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Copiapo , Chile -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One month ago , the San Jose copper and gold mine in Chile caved in , trapping 33 miners far underground . For the next 17 days , their families had no idea whether they were alive or dead . Here in their words , some of the wives , fathers and daughters think back to the first moments after learning of the accident and their efforts to keep hope alive . Lila Ramirez , wife of Mario Gomez : `` I felt a lot of rage and pain and I felt powerless . I knew this was an accident waiting to happen . `` Mario asked the bosses to take measures so the miners did n't run the risk of getting buried . But they never listened . A lot of the miners said they had heard the mountain groaning . One said he did n't want to go down the mine that day , he was afraid . But the boss said to him either you go down or I have five other people who will go down . `` I never doubted that I had a lot of faith they were all alive and that they were all together and that 's how they found them . All together ! '' Jessica Yanez , partner of Esteban Rojas : `` Those first days were unforgettable it was huge uncertainty , just waiting and waiting . `` Those were very bitter moments . I was crying day and night . I did n't want to sleep . I did n't want to go home , because my loved one was n't with me , and when I ate I got angry with myself because I thought of him going hungry . `` I held out hope Esteban had been outside the mine . When I was crying I hoped he was going to come out and hug me and say , ` Darling , I 'm here . ' But the hours went by and they reported the names of the missing miners and Esteban never came . '' Scarlett Sepulveda , daughter of Mario Sepulveda : `` I felt rage and pain and frustration . I thought how can they be trapped like that . They 're not animals . But here in Chile they 've always treated our miners like animals . `` It 's horrible . I miss him so much . My dad always cheered us up and made us laugh . I just feel so so bad . `` I was sad and disillusioned . I did n't want to hear anything more about the accident . It 's not exactly that I lost hope . It 's just I did n't want to get my hopes up too high . '' Hector Ticona , father of Ariel Ticona : `` I was stunned by the news but I did n't cry . I 'm not the kind to cry . But my wife began to cry and I tried to calm her down and said take it easy ; we do n't know anything for sure just yet . `` I always had faith and I stayed calm . And then what happened happened . And then the miracle came . '' Elizabeth Segovia , wife of Ariel Ticona : `` I was cooking his evening meal and waiting for him to come home . ... When I heard about the accident my world just collapsed . I cried and cried . I could n't even sleep for five days straight . But I had to try and be strong especially for my two sons . '' Jessica Salgado , wife of Richard Alex Vega : `` At the time it did n't sink in that the accident had been so big . ... I cried a lot but I was trying to keep my spirits up because of the children . I kept phoning his cell phone and it just rang and rang and kept going to voice mail . '' Jose Vega , father of Richard Alex Vega : `` I 'm not the kind of person to sit there with my arms crossed and crying . I said my son needs my help and I 'm going after him . `` I went into the mine with five others to try and find them . It was terrible , terrible . I looked up and the roof was opening . Rocks were falling down and I was looking for a way to make it through the shower of rocks . So I left Jose , the man , at the door , and Jose , the miner went inside . A miner must be brave . It 's like the boxer when he steps into the ring . He must leave his fear outside . '' Cristina Nunez , wife of Claudio Yanez : `` A friend phoned and said the San Esteban -LSB- San Jose -RSB- mine has just collapsed and the miners are trapped inside . I said , ` What ? that ca n't be true ! ' And I began crying . I was crying and I could n't talk I was just crying and crying . ... I said my Claudio ca n't leave me like this . Claudio has to be alive . ''
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Wives , fathers and daughters recall moment they learned of the accident . The 33 Chilean miners have been trapped underground for a month after an earthquake . `` Here in Chile they 've always treated our miners like animals , '' miner 's daughter says . `` My Claudio ca n't leave me like this . Claudio has to be alive , '' Claudio Yanez 's wife recalls .
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Salt Lake City , Utah -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Elizabeth Smart will continue her testimony Tuesday in the federal kidnapping trial of Brian David Mitchell . Mitchell told Smart he wanted her from the moment he first saw her , Smart told a captivated jury Monday . He said he planned for months how he would snatch her so she could join him and his wife in a `` celestial '' plural marriage , Smart testified . `` He said they had been preparing for me since he saw me , '' she said . It was the fall of 2001 , and he was panhandling outside a mall in downtown Salt Lake City , Utah . Smart said she was with her mother and five brothers and sisters , shopping for school clothes . `` My mother gave gave him five bucks , '' Smart told told the jury . Mitchell was hired by her mother to fix a leaky skylight and rake leaves . Smart saw him around the house that fall but never spoke to him , she said . Before dawn on June 2 , 2002 , she awoke to the sound of a man 's voice and a cold sharp blade against her throat . `` I remember him saying , ' I have a knife to your neck . Do n't make a sound . Get out of bed and come with me or I will kill you and your family , ' '' Smart testified . He led her in her red silk pajamas up a trail into the rugged back country and over a ridge , hiking what she estimated to be three to five hours to a crude campsite . There , she said , he `` sealed '' her to him as his wife and raped her . She said she begged him to stop , pleading , `` I 'm just a little girl . '' She struggled , but she said at age 14 she was no match for a grown man . Afterward , she cried herself to sleep . The next day , as she cried again , he told her she was `` lucky , '' Smart testified . He said he was a prophet and that God had chosen her to be by his side as he prepared for the second coming of Jesus Christ . She said she did n't feel lucky at all . `` I felt like I had a burden the size of a mountain to carry around with me the rest of my life , '' Smart said . Now 23 and living in Paris , France , Smart spent much of the day on the witness stand Monday , beginning a detailed description of her nine months of captivity with Mitchell and his wife , Wanda Barzee . She spoke of being raped `` daily at the very least , '' tethered between two trees `` like an animal , '' and forced to watch and participate in sex acts she found repugnant . She said she was forced to smoke cigarettes and drink wine and `` hard liquor . '' She did not have to face her alleged abductor on Monday . Mitchell , 57 , loudly sings hymns whenever he is in court . He had been ejected , as usual , from the courtroom and was watching the trial from another room . He is charged with kidnapping and taking a minor across state lines for sex . If convicted , he faces life in prison . Mitchell 's attorneys do not dispute what happened but say their client was insane at the time of the alleged abduction , and therefore not responsible for his actions . `` You 'll have to ferret out not only what happened , but why it happened , '' attorney Parker Douglas told jurors earlier Monday . `` We 're asking you to determine what was in someone 's mind . This is made difficult with a crazy mind . The easy explanation is not always the correct one . '' He described his client as `` a crazy person who comes in the middle of the night '' -- exactly what we are taught to fear as children , he said . Smart told the jury she thought about running away that first morning , despite the threats against her life and her family . `` I did n't want to spend another day with him . I never wanted to see him again , '' she said . `` I 'd seen what he had done to me . I 'd seen how he had come in and taken me from my the bed , the place I thought was the safest place in the world , in my home , with my sister beside me . '' She continued , `` I felt that because of what he had done to me , I was marked . I was n't the same . My personal value had dropped . I was nothing . Another person could never love me and and I felt , yeah , I could take the risk of trying to escape and being killed . '' Later , after the shock began to wear off , she said she thought about her parents and the life she had before . `` I decided my parents would always love me despite what he did to me , '' she told the jury . `` I had n't changed . I was still a person of worth ... I decided to live . '' After that , she began to go along with what Mitchell told her to do . She was compliant . She listened , and even began to mimic his speech and his ways . As she stepped off the witness stand , Smart walked over to her parents , Ed and Lois , who embraced her . Earlier Monday , Smart testified about the night of her abduction . `` I thought I was having a nightmare , '' she said of being led away by a bearded man in dark clothing and a stocking cap . `` It was indescribable fear . '' Smart 's younger sister Mary Katherine , who witnessed the abduction , testified about awakening her parents with the words : `` Elizabeth is gone . '' Also testifying Monday was the Smarts ' mother , Lois . She spent less than an hour on the witness stand , recalling how the family hired Mitchell -- who then called himself Immanuel -- to do odd jobs . But most of her testimony focused on hearing the news that her daughter had been taken . '' -LRB- Mary Katherine -RRB- said that a man had taken Elizabeth with a gun and we would n't find her , '' Lois Smart testified . `` He took her either for ransom or for a hostage . '' As her husband , Ed , searched the house , Lois Smart said , she ran downstairs , turned on the lights , and saw that the kitchen window was open , its screen cut . She testified she had opened the window the previous evening when she burned some potatoes while making dinner . `` My heart sank and I called out to Ed , ` Call 9-1-1 , ' '' she testified . `` It was utter terror . It was the worst feeling , knowing that I did n't know where my child was . I was helpless . '' As her family frantically searched the house , Elizabeth testified , she was being led at knife point on the strenuous hours-long hike to a hillside encampment . `` I remember asking him if he realized what he was doing , and he said he did , '' she said . `` And I remember saying that if he let me go right now , we would n't press charges on him . And he said he knew exactly what he was doing and he understood the consequences of his actions . '' Suddenly , she recognized his face , she testified , and the name Immanuel came to her . She said she asked why he would do this . `` My parents had only tried to help him , '' she said . `` He told me he was going to hold me for ransom , and I told him my parents would pay any amount to have me back . '' Smart was found nine months after her abduction , walking on a street in the suburb of Sandy , Utah , in the company of Mitchell and Barzee . Barzee , 64 , pleaded guilty in November 2009 to kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor in federal court and was sentenced in May to 15 years in federal prison . She also pleaded guilty but mentally ill in state court to conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping in an attempt to kidnap Smart 's cousin a month after Smart was kidnapped . She was given a sentence of one to 15 years , to be served concurrently with the federal sentence , and given credit for the seven years she had spent in custody . As part of her plea agreement , Barzee agreed to cooperate in the state and federal cases against her husband . In Session 's Jean Casarez and Lena Jakobsson contributed to this report .
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Brian David Mitchell is accused of abducting then-14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in 2002 . Defense attorneys claim Mitchell is insane . `` It was indescribable fear , '' Smart testifies of her nighttime abduction . Smart was held captive for nine months .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Telling a dirty joke or spouting political slogans : Which can get you in trouble faster at the office ? Election Day can get heated when your co-workers pick political sides at the office and try to argue others into the ground . `` Work is not the place to discuss controversial topics , because you do n't know where everyone in the group stands , '' says Jacqueline Whitmore , author of `` Business Class : Etiquette Essentials for Success at Work . '' `` When you talk about it , you can make some people uncomfortable and not everyone is as passionate as other people might be . '' Political talk can upset co-workers and create barriers in the office . Giving your opinion on controversial topics can quickly taint the atmosphere . People who do n't agree with you might avoid you . While most employers do n't prohibit talk of politics , says Bryon Peterson , principle of Human Resources Group International Inc. , companies tend to differ in policies and regulations regarding political discussion . `` In hard times , people become passionate . My recommendation : While we as a company can not prohibit political discussion , the company can provide recommendations and expectations , '' says Peterson . When Sam from accounting comes around spouting his opinion about the gubernatorial election , you can do a couple of things : avoid him completely , argue or say something to end the conversation . Saying `` I 'm not well versed in that subject , '' or `` We can agree to disagree '' are nonconfrontational ways to avoid the discussion , Whitmore says . But sometimes just listening is better than engaging -- especially if you work in the service industry . Whitmore gives the example of voicing political views at a beauty salon where tips make up a part of your income . `` Your client might bring it up , and as a hairdresser of that person , you sit and listen , that 's one thing . But if your co-worker brings it up , you do n't necessarily have to take part , '' says Whitmore . Certain jobs do include a clash of opinions . Political blogger Richie Essenburg is not afraid to hurt your feelings , stating on his website , `` If you like Ronald Reagan , chances are you wo n't like this entry , possibly this whole blog site . '' Essenburg has argued with lawyers , peers , Republicans and Democrats about anything from the health care bill to racism to the state of the economy . His advice ? `` Be honest and sincere , but keep it civil . Be open to someone 's viewpoint , you might actually learn something from them , '' Essenburg says . Peterson also says a political discussion can be a learning experience for both the supervisor and employees . `` I kind of like to divide and conquer , and discussion with employees is a pretty impactful way to address potential conflict , '' says Peterson . `` That 's a teaching moment . '' He suggests that supervisors should address employees ' political conversation by joining in , `` I just hope and expect that you are using the opportunity to have this discussion , refraining from conflict , and using this to listen to each other . '' Acting as a fundraiser for your political party or candidate may not be acceptable at your company . So you might want to check before e-mailing or posting solicitations on the break room bulletin board . `` It really depends on if the company has a no soliciting policy . If they do , then they can ask the person to tear it -LSB- poster -RSB- down , '' Peterson says . It also depends on if a person is creating conflict . `` Address the fact if the person is offending anyone or making an uncomfortable work environment , '' says Peterson . If you are unsure about your company 's policy on political conversation , contact your human resources department .
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Companies tend to differ on policies regarding political discussion . `` Be honest and sincere , but keep it civil , '' says Richie Essenburg , political blogger . Be careful of soliciting for a political candidate and check with your supervisor .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Over 1.8 million gallons of dispersant chemicals have been added to the Gulf of Mexico to break up oil flowing from the Deepwater Horizon 's ruptured well . And in the 100 days since the rig 's explosion , little more has become known about the effects of those chemicals . In May , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Coast Guard directed BP to use a less toxic dispersant than the one it was putting into the Gulf , Corexit 9500 . When the company did not comply , EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced that the EPA would run its own toxicity tests , the first round of which focused on Corexit 9500 and seven other common , readily available dispersants from the agency 's approved list . The tests showed Corexit to be slightly less toxic than the manufacturer 's data had indicated , so no new orders were issued . `` We need more data before we decide whether to change dispersants , '' said Paul T. Anastas , the EPA 's assistant administrator for research and development . `` Our ultimate goal in all of this is to reach a point where dispersants are no longer necessary . '' Scientists say questions remain about the effects of dispersants , in particular the more subtle consequences . `` The only effect that 's being looked -LSB- in acute toxicity tests -RSB- at is death , lethality . That is a place that testing often starts because you want to know what concentration of the chemical will kill fish or other organisms , '' said Richard Denison , senior scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund . `` But what 's much more relevant in predicting the full effects of the use of dispersants and dispersed oil are the more subtle effects -- that are sublethal , that may affect growth and reproduction . '' Those sublethal effects may cause a population to diminish without necessarily killing organisms . Larvae and eggs are most at risk because they are more sensitive and less mobile . As for human health , scientists say much more needs to be learned about dispersants -- their behavior with oil , chemical ingredients , chronic and delayed effects -- to understand the risks . There are two types of potential exposures for humans , according to scientists : direct -LRB- by inhalation , ingestion or absorption through the skin -RRB- and indirect -LRB- by eating seafood -RRB- . According to toxicologist Dr. LuAnn White of Tulane University , the risk to most humans is very low because the oil-dispersant mixture dilutes quickly and does not build up in the food chain . Some scientists disagree over dispersants ' ability to break down the oil faster than it would naturally decompose . `` The conventional wisdom is that by breaking up oil into small droplets , it may be more easily biodegraded . That is not firmly established . In fact , there are conflicting data , '' said Denison . `` Some studies suggest that the rate of degradation of PAHs -LSB- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , a breakdown product of oil -RSB- is actually impeded by dispersants . '' Another unknown is whether the chemical constituents of oil are more or less likely to persist in the food chain . `` The problem has been that we have simply not required the answers to those questions . The fact that they are being asked now , and we do n't have answers , is of particular concern given the magnitude and scale of use of dispersant . '' According to Denison , more information is needed in order `` to be able to intelligently answer questions of whether we should still be using the dispersants . '' `` I am not of the view that -LSB- dispersant -RSB- should or should not be used . I do n't think we have enough data to answer those questions very well , and I 'm hoping that this tragedy will spur us to answer those questions so we 'll have enough information next time . ''
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EPA tested toxicity levels of eight common , readily available dispersants . Some scientists disagree over dispersants ' ability to break down the oil faster . Subtle effects of oil on marine life , environment still not known .
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-LRB- Health.com -RRB- -- Young children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -LRB- ADHD -RRB- are roughly four times more likely than their peers to become depressed or attempt suicide in later childhood , a new study suggests . Researchers followed 125 children with ADHD for up to 14 years beginning at ages 4 to 6 , and compared them with a similar group of children without ADHD . Thirty-nine percent of the children with ADHD were also found to have depression during the study period , versus 8 percent in the control group . The risk for depression increased if the child demonstrated symptoms and behaviors that are distinct from -- but often occur alongside -- ADHD , such as anxiety , defiance , hostility , bullying , and fighting . The risk for depression was also more pronounced if the child 's mother had a history of depression . Health.com : How to recognize the symptoms of depression . `` The only children with ADHD who were not at increased risk for depression were those without a depressed mother and who exhibited very few symptoms of other types of mental health problems , '' says the senior author of the study , Benjamin Lahey , Ph.D. , a psychologist and professor of epidemiology at the University of Chicago . `` That is only a small proportion of children with ADHD . '' ADHD also increased the risk of suicide attempts . Roughly 18 percent of the kids with ADHD attempted suicide at least once during the study , compared with 6 percent of the kids in the control group . -LRB- None were successful , fortunately . -RRB- . Children who were primarily hyperactive and impulsive appeared to be at greatest risk , which suggests that impulsivity may play a role in suicidal behavior , the researchers say . Girls were at greater risk than boys for both depression and suicide attempts , but there were n't enough girls in the study to draw firm conclusions about gender , according to the authors . Health.com : How to spot the warning signs of suicide . The study appears in the Archives of General Psychiatry . ADHD is estimated to affect 4.4 million children in the U.S. and has been shown to raise the risk for academic and social difficulties , employment problems , and even brushes with the law later in life . However , this study is the first to examine the risk factors for depression in very young children with ADHD , and the first to follow children for an extended period of time . Experts have long suspected an ADHD-depression link in childhood , but the research to date has been inconclusive . `` This study adds more data to the notion that early manifestations of hyperactivity and impulsivity ... are not necessarily benign , '' says Dr. Benedetto Vitiello , M.D. , chief of the research branch dedicated to child and adolescent treatment and prevention at the National Institute of Mental Health , which funded the study . Health.com : Quiz : Do you have adult ADHD ? But the children in the study are n't necessarily typical of all children with ADHD , says Rafael Klorman , Ph.D. , a professor of psychology at the University of Rochester Medical Center , in New York . It 's relatively uncommon for ADHD to be identified in children as young as 4 , he explains , and kids who get a diagnosis at that age tend to have more severe symptoms . `` These kids were diagnosed earlier , which means that the researchers have a sample with especially higher severity , '' Klorman says . `` They may be getting the high end of the spectrum . '' Parents should not `` panic and think their children with ADHD are destined for depression or suicide , '' Lahey says . However , he adds , if parents are concerned that their child is showing symptoms of ADHD or depression , they should consult a mental health professional and consider family therapy . Health.com : What if my child begins to exhibit symptoms of ADHD ? More research is needed to identify effective interventions that can lower the chances of depression in high-risk kids with ADHD , Vitiello says , echoing Lahey and his colleagues . Early intervention and treatment are important , as the risk of depression and other health problems associated with ADHD can last well into adulthood . Previous studies have estimated that anywhere from 16 percent to 37 percent of adults with ADHD have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder or dysthymia , a milder form of depression . And in another new study , which appears in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine , researchers at New York University report that teenagers with ADHD are about twice as likely to have problems with alcohol and drugs in their 30s than those without the disorder . Health.com : Adult ADHD and substance use . However , the risk seems mainly due to the overlap between ADHD and conduct disorder , a related condition that 's characterized by physical aggression and delinquent behavior , such as stealing and vandalism . The teens who did not show signs of conduct disorder did not appear to be at increased risk for substance abuse , the study found . Both ADHD and conduct disorder may be an early warning sign for alcohol and drug problems , the researchers suggest . Enter to win a monthly Room Makeover Giveaway from MyHomeIdeas.com . Copyright Health Magazine 2010 .
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Children with ADHD are four times more likely to become depressed or attempt suicide . 39 percent of kids with ADHD were also found to have depression in the study . Researchers suggest that ADHD may be an early warning sign for alcohol abuse .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Iraqi official condemned Friday the decision by a U.S. jury not to sentence a U.S. soldier to death . Former U.S. soldier Steven Green faces life in prison after being convicted of murdering an Iraqi family . `` He raped a girl and killed an entire family , and he got only life in prison . ... This is an unjust trial , '' said Mustafa Kamel Shabib al-Jabouri , leader of the Awakening Council in Yusufiya . `` We demand a new trial . '' Steven Green was found guilty earlier this month of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and of murdering her , her parents and her 6-year-old sister . He was the last of five soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division convicted in the crimes and the cover-up that followed . During Green 's trial , relatives of the murder victims gave gripping testimony about how the crimes still haunt them . Some family members said their lives have been ruined and it would have been better if they 'd also been killed . Thursday , Green avoided the death penalty when a Kentucky jury could not reach a unanimous decision . Green was tried in civilian court because he had been discharged from the Army by the time his crimes came to light . The three others were tried by a military court and imprisoned . Spc. James Barker , Sgt. Paul Cortez , Pfc. Jesse Spielman and Pfc. Bryan Howard received sentences ranging from 27 months to 110 years , with the possibility of parole in 10 years in the most severe cases . After the trial , defense attorneys called for the military to `` take a hard look at the resources they provide our service members dealing with combat stress issues . If they do not , we -LSB- are -RSB- certain a tragedy like this will occur again in the future . '' Doug Green , Steven 's brother , said he was grateful his brother 's life was spared . `` I was incredibly relieved , '' he said . `` This is as good as it gets . '' He also offered an apology . `` Our hearts and prayers are with you . We 're sorry . We 're sorry , '' he said . `` This has been hard for everybody involved . Not just my family , but the Iraqis . Everybody is going to need some healing . '' `` I think it is hard for any one of us to put on those shoes , '' he said . `` Unless you have been to Iraq and fought in that war , or fought in any war , it is impossible to know what they are going through and impossible to judge them . '' The murders of members of the al-Janabi family occurred in 2006 near Yusufiya , about 20 miles south of Baghdad . CNN 's Deb Feyerick contributed to this report .
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NEW : Leader of Yusufiya , Iraq , Awakening Council demands ex-soldier be retried . NEW : `` He ... killed an entire family , '' says Mustafa Kamel Shabib al-Jabouri . `` Defendant 's brother Doug Green tells victims ' kin : `` We 're sorry . We 're sorry '' Steven Green was last soldier from 101st Airborne Division convicted in 2006 crime .
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London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- British Airways on Friday announced a pre-tax loss of 164 million pounds -LRB- $ 256.5 million -RRB- for the three months ending June 30 . The airline 's chief executive , Willie Walsh , cited strikes by BA cabin crews and closures from the Icelandic volcano as reasons for the loss . In April , the eruption of a volcano beneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland grounded flights to and from the United Kingdom for several days amid concerns over safety . Cabin crew staff walked off the job in series of strikes during the quarter in a dispute over pay and working conditions -- a dispute that is yet to be resolved . In the trading statement Friday , BA said the combined disruptions cost the airline 250 million pounds -LRB- $ 390 million -RRB- , in line with previous estimates . The airline said its operating loss had shrunk to 72 million pounds -LRB- $ 112 million -RRB- compared with the same quarter last year , as it reined in costs and increased passenger and cargo yields . Fuel costs were also lower . The airline said passenger revenue fell during the period , although yields improved `` driven by a change in mix especially within cabin . '' Without the disruption to flights during the period , passenger revenue would have increased by 11 percent compared with the previous year , the company said . Looking ahead , the airline said it was maintaining its forecast to break even in the full year , despite bleak predictions from some analysts about a return to recession . `` While some economic experts are flagging the risk of a ` double-dip ' recession , the steady recovery continues and , on that basis , we continue to target to break even at a profit before tax level for the full year as we move forward on our strategic objectives and continue to build on our excellent customer service , '' Walsh said . CNN 's Hilary Whiteman contributed to this report .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jordan 's Queen Rania was recuperating in a New York hospital Monday after she underwent a medical procedure to correct an irregular heart rhythm . `` The procedure went very smoothly and Her Majesty is well and in good spirits , '' the Royal Court in Amman said in a statement Monday . She will remain hospitalized for two nights while she recovers before returning home later in the week , the palace said . Rania was in New York with her husband , who is attending the United Nations General Assembly . Rania 's procedure involved placing a catheter through a vein to the heart . An electric current was then used to stop the disturbance of electrical flow through the heart , the palace said . As a result , the heart 's normal rhythm was restored , it said . The procedure is used to treat premature ventricular contractions -- extra , abnormal heartbeats that begin in the heart 's two lower pumping chambers . These extra beats disrupt the regular heart rhythm , sometimes causing patients to feel a flip-flop or skipped beat in their chests , a definition on the Mayo Clinic 's website says . The site says premature ventricular contractions are common and occur in most people at some point . Most people with premature ventricular contractions and an otherwise normal heart do n't need treatment . CNN 's Caroline Faraj contributed to this report .
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Rania will rest for two nights before heading back to Jordan . She is in New York as her husband attends the U.N. summit . Premature ventricular contractions are common .
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-LRB- The Frisky -RRB- -- Angelina Jolie looks so femme fatale-tastic staring out from the poster for `` Salt , '' with her black wig and heavily lined eyes , that it 's hard to imagine that the title role in the movie was actually written for a guy . But , yes , it 's true -- Evelyn Salt was originally scripted as Edwin Salt . And lame name aside , the role was intended for Tom Cruise . It was only when Cruise backed out that the movie 's makers rethought the part and decided to cast Angelina instead , which was a seriously good move . The Frisky : Mel Gibson 's set pranks thrived on humiliating his female co-stars . Interestingly , this is not the first time a woman has played a role originally envisioned as a man . Here are a few more of our favorite examples : . `` Alien '' could go both ways Hands down , the most famous gender switcheroo in a movie ? Sigourney Weaver as Officer Ellen Ripley in `` Alien . '' The film 's scribes wrote all the characters as men , but specified that `` the crew is unisex and all parts are interchangeable for men or women . '' When Sigourney auditioned , they decided to go for it . `` The idea of making the hero a heroine was a masterstroke , '' director Ridley Scott said on the DVD . He credits Sigourney with helping the movie stand out from the other sci-fi fare of the time . The Frisky : 7 sexy ladies missing their belly buttons . 40-year-old virgin 's original boss : a man In `` The 40-Year-Old Virgin , '' Jane Lynch played Paula , Steve Carell 's boss at SmartTech . But the role was originally written as `` Paul . '' It was Steve 's wife 's idea to cast Jane instead . Do we have her to thank for Sue Sylvester on `` Glee , '' in some tangential way ? Jodie Foster ousted Sean Penn In 2005 's `` Flightplan , '' Sean Penn initially was courted to play Kyle Pratt , a father desperately searching for his missing daughter on an international flight . Only , in the end , Jodie Foster got the role . Different gender but the name stayed the same . The Frisky : 8 celeb guys who got revenge bodies . Arthur 's valet is a `` queen '' Russell Brand is currently flexing his comedy muscles in `` Arthur , '' a remake of the early 80s Dudley Moore flick . In the original film , Arthur 's valet is played by John Gielgud . But this time around , Helen Mirren will be infusing the role with a dose of estrogen . Go Helen , go Helen , go ! `` Blossom '' was originally about a boy Did you know that the show `` Blossom '' was originally about a teenage boy ? Yep , creator Don Reo started writing the seminal 90s series as such but then got word that Mayim Bialik , who had blown up as the young Bette Midler in `` Beaches , '' was available . He decided to change things up and write the show for her , according to the actress who played the 90s character . Without the switch , we may never have had the tie skirt . The Frisky : 10 incredible celebrity animal look-alikes . TM & © 2010 TMV , Inc. | All Rights Reserved .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pakistan 's cricket team have donated half their win bonuses to help the relief victims of a flood in their home nation . Having beaten England by four wickets in the third Test at the Oval last week -- leaving Pakistan 2-1 behind in the series with one Test left to play -- the nation 's top cricketers offered $ 54,400 in a bid to help their stricken countrymen . The contribution to the flood relief effort , which was announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board , is the latest in a number of fund-raising efforts aimed at helping those who have been affected by the disaster in recent weeks . `` The PCB chairman has announced a winning bonus ... and all the players and officials have donated half of the bonus in flood-relief funds , '' the PCB said in a statement . This latest act of charity by the national cricket team comes just one week after it was announced that PCB officials , staff and national team players had donated $ 137,590 to the same cause . Shahid Afridi , Pakistan 's one-day captain , and the country 's leading umpire Aleem Dar have also run separate campaigns for flood relief , raising millions of rupees . The PCB have also revealed that they are planning a game against Zimbabwe to raise further funds for the flood victims . This would be the first international cricket that has taken place in Pakistan since March 2009 , following the terror attacks on the touring Sri Lanka side . In recent weeks , the worst floods in the country 's history have killed 1600 people and left 20 million without homes in the north-west and southern regions of Pakistan . The U.N. says it still needs $ 200 million more in aid . Pakistan play England in the final Test in the series at Lords on Friday .
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Pakistan cricket team donate $ 54,400 , half of their win bonus , to flood relief victims . Pakistan trail England 2-1 with one Test to play in their series with the host nation . Pakistan 's one day captain and top umpire raise extra funds through seseparateampaigns . UN says it needs $ 200 million worth of aid .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thomas Mueller celebrated signing a new contract with Bayern Munich by helping the Bundesliga champions to win the pre-season German Supercup clash with runners-up Schalke on Saturday . The 20-year-old , a revelation for Germany at the 2010 World Cup after scoring five goals , broke the deadlock in the second half in Augsburg before Miroslav Klose sealed a 2-0 win . Before the match , he agreed a two-year extension to his previous deal , which was due to expire in 2013 . `` A dream has come true for me , and not just in the course of last season , '' Mueller , who was joint top scorer in South Africa and also named best young player , told the Bayern website . `` I come from Bavaria , and FC Bayern is my club . I 'm delighted that I 'll continue to wear a Bayern shirt for the next five years . '' Bayern lost 3-1 to Schalke last week in the Liga Total Cup friendly event , as coach Louis Van Gaal fielded several reserve players . But the Dutchman included six World Cup stars -- minus the injured Arjen Robben -- in a traditional pre-season fixture between league and cup winners which has been reinstated on the calendar after a 14-year absence . Bayern angry as Dutch star Robben is ruled out . Schalke coach Felix Magath fielded his marquee signing , former Real Madrid striker Raul . Bayern , who also won the German Cup last season as well as reaching the final of the UEFA Champions League , took the lead in the 75th minute . Mueller slotted into the empty net when veteran striker Klose put the ball past onrushing goalkeeper Manuel Neuer . Klose , who scored four goals at the World Cup to move second in the all-time scorers list with Gerd Mueller , doubled the lead from close range six minutes later after Ivica Olic beat Schalke 's new Spanish defender Sergio Escudero and provided the assist . Bayern begin the new Bundesliga season at home to the 2009 champions Wolfsburg on August 20 .
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Bayern Munich reward World Cup star Thomas Mueller with new deal until 2015 . The 20-year-old scores opening goal in German Supercup victory over Schalke . He is set up by veteran striker Miroslav Klose , who scores other goal in 2-0 win . Bundesliga runners-up Schalke field former Real Madrid striker Raul .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rafael Benitez made a winning start to his career as Inter Milan coach as the European champions beat last season 's domestic rivals Roma 3-1 in the Italian Super Cup at the San Siro on Saturday . Benitez , who replace treble winner Jose Mourinho after leaving English club Liverpool , saw his new team maintain their dominance over the capital outfit , who finished second in both Serie A and the Italian Cup in 2009-10 . It was Inter 's fourth trophy of the year , with Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o netting two goals to join Alessandro Del Piero and Andrei Shevchenko at the top of the all-time list of Super Cup scorers with three goals following last year 's effort against Lazio in Beijing . `` I am very happy because we showed character after going behind , '' Benitez told the Inter website after his side equaled city rivals AC Milan 's record of five Super Cup wins . `` It 's a title won by the players -- a title for them , the club and the fans . It was our first competitive match . It was n't easy but we did it . The players did well . My boys were n't fresh , but they worked hard . We 're hoping to be a bit fresher for the European Super Cup next week . '' Inter take on Europa League winners Atletico Madrid of Spain in the European Super Cup next Friday , and kick off their Serie A season away to Bologna three days later . Claudio Ranieri 's Roma took the lead in the 21st minute in front of the 65,000 crowd through Norwegian defender John-Arne Riise , whose first-time finish from the edge of the penalty area was set up by captain Francesco Totti . Goran Pandev equalized three minutes before halftime after a bad pass by Roma striker Mirko Vucinic left his teammate Juan exposed , allowing the Macedonian to score . Eto'o put Inter ahead with 20 minutes to go from Champions League final Diego Milito 's cross , and sealed it 10 minutes later as he dispossessed substitute Rodrigo Taddei , exchanged passes with Wesley Sneijder and beat goalkeeper Bogdan Lobont . Meanwhile , Inter 's Italian rivals Juventus boosted their squad with the signing of Serbia international winger Milos Krasic from Russian club CSKA Moscow . Krasic , 25 , agreed a four-year contract and joins for a fee of $ 19 million . `` I received some proposals by Manchester City , Fenerbahce and other teams , but when I knew about the opportunity to join Juventus , I preferred to wait , '' he told the Juventus website on Saturday . Juventus will also add Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani to their squad on Monday if the Italy international passes a medical , having agreed a season-long loan for the 26-year-old . Aquilani has struggled since leaving Roma while still recovering from injury , and new Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson said he hoped the player could restore his previous form . Hodgson also ruled out any move for Netherlands World Cup star Dirk Kuyt , who has been linked with a move to Inter . `` I spoke to -LSB- Inter president -RSB- Massimo Moratti on Wednesday about the fact that they are not going to buy any Liverpool players , and Kuyt comes into that category , '' Hodgson told Liverpool 's official website on Saturday . `` I believe Inter were only interested in two of our players and they are not going to buy them . Moratti said they are not going to do that . Kuyt is not for sale . '' Liverpool 's future is still uncertain after Chinese businessman Kenny Huang confirmed on Friday that he had pulled out of the race to buy the club from American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Germany captain Michael Ballack enjoyed a dream return to the Bundesliga as his Bayer Leverkusen side claimed an impressive 2-0 victory at Borussia Dortmund on Sunday . Ballack , who rejoined first club Leverkusen during the summer after four years at Chelsea , played his part in a superb team performance as Leverkusen showed they will be one of the teams to watch this season . Swiss midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta opened the scoring for the visitors in the 19th minute and Brazilian Renato Augusto added a second goal just three minutes later to ensure the three points . In Sunday 's other match , Mainz secured a surprise 2-0 home defeat over Stuttgart thanks to goals from debutant strikers Sami Allagui and Morten Rasmussen . Tunisian Allagui opened the scoring in the 26th-minute and Danish international Rasmussen -- who joined on loan from Celtic this week -- added the second two minutes after the interval . With the first round of matches now complete , Hoffenheim lead the table courtesy of Saturday 's stunning 4-1 win over Werder Bremen . Three goals in a bizarre six-minute spell in the first half proved the difference between the sides after Torsten Frings had put Werder ahead from the penalty spot . Meanwhile , defending champions Bayern Munich got their season off to a perfect start on Friday as Bastian Schweinsteiger 's last-gasp goal gave them a 2-1 victory over Wolfsburg .
