something borrowed : The boisterous family dynamics . The eccentric supporting players -LRB- none more extreme than Oscar Nunez from `` The Office '' -RRB- . The snappy screwball dialogue in Pete Chiarelli 's script . And the way Anne Fletcher directs like a camp counselor wrangling bunkmates ... it 's all been seen before . For a reason . These elements work . Something blue : As the wise and saucy matriarch of the family , the divine 87-year-old Betty White has fun as one hot grandma -- and inspires her younger stars to say `` I do , '' too . EW Grade : B + CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly

EW : `` The Proposal '' is a top-notch what ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Israeli President Shimon Peres said he had an amicable phone conversation with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan , a day after Erdogan stormed offstage during an angry exchange with Peres at the World Economic Forum in Davos , Switzerland . Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan leaves the stage Thursday , as Israeli President Shimon Peres sits , left . Peres said he and Erdogan did not take the spat personally . `` I called him up and said , yes , it 's nothing against you , nothing against Turkey . We consider you as a friend , '' Peres said . He said Erdogan reciprocated . Although there was no mention of an apology , Peres said there was a polite exchange between the two leaders . `` I did n't take it personally . I did n't go for a personal fight . I answered unfounded accusations . It was my duty . And they did n't change my mind , '' he said . Watch Shimon Peres on the Gaza conflict  '' Turkey , a predominantly Muslim nation , has long been the Jewish state 's closest military and economic partner in the region , and Turkey recently mediated indirect peace talks between Israel and Syria . But many Turks have been incensed with Israel over its three-week military operation that ended there earlier this month . And in Davos , Erdogan was angered after Peres said that Israel is committed to peace and blamed Hamas for the fighting in Gaza , where Israel staged a three-week military operation that ended earlier this month . When Erdogan began responding , a moderator cut him off , saying the debate had run over its allotted time . Erdogan patted the moderator on the arm until he was granted one more minute to respond . Watch commentary on Erdogan 's angry exchange  '' `` I know the reason behind raising your voice is because of the guilty psychology , '' he said to Peres . `` My voice will not be that loud . You must know that . When it comes to killing -- you know killing very well . I know how you hit , kill children on the beaches . '' He then left the stage , complaining that Peres was receiving preferential treatment . `` From now on , Davos is finished for me , '' Erdogan said . `` I will not come back . You wo n't let people talk . You gave him 25 minutes , but you gave me 12 minutes . This is not right . '' Erdogan had described the military campaign against Hamas fighters in Gaza as `` barbaric '' and accused Israel of using excessive force . He said : `` The Palestinian Territories are like an open-air prison , isolated from the world . I have always been a leader who said anti-Semitism is a crime against humanity . But so is anti-Islamism . '' Peres had said Hamas was responsible for the `` tragedy , '' accusing the Islamist militants of creating a `` dangerous dictatorship . '' `` Israel left Gaza completely -- no occupation , '' Peres said . `` I want to understand why they throw rockets at us . '' On Friday , after his outburst , Erdogan returned home to a hero 's welcome . Thousands of people lined up at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul , cheering and waving signs . A large banner read , `` You Will Never Walk Alone , '' and smaller signs bore phrases including `` Davos Conqueror . '' People also were seen waving Turkish and Palestinian flags and throwing flowers on the road leading to Erdogan 's home . Despite the glowing response at the airport , there has been some criticism in the Turkish media of Erdogan 's exchange with the Israeli president . CNN Turk 's Deniz Bayramoglu said the issue was still `` hot '' with Erdogan 's secularist political opponents speaking out against the prime minister . `` They also say that Israel 's behavior in Gaza is unacceptable but they are very critical of Prime Minister Erdogan 's behavior , '' Bayramoglu said . `` Some are saying they are really proud of Prime Minister Erdogan and some are saying it is a diplomatic scandal . '' Erdogan explained whom he was directing his anger at during a news conference at the airport . `` My words were only to the Israeli government , not the Israeli people , '' he said . CNN 's Simon Hooper and Talia Kayali contributed to this report .

What country is Istanbul in ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Arsenal climbed to the top of the English Premier League with a 2-0 victory over London rivals West Ham despite playing half of Saturday 's clash with only 10 men . Arsene Wenger 's team moved a point above champions Manchester United , who host Liverpool on Sunday , while Chelsea dropped to third ahead of their trip to Blackburn . Carlo Ancelotti 's side can join Arsenal on 67 points with victory in that game . Gianfranco Zola 's West Ham team were left to rue a missed penalty as the defeat left them just three points above the relegation zone . Arsenal , who on Friday were handed a chance to avenge 2006 's Champions League final defeat by Barcelona in the upcoming quarterfinals , took the lead after just five minutes in the rain at the Emirates Stadium . Brazil midfielder Denilson fired in a low shot for his sixth goal this season , having dispossessed Valon Behrami and then played a neat one-two on the edge of the area with striker Nicklas Bendtner . But Arsenal could not turn their dominance into further goals , and West Ham should have leveled just before halftime when Belgium defender Thomas Vermaelen was sent off as his nudge in the back of Guillermo Franco saw the Mexico striker tumble in the box . But Alessandro Diamanti saw his penalty saved by Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia , and the hosts also escaped in the second half when substitute striker Carlton Cole saw his fierce low shot hit the outside of the post . Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas made the points safe on his return from injury five minutes after that with a penalty on 82 , as England defender Matthew Upson paid the price for deliberately blocking the Spain midfielder 's clever little flick with his arm . Tottenham consolidated fourth place with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at 10-man Stoke , as substitute Eidur Gudjohnsen came off the bench to put the London club ahead before Dean Whitehead was sent off and then helped set up Niko Kranjcar 's 77th-minute winner . The on-loan Iceland forward netted just 18 seconds after halftime having come on for Roman Pavlyuchenko , who joined England striker Jermain Defoe on the injured list after suffering a hamstring problem in the first half . Whitehead went three minutes later for his second booking , but Stoke leveled on 64 as winger Matthew Etherington scored from the penalty spot against his former club after fullback Benoit Assou-Ekotto fouled striker Paul Kitson . Gudjohnsen 's dummy allowed Croatia midfielder Kranjcar to put the Londoners four points clear of fifth-placed Liverpool , who will have played one more match after Sunday 's trip to bitter North-West rivals United . The victory was doubly important for Tottenham after fellow Champions League hopefuls Aston Villa had to come from behind to snatch a 2-2 draw with lowly Wolverhampton in the Midlands derby earlier on Saturday . John Carew put Villa ahead in the 16th minute despite appearing to be offside , and the Norway striker salvaged a point for the hosts with eight minutes remaining as he steered Steve Sidwell 's low shot into the visitors ' net for his 13th league goal this season . Wolves moved four points clear of the bottom three , but were denied a first win at Villa Park in 30 years despite Jody Craddock 's bundled 23rd-minute equalizer and an own-goal from England international James Milner seven minutes before halftime . The result left Villa in seventh , having played one less game than Tottenham , equal on 50 points with Manchester City , who travel to Fulham on Sunday . Everton moved above Birmingham into eighth place with a 2-0 win at home to Bolton , who had Gretar Steinsson sent off in the 71st minute for bringing down Nigeria striker Yakubu . Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta fired in the resulting freekick and South Africa international Steven Pienaar wrapped up victory with a minute to go after Leon Osman hit the crossbar . Birmingham crashed 3-1 at Sunderland , who eased their relegation worries as England World Cup hopeful Darren Bent scored twice in the first 11 minutes to take his Premier League tally to 20 goals this season and 21 overall . Wigan moved seven points clear of the bottom three with a 1-0 win over Burnley , as Colombia striker Hugo Rodallega 's 90th-minute header left the visitors deep in relegation trouble after a 15th defeat in 16 away matches . Hull remain second from bottom , behind Burnley on goal difference , as new manager Iain Dowie suffered a heartbreaking 3-2 defeat at basement club Portsmouth in his match in charge . The visitors led 2-1 with 17 minutes to play after two goals from striker Caleb Folan , but Portsmouth 's on-loan midfielder Jamie O'Hara leveled in the 88th minute with a curled free-kick and the Nigerian veteran Kanu netted a late winner . Portsmouth are still set to be relegated after being docked nine points for going into administration , now 14 points from safety with eight games to play .

Who is Thomas Vermaelen ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- NASA scientists say new data provided by twin spacecraft analyzing the sun will help them more accurately predict how so-called solar tsunamis wreak havoc on our planet . NASA says new data on so-called solar tsunamis will help predict how they will affect our planet . The tsunamis -- powerful explosions known as coronal mass ejections , or CMEs -- produce solar cosmic rays that can interfere with technology , causing power blackouts and disrupting air traffic communications and cell phone networks . NASA says images captured by its twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory , or STEREO , spacecraft have enabled scientists to map the tsunamis in 3D to examine their structure , velocity , mass and direction . The solar ejections , its says , can release billions of tons of high-velocity plasma into space , producing a shockwave that generates cosmic rays which then plow into our atmosphere . These can create the brightly-colored auroras , more commonly known as the Northern or Southern lights , but also have more damaging effects , posing particular threats to spacecraft and astronauts . Solar physicist Angelos Vourlidas of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington said the new data from the STEREO craft -- launched into orbit in October 2006 -- will revolutionize the study of cosmic weather patterns . `` Before this unique mission , measurements and the subsequent data of a CME observed near the sun had to wait until the ejections arrived at Earth three to seven days later , '' he said in statement . `` Now we can see a CME from the time it leaves the solar surface until it reaches Earth and we can reconstruct the event in 3D directly from the images . ''

What will NASA be able to map in 3D

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` It was booked as a Kids in the Hall tour , but the stages were too small . '' Kevin McDonald explains -- as only he can -- his current U.S. comedy act with Scott Thompson . They 're calling it `` Two Kids , One Hall . '' `` They could only fit two-and-a-half of us , '' he says , `` So we fired two-and-a-half , and the other guy did n't want to come as a half . After some contract negotiation , it became Scott and I. '' Longtime fans of the legendary Canadian sketch comedy group know the full cast as also including Dave Foley , Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney . -LRB- McDonald did n't specify which of these three was asked to be half a man on the tour , but the smart money is on Foley . -RRB- From 1989 to 1995 , the Kids in the Hall enjoyed TV success , and many of their sketches and phrases have become a part of pop culture lore . For instance , if you 've ever crushed somebody 's head , you , sir , have enjoyed a Kids in the Hall moment . There 's plenty more from their catalog of absurdity , and you can pretty much find them all somewhere on the Interwebs . But if you 're looking for a place to start , this author 's personal favorite is a sketch called `` Citizen Kane . '' And my friend Paul favors one called `` Wrong Number . '' So , here , now , you have some Kids in the Hall advice from somebody named Paul , and somebody with the last name Bellini . Feel free to touch us . Despite being known for their sketches , the current Scott Thompson/Kevin McDonald tour is actually more focused on stand-up comedy . Thompson says , `` I never liked it until very recently . I always felt too exposed and out of control . '' It 's definitely something new for Thompson and McDonald , and , perhaps , even more new for their fans . But the chemistry between the two comedians comes out best when they share the stage during moments throughout the show . And it certainly came out when we sat down with them in Atlanta before their performances at The Punchline . As you 'll see in our video , Thompson and McDonald feed off each other with ease , often completing each other 's thoughts . Certainly , like all comedy , the Kids in the Hall are n't for everyone , but there 's no denying their success ; especially if catching the eye of a young Uma Thurman is the barometer of that success . Thompson recalls meeting her backstage after a show early in the group 's career . `` Uma Thurman at the time was the sexiest woman in the world , '' he says . `` We had never met a celebrity before . We all thought she wanted to sleep with us . It really was a big launching pad for us . It made us think that wow , we 're in the big leagues . She was the first responder . '' She did n't sleep with them .

What is unusual in current tour ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 14-year-old Filipino-American boy abducted in July by suspected Islamic militants in the Philippines is free , officials said . Kevin Lunsmann was reunited with his mother , the U.S. Embassy in Manila said Monday , without offering additional details . '' It was a tough time . It was a tough five months , '' Kevin 's father , Heiko , told CNN affiliate WSET , from the family home in Lynchburg , Virginia . '' I 'm just so happy . '' Heiko Lunsmann said the boy had plotted his escape for a while and eventually seized the opportunity some time late last week while his guards slept . He `` was spotted alone '' Saturday about six miles southwest of Lamitan City on the island of Basilan , a stronghold of the Islamic militant group Abu Sayyaf , the official Philippines News Agency said . Army officials turned him over to American forces in the southern Mindanao region , the Philippine government said in a statement to CNN affiliate TV 5 . The Philippine Inquirer quoted the Lamitan city mayor , Roderick Furigay , as saying Kevin walked for two days , surviving on candies his captors presumably gave him and on coconuts that he retrieved by climbing trees . `` In this holiday season nothing makes me happier than knowing that an innocent victim is returned to his family in time for holiday celebrations , '' Harry Thomas , the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines , said in a weekend statement . `` If ever we are to be inspired by the human spirit , we should take comfort in the courage , commitment and love that the Lunsmann family exhibited during this trying ordeal , '' Thomas added . Fourteen gunmen snatched Kevin , his mother , Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann , and his 19-year-old cousin , Romnick Jakaria , in July while they vacationed on the island of Tictabon , authorities said . The abductors forced them to board awaiting boats , which then sped off in the direction of Basilan . Kevin 's mother was released by her captors in October . Jakaria was released last month , according to the news agency . Basilan serves as a base for Abu Sayyaf , which wants to establish a separate state for the Philippines ' minority Muslim population . The U.S. State Department considers the group a terrorist organization and says it is linked to al Qaeda . The Philippines government has been fighting to contain the militants . Abu Sayyaf has been blamed for several terrorist attacks in the Philippines , including the bombing of a ferry in 2004 that left about 130 people dead , as well as past kidnappings . Basilan 's governor called on authorities Sunday to prosecute the alleged kidnappers of the Lunsmann family , according to the news agency . `` The prosecution of kidnappers by a court of law will put a stop to kidnappings , '' the news agency quoted Jum Akbar as saying . Thomas , the U.S. ambassador , said the crime will not go `` unpunished . '' Gerfa Lunsmann was adopted by Americans when she was 9 and grew up in Virginia . She eventually married a German citizen . Both she and the son , Kevin , are U.S. passport holders . Kevin 's father told WSET that the boy will eventually share his story of escape , but did not say when . `` I can tell you a lot of things , but I only know that he is a hero , '' he said . Read more about this story from CNN affiliate WSET .