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Germany captain Michael Ballack makes his return to the Bundesliga on Sunday . Midfielder Ballack helps Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-0 victory at Borussia Dortmund . In Sunday 's other match , Mainz shock Stuttgart 2-0 with goals in each half . Hoffenheim lead the early table after their impressive 4-1 success over Werder Bremen .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On a bad day at work , during an I-can ` t-take-it-any-more moment , we 've probably fantasized about outlandish ways to quit our jobs . This week , Steven Slater , a flight attendant for JetBlue Airways , made a dramatic job exit : cursing and sliding down the plane 's emergency chute with beer in his hand . Slater 's job-quitting performance has been hailed as heroic by some people . CNN asked readers and iReporters to share their stories about quitting in a dramatic , and oftentimes unprofessional , way . Kathi Cordsen , a 58-year-old in Fullerton , California , who shared her story on CNN 's iReport , says she understood Slater 's agony . She thought about walking out of the pharmacy where her hours had been cut after she worked there for three years . In her imaginary world , she would have told her `` disorganized '' boss to `` shove it . '' In reality , she left a note on the back of a receipt that read , `` Saturday is my last day . '' She politely said goodbye but was satisfied that the store had only about five days to scramble to find her replacement . `` After I wrote the note , I felt relieved , '' Cordsen said . `` There is an end to this , and I do n't have to stress out anymore . '' Share your fantasy `` I quit '' story . Another iReporter , dg56789 , shared a story about quitting a bus driving job after getting into an argument with a teacher who demanded that a child be seated contrary to the rules . The driver handed the teacher the keys before walking off and telling the teacher to drive it herself . CNN commenter `` Becca '' told a story that involved things flying through the air at the Brooklyn shoe store where she had been working . She said she and another employee had an argument , and he threw at ladder at her . She threw a pair of stilettos at him and then knocked down a display of sandals as she left the building , cursing at everyone . Career experts usually advise that quitting a job be done with consideration and professionalism . Supervisors should be notified in advance , typically at least two weeks before the last day . Employees attempting to leave should stay on top of responsibilities and avoid insulting co-workers . `` Do n't let your emotions overtake your logic , because the business world is a logical world , '' said Meg Montford , a career coach of based in Kansas City , Missouri . `` Emotions can get the best of us . Sometimes , if we express them inappropriately , we may regret it later . '' Careermag.com , a publication offering career information , advised impatient quitters to avoid burning bridges . The employee should think about the future , such as how former managers and co-workers may be contacted when you apply for other jobs . Make a graceful online exit from a job . But employers should still be honest about their problems with the company and the workplace when they leave , the site said . Sometimes -- as seen in Slater 's case -- frustrations with work can spiral out of control before an employee can carefully plot his or her exit . CNN commenter `` Vicki '' could relate to the flight attendant 's work troubles . She recalled working as a customer service manager at Wal-Mart during Christmas and dealing with an angry customer . She finally yelled at the customer while walking out of the job . `` Well , I was n't real proud that I handled that situation that way but I can relate on how things can build up to a point where you just ca n't handle it , '' she said . How not to enrage your flight attendant . Another CNN commenter , `` Doug H , '' shared his own last straw . While working as a sexton at a local cemetery , he was asked to dig a plot for a child . He had dug graves for adults without any hesitation , but the idea of digging for a child made him uneasy . He refused to do it , which caused the cemetery manager to yell . Doug says he simply `` turned around and walked away . '' A CNN commenter called `` Spongebob '' worked at a company that trains military pilots . After six years , sick of the department 's supervisors , he detailed his frustrations to them and walked out . Luckily , he received a promotion to another site within the company . CNN commenter `` Charlie , '' who was a waiter in New York , gave a theatrical exit . While working a double shift , he became engaged in a fight with a host , who was assigning too many tables for him to handle . `` Charlie '' erupted , slamming plates against the wall , throwing his apron on the floor and cursing at the host before heading out the door . `` Needless to say , I 'm not welcome in that place anymore , '' he wrote . `` But good riddance . ''
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A JetBlue flight attendant quit his job by yelling profanities and sliding down the plane 's emergency chute . The attendant , Steven Slater , is being hailed as a hero by some people . CNN readers and iReporters shared their stories about quitting . Some of the quitters simply walked out during their shifts .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Do n't tell Brad Pitt who or how to love . Brad Pitt talks about `` soul mate '' Angelina Jolie , life , and fatherhood in Parade magazine . The actor and star of the new film `` Inglourious Basterds '' opened up to Parade magazine about his thoughts on love , marriage and fatherhood . During the candid interview , Pitt showed off a secret area in one of his homes which he said `` is a great place for sex '' and reflected on his early days in Hollywood , which included superstardom and some marijuana . `` I liked to smoke a bit of grass at the time , and I became very sheltered , '' Pitt told Parade . `` Then I got bored . I was turning into a damn doughnut , really . '' These days , Pitt said he 's happy with his decision to become a parent with partner Angelina Jolie . The two have six children , all younger than 10 : Maddox , Pax , Zahara , Shiloh and twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox , the latter born last year . `` This family is full of life , '' Pitt said . `` There are laughs , aggravations , irritations , but at the end of the day , it 's fun . When life is really good , it 's messy . '' Pitt said his life is very different now that he is a dad . `` When I go down a path , I take it to the end , '' he said . `` Then I take another one . I took the path of not having kids , now it 's time for family . Children are a dominant value in my life now , and they were n't before . '' He 's found a `` soul mate '' in Jolie , Pitt said , but he insisted he meant what he has said in the past about not marrying her . `` When someone asked me why Angie and I do n't get married , I replied , ` Maybe we 'll get married when it 's legal for everyone else , ' '' he said . `` I stand by that , although I took a lot of flak for saying it , hate mail from religious groups . I believe everyone should have the same rights . '' Pitt told Parade he takes exception to anyone trying to dictate how someone should live and who they should love . `` Just the other night , I heard this TV reverend say that Angie and I were setting a bad example because we were living out of wedlock , and people should not be duped by us , '' Pitt told the magazine . `` It made me laugh . `` What damn right does anyone have to tell someone else how to live if they 're not hurting anyone ? How many times do you think real love comes to someone in a lifetime ? If you 're lucky , maybe two or three . '' People should be able to be happy , Pitt said , and that includes his children . `` Would it bother me if a child of mine turns out to be gay ? No , not one bit , '' he said . `` Listen , I want my kids to live the lives they want to live . I want them to be fulfilled . I hope I teach my kids to be who they really are . ''
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Brad Pitt gave a candid interview to Parade magazine . Says he stands by not marrying Angelina Jolie until it 's `` legal for everyone else '' Actor says he loves being a father to six children .
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LA PAZ , Bolivia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalized the Chaco petroleum company Friday , taking over the BP subsidiary with the military on standby . Bolivian leader Evo Morales speaks before parliament Thursday in the capital , La Paz . `` With this decree , '' Morales said in a nationally televised address from an oil field in Cochabamba , `` we nationalize all the petroleum business in Chaco for all Bolivians . '' Chaco is jointly owned by Pan American Energy and the Bolivian Pension Fund , each with a 50 percent stake , BP spokesman David Nicholas said from Great Britain . BP owns 60 percent of Pan American Energy , and Bridas Corp. owns the other 40 percent , Nicholas said . Nicholas declined comment on the nationalization . `` We are aware of the presidential decree but can not comment , '' he said . `` We support Pan America 's energies with any discussions they have with the Bolivian government . '' Morales wore a white safety helmet with the words `` Chaco nationalized '' printed on the front when he made his announcement . The Bolivian president guaranteed the petroleum workers that their jobs will be safe . Formed in 1997 , Chaco employs about 90 Bolivians , the company says on its Web site . Chaco is dedicated to the exploration and production of hydrocarbons , BP says . Morales decreed in 2007 and 2008 that the government should nationalize various petroleum companies . His actions Friday came less than 48 hours before Bolivians vote Sunday on a new constitution that would give the central government more power and control .
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Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalizes Chaco petroleum company . Morales guarantees petroleum workers that their jobs will be safe . Military on standby in nationalization of BP subsidiary . Move comes 48 hours before Bolivian vote on new constitution .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Its boss the butt of late-night jokes and its conduct the target of President Barack Obama 's ire , BP went into a June meeting at the White House with its future at stake . `` The confidence of the markets had been rattled , '' former BP CEO Tony Hayward said in his first interview since he resigned , indicating how close the company was to collapse . Oil was still flowing from its well in the Gulf of Mexico and the company was being hit financially on all sides , with its stock price down and demands increasing for it to suspend dividend payments . Eleven lives had been lost on the Deepwater Horizon rig and Gulf Coast residents were feeling the punch of the disaster . `` These were frightening days , '' current boss Bob Dudley told the BBC , which aired `` BP : $ 30 Billion Blowout '' on Tuesday . `` It was a very , very tense period . '' BP emerged from the White House with an agreement to spend $ 20 billion in reparations over four years and for politicians to tone down the anti-BP rhetoric . Hayward told the BBC the company was `` not prepared '' for the fallout from the spill and that he understood why he was `` demonized and vilified '' by the American public . `` It is very difficult to hate a company , '' said Hayward , conceding BP contingency plans were inadequate . `` It 's much easier to hate an individual . '' Hayward made a series of ill-advised remarks during the crisis , including , `` I would like my life back . '' U.S. politicians and officials castigated him and occasionally referred to the company as `` British Petroleum '' rather than as `` BP , '' underscoring that a foreign-based company was at fault for the disaster . `` I do n't feel like I 've been made a scapegoat , I recognized the realities of the world we live in , '' Hayward told the BBC . `` In some senses it comes with the patch and you simply have to take the rough with the smooth . '' Hayward said the company can restore the environment and jobs , but not the lives of those who died on the Deepwater Horizon . `` I was and remain devastated , he said . `` I feel a real accountability for that . '' The BBC program was aired on the second day of U.S. hearings about the Gulf oil spill . One bad decision after another , failed tests and other shortfalls show that the three companies involved in the disaster need to be overhauled , the co-chairman of the presidential commission investigating the incident said . `` BP , Halliburton , and Transocean are major respected companies operating throughout the Gulf , '' said William Reilly , former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency , `` and the evidence is that they are in need of top-to-bottom reform . '' Referencing his own earlier remarks about `` culture of complacency , '' Reilly said , `` all three companies we heard from displayed it , '' Reilly said . On Monday , the commission reported that workers aboard the Deepwater Horizon were pushing to complete the well , but no `` conscious decision '' to cut corners on safety had been discovered . `` Presentations and examinations yesterday uncovered a suite of bad decisions , '' Reilly said . Commission co-chairman Bob Graham , a former U.S. senator from Florida , cited a culture that failed to ensure safety . `` Leaders did not take serious risk seriously enough , did not identify risk that proved to be fatal , '' Graham said Tuesday . Tuesday 's hearing focused on regulations and well-drilling protocols . The disaster began April 20 with an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drill rig , which was completing the well for BP at the time of the blast . The 11 killed all died in the blast and fire , which raged for two days before the rig sank , rupturing the well a mile below . Transocean , the rig 's owner , Halliburton , the cement contractor , and BP have pointed fingers at each other since the rig sank . BP was responsible for capping the ruptured well it owned and cleaning up the more than 200 million gallons of oil that spilled . The well was sealed temporarily in mid-July and capped permanently on September 19 . `` There seemed to be a compulsion to get this rig completed in that April 19 , April 20 time period , '' Graham said Monday . Reilly also cited a `` rush to completion '' and called BP and its partners `` laggards '' in following best practices for drilling . Tuesday 's testimony included discussion on BP 's plan to temporarily cap the well before another rig would move in to start collecting oil . Charlie Williams , well engineering scientist , said his company uses at least three plugs during such a process , as compared to BP 's one . The director of a petroleum research laboratory at Louisiana State University testified that better training and drills could prepare rig workers for disasters . `` I definitely think an increase in training should be considered , particularly with a set of disaster scenarios , if you will , '' said Darryl Bourgoyne . `` I think it would probably be much more effective if -LSB- training -RSB- drills were regularly conducted along these lines on the rigs that were doing the operations with the crews . '' The commission also heard from ExxonMobil about its safety programs . Its executive said the company learned some lessons from the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska and other situations . `` ExxonMobil 's goal is not simply to have employees comply with safety procedures . A culture of compliance alone can lead to complacency , '' said Rex Tillerson , chairman and chief executive officer . `` We seek to go beyond compliance , to create a culture in which employees are not only meeting the safety procedures , but they are challenging them so they can be improved where needed . '' BP and Halliburton have drawn criticism about flaws in cement that was poured to reinforce the well . The companies involved each had data , '' commission chief engineer Richard Sears testified Tuesday . `` And if data had been shared differently and if operations had been carried out differently , I believe this disaster could have been prevented . '' CNN 's Vivian Kuo contributed to this report .
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NEW : Engineer says disaster could have been averted . Tony Hayward said he understands anger after spill . Former BP chairman felt `` demonized and vilified '' Commission co-chairman says companies need reforms .
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-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- It 's a lot more difficult than you might think to find good parents in fiction : Perhaps unsurprisingly , a lot of fiction deals either with the lack of a parent -- being a cardinal rule of children 's fiction to ditch the parents -- or a parent 's complete unsuitability for the role . But there are a few out there , parents who make you think , `` Gee , I wish my parents were like that . '' Here 's our totally comprehensive , really scientific overview of good parenting in fiction : . 1 . Atticus Finch -- `` To Kill a Mockingbird '' by Harper Lee . The widowed father of Jem and Scout , Atticus Finch is one of the great heroes of American literature . Steering his young children along the path of moral rectitude is hard in the Jim Crow South , and when Atticus , a lawyer , unsuccessfully defends an innocent black man from charges that he raped a white woman , it becomes even more difficult . But his own belief in rightness , morality , and good , even in the face of an unfair world , is communicated to his kids -- and to the world . His impact on the legal profession , especially in the South , was also profound : The Atticus Finch Society , part of the Alabama Law Foundation , was founded to serve the legal needs of the poor and named after a fictional lawyer who `` epitomizes the type of professional , and person , lawyers strive to be . '' 2 . Alex and Kate Murry -- `` A Wrinkle in Time '' by Madeleine L'Engle . Tesseracts are real and Meg and Charles Murry 's scientist father has disappeared into one -- it 's up to these two brilliant but socially awkward children to save him . When it was published in 1962 , `` A Wrinkle in Time '' was a sci-fi gift to all those nerdy kids out there for whom `` Star Trek '' had n't been invented yet . And the Murry parents -- beautiful and smart microbiologist Kate and tesseract physicist Alex -- made being scientists seem so cool . Who would n't want parents like that ? 3 . The Weasleys -- `` Harry Potter '' series by JK Rowling . Harry Potter wanted them to adopt him -- and we would n't mind either . Though Harry was already remarkably well-adjusted for a child who 'd been forced to sleep in the spider-filled cupboard under the stairs , his friendship with Ron Weasley and his family showed him what a loving family really looked like . Mom Molly Weasley was kind , fiercely protective of her children -- her battle with Bellatrix Lestrange in the final book was immensely satisfying -- and knits a mean jumper . Dad Arthur Weasley was slightly bumbling , loves Muggle stuff , and still a kid at heart . Best of all , they loved each other as much as they loved their children . Mental Floss : 10 things you might not know about Harry Potter . 4 . Marmee -- `` Little Women '' by Louisa May Alcott . Marmee is the glue that holds the `` Little Women '' together through the Civil War and their father 's long absence . Kind and charitable , she 's their moral compass , their comfort in troubled times . Without her , the four girls , Jo , Meg , Amy and Beth , are lost . 5 . Mr. and Mrs. Little -- `` Stuart Little '' by EB White . Interspecies procreation is typically cause for concern , but not for Mr. and Mrs. Little . When their son , Stuart , was born a mouse , the kind , though perhaps a bit dense , Littles treated him just like any other member of the family . A member of the family who had a long tail , whiskers , slept in a cigarette box and could climb up lamp cords . 6 . Ma and Pa Ingalls -- `` Little House on the Prairie '' by Laura Ingalls Wilder . Though Laura Ingalls Wilder 's stories of growing up in the Indian Territory , now Kansas , in the mid to late 19th century are actually autobiographical , the books tend to be found in the children 's fiction part of the bookstore , so they make the list . Pa was a true pioneer with a serious case of wanderlust : He could build a house by hand and skin a rabbit , but still remained a gentleman , kind , courteous and upstanding . Ma Ingalls , a true pioneer 's wife , instructed her children to treat others with care . 7 . Mr. and Mrs. Quimby -- `` Ramona '' series by Beverly Cleary . Ramona Quimby , age 8 , is a bit of a handful . Her imagination -- and she 's got lots of it -- often gets her into situations , like the time she went to school with her pajamas under her clothes because she was pretending to be a fireman . Or the time she put her doll in the oven . Or the time she squeezed an entire tube of toothpaste into the sink . Her parents , Bob and Dorothy , meanwhile , are real parents , who have to deal with real things like quitting smoking , having children young , getting laid off , and 8-year-olds who accidentally dye themselves blue . And they even get in fights , like real parents do . But throughout it all , they manage to remain patient and affectionate with their children ; they 're not perfect , but they 're pretty good . 8 . Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert -- `` Anne of Green Gables '' by Lucy Maud Montgomery . When brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert of the Green Gables farm decide to adopt a boy from a Nova Scotia orphanage to help out around the farm , they were n't expecting Anne . Anne -LRB- with an ` e ' , of course , since it 's ever so much more distinguished -RRB- was a redheaded 11-year-old , covered in freckles and though extremely clever , sometimes a bit too imaginative , definitely melodramatic and possessing an almost magnetic attraction to getting into scrapes . Shy Matthew immediately loves Anne , enchanted by her incessant chatter and her creativity , while Marilla , strict and somewhat prim , takes awhile to warm up . But when she does , her devotion to Anne is unparalleled and she keeps the sometimes flighty redhead on firm ground . Mental Floss : All about Anne -LRB- of Green Gables -RRB- . 9 . Baloo the Bear , Bagheera the Blank Panther , and the wolves -- `` The Jungle Book '' by Rudyard Kipling . After they save him from becoming tiger Shere Khan 's meal , Father Wolf and Mother Wolf raise the hairless man-cub Mowgli as one of their own . But it 's up to Baloo the sleepy bear and Bagheera the panther to teach the boy the Law of the Jungle -- thereby becoming the coolest godparents in the world . 10 . The Gilbreths -- `` Cheaper By The Dozen '' by Frank Bunker Gilbreth , Jr. , and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey . So , the Gilbreths were actual people , not fiction , and this charming book , published in 1948 , is a biography written by their children . But -- and we mean this as a compliment -- the parents are so lovely as to almost seem made up . Frank Gilbreth and his wife , Lillian , are world-famous efficiency experts whose studies in time and motion changed the way people worked . If Frank had his way , it would have also changed the way people raised children , especially after their incredible fecundity produced 12 children . Having an even dozen children meant that the Gilbreths could apply some of their expertise in their Montclair , New Jersey , home . Hilarity ensues , as does an overwhelming sense of warmth and happiness . The two children wrote a follow up book , `` Belles on Their Toes , '' recounting what happened after Frank 's death in 1924 , which left Lillian with house full of children , the youngest just 2 years old , and a business to run . Mother Lillian manages to keep it all together , with good humor and warmth , and the book manages to stay away from the maudlin . Mental Floss : 22 fictional characters whose names you do n't know . For more mental_floss articles , visit mentalfloss.com . Entire contents of this article copyright , Mental Floss LLC . All rights reserved .
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Good parents in fiction are often hard to find . Some fictional parents , like Atticus Finch , teach their children an important lesson . Mr. and Mrs. Quimby from `` Ramona '' are patient , loving and imperfect , like real parents . `` Jungle Book '' has unconventional , but loyal , parents and godparents .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The good news is that you 'll still be allowed to look out the window . The melancholy news is that you probably wo n't want to . Both Amtrak and Greyhound are in the midst of aggressive programs to install and expand free Wi-Fi service on their trains and buses . According to figures provided by officials of both companies , Amtrak and Greyhound , between them , carry around 50 million passengers a year on intercity routes . `` Our passengers tell us that they love to be able to use their computers for free as they travel , '' said Amtrak spokeswoman Barbara Petito . `` Our passengers enjoy it a lot , '' said Greyhound spokesman Timothy Stokes . Petito and Stokes undoubtedly are being truthful . For generations , it was taken as an article of faith that baseball was the national pastime . But several decades ago a wise social observer noted that baseball was n't the national pastime at all ; watching television had become the national pastime . And now -- it 's difficult to argue with this -- gazing at computer -LRB- or mobile telephone -RRB- screens has become the national pastime , whether we want it to be or not . It 's how we pass the time . `` All of our new coaches have Wi-Fi , and it 's our plan to make it systemwide , '' said Greyhound 's Stokes . -LRB- Various discount-priced bus lines have featured Wi-Fi for some time . -RRB- . Amtrak 's Petito said the Acela Express trains on the East Coast already have free Wi-Fi , as do the Downeaster trains -LRB- between Boston , Massachusetts , and Portland , Maine -RRB- , the Coast Starlight -LRB- between Seattle , Washington , and Los Angeles , California -RRB- and the Pacific Surfliner -LRB- between San Luis Obispo , California , and San Diego , California -RRB- . `` It is Amtrak 's vision to outfit all of its services with Wi-Fi over the next few years as funding becomes available , '' she said . There is an undeniable logic to that . Jet airliners are a much faster way to get from one part of the United States to another ; trains and buses take considerably longer , and passengers can grow weary and bored . Allowing them to connect to the internet , especially when it 's free , would seem to be a way to make the miles zip by . So what will be lost ? Journeys on Amtrak and Greyhound have , by default , been the last , best way to really look at America block by block , neighborhood by neighborhood , mile by mile . If you were driving your own car on a long trip , you mostly had your eyes on the highway ahead ; if you were flying , you were above the clouds . But on the train or on the bus you had little choice but to look out the window and take in the country as it rolled by . You could read a magazine or work on a crossword puzzle or knit , but those were things you could just as easily do at home . Moving from state to state at ground level felt different . On Amtrak especially , if you booked a compartment in one of the sleeper cars , your window had the approximate relative dimensions of a television screen : You could lean back and let the nation unfurl in front of you . It was like a visual novel , a freeform silent movie ; it was like passing through America 's endless backyard . It was the United States in a way you had allowed yourself to almost forget about . The one-of-a-kind storefronts , the people talking on small-town corners , the meticulously tended gardens , the lights in the windows waiting for someone to come home at the end of an evening -- they have always been there , but in our hurried daily lives we sometimes cease to pay attention . On the train or on the bus , paying attention was often the ideal option , the best way to deal with the tedium , and the whole thing could be unexpectedly lovely . It was the nicest traveler 's perk of all . It still can be , of course ; as Greyhound 's Stokes said , `` You always have the choice . '' But if recent social history has taught us anything , it 's that the actual world around us is frequently no match for the seductiveness of a screen . If you need proof of that , it 's right in front of you on any city street , as people stroll along oblivious to their immediate surroundings , their eyes locked on the information being delivered to them on their phones and handheld devices . We seem to have become hopelessly addicted . So you can bet that , as the trains and interstate buses eventually are all fitted for complimentary Wi-Fi , and as the technical kinks are worked out and the connectivity becomes close to seamless , passengers will become accustomed to logging on to the internet from before they even pull out of the station until the moment they arrive at their destination . There 's no disputing that , in a fundamental way , this is progress ; it will make the miles and hours seem to go by more quickly , it will allow passengers to feel they have not really left the world from which they have just departed , it will keep them tethered and productive . It will give the welcome illusion of shortening the journey . And maybe once in a while , as they look up from the computer for a moment and glance out the window -- at a Friday night football game in a town they 've never passed through before and will never pass through again , at a diner whose owner is unlocking and opening the front door as the first tentative rays of one more dawn have just begun to glow , at the tired expression on the face of a motorist alone in his car at a railroad crossing , waiting patiently for the Amtrak train to speed by so he can get to wherever he needs to be . ... Maybe , once in a while , the people on the train or on the bus will gratefully take in the greatest free show of all , the one that is n't delivered out of the ether and onto a screen , the one that once was referred to as life . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene .
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Bob Greene says Amtrak and Greyhound are bringing Wi-FI to their 50 million passengers . Trains and buses need a way to compete with planes ; Wi-Fi may be an answer , writes Greene . Trains and buses were a way to experience `` America 's backyard , '' writes Greene . He says we have become oblivious to our surroundings due to technology .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Greek prime minister may call for early general elections in December if his ruling party loses local elections Sunday , the nation 's official news agency said . In an interview published Saturday , Prime Minister George Papandreou said the election is a high-stakes test for his ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement -LRB- PASOK -RRB- , according to ANA , the official news agency . The ruling party will compete with the conservative opposition party New Democracy . On Saturday , the prime minister criticized Antonis Samaras , the leader of the opposition party . `` All they care about is to be able to say on the night of the elections that PASOK was defeated and that , therefore , the effort we are making to extricate the country from the great impasse has been defeated . That the government has lost the legitimacy to continue its policies , '' Papandreou said . New Democracy ruled Greece from 2005 to 2009 . If it defeats the ruling party in the local elections , it may undermine the economic reforms spearheaded by Papandreou and his government . The policies aimed at reducing rampant deficit in Greece are carried out under the aegis of the financial bailout package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund . Greece was allotted about $ 150 billion to help restore investors ' confidence and prevent bankruptcy . The economic crisis and the recently-unveiled austerity budget are expected to dominate the voters ' agenda for the local elections .
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Prime Minister says the election is a high-stakes test for his ruling party . He criticizes the leader of the opposition party . New Democracy ruled Greece from 2005 to 2009 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fernando Alonso says the reaction of his fellow drivers to Formula One 's controversial new rule changes after the opening Grand Prix of the season was `` hot-headed . '' The Spaniard claimed victory in Bahrain on his debut for Ferrari but fellow drivers Michael Schumacher , Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were critical of 2010 's new laws . They include a ban on refuelling during the race and that the grid 's top ten drivers must start the race on the tires they used to complete the final qualifying session . But Alonso says it is too early to consider changing the rules and has pleaded for patience . He said on Ferrari 's official Web site : `` I think that many of us have given some hot-headed comments immediately after the race in Bahrain . `` It 's true that the race in Sakhir was n't especially spectacular -- although for us Ferraristi it was great and exciting -- but it 's too early to talk about changing the rules . `` We have to see how the tyres behave with different fuel loads and temperatures , which will be different from the ones we had during testing and in Bahrain . `` We have to wait and see different races and check the situation , without being emotional . Something that confuses the fans is changing the rules all the time . '' Alonso and teammate Felipe Massa gave Ferrari the perfect start to the season with a one-two in Bahrain , but the Spaniard says no-one is getting carried away . He added : `` The one-two win in Sakhir gave us confidence and was a great result for the hard work during the winter on the track and at the works , but we ca n't take anything for granted . `` We have to stay with our feet on the ground , keeping calm and staying concentrated -- in Melbourne we 're starting from square one . `` Nothing has changed for me -- there are four teams and eight drivers who can fight for victory and we have to give it our all to stay ahead of everybody else . `` I like the Albert Park track . It 's quite a technical circuit with some pretty interesting corners . Overtaking has never been easy and what is even more important now , like on all city circuits , is the result in the qualifying . ''
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Fernando Alonso says drivers must be patient about Formula One rule changes . Alonso says some drivers comments were `` hot-headed '' after the opening race in Bahrain . Alonso led a Ferrari one-two with Felipe Massi in season opener .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Army must transform how it protects its soldiers , collects information about internal threats and communicates with the FBI and terrorism experts in an effort to prevent another incident like last year 's shootings at Fort Hood in Texas , a report by the Army and the Department of Defense says . The report , released Tuesday , says a remedy will be more Army participation in the Joint Terrorism Task Force , teams of experts drawn from law enforcement and intelligence agencies . It also recommends that Army agents within the FBI headquarters work as part of the threat management unit . The report highlights a failure to share information inside the Army and to encourage anyone , without fear of punishment , to voice suspicions about others in the military . `` The focus of the findings and recommendations in the Information Sharing area was the lack of policy , procedures and systems for the sharing of threat related information between the Services , Combatant Commands , DoD and other federal agencies such as the FBI , '' the report said . The Army report is 118 pages and titled `` Army Internal Review Team : Final Report . '' The Air Force , Navy and Marines released separate reports . Maj. Nidal Hasan , a Army psychiatrist and U.S.-born Muslim , is accused of the November 5 , 2009 , shootings , in which 13 people were killed and dozens wounded . An evidentiary hearing is set to resume on Monday , a step toward the military decision on whether Hasan will face a court-martial and a possible death penalty . After the shootings there were numerous reports of Hasan 's outspoken opposition to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to Muslims killing Muslims . Hasan was days away from shipping out to Afghanistan at the time of the shootings . Also , Hasan reportedly had communicated by e-mail with radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki , something U.S. government agencies apparently knew about but did not tell the military . Army Secretary John McHugh and Gen. George Casey , chief of staff of the Army , were at Fort Hood on Friday to mark the first anniversary of the shootings . McHugh was asked whether the Army had done enough to respond to warning signals about Hasan . He said the Army is `` looking at the final parts of assessing exactly what was known , what officers and soldiers knew about that particular individual and what was done , if anything , to react to it . '' The Army report says no single action would have prevented Fort Hood . `` However , in the aggregate , the initiatives outlined by the Army 's internal review team will significantly improve the Army 's ability to mitigate internal threats , ensure FP -LSB- force protection -RSB- , enable emergency response and provide care for the victims and families . '' The report says the Army needs to create a kind of `` neighborhood watch '' program that will teach members of the Army community to recognize and report suspicious behavior . The report acknowledges that members of Congress continue to press the Defense Department and U.S. intelligence agencies for what they knew about Hasan . `` Much of the information requested has not been released because it would compromise the trial of the alleged perpetrator , '' the report says . The Army says it already has implemented changes , including having first responders move in quickly to respond to a shooting rather than cordoning it off and awaiting special teams . Some of the recommendations were general and some were very specific . The Army is still working on ways to identify what it calls `` observable indicators for espionage , terrorism and extremism , '' according to the report . Another recommendation says , '' -LSB- Military Police -RSB- are now authorized to use jacketed hollow point ammunition to reduce the risk of injury to innocent bystanders . ''
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Army report : Methods for protecting soldiers , collecting intelligence need overhaul . Army participation in Joint Terrorism Task Force is one remedy , report says . Report cites failure to share information and encourage people to come forward . Army says some changes have already been implemented .
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-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- For a serious distance runner , 7 hours , 48 minutes is not a great marathon time . But cut Brian Fugere some slack . He 'd been diagnosed with synovial sarcoma -- a rare soft-tissue cancer -- in his lung . He was in his fourth cycle of chemotherapy . And he was dragging an IV pole for all 26.2 miles . Oh , and this marathon was taking place in a hospital hallway . When Brian Fugere started coughing up blood in February 2005 , he was an active 47-year-old who jogged regularly and once finished the Boston Marathon in a respectable 3 hours , 19 minutes . Life was good for the father of four and senior partner with consulting giant Deloitte in San Francisco , California . He had recently gained a small but devout following after co-authoring `` Why Business People Speak Like Idiots '' with Chelsea Hardaway and Jon Warshawsky , a book that espoused the benefits of straight talk . He appeared on cable news shows and wrote op-ed pieces , and his work was the subject of a clue on `` Jeopardy! '' Then came the news nobody is prepared to hear . `` I have been diagnosed with a form of cancer called synovial sarcoma , '' Fugere wrote friends and colleagues in 2005 . `` Although this usually shows up in and around the joints , mine appears to be in my lung . I am having surgery to remove my lower left lobe , where the tumor has hunkered down . We 're going in for a full assault . '' The assault began at UCSF Medical Center , where doctors removed Fugere 's lung-lobe as planned . Next up : chemotherapy at Kaiser Walnut Creek Hospital . The Box of Chocolates Marathon . When he first drifted into the oncology floor hallway , he did n't set out to complete a marathon . Originally he was just trying to keep himself from going stir crazy during chemo , which came with a few complications , including a blood clot , pneumonia and anemia . Fugere had been reading Lance Armstrong 's `` It 's Not About the Bike : My Journey Back to Life , '' which stressed how important it was to `` keep moving . '' `` So , I started moving , '' Fugere said . `` I did one , then two , then three , then four , then five laps . Then I started measuring the distance of a lap around the cancer ward and figured out it would take 144 laps to do a marathon . `` So then I figured , why not ? '' Fugere called his hallway odyssey the `` Box of Chocolates Marathon , '' borrowing a line from Forrest Gump . -LRB- `` Life is like a box of chocolates . You never know what you 're gon na get . '' -RRB- . `` I want to show other chemo patients that you do n't have to accept the notion of lying in bed all day getting liquid Drano pumped into you , '' Fugere said the week of the marathon . `` Well , you do need to get the liquid Drano -- you just do n't need to take it lying down . '' When friends , colleagues and hospital staff members learned of the marathon , they wanted to help . Many wrote or called to offer their support . Some walked alongside Fugere , and lots of people opened their wallets . Those 144 laps raised $ 42,000 for the Sarcoma Foundation of America . His feat even landed him in Sports Illustrated 's `` Faces in the Crowd '' that October . Keep moving , indeed . Five years later , Fugere is cancer free . But he 's continued to heed Lance Armstrong 's advice . In April 2009 , Fugere and a friend ran the American River 50 Mile Endurance Run in Sacramento , California . They dubbed their performance `` The Running of the Fools '' and raised $ 31,600 for sarcoma research . And earlier this month , he entered the Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Race . `` I am attempting to win the ` Over 50 , Missing One Lung Lobe ' category , '' he joked before the event . It took him 23 hours , 45 minutes , but he finished . After the race , Fugere was too tired to talk about the future . But there 's little doubt whatever he has planned will make the rest of us exhausted when he does tell us . For more mental_floss articles , visit mentalfloss.com . Entire contents of this article copyright , Mental Floss LLC . All rights reserved .
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Brian Fugere was an active 47 year old before being diagnosed with cancer . While hospitalized he was inspired by a book so he walked the hallways . Later that year he did 144 laps around the hospital -- 26.2 miles -- to raise funds for charity . Fugere continues to run and raise money for sarcoma research .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee requested documents and information Monday from Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms of Iowa related to the recent salmonella outbreak and egg recalls , according to a news release from the office of the committee 's chairman , Rep. Henry Waxman , D-California . Waxman and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak , D-Michigan , sent letters to the two Iowa-based egg producers asking for details on the contamination of their egg products , including when government officials and customers of the affected egg products were first notified of the contamination . The committee also asked for the inspection records for the companies ' facilities , the companies ' internal protocols and standards for monitoring and analyzing their products , and documents related to allegations of health , safety , environmental , or animal cruelty violations for the companies or any related companies , the news release said . Responses from each egg company are expected by Tuesday , September 7 , according to the letters . Hillandale Farms said it shared `` a number of common suppliers '' with Wright County Egg , including a company called Quality Egg , which provided feed and young birds . `` We are devastated that our eggs have been implicated in making people sick , '' Hillandale farms said in a statement Sunday . `` We have never had a product recall in our 45-year history , and it flies in the face of our mission to provide wholesome , nutritious food for the American public . We regret that anyone might have become ill , and the concern and disruption this has caused our customers . '' Both Wright County and Quality Egg are owned by the DeCoster family , which has a string of agribusiness interests in the Midwest and Northeast . Those companies ' records have come under new scrutiny since the recalls were announced earlier this month . In June , company owner Austin `` Jack '' DeCoster admitted to 10 civil counts of animal cruelty in Maine after a nonprofit animal welfare group conducted an undercover video investigation and forwarded its findings to Maine animal welfare officials . In a statement issued Monday morning , Wright County Egg said it was working with the Food and Drug Administration on the current recalls and defended its record . `` Wright County Egg strives to operate our farms in the most responsible manner , and our management team has worked closely with FDA through their review of our farms . We have reviewed -LSB- FDA -RSB- Commissioner -LSB- Margaret -RSB- Hamburg 's comments to the media , but because we have not received any written reports from FDA to date , it would be inappropriate to respond to her remarks . It is important to note that any concerns raised verbally during FDA 's on-farm visit were immediately addressed or are in the process of being addressed , '' the statement said . `` When issues have been raised about our farms , our management team has addressed them swiftly and effectively , working with recognized outside experts to identify and implement corrective measures for our operations , '' it said . `` We are approaching our work with FDA in the same forthright manner . '' The Energy and Commerce Committee is n't the only group on Capitol Hill looking for answers . The chairwoman of the House FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee , Rep.Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut , sent a letter Monday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Hamburg , asking questions about the recent egg recall . In the letter , DeLauro asked the United States Department of Agriculture and the FDA , which share jurisdiction in this area , about the investigation into the DeCoster farm 's safety record and the oversight of its operations . She also inquired about the possibility of the tainted eggs being used by federal nutrition programs .
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NEW : House agriculture subcommittee chairwoman is also inquiring about the egg recall . NEW : The two egg companies in question are expected to respond by September 7 . The House Energy and Commerce Committee has begun an inquiry into the egg recall . The committee leaders sent letters to Wright County Eggs and Hillandale Farms of Iowa .