What did Kevins father tell cnn

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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- While the Oscars is without doubt the grandest of all the awards ceremonies , it does n't have the world stage to itself . `` Persepolis '' won the French nomination -- but failed to make the Academy 's shortlist In London , the Brits have their BAFTAs ; Spain has the Goyas ; and France celebrates the Cesars , where `` La Vie En Rose '' won six out of its `` magnifique '' 11 nominations . And it was this foreign fare that gave rise to the biggest controversy at Hollywood 's big event . `` La Vie En Rose '' amassed an impressive eleven nominations at the French Cesar Awards . Marion Cotillard 's astonishing transformation into Edith Piaf won her Best Actress gongs at the Golden Globes , BAFTAs and the Academy Awards . But `` La Vie En Rose '' was not among the contenders for Best Foreign Film . Another French language film , `` The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , '' was on many critics ' top ten lists for the films of 2007 . It won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film and its American director Julian Schnabel was nominated for an Oscar . But like `` La Vie En Rose , '' this film was not among the contenders for Best Foreign Film . A third French film , `` Persepolis '' won the special jury prize at Cannes and it received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature , but yet again , this was not a nominee for Best Foreign Film . France suffered through an abundance of riches this year , with three potential Oscar winners . But to enter the race for Best Foreign film , France , like every other country , had to nominate just one . So `` La Vie En Rose '' and `` Diving Bell '' were rejected by the French film authorities in favor of `` Persepolis . '' But `` Persepolis '' did n't sufficiently impress the Oscar judges : so France had no films among the final five nominees . French frustration at the Oscar process was echoed in Taiwan , which chose Ang Lee 's film , `` Lust Caution , '' as its official entry . The film won both critical acclaim and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival . But Oscar judges ruled there was too little Taiwanese involvement -- none of the lead actors are from Taiwan . The double Oscar winning director watched in disbelief as his film was banned and Taiwan was told to pick another film instead : Oscar caution triumphing over Ang Lee 's lust for a third Academy Award . And the list goes on : the Israeli film , `` The Band 's Visit '' was excluded for having too much English -- but it 's the only way the Israeli and Egyptian protagonists can communicate in the film and is a key part of the plot . But Israel submitted `` Beaufort '' instead -- and made the final five . `` The Kite Runner '' may have proved an international success at the box office , but it did n't fly with Oscar watchdogs . Set in Afghanistan with Farsi as its main language , it fell foul of the rulebook by having too little Afghan involvement and a Swiss-American director . But for most critics , the most inexplicable omission from the shortlist of nominees was Romania 's `` 4 Months , 3 weeks & 2 Days , '' winner of the Palme D'Or in Cannes and considered by many to be a sure-fire Oscar winner . Some feel its challenging subject of a back-street abortion in communist Romania was too testing for conservative members of the Academy 's Foreign Film Committee , whose volunteers tend to include many retirees -- who else has time to attend screenings of 63 foreign language films ? Even Marc Johnson , the Chairman of the Academy 's Foreign Language Film Committee , acknowledged that some of the criticism levelled against the Academy this year was `` justifiable '' . He told CNN : `` We took quite a beating , and I think quite justifiably , not for the films that we selected but for the films that we DID N'T select . `` And I felt very passionately about it and spoke out about it more than I should have done , but there was a part of me saying `` wait a minute I did n't sign on for this -- I did n't sign on to be the scapegoat and we received a lot of criticism and yet it 's something I feel so passionately about I think foreign language film and particularly subtitled film in the U.S. are really an endangered species . '' Defenders of the Academy also point out that they 're only asking countries to nominate their favorite film ; they then pick the best of that bunch . Mr Johnson said it would be unfair to allow countries to submit more than one film as the selection process would become `` unmanageable '' . `` There have been arguments that why ca n't a coutnry submit more films ? France for instance might argue we make 50 films a year , maybe five of them are Oscar worthy and Ecuador maybe only makes one why is it we have the same group as they ? '' . `` Not that I ever like to mix sports with the arts but it 's a little bit like the World Cup . Brazil could probably submit five teams but they 're only allowed to submit one -- and it 's what makes it a fair race , '' he explains . `` The other thing is quite frankly this year we had 63 films . We could not see many more than that . So if we had 5 from this country and 3 from this country it would be completely unmanageable . '' And while the one-film-per-country rule fails to reward a nation with a flourishing film industry , it does ensure diversity : no less than 63 countries from Azerbaijan to Vietnam submitted films for the 80th Academy Awards . Israel , Austria , Poland , Russia , and Kazakhstan -- representing 210 million people in all -- were the countries vying for the prize on Oscar night , and the Academy points to the quality of those on the list , rather those that are not , as ultimate proof that the system works . E-mail to a friend

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Missing Florida pilot Robert Wiles , who was believed kidnapped and held for ransom 21 months ago , now is believed to be dead , and a former co-worker is in custody , accused of his death , the FBI said Friday . Authorities arrested Stobert `` Tobie '' Holt Jr. , 42 , Friday in Orlando , Florida , after he arrived from Colombia , where he was on a business trip , according to Tampa-based FBI spokesman David Couvertier . Holt faces state charges of first degree murder , kidnapping , extortion , and intent to inflict death or serious bodily harm , the spokesman said . The arrest was made by police from Lakeland , Florida , the Polk County Sheriff 's Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement , who were accompanied by FBI agents , he said . Though authorities now believe Wiles was killed , they do n't know where his body is , he said . The arrest was uneventful , Couvertier said : `` Holt was advised of his rights and said nothing . '' A four-count grand jury indictment was unsealed Friday in Polk County , where Wiles , then 26 , ran a branch of his family 's international aircraft maintenance business , National Flight Service , at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport . The FBI said Holt worked for Wiles at the time he disappeared . He was among several employees who told investigators they last saw Wiles on April 1 , 2008 , at the office and had no clue what happened to him . The FBI wo n't reveal the suspected motive or why agents believe it was Holt who left a uniquely signed ransom note demanding money two days after Wiles disappeared . At the time , agents said Wiles ' father tried to comply with the demand to get back his son , but heard nothing . Holt is described as an employee who , at least at one time , had a supervisory role at the company . Authorities say he now works as a contract employee doing similar flight maintenance work at Patrick Air Force base near Cape Canaveral in Florida . Wiles was single . When he vanished without a trace , fellow employees said they were stunned . `` All that he ever worked on was customer relations . Making things better for the company , '' co-worker Jerry Grief said at the time . `` Make the customer happy and make them come back . '' The FBI said it traveled to six countries and three states tracing Wiles ' trips and interviewing business associates . Without disclosing details , agents said the investigation led them back to Holt and his whereabouts the day Wiles disappeared . Several agencies , including the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Polk County Sheriff 's Department joined the investigation . The case will be prosecuted by state authorities in Polk County . Wiles ' parents , who live in Ohio , had offered a $ 250,000 reward for their son 's safe return . They are said to be in seclusion after being notified about Holt 's arrest . When CNN interviewed them last year , Wiles ' mother , Pamela , said , `` We 're willing to work with them and do anything to get him back . We just want Robert back . And they can just go and live their life , and we just want him back . '' The FBI will not reveal what makes agents believe Wiles is dead . `` Our investigation and evidence obtained to date indicate he 's dead , '' Couvertier said . CNN Senior Producer Rich Phillips contributed to this report .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- William Beach was one of those people who fixated on certain foods . He would eat the same thing voraciously for a few days , and then , when he tired of the same tastes , he moved onto something else . In August , when summer 's heat seemed unending in Mustang , Oklahoma , Beach took to savoring fried chicken -- and soft , sweet cantaloupe . Beach was elderly -- 87 -- but after eating the fruit , his health declined rather suddenly and before anyone in his family knew what was wrong , he was dead . He is among 15 people who died from Listeria monocytogenes in what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling the deadliest U.S. outbreak of a food-borne illness since 1998 . Gallery : The decade 's 10 biggest food-borne illness outbreaks The bacteria was traced to Rocky Ford cantaloupes grown at Jensen Farms ' fields in Granada , Colorado . As of Monday , the outbreak had affected people in 19 states . The CDC first reported it publicly on September 12 , six days after William Beach 's family buried him . Listeria ? What 's that ? Beach and his wife Monette bought the tainted cantaloupe at a Homeland grocery , where the store motto says : `` the best is fresh . '' A week after he ate the fruit , Beach felt malaise , perhaps not unusual for a man of 87 years . But then his face turned the shade of a tomato . Soon he had trouble breathing and collapsed on the living room floor , according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Jensen Farms . Monette heard him struggling to pull himself up off the floor . She hobbled into the room with her cane and saw her husband of 67 years unable to speak , unable to get up . She dialed 911 and an ambulance whisked Beach to Baptist Hospital in nearby Oklahoma City . He was discharged the next day but when he got worse at home , he returned to the hospital . One of Beach 's six daughters , Brenda Hathaway met her father at the emergency room . Beach told her he did n't want Monette to see him this way . Listeriosis causes fever , muscle aches , diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms . It is rarely a serious concern for healthy children and adults , according to the CDC , but it is particularly dangerous for pregnant women and the elderly or people with weakened immune systems . On the evening of September 1 , medical staff tried to intubate Beach but he began hemorrhaging from the mouth and nose , the court documents said . Soon after , he died . Monette never saw her husband alive again . Two days after his funeral , an official from the Oklahoma State Department of Health called Hathaway . She was told then that her father had tested positive for Listeria . Hathaway 's sister Debbie Frederick said the family wondered why it took the hospital two days to release her father 's body . They had assumed he died of natural causes . `` We knew it was some sort of infection , but we did not know what it was , '' she said . But Listeria ? She had never even heard that word before . What you need to know about Listeria Health officials began questioning Beach 's daughters . What had he eaten in the weeks prior ? They specifically asked if he had consumed cantaloupes . Frederick , meanwhile , glued herself to her computer , determined to learn more about the illness that killed her father . `` Doing all that reading , it became patently clear that the health departments knew there was an issue , '' she said . `` They knew there was a Listeria problem . '' The Beach family 's angst led to a lawsuit filed against Jensen Farms . Frederick said she hopes the lawsuit will help strengthen food safety laws . `` It 's a terrible thing to lose someone you love to something that could be prevented , '' she said . `` I pray that it 's over . I hope nobody else has to lose a loved one . '' Battling the bacteria In Littleton , Colorado , Jeni Exley 's parents , Herbert and Elaine Stevens , were getting ready to celebrate 60 years of marriage on September 8 . They still had a good life together . Despite his age -- 84 -- he felt spry enough to take the dogs out for a walk in their Littleton neighborhood . He let Elaine do most of the grocery shopping and cooking but he could make his own sandwiches for lunch . How to keep your food safe In early August , Elaine came home from the nearby King Soopers market with half a Jensen Farms cantaloupe . She did n't buy the whole thing -- it was only the two of them . Besides , she liked to able to see through the cellophane and decide if it was ripe enough . She and Herbert both ate the lush fruit . Herbert started to feel sick , just like William Beach . Four days before Beach was rushed to hospital in Oklahama , Stevens could n't get up from the toilet in Colorado . He had a fever of 103 degrees and felt nauseous . Elaine called an ambulance which ferried her husband to Littleton Adventist Hospital . Unlike the Beach family , Stevens ' daughters learned after a few days that their father was infected with Listeria . Exley , 55 , like Frederick , went online to learn more about the bacteria that had sickened her father . Health officials , after questioning Elaine about what the couple had eaten in the last few weeks , determined that Herbert Stevens was a part of the latest outbreak . After antibiotic therapy , Stevens was transferred to a nursing home . Exley arrived on her parents anniversary with chocolate milkshakes in hand . But her father was n't feeling well . He was sent back to the hospital when his condition worsened . Stevens eventually regained some of his strength . He was sent to a skilled nursing facility to recuperate on September 19 , the same day that the Food and Drug Administration announced it had found Listeria monocytogenes in samples of Jensen Farms ' Rocky Ford cantaloupes . Stevens ' Listeria is gone but at that age , he will probably never return to the man he was , Exley said . A little bit of him went with his bout with the bacteria . He uses a walker now to move around ; all his body functions seem affected , Exley said . `` I think it is amazing that he even survived , '' she said . `` I am surprised he is not one of those people who died . '' The Stevens are also suing Jensen Farms in hopes of recouping some of their medical costs . Exley , who loves cantaloupe , feels extremely lucky her family escaped tragedy . She , too , had bought some of the tainted fruit and received an automated phone call at home warning her about the recall . She , like Frederick , thought she could trust what she was buying at the neighborhood grocery store . From now on , she will think twice . And fill her shopping cart with apples and oranges instead .

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TEHRAN , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thirty people convicted of drug and other criminal charges will be hanged on Sunday , Iran 's semi-official Fars News Agency reported Saturday . A convicted Iranian drug dealer is hanged from a crane in the southern city of Shiraz in September . The 30 had their cases tried by the highest judicial authorities and were found guilty of the charges brought against them , Iran 's judiciary said in a statement . The verdicts are final , and the sentences will be carried out Sunday , according to Fars . According to Amnesty International , Iran executed 317 people last year , second only to China 's 470 . The U.S. executed 42 people in 2007 , according to Amnesty International . The Iranian judiciary 's statement said that all 30 were convicted of crimes including murder , murder in commission of a crime , disturbing public safety and security , being a public nuisance while drunk and being involved in illegal relationships -- relationships between men and women who are not married to each other . Kidnapping and using weapons while committing a crime were among the charges . The statement said that 20 of the people were convicted of drug and alcohol dealing , armed robbery and smuggling arms . The judiciary said it will provide more details later as to the crimes committed by those condemned and added that the hangings should serve as a warning to those who are contemplating committing such crimes . Others are awaiting trial , and their sentences will be carried out as soon as the verdicts are pronounced by the courts , the judiciary said . The judiciary asked the public to notify the authorities if they have any information that might lead to arrest and convictions of criminals . Iran 's government launched a campaign March 20 to increase public security and bring the crime rate down . Police cracked down on drug dealers , whom they called criminal gang members , and habitual criminals who use guns in the commission of their crime . Alleged weapons smugglers and people who break social and religious laws , including adulterers , were also targets . National television showed scenes of what were described as criminals being paraded in chains as a deterrent to others . The wave of arrests has subsided , as officials are now prosecuting the suspects and sentencing those convicted . Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report .

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Princeton , New Jersey -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After the Republicans and Democrats met at the White House summit on health care , it was clear that the parties are very far away from a bipartisan agreement . Indeed , few participants walked away with the sense that they were any closer to a deal . The White House did make clear that it was willing to move forward on health care without Republican support . The choice now becomes whether Democrats should use the budget reconciliation process to pass some parts of health care legislation . According to recent reports , Democrats are considering having the House pass the bill that was already approved in the Senate and then dealing with a package of additional reforms through reconciliation . Programs that are considered under the reconciliation process are not subject to a Senate filibuster . Democrats would only need 51 votes , not 60 , to pass those parts of the bill that are included under reconciliation . Reconciliation was created through the Budget Reform Act of 1974 in an effort to streamline the budget process , strengthen the ability of Congress to make tough decisions regarding deficits , and to make legislative decision-making more efficient . Congress quickly expanded on the types of measures that could be considered under reconciliation until 1985 and 1986 , when the Senate passed rules proposed by Sen. Robert Byrd that limited what could or could not be included when using this process . Before moving forward , Democrats must consider two questions . The first is whether using reconciliation to pass health care is legitimate or an abuse of the process . Republicans have charged that this would be akin to forcing the program through the chamber rather than passing the bill through negotiation and compromise . On this question , the answer is easy . Reconciliation has been as much a part of the Senate in the past three decades as the filibuster . According to an article that was published in The New Republic , Congress passed 22 reconciliation bills between 1980 and 2008 . Many important policy changes were enacted through this process , including the Children 's Health Insurance Program , COBRA -LRB- which allows people who switch jobs to keep their health care -RRB- , student aid reform , expansions in Medicaid and several major tax cuts . NPR 's Julie Rovner reported that most of the health care reforms enacted in the past two decades have gone through reconciliation . President Ronald Reagan was one of the first presidents to make aggressive use of reconciliation when he pushed through his economic program in 1981 . Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker said then that speed had been essential because `` Every day that this is delayed makes it more difficult to pass . This is an extraordinary proposal , and these are extraordinary times . '' Presidents Jimmy Carter , George H.W. Bush , Bill Clinton and George W. Bush all used reconciliation as well . It is worth noting that these presidents , particularly George W. Bush , also made use of sweeping executive power to circumvent Congress altogether . The second question is more difficult and it involves perceptions . If the Democratic leadership wants to use this tactic , they have to convince enough members of their own party that this wo n't scare off independent voters . This argument was harder to make in 2009 than in 2010 . But after a year of dealing with paralysis in the Senate and highly effective Republican obstruction , more Democrats are coming on board . The leadership must be proactive in responding to the criticism about reconciliation . They will have to explain that reconciliation is a legitimate process by pointing to the history . They will also have to connect the dots for voters frustrated with the ineffective government by explaining that the constant use of the filibuster has turned the Senate into a supermajority institution where both parties have found it extraordinarily difficult -- virtually impossible -- to pass major legislation.On this point , Republicans and Democrats actually agree . Indeed , as Democrats make this decision , Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning is objecting to a unanimous consent order and single-handedly preventing the Senate from passing an important bill to assist unemployed workers . Democrats must also convince hesitant colleagues that the payoff could be greater than the cost . While , in the short-term , Republicans will complain that their opponents have rammed through social policy in some sort of unnatural procedural move , Democrats are facing these kinds of intense attacks anyway . Right now , Democrats are receiving the brunt of Republican attacks without being able to pass much legislation . If they pass health care , they will be able to respond to the arguments of the GOP , not just by complaining that Republicans obstruct everything , but by pointing to specific benefits such as lowering premiums by expanding how many people purchase coverage and bringing tens of millions of Americans into the health care system . In certain respects , the White House made the use of reconciliation more difficult by initially accepting the notion that 60 votes were needed to pass legislation through the Senate . After the election of Sen. Scott Brown , R-Massachusetts , a decision to refocus on procedures that only depend on 51 votes makes it more vulnerable to the attacks of manipulating the process . But in other respects , the administration now has a better political opportunity to use reconciliation . After a year , the public has seen just how dysfunctional Senate procedures can be in an era when filibusters are common . With a public that is frustrated by Washington , as the polls show , the Democrats might be able to persuade a sufficient number of their colleagues to go along . If they do n't , one thing is for certain : Democrats will go into election day facing voters who are hearing all the complaints about their party but seeing very little in terms of what they can deliver on health care . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian E. Zelizer .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- 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 for a recent assault against her 14-year-old son , police said in a news release . On Saturday night , Cudanin drove some of the teens to where Malloy was , about a mile from her home , police said . Those teens and others at the scene then beat and stabbed Malloy and three friends who were with him , police said . Malloy was released from the University of Maryland Medical Center 's shock trauma center Monday , hospital spokeswoman Cindy Rivers said Friday . Cudanin and her son Andre were arrested Monday and face first - and second-degree assault charges , police spokesman Bill Toohey said . Four other teens face the same charges after being arrested Wednesday : Leo Eades , 17 ; Marvin King , 16 ; Malcolm Scott , 15 ; and James McBride , 16 . All are being charged as adults , police said . Police are looking for two other suspects , Toohey said . Warren Brown , defense attorney for at least one of the teens , could not be immediately reached for comment Friday . An attempted murder charge is likely against the person alleged to have stabbed Malloy , Toohey said , but police have yet to determine who that person was . Investigators do not think it was Kimberley Cudanin , he said . In fact , investigators do not think she assaulted anyone , but under Maryland law , her role in the attack warrants the assault charges , Toohey said . CNN 's Khadijah Rentas contributed to this report .

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NEW DELHI , India -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Tibetan exile leaders , meeting in northern India to debate a potential new approach to Tibet 's decades-long struggle for autonomy , have voted to stay with the Dalai Lama 's current `` middle way approach , '' according to a spokesman for the spiritual leader . Some have sought Tibet 's independence from China , but the Dalai Lama has sought autonomy . `` The majority of the people have spoken and have requested his holiness the Dalai Lama to continue with his middle way approach , '' said spokesman Tenzin Taklha . The meeting was called after the Dalai Lama acknowledged he had failed in his efforts to convince China to restore the territory 's autonomy . He did not attend the week-long conference in Dharamsala , a town in the hills of north India where he lives in exile . He called the meeting , he said , to offer the exiles an opportunity to discuss `` the best possible future course of action '' for Tibet . Takhla said the Tibetans demonstrated that the Dalai Lama was their undisputed leader , and they hoped China would recognize him as such and negotiations toward a realistic solution could be held . There was a small minority who said they wanted to demand Tibet 's independence , Takhla said . The `` middle way '' approach with Beijing is one in which Tibetans want a level of autonomy that will allow them to protect and preserve their culture , religion and national identity . In exchange , China could continue to claim Tibet as part of its territory . Some in Tibet have advocated independence from China , but the Dalai Lama has long called for genuine autonomy . Tibet is technically autonomous from the central Chinese government , but the Dalai Lama and others have said they favor real autonomy and resent the slow erosion of their culture amid an influx of Han Chinese , the largest ethnic group in China . Learn about Tibet 's history of conflict '' The resentment spilled over in March , when Buddhist monks initiated peaceful anti-Chinese protests in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa . The demonstrations began March 14 , the anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against Beijing 's rule that sent the Dalai Lama into exile . The protests soon turned violent , with demonstrators burning vehicles and shops . Some protesters advocated independence from China , while others demonstrated against the growing influence of the Han Chinese in Tibet and other regions of China with ethnic Tibetan populations . The subsequent crackdown left 18 civilians and one police officer dead , according to the Chinese government . Tibet 's self-proclaimed government-in-exile put the death toll from the protests at 140 . China blamed the Dalai Lama and his followers for the March riots -- a charge he has consistently denied .

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ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There have been conflicting accounts of how former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto died Thursday . Here is a timeline of the accounts reported by CNN . Late Thursday , Pakistan time : • Pakistani police say that a suicide bomber killed 14 people at a rally in Rawalpindi organized by Bhutto supporters . A Bhutto spokesman says the opposition leader was rushed away from the scene and was safe . Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrives at a campaign rally Thursday in Rawalpindi , Pakistan . • Pakistan 's Geo Television Network , quoting Bhutto 's husband , Asif Ali Zardari , reports the ex-premier was critically wounded in the bombing . • Former Pakistani government spokesman Tariq Azim Khan says Bhutto was hurt leaving the rally , but there is no indication whether she was shot or hurt in the bombing . Reports from police and the Bhutto camp conflict over whether she was injured . • Geo TV quotes Zardari saying his wife suffered a bullet wound to the neck after the suicide bombing . • Khan and Pakistan 's primary television networks report Bhutto is dead . Television reports indicate she died of bullet wounds suffered after the suicide bombing . • Khan says it appears Bhutto was shot , but he adds it 's unclear whether bullets or shrapnel caused her wounds . • Doctors and a spokesman for Bhutto 's Pakistan People 's Party confirm the ex-premier 's death , but it remains unclear how she was killed . • Police tell CNN that a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle detonated himself near Bhutto 's motorcade . She was rushed to nearby Rawalpindi General Hospital , where doctors pronounced her dead . Khan says it 's unclear if a bullet or shrapnel dealt the fatal wounds . Friday morning , Pakistan time : • The Pakistani Interior Ministry tells the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan that Bhutto died of a gunshot wound to the neck . The suicide bomber fired shots before blowing himself up , the ministry tells the news agency . A photographer for Getty Images confirms hearing three shots before the blast . • CNN quotes a witness who describes Bhutto 's killer as a `` thin young man jumping toward the vehicle and opening fire . '' Friday evening , Pakistan time : • The Interior Ministry tells the Associated Press of Pakistan that flying shrapnel from a suicide bomb killed Bhutto . The bomber also shot at her with a pistol , the ministry tells the state-run news agency , but Bhutto suffered no injuries from bullets . • Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Javed Iqbal Cheema , citing a medical report , says Bhutto was hit on the right side of her skull with shrapnel . • Another Associated Press of Pakistan report quotes Dr. Mussadiq Khan saying that Bhutto showed `` no signs of life '' on her arrival at Rawalpindi General Hospital and that she was pronounced dead about 40 minutes later . • Cheema says Bhutto died after fracturing her skull on a sunroof lever in her vehicle . Contrary to previous reports , she did not die from bullet or shrapnel wounds and nothing entered her head , the Interior Ministry spokesman said . • Cheema says that Bhutto `` fell down or perhaps ducked '' when gunshots rang out . She apparently hit her head on a lever , Cheema said , adding that it was stained with blood . • Khan , the doctor who treated Bhutto before she was declared dead , says the former prime minister had a `` big wound '' on the side of her head `` that usually occurs when something big , with a lot of speed , hits that area . '' E-mail to a friend

What reports say Friday ?

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New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When Alec Baldwin closed out the Academy Awards on Sunday night by slapping director Kathryn Bigelow squarely on the backside , that pretty much said it all . It was Ladies ' Night in a Boys ' Town . Yes , the opening routine by Baldwin and Steve Martin was very funny ; there was sincerity and genuine gratitude from many of the winners ; despite weird digressions into arcane areas like sound recording , the program moved briskly enough . But did the orchestra need to follow Bigelow 's win of her long-deserved best director prize , for `` The Hurt Locker , '' by playing the old Helen Reddy song `` I Am Woman '' ? When Zoe Saldana and Carey Mulligan arrived on stage to present the Best Original Song award , did they have to be intro-ed with `` Thank Heaven For Little Girls '' ? And in addition to being groped by Baldwin , did Bigelow have to be so muscled-in-on by her fellow producers when she was picking up the best picture award for her film , `` The Hurt Locker '' ? ` The Hurt Locker ' wins six Oscars Maybe that wacky Elinor Burkett had a point : The producer of `` Music by Prudence '' -- which had just won the Oscar for best documentary short -- barreled on stage , saying `` Let the woman speak ! '' and commandeering the mike from her director , Roger Ross Williams . She provided a classic moment of Oscar craziness and the one instance of spontaneity in an evening when all the big favorites won all the big prizes . Burkett seemed boorish , sure . But that does n't necessarily make her wrong . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences certainly faced a dilemma this year : Vote for the future , or make up for the past . Years from now , it will probably look profoundly shortsighted that `` Avatar , '' one of the biggest movies ever -- and , more importantly , the one that indicates where movies are going -- did n't win the top prize when Hollywood had a chance to bestow it . Instead , the Oscars gave their most coveted awards to a small indie film about an unpopular war and a director whose sex had never before been honored with a best director prize . What helped make it all so complicated was not that there 's been a long , long history of overlooked genius female directors that the Oscars had to atone for . The sin at stake was -- and is -- that women simply have never been given an equal chance to direct . Predictably , Bigelow did n't have to be as good as the boys , she had to be better . And she was . But earning your Oscars and actually getting them are two different things . Fortunately for Bigelow , she had history on her side last night . James Cameron did n't . The billions being made by `` Avatar '' will probably be some consolation , but neither he nor his movie are warm and fuzzy , which is what the Academy voters like . In fact , the big-hearted , sentimental acceptance by best actor Jeff Bridges -LRB- `` Crazy Heart '' -RRB- , and the rather elegant , funny remarks by best actress Sandra Bullock -LRB- `` The Blind Side '' -RRB- , are exactly what we all want Oscar night to be . That , and a few good jokes , which is what Martin and Baldwin provided , arriving on stage after a musical extravaganza starring Neil Patrick Harris that seemed ready to recall the bad old days of producer Alan Carr and the notorious Rob Lowe/Snow White musical overture of 1989 . Looking back on Oscar 's ` train wreck ' Nothing so ghastly reared its ugly head last night , although there were a few moments of bad choices , bad manners and a strategy that was , at best , elusive . For all the changing characters and categories on Oscar-watchers ' betting pool ballots , there are certain things we bet on no matter what : one , that the show will be interminable ; two , that it will last at least until midnight -LRB- ET -RRB- no matter how they try to contain it ; and , three , that there will be moments in the show itself that , although planned by seemingly sane individuals , will be inexplicable , if not grotesque . Last night did not disappoint . While someone like poor Tivi Magnusson got drowned out by the orchestra -LRB- after he and Joachim Back won best live action short for `` The New Tenants '' -RRB- , the show 's producers thought it made perfect sense to devote relatively huge chunks of time to examining the niceties of animated short subjects or providing weary viewers the inevitable , unspeakable interpretive dance number , this one devoted to the evening 's musical scores . More painful , at least to this viewer 's eyes , was an overlong salute to the late director John Hughes , featuring a reunion of some of his more famous players , a few of whom -- Molly Ringwald , for instance , and Judd Nelson -- looked positively shell shocked . The only surprises of the night were in the best foreign film category : The Argentine `` El Secreto de Sus Ojos , '' beat out the favored `` White Ribbon , '' thus continuing the Oscar tradition of giving the foreign-film prize to something few have even seen -LRB- a foreign-film Oscar does n't do much good , one should remember , for a movie that 's already opened and closed -RRB- . The other surprise was the rudeness with which costume designer Sandy Powell accepted her `` Young Victoria '' Oscar . `` I 've already got two of these , '' she said , before dissing her coworkers and , by extension , the Academy in toto . Brusque dismissal is not a quality Oscar tolerates very well and it 's not likely Ms. Powell will be back , unlike Martin and Baldwin , who were the funniest Oscar hosts ever , proving there 's power in numbers , the sum often can be more than the parts , and that it 's always good to have an extra pair of hands , as long as they stay off Kathryn Bigelow 's butt . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John Anderson .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Famed Uruguayan author Mario Benedetti died at his home in Montevideo , Uruguay , on Sunday , his personal secretary , Ariel Silva , told CNN . Author Mario Benedetti , 88 , was battling intestinal problems and had been hospitalized earlier this month . Benedetti , 88 , was battling intestinal problems and had been hospitalized earlier this month . A descendent of Italian immigrants , Benedetti authored such best-selling novels as `` The Truce '' and `` Juan Angel 's Birthday , '' as well as a collection of short stories and poems . The poet-turned-novelist became a part of a thriving era of Latin authors including Gabriel Garcia Marquez , Carlos Fuentes , and Mario Vargas Llosa , who often intertwined politics with their work . A supporter of Fidel Castro 's government , Benedetti left Uruguay to live in exile , partly in Cuba , where his writings grew more political . `` I have never hidden my political position so I had to leave the country , '' he told CNN in a June 2005 interview . `` I 've had many mishaps , many problems in my short life , '' he added . Journalist Dario Klein in Montevideo contributed this report .

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PHOENIX , Arizona -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was supposed to be just another day at work . Job losses suffered by Linda and Chris Metzger have had a ripple effect on other businesses in their community In early March 2008 , 31-year-old Linda Metzger went to the New York office where she had worked as an assistant vice president in the marketing department at Lehman Brothers for about a year . Only 15 minutes into her work day , Metzger was called into her manager 's office , where a representative from human resources was waiting . `` They told me that the company was having economic difficulties and that they had to make budget cuts , '' Metzger said . `` They were afraid that they were going to have to let me go and that it was not due to performance . '' Metzger says that would be her last day at Lehman Brothers . She was given some time to collect her composure , gather her belongings and head home . She was out of a $ 90,000-a-year job and was getting married in three months . Metzger says it was a chance for her and her fiancà © to refocus , relocate and start a new life . Within a few weeks , they both found jobs near Phoenix , Arizona , earning close to what they were making in New York . They bought a home and two new cars and got married . But the good feelings suddenly and dramatically ended in October when Metzger , who was four months pregnant , showed up to work at Lumension , where she was a marketing manager . Metzger says she was called into the office , and it happened again . She was laid off from her second job in less than a year . Watch Linda talk about getting laid off  '' `` I was so overwhelmed and so shocked that I just immediately burst into tears . '' She thought about how she and her new husband , who had just moved across the country , were going to be able to afford their new life and all the bills that came with it . A week later , Chris Metzger was called into his manager 's office at the job placement agency where he worked . He was told that because of the economy , his office was closing , and he was out of a job . Now he had to break the news to his wife . `` I just came home , and she was upstairs , '' Chris Metzger said . He tried to find the best way to tell his wife that they no longer had an income . `` I walked upstairs , I gave her a hug , and I said , ' I lost my job today . ' '' `` I immediately fell to the floor and just started crying , '' Linda said . Within 10 days , Chris was able to find a new job , but Linda had no such luck . The economy was taking its toll , and very few companies were hiring . They looked at their budget and started to eliminate all the extras , including dining out and gym memberships . Vacations were put on hold ; furniture purchases had to wait ; fine meals out were now home-cooked meals . The Metzgers ' story is playing out all across America as businesses and communities feel the ripple effect of the recession `` When jobs get lost , demand falls for a whole bunch of businesses . You 're not going to buy new shoes ; you 're going to put new soles on them , '' said Lakshman Achuthan , managing director of the Economic Cycle Research Institute , an independent group that studies recessions . Restaurants where the Metzgers used to dine are now closed . The furniture store where they hoped to fill their home is having a liquidation sale and is closing in three weeks . `` You 've pulled back from all your spending except paying your mortgage and putting food on the table , '' Achuthan said . It 's a sign of the times . A drive down the Phoenix streets and strip malls are filled with vacant office space . Chris and Linda Metzger are expecting their first child in April . This month , they had to decide between making an expensive COBRA insurance payment or the mortgage payment , and they may have to start asking family for help . Despite her education and work experience , Linda Metzger says she is hoping she can start a genealogy business . She just does n't feel good about jumping back into the work force after her baby is born . `` I am feeling a little burnt -- sorry , very burnt by corporate America . ''

What places are closing ?