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-LRB- OPRAH.com -RRB- -- I gaze up at the flourescent strip lighting in the surgeon 's office , willing the Beatles on my iPod to keen even louder for Dear Prudence to `` come out to play . '' I need them to drown out the sound of hypodermic needles being stripped from their wrappers , to out-sing the crisp clack of some giant stapler-like thingy being readied to pierce flesh . I begin to make deals with God : If it 's benign , I 'll sponsor an Indian schoolgirl 's education . If it 's benign , I 'll help Julia really nail her multiplication tables . I 'll call my mother more , do more dishes , compost for our nonexistent garden . Oprah.com : Not-so-perfect marriage that makes us believe in love . Biopsies are recent inventions , but negotiating with God must be among man 's most ancient ones . Of course , my prebiopsy bargaining was just pleading in disguise : faux brokering between the entirely powerless -- a supine woman , clinging to the paper strip down the middle of a doctor 's examining table -- and the all-powerful , whether one calls it God , the Fates , or `` the luck of the draw . '' To cut a real deal , both parties need some power . Gangsters and parents both know this well . When Marlon Brando , as Don Corleone , promises to make someone `` an offer he ca n't refuse , '' it 's a bargain struck at gunpoint , another deal-that 's - not-one . As a mother , I 've used this thuggish tactic more than I 'd like to admit . `` That 's the deal '' is a common slogan in our home . When my husband or I use it , our daughters know they 've reached a red line , not to be crossed . It is bedtime . That gerbil cage needs cleaning . Time was , women cut far fewer deals than they do today . In the past , when they remained dependent on their fathers or husbands , their lives were less about striking deals than hoping for the best . Fairy princesses -- those perfect models of traditional passivity -- do n't cut deals . Whether they 're sweeping floors while their sisters swan off to the ball or marrying the prince , both drudgery and love fall on them from great heights . Deals do n't happen in dictatorships , where , let 's face it , most of those princesses live . Oprah.com : Master the art of making a deal . Real live women negotiate . Over the past century , we got the vote , the Pill , washer-dryers , and antidiscrimination laws , giving us choices , freedoms -- and the ability to strike any number of deals . Nowhere is this more true than in the arena of relationships : . In November 2009 , the Obamas revealed in The New York Times that their own partnership is a series of negotiations , a deft balance between his political ambitions and her own professional and familial ones . When Michelle said that the equality of a union `` is measured over the scope of the marriage ; it 's not just four years or eight years or two , '' it seemed clear that the post -- White House era could very much be hers . Their bald acknowledgment of the brokering involved in their marriage was n't a sign of two lawyers at work but two equals in love . Oprah.com : 3 tricks for a happier marriage . To be sure , the traditional blueprint for `` marrying well '' -- her beauty , his paycheck -- still proves popular . In my leafy London neighborhood , I know women who have made such deals . They often seem calmer than I am , and they 're inevitably sleeker , with taut skin and trainer-honed bodies . Many of their husbands leave the house before dawn to catch the Hong Kong markets when they open , returning home late , ruffling their kids ' hair while they sleep . These women vacation on small and exquisite islands , but they 're never sure when they 'll reach them , as they are tethered to their husbands ' timetables . That 's the deal . Oprah.com : Confessions of a semi-happy wife . When I met the man I was to marry , he certainly did n't seem like a deal . Lacking height , a hearty handshake , and career ambitions , he did n't conform to the traditional notions of a catch . Antony was a slight , suburban-born Englishman , a dead ringer for Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh . When we met , he was languidly pursuing a history doctorate , but his keenest aspiration was really to reread Proust -- for the umpteenth time -- and see as many movies as possible . His vast stores of warmth took time to find , guarded as they were by those twin emotional weapons favored by the British male , irony and reserve . I spent a weekend parsing a document that turned out to be a love letter but which I 'd thought was some sort of philosophy essay laced with liner notes from a Prince album . He was low-key , this Antony . While I suggested we move -- to New York , New Delhi , anywhere , really , for an adventure -- he was happy to stay in his hometown , London , and to abandon his doctorate for a quiet job in the British civil service . Once I fell for him , I knew I 'd have to plan on a life outside the United States . It was n't just his job that was strictly British . His character was , too . I knew that it would n't be easy to make the switch from his calm , structured life to the cut-and-thrust of the American job marketplace . In the land of Let 's Make a Deal , nobody would have the patience to wait for Ant 's brilliance to shine through his self-effacing manner . Sometimes I 'm stupid enough to think we should make a more conventional deal . During the boom , with millions making millions , my husband remained content with his modest take-home pay . `` You 're smart , '' I 'd occasionally nag . `` Why not be a banker and make us rich ? '' His reply was succinct : `` Nine weeks of vacation , and job security . '' In my heart , I knew they were both key to my own treasured freedoms : to travel , and to freelance . And when the financial market crashed , and FOR SALE signs blossomed in London 's bankers ' neighborhoods , I was reminded once again of his wisdom and my foolishness . Oprah.com : 7 deals you should never make . His ambitions were tame -- except those he had for me . When I got a chance to leave London to study in New York , he said , `` Go . '' Once there , when I was offered a Manhattan-based magazine job , he was hardheaded : `` Stay . '' When the chance for a summer in Cairo came up , he said , `` Go . '' Even now , 15 years on , married , with two children , he still wants me to keep going . The other week , as I planned a few days in Pakistan for a story , he was busy arguing that I should tack on a short hop to Kabul . `` Go , '' he urged . `` Go . '' `` Are you trying to get me killed ? '' I teased him . No , he just knew a few days there would help me with a book I 'm writing . I did n't go , fretting I 'd miss home too much . That panicked him , for he worries I 'll get so enmeshed in our family that I wo n't do the two other things I love to do : write and report . `` I want you to stay the woman I married , '' he 'll murmur . `` You need to hit the road again . Go . '' These urgings , of course , only make me want to stay . That said , I know that even if love lasts , deals do n't . To stay married we 'll doubtless have to broker new deals , and newer ones after that ... till death do us part . Making deals with God may be a nonstarter . Done right , making deals with your spouse never ends . Oprah.com : How a healthy relationship really works . Subscribe to O , The Oprah Magazine for up to 75 % off the newsstand price . That 's like getting 18 issues FREE . Subscribe now ! TM & © 2010 Harpo Productions , Inc. . All Rights Reserved .
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Writer says brokering deals with your spouse is part of a lasting marriage . She gives up her `` dream '' man for a man who loved and understood her . He likes quiet life in London but wants her to continue to be woman he fell in love with . She travels and sometimes lives elsewhere in the world while writing .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Masters winner Raymond Floyd has decided not to compete in this year 's event , the first time the 67-year-old will not be playing at Augusta National since he made his debut in 1965 . Floyd , who won the tournament in 1976 and lost a play-off to Nick Faldo in 1990 , has also decided not to do a lap of honor , unlike both Gary Player and Fuzzy Zoeller who both made their final appearances last year . The American has not made the halfway cut since 1999 and recent surgery on a back problem also helped make his decision . `` Last year was my last Masters . I 'm not competing this year , '' Floyd told reporters . `` It was something I toyed with pretty much all year as to whether I would play or not . I just feel that I 've had so many fond , special memories here and I did n't feel like I embarrassed myself out there . `` I 'm not competitive now and I did n't want to go out and embarrass myself . I have a good feeling that I 've made the right decision . '' Floyd 's 1976 victory tied the then record score of 271 set by Jack Nicklaus in 1965 . His 65 was the best start of any champion , his 131 set a record for the first 36 holes and 201 for the first 54 holes .
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Former Masters champion Raymond Floyd has opted out of playing this year . The 67-year-old has played in every Masters since making his debut in 1965 . Floyd won the green jacket in 1976 and lost in a play-off to Nick Faldo in 1990 .
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Editor 's note : The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE , an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn , New York . VBS.TV is the broadband television network of VICE . The reports , which are produced solely by VICE , reflect a transparent approach to journalism , where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process . We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers . This video contains vivid images depicting extremely graphic violence . Brooklyn , New York -LRB- VBS.TV -RRB- -- We thought that since you were feeling absolutely dejected watching BP 's underwater gusher spoiling the ecology and economy of the Gulf of Mexico , well , we would try to cheer you up by reminding you how the otherwise environmentally conscious Canadians are degrading their own natural splendor and national soul with oil spillage and seepage on purpose . Bitumen -- A.K.A. tar sand -- is barely oil . It 's oil-soaked dirt , but in a world that is constantly scraping the bottom of the fossil fuel barrel , tar sand is oil enough to warrant a mad frenzy to extract . And that 's exactly what is happening in the Canadian northwest . Northern Alberta is rich -- very rich -- in bitumen . Fort McMurray is the small town at the epicenter of a boom in tar sand extraction , and it 's a messy , ecologically unsound adventure . Traditionally , the only way to get oil from the dirt has been to cook it . So , every day , massive excavators rip apart the Boreal forest -LRB- also known as the lungs of Canada -RRB- to get at the soggy oil sand below , and then millions of gallons of pristine Athabascan water are intentionally spoiled in order to boil the oil out of the dirt -LRB- or is it the dirt out of the oil ? -RRB- . It 's a very messy , destructive process , which has contaminated rivers and lakes for miles in every direction . See the rest of `` Toxic : Alberta '' at VBS.TV . There is a newer method of extraction , called SAGD , in which steam is injected deep underground , cooking the oil out of the dirt and then siphoning the oil out of the boiling mess . We spent two weeks in and around Fort McMurray , A.K.A. Fort McMoney , documenting what the recent boom has done to the fragile ecology and the local economy . It 's a classic boom town , with classic boom town problems : expensive housing , high food prices , overcrowding , traffic and congestion , and charming little additions like alcoholism , cocaine and meth addiction , and prostitution . What we learned is that we desperately need a clean energy policy . The Alberta tar sands must be the dirtiest `` last chapter '' of our century-long fascination with oil . We should n't want to live in a world which tolerates boiling dirt for every last drop of tar .
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Canadian northwest rich in what is essentially oil-soaked dirt . Oil extraction process messy , has contaminated nearby rivers and lakes . VBS goes to Alberta to document impact on ecology , economy .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- English golfer Ross Fisher boosted his Ryder Cup hopes by claiming his fourth European Tour title with a two-shot victory from home hope Padraig Harrington at the Irish Open on Sunday . The 29-year-old jumped up to sixth place in the European team standings ahead of October 's clash with the United States as he equaled the tournament record score of 18-under-par 266 in Killarney . Europe captain Colin Montgomerie set that mark nine years ago , but the 47-year-old has not played since finishing 68th at the British Open last month . Fisher had led by three shots at halfway after a 10-under 61 on Friday , but saw that cut to one stroke by compatriot Chris Wood and Italy 's Francesco Molinari after a 71 on Saturday . The world No. 36 started his final round badly with a bogey at the third hole , but bounced back with five birdies and an eagle at the par-five seventh to card 65 . That proved enough to deny three-time major champion Harrington his second title in four years at his home event , despite a flawless 64 including an eagle at the par-five 16th . `` It just feels great to come out on top against such a world-class field , '' Fisher told the European Tour website after claiming the $ 650,000 first prize . `` I could hear the roars and knew Padraig was making a charge . I just tried to stay patient and this is what we play for -- we want to give ourselves a chance and I am no different . '' Wood held on for a tie for third after a closing 68 which featured six birdies and three bogeys , joining Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano on 270 after the Spaniard shot a flawless 67 . England 's Richard Bland -LRB- 65 -RRB- was tied with Australian Richard Green -LRB- 67 -RRB- another shot back , while Molinari was eighth on 274 after an erratic 72 containing four birdies , four bogeys and a double . Meanwhile , American Jeff Overton took a three-shot lead into Sunday 's final round of the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia as he seeks his first PGA Tour title following two runner-up finishes this year . He had been four ahead at the halfway stage , but two early bogeys saw that cut before he bounced back with five birdies in six holes from the 12th for a four-under 66 . His compatriot D.A. Points moved up to second place on 15 under with a superb 61 , while U.S. Ryder Cup player J.B. Holmes went one shot better to be in a four-way tie for fourth on 12 under -- one behind Boo Weekley -LRB- 67 -RRB- .
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Ross Fisher moves up to sixth in Europe 's Ryder Cup standings with Irish Open victory . Englishman shoots six-under 65 to win by two shots from Padraig Harrington . Fisher equals the tournament record score of 18-under-par 266 in Killarney . Jeff Overton takes three-shot lead into final round of PGA Tour 's Greenbrier Classic .
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-LRB- CNET -RRB- -- AT&T is offering free public Wi-Fi hot spots to help it deal with increasing congestion on its wireless network . On Tuesday , the company launched a free outdoor wireless hot spot in New York 's Times Square . The pilot program will offer free Wi-Fi access to AT&T wireless and broadband customers using smartphones , laptops , and other Wi-Fi enabled devices . AT&T 's Wi-Fi network is set up on the north side of Times Square on Seventh Avenue between 45th and 47th Streets . The program is designed to see how Wi-Fi can help relieve wireless data congestion on AT&T 's network . Customers with Wi-Fi-enabled devices will connect to the Wi-Fi network instead of AT&T 's 3G network to access the Internet or Web-based applications . If all goes well , AT&T said it may expand the offering to other cities . AT&T , the exclusive carrier in the U.S. for the iPhone , has been struggling to keep up with demand for data services on its network . The company has reported that due to new devices like the iPhone it 's seen mobile data traffic grow on its network 5,000 percent in three years . The extra traffic , particularly in densely populated locales such as New York City and San Francisco , has caused problems for consumers in the way of dropped calls and slow Net access . The telephone company has been investing in its network to improve capacity and network coverage . It 's upgraded its backhaul networks , which connect the cell sites to its Internet backbone . It 's added new Microcell devices that expand in-home coverage . And it 's bulked up coverage in sports stadiums , convention halls and other areas where people congregate . AT&T has also been using its more than 20,000 Wi-Fi hot spots throughout the country to offload some of the traffic . The company has offered free Wi-Fi access to its smartphone subscribers in the hopes that customers will use the Wi-Fi network when it 's available rather than the slower 3G network . So far , the company has seen some success . In 2009 , AT&T consumers connected to an AT&T Wi-Fi hot spot four times more often than they did in 2008 , the company has said . And in the first quarter , AT&T handled 53.1 million Wi-Fi connections on its network , which is nearly five times higher than the same quarter last year . One of the biggest advantages of Wi-Fi is that it 's already in most devices . Laptops come with Wi-Fi pre-installed , and most new smartphones also come with Wi-Fi built in . It 's also faster than a 3G network , so it offers subscribers a better experience . Advancements in the technology , especially new features found in the latest version of Wi-Fi 802.11 n , increase the range and speed of the networks . In urban areas , Wi-Fi hot spots now extend almost 2,000 feet , which is nearly as far as some cellular cell sites , according to Jeff Thompson , CEO of fixed wireless provider Towerstream . © 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. . All rights reserved . CNET , CNET.com and the CNET logo are registered trademarks of CBS Interactive Inc. . Used by permission .
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On Tuesday , AT&T launched a free outdoor wireless hot spot in Times Square . The program is designed to see how Wi-Fi can help relieve wireless data congestion . If all goes well , AT&T said it may expand the offering to other cities .
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-LRB- Tribune Media Services -RRB- -- Grilled Cactus anyone ? I am standing in a Mexican kitchen on a picturesque Ranch outside of Oaxaca city kneading dough that will become mini tortillas . I 've already grilled the cactus that will be a part of the topping for these mini tortillas called Memelas . The rest of my gang is working equally hard -- my son Matt and husband Andy volunteered for the rice , my two daughters Reggie and Mel -LRB- chocoholics ! -RRB- for the chocolate pudding dessert made with the famous chocolate from this region and I work on the little tortillas that we will cook outside on a special tortilla grill called a Comal . Welcome to Seasons of My Heart Cooking School run by well-known chef Susana Trilling , an American from Philadelphia , who fell in love with Mexico on vacation more than 20 years ago and has lived here most of the time since , raising her two kids here , offering cooking lessons and culinary tours . `` Mexico is so wonderful for kids , '' she tells me . `` They love children . '' We had spent the morning touring the ancient ruin of Monte Alban , where Zapotecs lived from 500 BC until 1500 AD . The place is huge -- some 12 square miles with 21 buildings in various stages of excavation . The views of the surrounding mountains and valleys are stupendous . We climb down into an ancient tomb to the museum and marvel at the artifacts that have been found here -- skulls , pottery , jugs , beads and even tiny children 's toys . Oaxaca is in the southeastern part of Mexico or and we 've come here for a few days of cultural immersion after a week lazing on the beach . Mexico beaches are terrific , of course , but there is so much more to see and do in this country , including learning about the cuisine . To make the most of our time , we 've arranged for Austin-Lehman Adventures to guide us -- including our day at cooking school -- so that I do n't have to fret the details . While we were touring the ruin , the other people in Susana Trilling 's class , including a family of eight whose members ranged in age from seven months to 88 years , shopped with Trilling for the ingredients for the feast we would cook . `` We all love to cook and be in the kitchen together , '' said Annie Hooker of Lake Forest Ill. . She 'd gathered her family -- mother-in-law , children and grandson -- from around the country for a trip to Oaxaca and a day here . As kids become more sophisticated eaters there are more opportunities to learn about cooking and local cuisine on vacation , whether visiting local restaurants or farmer 's markets . -LRB- I especially love San Francisco 's Ferry Plaza Marketplace where kids can talk to local farmers . or taking cooking lessons . Even museums are getting into the act . This month the Greensboro Children 's Museum will become the first museum in the country to have an Edible Schoolyard featuring gardens , a greenhouse , teaching kitchens and even a chicken coop -- all designed as a national model to teach kids where food comes from and how to prepare it . Kids can even learn to cook while cruising the high seas ! Aboard the Holland America Line , for example , there 's the kids and teens Culinary Arts Center where kids learn to create dishes on board ship as part of Club Hal . Disney Cruise Line 's Med cruises offer adults-only cooking lessons at a farm in Tuscany while the kids are entertained and supervised on board . Disney also offers family shore excursions where you can all cook together . `` Family cooking classes in Italy are a big hit and can be the most memorable part of an itinerary , '' says Amie O'Shaughnessy of Ciao Bambino ! , which arranges such excursions . `` The best classes are hands-on where kids are engaged and interacting with the instructor , and then everyone sits down for a yummy meal as the grand finale . '' Resorts are incorporating cooking lessons and demonstrations in their kids programs too -- from major all-inclusives like Beaches in the Caribbean to the Grand Velas in Puerto Vallarta , offering great summer kids-free deals along with deals for single parents . The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort , Rose Hall , Jamaica offers a Jerk Center class every Saturday that is open to the entire family . This class focuses on the origins of `` Jerk , '' the ingredients used in making it and how to prepare it . The mega-resort Atlantis in the Bahamas has even built a Culinary Room for budding chefs , as part of its expansive new Kids Club , while Loews hotels in Miami Beach and Lake Las Vegas invite kids to Sushi Skool . There are plenty of options too at small hotels like The Coppertoppe Inn and Retreat Center in Hebron , N.H. , or the Essex Resort & Spa in Vermont , which offers summer culinary camps for kids , as well as special private family classes . They 're also pet friendly . -LRB- For more information on cooking classes at small inns , check out www.bedandbreakfast.com . -RRB- . Trilling , meanwhile , herself the mom of two teens , could n't have been more welcoming to the baby in our group , even providing a port-a-crib and a young local girl more than happy to play with him while his parents and grandparents cooked . She explained the day 's recipes : Memelas , basic Oaxacan snacks that are small tortillas smeared with bean paste , cheese and various toppings ; grilled Nopaeles Salad -LRB- Cactus with avocado , tomatoes , cilantro and more to put on palm-sized tortillas ; Tortilla Soup ; Green salad with pears and Roquefort ; a savory chicken stew with capers and olives ; rice flavored with Chepil , a pre-Hispanic herb ; and the piece de resistance -- a Oaxacan chocolate pudding with a strawberry tangerine sauce . Soon the big kitchen was noisy as the 30 people chopped and stirred and kneaded and sipped Mexican beer . I spent a lot of time grinding spices with an old-fashioned mortar and pestle . `` This is right up my alley , '' says 22-year-old Tracy Gifford , a college senior from North Carolina , who opted for cooking school with her aunt and uncle while her parents , younger sister and cousin spent the day in Oaxaca . Some work harder on their dishes than others . Some wander outside to the Comal ; others to the garden . Thankfully , Trilling 's staff whisks away the dirty pans , bowls and measuring spoons . When everything is ready , they invite us to the big wooden tables and serve us our creations course by course . We applaud after each one . We 're proud of ourselves and eat until we ca n't manage another bite . Trilling presents us with the Mexican wooden tool called a Molinillo that 's used to stir and froth the famous Oaxacan chocolate . She gives us some chocolate too . I leave clutching my recipes , my chocolate and my new mortar and pestle . I use it all the time -- and smile . -LRB- For more on Eileen 's adventure in Oaxaca , read her trip diary at www.takingthekids.com and also follow `` taking the kids '' on www.twitter.com , where Eileen Ogintz welcomes your questions and comments . -RRB- . © 2010 EILEEN OGINTZ DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES , INC. .
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Seasons of My Heart Cooking School is run by chef Susana Trilling . There is a Culinary Arts Center for kids and teens aboard the Holland America Line . The Essex Resort & Spa in Vermont offers summer culinary camps for kids .
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MANAMA , Bahrain -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Suryavathi Rao entered her 40th year in what can be called no man 's land . A protestor locked in a suitcase reading `` Stop Human Trafficking '' in Germany last year . A domestic worker from India , she arrived at a shelter in the Gulf state of Bahrain one morning with only a nightgown , slippers , and a prayer for a better life . `` I had to leave because it was getting too difficult for me , '' she said . `` I have not brought any clothes , I have not brought personal belongings , all I brought with me is a Bible . '' Rao says her employer -- a family with eight children who sponsored her journey here -- did not pay her the monthly salary of just over $ 100 for six months . Having fled her employer 's home , she is now considered an illegal resident on the island . Marietta Dias , who runs the Migrant Workers Society , says the mind-set regarding immigrant workers here has got to change . Some employers treat their help as `` not a person but a machine -LRB- that -RRB- starts in the morning : Put on a switch -LRB- and -RRB- work consistently right through the day . Take care of the children , washing , cleaning , cooking , right down to cleaning -LRB- the -RRB- car . '' The exploitation of workers is a huge business worldwide . People forced to work without pay collectively lose more than $ 20 billion a year in earnings , according to a report from the United Nations International Labour Organization released Tuesday . Global profits from human trafficking and forced labor have reached $ 36 billion , according to the United Nations , and that sum is climbing . `` Forced labor is the antithesis of decent work , '' ILO Director-General Juan Somavia said in a statement as the report became public . `` It causes untold human suffering and steals from its victims . '' `` It is the vulnerable who suffer the most '' in times of economic crisis like the present , the report says . It took years for governments to acknowledge the problem . Now the biggest challenges , officials say , are the implementation and enforcement of laws . `` Eighty percent of forced labor is in the private economy , but this is very , very rarely been prosecuted , if at all in most countries , '' said Roger Plant , one of the authors of the ILO report . Part of the problem is that the law is often hazy . `` There 's a whole lot of gray areas where intermediate agents , sub-brokers , are taking advantage of loopholes in the law in order to extract large amounts of money from vulnerable people , uninformed -LRB- people -RRB- who are going off to work in a country where they do n't speak the language , '' Plant said . But for him , the bottom line is clear . `` There is some absolutely flagrant forced labor where the offenders must be put behind bars . Forced labor is a serious criminal offense and must be treated as such , '' he said . Labor markets need a regulatory overhaul like the one financial markets are now facing , he argued . `` Because labor markets are too deregulated there are too many options for people to act in an unethical way , '' he said . `` After the havoc in the financial markets , people are realizing they need some monitoring , licensing , regulation . You 've got to do the same on the labor markets , '' he said . The ILO tried to set standards for private agencies that place workers , he said . `` But we 're finding is that there is a number of totally unknown , unlicensed and unregulated labor workers at the bottom end of the market , and there is broker after broker , intermediate after intermediate getting cash -- getting some money from the worker , '' he said . `` Usually it is in the very much down the bottom in the informal sector , in the developing countries , but we are finding that sometimes this is pervading even larger recruitment agencies . '' Bahrain , where Suryavathi Rao fled her employer , is considered a reformer on labor issues . The Gulf state has introduced the Labour Market Regulatory Authority to register and track workers of all types . `` People were not familiar with the definition of human trafficking and most of the time they were n't accepting that is phenomena is actually here in our region , '' Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa of the country 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said . A top priority is to reduce the role of middlemen who take sizable fees -- sometimes a year 's salary plus interest , he said . But worldwide , prosecutions are comparatively rare , said Antonio Maria Costa , under secretary-general of the United Nations . `` Only a few thousand people were criminalized in the underworld in the past 2-3 years -- a fraction of the criminals who actually prey upon victims . '' The average , according to labor officials , is one prosecution for every 800 cases -- a rate that keeps workers like Suryavathi Rao , and millions more , vulnerable to exploitation .
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Global profits from human trafficking , forced labor reach $ 36 billion , U.N. says . Eighty percent of forced labor is in private economy , says ILO report author . Bahrain has introduced the Labour Market Regulatory Authority to register workers . Bahrain Foreign Ministry : Top priority is to reduce role of middlemen .
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URUMQI , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chinese police had detained at least 1,434 people by Tuesday morning following weekend demonstrations by ethnic Uyghur residents in Xinjiang province , Xinhua reported , citing government officials , as protests spread to more cities . Chinese riot police patrol a street in Urumqi in Xinjiang province on July 6 . Streets had reverted to calm and curfews were in force in major districts of Urumqi as the death toll mounted from rioting . Police halted people who had gathered in nearby Yili Kazak Prefecture and Aksu City and dispersed more than 200 people who had tried to gather in nearby Kashgar at the Id Kah Mosque , the largest mosque in China , the news agency said . Along the road into Kashgar from the airport , many areas were deserted ; residents said police had set up blockades in some areas and were rerouting traffic . The regional public security department put the toll from riots at 156 deaths and more than 800 injuries , according to Xinhua , the state-run news agency . Watch more on violence in Xinjiang '' That was an increase from the 140 deaths reported at noon Monday . `` Among the 16 newly reported dead , some died in hospitals and others were recovered from street corners , the police said , '' according to Xinhua . With a massive presence of soldiers and anti-riot squads , the government said Tuesday , the unrest in this capital of China 's far-west Xinjiang region had been brought under control . See a map of Xinjiang '' In a rare public display of dissatisfaction , thousands of Uyghurs -- many of whom feel they are treated as second-class citizens and complain of being discriminated against by the majority Han Chinese -- took to the streets Sunday chanting and screaming , which prompted a police lockdown of the city . `` Traffic control was partially lifted Monday morning in parts of Urumqi ... but tension still exists in the city , '' Xinhua said . `` Debris has been cleared from the roads and normal traffic has resumed . Workers are still pulling away damaged vehicles from the worst-affected roads in the city . '' Watch victims describe the riots in Urumqi '' Most businesses in the area where the violence took place remained closed Monday , Xinhua said . iReport.com : Are you there ? Share photos , video , commentary . State-run media reported that protesters attacked passersby , burned public buses and blocked traffic Sunday . The report did not say how many people took part in the protest or what their grievances were . But a witness in Urumqi told CNN that soon after the protest started about 5 p.m. , hundreds of protesters `` grew into easily over 1,000 -- men , women and children , all ethnic Uyghurs -- screaming and chanting . '' Police arrived quickly and tried to control the swelling crowd by erecting barriers in the street , but `` people pushed them over , '' the witness said . `` They were throwing rocks at passing cars and buses . '' As the violence escalated , hundreds of riot police arrived , the witness said . `` They used tear gas and fire hoses to disperse the crowd . I saw fire trucks , ambulances , armed personnel carriers and what looked like tanks . I heard random gunshots . '' Late Sunday , the witness said , Urumqi was in a lockdown , with hundreds of People 's Liberation Army soldiers in the streets . He reported seeing riot police chasing protesters into alleys and rounding up many of them . The witness speculated that the protest , which took place in the predominantly Uyghur-populated Bazaar district , may have been a reaction to racial violence in southern China . The violence reportedly happened at a toy factory in Guangdong province , where many migrants , including Uyghurs , have moved in search of work . A massive brawl reportedly broke out between workers of Uyghur and Han nationalities . Two Uyghurs reportedly died . Xinjiang is home to many Uyghurs . China 's constitution guarantees ethnic minorities equal rights and limited autonomy . However , ethnic tensions run deep . Minority groups such as the Uyghurs complain that they are subjected to discrimination by the majority Han nationality . The World Uyghur Congress , a dissident Uyghur group based in Munich , Germany , condemned the crackdown on what it described in a written statement as Sunday 's `` peaceful protest '' by Uyghurs . `` The Chinese authorities should acknowledge that the peaceful protest was sparked by the unlawful mob beating and killing of Uyghur workers at a Guangdong toy factory more than a week ago , '' it said . `` The authorities should also acknowledge that their failure to take any meaningful action to punish the Chinese mob for the brutal murder of Uyghurs is the real cause of this protest . '' It accused Chinese authorities of having `` used tear gas , automatic rifles and armored vehicles to disperse the Uyghur protesters . During the crackdown , some were shot to death , and some were beaten to death by Chinese police . Some demonstrators were even crushed by armored vehicles near Xinjiang University , according to eyewitnesses . '' The government in Xinjiang blamed `` foreign forces '' for Sunday 's rioting . `` The violence is premeditated , organized violent crime , '' said Nur Bekri , chairman of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region , the equivalent of a governor . `` It was instigated and directed from abroad and carried out by outlaws in the country . '' Bekri accused the World Uyghur Congress of spreading rumors and inciting anger that led to the rioting , in a speech carried by Xinjiang television . The World Uyghur Congress denied the charge . It is led by Rebuya Kadeer , a businesswoman of Uyghur ethnicity who was detained in 1999 and accused of harming China 's national security . She was freed on bail in 2005 and was allowed to leave for the United States for medical care . Bekri accused Kadeer of instigating the unrest via the Internet and said the fight at the Guangdong toy factory was exploited to incite ethnic strife . `` We should bear in mind that stability is to the greatest interest of all people in China , including the 21 million-plus people from all ethnic groups in Xinjiang , '' he said .
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NEW : Chinese police detain at least 1,434 suspects . NEW : Police halt people gathering in Yili Kazak Prefecture , Aksu City , Kashgar . 156 people killed and more than 800 others injured after violence . Ethnic Uyghur residents in Urumqi , capital of Xinjiang region , take to streets .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The mother of a missing 7-year-old Oregon boy pleaded for her son 's safe return Tuesday , imploring him to `` never give up hope . '' `` Our goals are to expand the search for Kyron and to bring him home as quickly as possible , '' said Desiree Young , the mother of missing Kyron Horman , who was last seen June 4 . Young , standing alongside Kyron 's father , Kaine Horman , gave the statement during a press conference intended to provide an update on the investigation . However , few details were given by Multnomah County Sheriff 's Office authorities , who declined to elaborate on what they called `` significant progress '' in the case . `` Authorities remain determined to reach a successful solution , '' Capt. Monte Reiser said . `` We believe that Kyron 's disappearance involved criminal behavior because his parents have been deprived of their son for 53 days , '' he added . Young expressed confidence in the investigation saying it `` continues to be on track and is progressing toward finding Kyron . '' She concluded her statement by speaking directly to her son . `` We love you Kyron , '' she said , her voice breaking with emotion . `` Never give up hope . We are all coming to get you to bring you home . '' Neither authorities nor Young took questions from reporters . Meanwhile , Multnomah County Chief Deputy Tim Moore announced that a $ 25,000 reward for information leading to Kyron has been increased to $ 50,000 , courtesy of an anonymous donor . Police have not named a suspect in the case , but intense scrutiny has been placed on Kyron 's stepmother , Terri Horman . Terri Horman told investigators that she last saw Kyron the morning of June 4 as he walked down the hall toward his second-grade classroom at Skyline Elementary School . On Monday , a woman who has been in close contact with Terri Horman was subpoenaed to meet with the grand jury investigating the disappearance . DeDe Spicher is a friend of Terri Horman 's who stayed with her after Kaine Horman filed for divorce shortly after his son 's disappearance and moved out of the family home . In divorce filings , Kaine Horman has said he believes that Terri Horman `` is involved in the disappearance of my son Kyron . '' Court documents also allege that Terri Horman hired a man to kill her husband . Spicher appeared before an investigative grand jury in Portland on Monday , according to her attorney , Chad Stavley . Stavley , who told HLN that he was retained Friday , said Spicher was not asked any questions by the prosecutor but was ordered to return at a future date . A statement released Friday by Kaine Horman and Young described Spicher as someone who `` has been in close communication with Terri -LSB- and -RSB- has been providing Terri with support and advice that is not in the best interests of our son . '' The statement also described Spicher as uncooperative in the investigation and `` going as far as to suggest to others that may have information regarding Kyron 's disappearance not to cooperate as well . '' Stavley disputed those comments Monday , saying Spicher has been `` extremely cooperative '' with police as they executed search warrants on her home and car . He said she also met with the lead investigator in the case last week for more than three hours . He added that Spicher is not speaking to Terri Horman . The Oregonian reported that detectives have asked Spicher about her whereabouts June 4 . According to the newspaper , Spicher was doing gardening work for a Portland homeowner when she `` abruptly left about 11:30 a.m. '' The homeowner tried reaching Spicher on her cell phone , the newspaper reported , but got no answer . Spicher returned to the house about 90 minutes later , the newspaper reported , citing detectives . Stavley declined to comment Monday on what Spicher was doing during those 90 minutes . HLN 's Natisha Lance and CNN 's Gabriel Falcon contributed to this report .
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`` Never give up hope , '' mother tells missing son . Kyron Horman was last seen June 4 . His mother , Desiree Young , appeared before a news conference Tuesday . The reward in the case has been increased to $ 50,000 .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As you turn on your HDTV and watch the endless controversy over embryonic stem cell research , ask yourself : Should the government spend taxpayer dollars to develop that bulky old cathode-ray television you once owned ? As you install your $ 79 Blu-ray player , what if Uncle Sam was paying millions to develop Betamax videotapes ? This kind of government waste is what embryonic stem cell researchers are demanding even when science itself , according to scientists such as former NIH Director Bernadine Healy , has made embryonic stem cell research obsolete . Yet the Obama Justice Department is appealing a recent federal court ruling that stopped funding of embryonic stem cell research because it was contrary to Congress ' 1995 law that decided to spend tax dollars on projects that produce treatments instead of destroyed embryos . This is a far-from-baseless ethical concern , as it is tied to the fact that an embryo is a genetically distinct human being from the moment of conception . In denying the administration 's request for a stay , the court rightly found , `` Defendants are incorrect about much of their ` parade of horribles ' that will supposedly result from this court 's preliminary injunction . Congress has mandated that the public interest is served by preventing taxpayer funding of research that entails the destruction of human embryos . '' Nonetheless , upon being given a short temporary stay by the appeals court while it receives briefs in the case , the National Institutes of Health immediately began spending American taxpayer dollars like a drunken sailor on 24-hour shore leave . Another view : Court ruling a blow to U.S. science . Human embryonic stem cell research is the $ 10,000 toilet seat of the 21st century . Years ago , science created a cell that appears to be , in the words of an MIT study published last month , `` virtually identical '' to an embryonic stem cell but is cheaper , promises better compatibility to patients and kills no embryos . These new induced pluripotent stem cells -LRB- iPSCs -RRB- `` do all the things embryonic stem cells do , '' explains the father of human embryonic stem cells James Thomson . Harvard 's David Scadden agrees that iPSC technology `` is absolutely changing the field . '' IPSCs `` perhaps even eliminate the need for human embryos as a source of stem cells , '' says Keisuke Kaji of the University of Edinburgh . IPSCs even caused the man who cloned Dolly the sheep to abandon cloning three years ago because `` changing cells from a patient directly into stem cells has got so much more potential . '' `` The world has changed , '' Thomson told The Boston Globe in 2007 . `` Human embryo stem cell research will be abandoned by more and more labs . '' But not by people who put politics over science . For some , `` virtually identical '' is just not enough . Although all researchers agree or admit iPSCs are a promising development worthy of ongoing research , embryonic stem cell research advocates still want to take millions of taxpayer dollars away from that more promising research to fuel their less promising research . With the help of Washington politicians , they 're holding taxpayer dollars hostage to the tune of $ 300 million spent and pledged in just over a year . Perhaps that 's one reason why , during these times of intense economic strain , a new Rasmussen poll shows that only 33 percent of U.S. voters believe that taxpayer money should be spent on embryonic stem cell research . Talking heads promote embryonic cells by alleging a `` potential '' for cures , but money is much better spent on iPSCs . Stem cell research that destroys human embryos is also taking money away from successful adult stem cell work , in which no embryos are destroyed . Found in people already born , adult stem cells are the only cells with a track record of actually and successfully treating patients . Adult stem cells have grown new corneas and tracheas , restoring sight and speech . Adult stem cells placed into children have repaired damage from fatal genetic skin diseases . As CBS News reported on August 2 , adult stem cells appear to have the ability to stimulate tissue repair and to suppress the immune system . `` That gives adult stem cells really a very interesting and potent quality that embryonic stem cells do n't have , '' said Rocky Tuan , director of a cellular engineering institute at the University of Pittsburgh . Meanwhile , embryonic stem cell researchers have produced no treatments at all . Their own technology dates back to the Stone Age in today 's pace of science , whereas this year 's prestigious Balzan Prize for biology recently went to iPSC pioneer Shinya Yamanaka . So , like many failed industries , embryo researchers demand a taxpayer bailout . They claim that they 're too big to fail , when in fact they 've never succeeded . NIH Director Francis Collins melodramatically announced that the district court 's injunction against his funding of embryonic stem cell research , in spite of the 1995 law against such funding , `` poured sand into the engine of discovery . '' The problem is that Collins is wasting taxpayer money on `` discovering '' the equivalent of the riverboat steam engine . Advocates for embryo-destructive research respond that the government should fund all research -- if any money is left over after they get theirs . But American taxpayers are not a bottomless grab-bag of cash . They should not be forced to waste precious dollars on partisan science , especially when economic ruin fueled by government waste is a looming specter . Embryonic stem cell research should go into the dinosaur museum where it belongs . Any funding should be focused on the real , clean promise of iPSCs and on the miracles that are being produced today by adult stem cell treatments . Embryo destruction has sidetracked good stem cell research long enough . The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Matt Bowman .