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Editor 's note : Leslie Morgan Steiner is the author of `` Crazy Love , '' a new memoir about domestic violence , and the anthology `` Mommy Wars , '' which explores the polarization between stay-at-home and career moms . Leslie Morgan Steiner says domestic violence afflicts the well-to-do as well as the poor . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For two days , news reports called her `` the 20-year old victim '' allegedly attacked by R&B singer and dancer Chris Brown in his car early February 8 in Los Angeles , California . We all now have good reason to believe that the alleged victim was pop singer Rihanna , Brown 's girlfriend . The story has dominated the general media with good reason . Both singers are young , apple-cheek gorgeous , immensely talented and squeaky clean -- the last couple you 'd imagine as domestic violence headliners . Perhaps the only good that will come from the Rihanna/Brown publicity is destruction of our culture 's misconception that abusers and their victims can only be universally poor , uneducated and powerless . Brown , whose first song debuted at No. 1 and whose first album topped the Billboard Hot 100 , appeared on a Disney sitcom and in Sesame Street , Got Milk ? and Wrigley 's Doublemint Gum commercials . Barbados-born Rihanna has been big-brothered by music industry legends like Jay-Z and Kanye West and is signed to the Def Jam Recordings label . She has been astonishingly successful in the short time she has been on the music scene , attaining five Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 's with `` SOS , '' `` Umbrella , '' `` Take a Bow , '' `` Disturbia '' and T.I. 's `` Live Your Life . '' Like Rihanna , I had a bright future in my early 20s . I met my abusive lover at 22 . I 'd just graduated from Harvard and had a job at Seventeen Magazine in New York . My husband worked on Wall Street and was an Ivy League graduate as well . In our world , we were the last couple you 'd imagine enmeshed in domestic violence . Many of my ex-husband 's attacks also took place in our car . For reasons I never understood , the enclosed , soundproof space brought out his worst violence . He punched me so fiercely that my face had bruises from his fist on one side and from hitting the window on the other . As trapped in the car as I was in our marriage , it was there that I endured tirades about how controlling I was with money , how flirtatious and naïve I was with other men , how defiant and disrespectful I was of my husband 's authority . So , I suppose I have more understanding than most about the shame , fury , confusion and disappointment Rihanna may be experiencing . What 's hardest for outsiders to fathom is how lethal a cocktail love , hope and sympathy can be . I first fell for my husband the night he confided how he , like Chris Brown , had been traumatized as a young boy by domestic violence in his home . `` He used to hit my mom ... He made me terrified all the time , terrified like I had to pee on myself , '' Brown said during a 2007 interview with Giant magazine . Brown has n't explained what happened in the recent incident , but this week he released a statement saying that he 's sorry and saddened by it . Our culture encourages women to nurture men , making it predictable that many experience a seductive empathy for abusive men , as well as the misguided hope that love can obliterate an ugly past . In my case , it took four years , myriad terrifying attacks , and the intervention of the police and family court before I understood how little I could help my ex get over his abusive childhood . I certainly felt alone during my abusive relationship , but unfortunately I was in good company . The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that between 1 million and 3 million women in America are physically abused by their husband or boyfriend each year . Every day , on average , three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends . At some point in our lives , 25 percent of American women will report being physically abused or raped by intimate partners , according to the National Violence Against Women Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . However , these statistics , grim as they are , fail to highlight the root of the abuse cycle . A national survey showed that 50 percent of men who frequently assault their wives also frequently abuse their children . Witnessing abuse , as Chris Brown and my ex-husband did as young boys , is a form of abuse itself . Tragically , many victims of childhood abuse grow up to be abusers themselves . I always sensed that my husband did n't want to be hurting me -- he knew exactly how excruciating love and fear felt mixed together -- but his childhood rage overpowered his adult sensibilities . A few months after I left my marriage , I happened across another couple in another car , late at night on an empty street . I slowed down as a well-dressed woman about 25 years old was walking away from a white Honda , brushing off a tall , handsome young man wearing a sports coat and jeans . Suddenly she turned and tried to run . He grabbed her with his long arms and shoved her up against a dirty storefront . Even from my car I could see the fear on her pretty face . Without thinking , I jerked my car over and got out . By this time the man had let the woman go and she 'd slid behind the wheel of the car . He stepped back as I approached , his anger displaced by uncertainty and shame at being interrupted . I did n't look at him . I leaned into the car as she sat clutching the wheel , crying and staring straight ahead . `` I just left a husband who beat me for three years , '' I said . `` You do not have to put up with this . You do not deserve to be treated like this . '' `` I know , '' she whispered as fresh tears poured down her face . She sniffed loudly and shook her head . She would n't look at me . Her eyes were rimmed red , but I could see resolve in them . `` You 're right , '' she said . `` It 's just taking me longer than I thought . '' As I left , I gave the man a long stare . The spell had been broken and his face was open , sorrowful , filled with hope and fear -- a look I had seen dozens of times on my husband 's face . How long would that look last before he got angry again ? I could feel the woman 's determination as I got back into my car . I knew she would be all right , one day . The man , I was less certain about . Family violence is a criminal act ; perpetrators , while often former victims themselves , need to accept culpability . Until we can prevent children from witnessing and becoming victims of abuse , the cycle will repeat itself : there will be many more Chris Browns and `` alleged victims '' in our headlines and in our homes . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Leslie Morgan Steiner .

What can be done to protect children ?

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-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- Although it did n't set a franchise record , `` The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn -- Part 1 '' had one of the best openings in box-office history by debuting to $ 139.5 million , according to studio estimates . That 's the fifth-best opening weekend ever , behind `` Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 , '' `` The Dark Knight , '' `` Spider-Man 3 , '' and `` The Twilight Saga : New Moon , '' which held on to the franchise record . `` New Moon '' debuted to a slightly better $ 142.8 million on the same November weekend two years ago . What 's interesting is how closely `` Breaking Dawn '' followed `` New Moon 's '' trajectory . `` New Moon '' grossed $ 72.7 million its first day , and then dropped 42 percent on Saturday and 34 percent on Sunday . By comparison , `` Breaking Dawn '' earned $ 72 million on Friday -LRB- the third-best opening day ever -RRB- , and then fell 44 percent on Saturday and a projected 34 percent today . `` New Moon '' ultimately finished its domestic run with $ 296.6 million , and it 's too early to tell whether `` Breaking Dawn '' will wind up a bit short of that final figure . Even if it does , Summit Entertainment wo n't be complaining about grossing nearly $ 300 million from the fourth movie of its franchise . And , of course , the domestic box office is only a part of the equation here . `` Breaking Dawn '' took in $ 144 million from 54 foreign territories this week , pushing its worldwide debut to a staggering $ 283.5 million . Summit reports that `` Breaking Dawn '' attracted a crowd that was , unsurprisingly , 80 percent female . What is surprising is that the PG-13 movie 's audience was n't as young as you 'd think , with 60 percent over the age of 21 . According to CinemaScore , 30 percent of the film 's audience was under 18 , but an even larger 42 percent was between the ages of 18 and 34 . The popular conception is that The `` Twilight Saga '' is merely a teenage phenomenon , but these figures seem to prove otherwise . The $ 110 million movie received a good-but-not-great B + rating from CinemaScore graders . In second place was Warner Bros. ' 3-D animated sequel '' Happy Feet Two , '' which fell far short of expectations by dancing to only $ 22 million . The 2006 original , an Oscar winner for best animated feature , opened to $ 41.5 million -- and that was without the benefit of 3-D surcharges . `` Happy Feet Two '' was saddled with mediocre reviews , which might have discouraged some parents . Furthermore , five years could have been too long of a wait , especially for a sequel that appeared very similar to its predecessor . The original `` Happy Feet '' was released a year after March of the Penguins , when the Antarctic birds were having a moment in the cultural zeitgeist . That moment has clearly passed . The $ 135 million sequel earned a B + rating from CinemaScore moviegoers , and 3-D theaters accounted for 50 percent of its weekend tally . The rest of the top five consisted of holdovers . The 3-D action flick `` Immortals '' dropped a harsh 62 percent for $ 12.3 million -- a second-weekend decline that was larger than both `` 300 '' -LRB- 54 percent -RRB- and `` Clash of the Titans '' -LRB- 57 percent -RRB- . `` Jack and Jill '' witnessed a typical Adam Sandler fall of 52 percent for $ 12 million . And even though `` Happy Feet Two '' underperformed , `` Puss in Boots '' lost much of its family audience . The animated adventure dropped 57 percent for $ 10.7 million in its fourth weekend . In limited release , Alexander Payne 's `` The Descendants , '' starring George Clooney , debuted to $ 1.2 million from 29 theaters -- enough for a tenth-place finish . The Oscar hopeful raked in an impressive $ 42,150 per location . Only `` Midnight in Paris , '' `` The Tree of Life , '' and `` Jane Eyre '' opened to stronger per-theater averages this year , and those movies started out on far fewer screens than `` The Descendants . '' 1 . The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn -- Part 1 -- $ 139.5 mil 2 . Happy Feet Two -- $ 22.0 mil 3 . Immortals -- $ 12.3 mil 4 . Jack and Jill -- $ 12.0 mil 5 . Puss in Boots -- $ 10.7 mil See the full article at EW.com CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. . All rights reserved .

What movie fell far short of expectations ?

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TEHRAN , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former Iranian presidential candidate is calling on one of the Islamic republic 's most powerful clerics to approve a special committee to investigate alleged mistreatment of detainees arrested in the aftermath of the disputed presidential elections . Mehdi Karrubi says an `` impartial committee '' is needed to investigate alleged mistreatment of detainees . In an open letter to Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani posted Saturday on his party 's Web site , reformist Mehdi Karrubi says an `` impartial committee '' is needed to `` investigate these tragedies with transparency until they are resolved . '' He said he is willing to lead the investigation in a `` truthful , unbiased fashion . '' The letter is dated July 29 and was posted on the Karrubi 's Eetemade-Melli -LRB- National Trust -RRB- party 's Web site , called Saham News . The Web site said the letter was posted after Rafsanjani failed to respond . The treatment of detainees at Iran 's prisons has increasingly become a high profile issue , with human-rights groups accusing guards of conducting harsh interrogations , beatings , sleep deprivation , and threats of torture to coerce false confessions . Iranian media reported that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Iran 's supreme leader , ordered one prison , Kahrizak , shut down amid reports it did not measure up to the required standards . Kahrizak 's chief was fired and arrested over allegations of detainee mistreatment , according to local reports Saturday . A special parliamentary committee has made rounds at Tehran 's Evin prison , but did not find any signs of abuse , according to recent media reports . Hundreds of detainees have since been reportedly released from Evin , though `` political figures '' were held and put on trial . In his plea for an investigation , Karrubi says he has heard descriptions of torture and violence that make his `` body shake , '' though he does n't specify a prison . `` Some of the former detainees have told of such brutal and violent , repeated rapes of the young women -LSB- in detention -RSB- that have caused irreparable damage to their reproductive systems , '' Karrubi says in the letter . `` Others have raped our detained young men with such brutality that they -LSB- the victims -RSB- have been afflicted by depression and are no longer speaking with anyone and refuse to leave the dark corners of their houses . '' He adds that an investigation will `` teach a lesson to the thugs and criminals in the future and prevent the smearing of the reputation of the Islamic Republic . '' Rafsanjani -- a former president and head of the Assembly of Experts , the council responsible for appointing or removing the supreme leader -- called for the release of the detainees during a highly anticipated July 17 sermon at Friday prayers . He backed Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi in the presidential election , in which hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the overwhelming winner . Karrubi and Moussavi unsuccessfully challenged the results for weeks , and Ahmadinejad was sworn in for his second term last week . Rafsanjani himself has been accused of helping fuel the post-election unrest as part of recent mass trials of the remaining detainees over the past week .

What does Karrubi claim happened to both men and women ?

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LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Florence Henderson , `` The Brady Bunch '' mom , may be one of America 's best-loved mothers . Florence Henderson is often asked for hugs by complete strangers . As Henderson travels the United States with her one-woman road show , `` All the Lives of Me , '' fans respond as if they grew up in her 1970s TV family . `` Every day , I 'm asked ` Can I have a hug ? ' '' Henderson said . `` And I do . I hug a lot of people . '' And on Mother 's Day every year , her mailbox fills with cards from people she does n't know but who think of her as Mom . `` I get mail from all over the world , 122 countries , '' she said . Henderson is using her fame as the iconic TV mother to help other moms who suffer from `` lackus appreciatus , '' which she says is `` a condition caused by years of under-appreciation and neglect '' of mothers by their kids . Her role as spokeswoman for the `` Center for Lackus Appreciatus Prevention '' is part of a tongue-in-cheek campaign sponsored by Kodak to promote an online service where Mother 's Day cards can be sent for free . A video posted on YouTube points to the Mom-a-thon . com Web site , which aims to close the `` appreciation deficit '' between what your mom does for you and what you do for your mom . Although just five seasons of `` The Brady Bunch '' were produced , starting in the fall of 1969 , children still grow up with the Bradys in syndication . `` It 's never been off the air in the United States , '' she said . Henderson said she sometimes encounters mothers who tell her `` You know , I really did n't like you when my kids were small , because they preferred you to me . '' She knows the power of her motherly voice , using it to make a reporter feel special with a scolding : `` Do n't play ball in the house ! '' For a moment , the interviewer feels like a Brady .

Who is Henderson a symbol for ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Civilians are in hiding in the Yemeni capital as protesters and government forces struggle for control on the streets of Sanaa . Residents in Sanaa are stranded in their homes , and some even fear looking out of their windows as they are left to wonder how long the violence will rage around them . `` We ca n't leave our houses to get food for our children . As soon as we walk on the street we are shot , '' says Rami al-Shaibani , a Sanaa resident . Thousands protested in Sanaa 's Change Square last week , but this week the square has been quiet , except for groups of youths carrying away the dead and helping the injured . Multiple witnesses and medics said dozens were killed in a violent government crackdown that started on Sunday . Protesters have used Change Square for a seven-month sit-in demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh . He is recuperating in Saudi Arabia from a attack in June on his palace but has vowed to return to Yemen to finish his term . Each wounded protester was carried by six or seven others -- sometimes friends of the casualty -- and taken to the medical camp in the square . Drops of blood created trails on the ground tracing the long , bloody route to a field hospital . At the medical camp , hundreds of young people were covered in blood and screaming from pain . Thousands more volunteered and donated blood for those in need . It seemed that not a minute passed without another injured youth entering the medical camp . The International Committee of the Red Cross has called for calm in Yemen , which , it said , is facing an `` unprecedented level of violence . '' With the limited-capacity field hospital full of patients , doctors made a desperate call for volunteers to try to help save the injured . Dozens were killed and more than 700 were wounded -- many of them by gunshots -- over the last three days in clashes with the military , according to medical staff in Change Square . Eyewitnesses said they had seen snipers on the rooftops of buildings surrounding the square firing almost continuously . In one incident , an ambulance carrying three injured protesters flipped over when a rocket propelled grenade hit it , killing all five on board , the medical staff added . Abdul Rahman Barman , the executive director of a local human rights organization , said Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh 's regime is attacking with no limits and does not differentiate between civilians , protesters or gunmen . The Yemeni government has repeatedly denied accusations of excessive use of force , and said the government is committed to establishing a peaceful transfer of power . Yemeni officials have said forces cracked down on those committing acts of violence during protests . Vice President Abdu Rabu Hadi has called for a cease-fire from all sides , state-run Saba news agency reported .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. Air Force officials called off their response late Friday afternoon at a Tucson , Arizona , base after reports that an armed man had entered an office building , the U.S. military branch said in a statement . Earlier in the day , a U.S. military official told CNN that a gunman was believed to be holed up in a building at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base . This precipitated the Air Force to call for a lock-down -- which began at 10:30 a.m . -- `` following the unconfirmed sighting of '' such a man . No shots were ever fired and law enforcement teams are on site , said the official , who had direct knowledge of the situation from conversations with base officials but did not want to be identified . In fact , at 6 p.m. , Col. John Cherrey -- who commands the Air Force 's 355th Fighter Wing -- told reporters that no gunman or weapon was ever found . He added that the building , where the gunman was once thought to have entered , has been secured after authorities went through it room-by-room . The announcement came about two hours after the Air Force stated that its officials had `` terminated '' their response to the incident . All base personnel were leaving via a `` controlled release . '' `` With the help of the Tucson emergency services communities , Airmen were successful in maintaining the safety and security of the Desert Lightning Team , '' the Air Force said , alluding to the name used for Air Force personnel based in the arid southern Arizona locale . Earlier , Tucson Police Sgt. Maria Hawke said in an e-mailed statement that members of the department 's SWAT team , hostage unit and bomb squad are near the site on a `` stand-by '' basis in case they are needed . But she said that they are `` not actively engaged in any enforcement , investigative or other activity . '' And Manuel Johnson , a Phoenix-based spokesman for the FBI , added that some agency personnel have been dispatched to the base to help , if needed . Shortly before noon Friday , Staff Sgt. Caitlyn Jones confirmed that there was a security situation at the base and that it was on lock-down mode . `` It has been reduced to a single point of entry , '' she said . Borman Elementary School , which is located inside the base , was put on lock down at 11 a.m. , said Karen Bynum , executive assistant to the Tucson school district 's superintendent . Its 501 students were confined to their classrooms , with all perimeter doors locked . But shortly after 4 p.m. , off-base parents were allowed onto the base to pick up students at the school and Sonoran Science Academy , according to a statement from the Air Force . On-base parents were told to `` take the most direct route '' to locations where their children may be . The incident occurs nearly two years after 13 people were killed in a shooting spree at the Fort Hood army base in Texas . CNN 's Barbara Starr , Terry Frieden , Tina Burnside and Alta Spells contributed to this report .

When was the lockdown initiated ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chinese language media often refer to Jay Chou as the `` small heavenly king , '' but the Taiwan born pop idol is more down-to-earth than the many accolades he receives suggest . At 29 , Jay Chou is already a household name in many Asian countries . `` I think I tend to believe in myself . I do n't know ... maybe I was born to believe in myself rather than in others . That 's why I like to complete my work on my own , '' the solo singer-songwriter and actor told CNN 's Talk Asia . The 29-year-old has ridden his wave of inner belief to become one of Asia 's biggest pop stars , and fostered an image of being something of an anti-hero , neither boastful nor too brash . His music mixes ballads with urban R&B beats , while he has also taken a march on Asian cinema , writing his own screenplays , directing and appearing in a number of hit films . Music remains his first love , having found success despite being naturally shy . He released his first album in 2000 , and eight years and seven albums later he still believes he has plenty of material for songs left in him , breaking from the usual Mando - and Canto-pop themes of boy-meets-girl . In the past his lyrics have ventured into more considered and darker territory with a song about an abusive father and have taken on a variety of themes and genres . `` I think my music is quite different from the Western rap music culture . You wo n't find bad language in my music . I have this sense of responsibility to add an educational element in my music . That 's why I would never write anything about suicide or whatever , because I think we all need the courage to deal with our lives , '' he said . Chou was brought up by his mother , a school teacher in Linkou in Taiwan . His parents divorced while he was at a young age . He began playing the piano as a 3-year-old , continuing to practice daily throughout his school days where despite being a diligent pupil he was academically average . While a so-so student he developed a way to express himself by focusing on playing the piano , and from it developed a self-reliant streak . `` I think my confidence belongs to the stage or when I 'm standing in front of the screen . I 'm like two different people on-stage and off-stage , '' he told CNN 's Talk Asia . Chou 's career was given a boost when he was spotted by Taiwanese entertainer Jacky Wu while backstage before a TV talent contest . Wu liked what he saw and introduced Chou to the music industry , at first as a songwriter for others . `` I never aimed to be a pop icon or whatever . My first album was actually a collection of songs that I wrote for other people . They did n't want them , so I made the album myself . The only aim I had was to be a singer-songwriter , not an idol , '' said Chou . Despite modest beginnings then he has reached idol status in many Asian countries , having appeared in front of crowds of tens of thousands of people across Asia and on the silver screen to millions . His huge exposure also ensures he 's the sources of constant speculation from the media about his private life . `` I think showbiz in Taiwan , or even in the Chinese-speaking region , is quite different from showbiz in the U.S. . The more low-profile and tight-lipped you are , the more the paparazzi runs after you . And I happen to belong in this category , '' he said .

When did his career begin ?

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LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Natasha Richardson , the Tony Award-winning stage actress and member of the famed Redgrave acting clan , died Wednesday from injuries suffered in a ski accident . She was 45 . Comedian Joan Rivers says actress Natasha Richardson had `` such a family . '' On Wednesday night 's `` Larry King Live , '' comedian Joan Rivers remembered Richardson for her marriage to actor Liam Neeson and used her sharp wit to recall her own skiing experience . The following transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity : Larry King : You knew Natasha Richardson . What was your reaction ? Joan Rivers : Oh , -LSB- it -RSB- should n't have happened . We were more acquaintances than friends . But we spent one amazing day on a boat with my whole family and she and Liam and the boys . And they were such a family . King : What was the occasion ? Rivers : We were all in the Caribbean , and we all kind of knew each other from dinner parties and so forth . And we met at the airport , and we said , `` Oh , let 's get together , with the kids . '' And it was one of those wonderful days . We laughed and talked and had lunch , and the kids were jumping off the boat and we were drinking wine . She was just amazing and darling . King : Have you seen her work on Broadway ? Rivers : I 've seen her work . I love actresses who go back and forth . I always have such great respect for someone who goes to Broadway and then film and goes back again . I saw her in `` The Philadelphia Story '' years ago in London when she won an award . She was very young in a musical version of that . King : What was your read on them as a couple that day ? Rivers : Totally happy , totally devoted to each other . That 's what kills me . I mean -LSB- it -RSB- just should n't have happened . ... And they made such a good-looking couple , too . He doted on what she said , she doted on -- it was just perfect . King : How did you learn of this yesterday ? Rivers : One of our mutual friends called me and said , do you know about -- I just saw them recently in the thing that Prince Charles gave in England , and a mutual friend said , did you heard about what happened to Natasha ? I said , what are you talking about ? And he said , she 's brain-dead . Watch King talk to celebrities about Richardson '' King : So you knew yesterday ? Rivers : I knew yesterday . And I knew yesterday that she was brain-dead . And I was told , which is , again , so dear , that they kept her alive purposely to bring her back to New York , so that the boys could say goodbye to her before -- King : Really ? Rivers : Yes . King : That 's both beautiful and sad . Rivers : Look at this , it gets me crazy . It 's sad . King : Do you ski ? Rivers : I had a terrible fall about 12 years ago . And I lay there in the snow and I said to myself , `` If I get up , I 'm not coming back and I got up . '' King : You 're like , `` Goodbye . '' Rivers : Goodbye . And I swear to you , I laid on the ground and I go , `` If everything works , that 's it . That 's it . '' King : You 've heard the doctor . What do you make of this ? There must have been something previously . It was a slight fall ? Rivers : You do n't know ; you hit your head wrong . You walk out of your house and it 's over . We all know that , especially at this age . You understand that it 's over , it 's gone . It 's just not that -LSB- Richardson 's -RSB- age , not with a good marriage , not with two young boys . It should n't be . King : John Kennedy said life is n't fair . Rivers : It is n't . It is n't . And anyone who does n't get up in the morning and say , `` How lucky I am , '' is an idiot .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- German car manufacturer BMW has announced it is to pull out of Formula One at the end of the current season after a `` landmark '' decision to restructure the group 's motorsport activities was made by the company 's board in a meeting on Tuesday . BMW Sauber have opted to pull out Formula One at the end of the 2009 season . A statement on the BMW Sauber F1 Team 's official Web site stated that `` the Formula One campaign is -LSB- no longer -RSB- a key promoter for us '' and that `` current developments in motor sport '' had resulted in the decision . Dr Norbert Reithofer , chairman of the BMW board of management , said : `` Of course , this was a very difficult decision for us . But it 's a resolute step in view of our company 's strategic realignment . '' The team currently lie eighth in the constructors ' world championship with eight points after 10 rounds and of their two drivers -- Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld -- Heidfeld sits a lowly 13th in the drivers ' championship with just six points . BMW are the second manufacturer to pull out of F1 in a further blow to the sport after Honda 's withdrawal before the start of the 2009 season . CNN 's analysis of BMW 's exit from Formula One . '' However , since Wednesday 's announcement , rival German car manufacturer Mercedes have reconfirmed their commitment to the sport . `` We regret the withdrawal of BMW from Formula One . This decision will not have the slightest influence on our commitment to Formula One , '' a spokesman for the company told AFP . Motorsport 's world governing body , the FIA , reiterated their belief that the move was an indication of how the global economic downturn was affecting the sport . In a statement on their official Web site , they said : `` The FIA regrets the announcement of BMW 's intended withdrawal from Formula One but is not surprised by it . It has been clear for some time that motor sport can not ignore the world economic crisis . `` Car manufacturers can not be expected to continue to pour large sums of money into Formula One when their survival depends on redundancies , plant closures and the support of the taxpayer . This is why the FIA prepared regulations to reduce costs drastically . `` These measures were needed to alleviate the pressure on manufacturers following Honda 's withdrawal but also to make it possible for new teams to enter . Had these regulations not been so strongly opposed by a number of team principals , the withdrawal of BMW and further such announcements in the future might have been avoided , '' the statement added . BMW entered Formula One with a takeover of the Sauber F1 team in 2005 and finished fifth in the constructors ' championship in their debut campaign , before racing under their own name in 2006 . With an aggressive aim of winning the world championship within three years , the team came close in 2007 finishing second to Ferrari , thanks largely to the exclusion of McLaren-Mercedes from the manufacturer 's points standings . In 2008 , the team captured third , thanks in part to a first win in the Canadian Grand Prix for Polish driver Kubica . The statement continued : `` It only took us three years to establish ourselves as a top team with the BMW Sauber F1 team . Unfortunately , the team were unable to meet expectations in the current season . '' The car-builder was also unable to `` quantify redundancies '' that may come from the move which follows the exit of Honda in December . The Japanese manufacturer -- who according to FIA president Max Mosley were spending $ 500m a season to compete in the sport -- cited the `` sudden contraction of the world economies '' as their reason to end racing . This led to Mosley spearheading an FIA plan to enforce controversial cost-cutting measures on the teams for the 2010 season . The Formula One furor explained . These measures , which split opinion within the sport , are expected to be adopted in a watered-down form and could eventually save $ 60 million from the cost of running a team , according to Mosley . However , the FIA were prompted by BMW 's exit to warn again that if the measures were weakened too much the positive impact on the sport could be reduced . `` As a result of a sustained cost-cutting campaign by the FIA , new measures are in the process of being agreed which should make it easier for new teams to enter and enable existing ones to participate on much reduced budgets . `` It is no secret that these measures do not go as far as the FIA would have liked but a compromise was needed in the interests of harmony in the sport . Hopefully it will be enough to prevent further withdrawals and provide a solid foundation for Formula One , '' the statement read .

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bayer Leverkusen moved to within three points of German Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich after a comfortable 4-2 home victory over Hamburg on Sunday . A double from Stefan Kiessling helped Leverkusen on their way to another three points , leaving them clear in third , a point behind second-placed Schalke , with the top three now pulling away in the race for the title with just eight games left . Kiessling opened the scoring after running onto Tranquillo Barnetta 's through-ball and out-pacing two defenders before firing past goalkeeper Frank Rost . But Ze Roberto volleyed home a 33rd-minute equalizer for Hamburg after a defensive mix-up involving Sami Hyppia and goalkeeper Rene Adler . Eren Derdiyok restored Leverkusen 's lead in the 55th-minute when heading home Daniel Schwaab 's ball into the box -- and Kiessling quickly added a third with a simple tap-in after some great work from Renato Augusto . Czech defender David Rozehnal gave Hamburg some brief hope when converting an 83rd minute Piotr Trochowski free-kick but the victory was confirmed just a minute later when Gonzalo Casto fired home from just inside the area . Meanwhile , in the day 's other match , Claudio Pizarro scored his 11th league goal of the season to give Werder Bremen a 1-0 home win over Hoffenheim . The Peruvian striker lobbed goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand with just nine minutes remaining to leave Werder sixth in the table , one point away from a place in Europe .

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BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The trial of an Iraqi journalist charged with throwing his shoes at U.S. President George Bush has been postponed , Iraq 's Council of Ministers and one of the journalist 's lawyers said Tuesday . Amman protesters support Muntazer al-Zaidi , the Iraqi journalist held for throwing his shoes at President Bush . Muntadhir Al-Zaidi was due to go on trial Wednesday , but the Criminal Court postponed it pending an appeal filed by his lawyers with the Federal Court of Appeal , a spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council , Abdul Sattar Bayrakdar , said . Dhiya al-Saadi , who leads Al-Zaidi 's 25-member legal team , confirmed the postponement . Al-Zaidi threw both of his shoes at Bush two weeks ago during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad . Neither shoe hit the president , and others in the room quickly knocked Al-Zaidi to the ground before security officials arrested him . Many Iraqis hail Al-Zaidi , who faces a prison term if convicted , as a hero . More than 1,000 lawyers have volunteered to defend him , al-Saadi said . The lawyers ' appeal asked the Federal Court to change Al-Zaidi 's case from assaulting Bush to insulting him . If Al-Zaidi is convicted of the former , he faces a maximum of 15 years in prison , al-Saadi said . The lawyers are trying to persuade the appeals court that Al-Zaidi did not want to harm Bush by throwing the shoes , but simply wanted to insult him . By tradition , throwing a shoe is the most insulting act in the Arab world . Al-Saadi said he met with his client several days ago but was having difficulty meeting with him again . He did not give the reason he was not allowed to see Al-Zaidi but said many lawyers have trouble meeting with detainees in Iraqi or U.S. custody . It will take at least two weeks for the court to set a new date for Al-Zaidi 's trial , legal expert Tariz Harab said . CNN 's Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report .

When was the trial due to start ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Buy a $ 175,000 package to attend the Oscars and you might buy yourself trouble , lawyers for the Academy Awards warn . The 81st annual Academy Awards will be held on February 22 from Hollywood 's Kodak Theatre . The advertising of such packages -- including four tickets to the upcoming 81st annual Academy Awards and a hotel stay in Los Angeles , California -- has prompted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to sue an Arizona-based company . The Academy accused the company Experience 6 of selling `` black-market '' tickets , because tickets to the lavish movie awards show can not be transferred or sold . Selling tickets could become a security issue that could bring celebrity stalkers or terrorists to the star-studded event , says the lawsuit , which was filed Monday in federal court in the Central District of California . `` Security experts have advised the Academy that it must not offer tickets to members of the public and must know identities of the event attendees , '' the lawsuit says . `` In offering such black-market tickets , defendants are misleading the public and the ticket buyers into thinking that purchasers will be welcomed guests , rather than as trespassers , when they arrive for the ceremony . '' Experience 6 did not return calls from CNN for comment . On Tuesday morning , tickets to the event were still being advertised on the company 's Web site . The Oscars will be presented February 22 from Hollywood 's Kodak Theatre . The Academy Awards broadcast will air on ABC . Hugh Jackman is scheduled to host .

what was arizona based company sued over ?

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LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson 's family and about 200 of their closest friends gathered on a hill Thursday evening for their final farewell to the pop singer , who died 10 weeks ago . Thursday 's service for singer Michael Jackson began 90 minutes past the announced start time . Jackson 's burial may lay to rest some of the mystery and controversy that erupted with his sudden death on June 25 . His large family was divided over where the superstar 's final resting place should be , but matriarch Katherine Jackson settled on a crypt inside the well-guarded and ornate Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale , California . Thursday 's service began 90 minutes past the announced start time , leaving dozens of celebrities -- including Elizabeth Taylor -- waiting in their seats for the 26 cars carrying the Jackson clan to arrive . Gallery : Invitation for Jackson 's service '' It began with Jackson 's five brothers -- each wearing a single sequined glove -- carrying his flower-covered bronze casket onto the outdoor stage among six large bouquets of white lilies and white roses , along with green topiaries . His three children , led by daughter , Paris , 11 , placed a crown atop their father 's coffin , which a family spokesman said it was `` to signify the final resting place of the King of Pop . '' Jackson 's children , parents and siblings took their seats in the front row , while his nieces and nephews filled several rows of white chairs behind them . After an opening prayer by Pastor Lucius Smith , soul music legend Gladys Knight sang the gospel hymn `` His Eye Is on the Sparrow . '' Clifton Davis sang `` Never Can Say Goodbye , '' a hit he wrote for The Jackson 5 -- the group that featured a young Michael and his brothers . What was said by Jackson 's father , Joe Jackson , and others who took the lectern is not publicly known , because the family barred news cameras from the ceremony . A family statement issued afterward said close friends and family , including the Rev. Al Sharpton , spoke `` spontaneously to celebrate Michael 's life . '' News helicopters hovering above captured video from a distance , but without sound . Watch media cover Jackson funeral '' Lisa Marie Presley , one of Jackson 's former wives and the daughter of Elvis , attended the service , according to the family statement . It did not mention Debbie Rowe , Jackson 's second wife and the mother of his two oldest children . Macaulay Culkin , the `` Home Alone '' actor who spent time with Jackson during his Neverland Ranch days , was there with his girlfriend , actress Mila Kunis . Actors Corey Feldman and Chris Tucker were also seen arriving for the service . Motown founder Berry Gordy , who gave Jackson and his brothers their first big record deal , and Quincy Jones , who produced Jackson 's `` Thriller '' album , were there . Music producer Teddy Riley , who helped with Jackson 's 1991 `` Dangerous '' album , attended . The guest list included TV executive Suzanne de Passe , who produced a miniseries about Jackson 's family , and Kenny Ortega , who was producing Jackson 's comeback show . Thomas Mesereau , the lawyer who successfully defended Jackson in a child molestation trial , sat just behind the Jackson family . When the hour-long service ended , his brothers lifted Jackson 's casket for a final time to carry him inside the Great Mausoleum , where he was placed in his crypt at 9:43 p.m. PT -LRB- 12:43 a.m. ET Friday -RRB- . The family statement said it was `` his final resting place . '' The family and friends then drove to an Italian restaurant eight miles away , in Pasadena , California , for `` a time of celebration . '' The massive mausoleum , the final resting place for Clark Gable , Carole Lombard and dozens of other celebrities , is normally open to tourists , though the public is denied close access to crypts . Security guards , aided by cameras , keep constant vigil over the graves and crypts , which are surrounded by a world-class collection of art and architecture . The Forest Lawn Web site boasts that the mausoleum , which draws its architectural inspiration from the Campo Santo in Italy , `` has been called the ` New World 's Westminster Abbey ' by Time Magazine . '' Visitors will see `` exact replicas of Michelangelo 's greatest works such as David , Moses , and La Pieta '' and `` Leonardo da Vinci 's immortal Last Supper re-created in brilliant stained glass ; two of the world 's largest paintings , '' the Web site says . Jackson 's burial was delayed by division among family members , though Katherine Jackson would make the final decision , brother Jermaine Jackson recently told CNN . He preferred to see his youngest brother laid to rest at his former Neverland Ranch home , north of Los Angeles in Santa Barbara County , California . That idea was complicated by neighbors who vowed to oppose allowing a grave in the rural area -- and by Jackson family members who said the singer would not want to return to the home where he faced child molestation charges , of which he was ultimately acquitted . The mystery of where Jackson would be buried became a media obsession in the weeks after his death . After his body was loaded onto a helicopter at UCLA 's Ronald Reagan Medical Center hours after his June 25 death , it stayed in the custody of the Los Angeles County coroner for an autopsy . It was only later disclosed that Jackson 's corpse was kept in a refrigerated room at the Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn cemetery until his casket was carried by motorcade to downtown Los Angeles for a public memorial service in the Staples Center arena . Again , speculation about Jackson 's whereabouts grew when the media lost track of his casket after his brothers carried it out of sight inside the arena . It was only recently confirmed that it was taken back to the Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn while awaiting his family 's decision . Though Thursday 's interment may settle one Jackson mystery , a more serious one remains . The coroner announced last week that he had ruled Jackson 's death a homicide . A summary of the coroner 's report said the anesthetic propofol and the sedative lorazepam were the primary drugs responsible for the singer 's death . Los Angeles police detectives have not concluded their criminal investigation and no one has been charged .