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Bowman : iPSC cell is similar to embryonic stem cell but cheaper , kills no embryos . Embryo stem cell research taking money away from work with adult stem cells , he says . Scientist predicts embryonic stem cell research will be abandoned , Bowman says . Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research violates 1995 law , Bowman says .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced additional , private funding for cash-strapped community colleges in an effort to bridge the growing degree gap between the United States and other nations . At the first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges , Obama said the the United States ' decade-long decline from first to ninth in the world in the percentage of young people holding college degrees `` not only represents a huge waste of potential ; in the global marketplace it represents a threat to our position as the world 's leading economy . '' The aim of the summit is to explore ways to reach Obama 's goal of an additional 5 million community college degrees by 2020 , and to discuss community colleges ' role in developing the U.S. work force , according to the White House . Jill Biden , wife of Vice President Joe Biden , is host of the summit . She has a doctorate and is a full-time English professor at a community college . One private funding initiative comes from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , which plans to invest $ 34.8 million over the next five years for a program called Completion by Design . The money will come in the form of grants to groups of community colleges that come up with new ways to make the college experience more responsive to the needs of today 's students , according to a statement on the foundation 's website . `` Most students today who are pursuing an education beyond high school are also balancing the demands of work and family , '' Melinda Gates said in the statement , `` yet colleges have n't adapted to this new reality . '' Also announced was the creation of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence , a $ 1 million award for community colleges that have outstanding academic and work force outcomes . Attending the summit are some 150 people , including community college leaders , students , philanthropists and businesspeople , as well as state and federal policy leaders . Community colleges across the United States have seen enrollment figures jump by 24 percent over the past few years , as unemployed workers look to retrain at those institutions , which offer lower tuition compared to their four-year counterparts . But the recession has forced some of those colleges to cut back on course offerings and put limits on enrollment . Recent figures from the Department of Education show that only about 30 percent of students who begin a two-year associates degree program actually finish up in three years . The need for more educated workers was highlighted in a recent study by the Center for Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University . The study projects that by the year 2018 , the United States will need around 22 million workers with new post-secondary degrees , associate degrees or better . The actual number of such workers is expected to fall short by about 3 million . The community colleges summit also includes a session on the Skills for America 's Future initiative , the launching of which the president announced Monday at a meeting with his Economic Recovery Advisory Board . The initiative will make available more than $ 2 billion in competitive funds to community colleges over the next four years , the White House said in a statement . Examples of programs in the new initiative include Pacific Gas and Electric 's work with community colleges to develop courses and training for energy jobs , professional literacy courses provided by McDonald 's for managers across the country , and a pilot job training program in seven cities by Gap Inc. , the statement said . A White House statement said the initiative is based on the same concept as the Educate to Innovate campaign , in which corporations develop specific programs to boost the performance of U.S. students in math , science , technology and engineering . Obama said a Skills for America 's Future task force will coordinate federal efforts with corporate partners in the initiative . `` The goal is to ensure there are strong partnerships between growing industries and community college or training programs in every state in the country , '' Obama said in remarks at the White House Monday . CNN Senior Producer Sally Holland and CNN 's Tom Cohen contributed to this report .
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NEW : Decline in U.S. college degrees is `` a huge waste '' and a `` threat , '' Obama says . NEW : Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announce $ 34.8 million , five-year program . NEW : Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence '' to fund $ 1 million award . Summit 's aim is to make sure community colleges match teaching with available jobs .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Flavio Briatore is free to return to Formula One in 2013 after reaching an out of court settlement with the sport 's governing body , FIA . Briatore , former team principal at Renault , was originally banned for life by the FIA after allegations he was involved in a conspiracy in which Nelson Piquet Jnr deliberately crashed at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix in order to help team-mate Fernando Alonso win . In January , Briatore succeeded in getting his ban overturned in a French court , saying the ruling had restored his `` dignity and freedom . '' The court also overturned the lifetime ban imposed on former Renault engineering director Pat Symonds for the same incident . But the FIA launched an appeal against the decision , before an announcement that they had settled their case with Briatore out of court . Briatore agreed to recognize `` his share of responsibility for the deliberate crash , '' according to FIA but insisted he accepted no personal guilt for the incident . An FIA statement read : `` After discussions between their lawyers and those of the FIA , Mr Flavio Briatore and Mr Pat Symonds have each made a settlement offer to the FIA President with a view to putting an immediate end to the legal proceedings . `` Each of them recognizing his share of responsibility for the deliberate crash involving the driver Nelson Piquet Junior at the 2008 Grand Prix of Singapore , as `` Team Principal '' of Renault F1 where Mr Flavio Briatore is concerned , they have expressed their regrets and presented their apologies to the FIA . `` They have undertaken to abstain from having any operational role in Formula One until 31 December 2012 , as well as in all the other competitions registered on the FIA calendars until the end of the 2011 sporting season . `` They have also abandoned all publicity and financial measures resulting from the judgment of 5 January 2010 , as well as any further action against the FIA on the subject of this affair . `` The FIA President has considered that it is in the best interests of the FIA not to allow the perpetuation of these legal disputes , which have received a great deal of media coverage and which , regardless of the outcome , are very prejudicial to the image of the FIA and of motor sport , and thus to accept this settlement solution , thereby putting an end to this affair . '' The Singapore incident came to light after Piquet Jr. was sacked and then went public with his admission of involvement . Briatore issued his own statement to the official Formula One Web site stating that he recognized his share of responsibility `` without any admission of a personal guilt in these events and without any recognition of the fact that the decision of the World Council rendered against him would have been well-founded . ''
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Flavio Briatore free to return to Formula One in 2013 after settling legal case with FIA . Briatore overturned a lifetime ban from the sport 's governing body in January . Italian was former owner of Formula One team Renault . His ban was imposed after the ` crashgate ' scandal at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix .
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-LRB- RollingStone.com -RRB- -- When assessing the lowest moments of George W. Bush 's presidency , outside observers might have gone with , oh , Abu Ghraib , or that time when he realized he was going to have to bail out the US financial system , or when his approval rating dropped to 22 percent on his way out the door . But in his new memoir , `` Decision Points , '' George W. Bush himself writes that the `` worst moment '' of his presidency -- his `` all-time low '' -- was when Kanye West declared during a Hurricane Katrina celebrity telethon that `` George Bush does not like black people . '' Now West has responded to that verdict . On the one hand , he seems uncertain his line deserves the place in history that Bush has just given him . But he also sees where Bush is coming from . The whole back-and-forth started when Bush 's claim drew the attention of Matt Lauer , who sat down with Bush for an interview that will air the day before the book 's November 9 debut . And that in turn led to the following exchange , as relayed by Ken Tucker on EW.com : . Lauer quotes from Bush 's new book : `` Five years later I can barely write those words without feeling disgust . '' Lauer adds , `` You go on : ' I faced a lot of criticism as president . I did n't like hearing people claim that I lied about Iraq 's weapons of mass destruction or cut taxes to benefit the rich . But the suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Katrina represented an all-time low . ' President Bush responds : `` Yeah . I still feel that way as you read those words . I felt 'em when I heard 'em , felt 'em when I wrote 'em , and I felt 'em when I 'm listening to 'em . Lauer : `` You say you told Laura at the time it was the worst moment of your presidency ? '' Bush : `` Yes . My record was strong , I felt , when it came to race relations and giving people a chance . And it was a disgusting moment . '' Lauer : `` I wonder if some people are going to read that , now that you 've written it , and they might give you some heat for that . And the reason is this '' Bush -LSB- interrupting -RSB- : `` Do n't care . '' Lauer : `` Well , here 's the reason . You 're not saying that the worst moment in your presidency was watching the misery in Louisiana . You 're saying it was when someone insulted you because of that . '' Bush : `` No , and I also make it clear that the misery in Louisiana affected me deeply as well . There 's a lot of tough moments in the book . And it was a disgusting moment , pure and simple . '' For his part , West does not view his diss of then-president as the worst insult he 's ever dealt , ranking it below his more gratuitous put down of Taylor Swift at last year 's VMAs . During an appearance on Funkmaster Flex 's show on New York 's Hot 97 on Tuesday night , he said of the Swift incident , `` It 's an amazing , compelling situation . The situation is bigger to me than the Bush moment . It 's bigger than a lot of things . '' But in a separate interview today -- this one with Houston 's 97.9 The Box -- West expressed a sympathetic view of Bush 's reaction . `` Well I definitely can understand the way he feels to be accused of being a racist in any way . Because the same thing happened to me , '' West told host Devi Dev . `` With both situations , it was strictly a lack of compassion that America saw . You know , with him not rushing , not taking the time to rush down to New Orleans . With me , it was the lack of compassion in cutting someone off in their moment . Nonetheless , I think we 're all quick to pull a race card in America . And now I 'm more open , and the poetic justice that I went through the same thing that he went through , and now I really more connect with him on a humanitarian level , because that next morning , when he felt that , I felt that same thing too . '' Like Bush , West is coming out of self-imposed exile to mount a comeback effort , with his built around the release of his next album , `` My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy , '' slated for release on November 22 . `` I do think I changed a lot '' in the months since the Swift incident , he told Dev . `` I do think I 'm more compassionate , I 'm more sensitive to people 's emotions . `` I needed that time off ... Respect is something hard to earn and easy to lose , and I feel like I 'm on that path to getting that all back right now . '' Bush , no doubt , would like to feel the same way , though it 's not clear he sees it necessary to express the same kind of contrition . Copyright © 2010 Rolling Stone .
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A newly sympathetic West says he feels Bush 's pain . `` I 'm more sensitive to people 's emotions , '' West says . He continues , `` I definitely can understand the way he feels to be accused of being a racist ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former CIA officer already serving a 23-year sentence for spying for the Russians is facing more time in prison after pleading guilty to continuing his espionage activities from behind bars . Harold James `` Jim '' Nicholson , 59 , changed his plea to guilty Monday at a federal court hearing in Portland , Oregon , the Justice Department said in a statement . Nicholson pleaded guilty in 1997 to spying for Russia and is the highest-ranking CIA officer ever to be sentenced for espionage . While serving his prison sentence in Oregon , prosecutors allege , Nicholson restarted his career as a double agent and enlisted his son Nathan in his efforts to collect money owed to him by the Russian spy services and to sell more secrets . Both father and son were charged in January 2009 with acting as agents of a foreign government , money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering . Under terms of Nicholson 's plea agreement , prosecutors will ask that Nicholson be sentenced to eight years in prison , to be served consecutively to his current sentence , authorities said . Sentencing is scheduled for January 18 . According to an indictment , Nicholson passed his son notes in prison and instructed him how to reinitiate contact with his old spymasters . Nicholson admitted providing his son with information meant for Russia , prosecutors said Monday . Nathan Nicholson made trips to California , Mexico , Peru and Cyprus , where he met with Russian government representatives who gave him payments totaling more than $ 35,000 in cash , according to the indictment . At his father 's request , Nathan Nicholson allegedly shared the money with his sister and grandparents . Nathan Nicholson had complained to his father that he and his sister were short of money to pay for college , prosecutors said . Jim Nicholson told his son that his alleged spying activities `` were ` risky ' but not ` illegal , ' '' the indictment said . `` Harold Nicholson has admitted not only betraying his country -- again -- but also betraying his family by involving his son Nathaniel in his corrupt scheme to get more money for his past espionage activities , '' Dwight C. Holton , U.S. attorney for Oregon , said in the statement . An attorney for Jim Nicholson did not return CNN 's calls Friday . According to court testimony , Nathan Nicholson , who is a former U.S. Army paratrooper , initially told authorities that he had traveled overseas to visit `` a battle buddy . '' FBI agents informed Nicholson that lying to them was a federal crime and offered him a `` mulligan , '' or a chance to change his story , according to an agent 's testimony . At that point , FBI Special Agent John Cooney testified , Nicholson became more `` forthcoming '' about his meetings with Russians . Nathan Nicholson pleaded guilty to his role in the intrigue last year but has not been sentenced . He was expected to have testified against his father at trial . Prosecutors claimed some of the intelligence Nicholson was selling to the Russians was information on how he was captured . But Nicholson 's defense team countered that the Russians were already provided that information by Robert Hanssen , the FBI special agent convicted in 2001 of also spying for the Russians . Nicholson 's defense team was seeking access to government debriefings of Hanssen following his arrest . In court filings , the elder Nicholson appeared ready to fight the new charges and threatened to use his knowledge of the inner workings of U.S. intelligence against the government . `` At my trial , I will possibly have to give some insight in my defense that could make things get a bit hot in D.C. , '' Nicholson wrote to his daughter in a September 2010 letter that is part of the court record . `` Some organizations may get burned , '' he wrote . `` I do n't understand why they would want to bring that upon themselves just to exact petty vengeance on me . '' CNN 's Patrick Oppmann contributed to this report .
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NEW : Harold James `` Jim '' Nicholson pleads guilty to spying from prison . NEW : Prosecutors will recommend another 8 years in prison . Nicholson pleaded guilty in 1997 to spying for Russia . His son is also charged in the alleged spy effort .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fred Couples led a crowded field after the opening round of the Masters , but all eyes were on Tiger Woods , who trailed by just two strokes . Woods finished Thursday 4-under par , his best opening round score at the Masters , according to the Press Association . The 50-year-old Couples sat atop a crowded and veteran field ; 11 players were within two strokes of each other at the top , including 60-year-old Tom Watson , who was just a stroke behind Couples . But almost all attention was cast on world No. 1 Woods , who returned to the game after taking a break last November , when revelations of extramarital affairs were made public . He spent 45 days at a rehabilitation center for what the golfer called `` personal '' issues before announcing he was ending his self-enforced exile from the game ahead of the year 's opening major tournament . Woods was welcomed on to the first tee by a crowd of thousands and was greeted with cheers , and a few jeers , as his name was announced . He showed few signs of nerves as he thumped his drive 300 yards down the middle of the fairway to signal his return to golf . Woods made a solid start , making par on the first two holes , before a birdie at the third . He dropped a shot at seven before an eagle on eight moved him to -2 . He shot a 33 on the front nine and a 35 on the back nine , according to the Masters Web site . How did he assess his return ? `` It meant I 'm two shots off the lead , '' Woods said in reports from the Press Association . `` I 'm here to play golf . '' Joining Watson one shot off the lead on Thursday was Phil Mickelson , Lee Westwood , KJ Choi and YE Yang . Joining Woods at 4-under was Anthony Kim , Ian Poulter , Nick Watney and Rickey Barnes .
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Tiger Woods two strokes off lead after first round at Masters . Fred Couples leads a pack of 11 players within two strokes of each other . Woods was returning to sport after taking break that began last November .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ernie Els survived some nervy moments to secure his second successive Arnold Palmer Invitational title in Orlando on Monday . The South African 's charge for the trophy was halted by bad weather on Sunday night , forcing play to be abandoned when he was leading by two shots with four holes left . Els recorded four pars to end his round on a total of 277 -LRB- -11 -RRB- but had to rely on his powers of recovery to avoid dropping shots on the sodden course . He sank an important putt on 15 to save his par before putting his drive on the following hole into the trees . He regained control to prevent dropping a shot before chipping out of a difficult lie on 17 to make another par . American Kevin Na cut Els ' lead to just one stroke on the 16th hole but his hopes ended when he left his par putt short on 18 . `` It was a tough finish for me , '' Els told reporters . `` I 've been thinking about these last four holes for 22 hours so it was nice to finally get on the golf course . `` I kind of limped home but the work I have put in has started paying off , and obviously my short game is good . I got it up and down the last two holes . '' Els claimed the WGC-CA Championship in his last outing and heads into the year 's first major , the Masters at Augusta in early April , in good shape .
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Ernie Els wins the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando . Els holds off late charge from American Kevin Na . It is the second year in a row Els has won the tournament .
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-LRB- Mashable -RRB- -- It 's official : the British Monarchy has decided to join Facebook . Before you rush off to friend -- or , even more boldly , poke -- your favorite queen or heir to the throne , note that it 's only an official Page that will go live Monday morning , rather than individual profiles for each member of the monarchy . This is the fourth profile Britain 's royal family will have set up on a social networking site , having established a channel on video-sharing site YouTube in 2007 , a profile on microblogging service Twitter in 2009 and an official photostream on photo-sharing site Flickr earlier this year . The Page , a collaborative effort between Buckingham Palace , Clarence House and the Royal Collection , will feature a mix of news , links , videos and photographs of various members -- primarily Queen Elizabeth , and Princes Charles , William and Harry . Those who `` Like '' the Page will be able to receive updates about the Royal Family 's doings through their Facebook News Feed . Users will also be able to follow the Family 's official engagements via the wall of an affiliated Page , dubbed the Court Circular . Tell us : Will you `` Like '' the British Monarchy on Facebook ? © 2010 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
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The Page will feature a mix of news , links , videos and photographs . This is the fourth profile Britain 's royal family will have set up on a social networking site . Those who `` Like '' the Page will receive updates through the News Feed .
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LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kate Gosselin , the star of TLC 's `` Jon & Kate Plus 8 , '' defended her husband over allegations that he is cheating and said the rumors are part of being on national television . Kate Gosselin , star of `` Jon and Kate plus 8 , '' says rumors surrounding her husband are part of being a public figure . `` We , as you know , have a reality show . Everyone wants to know everything about us , '' Gosselin told CNN 's Larry King on Thursday . `` And I feel like this is a situation , you know , you ca n't believe everything that you read ... and so we are dealing with it privately . '' Kate Gosselin , her husband , Jon , and their eight children are featured on the TLC reality show , which chronicles the life of the supersized family . Kate Gosselin is also the author of a book , `` Eight Little Faces : A Mom 's Journey . '' Tabloid reports have accused Jon Gosselin of cheating with a 23-year-old . Both have denied an affair . Watch Kate talk about cheating rumors '' `` These allegations are false and just plain hurtful , '' Jon Gosselin said in a statement . `` The bottom line is , I did not cheat on Kate . I 'm sorry for putting my family in this awkward position , given some poor decisions and bad judgments I 've made recently . '' The poor judgments stem from the fact that Jon Gosselin does not understand the full impact of being a public figure , Kate Gosselin said . `` Jon is having difficult times realizing that you ca n't go to the grocery store without people whipping out their cell phones , calling everyone they know and taking pictures of you , '' she said . `` He is dealing very poorly with it ... and these things are making him realize , ` Oh , my gosh , I can not go anywhere without everyone knowing who I am . ' '' Watch whether Kate has doubts . The couple married in 1999 after meeting at a picnic in 1997 , according to their Web site . The mother of sextuplets and twins said she and her husband are committed to their family . `` I think the important thing to remember is that we love our kids to pieces , '' she said .
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Kate Gosselin : `` You ca n't believe everything you read '' Gosselin appears on TLC 's `` Jon and Kate plus 8 '' as mom to sextuplets and twins . Tabloid reports claim Gosselin 's husband having affair with another woman . Jon Gosselin has denied cheating allegations .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in South Korea on Wednesday , where the leaders of top global economies will convene at the G-20 summit to try to stabilize the world 's financial markets . Obama left Indonesia hours early , because volcanic ash from Mount Merapi could have grounded Air Force One , administration officials said . The president 's visit to Seoul will include a meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao . Obama is also scheduled to deliver a speech to U.S. troops in South Korea on Thursday , the Veterans Day holiday in the United States . Tensions about currency and trade are likely to run high at the G-20 meeting , which will be held Thursday and Friday in Seoul , the South Korean capital . Officials in China and the United States have accused the other of manipulating its currency at the expense of other economies . And the G-20 has acknowledged that the global economic recovery is advancing in `` a fragile and uneven way . '' Widespread protests are expected at the summit , for which South Korea has mobilized its largest security force ever , according to the Yonhap news agency . A total of 50,000 police and riot police are being deployed , authorities told Yonhap . A number of South Korean union and civic groups are gearing up for large protests against the G-20 , while other groups are planning unrelated rallies in hopes of drawing international media attention . Protests by Muslims in Indonesia also preceded Obama 's visit there . But the president focused on the two countries ' shared principles of unity and tolerance when he delivered a highly anticipated speech at the University of Indonesia right before he left for South Korea . In his speech , Obama reflected on the four years he spent in Indonesia as a child , referring to how he and his family were warmly accepted . He drew cheers when he sprinkled sayings from the local Malay language , such as `` Selamat Datang '' -- a greeting of welcome -- and the national motto `` Bhinneka Tunggal Ika , '' which means `` unity in diversity . '' Noting that Malay is one of hundreds of languages of the archipelago nation , Obama lauded Indonesia for its spirit of inclusiveness despite its diverse population and history of dictatorship . `` But even as this land of my youth has changed in so many ways , those things that I learned to love about Indonesia -- that spirit of tolerance that is written into your constitution , symbolized in your mosques and churches and temples standing alongside each other ; that spirit that is embodied in your people -- that still lives on , '' he said . Obama said he returned as president of the United States seeking `` a deep and enduring partnership '' with Indonesia . `` America has a stake in an Indonesia that is growing , with prosperity that is broadly shared among the Indonesian people , because a rising middle class here means new markets for our goods , just as America is a market for yours , '' he said . Grappling with a troubled U.S. economy , the Obama administration has highlighted the strengthening of economic and military ties during the president 's 10-day Asia tour . Obama started his trip with a three-day stay in India , before heading to Indonesia . In Mumbai on Saturday , the president unveiled about $ 10 billion in contracts for U.S. exports to India . It is Asia 's third-largest economy and one of the world 's few growth markets . Speaking in New Delhi on Monday , Obama said , `` We make some of the best products in the world and we want to sell them to a growing Indian market . '' At the Seoul summit , G-20 leaders are expected to focus on the global economic recovery and mechanisms to ensure balance and sustainable growth . `` We see the G-20 as fundamental not just to our international economic agenda , but to our ability to have a lasting recovery at home , because fostering balance , global growth is essential to fostering growth here in the American economy , '' Ben Rhodes , deputy national security adviser for strategic communications said ahead of Obama 's Asia trip . Collectively , the Group of 20 accounts for about 85 percent of global economic output . The 1997 Asian financial crisis prompted the creation of the group . The G-20 includes industrialized nations and developing economies , which focus on economic issues and economic policy coordination . `` If you look at the trend lines in the 21st century , the rise of Asia , the rise of individual countries within Asia , is one of the defining stories of our time , '' Rhodes said . `` We see core U.S. national interests that will be advanced by us playing a key role in helping to shape the future of the region and making clear that we 're an Asian and a Pacific power , '' Rhodes added . After South Korea , Obama will head to Japan for the APEC summit , which will be held in Yokohama on Saturday and Sunday . Twenty-one countries form the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation , which focuses on economic coordination in the Asia Pacific region . `` Further economic integration -LSB- and -RSB- trade liberalization in Asia Pacific is vital to our own interests and our ability to export more and grow our economy here at home , '' National Security Advisor Mike Froman said ahead of Obama 's Asia trip . The president is scheduled to return to the United States on Sunday .
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He 'll attend the G-20 summit , which is aimed at stabilizing the world 's financial markets . The G-20 has acknowledged that the global economic recovery is uneven and fragile . Obama 's visit to Seoul will include a meeting with the presidents of South Korea and China . He left Indonesia early , because volcanic ash could have grounded Air Force One .
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Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A family court judge refused Mel Gibson 's request to prohibit the actor-director 's ex-girlfriend and her lawyers from talking to reporters about their child custody battle Wednesday . The judge also withheld a decision on Oksana Grigorieva 's petition to change the temporary custody order to prevent Gibson from having overnight visits with their 1-year-old daughter . Gibson and Grigorieva , who split up months after Lucia was born , sat on opposite sides of a courtroom Wednesday for a daylong hearing Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon . The hearing was closed to the public and lawyers on each side would not reveal if either of the parents testified Wednesday . They are scheduled to return to court on November 22 for a continuation of the hearing , Grigorieva lawyer Daniel Horowitz said . While Judge Gordon refused to grant the gag order , which Grigorieva opposed , Horowitz said he was reluctant to discuss details of the hearing because it involved a child . Still , the child custody battle has been publicly bitter and could evolve into a criminal case . Prosecutors are considering whether to bring charges against Gibson in connection with a domestic violence investigation related to the custody dispute , a Los Angeles district attorney 's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said . A decision on charges against Gibson will not be made until sheriff 's investigators conclude a probe of extortion allegations Gibson made Grigorieva , Gibbons said . Police in Malibu Hills , California , opened the investigation in July into an alleged domestic violence incident in which Grigorieva accused Gibson of striking her in the face . He alleged that she attempted to extort him to keep controversial recordings of their arguments secret . Phone calls recorded by Grigorieva are `` part of the investigation '' into the alleged domestic violence , '' sheriff 's spokesman Steve Whitmore said . Several explosive audio recordings , purportedly between Grigorieva and Gibson , were released online . CNN 's Brittany Kaplan contributed to this report .
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NEW : The judge rejected Gibson 's request for a gag order . NEW : No ruling was made on Grigorieva 's petition to limit Gibson 's visitation rights . The actor is battling his ex-girlfriend over custody rights for their daughter . Gibson is still under investigation for alleged domestic violence .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Zulqarnain Haider has touched down in London after going AWOL before Pakistan 's series deciding one-day international with South Africa in Dubai . The wicketkeeper disappeared from the Pakistan team hotel on Monday morning and was pictured arriving at Heathrow airport later in the day . The Pakistan Cricket Board -LRB- PCB -RRB- confirmed he had requested his passport on Sunday night and was then nowhere to be found the following morning . Reports claimed he had received threatening messages after he scored the winning runs to help Pakistan beat South Africa in the fourth ODI on November 5 . He was later fined $ 140 for breaking a team curfew , along with teammates Shahzaib Hasan and Abdur Rehman . As the mystery of his whereabouts deepened , the PCB released a statement confirming Haider had gone missing . `` This morning Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider left the team hotel without informing any member of the Pakistan team management , '' it read . `` Zulqarnain was in possession of his passport at the time he left the hotel which he had taken from Pakistan team management the previous evening for personal use . `` The PCB has informed Dubai police of the incident and also has brought it into the notice of ICC 's Anti-Corruption Unit . All other concerned authorities were also taken into the loop . `` The information shared with PCB by local authorities indicates that Mr Haider has left the UAE for the United Kingdom . PCB continues to monitor this situation and is in regular contact with concerned authorities in this regard . `` A full inquiry will be held into the circumstances surrounding this incident and no further comments will be made until the facts are known . '' The 24-year-old made no comment after landing in London . The UK Press Association later quoted Rana Faisal , a senior superintendent of police in Lahore , as saying that 12 officials had been sent to Haider 's family home `` so that they can be guarded properly if there is any threat . '' South Africa won the match in Dubai by 57 runs and completed a 3-2 series win over Pakistan .
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Pakistan cricketer Zulqarnain Haider goes missing from team hotel in Dubai . Haider was due to play in a one-day international against South Africa on Monday . Television pictures later show him arriving in London as inquiry is launched . Reports claim Haider received threats after a winning innings in a previous match .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- New world champion Jorge Lorenzo rounded off the MotoGP season with victory in the Valencia Grand Prix to break the record for points scored in a season . The Spaniard won his ninth race of a dominant year to take his tally to 383 points , breaking the mark set by Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi of 373 . Rossi finished third in his final race for Yamaha before riding for Ducati next seaon . Casey Stoner of Australia took second after leading until eight laps to go . It was an emotional farewell to the Japanese works team for Rossi , who went into 2010 as reigning champion but saw his title chances end when he broke his leg at Mugello in mid-season . `` It has been a great experience and I have enjoyed it a lot , '' said 31-year-old Rossi . `` I wanted to do a good race for Yamaha on my farewell but I did n't have any power to stop the bike so I had to slow down , '' he told the official MotoGP website . Stoner , who is leaving Ducati for Honda with the arrival of Rossi , had won three of the last four races and made much of the early running from pole . But Lorenzo seized his chance to take a lead he never relinquished , much to the delight of the home crowd . `` Today was one of the best races of my life , '' he said . American Ben Spies took fourth behind for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team , while Dani Pedrosa sealed the runners-up spot in the championship with seventh place for Honda .
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Jorge Lorenzo wins the Valencia Grand Prix for his ninth victory of MotoGP season . New world champion sets record for points scored in a season of 383 . Valentino Rossi finishes third in final race for Yamaha .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Accused `` barefoot bandit '' Colton Harris-Moore was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in connection with a series of airplane and boat thefts in the Pacific northwest , federal prosecutors in Washington state said . The 19-year-old gained notoriety for allegedly stealing planes and flying without a pilot 's certificate -- sometimes without shoes . The teen had been on the run since he walked away from a juvenile halfway house in Renton , Washington , in 2008 , according to court records . He was captured on July 11 in the Bahamas after flying 1,000 miles in a stolen plane from Indiana , authorities said . On Wednesday , Harris-Moore was indicted on five counts , including interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft for allegedly flying a Cessna aircraft from Bonners Ferry , Idaho , to near Granite Falls , Washington on September 29 , 2009 , the U.S. Attorney 's Office in Seattle said . He is also charged with interstate and foreign transportation of a stolen firearm for allegedly stealing a .32 caliber pistol in Canada and carrying it into Idaho and on the stolen plane he flew to the Granite Falls area , according to the indictment . In addition , Harris-Moore is accused of piloting an aircraft without an airman 's certificate for a flight he allegedly made in a stolen plane from Anacortes to Eastsound , Washington , on February 10 , 2010 . Another charge relates to allegations that he stole a 34-foot boat in Ilwaco , Washington , and sailed to Oregon on May 31 , 2010 , the indictment says . He faces a weapons possession charge for allegedly carrying a Jennings .22 caliber pistol while he was a fugitive between October 1 , 2009 , and May 6 , 2010 . Four of the counts in the indictment are punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $ 250,000 fine , the U.S. attorney 's office said . Piloting an aircraft without an airman 's certificate is punishable by up to three years in prison . At a court appearance in July shortly after Harris-Moore 's capture , his lawyer said his client does not want to be considered a role model , despite Facebook sites dedicated to him with thousands of fans . `` He was scared , '' John Henry Browne said at the time . `` He 's very bright , '' the lawyer said , describing his client . `` But probably not very mature . '' CNN 's Patrick Oppman contributed to this report .
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Colton Harris-Moore was indicted on five counts . They include interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft . The 19-year-old gained notoriety for allegedly stealing planes and boats . Four of the counts are punishable by up to ten years in prison .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A jury was seated Friday in the trial of a man charged with the 2001 murder of Chandra Levy . Prosecutors , defense attorneys and the judge picked 12 women and four men -- four of the 16 are alternates -- to serve on the panel . The trial is expected to start Monday . Levy 's disappearance nine years ago received widespread publicity because of her relationship with a congressman . The revelation contributed to the political downfall of California Democrat Gary Condit , who now may be called to the witness stand . Police said Condit was never a suspect in the case , although he was questioned intensively as investigators tried to find Levy , who vanished at the end of her federal internship at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons . Blog : Retracing Chandra Levy 's steps . The man accused of her murder , Ingmar Guandique , is a reputed member of the Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha . Authorities believe that he attacked Levy , 24 , as she jogged in a park , killing her when she began to scream . Her remains were found more than a year later in a wooded area of D.C. 's Rock Creek Park . Guandique was sentenced in 2002 for attacking two other women in the same park . Years later , officials say , he admitted to fellow inmates that he had killed Levy . Defense attorneys have questioned the police investigation and , this week , wondered about a second man named in a FBI fingerprint memo prosecutors had just disclosed to Guandique 's counsel . In that memo , both Guandique and the other man were cleared of any match in fingerprints lifted from a vehicle parked near the crime scene . Guandique denies that he committed the crime , and there is no physical evidence linking him to it , leaving prosecutors to base their case largely on his alleged jailhouse admission that he killed the young intern . The judge in the case struck a number of potential jurors this week without further questioning . They provided unacceptable answers on a 55-question survey the pool filled out Monday . Others were called in to further explain certain responses that could affect their ability to render a fair verdict . The judge 's instructions and opening presentations in the trial are expected to begin Monday .
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The trial is expected to start Monday . The man charged with her murder says he is not guilty . Levy disappeared in 2001 ; her body was n't discovered for a year .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three children allegedly abducted from Southern California by their fathers , who are two brothers , were recovered in the Netherlands and the men arrested , the FBI said . Brothers John and George Silah were sought for abducting their three sons in July 2008 from their homes in Los Angeles , California , according to the FBI . John Silah allegedly kidnapped his son Greg , now 12 , and George Silah is accused of kidnapping his sons Alexander , now 14 , and Zaven , 11 . State arrest warrants were issued for the Silahs on July 31 , 2008 , and federal arrest warrants were issued the following month , authorities said . `` After following domestic and international leads in this investigation , agents with the FBI and detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department directed their focus overseas , '' the FBI said in a statement Friday . After the investigation led to Athens , Greece , Greek police conducted `` an exhaustive investigation '' that led them to the Netherlands , the FBI said . `` The investigative efforts of law enforcement in Greece and the Netherlands resulted in the identification of the Silah brothers and the victim children . '' Authorities in Los Angeles obtained a provisional arrest warrant allowing authorities in the Netherlands to arrest the brothers and recover the children Tuesday , the FBI said . The children were being held by Dutch protective services , and FBI agents will travel with the children 's mothers to the Netherlands , the statement said . The Silah brothers were in Dutch police custody . The mothers of the three boys have issued tearful public pleas for the return of their sons , believing the men may have fled for their native Syria . `` Alex , Zaven , I miss you guys so much , '' mother Zanni Kalayejian said in August 2008 at a press conference , according to CNN affiliate KABC . Greg 's mother , Christine Stackhouse , promised at the same press conference , `` I 'm going to come and find you . I 'm going to bring you back home . '' Greg 's grandmother , Araxie Jeambart , told KABC after the children were recovered that she wants to see her grandson with her own eyes . `` We have spent so much money , so much time , so much crying , so much suffering , '' she said . Stackhouse and Kalayejian were planning to leave for the Netherlands on Saturday , KABC reported .
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Three boys went missing in July 2008 , allegedly abducted by their fathers . They were recovered Tuesday and their fathers arrested . Report : Mothers left Saturday for the Netherlands .
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Seoul , South Korea -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The surprise announcement that the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had been made a general has dashed hopes in South Korea that the junior Kim might prove more economically focused than his father , should he succeed him . The announcement by North Korean state media in advance of Tuesday 's Korean Workers Party Conference -- the biggest ruling party meeting there in three decades -- that Kim Jong Un was being promoted to four-star general was the first-ever formal mention of his name in official state communications . While many pundits had anticipated Kim Jong Un being raised to prominence as the country 's future leader in the high-profile party conference , most had also expected him to be less military-centric . `` I had been hearing a lot of talk that he would be more focused on economic matters than his father , '' said Brian Myers , author of `` The Cleanest Race '' and an expert on North Korean propaganda . He cited statements by recent defectors who had heard that the upcoming leader had been constructing apartments and accelerating productivity . `` The fact that he is being formally introduced as a general indicates that he will be another ` military first ' ruler like his father . '' Kim Jong Un rising in leadership circles . In what was then the first-ever handover of dynastic power in a communist state , Kim Jong Il took power in 1994 following the death of his father and `` eternal president '' Kim Il Sung . Kim Jong Il adopted `` songeun , '' or `` military first '' as his key slogan , superceding his father 's `` juch , '' or `` self-reliance . '' What is life like inside North Korea ? North Korea 's military has 1.2 million service members and an arsenal that includes nuclear weapons and long-range missiles . It 's considered particularly worrisome , not simply due to the regime 's unpredictability and history of aggression -- it launched the devastating Korean War in 1950 , and has unleashed a number of military and terrorist provocations in the decades since -- but also because any significant armed clash affecting the heavyweight economies of China , Japan and South Korea would hammer global financial markets . CNN 's special coverage of North Korea . Following a suspected stroke in the summer of 2008 , Kim Jong Il has appeared to be in frail health , fuelling heated speculation in South Korea and elsewhere about when he will name his successor , and who it will be . Since early 2009 , a range of signs has pointed at Kim Jong Un as that man . With the youthful Kim being either 27 or 28 years old , experts expect him to require a mentor to guide him along the path to power in a society in which age is greatly respected . Kim Jong Il 's brother-in-law , Jang Song-thaek , widely seen as his right-hand man since 2009 , is expected to act as regent to the young Kim as he takes on increasing responsibilities . Opinion : Political change in the wind ? Jang 's wife , Kim Kyong Hui , was promoted to general in the same announcement that mentioned Kim Jong Un , a move seen as solidifying the power of herself , Jang , and thereby , the young Kim in what many now consider to be less a Stalinist state and more a royal dynasty . `` Kim Kyong Hui will be his ` caretaker ' to nominate him if Kim Jong Il dies , '' said Ha Taekeung , president of Open Radio for North Korea , a Seoul-based non-governmental organization . He noted that for Kim Jong Un to formally assume power , he would need to be nominated chairman of the National Defense Committee and general secretary of the Workers Party of Korea . `` The principle of the bloodline means that only a direct descendant of Kim Il Sung can be part of the succession , and Jang is not a descendant of Kim Il Sung . '' Also on Tuesday , the Korean Central News Agency stated that the party conference , '' ... solemnly declared internally and externally that Kim Jong Il was reelected as general secretary of the Workers Party of Korea with the unanimous will and wishes of all the party members . '' Although Kim has always held that title , he is usually referred to as chairman of the National Defense Committee . The re-designation at the start of the party conference could simply be a tactic to remind the public that Kim is party head as well as military head , said Myers . Vice guide to North Korea . While state media has been unusually active in announcing protocol details about the highest-placed members of North Korea 's elite , no news footage has yet emerged of the conference , fuelling speculation in South Korea that its key figure , Kim Jong Il , may be suffering particularly frail health at present .
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The announcement came right before the biggest ruling party meeting in decades . Kim Jong Un 's promotion was the first time he was named in official communications . Some analysts had hoped he would be more economically oriented .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manchester United 's Park Ji-Sung scored twice including an injury-time winner as they beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 on Saturday to cut Chelsea 's lead at the top of the English Premier League to two points . It was a scarcely convincing performance from United at Old Trafford and the visitors looked to be heading to a deserved point until the South Korean international burst into their penalty area to beat Marcus Hahnemann with a convincing finish . Park had put United ahead in first half injury time only for Sylvan Ebanks-Blake to equalize for Wolves just after the hour mark with a neat turn and shot . The result leaves United with 23 points from 11 games , with leaders Chelsea on 25 from 10 . The reigning champions can re-open a five-point gap with victory over Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday . Third-placed Arsenal will join United on 23 points if they beat promoted Newcastle in another Sunday fixture at the Emirates Stadium . A sour note for Manchester United was the truncated return of England international midfielder Owen Hargreaves , the long-term injury absentee lasting just a few minutes in his first start for two years before he limped off with a hamstring strain . `` It was a long struggle , '' manager Alex Ferguson told MUTV . `` Given the changes I had to make , trying to get the continuity of performance was difficult . `` Some players played with touches of flu and others with diarrhoea , so we 've done really well to get a result . '' Earlier , Tottenham Hotspur suffered an hangover from their midweek Champions League triumph over Inter Milan as they went down 4-2 at Bolton in the lunchtime kick off . Two goals from Kevin Davies , who would have impressed watching England manager Fabio Capello , including a second half penalty , put them 3-0 up at the Reebok with Greta Steinsson crashing home the second . It was the cue for a belated Tottenham comeback as an Alan Hutton curler and superb volley from Roman Pavlyuchenko cut the deficit to a single goal , only for Martin Petrov to kill the game off in injury time . They move above Tottenham on goal difference into fifth place , with Sunderland , who beat Stoke City 2-0 , also on 15 points . Meanwhile Fulham 's Brete Hangeland headed a 94th-minute equalizer to salvage a 1-1 draw at home to Aston Villa , who are still searching for their first Premier League win since September . Marc Albrighton had put Villa ahead just before halftime . In the Scottish Premier League , Celtic have gone to the top with an amazing 9-0 thrashing of Aberdeen at Parkhead . Anthony Stokes and Gary Hooper both scored hat-tricks in the rout which sees Celtic move two points clear of Rangers in the title race .
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Park Ji-Sung scores twice in Manchester United 's 2-1 win over Wolves . Korean star grabs winner in added time at Old Trafford . Tottenham Hotspur falter with 4-2 defeat at Bolton as Kevin Davies scores double . Celtic go top of Scottish Premier League with 9-0 rout of Aberdeen .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fernando Torres rediscovered his scoring touch as Liverpool continued their revival under new owners with a 2-0 win over English Premier League leaders Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday . The Spanish star scored two magnificent first half goals to seal three points for Roy Hodgson 's men . The first came after 11 minutes as he instantly controlled a Dirk Kuyt through ball before beating Petr Cech with a low shot . He doubled the advantage just before the interval as he cut inside before curling home a superb shot . Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti introduced striker Didier Drogba , who had an overnight illness , after the break and it sparked an improvement by his side after a lifeless first half . Home keeper Pepe Reina blocked a close range shot from Florent Malouda after a cross by Droga . Cech prevented his team from going three down when he stretched out a leg to deny Dirk Kuyt before Chelsea nearly cut the deficit only for Nicolas Anelka 's strike to hit the crossbar . Jamie Carragher summed up the spirit in the Liverpool side as he made a last-ditch tackle to deny Drogba scoring from the rebound . The defeat leaves Chelsea just two points clear of Manchester United , who beat Wolves 2-1 on Saturday . Hodgson , who was under pressure before his side 's improvement since New England Sports Ventures took control of the club , was delighted to see Torres back to his best . `` He is a vital player for us and would be any club . You ca n't have success if you do n't have front players who do a good job for you , '' he told Sky Sports . Third-placed Arsenal were also beaten in Sunday 's early game as they slid to a 1-0 home defeat to promoted Newcastle at the Emirates . Arsenal were hoping to regain second spot in the standings ahead of Manchester United , but a goal from in-form striker Andy Carroll just before halftime sealed victory for Chris Hughton 's men . Carroll , who was watched by England manager Fabio Capello , rose high to head home a well-flighted free kick from Joey Barton past Lucasz Fabianski . It was the third straight win for improving Newcastle , who were rarely troubled by a labored Arsenal side . Cesc Fabregas rattled the crossbar with a first half free kick and Theo Walcott hit the woodwork after the break , but a miserable afternoon for the Gunners was complete when Laurent Koscielny was sent off in added time . He pulled back Nile Ranger as Newcastle broke upfield in a quick counter attack . In Sunday 's other fixture , Manchester City ended a run of three straight defeats with a 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion . Italian striker Mario Balotelli scored both City 's goals in the first half , but blotted his copybook by being sent off after the break . He was shown red for kicking out at Youssuf Mulumbu minutes after being booked . Mulumbu was then sent off for a strong challenge on the returning Carlos Tevez , who had a hand in both goals . The win takes Roberto Mancini 's men level on points with Arsenal as they stay in the Champions League places after 11 rounds .
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Brilliant Fernando Torres double inspires Liverpool win over Chelsea . Andy Carroll scores only goal of the match as Newcastle shock Arsenal 1-0 . Mario Balotelli grabs first half brace as Manchester City win 2-0 at WBA .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He has one eye , a thick beard streaked with henna and has lost a finger . He wears thick aviator-style dark glasses . At least we think so . There are very few photographs of 40-something Ilyas Kashmiri . But to counterterrorism officials on three continents , he is one of the most dangerous men in the world . Kashmiri is a veteran jihadist who in his early years fought the Indians in the disputed territory of Kashmir and the Russians in Afghanistan -- which is where he lost his eye . He famously escaped from an Indian jail and then fought with a unit of Pakistan 's special forces . And he is ruthless . Ten years ago , Indian troops carried out a raid into Pakistani-controlled Kashmir . Pakistani officials said 14 civilians , including several children , were slaughtered . The next day , Kashmiri led a retaliatory raid . He and his fighters kidnapped and beheaded an Indian army officer -- and later paraded his head through the bazaars of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir . But then , Kashmiri fell out with his sponsors in the Pakistani military . At one point , he was arrested in connection with an attempt to assassinate Pakistan 's president , Gen. Pervez Musharraf , in 2003 . For reasons unknown , Kashmiri was released a short time later . And that was where the trouble really started , when a local jihadist went viral , moving his base of operations from Pakistani Kashmir to North Waziristan . As commander of `` Brigade 313 , '' part of Harakat-ul-Jihad-Islami -LRB- Movement for an Islamic Holy War -RRB- , Kashmiri formed a close relationship with al Qaeda in the wild frontier territory of Pakistan . Kashmiri 's No. 1 enemy is still India . His group was thought responsible for the bombing of a bakery popular with foreigners in Pune in 2009 . But there is plenty of evidence that he has ambitions beyond South Asia . David Coleman Headley , the U.S. citizen who confessed to helping scout targets for the Mumbai attack in November 2008 , said after his arrest that he had twice met Kashmiri . During questioning by India 's National Intelligence Agency , which was given access to him in Chicago , Illinois , in June , Headley said he 'd been taken to Pakistan 's tribal territories to meet Kashmiri early in 2009 . A copy of the interrogation obtained by CNN reveals that Kashmiri sent Headley on another trip to survey targets in India . One place he said he videotaped was the bakery that was later attacked in Pune . He also said Kashmiri had encouraged him to attack the offices of the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed . According to the indictment of Headley , Kashmiri told him he could `` provide manpower , weaponry and funding for the Denmark operations . '' Headley says Kashmiri gave him $ 1,500 and told him to `` concentrate on the Denmark attack at the earliest . '' Headley travelled to England , Sweden and Denmark to refine his plans , before being arrested at Chicago 's O'Hare International airport in October 2009 as he tried to leave for Pakistan . In a plea deal this year , Headley confessed to his involvement in both the Mumbai and Danish plots . Now intelligence sources on both sides of the Atlantic believe Kashmiri is trying to get teams into Europe that would launch coordinated Mumbai-style attacks in several cities . In those attacks , gunmen raided several buildings , including hotels , simultaneously , leaving 164 people dead . The British Home Secretary , Theresa May , said last week that police were receiving special training to handle such an attack . In a rare interview with Asia Times Online last year , Kashmiri boasted of those plans . The newspaper 's Islamabad reporter , Syed Saleem Shahzad , says he was taken to a secret location in North Waziristan in October 2009 for the interview . Kashmiri apparently wanted to use the occasion to refute claims that he 'd been killed in a drone strike near the town of Mir Ali the previous month . Shahzad describes meeting a tall , well-built man with a firm handshake . He asked him whether the world could expect more `` Mumbai-style '' attacks . `` That was nothing compared to what has already been planned for the future , '' Kashmiri replied . European intelligence officials are now anxious that `` the future '' may be imminent , with al Qaeda looking to use people with Western passports in attacks -- Europeans and North Africans , for example . There are plenty of foreign fighters in Pakistan 's tribal regions -- as many as 10,000 , according to a Pakistani military commander . One of those fighters , Ahmed Sidiqi , was detained in Kabul , Afghanistan , last July and interrogated by U.S. forces at the Bagram Airfield . According to European counterterrorism sources , Sidiqi said he had met Kashmiri , though there is no confirmation that he did . Another man alleged to have sought out Kashmiri is Chicago taxi driver Raja Lahrasib Khan , who travelled to Pakistan in 2008 and 2009 . He was arrested this year in the United States and charged with attempting to provide support to al Qaeda . Court documents say Khan met Kashmiri , who had told him that he `` wanted to train operatives to conduct attacks in the United States . '' The documents include a conversation Khan is alleged to have had with an unidentified conspirator about Kashmiri 's relationship with al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden . Khan told the unidentified conspirator that bin Laden gives orders to Kashmiri , and then Kashmiri transmits the orders to the mujahedeen . Khan has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him . Intelligence officials say that besides being an experienced operator , Kashmiri has also managed to navigate the often perilous waters of jihadist rivalries , attracting members of other Pakistani groups to his `` 313 Brigade '' and retaining a measure of autonomy despite pledging allegiance to al Qaeda . That 's probably in part because of his operational prowess . If bin Laden is al Qaeda 's `` spiritual '' leader and Egyptian cleric Ayman al Zawahiri its philosopher , Kashmiri is the organization 's military brain . As one U.S. official puts it , Kashmiri is `` the key ingredient in the bad stew of senior terrorists who are planning operations in the region and beyond . ''
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Few photographs exist of Ilyas Kashmiri . He 's forged a close relationship with al Qaeda . A U.S. citizen who helped scout targets for the Mumbai bombings met with Kashmiri .
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Yangon , Myanmar -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Polls opened Sunday in Myanmar as the nation holds its first election in 20 years -- an electoral contest critics say is aimed at creating a facade of democracy . Riot police could be seen earlier on some streets in the city of Yangon , the former national capital that is also known as Rangoon . In the countryside , teams of election workers for the Union for Solidarity and Development -LRB- USD -RRB- had campaigned . The party is supported by the governing junta of mostly of ex-military members . `` These are our candidates for this region , '' a USD election worker told one resident . `` It is not important to put down the name of the party , but the people have to know our symbol and make their mark right here . '' Because many citizens in rural areas know so little about the political process , election workers said they also had to show people how to vote . `` I am not just campaigning for our party , '' the election worker said . `` I am educating the people on how to vote . Many people do n't know how to vote . '' Their word is very influential -- especially in rural areas , where most people in the nation live . `` I do n't know anything about the election , '' one woman said . `` If someone tells me what to vote , I will follow that guideline . '' Opposition parties like the National Democratic Force -LRB- NDF -RRB- are complaining that a lack of money is keeping them from running and campaigning in most areas of the country . An NDF representative said the party will only contest in about 15 percent of constituencies . Several residents told CNN they did not expect any change as a result of the election . `` Nothing will change after the election , '' a farmer said . `` The government is not trying to convince us . We do n't matter to them because we are poor . '' Not that it seems to matter to him . `` I do n't care who will be elected , '' he said . `` I do n't know whom I will vote for because I have no knowledge of politics . '' Government critics say the election is a sham . The country 's ruling military junta has refused to allow international monitors to oversee the elections and recently overhauled Myanmar 's constitution in a way critics say is aimed at tightening the regime 's grip . The constitution now requires more than 100 military nominees in parliament . Myanmar , also known as Burma , has been under military rule since 1962 . In October , the military regime rejected international monitoring of Sunday 's elections . `` Since we have many experiences in election , we do n't need experts on this issue , '' said Thein Soe , chairman of the election commission . `` And since we have all ambassadors who are representing their countries , we do n't think we need to invite any special group to observe the election since all the ambassadors are here and can watch it on election day , '' he added . Leading democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected voting in the elections , her lawyer said . The National League for Democracy , Suu Kyi 's party , announced in March that it would not participate . A new law forced the NLD to choose between honoring Suu Kyi as its leader and risking the party being declared illegal , or ejecting Suu Kyi from the party and contesting the elections . `` Since NLD is not participating in this coming election , she does n't want to vote , '' her lawyer Nyan Win said in October . Suu Kyi 's party won a landslide election victory in 1990 , but the military junta rejected the results . The regime recently passed a law that made Suu Kyi ineligible to run because of a court conviction . The Nobel laureate has called the law unjust . Suu Kyi , who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 , has spent most of the past 20 years under house arrest . A Myanmar court convicted Suu Kyi in August 2009 for breaching the terms of her house arrest after American John Yettaw swam uninvited to her lakeside house in Yangon and briefly stayed there . In February , a court rejected her appeal for release . Suu Kyi 's current house arrest is due to end in mid-November , but her lawyers are skeptical that the military junta will actually release her . Her supporters have said her latest conviction was a way to remove her from the election campaign .
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Riot police were seen stationed in some urban areas . Many people do n't know how to vote . Critics say voting is a sham aimed at creating a facade of democracy . Leading democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected voting .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Russia plans to resume exporting flour on January 1 , 2011 , but a larger ban on exporting wheat , barley , rye and corn has been extended through next June , the state-run RIA-Novosti news agency reported Monday . Russia imposed a temporary ban on grain exports this year amid the country 's worst drought in decades . Russian authorities have extended a ban on exports of wheat , barley , rye and corn through June 30 , 2011 , the news agency said . The country plans to resume exporting wheat flour and wheat-rye flour , the report said .
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Russia banned the export of grain amid its worst drought in years . The country plans to resume exports of flour next year .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former golf professional from Indiana in the United States played an incredible 612 holes in just 16 hours as part of a charity fundraising bid . Ben Berger accomplished the feat at the Juday Creek Golf Club , beginning his day at 5.29 am local and finishing at sunset at 9.30 pm . He averaged more than two 18-hole rounds of golf every hour , using a golf cart to speed between his shots . He was completing a par-four in an average of one minute 30 seconds , only slowing towards the end as pains in his hips started to take a toll . Berger 's play was not too shabby either , picking up 95 birdies and five eagles , the last of which came of his final hole as he chipped in . Of his 33 rounds , 12 of them were par of better and despite his haste , his worst score was an 82 . Berger was helping to raise money for an autism charity , the `` Par for the Cause '' event having raised more than $ 200,000 in its five-year existence . Impressive though Berger 's marathon performance is , according to Guinness World Records the record for the most golf holes in 24 hours with use of a cart is 851 , set by Robb James , who achieved his feat at a nine-hole course in Canada . Berger was a professional at a neighboring club until taking a regular job in a family business . His wife Stephanie , who is eight months pregnant , was on hand to watch at the end as he finished in superb style to the delight of his gallery of supporters . `` That 's the way you finish , '' he screamed and then hugged his wife who had been standing by him with his putter .
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Ex golf professional plays 612 holes in 16 hours to raise money for charity . Indiana-based Ben Berger averaged over two rounds an hour in the feat . He finishes with an eagle three on a par-five hole at Juday Creek Golf Club .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pop heartthrob Justin Bieber may be the perfect Trojan horse for a meme . Teeny-bopper singers are usually viewed as empty vessels meant to fill the marketing needs of cynical record executives . But as a child growing famous in the digital-remix age , Biebz seems more than that : The 16-year-old is like a white screen on which our trends can be projected . For a case in point , listen to the enigmatic `` U Smile 800 % Slower , '' which has become a sensation on the web . `` U Smile , '' the second single from Bieber 's new album , was slowed down 800 percent and uploaded to the web by Nick Pittsinger , a 20-year-old aspiring music producer in Florida . The song 's trippy atmospherics have attracted more than 1.6 million plays online . Assuming you do n't have 35 minutes to spare -- remember , it 's eight times as long as the original four-minute pop song -- `` U Smile 800 % Slower '' turns the high-pitched bleats of the pubescent signer into primal howls and cries that seem to linger forever . Imagine the mating calls of killer whales being vibrated through a Roman cathedral . The song is reminiscent of late '90s work from Icelandic artists Sigur Ros and Bjork , as Bieber 's voice is both heavily deconstructed and eerily intimate . Compare this with the original `` U Smile , '' which sounds much less memorable . However , there is a twist . MTV News suggests the Justin Bieber `` remix '' may not be a slowed-down version of `` U Smile , '' but an untitled song from the Milwaukee collective Photon Wave Orchestra 's 2010 EP `` Echoes Across the Astral Wasteland . '' That said , MTV is n't sure if Photon Wave Orchestra really even exists since the EP was released on April 1 , 2010 -- April Fool 's Day . The question is , does it really matter ? Whether it 's the latest malware or sexually ambiguous haircut , Justin Bieber 's blank-slate pop image is the perfect selling tool for anything . `` U Smile 800 % Slowed '' would n't have all those listeners without its connection -- real or not -- to Bieber fever . His album , `` My World 2.0 , '' could n't be more appropriately titled . The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of Damon Brown .
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Remix of Justin Bieber 's `` U Smile '' has more than 1.6 million plays on Soundcloud.com . Producer Nick Pittsinger says he slowed down the song 800 percent . MTV disagrees , saying the song is actually an untitled song from the Photon Wave Orchestra .
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New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A picture may be worth a thousand words , but for foster children in New York City and across the country , a picture is worth improved self-esteem , and potentially , a new home and family . As part of National Adoption Month , Heart Gallery NYC along with more than 100 other Heart Gallery locations in the United States and Canada have teamed up renowned celebrity portrait and fashion photographers . The photographers will take pictures of children in the foster care system in need of permanent adoptive families -- in hopes the kids will be seen in a different light . On Wednesday evening at New York 's Times Square Information Center , some foster kids found themselves staring back at their larger-than-life-sized pictures among the lights of Broadway at a grand opening exhibit held in their honor . For celebrity photographers such as Robert Ascroft , whose clients include Brad Pitt , Penelope Cruz , and Mariah Carey ; Howard Schatz , whose shutters have exposed the likes of Michael Douglas , Whoopi Goldberg and Brooke Shields ; and Barbara Bordnick , whose works are in the permanent collections of the International Center of Photography as well as innumerable magazines , volunteering their time and studios made for a change and reward , but came with challenges . `` I was hoping I could make them feel comfortable and make them feel special -- I wondered if I 'd be able to do that , '' Bordnick said , voicing concern that she '' ... wanted to get ` them ' on film , not make them into anything . '' Paul Lange , a celebrity photographer who counts Halle Berry , Tyra Banks and Oprah among his clients said , `` My whole career was fashion and beauty . The nice thing about it is , instead of selling a product , we 're campaigning for a person 's future . It spoke to me to give these kids an opportunity to get a foot up on the ladder . '' Lange said his biggest surprise was the `` genuineness '' in the children 's expression . `` It 's like they 're saying , ` I 'm a good person inside . Give me a chance . ' They 're dying for an opportunity for someone to step forward and take a chance on them , '' he said . Jasmine , 14 , who posed next to her portrait at the exhibit , said she loved it . `` I was shocked at first to see it , but I like it . ... I feel like a star . '' Laurie Sherman Graff , founder of Heart Gallery NYC , says one picture can make all the difference . `` Some of the pictures prospective families typically see of these children -- it 's like looking at a driver 's license photo compared to these photos . '' An average shoot for the project takes several hours . For some of the kids , the shoot provides a mini-family reunion . Lange said he 's photographed siblings who are living in the system , but not necessarily together . `` I 've had grandparents , aunts , uncles , show up at my studio so they can have an afternoon together , '' he said . Once the final photographs have been chosen for each kid , giant posters are created to be exhibited for four to six weeks at high-trafficked spots including Times Square , Grand Central Station , malls and airports -- places where their curators hope to get many eyes on them . Along with the exhibit , recruitment and information tables are set up for when people stop and ask , `` What are these pictures about ? '' Graff said . Jean , 18 , is close to being too old for the foster-care system , but says his poster inspires him . `` Spontaneous , handsome , intelligent , '' were words he used to describe his chosen shot . `` I 'd like to be a star for eternity . But for now , I hope to get a family and live my life , '' Jean said .
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Celebrity photographers join the effort to help children in need of a home . They hope the kids will be seen in a different light . The event is part of National Adoption Month . Heart Gallery NYC works with other locations in the U.S. and Canada .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Washington state Liquor Control Board on Wednesday banned the sale of alcoholic energy drinks after a group of college students got sick from consuming a drink nicknamed `` blackout in a can . '' The ban , which takes effect November 18 , follows the October hospitalization of nine underage Central Washington University students who said they got sick after drinking `` Four Loko , '' a caffeinated malt liquor . Some of the students also mixed the canned drinks with other alcohol , including vodka , police reported . Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna has called for federal food regulators to ban the beverages , which he said `` have such high levels of stimulants that people have no idea how inebriated they really are . '' But Four Loko 's manufacturer , Phusion Projects of Chicago , Illinois , said the drink is `` just as safe as any other alcoholic beverage '' when used responsibly . The company said it was `` extremely disappointed '' by the ban , which it said was `` based on misguided information and does not address the issue at hand . '' `` If the true concern was to preserve the public health , safety , and general welfare , this ban would also address caffeinated liquor products , which contain three to four times as much alcohol as our products , '' Phusion said in a written statement . `` Instead , under this ban , these products will remain legal and accessible to the same subset of the population that chose not to consume our products responsibly , sold in stores where existing alcohol laws can continue to be ignored , and abused alongside the same types of alcohols and other illicit substances that contributed to the incident at Central Washington University earlier this year . '' The company called the Central Washington University incident `` disturbing and unacceptable , '' but said the liquor board 's move does nothing to address the `` ongoing challenge '' of underage drinking among college students . And it said the board ignored its normal procedures , depriving affected businesses `` any opportunity to be heard . '' In an earlier statement , Phusion said Four Loko has about the same amount of alcohol as wine or some craft beers and roughly the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee from the Starbucks chain . The incident that led to the ban took place in Roslyn , Washington , in early October . Police concluded that none of the students was drugged or given alcohol without their knowledge , according to a school statement , but the findings convinced university President James Gaudino to ban `` alcohol energy drinks '' from his campus . `` We need to make sure that we 're sending a strong message to students about the dangers of alcohol energy drinks and we need to know more about the way it affects health and behavior , '' Gaudino said . The drinks are `` a binge-drinkers dream because the caffeine and other stimulants allow a drinker to ingest larger volumes of alcohol without passing out , '' the chairman of the school 's physical education department said . `` Being able to feel the effects of tiredness , loss of coordination and even passing out or vomiting are the body 's defenses against consuming doses of alcohol that will kill you , '' professor Ken Briggs said last month . `` Regardless , once the blood alcohol level reaches a certain level you can drop like a box of rocks . '' CNN 's Alan Duke and Michael Martinez contributed to this report .
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NEW : Manufacturer says the ban is based on `` misguided information '' `` Alcohol energy drink '' led to 9 students being hospitalized , police said . `` Four Loko '' is a `` binge-drinker 's dream , '' a professor says .
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-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- ABC News President David Westin will resign his post after 13 years of service . He sent an email to staffers Monday that said while `` we 've put in place news anchors on all of our programs '' over the last nine months , the division also `` went through a very difficult transformation made necessary by changes in our business and its economics . '' One news report says that Westin , 58 , had a long-running feud with parent company Disney over making the division more profitable . Though ABC News has made significant gains over the last year -- Diane Sawyer has maintained respectable ratings on World News while Nightline has managed to flourish in late night opposite the talk shows -- it continues to rank No. 2 behind NBC in the mornings and evenings . Westin joined the division in March of 1997 and will remain its chief through the end of the year while ABC/Disney TV Group President Anne Sweeney finds a replacement . Sweeney released this statement Monday : `` For the past 13 years , David Westin has proved himself a tireless advocate for ABC News , effectively guiding the group through some of the most seismic industry , and divisional , changes imaginable . During that time , he helped reinvent our news organization , and positioned us for great success going forward . I 'm certain David will be as successful in whatever future endeavors he chooses to pursue . I will be announcing a new President of ABC News in the near future . '' CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2010 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. . All rights reserved .
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After 13 years of service , ABC News President David Westin will resign his post . One news report says that Westin had a long-running feud with parent company Disney . ABC continues to rank No. 2 behind NBC in the mornings and evenings .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An apartment left untouched since before the fall of the Berlin Wall has been discovered by a developer in the eastern German city of Leipzig , German media reports said Thursday . The fall of the Berlin Wall heralded the end of the communist regime in East Germany in 1989 . The discovery , made by architect Mark Aretz , revealed a small one-bedroom apartment evidently abandoned quickly by its occupants as the Communist East German state disintegrated in 1989 , Spiegel Online reported . A wall calendar showed August 1988 , and the kitchen cupboard and drawers contained plastic crockery and aluminium cutlery along with communist-era food brands such as `` Vita '' Cola , `` Marella '' margarine , `` Juwel '' cigarettes and a bottle of `` Kristall '' vodka . `` When we opened the door we felt like Howard Carter when he found the grave of Tutankhamen , '' Aretz told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper . `` Everything was a mess but it was like a historic treasure trove , a portal into an age long gone . '' According to Aretz -- a developer who renovates properties in eastern Germany -- the occupant appears to have been a 24-year-old man from Leipzig who had been in trouble with the authorities , judging by personal documents left behind . The most recent document was dated May , 1989 -- a police search warrant for a caravan . There was also a stamped and addressed postcard written by the occupant , but he had never sent it , Spiegel said .
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Apartment found by developer in eastern German city of Leipzig . Occupant left in a hurry as East German state crumbled in 1989 . Communist-era food brands such as `` Vita '' Cola , `` Marella '' margarine found .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a foreign policy talk to weigh in on hot button political issues Wednesday , slamming a Florida pastor for his `` disgraceful '' plan to burn the Quran and strongly criticizing George W. Bush 's fiscal record . Clinton warned about the long-term consequences of rising federal budget deficits , arguing that they will eventually diminish U.S. power and impair America 's ability to act effectively in the global arena . Her remarks came during an appearance before the non-partisan Council on Foreign Relations . It was her second major foreign policy speech there as secretary of state . Clinton noted that Terry Jones , the Florida pastor , is the head of a small congregation , and said she wished his plans to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11 , 2001 terrorist attacks had n't attracted so much media attention . But sadly , `` that 's the world we live in right now , '' she said . Jones 's plans could potentially harm U.S. troops , she asserted , echoing a recent warning from Gen. David Petraeus , the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan . The pastor 's plan does n't represent broader American views on Islam , Clinton declared . `` It 's not who we are , '' she said . Clinton also slammed Jones 's plans on Tuesday night at a State Department dinner in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan . Jones has so far rebuffed pleas to call off the event , saying radical Islamists are the target of his message . On fiscal matters , Clinton had harsh words for Bush . Cutting taxes while fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq without paying for them was a `` deadly combination '' in terms of `` fiscal sanity , '' she said . She said that rising debt poses a national security threat in many ways , and warned that `` responsible '' authorities on fiscal matters `` are not being heard right now . '' `` There is no free lunch and we ca n't pretend that there is ... without doing great harm '' to the country , she said . Republicans have tried to turn the tables on Democrats in recent months on the issue of fiscal responsibility , arguing that the administration 's fiscal stimulus plans have significantly added to the national debt while failing to effectively restore economic growth . Clinton also expressed frustration with the treatment of sensitive foreign policy issues in domestic politics , urging a partisan `` détente '' that cuts `` across the partisan divide . '' Among other things , she cited the START nuclear arms reduction treaty , which is slated to be taken up by the Senate in September but faces significant opposition among key Republicans . The treaty has become a `` political issue , '' she said , but `` I wish it were n't . '' The accord is seen in Europe as an important symbol of America 's commitment to work with Russia , she said . Turning to the Middle East , Clinton said she thinks we `` have a real shot '' at a successful conclusion to the new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks . Clinton will travel to Egypt and Jerusalem next week for the second round of negotiations . Last week , she formally reopened the peace talks at the State Department , where , among other meetings , Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas huddled alone behind closed doors for an hour and a half . On efforts to block Iran 's nuclear program , Clinton said the United States believes Tehran `` is beginning to feel the full impact '' of recently imposed sanctions . `` International financial and commercial sectors are ... starting to recognize the risks of doing business with Iran , '' she told the Council on Foreign Relations . Sanctions `` are the building blocks of leverage for a negotiated solution , '' she said . `` We will see how Iran decides . '' The United States has repeatedly lobbied other nations to step up sanctions against Iran . The European Union , Canada , Japan and South Korea are among those that have done so . Iran , however , is continuing its uranium enrichment activities in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions , according to a report released Monday by the International Atomic Energy Agency . Iran has rebuffed international demands to halt its uranium enrichment program , saying it wants the nuclear fuel for peaceful uses . IAEA officials , however , have not been convinced . Clinton said the United States is continuing to support freedom and human rights inside Iran by speaking out against the regime , and by equipping Iranians with the technological tools they need to communicate with each other and spread their views . `` We want to be helpful , but we do n't want to get in the way of it , '' she said . `` So that 's the balance that we try to strike . '' Clinton 's speech at the Council on Foreign Relations -- which was followed by a question-and-answer session -- touted what she characterized as the multiple successes of President Barack Obama 's foreign policy agenda . It also detailed a multi-pronged process of how the administration is putting the president 's agenda into practice . Clinton said the president 's approach includes strengthening the U.S. economy , `` ensuring we have the resources we need , '' and helping other countries obtain the tools and support they need `` to solve their own problems and help solve our common problems . '' CNN 's Alan Silverleib and Laurie Ure contributed to this report .
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Hillary Clinton calls a Florida pastor 's plans to burn the Quran `` distressful '' and `` disgraceful '' She warns that fiscal irresponsibility harms U.S. security . Clinton urges Senate passage of the START nuclear arms reduction treaty . Clinton says sanctions against Iran are starting to take hold .
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-LRB- WIRED -RRB- -- When Microsoft and Facebook announced that they were partnering to integrate Facebook and Bing for social network-powered search , it confirmed something I thought Monday : Windows Phone 7 is the real Facebook phone . I do n't know whether Facebook has a secret team working on a phone where they control the OS . But the company do n't need one . It 's already deeply integrated into Android and iOS . Now with the Microsoft partnership , it 's tied to the most socially optimized smartphone ever brought to the market . `` This is , I think , one of the most exciting partnerships we 've done on the platform so far , '' Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the Bing announcement Wednesday . `` Our view is that over the next five years we expect that almost every industry is going to be disrupted by someone building a great product that 's deep in whatever area that industry is , plus is extremely socially integrated . '' The first Windows Phone 7 handsets are due in stores November . The OS is Microsoft 's complete do-over on mobile , after its predecessor Windows Mobile tanked in popularity and market share in the wake of more consumer-savvy handsets such as Apple 's iPhone and Google 's Android-powered smartphones . Every aspect of Windows Phone 7 is geared to social networks : phone , contacts , gaming , photos , even Office . Focusing the phone around Hubs does n't just mean that local client apps and cloud apps are grouped next to each other . It means that the local client and cloud work together . Microsoft tried to explicitly build a social networking phone featuring Facebook , Twitter , Flickr and MySpace with the Kin . The Kin failed and was killed by Microsoft , mostly because it was n't a full-featured smartphone -LRB- it was a fork of Windows Phone 7 -RRB- , but required a smartphone 's data plan . The Kin 's cloud-backed social and sharing components lived on in Windows Phone 7 . They were always there . Only now , Flickr and MySpace are nowhere to be found . Even before the Bing announcement , Facebook was a conspicuous part of the WP7 presentation . Microsoft 's Joe Belfiore outlined a scenario where users could take a photo on their phone that 's then uploaded to Facebook automatically , without even opening the Facebook app . In the press release for WP7 , Microsoft notes that `` the customizable Start screen with Live Tiles provides real-time updates so you can keep tabs on the latest weather forecast , your favorite band , a friend 's Facebook page and more , all with just one glimpse '' -LSB- emphasis added -RSB- . That was n't an accident . The Facebook-Bing partnership was already happening . It 's the exact strategy that Zuckerberg outlined in his interview with Michael Arrington , where he explained why Facebook was n't building its own phone . Zuckerberg only made an offhand reference to WP7 in that interview : `` If Windows Phone 7 takes off , then I 'm sure we 'll put resources on that . '' But he added , with reference to their efforts with the iPhone and Android , `` The question is , what could we do if we also started hacking at a deeper level , and that is a lot of the stuff that we 're thinking about . '' In order to do that , Zuckerberg explained , you need to find a company that was willing to incorporate social networking from the operating system up -- not just adding a layer on top of it was already doing , but making that the focus of the device and its services . At least one of those companies is Microsoft . `` We started thinking what would social search look like , and we started looking around for partners , '' Zuckerberg said . `` Microsoft really is the underdog here and they really are incentivized to try new things . '' He was talking about search , but he may as well have been talking about phones . Microsoft may be the underdog in search and phones , but it 's actually been ahead of the curve in terms of incorporating social layers into its products . The Zune had song and photo sharing between devices over Wi-Fi before the iPhone was even announced . But that was a closed network , limited to just Zune-to-Zune , and later Zune-to-Xbox . In order to get outside of itself , Microsoft partnered with Facebook early on -- it still owns part of the company -- and Facebook helped shape Microsoft 's social strategy . Microsoft has been quietly building a social network without anyone actually noticing . Windows Live , Office Live , Xbox Live are all social networks where users work , share files and talk about media together . You use the same identity across all of those services on every Microsoft device . Facebook is already embedded in all of them : It 's built into Messenger , Hotmail and Outlook , and it 's what powers part of the social dimension of Xbox Live . And Bing is already embedded in Facebook , in the form of maps and search results . Now Facebook 's information is embedded in Bing search . And search is one of just three buttons on every WP7 phone . Consequently , Facebook 's partnership with Bing is n't just about Google > It is n't just about `` Like '' results showing up when you search in a web browser on your PC . It 's about incorporating a social layer into media on every device in your household , from your phone to your set-top box . It 's about making those devices smarter in how they communicate with each other and from one platform to another . That 's what stood out to me most at the Windows Phone 7 launch event . The Office people demonstrated how to use Windows Live to stream a PowerPoint presentation from a Windows PC to a Mac . The Xbox people were showing how to chat about a Netflix movie with your Facebook friends on Xbox live . The hardware people were showing off a wide-angle HD webcam that will let families chat with families from their living rooms . Deep integration of devices , media and services -- using the cloud to power person-to-person interaction through voice , images and text . If we think about Apple 's attempt with Ping to bring a social layer to iTunes -LRB- which has been criticized , in part , because Apple did n't partner up with Facebook -RRB- , Sony 's idea of a multitasking television set or Twitter 's plays to get on the television screen with Google TV , it 's clear that that 's where we 're heading . The only places where Microsoft and Facebook are `` underdogs '' are search and smartphones . When it comes to social networking and smart partnering with other companies -- including each other -- the two giants are way ahead of the field . Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $ 1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT ! Click here ! Copyright 2010 Wired.com .