What famous guests were there ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Most conservationists would agree that you should not interfere with mother nature . But there are exceptions to every rule . Staff and tourists at Kapani Safari Lodge in Zambia were caught by surprise when a mother and baby elephant became trapped in mud . Saying they could n't just `` stand by and watch them slowly die , '' what ensued was a dramatic rescue . Together with the South Luangwa Conservation Society -LRB- SLCS -RRB- and the local wildlife authority , the team devised a plan to get the elephants out . The rest of the herd initially tried to help the screaming mother and baby escape , but they were stuck too deep . Team managers from the conservation society slipped a rope around the baby and after a few attempts managed to pull her out of the muddy pit . The team says it took a lot of coaxing to get her out and on her feet though , adding that she `` was terribly frightened and would n't leave her mum 's side '' . Getting the adult elephant out of the mud was a far more challenging task -- by the time the baby had been rescued , its mother was dehydrated and exhausted . But the SLCS team eventually pulled her out too , using a tractor and rope . Staff at Kapani Lodge say it was `` heart-warming to see how many local people joined in the efforts to free the two elephants ... it was the happiest possible ending . ''

Where were the Mother and baby elephant stuck ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's that time of year for seasonal trips to the movies , and to celebrate , the Screening Room is taking a look back at our favorite family hits over the years . The best of Spielberg : `` E.T. '' is our perfect family movie and perfectly captures childhood . From blockbuster to blockbuster , these are the films with something for everyone . They 've got to be live action -- we 've covered animated films before -- and family friendly . Do n't agree ? Think we 've missed one ? Post your comments to the Screening Room blog and we 'll publish the best . Read other CNN viewers ' favorite and worst family films , and tell us yours >> 1 . E.T. : The Extra-Terrestrial -LRB- Steven Spielberg , 1982 -RRB- Spielberg 's magic captures a perfect moment in childhood . We laughed and wept as his ugly little critter from outer space stole our hearts , while the kids fell firmly on the cute side of annoying . And oh , the music ... 2 . Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -LRB- Mel Stuart , 1971 -RRB- Gene Wilder 's whacked-out Willy Wonka adds a pinch of sinister to Roald Dahl 's anarchic sweet treat , while the ignoble exits of Veruca Salt , Augustus Gloop and Mike Teevee were delicious . 3 . Babe -LRB- Chris Noonan , 1995 -RRB- `` That 'll do , pig . '' Babe is wide-eyed with wonder in Dick King-Smith 's touching tale of a lonely little sheep-pig . Comic relief from the ewes , subtle special effects and a heartwarming turn from James Cromwell as Farmer Hoggett make this a magical tale for all . 4 . Bugsy Malone -LRB- Alan Parker , 1976 -RRB- Jodie Foster and Scott Baio -LRB- Yes , Chachi from `` Happy Days ! '' -RRB- star in this glorious escapade set in a musical world of pint-sized gangsters and mini-molls . Al Capone for the kids ; just watch out for the splurge guns ... 5 . Oliver ! -LRB- Carol Reed , 1968 -RRB- Jack Wild is delightful as the Artful Dodger , Ron Moody 's devilish Fagin glints with avaricious greed and Shani Willis shines as poor , ill-fated Nancy . But it 's Oliver Reed 's dark and sinister Bill Sykes who stayed with us -- and left us wanting more . 6 . Back to the Future -LRB- Robert Zemeckis , 1985 -RRB- Christopher Lloyd 's mad professor , a Delorean-cum-time machine , rock 'n' roll and a convenient bolt of lightning see Biff the bully get his come-uppance . All that , and a skateboarding Michael J. Fox ? Mr Zemeckis , you spoil us ! 7 . Home Alone -LRB- Chris Columbus , 1990 -RRB- Macaulay Culkin 's abandoned little boy sees off bungling burglars Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern with a series of eye-watering stunts . It proves just how great a child actor Culkin was ; pity the unpopular babysitters who became the victims of copycat pranksters ... 8 . Ghostbusters -LRB- Ivan Reitman , 1984 -RRB- Bill Murray , Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis blast ghostly green monsters to oblivion in this slime-filled romp around NYC , while taking time out to annoy Sigourney Weaver en route . Who you gon na call ? 9 . The Muppet Movie -LRB- James Frawley , 1979 -RRB- Kermit and Co. 's roadtrip to Hollywood is a fabulously fuzzy tale of friendship and following your dreams , but the Muppet Movie 's not just for kids : there 's cameos a-plenty -LRB- Bob Hope , Steve Martin , Richard Pryor , ORSON WELLES ! -RRB- for Dad and smart one-liners by the bucketful for Mom . 10 . Harry Potter -LRB- Various , 2001-present -RRB- The Hogwarts trio 's wizarding adventures , backed by a cast plump with the best of British actors . Fast-paced plots , spellbinding special effects and magical sets , but be warned : it 'll have the li'l critters pestering you to go to boarding school ... And our favorite hide-behind-the-sofa moments ... The Wizard of Oz -LRB- Victor Fleming , 1939 -RRB- `` I 'll get you , my pretty , and your little dog , too ! '' Margaret Hamilton 's green , cackling Wicked Witch of the West is hell-bent on revenging the death of her sister and getting those ruby slippers ; she 'll use deadly poppies and flying monkeys to do it . Terror as a rite of passage . Chitty Chitty Bang Bang -LRB- Ken Hughes , 1968 -RRB- With his battered top hat and lank hair , Robert Helpmann 's creepy Child Catcher prowled from Vulgaria into our nightmares , hoping to catch a whiff of his prey with his unfeasibly long nose . The only film character to give the Wicked Witch of the West a run for her money . Star Wars -LRB- George Lucas , 1977 -RRB- Darth Vader may cast a formidable shadow , but it 's the sound of his labored breathing that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up -- as it gets closer , closer , closer ... Ghostbusters -LRB- Ivan Reitman , 1984 -RRB- Rule 475 of Surviving the Movies : Never go into the basement ! The thick silence in New York 's Central Library masks a phantom infestation -- and they 're not going quietly . As the gray-haired librarian switched to shrieking ghoul , a generation of children was put off reading for life . Jurassic Park -LRB- Steven Spielberg , 1993 -RRB- And again , it 's the sound effects that make the Velociraptors so scary -- as the frighteningly intelligent pack of lizards hunt for Lex and Tim among the kitchen workbenches , their hissing grows ever nearer ... Do n't agree ? Think we 've missed one ? Sound off and read others ' thoughts in the Screening Room blog . E-mail to a friend

Which film on the list was the first to originally be released ?

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COLUMBIA , South Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama kicked off a series of local outreach gospel concerts Friday in Charleston , South Carolina , that unexpectedly came back to bite his campaign . Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is competing for the black vote with Hillary Clinton . The concerts were meant to boost black voters ' support for his presidential nominee bid -- the kind of events that would normally fly under the national radar . The ensuing controversy highlighted that Obama 's desire to unite disparate voting blocs -- especially religious voters -- under his umbrella of `` change '' is not without some serious pitfalls . When the campaign announced the lineups for the three-city `` Embrace the Change ! '' gospel tour last week , one name stood out to gay bloggers : Donnie McClurkin . The Grammy-award winning singer is on record as saying homosexuality is a choice , and that he was `` once involved with those desires and those thoughts '' but was able to get past them through prayer . To say the least , neither of those arguments is very popular in the gay , lesbian , bisexual and transgender community . John Aravosis , a prominent gay blogger and co-founder of the Web site AmericaBlog , led the charge against the Obama campaign , writing that the Illinois Democrat was `` sucking up to anti-gay bigots '' and `` giving them a stage . '' When the story bubbled up into the mainstream media , it took the Obama campaign by surprise . Obama 's efforts in the Palmetto State have overwhelmingly targeted African-American churchgoers in a bid to win over black voters in South Carolina from rival Sen. Hillary Clinton . The campaign has vigorously promoted the candidate 's faith , launching `` 40 Days of Faith and Family '' in September , which used Bible study groups to tap into the black electorate . Campaigners have run three radio ads , one of which called Obama a `` Christian family man , '' that aired on gospel stations across the state . Earlier this month , Obama spoke at an evangelical church in the traditionally conservative city of Greenville , where he demonstrated a casual familiarity with Christian vocabulary , telling the crowd , to much applause , that `` I am confident that we can create a kingdom right here on Earth . '' After that appearance , the Obama campaign told CNN that Republicans no longer had a choke hold on issues of faith and values . `` I think that what you 're seeing is a breaking down of the sharp divisions that existed maybe during the '90s , '' Obama said . `` At least in politics , the perception was that the Democrats were fearful of talking about faith , and on the other hand you had the Republicans who had a particular brand of faith that oftentimes seemed intolerant or pushed people away . '' But on Tuesday , Obama was forced to confront the uncomfortable truth that some Christians and gays are a little more than just strange bedfellows , especially among blacks . Obama issued a statement saying , `` I strongly disagree with Reverend -LSB- Donnie -RSB- McClurkin 's views and will continue to fight for these rights as president of the United States , '' and argued that it is important to confront homophobia among religious African Americans . A September poll of African Americans in South Carolina by Winthrop University and ETV showed that 62 percent of those surveyed said that `` sex between two adults of the same sex '' is `` strongly unacceptable . '' Obama held a conference call Wednesday with Joe Solomonese , president of the Human Rights Campaign , and announced that the Rev. Andy Sidden , an openly gay South Carolina pastor , will appear at the same event as McClurkin on Sunday in Columbia . Solomonese was not completely assuaged . `` I spoke with Senator Barack Obama today and expressed to him our community 's disappointment for his decision to continue to remain associated with Reverend McClurkin , an anti-gay preacher who states the need to ` break the curse of homosexuality , ' '' he said in a statement . `` There is no gospel in Donnie McClurkin 's message for gay , lesbian , bisexual and transgender people and their allies . That 's a message that certainly does n't belong on any presidential candidate 's stage . '' The State newspaper in Columbia reported Friday that Obama organized a conference call Thursday night with gay and lesbian leaders . After the call , the South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Pride Movement announced it will hold a protest vigil outside Sunday 's concert in Columbia . Privately , Obama aides say they believe Obama is a candidate of real , transformational change , and that uproars like the McClurkin controversy are necessary speed bumps on the road to bringing people with opposing viewpoints together to air their differences . Will Obama 's refusal to kick McClurkin off the concert bill hurt him ? Like many political squabbles , despite the national story , it depends how much the controversy resonates with voters in those crucial early states : Iowa , New Hampshire , Nevada and South Carolina . And in South Carolina , where African Americans make up about half of Democratic primary-goers , voters might not have a problem with McClurkin at all . E-mail to a friend

what was obama holding ?

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Allegations that Blackwater USA -- whose operations were suspended after 20 Iraqi civilians were shot to death last weekend -- was `` in any way associated or complicit in unlawful arms activities are baseless , '' the company asserted Saturday . Blackwater employees patrol Baghdad by air in a February 2005 photograph . Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that employees of Blackwater illegally purchased weapons and sold them in Iraq , according to U.S. government sources . A U.S. government official has said the U.S. attorney 's office in Raleigh , North Carolina , is in the early stages of an investigation that focuses on individual company employees , and not the firm . Blackwater , which is based in Moyock , North Carolina , is a security firm hired by the State Department to guard U.S. staff in Iraq . `` The company has no knowledge of any employee improperly exporting weapons , '' the Blackwater statement said . `` When it was uncovered internally that two employees were stealing from the company , Blackwater immediately fired them and invited the ATF to conduct a thorough investigation . '' Watch a report on Blackwater 's response to the allegations '' The first public hint that an investigation was under way came earlier this week in a statement from State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard after he was accused of blocking fraud investigations in Afghanistan and Iraq . Krongard said the State Department has been cooperating with the prosecutors in the Blackwater probe . `` In particular , I made one of my best investigators available to help assistant U.S. attorneys in North Carolina in their investigation into alleged smuggling of weapons into Iraq by a contractor , '' Krongard 's statement said . Blackwater resumed normal security operations in Iraq on Friday , the State Department said , after a brief hiatus following the lethal incident last Sunday . The Iraqi government was outraged by the shootings and disputes the U.S. and Blackwater 's claim that the guards were responding to an attack . E-mail to a friend CNN 's Elise Labott and Kelli Arena contributed to this report .