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Microsoft and Facebook partnering to integrate Facebook and Bing . Facebook now tied to the most socially optimized smartphone ever brought to market . First Windows Phone 7 handsets are due in stores in November . Microsoft has been quietly building a social network without anyone actually noticing .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An undocumented student from Mexico who was arrested and held in a deportation facility after she was stopped for a minor traffic violation in Georgia was found guilty on Thursday of driving without a license . A jury in Cobb County , Georgia also found 22-year-old Jessica Colotl not guilty of impeding traffic , the reason police gave for pulling her over on the campus of Kennesaw State University . Conviction on the misdemeanor charge of driving without a license is punishable by up to a year in jail , said her lawyer , Jerome Lee . The conviction includes a mandatory minimum of 48 hours in jail , of which Colotl has already served around 45 1/2 , Lee said . Lee said that Colotl plans to appeal the verdict . Colotl became a lightning rod in the immigration debate last spring , when advocates for immigration reform said her case was a symbol of a broken system . On Thursday , Lee said that she had recently obtained a learner 's permit , which he said was grounds to dismiss the misdemeanor charge under Georgia law . `` The jury essentially refused to properly read the statute , as juries often do , '' he said . Colotl 's legal problems started in late March when her car was stopped on the campus of Kennesaw State . Born in Mexico but living in the United States since she was 11 , she could not produce a driver 's license , so she handed over as identification an expired passport from Mexico . She was arrested the next day and turned over to immigration officials . She spent more than a month in the Etowah Detention Center in Alabama . Friends came out in force and marched on campus in her defense . In May , she was released , and her deportation was deferred for a year , which will allow her to finish her studies . But she was quickly arrested on a warrant for the Cobb County Sheriff 's Office and released on $ 2,500 bail . `` I 'm just trying to live the American dream and finish my education , '' she said at the time . On Thursday , Lee said that other than completing college , his client 's plans for the future are unclear . `` There are so many variables in terms of what 's going to happen , '' he said , `` that it 's a little too early to say . ''
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22-year-old Jessica Colotl became a lighting rod in immigration debate this year . The conviction carries maximum of 12 months in jail . Her lawyer says Colotl will appeal the decision .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There is little argument that America 's respect in the Muslim world has lessened as we enter our 10th year of war against a deadly shadow enemy of religious extremists who wear no uniform , wave no flag and who use their holy book as sword and shield against fellow Muslims as well as all things American . So what does Terry Jones , pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville , Florida , hope to accomplish by calling for a `` Burn a Quran Day '' this Saturday , September 11 , the ninth anniversary of the worst sneak attack on American soil in our 234-year history ? The answers are as obvious as they are ominous : He will bring total contempt from the world 's fastest-growing religion against the world 's oldest democracy . He will destroy the goodwill generations of Americans have worked to create in almost every nation . He will -- in just a few seconds of self-proclaimed glory and protest -- paint a target on the backs of U.S. troops , diplomats , foreign service employees , humanitarian relief workers and American tourists . Worse , still , Jones and his followers will provide our enemies with a propaganda tool that will outlast our lives and those of our children and their children . Burning a Quran will instantly undo everything good that America has done in the world . America 's top general in Afghanistan , David H. Petraeus , recognizes the consequences of such an act . `` Images of the burning of a Quran would undoubtedly be used by extremists in Afghanistan -- and around the world -- to inflame public opinion and incite violence , '' he said in a statement released from his headquarters in Kabul . No one will remember when a half-dozen Muslim nations joined a multinational coalition that included the U.S. to free Kuwait back in 1991 . No one will remember America 's huge humanitarian response in Indonesia after the devastating 2004 tsunami or in Pakistan after this year 's disastrous flooding . No one will remember countless other projects to build schools and roadways and efforts to bring clean drinking water to people . No one outside the United States will recognize or even care that burning a Quran was the act of a single or small group of individuals . The only thing the Muslim world will remember and our enemies will exploit is that the U.S. government allowed Americans to burn the Islamic holy book in protest without consequence . The First Amendment may protect the pastor 's right to protest , but nothing is to be gained and everything is to lose from this self-serving act . Our nation was founded on religious freedom and tolerance , yet a man of the cloth wants to invoke memories of a not-so-proud history when a developing America did n't want Catholics or Jews but did want slaves . If the good pastor wants to protest something on the side of the righteous , I would suggest he divert his energies against the Rev. Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka , Kansas . For the better part of this decade , Phelps and his followers have been protesting around the country at the funerals of fallen military members , carrying signs that say `` Thank God for Dead Soldiers . '' He is now the subject of a First Amendment case scheduled before the U.S. Supreme Court next month . -LSB- Snyder v. Phelps -RSB- . Religion has been the rallying cry of almost every war in recorded history , and there are those in our country as well as in Muslim countries who truly believe that this is the start of a war between Islam and nonbelievers . `` America is not at war with Islam '' is a statement that has been repeated publicly and repeated often by presidents and members of Congress from all political persuasions , not because it is politically correct but because it is true . America is at war , however , against a small number of religious extremists who hide behind women and children and kill indiscriminately without remorse . We must not allow an equally small number of religious extremists in America to widen the war by burning the Quran ... or Torah or Bible . America is far better than that . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Richard L. Eubank .
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Richard Eubank : Pastor 's plan to burn Qurans on 9-11 endangers U.S. soldiers , tourists , diplomats . It will undo all goodwill America has built up , Eubank argues , for generations to come . Dangerous extremists will exploit the act planned by U.S. religious extremists , he says . `` America is not at war with Islam '' is not politically correct , Eubank says ; it is true .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In some post-election hardball between the Obama administration and newly-elected Republicans , Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is threatening to take back stimulus funds from states if they do not follow through on proposed rail projects . CNN obtained copies of letters LaHood sent to incoming Republican governors in Ohio and Wisconsin who have stated their opposition to rail projects already underway in their states . In the letters , LaHood said a rail link between Cleveland , Columbus , Dayton and Cincinnati in Ohio , and a high-speed rail connection between Chicago , Illinois , and Milwaukee , Wisconsin , are vital to economic growth in both regions . Lahood wrote that he respects the power of governors to make decisions for their states , but , `` There seems to be some confusion about how these high-speed rail dollars can be spent . '' To Wisconsin 's Gov.-elect Scott Walker , LaHood said that none of the funds can be used for roads or any other projects . He went on to say , `` Consequently , unless you change your position , we plan to engage in an orderly transition to wind down Wisconsin 's project so that we do not waste taxpayer 's money . '' That letter was delivered on Monday . A similar letter was sent to Gov.-elect John Kasich in Ohio on Tuesday . In that letter , LaHood mentions the thousands of jobs that would be created with the construction of a rail link between the state 's largest cities . LaHood said he was aware that Kasich had asked President Barack Obama if $ 400 million dollars from the federal government intended to fund the passenger rail project could instead be used for road construction and freight lines . LaHood wrote , `` I wanted to let you know that none of those funds can be used for anything other than our High-Speed Rail Program , '' and he signaled his intention to take the money back if the project does n't move forward . The Transportation Department has committed a total of $ 823 million to a 441-mile-long high-speed rail connection from Chicago to Minneapolis . But if Wisconsin balks on the section that would run between Milwaukee and Madison , the project can not be completed . Similarly , the DOT committed $ 400 million to a 250-mile-long intercity passenger rail line that would run from Cincinnati , through Dayton and Columbus , and on to Cleveland . The Transportation Secretary is in a fight to keep several proposed high-speed rail projects alive after New Jersey 's Republican Gov. Chris Christie abruptly killed the nation 's largest infrastructure project last month . The ARC Tunnel would have involved the construction of a second rail tunnel between New Jersey and New York and an expansion of Penn Station in New York City . It was expected to double commuter rail capacity on the Northeast Corridor , the nation 's busiest rail line , and ease congestion on New Jersey 's highways . Now the feds want their money back from New Jersey . On Monday , a letter was sent from the Federal Transit Administration to New Jersey Transit , the state 's public transportation authority , requesting an immediate repayment of $ 271 million in federal funds already spent on the project . The letter stated the funds were obligated for the ARC tunnel and because the project was terminated , the money most be returned . New Jersey Transit officials responded by saying they are reviewing the request and they do not agree that the issue is as clear-cut as portrayed in the FTA letter . Christie put an end to the tunnel , claiming that potential cost overruns could range from $ 2 billion to $ 5 billion , something the cash-strapped state can not afford . But USDOT officials believe any cost overruns on ARC would n't have exceeded $ 800 million .
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Governors-elect in Ohio and Wisconsin got letters from the transportation secretary . The governors have stated objections to rail projects in their states . Ray HaHood 's letter tells the governors they must proceed with the rail projects . Or return federal stimulus funds designated for high-speed rail projects .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Ohio death row inmate who has repeatedly claimed his innocence was spared execution , after the state 's governor Thursday noted `` legitimate questions '' about evidence used to convict the man . Kevin Keith for now will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole . His legal appeals will continue , with lawyers claiming newly discovered evidence and discredited eyewitness testimony will ultimately exonerate him . Keith was convicted of the 1994 killings of three females , including a child , in an apartment in Bucyrus , 60 miles north of Columbus . He was scheduled to die by lethal injection September 15 , and had exhausted most of his federal and state court appeals . Gov. Ted Strickland , a Democrat , issued his commutation this week after a number of civil liberties and innocence groups urged he step in to prevent a possibly innocent man from being executed by the state . `` Clearly , the careful exercise of a governor 's executive clemency authority is appropriate in a case like this one , given the real and unanswered questions surrounding the murders for which Mr. Keith was convicted , '' said Strickland in a statement . `` Mr. Keith still has appellate legal proceedings pending which , in theory , could ultimately result in his conviction being overturned altogether . The governor added , however , that he believes `` it is far more likely that Mr. Keith committed these murders than it is likely that he did not . '' Strickland urged the courts to give a `` full , fair analysis '' of the issues raised in the appeal . He ignored the recommendations of the state 's parole board , which last month unanimously recommended against clemency . Keith 's lawyers applauded the governor 's decision , but promised to continue the fight to clear the inmate . `` Mr. Keith remains incarcerated for a crime he did not commit , and that crime remains unsolved , '' said a statement from his five-person legal team . `` The commutation to a life sentence does not lessen the need for justice to prevail . '' Prosecutors said the 46-year-old Keith had maliciously sprayed a home with gunfire , that left a 4-year-old dead , along with her mother and aunt . Three others were wounded but survived , including a man who later testified against the main suspect . At trial , the state argued one of the victims was the brother of an undercover police informant who had implicated Keith as a drug dealer . But Keith 's public defenders point to at least one other suspect , and say a detective in the case lied on the stand about how a survivor of the shooting identified Keith . His defense team also later presented alibi witnesses . Calls to the Crawford County prosecuting attorney 's office were not immediately returned . The issue of `` actual innocence '' and the rights of prisoners to challenge their sentences years after a trial will be argued next month at the U.S. Supreme Court . A Texas death row inmate wants DNA testing from evidence that had not been analyzed at the time of his trial , to try to prove he did not commit the crime . The Innocence Project , a New York-based legal clinic said 258 people have been exonerated through DNA testing and new evidence being uncovered , with their convictions being tossed out . Many defense attorneys have urged the courts to make it easier for inmates -- especially those facing execution -- to go to court to press for a new look at these innocence claims , including more sophisticated DNA testing of old evidence . `` It 's a win-win for the justice system . If he turns out to be guilty , we have the certainty of that fact with objective DNA science prior to the time that we carry out the ultimate punishment , '' said Nina Morrison , a staff attorney with the Innocence Project . `` And if he 's not guilty , obviously that 's something that we , and surely the state , would want to know prior to the time that an irrevocable penalty of execution is carried out . ''
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Kevin Keith was scheduled to die by lethal injection in two weeks . Ohio 's governor changed the sentence to life in prison without parole for three killings . The governor cites `` legitimate questions '' about evidence in the case . But the governor adds he thinks it is `` far more likely '' than not that Keith committed the killings .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Leaders of the burgeoning Tea Party movement say their projected midterm election victories should send a strong message : watch out in 2012 . `` The Republicans need to know , we 've done it in 2010 . If they do n't do the right thing in the next couple of years , it 's not a problem . We 'll come back in 2012 . We 'll do it all over again . We 'll replace them with people that will uphold -LSB- our -RSB- principles , '' said Mark Meckler , co-founder of Tea Party Patriots -- one of the movement 's largest groups . Tuesday 's elections were seen as a crucial moment for measuring the staying power of the Tea Party movement , which was born out of frustration with the political establishment and steeped in economic anxiety . `` I do n't think there 's any question that if it were not for the Tea Party , the Republican margin in the House of Representatives would not be as high as it 's going to be , '' CNN senior political analyst David Gergen said Tuesday night . `` They gave a lot of enthusiasm and fuel to the Republican Party . '' After CNN projected that two Tea Party-backed Republican candidates would win their Senate races -- Rand Paul in Kentucky and Marco Rubio in Florida -- Meckler said the movement would keep holding Republicans accountable . `` Frankly , the Republicans blew it over a very long period of time . The largest deficit ever run up in history , before the current administration , was run up by George Bush , '' he said . `` Our job is to reverse that course and not allow any party to ever do that again . '' With growing momentum after months of nationwide street protests and bus tours , Tea Party activists hoped to change the makeup of Congress and the way lawmakers were elected . At least one of their goals seemed to be likely early Wednesday , with CNN projections indicating that Republicans held 239 House seats to the Democrats ' 183 -- well over the 218 seats needed for a majority . And in a tight battle and a significant win for Tea Party supporters , Republican candidate Pat Toomey defeated Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak to win the Pennsylvania Senate seat , CNN projects . But even though candidates endorsed by Tea Party activists made several key gains , the movement also suffered significant losses in high-profile contests . Far-right ideology from Tea Party candidates likely cost them Senate seats in Delaware and Nevada , according to John Avlon , a CNN contributor and senior political columnist for The Daily Beast . `` That could make all the difference in control of the Senate , so there should be some self-analysis about whether or not some of these more extreme candidates who won these partisan primaries represented their Republican Party best , '' he said . The grassroots nature of the Tea Party movement makes it difficult to define how many candidates on the ballot Tuesday were affiliated with it . There is no official entity that determines who is a Tea Party candidate . Before polls opened Tuesday , CNN analyzed races across the country to identify candidates who were Tea Party activists or whose campaigns were helped significantly by the Tea Party movement . From the list of the CNN 100 -- the top 100 House races in the country -- 21 candidates were closely connected with the movement 's activists and ideology . At least 10 of them won , according to CNN projections . Nine Senate candidates and four gubernatorial candidates also had strong ties to the Tea Party . Of those candidates , at least five Senate race winners were backed by Tea Party activists . And the winner of South Carolina 's governor race , Nikki Haley , received Tea Party support and an endorsement from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin . In addition , various national and local Tea Party organizations endorsed more than 100 candidates in races across the country . The rise of the conservative Tea Party movement added a new element to this year 's election cycle , roiling Republican races by boosting little-known and inexperienced candidates to victory over mainstream figures in GOP primaries across the country . But not all of them emerged victorious Tuesday . According to CNN projections , Tea Party-backed New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino lost to Democrat and former state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo . Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada avoided what many predicted would be a fatal blow to Democrats , beating out Tea Party activist Sharron Angle . And in Delaware , Democrat Chris Coons defeated Tea Party-backed Republican nominee Christine O'Donnell , CNN projects . Still , the losing Tea Party candidates appeared to be in high spirits as they addressed supporters after results came in . `` We were victorious , because the Delaware political system will never be the same . That 's a great thing . The Republican Party will never be the same , '' O'Donnell said . Angle thanked supporters for fighting for their principles . `` I want you to see that I 'm still smiling . And it 's because I still believe in American exceptionalism , '' she said . No matter how many of the so-called Tea Party candidates won , the impact of the movement is expected to shift the Republican agenda to the right . Paul , on the heels of his victory , has already called for creating a Senate Tea Party caucus . Of those surveyed in CNN exit polls , 23 percent said one reason for their vote Tuesday was to send a message in favor of the Tea Party , 18 percent said they cast their ballots against the Tea Party and 56 percent of respondents said the Tea Party was not a factor in their decision . Independents surveyed were split , with 24 percent saying they were neutral toward the Tea Party , and 28 percent saying they opposed the Tea Party in this election . Exit poll results indicated a stronger showing for the Tea Party among older voters , with 47 percent of those 60 and older saying they support the Tea Party and only 26 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 saying they support the movement . But South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint said the success of the Tea Party is rooted in the fact that its members ca n't be easily counted . `` One mistake we 're making in this election is to suggest that it 's all about the official Tea Party movement , '' he told CNN Tuesday . `` For everyone who goes out to a rally , there are often hundreds , even thousands of people who feel the same way , who do n't consider themselves a part of the Tea Party movement . I think there is an awakening going on in our country . There 's a beginning of a process . It 's not finalized tonight . '' CNN 's John Helton and Robert Yoon contributed to this report .
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NEW : At least five projected Republican Senate winners are backed by the Tea Party . `` We 'll come back in 2012 . We 'll do it all over again , '' a movement leader says . A political analyst says Tea Party activists helped Republicans win more House seats . The midterm elections results are a key tool for measuring the staying power of the Tea Party .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mexican authorities have arrested a reputed senior member of a major Tijuana-based drug cartel after a shootout , U.S. authorities confirmed Sunday . Eduardo Arellano-Felix was arrested in Tijuana , Mexico , on Saturday . Eduardo Arellano-Felix was arrested at a Tijuana , Mexico , residence Saturday , said Special Agent Eileen Zeidler of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration office in San Diego , California . She said federal authorities received a tip on the whereabouts of Arellano-Felix and provided the information to Mexican authorities . No other details were immediately available . Arellano-Felix was one of the last wanted members of the powerful and brutal trafficking organization bearing his family name , authorities say . His brother , reputed Mexican drug lord Javier Arellano-Felix , was captured by U.S. authorities in August 2006 off the shore of southern Baja California . The brothers were on the top of the DEA 's Most Wanted List , carrying rewards of $ 5 million dollars for their capture . Officials say seven brothers and four sisters of the Arellano-Felix family inherited the Tijuana cartel from Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo in 1989 after his arrest for drug trafficking . Eduardo was the last remaining brother who had an active role in the cartel . Today , the notorious cartel is split into two factions -- one headed by Eduardo Garcia Simental and another headed by Eduardo Arellano-Felix 's nephew , Fernando Sanchez Arellano . The two sides have engaged in brutal fighting , accounting for nearly all the violence in Tijuana , according to the DEA . More than 400 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Tijuana this year . While Eduardo Arellano-Felix was not the boss of the cartel , DEA officials said his nephew sought his advice on decisions . Zeidler said the arrest of Arellano-Felix was a significant step in potentially dismantling the cartel . `` You pull the foundation out of the house and the house is going to come down , '' she said . '' -LSB- Arellano-Felix -RSB- was the foundation . ''
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Eduardo Arellano-Felix was arrested at a Tijuana residence Saturday . He was on the DEA 's Most Wanted List . Arrest could help dismantling the family 's drug cartel , DEA agent says .
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San Bruno , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At first , residents thought it was an earthquake . Or maybe a big airplane had crashed . San Bruno , after all , is adjacent to the San Francisco airport . They heard the booms . Then they saw the giant fireballs , some leaping 80 feet high . The flames were so hot , so intense , that the roar could be heard far away and the heat sucked up the air . They did not know then that a gas line that had ruptured and exploded , triggering a fire that would leave their town in apocalyptic hues . They would only find out later what had happened . But in the middle of the chaos , they simply tried to survive . Homes , lawns , cars -- everything burned . At least four people died . Many others gasped their way to hospitals , four of them fighting for their lives with excruciating third-degree burns . Read latest on California fire . Judy Serresseque felt her whole house shake as though a mighty quake was about to swallow northern California , her living room filled with an orange glow . `` When I went to my front door , I looked out and everything was just flames , '' said Serresseque , who fled with her husband . `` The heat was intense , and you could hear it , you could hear the hiss . '' A `` big rumbling sound '' sent Bob Hensel 's cats into hiding . He looked long and hard for them before he pried open the garage door to escape the flames . As he drove off , he could see the bumper of his wife 's car melt away . The explosion occurred Thursday evening , sending concrete chunks flying through the air . The heat from the blaze melted tail lights on cars parked blocks away . In daylight Friday , 15 acres of San Bruno resembled more a war zone than a quiet suburban California neighborhood . `` I was standing next to a police officer who 'd been in Baghdad , and he said he had never seen anything quite so bad as this , '' John Hampton , a freelance photographer who witnessed the fire , told CNN affiliate KGO . `` It looks as if this area was firebombed . '' Another photographer , Bryan Carmody , documented the tragedy with his camera lens . He said the actual gas fire was contained to a small area , but houses just started catching fire , one after another . And the blaze turned into one continuous fireball . `` The fire would just move from one house to the next because the fire was burning so fast and so big and so intensely , '' he said . `` It was definitely a sight to see . '' Residents under evacuation orders fled to shelters . Others spent a panicked night in darkness after electricity was cut off . They feared for their friends , families and themselves , not knowing the path and scope of the fire . On Friday , cadaver dogs were still searching as authorities feared more than four people had perished in the blaze . Sergio Campos was on his way to class at Skyline College when he saw the fire and pulled over . Even from a distance , he could hear the roar . But he , like so many other confused San Bruno residents , did n't know whether to run toward the inferno to try to save people , or drive as far away as he could . CNN 's Moni Basu contributed to this report .
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At first , residents thought blast was a quake or a plane crash . They heard the fire 's roar and felt its intense heat . The fire left 15 acres of San Bruno looking like a war zone .
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Editor 's note : The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE , an independent media company and website based in Brooklyn , New York . VBS.TV is Vice 's broadband television network . The reports , which are produced solely by VICE , reflect a transparent approach to journalism , where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process . We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers . Brooklyn , New York -LRB- VBS.TV -RRB- -- Before I went to Sudan , I did n't know much about the conflict in Darfur beyond everyone saying , `` It 's the worst genocide of our time '' and watching footage on CNN of the Janjaweed militia wiping out whole villages . Really , we only decided to go there because one of our favorite photographers had been chatting with an old friend of his who is now a UN press officer in Khartoum . She offered to pull some strings and get us visas and organize flights around the country , so we said , `` F *** it '' and got on a plane . On the flight over , I went through this huge binder of research about the situation . It really messed me up . The scale of the devastation was difficult to comprehend : . There have been 300,000 people killed and at least 2 million displaced from their homes in Darfur since fighting broke out in 2003 . This comes right on the heels of another civil war in the south of Sudan that killed more than 2 million people and displaced a further 4 million over the course of the conflict . As the plane landed in Khartoum , I had the biggest `` Ummmm , what the f *** am I doing here ? '' moment of my life . From the minute we got off the plane to the minute we flew out again , I was s *** - scared . And as it turned out , I was totally right to be . I never understood the motivation of the conflict until I went there . Why are they killing all these people , cutting their arms off and throwing them in the wells ? Well , obviously that 's a terror tactic , but it also makes the villages and towns where they do it unlivable afterward . Why ruin the land that you 're raiding ? It did n't seem to be about one group claiming rights to territory ; they 're all Muslim , so it is n't about religion or Arabs killing blacks , like it 's being portrayed in the media . What is it for ? Well , as little as 30 years ago , Sudan was one of the poorest nations in Africa . It experienced a huge famine in the early 1980s , just like Ethiopia . Then they found oil in the south , so they freaked out and sent all these paramilitary groups similar to the Janjaweed down there and kicked all the people off the land . These groups were not officially affiliated with the government , so the government could safely say , `` It 's got nothing to do with us , '' but they were all secretly government-sanctioned . The civil war that this led to went on for nearly 20 years . They finally enacted a peace agreement to unite north and south Sudan , and the UN went to Sudan especially to monitor that agreement . But then -- bang ! -- same thing happened again , elsewhere in the country . The Janjaweed started killing people in Darfur , and the government was saying `` It 's not us doing it '' and doing very little to stop them . See the rest of Inside Sudan at VBS.TV . And that 's the interesting thing . In fact , we could point our finger at America for the early days of it , because Chevron sank the first well in southern Sudan . When we went down south in Sudan and saw the wells , we found out that it 's all Chinese companies there now . China does n't have any of America 's problems of bad press in the Middle East or Africa , or people back home saying they should n't buy conflict diamonds or whatever . China is in very good favor in those parts of the world . In 2009 , China gave $ 10 billion in aid to African countries . So Africans are like , `` We love China . '' In turn , China comes in and says , `` We 'll take your oil and your gold . We do n't give a s *** about your conflicts or who hates who here . '' The work camps are all completely enclosed and staffed by Chinese and Malaysians . All the money that Sudan gets from these wells goes to the north to Khartoum . The south of Sudan is supposed to get 2 percent , but they have no auditing there , so it 's like , `` Two percent of how much ? '' It 's crazy , you 're in the poorest areas in the world , and you 're constantly in the shadow of rigs that are pumping out oil for China . Everyone likes to say that America is addicted to oil , but at this point it 's the entire world .
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VBS goes to Sudan on a quest to learn the motivation behind the Darfur conflict . Research just before the trip opened reporter Shane Smith 's eyes to scale of devastation . Smith : `` From the minute we got off the plane to the minute we flew out again , I was s *** - scared . ''
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-LRB- RollingStone -RRB- -- Just one week after being released from prison , Lil Wayne has already finished a new song and is ready to put it out . `` We 're trying to put it out , like , tomorrow , '' Cortez Bryant , Wayne 's manager , told Rolling Stone . `` We got a crazy song . If not tomorrow , definitely next week . '' Photos : Lil Wayne returns to the stage with Drake . After spending a few days celebrating , visiting with family and joining Drake onstage in Las Vegas , Wayne settled into Miami 's Hit Factory studio early Tuesday . Mack Maine , president of Wayne 's Young Money label , tweeted , `` It 's official Wayne laid his 1st verse !!!! Torture !!!! '' Timeline : The criminal history of Lil Wayne . Videographer/DJ Scoob Doo , who was at the session , told MTV News , `` Wayne picked up right where he left off with a 15-hour recording session of nonstop work . '' He also tweeted a competition , offering a prize to anyone who could guess how many songs Wayne recorded during the session . Copyright © 2010 Rolling Stone .
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`` We got a crazy song -- if -LSB- it 's not out -RSB- tomorrow , definitely next week , '' Wayne 's manager says . Wayne settled into Miami 's Hit Factory studio Tuesday for a 15-hour recording session . The president of Wayne 's label , tweeted , `` It 's official Wayne laid his 1st verse !!!! ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rolls-Royce said Friday that the failure of a specific component of its Trent 900 engine caused an oil fire that then forced a Qantas A380 to make an emergency landing . `` The failure was confined to a specific component in the turbine area of the engine , '' the engine maker said . `` This caused an oil fire , which led to the release of the intermediate pressure turbine disc . '' The incident will cause the company 's full year profit growth to be slightly lower than `` guided , '' Rolls-Royce said Friday . In July , the company had predicted its underlying profits would grow between four and five percent compared to 2009 . On Monday , Qantas CEO Alan Joyce told reporters the planes will not return to service until the airline is `` 100 percent sure '' about their safety . Oil leaks have been discovered in engines on three planes , and investigations continue , Joyce added . The leaks were beyond normal tolerances , he said . On November 4 , a Qantas flight was forced to return to Singapore 's Changi Airport after one of its engines shut down and the engine 's covering , or cowling , tore off above the western Indonesian island of Batam . The Australia-bound flight was carrying 440 passengers and 26 crew members .
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Rolls-Royce : The incident will cause full year profit growth to be lower . A Qantas A380 made an emergency landing after one of its engine shut down . Company : Oil leaks have been discovered in engines on three planes .
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Baghdad , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three bombs left outside three Christian homes in western Baghdad detonated Tuesday evening , wounding at least three people , an Interior Ministry official said . It was not clear if the injured were Christian residents or others on the street . The latest attacks came as 35 Christian survivors of a chilling church attack last month arrived in France , where they will be able to seek asylum . A group called the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the gruesome October 31 siege of the Sayidat al-Nejat cathedral that left 70 people dead and 75 wounded . The umbrella group includes a number of Sunni extremist organizations and has ties to al Qaeda in Iraq . In another western Baghdad neighborhood , a car bomb killed at least one person and wounded five , the official said . The bombing occurred near a Sunni mosque and an office belonging to one of Iraq 's top Sunni Arab parties . Meanwhile , the death toll from a car bomb explosion in Basra increased to at least 12 , the interior ministry said . At least 39 others were wounded when the car bomb exploded Monday in a busy commercial district in the western part of the city , the ministry said . In two major Shiite cities , another 11 people were killed Monday , the Interior Ministry said . On a crowded street in the Iraqi city of Karbala , a blast killed at least 10 people and wounded 38 , the ministry said . The bomb went off at one of the main entrances to the city where buses carrying Iranian pilgrims stop . In Najaf , at least one person was killed and 10 were wounded in a bombing , the ministry said . The parked car bomb targeted buses carrying Iranian pilgrims at the road leading to Najaf 's old city .
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The attack comes as a group of Iraqi Christians arrive in France . A car bomb in another Baghdad neighborhood kills at least one person . The death toll from a car bomb in Basra rises to 12 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of people who fled fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are crossing back into rebel-held territory because they say conditions at refugee camps are intolerable . A crowd of refugees gathers at the entrance to a USAID center near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo . With no food , water or sanitation in the camps , people have decided that it is worth the risk to return to their homes , even though rebels killed and raped many people just last week , residents told ITN 's Jonathan Miller , who is near the city of Goma . Many of their villages have been looted and emptied of people by the rebels , they said . Roads were filled with people returning to rebel-held territory , carrying their belongings on their heads or on their backs . However , others , fearful of fresh violence , continued to leave their homes , overwhelming aid centers . See photos of the refugee camps '' Aid groups were expected to travel into the Congo 's rebel-held territory on Sunday to help tens of thousands of people displaced by the latest bout of rebel fighting . On Saturday , aid groups delivered food and water to a refugee camp north of Goma , traveling through a narrow `` humanitarian corridor '' the rebels established following a cease-fire with government forces that the rebels announced Wednesday . British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the international community can not allow Congo to become `` another Rwanda , '' where 800,000 died during a 1994 genocide . Western diplomats shuttled between Goma -- the scene of some of the worst fighting -- and Kigali , in neighboring Rwanda , to meet with leaders in order to get a peace process back on track . Watch the diplomatic efforts '' `` The immediate needs are obvious , '' said British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in a joint statement Sunday . `` We saw them yesterday . The cease-fire last Wednesday needs to be bolstered , '' Miliband and Kouchner said . `` The humanitarian needs for food , shelter , water and health care must be met through universal provision and secure routes for delivery . '' The cease-fire seemed to be holding Sunday , but both sides appeared to be massing troops near the cease-fire line . Government soldiers flew in from the capital Kinshasa and deployed in the jungle , and rebels were out in force on their side of the line . ITN reporter Miller heard intermittent firing from the hills that mark the line where the two sides face off only a few hundred yards apart . A small contingent of United Nations troops in the area donned flak jackets and helmets in response . Watch report on gunfire near cease-fire line '' Miller said it was not clear if the two sides were firing at each other . The latest fighting broke out on October 24 when Congolese rebels led by renegade Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda launched renewed attacks in the eastern province of North Kivu . It came days after a tenuous week-old U.N.-brokered cease-fire between rebels and government forces fell apart . The fighting between Nkunda 's rebels and Congolese army regulars displaced thousands of civilians almost immediately , the United Nations said . Many of the displaced fled to Goma , the capital of North Kivu , which borders Rwanda and Uganda . Nkunda is the leader of the National Congress for the Defense of the People . His rebel forces declared a cease-fire late Wednesday after four days of fighting . The fighting is based on ethnic grievances . Nkunda says he is fighting to protect his Tutsi community from attacks by Rwandan Hutu rebels . During the 1994 genocide in Rwanda , the country 's Hutu majority killed 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus , according to the United Nations . When Tutsis came to power in Rwanda , many Hutus crossed the border into Congo . They were afraid to return home , fearing they would be targeted for revenge by Tutsis , so they remained in the jungles of eastern Congo , where they preyed on local residents . In May 2005 , it was reported that Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Congo carried out hundreds of summary executions , rapes , beatings and kidnappings of Congolese civilians in the province of South Kivu , according to GlobalSecurity.org . Nkunda , a Tutsi , has repeatedly blamed the Congolese government for failing to protect the Tutsis from attacks by Rwandan Hutus . Copyright 2008 CNN . All rights reserved.This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed . Associated Press contributed to this report .
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There is no food , water or sanitation in the refugee camps . Aid groups expected to travel into rebel-held territory in DR Congo . British PM warns world can not allow Congo to become `` another Rwanda '' Four-day old cease-fire announced by the rebels seems to be holding .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Although the war in Afghanistan remains unpopular with most Americans , the public supports President Obama 's decision to send more U.S. troops to the conflict , according to a new national poll . Fifty-nine percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Wednesday morning said they favor the president 's plan to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan , with 39 percent opposed . `` Most of those who oppose Obama 's plan would like to see the U.S. immediately withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan , '' CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said . See complete poll results -LRB- PDF -RRB- . The survey indicates that a majority of the public opposes the war , with 55 percent of respondents opposed and 43 percent in support of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan . `` Three in 10 say that they opposed the war from the start and another quarter report that they favored the war when it began in 2001 but oppose it now , '' Holland said . Only 18 percent of those polled said that the United States is winning in Afghanistan . Two-thirds said neither side is winning . `` That may explain the support for Obama 's plan , since a victory is likely to require more troops , '' Holland said . `` But it may also explain the overall opposition to the war , since Americans tend to dislike losing . '' The survey also indicates a racial divide over Afghanistan , with whites questioned split over the war , but seven in 10 black respondents opposed to the war . In a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted last month and released November 24 , 45 percent of those polled supported the war in Afghanistan , and 52 percent were opposed . The most recent CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted December 16-20 , with 1,160 adult Americans , including 259 African-Americans and 786 whites , questioned by telephone . The survey 's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for the overall sample . CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report .
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Fifty-five percent of people polled say they 're against war in Afghanistan . But 59 percent of those polled say they favor sending more U.S. troops . Seven in 10 black respondents are opposed to this war , higher than white opposition .
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Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Protesters of a tuition hike at University of California campuses stood their ground into Friday night , with 41 demonstrators at UC Berkeley cited for trespassing after their takeover of a campus building . Nearly 100 protesters at UC campuses have been arrested over the past two days in the demonstrations over a 32 percent tuition increase . The demonstrators , students and nonstudents alike , were cited for trespassing , spokeswoman Claire Holmes told CNN . Holmes said those arrested would be cited and released rather than taken to jail , per agreement with student leaders . Three students were arrested earlier at Berkeley in the wake of protests across several campuses that have shaken up the University of California system a day after officials approved a tuition increase to be enacted over the next two school years . University officials said the $ 505 million to be raised by the tuition increases is needed to prevent even deeper cuts than those already made because of California 's persistent financial crisis . Protesting students said the hike will hurt working and middle-class students who benefit from state-funded education . The first tuition hike , which takes effect in January , will raise undergraduate tuition to $ 8,373 . The second hike kicks in next fall , raising tuition to $ 10,302 , said university spokeswoman Leslie Sepuka . Students who live on campus could pay up to an estimated $ 17,200 in additional fees that include the annual cost of books and housing , according to the system 's July 2008 finance guide . The January increase of about 15 percent is more than double the average public university tuition hike last year . On average , tuition and fees at four-year public universities nationwide increased 6.5 percent , or to $ 7,020 , since the previous school year , according to data from College Board . Students eligible for financial aid and whose families make under $ 70,000 will have their tuition covered , the university said . Caitlin Lawrence Toombs , a UCLA student , told CNN she 'd have to request additional loans to pay for school and that with her brother starting at Berkeley soon the cost would place a heavier burden on her family . She , too , participated in the student outcries against the increase , she said . And many other students had yet to back down Friday . On the Santa Cruz campus -- where building occupations began last week with a library sit-in -- about 100 students staged a sit-in in the second-floor lobby of Kerr Hall soon after hearing the tuition hike had been approved , according to UC Santa Cruz Provost David Kliger . Many remained there Friday afternoon . The demonstrators made demands , Kliger said without listing them . They would not keep exits clear and broke into some parts of the building , he said , adding they are trespassing and could be arrested . In addition , the students could face suspension or expulsion . `` We cherish the principle of free speech , '' Kliger said . `` Regrettably , these actions go well beyond that . '' At UC Berkeley on Friday morning , students occupied the second floor of Wheeler Hall , UC Berkeley spokeswoman Janet Gilmore said . Campus police broke through a barricaded of furniture and office equipment on the ground floor and arrested three students , she said . The protesters demanded the reinstatement of 38 custodial staff members recently laid off , according to a Berkeley news release . The demonstrators also asked for amnesty and for a drop of charges against any protesters . Are you there ? Share your images , video . An additional 250 demonstrators remained outside Wheeler Hall into the night , according to Holmes . Authorities arrested dozens of angry students on the campus late Thursday after they refused to vacate the school 's administration building . The 52 students were taken into custody by the Davis Police Department and deputies from the Yolo County Sheriff 's Department , according to Claudia Morain , a UC Davis spokeswoman . The arrests at Mrak Hall , the campus ' main administration building , came about four hours after the normal 5 p.m. PT -LRB- 8 p.m. ET -RRB- closing time . At one point , as many as 150 students were at the building protesting the tuition increase , Morain said . UCLA 's Campbell Hall was occupied for several hours Thursday evening , a school spokesman said . The takeover was not planned or sanctioned by the main protest organizer -- the United State Student Association , according to USSA representative Gabby Madriz . The same building was briefly occupied Wednesday night by several dozen student protesters , according to a UCLA news release . The building was the site of the 1969 shooting deaths of two Black Panther Party members during an internal dispute , according to the release . The UCLA campus was the scene of the largest and loudest demonstrations Thursday . `` We 're fired up . Ca n't take it no more , '' students chanted as they marched and waved signs at UCLA . `` Education only for the rich , '' one sign read . Some faculty members and campus workers -- worried about furloughs and layoffs to come -- joined the protesting students . `` Stop cuts in education and research , '' a sign carried by a teacher said . After the regents voted , students rushed to parking decks to stage a sit-in to block regents ' vehicles from leaving . Campus police and California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear stood nearby . As one regent member walked out , students lining his path shouted , `` Shame on you , shame on you . '' The situation ended without incident as students gradually left the scene . University executives told the regents the fee hikes are needed because they 've already made deep spending cuts in the past two years -- cuts forced by the state budget . About 26 percent of the $ 20 billion spent each year by the system comes from the state 's general fund coupled with tuition and fees paid by students , according to a summary on the regent 's Web site . The fee increases are to be balanced by a raise in `` the level of financial assistance for needy low - and middle-income students , '' according to a statement from the Board of Regents . The tuition hike is expected to raise $ 505 million for the university system , and about $ 175 million of that money is to go toward student financial aid , the board said . CNN 's Alan Duke , Augie Martin , Greg Morrison and Lynn Lamanivong contributed to this report .
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NEW : Nearly 100 have been arrested at UC campuses over the past two days . NEW : 41 demonstrators at Berkeley cited for trespassing after taking over building . Higher-ed students across California have been protesting a 32 percent tuition hike . University officials say fee hikes needed since they 've already made deep spending cuts .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Scientists say they are a step closer to recreating the conditions at the birth of the universe and to understanding life as we know it , after the successful collision of heavy lead ions in a massive machine in Europe . This week , for the first time , ions were smashed together inside the Large Hadron Collider along the French and Swiss border . Until now , only protons had been collided in the experiment . The tiny particles ' lightning-fast collision promised to produce temperatures up to 100,000 times hotter than the sun , said Michael Tuts , a professor in experimental high-energy physics at New York 's Columbia University and one of hundreds of scientists involved in the project . `` What we 're doing is reproducing the conditions that existed at the very early universe , a few millionths of a second after the Big Bang , '' said Tuts , referencing the cosmic explosion that many scientists believe spawned the universe from one minuscule particle . ALICE , an acronym for A Large Ion Collider Experiment , is run through the European Laboratory for Nuclear Research and involves physicists , engineers and technicians from around the world . Many of these scientists will examine the aftereffects of this latest ion collision as they try to step back further to the universe 's emergence billions of years ago . The lead ion , Tuts explained , is a lead atom that does not contain electrons -- thus , is more likely reflective of what matter existed in the millionths of a second after the Big Bang . By combining more and more basic elements , scientists hope to better understand how various particles came together to create the modern-day universe and all it contains . `` We hope to understand how we 're put together , how these -LRB- basic -RRB- constituents go on to make protons and neutrons , which in turn go on to make the atoms that you and I are made of , '' Tuts told CNN . Microseconds after the Big Bang , there was a `` hot soup '' of particles called quarks and gluons at a temperature of around 2 trillion degrees above absolute zero , John Harris , professor of physics at Yale University , said last year . Although they have never been directly seen , these particles are theoretically the building blocks of the bigger particles -- protons , neutrons and electrons -- that form the universe as we know it .
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Lead ions have collided for the first time inside a massive machine in Europe . The collision is part of an experiment aiming to recreate post-Big Bang conditions . Scientists are working with basic elements to understand how atoms came together .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gunmen shot and killed the mayor of the Mexican town of Guadalupe as his wife and child watched , the mayor of nearby Ciudad Juarez told CNN . Mexican federal police confirmed the shooting death of Guadalupe Mayor Jesus Manuel Lara Rodriguez . Ciudad Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said Lara , who maintained what was apparently a second home in Juarez , was killed outside that house as he walked to his car . `` He was a very good man , a man set on bringing law and order to that city , '' said Reyes . `` This is a big loss , '' he said . Lara , who became the mayor of Guadalupe in 2007 , had apparently taken up residence in Juarez to protect his family , Reyes told CNN . He kept his official home in Guadalupe . `` He was killed in the eastern part of Juarez ... he never told me he had a house here , he never asked for protection from the city , '' the Juarez mayor said . Reyes said violence increased in Guadalupe since 2,000 federal troops arrived in Juarez early in the year . Guadalupe -- a city bordering Hudspeth County , Texas -- once had 40 policemen but is now left with four , he said . The northern Mexico state of Chihuahua is one of the main battlegrounds for rival drug cartels fighting for access to the U.S. drug-trade corridor . Reyes said he had a long partnership with Lara as both mayors rallied for more support for border cities in the war against drug cartels . `` His -LSB- Lara 's -RSB- case is the best proof that the fight against the flow of drugs into the U.S. is right at the border , '' said Reyes .
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Mexican federal police confirmed the shooting death of Jesus Manuel Lara Rodriguez . Victim 's wife and child watched the slaying , says Ciudad Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz . `` He never asked for protection from the city , '' the Juarez mayor says . `` This is a big loss ''
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Paris , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- About three dozen survivors of last month 's brutal attack on a Baghdad church have found refuge in France , where they have been given temporary status as asylum seekers . The 35 Iraqis , many of them with bullet and grenade wounds , arrived by plane in Paris on Monday night and were taken by ambulance to hospitals . Another group of 93 people is scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks , France 's immigration ministry said . French Immigration Minister Eric Besson said France was offering refuge to 150 victims of the attack as a gesture of friendship and support to Christians who face hardships . `` France supports their desire to remain and live in peace on their land , where they have lived for centuries , '' Besson said . They will be issued a long-stay , renewable visa by the French Embassy in Baghdad , health coverage and a permit that allows them to work for at least six months . Besson said the government will help the Iraqis find jobs . A group called the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the gruesome October 31 siege of the Sayidat al-Nejat cathedral that left 70 people dead and 75 wounded . The umbrella group includes a number of Sunni extremist organizations and has ties to al Qaeda in Iraq . Among the dead were women , children and two priests . It was one of the worst attacks against Iraq 's dwindling Christian minority in recent years . `` It was five hours of terror , five hours where we did n't know whether we were going to live or die , '' said one of the survivors after arriving in Paris . Christians were once believed to have been a community of almost 1.5 million people in Iraq . But as many as half have fled the country since the war began in 2003 . Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Athanasios Dawood in Britain has criticized the Iraqi government for failing to protect its minorities and has urged Iraqi Christians to flee their homeland . `` I say clearly and now -- the Christian people should leave their beloved land of our ancestors and escape the premeditated ethnic cleansing . This is better than having them killed one by one , '' said Dawood , according to prepared remarks he sent to CNN . The latest church attack victims are being welcomed as part of a French government program for Iraqis belonging to `` vulnerable religious minorities , '' Besson said . Since the program began in 2007 , he said , France has welcomed 1,300 people under its auspices .
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Some of the survivors are suffering from bullet and grenade wounds . Another group of 93 Iraqis is scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks . They are being welcomed as part of a program for `` vulnerable religious minorities '' The number of Christians in Iraq is dwindling .
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Fort Hood , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On the fifth day of every month , the loved ones of soldiers killed and wounded in the Fort Hood shootings last year make sure to think positive thoughts instead of dwelling on the carnage of last November 5 . `` We call ourselves a family ; that 's how we cope , '' Jessica Hansen , the fiance of wounded Staff Sgt. Patrick Zeigler , told CNN on Monday . `` We mark the fifth of every month . All of us do . Instead of using that to mark something tragic , we try to use that day to mark our accomplishments and our feats . '' On Tuesday , Hansen and the others will finally learn more about what happened last November when the alleged gunman , Army Maj. Nidal Hasan , is wheeled into a military courtroom for the start of a hearing to determine if he 'll be court-martialed . Hasan , 40 , is accused of killing 13 people and wounding 32 in the shooting spree at this sprawling Army post . He 's paralyzed from the upper chest down after civilian police shot him four times . The Article 32 hearing , like a civilian grand jury , will consider the evidence against Hasan and decide whether the case will move forward to a court-martial that could bring the death penalty . Unlike a grand jury , the hearing is open to the public , and both the defense and prosecution can present witnesses and evidence . Army prosecutors have refused to speak publicly about the case or release a witness list . They are expected to call every person wounded in the shootings , as well as others , to provide a second-by-second account of what happened on November 5 , 2009 . John Galligan , Hasan 's civilian attorney , had wanted the hearing closed to the public , but his motion was denied . Hasan , a U.S.-born citizen of Palestinian descent , faces 13 counts of first-degree murder for allegedly opening fire at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood , killing 12 soldiers and a civilian . He also is charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder for the 30 military personnel and two civilians wounded at the center , where soldiers prepare to deploy for Afghanistan and Iraq . The shootings at the nation 's largest Army post , in central Texas between Dallas and San Antonio , shocked the nation and raised questions about whether a so-called homegrown terrorist had operated within the military system without detection . The Article 32 hearing is not expected to provide answers to why Hasan , who had communicated with a known Islamic extremist and made anti-U.S. comments , was promoted nonetheless . At the time of the shootings , Hasan was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan , military officials said . The FBI has said it was aware of communication between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki , a Yemeni-American cleric who has promoted jihad against the United States and other Western countries . But investigators had determined those contacts were `` consistent with research being conducted by Maj. Hasan . '' Clerics at the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church , Virginia -- which Hasan attended when he lived in the area -- described him as a loner . Shaikh Shaker Elsayed said they were not successful in finding him a wife , and Imam Johari Abdul-Malik said some people believed Hasan changed after his mother 's death in 2001 . Galligan , a longtime military lawyer who now defends accused soldiers , said Hasan spends his days on base in bed . He has a Quran and can watch television , and a pail in his cell serves as his bathroom , the attorney said . Legal jockeying so far indicates the Article 32 hearing will be contentious . Last week , Galligan said he instructed Hasan not to cooperate with a government-ordered psychiatric evaluation . Col. Morgan Lamb , the officer overseeing the case , had indicated in January that the military would not `` meet with , test or examine '' Hasan until after the Article 32 hearing . But in a recent memo obtained by CNN , Lamb said he reversed his decision after the defense said in court last month that it may introduce mental capacity evidence for consideration in the case . Galligan denied the defense had made such a statement . The hearing could stretch into November , with the prosecution set to present its case through October 29 , followed by a one-week recess when Fort Hood will mark the first anniversary of the shootings , referred to by some as `` 5/11 . '' On Monday , a federal holiday with the base closed to journalists , there was little attention being paid to the upcoming hearing . A front-page story in the Killeen Daily Herald with the headline `` Hasan 's Article 32 Hearing Begins Tuesday '' was dwarfed by stories on frozen Social Security benefits and delays in federal aid involving Tropical Storm Hermine . Soldiers showed little interest in talking about the shootings or the suspect , refusing to give their names and offering only brief responses that indicated they want the whole thing to be over . For Hansen , the hearing is the first step of what she believes will be a long process to bring justice to the victims , including Zeigler , who was hospitalized for 10 months in Texas and Minnesota . With all the attention on Hasan as the hearing approached , she said she `` cringed '' at how some of those wounded in the shootings struggled alone and unnoticed . CNN 's Tom Cohen contributed to this report .
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NEW : Fiance of wounded soldier says families of victims band together . Nidal Hasan is charged with 13 murder counts . The Article 32 hearing starting Tuesday could last a month . The hearing will determine if Hasan gets court-martialed .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A Florida mother has been arrested for her alleged part in attempting to sell her 8-week-old son , police said Tuesday . Stephanie Bigbee Fleming , 22 , is the third person charged in the case . Her mother , Patty Bigbee , 45 , and her mother 's boyfriend , Lawrence Works , 42 , were arrested and charged last week . Fleming was already incarcerated on unrelated charges . Bigbee is accused of having approached a potential buyer in late October , offering to sell the infant for $ 75,000 , the Florida Department of Law Enforcement -LRB- FDLE -RRB- said in a statement . The would-be buyer then contacted authorities . Together , they negotiated the price of the baby down to $ 30,000 and agreed to meet , the statement said . Bigbee and her boyfriend arranged the sale for last Friday , at which point officers swept in . `` They were in contact , '' said FDLE spokesman Keith Kameg about the mother and daughter . `` And according to our investigation , they discussed the sale of the child . The birth mother was told by her mother that the sale price was $ 10,000 . '' Police say Fleming had agreed to receive $ 9,000 from the sale and that she planned to buy a new vehicle with the money . The infant is currently in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families . Fleming 's bond was set at $ 50,000 , while Bigbee 's was put at $ 100,000 . Works is being held on a $ 50,000 bond .
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Stephanie Bigbee Fleming , 22 , was already incarcerated on unrelated charges . She conspired with her mother to sell the infant , police say . The baby remains in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families .
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London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Shares in Rolls-Royce rose Monday after the company announced that it had made progress in understanding the cause of a Qantas mid-air engine blow-out . The shares rose by 2.62 percent -- they had been 14 percent down from Thursday after the Australian carrier revealed early Monday that oil leaks had been discovered in the engines on three of its planes after being examined by Rolls-Royce engineers . This follows last week 's aborted flight by an A380 , which was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore shortly after take off when one of its engines failed . Rolls-Royce on Monday issued a statement saying the Qantas problem was caused by an `` incident specific to the Trent 900 engine . '' `` As a result , a series of checks and inspections has been agreed with Airbus , with operators of the Trent 900 powered A380 and with the airworthiness authorities , '' the Rolls-Royce statement continued . Qantas CEO Alan Joyce told reporters the leaks were `` beyond normal tolerances '' and that the planes will not return to service until the airline is `` 100 percent sure '' about their safety , . `` It is disturbing that Qantas found three more engines that needed to be looked at . That 's a total of four , '' aviation consultant Peter Goelz told CNN . `` This is a relatively ... young aircraft . These engines have probably less than 200,000 total hours , so it is an issue that we need to be concerned about . '' New safety fears ground Qantas A380s . Singapore airlines and Lufthansa also operate the A380 equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines , but they reported no problems after carrying out their own extensive checks . Their fleets are now flying again . Dubai-based Emirates also operate the double-decked Airbus A380 but with GP7000 engines , designed as part of a joint venture between U.S. manufacturers General Electric and Pratt and Whitney . These engines have not been part of the current safety scare . Before the share price recovery , more than $ 1.6 billion had been wiped off the value of British-based Rolls-Royce , its share value dropping by 14 percent since Thursday . Shares in EADS , which owns Airbus , were down by half a percent for the same period . `` We 're looking at a period of time when investors will be pretty jittery , '' said Dan Thisdell of Flightglobal.com . `` But they 've got to grapple with this problem in a way that maintains confidence among their prospective customers as well as existing customers . `` If it is some kind of underlying design flaw , though this would seem unlikely given the enormous expertise and modern computer simulation technology available to Rolls-Royce , then there could be a problem given the level of investment involved . '' In August , another Rolls-Royce engine -- this time a Trent 1000 -- suffered an uncontained failure during testing in England . This particular model is designed to power Boeing 's latest commercial aircraft , the 787 Dreamliner . Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday that the Trent 1000 issue was not connected to the Qantas Trent 900 incident . Rolls-Royce said in the statement : `` This incident happened during a development program with an engine operating outside normal parameters . We understand the cause and a solution has been implemented . '' With at least half of the 850 787s on order destined to be powered by Trent engines , Thisdell told CNN that this will be another profitable source of income for a very long time . `` Many airlines have placed orders for aircraft years down the line and have not yet selected their preferred engine , '' he said . `` But no-one has a better reputation than Rolls-Royce . Many airlines will order Rolls-Royce engines as a matter of course because they 've had first rate service from them for years . `` Not every airline see it this way , but many -- particularly small and medium-sized airlines -- feel some comfort in having a single supplier of engines for all the aircraft they fly because it provides some commonality with maintenance , spares and training for mechanics . '' As if to reinforce this point , Rolls-Royce on Monday announced a new $ 350 million engine servicing contract with Egyptair , who operate a fleet of Airbus A330s fitted with Trent 700 engines .
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Rolls-Royce says Qantas `` incident specific to the Trent 900 engine '' Oil leaks found in Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines on three Qantas Airbus A380s . CEO : Alan Joyce told reporters the leaks were `` beyond normal tolerances '' Rolls-Royce share value dropped by 10 percent since Qantas initial reported problem .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin took time off from his political duties on Sunday to try his hand at Formula One racing in St. Petersburg . As the world 's best racing drivers battled it out at the penultimate race of the 2010 Formula One season in Brazil , Putin got behind the wheel of a F1 car for the first time and spent several hours test-driving a Renault vehicle on an empty stretch of road on the outskirts of his home city . The former president reached speeds of 150mph in the car and was pleased with his racing debut . `` For a first time , it was good , '' he told reporters afterwards . Putin -- who is expected to run for a third term in the presidential office in 2012 -- is no stranger to extreme activities and the 58-year-old has often been spotted on hunting and fishing trips , as well as riding motorbikes and piloting planes . However , Putin 's attempt at motor racing comes just four years before Russia hosts its first ever grand prix in Sochi -- the same year as the Black Sea Resort will be the venue for the Winter Olympics .
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Vladimir Putin had a go at Formula One racing in St Petersburg on Sunday . Russian prime minister reached speeds of 150mph in the Renault car . Former president has often been seen taking part in extreme sporting activities . Russia will host its first F1 race in Sochi in 2014 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nick Heidfeld has joined Mercedes as back-up for Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg to complete the new team 's line-up for the 2010 Formula One season . The 32-year-old , who raced for BMW Sauber for the past four years and has a decade of experience in motorsport 's elite category , will take on a testing role and also be a reserve driver . `` I am very pleased to be joining the Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One team , '' the German told official Web site www.mercedes-gp.com on Thursday . `` It 's the team which has attracted the most interest in the close season , not only because of the comeback of Michael Schumacher , but also because this season sees the return of the Silver Arrows cars as a Mercedes-Benz works team for the first time in over 50 years . `` While I would of course have preferred a seat as an active driver , I am really proud to be part of the new Silver Arrows team . I have seen how committed everyone at the team is and I feel the same . I will be doing my very best to support Michael and Nico this year . '' Heidfeld has a long association with Mercedes , which took over the world champion Brawn team at the end of last year . He was supported by the German manufacturer as a junior driver , and then was test driver for McLaren Mercedes for the 1998 and 1999 seasons before earning his first race drive with Prost in 2000 . Since then he has competed in 167 grands prix , achieving 12 podium finishes , but was left without a team when BMW pulled out of F1 last year . He joins a team led by Ross Brawn , who led the outfit to shock double world titles in 2009 as Jenson Button won the drivers ' crown and Rubens Barrichello placed third overall to help clinch the manufacturers ' championship . Button has since moved to McLaren while veteran Brazilian Barrichello joined Williams , one of Heidfeld 's former teams .
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Nick Heidfeld joins Mercedes as back-up for Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg . The German will be reserve driver for the new team and also take on testing role . The 32-year-old spent the past four years at BMW Sauber and has driven in 167 races . He has had an association with German manufacturer since his early days as a driver .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Randy Turner knows there 's a huge gap in age and technology between him and his adolescent students . Critics say social-networking site communications blur the necessary line between educators and students . So when the 52-year-old set up a MySpace page and his students began asking to add him as a friend and sending him questions about assignments , he realized he was on to something . `` Just the very fact that I have MySpace makes them think , ` Well , maybe we can talk to this guy and open the lines of communication , ' '' said Turner , who teaches English at South Middle School in Joplin , Missouri . `` I realized this is a major way of communication for them . '' MySpace had 72.8 million national users in June , versus Facebook 's 37.4 million , according to a ComScore Media Metrix study . Once available only to students with college e-mail addresses , Facebook opened its virtual doors to everybody two years ago . Despite perceptions , the sites are n't populated just by teens and 20-somethings . A 2006 ComScore survey found that half of those registered on MySpace were 35 and older , while a similar study last year found that almost 40 percent of Facebook users were above 35 . Teachers such as Turner believe sites like MySpace help them connect with their students about homework , tutoring and other school matters . But others fear the social-networking sites are breeding inappropriate relationships between teachers and students . In Missouri in particular , a rash of student-teacher sexual relationships have spawned crackdowns on social-networking friendships . Web site badbadteacher.com , which keeps track of teachers disciplined , arrested and convicted of inappropriate behavior with students , lists 11 such teachers from Missouri within the last two years . Which is why state legislator Jane Cunningham is sponsoring a bill in the Missouri House of Representatives that would ban elementary school teachers from having social-networking friendships with their students . Turner said he understands the reasoning for the bill . He acknowledged that in some cases , teachers have become the public face of inappropriate Facebook and MySpace relationships with kids . `` I see where they are coming from , '' Turner said . `` You ca n't argue with people whose intentions are trying to protect children . But the simple fact is , you take these people who prey on children and they are going to find a way to do it , whether it 's over Facebook or not . '' Those teachers are ruining it for the ones legitimately trying to help children , Turner said . `` There are so many kids who are stubborn against anything teachers say , who are struggling in the classroom and refuse to ask for help , '' Turner said . `` When it 's so hard to reach these kids , why would you remove any of the weapons at your disposal to make a difference ? '' Facebook does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register , according to its Web site . Users must be at least 14 to register on MySpace , although such age restrictions are difficult to enforce . In addition to the bill in the Missouri legislature , other school boards , teacher unions and parent-teacher associations across the country are drafting policies and issuing advisements about which online or text-messaging relationships are acceptable . The Lamar County School Board in Missouri recently implemented a policy forbidding teachers and students from having any text-message conversations or social-networking friendships . Jim Keith , an education lawyer who represents several school boards in Missouri , has been giving talks to teachers in which he explains that most of the inappropriate student-teacher relationships start out on a friendship level . Keith spoke of one instance where a parent thought her child was spending extra time with a teacher who was trying to help her child overcome shyness . At Keith 's urging , they checked the child 's phone bill and found 4,200 text messages between the teacher and student . `` As an educator , there is a line of demarcation between you and your student , '' Keith said . `` It 's a line that you can not come close to , let alone step over . You 've got to establish it from Day One and say , ` I 'm not your buddy ; I 'm not your friend ; I 'm just your teacher . ' '' Keith agrees that teachers sometimes need to communicate after school with students about educational matters , but he said that 's why teachers in Missouri have their own class pages hosted by their school districts . Those pages eliminate the need for Facebook or MySpace , he says , and allow the schools to monitor all student-teacher communication . Many students , including Dixie Johnston , a senior at Hickman High School in Columbia , Missouri , said that although their teachers have school-sponsored pages , most students rarely check them . Turner insists that Facebook and MySpace are n't the evils that regulators should be after . Instead Turner wishes the focus remain on vetting the teachers being put in charge of the nation 's youth . `` It 's a sad thing , but with teaching you are going to have people who are attracted to the profession because of easy availability of kids , '' Turner said . `` Those predators are going to be there . But most of the time there are warning signs , and that 's what we need to be working on , getting those people out ... not stopping teachers who have n't caused problems from reaching those who need -LSB- help -RSB- most . ''
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Some teachers use sites like MySpace to help connect , communicate with students . Critics say the online communication breeds inappropriate relationships . Proposed law would ban teachers from having online friendships with students . Teacher says predators will get to children even if online friendships barred .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jorge Lorenzo kept the MotoGP title race alive with victory at the Indianapolis Grand Prix on Sunday as world champion Valentino Rossi crashed out . Valentino Rossi ploughed into the grass alongside the Indianapolis circuit when he crashed out . Rossi saw his lead halved to 25 points with five races remaining as the Italian failed to finish for the first time since 2007 . He went down on lap nine of 28 when battling for the lead with Yamaha teammate Lorenzo , and was able to remount -- but then had to retire two laps later due to his damaged motorcycle . Lorenzo had started the American race from second on the grid , ahead of Rossi but behind his fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa . Pedrosa , who won at Laguna Seca in California earlier this year and is fourth overall , suffered a crash on just the fourth lap while still leading . He picked up his Repsol Honda machine and rejoined the race in last place , but could only finish 10th . Lorenzo cruised to victory more than nine seconds clear of Alex de Angelis , who earned his first podium finish after starting fourth on the grid for San Carlo Honda Gresini . The 22-year-old now has 187 points , behind eight-time world champion Rossi 's 212 . `` Before this race I was telling the press that it was almost impossible , whereas now I would say it is difficult , but not impossible , '' Lorenzo told the MotoGP Web site of his title chances . He was delighted after having himself failed to finish the last two races at Brno and Donington . `` Today the situation has changed completely and now it has happened to Valentino and Dani , unfortunately for them . However , for me , the situation is good , '' Lorenzo said . `` It was difficult to keep my concentration for 20 laps , because it was a little bit boring . Bit you can not relax when it is like that because if you think about something else you could crash . Anyway , I had some fun on the last lap and it is a very nice feeling ! '' Former world champion Nicky Hayden finished third in his best result since joining Ducati , with the American having finished second in the inaugural Indianapolis event last year before switching teams . He managed to hold off a late challenge from Andrea Dovizioso , his replacement at Repsol Honda , while American Colin Edwards came home in fifth on his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 . British rider James Toseland equaled his best finish in MotoGP when he claimed sixth for Edwards ' team after Italian Marco Melandri crashed late on .
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Jorge Lorenzo keeps MotoGP title race alive with victory at Indianapolis . World champion Valentino Rossi 's lead halved to 25 points with five races left . Italian fails to finish for first time since 2007 after crashing on the ninth lap . His teammate Lorenzo wins by more than nine seconds from Alex de Angelis .
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Jakarta , Indonesia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Indonesian volcano has killed 240 people since it started erupting in October , officials said Saturday , a day after it spewed more hot ash and sent residents fleeing . More than 390,000 people have been displaced , according to the nation 's disaster coordination board . At least 162 people suffered severe burns , the board said on its website . Indonesia 's Mount Merapi started erupting on October 26 . On Friday , it spewed volcanic material for more than an hour . Merapi , which looms on the horizon north of the major city of Yogyakarta , is on the island of Java . Officials said Thursday the worst may be over , but a danger zone remains within a 20-kilometer -LRB- 12.2-mile -RRB- radius of the volcano . Government experts have kept Merapi 's alert level at 4 , the highest . President Obama was forced to cut short his visit to Indonesia this week because of the volcano 's ash cloud . President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called the volcanic eruptions a crisis situation . Over the weekend , he and several ministers visited the area to oversee relief efforts . The volcano has a summit elevation of almost 3,000 meters -LRB- 10,000 feet -RRB- . It is one of Indonesia 's most active volcanoes and lies in one of the world 's most densely populated areas . About 1,300 people died when the volcano erupted in 1930 . Many people continue to live in the shadow of the volcano , raising crops and livestock . The president has announced that residents will receive compensation for livelihoods and animals lost to the eruptions . The government will buy endangered cows on the volcano , Yudhoyono said . Many of those who live on its slopes risked their lives by staying or returning to feed their cows during lulls in the volcanic activity . CNN 's Andy Saputra contributed to this report .
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At least 162 people suffer severe burns . Mount Merapi started erupting on October 26 . Officials say almost 400,000 people have fled their homes . The worst may be over , authorities say , but a danger zone remains .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- MotoGP is in mourning following the tragic death of Japan 's teenage rider Shoya Tomizawa after an accident in the San Marino Moto2 Grand Prix on Sunday . Tomizawa came off his Suter bike on a bend and was struck by the following bikes of Italian Alex de Angelis and Briton Scott Redding -- an impact which saw the 19-year-old thrown down the circuit and into the gravel . Race organizers confirmed that Tomizawa had died in hospital from serious injuries to his skull , chest and abdomen . A statement read : `` Shoya Tomizawa suffered a serious crash and subsequent cranial , thoracic and abdominal trauma . `` He was taken to hospital in Riccione for immediate treatment but succumbed to his injuries . All the MotoGP family wants to express its deepest condolences to his family and friends . '' Tomizawa 's death was the first in the sport since 24-year-old compatriot Daijiro Kato died in April 2003 at the Japanese MotoGP in Suzuka . Moto2 is the class below MotoGP and the main race followed before news of Tomizawa 's death had been confirmed . Honda rider Dani Pedrosa of Spain claimed victory , his fourth of the season and second in a row , after starting from pole position . Compatriot and world championship leader Jorge Lorenzo finished second and world champion Valentino Rossi was third . However , there was an understandably subdued podium ceremony when confirmation of Tomizawa 's death became known . `` It feels so strange , there is a big hole inside me . I was so happy and then I was told the news and this big hole opened up inside me , '' the 24-year-old Pedrosa told BBC TV . Rossi , winner of the race for the past two seasons , was visibly moved to tears , saying : `` When it happens like this nothing else really matters . ''
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MotoGP is in mourning following the tragic death of Japan 's Shoya Tomizawa . The 19-year-old died in an accident during the San Marino Moto2 GP on Sunday . His death was the first in the sport since compatriot Daijiro Kato died in April 2003 . The main MotoGP race was won by Spain 's Dani Pedropsa from Jorge Lorenzo in second .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn believes Michael Schumacher can show improvement when the Formula One circuit moves to China next week . The seven-time world champion has struggled to challenge for a podium place in three races since returning to motorsport 's elite class , and has been outperformed by young teammate Nico Rosberg . But Brawn , whose team won the world title last year after a scintillating start to the campaign , believes that the 41-year-old Schumacher has suffered from problems not within his control . While Rosberg claimed third place in Malaysia , Schumacher was forced to retire with a wheel nut problem . `` Achieving our first podium of the season with Nico was very rewarding in Malaysia at the home race of our title partner Petronas and a timely boost for the team , '' Brawn told F1 's official Web site . `` Michael also had a strong weekend and is getting more up to speed with every race , although circumstances beyond his control limited his race performance in Melbourne and Sepang . `` We hope to continue these signs of improvement in China and it would be particularly good for Michael to be able to have a clean race and show the progress that he has made since the start of the season . `` I am very pleased with the performance of our drivers . We 've achieved a reasonable set of results which are in line with the car 's current pace , but we have to be realistic and acknowledge that we are not quick enough to compete right at the front at the moment . This is obviously not a situation that we are happy with and we are working as hard as possible to close the gap . '' Schumacher is 10th in the drivers ' standings after finishing sixth and 10th in the first two races , while fellow German Rosberg is fifth -- four points behind overall leader Felipe Massa of Ferrari . `` The enthusiasm for Mercedes-Benz and the support of the fans is very big in China so we have an attractive race ahead of us in Shanghai next weekend , Schumacher said . `` I am confident that the fans will not leave the race disappointed . We looked quite reasonable in Malaysia at the last race and maybe things will play into our hands again in Shanghai . I am looking forward to the race and fully enjoying the competition again . `` Admittedly the last two races have not been very fortunate for me , but I am very much aware of the reasons for it . I know how things go in F1 and if you look into the detail of the two races , I think everything is still going according to plan . You can only improve step by step , and I am confident that we are achieving this . ''
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Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn says Michael Schumacher not to blame for problems . Seven-time world champion retired in third race of his F1 comeback in Malaysia . Brawn expects the 41-year-old to keep showing improvement in Chinese Grand Prix . German has been outperformed by young teammate Nico Rosberg so far this year .
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Atlanta , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Motor vehicle accidents do n't just impact the people involved , they also impact the economy , to the tune of just under $ 100 billion for medical care and injury-related productivity losses in the United States each year , according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday . That includes $ 3.6 billion annually toward injuries to children . On average , each licensed driver in the United States ponies up about $ 500 a year toward the total costs , the CDC said . `` Every 10 seconds , someone in the United States is treated in an emergency department for crash-related injuries , and nearly 40,000 people die from these injuries each year . This study highlights the magnitude of the problem of crash-related injuries from a cost perspective , and the numbers are staggering , '' Dr. Grant Baldwin , the director of the CDC 's Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention , National Center for Injury Prevention and Control , said in a press release . According to the study , injuries , both fatal and nonfatal , to people riding in cars and light trucks cost $ 70 billion a year . Injuries to motorcyclists cost $ 12 billion . Bicyclists and pedestrians , who are vulnerable against motor vehicles , cost $ 5 billion and $ 10 billion a year respectively , the CDC said . The study also found the amount of money that goes toward motorcyclists ' and pedestrians ' injuries is disproportionate when compared to the number of injuries , likely due to the severity of their injuries . While motorcyclists only account for 6 percent of motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries , they lead to 12 percent of the costs . And pedestrians , who only comprise 5 percent of motor vehicle-related deaths and injuries , consume 10 percent of the total costs , according to the study . The CDC said several policy initiatives have been proven to cut down on crash injuries and deaths , including graduated driver licensing programs , which allow new teen drivers to get road experience in low-risk situations . The CDC says strong graduated driver licensing laws have been associated with up to 40 percent decreases in crashes among 16-year-old drivers . Other CDC-recommended policies include child safety seat education , seat belt laws and enforcement , sobriety checkpoints , and motorcycle and bicycle helmet laws . The CDC said the study , published in the the journal `` Traffic Injury Prevention , '' used data from 2005 , the last year from which relevant data were available from multiple sources .
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Motor vehicle crashes lead to about $ 100 billion a year in U.S. costs , says the CDC . Children 's injuries cost $ 3.6 billion a year . Motorcyclists and pedestrians tend to get worse injuries and have higher medical costs . Preventive measures include monitoring teen drivers , seat belts , safety seats , helmets .