Who investigated claims ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A pair of earthquakes with magnitudes of at least 5.0 struck within 90 minutes of each other near Christchurch , New Zealand , on Monday , the U.S. Geological Survey reported , reviving vivid memories of a deadly quake that killed more than 180 people in February . `` Everyone is on edge here anyway , '' said Rhys Taylor , who said he could hear sirens and see helicopters flying over Christchurch . `` Obviously , power 's out -- sort of all over the city at the moment -- and phone lines are down . '' Police evacuated sections of the city 's central business district after reports of a possible gas leak , police said . Several bridges in the city were closed as a precaution . `` It was quite an exciting ride , '' Christchurch Police Acting Inspector Murray Hurst told CNN after the first quake , adding that there was some damage caused by the quake and a few injuries that were not life-threatening . The first quake -- a magnitude 5.2 -- was centered 9 kilometers -LRB- 5 miles -RRB- east-southeast of Christchurch at a depth of 11 kilometers -LRB- 6.8 miles -RRB- , according to USGS . The quake took place at 1 p.m. Monday . A second quake -- a more powerful 6.0 tremor -- struck at 2:20 p.m. , roughly 13 kilometers -LRB- 8 miles -RRB- north-northeast of the city at a depth of 9 kilometers -LRB- 5.6 miles -RRB- . And at least one smaller quake followed . A magnitude 4.6 quake struck at 2:40 p.m. about 11 kilometers -LRB- 6 miles -RRB- east of Christchurch and at a depth of 12.5 kilometers -LRB- 7.8 miles -RRB- , according to the USGS . The quakes came nearly four months after a 6.3-magnitude temblor struck the same area , killing more than 180 people . CNN 's Jack Maddox and Anisha Bhandari contributed to this report .

when did the 6.3 magnitude hit the area

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Griffin Bell , who served as attorney general in the Carter administration , has died , according to the Carter Center in Atlanta , Georgia . He was 90 . Griffin Bell is sworn in as attorney general in January 1977 . Former President Jimmy Carter issued a statement saying that he and former first lady Rosalynn Carter were deeply saddened by Bell 's death . `` A trusted and enduring public figure , Griffin 's integrity , professionalism , and charm were greatly valued across party lines and presidential administrations , '' Carter said . `` As a World War II veteran , federal appeals court judge , civil rights advocate , and U.S. attorney general in my administration , Griffin made many lasting contributions to his native Georgia and country . Our thoughts and prayers are with his family . '' The son of a south Georgia cotton farmer , Bell passed the Georgia bar exam while still a student in law school , according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia . He went on to help build the prominent Atlanta law firm King and Spalding , and then to serve as the nation 's top legal officer . He was a chairman of John F. Kennedy 's 1960 presidential campaign , and Kennedy appointed him to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 1961 . As a federal judge , Bell was involved in desegregation rulings in the 1960s , and he became known as a moderate legal voice in the South . Fellow Georgian Jimmy Carter nominated Bell as attorney general in 1976 . He was confirmed shortly after Carter 's inauguration but only after sometimes difficult Senate hearings . Bell 's memberships in private segregated clubs and some of his decisions as a federal judge became issues . He was confirmed in January 1977 by a Senate vote of 75 to 21 . Bell 's tenure as attorney general followed the Watergate era , and he was credited with helping restore public confidence in the Justice Department during the late 1970s . Bell resigned as attorney general in 1979 to return to private law practice in Atlanta with King and Spalding . He resurfaced in the public eye periodically , including in 2004 when he was listed among Georgia Democrats who endorsed President George W. Bush for re-election . Also in 2004 , he co-authored an independent study ordered by FBI Director Robert Mueller of the FBI 's internal disciplinary procedures . The report sharply criticized the FBI and called its methods for determining punishments for its agents `` seriously flawed . ''

What did his nomination restore confidence in the 1970s ?

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New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lil ' Wayne was sentenced Monday to a year in prison . The rapper , whose legal name is Dwayne Carter , pleaded guilty in October to felony gun charges as part of a deal with prosecutors . The charges stem from his arrest in 2007 outside New York City 's Beacon Theater . According to police , Carter had a .40 - caliber pistol on his tour bus . His attorney said it belonged to someone else . His sentencing was delayed twice -- first so he could get dental work done , including removal of his diamond-studded braces , then because of a fire at a Manhattan courthouse . At Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday , the room was packed with onlookers , while more people crowded outside . Carter was offered the chance to make a statement but declined , shaking his head . His attorney requested that Carter have protective custody while he is incarcerated . The attorney also requested medical attention because of his recent dental surgery . As Carter was leaving the courtroom , a fan said to him , `` Keep your head up , Weezy , '' using the rapper 's nickname . Another man wore a T-shirt that said `` Free Weezy . '' Carter also faces felony drug possession and weapons charges in Arizona . Lil ' Wayne is a multiplatinum-selling and Grammy-winning rap artist . His hits include `` The Block is Hot '' and `` Lollipop . '' His album `` Tha Carter III '' was the top selling disc of 2008 . His latest album , `` Rebirth , '' was released last month . CNN 's Jennifer Rizzo contributed to this report .

What did Dwayne Carter plead ?

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PARIS , France -- AC Milan 's Brazilian midfielder Kaka has been named European player of the year , lifting France Football 's Ballon d'Or award . Kaka has already claimed all of the game 's major prizes . His success comes two years after his fellow countryman , Barcelona 's Ronaldinho , claimed the award The 25-year-old Kaka was a major factor in AC Milan 's triumphant Champions League campaign . The runner-up was Manchester United 's Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo with Barcelona 's Argentinian midfielder Lionel Messi finishing third . `` This is very special for me - it culminates an astonishing year for me , '' Kaka said . `` It 's the top prize around and the only way to win something like this is to play for a team like AC Milan . It 's great to be part of a team that wins . '' At 25 years old , he has already won all the game 's major prizes , individually and collectively . He was part of Brazil 's 2002 World Cup winning squad , although he was limited to just 19 minutes as a substitute against Costa Rica . He was top scorer in last season 's Champions League , helping Milan to avenge their loss to Liverpool in the 2005 final . He won the Italian domestic title in his first season at Milan having joined from Brazilians Sao Paulo for $ 8.5 million , a sum that Milan president Silvio Berlusconi then described as peanuts . E-mail to a friend

Kaka plays for what team ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Zambia 's incumbent president bowed out with `` grace and honor '' Friday after election results showed his main challenger had won , his party said in a statement . `` The people of Zambia have spoken and we must listen , '' outgoing President Rupiah Banda said on the website of his Movement for Multiparty Democracy . `` The time now is for maturity , for composure and for compassion . '' Zambians voted Tuesday in the presidential election . The incoming president , Michael Sata , will be sworn in Friday , party officials said . Sata is the leader of the opposition Patriotic Front and a major critic of China 's investment in the nation . Ten candidates took part in the presidential race . Zambia has remained relatively peaceful amid unrest in neighboring Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

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ORME , Tennessee -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The drought in the Southeastern United States means more than just brown lawns to the folks in Orme , Tennessee . Water flows from their taps for just three hours each evening . A 1961 firetruck loads up with water from a hydrant in Alabama to haul back to Orme , Tennessee . The mountain spring that supplies water to the town usually dries up at the end of summer , but just for a few days . This year it dried up early , on August 1 , and has n't revived , leaving the town 's 145 residents high and dry and relying on water trucked in from the next state . Every day at 6 p.m. , Orme Mayor Tony Reames turns a big valve to release water from the town 's tank . When he turns the crank again at 9 p.m. , taps in the town run dry . `` When they cut it back on we jump for joy , '' Orme resident Debbie Cash said . `` And then you only have it for three hours . '' Three hours to do all the laundry , bathing , dishwashing and animal watering that has to be done . Watch how Cash copes '' The old mining town could be the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the region . Just 150 miles to the southeast , the 4.5 million people who live in and around Atlanta , Georgia , are nervously watching water levels go down at their major reservoir . The drought has highlighted an ongoing struggle between Georgia , Alabama and Florida over rights to water from the Chattahoochee River . `` All of these people that are on the river systems better take note , because once your streams and tributaries to the river start drying up , the river is n't far behind , '' Reames said . See photos of a Atlanta 's shrinking Lake Lanier reservoir '' Volunteers take turns three days a week driving a tanker truck or Orme 's diesel-belching 1961 fire truck to a hydrant near Bridgeport , Alabama , 2 1/2 miles down the road . Making several round trips , they haul about 25,000 gallons of water back to Orme each day . Bridgeport , which gets its water from the Tennessee River , does n't charge its neighbor . Stevenson and New Hope , Alabama , also help out , occasionally bringing trucks full of water to the hydrant , where it 's transferred to the Orme trucks . See where Orme has to go for water '' But things are looking up in Orme . A pipeline from Bridgeport is nearly complete , built with the help of a $ 378,000 grant from the federal government . '' With this new water coming in , then we 'll have it made , '' Cash said . `` Now we wo n't have to worry about it no more . '' In addition , an Austin , Texas , company called H2O Guard is planning to donate water-saving sink aerators , shower heads and toilet valves to everyone in Orme on November 17 , company spokesman Robert Easter said . `` We think we 're going to get another 90 gallons ' savings per day per household , '' Easter said . `` That 'll make that little water tower in that town go from three hours to four hours without any change in anyone 's habits . '' Reames said residents have found creative ways to conserve , flushing toilets with condensation water from air conditioners and undrinkable water from swimming pools that were filled early in the summer . It 's a lesson for everyone . `` Cherish the water you got and be kind of careful with it , '' Cash said , `` because you never know if you will be out of water . '' E-mail to a friend CNN 's Jim Kavanagh contributed to this report .

Will completion of pipeline finally solve problems ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Eddie Murphy announced Wednesday he would not host next year 's Academy Awards , one day after colleague and show producer Brett Ratner quit over an anti-gay remark he made over the weekend . `` I appreciate how Eddie feels about losing his creative partner , Brett Ratner , and we all wish him well , '' said Tom Sherak , president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . The 84th Academy Awards program is scheduled for February 26 . Murphy worked with Ratner , a director , in the newly released action comedy `` Tower Heist . '' `` First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party 's decision with regard to a change of producers for this year 's Academy Awards ceremony , '' Murphy said in a statement . `` I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop , but I 'm sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job . '' Ratner met with the representatives of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation before announcing his resignation , GLAAD said in a news release Tuesday . When asked during a question-and-answer session whether he rehearses with his actors before shooting a scene , Ratner replied , `` Rehearsing is for f * gs , '' GLAAD said in its release , citing New York Magazine 's Vulture blog . `` Over the last few days , I 've gotten a well-deserved earful from many of the people I admire most in this industry expressing their outrage and disappointment over the hurtful and stupid things I said in a number of recent media appearances , '' Ratner said in a letter about this resignation , which was given to CNN by his representative , Allan Mayer . `` To them , and to everyone I 've hurt and offended , I 'd like to apologize publicly and unreservedly . ''

What has Eddie Murphy decided ?

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Editor 's note : Campbell Brown anchors CNN 's `` Campbell Brown : No Bias , No Bull '' at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays . She delivered this commentary during the `` Cutting through the Bull '' segment of Tuesday night 's broadcast . CNN 's Campbell Brown says `` having no life '' is n't a requirement for a man to get a job . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- How many times have politicians been warned about the dangers of an open microphone ? And yet , on Tuesday , the lectern mic at the National Governors Conference picked up this little nugget from Pennsylvania 's Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell . He 's having a conversation near the lectern about President-elect Barack Obama 's choice for to lead the Homeland Security Department , Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano . Here is what Rendell said about Napolitano : Rendell : Janet 's perfect for that job . Because for that job , you have to have no life . Janet has no family . Perfect . She can devote , literally , 19-20 hours a day to it Wow . Now , I 'm sure Gov. Napolitano has many qualifications for the job beyond having no family , and therefore the ability to devote 20 hours a day to the job . Watch Campbell Brown 's commentary  '' But it is fascinating to me that that is the quality being highlighted here as so perfect . C'mon . Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is married with two grown children . His predecessor , Tom Ridge , had a family . Anybody remember a debate about whether they would have trouble balancing the demands of work and family ? Now , I am a fan of Gov. Rendell . He has been on this show many times . I like him for his candor . In our attempts to cut through the bull , he delivers far less bull than most politicians . But it is his frankness here that raises so many questions . 1 . If a man had been Obama 's choice for the job , would having a family or not having a family ever even have been an issue ? Would it have ever prompted a comment ? Probably not . We all know the assumption tends to be that with a man , there is almost always a wife in the wings managing those family concerns . 2 . As a woman , hearing this , it is hard not to wonder if we are counted out for certain jobs , certain opportunities , because we do have a family or because we are in our child-bearing years . Are we ? It is a fair question . 3 . If you are a childless , single woman with suspicions that you get stuck working holidays , weekends and the more burdensome shifts more often than your colleagues with families , are those suspicions well-founded ? Probably so . Is there an assumption that if you 're family-free then you have no life ? By some , yes . Again Gov. Rendell , I do n't mean to rake you over the coals . I know what you meant to say . But your comments do perpetuate stereotypes that put us in boxes , both mothers and single women . In government and beyond , men have been given the benefit of the doubt when it comes to striking the right work-life balance . Women are owed the same consideration . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Campbell Brown .

What is a qualification that Janet Napolitano has ?

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NEW ORLEANS , Louisiana -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two newlyweds are fighting for the dismissal of the justice of the peace who refused them a marriage license because they are of different races . A Louisiana justice of the peace refused to perform a marriage for Beth and Terence McKay . `` We 've retained an attorney , and we 're in the process of taking the next steps in order to make sure that -LRB- the justice of the peace -RRB- loses his job , '' Beth McKay told CNN 's `` American Morning '' on Monday . She and her husband , Terence McKay , stepped into the national spotlight when Keith Bardwell , a justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish 's 8th Ward , refused them a license . They ultimately got a marriage license from another justice of the peace in the same parish . Despite a national uproar and a call by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal for him to lose his license , Bardwell , 56 , said he has no regrets . `` It 's kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you have n't done wrong , '' he told CNN affiliate WAFB on Saturday . He insisted he is not racist and does not treat black people differently . He said he does not perform mixed-race marriages because he is concerned about the children of such marriages . Bardwell did not return calls from CNN . Beth McKay , 30 , said she was speaking with Bardwell 's wife by phone about getting a marriage license and was `` shocked '' to be asked whether they are an interracial couple . Watch how justice 's decision shocked couple '' `` She said , ` Well , what 's the deal ? Is he black , or are you black ? ' And so I answered her question , and then she just said , ` Well , we do n't do interracial marriages . ' '' Terence McKay , 32 , told CNN , `` Everyone is entitled to their own opinions , but he 's absolutely wrong on all aspects of his stance . '' McKay added , `` If it was n't for interracial couples today , we would n't have our president . So for him to take that outlook , that 's still like 1800s or something . '' `` A lot of people have come up to us and said , ` You know , we 're in interracial relationships as well , ' not just black and white , and just encouraged us to stand up for our rights and to speak out against things like this , '' Beth McKay said . The incident `` caught us completely off guard , '' said Terence McKay , `` and we 're just trying to live our lives . '' The National Urban League called for an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department 's Civil Rights Division , saying in a statement that Bardwell 's actions were `` a huge step backward in social justice . '' The U.S. Supreme Court tossed out race-based limitations on marriage in the landmark 1967 Loving v. Virginia case . In the unanimous decision , the court said that '' Under our Constitution , the freedom to marry , or not marry , a person of another race resides with the individual and can not be infringed by the State . ''

Was Justice of Peace Keith Bardwell breaking the law when he refused to issue a marriage license to a biracial couple ?

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LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Previously unseen footage of Diana , Princess of Wales , taken just hours before she was killed in a car crash , has been shown to the jury at the inquest into her death . The footage showed Diana and Dodi step into an elevator at the Ritz Hotel . Images taken from a security camera at the Ritz Hotel in Paris show the 36-year-old smiling as she and her lover Dodi Fayed step into an elevator and later walk out of the hotel . Further footage shows Fayed visiting a jeweler 's shop , images that could lend support to claims that he was buying an engagement ring . Earlier , a British coroner at the inquest said tt may never be known for certain whether Princess Diana was pregnant when she died in the Paris car crash . Lord Justice Scott Baker told the jury at the inquest into the deaths of the princess and her lover Dodi Fayed that scientific evidence might be unable to demonstrate `` one way or the other '' whether she was in the early stages of pregnancy . But he said they would hear `` intimate '' details of her personal life . Watch footage of Diana 's last hours '' Baker told the 11 members of the jury -- six women and five men -- Diana may have been on the contraceptive pill and that evidence she was poised to get engaged to Dodi on the night she died was contradictory . On Tuesday the judge , who is acting as coroner in the case , told the jury that a famous image taken in summer 1997 showing Diana wearing a swimsuit could not be proof she was pregnant with Dodi 's child as she had not started a relationship with him at that stage . The jury is set to hear `` scene setting '' evidence , including CCTV and a tourist video . The inquest to establish cause of death is expected to be a six-month process . Fayed 's father , Mohammed Al Fayed , has contended from the start that Diana and his son were murdered because the royal family `` could not accept that an Egyptian Muslim could eventually be step-father to the future king of England , '' referring to Diana 's son Prince William . `` I 'm hoping for justice , '' Al Fayed said outside court . `` At last , we 're going to have a jury from ordinary people and I hope to reach the decision which I believe that my son and Princess Diana have been murdered by the royal family . '' Baker told the jury of Al Fayed 's allegations , but again reminded them that they were responsible for deciding the facts of the case , but not to assign blame or guilt . `` You have to decide four important , but limited factual questions : who the deceased were , when they came by their deaths , where they came by their deaths and how they came by their deaths , '' Baker said , according to inquest transcripts . `` The first three questions are unlikely to give rise to any difficulty . The fourth is a rather wider question and is directed towards the means by which they died . '' Diana , 36 , and 42-year-old Dodi Fayed were killed on August 31 , 1997 when the Mercedes-Benz they were traveling in hit a pillar in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris . They were being pursued at the time by the paparazzi after leaving the Ritz Hotel . Driver Henri Paul , who was also killed , was drunk and driving at high speed . Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was the sole survivor . Next week , the jury is scheduled to travel to Paris to see the crash site , along the River Seine . They are also expected to hear testimony from the paparazzi who were present after the accident . In its evidence section , the Web site for the inquest has posted previously unpublished pictures taken by paparazzi of the limo before and immediately after the accident . One is a closeup -- looking into the front of the vehicle -- that shows Diana , Fayed , Paul and Rees-Jones minutes before the crash . E-mail to a friend

When did the coroner outline controversial claims ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- AC Milan coach Leonardo has admitted his relationship with club owner and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is `` difficult . '' Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport reported Berlusconi as saying the former Brazil international would be leaving at the end of a season in which Milan failed to make a title bid and were thrashed in the second round of the European Champions League by English club Manchester United . Although Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani refuted the quotes from Berlusconi on Italian television , a denial from the prime minister has not yet been forthcoming . At a news conference on Friday Leonardo told reporters : `` I do n't know what Berlusconi said but , aside from this , I ca n't deny that our relationship is difficult . `` We are very different , perhaps we are incompatible , but the important thing is the next three games and I care about them too much . `` I believe I am headstrong . I believe in my ideas and I do so with passion . It 's an incompatibility on a style level and a way of being . `` If someone says that I have said something that I have n't said , I deny it . But the relationship will go forward . `` I have never spoken about the future because I have never considered it to be the moment for obvious reasons , and I do n't consider it to be today either . '' Leonardo has been linked with a return to South America but he insisted he has received no offers to return to Brazil . He said : `` I can say that I have never spoken with anyone at Flamengo , the Brazilian FA and the 2014 World Cup organizing committee . I have no official offer from anyone . '' AC Milan play Fiorentina at the San Siro in Serie A on Sunday .