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-LRB- CNN Student News -RRB- -- August 30 , 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today 's show : . • New Orleans , Louisiana • North Korea • Washington , D.C. Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT . THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED . CARL AZUZ , CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR : Hi everyone . I 'm Carl Azuz and this is CNN Student News . We are commercial free and coming directly to your classroom from the CNN Center in Atlanta . Let 's go ahead and get things started right now . First Up : Katrina - Then and Now . AZUZ : First up , remembering a day five years ago that changed the lives of thousands of Americans : the day that Hurricane Katrina made landfall . Ceremonies and vigils took place all across the U.S. Gulf Coast yesterday . There 's been a lot of progress and rebuilding since Katrina hit , but most people agree that there 's still a lot that needs doing . During a visit to the Gulf yesterday , President Obama talked about the struggles facing the region . U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA : I do n't have to tell you that there are still too many vacant and overgrown lots . There are still too many students attending classes in trailers . There are still too many people unable to find work . And there are still too many New Orleans folks who have n't been able to come home . So , while an incredible amount of progress has been made , on this fifth anniversary , I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly , my administration is going to stand with you and fight alongside you until the job is done . AZUZ : If you were with us on Friday , you might remember the preview we gave you of `` Katrina : Then and Now . '' It 's a special project that compares New Orleans right after Katrina hit with how the city looks five years later . Today , we have the full report for you . Take a look at this . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO -RRB- . LAUREN DIMAGGIO , METAIRIE , LOUISIANA : Everything was gray , just like when you saw after 9/11 where , you know , the streets were all gray . You could not find any greenery . Nobody , no one coming down the street . It was very eerie , very eerie to be just in the silence . That 's what I remember , it just being so quiet . CONRAD WYRE III , HARVEY , LOUISIANA : There 's nothing , nothing really changed . I mean , like , you have an overturned car in the middle of the street . Yes , we moved that , but that 's it . Like I said , the people are not coming back . You do n't see the commerce , and it 's like some parts of the city are still like a ghost town . It 's just a reality that we have . It 's like , hey , this is how we live and this is what we have to deal with . DIMAGGIO : In the photo with the shrimp boat that is going a little ways into the house , where that boat came from I do n't know . But it 's at the end of a street close to a levee , which right on the other side is a body of water . So , I do n't know where this boat came from , but it certainly did n't belong on the street . JOYCE BERGMAN , NEW ORLEANS : I took pictures of a church . It was a church , basically , right behind me across the street . It was a two-story church with a huge set of stairs going up to it . And it collapsed sometime during the storm , so it was collapsed when I came back . The whole site has been cleared since , and now just the stairs are there . DIMAGGIO : I am hoping now that people will realize they have , whatever number it is , how many died in Mississippi , how many died in the Lower Ninth Ward . But really , you 'll get to see , you know , it was n't just that weekend or those few months , it continues . People are still affected by what happened . -LRB- END VIDEO -RRB- . Atlantic Hurricanes . AZUZ : Very powerful images there . Well , you science students , budding meteorologists might be interested in our next story today . We 're talking about a couple of weather systems . Last Friday , we told you about Tropical Storm Earl . Experts thought it might strengthen into a hurricane . It did . Earl became a category 1 hurricane yesterday . Forecasters think it could increase into a category 3 hurricane . Danielle , the storm that came before it , made it up to a category 4 storm status , although it was back down to a category 1 by Sunday afternoon . Officials still do n't think it 'll hit the U.S. , but Danielle is causing dangerous riptides , or strong currents . More than 200 people had to be rescued Saturday off the coast of Maryland . Authorities said most of them were swimmers who had gotten exhausted from fighting the currents . Indonesia Volcano . AZUZ : Moving over to Indonesia , where thousands of people are trying to get away from this : It 's a volcano , and it erupted over the weekend . That was kind of a surprise , since it has n't done that in more than 400 years ! Around 12,000 people who live in nearby villages were evacuated . This volcano last erupted in the 1600s . Officials say that because it 's been inactive for so long , they do n't know exactly what to expect . But , emergency response teams are on the scene . The Indonesian government says the situation is under control . Experts do n't think there 's too much risk of a large , destructive eruption . Freed American Home . AZUZ : The man stepping off of this airplane is former U.S. President Jimmy Carter ; you see him right there . He got back from a trip to North Korea on Friday , and he brought Aijalon Mahli Gomes back home with him . Gomes is a U.S. citizen who was arrested in North Korea back in January for illegally entering the country . Former President Carter went to North Korea on a private , humanitarian mission to try and get Gomes released . Shoutout . BARBARA BALL , CNN STUDENT NEWS : Time for the Shoutout ! Which of these historic figures spoke at the 1963 March on Washington ? Was it : A -RRB- Malcom X , B -RRB- Medgar Evers , C -RRB- Martin Luther King Jr. or D -RRB- Rosa Parks ? You 've got three seconds -- GO ! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr 's `` I Have a Dream '' speech was given at the March on Washington . That 's your answer and that 's your Shoutout ! Rallies in D.C. AZUZ : You history students are familiar with the speech . It was one of the defining moments of the American Civil Rights Movement . In it , Dr. King talked about his dream of people from different races living together peacefully and being judged by their character rather than their skin color . This past weekend marked the 47th anniversary of the march on Washington . The `` Reclaim the Dream '' rally commemorated the occasion . It took place this past Saturday in Washington . Thousands of people were there . It started at a local high school and ended on the National Mall , at the site of the future Martin Luther King Jr. . National Memorial . That 's just a few blocks away from the Lincoln Memorial , and that was where Dr. King gave the `` I Have a Dream '' speech in 1963 . And it 's also where another major rally took place on Saturday , the `` Restoring Honor '' rally . It was organized by conservative commentator Glenn Beck . Some reports estimated that tens of thousands of people gathered for the event . Beck said that the goal of the rally was to reclaim the Civil Rights Movement from politics . Is This Legit ? SHELBY LIN , CNN STUDENT NEWS : Is this legit ? The U.S. birth rate has gone up every year during the past decade . Not legit ! Recently , it 's been heading in the opposite direction . Birth Rate . AZUZ : So , here 's an interesting question : Could the recession be connected to a decrease in the U.S. birth rate ? At least one expert thinks the recession is the reason why . He says that when people are unsure of their financial future , they tend to put off having kids because , as some parents will tell you , kids are expensive . Now , the theory would seem to match up against this : In 2007 , when the economy started to get weaker , there were 14.3 babies born for every 1,000 people . In 2008 , the birth rate dropped to 13.9 . Last year , it went down to 13.5 . That same expert thinks that when the economy comes back , the birth rate will too . Beef Recall . AZUZ : About 8,500 pounds of ground beef are being recalled because of concerns about E. coli . That 's a kind of bacteria that can make you very sick . Three people -- two in Maine , one in New York -- did get sick from E. coli . Officials connected that to certain shipments of ground beef , and that 's what led to this recall . Fortunately , none of the three people who got sick needed to go to the hospital . Promo . AZUZ : Well , Fix Our Schools is a CNN project that takes a look at public education in America and focuses on some of the creative solutions that administrators and teachers and school officials and , yes , students are coming up with to cope , even as schools cope with budget crises nationwide . We 're gon na have special coverage on CNN Student News with ideas from students on what works in their school and what could make school better . You wo n't want to miss it . It will be right here on CNN Student News . Before We Go . AZUZ : Before we go today , one last story , we 're gon na butter you up . But it looks like we 've got plenty to spare . 800 pounds ' worth . That is how much butter it takes to create this edible artwork . If you eat straight butter . My aunt eats straight butter . I think it 's gross . This butter sculpture is the main attraction at the New York State Fair . It 's pretty impressive with all these details . I 'd say the butter artists deserve a pat on the back . The butter sculptures have been showcased at the fair for decades . Goodbye . AZUZ : They churn out a new one pretty regularly . And yes , we 're spreading it on pretty thick . Buy hey , butter you gon na do ? For CNN Student News , I 'm melting .
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Compare New Orleans today with how it looked after Hurricane Katrina hit . Learn about two rallies that took place in Washington , D.C. this weekend . Consider a connection between the economic recession and the U.S. birth rate . Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today 's featured news stories .
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Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A suburban Washington county official at the center of an FBI investigation into years of kickbacks says he is innocent and that the facts will prove it . Jack Johnson , who served as the executive of Prince George 's County , Maryland , since 2002 , spoke to reporters late Friday after the FBI released details of how he and his wife allegedly tried to hide checks and evidence of illegal payments , even going so far as to flush a $ 100,000 check down the toilet . The Johnsons were both charged with tampering with evidence and destruction of records after they appeared in federal court late Friday in Greenbelt , Maryland , just outside the U.S. capital . `` I 'm innocent of these charges and I just ca n't wait for the facts to come out , '' said Johnson . `` When they come out , I am absolutely convinced that I 'm going to be -- that we will be vindicated . '' An affidavit by an FBI investigator whose team was monitoring wiretaps detailed a dramatic end to an alleged years-long kickback scheme organized by the couple . Read the affidavit -LRB- pdf -RRB- . After the Johnsons were arrested , FBI agents searched their Mitchellville , Maryland , home , walking out with at least 10 boxes filled with evidence . U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein stressed the investigation is continuing . The Johnsons were released on their own recognizance , but Jack Johnson will be required to wear a monitoring device and presumably will be allowed to continue serving out the last weeks of his expiring term as county executive if he chooses . The judge , however , ordered him not to attempt to destroy any evidence . Jack Johnson had been the Prince George 's County prosecutor prior to his eight years as executive . Leslie Johnson was just recently elected to the nine-member Prince George 's County Council . `` We socialize with them and it 's just shocking , '' a female neighbor of the Johnsons told CNN affiliate WUSA on Friday . `` They 're very nice people , very kind people . '' The 10-page affidavit says the FBI began investigating Johnson in 2006 when it learned that certain real estate developers were paying Johnson for contracts . That led to `` a series of authorizations for the interception of wire communications . '' The frantic end began early Friday when Johnson allegedly received a $ 15,000 payoff , and the FBI suddenly barged into the room to demand an explanation . Johnson told them the cash was for a party marking the end of his tenure as county executive . He also claimed he had no dealings with the developer who was with him . The FBI says Johnson made a series of false statements . The agents let him go but then eavesdropped on a series of frantic phone calls between the couple as Jack Johnson and the FBI headed for the Johnsons ' Mitchellville home . `` Two women -LRB- agents -RRB- are at the door , '' Leslie told her husband . `` Do n't answer it , '' Jack said . He told her to run upstairs to their bedroom and go to `` my drawer . '' `` You will see a check in there that -LRB- an unidentified developer -RRB- wrote to me , '' he said . The affidavit says that when Leslie found the check , Jack told her to tear it up . `` Do you want me to put it down the toilet ? '' she asked . Jack Johnson replied , `` Yes , flush that . '' The agents monitoring the phone calls heard a flushing sound . Leslie Johnson grabbed cash from the bedroom and also ran to the basement and grabbed more cash . `` Put in your bra and walk out or something , I do n't know what to do , '' Jack Johnson said . `` I have it in my bra , '' his wife replied . Agents then searched Leslie Johnson and found $ 79,600 in her underwear , the FBI affidavit says . The wild ending may end up costing the Johnsons . The FBI says there is probable cause to believe that the pair `` tampered with ... evidence and engaged in destruction , alteration , and falsification of records in a federal investigation . '' The FBI document does not say how much money Johnson may have received in kickbacks or bribes . It does say at least some of the funds involved were targeted from an $ 80 million budget for programs supported by federal grants such as those from Department of Housing and Community Development . CNN 's Terry Frieden contributed to this report .
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Jack Johnson is executive of Prince George 's County , Maryland . He says he is innocent and the facts will prove it . He and his wife were charged Friday . An FBI affidavit describes years of kickbacks .
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-LRB- Rolling Stone -RRB- -- In the new issue of Rolling Stone , on stands in the digital archives this Friday , Phil Collins says he believes that he may have lived past lives -- and that he 's contemplated suicide . The reclusive singer -- who has n't released an album of new material in nearly ten years -- took writer Erik Hedegaard into his surprisingly modest home in Switzerland and explained that most of his time is now spent working on his gigantic collection of artifacts from the Alamo and raising his two young sons from his last marriage . Photos : Thirty Years of Genesis . Decades of criticism have taken their toll , and Collins says he has little desire to create more music beyond his new disc of Motown covers , Going Back . Rolling Stone : Collins ' Motown road show brings soul classics . `` I sometimes think I 'm going to write this Phil Collins character out of the story , '' the singer says . `` Phil Collins will just disappear or be murdered in some hotel bedroom , and people will say , ` What happened to Phil ? ' And the answer will be , ` He got murdered , but , yeah , anyway , let 's carry on . ' That kind of thing . '' Other highlights from the article : . • Collins has noticed glowing , semitransparent light orbs in a series of photos he took at the Alamo . `` It 's paranormal energy , '' he explains , noting that a psychic recently told him he fought at the fort in a previous lifetime . `` I do n't want to sound like a weirdo . I 'm not Shirley MacLaine , but I 'm prepared to believe . You 've seen the pictures . You ca n't deny them , so therefore it 's possible that I was there in another life . '' Rolling Stone : Collins on overcoming nerve damage . • A neck injury has left him unable to hold drum sticks , sign his signature or even -LRB- at times -RRB- wipe himself in the bathroom . `` I was going to stop drumming anyway , '' he says . `` I had stopped . I do n't miss it . '' • Collins admits that he 's had suicidal thoughts in recent years . `` I would n't blow my head off , '' he says . `` I 'd overdose or do something that did n't hurt . But I would n't do that to the children . A comedian who committed suicide in the sixties left a note saying , ` Too many things went wrong too often . ' I often think about that . '' Copyright © 2010 Rolling Stone .
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Singer Phil Collins says he believes that he may have lived past lives . His time is now spent working on his gigantic collection of artifacts from the Alamo . Neck injury has left him unable to hold drum sticks , sign his signature . `` I would n't blow my head off , '' Collins says . `` I 'd overdose or do something ''
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Passengers who disembarked from a Carnival Cruise Lines ship that was towed to port after losing power earlier this week gave mixed reviews on the experience , with several declaring it `` an adventure . '' `` A lot of things went wrong , but it was really fun , '' said one small passenger , Ryan Harlan , who was traveling with his parents . `` We went to the Kids ' Camp . '' He said the Kids ' Camp was , in fact , his favorite part , because he made some friends . And the worst part ? `` Being stranded in the middle of the ocean , '' he said . Some 3,300 passengers left the ship Thursday after the three-day ordeal that began with a fire in the ship 's engine room Monday . Engineers were unable to restore power to the ship after the fire was extinguished , leaving passengers without air conditioning , hot showers or decent meals . Instead , they had to settle for Spam and Pop-Tarts dropped off by the USS Ronald Reagan , a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that came to assist . The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it was investigating the onboard fire . Passengers said they were not told there was a fire . Guest Marquis Horace said the cruise line told passengers there was `` a flameless fire . ... Everybody just laughed . '' And passenger Ken King said guests were told there was `` a lot of smoke . '' `` It was absolutely deplorable , '' Horace said . At one point , the ship ran out of food , he said , and `` they started making mayo sandwiches . '' `` I expected a really nice time and it was like Gilligan 's Island or something , '' he said . He said he ate a lot of bananas and dry cereal , but at one point did n't want to eat anymore because the smell of overflowing toilets , spoiled food and rotten milk was overwhelming . Once the USS Ronald Reagan showed up to assist , passengers felt safer , he said . And the Navy provided good food -- Horace said he particularly enjoyed the bean burritos . `` We tried to make the best of it , '' said Horace , who was traveling with his best friend for both of their birthdays . `` It just completely got ruined . '' Some of the elderly passengers on board particularly struggled , he said . One woman , who used a scooter , could not take the stairs , and other passengers had to help her and carry the scooter . Horace said the woman across the hall from him was a diabetic , and her insulin had to be kept cold , but there was no way to do that . He said he and his companion had to help her to the bathroom . At one point , `` she was crying because she had no food , '' he said . One passenger was wheeled off the Splendor on a stretcher and was taken to a waiting ambulance , CNN affiliate KGTV reported . Horace said passengers brushed their teeth with bottled water , and `` showering in the dark is not fun . '' `` All that stuff we take for granted was totally missed , '' Horace said . He told CNN affiliate KFMB some of the floors were `` saturated with feces and urine '' after the toilets backed up . `` It was really nasty , '' he said . Trying to navigate the ship in the dark was `` like a search and rescue mission , '' said passenger Josh Vest , who was on his honeymoon . One woman , who said she worked for the cruise line , was wearing a T-shirt that said , `` I survived the 2010 Carnival Cruise Spamcation . '' Vendors met passengers at the port , selling the shirts for $ 20 . `` The first part of it was OK , '' King said of the cruise . `` The food was great , staff was great . '' But after the fire , he said , the food `` actually got worse . The toilets did n't work for about 12 hours . '' Chris Harlan , Ryan 's father , agreed . `` The first night was great when we got aboard , dancing and all that stuff , '' he told CNN affiliate KUSI . `` We called it an early night , and the next morning you could just feel the ship rattling , and we looked out the window and we could see smoke from our balcony . '' Several people said the experience was `` an adventure . '' `` Everything , from the military , to cold water showers , to Spam , to salads every day , '' Chris Harlan told CNN . Several passengers described long lines for food . But `` Carnival did a great job with the resources they had , '' he said . `` I ca n't say enough . The crew was great . ... We just made the most of it . '' The vessel became stranded Monday off the coast of Mexico after the fire . While Carnival said Wednesday that most passengers knew that the Splendor 's crew was doing the best it could , there were reports of passengers pledging not to take up the company 's offer of a free replacement trip . Because the ship was without most of its power , the company decided to wait until daylight Thursday for tugboats to deliver the Splendor to a dock , Carnival Cruise Lines CEO Gerry Cahill said at a news conference . One passenger , David Zambrano , a KUSA-TV employee , called his Denver , Colorado , station Wednesday from his cell phone and said many passengers were in the dark in their cabins and had to wait in line for two hours to eat the cold meals , which were being delivered to the ship by helicopter from the USS Ronald Reagan . `` Many of the people I have talked to said that they will never take another cruise again , especially with Carnival , '' said Zambrano . Others , however , said they would return . In addition to offering a free cruise , Carnival has promised passengers a refund and said it will cover their transportation costs . `` Conditions on the ship have been challenging , '' said Cahill , reiterating the cruise line 's apologies to families . `` We 're disappointed about it . Reports from the ship show guests believe we are doing the best we can , '' Cahill said . `` We ruined their vacations . I am optimistic they will return . '' Cahill said the crew did the best it could to make passengers comfortable , including offering free drinks . `` We wish to thank our guests for their patience and cooperation during this very difficult situation and offer our sincerest apologies , '' said Cahill . Carnival spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz acknowledged the unpleasant conditions . `` We know that the conditions were challenging and our crew worked extremely hard to make our guests as comfortable as possible until we could return them home safely . We sincerely apologize , '' de la Cruz said . The USS Ronald Reagan resupplied the ship on Tuesday . Sailors stood on the deck in 50-yard lines , handing off boxes of water , frozen bread , sandwich meats , granola bars , paper plates and more for the Splendor . The Reagan received 60,000 pounds of food , bottled water and supplies by airlift for the cruise ship , said Cmdr. Greg Hicks , spokesman of the U.S. Third Fleet . Carnival said it was making hotel and flight arrangements for guests once they reach port . About 100 representatives greeted the ship at the port Thursday to help passengers with transportation , hotel and other needs , Cahill said . The fire occurred about 6 a.m. Monday in the engine room of the Splendor , the cruise line said in a statement on its website . The blaze was extinguished , and no passengers or crew were injured . The seven-day cruise along the Mexican coast departed Sunday from Long Beach , California . Carnival has canceled a seven-day cruise that was to leave November 14 from Long Beach , the company said . `` We 've been in business for 35 years , '' Cahill said . `` We 've never had anything like this happen before . '' John Heald , Carnival 's senior cruise director , blogged Wednesday from the Carnival Splendor . `` I have to say that the crew has been absolutely epic and I am so very proud of each and every one of them , '' he wrote . `` One thing is for certain though , '' Heald added . `` I doubt anyone onboard will ever , ever want to eat a sandwich ever again . '' CNN 's Michael Martinez , Phil Gast , Paul Vercammen and Ashley Hayes contributed to this report .
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The NTSB is investigating the fire on the cruise ship . Passengers were told there was a `` flameless fire , '' one says . One says his birthday cruise was ruined . He says some elderly passengers were struggling .
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KABUL , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of excited music fans wait in line on the lookout for their favorite singers on a hit television show . Elaha Sorur was the lone female finalist on this season 's `` Afghan Star , '' the country 's answer to `` American Idol . '' Instead of spending the time outside a New York venue or Hollywood soundstage though , these fans braved barbed wire and gun-toting guards in Kabul to attend Afghanistan 's premier pop music event : the finals of `` Afghan Star , '' the embattled country 's answer to `` American Idol . '' In line , bright mod outfits have replaced Kabul 's normally conservative dress code . Onstage , men sport the latest styles . And on TV screens , a country 's new battle between traditional and pop culture plays out . `` For the young generation , '' says one fan in line , `` it 's very important to be cool , with a cool mind . '' Inside the concert hall , Jahid Mohseni , a 38-year-old Afghan-Australian media mogul , tries to manage the chaos he 's created . Singers , child acrobats and TV technicians all compete to get his attention before the start of Afghanistan 's biggest night of television . Mohseni , who started the country 's top television network , Tolo TV , said he 's just trying to revive Afghan culture after the fallow Taliban era when music and television were banned . Watch performances on `` Afghan Star '' '' `` Yes , we are promoting social change , but we can not push Afghan society where it does n't want to go . This is a commercial enterprise , and it 's reflecting what people want , '' Mohseni said . In Afghanistan , more than 60 percent of the population is younger than 25 , and judging by the popularity of `` Afghan Star , '' `` they 're like people everywhere . They 're not from Mars , '' Mohseni said . At the fourth-season finals this year , the audience included those who sat quietly as well as those who loudly cheered for contestants , including Naweed Forugh -LRB- who would be named the `` Afghan Star '' winner -RRB- , Naweed Sabirpur , Mehran Gulzar and Elaha Sorur , the lone female finalist . `` Art is in the blood of Afghans and has been for centuries , and it is still , '' Sorur said . `` During the years of fighting , the people have n't been able to use their artistry , but with time , it will get better and better . Afghanistan and the people of Afghanistan are ready for a change . '' But not everyone is happy with Mohseni 's programming choices . Afghanistan 's guardians of Islamic values , the Ulema Council , protested that `` Afghan Star '' and Tolo TV 's popular Indian soap operas were not part of Afghan culture . Afghanistan 's minister for information and culture even tried to stop the soap operas in court , claiming that it was a question of national security . And last year , a female finalist on `` Afghan Star '' received death threats and was forced into hiding after her head scarf fell to her shoulders during a performance . `` This young woman , beautiful , dancing with her hair free ... that symbolizes everything that is forbidden and was forbidden in Afghan culture , '' said Havana Marking , director of a documentary about the show 's 2008 season , also called `` Afghan Star . '' Mohseni points out that Afghanistan is near two powerful neighbors : India , with a population of 1.1 billion , and Iran , with almost 70 million people -LRB- compared with Afghanistan 's estimated 34 million -RRB- . `` You just have to sit down with your critics and explain that if we do n't have Afghan music and entertainment , Bollywood will take over , '' he said . `` We 're just trying to hold our own in the middle of what is effectively a cultural war . '' That culture war can be seen on Tolo TV . After meeting with the Ulema Council , Mohseni dreamed up another reality show called `` Tartil , '' or `` Koran Star . '' The three finalists were quizzed by religious authorities and judged on how well they 've memorized passages from the Quran , Islam 's holy book . There were no wild ovations when the winner was announced . But the finale still produced a bombshell : a shy 16-year-old schoolgirl named Uzra Mohamedi , who accepted the oversize $ 3,500 check without cracking a smile and dressed in a traditional black veil . Other TV programming in Afghanistan includes state-run news and lifestyle shows , a popular locally produced drama about an extended Afghan family , a sketch comedy show -- and the hit Kiefer Sutherland drama `` 24 . '' Mohseni said that `` Afghan Star '' pushes his country forward in subtle ways , for instance teaching a few valuable lessons in democracy . Winners are picked by fans who can vote on their mobile phones -- one SIM card , one vote . In previous elimination rounds , losers sometimes stormed off the set , refusing to accept defeat . But now they thank their supporters and graciously congratulate the winners . `` This is the educational component of our show , and hopefully it 'll rub off on our politicians , '' Mohseni said . To coincide with Afghanistan 's presidential elections in August , Mohseni created a reality show called `` The Candidate '' as a way to encourage a more robust political debate . Six young Afghans face off in mock presidential debates and compete in American-style election campaigns . In the future , Mohseni said he hopes the direction of Afghan culture will be decided democratically without traditionalists imposing values by force or government edicts . Either way , Tolo TV has an avid audience : According to Mohseni , the finals of both `` Afghan Star '' and `` Koran Star '' won their nights ' ratings races , easily beating the competition .
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`` Afghan Star '' is Afghanistan 's version of `` American Idol '' The show , one of Afghanistan 's most popular , has completed its fourth season . Another show , `` Koran Star , '' judges contestants ' knowledge of Islam 's holy book . Many observers see TV programming as a culture war inside Afghanistan .
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Palm Beach County , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- I am a U.S. Army veteran and I was once homeless and struggling with addiction . After I got out of the service , I was introduced to alcohol and drugs . I ended up on the street where I lived in drug houses , and saw shootings and crime of all types . The places I encountered when I was looking for a safe haven were no better than the streets . That 's when the commitment in my heart to help homeless veterans was born . I 've since dedicated my life to this cause . In 1994 I founded a nonprofit organization , Faith * Hope * Love * Charity , with another formerly homeless veteran , the late Donald Reed . In May 2000 , the vision became a reality and the doors to Stand Down House , a transitional living facility for homeless male veterans , opened . After being named a Top Ten CNN Hero in 2009 , I was able to complete my vision of providing a resource center that provides housing and services for women as well . About a quarter of homeless adults in this country are veterans , according to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans , yet the Census shows veterans represent only 10 percent of the civilian population . Studies vary because homeless populations are difficult to count , but on any given night , from 107,000 to 300,000 veterans are homeless . In the early years , we were mainly helping older vets . Now , we are seeing younger men , some in their 20s , many who have served in the war on terror , needing help . They may have different struggles from the older vets , but they still benefit from the same camaraderie . These men are also struggling with mental and physical illnesses , addictions and other issues related to combat , service and life . They also get help with the interpersonal problems they cause . We help them regain their lives , just like regained mine . I not only wanted to help homeless veterans , I wanted to help them before they became homeless , before they have to live through what I did . My charity in Palm Beach County , Florida , assists veterans , soldiers , and their families by providing supportive services , financial assistance , housing , mental health service referrals and more . I do what I do because I am one of them . It 's as simple as that . I practice what we are taught in the service , that no man should be left behind . We are still brothers-in-arms . Our `` First Stop Veterans ' Resource Center , '' FSVRC , helps with emergency financial aid , referrals , VA-SSA benefit information , employment assistance , and more , regardless of where the veterans live or service members are stationed . The needs are vast . For example , in early 2008 , foreclosure rates in military communities increased at four times the national average . Veterans lead the nation in homelessness , substance abuse , depression and suicide , according the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs . For veterans , especially those who have recently come back from active duty , the search for a job can be harder than it is for civilians . Skills learned in service or honed on the battlefield are not easily translated to the regular job market . Add to that the need for a period of readjustment to civilian life and dealing with physical and mental injuries . Earlier this year , the unemployment rate for both male and female vets from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was significantly higher than that of nonveterans , according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics . According to the Department of Veterans Affairs , between 6,500 and 7,000 female vets in the United States are homeless , with almost nowhere for them to get help -- especially when compared with the number of facilities for homeless male veterans . It does n't make sense when you look at the numbers . Women are four times more likely to end up homeless than their male counterparts . They make up around 15 percent of all veterans ; 11 percent of Iraq War and Afghanistan War vets are women , 40 percent of active duty females have children , and 11 percent are single parents . Many women are losing custody of their kids because of their active duty status and deployment . Our First Stop Resource Center 's housing program provides temporary housing and support services for these at-risk and homeless female veterans , with and without children , and families of soldiers and veterans . My commitment and my day does not end with my charity . I am a member of the Veterans Advisory Committee and Palm Beach County Veterans Task Force . I have helped with the burials of indigent veterans . I am also opening a local Veterans Court to help prevent veterans from cycling through the courts and to get them the help they really need . Many have resorted to drug use and other negative behaviors to deal with their combat and service experience , and wind up in our criminal justice system . In fact , I just got the news that our first case will be heard there on November 18 . Helping our veterans and seeing them happy makes it all worth it . No man or woman will be left behind as long as we are this nation . That is why I do what I do 24-7-365 . Is n't that what our veterans have done and continue to do for all of us ? The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Roy Foster .
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United Nations -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A U.N. expert panel alleges that North Korea exported banned nuclear and ballistic missile technology to several rogue nations . The 75-page report , complied by a seven-member panel reporting to the United Nations Security Council , states that North Korea is involved in `` nuclear and ballistic missile-related activities in certain countries , including Iran , Syria and Myanmar '' and that special attention should be given by all member countries to inhibit such activities . The report , which was released this week , had been delayed from publication for six months by China , a friendly nation to North Korea , according to a diplomat familiar with the case . The diplomat spoke in a background briefing and did not want to be identified . Read more of CNN 's coverage on North Korea . The experts write that North Korea is getting around U.N.-imposed sanctions and is masking financial transactions by the use of `` overseas entities , shell companies , informal transfer mechanisms , cash couriers and barter arrangements . '' The report goes on to state that North Korea `` has established a highly sophisticated international network for the acquisition , marketing and sale of arms and military equipment , and arms exports have become one of the country 's principal sources for obtaining foreign exchange . '' The report detailed some of the ways is says North Korea -- formally known as the Democratic People 's Republic of Korea -LRB- DPRK -RRB- -- gets around U.N. sanctions : . -- The DPRK is believed to use air cargo to handle high-valued and sensitive arms exports . Such cargo can be sent by direct air cargo from the DPRK to the destination country . Some modern cargo planes , for example , can fly non-stop from the DPRK to Iran , when routed directly through neighboring air space . -- A technique now being used by the DPRK to conceal its arms exports is to ship components for the assembly of arms overseas in the form of `` knock-down kits '' which can be delivered to foreign assembly plants , the report says . In some cases , this is a turn-key operation with the participation of DPRK scientists , technicians and specialists . The North Korean government had no immediate response to the report . The United Nations Security Council imposed its last sanctions on North Korea in 2009 after the country conducted a nuclear test .
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A U.N. report says North Korea exported nuclear and missile technology . The materials went to countries including Iran , Syria and Myanmar , the report says . There was no immediate response from North Korea . The U.N. imposed sanctions against North Korea after a nuclear test in 2009 .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- AC Milan went top of Serie A for the first time this season with a 3-1 victory over Palermo in the San Siro as previous leaders Lazio lost 1-0 at newly-promoted Cesena Wednesday . Pato opened the scoring for Milan before Armin Bacinovic equalized for the Sicilians but a Zlatan Ibrahimovic penalty and late Robinho third gave Milan a comfortable win . Their joy was complete as city rivals and reigning champions Inter were held to a 1-1 draw at Lecce and drop to fourth . Diego Milito scored ony his third goal of the season on 76 minutes as he returns from injury , but Uruguayan Ruben Oliver leveled for Lecce just three minutes later . Napoli moved above Inter to third as Ezequiel Lavezz grabbed an injury time winner at Cagliari . Lazio were suffering their second straight defeat after going down to AS Roma in the capital city derby at the weekend . Marco Parolo scored the only goal of the game five minutes from time to sink Lazio . Turin giants Juventus are in fifth after a 1-1 draw at Brescia as Alessandro Diamanti equalized after Fabio Quagliarella 's opener . In Spain 's Copa Del Rey , Real Madrid thumped Real Murcia 5-1 at home to avoid the domestic cup upsets of recent seasons . The first leg had ended goalless . Esteban Granero 's early goal put Real ahead before Gonzalo Higuain 's controversial second , which saw Sergio Ramos clearly obstruct visiting goalkeeper Dani Hernandez from an offside position . Goals from Cristiano Ronaldo , Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso settled the match in the Bernebeu in the second half . But Murcia scored a consolation through Pedro 's late penalty . Barcelona are also safely through to the next round , thrashing AD Cueta 5-1 at Camp Nou . Already 2-0 up after the first leg , goals from Nolito and Gabriel Milito gave the hosts a two-goal lead inside the first 10 minutes , although the visitors pulled a goal back through Guzman after 35 minutes . Spanish duo Pedro and Bojan Krkic both found the net before Argentine superstar Lionel Messi completed the rout with just over 20 minutes to go .
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AC Milan go top of Serie A with 3-1 victory over Palermo in San Siro . Previous leaders Lazio lost 1-0 to Cesena for second straight loss . Champions Inter held to 1-1 draw at Lecce and drop to fourth . Real Madrid thrash Real Murcia 5-1 to progress in Copa Del Rey .
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-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. President Barack Obama paid tribute Thursday to American troops who 60 years ago fought a Communist regime that he said continues to be a provocative threat to peace in the region . Speaking on Veterans Day at the U.S. Army garrison in Yongsan , South Korea , the president drew parallels between America 's ally and North Korea . `` Today , the Korean peninsula provides the world 's clearest contrast between a society that is open and one that is closed ; between a nation that is dynamic and growing , and a government that would rather starve its people than change , '' the president said in remarks prepared for U.S. military personnel and members of their families . Obama , who made a reference to South Korea 's claim earlier this year that North Korea sank one of its vessels , said the United States `` will never waver in our commitment to the security of the Republic of Korea . '' North Korea has another path besides pursuing nuclear weapons , Obama said . `` If they choose to fulfill their international obligations and commitments to the international community , they will have the chance to offer their people lives of growing opportunity instead of crushing poverty , '' he said . Obama is in South Korea for Thursday 's opening of the G-20 summit , which will try to stabilize the world 's financial markets . The president paid tribute to generations of men and women who served in the U.S. military . He praised South Korean troops and Americans who fought during the 1950-53 Korean War . `` Gentlemen , we are honored by your presence , '' Obama said of Korean War veterans in the audience Thursday . We are grateful for your service . And the world is better off because of what you did here . '' The crowd roared when the president acknowledged the 62 veterans . `` They are all standing , '' he said . `` Looks like they 're doing great . Let 's give them a hand . '' Obama also thanked those currently serving in South Korea , saying they `` carry on the legacy of service and sacrifice . '' The president later attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Yongsan War Memorial . The president placed his hand on his heart before troops fired a 21-gun salute . The president 's visit to Seoul will include a meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao . Tensions about currency and trade are likely to run high at the G-20 meeting , which will be held Thursday and Friday in Seoul , the South Korean capital . Officials in China and the United States have accused the other of manipulating its currency at the expense of other economies . And the G-20 has acknowledged that the global economic recovery is advancing in `` a fragile and uneven way . '' Widespread protests are expected at the summit , for which South Korea has mobilized its largest security force ever , according to the Yonhap news agency . A total of 50,000 police and riot police are being deployed , authorities told Yonhap . A number of South Korean union and civic groups are gearing up for large protests against the G-20 , while other groups are planning unrelated rallies in hopes of drawing international media attention . Protests by Muslims in Indonesia also preceded Obama 's visit there . But the president focused on the two countries ' shared principles of unity and tolerance when he delivered a highly anticipated speech at the University of Indonesia right before he left for South Korea . In his speech , Obama reflected on the four years he spent in Indonesia as a child , referring to how he and his family were warmly accepted . He drew cheers when he sprinkled sayings from the local Malay language , such as `` Selamat Datang '' -- a greeting of welcome -- and the national motto `` Bhinneka Tunggal Ika , '' which means `` unity in diversity . '' Noting that Malay is one of hundreds of languages of the archipelago nation , Obama lauded Indonesia for its spirit of inclusiveness despite its diverse population and history of dictatorship . `` But even as this land of my youth has changed in so many ways , those things that I learned to love about Indonesia -- that spirit of tolerance that is written into your constitution , symbolized in your mosques and churches and temples standing alongside each other ; that spirit that is embodied in your people -- that still lives on , '' he said . Grappling with a troubled U.S. economy , the Obama administration has highlighted the strengthening of economic and military ties during the president 's 10-day Asia tour . Obama started his trip with a three-day stay in India , before heading to Indonesia . Speaking in New Delhi on Monday , Obama said , `` We make some of the best products in the world and we want to sell them to a growing Indian market . '' At the Seoul summit , G-20 leaders are expected to focus on the global economic recovery and mechanisms to ensure balance and sustainable growth . `` We see the G-20 as fundamental not just to our international economic agenda , but to our ability to have a lasting recovery at home , because fostering balance , global growth is essential to fostering growth here in the American economy , '' Ben Rhodes , deputy national security adviser for strategic communications said ahead of Obama 's Asia trip . Collectively , the Group of 20 accounts for about 85 percent of global economic output . The 1997 Asian financial crisis prompted the creation of the group . The G-20 includes industrialized nations and developing economies , which focus on economic issues and economic policy coordination . `` If you look at the trend lines in the 21st century , the rise of Asia , the rise of individual countries within Asia , is one of the defining stories of our time , '' Rhodes said .
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NEW : President Obama lays wreath at war memorial . Obama pays tribute to Americans who have served in South Korea . He 'll attend the G-20 summit , which is aimed at stabilizing the world 's financial markets . The G-20 has acknowledged that the global economic recovery is uneven and fragile .
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