Who did he have a relationship with ?

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WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Bedouin who was just a boy when a U.S. Navy pilot 's plane crashed in the Iraqi desert in 1991 was the key to finding his remains more than 18 years after he was killed , the Pentagon says . Marines conduct recovery efforts at the crash site of U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher , shot down in 1991 . The new details of the final hunt for U.S. Navy pilot Scott Speicher , who was lost over Iraq on the opening night of the Gulf War in January 1991 , were released by the Pentagon Friday . Two sites were searched by U.S. troops who dug west of Baghdad , Iraq , in Anbar province , one at the plane crash site and another 2 kilometers away . The remains of Capt. Speicher were found at the second location . The U.S. military has long said Speicher had ejected out of his jet after it was hit by an Iraqi missile . After years of searching , it was just last month that the military got the crucial information that led them to the burial site . A Bedouin who was just 11 years old at the time of the crash came forward and connected the military with other locals who had knowledge of generally where the crash and burial locations were . The tipster did not know exactly where Speicher was buried but he knew others who had the knowledge , the military statement explained . `` He willingly provided his information during general discussion with MNF-W -LSB- Multi-National Force-West -RSB- personnel and stated he was unaware of the U.S. government 's interest in this case until queried by U.S. investigators in July 2009 , '' according to the statement . Bedouin are desert-dwelling nomadic Arabs . One hundred and fifty U.S. military troops were dispatched to dig for the remains at the crash site and did not find any sign of the pilot . At the second site the troops discovered skeletal fragments , according to the statement . Dental records initially identified the bones as Speicher 's and , on August 2 , DNA results came back positive . Speicher 's remains will be taken to Jacksonville , Florida , for burial , according to a family spokeswoman . Speicher was a lieutenant commander when shot down , but because his status remained uncertain , he received promotions during the past 18 years , reaching the rank of captain .

What were searched by troops ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A court in Saudi Arabia has granted an 8-year-old girl a divorce from her 47-year-old husband , after twice denying the divorce request previously , local media reported Thursday . The marriage sparked condemnations around the world from human rights groups and U.S. and other government officials when it first came to light in December . Local media , which is highly regulated by the Saudi government , reported that the court in the city of Onaiza approved the divorce decree Thursday , and the divorce is final . A source at the court told the Saudi daily newspaper Al-Watan that the divorce `` came after a series of pleas made by a number of officials in the region to the husband . '' CNN efforts to reach court officials , the husband and the girl 's father have been unsuccessful . According to the attorney for the young girl 's mother , the father of the girl had arranged the marriage between his daughter and a close friend of his to settle his debts with the man . When the mother went to court to try to get the marriage annulled , Saudi judge Habib al-Habib rejected the request on a legal technicality . The judge ruled that the mother -- who is separated from the girl 's father -- was not the child 's legal guardian and therefore could not represent her in court , according to the mother 's lawyer , Abdullah al-Jutaili . However , the judge required the girl 's husband to sign a pledge that he would not have sex with her until she reaches puberty , al-Jutaili said . The lawyer said in the original marriage agreement , the father of the girl stipulated that the marriage would not be consummated until she was 18 . The judge also ruled that the girl could file a petition for a divorce when she reached puberty , al-Jutaili said . The young girl lives with her mother , the attorney said , and was never told that she was married . When the initial petition to annul the marriage was rejected , the mother appealed the verdict to an appeals court in the Saudi capital of Riyadh . The appeals court declined to certify the original ruling , in essence rejecting al-Habib 's verdict , and sent the case back to him for reconsideration . Under the complicated Saudi legal process , the appeals court ruling meant that the marriage was still in effect but that a challenge to the marriage was ongoing . Earlier this month , the original judge refused for a second time to annul the marriage . Soon after that decision , Saudi Arabia 's justice minister told Al-Watan that he planned to enact a law that will protect young girls from such marriages . The law will place restrictions on the practice to preserve the rights of children and prevent abuses , Justice Minister Mohammed Al-Issa was quoted as saying . Additionally , al-Issa said there would be a study of a system that will include regulations for the marriage of minors and everything related to such unions , the newspaper reported . No details on the restrictions or regulations were mentioned . The minister did not say whether child marriage would be abolished . Responding to the justice minister 's comments and the possibility of a new child marriage law , al-Jutaili told CNN at the time , `` this is what we requested from day one , and we know that Saudi officials are working so hard on resolving this issue . '' Al-Jutaili believes that such a law would help not only his defendant but many other Saudi minors facing a similar problem . In Washington Monday , Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns called the marriage a human rights abuse . `` Child marriage is , unfortunately , still common in much of Saudi Arabia and we have voiced our concern about this practice at the highest levels , '' he told a conference on U.S.-Saudi relations . `` We were encouraged by reports that the Justice Ministry had begun to review the legal age of marriage . '' After the divorce was denied for a second time , the head of the United Nations Children 's Fund issued a statement expressing concern about the case . UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman said , `` the right to free and full consent to marriage is recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . Consent can not be free and full when either party to a marriage is too young to make an informed decision . '' The issue of child marriage has been a hot-button topic in the deeply conservative Saudi kingdom recently . While rights groups have petitioned the government for laws to protect children from such marriages , the kingdom 's top cleric has said that it 's OK for girls as young as 10 to wed. . `` It is incorrect to say that it 's not permitted to marry off girls who are 15 and younger , '' Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh , the kingdom 's grand mufti , said in January , according to the regional Al-Hayat newspaper . `` A girl aged 10 or 12 can be married . Those who think she 's too young are wrong , and they are being unfair to her . '' Al-Sheikh reportedly made the remarks when he was asked during a lecture about parents forcing their underage daughters to marry . `` We hear a lot in the media about the marriage of underage girls , '' he said , according to the newspaper . `` We should know that sharia law has not brought injustice to women . '' Sharia law is Islamic law , and Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam called Wahhabism .

Who is the Saudi justice minister ?

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NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three Staten Island men are charged with violating voting rights , accused of assaulting African-Americans after Barack Obama 's win in the November presidential election , authorities said Wednesday . A grand jury indicted Ralph Nicoletti , 18 , Michael Contreras , 18 , and Brian Carranza , 21 , on charges of conspiracy to interfere with voting rights . All three pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday afternoon . According to the indictment , the three `` knowingly and intentionally '' conspired to intimidate African-Americans `` in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right ... and because of having so exercised that right , to wit , the right to vote . '' Nicoletti and Carranza are white , and Contreras is Latino . They face up to 10 years in prison if convicted . At the arraignment , Nicoletti and Contreras were ordered held without bail , while Carranza was released on a $ 200,000 bond but ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device . Contreras ' attorney , public defender Len Kamdang , could not be reached for comment . Nicoletti 's attorney , Bob LaRusso , had no comment . Prosecutors said in court filings that on the night of November 4 , the defendants were at a `` makeshift outdoor clubhouse '' in the Rosebank section of Staten Island when they learned of Obama 's victory . At that point , prosecutors said , Nicoletti drove Contreras , Carranza and another friend to the predominantly African-American Park Hill neighborhood in Staten Island . Their purpose , prosecutors said , was to assault African-Americans because of Obama 's win . Their first victim , according to the U.S. Attorney 's Office , was 17-year-old Ali Kamara , whom they beat with a metal pipe and a collapsible police baton . Kamara escaped after suffering a concussion and injuries to his legs . `` The first swing that swung -- it hit my head . It cut my head , '' Kamara told CNN affiliate WABC . `` I got staples on my head now . '' Kamara said he hid in a neighbor 's backyard until the boys moved on . Continuing to the Port Richmond section of Staten Island , the group assaulted a second African-American man , pushing him down , the federal prosecutors alleged . They then allegedly accosted a Latino man , demanding to know how he voted , and shouted profanities about Obama at a group of African-Americans at a hair salon . Next , prosecutors said , the group targeted Ronald Forte , a man they mistakenly believed to be African-American who was walking along Blackford Avenue in predominantly African-American Port Richmond . Forte is white , but because he was wearing a hoodie , the men were unable to identify his race and assumed that he was African-American . According to the indictment , the men decided to assault Forte with the police baton as they drove by , but at the last moment , Nicoletti swerved the vehicle directly into the 38-year-old man instead . Forte was thrown onto the hood of the car , shattering the front windshield . According to Staten Island Real Time News -LRB- silive.com -RRB- , Forte was in a coma for 45 days , returning to his family 's home in New Jersey in mid-December , said his mother , Eileen . She added that her son now has serious brain damage and motor control problems . `` He 's not good . He 's never going to be good , '' she said . `` Every day , I just see something different , and it 's so scary . '' U.S. Attorney Benton J. Campbell decried the attacks . `` Violence and intimidation aimed at interfering with the constitutional rights of every citizen , including the right to vote , will not be tolerated , '' he said in a written statement . According to the U.S. Attorney 's Office , Nicoletti has an extensive history of violent criminal activity including burglary , car break-ins , firebombing , assault , and marijuana and cocaine distribution . He is also a member of the `` Rosebank Crew '' -LRB- RBK -RRB- founded by his now-incarcerated younger brother , Anthony Nicoletti . Investigators found a cache of weapons and police batons stolen from vehicles owned by police , as well as letters from Nicoletti 's brother urging Ralph to maintain RBK loyalty and not cooperate with authorities . Nicoletti and three others approached Contreras three weeks ago at his house , believing he was cooperating with authorities , according to a filing with the U.S. Attorney 's Office . They allegedly attacked him and called him a snitch , according to a letter from Assistant U.S. Attorneys Pamela Chen and Margo Brodie to the judge in the case . The letter petitions for home confinement , drug testing and other pretrial release conditions for Nicoletti and Carranza . The judge has not responded to the request . CNN 's Mythili Rao and Susan Candiotti contributed to this report .

What three men conspired to intimidate African-Americans ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Catholic bishop of South Bend , Indiana , will not attend graduation ceremonies at the University of Notre Dame because he disagrees with the stem-cell research and abortion views of the commencement speaker -- President Obama . The University of Notre Dame says its invitation does n't mean the university agrees with all of Obama 's positions . Bishop John D'Arcy , whose diocese includes Fort Wayne , Indiana , as well as the university town , said Tuesday in a written statement that `` after much prayer '' he has decided not to attend the ceremony . `` President Obama has recently reaffirmed , and has now placed in public policy , his long-stated unwillingness to hold human life as sacred , '' D'Arcy said . `` While claiming to separate politics from science , he has in fact separated science from ethics and has brought the American government , for the first time in history , into supporting direct destruction of innocent human life . '' Earlier this month , Obama reversed a federal ban on embryonic stem-cell research . Many scientists say the research could lead to advances in treating conditions like Alzheimer 's disease and Parkinson 's disease , while some abortion opponents believe destroying embryos in the research amounts to ending a human life . Watch Obama called `` premier promoter of baby-killing '' '' In January , Obama lifted a Bush administration restriction on funding for organizations that provide or promote abortion overseas . D'Arcy 's announcement comes as anti-abortion groups have launched campaigns attempting to persuade the Catholic university to rescind Obama 's invitation . In a letter to Notre Dame , Anthony J. Lauinger , National Right to Life Committee vice president , called Obama `` the abortion president '' and said his invitation `` is a betrayal of the university 's mission and an affront to all who believe in the sanctity and dignity of human life . '' The conservative Cardinal Newman Society has launched a Web site -- notredamescandal.com -- that , according to the site , has drawn 50,000 signatures to a petition opposing Obama 's appearance at the May 17 ceremony , at which Obama also is to receive an honorary degree . A White House statement released Tuesday said Obama is honored to be speaking at the university and welcomes the exchange of ideas on the hot-button topics . `` While he is honored to have the support of millions of people of all faiths , including Catholics with their rich tradition of recognizing the dignity of people , he does not govern with the expectation that everyone sees eye to eye with him on every position , '' the White House said . '' -LSB- T -RSB- he spirit of debate and healthy disagreement on important issues is part of what he loves about this country . '' Obama will become the ninth sitting president to give the commencement speech at Notre Dame . Most recently , presidents Jimmy Carter , Ronald Reagan , George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush have spoken there . In a written statement on Tuesday , Notre Dame President John I. Jenkins noted that the university has been host to Democratic and Republican presidents and said the invitation does not mean the university agrees with all of Obama 's positions . `` We will honor Mr. Obama as an inspiring leader who faces many challenges -- the economy , two wars , and health care , immigration and education reform -- and is addressing them with intelligence , courage and honesty , '' he said . `` It is of special significance that we will hear from our first African-American president , a person who has spoken eloquently and movingly about race in this nation . `` Racial prejudice has been a deep wound in America , and Mr. Obama has been a healer . '' On abortion and stem-cell research , Jenkins said he views the invitation as `` a basis for further positive engagement . ''

who says `` separated science from ethics '' ?

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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Paul Harvey , the legendary radio host whose career sharing `` the rest of the story '' with listeners spanned more than 70 years , has died , according to ABC Radio Networks . Paul Harvey received the Medal of Freedom from President Bush in 2005 . He was 90 . Harvey died at a hospital in Phoenix , Arizona , where he kept a winter home , said Louis Adams , a spokesman for the networks . He was surrounded by family members when he died , Adams said . Known for his deliberate delivery and pregnant pauses , Harvey 's broadcasts were heard on more than 1,200 radio stations and 400 Armed Forces networks and his commentaries appeared in 300 newspapers , according to his Web site . iReport.com : Share your memories of Paul Harvey He had been hosting his radio shows part-time for much of the past year , after recovering from physical ailments including pneumonia and the death of his wife , Lynne `` Angel '' Harvey , in May 2008 . `` My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news , '' said Harvey 's son , Paul Harvey Jr. , in a written statement . `` So , in the past year , an industry has lost its godparents and today millions have lost a friend . '' Born in Tulsa , Oklahoma , Harvey began his radio career in 1933 at KVOO-AM there while he was still in high school , his Web site says . He helped clean the station and was eventually was allowed to fill in on air , reading news and commercials . Watch how Paul Harvey Aurandt got into broadcasting '' `` Paul Harvey was one of the most gifted and beloved broadcasters in our nation 's history , '' ABC Radio Networks President Jim Robinson said in a written statement . `` As he delivered the news each day with his own unique style and commentary , his voice became a trusted friend in American households . '' Some critics faulted Harvey for the way he seamlessly intertwined news stories with advertisements , which he often read in his own voice in the middle of a story . But his accolades were plentiful -- from his 1990 induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame to receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from then-President George W. Bush in 2005 . `` Paul was a friendly and familiar voice in the lives of millions of Americans , '' Bush said Saturday in a written statement . `` His commentary entertained , enlightened , and informed . Laura and I are pleased to have known this fine man , and our thoughts and prayers are with his family . '' The cause of Harvey 's death was not immediately known . He was forced off the air temporarily in 2001 because of a virus that weakened a vocal cord . CNN 's Doug Gross contributed to this report .

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